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Tag Archives: Brad Anderson
Review: DOOMSDAY CLOCK #8
Tevin Murphy - December 5, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
DOOMSDAY CLOCK #8 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Gary Frank, Brad Anderson Published by DC Comics Release Date: December 5, 2018 A tense political thriller set against the backdrop of a DC Universe struggling with the Supermen Theory, Doomsday Clock #8 is quite possibly one of the series most intense issues yet. Geoff Johns…
Tags: Brad Anderson, DC Comics, Doomsday Clock, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns
Review: ACTION COMICS #1005
Doug Zawisza - November 28, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
ACTION COMICS #1005 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Ryan Sook, Brad Anderson, Josh Reed Edited by Edited by Jessica Chen, Mike Cotton, Brian Cunningham Published by DC Comics Release Date: November 28, 2018 The Rebirth era of Superman caught my attention and held onto it through the entire run. The Brian Michael Bendis-written era…
Tags: Action Comics, Brad Anderson, Brian Michael Bendis, DC Comics, Josh Reed, Ryan Sook, Superman
Review: JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #4
Allen Thomas - October 17, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #4 Written by James Tynion IV Art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Raul Fernandez, Brad Anderson & Rob Leigh Edited by Andrew Marino, Rebecca Taylor, Marie Javins Published by DC Comics Release Date: October 17, 2018 Rebuilding magic is the work of a coven. With newly awakened powers, Wonder Woman and the rest…
Tags: Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Brad Anderson, DC Comics, James Tynion IV, Justice League Dark, Raul Fernandez, Rob Leigh
Allen Thomas - September 26, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #3 Written by James Tynion IV Art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Raul Fernandez, Brad Anderson, & Rob Leigh Edited by Andrew Marino, Rebecca Taylor, Marie Javins Published by DC Comics Release Date: September 26, 2018 Wherein Diana becomes Sailor Moon. After the revelation of Nabu, this mystical crew faces an even more sinister…
Allen Thomas - July 25, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #1 Written by James Tynion IV Art by Alvaro Martinez Bueno, Raul Fernandez, Brad Anderson, & Rob Leigh Edited by Andrew Marino, Rebecca Taylor, Marie Javins Published by DC Comics Release Date: July 25, 2018 The Champions of Magic. With the strange appearance of a bloody bunny, Zatanna comes face to face…
Review: BATMAN #50
Londyn Jackson - July 4, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
BATMAN #50 Written by Tom King Art by Mikel Janín, June Chung, Clayton Cowels, José Luis Garcia-Lopez, Trish Mulvihill, Becky Cloonan, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson, Frank Miller, Alex Sinclair, Lee Bermejo, Neal Adams, HI-FI, Tony S. Daniel, Tomeu Morey, Amanda Conner, Paul Mounts, Rafael Albuquerque, Andy Kubert, Tim Sale, José Villarrubia, Paul Pope, Mitch Gerads,…
Tags: Alex Sinclair, Amanda Conner, Andy Kubert, Batman, Becky Cloonan, Brad Anderson, Catwoman, Clay Mann, Clayton Cowels, David Finch, DC Comics, FCO Plascencia, Frank Miller, Greg Capullo, Hi-Fi, Jason Fabok, Jim Lee, Joelle Jones, Jordie Bellaire, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Jose Villarrubia, June Chung, Keiren Smith, Lee Bermejo, Lee Weeks, Mikel Janin, Mitch Gerads, Neal Adams, Paul Mounts, Paul Pope, Rafael Albuquerque, Scott Williams, Tim Sale, Tom King, Tomeu Morey, Tony S Daniel, Trish Mulvihill, Ty Templeton
Terrence Sage - May 30, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
DOOMSDAY CLOCK #5 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Gary Frank, Brad Anderson, and Rob Leigh Edited by Brian Cunningham and Amedeo Turturro Published by DC Comics Release Date: May 30, 2018 It’s all beginning to come together. Characters are meeting, storylines are converging and progressing, and the Doomsday Clock continues to tick with ample…
Tags: Brad Anderson, DC Comics, Doomsday Clock, Gary Frank, Geoff Johns, Rob Leigh, Watchmen
Review: NEW CHALLENGERS #1
Doug Zawisza - May 16, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
NEW CHALLENGERS #1 Written by Scott Snyder, Aaron Gillespie Art by Andy Kubert, Klaus Janson, Brad Anderson, Deron Bennett Edited by Rebecca Taylor, Marie Javins Published by DC Comics Release Date: May 16, 2016 “The New Age of Heroes” got my attention with The Terrifics, but it locked my attention in with the announcement of…
Tags: Aaron Gillespie, Andy Kubert, Brad Anderson, Challengers of the Unknown, DC Comics, Deron Bennett, Klaus Janson, Metal, New Challengers, Scott Snyder
Review: SWAMP THING WINTER SPECIAL #1
Londyn Jackson - February 7, 2018 - DC Comics, Reviews
SWAMP THING WINTER SPECIAL #1 Written by Tom King and Len Wein Art by Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson, Deron Bennett, Kelley Jones, Michelle Madsen and Bernie Wrightson Editors by Maggie Howell, Jamie S. Rich and Rebecca Taylor Published by: DC Comics Release Date: February 7, 2018 A Celebration of Icons A touching tribute to two…
Tags: Bernie Wrightson, Brad Anderson, DC Comics, Deron Bennett, Jason Fabok, Kelley Jones, Len Wein, Michelle Madsen, Swamp Thing, Tom King
Review: DETECTIVE COMICS #962
Dayna Abel - August 9, 2017 - DC Comics, Reviews
DETECTIVE COMICS #962 Written by James Tynion IV Art by Alvaro Martinez, Raul Fernandez, Brad Anderson and Sal Cipriano Published by DC Comics Release Date: August 9, 2017 The conclusion of “Intelligence” is here, and it’s a treat for those of us who were DC fans in the ’90s. I wasn’t much of a Jean-Paul…
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State Census 2011
Khanjarpur Census Town
Khanjarpur Population Census 2011 - 2020
About Khanjarpur
Caste Factor
2020 Khanjarpur
Khanjarpur is a Census Town city in district of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. The Khanjarpur Census Town has population of 6,435 of which 3,412 are males while 3,023 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 769 which is 11.95 % of total population of Khanjarpur (CT). In Khanjarpur Census Town, Female Sex Ratio is of 886 against state average of 963. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Khanjarpur is around 797 compared to Uttarakhand state average of 890. Literacy rate of Khanjarpur city is 82.86 % higher than state average of 78.82 %. In Khanjarpur, Male literacy is around 90.55 % while female literacy rate is 74.31 %.
Khanjarpur Census Town has total administration over 1,217 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Khanjarpur Caste Factor
Khanjarpur (CT) of Haridwar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.77 % of total population in Khanjarpur (CT). The (CT) Khanjarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Khanjarpur Work Profile
Out of total population, 2,015 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 1,686 were males while 329 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 2015 working population, 72.26 % were engaged in Main Work while 27.74 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Khanjarpur 2020 Population
The next census for Khanjarpur Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2020 are estimates only.
Khanjarpur Religion Data 2011
Not Stated
Khanjarpur 6,435 71.08% 28.02% 0.53% 0.30% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.08%
Khanjarpur Wards
Sub Division
1 Khanjarpur Ward No - 1 Roorkee Haridwar Uttarakhand
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WorkSafe issues notices for 112 Horsham infringements
Picture: FILE IMAGEWORKSAFE has issued more than 100 improvement notices toHorsham businesses after a series of inspections this month.
Authority inspectors visited more than 200 businesses in the city from May 9 to 13.
The group released the findings from its inspections on Thursday.
WorkSafe regional operations managerTrevor Butler said the authority issued 112 improvement notices for workplaces found to have risks or hazards that needed to be addressed.
“Additionally, there were 36 instances where an employer resolved the situation at the time of our visit,” he said.
“Our inspections revealed that slips, trips and falls remain an issue for some employers due to poor housekeeping, damaged or inappropriate ladders and a lack of safety railing on mezzanine levels.
“Our inspectors also saw machinery that was inadequately guarded or damaged and workplaces that had no register for chemicals.”
Mr Butler said complying with occupational health and safety laws must be an ongoing commitment for employers.
“The safest workplaces are those where employers and workers exchange information and ideas about risks to health and safety, and together come up with measures that can eliminate or reduce those risks,” he said.
WorkSafestatistics released in MarchshowHorsham had the most workplace injury claimsof any Wimmera municipalitylast year, with 81.
The inspections in May came after WorkSafe ran an information briefing for employers in the city in mid-April.
Both the session and the inspections were part of theSafeTowns program, which aims to improve health and safety in Victorian workplaces.
The briefing included information aboutsafety issuesand obligations, employees returning to work after injuries, workplace bullying, and dangerous goods handling.
Mr Butler said he was pleased about 50 employers took part.
“We had inspectors there to provide information and guidance on a number of practical topics such as identifying hazards in the workplace, the types of controls employers could implement to minimise risks to employees, and their return to work obligations,” he said.
“Our inspectors were also able to provide advice on issues such as poor manual handling, which is still the cause of almost 40 per cent of all workplace injuries.
“The session provided a really good opportunity for employers to speak one-on-one with our inspectors about health and safety in their workplaces.”
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Here you can find articles of interest by some members of the club.
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20/02/02 - Ready or Not - By Shane Mussell.
23/05/01 - Drafting Rochester Style - By Shane Mussell.
26/04/01 - What Kind Of Magic Player Are You ? - By Patrick Oreilly.
11/04/01 - 7th Ed in Standard - Megrim Deck. - By Stuart Haffenden.
11/04/01 - My thoughts on regional's. - By Shane Mussell.
03/04/01 - Essex National Qualifier Report. - By Stuart Haffenden.
18/03/01 - What to play at the Nationals? - By Stuart Haffenden.
03/01/01 - Time to play a different game. - By Shane Mussell.
09/12/00 - Magic should be fun. - By David Page.
06/12/00 - What to do about Blue. - By Stuart Haffenden.
06/12/00 - Sometimes you just get it wrong! - By Shane Mussell.
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04/12/00 - Green is dumb... Right? - By Shane Mussell.
03/12/00 - Blue for begginers - By Stuart Haffenden.
02/12/00 - Becoming spell struck - By Stuart Haffenden.
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R3537 col. 1 ¶2 and col. 2 ¶1
R3537 [col. 1 ¶2 and col. 2 ¶1]:
The Apostle, speaking of the ministries of the Church one for another, says that ours is a sacrifice of sweet odor unto God, but again he adds that the Gospel referred to is of life unto life to some and of death unto death to others. That is to say, good deeds, kind words and efforts will be appreciated by those who are in the right attitude of heart to appreciate them, while on the contrary the same good deeds will arouse offence and constitute a bad odor to those who are in a wrong condition of heart. How often have we seen it so, that with our best endeavors to serve the feet of Christ some have been comforted and refreshed, others have been angered --to one the effort was a sweet odor, to the others it was an offensive odor, because of their wrong attitude of heart toward the Lord and toward the body of Christ--because, perhaps, of their ambitions or whatnot that were interfered with.
It was just so at Bethany: the sweet odors that filled the house, and the blessing and refreshment that came to Mary in connection with the ministration, had a very different effect upon Judas. He was angry; his selfishness hindered his appreciation of the honor done to the Lord; he could think only of himself and what he had hoped to get out of the transaction, and how, so far as he was concerned, the whole matter was a waste. The sourness that came to his heart because of its wrong attitude is indicated by the testimony that he straightway went to the chief priests to bargain with them for the betrayal of Jesus. Let us, then, dear brethren, see to it that our hearts are in a loving attitude toward the Lord and not in a selfish attitude-- that we appreciate everything done in his name and for his body, and that we be not selfseeking. Otherwise the result will be with us the savor of death unto death, as it was with Judas.
See Topical Index of Watch Tower Bible , under ‘ Brethren .’
1Co 11:19; R2386 col. 1 ¶2 to end
1 Cor. 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
R2386 [col. 1 ¶2 to end]:
But gradually the leads his readers onward and points out to them their low spiritual condition (1 Cor. 3:3), as evidenced by the facts which he cites, saying, "There is amongst you envying and strife and divisions" (a party spirit, dividing themselves under human leadership rather than uniting themselves under Christ, the true and only head). Let it be noted that the Apostle does not accuse the Church at Corinth of what would be termed gross worldly sins, murder, theft, blasphemy, etc., but of the more refined evidences of a wrong condition of heart--a lack of the spirit of love: And yet, as our Lord pointed out, anger, hatred and malice are murder in the heart. Proceeding further, however, he shows that not all of them, but only a part, are in this seriously wrong condition of heart. He adds, therefore (11:18), "I hear that there be divisions amongst you, and I believe it respecting part of you; for there must be also parties amongst you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you."
Likewise the siftings in progress during this harvest time are not only to separate those whom the Lord disapproves, but are also to make manifest those whom the Lord does approve: and in no way can this matter be more clearly and distinctly noted than in respect to the difference of spirit manifested where there is a division, a sifting, in progress. We do not refer particularly to the difficulty which you mention, of which we have no other knowledge as yet: we are dealing merely with general principles, which seem applicable in every such case. Those who have not yet had a sifting have had special opportunities to grow strong in the knowledge of the truth and in the spirit of it, and when their sifting does come, it probably will be severe in proportion to the blessings previously enjoyed.
We urge, therefore, upon all of the Lord's people, everywhere, that they set their own hearts in order, purging out all the leaven of malice, envy, strife, hatred, evil speaking (incipient murder), and fill every corner and interstice of their nature, so far as possible, with the spirit of the Lord, the spirit of the truth, Love: and that when siftings or separations shall come, they take heed and be not deceived by the Adversary, who always will attempt to put darkness for light, and will not hesitate at misrepresentations, back-biting, evil speaking, slander, etc. And as the Adversary does not hesitate at these, neither do those who become, either knowingly or unknowingly, his agents and tools. Such seem to lose not only their self-respect and sense of propriety and justice and love of truth (which even the world and nominal Christians would have), but in their bitterness of spirit seem to give full testimony respecting which spirit it is that animates them. In these trials and siftings we may be sure that only the one class will come off victors, viz., those who abide under the shadow of the Almighty, trusting in the precious blood, and seeking in all things to be conformed to the image of the Lord, not only in their doctrines, but also in the acts of daily life, and in their words and thoughts. Remember the words of the Apostle Peter, respecting the necessity for putting on the graces of the spirit:--"If ye do these things ye shall never fall: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
The duty of the faithful in every case is the same: to hold up the light--to manifest the spirit of the truth and to refuse to tolerate the evil--to reprove it by the Word of the Lord and in a spirit of love and gentle firmness. The sooner all who love evil--anger, malice, hatred, etc.--depart from those who delight to speak the truth in love, the better. As the Apostle suggests of this class-- "They went out from us, because they were not all of us." Let not those who love the truth and have its spirit of love depart; but let them forget not the assembling of themselves together, and so much the more as they see the Day drawing on.
But nothing in the foregoing should be understood to advise the forcing of a breach, or carelessness as to who may "stumble." Quite the contrary, true love of the brethren means patience, long suffering, gentleness, kindness,--willingness to yield to them and accommodate them in anything nonessential--in anything not opposed to the letter or spirit of the truth. For love and faithfulness to God alone takes precedence to love and faithfulness to the brethren. Each, therefore should not only sacrifice his own non-essential preferences (to preserve the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace), but more: the Apostle declares the proper measure of this love is willingness to "lay down our lives for the brethren."
Only after we have thus done all in our power to preserve unity along Scriptural lines and a rupture is unavoidable, may we regard it as a providential sifting from which good will result. And each should previously carefully and prayerfully scrutinize his own heart and conduct to make sure that not selfishness and vainglory are ruling him, but only love. And when a rupture does occur, each should be careful to avoid any unkind words or acts and looks, which later on might be barriers to hinder the return of any who, seeing the error of their way, might subsequently desire to return to holy fellowship. And such returning ones should be most heartily and joyfully received;--"pulling them out of the fire," etc.
These "siftings" seem to emphasize the Master's words,--"Take heed that no man take thy crown." Our joy at seeing some come into the light of present truth is necessarily modified by the thought that they are probably taking the places in trial of some who have been weighed in the balances and found wanting. "Let us fear," as the Apostle suggests, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of us should seem to come short of it by losing either the faith or the spirit of the truth: for the loss of either one means soon or later the loss also of the other.
F190 ¶1, 2
We must reach this climax of love before we can be counted worthy of a place in the New Creation, and we are not to expect that each one of the Lord's followers will reach this mark just at the moment of expiring in death. Quite the contrary. We are to expect to reach it as early as possible in our Christian experience, and then to remember the words of the Apostle, "Having done all-- Stand!" (Eph. 6:13) We require testings in love after we have reached the mark; and our exercises while at the mark--striving to maintain in our lives that mark, or standard--will be very strengthening to our characters. In this, especially, our experiences will correspond to those of our Lord; for while he did not need to run to attain the mark, he did need to fight a good fight of faith at the mark--not to be turned from it, not to be overcome by the various besetments of the world and the Adversary. "I press down upon the mark," says the Apostle; and so must each of us hold fast that mark after we do attain it, and see to it that in all the testings which the Lord permits to come upon us we shall be accounted of him as overcomers--not in our own strength, but in the strength of our Redeemer's assistance.
Besetments will come against us to turn us from the perfect love toward the Father, to induce us to consent to render less than the full homage and obedience due to him. Temptations will come to us in respect to the brethren also, to suggest that we do not permit love for the brethren to cover a multitude of faults-- suggestions that we become provoked with those whom we have learned to love and appreciate, and with whose weaknesses we have learned to sympathize. Besetments will come against us in respect to our enemies, after we have learned to love them--suggesting to us that there are exceptional cases and that our magnanimity toward them should have its limitations. Blessed are we if in these temptations we hold fast, bearing down upon the mark, striving to retain that position which we have already attained--fighting the good fight of faith --holding firmly to the eternal life which is counted ours through Jesus.
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But today, in its sales goals and reporting, the CVB delineates its business by size. Breaking meetings down into three tiers — citywide, multiple-hotel, and single-hotel — and tracking their numbers separately allows the organization to spotlight the economic impact of small meetings, which Edwards says is a sizable sum. Greater Des Moines is also interacting much more deliberately with independently owned venues and businesses outside of downtown that are affected by small meetings.
As a result, the CVB is becoming more relevant to local
small business leaders. And by expanding its community
outreach and spreading its sales and
operational efforts further out into
the field, the DMO is networking
with a much larger percentage of the
local community. “I would say 10
years ago, people looked at CVBs and
DMOs as kind of the fun people, like
we’re just out having fun and drink-
ing wine with customers to try and
lure them to our cities,” Edwards
said. “Since then we’ve done a good
job of getting the importance of this
industry and its impact on economic
development more on the top of
people’s minds.”
Greater Des Moines isn’t alone.
With their budgets under constant
CERTIFICATION MADE POSSIBLE
Up until two years ago, the Greater Des Moines Convention & Visitors Bureau lumped together all the data around its meetings and conventions business. And every year, Greg Edwards, the organization’s president and CEO, would present the total direct and indirect investment resulting from meetings to the mayors and government leaders of the 14 municipalities in the Des Moines metropolitan area.
Greg Edwards
‘ We’ve done a good
job of getting the
importance of this
industry more on
Greater Des Moines
In its sales goals and reporting, the CVB breaks out meetings data into three tiers.
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CHINA / National
Chinese banks urged to widen offerings
People walk past advertisements of foreign banks in a Shanghai street in this September 24, 2006 photo. China will open the banking sector to foreign banks from December 11, 2006. [newsphoto]
China's commercial banks are urged to widen financial product offerings, while increasing lending risk control, in order to compete with a new wave of competition from foreign banks.
In line with its WTO accession agreement, Beijing will fully open its banking sector to foreign competition on December 11, 2006, five years after China became a full member of the World Trade Organization.
China's bank regulator issues reform guidelines
Ten foreign-funded banks to incorporate locally
ADB acquires 4.99 pct stake in Chinese city bank
Foreign banks given 3-5 years to adopt rules
Competition sharpens as China opens banking sector, experts
Foreign banks to make China move after new rules
The China Banking Regulatory Commission, Beijing's top banking regulator, issued guidelines yesterday to encourage innovation by commercial lenders, including increasing fee-based earnings and issuing less risky loans. '
Tang Shuangning, vice-chairman of the commission, said that Chinese banks lag far behind their international counterparts in terms of financial innovation. Beijing has implemented courageous reforms to restructure its banking industry by encouraging foreign banking corporations to take holdings in Chinese lenders, and moved to list them at overseas stock markets, mainly in Hong Kong, many in the central government are worrying about domestic banks' performance after December 11.
Foreign banking giants like Citigroup and HSBC are expected to compete strongly for high-income clients in the developed coastal provinces when they are allowed to offer a full range of local currency products in the coming months. And, Chinese banks are generally scant of expertise in risk management, credit cards and consumer banking.
Tang said non-interest income accounts for more than 50 percent of the total income of big international banks, however, Chinese banks typically earn less than 10 per cent of their income from fees.
Tang asked domestic banks to increase financial product offerings. As Chinese cities have seen their income grow, many now have increasingly diversified financial needs.
In addition, the The China Banking Regulatory Commission urged banks to clarify commercial banks' obligations to consumers, including correct disclosure of information, professional services, protection of assets, and offering effective complaint channels.
The CBRC's statistics show the trading volume of major commercial banks reached 14 trillion yuan (US$1.77 trillion) in 2005. Up to 30 Chinese banks offer renminbi wealth-management services, with a total value of 130 billion yuan (US$16.46 billion).
A total of 17 foreign and Chinese banks have been approved to invest clients' assets overseas under the qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) program. So far, they have launched nine QDII products, with sales of 2.3 billion yuan (US$291 million) in renminbi and US$87 million.
Tang disclosed yesterday that the Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank, both listed at the Hong Kong stock exchange, have applied to set up insurance companies.
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If you'd like to reserve this facility for a private event, please visit the Kennedale Library at 316 W 3rd Street.
Library staff handles all facility reservations. If you have a question about rentals, you may call 817-985-2136. However, rental reservations cannot be taken over the phone.
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Delhi Metro is the largest and busiest metro in India, and the world's 9th longest Metro system is in the longest and 16th largest ride, the network has eight color-coded regular lines, with a total length of 317 kilometers (197 miles) Which serves 229 stations (Airport Express Line and Interchange Stations, including 6 stations). You can get all the details by clicking on the metro line below.
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The Airport Express Line or Delhi Airport Metro Express is a Delhi Metro line from New Delhi Metro Station to Dwarka Sector 21, linking the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The Delhi Metro Green Line consists of 17 metro stations starting from Inderlok and Mundka. The length of the complete line is 18.46 Km. A branch line connecting the line's from Ashok Park Main station with Kirti Nagar station on the Blue Line
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The newly inaugurated stretch is part of the 59-km-long pink line, which spans from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar. With this, only a 1.4-km stretch between Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake stations remain to be linked.
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Ireland votes in European election after Dutch pro-EU surprise
By Joseph Stenson with James Pheby in London (AFP) May 23, 2019 in World
Irish voters cast ballots Friday as part of phased EU-wide elections after a campaign dominated by concerns over neighbouring Britain's messy bid to leave the bloc.
Eurosceptics are hoping for strong results across the continent but their momentum took an early hit after a Dutch exit poll on Thursday suggested pro-EU parties are headed for a surprise win there.
The Netherlands and Britain, where Prime Minister Theresa May finally announced her departure following a months-long Brexit crisis, on Thursday kicked off four days of voting for the new European Parliament.
More than 400 million people are eligible to elect 751 MEPs, with the first official results to be announced late Sunday once voting in all 28 member states has been completed.
The Czech Republic was also starting two days of voting on Friday, but most countries go the the polls on Sunday.
Britain was never meant to take part in the elections but May was forced to delay the planned Brexit date of March 29 after parliament refused to approve her divorce deal.
Britain voted in EU elections on Thursday with Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party facing a wipeout by a new eurosceptic Brexit Party
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The Brexit Party, which was only set up this year by veteran eurosceptic Nigel Farage, is expected to score a resounding victory in Britain's vote.
The anticipated success of the Brexit Party, polling at around 35 percent, is emblematic of rising anti-establishment forces across Europe.
Around the continent, pro-European leaders are scrambling to mobilise their supporters to resist the populist surge, with opinion polls indicating nationalist parties lead in France, Italy and Hungary, among others.
They fear a good showing for the eurosceptics will disrupt Brussels decision-making and threaten reform efforts for closer integration.
Such concerns were reflected among Irish voters.
"The rise of anti-Europeanism, and the right is quite frightening in some parts of Europe, so I am voting to support Europe," said Fiona Corbett outside a Dublin polling station.
"I think that being part of Europe has been mutually beneficial."
Dublin voter Joseph O'Brien told AFP: "Europe is facing a lot of issues today.
"What I am expecting from the MEPs is to work together to further Irish interests in the EU, and being part of the European community," he said.
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In Britain, supporters and opponents of Brexit have voiced their anger at the government in the run-up to the polls.
European elections: results per country
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The country is still deeply divided three years after a referendum in which it voted to leave the bloc.
"It's been disgraceful the way the government has gone on," said Brexit Party voter Chris Fetherstone, 73, in the northern English town of Middlesbrough.
"What Theresa May has said, about leaving, she's never meant it."
Elsewhere in Europe, other eurosceptic forces are hoping for a strong showing.
The latest Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament found 61 percent of respondents calling their country's EU membership a good thing -- the highest level since the early 1990s
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Matteo Salvini of Italy's anti-immigrant League and Marine Le Pen of France's far-right National Rally (RN) want their Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group to become the third largest in Brussels. The League has topped opinion polls in Italy.
Le Pen wants to strike a blow to Emmanuel Macron's faltering French presidency by overtaking his centrist, pro-European party Republic on the Move (LREM).
Polls give her RN party a slight edge, with around 23 percent support.
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The strong showing by eurosceptics is not expected to sweep the whole bloc, with voters from Spain to the former Soviet Baltic states indicating solid backing for the EU.
In Germany, surveys put Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party -- a heavyweight in the EU-wide centre-right EPP group -- in first place, with the Greens second.
In Ireland, the Brexit crisis has been the key issue due to the future of the border with the British-ruled province of Northern Ireland, a key sticking point in negotiations between London and Brussels.
Most mainstream parties in Ireland have campaigned heavily on cementing its place in the European project.
MEP hopefuls also pledged to dampen the economic shock predicted to radiate into Ireland as a result of its largest trading partner leaving the bloc.
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Miroslava Svolikova talks about her new theatre text "europe escapes to europe"
Florian Hirsch
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Myth, present and future – what happens when reality swallows up the grotesque? What does a continent dream of? This question is raised by celebrated young playwright Miroslava Svolikova’s latest theatre text europe escapes to europe.
In the play, Europe dreams of itself: of a fulfilled utopia that contains justice, equality and peace. “This continent will not be soaked in blood!” is Europa’s motto. Svolikova presents the chronology of our continental history as a farce, a carnival of lies, in which the strongest wear the finest masks. Europe is a continent of ambivalence – Miroslava Svolikova’s dramatic poem comes across as a contemporary and timeless text, a narrative about European self-assurance and self-estrangement. It takes the audience on a breathless and breathtaking tour de force; images of excess and violence are blended into a colourful “carnival of actuality”. On the dance floor Europa’s children reach out to their mother. A dance of joy – and a dance of death.
Director Franz-Xaver Mayr’s second Svolikova production can be experienced in Vienna since the beginning of October. Aptly, it is showing at Burgtheater’s third venue, Kasino at Schwarzenbergplatz, where the Executive Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union is located until the end of the year – in the second half of 2018 it’s Austria’s turn. In the following interview Miroslava Svolikova talks with Florian Hirsch about her very personal “European playlist”.
"europa escapes to europe". Dorothee Hartinger, Alina Fritsch, Marie-Luise Stockinger, Sven Dolinski, Valentin Postlmayr, Marta Kizyma. Photo: © Reinhard Werner
Miroslava Svolikova, your previous, successful play with the seemingly never-ending and confusing title Diese Mauer faßt sich selbst zusammen und der Stern hat gesprochen, der Stern hat auch was gesagt [This wall sums itself up and the star has spoken, the star also said something] featured an actress dressed as one of the stars on the EU flag. Now you have written a new play dealing with the same subject: europa escapes to europe is a witty reflection on the past, present and future of our continent – a continent which undoubtedly seems to be rather torn these days.
Directly after die hockenden [the crouchers], that was shown in Vienna at Burgtheater Vestibül, I came up with the idea for this text. But I put it aside to write This wall … for Schauspielhaus Vienna. The last EU star also features in that play, yet the two plays are completely different.
Why is Europa escaping to Europe now?
In ancient Greek mythology a bull kidnaps Europa. In my version, though, she frees herself, killing the bull and escaping to the mainland. What particularly interested me was her very precarious and strange situation – that strange beginning, which is located somewhere really far off. You could say it’s similar to European history that originates in various different cultures, with various starting points and crossroads, full of chaos. It always seems to re-start somewhere else, referring to the past and so on.
“Reality seems to have swallowed the grotesque in an absolutely overwhelming way.”
The text is a reinterpretation of the myth. What’s so different about your Europa?
In some versions of the myth, Europa doesn’t just get kidnapped; she is also raped. To me it was clear she should strike back. Translated into the brutality of mythological storytelling this means: she kills the bull, but in a fairy-tale way, with a tip of her hair. Afterwards she proclaims the vision of a peaceful continent. On another level one could read this as the historical ambivalence of utopia and violence. In the following sequences Europa finds herself in various tableaus – that is, in historical or philosophical situations. The myth actually ends after the first scene, but the character Europa, a mythological character as well as an embodiment of an idea, remains active through the play.
"europe escapes europe". Marta Kizyma, Valentin Postlmayr, Sven Dolinski, Marie-Luise Stockinger, Alina Fritsch, Dorothee Hartinger. Photo: © Reinhard Werner
"europe escapes europe". Dorothee Hartinger, Valentin Postlmayr, Sven Dolinski, Alina Fritsch, Marie-Luise Stockinger, Marta Kizyma. Photo: © Reinhard Werner
There’s one line woven into the text almost like a mantra: “WELCOME TO THE CARNIVAL OF ACTUALITY.” Has the reality we’re experiencing every day become so grotesque that the only remaining option is to consider it a “carnival”?
These days, this impression is indeed very strong. In fact, we’re experiencing it while we’re right in the centre of events. Reality seems to have swallowed the grotesque in an absolutely overwhelming way. In my play, the setting is a little more historical at first. It’s more or less the “two peasants” (not “organic” Austrian farmers of today, but medieval ones) who make remarks such as: “Our life is so exhausting, having been born as peasants. All the lice and so on…” Sometimes I had to think of a cartoon showing Steve Jobs, reincarnated as a Chinese factory worker who has to put together iPhones on some assembly line.
Miroslava Svolikova
Miroslava Svolikova was born in Vienna in 1986, studied philosophy in Vienna and Paris, scenic writing at uniT Graz and at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. She works as a visual artist, makes music, writes dramas and texts. In 2015 she won the Retzhofer Drama Award for die hockenden [the courchers], premiered in Vestibül in 2016.
Photo: © Reinhard Werner
Is europa escapes to europe a theatre play at all? The subtitle marks it as a “dramatic poem in a series of tableaus”. What does that mean?
It means it’s not a historical treatise, even though one can associate various points in history: the major catastrophe, the Big Bang, being the two world wars for example. At the end of the day the whole thing depends heavily on the associations of the audience. My working process was a very lyrical one, strongly based on imagery. As a matter of fact, this is how I always work.
The interesting aspect about images is that you can read them in many different ways; there are many different layers. Images are collective material. In July, the Goethe Institute invited me to Tokyo, where the play was staged as a scenic reading. The shared collective knowledge of the Japanese is, of course, totally different. Their associations are different from ours. Greek mythology, a priest talking about a rib – these things are not as well known as in Europe. I very much enjoyed it, though, and some really interesting discussions took place.
If Europe were a song, a piece of music – which one would it be? I’m quite certain it wouldn’t be the Ode to Joy?
Probably a rather incoherent playlist. After that performance the DJ will never be hired again.
Where’s the more significant borderline in Europe – between North and South or West and East?
Both are significant, and even more. If you paint all borders on the map in blue you won’t see the map anymore because it disappears in the ocean.
"europe escapes europe". In the front: Dorothee Hartinger. In the back: Alina Fritsch, Valentin Postlmayr, Sven Dolinski. Photo: © Reinhard Werner
“If no one believes in me”, Europa states in the play, “I will disappear.” Do you believe in Europe? Or is it going to disappear before next year’s Berlin Drama Festival, the Authors’ Days at Deutsches Theater, where the play was originally staged?
No, I don’t think so. We’ll somehow make it to next year’s festival. Europe, of course, is the sum of its people and constantly reinventing itself. This principle of reinvention is fundamental to Europe, I guess. And theatre, too, maybe. So … the odds are pretty good.
Can theatre, of all things, save Europe?
I don’t think it’s so bad yet. Theatre doesn’t have to run around with a first-aid kit. Just kidding. Of course, theatre must save us all!
Original in German. First published on burgtheater.at on 22 October 2018.
Translated into English by Florian Hirsch.
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MAHWAH, N.J. - July 14, 2010 - The all-new Range Rover Evoque has entered its final phase of testing, with hundreds of prototype models dispatched around the globe in the toughest climates and conditions.
Land Rover is making no secret of the operation. The design team has fitted ten prototypes with funky camouflage wraps in order to introduce the new car in eleven key cities worldwide.
These conspicuous vehicles represent London, New York, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Berlin, Sydney, Shanghai and Moscow, and will all be spotted testing around the globe. They are just a small portion of the hundreds of pre-production cars that will be rigorously evaluated over millions of miles to ensure the new Range Rover Evoque surpasses the highest standards of quality and reliability when it goes on sale in the U.S. in the autumn of 2011.
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Prototypes are usually disguised for discretion, but these ten are supposed to be seen. The funky camouflage imagery is actually a GPS mapping trail of ten key cities for Evoque, with each vehicle saying "Hello" to its city. This signals the eagerly awaited global launch of the new Evoque.
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Strategies for Surviving and Thriving in 2017
Experts advise long-term planning to help elevators, co-ops manage through the year
By almost all accounts, 2016 was a hard year for crop producers and other U.S. agricultural segments, and many experts predict somnolent commodity prices in 2017. An already high carryover from 2015 and record 2016 yields likely will continue to put downward pressure on commodity prices, but other trends and market dynamics may be favorable for the long term.
Industry leaders say that managers of elevators, ag suppliers and cooperatives will have to “manage through” the next year operationally, but also suggest that 2017 may be a good year to focus on strategic planning and take steps to assure long-term survival.
Could 2017 be worse than 2016?
In the past, everyone in agriculture would celebrate a great crop. But today, prices are suffering because of high carryovers, record 2016 U.S. crops, and high production worldwide. The U.S. came into 2016 with a high carryover of corn, soy and wheat from the previous year. The same situation is likely in 2017.
The USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, issued Dec. 9, 2016, projected large increases in U.S. grain stocks. The WASDE report projected that U.S. stocks of corn would grow to 2.403 billion bushels at the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year — the highest since 1987/1988 — from 1.738 billion at the beginning. Soybean stocks are expected to grow from 197 million bushels to 480 million bushels by the end of the 2016/2017 marketing year — the highest since 2006/2007. Wheat stocks will grow from 976 million bushels, to 1.143 billion bushels.
Grain prices at the farm level were low in 2016. At the end of the year, average wheat prices ranged from $3.60 to $3.80/bushel, corn from $3.05 to $3.65/bushel, and soy, $8.70 to 10.20/bushel. Many experts predict little price movement for 2017.
Globally, high stocks and low prices mirror the U.S. situation. The U.S. could face strong competition in export markets, with high corn production in Brazil and Argentina, and a potential record soybean harvest in Brazil.
Low oil prices have stalled efforts to inflate corn prices for ethanol, though new ethanol blend mandates in other countries may stimulate ethanol exports.
Low commodity prices also rippled through the agricultural economy. Farm income has fallen 43% since 2013, putting pressure on farmers to trim household spending and farm- and ranch-related capital outlays. Bankers report that many growers are unable to make payments. Growers are borrowing more to pay their bills, and the debt-to-income ratio is the highest in 30 years. Bankers are tightening credit by reducing loans against cash flow, and instead requiring collateral at the highest levels in 25 years.
The cure for low prices is … low prices
Max Fisher, director of economics and government relations, National Grain and Feed Association, says that while 2016 finished with comparatively low commodity prices and there is less money to go around, the good news is that low prices and high volumes stimulate demand for feedstocks and exports.
“This year was phenomenal for crop production and there is hope for good market opportunities,” says Fisher. “At some point, prices can rebound. Low prices build demand — we’re certainly experiencing that now with soybeans — which is good for the ag economy in the long run.”
Fisher points to several factors that could drive commodity prices for 2017. “There is a buildup in the demand base on exports and domestic feed. Most growth will be on the feed side, both domestically and internationally.”
Global grain consumption is at an all-time high, according to USDA. Global corn consumption is expected to exceed 1 billion metric tons for the first time. Soy consumption may reach 328.7 million metric tons, also the highest ever. Wheat consumption is expected to be 7,233 million metric tons.
Grain and oilseed production has been high, even record-breaking, in several countries this year, but Fisher says history tells us at some point there will be a production hiccup in a major grain-producing country, and markets will rebalance to fill in for the lost production.
Going into 2017, Fisher advises grain and feed buyers to know their customers, and know their markets.
“Many grain and feed buyers are in the same communities as growers. They know what’s going on. They are well positioned to help their customers take advantage of the market tools and opportunities and, hopefully, capture as much value as possible,” says Fisher.
Chuck Conner, president and CEO of the National Council of Farm Cooperatives, agrees. NCFC members include grain handlers and processors, and those who sell ag inputs.
“At the end of 2016, things on the farm were great for growing conditions and yields, but farmers faced declining prices and, in most cases, prices were lower than the cost of production. This situation impacts greatly on cooperatives,” says Conner.
He adds that much of the grain harvested in 2016 was dryer than normal. It was great for producers, but bad for cooperatives, as they sold less propane.
Conner suggests co-op managers work closely with their customers and patrons. “What is the producer’s objective going to be when planning for the 2017 crop year? With low prices, will they plant another crop requiring fewer inputs, or will they alter production practices? When farmers don’t have money, input sales decline. Perhaps they will use less fertilizer or lower production goals. There may be no benefit for super-high yields. Analyze what may happen next.”
Build new relationships and new market channels
Both Conner and Fisher agree on the importance of understanding the changing marketplace, and finding ways to adjust to new market needs.
“We’re seeing diverse demands in national and international markets, says Conner. “We’re part of food systems, and there is a need to supply everyone who wants a unique combination of inputs, and to do so at competitive prices. There is a lot of action for demand based on identification of products to fill unique needs.”
Fisher also emphasizes relationship building, both with producers and in new markets. “U.S. grain handlers and feed manufacturers have been aggressive in seeking new markets and responding to customer preferences for organic and non-GMO products. Some of these market opportunities may be nontraditional, but they may have higher margins. Our industry excels in being responsive to shifts in customer demand.”
Sustainably produced crops are a growing market, as well, says Fisher. “Some producers are changing their management practices to seek more sustainability — economic, social and environmental. It’s a change in supply chains, presenting some opportunities. Some downstream market customers are working with feed companies and, in turn, grain companies on Field to Market sustainable supply arrangements.”
The Food Safety Modernization Act is a new wrinkle for the grain and feed industry, says Fisher.
Congress passed the FSMA in December 2010 and it was signed into law in January 2011. Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations enforced by the FDA provide for systems that assure proper design, monitoring and control of manufacturing processes and facilities.
Grain handlers are exempt from FSMA’s requirements to conduct a hazard analysis, implement preventive controls, develop a written food safety plan and keep records, but they have supply relationships with feed companies and processors that are subject to these FDA requirements. Under a broad umbrella, the law applies to feed and feed ingredient and pet food manufacturers, grain processors, biofuels producers manufacturing co-products like distillers dried grains for use as feed ingredients, and importers of grains, feed and feed ingredients, and processed commodities.
“The grain and feed industry is at the beginning of the implementation process for FSMA, and the impact on the supply chains is not yet fully known,” says Fisher, “but we anticipate that FDA’s supplier verification regulations will have an impact on contractual relationships between grain elevators and those regulated companies to which they sell.”
Keep public policy on the radar screen
With the election of a new president and potential changes in regulatory philosophy, Conner and Fisher say public policy issues could be significant this year, in both favorable and unfavorable ways.
In light of the agricultural economic issues of 2016 and evolving views among legislators, Conner anticipates aggressive debate on the next farm bill. He predicts passage of a new farm bill, even though some groups, such as the Heritage Foundation, were calling for an end to farm programs during the last election and have been meeting with the transition team for the incoming presidential administration.
“The potential impact of public policy needs to be analyzed carefully,” says Conner. “With a new presidential administration, there could be significant efforts to address issues such as pay [overtime pay], and environmental regulations.”
Ag groups are likely to continue pressing for changes to Clean Water Act (CWA) rules. “CWAclearly and directly provides for our efforts to protect upstream waters without making them Waters of the United States. Yet, the final WOTUS rule issued by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers makes many upstream waters and drainage features part of WOTUS, which is unlawful in our view,” says Conner.
Fisher agrees that upside regulatory changes could be favorable to the agricultural business environment and reduce business costs, but he also notes the need for agricultural groups to engage with the new Trump administration as it formulates trade policy to preserve the positive economic impacts of trade for agriculture and rural communities. “There was a lot of pressure during the presidential campaign to change trade agreements, or pull out of them,” Fisher says. “We believe there will be an opportunity to work with the new administration to modernize and build on existing trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, in a way that is mutually beneficial and further spurs economic growth and efficient trade within signatory countries.”
Strategy, talent management crucial to navigating change/building for future
Along with the economic situation coming off the 2016 crop year, the changing marketplace and technological advancements are forcing dramatic change. The need to manage employee talent is greater than ever before and should be an area of strategic focus going into 2017.
“In the next 10 years, technology and other factors will have a greater impact than in the past,” says Conner. “With fewer farmers, the changes are dramatic, even today. Our business structure needs to adapt and change.
“Fundamentally, there will be a greater need for training, and recruiting and retaining the best talent,” he continues. “There is a lot more sophistication — GPS, yield monitors, big data. There is a lot of grain to find homes for, which requires a great deal of national and international savvy — it requires a highly skilled workforce.”
Harvey A. Meier, Ph.D., CMC, is a certified management consultant and president of Harvey A.Meier Co., a Pacific Northwest management consulting firm. Meier has been a consultant for 46 years, with the last 25 focusing on coaching and facilitating strategic business planning, best governance practices, and leadership development and execution at the CEO, board, and senior management team levels, primarily for cooperatives and other agricultural businesses.
Meier is also co-author of The D’Artagnan Way, A Tale of Purpose, Passion and Team Commitment. The book and philosophy are designed to help leaders create and sustain teams that are inspired, passionate and committed. The book espouses seven principles:
Commit to a shared dream. Create strategic alliances. Respect each other’s differences. Maintain a positive attitude. Choose to trust. Do the right thing. Celebrate success.
Meier says co-op managers and boards should be asking questions. Where do you see yourself in the next three to five years, strategically and operationally? What information do you need to influence decision making? He adds that many factors may influence those decisions, and impacts may not be immediate. Those who position their businesses strategically will be the last ones standing.
“Ask whether to maintain the status quo business model, or what you want to see in three to five years,” he adds. “Think about the best, most likely, and worstcase scenarios, and look at what is happening globally, as well as the economic and political impacts.
Ask yourself if you need to make a paradigm shift. At the end of the day, it’s about risk management. Pick the most likely case.”
Meier also recommends looking for strategic alliances and partnerships. “This trend, including mergers, is becoming more prevalent for both strategic and economic reasons. While there was a big upturn in mergers 15 to 20 years ago, and then they fell off,they may pick up again. Position for long-term survival.
“At the farm and co-op levels, leaders who are successful must be good at planning and executing. They are strategic, build alliances and manage talent well,” he adds. “The real challenge will be talent management and business plan execution. Identify the type of people who have strong agriculture and ag business backgrounds, with a commitment to purpose, passion, teamwork and getting the job done.”
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Josiah had joined Stephen F. Austin's colony in 1828 and received a Mexican land grant in present-day Bastrop County where he settled in the community of Utley near the Colorado River. The Wilbarger's home consisted of a cabin and a stockade that may have been a family fort. He also prepared a cave in the banks of the Colorado River for shelter in case of Indian attack. Little else is known about the fort. At one time there was a commemorative marker at the site of Wilbarger Bend in the Colorado.
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The A43 has long been a curse on Geddington. Over many years, people had sought a solution only to be thwarted. When Eurohub was built, a bypass for Geddington could have been part of the deal. A single pedestrian crossing was the only gain.
Nevertheless, a bypass was included in the Highways Agency’s ‘would like to have’ list of road schemes. This was a highly controversial route that would have split Newton and Geddington, passed straight through the SSSI near the dovecote and destroyed the fields behind Skeffington Close. Needless to say, this did not have the full support of Geddington.
This was in the early 1990s and for many years nothing much happened. Traffic was thundering through Geddington at 50mph and more. People who lived on the A43 experienced their houses being shaken and were unable to use their gardens because of noise and fumes. Crossing the road was a nightmare and it was a challenge to join the traffic in your car.
Sensing a lack of momentum and fearful that nothing would change, our vicar at the time, Richard Dorrington, decided to establish an independent group to fight for a bypass.
The group needed the full support of the people of Geddington. So the first action was to carry out a 24 hour traffic count which showed that more than 15,000 vehicles a day, over 2,200 of them HGVs passed through the village. The second was to canvass the views of the village, about what people wanted in terms of a solution.
The village survey showed two clear objectives:
Short term, people wanted the existing volume of traffic to travel more slowly and more safely through the village.
Long term, people wanted the bulk of the traffic to be removed from the village completely.
Armed with these facts, meetings were held with the County Council, Kettering Borough Council, Corby Borough Council and the Highways Agency.
The Highways Agency was presented with a lengthy report and they agreed to carry out their own investigation. Eventually, they agreed to install a second crossing at Grange Road, among other traffic calming actions, and also to lower the speed limit from 40 to 30 mph. The county decided to experiment with speed cameras and, with the first two installed in our village, the lower limit was introduced meeting our short term objectives.
In 1999 The Action Group considered a number of new road options that would bring relief to Geddington and meet the Government’s requirements for cost-effectiveness and environment etc. All bar one were ruled out because they were impractical, too expensive or would not get the support needed. A new road however from the A6003 at Barford Bridge, running beside the railway line, passing Eurohub and emerging onto the A43 at Stanion met all the criteria.
We provided input to the Examination in Public of the Northamptonshire County Structure Plan and this led to official county policy including a requirement that the needs of Geddington be considered in the expansion of Corby. Many meetings with representatives of the County, Kettering Borough and our MP, Phil Sawford, were followed by hectic rollercoaster sessions at County Hall in Northampton when Councillors debated the merits of six different routes. Finally, after much lobbying and several presentations by the Action Group as well as by Catalyst Corby, Councillors agreed to back our proposal.
The A43 Corby Link Road – an update
Back in June 2012, many of us were delighted to hear that the building of the Geddington Bypass, as it was known when the campaign began, had started. Such a road was first raised many decades ago. With the building of Skeffington Close and the increase in properties in Newton and Grange Road on the other side of the ‘main’ road, it was obvious that the village had been cut in half. That, with the exponential increase in traffic over the last few years, the answer, it appeared, was a new bypass.
It took many years before the road reached the stage it has, not least because it became part of a county wide initiative entitled the Northamptonshire Arc. To quote the Northamptonshire County Council:
The Northamptonshire Arc is a locally developed spatial concept covering the whole county. It represents an integrated approach to economic development, the environment and connectivity and is one of the first concepts of its type in the country. The Arc encompasses all seven of the major towns in the county.
However, as far as we in the villages of Geddington, Newton and Little Oakley are concerned, the building of the new dual carriageway brings new stresses, not the least of which is the inconvenience of minor road closures and all the mud and turmoil of major construction sites.
So how will it affect us?
According to the NCC website, there are 5 areas of work that will affect the general public:
Works to increase the size and capacity of the existing Stanion Roundabout at the junction of the A43 / A6116.
Works to construct a new roundabout to the east of the A6003 to the south of Barford Bridge. Although the majority of the works is “off line” it will impact on both the Newton Road and A6003 when the new “tie-ins” are constructed.
Works to the Great Oakley–Little Oakley road, involving a temporary road closure to allow construction of a new bridge to carry the old road over the A43 Corby Link Road.
Works to the Newton to Great Oakley road, involving a temporary road closure to allow construction of a new bridge to carry the old road over the A43 Corby Link Road.
A number of Rights of Way will need to be diverted during the course of the works, wherever possible suitable alternatives will be found during construction.
The projected completion date is Spring 2014.
For further information visit the following websites:
www.northamptonshire.gov.uk
www.mgwsp.co.uk/news/ceremony-marks-start-of-34m-link–road
assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/investment-in-local…/A43-Corby.pdf
“A43 Corby Link Road” is the key phrase in each case.
On Friday 23rd May, 2014, the new road now named as the A43, was opened by Roads Minister Robert Goodwill MP in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, accompanied by Northampton County Council Leader, Cllr Jim Harker and several bus-loads of schoolchildren.
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Give Me My Remote > Kidding > Showtime Sets November Returns for SHAMELESS, KIDDING, and RAY DONOVAN
Showtime Sets November Returns for SHAMELESS, KIDDING, and RAY DONOVAN
August 2, 2019 by Marisa Roffman
in KIDDING (Season 1, Episode 06, “The Cookie”). – Photo: Paul Sarkis/SHOWTIME – Photo ID: KIDDING_106_525.DNG
Showtime has announced return dates for SHAMELESS, KIDDING, and RAY DONOVAN.
SHAMELESS season 10 will premiere on Sunday, November 3 at 9/8c. Following that will be the sophomore season debut of Jim Carrey’s KIDDING, which will air back-to-back episodes at 10/9c and 10:30/9:30c.
Additionally, RAY DONOVAN season 7 will premiere on Sunday, November 17 at 8/7c.
Here’s what’s in store for the shows, per Showtime…
“The tenth season of SHAMELESS picks up six months after last season’s finale: Frank (Macy) uses his leg injury to collect as many prescription drugs as possible and his exploits lead him to an old friend. Debbie (Emma Kenney), emboldened by the $50,000 left to her by Fiona, has stepped in as the new matriarch, ruling over the Gallagher household with an iron fist. Lip (Jeremy Allen White) navigates his relationship with a newly affectionate Tami (Kate Miner). Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) has to decide what to do with his life as he finishes military school and heads back to the South side. Liam (Christian Isaiah) is committed to learning more about black history and culture under the tutelage of V (Shanola Hampton) as Kev (Steve Howey) faces an identity crisis. Gallavich returns this season as Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and Mickey (Noel Fisher) rekindle their romance in prison as both cellmates and lovers.”
Jim Carrey returns in his Golden Globe nominated performance as the iconic children’s television host, Jeff Pickles, in the second season of KIDDING. This season picks up moments after season one’s cliffhanger, and with his beloved Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time off the air for the first time in 30 years, Jeff Pickles must find a way to communicate with his many fans who still need him. Jeff creates a new and controversial method to talk directly to children across the world only to become the target of animosity for the first time in his career. As Jeff navigates the most complicated moral gray areas of his life, he discovers a new side of himself in a season full of music, magic, puppets and pathos. The series also stars Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Catherine Keener (Get Out), Judy Greer (Married), Cole Allen, Juliet Morris and Justin Kirk (WEEDS).
Season seven of RAY DONOVAN finds Ray (Liev Schreiber in his three-time Emmy nominated and five-time Golden Globe nominated role) working to be the man his family needs him to be. While he makes progress with Dr. Amiot (five-time Emmy and Golden Globe winner Alan Alda), there are dangers from the past that require the Ray Donovan of old. Between NYC mayor Ed Feratti (Zach Grenier), an unrelenting NYPD officer hunting for the truth and clients old and new, Ray struggles to find the balance between fixing for clients and fixing himself. And when Feratti’s corruption brings a piece of Mickey’s past (Jon Voight, in his Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning role) back to New York, Ray is forced to seek answers to long-buried questions. Meanwhile, Bunchy (Dash Mihok), hoping for a fresh start, bunks in Ray’s apartment and works stocking shelves at a pharmacy. Terry (Eddie Marsan) is offered a new, unconventional healing opportunity. Daryll (Pooch Hall) struggles to figure out where he fits into the Donovan clan. Bridget (Kerris Dorsey) and Smitty (Graham Rogers) face the realities of married life. ”
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CyberFair Project ID: 3937
NOTE: Due to URL changes, some links may no longer be valid.
Title: The Pilgrimage to Changhua Confucius Temple
Category: 6. Historical Landmarks
URL: http://gsh.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2005/3937/index.htm
Bibliography: http://gsh.taiwanschoolnet.org/gsh2005/3937/bibliography.htm
School: Changhua Junior High School
Changhua City, Taiwan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
12 students, ages 14-15 worked together to complete this CyberFair project on March 20, 2005. They have participated in CyberFair in the following year(s): 2005
Classes and Teachers: Gao Hong-bin, Huang Jay-ren, Tsai Xuan-yi, Chen Jian-ming, Gao Chong-zer
Our School's Web Site: http://163.23.68.65/
1. Description of Our Community
Changhua Confucius Temple locates Changhua City where is contained within our school area. However, most citizens only know there is a Confucius Temple but don’t know it were listed as a national historical interest of the first grade. The purpose of this project is to make people know more about Confucius Temple and feel more the wonder and the beauty of the historical landmark.
2. Summary of Our Project
“Changhua Confucius Temple” was the highest grade school in Changhua during the Ching Dynasty. Many excellent students were bred in this famous school. As the past of the time, it was repaired for many times. From the repaired steles of every era, we felt the efforts of the former virtuous persons who tried to protect the Confucius Temple all the time. Our methods of the research included “the tracks architectural history”, “the researches of the steles”, “the researches of the historical inscribed boards”, “the participation in the Ceremony of Sacrifice to Confucius”, and “providing the exposition service about Changhua Confucius Temple”. We really want to popularize the culture of the historical landmark.
3. Our Computer and Internet Access
A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%
B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:1
C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection
D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:4-6
E. Additional comments concerning your computer and/or Internet access (Optional):
School Internet Environment: There is one computers classroom in our school. Forty computers were provided for all students to use. All computers were connected with each other, and it is convenient for us to have discussions, to search data, and to print papers in school. Teammates’ houses Internet Environments: Each teammate has his or her own computer, which was connected with ADSL. After school, we will use e-mail, Internet hard discs, USB hard discs, or the progress report provided by Taiwan Schools Cyberfair to continue doing the researches.
4. Problems We Had To Overcome
Hard to collect the pictures and information: The documents about Changhua Confucius Temple are very rare. We needed to collect some information to confirm the existence of the period pieces. Especially for the steles researching, many words on the steles were blurred. Besides, we also needed the managers of the Confucius Temple, Mr. Lin and Mr. Shie, to provide the pictures about the ceremony for us. We all appreciate them very sincerely. Hard to make homepages: Our teammates didn’t have enough experiences and skills to make the homepages and the animation. We also thank for our school teachers Mr. Gau and Miss Tsai’s help. Hard to popularize the culture and other problems: During the working time, every teammate was worried that his or her homework and studying might be abandoned or stopped by these researching works. However, the teammates finally could keep their good grades at school. Besides, the teammates sometimes provided the exposition service for nobody for a long time. No one was willing to be served even the teammates invite the passersby. Sometimes the teammates would feel frustrated about that. However, the school teachers would like to provide other data for us, so we sometimes had the surprising results.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
We want to spread Chinese Culture around the world by introducing Changhua Confucius Temple.
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
1. Our school located in the Ba Gua Mountains, which also belong to the national scenery areas of Three-mountains. This project is about the connections between of the natural scenery and the culture of the historical landmark. We applied the rich resources of the community to edit this project “The Pilgrimage of Changhua Confucius Temple”. By visiting the community and the service of the historical landmark live exposition, we knew more and deeply about the cultural sources and the art and wisdom of our ancestors. Especially for the service of the live exposition, we not only introduced the culture to our friends, our classmates and the tourists, but also shortened the distance between the inhabitants and the cultures of the historical landmark. From the beginning of the project, we recorded every brick, every tile, every sculpture and every painting of Changhua Confucius Temple and did our best to learn about the cultures of the traditional folklore. Joining the Ceremony of Sacrifice for Confucius made us feel the solemnity of the two-thousand-ago manners and the respect for Confucius’ contributions to Chinese education. Regular live exposition service could spread out the traditional cultures and teach people how to preserve our historical landmarks. Moreover, we could also train our expressional ability to share the project efforts with the tourists.
1) What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your CyberFair project?
2. During the process of editing the project, we used the digital electronic media very often, such as MD, DV, digital cameras and scanners, etc. Those tools helped us to record the valuable information to construct our homepage. By showing our successful project homepages, we want to send our passions for loving the folk culture to the whole world. Let the foreigners understand we kept the tradition of the Ceremony of Sacrifice for Confucius perfectly. And the most important of all, we will continue this tradition forever.
2) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your CyberFair project both on-line and in person.
3. “CyberFair” this word was ever an impossible dream to me, the computer idiot. By joining this project, I have the opportunity to delete the prejudice that only the computer talents could join “CyberFair”. Besides, I also knew more about my old neighbor “Changhua Confucius Temple” and further understood the importance and the urgency of preserving the historical landmarks. Looking back to these working days, I was busy for the CyberFair project with my classmates and teachers all the time. I remembered the first time when I held my notebook and urgently wrote down all the features of the Temple, or the first time to do the live exposition to strangers, or the first time to get up in the early morning for joining the Ceremony on time…etc. So many first times are really unforgettable for me. Although they sometimes made me so nervous, I indeed learned lots of the knowledge that I didn’t know before. After this activity, I may not have the opportunity to do the live exposition again, but I will come to the Confucius Temple to watch the each sights of it or to recall the everything that I learned at that time. I think, if someone wants to know more about Changhua Confucius Temple, I would be so proud to be the live expositor for him. Because that is my pleasure.
3) What has been the impact of your project on your community?
4. Originally, I thought the function of Changhua Confucius Temple was just holding the Ceremony of Sacrifice for Confucius. After researching, I discovered that the paintings, the sculptures and the steles have their own meanings. For example, I found that a lying stele was just the school discipline. That was really amazing. Besides, learning how to do the service of the live exposition made me not only knows more about my hometown culture but feel more confident about this project, so I could be familiar with the tourists soon. I recalled that we were all strange to this Temple at that time before the project, but now we almost could be the experts on Changhua Confucius Temple.
4) How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?
5. First, we want to thank the administers of Changhua Confucius Temple, Hsie Wu Shong and Lin Shi Chuen, for providing the information about the Temple and being the advisers of the live exposition service. They helped us complete this project successfully. We also want to thank the people who were satisfied with the service of the live exposition. You made us have more confidence to serve more tourists and foreigners. Besides, we want to thank the teacher, Huang Jay Ren, for his guidance about the exposition service; we thank the teachers, Gao Hong Bin and Tsai Xuan Yi, for completing the homepages of the project. Finally, without the teachers, Chen Jian Ming and Gao Chong Zer, we could not translate the native language Chinese in the project into the international language English, and could not share our achievements with the whole world. Of course, CyberFair, we all thank you, too.
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Estonia’s soul singers
Posted August 23rd, 2009 / By Maila-Kaarina in Cover story, Misc
{mosimage}For a small country, it has a big voice – many thousands of them. While most nations measure their international prestige in sporting or economic terms, Estonia prides itself on its singing.
he 25th Song Celebration (Laulupidu), titled “To breathe as one”, was held at Lauluväljak (Tallinn Song Festival Grounds) on 2-5 July and its importance to the Estonian psyche cannot be exaggerated. The last in 2004 attracted a crowd of over 200,000 plus 35,000 choral singers and 2,000 musicians raising their voices in traditional and modern song.
Fittingly, a statue of Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993), 'the Father of the Festival', has looked down over the vast field since 2004 to the huge arched roof under which the choirs perform. He was the event's head organiser and chief choirmaster for nearly 50 years as well as being a noted composer who put to music Mu isamaa on minu arm (My country is my love) the poem by Estonia’s pre-eminent female poet Lydia Koidula.
“This song is very important for all Estonians, it’s the symbol of our freedom,” says Margot Holts, Lauluväljak’s Marketing Director.
2009 marked the festival’s 140th anniversary and it has mushroomed in significance and size from its origins in the city of Tarttu, where a small museum traces its history. Naturally, during Estonia's Russian and Soviet periods, it acted as a siren for the Estonian soul. So why was it allowed when Estonia was part of the Soviet Union from 1944 to1991? (The current TSFG was even built in 1959 although the then radical design was by Estonian architects Kotli and Sepmann)
Blissful Ignorance
{mosimage}"The powers in Moscow saw it as a cultural event only. They were so far removed that they didn’t realize it was so totemic for us,” explains Mall Oja of Tallinn’s Tourist Bureau.
During occupation, it was held with red flag flying, while the throng defiantly sang for freedom. Before independence came in 1991, the last Soviet event attended by 300,000 in 1988 was dubbed ‘The singing revolution’. This and the subsequent one in 1992 exhaled pride and joy which was breathed in deeply by the entire nation.
Plucked young, matured carefully
Since 1934, the festival has been combined with the Dance Celebration (at nearby Kalev Stadium) that has now had its 18th edition. Over 50,000 choir and 20,000 dancing applications (from abroad too) were received, which were whittled down – only the best will do.
Estonian choristry skims off the cream from an early age – mirroring the process of the sports world. Choristers from village to city join a major choir as young as five years old. The gifted are trialled, selected and trained at such elite bodies as the Estonian National Opera Boys’ Choir.
{mosimage}Under the professional tutelage of ENOBC's Artistic Director Hirvo Surva and others, they are trained in breathing, singing and timing. Estonian choirs have received applause and awards abroad from the Llangollen Choir Competition and Hungary’s Cantemus Choral Festival among others. Singers and dancers this year came from North America, the Nordics, UK, Ukraine, Hungary and Russia.
A typical participant was Feliks Mägus, Chairman of the Nordic Hotel s group who joined a choir aged 7 and then sang until he graduated, literally, to the Tarttu men's choir Akadeemiline Emajõgi. As he puts it “The Song Festival has always been a place to enjoy singing and to feel that all Estonians are as one nation.”
But the sound and atmosphere created by 100,000 voices is unforgettable in the ten or so songs that are performed together en masse. “Our programme always includes difficult pieces which require balance and careful rehearsal,” comments Surva. “And we always start with Koit and finish with Mu isamaa on mu arm for the older generation.”
Held every four years like the Olympics and other great sporting occasions, this mean that those who take part have an indelible experience. Although not everyone who wishes can attend in person, the volume and atmosphere produced by the ensemble when singing together means that their voices carry far beyond the sound limits and into the hearts and souls of absentees too.
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RIFUGIO PANAROTTA, Italy -- Julian Arredondo claimed the biggest win of his career with a solo victory on the 18th stage of the Giro dItalia on Thursday, while Nairo Quintana retained the overall leaders pink jersey as the race returned to the mountains. Balenciaga Outlet Italia . The 25-year-old Arredondo had been part of a breakaway and made his move with just under four kilometres (2.5 miles) remaining to ride alone up the summit finish to Rifugio Panarotta. The Colombian had time to raise one arm into the air as he crossed the finish line, 17 seconds ahead of Fabio Duarte. Philip Deignan was 20 seconds further back at the end of the 171K (106-mile) leg from Belluno. "Its a win that Ive really searched for," Arredondo said. "I said it from the start, Im in this Giro to win at least one stage, and its from the start that I have been trying. "Until today, I managed three second places and two third places, I was only missing a win and we got that today. Weve tried so much and at the end we managed it. So tonight well celebrate." Quintana remained 1:41 ahead of fellow Colombian Rigoberto Uran, with Pierre Rolland moving into third place as former race leader Cadel Evans slipped to ninth. Rolland is 3:29 behind Quintana, two seconds ahead of Fabio Aru and Rafal Majka. "Today was a calm climb, but there were several attacks, I managed to control all of them which concerned my position," Quintana said. "Each cyclist should worry about their own race. The team worked very well. "I am very happy with how things are going, there is a good atmosphere, there is joy in the team. Also the Italians are cheering me on, they are supporting me during the race, I am very happy with the warmth that we are feeling on the Giro route." Victorias Ryder Hesjedal, the 2012 Giro champion, moved up two spots to seventh overall after finishing 16th in Thursdays stage. He is 4:32 behind Quintana. Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., is in 155th spot after finishing 142nd in Thursdays stage. A group of 11 cyclists escaped on the first categorized climb of the day, up San Pellegrino, and they managed to open up an advantage of 1:50 on the approach to the steepest part of the climb, which had gradients of 15 per cent. Arredondo, who currently leads the King of the Mountains standings, attacked three kilometres (two miles) from the summit to pick up maximum points. Deignan was just behind Arredondo, with Cataldo 40 seconds slower, but the breakaway was back together on the descent and three more riders joined it from the peloton. The peloton hit the top of San Pellegrino four minutes behind Arredondo and the gap grew to twice that, with the favourites opting to conserve their energy. The leaders maintained a significant advantage on the second climb -- the Passo del Redebus -- and had a 7:27 gap on the final climb of the day. 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Hiller made 20 saves and stopped Anze Kopitars penalty shot in the first period, and the Swiss netminder turned away every good scoring chance after that in his fourth shutout and 24th victory of the season. Just 2:45 in, Perry scored the first goal in Dodger Stadium history, connecting rather easily on a rebound of Ryan Getzlafs shot off a faceoff. Less than six minutes later, Beleskey was alone at the side of Quicks net to score on a play set up by Selannes pass. Kopitar was awarded a penalty shot midway through the period when Lovejoy hooked him on a breakaway, but the Kings leading scorer couldnt do much with the puck, and Hiller stopped it. "The experience was fun and it was exciting, playing on a stage like this in front of all those people, but it was definitely not the outcome we wanted," Kopitar said. Cogliano had the best scoring chance of the second period, but lost the puck on a breakaway. 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Hat Yai.
A great floating market at Hat Yai.
No paper or bags, everything s served in these Banana leaves and is cheap & tasty. These fish cakes were 20 Baht.
This is not a touristy part of Thailand, which is why I went only as far as Hat Yai and then looped around and headed north again. There were three bombings and a nurse was killed while I was there.
The sad thing is that I met a lot of good people many of them Muslims but once again the extremist losers rule by fear with their cowardly acts. How brave were these three little turds to pick on a nurse on her way home. The lowest most cowardly scum in the world. Like most extremists.
These images are from Hat yai Floating Market, a traditional Muslim market which was full of very friendly people many of them visitors from Malaysia. You order a dish and they put in the basket and you simple retrieve it and place money back in basket.
Its a busy & friendly market.
Siamese fighting fish.
One of the many Mosques you find all over Thailand.
One of the many Army / Police roadblocks I encountered on my trip. In the south they are very serious because of the number of bombings.
Why I didn't stay too long.. Bomb blasts rock Hat Yai. HAT YAI: -- Four separate bomb blasts hit Hat Yai district of Songkhla on Tuesday causing injuries to five people. A fifth bomb found near the entrance to apartments inside Prince of Songkhla Hospital was safely defused. The first bombs separately went off at about 1.30pm in front of 7 Eleven convenient store on Ponpichai Road and near the police flats opposite Hat Yai police station. The blast at the police flats damaged many vehicles as it the bomb had been placed near the police station's parking area. Fire fighters rushed to the scene to control the flames caused by the explosions. Later reports said two more bomb blasts hit an area near Hat Yai railway station as well as close to Robinson department store. A further bomb was found near the flats in Prince of Sonkhla Hospital but the bomb squad as able to defuse it in time.
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September 12, 2016 - Protein Misfolding Jaques Monod Conference, Brittany, France
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The Kaganovich lab has started roasting coffee beans "in-house." So far this has been very successful. Colleagues and students are encouraged to visit and see for themselves.
We are organizing an EMBO workshop on Macromolecular assemblies at the crossroads of stress and function May 31-June4, 2015 in Jerusalem. Details and speaker list will be published soon.
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Macromolecular assemblies at the crossroads of cell stress and function31 May–4 June 2015 | Jerusalem, Israel
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Dan will be speaking at:
EMBO Workshop on Macromolecular assemblies at the crossroads of cell stress and function, May 31-June 4, 2015 at the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies,
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9th European Conference on Intermediate Filaments in Health and Disease, June 24-27, 2015, in Djurönäset, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gottingen University - Hebrew University joint workshop: Molecular mechanisms in synaptic transmission, sensory transduction, and neurodegeneration October 28-29, 2014
"Tayarut" Hall, floor 0, Hadassah Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ein Kerem campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
7th International Symposium on Heat Shock Proteins in Biology and Medicine on November 3rd, 2014 in Old Town Alexandria (Hilton Alexandria Old Town), Washington DC.
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) Seminar Series November 20th, 2014, MPI-Dresden
EMBO Workshop on Regulation of Aging and Proteostasis February 15-20, 2015 at the Orchid Jerusalem view Hotel (Ma'ale Hachamisha), Israel
ETH Zurich Institute of Biochemistry Postdoc Association-Invited Seminar March 26, 2015
חג שמח to everyone from the Kaganovich Lab!!!
Conference! - Israel Live Imaging Forum
Dan will be speaking at the 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Intermediate Filaments on June 16th, in West Dover, Vermont.
Conference!
In August (18-22) there is going to be a great conference in Sheffield, UK, organized by the Cell Stress Society on the topic of Stress Proteins in Biology and Medicine. Sign up here!
Dan Kaganovich and Hali Spokoini are both giving talks at the Adler Symposium in Yeast Biology on August 29th in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Dan Kaganovich received a 2012 New Investigator Award in Alzheimer’s Disease from the American Federation for Aging Research. The award will help fund research on the cell biology of protein aggregation in a C. elegans Alzheimer's model. The award is for $100,000. Thank's to everyone who helped with the grant!
Congratulations to Hali Spokoini, Maya Shamir, and Alma Keness on their Journal of Visualize Experiments paper "4D Imaging of Protein Aggregation in Live Cells" which is now In Press!!
Dan is currently at the Keystone Aging meeting and will be in Bloomington, IN January 19-22.
Dan will be in:
Helsinki, Finland - August 8-18
Tallinn, Estonia - August 15-18
Sheffield, UK - August 18-22
Gothenburg, Sweden - August 22-23
Florence, Italy March 6-10 speaking the ADPD Conference.
Coimbra, Portugal April 1-6 teaching a course at the Univeristy of Coimbra.
Santa Barbara, California June 1-4 for the AFAR conference.
Conference!!
Israel Biophysical Society Meeting
Dan is giving a talk at the Keystone Conference on Sirtuins in Metabolism Aging and Disease on February 13th.
He will also be visiting the University of Reno and the Boston University Medical School along the way.
Margaret Cuniff from MIT joins the lab as a summer student.
Summer LabMeeting Schedule
Big developments in the lab with the start of the new school year!
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[DSA/D&D] How to stage a really exciting battle?
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Rimke
For 18 years I�ve played DSA now, which is a rule wise a kind of D&D (though I might offend DSA players by saying that). At first we played everything by the book. In dungeon chamber #whatever was monster #VeryScary 2 with hit points #TooMany and if in a fight it turned out the heroes were eaten by the monster then they were dead and had to create new characters.
Later on we changed our style. Now characters can be stupid and weak and still not lose the fight. All is focused on �Role Playing� which means that even the fights are staged. The GM cheats so no one dies and the heroes save the day at the very last moment.
This also doesn�t satisfy me, all suspension is gone, every body knows we are going to win somehow, and nobody is going to die.
Some people say it is just finding the right amount of monsters against the heroes and then play a kind of strategic game. I disagree. The best strategy for the GM (and also for the players by the way) is to single out one opponent and destroy that first. I will give an example.
5 warriors against 5 orcs, both have 10 HP and do 5 damage.
The warriors are stupid and attack each one orc and the orcs are evil and attack 1 warrior at the time until he dies and then focus on another.
First round:
Orc1: 5HP
Orc2:5HP
Warrior1:Dead
Warrior3:5HP
Warrior4:10HP
Second round:
Orc1:Dead
Warriors: All dead!
Moral of this story, focus all attacks on one opponent and you�ll be more effective. In my experience players will do that when their lives are in danger (usually they�ll start out with each one foe though). But it will be unacceptable for a GM to behave in this kind of way, because a player will feel it is not fair to his character at all.
My question to all of you is, how do you create a really exciting battle in these kinds of RPGs? Do you cheat with the dies? Do you let characters die because of bad luck? Do you always punish �stupid actions� And how about �stupid actions� that happen because the player is just playing his role as a �na�ve enthusiastic 16 years old� very well?
Eero Tuovinen
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Re: [DSA/D&D] How to stage a really exciting battle?
Well, my solution at the time was to write 200 pages of house rules to fix D&D. It worked, surprisingly enough, perhaps because I'm not the worst designer on this earth at all. Stuff like focusing attacks on individual characters to kill them quickly can, after all, be worked around in a bazillion different ways, beginning with the loss condition: if being out of the battle does not equate death, it's not a problem to begin with if characters fall in battle. Another solution is to specifically give characters abilities that allow them to control the flow of battle, so as to avoing monsters ganging up on them; the fighter could, for example, use the terrain to force the monsters to attack him first, or he could even have some ability to attract the monsters away from other characters. Alternatively, you could attack the strange and unrealistic assumption that orcs will just gladly fling themselves to death by indiscriminately focusing attacks instead of acting in a manner that leaves each individual orc some chance of self-preservation; that's how real people fight, after all, and if the rules-system of D&D does not support actually protecting yourself, then the rules need to change.
Barring that kind of rules-modifying, my solution is to move towards genuinely challenge-based play wherein character death is celebrated as the highest stakes at the table; the player has to be able to choose it, but when he does, the death is never insignificant. Traditional roleplaying games too often recommend a kind of paralyzing DMing method that forces the DM to take control and responsibility for more and more of the game process, coming to head with the notion that the DM is responsible for character welfare. If you allow players to make genuine choices with real information, they can be the ones responsible for the life and death of their characters, instead. That solves most of the problems witha that play style.
Of course, all that first requires that the group has a coherent creative agenda. Often enough the first problem in this kind of fantasy adventure game is that the players are expecting all seven kinds of different experiences from the game. One player might be patiently waiting for the GM to lead the game into situations where his character can be a great hero who saves nations and slays monsters, for example. From what I know of DSA, it might be quite possible to play years and years of grim, deadly adventures with the impression that the real heroic, dramatic stuff is just beyond the corner. If that's what a player actually wants, then tracking back towards real challenge is actually counter-productive - that player really will get his character killed in the process of roleplay, perhaps "sacrificing" his life to "save his comrades", which seems to be the highest point of drama a drama-seeking player can reach in a traditional adventure game when the group is not actually looking for dramatic plots with heroic characters.
But if the group knows what they want, then it's not that difficult to give it to them by simply changing the GMing methods used. If the players know what is likely to happen to their characters if they go into that building, and if they have genuine options that include not going into the building, then it's not a problem at all if the five orcs in the building would probably be the death for the whole group in a heads-on fight; after all, they chose to risk it themselves by going into the building.
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Quote from: Eero Tuovinen on February 24, 2008, 08:15:21 PM
group in a heads-on fight; after all, they chose to risk it themselves by going into the building.
I'd like to discuss this idea, because I agree with it, but I think it is less easy than it sounds.
At the end of an adventure in DSA there is usually some kind of "End Battle" between the villains and the heroes. The heroes have little choice in this, unless they'd like to be cowards. Still this battle should be exciting, it should be the climax of the adventure where the heroes beat the villains. The best possible scenario would be that the heroes defeat the villains at the very last moment and win the day. But what are the real changes of that happening if you don't cheat as a GM? In my experience they are next to 0. Or the foes were to weak and defeated easily, or they were to strong and you have to intervere to not get everybody killed. Mind you, you could of course give them opportunity to flee or die, to give them a choice, but the frustration in my party would be high when I gave them an end battle in which they were not able to achieve a victory after a whole adventure of hard work, no matter how well they planned. What are the chances of a really exciting battle when you leave all up to chance? I think they are pretty slim. The solution might be that you cheat (which we used to do), but then it is not fair at all to let a character die.
I hope I gave a better idea of my problem. I am not sure there is a solution, some people in my group don't even need one. They feel tension even when they know the GM will cheat things so that everything has a happy ending. But one of my friends and I (who DM the most (we change DM every adventure are a bit unsatisfied with how things are going). We would like to a game where you have a "Heroic Death" as you described, where a dead means something and is not just a bad piece of luck. But I am not sure how we might achieve such a thing.
Well, the heroic death I mentioned was actually me bitching about semi-play that happens when players don't really get what they want from play. I always felt that the heroic dressings the GM gave to a character when he died in some meaningless little adventure were like unto bones thrown to starving dogs to placate them when the GM himself was more interested in the grim mood of his game.
Anyway, that's not pertinent. What might be is this blog posting of mine, which some have considered useful. Check the accompanying adventure as well: it's not written very carefully, but it might help you see how a climax battle like you describe can be set up: my adventure does not presume that the climax will happen in the first place, because such a battle will only be possible if the players choose to take an adversial stance against the NPCs and monsters in the scenario. The adventure might happen in ways that sidestep the battle at the climax, or the climax might happen and the characters die in it; if the players were really grogging the idea of the game, however, they wouldn't be frustrated by dying in the hands of Nifur the giant, as the death would happen as a consequence of their own choices and their own decision to risk death in a situation where they could have chosen other paths, instead.
However, all that might not be pertinent for your group; from what I'm reading between your lines I understand that your group would like to have lots of plot and exciting adventure, with perhaps less hardcore stakes than the method of play I'm describing here. So maybe another tack is in order here: have you considered the simple solution of running the rules exactly like they are, with no cheating, but redefining the death condition? I'm not familiar with the details of DSA, but if it's as traditional as they say, then it should be pretty simple to just declare that the condition the game calls "death" is instead just "incapasitated", with the character too tired and wounded to continue fighting, but able to be revived in a relatively simple manner after the battle. This way you don't have to pull your punches when fighting, and the group isn't really suffering anything, unless they all die in the battle. And even then, if this train of thought works for you, you could just take it one step further and just stop putting lethal combats into the adventure. Just stop, it's that simple. If the heroes fail to stop the rampaging monster, have it lose interest and continue going wherever it was going in the first place when the heroes attacked it. If the heroes fail at stopping the evil mastermind, have him capture the heroes and throw them into the slave pits, from whence they can then escape. If the heroes fail to stop the evil demon from escaping to the wilds, then have them live with the consequences; no need for the demon to eat their still beating hearts then and there.
Other than that, changing the rules is still my first and best solution, perhaps because I love fiddling with rules. I'm reminded of a D&D variant I saw somewhere once wherein you could "raise the death flag" for your character in a given fight to gain temporary extra power, representing character motivation or whatever. Normally characters would always survive combat along the lines of that last paragraph, but if the death flag was raised and the character was defeated, well, he'd at least get seriously maimed if not outright killed. This way the player could choose which battles are important enough to risk death and glory be, heroic death starts to abound! It's not that difficult to make sure that characters can still die heroically, you just need to give up the control over it and let the player make the call on when death is appropriate.
contracycle
Oh I just cheat and lie. There is a fundamental problem in this kind of "final battle" thing, which is that really we want the players to win. We want good to triumph over evil. And if the battle is REALLY fair and even only evenly matched, the odds are at least 50:50 that evil will triumph over good. Even if the "good guys" do win in the end, they will probably only do so with significant losses. And that means that rather than a final scene with Bruce Willis limping out of a burning building and gathering his loved ones together for a cathartic hug, you end up with characters mourning over the dead - and thats IF they even win.
So you have one of two choices - either the fight is for real, with all the anti-climactic, anti-story results that this implies, or the fight is fake, with an essentially guaranteed outcome, and doing it is a primarily a matter of stage-craft and storytelling. Having chosen the latter, I see my job as convincing the players that I could have/ would have killed them, more than any thing else. Its all about creating that impression, and nothing else.
Probably the best purely mechanical approach I have seen is that in 7th Sea, in which opponents are organised in 3 tiers from minions to henchmen to proper villains. Realistically, even henchmen are not likely to actually kill PC's, although they will probably inflict some damage. And what this means is that you are only likely to be killed by a proper villain, and thus such a death has more meaning than simply a bad run of the dice. If you gert taken out, it's most likely by the Big Bad, and at least you can go down knowing you went down heroically and at the hands of serious and important opposition.
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I once brought up the subject of meaningless character death to a fellow player and I really like his answer, which was that no death has to be meaningless even if it wasn't heroic at the time. I'll give what I think is a great example from D&D inspired lit: In Dragon Lance, when Tanis Half-Elven, hero of the War of the Lance, dies by being stabbed in the back during a struggle with an unnamed evil knight, nothing happens. No one was saved by his sacrifice, no one was motivated by it, but it changed the tone of everything, and for the readers who has known and loved Tanis, it meant the world.
If your willing to let the game meander off the action movie path to addressing questions like how the other player's character's feel about their friends "meaningless" loss, there could be a wealth of significance in the event.
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My group is currently doing a high fantasy style game and we had some of the same problems. Our goal was to recreate anime style epic fights with all the climaxes and still have tension with no dice fudging.
Here�s what we did.
Got rid of all our old systems and used a severely hacked version of seventh sea. The gook, henchman, villain mechanic works really well for emulating heroic combat. The final villain is always given stats as slightly weaker than the Hero�s. Thus giving them more than 50 percent chance to win. Yet not so weak that there is no tension or that he�ll die easily. We�ve taken out any type of critical hit so it takes a good few blows to kill the big bad guy anyway.
So the question becomes. What happens when they don�t win?
Well they don�t die unless they want to. Zero hit points means being removed from battle.
If everyone is removed from battle then they still might have won, but at a terrible price.
So in case of having lost say, a player can choose to sacrifice himself and die in killing the big bad guy. No roll required. Dramatic death scene.
Or if they loose they might survive but their failure has meant the big bad guy has gone ahead with his evil plan and destroyed a village, killed a love one, whatever. So vengeance against this act becomes a priority. They seek him down and fight again and so on.
All of this was after ages of trying to emulate heroic fiction with traditional systems and realising that �no� you can�t have both tactical challenges and a dramatic dice roll that beats the big bad guy and saves the day.
Since player death might not be on the cards we had to think of something else they�d loose if they failed.
Kevin Smit
The battle I ran that my players enjoyed the most was a kind of "end boss" style affair. The characters had decided to disrupt a ritual being conducted by some nasties in a hidden city under Las Vegas. They decided to do it by summoning a very powerful being aligned with their interests. Of course, summoning the being required a good bit of work on the characters' parts, so when it was actually show time, I went the extra mile in putting together a description for the event.
You might try increasing the scale of your combats. Often GMs will limit the size of combats in order to control how long the battle takes. Having to roll for 4 baddies isn't too bad, but rolling for 7+ baddies and 4 allied NPCs to boot can get onerous, especially if you have to look up rules for special actions along the way. Instead, determine the actions and consequences of NPCs outside the main fight by fiat and only roll if something directly affects a player. This allows you to factor in many more participants than would otherwise be possible. You can have a bigger battle raging in the background while your characters take actions which affect the final outcome.
In acting there's a saying that goes, "precede every statement with an action." In roleplaying, turn the statement around. Take no action without saying something first. Don't let one swing of the sword or one twang of a bowstring go just by saying, "ok, you attack, roll. 16? Plus 3... Nope, you missed." Spice it up. Good descriptions are the stuff of good combats.
If you can make it work, try running your combats in simultaneous action. Have each character announce their action and make the appropriate rolls in initiative order if the system calls for it, then put it all together in one description of what happens. So instead of going from player to player and making mini descriptions at each stop (snoozefest), synthesize it all into one big action-packed description.
Some of the discussion so far centers on stakes. I've always been of the opinion that character death should only take place if the player desires it or the player has been intentionally stupid. System rules for taking a character out of a fight instead of dying sound good to me, but my players have always said that they enjoy the threat (or illusion anyway) of the possibility of character death.
Hope some of this helps.
Evan Anhorn
I think it really depends on the rule system in question. I play Hackmaster most regularly (I'm not sure why there is so much angst about old school D&D on this board - it is a lot more complex than people give it credit!). Hackmaster's style is to be all about the highs and lows, ups and downs, and its those lows that make the good times so good. When you KNOW there is a good chance for your character to be horribly maimed and/or killed in combat, it feels -really- good when you turn the tables and beat that bad-ass monster. For example, the most exciting battle for my players in the campaign so far was last session (they chatted about it endlessly after the game). In that battle, the fighter ran up to engage the Trash Ogre, only to be accidentally shot in the ear by friendly fire coming from the magic-user's bow. The fighter collapsed to the floor flailing in pain (the magic-user crit'ed him and he failed his threshold of pain test), while the Trash Ogre looked down at the fighter in disinterest, walked up to the Pixie-Faerie thief (who would normally be safe behind the fighter) and back-handed her for a one-hit player kill. Poof! She turned into pixie dust. It was a stunning turn of events, but all the players were floored by the results (even my girlfriend, who very suddenly lost her beloved pixie faerie).
For other games, this may not be a strong theme, but it really works well for Hackmaster and indeed makes for the best combats I have ever played.
It's partly system, but only insofar as system supports particular GNS divisions. For players with a Gamist focus, character death can be seen as a natural consequence of Stepping on Up. You win some, you lose some. You can't play a game and expect to win all the time, or it's not a challenge. The thing is, since the character is simply a vehicle through which the player can compete, the details of the character don't much matter. Character death may even be seen in some circumstances as a way to retune the character's "build" for a more effective playing piece.
Players with sim focus may be more apt to be concerned for their character's continuity if the world element or theme they're primarily interested in is somehow unique to that character.
For players with nar interests, character continuity is almost essential. It takes a critical mass of play time with a character before the moral choices that character will make become valid for reinforcing the player's play experience. In this case, character death can effectively deprotagonize the character.
The system may well encourage or require that you play the game in a particular way, so it can exert influence in that fashion. Character death might not be the best choice of phrase though. Really it's about character continuity; whether the character is out of the game temporarily or permanently. Games that have conventions in place for coming back from death (resurrections, rules for "disablement," or clones a la Paranoia) can ease fear of character death.
It seems to me that this forum was created partly as a response to the market not supplying games that fit some players needs, so if you perceive that some games get "bashed," it's because you're visiting a gathering place for those who are disaffected by the games that control the biggest share of the market.
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Rimke,
I've had some success with the GM keeping things "just on the edge of manageable for the characters". This thread contains an illustration of a really exciting battle, though it wasn't with DSA or D&D rules. Check out replies 3-6 and 14 on the first page.
here's my blog, discussing Delve, my game in development
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I recently GM:d a campaign for D&D called "Age of Worms". It consists of 12 parts of which we played the first 11 in a rather relaxed manner, skipping a few dungeons and doing only the interesting fights. Then suddenly, about 8 months after starting it was time for the final fight. I was a bit concerned since I realised that a lengthy fight with lots of dice on the table would not be very exciting. I came up with a solution and I was not really sure it would do the trick until after we played it. Here is what I did:
I prepared a few sets of written instructions (we were four players on the final session) and randomly selected the first player to receive one. It would be to lengthy to include them here but this gives you the rough idea:
Player 1 instructions: Unfortunately the enemy is too tough, right at the start you will be seriously injured or killed as narrated by you, but you will help your comrades bravely, or alternatively you flee the battle or take a similar action that will condemn one of you comrades to take the blow for you.
Player 2 instructions: (player 1 decided to flee) Unfortunately you take a sever hit since player 1 decided to run, and you have to narrate how this happened or if you have another idea with similar effects that does not interfere with the actions of the players who have not acted yet.
Player 3 ... and so on.
It took some writing, but all choices taken by the players lead to stopping the big bad boss, just in different ways and with different outcomes for the players.
I had a pretty clear idea of which player I wanted to start and what would happen, but thankfully I decided to let the dice determine the order which in the end gave a much more exciting story of the epic fight than what I had imagined. After the fight I let all players take turns and wrap up the story of their character and how they would be remembered long after the cataclysmic events took place. It turned out to be a very rewarding way to end the campaign.
Essentially I learned the following:
Randomness is interesting, it may generate amazing stories
Fights can be really exciting even when only focused on narration
And finally a personal note: of course you beat the bad guy, the story you want to tell is how you did it (or really did it) and how it is remembered.
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"The [Ice Bucket] Challenge made me realize that a lot of people who really care about causes don't have the money to donate," iphone 7 screen protectors amazon said Guilmineau, Tinbox and a growing list of other apps, such as Charity Miles, Google's One Today and ResQWalk, aim to encourage charity by giving people a dead-simple way to make small, regular donations, And then there's Dollar a Day, an online fundraising platform co-created by Kickstarter founder Perry Chen that makes it easy for people to donate -- you guessed it -- $1 to nonprofit organizations, For donors, it's automated: Everybody gives $1 per day, every day, Critics may carp that such contributions are mere peanuts, but the accumulation over time does take on some heft, While Dollar a Day donors spend less than the price of a cup of coffee on charity each day, the monthly contribution equates to more than the cost of a monthly Netflix subscription, Since 2014, Dollar a Day has raised $263,000 for charity..
Free mobile app Pledgeling, a Los Angeles startup, operates similarly by encouraging donors to give micro-donations, while also aiming to help users consolidate all of their charitable contributions in one place. Such apps and services are an offshoot of society's on-demand life. But instead of catering to our whims or solving first-world problems (like wanting your Uber ride now) with just a few taps on a smartphone, these charitable-giving apps take advantage of technology to make it more impulsive to do good. They make charity instant, easy, social and affordable. And there's another common thread among these apps: crowdfunding. Whether it's crowdfunding small, regularly paid amounts of money among app users, crowdfunding corporate sponsorship money, or a combination of both, these apps rely on technology to reach the masses.
Americans are giving more now than at any time over the past six decades -- an estimated $358.38 billion to charity in 2014, jumping 7.1 percent compared to 2013, according to a June 16 report from the Giving USA Foundation -- and that's good news for these apps, Charitable giving has been spurred by the convenience of iphone 7 screen protectors amazon technology, such as mobile apps, catering to people on the go, said Patrick M, Rooney, associate dean of academic affairs and research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, which researches and writes the Giving USA report, He predicts that although online giving -- through apps, for example -- represents only about 10 percent of total giving at the moment, that percentage will double and possibly triple within five years..
He cites the Blackbaud Index, which tracks charitable-giving rates in the United States and Canada as evidence -- in 2014 alone it grew 2.1 percent, but its online giving index grew 8.9 percent. While Rooney notes this index is not a reflection of the total philanthropy in the US, it is suggestive of the growth of online giving in comparison to other, more traditional forms, such as mailing a check. Available in private beta on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile software as of last week, and due to be available for download by the general public in September, Tinbox is designed to let users select a charity to which they'll donate $1 daily -- nothing more, nothing less -- without having to spend any money of their own. Instead, funding for the app is meant to come entirely from corporate sponsors. For now, users can give to various projects related to homelessness in the San Francisco area, where Tinbox is focusing its efforts after moving to an office there from Guilmineau's UK dorm room.
Its founders say that users who want to get on the app can sign up now on Tinbox's website, and they will be the first to be notified when the app is available for download in September from the App Store/Google Play store, A total of 5,000 people have signed up for the notification so far, "Our goal is to engage with the local community, ., Homelessness is a big issue in San Francisco," Guilmineau said, adding that he aims to expand to other regions, keeping all projects geographically focused, Later this year, the plan is to roll out another project focused on raising money for people who live in rural iphone 7 screen protectors amazon Bangladesh, helping them with basic healthcare support on a floating hospital..
If you sign up, Tinbox will send you a push notification each day saying that you have $1 available for you to donate from a company. So the entire donation process -- from opening the app to clicking on where you want your $1 to go -- takes less than 15 seconds. In connection with your donation, you'll be able to ask people through Twitter or Facebook to help you fund that project or others. In a similar vein, Google's One Today app, which has been around since 2013, aims to get people to donate $1 each day -- through Google Wallet -- to projects that inspire them, all within about 30 seconds. When you download the app the first time, you select from 15 listed causes you care about, including crime, education and the environment, and each day the projects you see are aligned with the causes you've chosen.
One Today lets you set up a match donation to encourage your friends on social media to contribute additional money, The people behind apps like One Today say that the ability to share a donation on social media is essential, The new thinking behind charitable giving: it's not about the amount, it's about the participation, "The ability for people to invite their friends to give and match donations with One Today amplifies the donation's impact and raises awareness about the causes that are important to them," said Erin Daly, product manager of social iphone 7 screen protectors amazon good at Google, "One Today creates a culture of giving every day."During Memorial Day Weekend, the American Red Cross ran a campaign through One Today where people could give $1 to a charity to be matched by software manufacturer SanDisk with an additional $10, $100, or even $1,000, The total amount raised exceeded $50,000..
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What The Bezos Purchase of The Washington Post Means
Having worked for both Bezos and media companies I am intrigued by how Bezos' purchase of the Washington Post will pan out.
There are broadly three scenarios, with both benign and tragic consequences.
Firstly Bezos has made a vanity purchase to get him a seat at the Washington top table. He will be an absent owner with a gentle touch on the tiller. The journos will continue to do their jobs, happy in the knowledge that they have a rich and benign benefactor. This scenario is most likely wishful thinking.
Second scenario, Bezos pushes for efficiencies in the technology behind the Washington Post and introduces some quirky revenue streams, mostly connected to intelligent ads linked to Amazon products. In doing so a symbiotic creature thrives like a pilot fish swimming behind a shark. The sensitive creatives are largely protected from this revolution and continue to pump out world beating editorial. The media world look on with envy.
Third scenario; Bezos is looking to turn The Washington Post into a media version of Amazon. In doing so he kills it.
Now, having worked for Bezos, even as a junior marketing guy in Slough, I felt his bark. The overriding ethos is one of 'frugality' which means in practice that the toilets don't flush. The slim margins of online retail drove pedantry and panic. Cross continent conference calls had colleagues breaking down while a Seattle executive was screaming at them because a micro cell on a third page of a spread sheet had changed, and they didn't know why. Meanwhile the monster was to grow at 30% YoY and 29% equalled failure, possibly loss of job. And it wasn't the commercial people who made stuff happen, it was more likely an engineer. Amazon is a tech company that happens to sell a ton of stuff.
Turn this culture on a news organisation and it will break down, both institutionally and individually.
I am all for innovation and transition, and wish Bezos well at cracking the online media code. But he needs to find some velvet gloves for those iron fists.
Read Chris Hughes here and Felix Salmon here
The fascinating Sam Roddick, founder of Coco de Mer
I had the pleasure of being invited to a networky, drinks, reception thing at The South Bank Centre last night. It was organised by Diana Bird, whose father is the brains behind The Big Issue. Not surprisingly it was a pleasingly eclectic bunch of interesting characters, all of whom had a fascinating story to tell.
The best story, however, came from the guest speaker Sam Roddick, who grew up in the mother of all kitchen start-ups, The Body Shop. On account of her mum being a teacher, much energy was devoted by the Body Shop into educating and inspiring their customers. The rest is well documented.
Despite her self deprecating protestations about not enjoying public speaking, Sam gave the most stimulating 10 minute business talk I have heard for a long time. She went straight in at the deep end about her activism around sexuality, feminism (her father was a feminist, luckily), exploitation and pornography. Sam then emphasised the need for businesses to indulge in politics.
Wowsers - that struck me as more radical than her famous product line at Coco de Mer. Businesses, especially start-ups, were meant to be all things to all people, politically asinine and sterile of controversy. But then scratch under the surface and most businesses soon show some true colours. Google's 'Don't Be Evil' is a manifesto of sorts. The Rowntree's had Quaker qualities to promote, Jimmy Wales has come out on the right, Meg Whitman on the left.
The cross over from business to politics is as old as both professions, but the idea that a business can have a campaigning, political bent strikes me as risky and radical. I don't mean hug a tree CSR fluff, I mean pushing a controversial agenda.
But why not? If my start up Ginjex has a mission it is to support the hard working self-employed small business people, and that has a plethora of political implications from tax to the EU. I am willing to take on their causes even if that doesn't please everyone all of the time.
Either way I hope the business world throws up more Sam Roddicks and Diana Birds.
Thanks for the invite Diana
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Managing for Sustainable Development Impact
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Data: the next revolution for agriculture in ACP countries?
The Brussels Development Briefing n.40 on the subject of “Data: the next revolution for agriculture in ACP countries?” was held in Brussels on 18th February 2015 at the ACP Secretariat.
What is the future of official statistics in the Big Data era?
Digital data are increasingly changing the shape of our world. At the same time, attention is also being paid to the woeful state of development data.
This public event brought together leading experts who explored the potential of Big Data to transform national statistical systems as well as concerns about the reliability and representativeness of these data, and over ethics, privacy, and the blurring of lines between formal and informal data sources.
ODI event: Tackling poverty: How multidimensional poverty measurement reveals who is poor, how they are poor, and where poverty has fallen
Watch the recorded presentations of the ODI event. In this event, the updated Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2014 was presented, an international measure of acute poverty covering over 100 developing countries which provides invaluable insights for the post-2015 development agenda.
ICTs for Monitoring & Evaluation of Peacebuilding Programs
Author: Corlazzoli, V.
The purpose of this paper is to explore the incorporation of information and communications technologies into the monitoring and evaluation systems of peacebuilding programmes. The paper focuses on exploring the application of the following ICTs: mobile technology, social media, big data, the digitzation of surveys, and tools to better visualize data.
Complexity, Modeling, and Natural Resource Management
Authors: Cilliers, P. et alii. (for the Resilience Alliance)
Publication date: 2013, In: Ecology and Society 18 (3): 1
This paper contends that natural resource management (NRM) issues are, by their very nature, complex and that both scientists and managers in this broad field will benefit from a theoretical understanding of complex systems. It starts off by presenting the core features of a view of complexity that not only deals with the limits to our understanding, but also points toward a responsible and motivating position.
TED Talk: Ben Goldacre: Battling bad science
Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.
Performing Data Collection using Mobile Devices
The Research Data Management Support Service organised a seminar on Mobile Data Collection. The seminar bought together experts from the Karonga Prevention Study, Tazama project and ORION project to share their experience of working with mobile devices in the field, highlighting the successes, failures, and challenges that they’ve encountered.
The session built upon a Mobile Data Collection briefing paper produced by Dan Arthur of IT Services on the software tools available for use.
DeMIStifying MIS : guidelines for management information systems in social funds
Authors: Lecuit, Luc; Elder, John; Hurtado, Christian; Rantrua, Francois; Siblini, Kamal; Tovo, Mauricio
This report identifies critical aspects of management information systems (MIS), suggests ways of organizing preparation of an MIS, and provides practical advice for those involved in the design and management of MIS for social funds and others working on similar types of demand-driven projects.
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Nyeri, KNA by Kiamah Wamutitu
Scourge ravaging Central region
Eight people get infected with HIV while four others succumb to conditions related to the virus daily in three counties of the Central region.
Most of those affected are women and young persons aged between 15 to 24, according to a situational report from the Central Regional HIV coordinator Julius Koome.
The report indicates that 66,285 people in Murang’a, Nyeri and Kirinyaga counties are living with the virus whose spread is being fuelled mainly by sexuality among teenagers, economic vulnerabilities, especially among women and the youth, alcohol and substance use among others.
In Murang’a 30,376 people live with the devastating virus that causes Aids with a prevalence rate of 4.2% while there are 21,428 cases in Nyeri where prevalence is at 3.7%. Kirinyaga trails with 14,481 infections and a prevalence rate of 3.2% with women bearing the brunt of the scourge.
“The prevalence among women is disproportionately high with two in every three people living with HIV in the three counties being women,” says Koome.
And as the epidemic continues to wreak havoc to families across the region, Koome regrets that condom uptake remains low.
“The 2017 annual condom distribution data from the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority’s (KEMSA) logistical management information systems revealed an average of between 2.7 and 3.1 million condoms. Technically, this yields a regional average of 9 condoms, which is far below the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended 14 condoms/man/year.,” said the official.
Koome said the education sector was also reeling from the effects of the infections with a number of primary school pupils and secondary school students affected dropping out of school owing to stigma and discrimination.
“Treatment adherence, especially among children in schools and colleges is low which in turn leads to increasing cases of illness and mortality rate among the group,” said the official.
In the brief to the Regional Commissioner Wilfred Nyagwanga and cascaded to all administrators in the three counties, Koome says the increasing cases of infection with wide ranging social and economic impact was raising concerns and concerted efforts need to be taken to tame the ravaging scourge.
Koome now wants ministries, government departments and semi-autonomous state agencies to prioritise and strengthen HIV response within their structures by ensuring formation of functional Aids control units.
“Performance contracting regulations requires all government institutions to form units to address and mitigate the raging negative effect of the HIV epidemic,” said Koome.
He added that formation of integrated HIV policies and compliance with the HIV Maisha reporting and certification regulations was a must in order to fight the spread of infection.
Other raft of measures designed to bring the infection rate under control according to Koome include supporting up-scaling of HIV related services in non-medical settings such as Huduma centres.
“Ensuring that HIV mitigation measures are factored in public and private infrastructural projects and participation in county multi-sectoral meetings will also complement our efforts to tame the infections,” said Koome.
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Club Group Testimonial - Potters Bar Swimming Club
Maximum Performances Summer Swim Camp 2011 – Millfield School
Over the summer holidays a small group of PBSC Swimmers travelled to Millfield School, Somerset to participate in a swim camp, which was being run under the instruction of former Great Britain International Swimmer and Olympian, Ed Sinclair.
During his swimming career Ed Sinclair represented Great Britain at two Olympic Games - Sydney 2000 as part of the 4 x 200 Freestyle relay team which finished 5th and Athens in 2004. He also competed at 4 European Championships winning 6 medals and 5 World Championships winning 3 medals. He also held the British record for three years in the 200 meters Freestyle. His highest World Ranking was 7th in 1999 in the 200m Freestyle Long Course.
Those PBSC swimmers who attended the swim camp were Andrea Houben, Danielle Houben, Jack Shewell-Cooper, Ben Harrison, Georgina Lawson, Eleanor Lawson and Morgan Newman. Eleanor, Andrea and Danielle kindly kept a diary of their experiences, which is detailed in this article and it is hoped it will give an insight to our other members who may wish to take part in future swim camps that the Club may arrange.
Millfield School is an Independent School renowned for its sporting prowess and one of its current pupils is former PBSC Swimmer, Joel Knight who recently won the Gold Medal in the 1500 metres Freestyle at the European Youth Olympics, that were held in Turkey.
Diary of Eleanor Lawson (age 14), Danielle (age 16) and Andrea Houben (age 15)
As we arrived we saw the magnificent size of the place and the wonderful facilities. The main part of the School is surrounded by over 100 acres, which includes an equestrian centre, stabling for 50 horses, a 50m Olympic swimming pool, Tartan athletics track, playing fields, a putting green and an indoor tennis centre. They also have a 25 metre training pool and Land Training Facilities. We wished we had these facilities at our school!
We were staying in “Keens Elm” one of the nine boarding houses, so went straight there to check-in. On arrival we were given a swimming hat, a pencil and notebook and allocated our rooms where we went to unpack. We said “Good bye” to our parents who seemed more worried about leaving us than we were about being there on our own! We soon settled into our new environment and headed off to the Library for the introduction meeting.
Ed Sinclair introduced himself and all the other coaching staff, and then we headed straight to the pool complex. First we went to the exercise room where we were given instruction on “reaction” exercises and stretches. After that we had our first session in the swimming pool where Ed had us concentrating on sculling and the underwater phases for each of the strokes. After the pool session we did a team building exercise which was great as it helped us to get to know all the other swimmers that had come to the swim camp. We went to bed tired after a long but exciting day!
With a great deal of trouble we all woke up at 7.30 am to go over to the common room for breakfast and the daily register! We had toast, nutella, cereal and fruit before making our way over to the swimming pool for our next session.
In this session we focussed mainly on front crawl and in particular on kick drills. After that we went straight over to the exercise room for a land training session, which was very tiring. PBSC swimmers aren’t used to the early starts and land training so this was all very much a new experience for us, it also makes you realise the hard work that the very best swimmers put in. Some of the exercises we did were side plank, push-ups, sit ups and press ups. We also used stretchy exercise bands to work our tri & biceps. We did lots of work to strengthen the tiny muscles in our shoulders.
After this we had lunch of Spaghetti Bolognaise and shortbread biscuits, there was also a vegetarian option.
After lunch we had a presentation by swimmer, Rob Francis who spoke to us about his journey through swimming and how he got to where he was. We also got to ask him questions. Rob Francis is a former British medley swimmer. He was born in South Africa and is a two times European Championships silver medallist in the 400 m individual medley in 2001 and 2003. He also won the silver medal at the 2004 World Championships in the same event. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the men's 200m individual medley in which he reached the semi-final, and the 400m individual medley finishing 12th in the heats.
We then had another session in the swimming pool during which the coaches concentrated on backstroke. We worked on our technique and turns which was fun.
After this session we had our evening meal and spent the evening in the common room playing WII sports. It was also a good opportunity for us to make friends and chat with the other swimmers, one of whom went to Dame Alice Owens in Potters Bar but swims for a Club in London. We went to bed tired knowing we had another early start.
This was another very tiring day. We woke as usual for breakfast at 7.30 am and from there we went straight to the pool for sessions where the coaches focussed upon breaststroke. We did lots of drills. We had a swimmer from Wales come to talk to us at this session. He told us that he swims and trains at a University in America and that he is currently the 4th fastest breaststroke in Great Britain.
After the pool session it was straight into Land training where we were taught how our muscles work and how we can activate our muscles.
We then had lunch of cous cous and carbonara before heading off for another lecture that taught us about the importance of nutrition and stretching, something that we Potters Bar swimmers need to do. It was really interesting and we learnt about the stretches to do before and after training and those to do before racing. They also taught us about the importance about how we should eat in the week leading up to competition, which was all new to us.
We then had another session in the swimming pool, practising butterfly and underwater butterfly kick. We also tried underwater butterfly kick on backstroke.
We had another fun night in the common room making friends and our coaches ordered in “takeaway” Pizza for us which was great. We went to bed tired knowing we had another early start the next day.
It was the last day and we were all exhausted but dragged ourselves out of our beds and went across for our last breakfast in the common room. We were all watching MTV when Marianna came in to do the register and she informed us that Ed Sinclair had said that today’s pool session would be for two hours!!
At the pool we went through all the four strokes, practising the strokes and turns. We also received instruction on relay take overs and “flip turns”.
Some of our parents arrived early so they saw some of the instruction we were getting and could see that their money had been well spent!
After the pool session we all went upstairs for a debrief on the swim camp. We were all awarded certificates, a strawberry milkshake and a small gift of a pencil made of recycled money. We then had our Swim Camp Group photograph. Ed Sinclair signed all our photographs and posed for the photograph with us.
It was a really great experience and we all benefited from taking part in this swim camp. We made lots of new friends and enjoyed the training with Ed Sinclair, as well as experiencing the great facilities that they have at Millfield School. It will be an experience we will all remember when we get older and we’ll be putting into practise the many skills that we learned.
We can’t wait for the next Swim Camp!!
For the original version with photos please visit:
http://www.pottersbarsc.co.uk/resources/Swim+Camp+2011.pdf
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Greg Musil Pinpoints Problem
Greg Musil, former President of the Overland Park City Council and the attorney representing Extreme Ford, in off-camera statements to Fox 4 news, has been able to put to rest a vexing question:
"Why would Overland Park approve putting a toxic pollution source right next to a residential neighborhood?"
The average citizen thought it might be put there for these reasons:
"It is being put there so Extreme Ford could make money."
"It is being put there because the Overland Park Planning Commission approved it without considering the health and welfare of the residents".
"It is being put there because the City Council refuses to correct its zoning mistakes."
All of these excuses had been dismissed after careful consideration by attorney Greg.
So Greg went back to the drawing board.
Finally, Greg made his intellectual breakthrough, and revealed the solution:
The reason Extreme Ford is putting its autobody paintshop with its toxic emissions next to a neighborhood is because of the Johnson County South Coalition and other meddling citizens. If these people would just mind their own business and stay out of development decisions, Extreme Ford would not be forced to poison Regency by the Lake neighborhood.
In yet another intellectual breakthrough, the developer who wants to turn 31 acres of residential property into intense commercial zoning at 159th and Metcalf, has now clarified the source of that problem - the residents of the abutting neighborhoods:
If they had not bought homes right next to an empty lot and had not believed the assurances of the Master Plan, then there would be no fuss about the rezoning.
Citizens throughout Johnson County are relieved that the cause of poor development decisions has been identified and that it is not the developers or the elected officials who are the problem, but instead the residents themselves.
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Nightclub in Huntington Beach
Wednesday, January 02, 2008 Huntington-Beach, Music 27 comments
An anonymous OCThen reader asks if anyone remembers the name of a nightclub in Huntington Beach, about a mile north of the Golden Bear...
I recall a club in Huntington, not far from the GB, but a mile or so north, where Cal Tjader would play his vibraphone frequently. I was there on Halloween about 1976 or 1977. Bonnie Raitt was playing that night and she was amazing. Does anyone remember the name of the club?
Post a comment here, if you know anything.
Keith January 07, 2008 7:37 PM
I lived in H.B. back then but I can't remember a club a mile north of Main St.
This club might have been in Sunset Beach. I remember it but just can't remember the name. Cal Tjader was a regular performer.
There was a club in Seal Beach in the 60's and maybe into the 70's called the Cosmos. It was owned by the same man who owned the Golden Bear and the Prison of Socrates in Balboa, George Nikos.
People often performed at all three over a weekend.
YourVirtualHelp January 23, 2008 4:20 PM
Its Sam's Seafood! I just drove by there. I think it is finally closed and should have been about 10 years ago.! I celebrated New Years there and I think we went to dinner there for a prom.
Anonymous February 09, 2008 9:49 AM
Wasn't Sam's Seafood a large restaurant? I remember a small club across the street from the ocean, I believe just south of Goldenwest. A guy would play some instrument that looked like a piano, but he used sticks with rubber tips to strike the "keys". Don't remember the name of the place. tho.
DJ February 09, 2008 9:26 PM
What about Peter's Landing???? I remember there was a club there in the 70's...I wasnt old enough to go there...But it seems to be in the spot your speaking of. AND FYI Sams Seafood Has reopened... IHeard the food is better but they have taken out most of the Tiki's.
I think it was The Wharehouse and later, 70s, something like Hungry Harry's. I remember seeing Harry the Hipster Gibson there; Famous for his hit: "Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs Murphy's Ovaltine?"
Re: the last post, wasn't The Wherehouse in Lido Village in Newport? And, Harpoon Henry's in still there, isn't it? I too remember a small club on PCH with lots of music filtering in the air. Can't recall the name, tho.
Club had several names over the years; in the 70s it was called Hungry Jose's, "Cheap food and lousy drinks". Had jazz bands; corner ok PCH and 11th St.
Yes!! I'm the one who posted the original question in January and "Hungry Jose's" sounds familiar. Was it rather small and not set too far off from the street? Do you remember Cal Tjader frequenting the place? Thanks for responding.
I think there was a club called Dukes of Huntington in the early 80s.
i just found this.i lived on 12th & pch.it was hungry joe's,15th/pch.dave pike was house band then circa.1972/3..... SmokeyJO
I remember Dave Pike at Hungry Joe's. I was visiting from the Midwest in the summer of 1974 but was not old enough to get into the club. I remember being happy to see his name on the marque because I was familiar with the Pike's Peak album w/Bill Evans. Anyway, I was listening to the music in the parking lot through the back door where the stage was. Pike came out after the set to have a smoke and he chatted with me say it was (something explicit) that I couldn't go in to enjoy the show. He had sort of a nervous/impatient demeanor about him.
Anyway, I'd love to have any photos sent to me from Hungry Joe's: ms.valerie@ymail.com
I remember Dave Pike there. I was visiting from the Midwest in the summer of 1974 but was not old enough to get into the club. I remember being happy to see his name on the marque because I was familiar with the Pike's Peak album w/Bill Evans. Anyway, I was listening to the music in the parking lot through the back door where the stage was. Pike came out after the set to have a smoke and he chatted with me say it was (something explicit) that I couldn't go in to enjoy the show. He had sort of a nervous/impatient demeanor about him.
Yes, it was called Hungry Joe's. Great place. It was a tiny club that specialized in jazz (and occasionally blues). You could literally reach out and touch the performers. The last act I saw there was Eddie Harris, and he was nothing short of awesome. 'Cheap Drinks, Lousy Food' was the motto there... although the booze was a bit on the expensive side and their food was actually pretty good.
@ SmokeyJO: I lived on 11th near PCH in the mid/late 70's. We might have been neighbors. Did you surf 17th Street?
The Goldenbear was just south of Main st in Huntington Beach For those of you who cant remember ! They tore it down and put up a new building with both a movie house and a new version of GB but they lost out due to the noise ! Its a sad shame that our cities histories our demolished for the sake of $ ! Im a Long Beach resident and they ruined most of the LBC too ! Anybody remember the old A&W rootbeer drive-ins or Helen Gracies in Los Alamitos ? Or how about The big blue Van de Kamp wheel that use to spin off the 5 fwy !
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love the GB! saw dave mason and many other old school bands there in the early 70's
I lived on 9th street behind Taco Bell in 1973-74...yah, there was a cool place called Hungry Joe's! close by!
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does any one have better clam chowder ,smoked albacore,seafood,than the crab cooker of newport beach
My father used to take me to Hungry Joes!!! We went there for my 16th birthday back in 1976! there were always these cool jazz bands playing. I remember them singing me happy birthday. growing up in those times was pure magic! Dick Dale lived down the street and Sandy West (Pesimento), the drummer for the Runaways was just a kid I went to school with...she lived down the street form me. I used to stand in her driveway and watch her play her drums. what a trip.
Cindy May 14, 2012 1:50 PM
I used to go to Hungry Joe's in the early 70's -- my boyfriend at the time loved jazz and lived right near the HB pier. Since I was pretty young and didn't know much about jazz, it sort of had to grow on me. They did have food and yes, the place was not fancy at all. Hungry Joe's burned down sometime in the 70's. It was located maybe a mile or so north of the HB pier, I think it was somewhere near where Goldenwest hits PCH. There was nothing around and long before that whole stretch of beach was built up. It was a great place, lots of fun and the I loved the atmoshphere!
I saw Bonnie Raitt at the Golden Bear about the same you are describing. It was awesome.
I found Hungry Joes by accident. I had just moved to Orange County from Virginia and was cruising up PCH and I saw the sign. hungry Joes,cheap food, lousy drinks. I seem to remember something about the Dave Pike quartet. It was 1977.
Anonymous February 02, 2013 7:20 PM
I saw Joe Pass play at Hungry Joe's in 1974. Still ranks as one of my greatest music memories - just Joe , me and a handful of other lucky jazz guitar lovers
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Anonymous wrote.....The Goldenbear was just south of Main st in Huntington Beach For those of you who cant remember ! They tore it down and put up a new building with both a movie house and a new version of GB but they lost out due to the noise ! Its a sad shame that our cities histories our demolished for the sake of $ ! Im a Long Beach resident and they ruined most of the LBC too ! Anybody remember the old A&W
rootbeer drive-ins or Helen Gracies in Los Alamitos ? Or how about The big blue Van de Kamp wheel that use to spin off the 5 fwy !
Yep ! I live in the LBC too n I agree... They really screwed up all of Long Beach n pretyy much everywhere ! LOL ! I especially remember A&W, Helen Gracies n the Van de Kamp wheel ! :) Id rather b back n the 60s,70s n 80s than the way things are now ! :)
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Ever since the Great Hard Drive Crash of 2008, I've been slowly rebuilding my musical inventory, which means re-ripping all of my old CDs. I had completely forgotten about this album, and had also forgotten how infectious it is. An earlier Lilys post from Steve can be found on this blog, but this release is my personal favorite. This 1999 album is probably Kurt Heasley's most blatently catchy album, but he has got the 1960s Brit-pop sound absolutely nailed. A fun throwback record with a large variety of instruments. I'm looking forward to resurrecting this album when the weather gets warmer.
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Gov. John Hickenlooper today appointed Natalie Chase, Frederick Martinez and David Stevens as District Court Judges in the 18th Judicial District (Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties.) Two of the vacancies are the result of House Bill 14-1050, and a third is due to the retirement of the Honorable William B. Sylvester.
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TOLUCA LAKE, CA — James Longeretta, owner of global post production solutions provider Vortechs, has teamed with veteran supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Joe Schultz to launch Waterman Sound (watermansound.com). The new sound facility offers sound editorial, sound design, mixing and ADR services from a newly-built studio in Toluca Lake. In addition, Waterman Sound has hired ADR mixer Marilyn Morris, who spent time at Skywalker Sound and Dubbing Brothers. She will run the studio’s ADR stage.
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Waterman Sound’s business will target scripted and unscripted television series, as well as independent features. It has aligned itself with Vortechs and nearby post finishing facility The Foundation to provide productions with all-inclusive post service packages.
The studio already has several projects to its credit, including ADR for NBC’s The Good Place, Warner Bros.’ Castle Rock, ABC Studios’ Blackish, Fox’s What We Do In The Shadows, and the feature films Charlie’s Angels (Columbia Pictures) and JoJo Rabbit (Warner Bros.). Waterman Sound also provided mixing services for Showtime’s The Loudest Voice, Facebook’s Queen America and ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Upcoming projects include HBO Max’s Made for Love and Amazon’s Them:Covenant.
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The company’s location in Toluca Lake is in the same post production complex as Vortechs’ and is just a few blocks from The Foundation.
“An entire post production ecosystem is within easy reach,” notes Longeretta. “Vortechs has 40 cutting rooms upstairs. Clients can post their sound and picture editing in one location, then walk up the street for their finishing.”
Additionally, Waterman Sound is just minutes away from Warner Bros., Universal, CBS Radford, Disney/ABC, and many independent producers.
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The company is currently working to secure Dolby Atmos Home Theater certification for its mix stage, with acoustics designed by Jerry Steckling.
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Professional Mariner / American-Tugboat-Review 2019 / Power to spare: First Cat hybrid tugs arrive in Lake Charles
Power to spare: First Cat hybrid tugs arrive in Lake Charles
RALPH/CAPT. ROBB | Harbor Docking & Towing, Lake Charles, La.
Story and photos by Casey Conley
For its new tugboats, Harbor Docking wanted vessels that were reliable, efficient and as environmentally friendly as possible.
Harbor Docking & Towing Capt. Scott Lantier eased Ralph off Washburn & Doughty’s dock and steered south in the Damariscotta River. The main engines stayed silent as the tugboat climbed to 8 knots against a 3-foot swell.
Down in the engine room, a single Caterpillar C18 engine provided electric power for motors mounted aft of the z-drives. A second C18 automatically fired up as Lantier requested more power, and an internal control system equalized the load between the two engines.
“I am impressed with it so far,” Lantier said as he stared south toward open water, “especially with the electric mode. It’s very smooth.”
Washburn & Doughty built Ralph and sister vessel Capt. Robb at its East Boothbay, Maine, shipyard. Both are based on the yard’s proven 93-foot hull form, albeit with notable changes to the engine room, exhaust stacks and interior layout. The tugs are Subchapter M certified and meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards.
Ralph is the first of Washburn & Doughty’s 93-foot hull designs with hybrid propulsion.
The vessels are the first in the U.S. with Caterpillar’s hybrid technology. The system uses three generators to create electricity to run an electric thruster motor installed aft of each z-drive. Propulsion can come from the main engines, the diesel-electric gensets or with both systems simultaneously for maximum power. Bollard pull exceeds 84 metric tons.
Harbor Docking, based in Lake Charles, La., operates eight tugboats that typically handle big tankers calling the region’s refineries and petrochemical plants. Its vessels often travel 45 minutes or more to meet incoming ships. Fuel and maintenance costs from these transits add up quickly.
For its new tugboats, Harbor Docking wanted vessels that were reliable, efficient and as environmentally friendly as possible, President John Buchanan said. They also wanted to reduce fuel consumption and long-term maintenance costs without sacrificing power. Several engine makers responded to that concept, but Caterpillar’s hybrid system checked all the boxes.
“We typically build high-horsepower tugs, and in doing so wanted to take advantage of the new technology in the market and kind of push the envelope a little bit,” he said.
“We envision it transiting to and from a job on diesel-electric power with the main engine completely shut down,” Buchanan continued. “We’ll be saving running hours and saving fuel. Then when we arrive at the job, you basically push a button to transition to the power mode where the main engines and generators are providing thrust.”
Two Cat C18 gensets and a single C7.1 unit supply power to ABB electric thruster motors for hybrid propulsion.
Harbor Docking also plans to offer launch services with Ralph and Capt. Robb, filling a mostly unmet need around Lake Charles. The aft deck is large enough to accommodate a 20-foot shipping container that could be filled with parts, groceries and other needs. An EBI TC10 crane will do the heavy lifting between vessels.
“As we were building new tugs, we thought about what other value-added services a harbor tug company could provide,” Buchanan said. “We think a logical one is some sort of launch service.”
Hybrid tugboats are still something of an anomaly in the United States more than a decade after Foss built Carolyn Dorothy, the first U.S. hybrid tugboat, for service on the West Coast. That technology functioned a lot like a hybrid vehicle with battery banks to store power for propulsion in low-load situations. The batteries are heavy, take up space and can create some challenges that must be mitigated by the crew.
Cat’s system does not include batteries or power storage. Instead, it relies on two 565-kW C18 gensets and a single 200-kW C7.1 genset to provide on-demand electrical power. The system also includes a fully integrated control panel, switchgear and variable frequency drives. A main clutch is located between the main engines and the z-drives.
Washburn & Doughty crews built the robust bow staple on Ralph and its sister tug Capt. Robb.
In simple terms, the system directs power to the z-drives in two ways. One is through a traditional shaft line from the main engines. The other is from one or more gensets supplying current to the electric thruster motors. These systems can run together or separately. Although the twin Cat 3512E mains generate 5,100 total horsepower, the electric motors add about 800 hp each for total onboard power of 6,700 hp.
Four operational modes can be selected by pressing a single button to determine which engines turn the z-drives. Running electric mode with just the ABB thruster motors, Ralph can reach 10 knots in calm conditions. Diesel mode runs just the main engines, while hybrid mode runs both the mains and gensets. The gensets run up to about 90 percent load to reserve power for ship service.
The fourth is a FiFi mode that uses electric motors for propulsion or stationkeeping while the starboard main engine drives the FFS fire pump. Two aft-mounted FFS 1200 remote-controlled monitors are operated from a panel in the wheelhouse.
The electric motors offer the additional benefit of immediate thrust, Buchanan said, noting that even high-speed engines have a momentary lag while they spool up. “This is set up so basically as soon as you throw current at the electric motor, you have thrust.”
Markey’s DEPCF-52 hawser winch is spooled with 475 feet of 10-inch Samson AmSteel-Blue line.
Electric steering motors on the drives also are more responsive than traditional units. Capt. Lantier said Ralph can spin 360 degrees in about 20 seconds, compared to about 25 with the company’s other tractor tugs. Lantier is a lead captain for Harbor Docking who previously served as captain of the tractor tug Pat built in 2013 at Main Iron Works.
Washburn & Doughty has built 19 of its 93-foot tugboats, including a handful of Tier 4 models. The design has proven itself repeatedly in escort and docking work. That was part of the appeal for Harbor Docking. “I love the performance the 93-footer provides,” Buchanan said, noting that it matches up against just about any design out there. “It really is a solid tug all the way around as far as performance, design and capability.”
The shipyard’s naval architects made some significant changes to its 93-foot hull to accommodate hybrid system components. One change placed a bulkhead in the engine room to separate engines from the sensitive electronics installed aft of the main engine space. Another placed the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) units vertically in the stacks rather than over the engines as seen in other Tier 4 tugs.
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“We saw a lot of heat generation from that (placement),” said Justin Clark, vice president of operations support at Washburn & Doughty. “This time we made the stacks a little bigger and we were able to put the SCR up into the stacks … where there is more space.”
Moving the SCR units also simplified construction by reducing the amount of piping in the engine room, Clark said. Dinak insulated stainless-steel exhaust pipes that are warm to the touch, rather than nearly 700 degrees, further reduce heat on the vessel.
Caterpillar 3512E Tier 4 engines each generate 2,550 hp.
Both tugs will operate with a four-person crew, giving each person their own room. Those cabins each will have their own climate controls to allow crews to keep cool during the blazing South Louisiana summers. Other crew amenities include wireless Internet accessibility, and vibration- and sound-dampening materials installed throughout.
The wheelhouse features W&D’s standard layout with large windows and 360-degree views. Cat touch-screen controls are embedded in control panels on both sides of the helm chair, along with Furuno navigation electronics and displays. Simrad supplied the autopilot and satellite compass.
Towing will take place off the bow, where a 75-hp Markey electric hawser winch occupies the foredeck along with a shipyard-built staple painted a crisp black. The aft deck has towing bitts on the port and starboard side in addition to an emergency tow line should the need arise. The winch is spooled with 475 feet of 10-inch line.
From bow to stern, the deck is lined with an aggressive poured non-slip coating commonly found on naval vessels. Viking supplied the protective rubber fenders.
Blue ABB thruster motors can work in tandem with the main engines for maximum power or separately when less thrust is needed.
Back on the Damariscotta River, Capt. Lantier followed commands from Peter Grant, who was on board working to calibrate the Ritchie magnetic compass. Lantier was unfazed by the new hybrid controls and various modes at his disposal. “Driving the boat is still the same,” he said. “It’s just learning the system.”
Ralph, named for Ralph Hill, a longtime Harbor Docking board member, was still undergoing trials as of late April. Meanwhile Capt. Robb, named for Captain Bill Robb, was launched April 18, and is due for delivery this summer.
Early results during trials suggest the decision to install the hybrid propulsion system will literally pay off. One recent transit in electric mode, for instance, burned about 23 fewer gallons of diesel per hour than a comparable trip on main engines. That’s exactly the performance Buchanan was hoping for.
He had high praise for the shipyard and said their craftsmanship, combined with positive results during sea trials, reinforced the decision to install hybrid propulsion. “From an owner’s perspective, we were a little nervous,” he admitted. “But after we completed the builder trials and got some preliminary numbers, we are way more optimistic and excited.”
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PUIG CIUTAT
WEB SITE FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF PUIG CIUTAT
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29 de December de 2015 General, zona d'excavacióarchaeology, camp, data sheet, documentation, excavations, geophysics, gpr, ground penetrating radar, praetorium, principia, Puig Ciutat, republic, romans, stratigrafic, SU, total station, unitpuig_admin
Aquest sondeig es va realitzar amb l’objectiu de confirmar la presència i les característiques d’un edifici de grans dimensions, que havia estat prèviament detectat per les prospeccions geofísiques.
The archaeological excavation revealed a square building, 11 by 11 metres, divided up into various rooms opening onto a central distribution space. This was reached by a passage that communicated with the building’s only entrance, open in the southern façade. The date provided by the ceramic material recovered confirmed that the building belonged to the latest phase of occupation of the settlement, in the Late Roman Republican Period.
The work revealed that the structure had been heavily affected by farming work in the field in recent times and some of the walls that divided up the complex have not survived. Despite the poor condition of the remains, carbon was found which could have been part of the door latch.
Two surveys performed in the interior of the building showed that it had been looted in ancient times, probably to recover some of the stones from the north and west walls.
Its large size make this building an important one in the settlement’s complex of buildings. According to documentary sources, a building of these characteristics could have been the praetorium, or residence of the Roman camp’s Commander, or the principia, or administrative building. In the case of Puig Ciutat, this building could have fulfilled both functions.
[left] Drawing of the structures located superimposed on the ground-penetrating radar data. [right] Interpretation of the located structures superimposed on a photograph taken from a drone.
July 2010-December 2015
Excavation work in the building
Excavation work in the western rooms of Building 1
View of the entrance and the passage leading into the building from the south. In the foreground can be seen the carbon which could have been part of the door latch
South-west section of the central building after the tops of the walls have been marked out
Two views of the test trench dug at the south-west corner of the building. The original wall can be seen damaged below the layer of small stones with which the robber trench was filled in
City Wall Buildings
29 de December de 2015 zona d'excavacióarchaeology, battle, bronze, camp, city wall, data sheet, documentation, excavations, fire, Puig Ciutat, republic, romans, siege, stratigrafic, SU, total station, unitpuig_admin
Magnetic surveying showed evidence of an urban layout in the north-east of the site and important signs of combustion, which could have been from fireplaces or they could have been traces of a possible fire.
The excavations confirmed the presence of archaeological materials and structures from the settlement’s three occupation phases, going from the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age (mid-9th – 7th centuries BC) to the Late Roman Republican Period (mid-1st century BC).
Five dwelling spaces and a street from the last phase were found built onto the north-eastern section of the wall. These constructs could be part of one large building combining the functions of dwelling and storage.
The state of destruction of the different rooms, with abundant crushed ceramic material above the living level, and the presence of abundant military projectiles above the ruins (indicating they were fired from outside) speak for a military confrontation which may have begun at this end of the settlement.
Excavation work in the buildings close to the Late Republican Roman wall
Surveys of the different occupation phases at Puig Ciutat (Late Bronze/Early Iron (9th – 7th centuries BC) up to the Late Roman Republican Period (mid-1st century BC)
The inner face of the wall is built over the two walls from the previous occupation phase (intermediate phase) and above the demolition level of this same phase
Photogrammetric study of the different constructions excavated at the north-eastern end of the settlement
Constructions abutting the wall
The process of excavating the hearth (redder area). At the bottom of the picture can be seen the test trench thanks to which the wall from the intermediate phase was discovered
Excavation of the floor of the hearth, made with heat-resistant ceramics
Scattered fallen material above the living level
[left] Various fallen materials (remains of animals, metal objects, etc.) above the living level. [right] Fallen dolium and amphora above the ruins of a ceiling or a first floor
July 2011-2012
Northern room abutting the wall
Articulated animal remains located under the ruins of the northern room
Projectiles located in the rooms abutting the wall
Photographs by CRBMB-Ramon Maroto. July 2011-2012.
South-east wall
13 de January de 2015 zona d'excavacióaccess, archaeology, battle, camp, city wall, data sheet, documentation, door, excavations, Puig Ciutat, republic, romans, siege, stratigrafic, SU, total station, unitpuig_admin
The intervention at this point reveals the presence of one of the main entrances to the settlement in its last phase. The suspicion that it was here was based on the fact that a path to the top of the hill from the east converges here with the main street in the area, which runs north-south.
The work located two sections of wall at this point, separated by a certain difference in height between them, at the ends of which there could have been the gate. It wasn’t possible to confirm this as they have been largely flattened. Even so, this idea is backed up by the presence inside the settlement of a wall parallel to the city wall that forms an entrance passage leading to a second gate, which was found to be sealed.
The structures preserved inside the settlement are totally unknown as the area was found covered by a thick layer of stones whose purpose could not be explained. The dating of the various associated articulated animal remains gave a date for it during the last occupation phase.
As a hypothesis, it was suggested that the layer of stones could have something to do with reinforcing the area or sealing it off in the settlement’s final moments, but we shall have to wait for future campaigns to be able to corroborate this.
Fill level from the Late Roman Republican Period
Decembre 2014.
Western part of the trench
Structures dated from the Late Roman Republican Period can be observed. Decembre 2014.
Part of the cranium and a bovid articulated limb
Sloping section of wall
Part of the wall and its ruins can be seen towards the slope. The wall running parallel to the city wall can be seen on the left, forming an entrance passageway. Decembre 2014.
Section of city wall (north-east stretch)
[left]. Photogrammetric study at the end of the 2014 season. [right] Location of various excavated structures
At bottom left and top right, stretch of Late Republican city wall
East wall
13 de January de 2015 zona d'excavacióarchaeology, battle, camp, city wall, data sheet, documentation, excavations, Puig Ciutat, republic, romans, siege, stratigrafic, SU, total station, unitpuig_admin
Work on this point was carried out with the object of finding out all about the entire stretch of city wall already located and, at the same time, to see how the structure was laid down.
The work showed that the city wall was laid down directly over earlier strata. On this side it could be seen that the walls of the intermediate phase were visible under the Roman wall. A wall was also located belonging to the settlement’s oldest phase (Late Bronze/Early Iron). This is the earliest structure located for this period.
View of the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age structures outside the Late Republican city wall
View of the Late Republican city wall from the north-east
[left]. Photogrammetric study and [right] drawing of the excavations at the end of the 2014 season
he outline of the Late Roman Republican city wall and the excavated structures can be clearly seen. Late Republican city wall and earlier structures located outside the area occupied by the Roman Republican settlement. Decembre 2014.
South-west surveys nos. 20, 21, 22 and 23
13 de January de 2015 zona d'excavacióarchaeology, battle, camp, city wall, data sheet, documentation, ERT, excavations, Puig Ciutat, republic, resitivity, romans, siege, stratigrafic, SU, tomography, total station, unitpuig_admin
Surveys 20 to 23 had a common goal, which was to locate the city wall on the south side of the settlement.
Survey 20: both the geophysical survey undertaken in 2010 and the electrical tomography at the end of 2014 indicated the presence of a stretch of city wall at this point. The work made it possible to locate the defensive structure of which only one level of stones has survived.
Survey 21: no remains of archaeological interest were found at this point. The stratigraphy seemed to respond to farm work in the area.
Survey 22: surface observation of two walls at this point, plus the marked difference in height, suggested that the city wall might be found here. The work showed that they were terraced vineyards from a more recent date.
Survey 23: surface observation of a wall at this point, plus the marked difference in height, suggested that the city wall might be found here. The work showed that they were terraced vineyards.
[left] Survey 20. Section of Late Roman Republican city wall. Survey 23: View of the test trench at the end of the excavation
Survey 23: View of the test trench at the end of the excavation
Desembre 2014.
Location of the different surfaces intervened
The stretch of city wall located in survey 20 can be seen. Decembre 2014.
Electrical tomography (data acquisition by GS Ingeniería)
In red: rocky elements that could be bedrock or anthropic built elements. Decembre 2014.
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Dialogue is something that many writers struggle with. If you sit in a cafe and transcribe a conversation you’ll see that people don’t talk the way they do in books and films. They are not eloquent, they have accents or dialects, they use slang, jargon; their speech is repetitive, circular, they stick in redundant words like like, you know, I mean; frequently they don’t say what they mean or what they truly want to say. Quite often they’re not listening but waiting for a gap in the conversation to speak or are simply talking over the other person. Equally, you don’t want to write dialogue that’s stilted or reads as if it has been written down, rather than spoken but you do want to capture the essence of how a particular character speaks. It’s tricky! Continue reading →
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Working with a freelance editor
WORKING WITH A FREELANCE EDITOR – I’ve been the fortunate recipient of an Arts Council grant to fund me whilst I write my fifth novel. One of the brilliant aspects of the grant is that I have been able to hire a freelance editor to read the latest draft of my work in progress. I was lucky enough to work with Ali Reynolds, who was an editor at Vintage, Random House, before moving to Bristol and starting up her own company, Arc Editorial, which specialises in freelance editing and mentoring.
You might think there isn’t much need for an editor prior to getting your book published and it is not cheap (although it’s incredibly good value for the amount of time and expertise you receive) – but in my experience, it’s invaluable. I’ve had two 2 book deals with publishers (John Murray and Black Swan) and am now between contracts – so I don’t have the luxury of working with an in-house editor. As Ali says:
Good Reads 2013
December 16, 2013 December 14, 2015 | Sanjida O'Connell
GOOD READS 2013 – When I was the TV reviewer for BBC Wildlife magazine, the editor would not let me write a review about a bad programme. It was less than honest and made for duller copy. However, I am taking a leaf out of her book as I’d love you to spend the Christmas period being transported by wonderful books and giving them as gifts to others. Here is my selection of the books I’ve liked best this year.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey has to be the perfect winter present with its hauntingly beautiful descriptions – ‘She could not fathom the hexagonal miracle of snowflakes formed from clouds, crystallized fern and feather that tumble down to light on a coat sleeve, white stars melting…’ – and its poignant relationship between Jack, Mabel and the child they believe they have created out of grief and longing and snow.
Science in Fiction
December 9, 2013 December 10, 2015 | Sanjida O'Connell
It’s not done well. In fact, it’s done infrequently and frequently badly. Science in fiction. I’m not talking about non-fiction books dealing with science or science fiction, which has to have, at least, a modicum of science as a given, but science in your common or garden novel.
Science has a lot to offer: we are talking subjects as diverse as environmental destruction,
quantum physics, particle physics, nanotechnology, neurosurgery, psychopathy and molecular gastronomy – all at your disposal as a writer. We are talking of characters who
could be Brian Cox, Robert Winston, Craig Venter or Bill Gates. Maybe even, dare I say it, a female scientist. So you could have scientists as characters, science as a theme, science as the subject of the novel – and this is at a time when science in movies is big business (Another Earth, After Earth, Gravity, Contagion).
You think it’s about sex …
November 16, 2013 December 14, 2015 | Sanjida O'Connell
YOU THINK IT’S ABOUT SEX … – Review of The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright
I hated The Gathering. I could see why it sold a scant handful before it won the Orange Prize. But The Forgotten Waltz is something else: a wonderfully written, acerbically-witty, literary page-turner. It’s a tale of adultery set against the rise and smash of Ireland’s boom period.
The book is constructed like a thriller:
‘If it hadn’t been for the child then none of this might have happened, but the fact that a child was involved made everything that much harder to forgive…The fact that a child was affected meant we had to…follow through.’
The premise is simple, but like a rough-cut gem, it is polished and polished until the conclusion shines, multi-faceted, so sharp you might bleed. Gina Moynihan thinks she is happily married to Conor Shiels, until she meets Sean Vallely.
A magical modern fairy tale
A MAGICAL MODERN FAIRY TALE – Review of The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Snow Child is the strange and magical tale of a middle-aged couple who, in 1920, leave their gentrified lives for the wilds of Alaska. Jack and Mabel, grieving for the loss of their stillborn child and unable to bear the gossip about their childlessness, wish to begin anew – perhaps purge and punish themselves – when they settle along the shores of the Wolverine River.
They are neither practical, nor young, nor strong and they struggle. In a rare moment of levity, Mabel and Jack build a snow child in their yard, adorned with a red hat and mittens. In the morning the hat and the mittens and, indeed, the snow child, have disappeared.
Creating Characters II
November 3, 2013 December 14, 2015 | Sanjida O'Connell
CREATING CHARACTERS II – Is your character based on a real person? This was the first question from Richard Beard, director of The National Academy of Writing who chaired The Writers’ Conference, organised by freelance editor, Ali Reynolds and held at the Bristol Festival of Literature last week. Patricia Ferguson, author of The Midwife’s Daughter, and I were discussing characterisation.
My protagonist, Emily Harris in Sugar Island, is based on a real person – the actress Fanny Kemble. This was a bit of a mixed blessing as there was so much information out there already about Fanny, numerous biographies and the diary she wrote, which I used as the basis for Sugar Island. I did change her personality a bit, partly for the purposes of the story and partly because I condensed the action down to a year and a half instead of it taking place over half her lifetime, so Emily remains a young woman throughout the course of the novel. It was a relief when about a third of the way into writing the novel, Fanny finally became Emily, and her husband Pierce, truly became Charles, in my mind.
GO Bristol!
GO BRISTOL! – We’re on holiday this week. In Bristol. Where, er, we actually live. I’ve been planning on writing about what a great place Bristol is and how everyone should come and hang out here for a bit – so at least I’m following my own advice. For once.
Bristol is a beautiful city, tall, honied stone Georgian houses and candy-coloured terraces, bisected by two rivers with nature-rich pockets, such as The Downs, home to the Bristol whitebeam and the Bristol onion, which are found nowhere else. It’s a city founded on the wealth of the slave trade (part of the inspiration for my non-fiction book, Sugar: The Grass that Changed the World, and my latest novel, Sugar Island) and is today a contemporary home for world-class grafitti and culture: The Bristol Festival of Ideas runs all year round, my other favourite festivals are The Bristol Festival of Literature, The Affordable Art Fair and Bristol VegFest.
Editing my Novels
EDITING MY NOVELS – Writer Isabel Costello kindly asked me to write a guest post for her blog, The Literary Sofa. I hope you have a chance to read some of her other posts, all highly informative with some interesting tips.
I had the unfortunate fortune to be barely edited when my first two novels, Theory of Mind and Angel Bird were published by Black Swan. Fortunate, because editing is a painful process, especially when the person who is paying you is pointing out your shortcomings. Unfortunate, because it gave me the misguided impression that writing a novel is all about the writing. As Ernest Hemingway said, ‘The first draft of anything is shit.’ For your work to shine, you need to write, rewrite and then get some help!
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Day Trip: Relive 'Groundhog Day' in Woodstock
City celebrates its starring role in cult-film classic
BY ANDREA MILLS amills@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5575
Photo submitted by Visit McHenry County.
During the prognostication Feb. 2 in Woodstock, Woodstock Willie is the hero – or the villain – as he forecasts whether there will be 6 more weeks of winter or not.
The city of Woodstock celebrates its starring role in the 1993 film, "Groundhog Day."
Woodstock Willie and friends take part in Groundhog Days in Woodstock. The festival came was born after the 1993 movie, "Groundhog Day," was filmed there . This year's event is from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6.
A plaque commemorates Bill Murray's time in Woodstock. He starred in the film, "Groundhog Day," which was filmed in Woodstock.
WOODSTOCK – Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, traditionally tells the eager masses whether or not winter is on the run.
It all has to do with a groundhog leaving its burrow and either seeing its shadow or not. This is one of those cases where you don’t want any sun on a cold winter day (if you’re a believer in the legend, anyway). If the furry critter sees its shadow, it’s 6 more weeks of winter ahead.
But whether you’re a believer or not, there’s still fun to be had in Woodstock, where the city has its own celebration of the day, and the movie that shares its name. Groundhog Days runs Jan. 28 through Feb. 6. The event’s orgins stretch back to 1993, with the releease of the cult-favorite film, 1993’s “Groundhog Day,” starring Bill Murray. Part of the movie was filmed here. Today, the city commemorates its starring roll with a festival around Feb. 2.
The fun starts at 6 p.m. Jan. 28 for the Awakening of the Groundhog at the Woodstock Opera house, 121 W. Van Buren. Woodstock Willie appears on the balcony and greets the public. He’ll pose for photos, and later, everyone can go to the Stage Left Cafe, 126 E. Van Buren, for hot chocolate and movie trivia.
“Groundhog Day” will be shown at 10 a.m. Jan. 30 and 31 in the Woodstock Theatre, 209 Main St.
“Every year we look forward to screening ‘Groundhog Day’ at the Woodstock,” Chris Johnson, CEO of Classic Cinemas, said. “It’s very special to see the community come together annually to celebrate such a unique town like Woodstock.”
If something looks familiar at the theater, it’s because it appeared in the film, playing the role of the Alpine Theatre.
Jim May, a storyteller, will give his “Groundhog Tales” at 10 a.m. Jan. 30 at Home State Bank, 124 Johnson St. Other events this day include a chili cook-off, Woodstock Rotary Bag Tournament, a
concert, a walking tour of film sites and a symposium.
A pancake breakfast will be served from 8 a.m to noon Jan. 31 at the Woodstock Moose Lodge, 406 Clay St. The bachelor auction and dance in the movie were filmed here. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children 6-10, and free for kids 5 and younger.
Other Sunday happenings are Woodstock Wilie’s Family Funday with games for kids and the walking tour.
The schedule is quieter on Feb. 1, with one event, “The Making of ‘Groundhog Day’” at the Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St., from 5 to 8 p.m., and featuring pictures from the filming of the movie.
The big event is at 7:07 a.m. Feb. 2 in the Woodstock Square. Woodstock Willie will leave his home in a tree trunk and will – or maybe he won’t – see his shadow. But he won’t doze off; Polka band music will keep him awake.
Those who don’t want to let go of the groundhog theme, can attend the Groundhog Mardi Gras Feb. 6 in Harvard. The evening features live and silent auctions, dinner, a reverse raffle and music. Then that’s it – until next winter.
IF YOU GO ...
What: Groundhog Days
Where: Woodstock
When: Jan. 28 through Feb. 6
Free: Awakening of the Groundhog, "Groundhog Day" movie, "Groundhog Tales," symposium, walking tour, Making of Groundhog Day and Feb. 2 prognostication
Costs: Chili cook-off (donations), Woodstock Rotary Bag Tournament ($30-40 per team), concert ($25), Woodstock Willie's Family Fun Day (four tickets for $1) and pancake breakfast
Information: woodstockgroundhog.org or 815-334-2620; see website for more events
Final event for Groundhog Days
What: Groundhog Mardi Gras
When: 5:30 to 11 p.m. Feb. 6
Where: Starline Factory, 306 Front St., Harvard
Tickets: $60, includes dinner; purchase at d200edfoundation.org/ or call 815-337-5406 for information.
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The apples of your eye
DAY TRIP: It’s all fun and games – and learning
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Simon A. Waldman
A victory for democracy? Turkey’s 2019 local elections
Following the results of the March 31 local elections in Turkey which saw Turkey’s main opposition, Republican People’s Party (CHP), win 4 out of 5 largest cities in Turkey, some commentators were quick to call the defeat of President Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) a victory for democracy.
But what do these commentators mean when they say victory for democracy? More of often than not they mean that the party they support did well. However, the real test of whether an election is a victory for democracy is not if the party you voted for wins, but the extent to which the elections were held under conditions considered free and fair, the incumbent’s willingness to concede defeat and the applicability of contestation to all parties who have a legitimate grievance.
Sadly, in all of the above counts Turkey failed. Firstly, just as previous elections over the past few years, they were neither free nor fair. Media coverage was overwhelmingly pro-government, there were incidents of intimidation and harassment, and the governing AKP had the benefit of using state resources for their campaign.
Secondly, although the ballots have been officially counted, the ruling AKP has refused to accept defeat in Ankara and Istanbul. Although they were very close races it is quite clear that barring some irregularities, the CHP won in both cities. Still, the AKP has insisted on recounts (there were even rumours that AKP had sought to nullify the vote in the entire city of Istanbul). One may object and say that the AKP has a right to do so. Fair enough, but at the same time the AKP has put up posters across Istanbul thanking voters for their victory. The recounts are taking a long time and there is extreme pressure being put on the Supreme Election Board.
Thirdly, when the ruling AKP demands recounts it usually (not always) gets its way, but when the liberal and Kurdish oriented Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) demands the same by district and provisional boards in localities where it lost by the narrowest of margins, its appeals are rejected. In other words, there are clearly double standards.
Despite the victory of the CHP in several cities, this was not a win for democracy. If it turns out that the AKP concedes defeat to the CHP in Ankara and Istanbul, I have the following words which were published in a piece for Haaretzand have pasted below and can also be found here:
Erdogan wobbled. But can he really be toppled?
The polls should have been a sleepy affair. They were local elections for mayoral and municipal offices. And last weekend was the seventh time in five years that Turkey had held elections.
However, far from being dreary, the elections proved to be a rather lively affair as Turkey’s firebrand president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been at the helm of Turkish politics for 17 years, did not get his way. And that’s just putting it mildly.
Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost four of the country’s five largest cities to the opposition, including the capital Ankara and the commercial hub and largest city, Istanbul, albeit by the narrowest of margins.
What to make of these results? Do they mark the beginning of the end for Erdogan’s apparent invincibility? How significant a victory is this for the country’s beleaguered opposition, led by the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP)?
The CHP deserves some credit. Together with the Iyi Parti (Good Party) with whom it formed an alliance, the CHP campaigned hard and under very difficult circumstances, managing to not only win major cities and municipalities but also garner 30 per cent of the popular vote, a significant improvement on recent years.
The CHP’s successes in Istanbul and Ankara were also due to the strategic decision by the liberal and Kurdish-oriented Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) not to field candidates in these cities. Reportedly, HDP leaders urged its supporters to vote for the CHP instead. Thus, the HDP got in some retribution against Erdogan, whose government has mercilessly suppressed the party, even arresting and detaining its leadership under trumped up terrorism charges and removing elected mayors in the Southeast.
Unlike the AKP, which also benefitted from the use of government and state resources, the CHP had to fend off underhanded attacks by Erdogan and his followers who accused it of perfidy and siding with terrorists.
Mansur Yavas, the CHP Ankara mayoral candidate, was accused of forging a signature over a decade ago in a spurious attempt to delegitimize him. Erdogan even broadcast footage from the gruesome Christchurch massacre to boost his party’s chances.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s subdued media offered the government obsequious coverage. For example, Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT gave 135 hours of positive coverage to Erdogan and his allies but just 20 hours, most of it negative, to the opposition. It was therefore quite a feat that the CHP managed to attract additional votes.
Still, one should not write off Erdogan so easily. Far from being the beginning of the end, Erdogan and the AKP remain popular.
Despite voter fatigue, international isolation and an economic downturn that has seen inflation spiral and the lira tumble, prompting the government to sell its own subsidized fruit and vegetables, the AKP still managed to win over 44 per cent of the popular vote. This is about two percent more than last year’s parliamentary elections and a gain of 1.5 per cent compared to the last local elections of 2014.
In other words, the CHP has only managed to make a small dent in the AKP’s support base.
Meanwhile, Erdogan still enjoys the backing of his political allies, the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Together they won over 51 per cent of the vote. Erdogan also controls all the state’s levers of power from the security forces to the judiciary and is not afraid to use them. This is especially ominous, as there are no more elections scheduled for the next four and a half years. A period of unaccountability looms.
If the opposition wishes to make further gains it needs to maintain the tacit CHP-HDP understanding which thwarted Erdogan’s plans in this election. This means the CHP will have to swallow its Turkish national pride and convince its followers that it is prudent to come to a tacit understanding with the Kurdish-oriented HDP.
And that’s just the easy bit. Despite all the talk of the economy and international affairs during the campaign, this was a local election.
If the opposition is serious about making this a turning point, it needs to knuckle down and dedicate itself to improving municipal services in order to prove to the electorate that it can be trusted with the country’s economy and positively steer Turkey’s political future. That is, of course, assuming that the AKP's attempt to stifle the loss of Istanbul by demanding recounts proves fruitless.
Either way, the opposition will no doubt face a relentless campaign of delegitimization and intimidation by Erdogan and the AKP, who don’t kindly to strong opposition. Pro-government media are already pushing the narrative that the results in Istanbul are an attempted "coup." Still, it’s an opportunity. The opposition best make the most of it.
This article first appeared in Haaretz on 3 April 2019
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Rugged Land Books for Waterfront
A book publisher, whose titles include The First Mom: Wit and Wisdom of Barbara Bush, is relocating to the West village, Rugged Land signed a lease for a 3,000 square foot office at 401 West Street, on the West Village Waterfront. The firm currently has offices at 276 Canal Street. Sinvin Realty Corp. represented the tenant and Alf Naman Real Estate represented the land lord, 401 West Street Realty Inc., whose owner is Shalom Azani. The building’s asking rents are about $26 a square foot.
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By Nathaniel Salzman Lambretta, Official News February 2, 2012
The Lambretta is back
The latest incarnation of Lambretta says that the iconic Italian scooter marque is back on the scene in a big way with their all-new LN model. Only a concept a year ago, Lambretta say the LN is finally coming to market. While I’d definitely fall into the “hopeful” category, you’ve got to love how Bryan from 2StrokeBuzz puts it:
Sorry to get your hopes up, ha. I’ve stopped guessing (and caring) which of the dozen fighting parties is behind which models or which hype, or if any of it will ever see the light of day, but maybe you’re still holding out hope that something good will come of all this.
It’s a lovely-looking machine, and it is definitely trying hard to live up to its design heritage. The question remains, however, will it live up to its own aspirations? More importantly from my perspective, will we ever see the LN here in The States? Echoing Bryan’s sentiment, I wouldn’t hold my breath. Full press release and gallery after the break.
[Official Release] For decades it’s been an iconic symbol that gave worldwide fame to the Italian style: after almost forty years of absence, today Lambretta comes back on the road in the new LN model. Presented last year as a prototype, from now on our city streets will be traveled again by the legendary two‐wheeler of the fifties and sixties.
An Italian project, coordinated by a staff of Italian technical experts led by true passion for the famous vehicle. Alessandro Tartarini, son of Leopoldo, founder of Italjet, a company with over fifty years of experience in the motorcycle industry, is the designer of the new Lambretta. Worldwide known for the design of Italjet Dragster, Italjet Formula and the succesfull Velocifero, Alessandro has developed the new Lambretta LN in compliance with the famous ancestor. It’s a tribute to the great predecessor and a modern‐day version.
As the original one, the new Lambretta LN a steel bodywork. It is a contemporary dependable scooter, a modern‐looking design which embodies the soul, spirit and lines of the Lambretta designed in 1947 and conveys the genuine value of design and Italian taste, which is so highly regarded around the world.
The inspiration for the LN model is the history of Lambretta, but Tartarini chose to take suggestions from the Special series, designed by the engineer Sessa during the sixties. Today, as then, the aesthetical and functional details are harmoniously bound in a slender, streamlined, quick off the mark vehicle that never loses the typical qualities of the Italian design.
The ideal road of Lambretta runs around the world: Italian quality, Italian style, Italian concept, but Lambretta is manufactured in Italy as well as in a number of countries around the globe.
The various components of Lambretta are made in the countries where the specialization allows the better outcome.
The Lambretta LN is now available throughout the world in the 125 cc model (151 cc only in Italy). The LN model comes in five different color combinations to meet the taste of every consumer. The Lambretta is back for all those who want to ride on top of an excellent performing vehicle with a timeless Italian style. Worldwide distributor of Lambretta LN is Lambretta Motolife Italia SpA.
The Lambretta is back in advertising as well, with a simple and provocative advertising campaign, expressing the very personality of the new Lambretta. The 30’ spot is directed by James Lima, 3D animator and director of Avatar and many commercials for international brands.
Source: Lambretta via 2StrokeBuzz
Next articleVideo: Classic Lambretta Ad
Recap – Australian National Scooter Rally 2019
ScooterFile at IMS 2012
Each year the International Motorcycle Show tours major cities around the USA. If you’ve never been, it’s one part OEM expo, one part custom bike showcase, one part aftermarket bazaar.
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Unmasking the BDS Movement Ireland
June 11, 2015 by Robert J. Avrech 12 Comments
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iZjuiKZ2ho[/youtube]
This is a brilliant look at the BDS movement in Ireland, which is, in reality, Jew-hatred repackaged.
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Filed Under: BDS Movement, Ireland, Jew-haters, Jew-hatred Tagged With: Ami Horowitz, Ireland, Jew-hatred, Winston Churchill
Ship of Irish Fools
Gaza Water Park, or as the Flotilla of Fools call it: A Concentration Camp.
An excellent article by Ruth Dudley Edwards, an Irish historian, novelist, journalist and broadcaster, on the Gaza-bound flotilla of fools. She correctly notes that this movement is motivated not by humanitarian concerns but a pathological hatred of Jews.
It was the Fifties and I was about seven when I pointed to the photograph of Hitler in my republican granny’s lair and said: “What about the Jews, grandmother?” “British propaganda,” she replied.
Grandmother Edwards was not stupid, but she was adept at filtering out information that didn’t fit her world view. As far as she was concerned, the Nazis had been allies of the IRA and enemies of the Brits so they were the good guys.
I retired to discuss the matter further with my mother, at whose knee I had learned about the Holocaust and who was an admirer of Jewish creativity and culture. I will be forever grateful to her for inoculating me against the knee-jerk anti-Semitism of Roman Catholicism and for making me ashamed of my country’s meanness of spirit in slamming the door against Jewish refugees.
Let us be clear. Whether they know it or not, that gaggle of posturing, ignorant Irish clowns who are setting sail towards Gaza on the MV Saoirse are driven by anti-Semitism. Otherwise they would be protesting against — for instance — the Islamist killings and bombings that are forcing tens of thousands of Christians to flee the Middle East, the ethnic cleansing in the Sudan, the ill-treatment of servants and women in Saudi Arabia, the hanging of gays from cranes in Iran, the massacres of protesters in Libya and Syria, the torture of Irish-trained doctors in Bahrain for tending to injured demonstrators and the vicious anti-Jewish propaganda that teaches Arab children to hate.
Further scenes of horror from Asda City, Gaza:
See how the children of Gaza suffer.
Obviously a clever Zionist conspiracy against the poor, oppressed people of Gaza.
By the way, Asda City is occupied territory. This is land which which was the site of Jewish hothouses before the 10,000 Jews of Gaza were expelled making Gaza another Judenrein Arab Muslim apartheid state.
Hey, I have a fab-u-lous idea for the creatures who are so anxious to bring, ahem, humanitarian relief to suffering Arabs. Try pointing your flotilla towards Sudan where hundreds of thousands are being slaughtered, or Syria where children are being shot down in the streets by Assad’s thugs, or gee, hey about helping out the hapless NATO forces—Obama says he’s leading from behind, which is, I suppose, much like leading with your tuchus—in Libya where the lunatic Kaddafi and his mad-dog sons employ Muslim mercenaries to slaughter, what a shock, Muslims.
Oh, wait, that actually might be dangerous, probably fatal, and besides, no Jews are involved, thus, nothing to see, move on.
Photos via Aussie Dave, of Israelly Cool, a very cool blog.
Speaking of Arab Muslim Apartheid, take a look at this video link to Varney & Co. which discusses the unholy alliance between Delta Airlines and Saudi Arabia.
Seraphic Secret is still working out all the bugs in our migration to Word Press. If you notice any issues please don’t hesitate to bring them to my attention. Write to: robert.avrech@gmail.com
And please don’t write asking me to help you get into the film business.
Filed Under: Flotilla of Fools Tagged With: Gaza, Ireland, IslamoNazis, Israel, Jew-hatred
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Australian Fashion Week breaks trade-only format
For $119, the event is now no longer just about business. Read more
Selfridges makes Christmas for Australian brand
"This was a great way to end the year."
General Pants CEO Sacha Laing: "we are grateful to our customers"
How they helped to make $780,000 in just one day.
After a tough year, Michael Hill lands a Christmas miracle
This is how it managed to deliver same store sales, despite other brands suffering.
Myer axes 35 staff, but there's a twist
It's not the only one wielding an axe - here's the breakdown.
Why 3 hours can make or break a sale
This is what you need to do to get it over the line.
Editor's Weekly Wrap: By January 1, I stopped counting
This is the moment that defined our industry.
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CEO Steve Gunn reveals his secrets to success.
Jeanswest collapse will be the first of many
"Products became redundant because the companies didn’t keep on top of changing trends."
Mosaic Brands sales ravaged by fires
20% of the Group's stores have been directly impacted by the bushfires.
Retail empire with 146 stores collapses
The retailer employs 988 people and was founded in 1972.
David Jones group chief steps down, shares jump 9%
There has been another leadership shakeup.
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M.J. Bale is about to start a year-long science experiment
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The Iconic throws open its office and fulfilment centre
The unprecedented move will go on until the end of January.
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Who Doesn't Believe That Kollel Students Are As Good As Soldiers?
In an otherwise excellent article in Mishpachah arguing that the charedi community should accept that those who serve in the IDF should receive certain benefits not granted to kollel students, Jonathan Rosenblum writes as follows:
"We will not convince secular Israelis that kollel students protect Israeli society no less than IDF soldiers."
Never mind secular Israelis - you won't convince anyone of that. On a theoretical level, it has a very shaky foundation. On a practical level, nobody really believes it - not even charedim.
Let's start with the theoretical level. To be sure, there are a small number of statements in Chazal which, at first glance, would seem to indicate that kollel students are as effective as soldiers. However, as with all statements of Chazal, these are tersely stated, open to a number of interpretations, and must be considered in light of various interpretations that have been presented by Rishonim and Acharonim - as well as in light of the factual reality.
The Gemara (Sotah 21a and Makkos 10a) says that the study of Torah protects a person from certain types of harm. Elsewhere, the Gemara (Bava Metzia 108a and Bava Basra 7b) rules that Torah scholars are exempt from the expense of building protective walls for the city, since they are protected by virtue of the Torah they learn. The Baal HaTurim (Devarim 1:3) says that a Torah scholar can protect forty thousand people around him.
But to which kind of Torah scholars does this apply? Maybe, for example, it only applies to those who are teaching others and are thus connected to them? And to which kinds of circumstances is it referring? Who says that it applies to kollel students of today, with regard to protection from the Arabs? And how exactly does it work - is it a linear correlation? When the country goes from twenty thousand people in kollel to forty thousand, by what percentage does the number of untimely deaths in Israel allegedly decrease? How many lives would be lost if twenty thousand people left kollel for a year to serve in the IDF?
Note that Responsa Radvaz 2:752 greatly restricts the extent of the Gemara's ruling about Torah scholars being exempt from contributing towards security, including stating that it does not apply in cases where the rabbis consider themselves in need of protection. (I have seen quotes of other sources that the exemption only applies to situations where the protection is from theft, and not when lives are in danger.)
Second, and most significantly: Regardless of the sources that someone might dig up/ reinterpret to claim that yeshivah and kollel students are protecting Israel, the bottom line is that (a) the facts on the ground demonstrate otherwise, and (b) when push comes to shove, the charedim don't even believe it themselves.
The facts on the ground - as the Gemara would say, הא קא חזינן דלאו הכי הוא! From the tragedy of the Holocaust, to the 1929 massacres in Chevron, to the murders several years ago at Mercaz HaRav Kook, it is evident that Torah students are not even automatically protected from harm themselves, let alone protecting others. And this is only military harm - there are plenty of other kinds of harm that affect Torah students, from illness to fires to road accidents. And Israel does not seem to be any safer now than in 1948, despite the fact that there are 40,000 extra people learning in yeshivah/ kollel.
The charedim don't even believe it themselves. In Kiryat Sefer and Betar, bastions of the charedi community which are full of kollelim, they have the same security fences and armed guards as every other town in Israel that is over the Green Line. They have the same protections against different types of harm; in fact, charedim often seek to get the best doctor, not just a regular doctor! Any charedi person, given the choice of living in a settlement with a kollel but no guards, or a settlement with guards but no kollel, would choose the latter.
Rav Shlomo Yosef Zevin, in a classic article on the drafting of yeshiva students (translated in Tradition, Fall 1985), put it best:
In 1929 at Hebron... didn't young students of the yeshiva, whose holiness shone like stars in the sky, fall before the malicious enemy? Please, did these martyrs need protection or not?... If you understand that the scholars don't need protection in relatively peaceful times and are exempt from building the protective walls, what consequence has this when compared to a life-and-death struggle, a war which is a mitzvah and in which all are obligated? The defense authorities ordered everyone to cover all windows as protection against shattering glass in case of an air raid. Would anyone think that some rabbis will not do so, claiming, "Rabbis do not need protection?" ...Why did rabbis leave areas under enemy fire along with the rest of the general population? Why did they not rely on this maxim?
So, if you want to claim that we need lots of people in kollel in order to rebuild Torah after the losses of the Holocaust (although there is vastly more Torah learned today than before the Holocaust), fine. But don't claim that you believe that kollel students are remotely equivalent to the IDF in terms of protecting the country. They're not, and you know it.
Akiva September 14, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Which comes to the net and difficult question...will your children do IDF army service?
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin September 14, 2011 at 8:38 AM
They're certainly on track for that. (Of course, I won't sleep at night as soon as they start...)
James September 14, 2011 at 8:51 AM
The claim that Kollel students protect Israel is empirically false. The number of draft exemptions until the mid 70s was 400. It was raised to 800 in 1975 and then lifted completely when Agudah joined the first Likud government in 1977. During that time, Israel won all its wars, some miraculously.
Since then, Israel has suffered two Lebanon Wars, a Gaza war and two intifadas - none of which can Israel claim to have won definitely.
Mike September 14, 2011 at 10:46 AM
I think that most Israelis would be satisfied if the Baal Haturim's claim was taken literally and 1/40000th of the population was given a kollel exemption (~150 people).
Nachum September 14, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Rosenblum writes:
"In addition, secular Israelis are correct that there is one very clear difference between those serving in the IDF and kollelleit. The former serve by compulsion."
Is that the *only* difference he can find? How about the little fact that IDF soldiers are risking their, you know, lives? No one ever died from too much kollel learning.
dlz September 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Nachum:
The majority of IDF soldiers serve in distinctly non-dangerous positions - not to mention those who "serve" in Galei Tzahal....
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin September 14, 2011 at 11:03 AM
dlz, that's irrelevant. When you're called up to the army, you are potentially putting your life on the line. Not so in kollel.
Baruch Gitlin September 14, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Even non-combat soldiers are called upon to perform duty guarding settlements, which is involves exposing oneself to life-threatening situations.
I lived in Beitar Ilit before and during the second intifada. When the intifata began, and the road from Beitar to Jerusalem became extremely dangerous, a large portion of the public, and the elected leaders, called out for more army protection, not more kollels. I think this supports what Rabbi Slifkin says in his post.
To be fair, if I remember correctly, the Rav of one of the predominantly Anglo shuls, Rav Avraham Stern, shlita, did point out the inconsistency, and I'm sure many rabbaim, including Rav Stern, also admonished the residents to increase their Torah study as the proper reaction to the danger. But the demand for more army protection shows that even haredim turn to the army when the local security situation makes the need for an army too great to ignore.
Y. Ben-David September 14, 2011 at 11:52 AM
I heard this story from a Rav in my town: When the Haredi town of Emanuel was built in the Shomron in the 1980's, everyone was expected to do guard duty, as was the case in the other yishuvim in Judea/Samaria. The kollel-learners claimed they were excempt based on the sources that have been quoted. The question went to a famous super-Haredi gadlo and he ruled that if the kollel-learners believe their learning protects the entire yishuv such that the yishuv no longer needs guards, then they are exempt. If, however, they think the yishuv needs guards, then they have to participate at well. The Rav of my town asked thhis gadol that if this was true, why don't yeshiva students serve in the army. The answer was IIRC "the defense ministry has exempted them".
Open-minded September 14, 2011 at 1:49 PM
1. Are there no sources in the tanach or Chazal that state that the wars of tanach were fought by soldiers who fought physically side by side with soldiers whose contribution to the fighting force was study and prayer?
2. I have not learned Nefesh Hachayim by R Chayim of Volozhin, but I believe it talks about torah study being capable of creating powerful world events, such as winning wars miraculously (perhaps through open miracles, perhaps through miracles in the guise of nature, namely an army).
Joe W September 14, 2011 at 3:02 PM
Well, while in my case you're preaching to the converted, I don’t think you made a very “rational” argument.
a) The fact that talmidim have been hurt in piguim proves only that we don’t currently learn enough Torah to be 100% protected. But one can certainly respond that things would be much worse if not for those learning Torah.
b) The fact that charedim want fences is equally both because of the 100% issue and because there are plenty of sources for not depending on such protection, even if it exists.
c) The sources aren’t too convincing either, as Judaism tends to provide sources for almost every possible angle. There are clearly g’dolim who support this based on interpreting sources differently.
One could, IMO, make a quite strong argument the other way that the IDF is not short on manpower, especially in today’s warfare, and thus the calculation is a relative one – is my time better spent learning or doing push-ups?
Personally, my problem with kollel is MUCH more on the financial side. They have decided to live off tzedaka, and there they have, IMO, a weaker argument. There are homeless people and people who are hungry competing for tzedaka. Does the value of learning EXCLUSIVE of earning ANY money outweigh the competing tzedaka needs? Forgetting hunger and homelessness which are extreme examples, I wonder how many more assimilated Jews in America would be served by reasonably priced Jewish education, which is also competing with Kollel and general huge charedi family support in Israel? There the equation is almost Torah vs. Torah.
Mighty Garnel Ironheart September 14, 2011 at 3:05 PM
RYR and company have to keep repeating the same mantras about Torah study being the real protective force because if they stop the whole hypocrisy of the system they are defending will collapse.
When rockets began falling on southern Israel during Operation Cast Lead the Chareidim in that area didn't run for the local Beis Medrash. They ran for Bnei Beraq!
But even deeper than that is the innate contradiction that has to be defended. To wit:
The reason "learn, don't earn" has become the official policy of the Chareidi community is because of the need to rebuild the destroyed yeshivah communities of Eastern Europe. But if Torah study protects, how is it that they were destroyed?
Yitz Waxman September 14, 2011 at 3:31 PM
need to rebuild the destroyed yeshivah communities of Eastern Europe. But if Torah study protects, how is it that they were destroyed
They were destroyed because of the Zionists etc. Keep score however you like. It doesn't obtain.
One could further suggest, to give RYR some kaf zechus, that saying things like "Yeshiva bochurs are the real protection, not IDF soldiers" is no more significant than the phrase "Baruch HaShem" or "Im Yirtzeh HaShem" which have become verbal tics meant to assure one's listener that one is "frum" more than meaningful expressions of faith.
The tshuva is priceless-how do you explain that the lomdei torah were the ones demanding the guards?
> They were destroyed because of the Zionists etc. Keep score however you like. It doesn't obtain.
Over at the DaatTorah blog, Rav Eidensohn has a great piece on how the Satmar explained the Six Day War miracle - the Satan did it! And how an Agudah Rov asked: How come when something bad like the Holocaust happens we say God's punishing us but when something good like a miraculous victory in war happens we blame the Satan?
Jr September 14, 2011 at 4:24 PM
A more solid and direct source than that provided by RNS is from makes 10a:
אמר רב יהושע בן לוי מאי שכתיב עומדות היו רגלינו בשעריך ירושלים-מי גרם לרגלינו שיעמדו במלחמה ? שערי ירושלים שהיו עוסקים בתורה
mike September 14, 2011 at 4:47 PM
(although there is vastly more Torah learned today than before the Holocaust)
You gotta be joking. Vilna? Warsaw? 99.9% of the people there were learning Torah 24/7. There was no such tihng as a "zman" or a "bain hazmanim". You think anyone today stays up all night learning and exists on a piece of bread and half a potato? Get real. We are nothing compared to them.
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin September 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM
How could they have been learning 24/7, if they all worked (very hard) for a living?
Besides, the dropout rate from Judaism was huge. Looks like you've fallen for charedi revisionism.
Michael September 14, 2011 at 5:32 PM
"Torah study weakens a person's strength" (Sanhedrin 26b).
Most of the yeshivah guys I know here in the States strike me as physically weaker than age matched gentiles, and secular Jews--largely due to diminished physical education, although the community comforts of Jewish living do not mold a character that is as adept at dealing with potential assailants.
With the advent of the modern state of Israel, this reality is changing, as the need for an armed forces is probably resulting in the breeding a different kind of Jew.
This is merely one example of a larger issue; chareidim are going to have to deal with the realities of living in this world, especially if they want to continue to live in a Jewish state. As they take up a larger segment of Israeli society; eventually they will have to pull their own weight, since others will become increasingly unwilling/incapable of doing this for them. You cannot run a country while simultaneously living within the confines of the shtetl.
Dan Daoust September 14, 2011 at 5:41 PM
"Looks like you've fallen for charedi revisionism."
I tried having a conversation about this recently with a friend of mine. His reply was that yeridas hadoros is a fact that you can't deny any more than you can deny the acuity of any other statement of Chazal. So by definition previous doros learned more than us.
Shimon S September 14, 2011 at 5:44 PM
Pretty sure he's just being sarcastic...
That is of course true, but I do think it’s relevant to point out on the other hand that kollel avreichim do make a sacrifice of their own. They willingly accept a life of extreme austerity, if not outright poverty. Of course, you and I can agree that that’s the wrong decision to make, and that it’s still not the same as risking your life. But I’m just making a narrower point that it’s worth remembering that when one finds himself characterizing kollel avreichim as nothing more than service- and work-avoiding leeches who don’t know the meaning of sacrifice.
Perhaps it is better to say that those who did learn full time (and no, no one did 24/7) in the alte heim did so under much more adverse conditions than those who live in relative luxury today compared to them.
Some other sources:
רבי הוה משלח לר' אסי ולר' אמי [היה נוהג לשלוח את רבי אסי ורבי אמי], דיפקון ויתקנון קרייתא דארעא דישראל [שייצאו ויתקנו את ערי ארץ ישראל].
והוון עלין לקרייתא ואמרין להון [כשנכנסו לערים היו אומרים לאנשי העיר]: אייתו לן נטורי קרתא [הביאו לנו את שומרי העיר], והוון מייתו להון ריש מטרתא וסנטרא [והיו מביאים להם את הממונים על שמירת החומה והעיר; מעין צבא-משטרה].
והוון אמרין להון [אמרו החכמים לאנשי העיר]: אלין נטורי קרתא? אלין חרובי קרתא! [אלו שומרי העיר? אלו מחריבי העיר!]
אמרו להון [אנשי העיר לחכמים]: ומאן אינון נטורי קרתא? [ומי הם שומרי העיר?]
אמר לו: אלו סופרים ומשנים, שהם הוגים ומשנים ומשמרין את התורה ביום ובלילה, על שם שנאמר (יהושע א', ח): "והגית בו יומם ולילה".
– איכה רבה, פתיחתא
Moshe September 14, 2011 at 6:12 PM
Today Israel has one of the strongest armies in the world and it's economy is in pretty good shape too (certainly it weathered and is weathering the current economic storm well). Physically speaking, everything should be going fine for the Jewish State.
However, physically speaking, the Jewish state seems to be in as great - if not greater - danger than ever. Hamas is building up stronger and more accurate weapons, Hizballah has 10s of thousands of Missiles aimed at us. Egypt and Turkey are becoming more and more threatening. And Iran is actively trying to obtain nuclear weapons.
The Palestinians bid in the UN for their own state.
What's more, it's possible to see - time and again, that some of the main causes of these problems are decisions that people disconnected from the Torah made (actions from Meretz and the left-wing of Labor and various NPGs). And please note, I'm not saying that the idea of a peace process was wrong, but certainly how it was carried out was a disaster - and part of that disaster had to do with our lack of belief in ourselves and our rights, etc. Look at J-Street today - I think it is altogether possible that they will help sell Israel out in the future - and if they do and if destruction results, no doubt people will blame in on the religious in one way or another.
The simple fact is that it takes more than a strong army for protection - much more. Whether or not a people believe in themselves, how they conduct diplomacy and relationships with other people, basic societal principles and more are the real bedrock and protection of any society.
The Soviet Union was one of the strongest nations ever to walk this planet - they collapsed from within. They were internally weak.
The Torah makes us internally strong. We are today as a nation extremely disconnected from the Torah - that effects the decisions that we make, the leaders that we elect (both here in Israel and in the US), the strategies that we embark on and more.
Strengthening our connection to the Torah is perhaps the most important step we can take to protect ourselves as a society - and one way to do that is to fund scholars who dedicate themselves to understanding and mastering the Torah.
The US does NOT have the greatest primary and high school program in the world. But they have a superb (one of the best) higher education systems in the world. They invest heavily in higher education, grants, post-doc work, research, etc.
As a result, the US is able to attract some of the most brilliant minds in the world and to engage in cutting edge research and ideas in a variety of fields. They understand the crucial role that higher education plays for society as a whole. Where, for instance, would we be if the Germans had developed a nuclear bomb before the US did?
If you want a society strong in Torah then you have to invest in it. That investment will permeate society through and through. Instead of fighting the Kollel system we should invest further in it and show true respect for those who engage in it. Not only will it strengthen the Torah, it will strengthen us collectively as a society and garner a positive response from the Charedi community.
I know that you got burnt by the Charedi community and I know that you feel that it was 100% unjustified. But let's look past that for a second, the Charedi community has produced numerous, impressive Chesed and Torah organizations and personalities. This is a positive that needs to be appreciated and nurtured. It is a resource that the Jewish world needs to take advantage off, not constantly seek to undermine.
TzVi Ben Roshel September 14, 2011 at 6:29 PM
(darn had a good long response, but problem with computer messed it up now have to start over).
Basically, whats the alternative, the IDF?
The IDF of today is not the same as 1967. Today the system is working agains't Jews (not just psychologically and religiously, but physically as well) Check this- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7AkrOGBP9A
- Self defense is important, but you mamlachtim must stop worshiping the state that is fighting agains't Judaism and the Jewish people. don't rely on the government, the IDF and the institutions for salvation. The Jewish people need to take matters in our own hands.
Milhouse Trabajo September 14, 2011 at 6:51 PM
remember that according to one opinion of Chazal, Acher (Elisha Ben Avuya) became a heretic because he saw a kid die after obeying his father's command to perform shiluach hakein, and while fulfilling both commandments which G-d promises give long life, he fell and died. The opinion explains that such a promise is really for long life in the next world, so i would think it hard to assume that opinions of the Rabbi's as to protection actually protect in this world, while G-d's promise, though in its simple reading applicable to this world, is forced to be taken out of context.
The Curmudgeonly Israeli Giyoret says:
My husband served in logistics due to a health problem and high educational stats. In general, he found the job *incredibly* boring, in addition to guard duty several nights a week. Two years of exhausting and unpleasant work, which he did not choose. Nevertheless, good logistics is one of thie areas in which the IDF dedication and skill surpasses that of the Arab armies, and yes, it was a sacrifice. He certainly got nothing out of it for himself. For the first half of our shana rishona, I saw him mostly when he was totally exhausted and I spent a lot of Shabbatot alone.
Our oldest son served in an elite combat unit, and while it was nerve-wracking for us, he found it satisfying and challenging and it looks very good on his record. One of his friends was killed in a training accident.
According to one version of the famous meeting between Ben Gurion and the Chazon Ish, Ben Gurion asked the Chazon Ish the following question:
"If you were charge of the army, would you send the soldiers to fight with modern military equipment or with Gemara Baba Kama?"
The Chazon Ish responded with a story of a man who was travelling during a cold winter night. His hands started to become frostbitten and to protect them rubbed them in snow (evidently this can help against frostbite - let's assume for the story that that is true). The man's hands were saved and he thanked G-d that it was winter, because if it had been summer there would be no snow.
"Of course," said the Chazon Ish, "if it had been summer there also wouldn't have been any frostbite. Of course, I would send them with weapons, but the question is how we got into the situation where we needed to fight anyway - you made choices that have forced us to need to fight."
I know there are different versions - but that is one that I read.
In terms of the Holocaust - I think it's worth noting who was 'in charge' back then. Who, in the Jewish world, had access to the seats of government, the ear of the media, access to finances and funds?
Stephen Wise and the Labor Zionists were at the helm of the Jewish people. They were the ones charged with finding a way to protect their brethren when Europe began to close in on them. There are serious charges made against them - charges from people as different as Ben Hect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hecht) and Rav Weissmandl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissmandl). I know that there are responses to those claims (which I have not yet read), but the claims are serious and indicate the serious dangers of leaving the Torah.
Another example - who came up with Communism? Who helped put it into place. Who were the Jewish communists who persecuted their fellow Jews during the earlier years of the Soviet Union (forgot how to spell the name of the group)?
I don't want to blame everything on the non-religious and say that the religious did everything right, but there is a whole world of history and facts that I think you are ignoring here - and many of those facts relate to how the Torah protects us.
Does that necessarily indicate Kollel? No. But it does indicate that you are barking up the wrong tree. Kollel is not a pressing issue for the Jewish people, it's a distraction. It is not the cause of our problems - not financially, militarily, socially, etc. It's a scapegoat for avoiding the real causes of our problems.
Moshe -
"Kollel ... is not the cause of our problems - not financially, militarily, socially, etc. It's a scapegoat for avoiding the real causes of our problems."
In most cases, kollel is an ESCAPE for avoiding to DEAL WITH the real financial, military, and social problems.
Almost every single assertion you make is either wishful thinking or right wing propaganda that you yourself have never checked out to see if it is true. The problems are not the secular Jews. The problems are much much closer to home. The Torah can protect us; it can also be a sam maves.
kollel avreichim do make a sacrifice of their own. They willingly accept a life of extreme austerity, if not outright poverty.
Certainly some do and deserve honor for their altruism, but that is such a glaring simplification. Try this - call up some shadchanim and roshei yeshiva. Tell them that you have a lovely G-d fearing modest daughter that is prepared to stand by a young Torah scholar in austerity if not outright poverty and see how far you get.
James September 14, 2011 at 8:29 PM
You are entirely incorrect to insinuate blame on the part of the "non-religious" for the Holocaust and assume that they were "in-charge". Be careful what you say!
There was no unified organizational body representing all the Jews in Eastern Europe. Each group of Jews chose its own method for engaging the world and exercising power. The Frum world in pre-War Europe was not "in-charge" because it chose not to engage the outside world. But while they may not have had much influence in government (such influence was worthless, anyway) they had HUGE influence over their constituents who listened to them in matters related to politics. Had the Maranan V'Rabanan, Gedolie Yisrael, Roshei Yeshiva and Rebbes told their followers to leave Europe, had they listened to Jabotinsky beg the Jews of Vilna to wake up to the reality of what surrounded them instead of thinking that the storm would blow over, perhaps things would be quite different.
I am reminded of a story R' Rakeffet tells of the Satmar Rebbe's landing in Israel. Greeted by many officials, the SR recognized the chief of police as a former chassid from europe. The SR told the bare-headed irreligious man "What would your father say if he were here right now?" The man replied, "Rebbe, if my father hadnt listened to you he WOULD be here right now!"
Bottom line: If you want to play the blame game with respect to the Holocaust, there is plenty of "blame" to go around.
Yitz,
It's an oversimplification, yes, but not nearly as sweeping as you suggest. Are there plenty of lazy arses in full-time learning who are just passing the time and hoping to marry rich? Sure, no question. But in my view, they are outnumbered, and I would say vastly outnumbered, by those who are sincere in their learning and come with no expectations of receiving massive amounts of ma'aser from their in-laws.
"Tell them that you have a lovely G-d fearing modest daughter that is prepared to stand by a young Torah scholar in austerity if not outright poverty and see how far you get"? I guarantee you you'll get far. That much I've seen with my own eyes. Plenty of learning boys want a sincere wife who will be a true ezer k'negdo, never mind the bank account.
Again, I'm not here to validate the decisions that were made and continue to be made that have shepherded an entire generation (or two) away from a working life. I'm just saying that one who argues that the kollel movement is made up exclusively or almost exclusively of people who view it as an imperative to sponge as much as they can off of society until their lives are equally comfortable, is not arguing with the benefit of facts.
The yeshiva/kollel world has a system and it includes financial standards and incentives. I'm not at all saying this is a bad thing. If the chareidi society wants talented young men to pursue this path, then it perforce must provide incentives and that includes financial ones. Forget about the lazy arses that we all see hanging out with coffee and cigarettes. My point is that the typical young avreich is not making a particularly brave or altruistic life choice by pursuing long term kollel studies. He is simply following the natural course set out for him by his family and educators. Also consider the "stick" used to push him as well as the financial "carrots". That is, the pain of guilt and humiliation inflicted from his society for pursuing a mundane career rather than lofty Torah studies.
Look, the chareidi society set up the system and funnels young people into it. Because it is a system it is perforce not extraordinary taken as a whole. You can’t have it both ways.
If you want to water your assertion down to “one who argues that the kollel movement is made up exclusively or almost exclusively of people who view it as an imperative to sponge as much as they can off of society until their lives are equally comfortable, is not arguing with the benefit of facts”, then fine and I agree with you. Within any system, one will find a range of persons and certainly the kollel world has a fair share of altruistic participants, and perhaps more than average – who knows. I nonetheless disagree with the assertion that the typical kollel avreich is making a special sacrifice. Rather, he is making a rather mundane life choice.
yosef September 14, 2011 at 10:44 PM
This, sir, to put it bluntly, is a most foolish post.
I'm really quite surprised you've written something like this. The whole thing lacks the intellectual rigor I'm accustomed to from you.
But let me address specifically from the point "the facts on the ground . . . in your post and onward.
Let's substitute for a minute general keeping of the Torah and doing Mitzvos for learning in Kollel. I assume for arguments sake you do agree that if all Jews would abandon Judaism, the Torah teaches us that this could cause physical harm to befall the Jewish people, and one could rightly say that in the view of the Torah, the Jews keeping the Torah is as important,and even more important, than having a standing Jewish army. Yet the same general arguments you presented could be used to argue just as well against that too. Does the fact that religious Jews are killed prove that being religious will not save you from being killed in a particular instance? Of course not. Does the fact that there was a Jewish army during the First Jewish Commonwealth prove that those in the army did not believe that being religious could save your life? Of course not. Yes, an army's strength and capability can be measured, and it's successes measured, and whether or not being religious can save your life in a particular instance is a virtually unfalsifiable hypothesis, but that is still what the Torah teaches, and observant Jews believe. The pure theoretical idea that having some dedicated to studying Torah is as important as having a standing army, is believed by modern orthodox Jews as well. How to apply this idea, is indeed sharply disagreed over. But the theoretical idea is what you are attacking and denying.
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin September 14, 2011 at 10:51 PM
I have no problem with the idea that it's important to have people studying Torah! Of course it is. But the idea that some people, learning full time, protect others, is (a) far from clear even on a theoretical level, and (b) the main point is that people take this theoretical idea and defend their practical policies based on it, even though they themselves do NOT believe that it works in practice.
As regards the general question about how reward and punishment/ providence works vis-a-vis our mitzvah observance - that is beyond the scope of this post, but suffice it to note that the rationalist approach is very different from the non-rationalist approach in this regard.
Todd September 14, 2011 at 10:52 PM
Akiva writes:
Which comes to the next and difficult question...will your children do IDF army service?
Natan Slifkin responds:
That, Rav Slifkin, makes you like every good parent of a soldier from our neighbors to the Prince of Wales.
Nachum September 14, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Moshe, your second comment is, simply, disgusting. Much of it is, in fact, word for word what anti-Semites say. If Jews "bring it on themselves," well, that's God's cheshbon. Not yours, not any human being's, not even the Satmar Ravs.
You first post, on the other hand, is sadly hilarious. You seem to have a problem with Oslo. Very good. You do realize it passed thanks to Charedi support, right? At least *try* to be consistent in your hate. (Same for TzVi.)
Moshe September 15, 2011 at 12:07 AM
I obviously don't agree. I think that Kollel is first and foremost an attempt to build up something that was lost. It is secondly seen as a value in and of itself (even if one is not building up something that was lost). It certainly is no more an escape than say post-doc theoretical mathematics in American universities.
40,000 sounds like a lot of people (and in terms of numbers it is). In terms of percentages, it's less than 1% of all the Jews living in Israel. So each year, less than 1% of all Jews in Israel are involved in full-time Torah study. And many of those people become important leaders in various communities (either via teaching, becoming Rabbeium, starting organizations, etc.). Others just benefit from spending serious time learning Torah (I know not everyone is serious, but the majority are serious).
Almost every single assertion you make is either wishful thinking or right wing propaganda that you yourself have never checked out to see if it is true.
Absolutely wrong - I think carefully about and/or study almost every assertion that I make. If you have a specific point to make about something that I specifically made, please make it. If you want to make general, ambiguous charges and claim that what I said is not thought out or researched, then you are talking to the wrong person.
I would actually say the opposite is true - it is generally 'known' that Kollel is wrong (for a variety of reasons given). That assertion is more often than not - not carefully thought out or researched.
The problems are not the secular Jews. The problems are much much closer to home. The Torah can protect us; it can also be a sam maves.
I'm sorry, but I think we often times have a hard time seeing just how detrimental it is for us as a nation to have some many Jews so disconnected from the Torah. We equally have a hard time seeing the value of real dedication and strong connection to the Torah.
It wasn't the religious who sold Israel out to the UN with the Goldstone report. It wasn't the religious who elected Obama (and by the way, I - regrettably - voted for Obama, but I was the exception in the religious community, not the rule). It wasn't the religious who turned the peace process into a quasi-religious campaign going gung-ho forward no matter what (and I was a luke-warm supporter of the peace process at the beginning).
Let me add to that list that the only Democratic country in the world where you will find old-school, European virulent anti-semetism is here in Israel (as this book discusses: http://www.amazon.com/Real-Jews-Ultra-Orthodox-Struggle-Identity/dp/0465018548/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316033393&sr=8-1). And you know what his conclusion was, that the Charedim are used scapegoats by secular Israeli society for the problems created by and inherent in secular Israeli society (and no, it was NOT written by a religious Jew).
I can go on with real, concrete actions that led to real, concrete problems for the entire Jewish people that can be traceable to actions done by people disconnected from the Torah and often times in conjunction with philosophies and/or world-views that they took on in part because of that disconnection.
Now note, I am not saying nor do I believe that all secular Jews are involved in the various types of activities that I mentioned above. My point is that when Jews leave the Torah you will find within that group that leaves actions which are extremely detrimental to the Jewish people as a whole - and that this is documentable.
It doesn't mean that there are no problems within the religious community or that everything that the secular Jews do is treif and/or everything that the religious communities do is Kosher.
Pashuteh Yid September 15, 2011 at 12:43 AM
Regarding the Chareidi chesed organizations mentioned by someone here. Yes, there are some very good ones. The problem is when one does chesed only for his kind. The Chasidah is a treifeh bird because it does chesed im mino.
What the Chareidim overlook is that the Medinah itself is the greatest chesed organization in the world, and dwarfs any Chareidi organization. While a Chareidi organization may arrange meals or transportation for people in hospitals, the Medinah builds entire hospitals, trains the doctors at the universities, funds the research, and provides Kupat Cholim to cover the cost to the patients. Furthermore, the Medinah does this for everybody, frum or not frum, or even not Jewish. This is true chesed.
While this example is about health care, the same principle applies in every area of life. A little hakaras hatov by the Chareidim would not only be nice, it would demonstrate a commitment to emes.
Isaac September 15, 2011 at 1:09 AM
The Gemara states that when King Saul went out to war, not one soldier lost his life.
Due to refraining from speaking Loshon Hora.
When understanding the ramifications of Loshon Hora this makes lots of sense.
Therefore; Not only dose one have to be a student of Torah, but more important he/she has to practice what they learn, to be considered a true Torah scholar.
The more sincere one is in their Torah learning, the more Divine intervention is afforded them.
Moshe September 15, 2011 at 1:22 AM
To James:
I am being careful with what I say.
The Kastner trial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Kastner#The_libel_trial).
One of the most damming claims: the Labor Zionist in Israel did NOT report the massacre of Hungarian Jews even though they were aware that 12,000 plus Jews were being exterminated daily.
The story of Joel Brand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Brand.
The claim: Labor Zionists actively worked with the British to imprison Joel Brand when he (Brand) was trying to help broker a deal to save Hungarian Jewry.
The actions (or lack of actions) of Stephen Wise: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Samuel_Wise#Criticism_of_Wise
There was no unified organizational body representing all the Jews in Eastern Europe.
I'm not talking about the Jews in Eastern Europe. I'm talking about the Jews in Palestine and the US During the war the responsibility for helping the Jews in Europe fell on the shoulders of those outside of Europe.
Had the Maranan V'Rabanan, Gedolie Yisrael, Roshei Yeshiva and Rebbes told their followers to leave Europe, had they listened to Jabotinsky beg the Jews of Vilna to wake up to the reality of what surrounded them instead of thinking that the storm would blow over, perhaps things would be quite different.
Perhaps. But whether or not to:
* pressure the Allies to bomb the train tracks to Aushcwitz
* stop sending food support to Jews who would otherwise starve to death
* press for more immigration into the US during the war
* sound the alarm bell to the world that a Holocaust was actually taking place
...these were real concrete decisions with real clear results that had to be made during the war - and it seems that many of the decisions were shameless, spineless or treacherous ones.
Also, let's ask an important question about heeding (or making) the call to leave. Where would the Jews have gone?
To another part of Europe? A part that Germany would capture or wouldn't capture?
To Palestine? The British weren't letting Jews into Palestine at that time (although read The Transfer Agreement - which I am in the middle of - for just such a deal in 1933, but that was for wealthy, Professional German Jews, the type that could build up Palestine, not for less-than-wealthy, non-professional Eastern European Jews).
To the US? The US wasn't so keen on taking in Jews at that time and the Jews in America didn't seem so keen on pressing the issue. Besides, before the war took hold, it may not have politically been so easy to press the issue.
To South America? A possibility, one that I believe was raised for German Jews in 1933. Who, though, was going to organize the transfer? The Labor Zionist? One of the accusations made against them was that they were only willing to consider transfer agreements to Palestine.
It's nice to say that 6 million Jews should have left Europe and that only if the Rabbis had told them to leave then everything would have been okay, but it's not as simple as it sounds.
I don't think not being a Navi before the war is equivalent to the actions (or lack of actions) taken by many in charge during the war.
With that said, let's here what Peter Bergson has to say:
* http://vimeo.com/28681147
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgFEsMHzers
And here is a JPost piece about discussing some of Bergson's claims:
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNpGWVVkBYk
[Here is also a clip of the Rabbis March of 1943 - for historical interest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKQNHNdOmow]
Let me clearly state my main thesis for everyone.
I do NOT think that everyone who is secular sells out the Jewish people or fails to rise to the occasion when needed.
I do think that within secular Jews you find people who do sell out the Jewish people and/or who do fail to rise to the occasion. Furthermore, I think you can oftentimes trace those actions (or lack of actions) to their form of secularism (or non-Torah 'religious' Judaism).
This is one of the ways that the Torah protects the Jewish people - by protecting us from ourselves.
Student V September 15, 2011 at 4:27 AM
Who is Rosenblum kidding? There are also many who "serve" in kollel and are doing so out of compulsion. Or did he only mean those few askanim and rabbis who decide how haredi society should be, but not the ones actually living it or being forced to live it due to circumstance.
Well israeli politicians and generals also decided that plebeians will serve, so they are not compelled either.
Chaim September 15, 2011 at 7:13 AM
The most obvious example was the war in Lebanon 5 years ago. One would expect that in war time the REAL soldiers cancel their vacations, and focus exclusively on the task at hand.
Unfortunately, instead of intensifying their learning schedules, the Charedi Yeshivas decided to send their “real soldiers “on vacation right the bullets started flying.
There are 2 possibilities to explain that behavior (neither is positive) 1) Charedeim don’t REALLY believe that the have any part in winning the wars or 2) they believe they hold the power to save Jewish lives, but would rather take a vacation than do so.
This was one of 3 major issues that drove me away from Charedi Judaism
Moshe,
>I do think that within secular Jews you find people who do sell out the Jewish people and/or who do fail to rise to the occasion. Furthermore, I think you can oftentimes trace those actions (or lack of actions) to their form of secularism (or non-Torah 'religious' Judaism).
If you relax the assumption that Haredi Judaism represents the true Torah philosophy of life, then you can make the same argument about the Haredim than you can about the "non-religious".
JXG September 15, 2011 at 10:09 AM
Chaim, I know that this is not representative of Ashkenazi charedim, but Rav Ovadia Yosef sent the talmidim in his yeshivot "tzavei shmoneh" (emergency call-ups) for both the Lebanon war and Chomat Magen (Pesach 2002).
His reasoning was, quite simply, that if the soldiers are fighting, the learners must be learning.
To Nachum:
Well, I don't think the idea of Cheshbon HaNefesh squares with what you are saying. People made decisions, took stands, and implemented policies - it's important to look back and see how those effected us as a nation and not shy away from pointing out where we helped bring on our destruction.
For example, please tell me what is anti-semetic by saying that we had a major role in bringing on our own destruction in the Soviet Union? Jews penned the philosophy which set the foundation for the communist revolution. Jews helped win the communist revolution and Jews helped forcibly assimilate Jews to the new communist regime.
If all of those Jews had stayed loyal to the Torah then none of this would ever have happened.
And what is anti-semetic about pointing out the inaction of Stephen Wise - a claim echoed by many - at a time when decisive action was needed? Those who were closer to the Torah advocated for a much different path, one that he actively fought against. His path could not have been LESS successful if the goal was to help save European Jewry. He had the ear of the President and other important political and social relationships. He also had the ear of the press. He failed miserably - and it is not at all hard to see the connection between his (in)action and his disconnection from the Torah.
In short, it sounds as if you are saying that if someone claims that being disconnected to the Torah leads them to take or not take actions BECAUSE OF THAT DISCONNECTION which are detrimental to the Jewish people then that is anti-semetic. I don't think that makes any sense and I would like you to back that statement up in general and let me know how it jives with the tochachot found in the Chumash in particular.
It is not the idea of a peaceful settlement that I have a problem with, it's the blind, quasi-religious manner in which those on the secular-left pursued peace. It was the manner of implementation that was destructive. It was the blind following of the peace process long after it became clear that it was going nowhere - a blindness that I ONLY see in the secular-left (not the secular right, not the secular middle, not the Charedi population, just the secular-left).
My claim is that leaving the Torah leaves one open to such blindness - and such blindness leads to destructive results for the Jewish people. So again, please let me know why that is either a) anti-semetic and disgusting or b) hilarious. I would like a specific response to those specific points.
To Pashuteh Yid,
Agreed, there is a tremendous amount of Chesed that the Medina does (who the powers our in the government behind that Chesed, I don't know - but it is clearly there). That is one aspect of the Medina.
The Medina also leaves many gaps and the Charedi community has done a good job filling some of those gaps (for all in the society, not just the Charedim - Yad Sarah and many of the organizations for the poor do not just service the Charedim).
With that said, I do not think that a Chesed organization for one's local community is treif. There is an idea of the poor of one's city. If one had a local chesed organization in a city and excluded all who weren't part of one's group that would be different. I don't know of any such organizations - I'm not saying that don't exist, I just have no reason yet to believe that they do.
To James,
Please give examples. The one example I can think of is the Jews who went to the Holocaust Denying conference in Iran. They were, I believe, extreme elements within the Neturei Karta and were strongly shunned by the entire Jewish world (including the Charedim) afterwards.
Please give examples of what you mean. I would like examples on the level of the NGPs who testified in the Goldstone report. That's a pretty good example of undermining your people - helping to brand them war criminals when they are trying to defend themselves from murderous thugs the likes of which the world hasn't seen since the Nazis or the Soviets. Please show me those types of examples.
With all this said, let me ask everyone a basic question. Do you think abandoning the Torah makes a real-world difference? A similar question, do you think living in a world where over 80+ of the Jews do not keep the Torah makes a real-world difference?
Finally, a third question - if you think that the answer to either of the above two question is yes - do you think it is legitimate and helpful to note where it has made a difference? If yes, why. If no, why not?
Moshe - if I understand you correctly, your argument is that strengthening Torah/Jewish identity is a very important part of defending Israel. Fine - but to my mind, frum Jews who interact with, and integrate into, wider society are much more effective at that than are people in kollel!
To Rabbi Slifkin,
If I were to try and come up with a main point fueling my posts here it is that real protections for any society and in particular for the Jewish people goes far deeper and far beyond an army (even in a society physically threatened as ours is).
An army is a very visible source of protection and one (as you pointed out) which requires at times tremendous personal sacrifice and/or risk to life and limb.
But there are other threats to a people - ones which are harder to see, but are just as real as an opposing army and just as (if not more) dangerous. It is here that the Torah comes into play and offers its protection (to the Jewish people as a whole, not just to those who live in Israel).
In terms of more effective - obviously whenever a segment of society closes itself off from another segment of society it has negative repercussions. On the other hand, integrating into a society whose values are at times the antithesis of the Torah also has negative repercussions. This is a big conversation with a lot of different factors and no easy answers - IMHO.
I imagine that if more Charedim clearly projected the love that Rav Aryeh Levine or Rav Yitzchok Dovid Grossman project then life in Israel would be radically different. Whether or not such love can be brought to a society level I don't know - it's certainly a lofty goal, though.
With that said, I think it's better to rephrase the question - rather than ask what is more effective, ask whether or not Kollel is valuable. If so, then we should support the Charedi community in their endeavors (and perhaps emulate them, at least to an extent). Rather than attempt to mold the Charedi community in the image that we think is reasonable, take their inherent strengths and run with them.
If someone has a good business idea you may invest in it, even if it won't be as successful as Google or Microsoft. It doesn't have to be the best or most successful, just beneficial and valuable in and of itself.
It's also important to note that there are old hatreds that exist in Israel that were never really exported to the US (or, I believe, England). In Europe there was a real attempt by many to secularize the religious - and aspects of that old disgust and hatred for religion and the Torah has made it's way to this country. It's not just the Charedim who get vilified, it's also at times segments of the Daati Leumi community.
For instance, it's true that there are disagreements about settling Yehudah and Shomron and that there exist extreme (on rare occasions violent) elements within the Daati Leumi community, but nothing in proportion to some of the vitriol that is thrown against them by various elements in the secular-left. Shalom Achshav actually SPIES on the settlements and reports their 'findings' to the world at large [as far as I know, they don't spy on what the Arabas do, just the Jews]
I do not think that at its foundation the hatred is about integration or serving in the army - if so, why the disrespect by some for Hesder students who volunteer to serve in the most elite (and dangerous) units of the army?
For some, the hatred is about being modern and enlightened in the way that they understand modern and enlightened. Settlements, right-wing ideology, not-being integrated, Kollel and not serving in the army can serve as useful tools to bash the Charedim or the Daati Leumi over the head. But the real reason for the bashing is something different, it's something that won't resonate as much with the general public and therefore it's better to use a more emotional issue like those mentioned above.
Moshe: "Let me ask everyone a basic question. Do you think abandoning the Torah makes a real-world difference? A similar question, do you think living in a world where over 80+ of the Jews do not keep the Torah makes a real-world difference?"
Let me answer questions with questions. Do you think abandoning Torah to do Mitzvos is what Hashem wants? Do you think that it is a Mitzva to earn a parnossa and support one's family rather than take tzedaka? to form a strong community and act with derech eretz bein adam l'chavero? to engage in pikuach nefesh on a real, physical level (rather than the speculative nature of "kiruv")?
All your concern for the 80% of Jews who are secular, that they are messing up your world. I don't think so. Many rishonim say that there is even no hashgacha pratis for them. Certainly, then, they have little impact on the world.
But I would say that 80% of the KOLLEL STUDENTS have "abandoned Torah" - al menas l'asos - and that DOES make a "real-world difference".
Nachum-"You seem to have a problem with Oslo. Very good. You do realize it passed thanks to Charedi support, right?"
Absolutely. I hope you don't get the wrong impression that I support "Haredim" or anyone or any party/group that is for surrender.
I want to make that clear. All I said was/is that the people here especially shouldn't keep the impression that the army and state (the other side of "Haredim") is our salvation and hope. We must work to change the system, work to make Israel a Jewish and safe place (which will happen once we get out act together and act upon Halacha- which includes destroying and/or driving out our enemies).
You do realize it passed thanks to Charedi support, right?"
To be more precise, it passed with the support of Shas but not UTJ.
You want an example of Haredi rabanim doing things that are anti-Torah? How about opposition to vocational training? That goes against numerous Gemaras, particularly Kiddushin 29 (or 30) which requires the learning of a trade.
Why do you assume that the "non-religious" were acting with malice during the war?
To Alex (part 1):
Let me answer questions with questions.
I'm happy to answer your question. Please take the time, though, to answer mine :).
Now, for your questions:
Do you think abandoning Torah to do Mitzvos is what Hashem wants?
I imagine you are referring to i'efshar l'asos al yedei acharim. That is not called abandoning the Torah, that is called keeping and (according to what I heard in the name of Rav Hutner) actually learning Torah. I imagine the implication is that Kollel students are not doing Mitzvos, they are just learning. That is not true of the Kollel students I know, many of whom are actively involved in communal issues and Mitzvos (from Chinuch and Chesed/Tzedeka to helping others do Mitzvos, etc.).
Do you think that it is a Mitzva to earn a parnossa and support one's family rather than take tzedaka?
One needs to be mefarnais their family. Each family has to decide how that works. I know people in Kollel who work bein hazmanim and/or bein hasedarim (tutoring, giving hair cuts, doing carpentry or electronics, etc.). I also know people in Kollel whose wives wives work part or full time to help supplement their income. In addition, these families generally keep their living expenses down to help enable the husbands to learn (although if they have wealtheir parents/in-laws who support them then this may not be the case, but for the people I know it is the case).
I also do not consider a stipend Tzedeka (not in the way that I think you mean it), just like I do not consider a grant for a grad student tzedeka. There are clear conditions for receving a stipend, one has to be in Kollel during seder and learn what the Kollel is learning. One may have other requirements too like learning with particularly people. It is an arrangement - one which creates certain obligations on the guy in Kollel. Furthermore, besides the few hundred shekels a month that Kollel guys receive from the govt., the money is donated by people who wish to help support Kollel students. That is also an arrangement.
The Torah didn't give any land to the Leviim - they forced the Kohanim and the Leviim to receive Tzedeka to survive (not having land in an agrarian society puts a bit of a damper on one's livelihood). Their job were to be the leaders in Torah and go around teaching Torah. I don't see the modern Kollel system as any less of a providing for one's family than this system that the Torah set up for the Leviim.
to form a strong community and act with derech eretz bein adam l'chavero?
Obviously one needs to act with derech eretz. Many of the biggest menchim I know learn in Kollel and are quite considerate of others and makpid on bein adam l'chavero. If you want to imply that Kollel students fall short of this then I will have to strongly disagree. I'm sure you can find individual examples of a guy in Kollel who lacks derech eretz. On the whole, I do not think this is the case - not from the numerous people I know who learn in Kollel.
to engage in pikuach nefesh on a real, physical level (rather than the speculative nature of "kiruv")?
I assume you mean here the army, but I'll extend this about to include other activities that are involved in pikuach nefesh. Not everyone needs to be a doctor, go into the tank unit or become a fire-fighter. There is a Mitzvah to help others, there are problems which we have to communually solve, but there is no need for every single person in a society to engage in one particular Mitzvah. Similarly, there is no Mitzvah to having a 'peoples army' as Ehud Barak put it. That is a socialist idea, not a Jewish one.
Also, the question isn't just an isolated one of should one go to the army - the question is a situational one - what else would they be doing. If one would go to university or get a job then perhaps it's better that they first go to the army. If one is going to study Torah then I would say that learning Torah is more important.
I didn't say that they are messing up my world, I said that if we take a closer look at some of the greatest tragedies that have happened to the Jewish people over the last 200+ years we can see a connection between abandonment of the Torah and those tragedies.
You can say it, the question is does that statement have any bearing on reality. The Kollel Students I know do a tremendous number of Mitzvos, lead humble lives and take Torah and Mitzvos very seriously. I didn't just come out and say that secular Jews are responsible for all evil, I made a very specific claim backed up by very specific evidence. If you would like to provide real evidence that 80% of Kollel Students have abandoned the Torah then please do so. If you do not have such evidence then I think it's best to refrain from making such accusations.
I talked about actions which sell out the Jewish people - akin to the Goldstone report, going to the Holocaust denial conference in Iran, arresting Joel Brand when he was trying to broker a deal to save Hungarian Jewry, stopping food support when the Jews of Europe were literally starving to death (in fact, that didn't just stop it, they picketed those who continued it). Those are the types of actions I am referring to.
The reason why I asked for such examples is because we are discussing what protects the Jewish people and the above are examples of actions that directly threaten the Jewish people.
I didn't say they were acting with malice - I said they dropped the ball. Their motives or reasons for acting as they did need not be malice (although there are those for whom it may have been). It could be ideology, lack of backbone, false sense of priorities, etc.
To James (clarification),
If you are referring to my statement about old hatreds - that is not necessarily directed towards what happened during WW2 (although there may be cases where it is applicable).
That is referring more to facets of modern day Israeli society in light of old hatreds that go back to Europe. A good book on this subject is Real Jews by Noam Efron: http://www.amazon.com/Real-Jews-Ultra-Orthodox-Struggle-Identity/dp/0465018548/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316111435&sr=1-1).
evanstonjew September 16, 2011 at 4:38 AM
The thesis that kolel people protect Israel is said by kolel people to convince themselves that they are not shirkers, not particularly to convince others. They aren't idiots, they know the secular do not believe a word. And it's important that they say this. Torah should not sink to such a level that people feel like cowards and moochers when they learn.
It is an entirely different question whether they should be drafted. If Israel as a country had any sense of fairness as a basic principle, they would have been drafted long ago.
elie September 16, 2011 at 5:31 PM
I agree with R Slifkin's article, but I don't think the Chareidim will agree that by looking at history we can determine how much Kollel student's learning will protect the soldiers and Israel. I don't think this is unreasonable of them either.
One of the major factors in getting the chareidim to change their minds is getting the gedolim to change their minds, but this will only happen the chareidi people start to become more open to the idea of army. (Same as any issue in the charedi world).
robert September 17, 2011 at 8:44 PM
is my time better spent learning or doing push-ups?
According to Rambam you're required to do approximately half an hour of exercise every day to maintain your health, and additionally you are required to learn the arts of war in order to defend yourself, your family and your community. He even goes so far as to say that one of the reasons for the destruction of the second temple was the simple fact that the Jews didn't take the time to properly learn the arts of war.
TzVi Ben Roshel September 19, 2011 at 6:50 AM
I don't know Hebrew (well), but I just came across this titled "Fighting in the army" by Rav Ovadia Yosef. Might be useful for some people here who know hebrew. (Possibly can translate as well).
http://www.torahanytime.com/scripts/media.php?file=media/Rabbi/Ovadia_Yosef/2005-10-05/Fighting_in_the_Army_HEBREW/Rabbi__Ovadia_Yosef__Fighting_in_the_Army_HEBREW__2005-10-05.wmv
Learning Torah is what protects us from all the stuff tht doesnt happen.like failed terrorist plans.(or prevention from disease). Torah is a vaccine. However, an army is what protects us from the things tht lack of sufficient Torah study causes. like finding a bomb in car tht is ready to detonate. An army is the medicine. So although the army soldiers are the ones risking their lives, without the people learning in kollel, they would have a lot more problems. Now the only question is is tht current events seem to be showing a lack of sufficient Torah study, so how do we portion out the refuah kodem l'macah vs. refuah achar hamacah.
Learning Torah is what protects us from all the stuff tht doesnt happen.like failed terrorist plans.(or prevention from disease)
So although the army soldiers are the ones risking their lives, without the people learning in kollel, they would have a lot more problems.
Did you even read the post? Before the kollelim, the army had much LESS problems!
Israel was not an "Official" Modern State until 1948 and we had not been a state for thousands of years.
We became a State mainly because of the Zionists post WWII and the fact that many other countries would not absorb Jews post WWII so the worlds solution was to give the Jews land where they wouldn't bother anyone in a place that was largely available, no one wanted or made claim to and not industrialized.
Similarly the so called Palistians are people that countries like Jordan don't want because they were trouble makers for them.
It's true they don't need a State and can live elsewhere with other Arab states but similarly to the Jews post WWII no one wants to take them in so they need to fight for their own space.
I think some comments here are missing the historical context and their similarity to the Jews in regards to a people with no homeland.
With that said I wouldn't want them in my back yard because I beleive they are mainly a terroristic government and will not recognize Israel's right to exist and will not seek real peace.
My answer is to expell them from the land if they can't behave and Israel should expand into the West Bank. Of course my answer has consequences too.
Rabbi Simon
Lastyear September 19, 2011 at 11:14 PM
Yosef, you said
"Does the fact that religious Jews are killed prove that being religious will not save you from being killed in a particular instance? Of course not."
Yes, actually it does prove just that.
Hypothesis: Religious jews are protected from harm.
Reality: Religious jews are harmed.
Hypothesis rejected.
4LL September 20, 2011 at 8:43 AM
This post makes no sense. If you ask whether tanks help defend the country, you'd say no - and the Armoured Corps don't believe it themselves -they don't think you can do away with the infantry and air force.
And, והא קחזינן דלאו הכי הוא - Tank soldiers get killed all the time. They must be doing a pretty rotten job defending the country if they can't even protect themselves.
To clarify - the Charedi claim is that having people learn Torah is at least as effective as any other component of the army in protecting lives, and absolutely nothing you wrote here disproves that.
And if you were to read through the Netziv's commentary on the Torah you would see that this idea is a MAJOR theme of the entire Torah, and he wrote his commentary well before the political ramifications of the issue.
Allow me to cite a segment of the Netziv to Terumah, which is not directly related to the point but is very much relevant to the overall perspective:
והנה רצונו של מלך שכל הראוי למלחמה יהא איש חיל, והמשתמט מזה אע"ג שגם הוא ע"פ חוקי המלחמה שאינו מחוייב להיות איש חיל, מכל מקום אין זה עיקר רצונו של מלך
Aha! He's describing Charedim to a tee! Uh, no....
כך רצון ד' שיהא כל ישראל הראוים לעמל תורה יהיו בי תורה, והמשתמט מזה אע"פ שיש לו טעמים מביאים אותו לכך, בכל זאת אינו עושה רצונו של מקום מיקרי... שאע"ג שהיו עוסקים בעבודה, מ"מ אחר שלא היו עמלים בתורה כמו שהיו במדבר, לא מיקרי עושין רצונו של מקום.
Your logic is very poor. We have never won a war without tanks, or without an airforce. But we did win several wars without 40,000 people in kollel!
What you quoted from the Netziv is irrelevant. His description of amailim b'Torah is not referring to people in kollel (of whom none existed in his time).
4LL September 20, 2011 at 6:33 PM
The question is not Kollel - the question is Torah study. Does Torah study protect the Jewish People, and, by extenstion, does more intensive Torah study protect more effectively than lack thereof. The answer is yes.
When less people are learning intensely, it is more "difficult" for Hashem to save us, but that does not mean that we won't be saved. See e.g. Harchev Davar to Bereishis 12:19
באשר המעשה (של אור כשדים) היה בעוד אברהם קטן ולא למד תורה כי לא היה לו רב, על כן היה קשה להצילו, ומ"מ ניצל, אבל לא כחנניה מישאל ועזריה ... שהיה להם זכות תורה
The concept is pervasive in the Netziv's works. See Haamek Davar there, as well as to the Kadesh Li section, and his commentary to Shir Hashirim, et al.
The line in his Kidmas Haemek needs to be reviewed:
כמה חובתנו וכמה יפה לנו מכל צד להגדיל עמל התורה ועיונה...והוא הבריח המחבר את ישראל לאביהם שבשמים ומקיים את האומה בכל אפסים.
Saying that we won wars without Kollel is like saying we won wars without a Merkavah mark IV. So what? Today intensive Torah study takes place in Yeshivos and Kollelim.
Let's break this down to 3 components - theoretical, empirical, and what charedim actually believe.
1. Theoretical
Kollel is not a "natural extension" of the idea that Torah study protects. It's saying that Torah study AT THE EXPENSE OF serving in the army helps more than serving in the army and learning less.
2. Empirical
You still have not refuted the idea that Israel won its wars before there were kollels, and has had a lot more problems since the increase in kollels.
3. What Charedim believe.
Between a moshav with security but no kollel, and a moshav with a kollel but no security, what would people prefer? What would YOU prefer?
And if charedim really believe that Torah protects, how could they possibly have bein hazmanim when the Lebanon war broke out?
a) That's like saying that having armored corps AT THE EXPENSE of infantry helps more than more infantry and less tanks. (Does the army NEED the Charedim to NOT learn and serve in order to win wars? Even they don't say that)
This whole line of argument is silly.
a) Kollels have been in existence since well before the establishment of Israel.
b) Could be too many people started grumbling about "all those people learning" and we lost (some of) its merit...
Between davening on Rosh Hashanah for פרנסה וכלכלה and going about in effort to earn money, which do you prefer? The answer for any Maamin is -- both! See also Yerushalmi someone quoted above about who are the true נטורי קרתא
Again, the line of argument is silly.
It's a good question, but who says Torah study only protects בעידנא ממש. The עמלי תורה's merit doesn't just dissipate when they aren't actively learning so long as their existence revolves only around that.
If proper army discipline demands that a particular corps or regiment stays out of active battle so it can fight with fresh vigor when called upon by regular army schedule, that might be the best course of action.
There were only a handful of people in kollel in the first decades of the State. And yet it managed to win wars against the odds! Meanwhile, now there are tens of thousands of people in kollel, and there have been many lost to terrorist attacks, as well as an existential threat from Iran.
Oh, but I forgot, that's because the additional merit of kollel was offset by the ill-will that it caused, right?
The עמלי תורה's merit doesn't just dissipate when they aren't actively learning so long as their existence revolves only around that.
Very creative! (though you're obviously making this up as you go along.) What about if they take some time to serve in the army or do chessed (sherut leumi) - how do you know that their merit suddenly disappear then?
I notice that you did not answer the following:
But no doubt you'll contrive a solution. I don't think that anything at all would convince you that you are wrong, correct?
a) A far higher percentage of the population in Israel was killed in the war of independence than any subsequent.
b) Israel was threatened with utter annihilation during those initial wars that it won. Yes, G-d spared millions getting slaughtered and the end of the country, a massacre like the holocaust and the Churban. Israel has not been THREATENED existentially from '73 until the current Iran crisis. And what are you planning about doing about that?
Could be. Maybe you shouldn't harbor such ill-will toward it.
though you're obviously making this up as you go along.
Erm, no. People have been making up arguments against Kollel like this for a while, and I've thought about responses for a while.
What about if they take some time to serve in the army or do chessed (sherut leumi) - how do you know that their merit suddenly disappear then?
There is less merit in doing that than in learning. Many of those people who took off during that Bein Hazemanim did do acts of Chessed. Again, this is pervasive in the Netziv regarding the particular merit of Torah study.
Answer my question - what would you prefer, an army with no tanks or no airforce? Working without asking Hashem for פרנסה or vice-versa?
I answered - you need both. הא בלא הא לא סגיא.
Will anything I say convince you that you might be wrong?
Even if not - perhaps some readers will rethink their positions.
>though you're obviously making this up as you go along.
Erm, no. People have been making up arguments against Kollel like this for a while, and I've thought about responses for a while
Sorry, I was wrong, you've been making this stuff up for a while.
There is less merit in doing that than in learning.
OK, so let's keep track. If you're in kollel, but take off three weeks vacation, it doesn't affect your protective power. But if you take off three weeks to do chessed or army, it does weaken your protective power. Is that right?
Answer my question - what would you prefer, an army with no tanks or no airforce?
No tanks (assuming I understand modern warfare correctly).
Working without asking Hashem for פרנסה or vice-versa?
The former.
Now you answer my question: Between a moshav with security but no kollel, and a moshav with a kollel but no security, what would you prefer?
Sure. On the theoretical level, you can show me practical mainstream traditional halachic sources that support the idea that having 40,000 people learning AND NOT serving in the army or doing anything else to help the nation gives protection. And on the empirical level, you could show me convincing evidence that there is a correlation between the number of people in kollel and the safety of the country. With an explanation of whether they help people in different places from them and at different times.
You and others been making up the questions for longer. The answers are plausible.
Who is talking about three weeks of army during Bein Hazemanim, and what good would it do? Maybe the tank people should take off three weeks and do some infantry?
Perhaps you don't? Do you know how Hashem runs the ledger?
Then you might succeed despite Hashem not intervening on your behalf, not because of Him. Good luck.
My mind would know no rest living in either place. I'd probably live in the Moshav with security and raise funds for a Kollel as quickly as possible and hope that my desire for one would be enough for the time being, in line with Gemara's saying that the will to do it and following through on it accrues merit as well. That's the best I could do.
On the theoretical level, you can show me practical mainstream traditional halachic sources that support the idea that having 40,000 people learning AND NOT serving in the army or doing anything else to help the nation gives protection.
For the fourth time, that isn't the premise. Along the lines you suggest though (assuming RMF is "mainstream"):
שו"ת אגרות משה יורה דעה חלק ד סימן לג
הנה אף שעניין צבא ההגנה הוא ענין גדול, אבל עניין לימוד התורה ללומדי תורה עוד יותר גדול גם מלהגין על המדינה... ולכן ודאי מי שיש לו תשוקה ללימוד התורה ולהעשות גדול בתורה ובהוראה וביראת שמים, יש לו לילך לישיבות הגדולות, ויהיה ברכה לכלל ישראל והגנה גדולה לכל ישראל.
But he didn't really believe that...
And on the empirical level, you could show me convincing evidence that there is a correlation between the number of people in kollel and the safety of the country.
I did above. No existential threat since '73. Until now. And the IDF apparently has nothing they can do about it. Grumbling about Kollel learners may not help defeat Ahmadinejad either.
With an explanation of whether they help people in different places from them and at different times.
See Igros Moshe above.
My mind would know no rest living in either place.
Now you're not being honest with yourself. There are plenty of settlements in the West Bank without kollels, that have done just fine. So you'd really be so nervous in a settlement without a kollel?
And why in the first place would you choose that over a moshav with a kollel and no security?
And what's your answer to your own question - do you think that you are better off parnasah-wise if you worked but didn't davven, or if you davenned but didn't work?
4LL September 20, 2011 at 10:21 PM
There are plenty of settlements in the West Bank without kollels, that have done just fine. So you'd really be so nervous in a settlement without a kollel?
I would not be calm living in the West Bank. Period. And I would not want to live in a place that is not a מקום תורה anyway.
If I were caught living in a West Bank town with 40 Arabs attacking me, would I rather have a gun or a Sefer? A gun. Would I be very nervous? Yes. Would I think my chances of survival are better with a Kollel learning for my merit? Certainly. Infinitely better.
Because I do not think Kollel with no security at all is a valid approach to security, and security with doing my best to set up Kollel would hopefully be one. I can't do more than that.
You are correct that my analogy is off, I can't say that davening without working would be as effective, since that's not how Hashem made the world. Working is like winning the war, not like having an army.
But actively seeking employment might be a better analogy. Considering the open, near miraculous, Siyyata Dishmaya I have experienced in obtaining Parnassah, I (personally) honestly do not know which would be more effective. I have sought employment to no avail, and have had job offers fall from the sky. I would need both. Period. הא בלא הא לא סגיא.
Keeping score September 20, 2011 at 11:15 PM
Sure. On the theoretical level, you can show me practical mainstream traditional halachic sources that support the idea that having 40,000 people learning AND NOT serving in the army or doing anything else to help the nation gives protection.
I believe the commentor Moshe provided the answer to this question above:
And I suggest 4LL read the comments of the Netziv to the narrative of the war against Midian and why the Torah takes great pains to describe the division of booty in excruciating detail.
elemir September 21, 2011 at 1:41 AM
Talking about learning protecting the nation, what about individuals???
does anybody think that Chareidim as a whole, who eschew or ignore healthy diets and exercise have a longer life expectancy that the average Joe, because the former learn torah.
I think some comments by Moshe and by some others here (and those responding to them) have created a false dichotomy, as if there is Torah adherence on one hand, and then an army on the other hand.
Read the Tanakh. And read Rambam's Mishne Torah. Serving in an army to destroy the enemies of the Jewish people is part and parcel of Torah observance.
menachem April 17, 2018 at 9:05 PM
Shimon S brought a source above that doesn't seem to have been adressed at all -- http://www.rationalistjudaism.com/2011/09/who-doesnt-believe-that-kollel-students.html?showComment=1316011778262#c7338576407296928851 -- , perhaps because it was just quoted in Aramaic (with hebrew translation) without an English translation. The second chapter of the introduction to Eicha Rabba has the following story:
Rebbi sent R. Asi and R. Ami to check out - and repair- the cities of Eretz Yisra'el; they would come to a city and ask for the N'turei Karta (guardians of the city) - and the townsfolk would bring them the constable and governor - whereupon they would say - "Are these these the N'turei Karta? These are the Haruvei Karta (destroyers of the city)!" - So they asked "Who are the N'turei Karta?" - They responded: "These are the scribes and teachers who study and review and guard the Torah during the day and night." So too it says in Tehillim 127:1, " If the Lord will not build a house, its builders have toiled at it in vain; if the Lord will not guard a city, [its] watcher keeps his vigil in vain." -- (Petichta of Eikhah Rabbah, Ch. 2)
This Midrash clearly says that constant Torah Learning is the key to protecting a city.
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin April 17, 2018 at 9:11 PM
Makes you wonder why Moshe Rabeinu told the Bnei Reuven to join the war. They could just have sat and learned!
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The Sooners are now scheduled to play the Missouri Tigers December 6 at 7 pm in KC, MO, for the Big 12 Championship!
Way to go, Sooners!
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Something got it right!
Alright, I dare say I barely pay attention to this college football thing except for the big games every now and then. I root for BCS chaos as often as possible.
So if Alabama loses, (sorry Steve) and OU wins (way to go Rick) is it possible for OU and UT to get a rematch for the BCS title after UT doesn't win the Big 12 and did beat OU head to head?
Just curious, cause I'd pay attention to that while I wait for the Cowboys to win a playoff game on the way to their next Super Bowl someday.
Becky, yep!
My goodness! Who knows with the nonsense that is BCS!?!
M. Steve Heartsill said...
Jody, thanks for the sympathy, but you are correct in your review...and FL (who I can't stand) would be left out, even though they beat the #1 team in the nation, was the SEC champs, and is currently #2 in the Harris poll...it ain't fair!
The Gators will be there... count on it!
Go Gators! Can't wait to show the big 12 what the SEC is made of...
Steve (W),
It is certainly a surprise that we will be playing Florida instead of Alabama. Quite frankly, I'm happy to be playing at all!
It will certainly be a great game. I'm really, really looking forward to it.
A couple of years ago in Pattaya, just after OU lost to Texas, there were some USC people or some other school that was giving me guff about Oklahoma losing the National Championship. I asked them what school they went to; they told me. I then told them I thought it was funny that their school didn't even get a CHANCE to play for the national title.
It's all a matter of perspective...
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Novosiltsi
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Khodoriv
Sunday - 4.00 p.m. (First Sunday of the month)
Voloshcha
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Drohobych
Sunday - 9.00 a.m.
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Burshtyn
Sunday - not celebrated
Podillya
Krakovets’
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Krakovets’
Sunday - 10.30 a.m.
Wednesday - 18.00 summer time, 15.00 winter time
Thursday - 8.00 am
Friday - 18.00 summer time, 15.00 winter time
Saturday - 8.00 am
Voyutychi
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Lanovychi
Friday - 4.30 p.m.
Nova Krasnoshora
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Stara Huta (Stara Krasnoshora)
Pomoryany
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Pomoryany
Friday - 3.00 p.m. (First Friday of the month)
Bilobozhnytsya
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Bilobozhnytsya
Monday - 6.00 p.m.
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m.
Thursday - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday - 10.00 a.m.
Boloziv
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Boloziv
Sunday - 11.00 a.m. (pl), 5.00 p.m. (pl) (summer time), 10.00 (pl), 4.00 p.m. (pl) (winter time)
Monday - 8.00 a.m.
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Thursday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Friday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 8.00 a.m.
Bibrka
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Bibrka
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 4.00 p.m. (ua)
Monday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl)
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl)
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl)
Thursday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl)
Friday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl)
Saturday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl)
Bilshivtsi
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Bilshivtsi
Sunday - 1.00 p.m.
Monday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time)
Kuropatnyky
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Berezhany
Friday - 3.00 p.m. (First Friday of the month, Lent)
Koropets’
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Buchach
Kopychyntsi-prison
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Kopychyntsi
Yezupil
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Halych
Monday - Time varying during the week
Yordanivka
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Myslyatychi
Sunday - 8.30 a.m., 8.00 a.m. - periodic devotion
Monday - 5.00 p.m., 4.30 p.m. - periodic devotion
Thursday - periodic devotion 4.30 p.m.
Borshchiv
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Borshchiv
Monday - 8.00 a.m. or (5.00 p.m. - Winter, 6.00 p.m. - Spring & Autumn, 7.00 p.m. - Summer)
Tuesday - 8.00 a.m. or (5.00 p.m. - Winter, 6.00 p.m. - Spring & Autumn, 7.00 p.m. - Summer), First Tuesday of the month Mass & Devotion to the St. Anthony at 10.00 a.m.
Wednesday - 8.00 a.m. or (5.00 p.m. - Winter, 6.00 p.m. - Spring & Autumn, 7.00 p.m. - Summer)
Thursday - 8.00 a.m. or (5.00 p.m. - Winter, 6.00 p.m. - Spring & Autumn, 7.00 p.m. - Summer)
Friday - 8.00 a.m. or (5.00 p.m. - Winter, 6.00 p.m. - Spring & Autumn, 7.00 p.m. - Summer)
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Brody
Sunday - 8.45 a.m., 10.30 a.m.
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m.
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m., Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thursday - 9.00 a.m.
Berezdivtsi
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Berezdivtsi
Thursday - 5.00 p.m. (summer time), Novena to Our Lady 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 5.00 p.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time), Devotion to the Divine Mercy
Buchach
Sunday - 12.00 noon
Saturday - 5.00 p.m.
Burshtyn
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Busk
Sunday - 8.00 a.m. (pl), 12.00 noon (ua),
Monday - 6.00 p.m. (ua)
Tuesday - 8.00 a.m. (pl), 7.40 a.m. - Hours of the Immaculate Conception
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m. (ua), Novena to Our Lady of La Salette
Thursday - 8.00 a.m. (pl), 7.40 a.m. - Hours of the Immaculate Conception
Friday - 6.00 p.m. (ua)
Saturday - 8.00 a.m. (pl), 7.40 a.m. - Hours of the Immaculate Conception
Khodoriv
Sunday - 10.00 (pl) 12.00 (ua)
Monday - 09.00
Wednesday - 18.00 p.m. (summer time), 17.00 p.m. (winter time)
Thursday - 09.00 a.m.
Khorostkiv
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Khorostkiv
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m.
Chernivtsi Sacred Heart of Jesus
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Chernivtsi Sacred Heart of Jesus
Sunday - 12.00 noon, 7.00 p.m., Feast - 8.00 a.m., 7.00 p.m.
Friday - 8.00 a.m., 7.00 p.m.
Chernivtsi Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Chernivtsi Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 11.00 a.m. (ua), 1.00 p.m. (ua), 6.00 p.m. (ua)
Monday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl)
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl)
Friday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Saturday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Chervonohrad
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 11.00 a.m. (ua)
Monday - 7.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 7.00 p.m. ua (summer time) 6.00 p.m. (winter time)
Thursday - 9.00 a.m. (pl)
Friday - 7.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time) 6.00 p.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 9.00 a.m. (pl)
Chortkiv
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Chortkiv
Sunday - 10.00 a.m. (pl), 5.00 p.m. (ua)
Monday - 9.00 a.m. (pl) St. Joseph Novena, 6.00 p.m. (ua) Eucharistic adoration (30 min.)
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl) - St. Anthony Novena, 6.00 p.m. (ua) - Eucharistic adoration (30 min.)
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl) - Novena to Our Lady of Chortkiv, 6.00 p.m. (ua) - Eucharistic adoration (30 min.)
Thursday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (ua) - Eucharistic adoration (30 min.)
Friday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (ua) - Eucharistic adoration (30 min.)
Saturday - 9.00 a.m. (pl) - Hours of the Immaculate Conception
Davydivka Center
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Davydivka Center
Sunday - 1.00 p.m. (ua)
Monday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m. (winter time)
Tuesday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m. (winter time)
Friday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m. (winter time)
Dolyna
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Dolyna
Monday - 9.00 a.m. (winter time), 5.00 p.m. (Autumn), 12.00 noon (summer time) Light-Life Movement Mass, 5.00 p.m. parish Mass
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m. (winter time), 5.00 p.m. (Autumn), 12.00 noon (summer time) Light-Life Movement Mass, 5.00 p.m. parish Mass
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m. Masses for the dead during Lent
Thursday - 9.00 a.m. (winter time), 5.00 p.m. (Autumn), 12.00 noon (summer time) Light-Life Movement Mass, 5.00 p.m. parish Mass
Friday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. - Way of the Cross & Mass during Lent
Saturday - 8.00 a.m., Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help 2.00 p.m. Droga Krzyżowa dla dzieci w Wielkim Poście 3.00 p.m. –Msza św. Dla dzieci w Wielkim Poscie
Draganivka
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Draganivka
Hlyboka
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Hlyboka
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (Celebrations on weekdays - 6.00 p.m.)
Hlynyany
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Hlynyany
Lviv-St. Anthony
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv-St. Anthony
Sunday - 8.00 a.m. (pl), 10.00 a.m. (pl), 12.00 a.m. (pl), 3.00 p.m. (ua), 5.00 p.m. (ru), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Tuesday - 8 a.m. (pl), 6.00 p.m. (pl), 7.30 p.m. (ua), Service in honor of St. Anthony
Lviv- St. Mary Magdalene
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv- St. Mary Magdalene
Sunday - 09.00 (pl) 10.30 (pl) 12.30 (ua)
Friday - 8.00 a.m.
Saturday - 8.00 a.m., Devotion to Our Lady of Częstochowa
Lviv-Cathedral
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv-Cathedral
(pl),
7.45 a.m. - Hours of the Immaculate Conception,
8.00 a.m. (lat),
9.00 a.m. (ua),
10.00 a.m. (pl) (with children),
11.30 a.m. (pl) (suma),
1.00 p.m. (pl),
3.00 p.m. (en),
5.30 p.m. - Vespers, 6.00 p.m. (pl) (for youth)
Monday - 7.30 a.m. (pl),
10.00 a.m. (pl),
5.30 p.m. (ua),
6.30 p.m. (pl)
Tuesday - 7.30 a.m. (pl),
Wednesday - 7.30 a.m. (pl),
Thursday - 7.30 a.m. (pl),
Friday - 7.30 a.m. (pl),
Saturday - 7.30 a.m. (pl),
Lviv Church of the Presentation
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv Church of the Presentation
Sunday - 4.00 p.m. (pl), 7.00 p.m. (ua), 8.30 p.m. (pl)
Monday - 4.00 p.m. (pl)
Tuesday - 4.00 p.m. (pl)
Wednesday - 4.00 p.m. (pl) Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Friday - 4.00 p.m. (pl)
Saturday - 4.00 p.m. (pl)
Lviv-Ryasne
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv-Ryasne
Sunday - 9.00 a.m., 1.00 p.m.
Monday - 6.00 p.m., The Divine Mercy Chaplet
Saturday - 9.00 a.m., Rosary
Lviv-Sykhiv
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv-Sykhiv
Sunday - 11.00 a.m. (ua), 1.00 p.m. (pl)
Monday - with the nuns in the convent chapel
Lviv-Zboishcha
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv-Zboishcha
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (ua), 12.00 noon (pl), 7.00 p.m. (pl)
Malekhiv
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Malekhiv
Sunday - 11.00 a.m. (ua),1.00 p.m. (pl)
Wednesday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thursday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) Eucharistic adoration, Devotion to the Divine Mercy
Saturday - 9.00 a.m., Devotion to the St. Benedict
Medenychi
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Medenychi
Sunday - 10.00 a.m. (pl), 12.00 noon (ua)
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Mykolayiv
Sunday - 10.30 a.m. (ua), 12.30 noon (pl)
Monday - varying
Mykulyntsi
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Mykulyntsi
Mizhenets
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Mizhenets
Monday - 8.00 p.m. (summer time), 2.00 p.m. (winter time), 6.00 p.m. (Autumn, Spring)
Tuesday - 8.00 p.m. (summer time), 2.00 p.m. (winter time), 6.00 p.m. (Autumn, Spring)
Wednesday - 8.00 p.m. (summer time), 2.00 p.m. (winter time), 6.00 p.m. (Autumn, Spring)
Friday - 8.00 p.m. (summer time), 2.00 p.m. (winter time), 6.00 p.m. (Autumn, Spring)
Saturday - 8.00 p.m. (summer time), 2.00 p.m. (winter time), 6.00 p.m. (Autumn, Spring)
Mostyska Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Mostyska Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Monday - 8.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m.
Tuesday - 8.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday - 8.00 a.m.,6.00 p.m.
Friday - 8.00 a.m.,6.00 p.m., First Friday of the month 4.00 p.m. - School Mass
Saturday - 8.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m.
Velyki Mosty
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Velyki Mosty
Sunday - 10.00 a.m. (ua-pl)
Monday - 9.00 a.m. (pl)
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. (ua) St. Anthony Novena
Thursday - 6.00 p.m. (ua)
Friday - 6.00 p.m. (ua) Devotion to the Divine Mercy
Myslyatychi
Nadvirna
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Nadvirna
Nyzhankovychi
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Nyzhankovychi
Monday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m.
Wednesday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m.
Thursday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m.
Friday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m.
Saturday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m.
Nove Misto
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Nove Misto
Monday - 4.00 p.m. (Autumn-Winter), 5.00 p.m. (Spring), 7.00 p.m. (Summer)
Tuesday - 4.00 p.m. (Autumn-Winter), 5.00 p.m. (Spring), 7.00 p.m. (Summer)
Wednesday - 4.00 p.m. (Autumn-Winter), 5.00 p.m. (Spring), 7.00 p.m. (Summer)
Thursday - 4.00 p.m. (Autumn-Winter), 5.00 p.m. (Spring), 7.00 p.m. (Summer)
Friday - 4.00 p.m. (Autumn-Winter), 5.00 p.m. (Spring), 7.00 p.m. (Summer)
Saturday - 4.00 p.m. (Autumn-Winter), 5.00 p.m. (Spring), 7.00 p.m. (Summer)
Obertyn
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Obertyn
Pnikut
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Pnikut
Pidvolochysk
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Pidvolochysk
Peremyshlyany
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Peremyshlyany
Monday - 10.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Tuesday - 10.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 10.00, 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Friday - 10.00, 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 10.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Rava-Ruska
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Rava-Ruska
Monday - 6.00 p.m., Service in honor of St. Francis
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m., Service in honor of St. Anthony
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m., Service in honor of St. Joseph
Friday - 6.00 p.m., Service in honor of St. Michael the Archangel
Saturday - 9.00 a.m.,6.00 p.m., Devotion to Our Lady
Pidkamin’
Pohoril’tsi
Sunday - 1.00 p.m. (pl)
Novosilky
Chervone
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Zolochiv
Streptiv
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Yarychiv
Sunday - 12.00 a.m. (pl)
Batyatychi
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Kamyanka Buzka
Tadani
Nyzy
Sunday - 2.00 p.m. (pl) not celebrated
Staryi Dobrotvir
Sunday - 12.00 noon (pl)
Stara Skvaryava
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Zhovkva
Kulykiv
Chyzhky
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (pl)
Wednesday - 4.00 p.m. (pl)
Komarno
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Horodok
Sunday - 10.00 a.m. (Winter), 9.00 a.m. (Summer)
Lviv-JPII
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Lviv-JPII
Sunday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 12.00 noon (ua) 18.30 (ua)
Monday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Tuesday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Wednesday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Thursday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Friday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 6.30 p.m. (ua)
Saturday - 09.00 a.m. (pl)
Hlynytsi
Wednesday - 07.00 p.m. summer time, 04.00 p.m. winter time
Friday - 07.00 p.m. summer time, 04.00 p.m. winter time
Rozhanivka
Sunday - Feast Day and Celebrations
Rohatyn
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Ivano-Frankivsk
Rudky
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Rudky
Sunday - 11.00 a.m., 5.00 p.m.
Rydoduby
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Rydoduby
Sadhora
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Sadhora
Sunday - 9.00 a.m., 12.00 noon
Saturday - 7.30 a.m., 3.00 p.m. (with children)
Sudova Vyshnya
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Sudova Vyshnya
Sambir
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Sambir
Sunday - 9.00 a.m., 11.30, 5.00 p.m. (Winter), 6.00 p.m. (Spring-Autumn)
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m. St. Anthony Novena
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Susidovychi
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Susidovychi
Sunday - 10.00 a.m., 12.00 noon
Skalat
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Skalat
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), 7.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time), 11.00 a.m. (pl), 5.00 p.m. (ua) (winter time)
Monday - 8.10 a.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Tuesday - 8.10 a.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 8.10 a.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Thursday - 8.10 a.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Friday - 8.10 (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Saturday - 8.10 a.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Skole
Thursday - 8.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m.
Friday - 8.00,6.00 p.m.
Snyatyn
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Snyatyn
Monday - 7.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time), Service in honor of bl. Martha
Tuesday - 7.30 a.m. (ua)
Wednesday - 7.00 p.m. ua (summer time) 6.00 p.m. (winter time), Devotion to Our Lady
Friday - 7.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time) 6.00 p.m. (winter time), Service in honor of Christ`s Wounds
Stara Huta (Stara Krasnoshora)
Monday - 7.45 a.m. (January-April, July-September), 6.00 p.m. (May, June, October-December)
Tuesday - 7.45 a.m. (January-April, July-September), 6.00 p.m. (May, June, October-December)
Wednesday - 7.45 a.m. (January-April, July-September), 6.00 p.m. (May, June, October-December)
Friday - 7.45 a.m. (January-April, July-September), 6.00 p.m. (May, June, October-December)
Saturday - 7.45 a.m. (January-April, July-September), 6.00 p.m. (May, June, October-December)
Stara Sil
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Stara Sil
Staryi Skalat
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Staryi Skalat
Storozhynets’
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Storozhynets’
Monday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) (pl)
Tuesday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) (pl)
Wednesday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) (ua)
Thursday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) (pl)
Friday - 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (winter time) (ua), 5.30 p.m. - Way of the Cross during Lent
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Stryi
Sunday - 9.00 a.m., 12.00 noon, 6.00 p.m.
Wednesday - 7.30 a.m., 6.00 p.m.
Strilkovychi
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Strilkovychi
Monday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (autumn time)
Tuesday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (autumn time)
Wednesday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (autumn time)
Thursday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (autumn time)
Friday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time), 6.00 p.m. (autumn time)
Strilets’ke
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Strilets’ke
Shchyrets
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Shchyrets
Shehyni
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Shehyni
Monday - 4.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Tuesday - 4.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Wednesday - 4.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Thursday - 4.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Friday - 4.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Saturday - 4.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Ternopil’ (cemetery chapel)
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Ternopil Divine Mercy
Terebovlia
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Terebovlia
Saturday - 5.00 p.m. (school year), 9.00 a.m. (holiday)
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Truskavets’
Monday - 8.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time) 4.00 p.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 7.30 p.m. (pl) Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thursday - 7.30 p.m. - Eucharistic adoration, 8.00 p.m. (ua)
Friday - 3.00 p.m. Devotion to the Divine Mercy 4.00 p.m. (pl)
Tschenets
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Tschenets
Turka
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Turka
Vynnyky
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Vynnyky
Zabolotiv
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Zabolotiv
Zalischyky
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Zalischyky
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Zbarazh
Zolochiv
Sunday - 9.00 a.m., 11.00 a.m., 2.00 p.m. (ua), 4.00 p.m.
Monday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m., 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 9.00 a.m., 5.00 p.m. (winter time), Service in honor of St. Anthony
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 09.00 a.m., 5.00 p.m. (winter time), Devotion to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thursday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 09.00 a.m., 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Friday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 09.00 a.m., 5.00 p.m. (winter time), Devotion to the Divine Mercy
Saturday - 9.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 09.00, 5.00 p.m. (winter time), The Apel of the Virgin Mary (First Saturday from May to October)
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m., Novena to Our Lady of Zhovkva
Thursday - 8.00 p.m., First Thursday of the month 6.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time)
Zhydachiv
Deanery Stryi deanery served by priests Zhydachiv
Velykyi Lyubin’
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Velykyi Lyubin’
Bryukhovychi
Deanery Lviv deanery served by priests Bryukhovychi
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. St. Therese Novena
Nadyby
Sunday - in Voyutychi
Hryada
Sunday - occasionally
Zymna Voda
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Zymna Voda
Zhuravno
Zolotyi Potik
Zastavna
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Kitsman
Wednesday - 5.30 p.m. (summer time)
Zolotkovychi
Sunday - 11.00 a.m., 10.30 a.m. - periodic devotion
Tuesday - 7.00 p.m., 6.30 p.m. - periodic devotion
Friday - 4.30 p.m., 4.00 p.m. - periodic devotion
Olesko
Velyki Birky
Sunday - 4.00 p.m., 9.00 a.m. (summer time)
Budaniv
Banyliv-Pidhirnyi
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (ua)
Balychi
Mylyatyn
Mytulyn
Sunday - 4.00 p.m. (summer time), 3.00 p.m. (winter time)
Maksymovychi
Morshyn
Mageriv
Chyshky
Chyzhovychi
Cheresh
Yelykhovychi
Dunaiv
Nemyriv
Davydivka Zrub
Hlibovychi
Yabluniv
Horodenka
Velykyi Hovyliv
Hrabivnytsya
Friday - 10.00 a.m. (First Friday of the month)
Kotsyubyntsi
Krasnoil’s’k
Bavoriv
Sunday - once a month
Horodok
Sunday - 12.00 noon (Winter), 11.00 a.m. (Summer)
Monday - 6.00 p.m. (Winter), 6.30 p.m. (Summer) St. Joseph Novena, On 1st and 3rd Monday songs to St. Zygmunt Gorazdowski, 2nd and 4th Monday songs to St. Józef Bilczewski and kissing saints’ relics
Tuesday - 8.00 a.m. Prayer to St. Anthony, 7.30 a.m. Advent Rorate Mass
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m. (Winter) 6.30 p.m. (Summer) St. Jude Thaddeus Novena, Way of the Cross for children & youth during Lent
Thursday - 7.30 a.m. whole-day Eucharistic adoration, Rosary in Latin, 8.00 a.m. Mass in Latin, First Thursday of the month - kissing St. Faustina’s relics
Friday - 5.00 p.m. Eucharistic adoration & Confessions, 6.00 p.m. (Winter), 6.30 p.m. (Summer), Mass & Way of the Cross
Saturday - 8.00 a.m. Advent Rorate Mass for children & youth, First First Saturday of the month - Eucharistic adoration, Rosary, Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Halych
Halushchyntsi
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Halushchyntsi
Husyatyn
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Husyatyn
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m., Service in honor of St. Anthony
Friday - 6.00 p.m., Devotion to the Divine Mercy
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Ivano-Frankivsk
Sunday - 10.00 a.m.(ua), 12.00 noon (pl), 2.00 p.m. (eng), 18 (ua)
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. (ua)
Wednesday - 09.00 a.m. (pl), 18.00 (ua)
Friday - 9.00 a.m.(pl), 6.00 p.m. (ua)
Saturday - 9.00 a.m.(pl)
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Yablunytsya
Ivano-Frankove
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Ivano-Frankove
Sunday - 11.30 a.m. (ua) 11.15 a.m. Devotion to the Divine Mercy, 1.00 p.m. (pl) 12.15 noon - Rosary
Tuesday - 9.00 a.m. (pl), St. Anthony Novena
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time) Devotion to Our Lady of Yaniv
Thursday - 18.00 (ua) Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 17.00 (summer) 17.00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 16.00 (winter)
Friday - 6.00 p.m. (ua) (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time), First Friday of the month Confessions from 4.30 p.m.
Yaremche
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Yaremche
Monday - 9.00 a.m. (ua)
Wednesday - 9.00 a.m. (ua)
Thursday - 9.00 a.m. (ua)
Friday - 9.00 a.m. (ua)
Saturday - 9.00 a.m. (ua)
Yarychiv
Sunday - 10.00 a.m., 9.30 a.m. - Rosary
Monday - 6.00 p.m., Service in honor of St. Joseph
Thursday - 6.00 p.m., Adoration and Confession
Friday - 6.00 p.m., Devotion to the Divine Mercy, other service
Saturday - 08.00 a.m., Hours of the Immaculate Conception
Yavoriv
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Yavoriv
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time) St. Anthony Novena
Wednesday - 6.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time) Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thursday - 8.00 a.m. St. Jude Thaddeus Novena
Friday - 6.00 p.m. (winter time), 7.00 p.m. (summer time), Novena to Saint J.A. Farina
Saturday - 9.00 a.m., Novena to St. Pope John Paul II
Yazlivets’
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Yazlivets’
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Kalush
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (ua), 10.30 a.m. (pl)
Kamyanka Buzka
Wednesday - 8.00 a.m., St. Jude Thaddeus Novena
Thursday - 6.00 p.m. Divine Mercy Novena, Eucharistic adoration
Friday - 6.00 p.m. Novena to Jesus of Mylyatyn, 5.30 p.m. every Friday - Way of the Cross
Kitsman
Kolodiivka
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Kolodiivka
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Kolomyya
Tuesday - 19.00 р.m.
Wednesday - 7.00 p.m. Novena to Our Lady of Kolomyia
Saturday - 9.00 a.m.,7.00 p.m.
Kopychyntsi
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Kosiv
Krysovychi
Deanery Mostyska deanery served by priests Krysovychi
Deanery Ternopil’ deanery served by priests Kremenets’
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time) Service in honor of St. Anthony
Thursday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 5.00 p.m. (winter time), First Thursday of the month - 8.00 a.m. & whole-day Eucharistic adoration
Kurovychi
Deanery Ivano-Frankivs’k deanery served by priests Kuty
Tuesday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m. Service in honor of St. Anthony
Lanovychi
Lopatyn
Deanery Zolochiv deanery served by priests Lopatyn
Losyach
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests Losyach
Korchivtsi
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Nyzhni Petrivtsi
Korsiv
Krukenychi
Zaliztsi
Sunday - 3.00 p.m.,11.00 a.m. (Summer)
Zelenyi Hai
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests Boyany
Ustya-Zelene
Tamanovychi
Sunday - 11.00 a.m. or 1.00 p.m.
Tlumach
Terebleche
Ternopil Divine Mercy
Sunday - 8.30 a.m. (pl), 10.00 a.m. (en), 11.30 a.m. (ua), 6.00 p.m. (pl-ua),
Ozerna
Staryi Rozdil
Radenychi
Friday - First Friday of the month - 4.00 p.m. (summer time), 3.00 p.m. (winter time)
Lypivka
Deanery Halych deanery served by priests Rohatyn
Bukachivtsi
Pletenychi
Pidhaitsi
Porokhova
Verkhni Petrivtsi
Nyzhni Petrivtsi
Bilyi Potik
Berezhanka
Sokal’
Deanery Zhovkva deanery served by priests Sokal’
Strusiv
Susoliv
Semenivka
Deanery Horodok deanery served by priests Semenivka
Monday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Wednesday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Friday - 5.00 p.m. (winter time)
Dobromyl
Deanery Sambir deanery served by priests Dobromyl
Tartakiv
Zherebky
Biskovychi
Boyany
Boryslav
Tuesday - 6.00 p.m. (pl), 5.30 p.m. - Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thursday - 5.30 p.m. (pl)
Skala-Podil’s’ka
Lypnyky
Loshniv
Luzhany
Khyriv
Sasiv
Stoyaniv
Skomorokhy
Sunday - 5.00 p.m., (3.30 p.m. in Bavoriv)
Wednesday - 5.00 p.m. (6.30 p.m. in Bavoriv)
Semakivtsi
Solons’ke
Sukha Dolyna
Stoyantsi
Friday - 10.00 a.m. (Korolyn)
Potelych
Friday - 10.00 a.m. (First & last Friday of the month)
Pohirtsi
Burdyakivtsi
Navariya
Ladychyn
Nastasiv
Hvizdets’
Budenets
Saturday - 3.00 p.m. (First Saturday from May to October)
Lukavtsi
Sunday - 12.30 noon (ua)
Chabarivka
Vilkhivchyk
Shydlivtsi
Dybyanka
Chornyi Lis
Friday - 9.00 a.m. (First Friday of the month)
Milieve
Vashkivtsi
Vyzhnytsya
Nova Zhadova
Sunday - 11.00 a.m. (ua)
Tuesday - 5.00 p.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time) (ua)
Friday - 5.00 p.m. (summer time), 4.00 p.m. (winter time) (ua)
Tsygany
Sunday - 4.00 p.m. or 7.00 p.m. (Vigil), 5.00 p.m. (Winter)
Hlybochok
Ozeryany
Pylatkivtsi
Probizhna
Shmankivtsi
Verkhnyakivtsi
Zbruchanske
Sunday - 8.00 a.m. or 5.00 p.m. (Vigil), 3.00 p.m. (Winter)
Zalissya
Okopy
Deanery Chortkiv deanery served by priests
Sunday -
Deanery Chernivtsi deanery served by priests
Novodnistrovsk
Sokyryany
Komarnyky
Borynya
Yahilnytsya
Lysivtsi
Tovste
Perekhody
Shypivtsi
Stari Petlykivtsi
Trybukhivtsi
Bolekhiv
Tuesday - 7.30 p.m.(summer time), 4.30 p.m.(winter time)
Thursday - 7.30 p.m.(summer time), 4.30 p.m.(winter time)
Friday - On the first Friday 7.30 p.m.(summer time), 4.30 p.m.(winter time)
Delyatyn
Ceniava
Sunday - 08.30
Friday - 17.00
Otyniya
Bohorodchany
Povitno
Saturday - 12.00 noon (First Saturday of the month)
Domazhyr
Mostyska-monastery
Monday - 10.00 a.m.
Wednesday - 10.00 a.m., 6.00 p.m.
Tvirzha
Sunday - 9.00 a.m. (except first Sunday of the month)
Zakostellya
Rozhewe
Husakiv
Friday - 6.00 p.m. (summer time), 3.00 p.m. (winter time) First Friday of the month
Radokhyntsi
Chukva
Dublyany
Kornalovychi
Ralivka
Dubrivka
Staryi Sambir
Petrykiv
Friday - 11.00 a.m.
Dorofiivka
Kachanivka
Tarnoruda
Ostapie
Friday - 10.00 a.m. (summer time)
Saturday - 10.00 a.m. (summer time)
Khmelys’ka
Novosilka
Polupanivka
Palykorovy
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XDGA wins the competition for the museum of Fine Arts in Tournai renovation
RENOVATION - ARCHITECTURE
in order to extend and renovate the existing Museum of Fine Arts in Tournai and to propose a masterplan how to integrate the museum more in its surroundings.
The existing monumental building, built by the famous Belgian Art Nouveau Architect Victor Horta in 1938, is no longer suited to the onerous contemporary demands for the conservation and display of art. In order to meet these environmental standards much of the architectural quality of the building would be lost (for example; covering the glass roof, insulation of the facades and the introduction of compartments in the plan; ruining the panoptic idea of the museum).
XDGA decided instead to integrate the existing building into the public space of the city, as a covered space where different activities of the city and the museum can interact.
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Consumers Have Gone On Strike
The eminently qualified Robert Reich explains things so simply. He should think of teaching!
The Great Crash of 2008
If this isn't a Great Crash I don't know how to define one. Stocks were down another 7 percent today. Since the peak of last year, major stock indexes have dropped 47 percent. We're in range of the Great Crash of 1929.
Why is the Great Crash of 2008 happening? First, because investors are beginning to understand the enormity of the bubble economy that began to form in the late 1990s when all contraints were lifted on borrowing in order to buy everything that was assumed to be increasing in value -- starting with houses and including securities and shares of stock themselves. So-called "margin requirements," first instituted in the wake of the Great Crash of 1929, were all but abandoned, as big banks and hedge funds found ways around them.
Even more important, investors are starting to fathom the emptiness of American consumers' wallets. Retail sales last Friday and Saturday -- the first days of the Christmas buying season -- were disappointing. Had retailers not discounted to the point of taking losses, sales would have been abysmal. In other words, consumers have gone on strike.
Why have they gone on strike? Not because of the difficulty of getting credit. Most consumers can barely afford to pay the interest charges on the debt they're already carrying. Consumers have gone on strike because their earnings haven't kept up. The recovery that officially ended December, 2007 (the National Bureau of Economic Research now tells us) was the first on record in which median earnings declined, adjusted for inflation. Since then, many people have also lost their jobs or are working part time when they'd rather be working full time, or else know they're in danger of losing their jobs.
The speculative bubble still has some air in it; asset values will continue to drop before they hit bottom. That will take at least a year, possibly two. But don't expect asset values to bounce substantially back, even then. The only way to revive Wall Street is to revive Main Street, and the only way to accomplish this is to get America back on the course of rising median incomes.
By Unknown at 12/01/2008 04:46:00 PM
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Home / Infographics / marvel / Maurice-Mitchell / Movies / News / Marvel Movie Rights Graphic Updated to Version 8 (9/27/2019)
Marvel Movie Rights Graphic Updated to Version 8 (9/27/2019)
Maurice Mitchell 8/28/2019 08:41:00 AM Infographics, marvel, Maurice-Mitchell, Movies, News
Update: Marvel and Sony reached an agreement to bring Spider-Man back for one more movie and a cameo in the MCU.
Back in the 1990s Marvel, facing bankruptcy, sold off the live-action licensing rights to Marvel characters. In 1996 Marvel created Marvel Studios. In 2014, I created a simple graphic to show the live-action movie rights that belonged to Marvel Studios and other studios like Sony.
Visual Guide to Marvel Live-Action Character Rights v.8 by The Geek Twins (2250x2109)
Since then there's been an overwhelming level of support for the chart. I've been humbled that so many so much value in the simple graphic I made. There have been many mistakes pointed out and a fair amount of constructive criticism (yes technically Marvel still owns the "rights" to the characters). All that communal critiquing of the chart has only made it better. I work hard to keep up the quality and accuracy of the information in the Marvel rights chart. Sometimes I'm right and sometimes I'm wrong. I'm not a Hollywood insider and I don't have any knowledge that you guys don't have. So somethings are going to be off but overall I try hard and I hope that effort shows.
Even Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn jumped in saying the "everything else" tag was wrong and listed all the amazing characters Marvel doesn't own. It's amazing to think that he even knows about my work exists (I was too starstruck to save the tweets and I can't find them now so you'll have to trust me on this).
We, like many others, are looking forward to the day when Marvel Studios owns everything and can weave the intricate stories the comics are known for. Marvel got the X-Men back and it opens a new world. We cheered when Spider-Man joined the MCU and were heartbroken when it was announced he's leaving again.
Not everyone thinks Marvel Studios should have all the characters. The late Stan Lee's daughter Joan Celia Lee told TMZ "the continued evolution of Stan’s characters and his legacy deserves multiple points of view". She has a point and the popularity of non-Marvel movies like Deadpool prove that not all Marvel creations fit under the umbrella of Disney (although they're going to try).
Who knows what the future brings, but Marvel movies continue to thrill audiences for generations and more and more characters from the comics are coming in every year. So here's the latest version of the Marvel movie rights. We're up to version seven now. Hopefully, there won't be a version 10.
By the way, 90% of the work on this new graphic is from The Eternals. Trying to simplify Jack Kirby's mind-bogglingly complex designs took hours. Hopefully, I didn't take away too much from his work.
For more, including a history of the changes, check out the original post here at The Geek Twins.
What do you think of the changes? Should Marvel Studios own the rights to all the characters? Let us know in the comments below!
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Rugby duo riding to Tokyo with whistle for charity
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Ron Rutland, one half of a pair of rugby enthusiasts cycling from Twickenham to Tokyo for charity ahead of the Rugby World Cup, holds the whistle for the tournament’s opening match in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, on Friday.
They survived angry dogs in Iran and stomach bugs in India, and have slept in monasteries, underpasses and on farms — it has been a madcap adventure for a pair of rugby union enthusiasts cycling from Twickenham to Tokyo for charity ahead of the Rugby World Cup.
With little more than a weathered map in their baggage, Ron Rutland and James Owens have been on the road for 191 days and counting, having set off from London in February.
However, the clock is ticking, as Rutland and Owens are also carrying the whistle to be used for the World Cup’s Sept. 20 opening match between Japan and Russia in Tokyo.
The trip’s aim is to raise cash for the tournament’s official charity, ChildFund Pass It Back, and to spread the rugby message in parts of the world where few people have ever heard of the game as Japan prepares to host Asia’s first Rugby World Cup.
However, the bushy-bearded pair, who barely knew each other before embarking on the 20,000km, 231-day journey, said they have found so much more along the way.
“Cycling through countries like Iran and Turkey, numerous times people slowed down, opened their windows, handed us Cokes and water, oranges and fruit, countless, countless times,” said South African-born Rutland, a former rugby player.
“Little acts of kindness like that ... really make you see the best of the human spirit,” he told reporters on the Vietnam leg of the trip.
It was not just free food that humbled the burly 45-year-old. A monk in Myanmar opened his monastery to them, they stayed with families in Tajikistan and when the weather was warm enough, they pitched their tent wherever they could.
It is not the first jaw-dropping expedition for Rutland, who used to work in a bank. He cycled through every country in Africa en route to the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England and in 2017 played what has been billed as the longest hole of golf in history — 80 days and 20,000 shots in total — across Mongolia.
However, this trip came with a few special challenges. Following hip replacement surgery last year, Rutland said that he set out from London “not quite the fattest of my life, but not far off.”
He is also vegan and finding animal-free food in meat-mad central Asia was no easy task, especially when averaging about 600km a week on the bike.
“You end up eating a lot of rubbish just to get enough calories,” he said.
His cycling partner, Owens, a Hong Kong-born Briton whose father happens to be Rutland’s doctor, has a less restrictive diet.
Still, both came down with stomach bugs in India.
“You just have to get better on the bike,” said Owens, who worked for ChildFund Pass It Back in Laos and Vietnam before embarking on the 27-country overland trip.
They said that they have been lucky so far; besides a few minor spills and a few bike repairs — their handlebars came loose after corroding from sweat — the worst they have encountered are some aggressive street dogs in Iran and Turkey. So far they have only had one day off and are to cycle the full route save for a few ferry rides — one across the English Channel, another on the Bosphorus Strait in Turkey and finally from Shanghai to Osaka for the final leg.
They have learned to pack light along the way. Besides a few first-aid essentials, very little clothing and a GPS tracker mapping their real-time progress online, they only have two crucial pieces of cargo: that world map and the all-important gold whistle.
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John Burrow 1935-2009
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Obituary by Donald Winch
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I got to know John well in a way typical of Sussex as it once was: we taught together on a history-literature topic. I taught together with what often seems to me almost every historian at Sussex, and my experience with John was both the most successful and one of the least successful. Least, because we agreed so much; I don't remember any really fierce arguments or ideological clashes between us, and no doubt this disappointed some of our students. Most, of course, because I learned so much from him: he left me convinced that I now didn't need to read Adam Smith or Jeremy Bentham, since I had heard his wonderfully lucid and witty exposition of their thought. Most of what either of us said could have been said by the other - most but not all. What John was hesitant in talking about was the Ode to the West Wind or Kubla Khan - nice and short; whereas my ignorance covered lots of very long books which John had always read. Indeed, when he was studying Victorian historians, he liked to think of himself as the Stakhanovite among his colleagues - if you measured productivity by the number of pages read. I remember explaining to the students that I had views on what the English felt in the early 19th C, and John knew what they thought, but that we might be a little unreliable on what actually happened (though of course we were more reliable than the students were).
You get to know your colleagues in several ways - in conversation, through joint teaching (a more formal kind of conversation) and by listening to them lecture. I had the pleasure of hearing John lecture twice: both were memorable and taught me a lot, and the two experiences have now run together in my mind. One was his inaugural lecture as Professor of Intellectual History, a model of what an inaugural should be, which explained what he believed intellectual history was and discussed what it should be called. The English faculty at Cambridge used to offer, when John and I were undergraduates, courses in Life Literature and Thought: since they were taught by literary scholars they were really courses in literature, with a few genuflexions towards the background that really belonged to social historians (who dealt with Life) and historians of ideas (who dealt with Thought). John explained that this background was his foreground: in the nicest possible way, he was turning the tables on us, pointing out that what mattered less to us actually mattered more to him.
The other formal lecture I heard John give was on Gibbon (no doubt marking his bicentenary) and of this I remember only one thing, which I shall never forget: that after reading a magnificent bit of sonorous Gibbonian prose to show how splendidly Gibbon could write, he confessed that he had just written it himself, I felt ashamed that I had never tried to write a Keats Ode.
In a way, there is no need for me to remember and recite episodes from John's life, since he has done it so well himself. Towards the end he wrote, and his friends printed, a fascinating and witty autobiography, which contains one of the best accounts of post-war Britain I have ever read. I remember the British Restaurants with affection, providing (as they were meant to) cheap and wholesome lunches, but the one in Exeter must have been well below standard. It can be forgiven, however, because of the delectable prose it drew from the reminiscing John, claiming he was offered 'chips fried in oil clearly recycled after previous use for some industrial purpose - drained perhaps from the sumps of written off Spitfires, making the cannibalisation process reciprocal.'
John's autobiography is not only entertaining, it also contains a serious and disturbing account of the academic controversy he was inadvertently involved in at the end of his career, and which I discussed with him while it was on. It is such an interesting and such a disturbing story, that I make no apology for briefly telling it here, to an academic audience. A wealthy German industrialist endowed a chair of European thought at Oxford and John was its first and (as it turned out) its last occupant. The grandfather of the donor had been a supporter and financer of the Nazi government, and when this fact was discovered by the press they cast accuracy to the winds and denounced Oxford, Balliol College (which had given him a fellowship) and sometimes John himself for accepting what they called 'Nazi Gold'. The German donor was so upset by the denunciations that he withdrew his support, but since John had already been appointed, Oxford University found the money to continue the chair - at least during John's tenure: when he retired, the chair was abolished. Our splendid English free press does not come well out of this story, but Oxford University, said to be the home of reaction and lost causes, does - as in my view does John, who naturally realised that the remit of a chair in European Thought could include discussion of the question of its setting up. The full story has been told by John himself - and will perhaps one day be the subject of a doctoral thesis in European thought which John, alas, will not be alive to read. His own account of the episode contains one sentence which I would like to end on. The Jewish Chronicle asked him if he would have accepted the chair if he had known the source of its funding, but did not print John's very characteristic reply: 'Well, you have to remember that I am a coward, and being a coward probably not. But if I had not been one, I think I would.'
I remember, as many of you do, John Burrow as a brilliant scholar, a devoted family man, a good friend, and a man brave enough to lay claim to cowardice.
Laurence Lerner
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Going All The Way Back
By Keeley Miller
Writer / Dan Wakefield
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After many years of exile, I was lured back to Indianapolis in 1987 by Ophelia Roop, the colorful events planner back then for the Central Library. She assured me it was “safe” to return now that 17 years had soothed angry reactions to my novel “Going All The Way” – and the once-controversial work was read and discussed in book clubs at the library. (Kurt Vonnegut had predicted in his review of the novel in Life magazine that “Having written this book, Dan Wakefield will never be able to go back to Indianapolis – he will have to watch the 500-mile race on television.”)
Having a great time on that return and meeting old friends, I came back a year later when a New York publisher issued a new edition of the novel. [I still had no idea back then that I would ever come back to actually live here, as I did in 2011.] I was interviewed by Will Higgins, the young editor then of an alternative publication called “The New Times,” a kind of pre-cursor to “Nuvo.”
In the course of the interview, Will proposed that we plan a “Going All The Way” Bus Tour, stopping at some of the sites I wrote about in the book, like The Red Key Tavern, The John Herron Art Institute and Crown Hill Cemetery (where the young anti-heroes of the book go to muse on their future.)
Now a star reporter of The Indianapolis Star, Will recalled, “You and I met over breakfast at the old Stouffers Hotel on the top floor of their dining room. The idea of the tour hit me then and there, and I blurted it out and you liked the idea. The rest is history.”
Thanks to Will Higgins, history repeated itself last November when he revived the idea of the Bus Tour, organized the whole thing, announced it in The Star and had enough responses the next day to fill the 48 seats on the bus (plus a waiting list).
When the first tour was held in 1988, my lifelong friend Ted Steeg, the former Shortridge and Wabash football star who served as the “model” for the character Gunner Casselman in “Going All The Way,” came down from New York to join me on the tour. The two of us passed the mic back and forth as we joked, reminisced and shared memories of high school days and “Indy in the ’50s” when the action of the novel took place.
The irreplaceable “Gunner” died last year, and I wondered if I could bring off a running commentary by myself. I knew it wouldn’t be the same, but I had the support of Will Higgins as co-host, and I enlisted the aid of friends who read appropriate passages from the book as we stopped or slowed. Travis diNicola, founder and director of IndyReadsBooks; Karen Kovacik, IUPUI professor and former Poet Laureate of Indiana; and Judy O’Bannon, widow of the former governor, were eloquent in their readings when we stopped at some of the featured sights.
As we had before, we began and ended the tour at the legendary Red Key Tavern, where Sonny and Gunner meet up in the novel. This time, we added a stop in front of the house I grew up in at 6129 Winthrop where I sat on the roof of the porch and looked for enemy airplanes as a “Junior Air Raid Warden” on The Home Front in WWII, just like the character Artie in my novel “Under The Apple Tree.”
From there, we went down Meridian Street and stopped at Shortridge High School. We went inside to the first floor hallway where Judy O’Bannon, another Bus Tour traveler, the Pulitzer Prize photographer Bill Foley, and I have our plaques on the wall of The Shortridge Hall of Fame (along with Kurt Vonnegut and my classmates from the Class of 1950, Indianapolis Indians President Max Schumacher and Senator Richard Lugar (he and I wrote sports columns for the “Shortridge Daily Echo.”)
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We stopped outside the former Herron Art Institute which is now one of the leading high schools in the state, and Karen Kovacik read the passage in “Going All The Way” when Sonny and Gunner go there in hopes of expanding their minds by “looking at art” and trying to figure out the appropriate comments, stances and length of time spent at each painting to appear to be aficionados. Instead, they spot an attractive young woman who they find is far easier to appreciate.
Will directed our bus to The Riviera Club which was one of the havens of summer for neighborhood kids in Broad Ripple when I was growing up, and we got out to stand by the November-empty pool with a gracious host from The Club. I read a passage of the novel when Gunner recalls a dark memory from high school of him and his friends being turned away because one of the boys with them was Jewish (based on an incident with me and some of my Shortridge friends back in the ’40s).
Such an incident couldn’t happen now in the Club that identifies itself as “a place for everyone, a truly inclusive and unique club representative of the many diverse neighborhoods and individuals around us. Today the Riviera Club is a welcoming family-friendly environment for people of any background.” Some things do change for the better.
Our intrepid driver took us next to the top of Crown Hill Cemetery which still affords the best view of the city. It was there that Sonny and Gunner went to contemplate their future by the statue of James Whitcomb Riley, “The Hoosier Poet.”
Everyone got off the bus to stretch and enjoy the view when a cache of beer, soda and mineral water was found with a note attached that said
, “Hey, Bus Guys – As you’re contemplating your future, have one on me! – best, Tom Cassleman.”
“Tom Casselman” was the name of the fictional character known as Gunner in the novel. Now it can be revealed that the drinks and the note had been cleverly stashed there beforehand by tour organizer Higgins.
For the sake of historical accuracy, I explained when we got back on the bus that Crown Hill was not only visited by high school kids who went to the top to exchange deep thoughts, but also by those who found its darkened, winding pathways good places to “park” at night with a date and not be interrupted by the intrusive beams of prowling police.
Back at The Red Key, we told more stories, renewed acquaintance with old friends and made new ones, played old favorites on the legendary jukebox (surely no other jukebox in town or maybe in the whole country has Benny Berrigan’s classic 1939 recording of “I Can’t Get Started”) and ordered the famous Red Key burgers with Dolly’s homemade potato salad.
I thought of the words of poet William Herschell (often erroneously attributed to James Whitcomb Riley), “Ain’t God good to Indiana? Ain’t he, fellers? Ain’t he though?” That epic verse hung on the wall of the old Broad Ripple Branch Public Library, attached to School #80 (now a condo), where I learned to read.
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RIYADH, December 10, 2019
Goco Hospitality, a leading operator of wellness properties based in Bangkok, Thailand, said it has been signed up as wellness core consultants for Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Amaala resort project along with its sister company Horwath HTL Health & Wellness.
The 'uber-luxury' wellness tourism destination, Amaala is spread over a 3,800 sq km area along the Red Sea on the northwest coast of Saudi Arabia.
Part of the Kingdom’s Saudi Vision 2030 programme, Amaala is a top-tier tourism giga project set to curate transformative, personal journeys inspired by arts and cultures, sports and wellness and the purity of the Red Sea.
A major player in the wellness sector, Horwath HTL had developed multiple financial analyses and lease- and non-lease-backed residential rental scenarios (branded and non-branded) that provided vital information for the wellness core concept, created by Goco Hospitality.
As the wellness core specialist consultant, Goco Hospitality has also been assisting Amaala by offering wellness guidance for the master planning stage, as well as technical services and design recommendations.
The duo will conduct a strategic advisory for the luxury mixed-use development project dedicated to wellness and sustainable operating and building practices.
Under this agreement, Founder and CEO of Goco Hospitality and Managing Director of Horwath HTL Health & Wellness Ingo Schweder, alongside leading experts, will provide hospitality development and industry expertise to Amaala CEO Nicholas Naples.
Schweder said: "It is a great honour to be appointed as a wellness advisor for the Amaala project. Working with Naples and the Amaala team is not only exciting but also eye-opening as I learn from the world’s best industry experts."
"I am proud to be a part of this project, and I hope that our focused input will help drive a concept of wellness that can be found across Amaala, a project that I believe will set a new benchmark for the luxury wellness hospitality industry," he stated.
According to him, Triple Bay is the wellness core of Amaala and is set to become one of the most complex health and wellness destinations in the world, featuring the most advanced wellness, medical and surgical facilities.
The wellness core will include an integrative holistic wellness resort, medical wellness resort, a wellness village and a fully functioning wellness research institute, he stated.
The Thai hospitality group said the Wellness Research Institute, being planned at the Saudi resort destination, will serve as an on-site centre for wellness scholarship, grounded in Arabian cultural knowledge and science.
New scientific collaborations will be built and new evidence will support and shed light on historic cultural traditions that will offer unique insight into ways of combatting lifestyle disease and promoting wellness across the Amaala project and the world, it stated.
The Wellness Village will act as a key component, offering guests from across Amaala the chance to experience sustainable wellness through world-class cuisine, events and retail, as well as the most innovative beauty, holistic and medical wellness offerings.
The Wellness Research Institute will offer a platform for science-based wellness research and educational offerings that are deeply grounded in health and wellbeing, exploring the knowledge of local wellness traditions and cultures, said the statement from Goco Hospitality.
In addition to the wellness core, Amaala will feature a range of active sport offerings and include state-of-the-art equestrian facilities, polo, diving, yachting, golf, falconry, camel racing and more.
Other areas of Amaala which include the Island and the Coastal Development, will be home to world-class resorts, arts and culture programming, bespoke retail, dining, as well as a contemporary art museum and marine institute, stated the Thai group.
Amaala will also host ongoing events with internationally-acclaimed artists and cultural entities, alongside international sailing and yachting regattas, polo tournaments and auctions, it added.-TradeArabia News Service
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Two seconds ago, you finished Part 9 which involved a lot of irritated, wordy tangents from yours truly, followed by a trip through another boring dungeon. The heroes were just about to grab the Green Moon Crystal, the ultimate goal of this whole unfortunate venture. What will happen next?!?!
"Well, it looks like the Crystal is probably sealed in here," Vyse says of the altar at the front and center of the ruined chamber. Honestly, I'm a bit surprised that he would be able to make a deduction like that. Sure, it may seem obvious to us, but for Vyse to figure something like that out without actually seeing the Moon Crystal and having someone say, "Hey, the Moon Crystal is in that altar!" three or four times...well, we've really come a long way.
But before they actually bother with the Crystal -- it's not like they're in a hurry or anything -- Pippi has to examine the decor because she's a girl and chicks dig that stuff. "Hey everyone... Look over here! The person on this wall looks like Fina!" The camera switches to a view of said wall and if I were Fina, I'd either slit my wrists or turn my shiny Pokemon into a spiked bat and bludgeon Pippi with it. Because while the subject of the hieroglyphic-style painting is wearing a dress similar to Fina's, it also has gaping, empty eyesockets and a Barbara Streisand nose. I think it's also supposed to be wearing a circlet around its forehead, but it looks more to me like a safari hat. To add insult to injury, there appear to be two half-naked legless babies, one on either side of "Fina," floating around in gigantic diapers. How flattering.
Yup, that looks just like her.
"I wonder if this is that 'Quetya' the villagers were talking about," Vyse muses, which once again shocks me to my very core, since this means that he not only acquired a functioning memory but was also able to use his reasoning abilities which until now lay dormant in his tiny brain. In short, because the Whoretekan villagers kept mixing up Fina with Quetya, and now the party is at some ancient sacred shrine painted with a butt-ugly person wearing Fina's outfit, the figure in the painting must be Quetya. Of course, there's always a chance that Vyse is wrong, but he's not. Holy crap, for a single instant Vyse is a god compared to the rest of the mental midgets in this game. It's safe to assume this won't last, but there was no way I couldn't spend a paragraph gawking over it. Which is kind of sad.
Fina reads aloud from the crazy rune symbols on a nearby pillar. It basically says that the Silvites sealed away the Green Gigas after the Rains of Destruction and stored the Green Moon Crystal in this spot. Which we already knew, right? I'm not going to go back and double-check. So assuming that we already knew this information, it would be the equivalent of me reading through a mess of kanji to come up with, "Suikoden is a game about gay guys." And then my e-penis would shrink and I wouldn't be able to impress that hot Japanese supermodel that I'm stalking. Anyway, I'm kind of a big liar here because we do learn one piece of new information about the Green Gigas -- its name is Grendel.
More important than the fact that I remember something I learned in high school English half my lifetime ago is the very un-pervy nature of the Gigas's name. Maybe my creativity is just failing, but I don't see a clever way to make a phallic or otherwise sexual nickname out of "Grendel." This is truly a dark day in the history of recapping. But never fear! We still have to meet the Gigas (SPOILER!!!) so there's still a chance that something will spark my sick mind.
Fina surmises that it wasn't some sad, Silvite-loving fanboy that carved the symbols into the pillar, but the Silvites themselves. Well, that would be the logical conclusion from the statement "We, who have come from the Temple of the Silver Moon." Since Vyse is all smart now, he should have realized that already, right? Not so fast. "These are the ruins of Ixa'taka, right? Why would Silvites come here?" he durrs. As much as I would not weep if all of Ixa'taka were ruined, these are actually the ruins of Rixis. In addition, I think we already know why the Silvites came to Rixis -- to seal away the fucking Gigas. That's what it said on the God damn pillar! Pay attention!
I don't know why anyone would want to come to this steaming shit pile of a continent either.
Fina expands on this. "But even after the Rains fell, Grendel still terrorized the lands for many generations to follow. The Silvites came here to contain him." Well, the writers aren't going to get away with such a claim without me picking it apart. The Gigas, we have previously learned, are powerful enough to be called "weapons of mass destruction." Fina freaked like a Gamefaqs fanboy reading a yaoi fanfic the very first time they were mentioned. We are currently traveling all over the damn place collecting the Moon Crystals so that the bad guys can't get to them first and summon the Gigas, because that would be Really Fucking Bad. Plus, we've already fought one of the Gigas, which wasn't the most impressive thing in the universe -- except for its massive quadra-schlong -- but still had quite the destructive jizz-beam attack. Despite all this, we're supposed to believe that this fearsome, terrible Green Gigas terrorized Ixa'taka for generations -- as in at least forty years if we're assuming a bare minimum of two generations-- without pulverizing the land and its inhabitants into dust. The worst ruins we've seen, the city of Rixis, still has walls standing and magical platforms functioning. Maybe it's just me, but I don't think Grendel quite measures up to what we would normally consider a weapon of mass destruction. I'm not quite ready to write all the Gigas off without further evidence -- it might be that Grendel is the crappy, ineffective Gigas that only got into the club because his dad was once the president of the Gigas or something.
Needless to say, I'm not exactly concerned about my chances of survival in the inevitable battle with Grendel.
Even though I just went off on that big rant, Fina isn't done with her story. She exposits that Grendel destroyed the entire Green Civilization except for "a few primitive tribes of scavengers." Keep in mind that these scavengers were, at the very least, the grandchildren of the people who were kids when Grendel started its attack. Anyway, Drachma has to contribute to the conversation so we don't forget he's there, and he comments that the Ixa'takans considered the Silvites gods because they saved them from the scary, yet sadly incompetent, Grendel. We cover once again that this is why the people of Whorteka thought Fina was "Quetya." I think we've got it now.
But what we don't have is the very goal of this annoying, battle-ridden, platform-riding trek -- the Green Moon Crystal. It's not in the altar, and it didn't just get knocked down between the altar and the wall. Although that would be kind of funny. A lot funnier than where it really is. Unbeknownst to our protagonists, the camera zooms out far enough for us to see the lower edge of a robe, worn by some guy hiding around the corner. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out -- obviously it's the guy the group chased up here. Drachma, his senses sharp even in his extreme old age, detects the presence of this stranger. "Don't let him get away! He might have the Crystal!" Drachma bellows. The robed stranger, all "Oh shit!" starts running down the temple stairs as fast as his long skirt allows.
Now, if this guy -- let's call him Peter, since I'm tired of trying to find ways to refer to him -- did steal the crystal before everyone showed up, then he's an imbecile for sticking around long enough to be discovered, rather than escaping while the others were occupied with fighting the enormous gay bird. Not that "imbecile" really has much meaning in this game anymore. As it turns out, Peter doesn't have the crystal hidden on his person, which causes me a great deal of relief since there's really only one place he could hide it. But I'm getting ahead of myself here.
So back to the heart-pounding "chase" scene! Drachma ejects his mechanical arm toward Peter, but misses spectacularly. Vyse to the rescue! You guys should know by now that no matter how much stupidity we've seen, there's always something that further transcends the very limits of stupid. This next sequence is a perfect example of this concept. The temple staircase has flat, slanted sides, which Vyse freaking surfs down, quickly catching up to the fleeing Peter. This type of physics-raping sequence is always retarded, no matter whether it's Vyse, the FFX cast, or Legolas as the perpetrator. I suppose to make myself feel better, I could fanwank that Vyse rigged his boots with some sort of magical pirate skis the same way he rigged his telescope eye patch, but I am just not that good at fooling myself. At last, Vyse launches himself off the railing, knocking Peter to the ground and straddling his ass. At least buy him a drink or something.
When we return from the Black Screen of the Rest of the Party Walking Down the Stairs, the entire party is standing around, staring at Peter. Peter has not recovered from Vyse's sexual assault, and remains on all fours, hanging his head in shame. The March of Ominous Plot Information accompanies a verbal reaming of Peter by Pippi. Jesus, this guy is going to need tons of therapy. Pippi realizes just now that Peter is not actually a ghost, but I guess I should give her credit for figuring something out without one of the male characters specifically telling her "This guy is not a ghost."
When Drachma inquires about Peter's true identity and goal, Peter collapses on the ground, begging Drachma not to kill him. It's not like Drachma is exactly the soft cuddly puppy type, but Peter's response is just a wee bit over-the-top. If I were Drachma, the whining and groveling would incite more of a murderous rage than the constant running away. Turns out that Peter's actually an Ixa'takan high priest whose job is guarding the ruins -- and according to him, he's been in the ruins for quite a while. "If anyone tries to loot what's in these ruins, or steal the Sacred Green Stone, I contact King Ixa'taka."
That dirty little pigfucker!
We never find out exactly how Peter is supposed to contact King Ixa'taka -- I'm thinking cell phones -- but that's not the important thing here. Once again, Pippi manages to put two and two together which just might be a record for her: "Wait a minute... you mean to tell me that the king knew where the Lost City was all this time?" Yes. Yes he did indeed. Peter makes it sound like they only discovered it relatively recently, even though they've known about the riddle for generations. So it's not like this isn't still stupid. "And here, we found the Sacred Green Stone. The king and Isapa were very happy because we could use the Stone to stop the Valuans."
That's right. This time it won't be the Valuans responsible for unleashing the Gigas, but the fucking douchenozzle king and his cohorts. Now I'm just pissed off. There is a spectacular, record-breaking amount of retardation at play here, and every bit of it has involved -- and will continue to involve -- more work for me. If King Dickcheese had told Vyse upon their first meeting, "Yeah, sorry, but no one in the world knows about this Rixis place" then...well, okay, there wouldn't be much of a game plot there, but it would have made some sense in terms of his objective. But no -- he had to be all, "Uh, go save Isapa and he'll give you the directions...yeah," just so I was forced to endure that stupid mine cart dungeon and its fifty asszillion random battles. At that point, Isapa could have just made up some false riddle to throw Vyse and the others off the scent. Which, again, wouldn't have forwarded the plot any, but would have kept King Dickcheese's plan a secret. But the Ixa'takans, after discovering Rixis, left Peter there among the monsters and Zivilyn Bane and placed the jewels back into the Big Assfucking Bird and the Douchebaggy Golden Guy, just so that I could go on that little scavenger hunt and retrieve them. This was followed by that awesomely fun trek through the ruins, only to find the conspicuous Peter the Priest and not the Moon Crystal. To summarize -- pretty much everything I've done in Ixa'taka: a) proves that the king and probably all Ixa'takans are among the dumbest idiots we've encountered in the game, and b) was completely pointless, on top of being irritating.
I knew it! I should have let De Loco burn the entire fucking place to the ground!
After Vyse gasps in shock at this piece of news, the action cuts to King Dickcheese and his loyal fucking assfuckers standing in front of a stone pedestal in the deep jungle somewhere. "Isapa, now that you are free, and the Valuans are busy looking for Vyse and his friends, we can summon the mighty Giant," KD exposits, holding aloft the shining green stone. I like how the game designers are trying to make it seem like the last several hours of the game weren't totally pointless, but were part of a calculating plot to get Vyse out of the way. Whatever. Like anyone buys that.
And you'd want to do that why?
We are treated to a close-up of KD as he lowers the crystal into the pedestal, commanding Grendel to rise up and smite the Valuans. Seeing him and his stupid outfit again just makes me want to stab him to death with his ugly hat horns. Fucker. Don't mind me. Anyway, the earth starts to rumble and some birds fly off in panic. "Vyse... Please forgive us... There is no other way for us to save the forests and people of Ixa'taka," Isapa monologues from the background as the camera continues to focus on King Dickcheese and his vapid ass-face. Because the last time Grendel got loose, it was such a good thing for the people and forests of Ixa'taka. If it were up to me, Vyse would never forgive these inexcusably idiotic assholes. I hate Ixa'taka.
The scene fades out on a massive green jizz-beam fountaining up from the pedestal, and back in on our gathering of heroes, still surrounding Peter at the base of the temple. The ground is shaking here, too -- I thought they were on a floating island above the main island. I may be wrong (possible) or the game designers just wanted to inject some drama at the expense of believability (just as possible). "What's that rumbling sound?" Vyse wonders. You can't blame him -- it's been a whole 45 seconds since he found out about the king's plan and his memory doesn't last that long. But he's quickly reminded of the dire situation when a light shaft bursts out of the clouds several miles away and a deafening roar resounds through the sky. Well, the roar is a bit girly, so it's not all that frightening -- I'm just trying to add to the atmosphere. "Someone is summoning Grendel!" Fina shrieks. Oh, so that's what's happening!
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InExile,
It has made reconsider some of my beliefs about democracy or that a republic would ensure a better quality of leaders than authoritarian regimes over the longer term. While ofcourse there are several instances from the 20th century of a fascist party (or a far left party) coming to power via a democratic election I still find it quite amazing that Trump with his clownish antics, offensive statements, petty attacks and occasional forays to fascist dog whistles would nevertheless get 46% of the vote in a country like the United States with a long history of democracy, stable institutions and a free media.
that's a pretty small sample, though. what the democratic system generally offers is a -better chance- of not having a catastrophic leader, because pandering to the mean will generally get you a middling-competent leader.
Trump is pretty terrible, definitely in the bottom 5 Presidents we've ever had, but despite that the US economy continues to grow, the next world war's not been started, etc.
obviously that's not to say everything is well. but it's not so much the idea of democracy that is failing here, it is the sclerosis of the system. the founders knew full well that there were going to be a lot of idiots and populists pandering to those idiots in any democratic system, which is why the system they put into place was NOT a very democratic one. it was a democratic system for the -social elite-.
over time, that's become less and less tenable. so right now we have a kludge of a system where there's a lot of anti-majoritarian institutions (Senate, Electoral College, etc) that have none of their benefits and all of their disadvantages! the idea was to turn "ambition against ambition", yet we see Senators completely in thrall to the Executive Branch. the Electoral College was supposed to prevent morons like Trump from getting into the Presidency in the first place, but we all saw how where that went...and had the Electors actually over-turned his election, there would have been a massive Constitutional crisis.
the system worked fairly well when it came to Nixon, but it is in desperate need now for a revamp. too many of the "it just isn't done, old chap" unspoken rules and norms have been violated, and something new needs to be instituted in its place.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "My ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."- Isaac Asimov
tbm3fan
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Originally Posted by InExile
Trump continues daily to shock with his outlandish behavior and buffoonery, however, I still find it hard to get my head around the fact that somewhere from 42% to 47% of Americans are going to vote him after all this, in 2020 over any Democrat, even a relative moderate like Biden.
Doesn't surprise me at all. What surprises is that the percentage is that high. I have always felt, always, that if presented with the right opportunity 1/3 (33%) of Americans would vote for a far-right fascist oriented politician immediately. It now seems another 12% can be swayed by some smoke and mirrors as has always been the case in the past.
As for the history of democracy, stable institutions and a free media you may have to reconsider the free media and change it to free internet. While I enjoy finding information on the internet about my hobbies, and talking with you fine characters, overall I could do without the internet. No matter the good intentions many of these great things ultimately get subverted.
InExile
Originally Posted by astralis
Yes, and I still think that if Trump were on the verge of a truly catastrophic decision, the system would still be able to stop him whether by the 25th amendment or some other way. Though, while I used to fear a mistake or miscalculation by Trump with disastrous consequences, now I think the chances of that are quite unlikely, Trump for all his bombast is basically averse to conflict that could cause actual damage.
No doubt there are possible changes to the system that are needed, however I think one of the issues here that there are a significant number of voters in a democracy who will vote for a leader with significant flaws and authoritarian leanings as long as he panders to their ideological instincts and fears. I think this tendency is always present although its exacerbated at times of national or economic stress or hyper partisanship and political decay. For all the flaws of the Weimar Republic in the 1930s I don't think any changes to the system would have made a difference at that point to the destruction of democracy as a majority of Germans had given up on liberal democracy and supported authoritarians on the right and the left.
Ofcourse, the US is nowhere near such a scenario with far stronger institutions; and ofcourse Trump has not actually veered openly into fascism inspite of skirting the line now and again. Neverthless a significant number of voters are willing to vote for populist candidates with authoritarian leanings in spite of significant personality and character issues. I think if a left wing version of Trump ran as a democrat he would still get 30-35% vote (although in the US system that would result in a 50 state landslide loss).
Last edited by InExile; 10 Nov 19, at 08:52.
Just that 20th Century politics has not yet caught up with 21st Century systems of influencing people. Nothing wrong with the system per se but the safeguards need updating.
I was trying to come up with an example of a fascist party being elected as a fascist party – rather than as something else, and then becoming fascist – but kept drawing a blank. Mussolini had communists, socialists and labor as key elements in his first election victories, and then “superseded” the need for elections. Romania’s 1933 “Everything for the Country” Party was national-Christian.
Argentina? Egypt?
Trust me?
I'm an economist!
Rather than look for a fascist party look for fascist oriented politicians, the term I used, who use fascist techniques in their speeches and campaigns. By doing that one can see that Orban of Hungary, Erdogan of Turkey, Le Pen of France, Salvini of Italy, and Abascal of Spain, to name a few, fit the profile. Now how far they go is entirely dependent on the country, their people, their current history and system of government, and the military. Trump does use some classic fascist techniques. such as his famous alternative facts and nationalistic screeds, but also has a tougher road than the others due to the qualities of our country. However, stranger things have happened, both with the voting populace and the mental stability of the politician who is looking for an opening.
The term Fascist is way too overused these days by people who don't remember and don't care what it originally meant. It has become de rigueur to delegitimize the opposition by terming them fascist/bigoted/nationalist/far right etc. by the supposedly liberal left. Trump is a despicable person and a clown who shouldn't be anywhere close to power in my opinion, but he is not a fascist. Victor Orban who has been fighting democratic elections and has spent time in power as well as in the opposition in parliament and continues to abide by Hungary's democratic rules is also not a fascist. Erdogan's case is different since he has become the de-facto dictator of Turkey having stamped out the opposition in an un-democratic manner. Lumping Orban, Bolsonaro or Trump with him is immensely problematic. The left-liberals these days believe that anyone who holds nationalistic or socially/economically conservative views must be a fascist/far right/ultra-nationalist by definition!
I'm sure we'll soon reach a point where anyone to the right of Sanders and AoC will be termed a fascist and erstwhile liberals will find themselves as targets too. Gabbard is already persona non-grata as far as "liberals" are concerned and I wouldn't be surprised if Biden is termed too right wing in the not too distant future.
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Originally Posted by Firestorm
Words of course have a way of changing meaning over time ("We'll have a gay old time!") and certainly even current political terms can be misused and deliberately twisted completely out of recognition ("Democratic People's Republic of Korea"). So describing someone as a Fascist (note the capital F) doesn't necessarily make them a devotee of Mussolini's Partito Nazionale Fascista.
Even a small-f fascist can described in many ways. So yeah, it can be problematic. But I do feel that Trump can reasonably be described as a neo-fascist. He is of course constrained by the laws and democratic traditions of the United States. But those, let's call them at the very least authoritarian, impulses are clearly visible, rising off Trump like clouds of steam off hot asphalt after a rainstorm. Small wonder, he's been the sole proprietor of a relatively small privately-held company for the vast majority of his life, answerable to virtually no one, with a decades-long track record of flouting any law he finds inconvenient (see more below). His current courtroom defense strategy is to assert complete and total immunity from any prosecution whatsoever....including of course his famous boast of shooting someone on Fifth Avenue with impunity.
So let's take a look at a quote from history about fascism and see if it's applicable to Trump.
The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
At the moment, the United States Government is almost completely in the thrall of Donald Trump. The usual checks and balances have been thrown out the window as Trump, aided and abetted by the Republicans in Congress, has consistently defied subpeonas by the House of Representatives and ordered members of the Executive Branch to do the same. A few have broken ranks, but entirely of their own accord. These outliers are immediately pilloried by Trump in public and accused of treason. It's reasonable to say that Trump's motto is "L'etat c'est moi"
Yeah, I have no problem calling Donald Trump a neo-fascist.
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~ Lindsey Graham
"The notion that you can withhold information and documents from Congress no matter whether you are the party in power or not in power is wrong. Respect for the rule of law must mean something, irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles."
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Trump-nominated Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against NY officials, House committee over taxes
A federal judge on Monday issued another blow to President Donald Trump and his ongoing effort to avoid having his tax records turned over to Congress.
U.S. Judge Carl Nichols granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that Trump filed in July over the TRUST Act in New York, which gave Congress the authority to retrieve tax information from New York residents.
In granting the dismissal, he noted that the president, "has not met his burden of establishing personal jurisdiction over either of the New York Defendants."
The president's lawsuit named the House Ways and Means Committee, New York Attorney General Letitia James and the commissioner of the New York Department of Taxation and Finance, Michael Schmidt. ABC News reported at the time that Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has hesitated to use the new law to request the president's state returns.
In their complaint, Trump's lawyers claimed that Neal had "expressed a renewed interest in utilizing" the statute.
Nichols wrote that "such a speculative statement" about Rep. Richard Neal's "interest in utilizing" the TRUST Act "does not satisfy" the court.
Shortly after the judge issued his ruling, New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement applauding the decision.
"We have said all along that this lawsuit should be dismissed and we are pleased with the court's conclusion," James said. "The TRUST Act is an important tool that will ensure accountability to millions of Americans who deserve to know the truth. We have never doubted that this law was legal, which is why we vigorously defended it from the start and will continue to do so."
In response, the president's personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, downplayed the implications of the ruling.
"Regarding the tax case out of DC -- we are reviewing the opinion," Sekulow said. "The case against the Ways and Means Committee proceeds in federal court."
Sekulow was referring to a separate lawsuit with similar implications for the president' highly sought after tax information. The House Ways and Means Committee filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration seeking six years of the president's tax returns. A judge has not yet ruled on that case.
Modified the actual headline a little to reflect an inconvenient fact to Trump followers...And another court defeat is handed to the would-be autocrat in White House.
I hope I didn't go over your head with my comment. I didn't say fascist politician but fascist oriented politician as there is a difference. Therefore all the names I listed do qualify when you take a look at the standard practices of a fascist. Some score higher in use of the techniques and some score lower but all show the tendency. Question is can outside forces/influences keep those tendencies in check. Sometimes it has and sometimes it hasn't.
As far as one holding nationalistic views that is one aspect of fascism. Two, socially conservative views are another since most of the time the nationalistic view is to make the country great for the native people and not others. It is pretty obvious to me who Trump thinks are the chosen and who aren't. Just sayin'.
I do spell the word with the small "f" as I am not implying the definite Fascism of Mussolini and Hitler. I also feel the word has been so overused by those for all other kinds of reasons as to now cloud what it originally defined which was an ideology that morphs. How about using Nationalism in that it is inward looking, trends towards the natives, is against change in all manner of things, and thinks it can return a nation to a former period of unquestioned superiority?
Anyway it sounds to me that you are caught up in the times where it is either all far right and all left liberal. Most people I know are centrist and nowhere near left liberal but are called such. No surprise because that is exactly what the right wants by repeating ad nauseam. It has worked so well that even I believe TopHatter is a left leaning liberal...
Originally Posted by tbm3fan
Heh, yeah, I get accused of that the moment I say anything less-than-obsequious about Donald Trump.
It's rather amusing how the Enraged Kool-Aid Drinker script gets whipped out and read verbatim.
tbm3fan,
Interesting point, but not mine.
I’m looking for a party that said, “We’re fascists, and proud of it!” And, then got elected legitimately.
Firestorm,
I assure you I know what fascism is. Intolerant, state-first, nationalistic control, to put it in a nutshell.
Go ahead and say whatever you like about The Trumpet. That’s not my topic in this thread.
TopHatter,
I think FDR got it wrong. His description sounds more like capitalism running amok, and by the way, the prime examples of fascism – Nazis, et al – were all in favor of private enterprise, provided it served the objectives of the ruling party / state.
So, examples?
DOR,
there's only so many examples from fascism's hey-day. there's elements of it in Orban's/Erdogan's/Putin's elections, and yes, a bit in MAGA.
kinda, sorta. the Nazis had a hard-on for big "private" enterprises, because they viewed small business as naturally inefficient. and you had to buy-in to the Nazi philosophy the higher-up you went. sorta like Xi Jinping's idea of how businesses ought to be run, now that i think of it.
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Albany Rifles
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Prince George, VA
don't you recognize the SACRIFICES the Trump family have made??
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ces-he-writes/
It was the day before his father was inaugurated president of the United States when the weight of the office first washed over Donald Trump Jr.
President-elect Trump and the new first family were at Arlington National Cemetery, where Trump was to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns.
“I rarely get emotional, if ever,” Trump Jr. wrote in his new book, “Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us.” “Yet, as we drove past the rows of white grave markers, in the gravity of the moment, I had a deep sense of the importance of the presidency and a love of our country.”
He also had another revelation as he watched his father standing in front of the tomb, surrounded by more than 400,000 graves, listening to the Army Band bugler playing taps: The Trump family had already suffered, he recalled thinking, and this was only the beginning.
“In that moment, I also thought of all the attacks we’d already suffered as a family, and about all the sacrifices we’d have to make to help my father succeed — voluntarily giving up a huge chunk of our business and all international deals to avoid the appearance that we were ‘profiting off the office,’” Trump Jr. wrote.
The book bills itself as a 300-page evisceration of PC culture — “the book that leftist elites don’t want you to read,” its Amazon page twice crows. In it, Trump Jr. writes, “A victimhood complex has taken root in the American left.” Yet, in his telling, the real victim is often him, his father or another Trump family member.
I almost threw up when I read that the other day. I swear to God I was physically nauseated...
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Turkey Fan,
I lay this ignorance at the feet of the complete lack of civics education in our schools. We are reaping the harvest of our pivot to everything STEM and dropped civics/history/poli sci from our school curriculums. Our public school textbooks across the nation are designed and approved by the Texas State School Board...Texas gets to do this because they buy so many books they skew the market.
We have raised 2 generations of citizens who do not know what that word means.
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Dua Lipa Announces Album And Upcoming 2020 Tour
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You’ve probably heard her latest single, “Don’t Start Now.” Dua Lipa has officially announced the title of her upcoming album and she got it in ink:
SWIPE FOR ALBUM TITLE 🔐💝
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Dua Lipa’s sophomore album is FUTURE NOSTALGIA — and there’s no taking it back now that it’s a tattoo on her arm. According to Billboard, the idea came from her wish to create something that would become nostalgic “but had something fresh and futuristic about it too.”
Here’s what she says about the sound of the record:
“Because of the time that I’d spent on the road touring with my band I wanted Future Nostalgia to have a lot more of a live element, but mixed together with modern electronic production. My sound has naturally matured a bit as I’ve grown up but I wanted to keep the same pop sensibility as I had on the first record,”
No word on when the album will come out, but it will have to be some times before April 26, because of course she’s gonna go on tour with it, too! That’s when she kicks off the first leg. Nothing in the US has been announced, buuuuut she’s calling it a world tour, so I’m gonna hold my breath.
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After Dark Action set to hit the Big Screens
We've had Horrorfest, 8 Films To Die For and After Dark Originals, now we will be getting After Dark Action. Dark Castle Home Entertainment and After Dark Films will be bringing 5 new actions flicks to theaters on May 11, starring the likes of Scott Adkins, Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. More details and still below, and you can also check out the After Dark Action Official Site.
Los Angeles, CA (April 2, 2012) – Dark Castle Home Entertainment and After Dark Films will debut the new action movie franchise AFTER DARK ACTION, it was announced today by Courtney Solomon, After Dark Films President and CEO. The first generation of AFTER DARK ACTION movies includes five original, adrenaline-pumping films starring international stars such as Jean Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Peter Weller, Jim Caviezel, Cung Le and Christian Slater. AFTER DARK ACTION will showcase the movies theatrically as a commercial film festival in markets nationwide and on VOD on May 11. “After many years with the HORRORFEST ‘8 FILMS TO DIE FOR’ and AFTER DARK ORIGINALS brands, we are excited to expand into the action film arena,” says Solomon. “Our mission is to create innovative, first-rate entertainment for action lovers everywhere.”
AFTER DARK ACTION combines the talents of Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Home Entertainment and After Dark Films for a series of high quality, high-octane action pictures. “Helping Courtney and After Dark put these films together has been a great experience,” Silver says. “The audience is in for a treat.”
The first installment of AFTER DARK ACTION includes:
Transit – Starring Jim Caviezel, James Frain, Elizabeth Rohm, Harold Perrineau and Sterling Knight; and directed by Antonio Negret and written by Michael Gilvary
Dragon Eyes – Starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Cung Le and Peter Weller; and directed by John Hyams and written by Tim Tori
Philly Kid – Starring Neal McDonough, Devon Sawa and Wes Chatham; and directed by Jason Connery and written by Adam Mervis
Stash House -- Starring Dolph Lundgren, Sean Faris, Briana Evigan and Jon Huertas; and directed by Eduardo Rodriguez and written by Gary Spinelli
El Gringo -- Starring Christian Slater, Scott Adkins and Yvette Yates, directed by Eduardo Rodriguez and written by Jonathan W. Stokes
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COMMERNTARY: Save the girl child!
SHARE | Monday, 16 May 2016 | By Staff Writer
The plight of our children needs all this country's citizens to stand and be counted as we seek to protect and nurture the future of this country. In the last two weeks media has been awash with stories of sexual abuse and exploitation of the girl child particularly at primary, junior and senior secondary levels. In her letter of 11 May 2016 the Minister of Education, Dr Unity Dow, shows that a total of 407 students and pupils have dropped out of school since April 2015 due to pregnancy. Of these, 16 are from primary school, 126 from junior secondary schools and 265 from senior secondary schools. She says, in her letter addressed to Councillor Kemmonye Amon “and others” “…these are numbers, cold figures, but behind these figures are real girls whose futures have been altered by your actions”. We cannot agree more.
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In these allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation of the girl child are included names of political leaders in our society. It would now appear that these revelations, including the statistics from the minister, mean that these crimes against the girl child have reached a crisis level, and have to be addressed as a national crisis. As others have said we concur that the President should use powers bestowed on him by the constitution to protect the girl child by instituting a commission of inquiry as has been done by your predecessors when this country was faced with crises which were arguably less disheartening than this. There can be no doubt that it is in the interest of the public that the President appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate instances of sexual abuse and exploitation of the girl child, which instances, as government has just shown with statistics, have reached mammoth and unacceptable proportions.
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We are shocked that even in the face on this national crisis some law enforcement officers were ordered to go and arrest innocent campaigners standing at intersections and traffic lights. It is even more disheartening that this happens just a day after the same police refused to grant the campaigners permission for a peaceful demonstration. While those knowledgeable in law argue that there is no law, which outlaws gatherings by members of the public, we note the notorious Public Order Act, which is often invoked to suppress freedom of association. It is used to suppress dissent by over-prescribing procedures for peaceful demonstrations.
The police, in Botswana often refuse to grant a permit for peaceful march because the recipient has not confirmed that they will receive a petition. This is clearly an excuse to deny those seeking to deliver a petition or to hold a march such opportunity. It is also common knowledge that the police will make all sorts of ridiculous demands and prescriptions on those applying for a permit to hold a march, clearly a strategy to defeat the whole purpose of the demonstration. Such barbaric laws should be repealed and replaced with those that are friendlier to the control of public order, not some archaic statute from days of colonialism.
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The reprieve won by UDC president for the campaigners arrested on Friday may not last long as the state will device other means to counter the campaign by #IShallNotForget movement. Which begs the question, ss government really committed to the fight against the scourge that is the abuse of the girl child, which has been proven to have spiraled out of control?
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B Anomaly: The Interview
I am so happy when i get the chance to share the stories of different LGBT Entrepreneurs in the DMV Area. Well B. Anomaly is no different. Here's our interview.
Who is B. ANOMALY?
A friend, a lover, a fighter, a business man, a man who believe in loyalty love and life
You could've chosen a million names to go by why Anomaly?
Anomaly is something that deviates from what standard or normal, and that's me, I don't do what the normal person does, I move in my own lane lol
We know you had a brief stint in Song writing, what developed that passion?
I've always and still do have a passion for music, and I got into songwriting because I felt the only person that can tell my story is me
A little birdie told us that you had the opportunity to work with a major record label, what made you decline the opportunity?
Several reasons, one being it wasn't the right time, as much as I wanted it it wasn't my time, I was going in for all the wrong reasons, second being I wanted to learn more about the business aspect before making a big jump like that
If you could do it all over again would you decline that once in a lifetime opportunity?
I don't feel it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, I feel that' what's meant for Me (B Anomaly) is going to be for me, if I could do it over again with what I know now, then I would accept the offer
So let's switch gears
I know that you manage a few Adult Entertainers, what made you go into that industry?
I meet a incredible model by the name of Wrath Vengenance at the time he was called, who introduced me to his manager Carl Anthonii who believed in me and my talent and wanted me apart of their team and the rest is history
Do you feel like its difficult to manage so many personalities and so many different aspects of adult entertainment?
Honestly I don't feel like it's difficult, I just remain myself and humble and I think my personality makes it easy for me to work with people and people work with me
What would you say is your favorite part of managing your team?
Good question lol, umm, I wouldn't say i have a favorite I would say I like the fact that they respect my decision and opinions when it comes to managing their career and best interest
The rooster that you have would you say they are porn stars or would you say you are grooming them to
become mega porn stars?
Yes in my eyes they are mega porn stars, Wrath, Antoine Lust, Capri, and JD (Blackstone) all bring sexiness, spontaneity, Lust, and most important they each stand out in they own way, and most importantly they are all amateur so yes they are mega adult entertainers in the amateur world
We know that you are one of the hottest if not the hottest Adult Party Promoters in the DMV, when did you start?
I started doing parties in 2007 under the name of SE_Boyz
What made you decide to go to start throwing your own parties?
I wanted to provide a safe and comfortable place for men to be able to freak with no expectations, no judgment, none of that, let's be clear I don't do it for the money, some people don't get that attention they want in everyday life so at my events it's a place for them to get the guy they normally wouldn't get even if it is for one night lol
Do you think that the competition in throwing Adult Parties is difficult I'm in this area?
Of course, because everyone wants to be the hottest or No. 1, see I don't compete with any other promoter their is room for each of us,
Who would you say is your biggest competition? Why?
Honestly, I wouldn't say anyone, we should all say we're the hottest, like what do I look like saying I'm the second best, I wouldn't expect any other promoter to say they 2nd to AE (Anomaly Ent) I feel we can all work together, shout out to ZodiacFreakFest, shout out to BGM Partyboiz, shout out to Dexter Terrace parties as someone know him as Lamont, there is no competition from me, if they reading this I would love to work with any of them
When it comes to the business your in their is a lot of shade thrown for the lack of terms, do you feel as though some ppl that may have been around during your start have used you for a "come up "?
Of course I do, lol, several of them, I'll spare the names but of course I do, and that's fine, because whether they want to admit I help them get to where they at, and some tried but didn't succeed lol
What would you say sets an Anomaly Ent party aside from others that are thrown?
The fact that people like the that I make them feel comfortable, not saying others don't, but I'm out and about doing parties, anyone that's been to my parties knows I don't participate at all, I'm constantly checking on them and making sure they are feeling comfortable and having a good time, and also the non judgment rule, people love that
With all that you do, do you feel that it is hard to date because of judgement?
At times yes, because people don't understand it, they look at it from a different point, even with managing models people think oh I sleep with every model I sign etc typical stereotypes, I separate my business from my personal
If you weren't managing, writing and throwing parties what would you be doing?
I would still have some hand in the entertainment world, but probably more behind the scenes lol
Any last words for your fans?
Thank You for all the support and being loyal, not only to me but anyone and anything that has been associated with Anomaly Ent, and also remember be you, don't try to impress or please anyone and ifs ok to be that Anomaly. We just getting started and there's a lot more to come from Anomaly Ent so stay tuned
And Tyrieak I wanna thank you for doing this interview and giving people a chance to get to know Anomaly a little more, we def have to do more.
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Remember the agents of the Special Operations Executive
The memorial to the members of the Special Operations Executive who worked for the Allies during the Second World War was unveiled on the Albert Embankment in October 2009.
The memorial features a statue of Violette Szabo, who was captured during a mission in occupied France in 1944, executed in early 1945 at Ravensbrück concentration camp at the age of just 23 years.
Alongside the memorial to all the members of the Special Operations Executive, the memorial also features separate plaques to remember the Heroes of Telemark and the Maquis French Resistance Fighters, of which Szabo was a part.
For more information, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8289847.stm
Labels: Memorials, South Bank, things to see
wrigglebrook 8 October 2011 at 09:39
There is a museum in Herefordshire about Violette Szabo.
http://www.violette-szabo-museum.co.uk/
Roberta Wedge 9 October 2011 at 09:16
I find Szabo's story incredibly moving, but the memorial, less so. Pedants' alert: it is not a statue but a herm. I learnt this word in looking up info on the sculpture of Virginia Woolf in Tavistock Square: "a square pillar of stone topped by a bust or head, originally of Hermes". Two female figures: still rare to have public art depicting real women (as opposed to paintings of allegories). I'm campaigning for a third, to Mary Wollstonecraft, and I'm collecting examples at A Vindication of the Rights of Mary. Help welcome! Especially, but not only, London statues. My favourite recent memorial to a person is John Betjeman in St Pancras Station: friend, if you seek a memorial, look around you.
olivia 13 October 2011 at 09:56
At the roundabout near Stockwell underground there is a tribute to Violette Szabo.
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Trujillo, Peru—With the active coordination of Dr. Trevor Jones, UPF-Peru organized a unique event to honor the 2019 UN International Day of Peace. The full auditorium accommodated over 200 guests, including a delegation of ambassadors from Lima. All had the desire to work for peace in our country because a crime wave has been hitting hard at the hearts of all Peruvians.
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The new Lamborghini Huracan: a true Lamborghini ?
By Stanislas|January 14, 2014|In News|7 Minutes
Since 1998, when Audi bought Lamborghini, true petrolheads like us have always been a bit concerned when a new Lambo was released. We always feared the new car would be too well-behaved, too serious, too Audi-ish. As for us, a true Lamborghini is supposed to have a breath-taking look, a screaming voice and outstanding performances. The Gallardo was not what we call a disappointment, so we have good hopes this new Huracan will be a fantastic car.
At first, rumors said the car would be called the Cabrera, which sounded a bit Porschy. But when the first pictures were released, Lamborghini unveiled its official name: the Huracan. No doubt this car belongs to the Lamborghini family because, let’s admit it, most of the Lambos have had quite silly names. But that’s why we love them so much: Lamborghinis must be a bit crazy and childish. And this shows by their name: Countach, Urraco, Reventon, Jalpa, Veneno…
‘Thinking the Huracan looks too much like the Aventador is like saying “No, i don’t find this woman attractive. She looks too much like Scarlett Johansson.”‘
Then, there is the look. And about this point, two schools of thought face up. The first one says that it’s not mental enough and a Lamborghini is supposed to have useless but impressive features such as a rack of rockets as a rear spoiler or a face that shows its teeth like a beast. The second one however thinks there is no need for a Lamborghini to have an overly aggressive shape to be amazing-looking and the most handsome Lamborghinis were a bit more subtle than we might think. As you can imagine, I belong to this second category: I appreciate Lamborghini didn’t make the look of the Huracan very complicated because we would have ended up with a turkey like the Veneno or the Egoista. Of course, some people may think the Huracan looks too much like the Aventador, but it doesn’t make sense to me. That is like saying ‘No, I don’t find this woman attractive. She looks too much like Scarlett Johansson.’ And actually, I like this Huracan more than its big brother: I have always found the look of the Aventador a bit too complicated. In some way, the Huracan reminds me of the 1st gen Murcielago: no huge side air-intake, no massive spoiler but just a breath-taking shape, a simple piece of design and some references to the best-looking Lambos like the Miura, and there is nothing wrong with that.
‘Prettier than a 458, crazier than a 12C, funnier than a 911 Turbo S’
But no matter the look or the name, we can already assume the Huracan will be one of the best pieces of driving from its generation. And there are many reasons for that: first, Lamborghini didn’t give in to the downsizing trend and employs once again the beloved 5.2l V10 we know in the Gallardo and the R8 but it develops now 610hp, which is 5 more what you get in the hardcore 458 Speciale!
Plus, the Huracan is the ultimate outcome of the German-Italian collaboration which first began 10 years ago, when the Gallardo was released. The very first models had a bit of a truck-ish feeling: the handling was harsh and heavy. But the Gallardo got better and better with the launch of several versions: the first Superleggera was more natural, then the LP 560-4 got more matured and so on. In 10 years, the Gallardo simply got funnier. It actually became the 4WD joyful sport car benchmark. And there is no doubt we will find all these accomplishments in this brand new LP 610-4 Huracan.
And last but not least: Lamborghini has finally launched a double-clutch gearbox to match its rivals. The last update of the old E-Gear was not that bad, but this simple-clutch ‘box has always been too brutal compared to the F1 gearbox in the Ferraris. All these promises lead to staggering performances: 0-100 km/h in just 3.2s and 0-200 km/h in less than 10s, it is faster than 10-year-old supercars like the Ferrari Enzo or the Porsche Carrera GT!
As for me, the Huracan is prettier than a Ferrari 458, crazier than a McLaren 12C and funnier than a Porsche 911 Turbo S. But what will it be like on the road? Let’s wait for the first road tests…
Text : Stan, Images : Lamborghini ©
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MASkargo relaunches Guangzhou flight to handle cross-border e-commerce
In order to take advantage of booming cross-border e-commerce, MASkargo will relaunch a nonstop freighter flight between Kuala Lumpur and Guangzhou from June 4 until December 2019. The flight will be operated by an A330-200F twice a week, with a capacity of approximately 60 tonnes per flight. Mark Jason Thomas, chief commercial officer of MASkargo, […]
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DHL Express, EHang launch smart drone in Guangzhou
Cargo drones may not yet be regulated enough to be unleashed into the skies of major airfreight hubs, but major integrators, such as DHL Express, have be partnering with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturers to create increasingly intelligent, reliable and customizable drone systems when the time comes. The latest demonstration took place today in Guangzhou, […]
Yusen Logistics launches express import service in Guangzhou
Japan-based Yusen Logistics launched an express service for airfreight arriving in Guangzhou, China. Upon arrival at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN), cargo will be collected from the airport terminal within six hours as a minimum lead-time, rather than the typical minimum of a full day to collect consolidated cargo at CAN. As part of its […]
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China’s newest all-cargo carrier takes to the skies
Early this morning, Guangzhou-based all-cargo start-up, Longhao Airlines put its first 737-300F into revenue service on a flight between Jiangsu Nantong Xindong Airport (NTG) and Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (CAN). The carrier, which has already inked a deal to carry cargo on behalf of Shenzhen-based SF Express Airlines, has ambitious plans to put five freighters into […]
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China’s aviation authority has granted initial approval for the launch of a cargo airline based out of Guangzhou, in southern China. The approval from the Central and South Regional Administration of the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) cleared the way for Longhao Air to become Guangzhou’s first local cargo airline, and is expected to […]
Ethiopian Cargo returns to Brussels
In what has got to be a sigh of relief for Brussels Airport, Ethiopian Airlines Cargo will resume operations at the airport beginning March 26, with 12 full cargo flights a week. Last November, Ethiopian moved its cargo operations from BRU to Masstricht-Aachen in the Netherlands because of the Belgian government’s delay in responding to […]
Air France-KLM signs JV with China Southern
Rapidly growing China Southern Airlines and ailing Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo, have signed a partnership agreement to create a more extensive global cargo network. Air France KLM will serve the main cities in Australia and supply main-deck capacity to Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh from China Southern’s hub in Guangzhou. AF-KLM’s hubs at Paris Charles De Gaulle and […]
China Southern has stellar first half, adds Vietnam route
In the first half of this year, cargo and mail carried by China Southern, measured in revenue tonne kilometers (RTKs), was up 10.74 percent over 2014, rising from 2.32 billion RTKs last year to 2.57 billion RTKs for the first six months of this year. The traffic volume carried in freighters for China Southern was […]
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China Southern Airlines added twice-weekly 777-200F service from its hub in Guangzhou to London Stansted this past June, and will now increase the frequency to three times per week beginning Aug. 1, according to Air Cargo Asia-Pacific. The service also includes a stop in Frankfurt. Freighter frequencies from Guangzhou to Paris and Vienna were also […]
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China Southern Airlines started Guangzhou, China-Vienna-Frankfurt-Guangzhou freighter service. This brings its Guangzhou-Frankfurt freighter service to five times per week. The new flight is operated by a B777-200F, with three flights weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. China Southern Cargo launched a Guangzhou-Frankfurt-Guangzhou direct flight in July 2013. With the added stopover at Vienna, China Southern […]
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China Southern Airlines launched its third scheduled freighter service from Guangzhou to Europe.
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The American Zonophone Discography: Preface and Acknowledgments
In late 2011, Mainspring Press reached an agreement to complete and publish the unfinished discographies of the late William R. Bryant. This volume of The American Zonophone Records Discography is the first in a long and important series based on Bill’s outstanding work.
Bill’s death in 1995, at the age of forty-four, marked the passing of a giant in the field of discography. Since his ’teens, Bill had collaborated with hundreds of collectors, researchers, and archivists in his attempts to document the complete output of many early record companies whose original files had been lost. He had published several important articles, had co-authored Oxford and Silvertone Records with Martin F. Bryan, and was assisting with preparation of The Columbia Master Book Discography at the time of his death. He had numerous “working discographies” in various stages of completion, but Zonophone was the farthest along.
The discography published here is from the final version of Bill’s manuscript, to which we have added the many additions, revisions, and corrections he had not yet entered. Bill held contributors to a high standard of accuracy, and he didn’t hesitate to return questionable data with a request that its contributor take a second look or supply supporting evidence. Almost invariably, he received the corrected information by return mail. When he did not, he marked a large “NO” next to the suspect data, giving us a clear indication of what not to incorporate here.
In addition to Bill’s data, we have incorporated complete data from Zonophone’s 1910 “Z-” matrix ledger, which was found in the Victor archives thanks to the efforts of John Bolig. Unfortunately, a thorough search of the archives, and even the offering of a substantial finder’s fee, failed to locate the 1911 and 1912 ledgers.
We are especially grateful to Stephen Harding for making available and granting exclusive rights to Bill’s manuscripts and archival materials; and to Tim Brooks and Kurt Nauck for initiating the contact that led to that arrangement, which ensures that this material will be preserved and that Bill’s work will be carried on. Our special thanks also to John Bolig for locating and transcribing the Z- matrix ledger in the Victor archives.
More than one-hundred collectors, researchers, and institutions have contributed their data and expertise to this project since it began in the early 1970s, including Frank Adams, E. G. Anderson, Eric Anderson, Frank Andrews, Arthur Badrock, Joe Baldwin, Thomas E. Banulski, David Barron, Ernie Bayly, John V. Beck, George A. Blacker, Frank Bridges, Tim Brooks, Martin Bryan, Richard C. Burdge, Paul Burgess, Paul Charosh, Donald W. Chichester, Don Cleary, Robert Cogswell, Jerry Cook, Dave Cotter, John Cowles, Frank Curran, Allen G. Debus, Al Dergin, Peter Dilg, Mike Eert, Tim Fabrizio, Milford H. Fargo, Aida Favia-Artsay, Robert Foote, Stanton Golding, Robert T. Gordon, Tim Gracyk, Oliver Graham, Wilfrid Graham, Russell C. Greschke, Mike Haddock, Reginald Hall, Llewellyn Harding, Howard Hazelcorn, Alvin Heckard, James Hedges, John Heliker, Mardon Hinkel, Larry Holdridge, Geoff Howl, Arnold Jacobson, David A. Jasen, Anton Johannes, Dave Jones, G. V. Jones, Albert Kuechle, Henry F. Kurtz, V. Landberg, Edward F. Lafond Jr., S. A. Langkammerer, Peter G. Leavitt, John C. Lemke, Eugene Le Veque, Hal Ljongquist, Kevin LoRusso, Gilbert Louey, Charles G. Mandrake, Rich Markow, Joseph Martel, Leigh Martinet, Earl Matthewson, Eugene McCormick, P. L. Miller, William Moran, Kurt Nauck, Don Nelson, Brevoort Odell, H. H. Patterson, John A. Petty, M. B. Pope, Barbara Prosser, Kim Rauch, Jack Raymond, Jack Read, Quentin Riggs, Norman A. Schweikert, Joesph Sedlar, Claude Seary, William G. Shaman, Henry M. Shaw, Michael Sims, Fred Smith, William J. Sorice, Brian J. Spector, Richard Spottswood, B. L. Taylor, Henry A. Tiemann Jr., Ben H. Tongue, Ray Tump, R. J. Wakeman, C. Wallenstein, Jim Walsh, Richard Warren Jr., Don Wetzell, Raymond R. Wile, and Frederick P. Williams; and staff members of the EMI Archives, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Sony Music Enterprises, and Yale University Library.
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Foot Loose & Fancy Free is Rod Stewart's eighth album, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US. The album is the final album in a string of Stewart's acclaimed 1970s albums, beginning with Atlantic Crossing and ending with A Night On The Town. The album contains elements of hard rock ("Hot Legs"), funk rock ("You're Insane"), and progressive rock ("You Keep Me Hanging On"), as well as Stewart's usual ballads ("You're In My Heart").
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Comment from an audience member
Following the Akerman retrospective screening at ICA on 13th November - at
which a hand-out cited writing by Ivone Margulies in her book "Nothing
Happens: Chantal Akerman's Hyperrealist Everyday", pages p209-210 - A Nos
Amours received this mail, which seems worth sharing (thank you Peter
Benson):
Peter is responding specifically to the Margulies analysis of 'Le
Déménagement':
"Among the pleasures of any complete retrospective are the unexpected and
unknown gems. 'Le Déménagement' was one of these. I do find that most
writings about Akerman miss the immediacy of the films in a torrent of
ideological and semiotic theorizing, and this was particularly true of the
quote from Ivone Margulies in your programme notes. It isn't even accurate.
It isn't true that "the sum of the cinematic devices of 'Le Déménagement'"
is the camera tracking in. In fact, I don't think there are any tracks at
all. When the image closes in gradually, I would have thought that was a
zoom. And more often there is simply a cut to a closer camera position.
The most glaring of all "cinematic devices" in the film are the interspersed
brief moments of blackness as a kind of punctuating beat through the film.
But I also don't accept that the film is "a moral condemnation of the
character". He is absurd (and, of course, hardly 'believable' in a
naturalistic sense) but hardly reprehensible. Sami Frey's wonderful
performance is full of sadness as well as self-satisfaction. I don't think
we are invited to dislike him.
From the perspective of Akerman's later career (as the future adaptor of 'La
Captive') the association that struck me most forcibly was with Proust.
Does not Frey's wavering affection for the three girls resemble the initial
relation of Proust's narrator to the 'little band' of schoolgirls at Balbec?
The final selection of Albertine as the focus of his obsession is almost
arbitrary and accidental. For an extended period of time, his love is
directed towards the girls as a group, thought of as always together. Is
there not truth in Frey's claim that only he loved the three girls equally?
Akerman often disrupts conventional ideas of love relations (as 'Night and
Day' surely makes clear) in ways that can't be confined in the familiar
categories (straight/gay, male/female) to which commentators frequently
confine her. The absurdity of the aspects that cause him to love the girls
(the way one of them says "Zut!", for example) is no more than an
acknowledgement of the fetishism at the root of all desire, and is a very
Proustian observation (Albertine would not have been loved had she not been
first seen against the wide glittering expanse of the sea).
Best then, I think, not to come to Akerman's films armed with theories. But
rather to come ready to be disarmed.
I'm looking forward to the rest of the season."
Peter Benson Nov 2014
An interview with Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy by Keifer Taylor
Despite the usual ballyhoo surrounding the main competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival it never managed to divert attention from Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's intrepid debut The Tribe. Prowling the rampant degeneracy of a boarding school for deaf and mute students the film appropriates moving images, eulogising silent cinema with a technically modernist finesse. I caught up with the high-spirited director via Skype to talk about this standout feature.
Stray Dogs: Thoughts by Patrick Brian Smith
“I want the audience to be constantly reminded that they are watching a film. They are watching a film in the theater. There's a distance. They should have a viewing attitude. There's no need to be absorbed in the viewing. They can choose to be absorbed and also to pull back… It's like the writer I like very much, Brecht. When you are sitting in the theater, you should be aware of that. You should be aware of the fact that you are watching a work of art. So you wouldn't be completely absorbed. That's my ideal.” – Tsai Ming-liang
Is there an intrinsic pleasure to be found in films that relentlessly make manifest their own factitiousness? I want to pick out one scene from Tsai Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs. Actress Lu Yi-ching stands and stares at a mural, a chance discovery in an abandoned Taipei building. Illuminating the composition with a shaking torch, Lu instils a modicum of abstract expressionism into the mural’s landscape. After several minutes, Lu places the torch on the floor and, squatting down, begins to urinate. Within this simple performative gesture Lu’s confrontation brilliantly oscillates between a transfixed escapism and Taipei entrapment. Throughout Stray Dogs Tsai consistently employs Brecht’s Verfremdungseffekt; all the performers oscillate between a state of reflective transcendence and precarious self-awareness.
I urge you to see Stray Dogs. Tsai’s ouvre deals not only with the precarity of existence within contemporary Taipei, but simultaneously the precarious nature of the performative act itself. The fact that these are interlocked so seamlessly – and with a real emotional clout – speaks to Tsai’s true mastery as a visionary filmmaker.
Patrick Brian Smith is a Frederick H. Lowy Doctoral Fellow in the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. His research interests include film aesthetics, labour studies and experimental/avant-garde cinema. He has a forthcoming chapter contribution to a volume in the Edinburgh University Press series, Traditions in World Cinema, on Slow Cinema.
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New Jersey water utility launching program to remove 25 percent of lead from drinking water
HAWORTH, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey water utility announced a new initiative to remove 25 percent of the lead from drinking water in two north Jersey counties, with the ultimate goal of removing all the lead.
SUEZ Water is launching a comprehensive lead service line replacement project, with more than a dozen crews mobilizing across Bergen and Hudson counties.
Company officials say they will target lead service lines, as well as pipes that connect water mains in the street to individual homes.
As many as 100 lead lines will be replaced each week, with a goal of approximately 2,400 by the end of the year.
The $15 million project will remove 50,000 feet of lead from the system.
"This has been an all hands on deck effort to attack this issue. It's a targeted approach that will maximize the amount of lead removed," SUEZ vice president and general manager Mark McKoy said. "We are moving quickly on this serious matter and are thankful to Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise and town officials for working closely with us to help our customers."
The work will begin in eight municipalities over the next several weeks that have the highest number of lead service lines. They include Bogota, Hackensack, North Bergen, Ridgefield Park, Rutherford, Teaneck, Union City and West New York.
Other municipalities with smaller pockets of lead service lines are also being targeted, and crews will begin in Alpine, Lodi, Old Tappan, River Vale, Upper Saddle River and Wallington, and eventually other areas of Bergen and Hudson counties.
In addition, SUEZ is working with Bergen County to replace lead service lines in coordination with road reconstruction projects. Service lines will also be replaced in East Rutherford and Little Ferry in conjunction with roadway improvement projects.
Following a sampling program that found elevated levels of lead in 15 of 108 homes tested in Bergen and Hudson counties, SUEZ has been working intensely to address the issue.
Water quality specialists have been analyzing lab data, and engineers and operations personnel continue to monitor corrosion control and have developed a master plan to remove lead from the system. Others have been coordinating with town officials so that work can begin in early April.
Work is already underway at many of the 15 homes that showed elevated lead levels, and SUEZ is replacing its lead service lines and also providing free replacement of lead lines owned by customers.
"It was important to us to make sure that our customers in these homes know we are doing everything we can for them," McKoy said. "Replacing those lines is the right thing to do."
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Facebook cracks down on hate speech
The social media company banned extremists like Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and Milo Yiannopoulos, saying "we don't allow hate groups to maintain a presence on Facebook."
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One group that is aware of what the Russians did in 2016. Is the company FaceBook that they announced overnight that they are taking new steps to crack down on the misuse. Of their platform both by Russia and by other extremist groups. In a statement saying we don't allow hate groups to maintain a presence on FaceBook we consider a number of different signals among them. Organizations and their leaders. Also that have called for directly carrying out violence against people based a race religious affiliation nationality ethnicity gender sex sexual orientation. Serious disease or disability of course that statement comes as they. Formally kicked off the platform Alex Jones of info wars and Lewis her con live nation of Islam leader. Among others quite a controversial move what does this mean for the presidential campaign coming up. And how did they decide what actually is too extreme we're joined now by two experts in both of those things Jon Cohen RA BC news national security. Can trigger he's eyewitness on the foreign Paul Barrett the deputy director of the NYU. Mr. and center for business in human rights is standing by as well but John let's start with you. What do you make of Facebook's effort today to taxi kick off. People they deem to be extremists. Oh well on the one hand DeVon it. You know if it were it illustrates that FaceBook recognizes that there's a real problem and that their platform along with other. The social media platforms are part of problem. Social media paparazzi just FaceBook YouTube and mr. Graham. Have really become the platform or choice for terrorist groups extremist organizations. Our purpose you know other purveyors of hate even foreign intelligence organizations. To. Use those platforms to spread disinformation or to spread hateful rhetoric directly for the purposes of inciting violence. But at the same time and and I know that packed compositions that law enforcement and Homeland Security officials across the country on this issue. They did their little skeptical that these companies. Are other right entities to police their networks. In that sense we're acting asking a private company to be the arbiter of free speech. To make decisions on whether something's that is being posted on the platform is incendiary or whether it is part of a pattern of behavior that exhibits. You know potential for violence. Were also asking them to do something that very well may be inconsistent with their. There underlying business interest and that raises concerns. About how committed they will be too it so there's there's definitely things that we have to do that relates to social media usage by. I individuals were trying to incite violence or who are about to conduct an attack. But I think it's real skepticism that having these companies police their own network is the right approach. And Paul Barrett some of the criticism that FaceBook. And has encountered both from these individuals that were booted but from others particular conservatives. Is that the definition here is very squishy. Way at what do you make of of where that we're FaceBook has drawn the line for what is and isn't allowed and what constitutes an extremist. Well I mean I think FaceBook. Looks at things or lines of what was just mention in terms of people who harass others in a systematic way. Engaging in hate speech and spread misinformation. Sort of brutally untrue. Facts and I guess I disagree. With your colleague. Because I don't know that there's really an alternative to FaceBook to some degree policing it's our own. Platform because we certainly can't under the First Amendment have a government in that. So the only other alternative it is Facebook's hands are tied it is that there has its total free for all at all times and that just doesn't seem to be the best option. And who should hold them account to account Paul. You know there's a lot of talk here in this town in Washington about imposing regulation. On FaceBook. But again and in today's examples of individuals kicked off the platform. We're hearing from some of the trump people over in the White House complaining again. About the ham handedness with which this is is allegedly done that algorithms identifying people as extremists. Rather than in in portion all human police force if you will so how how do you grapple with that if your company like FaceBook. Well I think they have to move very carefully I don't think they needed and algorithms by cannot buy Alex Jones. As disseminated or of hoaxes and end conspiracy theories and allegations. Such as guided the notion that school shooting. Are false events where children are trained as actors pretend that they'd been shot. So you know I again I think. Inevitably Facebook. A private organization that owns and operates. A an Internet platform. It regulate content is I'm much much less desirable if not unconstitutional on space. John corps how do you respond to that what what what role is there for any or any individual outside of FaceBook itself here. Yeah I aptly disagree with what was just said. They Facebook's actions are probably going to be challenged in court they are platform and while they are private company can regulate what's on their platform. The they're gonna run into the same challenges. About free speech that a government entity would be. Citing aboard do agree is that government should not be regulating speech and law enforcement in particular shouldn't be. In the position of regulating what material is on those platforms with government should be doing. It is incorporating. Social media behavior into broader efforts to identify. Billy behaviors that may be associated with a violent activity. And then using that information as part of a broader effort. To identify high risk individuals and take steps to stop violent attack so try to regulate the speech is can be much harder. Been looking at. At this speech as part of a broad range of behaviors that are associated with violent activity and taking steps to talk about violent attacks. Interest in debate here on Iran on the role of government and the business obligation or FaceBook before we let you go Paul. Won't want to just go back to this definitional issue again gets so much of the criticism today. In the Blogosphere and on social media about these moves is what is the definition. Of extremism obviously as you said some of the examples they are fairly obvious. The budget but does FaceBook need to do more to spell out. What is and is inappropriate and does doesn't that get them into trouble. I would agree review that the more it FaceBook does to publicly explained. The principles that lie behind what they're doing the general principles that their client that it would aces. The better. So I am sure that you do a better job. But I you know I'd I think they're well within. They're rice. And in fact I would say that had an obligation. Two. Demote and or remove material that's prudently false. And that is is dangerous. And final thoughts you Jon Cohen. That I think he did the key is that the federal government to police. And impacting that Custer country. Extreme Stotts and even extreme speech is protected by the constitution. What law enforcement counterterrorism authorities ban and other government agencies are concerned about. It is our identifying people who may be prepared to use those spots that's been motivation for violence. And that's where police and another law enforcement officials like to work more closely with companies like FaceBook. And YouTube. Google. So that they can be more effective in identifying. Behaviors exhibited on the digital street that when looked at broadly. Give us prayed inside the people who are preparing to conduct attacks. Fascinating conversation Jon Cohen joining us by phone ABC news contributor and great depth Paul parent with a city deputy director of the NYU stern center for business and human rights thank you both very much.
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Treaty of August 25, 1828
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Articles of agreement with the Winnebago Tribe and the United Tribes of Potawatamie, Chippewa and Ottawa Indians.
The Government of the United States having appointed Commissioners to treat with the Sac, Fox, Winebago, Potawatamie, Ottawa, and Chippewa, tribes of Indians, for the purpose of extinguishing their title to land within the State of Illinois, and the Territory of Michigan, situated between the Illinois river and the Lead Mines on Fever River, and in the vicinity of said Lead Mines, and for other purposes; and it having been found impracticable, in consequence of the lateness of the period when the instructions were issued, the extent of the country occupied by the Indians, and their dispersed situation, to convene them in sufficient numbers to justify a cession of land on their part; and the Chiefs of the Winnebago tribe, and of the united tribes of the Potawatamies, Chippewas, and Ottawas, assembled at Green Bay, having declined at this time to make the desired cession, the following temporary arrangement, subject to the ratification of the President and Senate of the United States, has this day been made, between Lewis Cass and Pierre Menard, Commissioners of the United States, and the said Winnebago tribe, and the United tribes of Potawatamie, Chippewa, and Ottawa, Indians, in order to remove the difficulties which have arisen in consequence of the occupation, by white persons, of the part of the mining country which has not been heretofore ceded to the United States.
Article I.It is agreed that the following shall be the provisional boundary between the lands of the United States and those of the said Indians: The Ouisconsin river, from its mouth to its nearest approach to the Blue Mounds; thence southerly, passing east of the said mounds, to the head of that branch of the Pocatolaka creek which runs near the Spotted Arm’s village; thence with the said branch to the main forks of Pocatolaka creek; thence southeasterly, to the ridge dividing the Winebago country from that of the Potawatamie, Chippewa, and Ottawa tribes; thence southerly, with the said ridge, to the line running from Chicago to the Mississippi, near Rock Island. And it is fully understood, that the United States may freely occupy the country between these boundaries and the Mississippi river, until a treaty shall be held with the Indians for its cession; which treaty, it is presumed, will be held in the year 1829. But it is expressly understood and agreed, that if any white persons shall cross the line herein described, and pass into the Indian country, for the purpose of mining, or for any other purpose whatever, the Indians shall not interfere with nor molest such persons, but that the proper measures for their removal shall be referred to the President of the United States. In the mean time, however, it is agreed, that any just compensation to which the Indians may be entitled for any injuries committed by white persons on the Indian side of the said line, shall be paid to the said Indians at the time such treaty may be held—It is also agreed by the Indians that a ferry may be established over the Rock River, where the Fort Clark road crosses the same; and, also, a ferry over the same river at the crossing of the Lewiston road.
Article II. The United States agree to pay to the Winebago, Potawatamie, Chippewa, and Ottawa Indians, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, in goods, at the time and place when and where the said treaty may be held: which said sum shall be equitably divided between the said tribes, and shall be in full compensation for all the injuries and damages sustained by them, in consequence of the occupation of any part of the mining country by white persons, from the commencement of such occupation until the said treaty shall be held. Excepting, however, such compensation as the Indians may be entitled to, for any injuries hereafter committed on their side of the line hereby established.
In testimony whereof, the said commissioners and the chiefs of the said tribes have hereunto set their hands at Green bay, in the territory of Michigan, this 25th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight.
Lewis Cass
Pierre Menard
Winnebagoes:
Nan-kaw, or wood, his x mark
Koan-kaw, or chief, his x mark
Hoo-waun-ee-kaw, or little elk, his x mark
Tshay-ro-tshoan-kaw, or smoker, his x mark
Haump-ee-man-ne-kaw, or he who walks by day, his x mark
Hoo-tshoap-kaw, or four legs, his x mark
Morah-tshay-kaw, or little priest, his x mark
Kau-ree-kau-saw-kaw, or white crow, his x mark
Wau-kaun-haw-kaw, or snake skin, his x mark
Man-ah-kee-tshump-kaw, or spotted arm, his x mark
Wee-no-shee-kaw, his x mark
Tshaw-wan-shaip-shootsh-kaw, his x mark
Hoo-tshoap-kaw, or four legs, (senior) his x mark
Nau-soo-ray-risk-kaw, his x mark
Shoank-tshunsk-kaw, or black wolf, his x mark
Wau-tshe-roo-kun-ah-kaw, or he who is master of the lodge, his x mark
Kay-rah-tsho-kaw, or clear weather, his x mark
Hay-ro-kaw-kaw, or he without horns, his x mark
Wau-kaum-kam, or snake, his x mark
Kan-kaw-saw-kaw, his x mark
Man-kay-ray-kau, or spotted earth, his x mark
Thaun-wan-kaw, or wild cat, his x mark
Span-you-kaw, or Spaniard, his x mark
Shoank-skaw-kaw, or white dog, his x mark
Nee-hoo-kaw, or whirlpool, his x mark
Nath-kay-saw-kaw, or fierce heart, his x mark
Wheank-kaw, or duck, his x mark
Saw-waugh-kee-wau, or he that leaves the yellow track, his x mark
Sin-a-gee-wen, or ripple, his x mark
Shush-que-nau, his x mark
Sa-gin-nai-nee-pee, his x mark
Nun-que-wee-bee, or thunder sitting, his x mark
O-bwa-gunn, or thunder turn back, his x mark
Tusk-que-gun, or last feather, his x mark
Maun-gee-zik, or big foot, his x mark
Way-meek-see-goo, or wampum, his x mark
Meeks-zoo, his x mark
Pay-mau-bee-mee, or him that looks over, his x mark
Witnesses present:
W. B. Lee, Secretary
H. J. B. Brevoort, United States Indian Agent
R. A. Forsyth
Jno. H. Kinzie
E. A. Brush
G. W. Silliman
C. Chouteau
Peter Menard, Jun., Indian Subagent
Henry Gratiot
Pierre Paquet, Winnebago Interpreter
J. Ogee, Potawatamie Interpreter
Chippewa, Fox, Ottawa, Potawatomi, Sauk, Winnebago,
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Accrual method
Accounting method that reports income when earned (not necessarily received) and expenses when incurred (not necessarily paid), as opposed to the cash method.
When a taxpayer makes significant rental or business management decisions, such as approving rental terms, repairs, expenditures, and new tenants (versus passive activity). Taxpayers who use a leasing agent or property manager are still considered active participants if they retain final management rights.
Active Pay
The military income a service member receives while on active duty (versus retirement or retainer pay).
Actual Expense Method
One of two methods for calculating business automobile expenses. For the actual expense method, the taxpayer determines the business portion of expenses for fuel, auto maintenance, parking fees and tolls, and auto loan interest. (The other method is the standard mileage method). The actual expense method is out of scope for the VITA/TCE programs.
Additional Child Tax Credit
A credit that may be taken if the full amount of the child tax credit cannot be claimed.
Adjusted Basis
The adjusted basis is the taxpayer’s basis in a home increased or decreased by certain amounts. Increases include additions or improvements to the home such as installing a recreation room or putting on a new roof. In order to be considered an increase, the improvement must have a useful life of more than one year. Repairs that maintain the home in good condition are not considered improvements and should not be added to the basis of the property
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
The taxpayer’s total adjusted gross income (AGI) is the amount that is used to compute some limitations, such as the medical and dental deduction on Schedule A and the credit for child and dependent care expenses.
Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number
A nine-digit tax-processing number issued by the IRS for children who are in the process of being adopted and who can be claimed as a dependent or claimed for a childcare credit. The ATIN is used wherever the child’s social security number is requested.
Advance EIC Payments
Payments of the earned income credit (EIC) paid to qualified taxpayers through the regular paycheck.
AEIC
Advance Earned Income Credit Payments
After-tax Contributions
After-tax means the employee paid taxes on the money when it was contributed, i.e., the taxpayer has a cost basis in the plan.
Age Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child: Was the potential dependent under age 19 and younger than the taxpayer at the end of the year? Or, was the person under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student for some part of each of five months during the year? Or, Was the person any age and permanently and totally disabled?
Alimony is a payment to or for a spouse or former spouse under a separation or divorce instrument.
Allocated Tips
Tips an employer assigns to an employee. They are in addition to the tips the employee reported to the employer.
Alternative Motor Vehicle Credit
Taxpayers may be able to claim a credit for an alternative motor vehicle placed in service for business or personal use. Refer taxpayers who choose to claim this credit to a professional tax preparer.
American Opportunity Tax Credit
A tax credit that temporary changes the Hope educational credit, making it available to a broader range of taxpayers, including higher income taxpayers and those who owe no tax.
Amount Realized
The amount realized is the selling price minus selling expenses commissions, advertising fees, legal fees, and loan charges paid by the seller, such as points).
A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
ATIN
Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number, issued by the IRS while a final domestic adoption is pending and the child does not have a social security number.
At-Risk Rule
One of two restrictions on how much a loss from passive activity can offset other sources of income. Taxpayers are restricted from claiming a loss for more than they could actually lose from the activity; they can claim a loss only up to the amount for which they are personally at-risk in the activity. (The other restriction is the passive activity rule.)
Basic allowance for housing, a type of excludable military income.
Basic allowance for subsistence, a type of excludable military income.
The basis in a home is determined by how the taxpayer obtained the home. If a taxpayer bought or built a home, the basis is what it cost the taxpayer to buy or build that home. If the taxpayer inherited the home, generally the basis is its fair market value on the date of the decedent’s death, or on the later alternate valuation date chosen by the representative for the estate. There are special rules for determining the basis of property received from decedents who died in 2010.
Before-tax Contributions
Before-tax simply means that the employee did not pay taxes on the money at the time it was contributed, i.e., the taxpayer has no cost basis in the plan.
Blocked income
Blocked income is when a taxpayer cannot convert foreign currency to U.S. dollars due to local law or local government policy. Special tax rules allow taxpayers with blocked income to delay reporting part of their income.
Bona Fide Residence Test
To meet the bona fide residence test for the foreign earned income exclusion, taxpayers must show that they have set up permanent quarters in a foreign country for an entire, uninterrupted tax year.
Business expenses are amounts that are ordinary and necessary to carry on a business.
Business income is income received from the sale of products or services. For example, fees received by a professional person are considered business income. Rents received by a person in the real estate business are business income. Payments received in the form of property or services must be included in income at their fair market value.
Qualified business expenses for members of the armed forces such as uniforms, education and travel. Military employee business expenses are necessary business-related expenses incurred by active members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Cancellation of Debt For Principal Residence
Under the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, taxpayers may exclude certain debt forgiven or canceled on their principal residence. This exclusion is applicable to the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness. If the canceled debt qualifies for exclusion from gross income, the debtor may be required to reduce tax attributes (certain credits, losses, and basis of assets) by the amount excluded.
Capital Gain or Loss
Sale of stock, mutual funds, and the sale of a personal residence. The Capital Gain or Loss lesson will help you identify the asset’s holding period, adjusted basis, net short-term and long-term capital gains or losses, the taxable gain or deductible loss, the tax liability, and the amount of any capital loss carryover.
Capital gains passed to investors typically by Mutual funds (regulated investment companies) and real estate investment trusts (REITs)
See Capital Gain Distributions
Capital Loss Carryover
A taxpayer cannot take net losses of more than $3,000 ($1,500 for married taxpayers filing separately) in figuring taxable income for any single tax year. The allowable loss is referred to as the deduction limit. Unused losses can be carried over to later years until they are completely used up. The carryover losses are combined with the gains and losses that actually occur in the next year.
Accounting method that reports income when constructively received (not earned) and expenses when paid (not incurred), as opposed to the accrual method.
A nonrefundable credit that allows taxpayers to claim a credit for paying someone to care for their qualifying Dependents under the age of 13 or spouses or dependents who are unable to care for themselves. The credit ranges from 20 to 35% of the taxpayer’s expenses.
A credit that may reduce tax by as much as $1,000 for each qualifying child.
Citizen or Resident Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child or qualifying relative as a dependent: Assuming all other dependency tests are met, the citizen or resident test allows taxpayers to claim a dependency exemption for persons who are U.S. citizens for some part of the year or who live in the United States, Canada, or Mexico for some part of the year.
Any area (1) the President of the United States designates by Executive Order as an area in which the U.S. Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat, (2) the Department of Defense has certified for combat zone tax benefits due to its direct support of military operations, or (3) a Qualified Hazardous Duty Area established by statute where the service member receives imminent danger pay. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces who serve in a combat zone may exclude military pay from their taxable income.
Wages, salaries, commissions, tips, bonuses, professional fees, earnings from self-employment, and alimony.
Constructively Received
When an amount is credited to the taxpayer’s account or made available to the taxpayer (or taxpayer’s agent) without restriction.
An amount for which taxes have already been paid.
A Coverdell ESA is a trust or custodial account created or organized in the United States only for the purpose of paying the qualified education expenses of the designated beneficiary of the account.
A direct reduction of the taxpayer’s liability. Credits are allowed for such purposes as child care expenses, higher education costs, qualifying children, and earned income of low-income taxpayers.
Credit for the Elderly or Disabled
The credit for the elderly or the disabled is calculated on Schedule R and reported in the Tax and Credits section of Form 1040.
Date of Transaction
Either the date on a check made payable to the taxpayer or the date money is credited to the taxpayer’s account. When converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars, the date of transaction is the date that determines the exchange rate to use.
Dependency Exemptions
Amount that taxpayers can claim for a “qualifying child” or “qualifying relative”. Each exemption reduces the income subject to tax. One exemption is allowed for each qualifying child or qualifying relative claimed as a dependent.
Dependency Tests
Tests used for identifying qualifying children or qualifying relatives as dependents.
Someone who meets all applicable dependency tests to be claimed as a dependent.
Dependent Care Benefits
These benefits include amounts employers pay to a taxpayer or directly to the care provider.
Dependent Taxpayer Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child or qualifying relative as a dependent: Can the taxpayer or spouse (if filing jointly) be claimed as a dependent by another person?
An annual deduction that allows taxpayers to recover the cost of property used in a trade or business or held for the production of income. The amount of depreciation depends on the basis of the property, its recovery period, and the depreciation method. This is in-scope for Military certification only (rental property).
This income comes from an employer’s disability insurance, health plan, or pension plan. The payments replace wages for the time the taxpayer missed work because of the disability.
Generally paid to a taxpayer who retires because of a disability before the minimum retirement age (set by the employer). The disability pension is considered regular pension income when the taxpayer reaches the minimum retirement age.
DITY Move
Do-it-yourself move. The most common form of military move is the partial DITY move, where the military provides a moving company to transport some of the service member’s goods. Service members who receive DITY payments must include them in their gross income if it exceeds the allowable expenses.
A corporation’s distributions to its shareholders from its earnings and profits.
Divorced, separated, or never married parents
Special rules apply if the dependent is supported by parents who are divorced or separated; these rules also apply to parents who were never married. In general, the child will be considered a dependent of the custodial parent, assuming the child meets all the rules for a qualifying child or qualifying relative. However, the custodial parent can agree to allow the noncustodial parent to treat the child as a qualifying child or qualifying relative if certain conditions are met. A signed Form 8332 or equivalent is required and must be attached to the noncustodial parent’s return, or attached to Form 8453 if filing electronically.
A taxpayer’s legal, permanent residence. It is not always where the person presently lives.
DRIP Accounts
DRIP accounts leave cash dividends with the company for the purchase of additional shares. Even though these shares are from the same company, they retain their own individual basis separate from the original purchase. Each new purchased share could have a different basis.
Dual Status Alien
An alien who is both a nonresident and resident alien during the same tax year. The most common dual-status tax years are the years of arrival and departure.
Any income received for work, such as wages or business income. Earned income also includes net earnings from self-employment and other income received for personal services.
Earned Income Credit (EIC)
A credit that can be paid to low-income workers, even if no income tax was withheld from the worker’s pay. To receive the credit, a taxpayer must file a tax return. Unemployment income is not considered earned income for the purposes of calculating EITC.
Credits that reduce the amount of tax due and are based on qualified education expenses that the taxpayer paid during the tax year.
Earned income credit.
Earned Income Tax Credit. See EIC.
Electronic Filing (e-file)
The computer transmission of a tax return directly to the IRS.
Under common-law rules, anyone who performs services for you is your employee if you can control what will be done and how it will be done. This is so even when you give the employee freedom of action. What matters is that you have the right to control the details of how the services are performed.
Excludable Income
Income that is not included in the taxpayer’s gross income and therefore exempt from federal income tax. Certain income may be exempt from tax but must be reported on the tax return.
Exempt (from withholding)
Free from withholding of federal income tax. Must meet certain income, tax liability, and dependency criteria. Does not exempt a person from other kinds of tax withholding, such as social security tax.
The dollar amount that can be deducted from an individual’s total income, thereby reducing the taxable income.
Exemptions (Personal or Dependency)
Amount that taxpayers can claim for themselves, their spouses, and eligible dependents. An exemption is a dollar amount that can be deducted from an individual’s total income, thereby reducing the taxable income.
Filing statuses
Five taxpayer categories that determine the amount of tax and/or tax credits that apply to different taxpayers. The five filing statuses are (from lowest to highest tax): Married Filing Jointly; Qualifying Widow(er) with Dependent Child; Head of Household; Single; Married Filing Separately.
First-time Homebuyer Credit
The first-time homebuyer credit is a maximum of $8,000 ($4,000 for Married Filing Separately). This is a refundable credit which means that even if the taxpayer does not owe any tax, the money will be refunded to the taxpayer. There are payback provisions if the home was sold within a 36 month period.
Five-Year Test Period Suspension
Taxpayers can choose to have the five-year test period for ownership and use suspended during any period the homeowner (either spouse if married) served on qualified official extended duty as a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service of the United States, as an employee of the intelligence community, or as an employee or volunteer of the Peace Corps. This means that the taxpayer may be able to meet the two-year use test even if the taxpayer and/or spouse did not actually live in the home during the normal five-year period required of other taxpayers.
Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
The foreign earned income exclusion allows eligible taxpayers to avoid paying federal income tax on their foreign earned income.
Foreign Tax Credit
U.S. tax credit used to offset any foreign income tax taxpayers have paid on qualified income that is also subject to U.S. federal income tax.
Tax return used to report income from wages, salaries, and tips; qualified tuition program earnings; Alaska Permanent Fund dividends; taxable scholarships and fellowship grants; interest of $1,500 or less; and unemployment compensation.
Form 1040 Schedule A
Form 1040 Schedule B
Interest and Ordinary Dividends
Form 1040 Schedule C-EZ
Net Profit from Business
Form 1040 Schedule D
Form 1040 Schedule E
Supplemental Income and Loss
Form 1040 Schedule L
Standard Deduction for Certain Filers
Form 1040 Schedule M
Making Work Pay and Government Retiree Credits
Form 1040 Schedule SE
Self-Employment Tax
Form 1040A
Tax return used to report all Form 1040A items, plus all other forms of income.
Form 1040ES
Estimated Tax for Individuals
Form 1040EZ
Tax Return for Single and Joint Filers with No Dependents, used to report income from wages, salaries, and tips, plus income from dividends and interest greater than $1,500; capital gain distributions; IRA, pension, and annuity income; and social security and railroad retirement benefits.
Form 1040NR
U.S. Nonresident Alien Income Tax Return
Form 1040NR-EZ
Form 1040X
Amended U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, used to modify a previously filed tax return.
Form 1041 Schedule K-1
Beneficiary’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc. Used by the fiduciary of a domestic decedent’s estate, trust, or bankruptcy estate to report income, gains, losses, etc., of the estate or trust.
Form 1042-S
Foreign Person’s U.S. Source Income Subject to Withholding
Partner’s Share of Income, Deductions, Credits, etc. Used by partnerships to report the taxpayers’ share of the partnership’s income, deductions, credits, etc.
Statement showing Mortgage Interest
Form 1098-E
Statement showing Student Loan Interest
Form 1098-MA
Form 1098-MA, Mortgage Assistance Payments, is a new information return. The form is used to report to the IRS and homeowners the total amounts of certain mortgage assistance payments made to mortgage servicers. Although, mortgage assistance payments are not included in income, taxpayers cannot deduct interest that is paid for them.
Form 1099-A
Acquisition or Abandonment of Secured Property
Form 1099-B
Proceeds From Broker and Barter Exchange Transactions
Form 1099-C
Cancellation of Debt
Form 1099-DIV
Statement showing Dividends and Distributions
Form 1099-G
Statement showing certain government payments (such as Unemployment Compensation Income)
Form 1099-INT
Statement showing Interest Income
Form 1099-K
Form 1099-K is used to report the proceeds of payment card and third party network transactions made to taxpayers under Internal Revenue Code section 6050W. Merchant card and third party network payers, as payment settlement entities (PSE), must report the proceeds of payment card and third party network transactions made to taxpayers on Form 1099-K.
Form 1099-LTC
Long-term Care and Accelerated Death Benefits
Statement showing miscellaneous income (such as rents, royalties, fishing boat proceeds, non-employee compensation, medical and healthcare payments, substitute payments in lieu of dividends or interest, crop insurance proceeds, gross proceeds paid to an attorney, excess golden parachute payments, and other miscellaneous income)
Form 1099-OID
Statement showing Original Issue Discount
Form 1099-R
Statement showing Distributions from Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit Sharing Plans, IRAs, Insurance Contracts, etc
Proceeds From Real Estate Transactions
Foreign Tax Credit (Individual, Estate or Trust)
Form 1120S Schedule K-1
Shareholder’s Share of Income , Deductions, Credits, etc. Used by S corporations to report the taxpayers’ share of the corporation’s income (reduced by any tax the corporation paid on the income), as well as any deductions, credits, etc.
Form 13614-C
Intake/Interview & Quality Review Sheet
Employee Business Expenses
Form 2106-EZ
Unreimbursed Employee Business Expenses
Multiple Support Declaration, allows taxpayers to identify other eligible individuals who paid over 10% of the support of another person.
Underpayment of Estimated Tax by Individual, Estates and Trusts. While completion of the Form 2210 is out of scope, volunteers need to caution taxpayers they will receive a notice of an estimated tax penalty if it is applicable.
Child and Dependent Care Expenses
Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative
Social Security and Medicare Tax on Unreported Tip Income, is used to report unreported tip income.
Request for Copy or Transcript of Tax Form
Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, or Form 1099-R, Distributions from Pensions, Annuities, Retirement or Profit-Sharing Plans, IRA’s, Insurance Contracts, Etc., used by taxpayers who have been unable to obtain (or have received incorrect) wage or distribution statements.
Application for Automatic Extension of Time to File U.S. Individual Income Tax Return.
Investment Interest Expense Deduction
Additional Taxes on Qualified Plans (including IRAs) and Other Tax Favored Accounts
Residential Energy Efficient Property Credit
Exemption From Withholding on Compensation for Independent Personal Services of a Nonresident Alien Individual
Information Regarding Request for Refund of Social Security Tax
Release/Revocation of Release of Claim to Exemption for Child by Custodial Parent. This form allows a taxpayer who is a custodial parent (and who was married to his or her child’s noncustodial parent) to release his or her claim on the child’s exemption.
Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation, allows taxpayers to request relief from a spouse’s past due federal debts, including back child support and past due taxes.
Claim for Refund and Request for Abatement
Form 8453-OL
Income tax declaration used for e-filing
Passive Activity Loss Limitations
Nondeductible IRAs, reports nondeductible contributions to traditional IRAs and/or distributions taken from certain IRAs. Part I explains in detail when this form is used.
Closer Connection Exception Statement for Aliens
Statement for Exempt Individuals and Individuals with a Medical Condition
Request for Innocent Spouse Relief. This form explains various forms of relief and who may qualify.
Education Credits, may be used instead of Form 2106, Employee Business Expenses, if education expenses were the only business expenses.
IRS e-file Signature Authorization
Credit for Qualified Retirement Savings Contributions
Direct Deposit of Refund to More Than One Account
Information on Qualifying Children Who Are Not Dependents (For Child Tax Credit)
Sales and Other Dispositions of Capital Assets. This form is new in 2010 and used to report capital gains or losses.
Filing Assistance Program, helps taxpayers determine whether they are required to file a federal income tax return.
Installment Agreement Request, used to request a monthly installment plan for taxes owed.
Reduction of Tax Attributes Due to Discharge of Indebtedness
Form RRB-1099
Payments by the Railroad Retirement Board
Form RRB-1099-R
Annuities or Pensions by the Railroad Retirement Board
Application for a Social Security Card.
Form SSA-1099
Social Security Benefit Statement
Wages and Tax Statement, issued by employers to report their employees’ earned income for the year. Generally, employers should issue Form W-2 to every employee and a copy to the Social Security Administration.
Form W-2c
Corrected Wage and Tax Statement, used to correct information issued on a W-2.
Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate is completed by the employee and used by an employer to determine how much to withhold from an employee’s paycheck for federal income tax purposes.
Form W-4P
Withholding Certificate for Pension or Annuity Payments. The form allows taxpayers to tell payers the correct amount of federal income tax to withhold from payments.
Form W-4V
Voluntary Withholding Request, filed by taxpayers (or estates) who are recipients of social security benefits and want to request withholding from their payments from the Social Security Administration.
Earned Income Credit Advance Payment Certificate, used by taxpayers who have a qualifying child, may be eligible for the earned income credit, and choose to get advance EIC payments.
Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.
Form W-8BEN
Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding
Green Card Test
The determination that an individual has been issued a “green card” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), generally making that person a lawful, permanent resident of the United States
This is all income received in the form of money, goods, property, and services that is not exempt from tax.
Gross Income Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying relative as a dependent. Example: “Did the potential dependent have a gross income in excess of the personal exemption amount during the tax year?”
Head of Household Filing Status
This filing status is generally for unmarried taxpayers who paid more than half the cost of keeping up a home for a qualified dependent relative during the tax year.
High Taxed Income
Passive income that is taxed by a foreign government at a rate higher than the highest U.S. income tax rate, and may be classified as “general category income,” making it eligible for the foreign tax credit.
Holding Period
Schedule D requires entries for the stock purchase and sale date. Taxpayers must provide the date the stock was acquired and Form 1099-B will indicate the date the stock was sold. These two dates will determine the holding period.
Taxes on income, both earned (for example, salaries, wages, tips, commissions) and unearned (for example, interest and dividends). Income taxes can be levied both on individuals (personal income tax) and businesses (business and corporate income taxes).
People who are in an independent trade, business, or profession in which they offer their services to the general public are generally independent contractors. The general rule is that an individual is an independent contractor if the payer has the right to control or direct only the result of the work and not what will be done and how it will be done. The earnings of a person who is working as an independent contractor are subject to self-employment tax.
Identity Protection PIN
There is a new field next to spouse’s occupation at the bottom of Form 1040 labeled Identity Protection PIN. This is designed to help prevent refunds from being issued to an identity thief. It the taxpayer has been a victim of identity theft, verify the special PIN (6 digit IPPIN) is correct using CP01A Notice or see Form 1040 Instructions for more information.
Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA)
A tax-sheltered retirement savings plan set up by the taxpayer.
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)
Income a person receives from certain financial accounts or from lending money to someone else.
Injured Spouse Relief
A provision of tax law that allows a taxpayer to get back his or her share of a joint overpayment when the overpayment was used to pay one spouse’s past-due federal tax, state income tax, child support, spousal support, or federal non-tax debt, such as a student loan.
A provision of tax law that allows a taxpayer to be relieved of responsibility for paying tax, interest, and penalties if the taxpayer’s spouse (or former spouse) improperly reported items or omitted items on a joint tax return.
Intake and Interview sheet
Form 13614-C used to conduct the initial interview and screen the taxpayer.
Investment Income includes taxable interest and dividends, tax-exempt interest, capital gain net income, net income from rents and royalties not derived from a trade or business, and net income from passive activities
Individual Retirement Arrangement – A tax-sheltered savings plan set up by the taxpayer, generally for retirement income.
Itemized deductions allow taxpayers to reduce their taxable income based on specific personal expenses. If the total itemized deductions are greater than the standard deduction, it will result in a lower taxable income and lower tax.
Individual taxpayer identification number, issued by the IRS to individuals who are not eligible for a social security number.
Joint Return Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child or qualifying relative as a dependent. Generally, a married person cannot be claimed as a dependent if he or she files a joint return.
Letter of Determination
Document from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) sent to discharged service members who qualify for severance pay subject to medical disability, which is nontaxable.
Lifetime Learning Credit
One of two tax credits available to offset costs of higher education by reducing the amount of income tax. The Lifetime Learning credit is a nonrefundable credit of up to $2,000 for qualified education expenses for students enrolled in eligible educational institutions. It is available to students for all years of postsecondary education and for courses to acquire or improve job skills.
A lump-sum distribution is the distribution or payment within one tax year of an employee’s entire balance from all qualified pension, stock bonus, or profit-sharing plans that the employer maintains.
A taxpayer’s “main” home is where they live most of the time. It does not have to be a traditional house; for example, it may be a houseboat, mobile home, cooperative apartment, or condominium, but it must have cooking, sleeping, and bathroom facilities.
A refundable tax credit of up to $400 for working individuals ($800 for Married Filing Jointly) calculated at a rate of 6.2 percent of earned income and phased out for taxpayers with a modified Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in excess of $75,000 ($150,000 for Married Filing Jointly). Claimed on Schedule M (Form 1040A or 1040).
MACRS
Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System, a method for calculating a taxpayer’s depreciation deduction that uses the property’s placed-in-service date, recovery period, and depreciable basis.
Filing status for taxpayers who are married to each other or live together in a common law marriage and combine their income and deductions on the same tax return. The status also applies to taxpayers who are separated but not divorced and to taxpayers whose spouse died during the tax year and has not remarried, as long as one tax return is used for both individuals.
Filing status for taxpayers who are married to each other or live together in a common law marriage and report their own incomes and deductions on separate returns.
Medical Severance Pay
A type of includable military income given to service members who have been separated from the service for medical reasons
Member of Household or Relationship Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying relative as a dependent: Was the person related to the taxpayer in any of the following ways: Son, daughter, foster child, or a descendant of any of them; brother, sister, or a son or daughter of either of them; father, mother, or an ancestor or sibling of either of them; stepbrother, stepsister, stepfather, stepmother, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law? Any other person (other than the taxpayer’s spouse) who lived with the taxpayer all year as a member of the taxpayer’s household?
The adjusted gross income with certain modifications.
Mortgage Interest Credit
Taxpayers who hold qualified mortgage credit certificates (MCCs) under a qualified state or local government program may claim a nonrefundable credit for mortgage interest paid.
Mortgage Insurance Premiums
Qualified mortgage insurance is provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Federal Housing Administration, the Rural Housing Service, and private mortgage insurance (PMI) companies. Taxpayers can treat qualified mortgage insurance premiums paid or accrued during the tax year as home mortgage interest. PMI is deductible on line 13 of Schedule A.
Multiple Support Agreements
If one person has not provided over half the support, go to step 8 to determine if multiple support exists. Multiple support means that two or more people together, who could claim the person as a dependent except for the support test, provide more than half the dependent’s support. However, only one taxpayer can claim the exemption for a dependent with multiple support. In this situation, the individuals who provide more than 10% of the person’s total support (step 9), and who meet the other tests for a qualifying relative, can agree that one of them will take the person’s exemption.
A mutual fund is a regulated investment company generally created by pooling funds of investors, which allows investors to take advantage of a diversity of investments and professional management. Owners of mutual funds may receive both Form 1099-DIV and Form 1099-B. Form.
Nonbusiness energy property credit
Taxpayers may be able to claim a nonbusiness energy property credit for certain energy efficient property or improvements.
Nondeductible Traditional IRA Contributions
Traditional IRA contributions that taxpayers may not deduct from their total income because the taxpayers do not meet the requirements; also includes remaining contributions from a partial IRA deduction.
Nonrecourse Debt
Nonrecourse debt is satisfied by the surrender of the secured property regardless of the fair market value (FMV) at the time of surrender and the borrower is not personally liable for the debt. If property subject to nonrecourse debt is abandoned, foreclosed upon, subject of a short sale, or repossessed by the lender, the circumstances will be treated as a sale of the property by the taxpayer.
Nonrefundable Credit
A nonrefundable credit can only reduce the tax liability to zero. Any excess credit is not refunded to the taxpayer.
Nonresident Alien
A residency status of an individual who does not meet the Green Card Test or the Substantial Presence Test,
Nontaxable Income
Any income exempt from federal income tax. Although some types of nontaxable income are reported on the return, it is not added into the amount of income subject to tax.
Traditional IRA contributions that taxpayers may not deduct from their adjusted gross income because the taxpayers do not meet the requirements; also includes remaining contributions from a partial IRA deduction.
Overseas housing allowance, a type of excludable military income.
Ordinary Dividends
Corporate distributions paid out of the earnings and profits of the corporation.
Paid Preparers
Paid preparers are legally liable under federal law for the returns they prepare; volunteers are not.
Passive Activity
When a taxpayer receives income mainly from the use of property rather than for services. Passive activity means the taxpayer is not involved in making significant rental or business management decisions (versus active participation). Because rental activities are generally considered passive activities, rental losses may not fully deductible.
Taxable income that comes from passive activity, such as dividends, interest, royalties, rents, and annuities.
In 2011, social security tax is withheld from an employee’s wages at the rate of 4.2% (down from 6.2%) up to the social security wage limit of $106,800.
Permanent change of station for a military service member.
A series of definitely determinable payments made to an employee or survivor (the beneficiary of a deceased employee’s pension) after the employee retires from work.
Amount of time a taxpayer stays in a foreign country, which is one of the factors used to determine whether the taxpayer is eligible for the foreign earned income exclusion. To meet the period of stay requirement, the taxpayer must meet either the Bona Fide Residency test or the Physical Presence test.
Personal Exemption
An exemption that allows taxpayers to claim themselves as exemptions on their tax return. Also included in this category is the taxpayer’s spouse, when filing a joint return.
Physical Presence Test
To meet the physical presence test for the foreign earned income exclusion, a taxpayer must be physically present in a foreign country 330 full days during a period of twelve consecutive months.
Taxes on property, especially real estate. It can also be levied on boats, automobiles (often paid along with license fees), recreational vehicles, and business inventories.
Publication 3
Armed Forces Tax Guide
Publication 17
Tax Guides for Individuals
Tax Guide for U.S. Citizens and Resident Aliens Abroad
Publication 463
Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses
U.S. Tax Guides for Aliens
Residential Rental Property
Basis of Assets
Recordkeeping for Individuals
Pension and Annuity Income
Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs)
The IRS Collection Process
Social Security and Equivalent Railroad Retirement Benefits
Passive Activity and At-Risk Rules
General Rules for Pensions and Annuities
How to Depreciate Property
Practice Before the IRS and Power of Attorney
Tax Benefits for Education
Innocent Spouse Relief, addresses how one spouse may request relief from past taxes due solely based on the other spouse’s debt.
Qualified Charitable Contributions (QCD)
A QCD is a distribution from an IRA made to an organization eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions. If all requirements are met, this will exclude any part of the distribution that would otherwise be taxable.
Qualified Principal Residence Indebtedness
Qualified principal residence indebtedness is any debt incurred in acquiring, constructing, or substantially improving a principal residence and which is secured by the principal residence. Qualified principal residence indebtedness also includes any debt secured by the principal residence resulting from the refinancing of debt incurred to acquire, construct, or substantially improve a principal residence but only to the extent the amount of the debt does not exceed the amount of the refinanced debt.
Qualified Tuition Program
A program set up to allow taxpayers to either prepay, or contribute to an account established for paying a student’s qualified expenses at an eligible educational institution. The program must meet certain requirements set by the state. Also known as a 529 program.
Qualifying Child
To be identified as a qualifying child, a person must meet certain basic tests. In addition there may be other requirements to claim various tax benefits for that qualifying child.
Qualifying Child of More than One Person Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child or qualifying relative as a dependent: Is the person the qualified child of any other person?
Qualified Medical Expenses
For HSA, MSA, FSA, and HRA purposes, a medicine or drug will be a qualified medical expense only if the medicine or drug: requires a prescription, is available without a prescription (an over-the-counter medicine or drug) and you get a prescription for it, or is insulin.
Qualifying Relative
To be identified as a qualifying relative, a person must meet seven tests: Member of household or relationship test, Qualifying child of another taxpayer test, Citizen or resident test, Gross income test, Support test, Joint return test, and Dependent taxpayer test.
Qualifying Widow(er) With Dependent Child
Filing status is for widow or widower with one or more dependent children.
Railroad Retirement Benefits (RRBs)
Benefits paid to railroad retirees covered by the Railroad Retirement Act. The RRA has two components. Tier 1 is the equivalent of social security benefits and Tier 2 is like an employer’s pension plan.
Recourse Debt
Recourse debt holds the borrower personally liable for any amount not satisfied by the surrender of secured property. If a lender forecloses on property subject to a recourse debt and cancels the portion of the debt in excess of the fair market value (FMV) of the property, the canceled portion of the debt will be treated as ordinary income from cancellation of indebtedness and will be required to be included in gross income unless the cancellation of indebtedness qualifies for one of the exceptions or exclusions from gross income under some provision of the Internal Revenue Code.
Refundable Credit
Occurs when the amount of a credit is greater than the tax owed. Taxpayers not only can have their tax reduced to zero; they can also receive a “refund” of excess credit.
Regular Method
Most common method for computing self-employment tax. Under the regular method, the net self-employment income entered on Schedule SE is the sum of net self-employment earnings from the taxpayer’s Schedules C, C-EZ, and F. (Taxpayers should consult a professional tax preparer or a military legal assistance officer if they use a different method or require Schedule F.
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child as a dependent: Was the person the taxpayer’s son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them (i.e., the taxpayer’s grandchild, niece, or nephew)?
Someone related to the taxpayer by blood, marriage, or adoption, including the following:
Child, grandchild, great grandchild
Stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister
Brother, sister
Half-brother, half sister
Parent, grandparent, or other direct ancestor (but not foster parent)
Stepmother or stepfather
Brother or sister of one’s father or mother
Son or daughter of one’s brother or sister
Father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law.
Rental Expenses
Ordinary and necessary expenses attributable to the production of rental income and maintenance of the rental property, such as advertising, cleaning and repairs, insurance premiums, and property management fees.
Payments received by a taxpayer from tenants who rent the taxpayer’s property, including regular and advanced rent, payments for breaking a lease, expenses paid by the tenant, and the fair market value of property or services received in lieu of monetary rental payments.
Required Minimum Distribution (RMD)
The amount that must be distributed each year from a retirement plan or IRA.
Residence Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child as a dependent: Did the potential dependent live with the taxpayer as a member of the taxpayer’s household for more than half of the year?
An individual is considered to be a U.S. resident alien if he or she meets either the Green Card Test or the Substantial Presence Test.
Taxpayers may qualify for an energy credit for qualified solar electric property costs, qualified solar water heating property costs, qualified small wind energy property costs, and qualified geothermal heat pump property costs. This credit is claimed on Part II of Form 5695. This information is out of scope for the VITA/TCE programs and is included for your awareness only.
Retirement Savings Contributions Credit
The retirement savings contributions credit is a nonrefundable credit a qualifying taxpayer may claim if they made a contribution to a qualified plan.
Retirement Tax Act (RTTA)
Tier I Railroad Retirement Tax is the railroad retirement equivalent of social security wages and benefit amounts.
Generally, a rollover is a tax-free distribution to the taxpayer from one retirement account (traditional IRA or employer’s pension plan) that rolls over into a similar retirement account within 60 days.
Sale of Main Home
Only a gain from the sale of a taxpayer’s main home may be excluded from the taxpayer’s income; a gain from a sale of a home that is not the taxpayer’s main home will generally have to be reported as income.
Self-employment Income
Earned income from a trade, business, farming or profession that is not paid by an employer. For example, hair stylists and lawncare workers who work for themselves (and not for someone else) are considered self-employed.
Self-employment (SE) tax is social security and Medicare taxes collected primarily from individuals who work for themselves, similar to the social security and Medicare taxes withheld from the pay of most wage earners.
Single Filing Status
Filing status that applies to a taxpayer who (1) has never married, or (2) is legally separated or divorced.
Simplified Method
This method is used to calculate the tax-free portion of each pension or annuity payment.
Payments made under Title II of the Social Security Act. They include old-age, survivors, disability insurance, and some workers’ compensation benefits.
Special separation benefits, a type of military severance payment that affects the amount of VA compensation paid.
An amount, provided by law and based on filing status, age, blindness, and dependency that taxpayers can deduct from their adjusted gross income before tax is determined.
Standard Mileage Method
One of two methods for calculating business automobile expenses. For the standard mileage method, the taxpayer multiplies the business miles by the mileage rate for that tax year. (The other method is the actual expense method).
Statutory employee
If workers are independent contractors, such workers may nevertheless be treated as employees by statute (a statutory employee) for certain employment tax purposes.
Stock dividends
Stock dividends merely increase the taxpayer’s number of shares in the company and generally are not taxable.
A stock split is a method used by corporations to lower the market price of stock. A two-for-one stock split will decrease the basis per share by half. The original basis of $200 for 100 shares becomes $200 for 200 shares.
Student Loan Interest
The interest paid during the year on a loan for qualified higher education expenses that were for the taxpayer, the taxpayer’s spouse, or a person who was the taxpayer’s dependent when the loan was obtained.
Substantial Presence Test
The criteria that an individual without a green card must meet in order to be considered a resident alien; the criteria relate to specific numbers of days physically present in the United States.
Support Test
One of the tests for identifying a qualifying child or a qualifying relative as a dependent: Did the taxpayer provide over half of the potential dependent’s total support for the year?
Temporary additional duty for military service members. (See TDY)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (previously known as AFDC), a state benefit also known as welfare.
A dollar-for-dollar reduction in the tax. Can be deducted directly from taxes owed.
An amount (often a personal or business expense) that reduces income subject to tax.
Tax Forgiveness
For U.S. military personnel who die while serving in a combat zone or as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while so serving, any unpaid tax liability is waived and any forgiven tax liability that has already been paid is refunded.
The country in which the taxpayer is permanently or indefinitely engaged to work as an employee or self-employed individual, regardless of where the taxpayer maintains his or her family home. For taxpayers who work abroad, but do not have a regular place of business because of the nature of the work, their tax home is the place where they regularly live.
Tax Liability (or total tax bill)
The amount of tax after nonrefundable credits have been subtracted. Taxpayers meet (pay) their federal income tax liability through withholding, estimated tax payments, and payments made with the income tax return.
Any income subject to federal income tax.
Tax-exempt Interest
Interest that is exempt from federal income tax such as bonds issued by state and political subdivisions (county or city), District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions and political subdivisions.
Tax Counseling for the Elderly
TDY
Temporary duty for military service members. (See TAD.)
Temporary Work Location
A work location is considered temporary if the service member’s employment is realistically expected to last (and in fact does last) for one year or less. Service members assigned to temporary work locations can deduct travel expenses.
Third-Party Designee
Person authorized by a taxpayer to discuss the taxpayer’s return with the IRS, give the IRS information missing from the return, request copies of notices or transcripts related to the return, and respond to certain IRS notices. The taxpayer designates third party by checking the Yes box and entering the person’s name, phone number, and personal identification number (PIN) in the “Third party designee” section of the return.
TIN see ITIN
Taxpayer Identification Number, same as Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
Tip Income
Money and goods received for services performed by food servers, baggage handlers, hairdressers, and others. Tips go beyond the stated amount of the bill and are given voluntarily.
An individual retirement arrangement that is not a Roth IRA or a SIMPLE IRA.
Expenses service members incur when traveling to locations within their city or general area that is their tax home or post of duty (versus travel expenses).
Expenses service members incur when traveling away from their tax home or post of duty (versus transportation expenses).
Thrift Savings Account, a retirement savings and investment plan that has been available to civilian employees of the federal government since 1987, and was made available to U.S. service personnel in 2002.
Qualified higher education expenses for which taxpayers can deduct up to $4,000 in qualified tuition and related expenses paid during the tax year. The amount of the deduction is determined by filing status, modified AGI (MAGI), and other factors. Form 8917, Tuition and Fees Deduction, will help compute the MAGI for this deduction.
U.S. Citizen or Resident Test
See Citizen or Resident Test
Unearned Income
Income other than pay for work performed. Interest and dividends from savings or investments are common types of unearned income.
Unemployment compensation generally includes any amount received under an unemployment compensation law of the United States or of a state. In most cases, it is taxable. Unemployment income is not considered earned income for the purposes of calculating EITC.
Any income produced by investments, such as interest on savings, dividends on stocks, or rental income.
VA Disability Compensation
VA disability compensation is a monetary benefit paid to veterans who are disabled because of injury or disease incurred or aggravated during active military service.
Wash sale
A wash sale occurs when a taxpayer sells or otherwise disposes of stock or securities (including a contract or option to acquire or sell stock or securities) at a loss and, within 30 days before or after the sale or disposition, the taxpayer buys, acquires, or enters into a contract or option to acquire substantially identical stock or securities.
Withholding Allowance
Claimed by an employee on Form W-4. An employer uses the number of allowances claimed, together with income earned and marital status, to determine how much income tax to withhold from wages.
Income tax is withheld from the pay of most employees. Income tax may also be withheld from gambling winnings, pensions/annuities, unemployment compensation, and certain federal payments, such as social security. In some cases income tax may be withheld on other types of income such as interest or dividend income.
Worldwide Income
U.S. citizens and U.S. resident aliens are required to report worldwide income on a U.S. tax return regardless of where they live and even if the income is taxed by the country in which it was earned. Filing requirements are the same as for U.S. citizens and U.S. resident aliens living in the United States and apply whether income is from within or outside the U.S.
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Ep 45: A Gifted Geyser Of Artistic Expression A Conversation With Jonathan Fong
by poirierbrodekaren@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2018 | Lifestyle, Podcast | 0 comments
Today’s podcast has a fascinating guest, Jonathan Fong. From plans for kid’s projects to ideas for sophisticated weddings, Jonathan just shines! Home decorating, crafting, and entertainment are not the only things he knows about, but he also has a unique gift to teach us how to master his creative visions. I love that Jonathan always dresses impeccably and adds unique touches to his ensemble. His approach proves that men’s fashions can be both original and very dapper.
In this conversation, you’ll learn more about the innovative Jonathan Fong and his “creative approach.”
More in this episode
What Jonathan is doing on a daily basis and how he inspires others.
Jonathan didn’t really become a designer until later on in life and shares where he started out before he got to this point in his journey.
He discusses his career beginnings and the struggles he had when he experienced “left brain, right brain conflict” where he was trying to be creative in a non-creative field.
Jonathan was encouraged that if he “had huge creative tendencies to explore them!”
How his creative exploration led him to greater opportunities such as being on HGTV, writing books, creating a business and his own show on YouTube
The value of creating your own content on YouTube and what that can lead to.
How working with Disney and teaching on kid’s crafts helped him gain a wider audience to infuse creativity in the lives of millions.
We discussed his exploration of infusing his creativity into his cooking as well.
Who influenced Jonathan to embrace his creativity throughout his life.
How his fun and playful attitude has helped people make their art more personal.
Craft books on the horizon may include more Jewish Crafts and Dog and Cat Crafts.
Jonathan feels that creativity is one of the most important things in this world. He says, “that for us creative folks, or for people that want to be creative, it’s our duty to create because creativity is the opposite of destruction. There is so much destruction in the world and so much of the world is geared towards destruction, both physical and spiritual. However you create, whether it’s through crafting or cooking or building or painting or singing – however you express yourself to create or make something – that counteracts the destruction. We can change the world by creating.”
Jonathan on Facebook
Youtube: Style with A Smile
Books on Amazon: Walls That Wow, Flowers That Wow, Parties That Wow
CHA (The Craft & Hobby Association, now known as The Association For Creative Industries)
E-how for more on creating a fun party, cooking, crafts, and more.
Jewish Film Festival in Sacramento
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RCWs > Title 28A > Chapter 28A.150 > Section 28A.150.203
28A.150.200 << 28A.150.203 >> 28A.150.205
RCW 28A.150.203
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Basic education goal" means the student learning goals and the student knowledge and skills described under RCW 28A.150.210.
(2) "Certificated administrative staff" means all those persons who are chief executive officers, chief administrative officers, confidential employees, supervisors, principals, or assistant principals within the meaning of RCW 41.59.020(4).
(3) "Certificated employee" as used in this chapter and RCW 28A.195.010, 28A.405.100, 28A.405.210, 28A.405.240, 28A.405.250, 28A.405.300 through 28A.405.380, and chapter 41.59 RCW, means those persons who hold certificates as authorized by rule of the Washington professional educator standards board.
(4) "Certificated instructional staff" means those persons employed by a school district who are nonsupervisory certificated employees within the meaning of RCW 41.59.020(8), except for paraeducators.
(5) "Class size" means an instructional grouping of students where, on average, the ratio of students to teacher is the number specified.
(6) "Classified employee" means a person who is employed as a paraeducator and a person who does not hold a professional education certificate or is employed in a position that does not require such a certificate.
(7) "Classroom teacher" means a person who holds a professional education certificate and is employed in a position for which such certificate is required whose primary duty is the daily educational instruction of students. In exceptional cases, people of unusual competence but without certification may teach students so long as a certificated person exercises general supervision, but the hiring of such classified employees shall not occur during a labor dispute, and such classified employees shall not be hired to replace certificated employees during a labor dispute.
(8) "Instructional program of basic education" means the minimum program required to be provided by school districts and includes instructional hour requirements and other components under RCW 28A.150.220.
(9) "Program of basic education" means the overall program under RCW 28A.150.200 and deemed by the legislature to comply with the requirements of Article IX, section 1 of the state Constitution.
(10) "School day" means each day of the school year on which pupils enrolled in the common schools of a school district are engaged in academic and career and technical instruction planned by and under the direction of the school.
(11) "School year" includes the minimum number of school days required under RCW 28A.150.220 and begins on the first day of September and ends with the last day of August, except that any school district may elect to commence the annual school term in the month of August of any calendar year and in such case the operation of a school district for such period in August shall be credited by the superintendent of public instruction to the succeeding school year for the purpose of the allocation and distribution of state funds for the support of such school district.
(12) "Teacher planning period" means a period of a school day as determined by the administration and board of directors of the district that may be used by teachers for instruction-related activities including but not limited to preparing instructional materials; reviewing student performance; recording student data; consulting with other teachers, instructional assistants, mentors, instructional coaches, administrators, and parents; or participating in professional development.
[ 2017 c 237 § 15; 2009 c 548 § 102.]
Effective date—2009 c 548 §§ 101-110 and 701-710: See note following RCW 28A.150.200.
Intent—2009 c 548: See RCW 28A.150.1981.
Finding—2009 c 548: See note following RCW 28A.410.270.
Intent—Finding—2009 c 548: See note following RCW 28A.305.130.
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2017 USDA Census of Agriculture Released: What it tells us about WNC agriculture
On April 11 the 2017 USDA Census of Agriculture database was released. The Census of Agriculture is the most comprehensive and consistent source of data available regarding farm businesses, farmland, and farmers, down to the county level. It is released every five years and consists of over six million data points about agriculture. The Census of Agriculture is a valuable data source for ASAP’s Local Food Research Center because it provides a detailed picture of agriculture in the region and the changes taking place in our local food and farming economy.
Here are some of our initial impressions from the Census:
From 2012 to 2017 the 23 counties of Western North Carolina (WNC) lost nearly 900 farms—mirroring a decline across the state and nation. However, farm loss is primarily isolated to farms growing products other than food. Nearly 60% of the farm loss falls into a category that includes Christmas tree farms and nursery crops, likely highly impacted by the economic downturn of the recession. The other area of significant farm loss is in farms raising cows and calves for the national meat processing industry and the farms growing hay and grain for cattle feed. Collectively, these decreases make up 35% of the overall farm loss. Finally, tobacco farms continued to decline by half of the remaining farms growing the crop, accounting for 4% of the farms lost. In comparison, the number of farms producing fruits, vegetables, poultry, and eggs held steady with growth in some counties and declines in others. For example, Buncombe County gained 34 farms growing fruit, 23 growing vegetables, and 63 producing poultry products.
About half of the counties in WNC lost acres of farmland from 2012-2017, contributing to a loss of 1,022 acres overall. Much of the loss was concentrated in the northern counties of WNC, while Buncombe County gained 804 acres and Henderson County gained 5,347 acres. The average farm size increased in nearly every county, resulting in an average of 93 acres, up from 85.5 acres.
In an effort to improve reporting, the Census of Agriculture changed both the survey process and definitions in a few of the categories the Local Food Research Center relies on for tracking change in the production and sale of local products. This unfortunately prevents us from comparing the data to 2012 and identifying trends. The new 2017 data shows that 11% of the farms in WNC sell products directly to consumers through outlets like farmers markets, community supported agriculture, farm stores, agritourism, etc. This includes the apple farms of Henderson County, where 22% of farms sell direct, and Buncombe County, where 16% sell direct. WNC sold $14.9 million worth of local products. This is up from $8.7 million in 2012, but for the first time this measure now includes value-added products like cheese, jam, and wine, so it cannot meaningfully be compared. WNC farms also sold $11 million worth of product directly to retail institutions like hospitals, schools, universities, etc.
Demographic information was also gathered differently than in 2012 so is not directly comparable to 2017 data. While the survey previously limited each farm to one principal operator, it now acknowledges that spouses or adult children often shoulder equal responsibility for making the day-to-day decisions for the farm business. The inclusion of their demographic information results in a larger number of younger farmers and women than years past. 30% of the primary producers in WNC are women, and 98% are white. The average age is 58.3, which is slightly higher than the national average of 57.5. This includes 5% under age 35, 55% between 35 and 65, and 40% that are 65 or older.
With such a treasure trove of data it will take some time before the full picture of WNC agriculture can be seen. To recap – WNC continues to lose farms, just like the rest of the state and country, but retain farms that are growing food for local markets. The average age of farmers is getting older, also like the rest of the country. Farms growing fruits and vegetables are increasing in places and decreasing in others but overall the farms we are losing are not the farms growing food for local consumption. Christmas trees and other nursery crop farms were hit hard by the recession and constituted the bulk of WNC farm loss. Tobacco, which once was king in WNC but was nearly gone by the last Census, continues in steep decline. Cow-calf, which is an important segment of regional agriculture and occupies a tremendous amount of farmland, continues to succumb to an aging farmer population and marginal economics. And because of changes in the way questions were asked about direct sales we can’t compare past data to the most recent Census to understand trends. ASAP’s Local Food Research Center will continue to pour over the data to identify trends and make sense of our changing agriculture and will post on our findings as they emerge.
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2017 UDSA Census of Agriculture: Initial Impressions
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ASAP’s Local Food Research Center has a new report entitled “The End of Tobacco and the Rise of Local Food in Western North Carolina.” For nearly a century farming in Western North Carolina revolved around tobacco. Rows of burley tobacco were commonplace throughout the region, and for generations farmers relied on this cash crop each season. That all changed with the passage of the tobacco buyout in 2004. This report finds that the region has all but lost tobacco but local food has emerged as a promising new direction for mountain farmers.
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Expansion or extinction: Deterministic and stochastic two-patch models with Allee effects
Yun Kang, Nicolas Lanchier
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CLAS-NS: Mathematical Computational Modeling Sciences Center, Simon A. Levin (MCMSC)
We investigate the impact of Allee effect and dispersal on the long-term evolution of a population in a patchy environment. Our main focus is on whether a population already established in one patch either successfully invades an adjacent empty patch or undergoes a global extinction. Our study is based on the combination of analytical and numerical results for both a deterministic two-patch model and a stochastic counterpart. The deterministic model has either two, three or four attractors. The existence of a regime with exactly three attractors only appears when patches have distinct Allee thresholds. In the presence of weak dispersal, the analysis of the deterministic model shows that a high-density and a low-density populations can coexist at equilibrium in nearby patches, whereas the analysis of the stochastic model indicates that this equilibrium is metastable, thus leading after a large random time to either a global expansion or a global extinction. Up to some critical dispersal, increasing the intensity of the interactions leads to an increase of both the basin of attraction of the global extinction and the basin of attraction of the global expansion. Above this threshold, for both the deterministic and the stochastic models, the patches tend to synchronize as the intensity of the dispersal increases. This results in either a global expansion or a global extinction. For the deterministic model, there are only two attractors, while the stochastic model no longer exhibits a metastable behavior. In the presence of strong dispersal, the limiting behavior is entirely determined by the value of the Allee thresholds as the global population size in the deterministic and the stochastic models evolves as dictated by their single-patch counterparts. For all values of the dispersal parameter, Allee effects promote global extinction in terms of an expansion of the basin of attraction of the extinction equilibrium for the deterministic model and an increase of the probability of extinction for the stochastic model.
Journal of Mathematical Biology
Allee Effect
Stochastic models
Deterministic Model
Basin of Attraction
Limiting Behavior
Population Size
Adjacent
Bistability
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Kang, Y., & Lanchier, N. (2011). Expansion or extinction: Deterministic and stochastic two-patch models with Allee effects. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 62(6), 925-973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-010-0359-3
Expansion or extinction : Deterministic and stochastic two-patch models with Allee effects. / Kang, Yun; Lanchier, Nicolas.
In: Journal of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 62, No. 6, 06.2011, p. 925-973.
Kang, Y & Lanchier, N 2011, 'Expansion or extinction: Deterministic and stochastic two-patch models with Allee effects', Journal of Mathematical Biology, vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 925-973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-010-0359-3
Kang Y, Lanchier N. Expansion or extinction: Deterministic and stochastic two-patch models with Allee effects. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 2011 Jun;62(6):925-973. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-010-0359-3
Kang, Yun ; Lanchier, Nicolas. / Expansion or extinction : Deterministic and stochastic two-patch models with Allee effects. In: Journal of Mathematical Biology. 2011 ; Vol. 62, No. 6. pp. 925-973.
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14 Incredible Artificial Intelligence Pioneers Everyone Should Know About
Every year, the World Economic Forum reports on technology pioneers from around the world. As you might expect, this year, many companies use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning at the core of their business to deliver innovative products and service offerings. Anyone interested in AI should know about these 14 pioneering businesses.#
BenevolentAI
This London-based company was founded in 2013 and operates under two business units: BenevolentTech’s focus is to develop the artificial intelligence platform that will drive innovation by transforming the way scientists access and use the information available to them. BenevolentBio is the division that applies the tech to generate new ideas that will impact human health such as better medicines and research, insights and innovation for rare diseases.
Casetext
With a mission to make law free and understandable, Casetext leverages artificial intelligence technology to help legal researchers find the most relevant cases quickly. More than 1 million people including litigators at more than 100 law firms access Casetext’s CARA, a legal library powered by AI tech, monthly.
CognitiveScale
Rather than artificial intelligence replacing humans, the AI and blockchain solutions provided by CognitiveScale aim to pair humans and machines to augment a human’s cognitive capabilities to impact a variety of industries from healthcare to energy and manufacturing and more. These systems learn, adapt and scale as new data streams in.
DriveAI
Graduate students from Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab founded DriveAI in 2015. DriveAI has retrofit kits that include sensors, LiDAR, high-def cameras and more to allow a vehicle to gain 360-degree perspective of its environment. The company works with public and private partners to solve today’s transportation challenges with geofenced self-driving solutions.
Gamalon
Gamalon is another company committed to augmenting human abilities with artificial intelligence. By combining human and machine learning, Gamalon allows people to talk or text with organizations through natural language processing and receive personalized interactions. Applications include customer chat, online surveys, social media feedback, trouble tickets, call transcripts and more.
Malong Technologies
The objective of Chinese company Malong Technologies is to develop machines that can “see” physical objects just like a person can at high, microscopic and X-ray levels. The company’s AI initiatives are expected to help its customers achieve better safety, quality, and efficiencies. There are applications for several industries including retail, security, and manufacturing.
MyCrop Technologies
From its headquarters in India, MyCrop Technologies offers a collaborative platform that uses machine learning to provide real-time support for farmers who need to make decisions about their crops. Through big data, sensors, drones and more, MyCrop’s tech and intelligent algorithms process data and direct farmers to their “next step” to increase productivity and profitability.
Another company focused on natural language processing innovation, Narrative Science’s Quill platform can learn and write like a person and transform data into intelligent narratives that allow people to make better decisions faster, empower employees and improve interactions with customers. Instead of spending time writing reports, clients of Narrative Science can act on the data.
Petuum
U.S. company Petuum, one of the highest-funded artificial intelligence and machine learning startups and founded by scientists and professors from Carnegie Mellon University, wants to make plug-and-play AI solutions available to every company. Petuum provides enterprises of all sizes the machine learning building blocks and software to create AI applications which result in productivity and efficiency.
Precognize
By analyzing plant data and applying advanced machine learning, Precognize’s predictive maintenance software detects system failures days and even weeks in advance. Not only does it help prevent shutdowns, it saves on maintenance costs and keeps downtime to a minimum.
Machines that can read and write? That’s precisely the offering the artificial intelligence company Primer builds—machines that can read and write not only in English, but also in Chinese and Russian. The company’s tools automate the analyses of very large datasets in its pursuit to “accelerate our understanding of the world.”
Pymetrics
The 21st-century way of recruiting and hiring uses neuroscience games and artificial intelligence (free of bias) to match people to jobs where they will excel. Developed by Pymetrics, the system assesses people not on their resume, but on their cognitive and emotional makeup that is revealed through 20 minutes of game play. Since algorithms are bias-free, this strategy can diversify the hiring process.
Soulmachines
Who says machines can’t be expressive and emotive? New Zealand company Soulmachines created a digital nervous system they believe will revolutionize the way humans and machines interact. With a vision “to humanize artificial intelligence to better humanity,” Soulmachines creates incredibly life-like, emotionally responsive artificial humans.
ThoughtSpot is a leader in artificial intelligence-driven analytics and search to put the power of thousands of analysts in every business person’s hands. Imagine taking advantage of a Google-like search to analyze incredible amounts of data and gain insights from the data. That’s what ThoughtSpot promises with a single click.
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This lovely cruise aboard the superb M/S Equator, one of the flagships of its fleet, takes in these spectacular, iconic cities – the medieval dukedom of Ragusa and the Roman Emperor Diocletian’s retirement retreat respectively – and packs in between visits to no fewer than seven islands, each with its own character and attractions, from the beautiful bays and beaches of Brač and Elaphiti to the perfectly-preserved Gothic towns of Hvar and Korčula. There is simply no better exploration of the wonders of Dalmatia.
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Day 1 - London – Dubrovnik
We fly to Dubrovnik and transfer to the port to embark M/S Equator. Before our welcome dinner, our Guide Lecturer will give an overview of the Dalmatian Coast’s history as well as the tour itinerary for the days ahead.
Day 2 - Dubrovnik - Elaphiti Islands - Slano
An undoubted icon of world travel, Dubrovnik is unmissable. This morning we appreciate why George Bernard Shaw described this enchanting walled medieval city as “paradise on earth”. On a walking tour of Dubrovnik’s gleaming stone streets, we make stops at the elegant 15th century Rector’s Palace, home to the rulers of old Ragusa, along with the Franciscan Monastery and its ancient pharmacy.
Enjoy magical views as M/S Equator sails around Dubrovnik’s city’s walls en route to one of the tranquil Elaphiti Islands for a swim stop. Back on the mainland, and the Peljesac peninsula noted for high quality wine production, Slano is our gateway to Ston, a once fortified village now best known for its succulent oysters, which we get to sample this evening.
Day 3 - Mljet
Our voyage continues to Mljet, the greenest of the Dalmatian Islands. Here we spend time in the picturesque, verdant Mljet National Park and take a boat ride to St. Mary Isle to visit an ancient Benedictine monastery, an old abbey and 12th century church. We berth in the port of Pomena this evening, a tiny village with just 50 permanent inhabitants, but which still offers a choice of restaurants for dinner.
Day 4 - Korčula
Stopping for lunch at a secluded bay on the way, we sail today to Korčula, reputedly the birthplace of Marco Polo. The enchanting island is home to one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Europe, and we explore its Gothic palaces, stone streets and fairytale towers. Gourmet delights await this evening at whichever restaurant you choose, with fresh fish and seafood a particular pleasure, accompanied by the excellent local wine.
Day 5 - Vis
M/S Equator sails on to Vis, formerly a Yugoslav naval base. As a result of decades of restricted access, Vis has a special charm – ‘the Mediterranean as it once was’. We have the chance to explore the attractions of Vis, including a Roman thermal palace and a small archaeological museum displaying a 4th century BCE bronze of Artemis, along with time at leisure, during which you may sample some of the island’s renowned wine. Back onboard, a sumptuous Captain’s Dinner is served this evening.
Day 6 - Biševo - Hvar - Stari Grad (Hvar)
Following a stop at tiny Biševo to visit the luminescent natural phenomenon known as the Blue Cave (weather permitting), M/S Equator sails on to Hvar, the sunniest of the Dalmatian Islands. Hvar Town, another walled gem of Gothic buildings and marble streets, is a particular highlight, and we visit the oldest public theatre in Europe and the Renaissance cathedral. We berth further along the island in Stari Grad, which justifies its translation (‘old town’) with a history that stretches back 2,500 years. Choose one of the excellent cafés and restaurants that line the harbour here for dinner.
Day 7 - Split
After a stop at the Golden Horn, a breathtaking, constantly shape-shifting beach on the island of Brač, M/S Equator sails on to Split. Before our arrival, our Guide Lecturer will give a talk on Diocletian and the later Roman of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Here, in the land of his birth, the Roman Emperor Diocletian retired, having built the most extraordinary palace complex, which now comprises much of the old town. There are Roman-era remnants to admire – not least the Temple of Jupiter (now cathedral baptistery) and the Peristyle, the city’s elegant central square – along with Gothic and Renaissance buildings, which add further lustre to this UNESCO World Heritage Site. With amazing restaurants to choose from, you’ll be spoilt for choice at dinner.
Day 8 - Split - London
We disembark M/S Equator after breakfast and transfer from the port of Split to the airport for our flight home.
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Animals of Africa's Kalahari Desert
By Lisa Miller
Digital Vision./Digital Vision/Getty Images
The Kalahari Desert is a vast arid grassland that reaches into three African nations -- Botswana, Namibia and South Africa -- and encompasses an area of approximately 360,000 square miles. Due to this great range and the seasonal and geographic variations in water and temperature, the Kalahari has a rich and diverse population of wildlife that includes at least 320 species of mammals and birds alone.
The Kalahari is perhaps best known for its array of large mammal species, particularly in the wetter northern parts of the desert. Here travelers can find a number of Africa’s most famous large mammals, including Kalahari lions -- a subspecies of the African lion, adapted specifically for the challenges of the arid Kalahari -- cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, wild dogs, zebras, impalas, baboons, elephants, desert black rhinos and buffalo. In the south one can find large herds of mammals like wildebeest, hartebeest, springbok and gemsbok.
Though large mammals are an obvious attraction to the Kalahari, a number of interesting small mammals also call the desert home and help to round out the desert's 80 distinct mammal species. Large colonies of meerkats reside throughout the Kalahari, where they dig elaborate underground burrows for protection from both predators and extreme heat. Other small mammals commonly found in the Kalahari Desert include honey badgers, porcupines, aardvarks, warthogs, anteaters, hares, silver and bat-eared foxes and jackals.
Several species of reptiles and amphibians are adapted for life in the Kalahari Desert. Snakes like the venomous puff adder, as well as tiger snakes and Kalahari purple-glossed snakes can be found in the Kalahari, in addition to between 12 and 18 lizard species, including several species of geckos. Amphibians, too, live in this dry environment despite their need for water to reproduce. Frogs make use of the rare rains by reproducing whenever water is available, regardless of the time of year. Some, like the African bullfrog, will completely bury themselves below the sand during dry times of the year cand sustain themselves using moisture from their digestive tracts.
Roughly 240 species of birds spend time in the Kalahari Desert, from large solitary birds of prey to small swallows. Even shore birds like flamingos can be seen in the Kalahari; these large pink birds spend their time in the southern river areas of the desert. Other commonly encountered birds are social weavers, who, as the name implies, build large, woven communal nests that can house up to 300 individuals. Several species of vultures also patrol the skies of the Kalahari and keep carrion from collecting in the arid grasslands.
Tswalu Kalahari: Wildlife
Convention on Biological Diversity: Endemic Species of the Kalahari Desert
Maryland Zoo: African Bullfrog
Encyclopedia Britannica: Kalahari Introduction
Encyclopedia Britannica: Kalahari Animal Life
National Geographic: Meerkat
Field Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa; William R. Branch
Ecology; Lizard Species Density in the Kalahari Desert; Eric R. Planka
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Charlotte Weaves an Entertaining Web of PLOT TWISTS | Review
A spoiler-free review of the 13-episode summer 2015 anime “Charlotte,” produced by P.A. Works, based on the original story by Jun Maeda (Angel Beats!, Clannad).
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“What the heck, Takuto? Charlotte? Really, Charlotte??” Actually, yes, I’m not pulling your leg. I originally wasn’t going to watch this anime, as I heard it didn’t live up to the hype, but something in me clicked (my love for P.A. Works), and I found myself attempting to marathon this thing at 1 A.M. It took me three days to finish (sad, really) but I thought I’d share why you actually might want to check Charlotte out. Surprised? Keep reading.
Yuu Otosaka is what I would call a lucky bastard (at least in the beginning). Blessed with charm, wit, and outstanding looks, he also possesses a secret ability to take over a person’s body for five seconds at a time. Being a teenage boy, Yuu abuses his gift to slip into female bodies (wouldn’t blame him), have some fun with bullies, and cheat on tests to slide into a prestigious high school
Just as life couldn’t be more sunny for Mr. Cheater, camcorder-wielding Nao Tomori, a deadpan invisibility-user, catches on to Yuu’s tricks, leaving him and his li’l sis one option: Transfer to Hoshinoumi Academy, a school for students with these supernatural abilities. Yuu, incredibly flustered, agrees solemnly.
There, he is forced to join the student council led by Tomori, where their task includes stealthily tracking down ability-abusers like himself and dragging them back to the academy. As these reconnaissance missions push the student council to their limits, however, Yuu unravels more shocking truths of the world around him, and that his own ability holds much, much, more potential than merely peeking down a girl’s shirt.
Jun Maeda has this gift for instantly allowing me to fall in love with his characters through simple, occasionally childish actions. That said, he’d be a lot better writer if his stories didn’t have 500-FREAKIN’ teenagers in them! I’m not criticizing him in ANY way at all, and I understand that the story needed a new dude or two, but the anime’s latter half could have gone without the introduction and glossing over of ten new characters. Why not just use-rinse-repeat with the student council members? We already fell in love with them.
Before I move on, I’d like to enforce how much I love the Otosakas, Tomori, glasses-friend-kun, and the moe idol “Yusarin~”/fiery sister. Had this been all the story had, I probably would have enjoyed it much more. Frankly speaking, less characters = more time for others to shine, and in Charlotte‘s case – sparkle. I waltzed into Charlotte thinking, “Hey, we learned our lesson with Angel Beats! right?” Apparently not. But much like its angelic-battlefront predecessor, it only takes a three-minute cafeteria scene to score big with the heart.
On another note, boy, Maeda certainly prefers his supernatural teenagers “paying the price for being special,” eh? You’ll explore that with Yuu Otosaka and his unsteady mental rise and decline. Charlotte doesn’t sugarcoat depression, and it’s scary good.
Smug as hell, but gosh, whom do you remind me of!?
Yuu no Rebellion. Geass, anyone?
P.A. Works puts on yet another flawless depiction of high-school livin’ on the animation front. It’s fluid, high-powered action scenes contrast with the gorgeous backdrop to create a very supernatural and off-putting vibe when it wants to. I always thought of P.A. Works as KyoAni’s older sister, showcasing maturity over cuteness yet still being very youthful. Character designs are attractive, comedic moments will make you laugh, and that signature P.A. Works sky is simply to die for!
The only disappointing scene from this department was the concert snippet we get. It wasn’t poorly animated, it was just so lackluster compared to its predecessor’s, which even gets a blatant reference when Otosaka is watching anime at a computer cafe. At least the story involving the ‘post-rock’ star was a touching one.
For soundtrack, what we get is . . . actually pretty nice. It’s apparently arranged by ANANT-GARDE EYES and Maeda himself, so make of that what you will. The feeling I get listening to these tracks is in fact similar to Angel Beat!‘s, but again, make of that what you will. Playful and relaxing, energetic and intense, grim and remorseful – It all blends in really well with the atmosphere.
“Bravely You” by Lia is our opening, and if I haven’t made enough comparisons to AB! by this point, then you’ve got to be blind . . . kinda like half of the cast (OHH, BURN). The song fairs particularly well, growing on me as the series progressed. What really got me was the animation sequence that pairs with it. Lia has always been good at breathing life with P.A. work’s visuals (or vice versa, rather), making them seem like they belong hand-in-hand; It’s not just a sketch set to a song, but a moving, breathing piece.
I held my opinion of the story until now because here’s where things get real messy, really fast. Charlotte is pretty much firing on all cylinders until we hit the last third portion of the series. Until now, we’ve been wasting time at school steadily chugging along, makin’ memories and enjoying ourselves with a memorable cast, but a second sudden PLOT TWIST throws everything into the shitter. Maeda must’ve gotten bored with the slice-of-life school romance and PLOT TWIST shot the anime down a rugged path looted with amnesia, sudden-death, insanity, identity disorder, the questioning of humanity and sin, and PLOT TWIST, time travel. Great. Fans are never going to live this down, are they? Granted, it handles these attributes immensely well, but the PACING is horrible – as if the situation wasn’t drastic enough – and then BAM, another PLOT TWIST. Charlotte fell of the map in the last leg of its race, and I won’t even mention the final episode – An episode so diverging and literal that it could’ve been the foundation for an entire series by itself. What the frick???
While I can’t say I was in love with Charlotte the entire time, I still give it props for knocking me off guard at least a dozen times. Its unpredictability matched with likable main characters, stellar animation, and a semi-linear plot is still enough to hold much emotional appeal. Charlotte was trying to accomplish way too much in such a short run, and it begs the question as to whether some of its PLOT TWISTS were even worth sacrificing a good batch of characters (Yuu’s journey was excellent, though). Entertaining? Oh God, hell yeah! Artistic? Meh, it felt like several great stories mashed together to create something pretty wicked. It could have taken many different directions, but instead Charlotte decided to swing us waaaaaay outta orbit, sprinkle on its character development, hammer the plot, then soar right back out until the very end . . . Kinda like a comet.
“Do you know the story of the geocentric model? Today, we know it’s complete nonsense, but it used to be accepted as common knowledge. However, reality did not agree. What do you think happened to the first person to ever question it? They were called a heretic, cast out, and stripped of all their power.” – Scientist Tsutsumiuchi *cough theme cough*
+ Core characters highly likable (and PHENOMENALLY VOICED!); Yuu has one crazy journey
+ Balanced comedy, action, drama, and even romance nicely
+ Emotionally gripping even when plot goes down the drain
+ Absolutely gorgeous and consistent animation
– You don’t need a dozen PLOT TWISTS to keep me invested
– Plot pacing so horrible it hurt to breath
– Misplaced character focus (too many of them); glossed over vital characters
So that’s Charlotte. If y’all are scrounging for something unpredictable, here’s a winner. It’s a sweet “Cake” for me! Fans of P.A. Works should also get a kick out of it, despite its misleading direction. Lastly, consider watching if being critical isn’t your thing – it’ll at the very least keep you very entertained (watch me on Crunchyroll for FREE)! Did Charlotte mindf*ck you repeatedly until you didn’t even care anymore, or were you pleased with the end result? Let me know in the comments and we’ll chat! Also, I figured out how to put in videos thanks to the Otaku Judge and Rocco B!!:) Thank you for spending your time to visit little ol’ me, and until another review next year, this has been
Tagged angel beats, anime, charlotte, comedy, courage, drama, emotional, entertaining, good acting, Jun Maeda, Lia, love, Nao Tomori, no spoilers, P.A. Works, PLOT TWISTS, poor pacing, romance, school, slice of life, special abilities, stellar animation, supernatural, too many characters, tragedy, Yuu Otosaka
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I Liked It Better When It Sucked
So Bad It's Good/Anime
The Princess Bride (film)
True-Blue Femininity
This Was His True Form
Vulcan Has No Moon
Rugrats/Tear Jerker
Work, Eastern RPG, Play Station 3,
Folklore (known as FolksSoul in Japan) was an early title for the Playstation 3, an action adventure game with JRPG elements.
It features as our stars the young student Ellen, a Mysterious Waif with an amnesiac past, being summoned to the town of Doolin, Ireland by a letter from her dead mother. At the same time, Keats, a skeptical reporter for a third-rung occult magazine receives a phone call from Doolin begging him to save her from "The Faeries". These two characters meet up at the same place, only to find the woman who summoned them both has been murdered.
In the course of trying to unravel the mystery of her murder, Ellen and Keats are separately drawn into the Netherworld on the night of Samhain and begin discovering, by meeting with various dead people, that a chain of events starting 17 years ago in Doolin is dramatically affecting the present. Ellen forges forward seeking the truth about her past, while Keats, like any good Intrepid Reporter, hangs around just trying to get a good story. A conflict in the Netherworld gradually comes to light while more people in the present day Doolin are turning up murdered by a mysterious woman known only as The Hag, and everything somehow connects to Ellen's missing past.
The story is told through two perspectives - Ellen and Keats play separate storylines through the same areas until a certain point in the game, allowing the player to start filling in the gaps between the overall storyline. Ellen's powers come from the various Cloaks she wears, which allow her passage into the Netherworld, while Keats' are drawn from having been transformed into Ellen's guardian merely by being within her presence the first time she donned the Cloak. And then, there are the Folks, which are both enemies and weapons to the protagonists - the game's defining feature is the ability to subdue the various Folks and absorb their Ids in order to utilize them as weapons within the Netherworld.
The game's method of delivering its plot is also of note - instead of relying solely on Full Motion Video, it also switches between that, a series of comic-book style story sequences, and traditional dialogue.
This game provides examples of:
Action Girl - Ellen
Agent Scully - Keats. It takes a lot for him to actually accept the supernatural. Even when he travels to the worlds of the dead, he merely shrugs his shoulders and calmly assumes he must be going insane.
Ancient Conspiracy - With poor Ellen at ground zero and Keats dragged along for the ride.
Arbitrary Skepticism - Being an Agent Scully obviously means Keats is prone to this.
Badass Bookworm - Keats. Definitely does not look the type of guy to beat the crap out of demon souls with his bare hands...
Badass Cape - As part of the Battefield Cloak.
Badass Longcoat - Keats again. He even gets to wear a modified version of it in his Transcended form.
Bare Your Midriff - The Cloak of Sidhe, and later the Cloak of Midnight Sun.
Big Damn Heroes - Keats busting in on the courtroom scene to rescue Ellen. Also doubles as a Crowning Moment of Awesome.
Bodyguard Crush - While Keats is basically thrown into this role against his will, he genuinely comes to protect Ellen out of a sense of chivalry. Then again, he later learns he might not have had much of a choice anyway...
Boring but Practical - All of the shielding folks don't seem like they're that great if you master the dodge step, but with health recovery being virtually nonexistent in the game outside of specific areas of the map, they can be a godsend in prolonged boss fights, Spriggan in particular.
Killmoulis too. It can only take one hit, but that's any hit.
Similarly, using the small fry folks at their maximum karmic release tends to be a quicker and easier way to rack up damage on most enemies than your bigger, more Magic-consuming folks. On the other hand, the big guys are still incredibly useful, especially against higher-level folks and bosses ordinary creatures might not be able to touch.
Burn the Witch - This is the reason Ellen and her mother left Doolin in the first place: their sensitivity to the existence of the Fairy Realm led to them being accused of many of the tragedies that befell the town.
Clothes Make the Superman - Ellen's power in the Netherworld comes from the different cloaks she wears. Presumably, so does Livane's.
Crapsack World / Crap Saccharine World - Most of the Netherworld Realms, at least by way of Fridge Horror, but also justified as these Realms base on the fears of humans about the afterlife.
Warcadia is a world of constant war, and the soldier-type Folks there seem to have a WWII-esque uniform.
Hellrealm goes without saying.
The Endless Corridor is created from thoughts of modern people pondering what is in the afterlife or if there is even one at all. The unanswered questions and doubts form the realm. It hovers over a bright void and the player character can get trapped by being sent to a previous point if they fail to achieve the requirements.
Dead All Along - Keats, kind of - Halflives are essentially ghosts, but they're not the souls of people who were alive in the first place, they're created by strong desires or wishes. Keats was created by Herve's final wish to save Cecilia's life, and in that sense could be said to be a remnant of Herve, in the image of Cecilia's drawing of how she thought Herve would look as an adult.
Deadpan Snarker - Keats.
Keats: "A murder in the village of the dead? Somebody tell me this is a joke..."
Eldritch Abomination - Scarecrow becomes one for the final boss fight, transforming into a misshapen creature made out of what appears to be a mishmash of thousands of crows and a very pissed off Great Old One.
Elemental Powers - All folks except the non-elementals use attacks based on one 'element'. They include the classical elements of fire, water etc. - and such 'elements' as 'Destroy' or 'Slash'.
Elves vs. Dwarves - The Fairy Lord's beautiful fae subjects and Livane's shady and brutish-looking ones. Subverted in that Livane's people are actually the noble ones, while the Fairy Lord and his people are most definitely not.
Estrogen Brigade Bait - Keats again.
Expy - O'Connell has a probably-not-coincidential resemblance to Vincent Price.
Fake Longevity - Unfortunately, the game does suffer from a bad case of this. For the first five worlds, you must complete them twice - once as Ellen, once as Keats. Aside from different enemy placement and a few level layout changes, there's very little differentiating the two playthroughs.
Framing Device - The murders happening in Lemrick/Doolin. This is what brings Ellen and Keats together, and are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the mysteries surrounding the town.
Gotta Catch Em All
Heroic Sacrifice - Herve insisted on having his blood transfused to Cecilia to save her life, although he knew his condition was already bad enough that it would probably result in his death.
At the end of the game, it's revealed that Belgae is a Half-life created by a warrior who sacrificed himself in order to protect Livane.
Hub Level - Doolin itself, though Ellen and Keats each have their own respective hubs where the player can make them sleep to pass the time or save the game.
Incredibly Lame Pun - "I'll throw the book at you!"
Kangaroo Court - The trial that Ellen is subject to in Hell Realm is full of preconceived conclusions, as it's meant to be a symbolic representation of her own guilt
Laser-Guided Amnesia - Ellen can't remember anything about her life from before the time her mother died (and apparently her mother's death as well).
Light Is Not Good - The Elves.
Lighthouse Point - Kind of serves as a motif for the game.
Living Memory - The dead don't continue to exist in the Netherworld, they are dead. All what remains of them are echoes in form of memories that a folk named Mnemosyne feeds on and can 'replay'.
Mama Bear - Ellen's mother, Ingrid, will kill without hesitation to protect her daughter.
Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold - Livane, whom we find out is much more noble than she initially seems, and WAY more than the Fairy Lord.
Mind Screw
Mega Manning - Both Ellen and Keats get powers by absorbing Folks. However, the ways they manifest are different: Ellen is a summoner, while Keats manifests spirit helpers.
Not So Harmless - The denizens of Hellrealm seem fairly innocuous at first, giving you tips like most NPCs and discussing cloaks. The first little cracks of ugliness show when they wonder what you're doing in a realm for those who are to be punished...and suddenly they don't seem so harmless anymore when they decide to play a few rounds of Break the Cutie with Ellen.
Occult Detective - Subverted: while Keats's job as a writer for an occult magazine would naturally make him this, he actually doesn't BELIEVE any of the stuff he investigates.
Our Ghosts Are Different - There are two variants of this:
One is the Half-Lives. They aren't souls of people who were once alive, but beings created when a human has such a desire or wish so powerful, it manifests in a corporal form and carries a purpose based on that desire/wish. Once that purpose has been fulfilled, their reason of existence ceases and so do they.
The memories of the dead that Mnemosynes carry. They can assume the form of these persons and communicate with others as if they were still alive. The dead are still dead, however.
Painful Transformation - Keats' first cutscene in which he is given his Transcended form. When he reverts back to normal, he remarks that "Even the pain feels real". He also writhes around a lot when the player activates his Transcended Mode, so it apparently still hurts no matter how many times he does it.
Parental Abandonment - Ellen never knew her father and her mother died... But then she receives a supposed letter from her mother revealing that she is actually alive. And then this is subverted: Ellen's mother abandoned her to protect her from the machinations of the Fairies.
Primal Stance - Keats in combat in the Netherworld, especially in Transcended form.
Real Is Brown - Doolin is colored in shades of sepia and dull yellow, compared to the bright colors of many areas of the Netherworld.
Really Seven Hundred Years Old - Livane is at least 5000 years old given the game's timeline.
Rule of Symbolism - Each Netherworld Realm represents collective human thoughts and views about what the afterlife is like.
Scary Shiny Glasses - Keats does this a lot. His glasses also glow bright purple when he's fighting in the Netherworld.
Scenery Gorn - Warcadia, the Endless Corridor and Hellrealm.
Scenery Porn - The Faery Realm, the Underwater City and the Netherworld Core.
Shout-Out - The title of the magazine Keats writes for is Unknown Realms, one of the titles for the game while it was in development.
One of Keats's DLC costumes is a Shout-Out to Alucard.
Stripperiffic - The Twilight Cloak.
Super Mode - Keats Transcended form, which drastically boosts the powers and effects of his attacks until the gauge runs out.
Tall, Dark and Snarky - Keats can come off as this when faced with some of the more insufferable characters.
The Fair Folk - The Faeries in this game fight you about as often as they help you. And then there's the Folks themselves, which just want to kill you on sight outside of the sidequests.
The Lost Woods - The Faery Realm is essentially this, with a mix of Ghibli Hills thrown in for spice.
Tomato in the Mirror - When Keats finds out at the end of the game that he is a Halflife and the player discovers that he's not really a reporter at all, his "office" was just another part of the Netherworld, and the magazine he supposedly wrote for folded 17 years earlier. This is further enforced by one of the downloadable quests in which an outsider to the village couldn't see Keats because she didn't believe in magic.
Town with a Dark Secret - Doolin.
Trial of the Mystical Jury - Judge Yama's court, which puts Ellen on trial for breaking the laws between the human and other worlds.
Underwater Ruins - The Undersea City.
The Unfavorite - Suzette's mother went crazy after losing her son and husband and took it all out on Suzette.
Visual Novel - Some of the cutscenes and nearly all of the in-game dialog (as in, non-cutscene) has the feel of one.
Waistcoat of Style - Keats.
Well-Intentioned Extremist - A lot of them; none of the villains are really in it for themselves.
Special mention goes to Scarecrow, though. Absorbed all the fear in the world and planned to terrorize humanity into being more compassionate.
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NeuroML: A Language for Describing Data Driven Models of Neurons and Networks with a High Degree of Biological Detail
Padraig Gleeson, Sharon Crook, Robert C. Cannon, Michael L. Hines, et al
http://www.mendeley.com/research/neuroml-language-describing-data-driven-models-neurons-networks-high-degree-biological-detail
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CD8+ T Cell Priming by Dendritic Cell Vaccines Requires Antigen Transfer to Endogenous Antigen Presenting Cells
Alice W. Yewdall, Scott B. Drutman, Felecia Jinwala, Keith S. Bahjat, et al
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Etoposide Induces Nuclear Re-Localisation of AID
Laurens J. Lambert, Simon Walker, Jack Feltham, Heather J. Lee, et al
http://www.mendeley.com/research/etoposide-induces-nuclear-relocalisation-aid
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They had to shoot Osama bin Laden because he was not naked.
"Being naked was the only way Osama Bin Laden could have avoided being killed, it emerged today. The elite U.S. Navy Seals team that killed him was told to assume he was wearing a suicide vest if he was clothed, according to a briefing given to a congressional aide."
But he was in his pajamas, so, no matter what he did, he was doomed.
ADDED: Instapundit links, saying: "OTHER NIGHT I SHOT OSAMA IN HIS PAJAMAS. How I wound up in his pajamas I’ll never know...." That flickered through my head too.
Tags: bin Laden, Instapundit, Marx Brothers, naked, pajamas
They had to assume that he might start blogging. Couldn't let that happen.
MadisonMan said...
Joke I heard today: The decision to withold the photo was a no-brainer.
I wish I had PJ's with 450 EU sown in. Besides, assuming he's got a 'splosive 'neath his nethers is a reasonable assumption. Especially if you don't really care if you kill him or not.
It was Moe Lane who said it first that I saw, and it's looking more and more correct: those SEALs need to lawyer up, preferably with somebody familiar with international law. Somewhere in the distance the sound of a bus being started up is faint but distinct.
TWM said...
A very good reason. But even if it was just a "kill on sight" order that was justified as well.
Lord, Barry screwed-up what should have been nothing but great PR.
Tell me again how fricken' smart this guy is?
Every minute a new story. Haven't these guys ever heard of Baron Von Munchausen Syndrome? They need to see a doctor and get treatment for it ASAP.
those SEALs need to lawyer up, preferably with somebody familiar with international law.
I wonder how Obama et al, who ordered this raid, feel about it's relevance to the International Criminal Court.
Lincolntf said...
Good. My rule would've been "if he's breathing, assume he's about to kill you", rather than giving him the naked way out. As long as he's dead, I'm happy.
I really can't believe he's not releasing the photo, though. I assume that if we don't get it through FOIA or some such appeal to transparency under Obama, the next Adminstration will let it out.
It's History, not the President's personal trophy, and the nation has a right to see it.
Lucien said...
The real reason the whole operation was approved is that Julian Assange got hold of an encrypted tweet from Leon Panetta that read:
"Got video of Bin Laden. He's making out with a Dude! Yay!"
It's hard to believe that he's walked around with a suicide vest on for all these 10 years.
I'm going with, "If you bring him back alive, you'll be shoveling shit in Louisiana for the rest of your military career."
This is lame BS CYA. The SEALS must be laughing their behinds off reading this ROE.
The only part of the operation that went well is the intel/military piece. The political part is a looping slow moving car wreck.
"Obama is such a bad-ass" then "No really, he is no cowboy." Loop again.
Somebody forgot to tell Obama that the afterglow of a successful operation last but a few days. The 2nd guessing goes on forever. Then again, he's not use to being 2nd guessed now is he?
Somebody forgot to tell Obama that the afterglow of a successful operation last but a few days.
From where I've been sitting, and correct me if I'm wrong, the general MSM didn't quite spoon with Him after this. This was too big a story and it forced most of them, against their daily grooves, to actually fall back on whatever innate journalistic training they may have. I don't a whole lot of comfort zone out there and, in fact, the snide comments are starting to fly that the WH press sec might not have the gravitas for the job.
He'll be under a bus in short order if this torrent of bad PR doesn't settle down asap.
Would anyone fault Obama if he said "We wanted him dead. I gave the order to kill him, and I don't regret it. We are at war with Al Qaeda, and it is my belief that the leaders of Al Qaeda should have more to fear from us than the foot soldiers.
And if you have a problem with that, you can kiss my @$$".
Seriously, would anyone (besides his base) object to that?
As long as he wasn't in women's clothing, I'm cool with it. But, as long as Obama is in office, the folks at Pajamas Media had better watch their back,...
They shot him because Panetta told them to. BHO really had very little to do with it.
MaggotAtBroad&Wall said...
TWM,
Smart enough to fool Ann and Meade. Their latest twist is a fine example of why, if you're not a real conservative - or, especially, a critical thinker - you really shouldn't be fucking with politics. Here, let me put it into terms they'll understand:
Soilent Green is people!
Lincolntf,
I assume that if we don't get it through FOIA or some such appeal to transparency under Obama, the next Adminstration will let it out.
I'm counting on WikiLeaks finally doing something useful, myself.
AllenS said...
More bullshit from this idiotic administration.
Steve Koch said...
From an intelligence perspective, it would have been infinitely better to capture Osama alive and extract everything he knows via interrogation. It is criminal that Obama ordered that Osama be killed rather than attempt to take Osama alive.
The left hates the interrogations and Guantanamo so Obama has been killing Al Qaeda leaders rather than violate their rights by sticking them in Guantanamo and interrogating them. As a result, our intelligence is drying up. The lead to Osama's courier (which led us to Osama) came via interrogation of a captured Al Quedan. Dead Al Quedans provide no leads.
I read a long account from a supposed insider that describes a very opposed Valarie Jerrett basically keeping the President from making a final decision. According to this source, it was a Panetta/Clinton/Gates cabal that made the final decision for him and basically forced him along.
Interesting if true.
I have never seen an image of OBL without a firearm slung over his shoulder or within arms reach. It has been widely reported before that he was rumored to wear a suicide vest at all times so as to never be taken alive.
Killing OBL on sight was the only prudent thing to do.
OT- Obama is spiking the football at ground zero as we speak.
Day 1 of this saga is why Althouse voted for Obama. Days 2+ are why the people who didn't vote for him, didn't.
@Steve Koch, Are you one of the Kochs, even by remote relation? If so: I really like Quilted Northern--thanks!
Carol_Herman said...
Back in the Situation Room, they were watching what? Coming attractions?
Panetta says the CIA has nothing in terms of visuals, from the compound. No lights. No camera. But, yes, I did hear dogs barking.
And, yes, too. I saw a big DISH on the roof that has somehow disappeared.
The "photo op" of this event has turned around and bitten pretty much everyone in the White House on the arse.
And, then you have this character Carney trying to "explain it all." Will SNL touch this stuff? It's comedic gold.
The United States is not a member of said tribunal, and not under its jurisdiction. No world marshal is going to arrest a Navy SEAL and take him to The Hague.
You people are getting ridiculous. What's gotten into you?
Brian Brown said...
it was a Panetta/Clinton/Gates cabal that made the final decision for him and basically forced him along.
Kind of like affirmative action...
Or perhaps, on the job training.
BuckIV said...
I think the Team was wise to disable their cameras during the actual kill. Otherwise Obama would use it against them at their eventual human rights trial.
Robert Pearson said...
The Crack MC said:
But, as long as Obama is in office, the folks at Pajamas Media had better watch their back,...
Yes, read this from Roger Simon and tell me if it doesn't ring true. Especially if you know anything about Valerie Jarrett. Were you aware of how much influence she has on BHO?
Agree with everyone wondering how the WH could have taken a silk purse like this and rapidly turned it into a pig in a wallow.
Finally, this was a kill operation from start to finish. Even Eric Holder had that precognition. Ask yourself if the Paks really could have not noticed this whole thing for 45 minutes. They wanted him dead, Obama would have been sick to his stomach with indecision about where to try OBL and the quality of the Koran in his cell.
So the killing went well and then they started fouling it up shortly thereafter.
Sheesh, doesn't anyone know how to play this game?
"They had to shoot Osama bin Laden because he was not naked"
I heard he was wearing shorts.
This is hilarious. Was this order from the TSA guys? Seriously, the only weapon the USA feared was Osama's brain alive and well and issuing more orders to kill Americans.
Otherwise Obama would use it against them at their eventual human rights trial.
Stupid. Fail. What are you trying to prove with this utter fantasy?
"The United States is not a member of said tribunal,"
We would be if Clinton and the Dems had had their way. IIRC, Bush put a stop to this effort early in his tenure.
Phil 314 said...
All of this "information" is making everyone look bad. Is it still possible to control info in this day and time?
OBL is dead via special ops. That's good and that's all I want to know.
His narcissism
The WH's incompetence
& the Press' need to control the narritive & build up The Won for re-election
Have Bermuda Triangled him.
Now he takes the victory walk which may or may not help him in the long run.
At least some are actually asking questions, that's a change.
My point was exactly that we're not a part of it despite clamoring on the left to be so. My question was what those people now think.
How stupid does a person have to be to think McCain stood a chance in 2008?
I guess the ones who voted for Bob Dole, thinking he'd beat Clinton, in 1996.
Keep hugging your belief system there. Keep believing Obama didn't win the election fair and square. You want to blame only a few voters for the gigantic mistakes made by the GOP selection process?
We would be if Clinton and the Dems had had their way.
Not so, Mike. Clinton did not even bother to submit the ICC to the Senate for advice and consent. A very politically astute thing.
I know quite a bit about this area of law. And you are wrong.
Ah, but there was clamoring to submit it, wasn't there? I heard clamoring. Didn't you hear the clamoring?
Titus said...
What if his pajamas had little bunnies on them?
His choice of pajamas would be fun to contemplate.
I want to know why Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, knew about this before the media outlets reported it. Is someone in the WH a Rock fan?
Just read that OBL's last tweet has been translated and released - BRB - someone is at the door.
I just checked and there is actually a Dominos Pizza in that area. He could have met them at the door with cash in hand, ready for his triple-cheese melt with (don't tell anyone) sausage and bacon. New York-style, of course.
I heard he was wearing bunny slippers.
There will always be a clamoring by a small but loud segment of the American population that wants to submit to world government. The vast majority of Americans would never stand for such a thing, even if they say they want an International Criminal Court.
Americans would be enraged if any American soldier or politician was ever tried for war crimes. It would be bloody, Jacksonian war. Senators and members of the House understand this. So does President Clinton. Thus his "failure" to submit the ICC to the Senate.
I'm saying if the PR on this turns south for Obama I would not hesitate to think that he would throw the Frogmen under his well used bus to save his own bacon.
Weren't there issues with this administration poking around the CIA interrogators with threats to prosecute waterboarders.
I am simply saying that if I was in charge of the raid I would have ensured that there was no video of the actual kill. I do not trust Obama.
"Not so, Mike. Clinton did not even bother to submit the ICC to the Senate for advice and consent. A very politically astute thing."
I assume (please correct me if I'm wrong) that the political astutness refers to the fact that if he had submitted it to the Senate, it would have ocassioned a political argument, which implies that there were supporters, in the Senate and on the left in general.
Patrick said...
Oh for Pete's sake, how can you take out probably the most reviled man in the world, and screw up the PR so bad?
Then you are a tool and an idiot. The United States has a law against exactly this action. The American Service Members Protection Act. Please do look into it before spouting further. Thanks.
This didn't take long to find.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says it is a "great regret" that the United States is not a member of the International Criminal Court.
Clinton spoke Thursday in Kenya during a seven-nation tour of Africa.
The court is the first permanent institution authorized to try individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes when national courts are unable or unwilling to do so.
The U.S. formally rejected U.S. participation in May 2002. A main concern was that American servicemen hunting down terrorists abroad might not be safe from politically motivated prosecutions.
Clinton said it is "a great regret but it is a fact that we are not yet a signatory. But we have supported the court and continue to do so."
From 2009, no less.
Lady Gaga wrote : "What a historical moment in the fight against hatred."
Coffe. Spew. Keyboard. But no matter, it was worth it.
It would have been voted down something like 90-10. What was politically astute was for Clinton to sign it, thus placating Euro weenies but not submitting it to the Senate, thereby assuring that (1) it could never become law, and (2) he wouldn't face a firestorm of criticism.
Whatever Clinton's faults, he was a major-league politician. Obama could learn much.
Dustin said...
Well, he shouldn't have orchestrated 9/11 then, I suppose.
I bet he had that thought, too. This guy didn't go to all that effort to hide himself in that big home if he didn't cherish his own life.
Sending a pawn to die, or sentencing a little kid on an airplane to death wasn't such a problem for him, but that's because he craved power.
He was sorry when they took him out.
test said...
There isn't going to be any political fallout from this. We on the right are laughing at various inanities and the general hypocrisy of the left. But very few are upset with the outcome, even Obama's role.
Those on the left are mumbling objections so the next time they go after a Republican for the same offense they have something to show they aren't hypocrites. After each journalist's obligatory wave to principle they'll drop the matter. There's no reason to discuss the media separately.
The SEALs don't need lawyers, and Obama's political advisers are having wet dreams some international court asserts jurisdiction so Obama gets his Sister Souljah moment.
The media will follow up on the details until the narrative coalesces around a few stable talking points, then it dies until election time.
This story is changing too fast.
Did they not agree upon the spin BEFORE the operation?
Even the use of the Chinook helicopters is in question. The wrecked helicopter left debris that was distinctly not a Chinook.
Scott -- Do you believe that politicians say what they think all the time? Further, the Secretary of State does not make U.S. law, not even close. Nor does the First Lady.
From the 2008 campaign...
Unlike the rest of the Republican field, Sen. John McCain has said he would like to see the United States join the international court, although he would first require more protections for U.S. personnel. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have taken similar wait-and-see positions, while most of the other Democratic hopefuls have called for full U.S. membership.
We should appreciate the commitment of fighting men of this quality to following orders, but wearing a suicide vest around the house? Please.
I have no sympathy for a monster like bin Laden, but this was an assassination, pure and simple. I am uncomfortable with the dissembling surrounding it. I am particularly uncomfortable with the killing of unarmed members of his retinue - if current reports are accurate.
This guy had to be an intelligence treasure trove. Why was the only option to silence him? In essence, to martyr him?
Oh so our servicemen can do as they please anywhere they please to anyone at any time because there's a law that says so. A serviceman who disregards the ROE and Geneva Conventions can expect no discipline? Sure thing.
(The Crypto Jew)
It needn’t be the ICC, Seven…and yes there WAS discussion of investigations, by DoJ, of the CIA interrogators.
The wrecked helicopter left debris that was distinctly not a Chinook.
I noticed that too. I would have though Blackhawk or Jolly Green before seeing the wreckage from the Paki pictures. Now, I'm not sure what the hell that is.
although he would first require more protections for U.S. personnel
Read much? If there is American-decided immunity for American "personnel," who in their right mind could want to shun the ICC? It would be at the very worst a tremendous asset for American imperialism.
I get the sense, based on the googling you spout about, that you haven't spent much time on this issue and don't understand the nuances.
We are going to find out he had a butt plug in his ass.
I still don’t grasp the problem with just owning up to the fact, we assassinated Usama….instead we make it sound like we have to have an IAB “justified shooting” .
I bet that ever alert Qadaffi is sleeping in the nude these days.
there WAS discussion of investigations, by DoJ, of the CIA interrogators
Naked, he still could have farted.
So are the people in DC really still running off at the mouth about this event, or is this just different media sources running stories on the event to keep up sales? (I can't tell)
Seven Machos,
No world marshal is going to arrest a Navy SEAL and take him to The Hague.
That image, of someone even trying, cracks me up!
Wahrheit,
Read this from Roger Simon and tell me if it doesn't ring true.
I will - but why does a picture of Bob Dobbs have this strange power over me?
Carol_Herman,
Keep hugging your belief system there. Keep believing Obama didn't win the election fair and square.
Oh, if only you could see me laughing and pointing at the moment! You're Rielle Hunter telling John Edwards he's Ghandi and MLK. Insane. As the resident expert on cultism and belief systems I can tell you, without hesitation, that you, Madam, are severely delusional. If you missed the unethical media blitzkrieg of the last election - and, even three years later, haven't sorted out how they accomplished this disaster - you are not even remotely attached to reality.
Seek medical attention.
The United States may choose to allow any American personnel to be subject to local law. Or not. The U.S. may also prosecute under American criminal or military law.
Are you really suggesting that the Obama administration is going to turn Navy SEALS over to a foreign government or prosecute them under military or criminal law?
You are perhaps the biggest idiot ass clown ever to find a way here. Impressive.
"Further, the Secretary of State does not make U.S. law, not even close. Nor does the First Lady."
The women "came close" to being President.
I don't disagree with your point that there is much opposition to the U.S. joining the ICC, nor do I disagree that Bill Clinton was a smart politician. I also agree with Scott that the ICC is a talisman of the left, and it good at this juncture to point out how incedibly stupid it would be for the U.S. to join.
I remember that very well.
Exactly. Even at the state level where I work we have a contingency plan for if things go right...
My advice would have been: President makes minimum announcement (less "I" less detail) that night, NOTHING from Admin. for 8 hours until full debriefing, NOTHING about captured docs and computers, NOTHING about exactly whodunnit (Biden, you idiot), finally midafternoon next day release a timeline of events that is for sure.
A few hours of partial mystery would have served the President well. Take your time and keep retractions to a minimum, people. Keep your eyes on Nov. 2012 and not netx week's polls, fools.
I also agree with Scott that the ICC is a talisman of the left, and it good at this juncture to point out how incedibly stupid it would be for the U.S. to join.
That was why I brought it up "originally" (no pun...well, maybe).
People, listen to me. There is no way on earth that the United States will ever join the International Criminal Court if there is even a remote risk that an American solider or politician could be prosecuted. This is because Americans would never stand for it. This is also because Presidents and Senators are not stupid. They would be putting exactly their own asses on the line.
74 comments and still no reference to Groucho Marx?
the wolf said...
Right now there is a Navy Seal telling a joke about having once shot bin Laden in his pajamas.
Seven, that was why I brought it up. Those same people that "clamored" for it should now think long and hard about the implications. For the record, I agree with your point.
President makes minimum announcement (less "I" less detail) that night, NOTHING from Admin. for 8 hours until full debriefing, NOTHING about captured docs and computers, NOTHING about exactly whodunnit (Biden, you idiot), finally midafternoon next day release a timeline of events that is for sure.
That would be ideal, but it'll never happen. DC is filled with people filled with self-importance who love to leak info to credulous journalists. Leaking means you're important! Look at me! I know something! Receiving leaks means you're important! Let me take your junk out of my mouth so I can write this important information down!
It would be interesting to see that happen, a news blackout for hours after an event. I suspect there would be loud complaining from the self-important DC Press Corps.
Crack Emcee:
The power of Slack can overcome even your own extremely well-developed cult fighting prowess!
Clarity from Sarah Palin on photo release: 'No pussy-footing around, no politicking, no drama; it's part of the mission.'
I don't agree with her on releasing the photos, but at least we have one politician who can make herself clear with a minimum of words.
but at least we have one politician who can make herself clear with a minimum of words.
I'm not the biggest Palin fan, unless it's Micheal, and then only prior to 1980, but she does have a knack for clear, concise point-making.
Unlike myself.
"This is because Americans would never stand for it."
And how would they express their disapproval? Blogs, perhaps?
MadisonMan:
Yeah, you're spot on. I was talking about some Platonic ideal of a White House. The real human animal can rarely keep its mouth shut for even five minutes.
Wince said...
Talk about revealing methods...
Look for terrorist to develop a suicide merkin.
A merkin (first use 1617) is a pubic wig. Merkins were originally worn by prostitutes after shaving their genitalia, and are nowadays used as decorative items or in film making.
He and his wives were watching the dvd Torch Song Trilogy.
And how would they express their disapproval?
They'd vote the bastards out. If there ever was an American tried for war crimes, they'd vote in demagogues who would make war over it.
You grossly under-estimate how responsive members of Congress are to the beliefs and desires of their constituents.
Please, everyone, it's not Navy Seals, seal team, or seal anything, unless you're talking about a zoo or circus. They are called SEALs. Use the shift key.
DADvocate,
I want to know why Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, knew about this before the media outlets reported it.
DAD, that's nothing - what about Christiane Amanpour?
PaulV said...
he sahould have been at the AQ nudist colony.
wv: haingene
The gene that was tested for.
It is a marker for terrorists
bin Laden has been living at this place for years. Does anybody really believe that he awoke every morning, and put on a suicide vest?
I'm with Allen. This was a shoot-him-dead operation. I understand, however, why the United States would not admit this (and also why the United States would actually have taken Bin Laden alive).
What's actually really troublesome to me is why so many people expect transparency in this delicate wartime foreign policy situation. It's weird.
"They'd vote the bastards out. If there ever was an American tried for war crimes, they'd vote in demagogues who would make war over it."
Something about a horse and a barn door.
"You grossly under-estimate how responsive members of Congress are to the beliefs and desires of their constituents."
Can you say Obama-Care? I knew you could. (H/T Mr. Rodgers).
Suicide vests are for the little people.
Early in the Iraq War, there was an instance of this sort of second guessing. A news video guy was embedded with Marines and he got a shot of a Marine killing a jihadi who had been playing dead as they went through an enemy house room by room. There was a big furor because the Marine didn't let him "surrender." The Marine was court martialed, as I recall, due to senior officers getting wee weed up about the media.
You are dealing with an enemy that wants to die. As Schwartzkopf said in the first Gulf War, "They want to see Allah and we are trying to arrange a meeting."
Smilin' Jack said...
If they took him alive, do you really think they would say so? And if they did take him alive and he is now undergoing "super-enhanced" interrogation, would I mind?
Allen S: I'm telling you, the man was wearing shorts. You know how that sets some people off.
I can't believe the smartest guy on the internet is reduced to simple vulgarity. Also don't put words in my mouth, I wrote what I meant which is simply that I do not trust Obama to do the right thing very often. It is now, after a successful mission, inconceivable that a SEAL would get disciplined for the raid. However, flying in there was no guarantee of success and in order to cover my ass I would have made sure there was no video of the actual attack because this administration has a history of throwing people under the bus.
Tell us about all the successful, expedient prosecutions at The Hague. I'll wait.
Can you say Obama-Care? I knew you could.
Obamacare is mildly unpopular. A lot of people like it. Are you really suggesting that the arrest by a world court of an American politician of service member would be similarly mildly unpopular? If so, you are brain dead. Such a scenario would be grossly disgusting to 85 percent of Americans.
Also, what you fail to understand is that the United States will never accede to an international criminal court that allows the prosecution of Americans. It's simply not going to happen, precisely because members of Congress are -- how to put it? -- remarkably more politically astute than you are.
I wrote what I meant which is simply that I do not trust Obama to do the right thing very often.
Nowhere did you write this. Ass clown.
4thGenerationBuck,
I can't believe the smartest guy on the internet is reduced to simple vulgarity.
“Be not intimidated… nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.” - John Adams
Michael -- Please link to your story.
I'm not naive enough to expect transparency, but a little consistency from our government officials would be nice.
It really smacks of incompetence to not have all these answers gamed out ahead of time.
What makes you so angry, Seven?
My second post said "I do not trust Obama". Distrust of the administration was central to every one of my posts. You not especially good at reading comprehension are you? h yeah, and I take back that thing about you being the smartest guy on the internet, it appears you're not too bright at all.
Things said by Buck in this thread:
Lem said...
But he was in his pajamas..
In one version Rush said Bin Laden had phone numbers sown to his "clothing" and money on him, in case they had to make a quick get away.
The WH seems determined to go thru every possible permutation of what could have happened that night.
Original Mike,
Jesus, first language, and now anger?
Is this an ashram?
I'm not angry. I'm just aghast at the fantastic stories people are apparently willing to believe in. I notice, though, that there is almost always an inverse relationship between additional knowledge in a subject area and willingness to believe fantastic stories.
Panetta/Clinton/Gates cabal
Hmmm...Triumverate has a ring to it.
coketown said...
Did they think Osama just lounged around the house with a suicide vest on beneath his jammies? I guess it makes sense if you're paranoid. But he lived in the middle of Pakistan, right next to their military academy. That doesn't sound like paranoia.
Truth be told, I probably would have shot him if he was naked.
Go back and read your posts, in this thread alone, Seven. Your level of vitriol is uncalled for.
It's of no consequence; it's just a blog thread, but it wouldn't hurt to chill out a little.
Stephen A. Meigs said...
The whole business makes Americans and Obama in particular look kind of cowardly. As if Obama thought all Americans were too scared and NIMBY to put up with a trial of bin Laden near them, and Obama cravenly felt he had to cater to that by making sure bin Laden wasn't captured alive, lest he be forced to make a difficult decision or some act of violence near the trial screw up his political future. And the solemn ceremonies to me seem a kind of ridiculous effort to make up for the earlier truth-stretching and lack of bravery.
Seven M wrote: What's actually really troublesome to me is why so many people expect transparency in this delicate wartime foreign policy situation. It's weird.
It's not that people expect transparency. It's that something other than the usual flurry of lies and misinformation either disseminated by, or left uncorrected by, the White Hoouse seems in order.
Additionally, this is a major decision, supposedly by the Commander-In-Chief, and it deserves public assessment just as other major decisions do. E.g., Who says killing was better than capturing? And Why?
I mean, shit, I'm basically agreeing with you, yet I'm "brain-dead".
The idea that the CIA/Seals must give out video proof which must also be thrown out to the Blogging mob is weird. By that standard, the use of stealth technology in aircraft design and encoded military communications must either be a stupid blunder or an Un-American act. Secrets are kept in wartime because Lose digital lips sink ships.
Ok, b honest.
When U 1st heard there was no video, after that war room shot suggesting they were watching it, you thought, "Hello, Rose Mary?"
a trial of bin Laden
The idea that the CIA/Seals must give out video proof which must also be thrown out to the Blogging mob is weird. …. Secrets are kept in wartime because Lose digital lips sink ships.
And what secrets would be “betrayed” by releasing the video? I’m not asking for the Complete Five Paragraph OpOrder and Annexes.
"Only he could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
That quote was used to describe Pickette after his infamous charge.
I think we can use it to describe the Obama administration in regards to taking out bin Laden.
What secrets would be “betrayed” by me filming naked sorority girls in the shower and releasing it on the Internet?
D.D. Driver said...
"Secrets are kept in wartime because Lose digital lips sink ships."
For those that haven't noticed yet: we will be at "wartime" for the rest of our lives.
Folks are also setting up phony dichotomy: either the government completely opens up its doors during wartime or it gives absolutely no evidence of its claims aside from government proclamations. Don't you think there is a middle ground here? Stop kicking around straw men.
To quote our VP: this is a big fucking deal.
Erring on the side of transparency **in this particular instance** is called for.
carpel tunnel
shorter is btr
@Crack, Peter Drucker dissents from your view, respectfully.
Possibly he's just another fuckin' third-eye douchenozzle. But maybe he knew something about getting a point across.
"What secrets would be “betrayed” by me filming naked sorority girls in the shower and releasing it on the Internet?"
Well, the sonority girls have privacy rights. Are you saying that Bin Laden's corpse enjoys privacy rights? Or are you just be argumentative for the sake of being argumentative?
The idea that the CIA/Seals must give out video proof which must also be thrown out to the Blogging mob is weird.... Secrets are kept in wartime because Lose digital lips sink ships.
C'mon, TG, what wartime secrets are jeopardized by videos of a home invasion by armed men accompanied by dogs resulting in the shooting of the occupants?
I don't think release of the video should be necessary either, but for all the lying that has gone on about what happened.
But "national security," or some such, is a bogus excuse for not correcting the record. Believe it or not, there are people in this country who will not vote for a President who ordered the shooting of unarmed people - even OBL.
"Hello, Rose Mary?"
Exactly. The "Gap"! What did the president know and when did he know it? I'm sure they thought that photo made them look all serious about National Security. Apparently Hilary was stifling a cough while they all stared at a blank screen.
If you would have told me this would be the result after the high of Sunday night, I would have called you an Obama-hating fantasist.
What did the president know and when did he know it?
Obama knew Bin Laden was dead when military personnel told Obama that Bin Laden was dead.
What is the problem exactly?
edutcher said...
This is the same Daily Mail which gave us the gushy article on Tuesday about Little Zero needing to "sleep on it", holding up the op 16 hours.
Somehow, I don't buy this one, either.
Also, what TWM, Bob, and (in reply) ScottM said.
PS Why are Marshal and hombre recycling their comments from Monday?
Bryan C said...
Keeping everything secret just because you can is just counterproductive. Secrecy creates a vaccum which is filled by rumors and conspiracies. It makes even the most trivial snippets of information valuable enough to be worth leaking, and it makes people who know things (and there are lots of them) careless and confused about distinguishing what's really important and what's not.
It's all about propoganda, in the true, morally-neutral meaning of the term. You release information in such a way as to harm the enemy, and withhold information that would help them. The corpse photos would not help the bad guys, but it would help us. So release them.
What ships would be sunk? In your case? So basically you’re arguing that Usama and his estate have to privacy in this case, and unless they sign a waiver the photo’s may not be released of is it the SEALS (ALL CAP’s folks) whose privacy is sacrosanct? Or is it that your analogy is hopelessly bad and mayhap you ought to start again? Orr to carry it further you don’t HAVE an argument, but merely a sentiment, a prejudice, on this matter? As I said, I don’t need the OpOrd and Annexes, a film of the PCI, the Mission Brief or Brief-back…how about just showing me the D@mned photo of a dead mass-murderer?
Further, how about the WH stops acting like an “assassination” would cause international legal vapours! We ASSASSINATED Usama, no loss…he didn’t need to be armed, reach for a gun, be suspected of having a suicide vest, or any other foolish and tortuous explanation. He was a “bad man” we wanted him dead and now he IS. As Jim Treacher said, “I don’t care if he had a tray of fresh-baked cookies in his hand….”
Well, the sonority girls have privacy rights.
Do highly classified government operations not have some expectation of privacy similarly?
What provides those privacy rights? Is it law? Is there a law allowing the United States to keep this information private?
These are things you should consider. Before spouting about your voyeuristic desires to see dead people.
There is an argument to be made that it would be good to see dead Bin Laden. However, transparency and rights ain't it.
That's supposed to be funny. Howard Baker said it about Nixon and I was conflating that with the "18-minute gap."
It loses all it's impact when it has to be explained :(
Joe -- It's not Bin Laden that has rights of privacy. It's the government's right to classify information.
War -- Sorry.
Sorry Sixty Grit I just noticed my typo. My bad.
British SAS were whacking IRA members left and right back in the good old days and I don't recall the international community getting their dander up over it.
The idea that killing bin laden violates some 'international law' has about the same amount of meaning to me as when Lybia was named to the UN Human Rights Council.
Seven--it's okay, we're cool. You sem to have one of the clearest heads here about this matter.
Your photo kinda scares me though.
The government doesn’t have a RIGHT to privacy, or secrecy, q.v., First Amendment. It has a NEED for privacy or secrecy…it’s not the same thing. The DEFAULT position ought to be transparency, not SECRECY. Again the Federal Government needs to show a Compelling Interest in NOT revealing the photo’s, not say “We don’t WANT to show the photo’s.”
I would grant that there is a compelling interest in NOT revealing the operator’s faces or names, a compelling interest in NOT revealing tactics, techniques, and practices of covert operations…but I DON’T see the Compelling Interest in not releasing the photo. A case could be made, I’m sure, but the government needs to be making it. Not just having folks like you talk about the need for secrecy or privacy.
Oh please, does anyone think for one second that there is a legitimate security concern regarding releasing the photo? That's a joke. Killing him and a few of his buddies might piss somebody in Al Qaeda off, but a snapshot after the deed? Give me a break. Obama is keeping it as his special little treasure (or to be leaked when he needs to remind people he's the second coming of MacArthur).
I remember one case, in Spain…At a Petrol Station, dude or dudes (PIRA) get ‘whacked” by someone (Cough*SAS*COUGH) and the Spanish and British Labour Party went @peSh!te! Of course, Thatcher was PM, and Spain was grumpy, as usual, about Gibraltar. So to be fair, the International Community has been known to get their dander up, depending who got whacked and who did the whacking.
Joe -- Please save the semantic quibbles for undergraduate papers. The fact is that the government can, under certain circumstances, keep information from the public, at least for a limited amount of time. That's the law.
I stand by my contention, stated in previous threads, that the photos will come out unofficially. If I am right, then this big fuss about not wanting to release them makes plenty of sense.
But anyway, you should race to the courthouse and file the FOIA claim. What's stopping you?
edutcher wrote: PS Why are Marshal and hombre recycling their comments from Monday?
Although I'm not sure of the comments to which you refer, I appreciate your attentiveness.
Assuming without agreeing that you are correct, is there nothing redundant about the Professor's post? Have the issues under discussion Monday been resolved? Are all the commenters today the same as Monday?
And, finally, wtf are you, the arbiter of repetition?
The fact is that the government can, under certain circumstances, keep information from the public, at least for a limited amount of time. That's the law.
Why should I even HAVE to file a FOIA claim? And no it’s NOT just semantic quibbles…reverse it, do you have a RIGHT to a firearm or just a NEED for a firearm? If the former, then the default position is you can have one, if the latter you have to demonstrate that need and if the “need” is not great enough, no firearm…it’s not a QUIBBLE, it’s a d@mned big difference!
Indeed, Joe, why should you have to do anything to get what you want when there is disagreement? The default should be your bidding.
As for rights vs. needs, bullshit. We have laws. Some are held more sacrosanct than others. Anybody who tells you different is pushing an ideology.
Dershowitz: Release OBL Photos or Face Lawsuit
May 5, 2011 2:44 P.M.
By Andrew Stiles
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz renders his two opponents — Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo and Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times — speechless as he makes the case for why the photos of a dead Osama bin Laden should be released, dismantling every one of their counterpoints in the process. He suggests that newspapers, should they elect to sue the government to obtain the photos, “may very well win.” But will any have the gumption to do so? (Or at least, more than had the gumption to publish the Muhammad cartoons?)
Via NRO….
No we have a CONSTITUTION and laws…the Constitution is sacrosanct, the law far less so….
Joe -- See. Dershowitz is thinking clearly. He is going to sue -- take action -- to get what he wants. Bet he starts with a FOIA.
Not you, though. You are going to sit on your ass and make vacuous demands.
"I wonder how Obama et al, who ordered this raid, feel about it's relevance to the International Criminal Court."
I really don't think Obama or associates give a second's concern to the ICC.
"My rule would've been 'if he's breathing, assume he's about to kill you', rather than giving him the naked way out. As long as he's dead, I'm happy."
THAT'S the American Way!
No we have a CONSTITUTION and laws…the Constitution is sacrosanct, the law far less so
So you agree. Great. However, you forgot to add the obvious point that the Constitution is merely law.
sixty I think that was super secret stealth helicopter.
Robert Cook! I've been waiting a decade for your dumb ass to tell me how and under what law any American is going to be seized and charged as a war criminal.
Is today the big day?
No, shiloh, J, Jeremy, or whomever else you are, I just thought you might have some dazzling new insight.
Damned right, Cookie. Soldiers who don't pull triggers get carried home in boxes.
No it’s not, and I shouldn’t have to EXPLAIN that to you, if you’re so smart….it is the philosophic framework of government, that is Social Contract for America…ObamaCare is LAW, the Assault Weapons Ban is LAW, the First Amendment far more….
Joe -- The First Amendment could be changed today by a simple two-thirds majority of the House and Senate, and then two-thirds of the state legislatures.
The Constitution itself was changed in exactly this way to add the First Amendment.
And, of course, the original Constitution of 1789 had some serious, disgusting flaws.
Law is law. Get off the high horse.
I'm sleeping nakes every night now.
a simple two-thirds majority of the House and Senate, and then two-thirds of the state legislatures.
Getting those 2/3 majorities ain't so simple. Thankfully ;-)
I’m sorry you’re obviously an idiot if you believe that…I mean sure it takes 2/3 of two houses and 2/3 of the states, and a lengthy process only accomplished 26 times in the US’ history, but it’s law…like any other.
What were the disgusting flaws, please don’t trot out he the “3/5ths” of a human being argment…..
cassandra lite said...
Pajamas? I expected him to sleep naked with naked teenage girls, like Gandhi. Oh, wait. OBL was Muslim, not a Hindu. That's just normal marriage.
Get surgery and quit typing like a fool, Red. Better yet, quit typing.
I really don't understand Y shortening some words caused this reaction.
It seems a little over the top.
I agree the Constitution is harder to change, which is good. That said, we'd be better off if Congress and the states took control of the Constitution away from the unelected courts by changing it and clarifying it more often. Or not, because then we are even more subject to the passions of the electorate and all that.
Tough questions. But let's see things for what they are, and not some mystical thing that they are not.
Sloanasaurus said...
The description I read said that there was a large wound in Obama's head with brains leaking out above his eye.
Does ths wound mean that he was in fact shot in the back of his head while wearing his pajamas?
If so, perhaps this is why the photo isn't being relased.
Shooting a guy who is unarmed, in the back of his head, while he is wearing his pajamas sounds a bit cold-blooded....
But, I am just guessing....
please don’t trot out he the “3/5ths” of a human being argment
Do you not find it disgusting?
Since it was designed to LIMIT the power of slave-holding states, no…or do you read history?
kurt mueller said...
Eric Holder's politicized justice department continues its investigation of CIA interrogators for using enhanced interrogation techniques. So, whoever said I would not trust the Obama administration on this certainly has a point notwithstanding Seven's disjointed rants on this thread. Here is a WSJ opinion column re Holder's investigation:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703937104576302890747157756.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop
It was designed to placate slaveholders so they would agree to join the Union under the Constitution of 1789.
Nice try, though.
X said...
I would have counted them as 0/5ths. Because I wouldn't want the South to get any Congressional seats based on their non-voting slave population.
Kurt -- Your link is to nothing.
please don’t trot out he the “3/5ths” of a human being argument.
Surely you know that the lower the fractional representation granted to states for their slave populations, the greater the political power of the whites in those states that would have resulted. It's not as if blacks were actually getting 3/5 of any vote. That's why the argument is fundamentally, grotesquely stupid.
The Crypto Jew)
To placate them, they wanted slaves COUNTED 100% FOR THE PURPOSES OF REPRESENTATION IN THE US HOUSE….the rule was not about “personhood” merely how to calculate population…Mississippi wanted to count ALL slaves for population, but NONE as citizens. It LIMITED the power of slave holding states….try reading the Constitution and reading some history, and leave the TPM talking points at home.
1:48.
The war room pic may be a bit melodramatic but at least they made an attempt at "transparency"
In Bushco days, the good ol boys watched the iraqi war from a texass country club, with their drinks and stepford-wifeys cookin' up some chow or somethin'.
("Subgenii"...representing for the GOPers? More like....a pink. Don't make me send something to Stang).
Chip -- The compromise was designed to placate slaveholders so they would agree to join the Union under the Constitution of 1789. The approval of the Constitution was no certain thing. At all.
I don't know where you people got your history. It's disconcerting. Face it: slavery was and is grotesque. And 1789 wasn't 1492 or something like that.
Oh God. It's J. Moron. Coming to ruin a good thread.
Let’s see Britain didn’t outlaw slavery UNTIL AFTER THAT DATE…it might not have been 1492, but Slavery wasn’t even all that limited, Seven…again HISTORY, not talking points.
edutcher,
Are you sure you have the right comment? Perhaps you think my prediction doesn't appropriately weigh the controversy of the last two days?
If the latter, let me assure you it does. Nothing has changed since Monday. A few knuckle-headed moves by the administration which promised a return to professional government. But mistakes without serious consequences don't mean much. Americans don't care.
So we get a few laughs that Obama's hubris was so completely unwarranted. Some details such as his being unarmed are nice as they make it harder for the left to differentiate this from their attacks on Republicans the next time we kill a terrorist. And the next time it happens we point out that killing terrorists is just like killing Bin Laden, only before the WTC goes down.
The only meaningful political outcome is that we got Bin Laden. Everything else is a crumb.
try reading the Constitution and reading some history
Slave states would not have joined the Union without the 3/5 compromise.
And that original state Mississippi? Really? Indeed, dude. You must get your history from an extra special source.
The Slave Trade Act was passed by the British Parliament on 25 March 1807, making the slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire. The Act imposed a fine of £100 for every slave found aboard a British ship
After the 1807 act, slaves were still held, though not sold, within the British Empire. ….
On 28 August 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act was given Royal Assent,
Joe -- What about Mississippi and the 3/5 compromise?
SM, Maybe you don't visit the sites where the "3/5 of a human" meme is thrown about, but I don't think it's generally just an attack on slavery. Otherwise we'd hear a lot more about the Missouri Compromise on the internet than we do.
Seriously, who's debating the merits of slavery? You want to denounce the Founders for tolerating slavery, go right ahead. But as you said, that was a founding compromise that remained contentious until resolved by war. That would have been true whether the "3/5" clause was "1/5" or "8/5." The "3/5" thing is just a stupid rhetorical trick that's mutated into the propagation of genuine ignorance.
Slave states like North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia, possibly Delaware actually Massachusetts too.
Chip -- I am merely pointing out that this document that Joe and others are calling all glorious and sacrosanct was (and remains) far from anything that ought to be called sacrosanct.
My point is that the Constitution is a law, just like any other law, just somewhat more weighty.
So not Mississippi?
1:48--oh, that was me.
That pic was no more an attempt at transparency than Michelle's bust-a-move.
Look at it with discernment my friend. It says "We are Serious." It advances the "Obama personally supervised the raid" narrative. They chose it from dozens or hundres of images for just that purpose. It added no infromation to the situation.
I don't think there was anything wrong about putting it out, either. Just another PR photo.
Ralph L said...
What's the difference between Arab male dress and a nightshirt?
Yes logic does tend to interfere with the AA Klansmen par-tay, eh, Macho mouse.
Better some transparency --ie Obama admin--than none, ie BushCo
SM, I don't disagree with those points. All I'm saying is that in certain circles the "3/5" clause is waved around as if the Founders did some pseudoscientific assay of relative racial worth and decided that slaves were worth 60% of whites. That is a pernicious revision of history, so I think it's important to keep record clear on that point.
Seven was talking about sorority girls and now he is talking about slavery.
His points are as on point and persuasive as ever!
J -- Atrocious fail. Like shit-your-pants fail. Funny, though.
I don't get your point Seven, what about Mississippi? What about it and the 3/5th rule, please explain....
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I thought the Chicago Sun-Times was engaging in subtle humor on its front page here...
... making it look like Lena Dunham was biting the headline, but — click through — she's holding an "I'm with Hillary" bumper in her teeth. And here's Lena's message of support for Hillary:
Hey, just a head’s up: accusing women of supporting Hillary just because she’s female is misogynistic BS — women are smart enough to make decisions based on a number of factors: policy, track record, campaign strategy. Yes I think it’s time for a female president but I’m not part of a witch’s cabal that senses ovaries and suddenly MUST VOTE. Plus if I was gonna vote for someone just because she was female it would be this chick...
(Photo of Lil' Kim.)
... written in on all my ballots always. So go ahead, argue your political POV but don’t insult a woman’s intelligence by acting as though she votes exclusively along vaginal party lines. As Kim would say “I’m valedictorian y’all in the audience/And I’ve got nine hundred and ninety-nine votes, You got nine hundred and ninety-nine notes/You know bitch I’m worldwide.” New Hillary campaign slogan? TGIF!
Tags: gender politics, Hillary 2016, Lena Dunham
You moonbats are supporting Hillary not just because she's a woman, but because she's a Leftwing woman.
Lena wouldn't vote for Carly if Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan appeared before her and demanded it.
Not quite sure who Lena is, except that she apparently sexually molested a younger sibling growing up, and lied about being raped in college (supposedly by the only Republican on campus). You Can probably figure from that how she is likely to vote.
Well Bruce, Titus vouches for Lena's science chops so she also has that going for her.
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...
Not quite sure who Lena is, except that she apparently sexually molested a younger sibling growing up
If you want to be treated like a grownup man you should probably act like one.
"If you want to be treated like a grownup man you should probably act like one."
And that means being a left wing robot ?
BleachBit-and-Hammers said...
Shorter Lena: It's embarrassing to support Hillary for her ovaries. You should support her for her corruption!
Jump on the Hollywood Hype Potemkin Village group-think band-wagon. No thinking, just bad faith.
ARM said,"If you want to be treated like a grownup man you should probably act like one."
Irony. It's like it's your special gift.
Not understanding the meaning of the words you use, appears to be yours.
Wait....discussing the revelation by Lena that she molested her sibling or her false rape accusation is somehow immature now?
You should never use pop music lyrics to make an argument.
Nah, if it were Joltin' Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket and Condi Rice on the Republican ticket, Dunham would support the addled old perv. Dunham's target audience isn't the vagina'd crowd; it's the smug/twee-holier-than-flyover-yokels crowd.
(The idea that anyone is voting for Hillary because of her track record is absurd on the face of it. Go ahead, ask anyone spouting that talking point to name Hillary's top three successes. Then be cruel and ask for just one. Hillary is the "I'm not a Republican and it's my turn, damn it!" candidate.)
I Am Voting With My Vagina: Hillary Clinton For President
Real American said...
Men aren't making this shit up. There are women making the argument that voting for Hillary because VAGINA is the way to go. http://www.damemagazine.com/2015/04/14/i-am-voting-my-vagina-hillary-clinton-president
Hillary's campaign strategy is: Vote for me because VAGINA (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillary-embraces-gender-as-campaign-strategy/article/2560727)
It's not like Hillary's track record and list of accomplishments make her qualified to be president. She's done nothing. All she has to run on is VAGINA and idiots like Lena Dunham eat that shit up.
donald said...
Plus she had a kid with Web Hubbell, so she's a mom.
Chris N said...
Well, I'm convinced.
Time to ride that Hillary bus down Fury Road with Lena Dunham chained to the top.
----Not quite sure who Lena is, except that she apparently sexually molested a younger sibling growing up
If you want to be treated like a grownup man you should probably act like one. ----
It sounds like you are making light of molesting a younger sibling. Even you aren’t that deranged, are you?
Lena should make another "my first time" video for Hillary, complete with all the sexual innuendo like she did for Obama. That would be edgy.
@ARM: If you want to be treated fairly, you should try being reasonable.
ARM would care about her molesting her younger sister if she were making structured money payments to that younger sister and if she were a Republican.
Then and only then would it have any significance.
@Unknown, ARM is trying to hijack the thread. Please don't feed the trolls.
As for me, while I always knew that Hillary Clinton was a corrupt, incompetent POS, in my wildest dreams I never realized Hillary was so low and disgusting that Lena Dunham would advocate for her.
There is no innate, Darwinian need to be moral. There is, however, a tremendous drive to appear to be morally superior. While Hillary and Lena have never met a temptation they didn't feed on, they have felt it necessary to portray the privilege and mendacity of their lives as a form of character building struggle. They're pretty good at it. How do moral schlubs like these two cellulite deposits get to be so admired?
Lena Dunham - the most puzzling "celebrity" ever. I have almost no idea who she is or why I should care what she thinks or says about anything.
From what I've read, usually from Althouse links, she's a nut and left-wing hack - but it seems somebody somewhere thinks she's a voice that must be heard.
iowan2 said...
What qualities, past performance, training, experience, do you, the voter use to determine as positive factors for President?
What disqualifying, character values, past decisions, reactions, events, associations, will influence you as a voter.
Determine those answers, and then plug in the name Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Then lie to yourself if you must.
"it seems somebody somewhere thinks she's a voice that must be heard."
E.g., Althouse.
JCC said...
I suspect both subtlety and humor to be without the bailiwick of the Chicago Sun Times, and even more so in the case of the foul-mouthed but ever charming Lena Bambina.
Plenty of women say they're voting for the vagina, so what's the problem?
Yes, it is misogynistic to say women vote for Hillary solely due to her sex.
It's just that they give no reason for the vote outside of that.
women are smart enough to make decisions based on a number of factors: policy, track record, campaign strategy.
As she makes a decision based on none of those things. Well, unless she is pushing a track record of incompetence and policy failure. Some women may be smart enough but Lena isn't one of them.
Blogger damikesc said...
I wouldn't be surprised if identity politics is over 75% of why Democrats vote for Democrats.
It seems like every presidential election cycle, I hear Republicans wanting to talk about tax reform, social security, immigration, war on terror, school choice, etc.
I hear Democrats wanting to talk about binders full of women, racism, the young, the old, etc.
AReasonableMan said...
...............................................................nah. I got it right.
Anyone claiming women support Hillary solely because she is a woman, is a misogynist, Ms. Dunham argues. The person is a misogynist, Ms. Dunham reasons, because women are smart enough to evaluate Hillary on her merits and vote accordingly. To suggest women vote exclusively along gender lines is insulting.
Ergo, anyone claiming white people don't support Obama solely because he is black, is a racist. The person is racist because white people are smart enough to evaluate Obama on his merits and support or criticize him accordingly. To suggest white people are supportive, or critical of Obama solely because he is black is insulting.
Similarly, Ms. Dunham argues, it is wrong to claim she herself is racist simply because her tv show lacks racial diversity.
"The argument there are not enough minority characters to represent New York--that I couldn't argue against. What I didn't like was the [conclusion] angle that 'therefore you are a racist, you are raised by racists, you come from a world of class and privilege.'"
Clearly Ms. Dunham has missed her calling. She belongs on a college campus, teaching a course in logic.
JAORE said...
If women are voting with their vaginas, I am putting on latex gloves before I pull that lever.
This is good news. When Hillary fans continuously reveal their stupidity and absolute dearth of reasons to vote for her, it'll make it much more clear to normal people why they can't elect this person. Hillary's best shot is using smoke and mirrors to confuse. Morons like Dunham inadvertently cut through all the fog.
Well, actually....no.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lrWfjgLms
Ok, I will admit to an ad hominem attack on the lying scumbag, Lena Dunham. It was just too hard to resist. Low hanging fruit and all that. I think that she is supposed to be some sort of actress, or some such. But I don't think I have seen her acting, etc. Both the sexual molestation and false rape claim are apparently from her autobiography, though why someone of her age would think that they dad experienced enough and done enough that anyone would be interested in such is beyond me.
Still, should these revelations/facts be relevant when discussing her views on Hillary!? I think very possibly. The fake rape claim, and esp when coupled with the fraudulent identification of her attacker as the only Republican on campus identifies her, in my view, as a hard left SLJ feminist. The type who truly believe that the magnitude of the charge is far more important than its truth, and the purpose of such is pushing the narrative, regardless, or really despite truth and reality. Which says to me that not only does she not speak for all women, but is likely to speak for a very tiny number of such.
JamesB.BKK said...
Just go with the sugar daddy vote, again.
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Little Children's Sufferings, or, Is Life Woth Living?
By May Bateman, Author of "The Idyll of a Little Equestrienne." etc., etc.
Volume 2, 1891/92, pg. 936-940
The sufferings of children! A vast range of sympathy opens out at the very phrase. We have all seen children suffer, if not in hospital wards, within the nearer haven of our own home; we have all heard the pitiful little moan of pain, and tried to soothe away the line of care which seemed so out of place on the small forehead. It is less easy to reason and sympathise with grown-up people's woes, and to me there is a special pathos in the blind confidence with which a child accepts our assurance that he or she "will soon be better" after the nauseous medicine has been taken or the maimed limb set--a confidence in our infallibility which I am afraid we "grown-ups" rarely appreciate at its full value.
It is in the attempt to interest the outside world in these same sufferings that these lines are written. Christmas is past and the New Year has dawned, and across the snow echoes the cry of the children. In the heart of London there exists an institution whose sole aim is to silence that cry and change its note to one of joy.
"The primary object of the association," to quote the opening words of an appeal which we lately distributed to some of our helpers, is to find for each sick child brought to our notice a friend who will brighten its dreary hours of pain, mention to the society any need it may have for special surgical appliances or peculiar medical attention, and in short do for the ailing little ones of the London poor what the mothers of the London rich do for theirs. It is a work which affects not only the present but the future. Weakness among the London poor gets worse with every succeeding generation. Of invalid parents invalid children are begotten, and the line of sickness spreads till early frailty becomes a heritage. One's heart aches sometimes in entering the narrow, grimy streets to which our work take us, to see weakly child after weakly child watching one's coming and going with almost as much excitement as the special little invalid friend to whom one is making one's way--children who probably in the future, at an age far younger than that at which we in our station of life marry, will in their turn propagate others weaker than themselves and give to posterity the terrible legacy of transmitted disease.
To arrest the malady from infancy--to alleviate if not to cure pain--to accustom the children to refined influences of love and tact and sympathy--these are some of our aims. And what as to their fulfillment? At the present moment we have a large staff of volunteer helpers, some of whom look after two or more children. We have Miss Maclaren, our nurse, to visit special cases, to adjust "extensions," dress wounds, &c., &c. We have the District Nursing Association to apply to when we are in need of extra help, and the Charity Organisation Society to kindly and frequently share the expenses of some special requirement, as well as various other "sorts and conditions" of outside help.
At the office, in addition to an honorary secretary and his regular helpers, some ladies kindly give their services on one or more days in the week, and cope with the immense correspondence which our work entails. As may be imagined, endless care, interest, and patience are needed to keep in touch with the 1,800 or 1,900 cases which are upon our list. Daily there seems a new want or necessity; here a St. Thomas's splint is asked for; there a child requires extra nourishment, its disease being that terrible "wasting" with which we so frequently have to contend; here this one has to be sent to a convalescent home; there that other has to be fetched from the seaside; here everything is wanted, since the child is helpless, clotheless, and deserted; there is a bright girl visitor, and book and toy are all that is needed to complete the convalescence begun in the hospital.
Most of us have read and wept over Mrs. Ewing's matchless "Story of a Short Life," but which amongst us realise how many, many Leonards there are fading slowly away in our great city, with no "Oriental coverings" to hide the poor distorted limbs, with no soft shaded lamps to throw "pink shadows" on the poor wan face; with no tender voice to breathe high hopes and aims and aspirations, and show the likeness to the soldier's duty on the battle field, in the enforced patience and forbearance and endurance of pain; with no luxuries of fruits or flowers and music; with no comfort of soft pillows and "regulation" dressing-gown of red and blue; but with, instead, a bare room to live in, a harsh voice to hear, and only a dreary vista of pain and discomfort to point the way to the parish graveyard in which alone the wearied limbs may be at rest.
Come to these desolate homes and hear the cry of the children, and help save little lives which are drooping away in your midst. The Garden of Life is full of so many such frail blossoms, bruised and broken by the storm-rifts of poverty and disease. They cannot come to you and ask your help, they are too "passing weak," but if you go to them you will find your earthly reward in the welcome that awaits you, in the gradual improvement in health and spirits and surroundings of your little patient. You will find by his bedside the answer to Mallock's question with which I have headed this paper, and the prose of life turning to such poetry as that of Alfred Austin.
Is life worth living? Yes, so long
As there is wrong to right,
Wail of the weak against the strong,
Or tyranny to fight;
Long as there lingers gloom to chase,
Or streaming tears to dry,
One kindred woe, one sorrowing face
That smiles as we draw nigh;
Long as a tale of anguish melts
The heart, and lids grow wet,
And at the sound of Christmas bells
We pardon and forget.
While there is one untrodden tract
In Intellect or Will,
While men are free to think or act,
Life is worth living still!
And now to make the work clearer. Comparatively convalescent, as also some incurable cases, are at last compelled to leave the hospitals in order to make room for those other more urgent cases in need of immediate medical or surgical care. The contrast between the haven of rest, or hospital ward, and the so-called "home" to which the little patient returns, is indeed a cruel one. Sick and wearied, the little life drags tiredly on, deprived of the tender care and attention of nurse and doctors, of amusements, and interests, and necessary comforts.
If convalescent the final recovery is retarded, and often indeed the child again falls seriously sick, through lack of attention, or by being too soon forced to take its share of earning daily bread. If incurable, the case is harder, when such a comfortless life has to be lived on year by year, its only change outlined by pain till Death's sickle mercifully falls. It is for these suffering children that we plead for the friendship of ladies who will spare an occasional hour to come to sit with and nurse them, giving the sympathy which soothes acutest pain, and the tender interest which the child's relations cannot spare time to give, so busy are they struggling and striving in the battle of life. A flower, a book, a toy, a bright picture will do much to while away a week in which the busy friend cannot find time to go in person to the bedside of her little protege. And in time the interest on both sides deepens till the visitor herself looks forward with pleasure to her visits, for there are after all but three lasting joys on earth--the accomplishing of good work, the strengthening of friendships, and the joy of making the lives of others a little sweeter by our presence.
Once upon a time we cared little for these things. Surely Love's fulfillment was sweeter than the painting of a picture, the composition of music, the completion of a great and noble work; surely marriage-ties were closer than those of friendship, and the pleasure of helping another not quite so sweet as that of being helped! Ah! yes, true love and perfect marriage form as ever the greatest happiness on earth, but Love has wings and will not linger long in one resting-plasce, and marriage is not always or even often ideal, and all the world over one finds more broken hearts than whole ones. I suppose each of us who is capable of deep feeling has somewhere hidden away a heartache of some kind or another; a faith in God cemented with our heart's blood; a belief in all being for the best which was built up at cost of bitterest mental pain. "Out of our mistakes God builds up His completeness," someone wrote; from the ashes of these same mistakes the phoenix of sympathy may rise, and from the harvest of Sound we may garner Peace, if we but once realise that there are other burdens heavier than our own, and that others lack our many compensations. While there is the cry of a little child to hush, while there is doubt to clear, anguish to soothe, while there are sky and sea and sun to speak of heaven, while there is yet a sigh to hear, an undone deed to do, Life is worth living!
Note.--For further particulars of the work of the Invalid Children's Aid Association, please apply to the Hon. See., I.C.A.A., 18, Buckingham Street, Strand.
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RINGO STARR ANNOUNCES U.S. LEG FOR 2018 ALL STARR BAND TOUR
March 23, 2018 — Today Ringo Starr announced he has added U.S. tour dates to the 2018 All Starr Band’s itinerary. The band will be touring Europe this June and July and now confirm an additional 20 dates throughout North America in September.
The 2018 All Starr Band includes Colin Hay (“Who Can It be Now”, “Land Down Under”), Steve Lukather (“Africa”, “Hold The Line”, “Roseanna”), Gregg Rolie (“Black Magic Woman”, “Evil Ways”) and new member Graham Gouldman of 10cc (“I’m Not In Love”, “Things We Do For Love”). On percussion and sax is Warren Ham and on drums Gregg Bissonette.
Every Ringo and His All Starr Band show features classic hit after hit, with each band member bringing to the set their most popular songs.
Ringo has often called the All Starrs “the best 1-800-band in the land,” and of this coming tour he said, “There is no greater joy for me than playing great music with great musicians. Every night we get to play for all those loving people and it makes the hassle of touring worth it. It is a Peace & Love fest and I can’t wait to see you all out there this summer and fall.”
Sept 1 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa, OK
Sept 2 Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, Rogers, AR
Sept 3 Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Sept 5 Iowa State Center, Ames, IA
Sept 7 Fox Theater, St. Louis, MO
Sept 8 TBA, Milwaukee, WI
Sept 9 Morris Performing Arts Center, South Bend, IN
Sept 11 Fraze Pavilion, Kettering, OH
Sept 13 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY
Sept 14 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, NY
Sept 15 The Toyota Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, CT
Sept 17 Wang Theater, Boston, MA
Sept 19 Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Sept 21 Hard Rock Rocksino, Northfield Park, OH
Sept 22 The Chicago Theatre, Chicago, IL
Sept 23 Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St Paul, MN
Sept 25 Paramount Theatre, Denver, CO
Sept 27 Humphreys, San Diego, CA
Sept 28 City National Civic, San Jose, CA
Sept 29 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
As previously announced, in June Ringo and the 2018 All Starr Band will embark on a 21 date tour, that begins in Atlantic City, New Jersey and then goes immediately to Europe where the rest of the shows will be. The last time the All Starrs toured Europe was 2011.
Summer Tour Dates:
June 2 Borgata Casino Event Center, Atlantic City, NJ
June 6 L’Olympia, Paris, France
June 8 Holland Blues Festival, Grolloo, Netherlands
June 9 Flens Arena, Flensberg, Germany
June 10 StadPark, Hamburg, Germany
June 13 Kaisaniemi Park, Helsinki, Finland
June 15 Lunden, Horsens, Denmark
June 16 Tempodorm, Berlin, Germany
June 17 Stadhalle, Zwickau, Germany
June 19 Congress Hall, Prague, Czech Republic
June 20 Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria
June 23 Menorah Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel
June 26 St. Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain
June 28 WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
June 29 Coliseum, La Caruna, Spain
July 1 Bizkaia Arena BEC, Bilbao, Spain
July 4 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
July 6 Sporting Complex, Monte Carlo, Monaco
July 8 Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy
July 9 Piazza Degli Scacchi, Marostica, Italy
July 11 Autorium Parco Della Musica, Cavea, Rome, Italy
On September 15, 2017 Ringo released his 19th studio album, aptly titled Give More Love. A characteristically eclectic and positive effort that rocks with great passion featuring an inspired set of new originals as well as a few tracks that find him revisiting his illustrious past. The LA Times wrote, “That is yet another manifestation of the undiminished passion he has for writing, recording and performing.”
In December 2017, it was announced by Queen Elizabeth II that Ringo had been selected for knighthood for his music and charity work and would be included in her 2018 Honours list. Throughout his career he has received nine GRAMMY® Awards, and has twice been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — first as a Beatle and then as solo artist. Between 1970 and 2017, Ringo has released 19 solo studio records. He has acted in over 15 films, received an Academy Award®, and has been nominated as an actor for an Emmy®. Ringo has published three books; had a stint as a male fashion model, and that same year went behind the lens as the photographer for some Foo Fighters’ PR photos.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT: www.RingoStarr.com
By ffrannkk|2018-03-23T11:52:29-08:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: Live Dates, Ringo Starr, Rock 'n Roll News|Tags: Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Gregg Rolie, Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, Summer Tour|0 Comments
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The Beatles DeAgostini Vinyl Collection Has Been Extended
Looks like the newsagent and mail order Beatles Vinyl Collection series from DeAgostini has recently been extended to five more countries: Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan.
These re-issues (all beautifully pressed on 180gram vinyl at the French MPO plant) are still going strong in Italy (where they are now up to On Air – LIve at the BBC Vol.2, which is issue 18 in the 23-issue series), and in the United Kingdom (where they are up to issue 15 –Anthology 2).
A friend just sent us this photo – a news agency window in Spain:
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Beatle Vinyl Via Mail Order and in Newsagents – More
Posted on March 8, 2017 by beatlesblogger
Since our post on Monday about the UK and Italy DeAgostini Beatle re-issues, this additional video featuring historian and broadcaster Kevin Howlett has emerged. Also highlighted is the work of Sean Magee, the Abbey Road Studios engineer who worked on the project cutting the masters and overseeing pressing quality control:
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Beatle Vinyl Via Mail Order and in Newsagents – in Italy and the UK
If you live in the UK (and in Italy – see below) you can now sign up to receive a series of 23 Beatle LP’s in the post every four weeks. Or you could pop down to your local news agents every two weeks to pick them up in person.
International partwork publishing company De Agostini has signed a deal with Apple and Universal Music to manufacture and issue the 180gram pressings. While all the content and cover art will be the same as the 2012 stereo LP remasters for the core catalogue titles, the small-print on the rear of each of the LP covers (and on the labels) will indicate that these pressings are licensed to be published by De Agostini, making them collectable for those completists out there. In addition to the core studio albums and Past Masters, the De Agostini titles will include the three Anthology LPs, Love, the two Live at the BBC sets, as well as the 1963-1956 and 1966-1970 double albums, plus the Beatles 1.
Also, each album will be accompanied by a colour magazine written by well-known Beatle author, Kevin Howlett detailing the background to the recording.
Here’s the official UK press release:
NEW COLLECTION OF THE BEATLES’ ALBUMS ON 180g VINYL LPS LAUNCHED IN THE UK
On 1 March 2017, global partwork publisher DeAgostini is launching, in association with Apple Corps and Universal Music Group, The Beatles Vinyl Collection. Featuring 23 albums, it will be available to purchase online and in news agents all across the UK.
Issue by issue, The Beatles Vinyl Collection of single, double and triple albums builds into a comprehensive library of the momentous music made by The Beatles. Presented in exact replicas of the original sleeves, the specially pressed 180-gram vinyl LPs ensure the music will be heard in the best quality sound. Remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, The Beatles’ reissued LPs have been universally acclaimed by sound experts and the group’s fans. Produced by George Martin in the 1960s, the albums contain some of the most celebrated recordings ever made.
The Beatles Vinyl Collection includes such groundbreaking albums as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Abbey Road, Revolver and Rubber Soul, as well as intriguing compilations like the three volumes of The Beatles Anthology and two Live At The BBC collections.
Amanda Honeybun, Marketing Director at DeAgostini, said: “We are so excited to launch The Beatles Vinyl Collection, which will give people of all ages the opportunity to collect on vinyl the greatest albums in the history of music. Our Beatles Vinyl Collection makes it possible to buy these wonderful records from the comfort of your own home or at your local newsagent. Then all you have to do is put the needle on the record to enjoy the best recordings ever made by the best group of all-time!”
Each album also includes an illustrated magazine containing the stories behind the group’s renowned recordings. Written by Beatles historian and award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett, each issue reveals details about the creation of an album and an assessment of its significance within not only The Beatles’ legacy, but also the history of music.
Kevin Howlett said: “It was such a privilege to write about this joyous music. The Beatles have inspired generation after generation of music fans, songwriters, artists and producers. I’m also delighted that there is a resurgence of interest in collecting records. For music lovers, nothing can beat the look of a stylish LP cover and the authentic experience of listening to a classic album on vinyl.”
The global vinyl market is booming. Sales of records in 2016 reached a 25-year high as music buyers embraced this attractive physical format. More than 3.2m LPs were sold in 2016, an annual rise of 53% and the ninth consecutive year of growth.
The Beatles Vinyl Collection is DeAgostini’s fourth vinyl collection. The company’s previous collections of Jazz, Blues and Classical Music proved very popular. This new collection establishes DeAgostini Publishing as one of the leading vinyl album market producers and distributors.
The Beatles Vinyl Collection is a 23-part series. Issue one will be priced at £9.99 for a limited time only, with subsequent single album copies retailing at £16.99; double and triple albums will sell for £24.99. Issues are available fortnightly in shops, with subscribers receiving two issues in one delivery every four weeks. Subscriptions can be purchased online at www.deagostini.co.uk/beatlesvinyl (ends).
The release is accompanied by a TV campaign in Britain:
And this one in Italy:
The first issue contains a binder for the 23 magazines, a poster representing the 23 original album covers of the collection, and some pamphlets and other information about the product. “Premium” subscribers will receive two quality storage boxes to hold all 23 albums, plus a range of free gifts.
The collection includes the following albums – and this appears to be the release order as well:
The Beatles (or ‘The White Album’)
A Hard Day’s Night
On Air – Live At The BBC Vol. 2
This chap has purchased the first UK instalment – which is Abbey Road. His video is quite a drawn out reveal, but stick with it – it contains some good information. He gets there eventually….!
As mentioned, DeAgostini (which is headquartered in Italy) has also released the same series in that country. There the re-issue program began in January. If your Italian is good it’s worth a look at these videos:
And this one (in English):
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