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Online Publishers Association (OPAN) Elects New Executive
The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN), Nigeria’s premier association of digital and internet publishers, has announced the election of a new executive.
The new executive will run the affairs of the group for the next two years following the lapse of the tenure of the past executive led by Mr. Femi Awoyemi.
A statement by OPAN on Tuesday said members of the association at its meeting on Monday unanimously elected Prince Austyn Ogannah, the publisher of THEWILL news as its next President, while Mr. Emmanuel Asiwe of Huhuonline was elected Vice President.
Mr. Daniel Elombah, the publisher of Elombah.com will serve as General Secretary, while Mr. Peter Obiora, the publisher of InvestAdvocate was elected General Liaison Officer.
In his handing over remarks, Awoyemi said it was an honour to serve as the pioneer president of the association and thanked all for their support during his tenure.
Awoyemi said: “It was a privilege to serve as pioneer president of this association and I want to thank members of the executive that worked with me to ensure that we met our mandate.”
Ogannah, who until his election had served as Vice President, in his speech thanked members of OPAN for the mandate given him to lead the group and assured members and the new exco of effective leadership.
“Today, I receive the baton of OPAN presidency with humility and dedication to duty.
“OPAN under my leadership will meet all the targets we have set forth through God’s grace and mercy.
“The new executive committee will work even harder as a team as we continue to push for a self-regulated, transparent, fair, credible, reliable and well-structured Nigerian internet news and media publishing space.”
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The mission of OPAN is to advance the policies of high-quality online publishers before the Advertising Community, Corporate Organisations, the Press, Governments and the public.
OPAN will help provide high level of standard reporting online and will help its members fairly compete in the marketplace for advertising services, online crisis/issues management for both corporate & individuals and will act as a voice for online users to clearly understand the contributions of quality publishing to public discourse.
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Wrestling Thoughts: All In, Smackdown‘s Future, and More!
Fanboy Wonder
Trying something new here. Let’s look at some of the top pro wrestling stories of the week!
All In sells out in less than 30 minutes. If you’re strictly a WWE fan, you might not even know what All In is. But you should. It’s a big deal for the wrestling industry at large.
The event, promoted by Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks, was created to prove than an independent wrestling event could sell 10,000 tickets. Long story short, tickets went on sale this past Monday and sold out in less than 30 minutes. To be exact, 29 minutes and 36 seconds. This makes it the first wrestling show not promoted by WWE or WCW to sell that many tickets in over two decades. Mind you, only one match had been announced: Cody Rhodes challenging Nick Aldis for the NWA Championship.
At the end of the day, it’s a hell of a feel-good story. It speaks volumes on where the indie wrestling scene is today, and the kind of devotion wrestling fans have to their favorite stars. This being the brainchild of Cody Rhodes is great icing on the cake, given what he set out to accomplish when he left WWE. I can only imagine what his father would say if he were here…
Raw reportedly staying on USA Network, Smackdown being shopped around to new network. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBCUniversal is about to renew their deal with WWE for Raw at roughly three times its current value. Meanwhile, Smackdown is being shopped around to different networks. There was speculation for quite awhile about WWE programming moving to Fox. It’s not out of the question that Smackdown could end up under that umbrella.
Sam Roberts brought up on his podcast that the move might have an interesting effect on the so-called “brand extension” between Raw and Smackdown. It could theoretically add more integrity to the roster split by pushing the shows further apart. Depending on how many households would get Smackdown‘s new network, certain fans might only be able to watch Raw. Watch it live, at least. Practically everything gets uploaded to YouTube later.
The look and feel of Smackdown could change too. Mind you, none of this will actually take effect until next year. But it’s definitely something to keep in mind moving forward.
WWE announces Ronda Rousey will face Nia Jax for the Raw Women’s Title at Money in the Bank. Certainly not what many of us expected. After having competed in only one nationally televised match (albeit a damn good one), Ronda Rousey has a chance to wear gold. This sparked what I would call a minor backlash via social media.
Calm down, folks. There’s no way Ronda is getting the belt so early. Her on-screen buddy Natalya is coming in to cost her the match via disqualification. That way they get to build a story between Ronda and Nattie, while also giving Nia some valuable exposure by putting her next to Rousey. My guess is we’re getting Ronda vs. Natalya at Summerslam.
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Enzo Amore as Cruiserweight Champion, Plus Ponderings From Raw
Apparently, September 24, 2017 was the night the Cruiserweight Division died. That seems to be the general consensus from the smart marks after No Mercy, when Enzo kicked Neville below the belt to snag the title.
“It’s the end of the Cruiserweight Division,” they said. “This division is dead,” they said. “The belt means nothing now,” they said. Seems a little overdramatic to me.
“Internet wrestling fans being overdramatic? Surely you jest!”
Here’s the thing: The Cruiserweight Division has been around for about a year now, and it’s never really gotten off the ground. There are a variety of reasons for that. Let’s briefly touch on some of them…
The presentation on Raw and 205 Live compared to the Cruiserweight Classic. What we see on TV these days is not what sparked our interest last year.
WWE’s progression to a more flashy and high-spot oriented wrestling style, which essentially nullifies the daring premise of the Cruiserweights Division.
WWE’s apparent insistence that the Cruiserweights wrestle a slower style of match. Again, that nullifies the premise.
Lack of audience investment in the characters due to poor introductions. It’s no accident that Neville, an already-established wrestler, became the hottest thing in the division. A year later, we still barely know most of these guys.
Stupid storylines, i.e. Noam Dar’s romance with Alicia Fox and Brian Kendrick’s “mentoring” of Akira Tozawa.
Get the idea?
So along comes Enzo. Once again, we have a talent that’s already been established, and is actually hotter than Neville was when he was plugged into 205 Live. He’s considerably less talented in the ring. But he’s also one of the best mic guys of his generation. Enzo is a polarizing guy. He gets some cheers (probably less after last night). But some absolutely loathe him. The latter category apparently includes some of his peers in the locker room.
So given that awesome wrestlers like TJ Perkins and Rich Swann failed to catch on at the top of the division, WWE opts to go the character route instead and give the title to Enzo in the hope that he’ll draw eyes to 205 Live. Is it blasphemous? Maybe. But having to put the title on Enzo is also an indictment of their this company’s failure to capitalize on the concept of a Cruiserweight Division.
I’ll grant you this Enzo thing is bad. But he didn’t put the belt on himself. The people you should be mad at are the ones behind the scenes who restricted the talent’s ability to get over on their own, and make this division worth something.
Ponderings From Raw:
The Bullet Club “invades” Raw. So we had Cody and Brandi Rhodes, the Young Bucks, and Marty Scurll show up outside the arena and get the fans revved up. On Twitter the hashtag was #BCInvasion.
As I said to someone last night, it’s not really an invasion unless you get in the arena, is it? Yes, that applies to DX in 1998 as well. The Bullet Club certainly weren’t in need of the publicity. But it was still a neat little stunt. Well done.
Roman Reigns appears on Miz TV. Lots of loaded stuff here, not the least of which was Roman calling last night’s win over John Cena the biggest of his career. One would think the Undertaker might have something to say about that.
This segment was obviously meant to take the first step toward Roman reuniting with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. Roman’s laugh when Miz mentioned a Shield vs. Miztourage match was nice. Actually, Roman was really good in this segment. He came off very natural. Dare I say, unscripted?
Nah. That’s too good to be true.
Matt Hardy and Jason Jordan def. Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel. Holy crap. It wasn’t until Michael Cole mentioned Jordan being inducted into his high school Hall of Fame that I realized he and are basically from the same home town. Victor J. Andrew High School is in Tinley Park, IL, just a stone’s throw from where I used to live. Does this mean I’ve got to cheer for him? Maybe I should delete the tweet where I called him Rocky Miavia…
Tough break for Jeff Hardy, who needs rotator cuff surgery. The upside? The gives Matt a chance to run as a single, and maybe recapture some of that Broken magic. They can’t call him Broken, obviously. But maybe he’s creative enough to come up with something just as good? One can hope.
Elias def. Apollo Crews. Did we actually hear an “Apollo!” chant? Didn’t expect that…
Braun Strowman answers Curt Hawkins’ latest open challenge, brutalizing him before the match can start and slamming him through the Raw set. Strowman’s loss to Brock at No Mercy was a tough pill to swallow. The underwhelming match was even tougher. But this was a nice palette cleanser. This is the Braun Strowman we love to see. Pure violence.
Dean Ambrose accepts an open challenge from Braun Strowman. This was really, really good. Better than I could have ever expected. That counter by Ambrose into the DDT on the outside? EPIC. The story painted Ambrose as a great unstable underdog. One of the best TV matches he’s had in quite some time. Definitely the best Strowman has had since his work with Roman. Bravo, gentlemen.
Mickie James interrupts an Alexa Bliss promo, retaliates for Bliss calling her an “old lady” on the No Mercy post-show. Finally. Mickie James gets something of substance to do. Crowds haven’t been into her since she’s come back. Why they didn’t do this earlier is beyond me. Hopefully she’ll get a chance to be more of a player. But this segment had some nice heat to it. I imagine this will lead to a title match at TLC.
Seth Rollins def. Sheamus. Ugh. These two teams are still wrestling. Enough. Make it stop. Please.
Mad props to Cesaro for continuing that No Mercy match after what happened to his front teeth. At the time, people thought they were broken. But apparently they were pushed up into his gums. Between this and what happened with Jeff Hardy’s broken tooth, these guys should rename themselves the European Dental Association.
Roman Reigns def. The Miz. The Miztourage lays Roman out and do the Shield fist bump. They obviously wanted the crowd to chant for Seth and Dean. That didn’t happen here. But there’ll be plenty of opportunities for other crowds to do so. Clearly this is their plan to maintain fan interest during football season. It’s not a bad plan, especially considering they don’t have Lesnar for the next few weeks.
Finn Balor def. Goldust, gets a foreboding sign from Bray Wyatt. The Bullet Club are outside the building, and we get a match between Cody’s brother and the group’s former leader. They couldn’t have scripted that better.
They had Goldust attack Finn in the back before this match, reminding us that despite what we saw last week, he’s still a heel. I’d love to see more of these two together. I feel exactly the opposite about more of Finn vs. Bray. What exactly do they have left to do? A TLC Match? No thanks…
Sasha Banks and Bayley def. Nia Jax and Emma. Just when I was starting to hope we’d get a break from these four. Just for one week. Is that too much to ask?
Enzo Amore is destroyed by Neville during his championship celebration. This, my friends, is what they call a double turn. Pretty well done, too. Enzo just turned up the arrogance a little more, and Neville came down to shut him up. Seems like about as natural a double turn as you’re going to find in the modern era.
I take it this was Neville’s swan song as far as 205 Live is concerned, and that’s why they put that clause in there about anyone who touches Enzo not being able to challenge for the belt. Let there be no doubt that whatever juice the Cruiserweight Division has had this year is because of Neville. Now Enzo is in that spot as the lead heel, and he has to help make stars out of all those guys he dropped truth bombs on tonight.
The irony in Enzo bringing up those merch checks is they’re about to get a lot smaller. That’s the life of a heel.
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Will WWE Acquire TNA? Plus, Ponderings From WWE Smackdown Live
It’s about that time, isn’t it? Crunch time for TNA.
Reports have surfaced that the financial well is running dry at TNA again. This time, WWE is reportedly in talks with Dixie Carter to buy the company, acquire the tape library, and cease operations. On the other hand, Billy Corgan is at the table. TNA may end up in his hands, as many have speculated. Either way, TNA’s future will reportedly be decided in a matter of days.
I’ve never felt good about the idea of WWE buying TNA. The purchase of WCW, while great for WWE, was not a good thing for wrestling at large. That competition brought out the best in both companies, and in the end the fans were the true winners. Without WCW, WWE lost a certain drive they’ve never gotten back. While you can certainly argue WWE competes with everything else on television,more major wrestling organizations obviously mean a healthier industry at large.
But to that point, the industry is in a different place today than it was when WCW went under in 2001. For starters, TNA is not WCW. They wanted you to believe they were competition for WWE. But despite involvement from a lot of the same people, and major marquee talent like Hulk Hogan, Kurt Angle, Mick Foley and the Hardys, that was never the case. That’s why TNA’s attempt to go head-to-head with Raw failed. Both WCW and TNA had big financial backers that enabled them to grow leaps and bounds. But what may have hurt TNA more than anything is that both wrestling personalities and wrestling fans saw it for what they wanted it to be: WCW reborn.
Also, while the market for wrestling may be smaller than it was in 2001, the advancement of the internet means wrestling fans get to see more promotions than ever before. Lucha Underground is a distinct alternative, as are Ring of Honor are New Japan Pro Wrestling. We also have smaller promotions like EVOLVE, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, etc. None of these smaller alternatives existed when WCW went down.
I’ve never rooted for TNA to die. But if the time has come to let it go, then so be it. It’s such a tarnished brand at this point, the best choice might be for it to live on through the WWE Network. Consider all the TNA alumni WWE has right now: Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, Austin Aries, Eric Young, and the damn WWE Champion AJ Styles. You’ve also got content for Hall of Famers like Sting, Kevin Nash, Booker T., etc.
Still, I’m not ready to start writing TNA’s obituary yet. Lord knows it’s survived by the skin of its teeth before. One guy who’s probably not rooting for WWE to step in? Cody Rhodes. He was set to make his debut at Bound for Glory on Sunday.
Who knows? Maybe he still will.
Ponderings From Smackdown:
Randy Orton hunts for Bray Wyatt. This episode of Smackdown had something Raw frequently lacks: An ongoing story to tie the show together. Wyatt challenged Orton to find him, which lead to a rising action and a climax. By God, actual storytelling!
But while things were structurally intact, the opening segment was a dud. Orton’s part of it was fine. But once again, Bray was too cryptic. At certain points, there’s something to be said for coming out and saying exactly what you’re going to do. Bray needs to do more of that, and speak less in metaphor and hyperbole. The gist of it was: Come find me. Is that so hard to say?
The backstage segments of Randy searching for Bray felt slightly reminiscent of the boiler room brawl from Summerslam ’96. There was a creepy vibe with the machinery running, and the announcers staying quiet for the most part. Of course, this felt a bit more like a high school haunted house than a horror flick. That stuff written on the doors (“Predator or Prey?” “I am a god.”) felt very generic. And then you had Erick Rowan getting locked down there. Was that supposed to be funny?
I like the idea of Orton somehow sneaking up behind Bray in that little room he’s always in. But they could have done so much more with that. They just had Bray turn around and take some punches. At the very least, they could have given Orton a cool line. Something to make it memorable, that’s all I ask.
The Usos & The Ascension def. Heath Slater, Rhyno, & American Alpha. Chad Gable has, by and large, had one job these last few weeks: Sell that leg. It’s a tried and true formula. Gable sells, Jason Jordan gets the hot tag. But at this rate, the guy may want to dip that damn thing in cement. It’s the only way it’ll be safe!
The Usos look good these days, having ditched the face paint for a more “urban” look. I’m hoping they get some mic time before No Mercy. I want to see them as the aggressive antagonists out to kill the high Heath Slater has been on lately.
Carmella & Natalya def. Nikki Bella & Naomi. Carmella is starting to come into her own as a heel. She’s got a Real Housewives of New Jersey kind of vibe on that works in her favor. I don’t have high hopes for the match she and Nikki will eventually turn in. But progress is progress.
Dolph Ziggler agrees to put up his career for one more shot at the Miz’s Intercontinental Title at No Mercy. The stars really aligned for this one. Miz and Ziggler in their home state, both sets of parents in the front row, a good story, and a dramatic plot twist. Miz even got a really good video package out of the deal.
I assume this is a course they plotted for Ziggler when he started feuding with Ambrose during the summer. I admit, I thought they’d simply made him a whipping boy for Ambrose, AJ Styles, and Miz. But if this was the plan all along, good for them.
Ziggler can sometimes up the intensity in his promos too quickly. When you crank up the emotion, you often need to take the audience up that figurative roller coaster. When he got to the part about giving so much but getting nothing back, he went a little fast. But he still hit his mark. It rang very true to what die-hard wrestling fans have seen this guy go through for years. And at the end, when he made that offer for just one more shot, you believed him. He may have had tears in his eyes. To his credit, Miz played his part perfectly. The heartless heel preying on the defeated babyface.
This needs to be Dolph’s ticket off TV for awhile. I’m not sure if he’s legitimately going anywhere, but that character needs a break. The problem then becomes finding someone to put in that upper mid card babyface position. There are names they can build up for that spot. Apollo Crews, Kalisto, God forbid Jack Swagger, or even Curt Hawkins. But right now, the only person who might be primed to fill in for Ziggler is Kane. Anybody clamoring for a Miz/Kane Intercontinental Title program? I didn’t think so.
Alexa Bliss attacks Becky Lynch before her match. Like Carmella, Alexa Bliss is still coming into her own on the national stage. But what we’ve seen so far is promising. I just hope once we’ve got a little more distance from Suicide Squad, she can drop the Harley Quinn look.
AJ Styles def. Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE Championship. Guest commentator John Cena lays both men out afterward. This match did its job wonderfully. It got me hyped for the triple threat at No Mercy. All three of these guys are big match wrestlers, and we’re still riding the wave from the Cena/Styles match at Summerslam. Expectations will be high for this one.
Cena and Ambrose really need to work a singles program. The heat between them feels very personal, and not forced. Ambrose has cut a couple of really good promos this year about how WWE is “his” company, as he’s the one main eventing shows night after night, putting all the effort in. To contrast, John Cena is apparently off house shows now. There could be some really good stuff there if they want to mine that for TV.
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Seth Rollins Returns, Cody Rhodes Departs, and Other Ponderings From WWE Raw
Before we get into Raw, let’s talk about Cody Rhodes, who requested and was granted his WWE release over the weekend.
This is becoming something of a trend, isn’t it? Wade Barrett opted not to sign a new contract with WWE. Ryback went home due to a contract dispute, as well as creative frustrations. And now Cody Rhodes/Stardust is gone, partially due to creative frustrations. He has apparently wanted to ditch the Stardust character for awhile now. But WWE apparently didn’t see that as being in the cards for him. So he made what many would consider to be a bold move, and asked to be let go. And to WWE’s credit, they didn’t keep him against his will.
I’m not sure if Rhodes was ever going to be a top guy for them. But he certainly had the potential to be more than he was. I keep thinking back to those years he spent in the Intercontinental Title picture. Not just bringing back the classic IC Belt, but feuding with the likes of Rey Mysterio Jr. and The Big Show at Wrestlemania. And my God, the number of personas he had over the years. First he was the upstart rookie, then he was with Legacy, then he was “Dashing” Cody Rhodes, then there was “disfigured” Cody Rhodes, and then he had the mustache, and then he was Stardust. He was so versatile in the ways he connected with the audience. I, for one, will miss him.
I keep thinking back to an article I spotted awhile back on RingsideNews.com entitled “The Lost Generation of WWE.” It spotlights a lot of different guys who might have been stars, perhaps even main eventers, if WWE had given them an honest chance. Rhodes is among them. It’s definitely worth a look.
Getting back to this being a trend, when you look at Barrett and Rhodes calling it quits, Ryback going home, and all the talents who have vented creative frustrations via social media (Zack Ryder, Damien Sandow, Naomi, Cameron, Alex Riley, etc.), the glass ceiling in WWE becomes that much easier to see. That’s obviously some pretty tough glass to break through, folks. And the one guy who can open a door and let you through? Vince McMahon. Once you sign that contract, to an extent you only go as far as Vince McMahon allows you to go.
Is that fair? Nope. Is it a good thing? I’m not so sure anymore…
Ponderings From WWE Raw:
Seth Rollins attacks Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules. Title match to take place at Money in the Bank. We didn’t get Finn Balor, as I thought we might. But Rollins was just as pleasant a surprise. I’m happy to see he’s staying heel. I’m not sure what a babyface Seth Rollins would look like at this point. Also, before he left, Rollins was one of the few really good heels WWE had. I don’t doubt he can play that role again.
Roman Reigns was good in this segment. Granted, it did’t require much. All he had to do was walk down there and look menacing. Silent but menacing Roman Reigns is the one I want to see. And when he does speak, I want it short, concise, and to the point.
Sami Zayn def. Sheamus to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Sheamus attacks Apollo Crews afterward. No complaints here. Glad they learned their lesson and kept Sheamus away from the Money in the Bank Ladder Match this year. Putting him with Apollo Crews is pretty harmless. As I’ve said before, I don’t mind Sheamus in the ring. But creatively, he’s been stale for the longest time. Even when he was champion, he didn’t have much going for. They need to find something to shake Sheamus up. Otherwise, I’m not sure where he goes from here.
Cesaro def. The Miz to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Considering how good Miz has been since Wrestlemania, and how he won that awesome Fatal Fourway Match at Extreme Rules, I wasn’t a big fan of him losing. But in the long run, I really think it’s more important to give Cesaro more momentum. of course.
Chris Jericho def. Apollo Crews to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. I loved Jericho’s expression on the way down to the ring. Like a pouty little kid. And those whiney screams when Crews would attack those oversized bandages on his back were great. Just like silent Reigns is the best Reigns, heel Jericho is the best Jericho. I was surprised they beat Crews clean. One would think they’d have Sheamus at least be out there for the distraction. But there’s certainly no shame in losing to Jericho.
Bob Backlund scolds Darren Young for saying “damn” in latest vignette. Is there a reason Backlund and Young aren’t in the same place for these segments? At times there’s a weird disconnect between them. That was especially the case here. If you put them in a room together, they’d be able to play off each other, and there’d be so much more energy. Hopefully we see them try this out in a match soon.
Dolph Ziggler challenges Baron Corbin to another match. Hearing Corbin recite that scripted dialogue was painful. Simply put, the guy needs acting lessons. What’s more, he seemed to have trouble knowing whether to look into the camera or away from it. To his credit, he had the right idea. Wrestlers have been looking into the camera to cut promos for generations now. Why they make these guys look off into the distance is a mystery to me. On the plus side, apparently you can say the word “wrestling” on WWE TV now.
Enzo Amore returns after a concussion, is in Big Cass’ corner as he beats Bubba Ray Dudley. It’s great to see Enzo, obviously. But I’m curious as to why they didn’t mention The Vaudevillians. They were in the ring with Cass & Enzo when the injury happened. You’d think they’d want to go back to that, or at least mention it. Cass continues to be solid in singles matches. He just needs some more experience, and hopefully the other pieces will fall into place.
Charlotte (with Dana Brooke at her side) cuts ties with Ric Flair. Being with Charlotte obviously isn’t a bad spot for Dana Brooke. Though Charlotte has become a pretty good mic worker, Brooke has a natural charisma that will hopefully add to her presentation.
Charlotte may have acknowledged the crowd a little too much in this segment. I give her a lot of credit for being able to ad lib. But it drew focus away from the stuff with Flair, which was obviously what this segment was about. But she cranked up the intensity really nicely when it was time for her to get heat.
Once again, they’re pulling some pretty personal strings with Charlotte and her family. I always thought they should have tried something like this with David Flair when he was in WCW. That way, they could have built to a match between father and son. That’s not something they can do with Charlotte and Ric. But despite a few flubs in her delivery, I think Charlotte played the heartless villain really well. I’m curious to see if Flair leaves this regular TV gig with Charlotte, or if they do a feud of sorts.
Dean Ambrose def. Dolph Ziggler to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Ambrose is on a nice little role, with back-to-back pay per view wins over Chris Jericho. Would I complain about him winning Money in the Bank? Hell no. But do I expect it? Nope.
AJ Styles breaks away from Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Styles loses a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match to Kevin Owens. Remember that night Styles and Owens stole the show in the first hour of Raw? This is the spot a match between these two deserve to be in. They proved that tonight. A strong main event, in a period where WWE really needs to try to build to that third hour. Now that Owens is in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, I expect the feud between he and Sami Zayn to be incorporated into things, which will hopefully add further depth to the match.
I can appreciate the fact that this story with Styles, Anderson, and Gallows is being drawn out. If WWE wants to create their own version of The Bullet Club, it deserves to be a long term, detailed story. Still, it would have been damn cool to see Finn Balor show up at Extreme Rules.
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A Wrestlemania XXXI Preview – The Gang’s All Here
This is it, folks. Wrestlemania is here. Sting is here. The Undertaker is here. Brock Lesnar is here. Still, all things considered, this isn’t the strongest ‘Mania card there’s ever been. We’ve got three squeeze matches, and a main event with a babyface that isn’t exactly a babyface, and a heel that isn’t exactly a heel…
PRE-SHOW MATCH FOR WWE TAG TEAM TITLES:
Tyson Kidd & Cesaro (c) vs. The Usos vs. The New Day vs. Los Matadores
Neither The New Day or Los Matadores feel worthy of this match. With due respect to the talents of those four men, they should have been stuffed into the battle royal.
I’d be okay with either Kidd & Cesaro or The Usos taking this one. But I’m making my prediction based on an unlikely source: WWE just came out with a t-shirt for Kidd & Cesaro. That leads me to believe they’re going to be in the forefront of things for the foreseeable future. So I’m thinking the titles will stay with them.
PREDICTION: Tyson Kidd & Cesaro
The Bella Twins vs. AJ Lee & Paige
The Bella Twins are going to take this one. Why? Because WWE loves them for some odd reason. Personally, I respect the fact that they’ve put the effort they have into wrestling. But I just can’t stand listening to them. AJ hit the nail on the head on Smackdown: They’re like the Kardashians. And if there’s one thing wrestling doesn’t need, it’s Kardashians.
Still, at least AJ and Paige got to be featured in a match at Wrestlemania, and they weren’t stuffed into some “lumberjill” match. Then again, plans can always change, I suppose.
PREDICTION: The Bella Twins
Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
You know who should be pissed about this match? The Big Show. He’s been relegated to this match for the second year in a row, but will almost certainly not win. He’s been compared to Andre the Giant his whole career, and how he’s been stuck in a match dedicated to him, but can’t win!
This should be the match where we finally get our Miz/Damien Sandow pay off. If I’m booking this sucker, our last four guys in the ring are The Big Show, Ryback, The Miz, and Sandow. Ryback dumps out Big Show, then Miz gets the jump on Ryback and tosses him out. Then we get our confrontation between “star” and “stunt double,” resulting in Sandow finally standing up to Miz, and tossing him out of the match for the win. This should be a huge Wrestlemania moment for Sandow. The question is, how do they follow up on it? That part sure as hell didn’t work out for Cesaro.
PREDICTION: Damien Sandow
LADDER MATCH FOR WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Bad News Barrett (c) vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Stardust vs. R-Truth vs. Luke Harper
I know this match will probably be entertaining. But the purist in me doesn’t like it. I’m also not thrilled with the fact that Daniel Bryan got relegated to a squeeze match a year after winning the main event at Wrestlemania. But that’s WWE booking for you…
I’ve read reports that Daniel Bryan will win this one, but I’m not sure I buy it. This feels like a Bad News Barrett win to me. WWE likes him, as evidenced by the way they put the belt on him right when he got back. And then they had all these guys take his title away from him, and then he finally got it back, only to have it taken from him again. This all feels like a build up for him to take it back once and for all at Wrestlemania, and then perhaps turn babyface. The fans like this character, and the heel status still seems forced to me. I’m really spinning the wheel on this one, but I’m going with Barrett.
PREDICTION: Bad News Barrett
WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH:
Rusev (c) vs. John Cena
In all honesty, I don’t want to see Rusev’s winning streak end. Originally, I was not a fan of his, simply because he was so cold and expressionless out there. But he’s improved substantially, and is one of the company’s best villains right now. That being said, if you have to lose to someone, a loss to John Cena at Wrestlemania isn’t a bad deal. And given the beating Cena just took from Rusev on Raw, it seems like he’s due for a win. And hey, Cena winning the US Title might just restore some of it’s prestige. Lord knows those secondary titles could use a little more shine on them these days.
PREDICTION: John Cena
Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins
From a pure performance standpoint, this match could steal the show. Randy Orton’s previous Wrestlemania dance partners haven’t always lent themselves to great matches. But with the right ones, he can deliver. His match with CM Punk in 2011 comes to mind, as does his work with Daniel Bryan and Batista at last year’s show. With a guy like Seth Rollins, the potential is obviously there.
The build-up with Randy Orton pretending to join The Authority was decent. Not great, but decent. Hopefully the match makes it all worthwhile. I see Rollins going over here. He’s unquestionably WWE’s most hated villain right now. What better way to keep his momentum going than a cheap victory over Randy Orton? Mind you, he’ll probably take an RKO somewhere in there. But it’ll be his victory nonetheless.
PREDICTION: Seth Rollins
The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt
For yours truly, this is the biggest match on the card. I’ve been a fan for almost two decades. So seeing The Undertaker in the ring again is worth the price of admission by itself. He could be wrestling Barry Horowitz (look him up, kids) and I’d still pay to see it.
To his credit, Bray has made the majority of this program work with his verbal skills alone. The only input we’ve had from The Undertaker has been in the form of props and video clips. But Bray made it work. This program, as one-sided as it’s been, has elevated his game significantly.
Obviously, “The Streak” is no longer on the table. We can debate the pros and cons of that at a later date. But either way, The Undertaker could, in fact, lose this match. But I don’t think he will. After last year, the fans deserve to have their faith in this legend rewarded. The Undertaker losing last year left a really bad taste in everybody’s mouth. So now it’s time for him to win again. Will it hurt Bray? Absolutely not. I don’t think anyone’s career has ever been truly harmed by losing to The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. Bray will be no exception.
PREDICTION: The Undertaker
Triple H vs. Sting
If what we heard on Raw this week is any indicator, I don’t think there’s any risk of the WWE fans not reacting favorably to Sting. They were really into him on Monday, and there’s no reason to think that won’t be the case here.
I expect we’ll see classic Triple H here, not to mention classic Stephanie McMahon. They’ll use underhanded tactics, and probably that sledgehammer, to get the upper hand. Then Sting will have his big babyface comeback, and of course, get the win. There’s no way they brought Sting to Wrestlemania just to have him lose. And as I said this week, I’m hoping this isn’t a one shot deal. A guy like Sting could really help elevate and up-and-comer. But either way, this night belongs to the Stinger.
PREDICTION: Sting
WWE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH:
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns
This match is “car wreck interesting.” In other words, I’m intrigued to see whether the whole thing just breaks down into a mess. What it really comes down to is the crowd. That’s the big drawing factor. What kind of reaction is Roman Reigns going to get? As Brock Lesnar just resigned with WWE this week, the die-hards and the smart fans don’t have much of a reason to boo him. And as Wrestlemania is a show that the die-hards come from all over the world to see, things don’t exactly look good for
I expect the crowd to be the main story in this one. I don’t see either Reigns or Lesnar as “ring generals,” so to speak. So I’m not expecting a classic. In terms of it’s outcome, while this match could end up going in a lot of directions, I still see Roman Reigns getting his hand raised at the end. One of WWE’s major priorities these days (thankfully) is making new stars. Whether we like him or not, Roman Reigns is one of those stars. So this moment belongs to him.
It’ll be interesting to see how Paul Heyman plays into this. He’s more than pulled his share of the weight in all of this. But now that we know Lesnar has re-signed, I’m curious to see if their relationship evolves at all. Will Heyman still be at Lesnar’s side once Wrestlemania XXXI is in the books? Or will he find himself a new conqueror in Roman Reigns? Has all of this been leading up to a Roman Reigns heel turn? Now that would shake things up…
Prediction: Roman Reigns
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CLASSIFIEDS/REAL ESTATE
Wilson leads Seahawks past Eagles 17-9
By Rob Maaddi Jan. 05, 2020 07:51 PM EST
Eagles try to beat Russell Wilson, Seahawks for first time
By The Associated Press Jan. 02, 2020 03:30 PM EST
SEATTLE (11-5) at PHILADELPHIA (9-7) Sunday, 4:40 p.m. EST, NBC OPENING LINE — Eagles by 1 RECORD...
Injury-ravaged Eagles beat Giants 34-17 to win NFC East
By Rob Maaddi Dec. 29, 2019 07:53 PM EST
Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants 12/29/2019
Eagles play their best when they can't afford to lose
Cowboys blow chance to win NFC East in 17-9 loss to Eagles
By Dan Gelston Dec. 22, 2019 10:23 PM EST
Wentz, Eagles deny Dallas the NFC East title with 17-9 win
Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins 12/15/2019
Trick play helps send Eagles to loss at Miami, 37-37
By Steven Wine Dec. 01, 2019 06:48 PM EST
Eagles-Dolphins Preview Capsule
PHILADELPHIA (5-6) at MIAMI (2-9) Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox OPENING LINE — Eagles by 7½ RECORD VS....
NFL At 100-AP Was There-Super Bowl 52
By The Associated Press Nov. 12, 2019 11:52 AM EST
By Rob Maaddi Nov. 12, 2019 02:07 AM EST
Chicago Bears at Philadelphia Eagles 11/3/2019
Bears-Eagles Preview Capsule
CHICAGO (3-4) at PHILADELPHIA (4-4) Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox OPENING LINE — Eagles by 5 RECORD VS....
Drew Brees sharp in return as Saints pound Cardinals 31-9
Philadelphia Eagles run over Buffalo Bills in 31-13 win
By John Wawrow Oct. 27, 2019 04:28 PM EDT
Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys 10/20/2019
Eagles-Cowboys Preview Capsule
PHILADELPHIA (3-3) at DALLAS (3-3) 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC OPENING LINE — Cowboys by 3 RECORD VS. SPREAD — Eagles 2-4, Cowboys 3...
As Eagles return to Super Bowl site, Vikes await in key game
By Dave Campbell Oct. 10, 2019 05:08 PM EDT
Eagles look for improvement despite big win over Jets
By Rob Maaddi Oct. 07, 2019 06:32 PM EDT
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Power Maxed TAG Racing back in BTCC title fight
by Si McNally July 30, 2018
Power Maxed TAG Racing re-affirmed its title credentials as Rounds 16, 17 and 18 of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship took place around the challenging curves of MSV’s Snetterton circuit in Norfolk. The hard-working team returned to action at Snetterton after a mid-season break punctuated by the annual tyre test, also at Snetterton, and the spectacular appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Free Practice session 1 suffered the worst possible start, as Josh slid into the back of Senna’s slowing Astra on the out lap, causing the #66 car to miss the whole session.
Despite being on the back foot, Josh still managed to qualify in P6 for Race 1, although lack of running caught up with him somewhat in Qualifying 2 (a separate session for the Diamond Double Race 3) to place a slightly disappointing P11. Senna was frustrated, suffering a lack of balance resulting in a P19 for the qualifying for Race 1, only for his mood to darken with the weather to qualify P25 for the double-length Race 3.
Meanwhile Senna placed the second Power Maxed TAG Racing Astra in P14, less than 3/10ths away from Josh and with a bit of work to do on race day.
After a scorching summer, race day dawned with unexpected gale force winds and driving rain, creating a welcome rush on the heavy weight Power Maxed TAG Racing merchandise jackets before Race 1.
A soaking track greeted the first race and saw Josh get too much wheelspin on the initial launch, dropping a place to the fast-starting Subaru of Sutton, and going onto the defensive in the opening skirmishes.
Further back, Senna’s Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall Astra was hidden in the spray, as he avoided the rebounding BMW of Collard, only to be hit on the rear corner by the second Subaru of Plato. Proctor pressed on before pitting at the end of the opening lap, resuming two laps down and circulating until the end of the 12-lap race.
Meanwhile, Cook had consolidated his position and pulled away into a clear 4th place, following the 3rd place Honda of Cammish to the flag and a comfortable and welcome return to Race 1 form.
Race 2 saw conditions improve to a damp circuit and Josh make a better start to hold 4th place, moving to 3rd as the race moved in to its second half. Showing blistering speed, the Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall Astra dragged up onto the back of the works Honda of Cammish. A dogfight ensued with the clearly quicker Cook searching for a way past, knowing the race-leading Subaru of reigning Champion Sutton was pulling away.
Frustratingly, Josh finally made his move just as the Safety Car was deployed, passing on the blind side of a yellow and having to hand the place back to the Honda as the field formed in single file. At the restart, Josh took a lap to get back past and cruised back up onto the tail of Sutton, eager for the win. Sadly, we were now on the last lap and sturdy defence by the Subaru secured a fortuitous win by a narrow margin.
The cameras didn’t know which Power Maxed TAG Racing Astra to follow at one point as Senna was carving through the field like a hot knife through butter. Memories of his epic drive at Brands Hatch resurfaced as the Yorkshireman flew from 25th on the grid to a superb 7th after 14 hectic laps, reserving his place at the hot end of the Dunlop Forever Forward leaderboard.
Well-orchestrated 60th anniversary celebrations were dampened again by the weather, as the field lined up for the 21-lap Diamond Double race, although the field were once again on slicks.
Whilst Race 3 typically has a last chance saloon feel about it, the drivers were obviously conscious of the double championship points on offer, as the field behaved relatively well in the opening laps. Sadly, this didn’t apply to the cars around Senna as he was pushed wide, losing the benefits of a great start, although he still crossed the line in P16, up from P19.
When the Safety Car appeared after 3 laps for the crash between Smith and Oliphant (so much for the conservative approach to a long race...), Josh was up to P9 and Senna was P15.
By lap 5, Cook was now caught up behind Smiley’s wide Honda, frantically searching for a way past as his young teammate continued to move forward, this time coming around in P13.
To add more spice to an already spicy mix, rain started to fall on the back of the Snetterton 300 circuit, wipers frantically clearing water as the drivers searched for both grip and visibility, Power Maxed Rain Off doing its thing to maximise visibility for Astras #18 and #66.
Cars were running 3 and 4 abreast as openings were sought and doors frantically shut. In the melee, and with Cook still stuck behind Smiley, the rear bumper of Cook’s Astra was left flailing as Turkington got far too close, the BMW in a very tight Vauxhall sandwich with Senna searching for a way past the former Champion, as the squabbling foursome started losing touch with the train battling for 4th place ahead.
Josh was then unceremoniously punted wide by Turkington at the final corner, with Senna put right behind. The Mercedes of Morgan snuck past Senna and then proceeded to shunt Josh wide, only to then spin across the bows of #66 and into retirement.
Entering into unknown territory for tyre degradation, Senna now passed Josh on lap 15 and entered into a great battle with Turkington and Smiley, pulling alongside the BMW as they tousled over a small but important part of Norfolk. All this hard work was then undone on lap 17 as Smiley repeated Turkington’s move on Josh, firing the #18 wide at the last corner, dropping Senna back to P12 and putting the Honda into retirement.
As the race entered its last stages Josh re-joined the fight with Turkington, the two battle-scarred challengers (actually caused as they came together on lap 3) crossing the line a few tenths apart in P6 and P7. A recovering Senna managed to recover a place on the final lap, only to be penalised 0.1 sec to be reclassified behind Jackson. Unfortunately, this also had the effect of losing another place to Thompson with the Power Maxed TAG Racing Astra now classified in P12.
Power Maxed TAG Racing once again just missed out on the Dunlop Forever Forward award with Senna scrapping expertly from P25 to P7 in race 2 and P20 to P10 in the double-length Race 3.
Snetterton sees the Championship enter the second half of this 60th anniversary year and marks a welcome return to front-running performances by both drivers.
Power Maxed TAG Racing now sits 2nd in the Teams’ Championship (by one point following the Proctor penalty), 3rd in the Manufacturers’, and 5th and 12th in the Drivers.
Roll on Rockingham.
Josh Cook, Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall Astra #66 said: ““It was a great weekend for me. P2 in Race 2 was, obviously, a great result. I’m gutted that I didn’t quite have the time to get past Ash Sutton, and even he admitted that he was right on the limit, and if we’d had another lap I would’ve taken him. The car performed fantastically all weekend, and Martin Broadhurst and the team pulled out a corker. I’m really proud to have done Euro Repair Car Service, Glide Parking and Helix Clutches proud this weekend.”
Senna Proctor, Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall Astra #18 said: “I’m really happy with my pace over the weekend. The incident in Race 1 with Jason was really frustrating, and undoubtedly cost us some points, but I couldn’t be happier with Race 2. Both Josh and I were held up for a number of laps by Smiley, and after passing Josh, a coming together with the Honda cost me a number of places. Still, we pulled a good amount of points from the weekend, which sees us in a great position in the championship.”
Martin Broadhurst, Technical Director, Power Maxed TAG Racing “Both the cars had really good pace throughout the day, and I couldn’t be prouder of both Josh and Senna. From a technical perspective, we were slightly on the back foot after an incident in FP1 meant Josh was unable to finish the session, but, as always, the team worked relentlessly to make sure we were on the pace from the get go come Race Day. All in all, we’ve come away from the weekend with a good points haul, and that can only help our championship campaign.”
Adam Weaver, Team Principal, Power Maxed TAG Racing ““What a weekend! The 60th Anniversary celebrations were always going to be something special, and the racing today was some of the closest I’ve seen all year. Both Josh and Senna did us proud today, and even with a couple of issues beyond our control, we came away with some really positive results and, more importantly, points.”
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Prabhupada Vani
Prabhupada Memories
You can get all these wonderful videos on Siddhanta's website of "Prabhupada Memories"
With the publication in video and print of Memories: Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint, Siddhanta has made a contribution of monumental and historical proportions to our understanding of Srila Prabhupada, the modern Gaudiya Vaisnava movement, and human religiosity in general. All too often, the contemporary followers of a great religious leader have failed to adequately record his or her life and teachings, resulting in long centuries of frequently futile debate and conflict among historians and religionists alike.
Thus Siddhanta’s documentation in both video and print of the testimonies of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples about their master provides an invaluable, irreplaceable, and unique treasure of information to all those who desire today, or seek in the future, an accurate, reliable, true picture of Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Siddhanta’s patient, creative and professional work will surely be seen by future generations as one of our generation’s greatest contributions to the human family. Thus it is with the soundest of reasons that I acknowledge here my deep personal gratitude to Siddhanta, congratulate him on his outstanding achievement, and urge all those seriously interested, for whatever reason, in Krishna, Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON, and spirituality itself, to stock the favorite shelves of their library with the singular treasures of the Memories series.
MY FIRST CONTACT with the Hare Krishna movement came in the summer of 1969 when I saw it’s members chanting on the streets of Hollywood. My initial reaction to the shaven heads, saffron-colored robes, and seemingly strange activity, was one of bewilderment and to some degree, comic relief. It was not until a year later that I was able to appreciate the sound philosophy that stems from one of the world’s oldest religious traditions. I soon realized that there was a tremendous wealth of knowledge and logic behind the activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and that it was far from being a new “hippie” cult. In fact, the information I obtained by reading my first Back to Godhead magazine answered all the questions I ever had regarding life, its purpose, and more.
It was in Dallas in 1970 when I actually came in personal contact with the author of that Back to Godhead magazine, the Founder-Acharya of the Hare Krishna movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. I greeted him along with the other devotees at the airport and then followed the procession back to the temple, where Prabhupada gave a Sunday Feast lecture. What struck me most about that lecture more than anything was Prabhupada’s answer to one question that was asked of him by a member of the audience. In his lecture, Srila Prabhupada had been stressing the importance of chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra: Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare. The guest asked what Srila Prabhupada personally felt when he chanted this mantra. Without hesitation, Srila Prabhupada answered, “I feel no fear.” Because his response was so immediate and filled with such conviction, I immediately sensed in my heart that not only what he said was absolutely true, but that he was in direct contact with God. I obviously felt an urgency to try the same mantra meditation process myself.
Over time it became apparent to many who observed him first hand that Srila Prabhupada was steadily situated in a higher state of consciousness beyond anything that was part of our common experience. But that was not all. After a further study of the teachings in his books and observing his interactions with others, I realized that here was a person who was not materially motivated. He was not interested in mundane acquisition, exploitation, or adoration. He was also in complete control of his senses, the very foundation of all yoga practice. By his own example, he was a perfect teacher of the divine process of devotional service or bhakti-yoga. And by means of his unconditional love and devotion, he was in touch with and connected with the Supreme Being. His mission appeared to be for all of our best interests by making me, and everyone else who cared to listen, spiritually happy by engaging our mind, body and soul in serving God, Krishna. Srila Prabhupada taught that as a fish out of water cannot be happy out of its constitutional element, similarly we as spiritual beings cannot be happy simply engaging in activities meant to satisfy our material senses.
Years later, after accepting Srila Prabhupada as a pure representative of God and having taken spiritual initiation from him, I had the opportunity to personally be with him again when he visited the temple in Denver, Colorado. My previous conviction that Prabhupada was in direct contact with the Absolute Truth was further solidified when I offered flowers at his feet and our eyes met. When Srila Prabhupada looked at me, he looked right through the external me, touching the internal me, the soul. I felt naked in front of him, feeling as though he could not only read my mind but my heart as well. It was the most humbling and purifying experience of my life.
That morning during Srila Prabhupada’s daily walk, he was talking about prasadam, food offered to God before it is personally consumed. Prabhupada said prasadam is so spiritually potent that if a human being simply eats prasadam once, in his next life he will take birth in a wealthy family or a family of devotees. He then stated that if an animal eats prasadam, in its next life it will immediately take birth in the human form of life, jumping over all other species of life that a living entity would normally have to pass through before obtaining a human birth in the process of transmigration of the soul.
After this discussion, I was contemplating asking him about something that had been bothering me for some time. I had been engaged as a book distributor of Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental literature, but I had become affected by so many people I met who would say that we as devotees should get jobs and not take from society by asking for donations. I said to Srila Prabhupada, “People think we are just trying to escape material life by joining this sankirtan movement.” Srila Prabhupada turned to me, smiled, and asked, “A rich man, does he work? We are rich men. We don’t work. Any rich man, he is not working. Is he escaping? He is engaging everyone in the factory, but he is not working. So is that escaping? We are rich men. We are Krishna’s sons.”
He said the problems we have are eating, sleeping, and mating, and we can arrange for these things very easily. Prabhupada taught the philosophy of “Simple Living, High Thinking.” One can till the ground anywhere and get some food. He said, “I keep some cows, and I have got land: my whole economic question is solved.” He asked, “Why shall I make big, big arrangements for these things?” He continued, “You may do it, but why should you forget your real business? That is the defect, that you are so foolish that only for maintaining this body, you have forgotten your real business—self-realization.” Prabhupada then said, “In the spiritual world there is no question of working. You get everything. So why not endeavor to go there?”
Prabhupada then looked around the beautiful park that we were walking in, surrounded by trees, lakes, and swans. He noted how there was no one else in the park that someone had worked hard to create, and how we were the only ones who were taking advantage of the park and all its beauty. He said, “They worked so hard, yet they are sleeping. We are taking advantage.” To exemplify this situation with an analogy, he told us the story of the mouse and the snake. Prabhupada said, “The mouse builds a nice home for himself underground and lives comfortably. Then the snake comes and eats the mouse and lives comfortably in the home the mouse has built.” He finished by telling me, and the others that accompanied him on his morning walk that we can tell people that actually, “Yes, we are escaping this horrible condition of life—meat eating, drinking, and intoxication. We are escaping these things, but not happiness.”
In his kindness, Prabhupada helped me realize my foolishness to think I had to fulfill the expectations of the public by having a nine to five job. I had been affected by the negative feedback I received from the people I met, but Prabhupada reminded me that the point of life is self-realization, and our role in the varnashram scheme of things was to remind others of that fact. He had dispelled my doubts with the torchlight of knowledge.
Later on, I realized that if I had this small glimpse of truth from being with Srila Prabhupada for such a brief period of time, there had to be many more devotees who had just as much or more association with His Divine Grace who could also share their experiences and realizations. It was obvious that each devotee’s encounter would be unique and would reveal other aspects of Srila Prabhupada’s personality and boundless wisdom that were not necessarily contained within his transcendental books. I believed that these encounters with Krishna’s pure devotee not only inspired the devotees at the time but could help anyone who hears these lessons in his or her present daily lives. It is with that belief that I ventured out to acquire the stories contained in this book. These stories are not only informative but also entertaining and inspiring in the way the devotees express themselves, seemingly going into a regression type trance as they recall those times spent with Srila Prabhupada.
One poignant realization that came from one of Srila Prabhupada’s grand disciples was that through these memories we can learn about the qualities of Prabhupada and thus develop our attraction and love for him. Just as we become attracted to and ultimately love Krishna by learning about His qualities and activities from reading them in the Krsna Book, we can also develop love for Srila Prabhupada by becoming aware of his compassion, humility, wisdom, humor, wit, knowledge, determination, love and how he dealt with life in a practical Krishna conscious manner.
From a historical standpoint, it seemed important as well to record these personal instructions thinking that if someone had been able to record the recollections of the disciples of Jesus Christ, that those memories would be extremely meaningful today. So starting in 1991, the process of obtaining the oral histories of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples began through videotaped sessions and subsequently transcribed to be presented in this book form.
There are no hard and fast rules in reading this collection of memories, as they are not recorded in any chronological order or by subject matter. The memories are simply a stream of consciousness by each devotee, and therefore, can be read in a nonlinear fashion. This book is meant to be, as Srila Prabhupada stated once about his books, readable in such a way that one can start in the middle and still derive sweetness, as biting into candy anywhere will result in the same sweet taste. As there were some five thousand initiated disciples, this process has just begun, and we hope that there will be more volumes to come in the future.
We must thank Bhargava Prabhu for his photographs that appear as the cover artwork. He certainly was blessed with a great eye. This production could not be possible without the hard and diligent work of our transcribers, Dinadayadri dasi, Ram Prasad das, Mamata dasi, Kara Middleton, Sujana dasi, Renukah dasi, and Kapila das. We thank Sri Kanta Prabhu for his work in assembling the Glossary and Bhojadev das for his assistance with the Introduction. And lastly but certainly not least of all, our deepest appreciation goes to Vishaka devi dasi for her brilliant work in editing the transcriptions to a form that create a book that cannot be put down until the last page.
This publication is also now being printed and distributed in India by the wonderful devotees in New Delhi who have understood the importance of distributing these oral histories in the land where Srila Prabhupada began his journey in spreading Krishna consciousness. My heartfelt thanks go to Nandagopal Jivan das (GKG, New Delhi) of Golden Age Media for producing this Indian publication, HG Mohan Rupa das (GKG) (TP-ISKCON-Delhi) and HG Sarvasakshi das (GKG) for their encouragement and guidance, HG Vrindavan Vinod das (GKG) for his cover design work, HG Annutama Hari das (GKG) for arranging the design and layout and Sangini Radha devi dasi for her support of her husband Nandagopal Jivan in his service to Srila Prabhupada. I must also thank HH Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and HH Lokanath Swami Maharaj for referring me to Nandagopal Jivan Prabhu and confirming his integrity.
This offering to Srila Prabhupada would also not be in its present form without the hard work and patience of two members of the Back to Godhead staff: Yamaraj das who formatted the book and also beautifully designed the cover as well as Nagaraja das who contributed valuable assistance in this process. I also want to acknowledge my wife, Ajita devi dasi, and daughters Kartika devi dasi and Renukah devi dasi for their emotional and spiritual support in this ongoing project. We, of course, would be remiss not to give our heartfelt appreciation to all the devotees who shared their memories of Srila Prabhupada, and we pray that we have delivered their stories accurately.
Siddhanta das (ACBSP)
'sādhu-saṅga', 'sādhu-saṅga'—sarva-śāstre kaya
lava-mātra sādhu-saṅge sarva-siddhi haya
(Cc. Madhya 22.54)
“The verdict of all revealed scriptures is that by even a moment’s association with a pure devotee, one can attain all success."
THIS BOOK OF ORAL HISTORIES is a transcription of the DVD series “Memories-Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint”. The interviews contained within this book are from the direct disciples, with a few exceptions, of the Founder- Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. These fortunate souls had that all- important association with a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna. His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, has been well recognized by scholars, religionists, and lay persons alike, as one of the most prominent ambassadors of India’s spiritual culture in modern times.
The recollections presented here are testimony to the transcendental character of Srila Prabhupada, whose purity, compassion, knowledge, humor, humility, strength, and determination seemed to be almost effortlessly exhibited on a daily basis. To get a complete picture of Krishna consciousness, it is essential to not only have the written teachings contained within Srila Prabhupada’s books, but also how he acted in so many circumstances, so that we may follow in his footsteps, as he is a true acharya, one who teaches by example. Many times Srila Prabhupada did mention that everything he wanted to tell us was in his books.
Yet oral tradition is part of every society and culture, and we can only offer as a disclaimer that the interviews documented here have been accepted at face value, with the onus of veracity left to the integrity and memory of the interviewed party. However, since the interactions described in this book, were witnessed by more than one person, we as the publisher, feel all of the accounts are genuine.
As mentioned in the preface to “Prabhupada Nectar”, the glories and pastimes of the Lord’s pure servants are seen to be as sweet and instructive as the Lord’s own unlimited pastimes. In the same mood of appreciation for Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental glories and instructions, we hope this volume will be of some value for initiates and novices alike who are thirsting for new or revisited facets of the spiritual jewel that is Prabhupada-sanga.
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Mark Edward Borsuk
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mark Borsuk’s research concerns the development and application of mathematical models for integrating scientific information on natural, technical, and social systems. He is a widely-cited expert in Bayesian network modeling with regular application to environmental and human health regulation and decision making. He is also the originator of novel approaches to climate change assessment, combining risk analysis, game theory, and agent-based modeling. Borsuk’s highly collaborative research has been funded by NSF, EPA, NIH, NIEHS and USFS, and he has authored or co-authored 75 peer-reviewed journal publications and 6 book chapters.
Borsuk received the Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award from the Society for Risk Analysis in 2013 and the Early Career Research Excellence Award from the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society in 2008. Before joining the Duke faculty, Dr. Borsuk was a member of the Dartmouth College faculty for 10 years where he held an appointment in the Thayer School of Engineering. Dr. Borsuk received a B.S.E. in Civil Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University, an M.S. in Statistics and Decision Sciences from Duke University, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Policy from Duke University. He did his post-doctoral training in the Department of Systems Analysis, Integrated Assessment, and Modelling (SIAM) at the Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), where he advanced to head of the Decision Analysis and Integrated Assessment group.
As part of his appointment at Duke, Dr. Borsuk directs a new interdisciplinary research and teaching initiative in risk, uncertainty, optimization and decision-making.
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Mathematical models for integrating scientific information on natural, technical, and social systems; Bayesian network modeling with regular application to environmental and human health regulation and decision making; novel approaches to climate change assessment, combining risk analysis, game theory, and agent-based modeling.
Chauncey Starr Distinguished Young Risk Analyst Award. Society for Risk Analysis. 2013
Early Career Research Excellence Award. International Environmental Modelling and Software Society. 2008
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Markowski-Lindsay, M; Borsuk, ME; Butler, BJ; Duveneck, MJ; Holt, J; Kittredge, DB; Laflower, D; MacLean, MG; Orwig, D; Thompson, JR, Compounding the Disturbance: Family Forest Owner Reactions to Invasive Forest Insects, Ecological Economics, vol 167 (2020) [10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106461] [abs].
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Justifying the Mephistopheles wager
My two previous posts on p-zombies and homunculus actors have been attempts to lay a little philosophical groundwork, imagining some possibilities in which you appear to go on into the future even though you are annihilated. The point of these is to try to provide a refined form of an argument I visited some years ago called the Mephistopheles wager. The idea behind that wager, for those of you who have never heard of it or who have quite forgivably forgotten, this Mephistopheles wager was a bet taken at some probability p such if you won the bet with probability (1-p) you would get something you wanted, needed, sought, or so forth and otherwise with probability p you would be instantly and painlessly annihilated. Since even your instant and painless annihilation would leave bereaved loved-ones behind, I conjured up some exotic possibilities called the p-zombie and the homunculus actor, which between them, make for a better mechanism of self-annihilation than just being dead, because your loved ones need never know that you lost the wager. From their perspectives, you’ll be going on as before. Call p-zombies and homonculus actors, therefore, a BATDAPE, a Best Alternative to Death as Personal Extinction. We can therefore refine the Mephistopheles wager to understand that if you win, you get what you wanted, and if you lose, BATDAPE for you.
Now we might well imagine a cumulative Mephistopheles wager, that is to say perhaps, many small wagers that add up to a larger one: for example, you’d take a Mephistopheles wager with a probability of 0.1 if the prize is a really awesome romantic partner (in place, perhaps, of a lifetime of loneliness), a probability of 0.2 of having a career that is at once well-remunerated, meaningful, and enjoyable (as opposed to a lifetime of crappy work). All these wagers could be added up to your Cumulative Lifetime Mephistopheles Wager.
Now my intuition, way back when, was that if you would take a Cumulative Lifetime Mephistopheles wager of 0.5 or greater, then in some important sense your life is a misfortune. There are various informal ways to try to justify this intuition — think, for example, how desperate and miserable you would have to be to play a single round of Russian roulette, with say, a prize of ten million dollars offered if you survive — and that’s a just a wager with probability of 0.17 (assuming a fair six-chambered revolver). But here is a way in which I think that the intuition might be justified more formally.
Everyone’s life is a combination of satisfactions and frustrations. Satisfactions are things that make you happy (good food, time with friends, good sex, etc.) or which make your life seem to mean something to you (you teach inner-city children to read, visit and provide company for lonely old people, make scientific discoveries, adopt puppies and kittens otherwise fated for destruction). It take it every life has at least some satisfactions, and some have many. The satisfactions of your life have a magnitude, which is to say some measure of their overall size. The magnitude is probably best characterized as an ordinal measure of sorts: while only the most aggressive utilitarians would be willing to attach a number to each individual satisfaction and then treat the magnitude as an arithmetic sum of those, most of the rest of us would still be able to say that adding a certain condition to our lives either makes our satisfactions greater or less, and to compare adding one or the other and seeing whether their addition to our life’s satisfactions be greater or less for one or the other, or equal for both.
Life is also characterized by frustrations. These have both a positive an a negative character. Life’s positive frustrations are bad things we wish we could remove but can’t. They might be personal forms of unhappiness like persistent physical pain or debility or loneliness, Or there are negative frustrations, things we desire or need but can’t achieve: real success in a career that matters to us, or a happy relationship with someone. There might even be global meaning frustrations to our lives: we really want to get rid of war or poverty or political oppression but just can’t and feel helpless and angry as a result of these. Like satisfactions our life’s frustrations have a magnitude, again probably of an ordinal character: add this frustration to life and our lives are worse, add another one and our lives are worse still even if the first frustration is not added, and so on.
Magnitudes of satisfactions and frustrations matter. Imagine a hypothetical life that had in it only satisfactions. Would we say that life is a misfortune? I would concede that it is not. Indeed, I would concede that we could add some minor frustrations to that life and it would still not be a misfortune. But surely we cannot add on frustrations to that life without end without at some point deeming that life to be a misfortune. The contrary position is subject to a straightforward reductio: if you believe that no amount of frustrations make a life a misfortune, then you’re committed to a view that life could have infinite frustrations — infinite suffering — and that’s absurd.
At what point might someone say that a life is a misfortune? It is clearly at some point between null and infinite magnitudes of frustration. While I suppose that there might be other possible answers, the only one that seems intuitively plausible to me would be the point at which the magnitude of one’s frustrations becomes greater than than of one’s satisfactions.
If the magnitude of your frustrations exceeds that of your satisfactions, then your life is a misfortune. And that, I think, is about intuitive rock-bottom for me.
Well and good, but that just seems to bring up the question of how one compares magnitudes of things like satisfactions and frustrations. The answer to that question would seem to be “what bet would you take?”
If it seems absurd to talk about what bets one would take in a context where what is at stake is your future existence, reflect: in a small way we are taking bets that resemble the Mephistopheles wager all the time. Have you ever crossed a busy street to buy a cup of coffee and a newspaper? Well, then you’ve taken a bet that you won’t be run down by a car. Maybe in most circumstances that’s a pretty good bet, but it’s still a bet. In taking that action you are accepting a (very small, one hopes) probability of having no future in order to turn a frustration (lack of coffee and news) into a satisfaction. You might not want to think about it as a bet, but a bet it is, and in some situations the risk will become sufficiently salient that the bet-like character of the action will become apparent. You might cross a busy street to get a cup of coffee and a newspaper, but you would be unlikely to want to cross an active minefield for the same. Then again, if what’s on the other side of that minefield is sufficiently important to you, you might very well cross it: if what’s on the other side isn’t just coffee and a newspaper but your badly-wounded, will-die-if-she-doesn’t-receive-medical-attention child, then you might very well plunge forward and take the risk. The risks we take are the mechanism for revealing what it is that matters to us.
Now there’s a special sort of bet that becomes rational when the magnitude of what we win matches the magnitude of what we stand to lose, the so-called double-or-nothing bet, that is, the bet that we might take when the odds of losing are 0.5. Consider a very simple kind of person, Homo economicus, who is only interested in maximizing how much money he has. If you offer Homo economicus an opportunity to spend his $4 in wealth that wins lottery ticket that wins with a probability of 0.5, how much would the jackpot have to be to induce him to buy? Answer: at least $8.01, because the expected value of the ticket for Homo economicus can be calculated simply as p(win)*jackpot, so 0.5*$8.01 = $4.005 > $4. For that value, Homo economicus would give up the satisfaction that matters to him (possession of $2) to get rid of the frustration he has (of $2.01 that isn’t his but might be).
Few people would be so simple as Homo economicus. Consider a cousin of Homo economicus, Homo prudens, who doesn’t value only money, but cares about what money can get him — about money’s utility, in other words. The more money Homo prudens has, the less valuable it is to him, though more is always better. Homo prudens might have a utility function like this:
Note, however, that there is still a double-or-nothing bet that Homo prudens might take if his wealth is $4, which is to say one which pays off $16 if it wins. The magnitude of the utility of $8 isn’t enough, but whatever frustrations Homo prudens could make go away with $16.01 in wealth would make it worth it to him to take the bet. That would thus seem to be the point at which the magnitude of his frustrations equals that of his satisfactions.
That’s enough for one post on the matter. On a post shortly to come, I’ll try to address the question of whether it’s just crazy to use examples like this to evaluate actual human lives.
August 5, 2017 Iago Faustus, Ph.D. Leave a comment
An alternative for those who don’t like p-zombies
And my poor fool is hanged. No, no, no life?
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat have life,
And thou no breath at all? Thou ’lt come no more,
Never, never, never, never, never.—
Pray you undo this button. Thank you, sir.
Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips,
Look there, look there!
—King Lear, V,iii, 369-75
In his fictional world, Lear no doubt suffers terribly from the death of his daughter Cordelia, but what we really see on the stage is not an actual king but an actor. The actor is himself a conscious human being (presumably), but even if the actor is using the Method we needn’t really believe that the actor is suffering from terrible bereavement.
In my previous post I suggested as a thought experiment for eliciting our values about existence and non-existence we consider the possibility of becoming a p-zombie rather than committing suicide. In the p-zombie thought experiment a non-conscious simulactrum of ourselves would go forward into the future leaving all the people in our lives none-the-wiser about our status. Becoming a p-zombie would thus have the advantage of allowing us to terminate our own suffering without causing bereavement and misery among our surviving friends and family. A commenter objected that he found the idea of a p-zombie so deeply implausible that the thought the entire thought experiment made no sense. I’m not sure I agree with that, but in the interest of moving forward I’ll offer here an alternative thought experiment.
Suppose that there is a being that we could call a Consummate Homunculus Actor, for short, “Cohom.” Knows you in excruciating detail, has access to all your memories, knows all your likes and dislikes, appetites and aversions, phobias and kinks, and can there act the part of you with such fantastic fidelity that external observers can’t tell the difference between you and a kind of high-fidelity puppet whose strings are pulled by Cohom. Cohom is not a zombie. Cohom is conscious, but conscious in the sense that our actor playing Lear is conscious. He’s very much aware of what he’s doing when he’s playing Lear, but he isn’t actually suffering in anything like the sense that Lear is suffering.
Now suppose you had this alternative. Cohom could crawl inside your head, wipe your own consciousness, pick up the reins of your behavior, and act out the complicated part that is you living out your life. Because Cohom knows everything that’s relevant about you, the people around you will never know that it’s Cohom discoursing with or reacting to them, rather than “you.” Cohom will see through “your” eyes and feel with “your” hands, but will not feel pain or love or anything like that directly. Rather, “your” burning your hand on a stove will be an event in a script to which Cohom must respond with an appropriate yowl of pain. The same for “your” falling in love. For Cohom it’s a part to be acted. The balance of your life might be something like The Truman Show except inverted. Instead of “you” being “real” and everyone around you being an actor hired to play a part, “you” will be an actor and everyone else around you will be “real.” The “real” you will have long since departed into the blessed calm of eternal unconsciousness. Cohom, meanwhile, will stay on the job until “your” death, at which point he collects a handsome check from whatever mad or demonic employer engaged his services in playing the part of you, and possibly an acting award as well.
Cohom or p-zombie, either way you get an out.
A philosopher’s though-experimental alternative to suicide
There’s a sort of creature invented by philosophers called philosopher’s zombie or a p-zombie for short. The p-zombie, unlike say the movies featured in movies by George Romero (may he rest in peace), are not shambling, stupid, re-animated corpses. Rather, they’re people just like you or me except in one respect: they are completely unconscious. They have no inner life, no feelings, no memories, no imaginations, none of that. But in spite of not having an inner life, they are behaviorally identical to people who do have inner lives. Poke one with a pin and it will say “ouch” and act indignant with you, as if it were really feeling pain. Ask a p-zombie about a sad incident in its childhood and it may be able to do so, perhaps with tears in its eyes. But it is not “remembering” its childhood anymore than a record player is “remembering” the contents of a disk it is playing, and it is not sad any more than a classically-trained actor playing Lear is actually mourning Cordelia.
You can’t tell a p-zombie from a “real” person by observing what it does, because what it does is the same thing a as “real” person. More unsettling than that, you can’t somehow peer inside someone and tell whether or not they are a “real” person or a p-zombie. Look inside a “real” person’s brain, and all you will see are a bunch of cells squirting electrochemical signals at one another. A p-zombie’s brain is just the same way. In neither case can you observe a “mind,” see a “person,” or observe “feelings.” To be sure, you might come to confident that certain brain-states correlate reliably with states of mind. You might, for example, come to believe based on evidence from a long series of tests that a certain neuronal firing pattern is someone thinking of a white bear. But this again is only correlations of observed behaviors: when the state is observed, the subject reports thinking of a white bear. The problem is that p-zombies just as readily as “real” people can report thinking of a white bear. It’s just that the p-zombie is not really thinking of anything at all, while the “real” person is. In neither case do you actually see something inside the head that looks like a white bear, or directly observe the White Bear State of Mind.
Most philosophers think that p-zombies are physically impossible and can’t exist in our world, and at least some think that they are metaphysically impossible, that is, that they can’t exist in any possible world. One has to admit that the p-zombie is a pretty unsettling concept. Anyone you know could (in theory, anyway) be not a person, but a p-zombie. Your boss. Your parents. Your spouse. Your adorable toddler daughter who says “I wuv you” as she drifts off to sleep in your arms might not love you at all, but just be a piece of machinery carrying out its programming, unfeeling as any rock.
The concept of the p-zombie makes an interesting thought experiment possible. Suppose there were a drug that could turn you, permanently, instantly, and irrevocably into a p-zombie. Upon taking a does of the drug your consciousness would be instantly annihilated and gone for good. But no one would ever actually be able to tell that you had taken the drug. Future history will be exactly the same as if you had not done so, because the p-zombie that was you will behave exactly as you would have behaved. It will continue to get up in the morning, catch the train to work, stand around the watercooler with colleagues griping about the boss, come home in the evenings, help its children with their homework, have increasingly dutiful and diminishingly frequent sex with your spouse, age, retire, move to the Sunbelt, collect various government benefits, and die, just like you would have. Through all of this, “you” will be gone, together with all the joys and sufferings the balance of your life might contain. The p-zombie will act happy or sad or angry, happy at your daughter’s wedding or angry during its periodic quarrels with your spouse. But it just as much as you will live in the blessed calm of complete consciousness.
Thus p-zombification might be thought of not so much as a kind as an alternative to suicide, and leads me to wonder whether if it were somehow available, it wouldn’t cut off a slice both of suicides and non-suicides. I should think it would do both, and my reason for thinking so is at least in part autobiographical. At the closest I ever personally came to suicide, around the age of thirty or so, the thought that stayed my hand more than any other was that of the suffering that my killing myself would inflict on people I loved, most particularly on my parents (ironic for an antinatalist to feel that way perhaps, but emotional life is messy). I can’t really guarantee that things would have been the same had there been a way out of suffering that they and no one else need ever have known about.
July 29, 2017 Iago Faustus, Ph.D. 3 Comments
A life is a stone dropped into a pond and its meaning the ripples heading out therefrom.
Heave a brick into the Mississippi at Minneapolis. Have a friend in New Orleans try to distinguish its ripples from everything else in the river. Her report back to you should tell you much about a human life inside human history.
July 23, 2017 Iago Faustus, Ph.D. Leave a comment
We pessimists are actually pretty decent people
In his most recent book, David Benatar notes that we pessimists actually do pretty well in terms of our behavior. (For “one” in the passage below, we can read “we.”)
One does not enter into people’s houses of worship to tell them they are wrong, or knock on people’s doors offering to share the “bad news” with them. One does not stop pregnant women on the street and excoriate them and their partners for creating new life.*
Well put, Professor Benatar! I might note that other things we do not do include firebombing maternity wards or gunning down fertility doctors in the lobbies of their churches.
No, we leave all that sort of thing (mutatis mutandis, naturally) to those lovely “pro-life” people.
*David Benatar, The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), p. 11. Back to main text.
What not knowing the future gets you
I probably ought not write about this, because I see it bringing only trouble. But I can be compulsive about the truth as I see it, so…
Young adulthood was pretty good to me. I had an awesome girlfriend and I was beginning to climb the rungs, successfully and almost easily, toward a career that I would have really enjoyed, had things panned out the way I thought they would have. Things started turning south, I would say, at about the age of 24½. For about six years after that, life felt like one heartbreaking disappointment after another.
I am now past 50 years in age, and the following grim reflection occurs to me. Although I am nothing like suicidal now, I do think that if, by some hideous anti-miracle of cognition I could have had in foresight at the age of 24½ the quarter-century I now have in hindsight, and had efficient means been available — such as a fistful of Nembutal or a reliable firearm — I very well might have killed myself. At least, the resolution to do so I regard as retrospectively rational. That I did not do so is a tribute not to wisdom but to ignorance and I suppose also to hope — here the irrational conviction during my darkest days that things would look up someday, that at the end of all the misery there would be a life so much better that I would be glad to have persevered through wretchedness. That isn’t so. While in fact things did get somewhat better, I do not now regard them as so much better that it was worth it to have lived through the darkest days. And I certainly no longer expect that any good thing lies in my future that will change this judgment. No lottery wins or Nobel Prizes lurk over my horizon, and don’t let me get started on my pessimism about relationships.
Life is served by ignorance and irrationality. That doesn’t say much good about life.
Update on July 20, 2017. I’ve added a link above about my pessimism about relationships. And if you like that sort of thing, here’s another.
I’ll take the sterile rock, thanks
The philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel has written a post recently (H/t to Brian Leiter) responding to recent books written by Owen Flanagan (The Geography of Morals, 2016) and Paul Bloom (Against Empathy, also 2016). To oversimply grossly, these two writers think we would be better off getting rid of certain kinds of emotion, in Flanagan’s case anger and in Bloom’s case empathy. Flanagan thinks we would be better off striving to become like Buddhist or Stoic sages, and Bloom thinks we could achieve a good society better using cool, rational compassion in place of empathy in making social decisions.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Professor Schwitzgebel doesn’t like these proposals very much. He advances (though admits he doesn’t at the moment have an argument for defending) a view that the world would in an important sense be poorer without these emotions even if getting rid of them might in some sense make the world better. He thinks that there is an intrinsic value to having a “rich” world, and articulates his understanding thusly:
I want to push back against the idea that we should narrow the emotional range of our lives by rejecting empathy and anger. My thought is this: Having a rich emotional range is intrinsically valuable.
One way of thinking about intrinsic value is to consider what you would wish for, if you knew that there was a planet on the far side of the galaxy, beyond any hope of contact with us. (I discuss this thought experiment here and here.) Would you hope that it’s a sterile rock? A planet with microbial life but not multi-cellular organisms? A planet with the equivalent of deer and cows but no creatures of human-like intelligence? Human-like intelligences, but all lying comatose, plugged into simple happiness stimulators?
Here’s what I’d hope for: a rich, complex, multi-layered society of loves and hates, victories and losses, art and philosophy, history, athletics, science, music, literature, feats of engineering, great achievements and great failures. When I think about a flourishing world, I want all of that. And negative emotions, destructive emotions, useless bad stuff, those are part of it. If I imagine a society with rational compassion, but no empathy, no anger — a serene world populated exclusively by Buddhist and Stoic sages — I have imagined a lesser world. I have imagined a step away from all the wonderful complexity and richness of life.
Most of Professor Schwitzgebel’s commenters seem to agree that the “wonderful complexity and richness of life” seems to trump any advantages to getting rid of things like anger.
My response to Professor Schwitzgebel’s though experiment is the good antinatalist one: “sterile rock, please.” I do find it entertaining how the way the experiment was set up allows me to echo Schopenhauer.
If you try to imagine, as nearly as you can, what an amount of misery, pain and suffering of every kind the sun shines upon in its course, you will admit that it would be much better if, on the earth as little as on the moon, the sun were able to call forth the phenomena of life; and if, here as there, the surface were still in a crystalline state.
Again, you may look upon life as an unprofitable episode, disturbing the blessed calm of non-existence. And, in any case, even though things have gone with you tolerably well, the longer you live the more clearly you will feel that, on the whole, life is a disappointment, nay, a cheat. Wenn man so weit es annäherungsweise möglich ist, die Summe von Not, Schmerz und Leiden jeder Art sich vorstellt, welche die Sonne in ihrem Laufe bescheint; so wird man einräumen daß es viel besser wäre wenn sie auf der Erde so wenig wie auf dem Monde hätte das Phänomen des Lebens hervorrufen können, sondern, wie auf diesem, so auch auf jener die Oberfläche sich noch im krystallinischen Zustande befände.
Man kann auch unser Leben auffassen als eine unnützerweise störende Episode in der seeligen Ruhe des Nichts. Jedenfalls wird selbst Der, dem es darin erträglicher ergangen, je länger er lebt, desto deutlicher inne, daß es im Ganzen a disappointment, nay a cheat ist…
Note on the texts
I’m not about to offer a global defense of my view any more than Professor Schwitzgebel is of his, but I will offer first this observation: the “rich, wonderful world” that Professor Schwitzgebel imagines is surely one containing a lot of suffering. I don’t think Professor Schwitzgebel would deny this claim and indeed language like “…negative emotions, destructive emotions, useless bad stuff, those are part of it” seems to admit it, but to expand a bit on the point. The existence of anger — at least, any sort of anger that is somehow rationally motivated — seems to require the existence of suffering, something for people to be angry at, and seem also likely to be the cause of suffering as people act on that anger or, alternatively, bottle it up and stew. An empathy, if it’s to have much of a positive point, needs suffering to empathize with.
Having made that observation, I’m inclined to offer an error theory for why it is that people can believe that it’s so great to have a “rich, wonderful world,” and it’s that when people are allowed to contemplate cruelty and suffering as spectators, rather than as people who have to undergo the suffering, it turns out that they rather enjoy the spectacle. Our literature abounds in atrocity: from the Iliad to the latest action-movie productions of Hollywood, violence and death draw eager audiences. Those pages of history are most avidly read that are written in blood, whereupon are chronicled stories of war, massacre, and persecution. Our sporting events, from gladiatorial combats to American football, are given their seasoning by the prospect of injury and pain. And, without going too deeply into the politics of the present day, I must observe that much current political behavior is at best hard to explain if we do not take into account how the winners in political struggles savor, if only through their television screens, the sufferings inflicted on the losers. Old Nietzsche was right: spectatorial cruelty is woven deep into our natures. Small wonder people like Professor Schwitzgebel and his commenters want the “rich” world. It gives them something fun to look at, or at least contemplate within the confines of their imaginations. Honestly, it is all enough to make one sympathetic to that dark kind of antinatalism.
Let me say that I do not for a minute that I do not think for a minute that I am a better person than Professor Schwitzgebel or his commenters. I have just as much spectatorial cruelty in my nature as they, perhaps more, as a quick glance at at least one of my other blogs will quickly reveal. If I differ from them, it is only in my unwillingness to think well of myself.
Note on Schopenhauer’s text:
The German text is taken from this online version of his Parerga und Paralipomena under the heading Nachträge zur Lehre vom Leiden der Welt (§156). It represents my own transcription from the rather painful-to-read original Fraktur text. I have tried to follow the punctuation of the original. In one instance I have taken the liberty of updating Schopenhauer’s spelling (from “Noth” to “Not”). The words “…a disappointment, nay a cheat” are in English in Schopenhauer’s original text. The English text is from a translation by Thomas Bailey Saunders, published as “On the Sufferings of the World,” published at Wikisource. Both texts were accessed on March 15, 2017.
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March 16, 2017 Iago Faustus, Ph.D. 1 Comment
Nature’s brain-hacking
From a recent article in the Health section of The New York Times: “Pregnancy Changes the Brain in Ways That May Help Mothering.”
Pregnancy changes a woman’s brain, altering the size and structure of areas involved in perceiving the feelings and perspectives of others, according to a first-of-its-kind study published Monday.
Most of these changes remained two years after giving birth, at least into the babies’ toddler years. And the more pronounced the brain changes, the higher mothers scored on a measure of emotional attachment to their babies.
In the study, researchers scanned the brains of women who had never conceived before, and again after they gave birth for the first time. The results were remarkable: loss of gray matter in several brain areas involved in a process called social cognition or “theory of mind,” the ability to register and consider how other people perceive things.
A…possibility is that the loss is “part of the brain’s program for dealing with the future,” [Paul Thompson, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern California] said. Hormone surges in pregnancy might cause “pruning or cellular adaptation that is helpful,” he said, streamlining certain brain areas to be more efficient at mothering skills “from nurturing to extra vigilance to teaching.”
Another story, from the Guardian, “Pregnancy causes long-term changes to brain structure, says study”, adds some detail.
While the researchers say the lack of similar brain changes among new fathers suggests the adjustments are down to biological processes, such as fluctuations in hormones,[Cambridge University neuroimaging expert Dr. Kirstie] Whitaker points out that environmental influences could be at play. But she agrees with the authors’ suggestion that decrease in grey matter volume could be linked to evolutionary pressures.
“Being a new mum is hard and you have to adjust an awful lot,” said Whitaker. “Your brain is going to be able to respond to that change and it is going to make it so that you can take care of this newborn bundle of joy.”
Now to be sure, it is only one study with a relatively small number of subjects, and we should generally be skeptical of reports in popular media on new science. (I have included the Times‘s link to the underlying Nature paper so readers so inclined may follow that in detail). But let’s grant for the sake of argument that the researchers are onto something and Nature really is hacking pregnant women’s brains in the service of making them better mothers. That possibility prompts (for me, anyway) the following reflection.
At this time there circulate among a certain subset of men who identify as “pick-up artists” or “men’s rights activists” putative techniques for hacking women’s brains in order to increase their sexual availability to the would-be hackers. Decent people generally see these attempts at mind-hacking as a pretty vile way to behave toward other human beings, and rightly so. But curiously, when nature is the hacker, carrying out part of its relentless program of putting new generations of suffering beings on earth, we get something like breathless celebration.
Makes you wonder how much anyone thinks these things through.
December 26, 2016 Iago Faustus, Ph.D. Leave a comment
Here is Jesus addressing his eleven remaining disciples in Matthew 28:18-20.
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power [ἐξουσία] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations [ἔθνη], baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded [Faustus: ἐνετειλάμην –there’s that word again] you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
So if I get this right, and I see no reason to think I’ve got this wrong, they’re supposed to head out and make everything and everyone Christian. Not explicitly said, but surely implied, is that this process if successful means wiping out all other religions, non-religious worldviews, and ways of life, on a planetwide basis. The great diversity of humankind is to be replaced with a Jesus-based monoculture.
I can think of many names for the aspiration embodied in Jesus’ command, of which “cultural imperialism” is perhaps the most diplomatic.
The Great Commandment
Here’s a post I thought apropos for Christmas Day, because we all remember whose birthday it is (other than Humphrey Bogart‘s, that is).
Many people think that the core of Christianity can be found in something called The Great Commandment. It’s really two commandments, and can be found in Matthew 22:35-40.
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Perhaps “commandment” seems a little strong, but if you look at the underlying Greek you’ll find that the word used by “Matthew” and rendered by King James’s translators as “commandment” is ἐντολή, which is a very commanding word in Greek. Outside of the Christian scriptures it was used by Herodotus (in a verbal form) to describe an order given by the Persian King Cyrus to one of his subordinates.
This meaning raises a question, which no Christian in the past two thousand years has, to my mind anyway, successfully answered, or even raised.
Why on earth would we think of love as something that could be commanded?
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What is Bal-A-Vis-X?
by Skyler Romero November 15, 2019
written by Skyler Romero November 15, 2019
Some US classrooms are implementing a unique blend of academic learning and physical exercise. Bal-A-Vis-X (Balance/Auditory/Vision exercises) is a series of rhythmic physical exercises involving sandbags, racquetballs, and sometimes balance boards. Students participate in increasingly elaborate juggling exercises with themselves and each other. The program aims to help kids and others develop physical coordination and cooperation skills.
A Link Between Movement and Academics
An educator named Bill Hubert came up with the system in the 80s. At that time, Hubert was a first-grade teacher who had also worked as a martial arts instructor. “My martial arts experience enabled me to watch these 6-7 year-olds through the twin lessons of balance and rhythm,” Hubert recalled on the official Bal-A-Vis-X site.
While teaching, Hubert had come to realize children who had issues with physical skills often struggled academically, as well. Furthermore, he noticed these students’ academic performance improved as their physical skills did.
Hubert spent the next few decades inventing and fine-tuning physical exercises for single students or groups. The exercises often take the form of throwing and catching, sometimes upping the ante with standing on a balance board.
The exercises rely heavily on rhythm for structure, as the participants must pay attention to the sounds of balls or sandbags being bounced or caught to stay in sync.
Growing Interest
Studies at various grade levels have shown improved performance in classes that used Bal-A-Vis-X. In addition to being beneficial in primary schools, research has shown the method to be helpful for older students, along with the elderly and people undergoing occupational or physical therapy.
According to Hubert, his organization has trained over 15,000 teachers and therapists to administer Bal-A-Vis-X. This training has taken place in 45 US states and parts of Europe and Asia.
“The number of students with whom these adults have subsequently used the program is unknown,” said Hubert, suggesting an even greater spread than the numbers indicate. With studies showing favorable results and positive word-of-mouth spreading, Bal-A-Vis-X could be making an appearance at your child’s school in the near future.
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A data communication system for unmanned aerial vehicles includes communication links comprising a low-throughput capacity communication link and a high-throughput capacity communication link. The data communication system can also include a base station, to which the unmanned aerial vehicles send aerial data, and from which the unmanned aerial vehicles receive command signals. As the unmanned aerial vehicles perform missions in an open, distant airspace, the unmanned aerial vehicles can gather large volume data such as aerial images or videos. The data communication system allows opportunistic transfer of the gathered aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicles to the base station when a high-throughput communication link is established. The data communication system allows constant communication between the base station and the unmanned aerial vehicles to send and receive low volume, operation-critical data, such as commands or on-going flight path changes, using a low-throughput communication link.
The described technology generally relates to unmanned aerial vehicles and, more specifically, to data communication systems of unmanned aerial vehicles.
An unmanned aerial vehicle, also commonly referred to as drone, can travel through a variety of environments, such as indoor, outdoor, and/or mixed indoor and outdoor environments. In some cases, an unmanned aerial vehicle can be configured to conduct surveillance, security, delivery, monitoring, or other tasks that can comprise combining movement and data collection. The unmanned aerial vehicle can travel over surfaces on which the unmanned aerial vehicle cannot safely land (e.g., water).
The methods and devices of the described technology each have several aspects, no single one of which is solely responsible for its desirable attributes.
In one embodiment, a system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle, a base station including a housing, a first wireless communication circuit configured to send flight command signals to the unmanned aerial vehicle using a first communication link with a first throughput capacity. The base station also includes a second wireless communication circuit configured to receive aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicle using a second communication link with a second throughput capacity, wherein the second throughput capacity is higher than the first throughput capacity. The system also includes a user interface device configured to generate and send a flight plan and/or components thereof to the base station for forwarding to the unmanned aerial vehicle.
In another embodiment, a method includes executing a flight plan with an unmanned aerial vehicle, gathering aerial data from sensors attached to the unmanned aerial vehicle, receiving flight commands at the unmanned aerial vehicle through a first communication link, and sending at least some of the aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicle through a second communication link when the second communication link is established, wherein the second communication link has a higher throughput capacity than the first communication link.
In another embodiment, a base station apparatus for an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a low-throughput capacity communication circuit configured to send flight command signals to the unmanned aerial vehicle through a low-throughput communication link, and a high-throughput capacity communication circuit configured to opportunistically receive aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicle through a high-throughput communication link, wherein the low-throughput capacity communication link has a lower probability of failure than the high-throughput capacity communication link.
These drawings and the associated description herein are provided to illustrate specific embodiments of the described technology and are not intended to be limiting.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example unmanned aerial vehicle system according to one embodiment.
FIG. 2 is an illustration of a part of the example unmanned aerial vehicle data communication system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example base station and an example unmanned aerial vehicle according to one embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an illustration showing an example base station according to one embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for an example unmanned aerial vehicle operation and communication process according to one embodiment.
Various aspects of the novel systems, apparatuses, and methods are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. Aspects of this disclosure may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to any specific structure or function presented throughout this disclosure. Rather, these aspects are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art. Based on the teachings herein, one skilled in the art should appreciate that the scope of the disclosure is intended to cover any aspect of the novel systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed herein, whether implemented independently of or combined with any other aspect. For example, an apparatus may be implemented or a method may be practiced using any number of the aspects set forth herein. In addition, the scope is intended to encompass apparatus and/or methods which are practiced using structure and/or functionality in addition to or different than the various aspects specifically set forth herein. It should be understood that any aspect disclosed herein might be embodied by one or more elements of a claim.
Although particular aspects are described herein, many variations and permutations of these aspects fall within the scope of the disclosure. Although some benefits and advantages of the preferred aspects are mentioned, the scope of the disclosure is not intended to be limited to particular benefits, uses, or objectives. Rather, aspects of the disclosure are intended to be broadly applicable to different wired and wireless technologies, system configurations, networks, including optical networks, hard disks, and transmission protocols, some of which are illustrated by way of example in the figures and in the following description of the preferred aspects. The detailed description and drawings are merely illustrative of the disclosure rather than limiting, the scope of the disclosure being defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
The term “unmanned aerial vehicle,” or “UAV,” as used herein, generally refers to a vehicle that is configured to operate without substantial or any involvement from an on-board operator (e.g., a pilot or driver). An unmanned aerial vehicle can operate autonomously or semi-autonomously. An unmanned aerial vehicle can be an aircraft that is configured to automatically take off and land on a surface. In some cases, an unmanned aerial vehicle can automatically travel from one location to another without any operator involvement. In some cases, an unmanned aerial vehicle can travel a far distance from a starting point. The distance can be far enough that the unmanned aerial vehicle cannot return to a starting point without refueling or recharging at an intermediate location. An unmanned aerial vehicle can be configured to land on a landing pad and/or charge at a charging station.
An unmanned aerial vehicle can be used to perform missions in an open and/or distant airspace. The missions performed by the unmanned aerial vehicle can be pre-programmed to one or more processors of the unmanned aerial vehicle or can be communicated to the one or more processors during its flight in real time. Furthermore, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be configured to gather and/or store aerial data and/or send the gathered and/or stored aerial data to at least one stationary device forming a communication portal as it performs its missions. As the unmanned aerial vehicle performs its missions, it may fly long distances far away from the communication portal(s), introducing challenges in keeping constant communications with the communication portal(s). An unmanned aerial vehicle can use an opportunistic dual link communication system as disclosed herein to maintain at least one low-throughput communication link for receiving command data/signals continuously or essentially continuously with a communication portal throughout its flight while opportunistically transferring aerial data to the same or a different communication portal using a high-throughput link, which can be intermittently established during the flight. As used herein, command signals means signals, typically digital data, received by the unmanned aerial vehicle that provide instructions to the unmanned aerial vehicle that are executed when performing a flight. Such command signals can be delivered to the aerial vehicle before or during the flight. Aerial data is data gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle with sensors during the flight. Aerial data may include what may be referred to as payload data, which means data gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle regarding its surroundings such as images, video, LIDAR, ultrasound, processed data such as 3D mapping data, or environmental measurements such as gas sensor data. The payload data is typically the information the flight is being performed to collect and deliver to the user. Aerial data also includes what may be termed telemetry data, which is data regarding the status and activities of the unmanned aerial vehicle during the flight such as velocity, position, attitude, temperature, and rotor speeds. Such data may be collected to retain records or logs of flight activity and perform diagnostics.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example unmanned aerial vehicle system according to one embodiment. The illustrated system 100 includes a base station 102, a user device 103, a server 104, and one or more unmanned aerial vehicles 105 a, . . . , 105 n, . . . , which are collectively or individually referred to herein as the unmanned aerial vehicle(s) 105. The base station 102, the user device 103, and the server 104 can be in communication via a network 101 using communication links 122, 124, 128. The user device 103 and the base station 102 can also be in communication using a local communication link 120, and the base station 102 and the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 can be in communication using one or more aerial vehicle communication links 126. The base station 102 may include transceivers 112, a command interface 114, and a battery charger 116. The server 104 may include a data storage 106 and a data processor 108, and the user device 103 may include a user interface 110. Although the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 illustrated in FIG. 1 are quadcopters each having four arms with their respective rotors, the disclosure herein can be implemented in other types of unmanned aerial vehicles such as a multirotor helicopter having a different number of arms and/or rotors or an aerial vehicle other than a multirotor helicopter such as a fixed wing aerial vehicle. Further details of the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 are discussed in connection with FIG. 3 below.
The network 101 can be a global network which may include or comprise the Internet, enabling communication between remotely located devices and servers, and as such the communication links 122, 124, 128 can be implemented using wireless communication technologies currently implemented for mobile telephone and smart phone communications such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) or any other suitable technologies (e.g. GSM, other 3GPP family protocols) generally having throughput data rates of 300 kbps or above. In some embodiments, one or more of the communication links 122, 124, 128 can be implemented using wired communication technologies such as fiber-optic cables or any other suitable technologies providing a similar throughput range as discussed above. Although not illustrated in FIG. 1, the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 may be equipped with communication circuits to interface with network 101 using established mobile telephone network protocols and infrastructures.
The local communication link 120 between the user device 103 and the base station 102 can be implemented, for example, with a local Wi-Fi network (described further below) or any other suitable network generally allowing data rates of 300 kbps or above. In some embodiments, the base station 102 may act as a local network hub such as a Wi-Fi access point, and in other embodiments, the user device 103 may act as a local network hub. In other embodiments, a separate device (not shown) may be used to implement a local network hub.
The aerial vehicle communication link 126 between the base station 102 and one of the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 can be implemented with a combination of at least two distinct communication links, which although not shown separately in FIG. 1, will be referred to herein as links 126 a and link 126 b. The first aerial vehicle communication link 126 a may be implemented, for example, with a local communication link using the 900 MHz band (e.g. 902-928 MHz ISM/amateur radio band) or any other suitable link generally having a throughput capacity of less than 300 kbps (kilobits per second) and at least 5 kilometers of range with low (preferably no) packet loss, preferably 10 kilometers of range with low (preferably no) packet loss, and more preferably 60 kilometers of range with low (preferably no) packet loss. The second aerial vehicle communication link 126 b may be implemented, for example, with a local Wi-Fi network link or any other suitable network having a throughput capacity of equal to or greater than 300 kbps, and a smaller range than the link 126 a described above. For example, the range of the second link 126 b may be 100 to 1000 meters, for example. As defined herein, a “high throughput capacity” link is one with a throughput capacity of equal to or greater than 300 kbps, and a “low throughput capacity” link is one with a throughput capacity of less than 300 kbps. It is to be noted that the throughput capacities and distance ranges discussed above are only examples and not absolute, and as described herein the level of throughput and the associated degree of reliability of a communication link may be a relative measure between the at least two communication links implementing the aerial vehicle communication links 126, regardless of the actual numerical throughput capacities, reliabilities, and distance ranges of the links.
As used herein, the term “throughput capacity” as applied to a data communication link refers to the bits per second transmitted by the transmitting side of the link to the receiving side of the link, including overhead such as parity and other error correction bits, during the time period that a packet is being transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver, however encoded or modulated, whether as symbols encoding multiple bits each such as quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) or single bits at a time such as binary modulation, and whether over a single or multiple parallel carriers or streams, such as in orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) or multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. The “throughput capacity” of a link is therefore not the same as the actual rate of successful user data bits decoding at the receiver after error correction, which will be lower, and will be dependent on both the details of the communication protocol being used and the channel conditions at any particular moment.
As used herein, the “reliability” of a communication link in a given time period is defined as the number of user data bits (i.e. excluding control frames, error correction bits, and other overhead) correctly decoded in the given time period at the receiver without a packet loss that results in or would require subsequent retransmission of the user data or transmission of additional error correction information for the receiver to successfully decode the bits, divided by the total number of user data bits transmitted in the given time period. Generally speaking, a higher throughput capacity link has a lower reliability than a lower throughput capacity link. Part of this is due to the fact that the raw bit error rate at a receiver increases dramatically as received energy per bit drops. Thus, for equal transmission energies, the bit error rate at the receiver will increase at higher bit transmission rates. The chance of packet loss thus increases at the receiver. This can be compensated for in a few ways, such as making the receiver circuit more complex and sensitive or with special receiver designs such as rake receivers, or by increasing the complexity of the communication protocol such as by using more complex error correction codes or automatic repeat request or automatic repeat query (ARQ) schemes. These may compensate for the higher raw bit error rate, but increase the probability of hardware or software error at the receiver and the transmitter. For high throughput capacity links, especially multiple access network communication links, reliability at longer ranges drops even further not just due to lower received signal strength producing a higher raw bit error rate, but also because longer signal transit times between the transmitter and receiver complicate the timing of control frames and other overhead that are necessary in a high throughput capacity link, which can also result in dropped packets and other unrecoverable errors. It will also be appreciated that the reliability of a link operating at any given throughput capacity over any given range can be improved by increasing the transmission power and/or using directional antennas to focus the transmit power onto the receiver, but regulatory and other practical limits to this approach remain, and further increase the complexity of the system which increases the probability of hardware and/or software failure.
A given transmitter, receiver, or communication circuit may be configured for a different throughput capacity at different times depending on the timing and modulation encoding that the circuit is using or is configured to be using to send or receive a given packet. Some circuits can operate at a variety of throughput capacities at different times, based on user selection, negotiated protocol parameters between devices, or sensing of signal strengths or channel conditions.
The server 104 can be a remote server configured to, for example, receive, process, and store aerial data collected by the unmanned aerial vehicles 105. The server 104 can receive the aerial data from the base station 102 or the user device 103 or the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 through the network 101 using the communication links 122, 124, 128. Further details of the data communications between the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 and the base station 102 are discussed in connection with FIGS. 2, 3 below. In some embodiments, the server 104 can be implemented with multiple servers in multiple locations, and one or more parts of the server 104 may be distributed and in communication with one another through the network 101. The data storage 106 can be a computer storage device (e.g., hard disk drive (HDD) storage, solid state drive (SSD) storage, or flash memory) to store data received through the network 101. The data processor 108 may be implemented with one or more suitable computer processors capable of processing the data received thought the network 101, such as aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicles 105.
The base station 102 can be a portable module placed near a take-off point for the flight path of an unmanned aerial vehicle that can collect data from the unmanned aerial vehicles 105. In some embodiments, the base station 102 may also act as a hub to the local network between the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 and the user device 103. The base station 102 can include transceivers 112, a command interface 114, and a battery charger 116. The transceivers 112 can be devices capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a system, device, or module external to the unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, the transceivers 112 may include radio frequency (RF) transceivers capable of communicating data over a Wi-Fi network, LTE network, or any other suitable network in various frequency bands or channels, such as 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, etc. In some embodiments, the transceivers 112 may be implemented with a combination of separate transmitters and receivers. The command interface 114 can be an interface configured to receive user command inputs, and the battery charger 116 can be configured to receive or connect to one or more batteries of the unmanned aerial vehicles 105. An example implementation of the base station 102 is further discussed in connection with FIG. 4 below.
The user device 103 can be a portable user device, such as a tablet computer, smart phone, or laptop computer capable of receiving user inputs and transmitting user input data to the base station 102 to affect the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, the user input data may include commands or flight plan changes, and the user device 103 may send the commands to the base station 102 using the local communication link 120. In some embodiments, the user input data may include a designated area of interest for the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 to observe and gather relevant aerial data. In some embodiments, the user input data may include specific areas to avoid when the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 is performing its mission. The base station 102 can process and/or send the commands received from the user device 103 to the unmanned aerial vehicles 105 using one of the aerial vehicle communication links 126.
The user device 103 may also be configured to allow user access to the data stored in the data storage 106 of the server 104. The user device 103 may further include a transceiver (not shown), a processor (not shown), a display (not shown), and a user input means (not shown) to allow user interaction and transmitting, receiving, and processing of data. In some embodiments, the data processor 108 may transform received data for a presentment to a user of the user device 103. For example, the received aerial data may include aerial images of a selected location taken every day, and the data processor 108 may process the daily images to generate a construction or landscape progress report. The processed data can be further accessed by the user device 103 through the network 101 using the communication link 128, and the user may navigate, manipulate, and edit the processed data using the user interface 110. In some embodiments, the processing of the received data may be performed in part or in all with the user device 103. In the abovementioned example, the user device 103 may receive raw or partially processed aerial image data, and a processor (not shown) associated with the user device 103 may further process the image data for user presentation, manipulation, and editing.
In one suitable implementation, the user device 103, base station 102, and the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles 105 and communication links 120, 126 b are implemented as a local area network such as a Wi-Fi network. “Wi-Fi” refers to the set of communication protocols defined in the IEEE 802.11 series of standards that define a carrier sense multiple access local area network (LAN) protocol usually but not necessarily using OFDM modulation. Commercially available Wi-Fi communication circuits and related technology commonly have throughput capacities of at least 1 Mbps, often with 2.4 or 5 GHz carriers. In this implementation, the Wi-Fi access point for the Wi-Fi LAN may be the base station 102, although it is also possible for the user device 103 to perform this function. This Wi-Fi network having a high throughput capacity can be used to communicate aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicle(s) 105 to the base station 102 and the user device 103. Further in this implementation, the separate communication link 126 a may operate with a single carrier of 902 to 928 MHz, binary modulation, and with a throughput capacity of 5 to 200 kbps. With this system, the link 126 a will be more reliable over longer ranges than the link 126 b. Preferably, over the time period of a data gathering flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle 105, the link 126 a will be 100% reliable, that is, no packet loss requiring retransmission during the flight. This need not be true for the higher throughput capacity link 126 b, which may lose and retransmit packets, and/or become available and unavailable at different times during the flight as described further below.
FIG. 2 is an illustration of a part of the example unmanned aerial vehicle data communication system of FIG. 1. The illustration in FIG. 2 includes the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a, a flight path 201, aerial vehicle communication links 202, 204, and a data link range 206. The aerial vehicle communication links 202, 204 illustrated in FIG. 2 are example instantiations of the aerial vehicle communication links 126 discussed in connection with FIG. 1 above. The data link range 206 in FIG. 2 is an unfixed, representative line showing the range (from the base station 102) in which an aerial data link (e.g., less-reliable, high-throughput link such as 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi) of the aerial communication links 126 (FIG. 1) between the base station 102 and the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a can be successfully established. A high-throughput communication link implemented with Wi-Fi technology, for example, can often be reliably established over a distance of around 200 m, and the data link range 206 in this example would be around 200 m from the base station 102. As used herein, “establishing” a link means configuring a pair of communication circuits in a manner that enables one of the communication circuits to successfully decode user data transmitted to it from the other communication circuit. For most wireless communication links, a series of control frame communications take place when a communication circuit is turned on, or travels from outside the range of a wireless transmitter/receiver to being within range of the wireless transmitter/receiver. These control frames are used to configure the circuits for subsequent user data transfer. This process of exchanging control frames to prepare one or both communication circuits for user data transfer is “establishing” the link. For a Wi-Fi communication link, for example, beacon frames, probe request frames, and other control frames may be used to configure two Wi-Fi enabled communication circuits to use the same modulation and timing for wireless communication. Such control frames may also be used to authenticate and associate a communication circuit with an existing Wi-Fi network.
In the example in FIG. 2, two example positions 208, 210 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a along the flight path 201 are illustrated. In the course of executing a mission, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may fly according to the flight path 201. In some embodiments, the flight path 201 can be determined based on the mission, known obstacles, or other surroundings. For example, the flight path 201 can be in a right-angled serpentine shape for a mission to take aerial photos of an open rectangular field. In some embodiments, the flight path 201 may be predetermined and sent to the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a before its flight begins. In other embodiments, the flight path 201 can be altered and the alteration can be communicated to the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a after the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a begins its flight.
The first position 208 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a in FIG. 2 is outside the data link range 206 from the base station 102. At this location, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may be in communication with the base station 102 using the aerial vehicle communication link 204, which may include only a low-throughput, more reliable communication link. The second position 210 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a is within the data link range 206 from the base station 102. At this location, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may be in communication with the base station 102 using the aerial vehicle communication links 202, which may include both a low- and high-throughput links.
During the execution of a mission and throughout its flight, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a can be in continuous communication with the base station 102 using a low-throughput link of the aerial vehicle communication links 126 (FIG. 1). Using the low-throughput link of the aerial vehicle communication links 126 (FIG. 1), the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a and the base station 102 may communicate command signals, safety decisions, and telemetry information throughout its flight. For example, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a in FIG. 2 can be in constant communication with the base station 102 using a low-throughput communication link regardless of its position (e.g., positions 208, 210) along the flight path 201. In some embodiments, loss of communication over the low-throughput link of the aerial vehicle communication links 126 (FIG. 1) can be treated as an emergency situation that triggers recovery actions, such as forced return to the takeoff location, emergency landing with parachute deployment, or other emergency measures.
In some implementations, even if the unmanned aerial vehicle is operating independently according to previously received flight path instructions, the base station 102 may send “heartbeat” packets of, for example, 2 to 4 bytes which under normal circumstances may be interpreted as a message that the base station 102 is functioning properly, detects no problems, and the unmanned aerial vehicle may continue executing flight path instructions. Small packets such as this could also be used to send simple commands such as return to base or descend immediately if a problem is detected. If more complex commands, such as sending a batch of new or modified flight path instructions, are sent, then larger packets or multiple packets would be utilized. The base station may be configured to send a command and/or a heartbeat packet to the unmanned aerial vehicle periodically, such as at least every 5 seconds or every 10 seconds. The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may be configured to return to the take off point or other safe location if no command or heartbeat is received within a selected time window, which may also be, for example, 5 seconds or 10 seconds. Such heartbeat packets may also be sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle to the base station either independently or as an acknowledgement (ACK) packet in response to a heartbeat packet received from the base station by the unmanned aerial vehicle.
As the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a flies according to the flight path 201, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may get closer to and farther from the base station 102, and accordingly may weave in and out of the data link range 206. In some instances, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may be far away from the base station 102 and outside the data link range 206 from the base station 102 during its mission. For example, in the first position 208 in FIG. 2, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a is outside the data link range 206, and a high-throughput link may not be successfully established between the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a and the base station 102. In this example, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may not communicate with the base station 102 using the high-throughput communication link of the aerial vehicle communication links 126 (FIG. 1). As discussed above, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a in the first position 208 can still be in communication with the base station 102 using the low-throughput communication link to send and/or receive mission-critical instructions, operation-critical information, and emergency commands. It can be advantageous to use the low-throughput communication link to exchange small volume data and/or data essential to the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a since the low-throughput communication link can be established and maintained throughout the flight.
In FIG. 2, as the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a flies along the flight path 201 from, for example, the first position 208 to the second position 210, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a gets closer to the base station 102 and within the data link range 206. It can be advantageous for the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a to send large volume data, such as aerial images or videos, sensor data, high rate telemetry, detailed status or diagnostics information collected or generated by the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a, to the base station 102 whenever a high-throughput link can be established in an opportunistic manner. In some embodiments, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may continuously attempt to establish a high-throughput communication link while keeping a low-throughput communication link established along the entire flight path 201. In such embodiments, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may periodically attempt to establish a high-throughput link to send high volume data even when the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a is outside the data link range 206. Whenever the high-throughput link is established, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a can send or unload the high volume data to the base station 102. Based on the reliability of the high-throughput link, the packet size or any other characteristics of a communication protocol can be determined to allow an easy checksum and quick retransmission of a dropped packet, if any. In some embodiments, this opportunistic manner of high-throughput data transfer can be intelligently or dynamically adjusted, and the frequencies of the attempts to establish the high-throughput communication link may vary or become aperiodic.
In some implementations, the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle can be used to determine appropriate timing for attempting to establish or reestablish the high throughput capacity link. The unmanned aerial vehicle can estimate its distance from the base station 102, and attempt to establish the high throughput capacity link when it is estimated to be within an appropriate range for successful data transfer. The unmanned aerial vehicle may assume as a default that the base station 102 is located at the place where the unmanned aerial vehicle took off. If that is not the case, the actual position may be loaded into the unmanned aerial vehicle at the start of the flight or during the flight, for example. By only attempting to establish the high throughput capacity link when it is expected to be successful, interference with other RF functions of the unmanned aerial vehicle such as GPS signal reception can be reduced when the unmanned aerial vehicle is out of range of the high throughput capacity link by avoiding continuous probing for the link at these times. The unmanned aerial vehicle may also adjust the transmit power for the high throughput capacity link to be higher when the vehicle is on the outer periphery of the range of the high throughput capacity link or may user a higher transmit power temporarily when it is outside the usual range of the link but has especially important data to transmit. The communication circuit for the high throughput capacity link on the unmanned aerial vehicle may also store the configuration of this link, so that the communication parameters need not be negotiated and set multiple times during the flight as the link is lost and reestablished.
In some implementations, telemetry data such as the current position of the unmanned aerial vehicle may be sent to the base station 102 over the low throughput capacity link, or the base station 102 may estimate the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on its knowledge of the flight path. This information can be used at the base station to configure a directional antenna used for the high throughput capacity link. As another alternative, instead of receiving position information from the unmanned aerial vehicle as digital data over the low throughput capacity link, directional receiving antennas for the low throughput capacity link may determine the current direction from the base station 102 to the unmanned aerial vehicle when packets are sent from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the base station 102. This directional information can be used to configure the directionality of the antenna for the high throughput capacity link, thereby steering the high throughput capacity link with the low throughput capacity link. The same principal could be implemented on the unmanned aerial vehicle as well, with a directional antenna that is configured based on the direction from the unmanned aerial vehicle to the base station based on their known/estimated positions.
It can be advantageous to allow opportunistic large volume data transfer as described herein as the gathered data can be sent to the remote server 104, for example, and become readily accessible with little delay or even during the flight. For instance, a user may not need to wait for all the gathered data to be transferred or uploaded to the server 104 after a flight is completed as at least part of the transfer have already taken place during the flight. It can be advantageous to use the separate low- and high-throughput links based on the types of data to transfer between the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a and the base station 102. The separate low- and high-throughput links can have levels of reliability associated with them. Based on the critical or uncritical nature of data to the mission, data size, or any other characteristic of the data, one of the low- and high-throughput links (having their associated levels of reliability) can be selected to transfer the data of interest between the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a and the base station 102. In some embodiments, the selection between the low- and high-throughput links can be predetermined and pre-programmed in one or more processors of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a. For example, it can be predetermined that the aerial images and/or videos gathered during a mission is not critical to maintain reliable flight operations during the mission, and the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may be configured to only send the image and/or video data when a high-throughput link is available to allow more mission-critical data communication to occur continuously using the low throughput capacity link.
In other embodiments, the selection between the low- and high-throughput links can be dynamically performed at least in part during the flight in a deterministic manner and/or on an ad-hoc and/or case-by-case basis. In some embodiments, factors other than those that relate to the data type and volume can affect the selection between the two links, and such factors may include the availability of one or more of the aerial communication links 126 (FIG. 1), the operational or emergency status of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a, and unexpected or arising developments surrounding the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a. For example, under normal operations, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a may be configured to send aerial images to the base station 102 only when a high-throughput link can be established, but upon encountering an emergency situation or a specified object of interest, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a can be configured send a specific aerial image using a low-throughput link even when a high-throughput link is unavailable. The dual link data communication system thus allows adaptive and effective data communication based on the cost-benefit assessment of requisite throughput capacities and critical nature of data.
In another embodiment, the base station 102 can be replaced with a dedicated hub or relay for high-throughput communication. It is to be noted that although FIG. 2 depicts one unmanned aerial vehicle 105 a, in some embodiments the system 100 (FIG. 1) includes a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles 105 to execute a group mission. In such embodiments, the base station 102 or a dedicated central relay can be in communication with the plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles 10, each of which opportunistically transfers large volume data as described herein. The base station 102 can further transfer the data collected from the group mission to a remote server 104 (FIG. 1) through a network 101 as discussed above in connection with FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example base station and an example unmanned aerial vehicle according to one embodiment. As discussed above in connection with FIGS. 1 and 2, the base station 102 is in communication with the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 via the aerial vehicle communication links 126. The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes a processor 310 in communication with a state estimator that may be an inertial measurement unit (IMU) 312. The processor 310 is in further communication with one or more transceivers 308, sensors 315, a global positioning system (GPS) module 314, and motor controllers 320, which are in communication with motors 322. The primary operation system 104 further includes a power supply 316 and a battery 318, which provides power to one or more modules of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105, including the processor 310. The transceivers 308 and the GPS module 314 may be in further communication with their respective antennas (not shown). The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may also include a parachute recovery system 306, which may be in communication with one or more modules in the unmanned aerial vehicle 105, including the processor 310. In some embodiments, the parachute recovery system 306 may include a dedicated recovery processor (not shown) in communication with a recovery state estimator (not shown) that may also be an additional IMU (not shown). The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may include additional or intermediate modules, drivers, controllers, circuitries, lines of communication, and/or signals not illustrated in FIG. 3.
The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 can perform its regular operation according to instructions executed by the processor 310 to, for example, take a course of action for a mission. The processor 310 can be a microprocessor capable of communicating with various modules illustrated in FIG. 3 executing instructions either pre-programmed or received during a mission, for example. The processor 310 may receive data from the sensors 315, the transceivers 308, the GPS module 314, the IMU 312, and the motor controllers 320 to evaluate the status of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 and determine a course of action. The status of the aerial vehicle can also be determined based on data received through the sensors 315 and/or preloaded data. For example, the height of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 above ground can be determined by the processor 308 based on a digital elevation model (DEM) of a world elevation map or with LIDAR or a barometer. In some embodiments, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may include multiple processors of varying levels of computing power and reliability to execute low-level instructions or run high-level application code or a virtual machine. In such embodiments, one or more of the functionalities of the processor 310 described herein may instead be performed by another processor in the unmanned aerial vehicle 105.
The transceivers 308 can be devices capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a system, device, or module external to the unmanned aerial vehicle. For example, the transceivers 308 may include radio frequency (RF) transceivers capable of communicating data over a Wi-Fi network or any other suitable network in various frequency bands or channels, such as 900 MHz, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, etc. In some embodiments, the transceivers 308 may be implemented with a combination of separate transmitters and receivers. The sensors 315 may include one or more proximity sensors using, for example, infrared, radar, and/or sonar technology. The sensors 315 may also include other types of sensors gathering data regarding visual fields, auditory signals, and/or environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity, pressure, etc.). The GPS module 314 may include a GPS transceiver and/or a GPS driver configured to receive raw and/or processed GPS data such as ephemerides for further processing within the GPS module, with the processor 310, or both.
The IMU 312 may include a stand-alone IMU chip containing one or more magnetometers, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and/or barometers. In some embodiments, the IMU 312 may be implemented using a combination of multiple chips or modules configured to perform, for example, measuring of magnetic fields and vehicle orientation and acceleration and to generate related data for further processing with the processor 310. The motor controllers 320 may include a controller device or circuit configured to interface between the processor 310 and the motors 322 for regulating and controlling speed, torque, or other operational parameters of their respective, coupled motors 322. In some embodiments, one or more motor control schemes, such as a feedback control loop, may be implemented with the processor 310 and/or the motor controllers 320. The motors 322 may include electrical or any other suitable motors coupled to their respective rotors of the unmanned aerial vehicle to control their rotary wings, for example.
The parachute recovery system 306 can be responsible for recovery operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle to, for example, safely deploy a parachute and land the unmanned aerial vehicle 105. The parachute recovery system 306 may include a parachute and an electromechanical deployment mechanism. The power supply 316 may include a circuitry such as voltage regulators with outputs directly powering various modules of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105, and the battery 318 can provide power to the power supply 316. In some embodiments, the battery can be a multi-cell lithium battery or any other suitable battery capable of powering the unmanned aerial vehicle 105. In some embodiments, the battery 318 of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 can be removable for easy swapping and charging. The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may also include one or more cameras (not shown) to gather images and/or video, a microphone (not shown) to gather audio data, and a memory storage device (e.g., random-access memory, read-only memory, flash memory, or solid state driver (SSD) storage) (not shown) to store data collected from the sensors 315, data processed in the processor 310, or preloaded data.
FIG. 4 is an illustration showing an example base station according to one embodiment. The example base station 102 in FIG. 4 includes a power button 402, battery charger status indicators 404, a base station charger indicator 405, and battery charger slots 406. In this example the command interface 114 is implemented with three buttons. The base station 102 can be implemented with a housing that encloses various modules such as the transceivers 112 (FIG. 1) and the battery charger 116 (FIG. 1) for charging the battery 318 (FIG. 3) of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 (FIG. 3). The base station 102 can be implemented to be a portable module having its own battery (not shown) enclosed in its housing. In some embodiments, the base station 102 can include a charger port (not shown) or a power cord (not shown) to power the battery charger and allow charging of its own battery. In some embodiments, the housing of the base station 102 may include a handle (not shown) to enhance its portability, and as illustrated in FIG. 4 the base station 102 may include a cover. It can be advantageous to implement the base station 102 implemented as a portable in-field unit accompanying the unmanned aerial vehicle 105. As discussed above in connection with FIGS. 1-3, the base station 102 can be an all-in-one unit that can function as an intermediary for data transfer using the transceivers 112 (FIG. 1), as a user command device providing or altering in-field instructions to the unmanned aerial vehicle 105, and as a unmanned aerial vehicle battery charging station using the battery charger 116 (FIG. 1).
In some embodiments, the base station 102 can include indicators such as the battery charger status indicators 404 and the base station charger indicator 405 illustrated in FIG. 4. The battery charger status indicators 404 and the base station charger indicator 405 can be implemented with light emitting diodes (LEDs) or any suitable visual and/or auditory indicators to notify the charging status of one or more batteries. The base station 102 can also include the power button 402 to allow powering off to conserve its own battery power when a field operation or a mission is not in progress (e.g., during the trip to and from the field). In some embodiments, the battery charger slots 406 can be openings configured to accept generic removable batteries from the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 for charging. In other embodiments, the battery charger slot 406 can be specifically designed to fit proprietary removable batteries of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105. In some embodiments, the base station 102 may include one or more connectors or other charging mechanisms (e.g., inductive charging) instead of or in addition to the battery charger slots 406.
In the illustrated example, the command interface 114 is implemented with physical buttons. If the base station 102 is implemented as a portable in-field unit, it can be advantageous to include the command interface 114 configured to receive user inputs and initiate sending critical command signals, such as recovery initiation, emergency landing, starting, restarting, or pausing a mission, shutting off propellers, and/or returning to the takeoff location or another designated location. In some embodiments, the command interface 114 may include a display and software “buttons” or menus, or any other tactile, physical, or auditory means to receive user commands.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for an example unmanned aerial vehicle operation and communication process according to one embodiment. The illustrated process 500 can be performed in part by one or more modules in the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 (FIGS. 1-3), such as the processor 310 (FIG. 3), the sensors 310 (FIG. 3), and the transceivers 308 (FIG. 3). It is to be noted that all or parts of steps 502, 504, 506, 508, and 510 may be concurrently, continuously, periodically, intermittently, repeatedly, or iteratively performed in a variety of sequences, and the illustrated process in FIG. 5 is only one example according to one embodiment. As the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 is powered up and receives a mission to perform, the process 500 may proceed to step 502.
In step 502, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 begins to execute a flight plan to accomplish the received mission. As discussed in connection with FIG. 2 above, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may follow a flight path to accomplish its mission. For example, the mission may be to gather hourly aerial images of a designated area. To execute this example mission, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may fly to the designated area and start a flight in a sweeping manner and begin to gather aerial images.
In step 504, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 gathers data as it performs its mission. The unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may gather data specific to its mission (e.g., aerial video, audio, or images, infrared or LIDAR as indicated by the mission), and in other implementations, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may be configured to gather a default set of data generally helpful for automated flight, flight history recording, quality control, error checking, telemetry or any other operational data. Some of the data gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may be more critical to the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 than others.
In step 506, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 sends some of the gathered aerial data to the base station 102. As discussed above in connection with FIG. 2, depending on the necessity, urgency, and throughput availability, some of the gathered data can be communicated to the base station 102 (FIGS. 1-3) using a high-throughput link. As the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 travels along a flight path and gathers data, it may at least from time to time be able to establish a high-throughput communication link with the base station 102. As disclosed herein, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 can be configured to send large volume data whenever it can or has an opportunity to establish a high-throughput communication link with the base station 102, hence in an opportunistic manner.
In step 508, as the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 flies along a flight path, gathers aerial data, and opportunistically sends some of the aerial data using a high-throughput link, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may receive flight control commands using a low-throughput link. As discussed in connection with FIG. 2 above, the low-throughput communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 and the base station 102 can be continuous throughout the mission. In some instances, interruptive commands, such as emergency landing, can also be communicated from the base station 102 to the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 during the mission. For example, according to one embodiment, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may perform its mission according to a predetermined flight path, but an arising event may not have been taken into account when the predetermined flight path was configured. In such instances, the user can initiate an alternative course of action using the command interface 114 (FIGS. 1-3) of the base station 102 to communicate a command signal to unmanned aerial vehicle 105 using a low-throughput link.
In step 510, upon receiving a command using a low-throughput link, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 can execute the command. In the above example, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 can be instructed via a low-throughput link to make an emergency landing. Accordingly, the unmanned aerial vehicle 105 may suspend performing its planned mission and make an emergency landing.
The foregoing description and claims may refer to elements or features as being “connected” or “coupled” together. As used herein, unless expressly stated otherwise, “connected” means that one element/feature is directly or indirectly connected to another element/feature, and not necessarily mechanically. Likewise, unless expressly stated otherwise, “coupled” means that one element/feature is directly or indirectly coupled to another element/feature, and not necessarily mechanically. Thus, although the various schematics shown in the Figures depict example arrangements of elements and components, additional intervening elements, devices, features, or components may be present in an actual embodiment (assuming that the functionality of the depicted circuits is not adversely affected).
As used herein, the term “determining” encompasses a wide variety of actions. For example, “determining” may include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (e.g., looking up in a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and the like. Also, “determining” may include receiving (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data in a memory) and the like. Also, “determining” may include resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing and the like. Further, a “channel width” as used herein may encompass or may also be referred to as a bandwidth in certain aspects.
The various operations of methods described above may be performed by any suitable means capable of performing the operations, such as various hardware and/or software component(s), circuits, and/or module(s). Generally, any operations illustrated in the Figures may be performed by corresponding functional means capable of performing the operations.
The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the present disclosure may be implemented or performed with a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array signal (FPGA) or other programmable logic device (PLD), discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any commercially available processor, controller, microcontroller or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
It is to be understood that the implementations are not limited to the precise configuration and components illustrated above. Various modifications, changes and variations may be made in the arrangement, operation and details of the methods and apparatus described above without departing from the scope of the implementations.
Although this invention has been described in terms of certain embodiments, other embodiments that are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, including embodiments that do not provide all of the features and advantages set forth herein, are also within the scope of this invention. Moreover, the various embodiments described above can be combined to provide further embodiments. In addition, certain features shown in the context of one embodiment can be incorporated into other embodiments as well.
1. A system comprising:
an unmanned aerial vehicle;
a base station comprising:
a housing;
a first wireless communication circuit configured to send flight command signals to the unmanned aerial vehicle using a first communication link with a first throughput capacity and a first range; and
a second wireless communication circuit configured to receive aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicle using a second communication link with a second throughput capacity and a second range, wherein the second throughput capacity is higher than the first throughput capacity and wherein the second range is less than the first range; and
a user interface device configured to generate and send a flight plan or components thereof to the base station for forwarding to the unmanned aerial vehicle,
wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to cease sending aerial data when travelling outside of the second range; and
wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to continue receiving flight command signals when travelling outside of the second range and inside of the first range.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication link has a lower probability of failure than the second communication link.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first communication link comprises a 900 MHz band channel and the second communication link comprises a Wi-Fi channel.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the base station further comprises a third wired or wireless communication circuit configured to send the received aerial data to a remote server.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the aerial data comprises at least one of:
image data;
video data;
audio data;
telemetry data;
LIDAR data;
3D mapping data; and
gas sensor data;
wherein the aerial data are gathered by the unmanned aerial vehicle.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the base station comprises manual actuators that command the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform at least one of:
emergency landing;
shutdown propellers;
travelling to a predetermined location;
pausing a mission; and
resuming a paused mission,
wherein one or more manual inputs initiate sending one or more command signals to the unmanned aerial vehicle from the base station through the first communication link.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication circuit is configured to receive data from the unmanned aerial vehicle using the first communication link.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first wireless communication circuit is configured to receive aerial data from the unmanned aerial vehicle using the first communication link.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to select portions of the aerial data for sending over the first communication link.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is configured to determine a position of the unmanned aerial vehicle relative to the base station.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle is further configured to send the aerial data to the second wireless communication circuit based at least in part on the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle contains an on-board communication circuit configured to establish the second communication link and send the aerial data to the second wireless communication circuit when the unmanned aerial vehicle is within a threshold range of the second wireless communication circuit.
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Quantum Fraud?
QUANTUM THEORY A FRAUD?
That Quantum Theory is a fraud, I have believed for decades. I still remember a seminar I gave in Stanford, a bit about that, and the hatred I got in return. But it seems my point of view is finally gaining ground, among the powers that be.
I believe in moods. A mood is a neurohormonal state. It is culturally transmitted (although there are genetic factors, as the case of the incredibly fierce Catarina Sforza makes clear). Consider Athens: when it was a Direct Democracy, Athenians were ready to die for freedom. A century later, the mood had changed. When a sea battle against the Macedonians turned badly, the Athenian captains were not keen to fight to death. Instead, they surrendered Direct Democracy for 24 centuries (and counting).
Sforza: “Se io potessi scrivere tutto, farei stupire il mondo”
[Caterina Sforza: If I were to write all, I would shock the world. She died in 1509, aged 46, from pneumonia. Earlier, for decades, she had been one of the fiercest war and love leaders of Renaissance Italy. She did not hesitate to engage in atrocities, and hand to hand combat, surrender not an option.]
What happened with Direct Democracy? Why did the Athenian fleet surrender readily when confronted to Macedonian plutocracy, whereas, time and time again, Athens had fought the Persians to death at Marathon, at Salamis, on the seas, in Boeotia, in Egypt, etc.?
Well, dominance by pro-fascist philosophers (Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) changed the mood from fighting to death for freedom, towards tolerance for fascist leadership (from Solon 594 CE, to the philosophers around Pericles, the mood had been just the opposite).
The ultimate mood is the one pertaining to reality. Is reality real, or should it be just what the masters want it to be. Can one make fun of reality, Should we?
Making fun of reality? What else does standard Quantum Theory, the so-called “Copenhagen Interpretation”, when it considers that cats are alive and dead, SIMULTANEOUSLY?
I spent most of my life worrying about what is really real in physics. That implied really wondering if the supposedly greatest minds in physics were really for real. Or whether they, and their admirers, were delusional, if not outright fraudulent.
I am happy to see my point of view starting to be shared by the Establishment.
Owen Maroney, a physicist at the University of Oxford, Great Britain “worries that physicists have spent the better part of a century engaging in fraud”. Says Nature, 20 may 2015 in: “Quantum Physics; What Is Really real?”:
“Ever since they invented quantum theory in the early 1900s, explains Maroney… [physicists] have been talking about how strange it is — how it allows particles and atoms to move in many directions at once, for example, or to spin clockwise and anticlockwise simultaneously. But talk is not proof, says Maroney. “If we tell the public that quantum theory is weird, we better go out and test that’s actually true,” he says. “Otherwise we’re not doing science, we’re just explaining some funny squiggles on a blackboard.”
Those inclined to philosophy, economics, sociology and the like may scoff about wondering about “fraud” in theoretical physics. However the taking-over of “austerity”, also known as plutocracy, is directly related to a loss of a correct sense of reality.
This sense of reality is directed by the head, the top thinkers, and the fish rots by the head.
An example is Einstein’s discovery, or, should we say, explanation, of the photoelectric effect. It’s no doubt correct. Or, let me rephrase this more correctly, the zeroth order explanation of the photoelectric effect by Einstein is correct. It was a trivial idea, but still a new idea. What Einstein did was to suppose that electromagnetic energy was absorbed by packets. Planck, in reasoning that was much harder, conceptually, logically and mathematically, had introduced the quantification of radiation for emission (inside a cavity). That is, that radiation was emitted by packets.
Einstein made a logical hyper-jump.
What’s a logical hyper-jump? I am introducing the notion, it’s globally valid in all theories. It consists in introducing a new axiom, emotionally inspired. The emotion here is that Planck had emitted packets. Einstein decided to receive them. It’s the symmetrical emotion.
But that’s all the logic there was, and this infuriated Planck.
Einstein, as I have explained, did not stop here: he made another logical hyper-jump. That one, he did not need to explain the photoelectric effect. That was the start of the dead-live (“Schrodinger”) cat madness, and thus the Multiverse deranged debasement of reality itself.
When the elite thinkers are idiots, or, worse, deliberately fraudulent, it is no wonder that the 99.9% are like babies one steals lunch, if not life, from.
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40 Responses to “Quantum Fraud?”
ianmillerblog Says:
My biggest complaint about modern quantum mechanics is that physicists are only really interested in results that confirm their beliefs. An example, in my opinion anyway, is the “Delayed “Choice” Quantum Eraser. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84: 1 – 5 (2000). Basically they “prove” the Copenhagen – type interpretation by using down converters after the two slits, and two entangled photons are generated – one, the signal photon goes off to the detector that either sees diffraction or it does not. The other photon (termed an idler photon) goes off in a direction that specifies through which slit the first photon passed. It then goes to a beam splitter, and half go to a detector, while the other half go down an optical path where they are remixed with the idler photons from the other slit. What you find is that the signal photons corresponding to the idlers that were not remixed give “no diffraction pattern” (actually, you do not get two signals either, and without knowing the details of the optics, it is hard to comment on that), while the signal photons entangled with the mixed photons do give diffraction. Also, whether diffraction is given or not depends on signal photons that are detected prior to the choice being made. In principle the choice could be made on Alpha centauri, and what do the detectors do in the interim? My argument is that the experiment is flawed, in that the correct experiment should have been to block one of the idler paths going to the mixing. Their partners were KNOWN to give diffraction, and the question then is, if you block one of the mixing paths, does the diffraction that would have come from the remaining entangled signal photons from the other path collapse the diffraction? But this obvious blank (which covers the option that in the down converter, only one of the emerging photons carries the diffraction information, and the beam splitter can separate which idlers have it from those that do not) was not done. Much better to be incomprehensible than to check that there might be a simple explanation.
Paul Handover Says:
Ian, not just physicists that are interested in confirmations of their beliefs! Each and every one of has that weakness!
(Oh, in your last sentence I think you wrote ‘eight’ when you meant to write ‘might’.)
Thanks Paul: Ian clearly meant “might”, as you said, so I corrected it. This was the main point of my essay: “Much better to be incomprehensible than to check that there might be a simple explanation”…. Especially if one is not smart enough to find the later…
We all have beliefs, suppositions we make we have no proofs of… Axioms, truly. But the art of wisdom is to choose them well…
Dear Ian: I have no time to consider carefully the experiment you consider and criticize here (I may have studied it in the past, probably did, and will come back if I have time). However I agree with your general critique. I have looked at Quantum Eraser and Delayed Choice, etc. and could not really understand what the deal was about.
It turns out that some of these thought experiments, in my opinion, say nothing (I got excited by some, like “photon trajectories after 2-slit”, which turned out to rest on dubious logic, as you point out. In particular “weak measurements”.
In the case of the cats, dead and alive, clearly one recovers ultimate reality by going down the filter of reality, as I explained recently.
To change paradigm with Quantum Mechanics, one has to realize that the main argument, that the waves could not possibly be real, was philosophically inadmissible: it’s not because one does not know how to do something that it is impossible. And, indeed, it turns out wave effects a la De Broglie (particle equipped with guiding wave) are reproducible macroscopically. As I hope to write in the next essay.
This was the main point of my essay, Ian, indeed, and you made it well: “Much better to be incomprehensible than to check that there might be a simple explanation”…. Especially if one is not smart enough to find the later…
Part of the problem is that math, the study of patterns, is naturally reductionistic and that means the grey areas are ignored for purposes of clarity.
This then leads to a tendency to project seemingly linear effects to infinity, because much of the continuous dynamic feedback, that ultimately puts the linear effect in some larger, counterbalancing context, has been edited out, to creating that seeming scientific clarity in the first place.
Specifically I’m thinking of the opposing concepts of gravity collapsing into infinite back holes, in a universe which is supposedly expanding from a dimensionless point, out to infinity. Yet these forces of contraction and expansion are apparently balanced, but no one is willing to consider they could be two sides of some cosmic cycle of contracting mass and expanding radiation, where the mass is constantly(and obviously) radiating out enormous amounts of energy, in the process of collapse and what does fall into the central vortex seems to be shot out out the poles.
While the opposite side of the cycle, how energy coalesces into mass, is, like all grey areas, covered in particulars, but ignored as an essential aspect of the entire dynamic.
For instance, it is assumed that light fundamentally exists as point particle quanta, because that is what it is measured as, but doesn’t the very act of measurement entail a contraction and delineation that is required by the process of measurement, but may not necessarily be manifest in unmeasured light?
Then possibly much of what we think of as dark matter; The gravitational force holding the outer parts of galaxies together, but not accounted for by mass, might be due to those ‘below the radar” processes of radiation contracting into quanta through ‘measurement’ processes we don’t account for.
Cyclic universe (Penrose and alias). Also what you are saying about photon is exactly Patrice’s main objection to Einstein. Patrice says that is equivalent to the multiverse madness, she wrote a gigantic post about it
gmax,
Photons are released and received as packets, but are they the same packets, or does it expand out as a wave and become whole with all the other quanta being released and then the reception is a function of how much has to be absorbed to register. Aka the loading theory of light.
I’m not talking about the entire universe cycling through big bangs and big crunches, but light radiating away from galaxies/breaking mass structures, as mass is falling into them. Then eventually all that mass breaks down and radiates back out, which is fairly reasonable, so the only missing part is the radiation coalescing back into mass.
Basically a cosmic convection cycle. With redshift an optical effect of light not actually traveling as individual packets and thus needing the source to recede in order to redshift, but as waves, in which the accumulation/reception takes in an expanded wave front, from which to quantify its packets.
Or some such dynamic, that doesn’t need the entire universe to appear out of nowhere, expand faster than the speed of light to create equilibrium, slow down to the speed of light to make sense and with 95% invisible to explain all that we don’t know, but need to patch the theory, since it has been proven right, except for all the times it wasn’t.
June 1, 2015 at 4:36 am | Reply
Did U read Patrice’s 100 billion year old universe (google)?
She does not believe in Big Bang.
Other thing: redshift is not due to galaxies receding, but space in between expanding: Patrice told you that explicitly to U personally
Physics seems to define space in this situation as the distance between two points, which is only one dimension of space. Now gravity is defined as the contraction of space, thus Einstein’s concern it would eventually collapse the universe to a point, giving the need to add the Cosmological Constant. That is because gravity is mass pulling together and thus the distance between mass points contracting.
Now redshift is a measure of radiation and if radiation travels as waves and not as individual quanta, naturally it expands to fill volume. So it is not chance that a measure of space based on measures of radiation is expanding.
So we have the space based on mass contracting and the space based on radiation expanding and these two effects are in balance. It would seem to me, given the relationship between energy(light) and mass, there is some form of cyclical dynamic at work here, rather than both sides projected independently and linearly.
Thus mass eventually breaking down and radiating back out, rather than falling infinitely into a black hole, while energy eventually cooling off and coalescing back into galaxies, rather than expanding forever.
Separate answer coming
Benign Says:
There once was a physicist broad
who declared quantum physics a fraud
but down in the foam
where quanta do roam
they considered her thinking quite flawed
“I have no doubt that in reality the future will be vastly more surprising than anything I can imagine. Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
Possible Worlds and Other Papers (1927), p. 286
Benign,
That statement has been way over emphasized and only serves to validate obscurity and confusion.
“Physicist broad”??????? Really? Who are you alluding to? Is that a personal attack? Girls want to know!
Does not that sound a bit sexist to you? ;-)?
Thanks for the Haldane situation, but we are starting to imagine subquantum physics. And it maybe in everybody’s face: DARK MATTER (I have a subquantic theory of it… thanks to my broad perspectives…)
There are a lot of good books on the subject of deception and blunders in modern physics. Here are just two.
“The Big Bang Never Happened” by Eric Lerner.
“The Virtue of Heresy” by Hilton Ratcliffe.
Thanks Heretic! I don’t know these books, but, in the 100 billion years universe (and before) I claimed that, having DARK ENERGY, we don’t need no Big Bang no more, as soul singers would say…
The word “fascism” is rarely used properly. Since it was invented by Mussolini and his friends in Italy in WWII it could hardly have started with Plato and company. Go to ihr.org for more information on that point.
I am a philosopher. Just as Plato, or Aristotle, I can go word-forging. In the case of “FASCISM, it was established as a concept, in Rome, 25 centuries ago.
Forget Mussolini.
I have studied the concept. BTW, the French Republic, and the American Republic, have used fascism as a symbol, since their creation. Fasces are everywhere the French Republic display itself, and fasces throne at the Congress of the USA. Google my name and go to “pictures” and you will see…
I will check your link, no time now.
My point: the SEMIOLOGY of fascism was clearly the very foundational idea of Roman civilization. It is more than 25 centuries old.
Roll over Benito!
I use it the best, by far.
Mussolini did not. Actually he understood nothing to it, whatsoever.
Italian fascist ideology, largely the work of pseudo-philosopher Giovanni Gentile (what a name!!!! For such a scorpion), emphasized the subjugation of the individual to a “totalitarian” government controlling all aspects of national life. That was in complete opposition to the Roman idea, which was complete submission to REPUBLICAN LAW.
Establishment physics is full of lies and corruption. Don’t wait for them to catch on or fess up. Do an end run around them. Go to the physics underground. Real progress often comes from outside the establishment, not from inside it.
I gave at Stanford, decades ago, a seminar on why Black Hole Theory was full of (QUANTUM) logical holes. The best and most famous household names were in attendance. They nearly ran me out of town with tar and feather! A Field Medalist (and friend of a few years!) told me, severely: “I saw you. I can tell. You meditate too much!”
I had violated the “Shut Up and Calculate!” philosophy.
Nowadays, of course, these ideas have been published as Twentieth-First Century physics, under other (famous) names. Hawking then, and now hawking again, dressed in others’ ideas…
Whatever. I must recognize it infuriates me. But that’s not the most important. They can be insects, if they want, their medals and prizes will not protect them from the judgment of centuries to come… 😉
More good reads:
“Albert Einstein the Incorrigible Plagiarist” by Christopher Jon Bjerknes
“The Electric Sky” Donald Scott
Thanks Heretic, and welcome! I was unaware of these two works. My discovery of Einstein stealing people ideas right and left came from the technical side: I really studied as hard as possible the logic, and that turned out to mean the history, and I progressively came to realize Einstein was not first class.
First class, as, say, Henri Poincare’, who, although he died at 58 in 1912, had elaborated the Relativity Principle in 1904 at 46, after discovering, and proving E = mcc in 1900: Einstein picked up exactly the same proof, and presented it as his, while admitting it was Poincare”s, formally speaking, although, he obscurely stated, his context was different (I don’t know in which way). Poincre’ knew space and topology much better than Einstein. He was the one who suggested clocks could be synchronized and how (moving them slowly). Einstein grabbed the exact reasoning, word for word, omitting that Poincare’ wrote it down years before, and so on…
As I said, this is not a question of just justice (the French guy superior to the German Jew, or whatever). It’s a question of LOGOS. Poincer”s subtleties got lost through the Einstein plagiarism simplification grinder.
BTW, Feynman tried to do exactly the same thing to John Bell: he took Bell’s proof (itself coming from research of Popper-Einstein, or Einstein-Popper, not sure…), and presented it as his own.(Astounding as Bell, an Irishman, was CHIEF THEORIST at CERN; it is as if Feyman’s world reduced to the USA, and he never heard of Europe, except as source of ideas to be stolen…
I knew Feynman personally, and loved him very much… Just like I love the Rolling Stones, but Jagger-Richard stole songs from Brian Jones (Ruby Tuesday, say) or Bill Wyman (the riff of Jumping Jack flash). And they refuse obstinately to recognize it. Although, well, Stones fanatics as yours truly can tell…
richard reinhofer Says:
http://phys.org/news/2015-06-strange-behavior-quantum-particles-parallel.html
This, to my mind, is an example of the fraud, and there has been another report recently of a calcium atom allegedly being in two places at the same time. What they actually mean (I think) is there is an equal probability of finding the particle at two places, but as far as I know, there is NEVER a simultaneous observation of one particle being at two places at the same time. The statement involving the outcome of probability calculations and whatever theory is extrapolated to something that defies conservation laws without actual observational verification is, to me, fraud.
Indeed, Ian, indeed. Excellent, totally excellent point. Funny how philosophy, and psychology can inform physics. “THEY” (the great priests of Nobelhood) often speak of one thing being in two places. But of course, it was never OBSERVED.
This is actually the VERY ESSENCE of the problem of the COLLAPSE of the WAVE (-packet). When one extends said wave over a parsec or two, Earth, we have a problem…
Fraud it is! Indeed! They are just obsessed by looking like great sorcerers, and selling lots of books!
[The MIW, BTW, only considers point particles… in many universes, interacting… Weirder, yet, not weirdest…]
Indeed, very interesting, Richard, thanks a lot. It’s the MIW theory (Multi-Interacting-World… Not to be confused with the closely related Many Worlds, or Multiverse). I stumbled on it 2 years ago, or so, in Science mag., and came to the conclusion it may be practically interesting, but it’s a simplification, a sort of order one Copenhagen Interpretation.
I will publish the follow up of the preceding essay (Quantum Fraud?), which explains a bit the background of MIW (weirdly, it originates in De Broglie… who would have been skeptical).
1truegarcol Says:
The Ylem soup of the creation of the universe is formless and formful, just like Patrice’s essay. The Nature article only articulated some divergences which exist as to the “true meaning of quantum physics” – it is not representative of a definitive vote for non-reality.
Sean Carroll has an interesting post on philosophical views held by physicists on the ‘nature’ of ‘quantum physics’ – there is little agreement…
However, as to the experimental and verifiable reality of the predictions of mathematical quantum physics, there is no question.
The only question is why we humans have so difficult a time wrapping our heads around these ‘really strange’ phenomena – and what is the ‘true nature’ of nature.
Hello 1truegarcol. And welcome!
Definitively, things are moving in Quantum Reality. (I have another article in the works on that, going further.)
To see a professor of Oxford accusing the Quantum Orthodoxy of “FRAUD” is new. Especially for quoting, and quoted, in Nature!
Did I see the Sean Carroll essay? Not sure. I believe the MIW (Many Interacting Worlds) is false, and the Many Worlds Interpretation and the Multiverse, are sheer insanities.
I have my own alternative. Out of it pops Dark Matter (don’t ask about Dark Energy; anyway I know not enough about that one to compute… WE don’t know enough…)
One insanity of the Copenhagen Interpretation is dead-live cat thing: claiming it’s plausible, when it’s obviously non-sensical. (Amusingly, I have a way out from the wave ultra-filter, giving just one absolute wave for any situation.)
If I may offer a comment on Dark Energy;
It was postulated to explain why the original assumption for how the rate of cosmic redshift would decline linearly, turned out to decline parabolically.
In other words, the presumption was that the initial Bang left everything flying apart at close to the speed of light and that due to the gravity of all of this material, the velocity causing the redshift would decrease at a steady rate, but what they found is that it dropped off rapidly and then flattened out, to a slower rate.
Since the initial burst can’t explain why it would slow down and then sustain a steady decline, much as a bullet fired can only slow down linearly and would need its own energy source to sustain momentum, the assumption became that there must be some expansion inherent to space. Therefore Dark Energy and the connection with Einstein’s Cosmological Constant.
Now if we were to suppose that redshift is an optical effect and one which compounded on itself, then redshift would start out from our point of view slowly and then increase, eventually going parabolic, until it appeared that the sources were moving away at the speed of light and this would create a horizon effect, by which all visible light would be redshifted completely off the visible spectrum and only black body radiation would travel over from beyond this point.
So this would explain how the rate of redshift increases, at an increasing rate, with distance.
It would also explain the source of the cosmic microwave background radiation, as the solution to Olber’s paradox; Why we don’t see a night sky full of light, since in an infinite universe, there would eventually be a star at every point, because this light does eventually fade off the spectrum.
Dear Brodix; No time to teach you the basics of the official theory in which I don’t even believe, as you deserve… Once again, why don’t you take a class?
The “flying apart” is at maybe 10^10 speed of light: that’s cosmic inflation (Russians and Guth, etc.)
The Dark Energy was not discovered the way you said, but through super nova candles, and then two other ways. Olberts’ paradox is explained by cosmic expansion at this point, and the Big bang, as they implies a cosmic horizon in time and space.
Inflation isn’t observed in the redshift, but as an explanation for why the CMBR appears so smooth, given that since the outer edges of the observable universe appear to be flying away in opposite directions at nearly the speed of light, then it isn’t possible for them to have been in communication. So the inflation epoch is proposed as an initial burst, at much faster than the speed of light, to create this uniformity.
Another, possibly much more physically logical, explanation for the CMBR to be smooth, would be some form of phase transition, such that the radiation gets unstable at that level and breaks down/coalesces into some elemental quantum particle. A cosmic dew point, so to speak.
The candles were how they measured and compared the redshift at various distances.
Olber’s paradox wouldn’t apply to a finite universe. Presumably those galaxies at about 13 billion lightyears distant are close to the edge and the only energy radiating from beyond that is the background radiation. Which is why, in a infinite universe, in which redshift is an optical effect, this background radiation would be the light of ever more distant galaxies, but shifted entirely into the infrared.
What is there to read, that is even remotely accessible, that isn’t promoting the current model? I have been following the debate for several decades and most ideas of interest do get batted around debates on the subject eventually.
Nothing can be seen beyond the Cosmic Horizon, so there is no filtering through (as I already told you). However, the Quantum Interaction ought to be felt, and that can be tested EXPERIMENTALLY (I, me, says).
I do know all the traditional scientific theories in that area, all the way to differential forms formulation (the deepest). That’s why I don’t regurgitate all the BS, same as it came in.
I don’t teach those things anymore formally, so I don’t know what/if there is a basic text out there, like I imagine there should be a General Relativity for Dummies… (Why don’t you google search?)
June 6, 2015 at 10:32 pm | Reply
While I am not a cosmologist, so I may be missing something, I am also skeptical about dark energy. Reasons:
(1) Regarding the 1A supernovae, they may not be standard candles. There is some evidence their luminosity depends on metallicity, and clearly that is much lower at large red shifts.
(2) If you actually examine the primary data, you will see there is a huge observational scatter, so the data are not quite as robust as some claim. I have seen this data plotted by a cosmologist, and what struck me at the time was that the line assuming accelerating expansion did not go through the origin. Not necessarily fatal to the theory, but of concern to me.
(3) I confess to not understanding the argument over the smoothness of the CMB. In particular, I fail to see the need for communication. Suppose everything started as a singularity (which I do not actually believe, but the theorists do) and imposed uniformly on this was the weak field, and assume what happens in condensation is governed by the weak field. (Strictly speaking, there is NO temperature at this time because there is nothing to have random motion. Everything is under uniform expansion, and there is an extreme energy density, but no temperature in the usual meaning.) If the expansion is dependent on space expanding, it will be uniform, so the energy density will remain uniform. Now the weak field would impose a localised time dependent decay sequence so the background will be uniform without communication across it. Maybe I am missing something, so anyone feel free to enlighten me.
No problem, I shall solve Dark Matter, in the meantime. 😉 In my theory DM is obvious, including its features. DE I have no clues. As I said, if there is DE we don’t need Big Bang.
Some people (Penrose, etc.) have observed a cyclic universe allows to avoid a singularity. CMB smooth? They talk about lots of things I don’t understand. What I do understand is that it’s likely there is nothing there to understand about many things they freak out about…
Sean Carroll survey here: http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2013/01/17/the-most-embarrassing-graph-in-modern-physics/
The article in Nature to which you originally referred, was written by a science popularizer, Zeeya Merali, who “livens” her articles up with a bit of hyperbole, eg SciAm Jan 2014: Stephen Hawking: “There Are No Black Holes” – clarified subsequently to a specific quality described may not exist; article about “wall of fire” instead of progressive gravitational event horizon starts with the sentence “In March 2012, Joseph Polchinski began to contemplate suicide — at least in mathematical form.” (more than a bit of a stretch to drama-it-up) http://www.nature.com/news/astrophysics-fire-in-the-hole-1.12726 . Ms Merali weaves an engaging story, but it must be read closely – her facts are correct, but the emphasis may mislead.
That being said, the Nature article (http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-physics-what-is-really-real-1.17585) from which you quote Maroney is from the introductory paragraph of a three-page feature by Merali – the rest of the three pages underscore the disparate and confusing attempts to characterize the behavior of Quantum Physics in terms of everyday experience – which cannot be done, as you have demonstrated.
However, the inability to understand or convey that understanding clearly, does not (repeat not) constitute fraud.
Thanks for the links 1truegarcol! No time to look into them now, I am very busy in the next 40 hours.
I appreciate your cautions about the Nature article, etc.
However, let’s notice she quotes Marroney, an OXFORD PROFESSOR, who did not appear screaming that he had been misquoted, as he sure would have, had he been…
A few things you may not know: a) I am a physicist. I don’t depend upon journalists to form opinions on the Foundations of Quantum Physics, a subject I have obsessed about for decades. My own foundational theory predicted Dark Matter, and explains some of its just revealed features, such as the leaving-behind… (See May 2015 news on Dark Matter.)
b) I do believe that the attitude of most theoretical physicists about the Quantum, indeed constituted FRAUD. I have believed that since as long as I were a teenager. I am delighted to have some mainstream career physicists in one of the couple of hyper famous, oldest universities, brandish the concept. That’s why I wrote the essay.
The other, even older, and most originating university in the world, is that of Paris. The resistance to the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum has been the strongest there, and it arose as soon as 1926. It is getting way stronger, new experiments in hand.
The Quantum is the best, deepest, most spectacular science we have. To have it consumed by fraud is assuredly a very bad aura for civilization in general.
In particular the Copenhagen Interpretation of the Quantum puts reality in doubt, so has undermined our relationship to it, in all domains.
gospelierblog Says:
I agree that Quantum theory is a fraud.
The ideas of entanglement, positioning, vibration and a multiverse, are simply the observer fallacy.
That said, The above article is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Thank you Gospelier for providing me with an occasion to study the structure of the insult. The essay you commented on is very difficult. It is revealing that you did not even realize it was NOT a “response”. Instead I used a physicist in Oxford as an ally for a position I long had, and then explained what is the exact flaw in Quantum Physics: the assumption of localization during translation made by Einstein. So, instead of pointing to a particular point, you just inform me that I am dumb and sick (“insane”). I suppose that is to make me feel bad. So we see here that The Insult is meant to hurt. No details needed: it’s so obvious. And the more obvious, the more hurtful, I guess.
Amusingly, only a precise argument revealing a real error of mine could make me feel bad (and, even then, however contrite I may sound, I am delighted by my errors, as they enable me to learn!)
May God reward you for showing me the Dark Side, I always enjoy it, each time we meet…
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Hyper-Anxiety & Research Integrity 1: Who is super-anxious?
Katherine Firth 23/06/2014 22/06/2014 Hyper-Anxiety & Academic Honesty Series
In August of last year, I gave a paper to the University of Melbourne’s Office of Research Ethics and Integrity research seminars, Tuesdays with OREI, on ‘Hyper-Anxiety about Research Integrity among library staff and RHD students’ that ended up doing two different things. So this is the first of a five part blog series, about who is anxious, why it’s unhelpful, and what we can do instead. The final posts will address ways of promoting ‘research integrity’ among cohorts who are not already fully signed up to the values of research integrity and academic honesty, because, according to the research, they are also badly served by a focus on plagiarism and punishment.
You can read the whole series by clicking on the category ‘Hyper-Anxiety & Academic Honesty’.
This is the first post of a five part blog series, one which will address ‘hyper-anxiety’ among those who are already fully signed up to the values of research integrity and academic honesty, but who are negatively affected by our punitive focus on plagiarism and punishment. In this post, I explain who is anxious, and why I characterise this anxiety as ‘hyper’.
In the university there are all sorts of people engaging with academic honesty and research integrity with various levels of expertise. Graduate Researchers and Library Staff are two cohorts who are, generally, fully signed-up to the values of the university, to the values of research, to the values of scholarship. They are often highly conscientious and careful people. However, typically, they do not have a higher research degree, and are therefore not yet admitted to the peer community of scholarly experts. This can lead them to experience anxiety around scholarly tasks like academic writing and academic honesty.
I’m going to tell some anecdotes (not research interviews, more parables) about hyper anxiety around research integrity and academic honesty in RHD students and library staff that I personally have encountered recently. I will also suggest some ways forward. This isn’t proper scholarly research yet (I had so much hyper-anxiety about writing this paper, it was stupid), so this is just observation–pre-research if you like.
It is part of an emerging field discussing the role of emotions in academic research.
The first anecdote:
A PhD student in a workshop about literature reviews, working on a landscape artist, still living, who had written a book about a garden he had planted. One of her problems with completing her next chapter was that she had a major question about the influences of the artist; knowing the influences would help her to clarify her argument and also clarify which other areas of research she needed to cover. It was suggested that she email the author/artist and ask him directly.
“Don’t I need research ethics approval for that?” she asked. I was completely taken aback by this. It had never even occurred to me to ask that question.
Because this was a group workshop, my ‘I really don’t think so, I certainly never did for my work’ was not the only answer. The consensus among the group, about 18 first year doctoral students, was that, the official university’s position would be that she really should consider ethics approval.
I suggested that the only ethical considerations ought to be: 1. That in the email she told the author what she was trying to do in the thesis, and how his responses might be used; and 2: that she MIGHT, but only MIGHT, chose to email the author to show him where he was quoted to make sure that he was happy that he had not been misrepresented. She ought also to acknowledge his help in the acknowledgements and perhaps in a footnote where relevant.
I lost the argument.[i]
This conversation so disturbed me, that a month or so later, at an Melbourne School of Graduate Research orientation session, the burning question I wanted to ask the OREI representative was, “Was I wrong?” I too, as a professional staff member in a research support role, was anxious about getting it ethically right.
(This is the kernel of this paper. Dan Barr said to me, “Of course that’s fine. That’s just part of the scholarly conversation”. I felt a great relief.)
But, even before that, I knew I was right. I have a PhD in the arts, this student was asking about a field where I am experienced in what is appropriate research behaviour. I work with hundreds of doctoral students, much of the time with qualitative and quantitative social science students, and I know what ethics approval is for. And so, like the students in the workshop who were too anxious to take an experienced researcher and research trainer’s advice that might allay their research ethics anxiety; I too was too anxious to trust my own training and experience.
This annecdote is pretty representative of the research. Hadjioannou et al have stated that:
Doctoral work is challenging on a variety of levels, stretching, often excessively, the minds as well as the emotions. (p. 160)[ii]
And anxiety in particular is a well documented problem for research students.
Kramer (1998), suggests that “newcomers to a group” or people who are experiencing “perceived evaluative scrutiny” (as RHD students hoping to become part of the academy), but also “categorical outliers” (such as research teachers and librarians who are not faculty academics) are at risk of allowing ‘dysphoric [unhappy] forms of self-consciousness … to promote paranoid-like’ behaviours.[iv] Struthers et al (2000) suggest that there is a decrease in student’s ability to understand complex thought when they are worried, which reduces their ability to do their work.[iii]
The student cohort I describe here are negotiating how to identify themselves as researchers with a scholarly identity[v]. Especially in regards to academic honesty and research integrity, Hartle et al suggest that such students can be “confused by the novel academic culture and its values”.
Some of the cultural backgrounds that they are coming from can include:
Overseas paradigms:[vi] including Confucian Heritage Cultures with their sage-student models of learning, the UK where every sentence should have a citation, or Canada & Mexico which prioritise personal reflectiveness in students writing.
Different Faculty / discipline backgrounds –i.e. what can be taken as ‘common knowledge’ in a subject with a text book (Commerce) when a student moves into the Humanities.
Move from undergraduate or coursework masters programs to RHD programs.
However, a certain degree of ‘paranoid-like’ behaviours seem to be normal in higher education, Kramer suggests (in Troop, 2011[vii]). And Castelló, Iñesta & Monero (2009) posit that what might be reported as ‘anxiety’ by RHD students is more likely to be ‘a kind of nervousness (arousal) which is necessary to manage the writing cognitive load’.[viii]
Pajares and Valiente (2006) claim ‘writing apprehension” or anxiety about writing was not related to writing performance when there is high self-efficacy (or coping potential).[ix] In fact, Hopwood (2010) describes doctoral students
intentionally… using their fear… to make themselves perform certain kinds of work… creating an interim build-up time in which they moved their work forward.”[x]
According to McGaugh (2013), “evidence indicates that emotional arousal enhances the storage of memories”, but that “experiences do not have to be intensely emotional to influence memory strength”. [xi] Hubach and Fieman (2012) found that moderate stress enhances the ability of male students to learn and recall details, although it makes no difference to female students.[xii]
Anxiety is therefore a two-edged sword, a complex experience and therefore needs some definition.
Terms like stress or anxiety can be used to define automatic visceral or reflex reactions; to define physiological responses to stimuli (e.g. adrenal stress hormones) which produce emotional states; and something that may in fact be an emotion itself. [xiii] DSM 5 treats anxiety as a mood or affect symptom to enable diagnoses of mental disorders (including anxiety disorders themselves).[xiv] Ratner (2000) reminds us that describing the emotion or even feeling the emotion is culturally specific, and that emotions do not in themselves determine action. [xv]
Therefore some moderate anxiety (of the non-mental disorder variety) may be useful in prompting us to act in our own best interests. Certainly, the concern that I would have nothing worthwhile to say at the session helped to motivate me to complete this paper over two days! Hyper-anxiety, however, is clearly excessive anxiety (regardless of cultural or physiological basis). In the next post, I’m going to talk about how this is also doubled by a shame response.
[i] Cotterall, Sara. “More than just a brain: emotions and the doctoral experience. “Higher Education Research & Development 32.2 (2013): 174-187.
[ii]Hadjioannou, Xenia, et al. “The Road to a Doctoral Degree: Co-Travelers through a Perilous Passage.” College Student Journal 41.1 (2007): 160-177. See further: Hawley, 1993; Hartnett & Katz, 1977; Middleton, 2001; Miller & Irby, 1999; Nyquist et al, 1999; Sudol & Hall, 1991
[iii] Struthers, C. Ward, Raymond P. Perry, and Verena H. Menec. “An examination of the relationship among academic stress, coping, motivation, and performance in college.” Research in higher education 41.5 (2000): 581-592
Eysenck, Michael W., and Manuel G. Calvo. “Anxiety and performance: The processing efficiency theory.” Cognition & Emotion 6.6 (1992): 409-434.)
[iv]Kramer, Roderick M. “Paranoid cognition in social systems: Thinking and acting in the shadow of doubt.” Personality and Social Psychology Review 2.4 (1998): 251-275.
[v]Kamler, Barbara, and Pat Thomson. Helping doctoral students write: Pedagogies for supervision. Routledge, 2006.
[vi] Brennan, Linda, and J. Durovic. “Plagiarism” and the Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) student.” Educational Integrity: Values for Teaching, Learning and Research 2 (2005)
[vii] Troop, Don, Paranoid? You must be a Grad Student, in Chronicle of Higher Education, 24 April, 2011. http://chronicle.com/article/Paranoid-You-Must-Be-a-Grad/127235/
[viii] Castelló, Montserrat, Anna Iñesta, and Carles Monereo. “Towards self-regulated academic writing: an exploratory study with graduate students in a situated learning environment.” Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology 7.3 (2009): 1107-1130. (this is not what Cotterall seems to suggest they said. ) p.1127.
[ix]Pajares, Frank and Valiante, Gio. “Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Motivation in Writing Development” in Handbook of writing research, edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, Jill Fitzgerald, 158-170. (Guilford Pres, 2006).
See Hidi, Suzanne, and Pietro Boscolo. “Motivation and writing.” Handbook of writing research, edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, Jill Fitzgerald, 144- 157. (Guilford Pres, 2006).
[x]Hopwood, Nick. “A sociocultural view of doctoral students’ relationships and agency.” Studies in Continuing Education 32.2 (2010): 103-117, p. 112. Equally Ratner 2000 p. 32.
See further: See further Schutz, Paul A., and Jessica T. DeCuir. “Inquiry on emotions in education. “Educational Psychologist 37.2 (2002): 125-134. (looks at anxiety with tests)
Schutz, Paul A., et al. “Reflections on investigating emotion in educational activity settings.” Educational Psychology Review 18.4 (2006): 343-360.
[xi]McGaugh, James L. “Making lasting memories: Remembering the significant. “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110.Supplement 2 (2013): 10402-10407.
Nielson KA, Arentsen TJ (2012) Memory modulation in the classroom: Selective enhancement of college examination
Cahill, L., Gorski, L., & Le, K. (2003). “Enhanced human memory consolidation with post-learning stress: Interaction with the degree of arousal at encoding. Learning and Memory”, 10(4), 270–274.
[xii]Hupbach A, Fieman R (2012) “Moderate stress enhances immediate and delayed retrieval of educationally relevant material in healthy young men.” Behavioral Neuroscience 126(6):819–825.
Cahill, L. (2006). “Why sex matters for neuroscience.” Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 7, 477–484.
Cahill, L., & Alkire, M. T. (2003). “Epinephrine enhancement of human memory.”
Ertman, N., Andreano, J. M., & Cahill, L. (2011). Progesterone at encoding predicts subsequent emotional memory. Learning and Memory, 18, 759–763.
[xiii]Lazarus, Richard S. “Progress on a cognitive-motivational-relational theory of emotion.” American psychologist 46.8 (1991): 819.
[xiv]American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Association, 2013. Web. [access date: 1 June 2013]. dsm.psychiatryonline.org ‘Anxiety Disorders’
[xv]Ratner, Carl. “A cultural-psychological analysis of emotions.” Culture & Psychology 6.1 (2000): 5-39.
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Regiment rehearses outdoors in Rockford!
By Pat Seidling
Sure, folks south of Paducah may wonder why we’re so excited about being outdoors in February, but come on, it’s northern Illinois and Saturday was near 60 degrees! Not to mention that at our last camp – a mere four weeks ago – it was 10 below zero and a foot of snow was on the ground. Yes, basics in the sunshine at a February camp is a rare thing indeed!
This past weekend we held our February camp at Keith School, snuggled in a beautiful wooded neighborhood in central Rockford. The brass, battery and pit were in for the weekend and, once again, we had nearly 100% attendance, with only 1 percussionist out and more than 70 brass in house all weekend.
The theme of the weekend was “There is no such thing as an unimportant day.” Yes, it may be the dead of winter, mid-terms are near and school demands overwhelming, and yes, DCI finals (not to mention tour itself) seem a lifetime away. But it is NOW that the real work gets done. This camp was about detail work. Lots of sectionals, lots of visual basics, lots of concentrated efforts on ensemble sections, lots of social bonding and work on the summer such as uniform fitting and physical exams.
Friday night began with sectional work – brass started off with Breathing Gym techniques and the drummers were given the drum solo section, which now completes their book. Barb G, Mary K and the wardrobe team continued fitting uniforms while Becky, Nadine and the food crew put together a snack for after practice. Barb S, Peg and Mouse had a nice welcome area set-up with souvies to browse and cookies to share. Friday night at camp is also a time to meet new friends and catch up with old – chatting and gossip went late into the evening.
Saturday morning came and it was straight to visual for the brass, while percussion continued in sectionals. Bob Smith and his visual team used the morning session to really attend to details, starting with a bit of “classroom” time, looking over drill charts, making sure that all are familier with various terms and know how to read a drill chart and write a dot book. They even took time to read through the criteria on the back of a field visual judge’s sheet to see exactly what it is that defines various achievement levels. They then moved on to work through movement basics and marching fundamentals.
After lunch the brass split up, with the upper voices heading a mile away to St. James School and the low brass staying back at Keith. Being in smaller groups allowed the staff to give serious attention to individuals during this basics session. The low brass were the first to take advantage of the unusual weather and spent the afternoon outside. Having been indoors since November, it seemed just plain weird to be standing on grass watching the corps rehearse!
Throughout the day the corps medical team – Dr. Val Kupferer, Dr. Tom Kupferer and Dr. Dan Richardson – gave physicals to all in attendance. This is an annual event, and it helps the members identify their physical strengths and shortcomings, as well allows the corps to make sure all are truly ready to take on the physical challenges of a summer of drum corps. Dr. Val and Dr. Tom are “former” parents and are always fun to have around, be it “doctorin” to the members or just sharing a few laughs! Dr. Dan … well, it just wouldn’t be Phantom Regiment without him, it’s that simple.
Saturday evening was back to music emphasis, though the battery did do a solid visual block with Bob and team, then spent the rest of the night in full line ensemble. Saturday ended with a brief meeting, then meatball subs and some more “hang time” with friends. A couple guard girls even made an apearance!
Sunday is always a fast day, but certainly the highlight for many as we put the music ensemble togather and work through the charts in a pretty detailed way. No exception this Sunday. It was 60 degrees by 11 a.m., and we really wanted to set up outdoors, but with the breeze and music stands still being used, it seemed more trouble than it was worth. So, with the corps arced up in the gym, the staff, led by Dan Farrell, Paul Rennick and Kevin Rabon, got to woodshedding through the complete music book.
Ensemble is also fun because so many friends, parents and fans show up, some we don’t see often, and today was no exception. We even saw Ali, Lindsay K, Nikki and Tara from the guard – a very pleasant surprise indeed!
I claim to be a bit of a drummer, but in no way count myself as a trained musician. At rehearsals I simply watch the team work. My music tastes and opinions are that purely of a fan. Now, with that being said, feel free to take this as an uneducated opinion from a proud fan, but … I think the music is absoluletly moving. “Oblivian” will certainly join the ranks of legendary Regiment pieces such as “Elsa’s,” Lord’s Prayer” and “Fire.”
Camp ended at 1 p.m., clean-up chores were assigned, and off we went. Loading was so much nicer today – in summer-like weather – than last camp, when just staying alive was a challenge! The old equipment semi is about to be no more, so we loaded into 3 differant trucks, and even got to roll out our new 53-foot trailer (that in 14 months will be transformed into our new food rig).
Goodbyes were said, driver extraordinaire Bob Joosten had the airport shuttles riders on their way and the school doors were locked. I drove the last of the loading crew to their bus stop and we hung out at Burger King until their bus came. As I type this, six members that are taking a Monday flight are in my basement family room eating pizza and watching the Legacy DVDs. I hope they left me a slice, and I’m going to make them watch the 1976 DVD whether they want to or not.
Our next camp is March 26-28 at Beloit HS, where we will be learning drill…and maybe even marching and playing a bit.
One last thing: drum corps is a special way of life, and after a camp ends it’s nice to reflect on all the special people that make this thing go. This year’s members are a pretty cool group of young people, and so are all the folks who drive, sew, sell, teach, cook, doctor and manage here.
Thank you all, and see ya in March. Pat
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Best time to visit Turkey
Ramadan (Ramazan)
Ramadan drummers traditionally wake the neighbourhood up at dawn for an early meal, and the next meal is to happen only after sunset
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April 24–May 23, 2020
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According to the Islamic tradition, the holy month of Ramadan or Ramazan commemorates the month when Muslims revealed Koran that finally enlightened the right way to God. By a prayer, people are supposed to get closer to God. By abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sunset they are to learn self-discipline. Eating less wouldn't be quite reasonable without sharing. Thus, during Ramadan, many establishments across Turkey practise giving food for free, mainly to the poorer members of the community.
Tourists are not obliged to fast, and in many cities, you won't have any difficulties finding food and even alcohol between sunrise and sunset, particularly it refers to the seaside resorts. However, certain tact and respect would be appropriate, so it's advisable to eat indoors rather than in the street. To be honest, today the fast isn't taken as seriously as it used to be originally, and along with tourists, one might actually come across quite many Turks having their meal in the restaurants during the daytime.
Ramadan Isha prayers, Konya
Small towns and villages are more devoted to traditions than big ones. Istanbul is the only exception, where one can experience Ramadan to its fullest. At the sunset, when the fast is broken with the iftar meal, everybody is heading out to join the common meal in the streets of Istanbul, whereas other cities are more inclined to celebrate at homes, and this means travellers aren't going to see a lot.
One of other Ramadan traditions that stem from the Ottoman times and is threatened to die out is Ramadan Drummers—they are supposed to wake people up for their dawn meal before the long day of fasting. Again, in the villages, the custom still survives, whereas in cities such as Istanbul there's a tendency to revive old traditions, so you're also likely to be woken up by a chanting drummer in the early morning.
The last three days of fasting are marked with a vibrant and sweet celebration called Seker Bayram. That's when people buy new clothes at local Ramadan markets, visit relatives and bring presents, and kids knock on the doors collecting sweets—the entire community feels the end of fasting season.
According to the lunar calendar, the dates of Ramadan are always different, every year the holy month begins ten days earlier than it used to be a year before. All in all, in tourist perspective, Ramadan promises to be quite a memorable cultural experience.
Islamic holidays, celebrations, and traditions
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Muharram or Islamic New Year
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MuslimFest
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Eid al-Fitr or the End of Ramadan
Hari Raya Haji—the Festival of Sacrifice
Maulidi
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Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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Camel Wrestling
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Camel Sausages
Turkish Sticky Ice Cream (Dondurma)
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“I have no foundation to blush,” Kamaltynov on performance of United Russia in Tatarstan
The faction of United Russia in the Tatarstan State Council summarised five years of service in the parliament
Photo: gossov.tatarstan.ru
The “party of power” to have “no much worse” votes in the upcoming election to the State Council. In the last five years, United Russia in Tatarstan has managed to address only 20% of citizens’ petitions to the regional office of United Russia. Head of the faction in the regional parliament Yury Kamaltynov said about it at a briefing. Realnoe Vremya’s correspondent also visited the meeting with the deputy.
“Indicators won’t worsen much”
United Russia party members in Tatarstan summarised their faction’s performance in the republic’s State Council on 12 July.
“I have no foundation to blush for what we do in the execution of plans, discipline, responsibility. And there is no need to criticise my colleagues,” head of the faction of United Russia in the Tatarstan parliament Yury Kamaltynov began the press conference.
It goes without saying that the issue of the upcoming election to the regional parliament interests the mass media the most. Kamaltynov reminded that in 2014 the “party of power” scored 84,2% votes. So United Russia occupied 82 out of 100 seats in the State Council.
“We will try not to worsen the indicators much,” the speaker made a careful forecast.
Later, when the press representatives asked to decipher the phrase, he was more confident. In his opinion, half of the voters are going to vote precisely for UR.
In the last five years, Tatarstan’s United Russia has had 48 joint sessions, 45 sessions of the panel. Over this period, the faction has considered 138 issues. Photo: gossov.tatarstan.ru
According to different research, United Russia’s rating varies from 30 to 40%. Experts note a reduction in the population’s approval of the party’s activity. However, Kamaltynov disagreed: according to his data, the lowest results were during the period from November 2018 to February 2019, while now Russians’ support of this political force has grown.
“This is the situation,” he continued. “I understand that the general background also affects the republic. So much is done in Tatarstan, including with United Russia, so in the future, we will have a firm majority in the State Council.”
Journalists inquired how would chair the faction in the next session of the State Council, United Russia’s plans and so on. However, Kamaltynov asked not to ask questions about elections “not to violate the law”.
20/80 rule
In the last five years, Tatarstan’s United Russia has had 48 joint sessions, 45 sessions of the panel. Over this period, the faction has considered 138 issues. As for news: reports of heads of the faction and party projects have become regular, State Duma deputies also began to report at general meetings, representatives of regional ministries gave speeches.
“As the faction had the absolute majority in the State Council, all committees were chaired by its members, legislative activity was on the first place. 599 bills have been considered during this period, 561 of them became laws, 130 are basic. The expert community was involved. 30 legislative initiatives were created by our colleagues and sent to the State Duma for consideration,” Kamaltynov said.
The regional office of United Russia hosted over 900 meetings and accepted over 2,500 people. Photo: tatarstan.er.ru
The regional office of United Russia hosted over 900 meetings and accepted over 2,500 people. The Pareto principle confirmed the effect of such approaches: only 20% of addresses got positive solutions. The other 80% — only consultation.
Over 3,200 meetings took place in local offices where more than 12,500 people came.
Strict discipline
In addition, Tatarstan United Russia created the Republican Coordination Council uniting deputies of all levels — federal, republican and municipal, which should improve the work of parliamentarians. Deputy’s Corps project was created for municipal elects: now they are trained by federal lawmakers and members of the Tatarstan Cabinet of Ministers to “increase the quality of work”.
In addition, United Russia tightened control over their party fellows. They began to especially strictly control discipline. According to Kamaltynov, over 90% of his colleagues met the requirements. And there wasn’t anybody among the members of United Russia in the State Council who deliberately missed meetings of the faction, committees, sessions.
“We don’t have skivers at all. Only one deputy of the current session doesn’t go anywhere for objective reasons,” Kamaltynov insinuated Robert Musin who is accused of Tatfondbank case (under house arrest now).
“We don’t have skivers at all. Only one deputy of the current session doesn’t go anywhere for objective reasons,” Kamaltynov insinuated Robert Musin. Photo: gossov.tatarstan.ru
The speaker called the Strategy of Social and Economic Development of the Republic of Tatarstan through 2030 the milestone project of United Russia in the last five years. He says that Tatarstan was the first Russian region to “clearly formulate prospects of its movements in the long term”.
“We kept our promises. And the new session, as soon as it is elected, will operate in the new system,” the head of the faction concluded.
By Timur Rakhmatullin
Industry 16 January, 09:00 African oil projects gaining appeal among Russian investors
Society 09:00 Nizhnekamsk: undeclared social disaster at the turn of the century 41 years without own water, or How the capital of chemists decided to build SOV-NKNH
Industry 20 January, 09:00 Renat Mistakhov: “It was said about the third pair of Gepard-class frigates for Vietnam, but there's nothing so far” Tatarstan shipbuilders have suspended negotiations with ASEAN navy, aiming for a deep modernization of the frigate
Society 16 January, 09:00 How TAIF-NK creates New Year tale in Nizhnekamsk
Realty 16 January, 09:00 Turkish Polimeks looking for a place for greenhouses on 20 ha in Tatarstan The foreign developer has become “interested” in growing vegetables: it is choosing among the suburbs of Naberezhnye Chelny, Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk
Incidents 09:00 Feldshers invoice ambulance at 27 million in Kazan 65 ambulance workers are demanding to recover non-pecuniary damage and salary for overtime hours
Economy 21 January, 09:00 Bank of Russia reduces spending on gold
Society 16 January, 09:00 “We don't want to have it nearby” — Chuvashia protesting against investors from China Disagreements with the population can deprive the republic of 10 billion rubles of foreign investments
Society 23 January, 09:00 “If you ask people on the street, 30% will say that the Earth is flat” Archaeologist Dmitry Korobov — about the origin of man, the myths of Arkaim and much more
Society 27 January, 09:00 Security council vice chairman, maternity capital, job for foreign students and rise in child maintenance Irek Zinnurov on legislative initiatives that the Duma considered on 21 January
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bloggERS! has gone fishin’
August 3, 2016 August 3, 2016 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment
We’re off to SAA! Will you be there too? Check out our list of ERS-recommended sessions on Sched.
If you can’t make it this year, then follow along on Twitter with #SAA16!
People fishing on Green Lake, circa 1950s. Item 31415, Ben Evans Recreation Program Collection (Record Series 5801-02), Seattle Municipal Archives
We’ll be back soon with recaps from recent conferences and plenty of other good stuff.
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Get to know the candidates: Lora Davis
July 18, 2016 July 4, 2016 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment
The 2016 elections for Electronic Records Section leadership are upon us! Over the next two weeks, we will be presenting additional information provided by the 2016 nominees for ERS leadership positions. For more information about the slate of candidates, you can check out the full 2016 ERS elections site. ERS Members: be sure to vote! Polls are open July 8 through the 22!
Candidate name: Lora Davis
Running for: Steering Committee
What made you decide you wanted to become an archivist?
This question assumes a discrete “Aha!” moment, which, for me at least, never really happened. I like to say that archives found me, and not the other way around. I was first exposed to the archives (the place, if not the profession) when, as a 17-year-old undergraduate at Susquehanna University, I was awarded a university assistantship that placed me in the employ of a long-serving member of the Department of History, who had undertaken to write the history of the university. Following a brief tour (“My Moody Blues cassettes are in this drawer here, feel free to listen!”) and with a copy of James O’Toole’s Understanding Archives and Manuscripts (1990) in hand, I set about processing the papers of two former university presidents. Seven years later, after completing a master’s in history and opting to leave my PhD program, the archives (this time both place and profession) found me again when the Manuscripts Unit of the University of Delaware Library’s Special Collections department decided to take a chance and employ a grad school dropout at the height of the 2008 economic collapse. This time I was hooked for good. I went on to earn my MLIS online while working my full-time paraprofessional position at Delaware, and have since held professional positions at Colgate University and Johns Hopkins University. It took me a little while to figure it out, but, being an archivist provided me with the balance and variety of work I’d been longing for – the theory and intellectual work of a scholar, the interaction with people I’d missed as a graduate student researcher, the connection to history that had driven my prior coursework, and, perhaps most of all, the exposure to and engagement with emerging technologies I’d missed as a computer hobbyist turned grad student.
What is one thing you’d like to see the Electronic Records Section accomplish during your time on the steering committee?
Above all, I would like to see the Electronic Records Section serve as a welcoming and valuable resource to *all* archivists. In my career I have worked at a medium-sized partially public-funded university, a small liberal arts college, and a private research university, and worked on paper-based and electronic manuscript and university records’ collections, so I appreciate the variety of funding models, resource levels, institutional priorities, and individual knowledge and time we must all strive to balance and leverage in our day-to-day work. Across the profession it is still rare for someone to have the luxury of focusing day in and day out on electronic records; however, it is by no means rare for a 21st century archivist to encounter records of enduring value that exist only in digital form. By striving to be an open, welcoming, responsive, and member-driven community resource for all archivists, the Electronic Records Section can help meet the daily operational needs of its members (e.g. demystifying electronic records jargon and workflows, providing case studies of both successes and failures, serving as a non-judgmental sounding board for new and experienced archivists alike), while also helping to propel the profession forward.
What is your favorite GIF?
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Get to know the candidates: Brian Dietz
Candidate name: Brian Dietz
All current contexts–social, cultural, economic–are historically contingent. We examine those contingencies, often with the goal of exposing power dynamics, through historical inquiry. Support such critical work is what excited me about becoming an archivist.
I’m really interested in the idea of more of us making our documentation widely available so that it becomes a little bit easier for some folks to start digital archiving programs and others to enhance existing ones. The ERS could lead an effort around this kind of sharing.
I love how affirming this one is:
Get to know the candidates: Blake Graham
Candidate name: Blake Graham
I love being asked this question. I started my career working as a graduate assistant at a university archives about six years ago. At the time, I was knee-deep in the curriculum – studying southern identity and slavery. I was enchanted by historiography, and discovering how historians debate about the interpretation, nature, and implication of primary source materials. My coursework, as well as my job responsibilities, were related to southern history. While working at the university archives, arranging a nineteenth-century manuscript collection, I stumbled across a slave pamphlet. For anyone unfamiliar, these were handouts for slave-trading events in the antebellum South. The text and imagery included horrific details about physique and “background information” on slaves. I buckled after reading the pamphlet. Handling and reading this document was a powerful experience for me, to say the least. I brought the item to the director, and she broke down crying as well. Because of this, along with a long-list of “encounters in the archives,” I have a better understanding of the power of the written record. My work allows me to continue exploring the relationship between the written record and the human experience. This is why I work in archives, and why I love my work.
I admire and appreciate all of the work in BloggERS – I believe it is a gateway for collaboration and innovation among our professional communities. If I was asked about foreseeable goals and accomplishments, I would take a bet on ERS leaders proactively seeking different voices to participate in the blog. In 2015-2016, roughly 80% of authors and ERM discussions on BloggERS come from university settings – a percentage that is also reflective of the Section’s leadership. To revisit Kyle Henke’s “Get to Know You” post last year, “I see the purpose of this group as a method to facilitate communication and encourage collaboration across the profession.” I also believe one of the best ways to learn how to improve one’s knowledge of, or develop new skills in, a topic of interest is to simply talk about it with colleagues across the profession. I would like to help move BloggERS in this direction by proactively initiating a dialogue between professionals working in a wide range of settings. I think targeted outreach and education is one of the ways we can accomplish collaboration across the profession.
Annual meeting session recommendations, courtesy of ERS
Having trouble deciding between two tantalizing-looking sessions at the Society of American Archivists annual meeting this year? Looking for some recommendations that might tip the scales? Look no further!
The Electronic Records Section has produced a schedule for this year’s conference through its online scheduling tool, Sched. Now you can see the session that may be of interest to ERS members in one place.
The Electronic Records Section mega-schedule is available here.
See something we may have missed? Comment below or email bloggERS! at ers.mailer.blog@gmail.com!
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Get to know the candidates: Brad Houston
Candidate name: Brad Houston
A combination of two things: 1) A summer internship with the Truman Presidential Library, which introduced me to the work of an archivist and made me realize that said work was something I could see myself doing. 2) My subsequent experience researching for my senior History thesis, much of which took place in small town historical societies and other poorly-described and poorly organized repositories. This experience elicited a vow: “I want to help make sure other people don’t have to work this hard to find what they’re looking for.” (I hope I’ve been doing a good job on both the description and reference sides of this!)
While chair of the Records Management Roundtable, I helped institute a semi-regular series of Google Hangouts, which give our members a chance to hear about archival and records management issues from various experts in the field and interact in real-time to ask questions or work through examples. I think this is a model that would work well with a lot of the content put out by ERS– Hangout facilitators could walk people through using a particular tool or workflow as discussed previously on the blog, for example. The hangout format offers more interactivity than a webinar or Twitter chat (though incorporating elements of both!) and it seems like a great opportunity to expand ERS’s educational engagement with its members.
Get to know the candidates: Dorothy Waugh
July 8, 2016 July 4, 2016 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment
Candidate name: Dorothy Waugh
The glamour.
I’m excited about the many opportunities for a group like the Electronic Records Section to engage practitioners working in this dynamic and fast-paced field. To give just one example, I’ve been really impressed by the Section’s development of bloggERS! during the past couple of years. The site has fast become a go-to resource in which to share ideas, address challenges, and celebrate successes. Should I be elected to the steering committee, I would be keen to support the ongoing growth of the Blog as the online hub of the ERS community. Taking a lead from what’s already been achieved, I’d like to build out the types of content that we provide and encourage active participation from both members of ERS and our close colleagues—I’d love to invite contributions from researchers who are using born-digital materials, for instance. In particular, I’m interested in identifying content that is not available elsewhere. I’ve always thought, for example, that the informal nature of a Blog makes it the ideal venue for a regular “It Didn’t Work” column, focusing on real-life examples of failure in digital archives and inviting collaborative (and good-natured!) problem-solving. If elected to the ERS steering committee, I’d like to build on the momentum of the work already underway and help the Blog become a forum for discussion, a home for shared resources, and a welcoming and inclusive space in which to ask questions and work towards solutions.
The ERS annual meeting approaches!
The Electronic Records Section will meet at the SAA annual meeting in Atlanta on Thursday, August 4, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm. Following a short business meeting, the session will feature a presentation from Mike Strom, Wyoming State Archivist, who will provide an update on Council of State Archivists’ State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI) and the PERTTS (Program for Electronic Records, Training, Tools and Standards) Portal.
Following the business meeting and presentation, the Electronic Records Section will break into an interactive unconference-style small group discussion.
This is where we need your help! Do you have an intractable electronic records problem you would like to discuss? Or a hot new topic in digital preservation that you’re excited to share with like-minded archivists and electronic records professionals? Add your ideas to the list of discussion topics for the unconference!
Session topics are being collected here: http://bit.ly/SAA16-ERS-Unconf-Ideas
Submissions will be considered until the day of the section meeting, where participants will select discussion topics.
Have any questions? Email ERS Chair Dan Noonan at noonan[dot]37[at]osu[dot]edu.
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Electronic Records Section call for nominations
May 19, 2016 May 19, 2016 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment
Election season is fast approaching, and the Electronic Records Section has some exciting opportunities for service, both in elected and appointed positions!
The ERS needs to elect a new Vice Chair/Chair Elect and 2 Steering Committee members. We are also looking for a volunteer to serve as Communications Liaison. All nominations must be received by June 1st!
Vice Chair/Chair Elect (1 position open)
The Vice Chair serves a 1-year term beginning immediately following the 2016 Annual Meeting. Their responsibilities are to assist the Chair in leading the section and representing the section in the absence of the Chair. Upon completion of the Vice Chair’s term, the Vice Chair assumes the position of Chair, at the conclusion of the incumbent Chair’s term. Upon completion of the 1-year term as Chair, he/she serves one final year as Past Chair.
Steering Committee (2 positions open)
Steering Committee members serve for a term of 3 years, beginning immediately following the 2016 Annual Meeting. Their responsibility is to assist the Chair and the Vice Chair in leading and organizing section activities.
Communication Liaison (1 position open)
The Communications Liaison facilitates communications between the Steering Committee and the Section membership and other audiences, including but not limited to the SAA microsite, electronic mailing list, blogs, social media, and other forms of online communication not yet in use by the Section. This role is open to all eligible Electronic Records Section members. The appointee will serve a renewable one-year term. Note that this role is appointed and not subject to election.
How can I nominate someone?
To nominate yourself or someone else, or to volunteer for appointment as Communication Liaison, please send to Marty Gengenbach (martin[dot]gengenbach[at]gmail[dot]com):
the nominee/volunteer name,
contact information, and
position (Vice Chair/Chair Elect, Steering Committee, or Communication Liaison)
June 1 – All nominations must be received by this date. The steering committee will review and confirm nominations the following week.
June 15 – Candidate statements due.
July 1 – Supplemental information such as candidate photos or biographies due.
For more information on Electronic Records Section leadership, please see the ERS section bylaws.
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SAA 2019 recap | Session 504: Building Community History Web Archives: Lessons Learned from the Community Webs Program
October 10, 2019 September 25, 2019 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment
by Steven Gentry
Session 504 focused on the Community Webs program and the experiences of archivists who worked at either the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture or the Grand Rapids Public Library. The panelists consisted of Sylvie Rollason-Cass (Web Archivist, Internet Archive), Makiba Foster (Manager, African American Research Library and Cultural Center, formerly the Assistant Chief Librarian, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture), and Julie Tabberer (Head of Grand Rapids History & Special Collections).
Note: The content of this recap has been paraphrased from the panelists’ presentations and all quoted content is drawn directly from the panelists’ presentations.
Session summary
Sylvie Rollason-Cass began with an overview of web archiving and web archives, including:
The definition of web archiving.
The major components of web archives, including relevant capture tools (e.g. web crawlers, such as Wget or Heritrix) and playback software (e.g. Webrecorder Player).
The ARC and WARC web archive file formats.
Rollason-Cass then noted both the necessity of web archiving—especially due to the web’s ephemeral nature—and that many organizations archiving web content are higher education institutions. The Community Webs program was therefore designed to get more public library institutions involved in web archiving, which is critical given that these institutions often collect unique local and/or regional material.
After a brief description of the issues facing public libraries and public library archives—such as a lack of relevant case studies—Rollason-Cass provided information about the institutions that joined the program, the resources provided by the Internet Archive as part of the program (e.g. a multi-year subscription to Archive-It), and the project’s results, including:
The creation of more than 200 diverse web archives (see the Remembering 1 October web archive for one example).
Institutions’ creation of collection development policies pertaining specifically to web archives, in addition to other local resources.
The production of an online course entitled “Web Archiving for Public Libraries.”
The creation of the Community Webs program website.
Rollason-Cass concluded by noting that although some issues—such as resource limitations—may continue to limit public libraries’ involvement in web archiving, the Community Webs program has greatly increased the ability for other institutions to confidently archive web content.
Makiba Foster then addressed her experiences as a Community Webs program member. After a brief description of the Schomburg Center, its mission, and unique place where “collections, community, and current events converge”, Foster highlighted the specific reasons for becoming more engaged with web archiving:
Like many other institutions, the Schomburg Center has long collected clippings files—and web archiving would allow this practice to continue.
Materials that document the experiences of the black community are prominent on the World Wide Web.
Marginalized community members often publish content on the Web.
Foster then described the #HashtagSyllabusMovement collection, a web archive of educational material “related to publicly produced and crowd-sourced content highlighting race, police violence, and other social justice issues within the Black community.” Foster had known this content could be lost, so—even before participating in the Community Webs program—she began collecting URLs. Upon joining the Community Webs program, Foster used Archive-It to archive various relevant materials (e.g. Google docs, blog posts, etc.) dated from 2014 to the current. Although some content was lost, the #HashtagSyllabusMovement collection both continues to grow—especially if, as Foster hopes, it begins to include international educational content—and shows the value of web archiving.
In her conclusion, Foster addressed various success, challenges, and future endeavors:
Successes:
Numerous novel new web archives were created, such as the Black Politicians National Elections 2018 – Present collection and The Green Book Web Resources collection.
Foster developed novel web archiving skills.
The Schomburg Center began placing greater emphasis on web archiving and, recently, received a Mellon Grant to continue these efforts.
Learning web archiving technology and having confidence in one’s decisions.
Curating content for the Center’s five divisions.
“Getting institutional support.”
Future Directions:
A new digital archivist will work with each division to collect and advocate for web archives.
Considering how to both do outreach for and catalog web archives.
Ideally, working alongside community groups to help them implement web archiving practices.
The final speaker, Julie Tabberer, addressed the value of public libraries’ involvement in web archives. After a brief overview of the Grand Rapids Public Library, the necessity of archives, and the importance of public libraries’ unique collecting efforts, Tabberer posited the following question: “Does it matter if public libraries are doing web archiving?”
To test her hypothesis that “public libraries document mostly community web content [unlike academic archives],” Tabberer analyzed the seed URLs of fifty academic and public libraries to answer two specific questions:
“Is the institution crawling their own website?”
“What type of content [e.g. domain types] is being crawled [by each institution]?”
After acknowledging some caveats with her sampling and analysis—such as the fact that data analysis is still ongoing and that only Archive-It websites were examined—Taberrer showed audience members several graphics that revealed academic libraries 1.) Typically crawled their websites more so than public libraries and 2.) Captured more academic websites than public libraries.
Tabberer then concluded with several questions and arguments for the audience to consider:
In addition to encouraging more public libraries to archive web content—especially given their values of access and social justice—what other information institutions are underrepresented in this community?
Are librarians and archivists really collecting content that represents the community?
Even though resource limitations are problematic, academic institutions must expand their web archiving efforts.
Steven Gentry currently serves a Project Archivist at the Bentley Historical Library. His responsibilities include assisting with accessioning efforts, processing complex collections, and building various finding aids. He previously worked at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Tufts University, and the University of Baltimore.
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Code4Lib 2019 Recap
April 2, 2019 March 21, 2019 bloggERS! EditorsLeave a comment
by Nicole Shibata
San José is in many ways an apt location for a tech-centered library conference like Code4Lib. It is the largest city in Santa Clara Valley (aka Silicon Valley) and home to San Jose State University, one of the biggest library science programs in the country. Yet the tone of the 14th annual Code4Lib conference, which convened on February 19-22, 2019, was cautious and at times critical of the “big tech” landscape. In her opening keynote, Sarah Roberts, Assistant Professor of Information Studies at UCLA, talked about her research on social media content moderation. She said that while this work is deemed critical by social media companies to manage lewd or disturbing content, it is also emotionally taxing, low-paying, and executed by a mostly invisible global labor force. In keeping this work hidden, consumers are led to believe that social media content is either unmediated, or that content moderation is somehow automated. This push towards transparency and openness—in how we manipulate our code, technologies, content, and even our labor practices—was a recurring theme throughout the conference.
Screenshot of Sarah Roberts giving the 2019 Code4Lib opening keynote address.
As a first-time Code4Lib attendee with very little programming experience, seeing session titles like “Building REST API-backed Single Page Applications (SPAs) with Vue.js” and “Ringers of Jupyter: The Jupyter Notebook As Faux Web App,” was pretty intimidating. While I did find myself Googling a lot of acronyms throughout the conference, I found that there was a balanced mix of talks for every skill level, and even the more programming-heavy sessions were surprisingly accessible. Pro-tip: follow one of the Code4Lib backchannels like Twitter or Slack for fun, thoughtful side discussions throughout the conference.
There were a number of archivists and archives-adjacent folks attending the conference and a handful of interesting sessions related to digital archives. In a talk entitled “Natural Language Processing for Discovery of Born-Digital Records,” NCSU Libraries Fellow Emily Higgs discussed her exploration of named entity recognition (NER) to aid in describing digital collections. Using the open source natural language processing software, spaCy, Higgs extracted personal names to a CSV file, with entities ranked by frequency, and included the top five to ten names in the Scope and Content section of the finding aid. She also tested a discovery tool, Open Semantic Desktop Search, to enable researchers to more easily browse through a digital collection using the reading room computer. She noted that while it offered faceted browsing as well as fuzzy and semantic search capabilities, the major drawback was the long indexing time for larger digital collections.
In the realm of web-archiving, Ilya Kreymer of Rhizome presented a demo of Webrecorder, a set of free and open source tools for creating and viewing web archives. Funded by two Mellon Foundation grants, Webrecorder is a browser-based application that focuses on capturing high-fidelity web archives. Unlike the more traditional web crawlers, Webrecorder is meant to be used as a more curated approach to web archiving—think quality over quantity. In his demo, Kreymer quickly and easily archived audio files from a SoundCloud library as well as the most recent Code4Lib conference hashtag posts on Twitter. One of Webrecorder’s most impressive features is its ability to emulate legacy browsers to record things like flash-based websites. Webrecorder has a lot going for it—it’s free and easy to use, with an attractive and intuitive interface. While Kreymer was quick to point out that they haven’t solved web-archiving, it was nonetheless exciting to see a concentrated effort towards refining it.
As a metadata librarian, I am probably a little biased here, but one of the most exciting talks of the conference was given by Dhanushka Samarakoon and Harish Maringanti of the University of Utah’s Marriott Library. Inspired by a story they heard on NPR about PoetiX, a sonnet-writing competition where judges are asked to determine if a sonnet was written by man or machine, Samarakoon and Maringati began to think about the implications of machine learning on metadata creation. Recognizing that metadata is typically where the bottleneck occurs in digital library workflows, they wanted to explore how machine learning technology might simplify descriptive metadata creation for historical image collections. To do this they created a model using data from Imagenet, a database of over 14 million images designed for use in visual object recognition software research; and over 470 photographs with high quality human-generated metadata from their own digital library collections. Once this data was introduced into a pre-trained neural network, they ran a collection of photographs through the system to see how well the model worked. It wasn’t perfect—for instance, a photo of a man standing next to a cow was described as “Mary Jane standing by a cow,” apparently due to the many people identified as “Mary Jane” in the original digital library dataset. However, it was exciting to see the possibilities of AI in image analysis and the implications this might have for future metadata automation.
Screen capture from Dhanushka Samarakoon and Harish Maringanti’s talk on machine learning based metadata generation.
At one point during the conference someone took a quick visual poll of how many first-time attendees were in the audience. There were a lot of us. But there were also a lot of Code4Lib veterans. During a lightning talk about the origin of the conference, Karen Coombs, Ryan Wick, and Roy Tennant recalled wanting to create a conference with a “no spectators” motto—where attendees had ample opportunities to engage, participate, and have their voices heard. Unlike most other library conferences, Code4Lib doesn’t have competing programming. Everyone gathers in one large room and attends the same talks and sessions. It was this model of inclusivity, equality, and innovation that I found most appealing about Code4Lib, and will no doubt draw me back in coming years.
For more information about the conference, including streaming video and slides, visit the Code4Lib 2019 website.
Nicole Shibata is the Metadata Librarian at California State University, Northridge.
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Version 1.0: An Application Profile for Web Archiving Metadata at the University of Virginia Library
May 1, 2018 May 1, 2018 bloggERS! Editors1 Comment
by Lauren Work and Jeremy Bartczak
This is the fifth post in the BloggERS Embedded Series.
Web Archiving Workflows
The Web Archiving Working Group at the University of Virginia Library focuses on building technical and administrative workflows, creating policy for everything from collection development to description, and developing education for web archives and their function at the university. This cross-departmental group includes an archivist, a digital preservation librarian, a digital projects coordinator, a curator, and a metadata librarian. While emphasizing our local Archives & Special Collections policies, we intentionally embedded non-archivists in our team to leverage different skill-sets and share distributed project responsibilities.
“The Web Archiving Working group in our natural habitat: the meeting room. And yes, those are fake windows with fancy curtains.” Creator: Lauren Work
Recently, we have been working to create a standards-based application profile for descriptive metadata that will allow us to build our web archiving program in a consistent and scalable way. This includes thinking carefully about how web archives description can become better embedded with other library and archives descriptive workflows, as well as thinking about future integrations of web archives metadata external to UVa (the Cobweb project is one example where we could eventually contribute standardized metadata about our web archives).
The Library uses the Archive-It subscription service as one of our main tools for web archiving, which describes preserved web content using the Dublin Core element set. While Dublin Core is a flexible and lean specification with wide implementation, the description of web resources is relatively new for libraries and archives. Standardizing metadata workflows in a way that is consistent with broader efforts in the community was challenging.
Environmental Survey & Community Best Practices
To meet the challenges of alignment and standardization, we began by conducting an environmental survey of those who have been working in this space before us (Columbia, Stanford, and the University of Albany are a few academic examples), and adapting and reviewing existing community best practices, tools, and myriad reports. We also consulted content standards such as DACS and RDA as well as the individual Dublin Core element definitions. Other valuable resources included the Digital Public Library of America Metadata Application Profile (DPLAMAP) and various published institutional guidelines.
The group developed expertise with metadata design for web archives by experimenting directly with the different approaches encountered in the environmental survey. We created test records using the University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Guidelines and also experimented with building our own element set by applying DACS and RDA against Dublin Core elements.
In May 2017 the OCLC Web Archiving Metadata Working Group published a draft data dictionary of 14 elements for describing web resources. This was an essential tool that provided us with conceptual alignment with our previously consulted resources in addition to some helpful crosswalks to Dublin Core, EAD, MARC, and MODS fields. The OCLC recommendations ultimately provided a more concrete roadmap for navigating these different approaches. In particular, the crosswalks detailed in the report and examples from existing descriptions and guidelines were critical for informing our own approaches and prioritizations.
Prioritizing the Element Set
At its core, our profile is based on mappings from OCLC’s 14 Data Dictionary elements to Dublin Core and EAD. From there we were able to prioritize fields by applying DACS requirements to data dictionary elements (see Table 1, “Mappings and Element Requirements from DACS” in University of Virginia Web Archiving Element Set Prioritization Version 1.0”). Note that since Archive-It uses a Dublin Core metadata editor, our element set is expressed in Dublin Core.
The results of this first attempt provided a lean element set with flexibility to incorporate web archive metadata into a DACS-compliant collection description such as a resource record in ArchivesSpace. However, we also wanted to be mindful of display in the Archive-It public portal, we needed guidance in determining what additional Dublin Core elements to prioritize, and we wanted to think broadly about existing profiles that might allow us to extend interoperability with external community efforts. The DPLAMAP was an excellent resource for helping us address these goals since it aggregates large amounts of library and archival metadata using properties that map closely to Dublin Core. Table 2, “Mapping and supplemental elements per DPLAMAP recommendations/requirements” illustrates the additional elements that we prioritized based on an analysis of the DPLAMAP.
The Application Profile and Next Steps
The complete first version of the University of Virginia Web Archiving Metadata Application Profile is available here and includes an element set, definitions, local guidelines, and further reference to related content standards when applicable. We look forward to implementing the profile as we ramp up web archiving workflows at UVa. We welcome feedback from the community on what we’ve come up with so far and have enabled comments on our shared Google Docs.
We’re also already thinking about several next steps, including increasing our ability to automate and extract information from WARCs to aid with processing and technical context, how to use APIs more regularly to scale and automate some of our work, conducting internal feedback and outreach sessions, and how our use of other web archiving tools like webrecorder.io might affect some of our metadata workflow.
Lauren Work
Lauren Work is the Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Virginia Library, where she is responsible for the implementation of digital preservation strategy, systems, and workflows.
Jeremy Bartczak
Jeremy Bartczak is Metadata Librarian at the University of Virginia Library where he works on metadata assessment, remediation, and strategic workflows for library collections.
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Managing Our Web-Based Content at the University of Minnesota
April 4, 2017 April 4, 2017 rlappelLeave a comment
By Valerie Collins
This is the fourth post in the bloggERS series #digitalarchivesfail: A Celebration of Failure.
The University of Minnesota Archives manages the web archiving program for the Twin Cities campus. We use Archive-It to capture the bulk of our online content, but as we have discovered, managing subsets of our web content and bringing it into our collections has its unique challenges and requires creative approaches. We increasingly face requests to provide a permanent, accessible home for files that would otherwise be difficult to locate in a large archived website. Some content, like newsletters, is created in HTML and is not well-suited for upload into the institutional repository (IR) we use to handle most of our digital content. Our success in managing web content that is created for the web (as opposed to uploaded and linked PDF files, for example) has been mixed.
In 2016, a department informed us that one of their web domains was going to be cleared of its current content and redirected. Since that website contained six years of University Relations press releases, available solely in HTML format, we were pretty keen on retrieving that content before it disappeared from the live web.
The department also wanted these releases saved, so they downloaded the contents of the website for us, converted each release into a PDF, and emailed them to us before that content was removed. Although we did have crawls of the press releases through Archive-It, we intended to use our institutional repository, the University Digital Conservancy (UDC), to preserve and provide access to the PDF files derived from the website.
So, when faced with the 2,920 files included in the transfer, labeled in no particularly helpful way, in non-chronological order, and with extraneous files included, I rolled up my sleeves and got to work. With the application of some helpful programs and a little more spreadsheet data entry than I would like to admit to, I ended up with some 2,000 articles renamed in chronological order. I grouped and combined the files by year, which was in keeping with the way we have previously provided access to press releases available in the UDC.
All that was left was to OCR and upload, right?
And everything screeched to a halt. Because of the way the files had been downloaded and converted, every page of every file contained renderable text from the original stylesheet hidden within an additional layer that prevented OCR’ing with our available tools, and we were unable to invest more time to find an acceptable solution.
Attempted extracted text
Thus, these news releases now sit in the UDC, six 1000 page documents that cannot be full-text searched but are, mercifully, in chronological order. The irony of having our born-digital materials return to the same limitations that plagued our analogue press releases, prior to the adoption of the UDC, has not been lost on us.
But this failure shines a light on the sometimes murky boundaries between archiving the web and managing web content in our archive. I have a website sitting on my desk, burned to a CD. The site is gone from the live web, and Archive-It never crawled it. We have a complete download of an intranet site sitting on our network drive–again, Archive-It never crawled that site. We handle increasing amounts of web content that never made it into Archive-It. But, using our IR to handle these documents is imperfect, too, and can require significant hands-on work when the content has to be stripped out of its original context (the website), and manipulated to meet the preservation requirements of that IR (file format, OCR).
Cross-pollination between our IR and our web archive is inevitable when they are both capturing the born-digital content of the University of Minnesota. Assisting departments with archiving their websites and web-based materials usually involves using a combination of the two, but raises questions of scalability. But even in our failure to bring those press releases all the way to the finish line, we were able to get pretty close using the tools we had available to us and were able to make the files available, and frankly, that’s an almost-success I can live with.
And, while we were running around with those press releases, another department posted a web-based multimedia annual report only to ask later whether it could be uploaded to the IR, with their previous annual reports. Onward!
Valerie Collins is a Digital Repositories & Records Archivist at the University of Minnesota Archives.
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DİNAMO MESKEN
VISUAL RESEARCHER / ARTIST:
EGE BERENSEL
SALT ULUS
JANUARY 27 – MARCH 21, 2015
Dinamo Mesken football team
Photo: Cemal Karadağ (1976)
SALT Ulus, Ankara
This exhibition traces the story of Ertuğrulgazi Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü [Ertuğrulgazi Youth and Sports Club], also known as Dinamo Mesken, the only club in the history of football in Turkey that was ordered to close because of its name.
Dinamo Mesken took its name from the Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kyiv, which became the Soviet Supreme League champion several times in the 1970s, and won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1975. Depending on interpretation, the club separated or combined politics and football to such an extent that it could bring together members of Dev-Genç [Revolutionary Youth, a Marxist-Leninist organization] and the Grey Wolves [the youth wing of the extreme-right Nationalist Movement Party]. After the September 12 military coup in 1980, the name Dinamo Mesken was described as a “clear attack on national values;” and the club was ordered to close. During this incident a number of the club’s administrators and players were detained, tortured, tried and sentenced.
Ege Berensel’s multi-screen video installation explores how this amateur club, and the social fabric of the area it was established in, were affected by the current conflicts playing out in Turkey. Beyond this, his research touches upon many of the long-lasting effects of the September 12 military intervention on social and urban structures, including the mass housing in the area of Mesken, the “leftist neighborhood” of 1960s Bursa, migrant families, neighborhood solidarity, the conflict between opposing ideologies on the football pitch, the relationship between politics and title deeds, and the introduction of apartments for security forces that were later built in the local area… Berensel also follows the residents of Mesken, who many years later came together to re-establish their club, developing a broad archival presentation on football.
Accompanying this video installation are two slide shows, one of photographs taken by Cemal Karadağ, the local photographer of the sports club who was murdered in 1980, and the other of found photos of amateur football clubs, many of which were shut down after the September 12 military coup.
The exhibition additionally features Biber Gazı Oley! [Pepper Gas Ole!] (2014), Berensel’s short video on the Gezi Resistance and football; Tribün ve Duhuliye [Stands and Basement Level] comprising Hikmet Ildız’s photographs taken in the late 1950s and early 60s; and Görülmüş Kütüphane [Approved Library], two found books, featuring the stamp of approval dated 1978 and 1982. The covers are of the books on football, but inside their sleeves are the banned books, Mahir Çayan: Bütün Yazılar [The Complete Works of Mahir Çayan, the leader of THKP, the People’s Liberation Party-Front of Turkey] and Lenin’s Paris Komünü Üzerine [On the Paris Commune].
Interviewer: Vedat Vermez
Second Camera & Sound: Cahit Sıtkı Çiltaş
Interviewees: Rıdvan Arı, Niyazi Aşır, Erkan Can, Kemal Gültekin, Hasan Gürses, İsmail Güzeltürk, Hüseyin Hürsoy, Ali Nihat İrkörücü, Hamit İzmirli, Ertuğrul Kançay, Raif Kaplanoğlu, Ahmet Karadaş, Avni Karadaş, Bülent Merey, Özcan Selamet, Ömer Severgün, Mehmet Şahin, Kamil Torun, Yüksel Turabik, Vedat Vermez, Tunçkanat Yeğin, Bülent Yıldız
Acknowledgments: Tanıl Bora, Soner Emanet, Fatih Pınar and Sibel Tekin with Bursa Hakimiyet Newspaper, Karataş Birahanesi, Mesken Kıraathanesi, Paşa Dayının Kahvehanesi, Videoccupy
The history of Dinamo Mesken
Ertuğrulgazi Gençlik ve Spor Kulübü [Ertuğrulgazi Youth and Sports Club] was founded in 1971, when the youth of the Mesken neighborhood decided to establish a sports club.
Dynamo Kyiv was a football club that gained success not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Europe, and they were drawn against Bursaspor in the third round of the European Cup Winner’s Cup in the 1974-75 football season, advancing with wins of 1-0 and 2-0. In the game in Bursa, the youth from Mesken, who filled the stands to watch this important team from the Soviet Union, openly supported Dynamo Kyiv. They were so impressed by the fast attack tempo of Dynamo Kyiv, that after that game, they began to chant the slogan “Dinamo Mesken” in the stands during the games of their own team Ertuğrulgazi. After that, the club was increasingly referred to by that name.
The political atmosphere of the country in the late 1970s and early 80s had a negative impact on Dinamo Mesken that had until then managed to survive thanks to the support of its fans. There were incidents at every away game; during a game with Karacabeyspor in 1976, the team’s players and supporters were booed with slogans of “Communists to Moscow!;” and the club headquarters were raided by police. Donations raised for the club within the knowledge and permission of the Police Directorate, was described as “extortion” after the September 12 coup; and some of the administrators and players of the club were tried and found guilty. The federal status of the club was annulled.
The club was reestablished as Ertuğrulgazi Meskenspor by a group of past managers, trainers and players in 2008, and is still active in Bursa Amateur League.
Ege Berensel (1968, Muğla)
Berensel is a media artist living in Ankara, Turkey. He is a member of Angela Melitopoulos and Maurizio Lazzarato’s Timescapes Group. His videos Mü/hür (1992) and Panoptikon (1994) have been awarded prizes at film festivals nationally and internationally. His video installation here (t) here (2004) was shown at the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin in 2005-2006, and later at the Fundació Antoni Tapies, Barcelona in 2007. The Hill Doesn’t Chant Anymore (2007) was presented in the 10th International Istanbul Biennial. Berensel has curated media art exhibitions, including: Meeting Europe: Turkey: 35 Years of Video Art (2009) in Strasbourg with Çelenk Bafra; Videfesta’10 International Festival of Media Arts (2010), Spaces of Memory (2010), Thieves Like Us (2011) and Neighbourhood X.0 (2012) in Ankara. He is the founder of the media activist collective Vitopya and Videfesta, a festival of media and digital arts.
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review, Les Miserables 2018 National Tour
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Les Miserables 2018 National Tour review
I’ve loved Les Miserables for thirty years, ever since a friend first introduced me to the original London cast album. I played it over and over, learn all the parts by heart. It touched my soul in a deep way, reaching every part of me and bring out every emotion. I’ve never gotten over it. I saw it in 1990 in San Francisco. I saw it in Seattle in the early 2000’s. I saw it this past July in Denver. I have the original London cast CD, the complete symphonic recording, the tenth anniversary concert album and DVD, the twenty-fifth anniversary concert DVD, and the 2012 movie DVD and CD. All I can say is that excepting only the original London cast, the one that first stole my heart, all the other pale next to the 2018 National Touring cast!
I could attend Les Miz every year and never get tired of it. When I first saw it live, at the finale when they sang, “Will you join in our crusade, who will be strong and stand with me?”, I was ready to get up and go, biting my tongue to keep from screaming out, “Me, Me, I’ll go, I’ll go!” Les Miz has affected me that way every time. I still cry. I still get chills at the finale. I still want to scream that I’ll go and want to jump up and join them at the barricades. So, I was thrilled when I heard it was coming to Denver this summer.
I invited my friend and her daughter, and we made an evening of it. We had dinner at the Limelight café in the theatre complex. We stopped at the customer service counter to pick up my braille program. We took our seats in the orchestra level, and I could barely contain my anticipation. I was not disappointed. I was in awe, blown away, stirred even more than ever before. When it was over, I only wished I could sit right back down and watch the whole thing again, and again, and again.
The cast. What can I say about this cast? How can I express how incredible they were? Nick Cartell was the most amazing Valjean I have ever heard. His passion and emotion, his way of singing softly, then belting, giving us the exact right sound for whatever he was singing. He wrang emotion out of me, emotion I thought Les Miz couldn’t reach anymore, because I thought every previous viewing or listening had gotten it all. When he sang “Bring Him Home”, I was spellbound, not even sure I breathed, during the whole thing! I have to admit, that particular song has never been a favorite of mine. Audiences usually love it and cheer it, but my attitude has so often been ho-hum, is it over. Until now. I was on the edge of my seat, listening for the slightest note, weeping as he cried out Valjean’s desperate plea. That song will never be ho-hum to me again. That’s just one example of all the ways he drew new feelings, new chills, new joy and grief from me.
Then there was Josh Davis, as Javert. I’ve always found Javert an interesting complex character, but in some ways, his big numbers have never really thrilled me. Josh Davis blew the roof off those feelings. Compelling and powerful, his performance made me feel things I’d never felt during the Javert scenes before. I felt sorry for this rigid man who could not understand mercy and forgiveness, and I cried at his suicide for all the depth of life this character missed.
The chemistry between those two characters, Valjean and Javert had me on the edge of my seat every time they were together in a scene. They clicked, for lack of a more flowery way to express it. Two powerful characters, played by two incredible performers. Their scenes sizzled and popped. I could believe in them, in their animosity, Javert’s quest and pursuit of Valjean; Valjean’s efforts always to outwit Javert; the eventual mercy of Valjean and the inability to accept of Javert.
Joshua Grosso as Marius was a pleasant surprise. I’ve never really liked any of the guys who’ve played Marius since Michael ball. Nobody else seemed to express the first innocence of and then the grief of this character. Nobody had the anguish to compete with Michael ball’s rendition of “Empty chairs at Empty tables”> I wasn’t expecting to feel any differently this time, but that was okay with me. I’d already been so engrossed in the other performances, if Marius wasn’t the best, I could live with it. Well, here was another person who took me to places I’d never been with this show, who made me feel that grief and pain all over again. I thought of the loved ones in my life who have died, and I wanted to cry out with Marius against the grief. It was just brilliant!
Jillian Butler played Cosette. This was another role that hasn’t thrilled me much since the original cast. I never thought anyone sounded great up on the high notes, or they didn’t blend well with whoever was playing Marius. But there she was, another one who took all my low expectations and blew them away. She was beautiful. My friend who had also seen Les Miz before said the same thing. She was the best Cosette I’d ever heard. She captured that sense of young love, of longing for more than what she had, but searching for something different. Her scenes with Marius made my heart ache from the beauty of their harmony. Another one who left me breathless.
Emily Bautista was a passionate, perfect Eponine. When she sang “On my Own” I just wanted to hug her and tell her it would be okay. She grabbed my heartstrings from the start and never let go. I could imagine her pain, how he’d had such a miserable life, and this one boy was the only person who had shown her kindness. Her death scene left me in tears.
Mary Kate Moore as Fantine. What can I say? I feel I’ve used every superlative there is. Fantine’s story has always broken my heart, and the same thing happened this time. She breathed new life into her scenes, causing me to feel all the sorrow again, aching for this girl who had been so mistreated by so many. Tears were pouring down my face as she sang “I dreamed a Dream”>
I really could go on and on. As I flip through my braille program, I could think of things to say about every scene, every character, every moment. The ensemble was fantastic; the orchestra was exceptional; all the parts together were beyond extraordinary. Just thinking about the experience, my heart is beating a little faster, my soul is aching a little more. I only wish there could be a cast album, but there’s never cast albums of national tours. I wish there could be a DVD, so I could play it over and over. I’d never get enough, and I’d share it with everyone I know.
For thirty years, Les Miserables has been my favorite musical, and this cast showed me again why I love it so much. They brought my love of this show to new heights. I salute them all for their hard work and their wonderful portrayals of these iconic characters, their beautiful takes on these great songs. How I wish I could see it again!
Oh yes, and if you’re wondering, at the end, during the finale, after I pulled myself together following Valjean’s death, when they sang, “will you join in our crusade, who will be strong and stand with me?” Yeah, I had to grasp the arms of my chair, hold myself back, bite my tone, in order to keep myself from jumping up and screaming, “I will, I will! I’ll join the crusade!”
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Mouse Music #12 – Meet the Robinsons
https://sideshowsoundtheatre.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/mouse-music-12-meet-the-robinsons.mp3Space travellers and treasured listeners of Mouse Music, welcome to a podcast celebrating the magic, music and history of the Walt Disney Company! The future has arrived in our 12th episode, as we discuss the computer-animated, sci-fi comedy film, Meet the Robinsons!
Joining Will & Wend for their high-flying adventure, as always, is Rachel & Todd! The team of podcasters head to the future to talk about the 2007 Walt Disney Animated Studios’, ‘Meet the Robinsons‘, scored by composer Danny Elfman and performed by the Hollywood Studio Symphony.
Up next, the crew pick up Chris, turn back the clock, raise the Swiss flag and build a treehouse in the Disney Music Archives. Chris brings us an earworm from Adventureland for today’s episode, ‘Swisskapolka‘ written by Buddy Baker. Taken from the 1960 American Adventure film, ‘Swiss Family Robinson‘, enjoy Chris & Wend’s premiere performance on vocals and organ of the lyrics written by Bob Jackman!
As Chris treats his mouse bite, Rachel and Todd return us to the future to finish the show In the Parks at spaceport seven-five, with Rachel’s favourite attraction, Space Mountain! After a speedy journey through the ride’s history, the team celebrate the Tomorrowland rollercoaster by sharing their memories and thoughts on all the ride’s iterations including it’s memorable techno score, composed by Michael Giacchino.
Did you enjoy Meet the Robinsons more than most? We’d love to hear your experiences on Space Mountain, as well as your memories of Swisskapolka! Feel free to contact us anytime at: sideshowsound@gmail.com Twitter: @sideshowsound Facebook: SideshowSoundTheatre Instagram: sideshowsound Pinterest: SideshowSound
2:17 – Meet the Robinsons
58:22 – Disney Music Archives – “Swisskapolka”
1:30:29 – In the Parks – Space Mountain
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Another Cell Bites the Dust
by Janie
Almost a century ago, Walther Goebl and Oswald Avery observed that Streptococcus pneumoniae cells lysed upon entering stationary phase, but the mechanism behind this autolysis remained elusive.
Figure 1. Transmission electron microscopy image of a lysing bacterium. Source
This challenge is precisely what a study by a team of researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of Sheffield, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute tackled. The study took a closer look at the role of peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolases in bacteriolysis. PG hydrolases, also known as autolysins, cleave bonds in peptidoglycan networks, providing bacteria with a means of cell wall remodeling required for growth and division. Their double-edged role in poking holes in the cell wall was of interest: PG hydrolases and their wall-cleaving activity could be essential to normal growth under one set of conditions, but lethal under another. Piecing together the mechanism of PG-hydrolase-mediated lysis is of particular interest, as PG hydrolases are also implicated in beta-lactam-induced lysis. Understanding exactly how antibiotics like penicillin subvert bacterial defenses, undermine the integrity of the cell wall, and ultimately cause lysis of pathogens would be valuable in advancing therapeutic developments.
Introducing LytA and TacL: an enzyme that wears two hats, and its inhibitor
The researchers began to unravel the role of PG hydrolases in autolysis. S. pneumoniae was the perfect microbe for the job, as the bacterium conveniently contains only one PG hydrolase, LytA, and is prone to autolysis after extended time in stationary phase.
Because LytA levels stay constant throughout growth, from exponential phase to stationary phase to autolysis, the team hypothesized that there must be an additional regulatory component that inhibits LytA during exponential growth. Such a regulator would be required for growth in cells with functional LytA but unnecessary in cells lacking LytA. They performed a Tn-seq screen for regulators of the PG hydrolase and found that the gene tacL was required for survival in wild-type S. pneumoniae but dispensable in ΔlytA strains. They confirmed these results by comparing growth curves for strains with tacL on and off, finding that cells lacking TacL underwent premature autolysis during exponential phase. Thus, TacL must exert inhibitory effects on LytA during exponential growth.
Figure 2. Diagram of Streptococcus pneumoniae cell envelope. The cell wall peptidoglycan (PG) (blue) contains Wall Teichoic Acid (WTA) polymers and the lipid bilayer contains Lipoteichoic Acid (LTA). The constituents of the repeating unit in LTAs and WTAs are indicated; Cho, choline; GlcNac, N-acetylglucosamine; Rbo, ribitol; ATTGal, 2-acetamido-4-amino-2,4,6-trideoxygalactose; Glc, glucose; Phos, phosphate. . Source
The next step was to figure out how exactly TacL reins in LytA’s cell-wall-cleaving activity. One possibility was that TacL could impede secretion of LytA during exponential growth. If this were true, then cells with and without TacL should both be equally sensitive to the exogenous addition of purified LytA. In alignment with the team’s prediction, the addition of LytA to ΔlytA cultures and to ΔlytA ΔtacL cultures in exponential growth resulted in rapid lysis of the latter cells. This showed that TacL protects cells from death-by-LytA at a point after LytA has already been exported to the cell surface.
Tipping the LTA-WTA scale
With two key enzymes in the books, the next step was to determine their relationship with potential cell envelope substrates. Lipoteichoic acids (LTAs), structural components of the lipid bilayer, and wall teichoic acids (WTAs), structural components of the cell wall, are suspected to be synthesized from the same undecaprenyl phosphate precursor in S. pneumoniae. A previous study found evidence that the membrane protein TacL attaches the teichoic acid bit of the precursor molecule to a glycolipid anchor, producing LTA (hence, TacL standing for techoic acid ligase).
The team first confirmed that TacL is required for LTA formation. They measured the levels of LTA and WTA in the following strains during exponential growth: WT, ΔlytA, ΔlytAΔtacL, and a double mutant with a Zn-inducible tacL allele, ΔlytAΔtacL+tacL. The results? When LTA levels were down, WTA levels were up, and vice versa. The ΔlytAΔtacL cells entirely lacking a source of TacL produced no LTA, but the amount of WTA detected in these same cells was significantly higher than that of any of the other three strains. This suggested that WTA and LTA synthesis are inversely related, additional evidence that they compete for the same undecaprenyl phosphate precursor.
So far, the team had elucidated that the absence of TacL during exponential growth causes the switch from LTA to WTA synthesis and triggers an autolysis pathway involving LytA. Because LytA has domains for cell wall cleaving amidase activity and for binding with teichoic acids, they guessed that LytA might localize to the cell wall in the absence of TacL, granting LytA more ready access to its WTA substrate to cause cell wall degradation and subsequent cell lysis.
This hypothesis was put to the test. The team tracked LytA localization patterns during three stages of growth—exponential growth, stationary growth, and late stationary phase when autolysis occurs—in both TacL+ and TacL- strains (in an inactivated LytA background, LytA(H26A), to avoid complications arising from autolysis). As anticipated, the TacL+ strain had more LTAs than WTAs during exponential growth, and the majority of the LytA(H26A) were still found in the membrane. But as the cells reached late stationary phase, LTA levels dropped while WTA levels soared, and LytA(H26A) was now localized to the cell wall, where it would be busy chewing away at the matrix for impending lysis.
It seemed likely that penicillin-induced autolysis would follow a similar pathway. Indeed, repeating the experiment with LytA(H26A) cells either exposed or not exposed to penicillin confirmed this guess, demonstrating the same switch in LTA to WTA synthesis and localization of LytA to the cell wall.
Figure 3. Transposon insertions in tacL were found much more frequently in cells lacking lytA. Source
Another enzyme behind the curtain
The rapid disappearance of LTAs observed in the last experiment was an object of intrigue: perhaps there was another actor in play, removing existing LTAs from the cell membrane. So, the team monitored the LTA levels of LytA- cells in the membrane versus supernatant and compared with that of LytA+ cells. At the start, LTAs were detected in the membrane. However, upon entry into late stationary phase or exposure to penicillin, LTAs were hardly detectable in the membrane. There was also more choline-containing material recovered from the supernatant, likely sourced from the LTAs. This suggested that LTAs are released from lysing cells, allowing LytA to direct its energies toward associating with WTAs to cleave the cell wall.
Figure 4. TModel for LytA regulation. During exponential growth, TacL-dependent LTA synthesis dominates over LCP-dependent production of WTA. LytA bound to the phosphocholine moeities (purple/black balls) on LTA is sequestered away from WTA preventing LytA from targeting the cell wall. Upon entry into stationary phase or exposure to cell wall targeting antibiotics (penicillin), TacL is degraded in an FtsH-dependent manner leading to a reduction in LTA synthesis and an increase in WTA levels. Association of LytA with newly synthesized WTA leads to cell wall cleavage and lysis. Source
The next part of the puzzle was to uncover how the LTA to WTA synthesis switch is initiated. Suspecting that TacL was the primary regulatory target, the team monitored the effect of tacL overexpression on autolysis induction. In both late-stationary-phase cultures and penicillin-treated cultures, tacL overexpression was found to prevent autolysis, which further suggested that a reduction in TacL levels does indeed cause the autolytic switch from LTA to WTA synthesis.
Upon FLAG-tagging TacL to track its levels in different stages of growth with and without penicillin exposure, the team found that TacL levels decreased with the start of autolysis only in the strain with functional LytA. The half-life of TacL-FLAG in ΔlytA dropped upon entering late stationary phase and exposure to penicillin, suggesting that TacL is degraded during autolysis. So, what protease is responsible for getting rid of TacL? A second Tn-seq screen pinpointed the gene ftsH. FtsH is an ATP-dependent zinc metallopeptidase that has already been shown to degrade membrane proteins in a different study, so it was reasonable to suspect that FtsH could be the TacL-degrading culprit.
Confirming their hunch, a comparison of levels of TacL-FLAG, LTA, and WTA in FtsH+ and FtsH- cells demonstrated that FtsH- cells displayed none of the usual signs of impending autolysis: no decrease in TacL-FLAG levels, no switch from LTA to WTA synthesis: zilch, unlike the FtsH+ cells.
The pathway resolved
So, LytA degrades the cell wall, TacL is the ligase that synthesizes LTAs, and FtsH degrades TacL. At last, the model for S. pneumoniae lysis comes together. In autolytic conditions, FtsH’s degradation of TacL decreases the levels of LTAs present (which is paired with an increase in WTAs). Without LTAs to bind and sequester LytA, LytA is now able to localize to the cell wall, where it can then associate with WTAs to ignite its cell-wall-cleaving activity. In this way, the cell wall is dismantled.
The next step is to zero in on what triggers FtsH-mediated degradation of TacL. This new understanding could prove to be a trump card in the perpetual quest to bring down the bacterial cell wall of pathogens.
Flores-Kim, J., Dobihal, G. S., Fenton, A., Rudner, D. Z., & Bernhardt, T. G. (2019). A switch in surface polymer biogenesis triggers growth-phase-dependent and antibiotic-induced bacteriolysis. eLife, 8, e44912. doi:10.7554/eLife.44912
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Military chief disputes "stand down" claim on Benghazi
By Larry Shaughnessy
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey told members of Congress on Wednesday that Army special forces in Tripoli were never told to "stand down" from rushing to Benghazi to help when the diplomatic mission there came under attack last year.
In doing so, he disputed the claims of Gregory Hicks, the former deputy chief of mission in Libya who testified last month before a House committee that a unit of four special forces troops was told to stand down rather than rush to Benghazi.
The September 11 attack killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Members of Congress, especially House Republicans, have aggressively sought answers from the military and the Obama administration about the response to the terror assault and why armed forces were not dispatched quickly to help.
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testified earlier this year that "unfortunately, there was no specific intelligence or indications of an imminent attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi. And frankly, without an adequate warning, there was not enough time given the speed of the attack for armed military assets to respond."
Under questioning from Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, Dempsey said the special forces contingent was not told to stand down but rather given a different mission.
"By the time they contacted the command center in Stuttgart (Germany), they were told the individuals in Benghazi were on their way back and that they would be better used at the Tripoli airport."
Dempsey said had the four troops flown to Benghazi at that time, the victims would have been on a plane flying to Tripoli.
"If they had gone, they would have simply passed each other in the air," he said.
Earlier, Dempsey was asked about whistleblower reports that commanders of the Libyan unit were not at their base in Stuttgart or even in Europe.
He responded to Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, that the commanders were in Europe, but they were on a training mission. That meant the response time was much longer than it might have been had they been in Germany, and a lot longer than the three to four hours that the whistleblower suggested.
"No, I would not agree to that time line," Dempsey said. "The travel time alone would have been more than that, and that's if they were sitting on the tarmac."
Dempsey was testifying at a hearing on the military budget.
Post by: CNN's Larry Shaughnessy
Filed under: Benghazi • Dempsey • Libya
there will always be terrorism from the mideast as long as they believe their jihad is righteous, the war is in a terrible state, for one the us military has been engaged in a ground war that will last 15 years before it is all said and done, disrupting the taliban in afghanistan is pointless as long as they have safe zones in pakistan where they can plan, train and execute operations from, and also i wonder how often our soldiers get ambushed vs getting to ambush, what exactly does disrupting enemy operations really mean, i read where us soldiers have to watch the taliban move about with their weapons tucked under their horses, the war is not beeing fought properly, we have the best soldiers on the planet but even crap can win when you fight with a blindfold over your eyes, the us military should never ever be engaged in a ground war that lasts for 15 years, when that happens something went wrong, then we have the nerve to destabalize every government and make more people hate us, at this point we need to bring the military home, increase the number of spec ops soldiers by threefold as they are the only ones needed at this point, protect the homeland, realize most muslim people are good and above all else seek peace....bin laden said that their jihad will continue as long as US involves itself in their lands, his demands are actually the key to victory, get off oil and the top spenders in the world can rid themselves of their troubles in the mideast, we need to make oil a thing of the past, reach out to space and grab propelants from other planets
the cheney administration really left us up the creek if you know what i mean, shinseki was retired by rumsfeld for going against his (mr politicians) war plan, the top general in the military told rumsfeld iraq would be a thirty day war followed by a bloody civil war that would make peace impossible, thankfully we have one of america's best presidents ever in office, one who understands how to get things done and win the peace,
i tell you what though, you blow a few of those taliban soldiers away while they walk over the border with their weapons hidden that bs will stop real quick, they will start to travel locked and loaded
June 17, 2013 at 6:22 pm |
Suzyqpie
Next should be Pigford investigation.
HelloUSA
Wake UP...The date was S E P T E M B E R 11th!!! Right...right...right???
In my opinion, if the military of the United State of America was not poised, ready for ANYTHING on the anniversary of the MOST horrific terrorist attack in the history of the WORLD..... well then we have another scandal…don't we! Terrorist target anniversaries!!
We should have been ready on September 11, 2012 to save those men and we weren't. We did NOTHING ...get it nothing… and the president flew to Vegas the next day. If that isn't wrong I don't what is. If it was your son that died and the Commander and Chief acted like nothing happened how would you feel????????? What did he say to himself..."Oh well...let's just move on and campaign…where is my speech"…?
Planes passing in the air... really! Tripoli is not more than 45 minutes away from Benghazi. The US troops, through out the the world, should have been ready for an attack, not on a training mission!!! In my opinion this is a cover up and Rice was sent out to get in front of the scandal and blanket the media with a smoke screen.
The operative word in Rice's message was S P O N T A N E O U S! In my opinion there was actually nothing spontaneous about this attack and there was TIME to react. The smoke screen had to have the word spontaneous! A story had to be fabricated to make it look like it was a spontaneous attack, because not to TRY to save lives, when there was TIME, is a dereliction of duty. Our Commander in Chief did nothing!
We have been asking President Obama for more than 8 months now, where he was and what did he do on the night of the attack. We still don't have any answers directly from him. I wonder why. We were told this was irrelevant. Mmmmm in my opinion this is wrong. What do your instincts tell you?
WHERE WERE YOU 9 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE NEWS REPORTED OUR GOV. AND OTHER MILITARY FOLKS SAID
ALL WERE TOLD TO STAND DOWN. ARE ALL OUR GENERALS AND AGENCIES OWNED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION.
GOD HELP US WHEN WE HAVE NO REAL AMERICANS AT THE HELM TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND SPEAK OUT
FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE AMERICA I SERVED SO LONG AGO. WE HAVE GUTS ON THE GROUND ALL OVER THIS WORLD, WHAT HAPPENED -SEEMS THE ONLY ONES WITH BALLS ARE ON THE GROUND AND ALL THE LEADERS ARE SAYING YES SIR TO AN IDIOT SAUVANT.
Floyd from Illinois
Benghazi is proving out to be a witch hunt and is losing steam, the IRS *scandal* is not only dead but proving Issa to be a grandstanding liar, and even Cons are backing away from their 'NSA illegal surveillance' troll.
What's next? We ALL know that the Cons will come up with something else to be faux-outraged over. It's all they've got.
Mike in Wa
Reminds me of democrats when Bush was in office. Why aren't you all still out protesting unmanned drone strikes like you did when Bush was in office? These secret courts that Obama is using for these wire taps are the same ones that Bush used.
It's so blantantly obvious there was/is a coverup. Any idiot can see it.
Is it stil lthe video's fault?
Ken Margo
Sorry mr republican. No coverup. I bet you couldn't name the three other men that died besides Amb. Stevens. Because you really don't care. Did you know during the Bush prez. Their were about 10 or 11 attacks on our consulates and embassies that resulted in several deaths? No you you didn't know because you didn't care. If you "care" so much about these deaths, what about those that died in Iraq? Almost 5,000 gave their life for a war that the "WHITE GUY" started that never should have happened. Stop fooling yourself, stop watching fox news and pull your head out your AZZ.
So true! It is a shame that people only focus on the flashy news. And those who watch fox for "news" are fooling themselves. It is NOT a news organization, they openly admit that. The republicans are openly trying to make this administration fail, its their goal. And it is tearing this country apart.
June 16, 2013 at 3:37 am |
Maurine Wheatley
you are so so right in all ways that are good.
Richard Right
Weren't told to stand down but told to receive survivors in Tripoli. It's the same thing. Embassy personnel could have received survivors at Tripoli and they likely would have had help from Libyan govt. Remember the 'President' of Libya was not anti-American, he in fact told U.S. the attackers were terrorists. No the decision to have Special Forces receive survivors was meant as a plausible excuse for not sending troops to Benghazi, somebody said, 'Let's not make this any worse" and the ambassador and others were given up to get re-elected
Robert Wrong
IDIOT – he said THEY WOULD HAVE PASSED EACH OTHER IN THE AIR. Such morons like you – just completely ignore the facts, and make up your own conspiracy theories. Doesn't make it true.
Wake UP...The date was S E P T E M B E R 11th!!! Right...right...right!!
In my opinion, if the military of the United State of America was not poised, ready for ANYTHING on the anniversary of the MOST horrific terrorist attack in the history of the WORLD..... well then we have another scandal don't we! Terrorist target anniversaries!! We should have been ready on September 11, 2012 to save those men and we weren't. We did NOTHING ...get it nothing and the president flew to Vegas the next day. If that isn't wrong I don't what is. If it was your son that died and the Commander and Chief acted like nothing happened how would you feel????????? What did he say to himself..."Oh well...let's just move on and campaign"...? Planes passing in the air... really. Tripoli is not more than 45 minutes away from Benghazi. The troops should have been ready for an attack, not on a training mission!!! In my opinion this is a cover up and Rice was sent out to get in front of the scandal and blanket the media with a smoke screen.
@Mr. Thinks he's right..........Your guy lost. Please get over it. Why don't you go back to the birther nonsense. That worked out well for ya!
Really ... you think this is about who won the election?? In my opinion this is about the wrongful deaths of 4 Americans. Can you name ONE instance in the past where the United States of America has turned it's back on it's own people?
Go ahead CNN keep deleting me because I've got your number about your trolling ..Just do your moderating and stay off these sites!!
BrianMemphis
The left has lost their mind. Reading the comments they will completely unconsolable next year when the Senate slips from their fingers. They would rather believe in a man and defend the undefendable than actually admit he and his staff might have screwed up. Lost souls one and all.
Weapons of mass destruction ring a bell? if you care so much about americans dying pointlessly, please fight this hard to arrest those that brought american to war and hundreds of thousands to death over a falsehood.
For the last time! It was not an attack. The incident was just protestors that were upset about the YouTube film! Until you Republitards and Teabillies get it through your thick heads, you will lose!
Biden 2016!
This is sarcasm, right. You're not really this stupid, are you?
orrball
maybe the question should of been were you ask to go in to help
Having been in the Marines and being action-oriented doesn't mean you know more than Dempsey. You were not in charge, and just because everything doesn't work out to serve the Gung-Ho training tradition,that's life. We lose battles in every war. Sometimes we accidentally kill our own troops. In WWII, we killed more than 300 of our own troops in a big battle with Germans due to B-17 navigational errors. Sometimes things just don't work out like John Wayne movies. If we had the ability to see the future, we'd never lose. Hindsight is a great commander, especially if you're working from foregone conclusions created by unproven charges from partisan politicians.
The truth will come out eventually. Its like pulling teeth! More than likely after the next campaign. Just have to keep on being a mushroom
Got cut off in mid typing and it just posted, outa here.
Portland tony
90% of the critics haven't got the faintest idea of where Benghazi is.....the logistics involved in getting there and the fact in was never a US consulate, but a CIA outpost......that the State Dept. had no operational or administrative control over! Get over it! It was a tragic event...so was a blown up marine barracks!
"It was a tragic event". Once we all find out the specifics of the "event" we may be able to determine why these Americans were left for dead with no response whatsoever. Was a call made to just let these people die? If yes, when was that call made? Fighting went on for 8 hours, but in those 8 hours there was no response? Therefore, the only conclusion we can make about the people who should have sent troops to help these Americans is they decided no matter how long this battle would last these Americans were going to die. The problem for the people who NEVER MADE ANY TYPE OF RESCUE CALL FOR THESE AMERICANS IS THE FACT THAT THEY NEVER MADE THE CALL TO GO!!! Not the first hour, or the 2nd or the 3rd, not even after 7 hours?
We have allies and sympathizers among many of the Libyan freedom fighters. Ambassador Stevens had many friends in the Benghazi area. If brute force could have saved American lives.....they would be alive today. There are many Libyan tribes that are on our side.....unfortunately they don't reside in Benghazi.
@Juan...................Benghazi is not Disney world! It's called a hot spot for a reason. The men their knew that when they took the job. This isn't the first time someone has died in war and it wont be the last!
Deserttrek
just as the military in the ussr was a political organ, the US military is now a political arm of barry boy obummer. they can no longer be trusted.
Gary in Maine
Why do you and your fellow Texans sucede already. Jut go... Please just go....go away.
This entire issue is a GOp/Tea Nut witch hunt. A movie trailer for the upcomming 2016 presidential elections. Providing themselves more garbage to throw tomorrow, waisting time today so no real work can happen. This entire stunt is to tarnish the reputation of Mr. Obama and Mrs Clinton....nothing more.
another left wing smrear artist who believes the murderous traitors barry the boy obama and shrillary.
The dems are the ones who needed the "movie"...
Answer this. These Americans were left for dead. Why didn't the US send anyone in to help these people?
I guess you're just too stupid to understand – over and over and over and over – its been explained. They weren't left for dead. They were dead long before anyone could have been flown in to help.
End of story, but the Reich Wing will just ignore the truth and keep howling their lies, because the people who listen to them are too stupid to care about the truth.
"End of story"? Only for the people who died. True Americans know differently.
StanCalif
Why is it that no one wants to blame Amb. Stevens for remaining in Benghazi when he felt threatened? Stevens should have returned to Tripoli instead of remaining in Benghazi. He did not! Why is this poor lack of judgement now someone else's fault? Stevens screwed up! Plain and simple!
It has never been made public why Amb. Stevens was in Benghazi. Some covert operation being planned? Why did he not leave and return to Tripoli if he felt so threatened? Stevens was involved in something much bigger! He made a big mistake, now everyone wants to blame his poor judgement on someone else! Typical!
All you people that think that Benghazi was a major mess up by all Departments including Obama who needed his milk and cookie's before he went to bed while people died keep drinking that wonderful kool aid the government is giving you. No man left behind is the code we live by !!!!!!!
June 13, 2013 at 12:22 pm |
At the time of the attack, Ambassador Stevens was reportedly enroute to a meeting with an old acquaintance in Benghazi he had befriended during the revolution. This meeting was probably both social and political in nature?
@StanCalif,Am.Stevens had been called twice by Gen.Curtis Ham and asked if they wanted additional security at Benghazi because of Kadafis overthrow and the anniversary of 9/11 coming up and Stevens said NO!!!CIA,others said to Stevens its wise to vacate the Benghazi consolate and come back to the more fortified embassy at Tripoli over 400 miles away and again Stevens said NO!!Don't blame SOS Hillary Clinton and Pres.Obama because of Stevens apparent complacency,incompetence that led to his and his collegues deaths..He knew the region living there for years and knew the dangers of the unstable region as well as the people there..He as a government employee should of obeyed the calls and returned to Tripoli and this Benghazi incident would of never happened!!Case closed Issa!!
SWEJ
This is what happens when the CIA is involved instead of the Marines.
Dempsey is just a lap dog.
Dempsey I am glad this man has our back he sits and waits for some one give him orders to save them. what a leader!
Free Man in the Republic of Texas
WE are GOVERNMENT
WE would NEVER EVER sick The IRS on our political enemies
We would NEVER EVER run guns to Mexico
WE would NEVER EVER spy on your cell calls & emails
WE would NEVER EVER lie to a judge to get a warrant on a reporter
Let's ALL sing Hymn # 3
What a friend WE have in the IRS
@Free man from Texas,haven't your state suceded already!!You and Perry get lost!!
jboh
More pathetic TEA trash talk. Get info from someplace other than pill-popper Rush, Brietbarf, and cluster fox. You might actually learn some facts. By the way, pay for your Texas created mess in West Texas fertilizer plant explosion. Intelligent govts forbid building plants using explosive chemicals near schools, hospitals, and nursing homes. Enjoy your unregulated business environment. Just be sure to stock plenty of burn ointment, and ear plugs.
USMC1371
Given a different mission? ???? More important then trying to save 4 American lives????
Someone needs to answer for this.....
Right after your mother answers for raising a piece of trash like you.
MarineRaider
Uncalled for Bob......Clearly by this man's screen name he is either in or has been in the USMC like myself. We put ourselves on the front line so feeble minded worms like yourself can enjoy what little freedoms you have left under this administration. IF you can find no respect for our honorable men and women of service then may I suggest you keep your trap shut.
Bob, people like you who work for our governmnet – you know oppressive, harsh people who follow blindly, are the problem.
BTW, I work for the government and I am here to help people like you. My SS team will be there shortly. No need to provide an address, we know where you live.
JerzeyGeorge
I do not believe the Ambassador could have been saved. And again maybe not Smith either. But the loss of the Doherty and Woods is inexcusable.
Apparently, you have the same opinion as Obama. The difference is, Obama had this opinion when these Americans were still alive.
How about the TEA/GOP that cut funding for security?
Norma Vessels
Marlene .. they did save a lot of the people that were in that compound. They did what they could under very bad conditions. No one is talking about the lives that WERE saved. Why is that?
Marlene Crumley
I, for one, don't believe a word "General" Dempsey says.
Any attempt to save four Americans in harm's way would be better than no attempt at all. Coward!
But they were already dead. Don't you get that?
The battle lasted 8 hours.
Your opinion has as much value as a f@rt in a whirlwind.
And having read your opinions the conclusion that your an idiot is a quick and easy one.
Quit talking about yourself and TEA buddies.
Issa should be impeached for abuse of power.
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Twenty One Pilots – The Bandito Tour
Bandito Tour, concert accessibility, Twenty One Pilots
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Twenty One Pilots is vocalist, bassist, ukulelist, and pianist Tyler Joseph and drummer Josh Dun. Two musicians that put on a fantastic show that captures audiences all around the globe.
Their most recent tour, The Bandito Tour, in support of their new album Trench, has already planned multiple legs spanning across almost every continent. Our team attended both the Portland and Tacoma show of leg 1 and will be attending one show of leg 2. We highly suggest being seated for this tour if you have any sensory difficulties, as the GA crowd is very active up front. However, the back of the GA always had lots of room to move, which is a fantastic choice for those with GA tickets that have tactile sensitivities and don’t care as much about sightlines. If you do want to experience GA from the front, be prepared to camp outside several days in advance, and experience a lot of intense pushing and jumping near the barricade. The fans are super excited to be there and carry you right along with their love for this band.
The Bandito Tour features opening acts Max Frost and Awolnation. Max Frost, an eclectic pop one-man show started off the night showcasing his talents on guitar, drums and piano. His upbeat music is almost impossible not to dance to. The standing pit started bopping to the beat as those in the seats stood up. Frost encouraged waving arms and some bouncing, but otherwise it was a very relaxed thirty minutes.
Max Frost playing a guitar solo
In between Max Frost and Awolnation, the standing pit began to shift forward as more and more people tried to get closer to the stage. Pushing could be experienced from all directions. When this begins to happen, we suggest trying to be constantly in check with yourself. You will experience tactile pressure from all sides, and it will be very hot in the pit.
Awolnation began thirty minutes after Max Frost’s set ended. The band entered the stage and immediately the back wall of the stage lit up and began flashing. These were the most intense lights. Awolnation’s music is mostly upbeat and has pop, heavy rock and electro elements. The standing pit jumped and danced during the most energetic songs, with encouragement from the frontman. During the slower songs, the frontman told the standing floor to all put their arms around each other and sway back and forth. This was a calm moment that lasted about two minutes. You can expect people’s arms on you and you will be moved lightly back and forth. If the bright flashing lights are bothersome, we recommend wearing sunglasses during the energetic songs.
After their set ended, the crowd anxiously waited another 30 minutes for the main act to come on. A curtain is put up about 15 minutes in, which causes cheering and screaming in excitement. While waiting, you can expect some pushing, cheering, and rumbling from the seats.
At around 5 minutes after the start time, the curtain drops and the drummer emerges with a torch and walks around the stage. This causes a big push forward, so mentally prepare yourself for that. After the initial rush of excitement is over, the first song begins to play.
The show opens with Jumpsuit, a rock-infused song that makes the crowd jump to the beat almost immediately. The lights are placed on the top and sides of the stage, as the back wall has become a huge screen. The bridge of the song is a soft piano section that causes the pit to calm down for a minute, but it quickly picks up again.
Tyler Joseph singing My Blood
The show goes on with almost every song having at least waving/pulsing arms. If you’re close to the front, the right side and center of the crowd tends to be more energetic than the left side, so aim for the left side for a calmer experience.
Frontman Tyler Joseph encourages jumping for several songs including Lane Boy, Pet Cheetah, Car Radio, and Trees. During Lane Boy, he asks the pit to get “down low” before jumping up as the beat drops, and it is arguably the craziest moment of the show. If you don’t want to experience this, we recommend trying to make your way away from the front and center.
During the song Holding On To You, Joseph goes out into the crowd, right-center, for the first verse. This causes lots of pushing towards him. We recommend mentally preparing for this ahead of time, and when the push happens going with the crowd. Once Joseph gets back on stage, the pit will calm down and loosen up. The same thing happens with a drum platform and the drummer Josh Dun during Morph, left-center.
At the end of the finale Trees, both members of the band stand on platforms placed on the audience and hit drums held up by the audience. There is lots of confetti, water coming off the drums, and lots of pushing. There is also jumping during earlier choruses. We recommend trying to get away from the front if you do not want to experience as much pushing.
Overall, Twenty One Pilots put on a wonderful, engaging show that had the entire audience cheering, singing, crying, and laughing. Although it is difficult to be in the pit, the show is aesthetically beautiful from the seats and really anywhere in the stadium. Every spot is a good spot for this amazing experience.
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‘Titans’ Is Expected To Run For At Least Three Seasons
Posted October 4th, 2018 by Jax Motes
DC Universe has already renewed its first original drama, ‘Titans’ for a second season, before it has even premiered…well, for the most part. A screening of the pilot was held on Wednesday at New York Comic Con, but the show doesn’t premiere for everyone else until October 12. But considering that ‘Titans’ has already spawned a spin-off, ‘Doom Patrol’, it’s not surprising that DC Universe wants more. And now it seems that there is hope that the show will go on past a second season.
Executive producer Akiva Goldsman said:
“In early days we kind of grossly discussed the first three season just in very large blocks and obviously with serialized television what’s great these days is you can do set ups and pay offs at least within the season and there are also some that we hope will be able to pay off next season.”
Being offered on a direct-to-consumer streaming service allows the creators more freedom to go to places that, for instance, The CW DC shows can’t. (As in “F*** Batman.”) It also grants the creators a lot more room to tell more stories as executive producer Geoff Johns states:
“It was an opportunity do less of a conventional procedural show and more of a 12-hour movie. We could focus in more on character and push the envelope, in terms of content.”
‘Titans’ stars Brenton Thwaites as Dick Grayson/Robin, Teagan Croft as Rachel Roth/Raven, Anna Diop as Koriand’r/Starfire and Ryan Potter as Garfield Logan/Beast Boy. Alan Ritchson (Hank Hall/Hawk), Minka Kelly (Dawn Granger/Dove), Lindsey Gort (Amy Rohrbach), Seamus Dever (probably Trigon) and Bruno Bichir (Niles Caulder/The Chief) have recurring roles. Curran Walters will appear as Jason Todd, the second Robin, as will Conor Leslie as Donna Troy/Wonder Girl.
‘Titans’ will be the first original program on DC Universe, to be followed by the previously mentioned ‘Doom Patrol’, ‘Swamp Thing’, ‘Stargirl’ and possibly the recently announced ‘Batgirl’, plus animated series ‘Young Justice: Outsiders’ and ‘Harley Quinn’.
Source: ComicBook.com
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Scioly.org Forums Archives 2018 2018 Invitationals
2018 Princeton University Invitational
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Post by jiao_william » August 9th, 2017, 9:08 am
We are excited to announce that the second annual Princeton University Science Olympiad Invitational will be on Saturday, February 10th, 2018! Registration opens at 12:30 PM ET on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, with further updates posted later in the month. All information can be found at scioly.princeton.edu.
Our registration policy this year has changed in several ways. We have expanded the team quota from 36 to 48. As before, registration is on a first-come first-serve basis. Subsequent teams to register will receive a spot on the waitlist in chronological order. Due to the amount of interest in our tournament, only the first twelve schools to register requesting two teams will receive two slots for the tournament. Subsequent schools to register will only receive one slot for the tournament. In addition, we are waiving the participation fee for all teams this year. We believe that Science Olympiad tournaments should be financially accessible to all, and we hope that waiving the participation fee will allow teams to attend more invitational tournaments across the country. Progress is also underway for obtaining steeper hotel/lodging discounts near Princeton University’s campus.
Key features of this year’s tournament include:
- All 23 Division C national events will be run in accordance to the official event rules, and on the national tournament schedule.
- Tests will be written by experienced alumni at Princeton and all events will be reviewed and revised by our executive board for quality.
- Coaches will not be required to write tests or volunteer in any capacity.
- Tests and solutions with raw score statistics will be made available to competing teams following the tournament.
We are pleased to announce that William Jiao (2020), from West Windsor-Plainsboro HS South, and Shirley Zhang (2020), from Fayetteville-Manlius HS, will direct the 2018 tournament. David and Edison have moved to advisory roles on the planning team and will continue to guide the team in its second year.
We hope to see you all on Princeton’s beautiful campus in February! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email us at scioly@princeton.edu.
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Re: 2018 Princeton University Invitational
Post by fanjiatian » September 16th, 2017, 7:00 pm
Registration is in less than three days, get hyped! The form will open promptly on our website at 12:30 PM ET on Tuesday, September 19.
Post by Raleway » September 16th, 2017, 7:12 pm
Hype is here. Choo choo!
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Post by fanjiatian » September 19th, 2017, 9:47 am
Register now if you haven't! Registration is almost full after the first 15 minutes (5 more slots).
Post by jiao_william » September 19th, 2017, 4:31 pm
Registration filled up in 3 hours today! If you are still interested in attending the invitational, please sign up through the same link on our website registration page and you will be added to the waitlist. Information such as required waivers, team rosters, day-of logistics, etc., will be sent in the following months. Thanks for registering for our tournament, and we look forward to welcoming you all to campus in February!
Below is the list of attending schools:
Abington Heights High School (PA)
Atholton High School (MD)
Bayard Rustin High School (PA)
Boca Raton Community High School (FL)
Centennial High School (MD)
Charter School of Wilmington (DE)
Cherry Hill High School East (NJ)
Conestoga High School (PA)
East Brunswick High School (NJ)
Garnet Valley High School (PA)
Great Neck South High School (NY)
Islip High School (NY)
John P. Stevens High School (NJ)
Lawrence High School (NJ)
Lewis S. Mills High School (CT)
Livingston High School (NJ)
Lower Merion High School (PA)
Marriotts Ridge High School (MD)
Mentor High School (OH)
Montgomery High School (NJ)
North Penn High School (PA)
North Pocono High School (PA)
Penncrest High School (PA)
Reservoir High School (MD)
Roslyn High School (NY)
South Brunswick High School (NJ)
Staples High School (CT)
Sun Valley High School (PA)
The Bronx High School of Science (NY)
Upper Dublin High School (PA)
Wallenpaupack Area High School (PA)
Walter Johnson High School (MD)
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North (NJ)
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South (NJ)
William G. Enloe High School (NC)
WT Woodson High School (VA)
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Post by bernard » September 19th, 2017, 8:49 pm
Any users here attending? The tournament appears to be mostly northeast teams with some representation slightly west and south.
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You'll be there, right, bernard?
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SubTopic Security policies
Speculation about John Thompson joining Obama administration running rampant
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Within an hour of the announcement yesterday that John Thompson plans to retire as Symantec CEO next April, speculation on Thompson’s next move began in earnest. After 10 years at the reins of Symantec, Thompson, 59, is still young enough to take on another challenge if he so chooses. But he’s also wealthy enough that he never needs to work another day in his life. As he told the San Jose Mercury News in an interview yesterday, “The only thing I have in mind is a chaise lounge on the beach, and a mai tai. My personal aspirations are just to relax and spend more time with my family.”
That may be so, but plenty of other people believe that Thompson may be preparing himself for a role in Barack Obama’s administration. Thompson was a vocal supporter of Obama’s during the campaign and Obama has said that he plans to create a national CTO position once he’s in office. Sources close to me say that could be a nice fit for Thompson. In addition to his experience running Symantec and growing it from a consumer AV company to a massive enterprise security and data storage firm, Thompson spent a large chunk of his career at IBM, where he learned the Big Blue management style which has served generations of executives well. He also knows his way around Washington fairly well, having served on the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee during President Bush’s first term.
But the real question is, what’s the upside for Thompson? The national CTO job could be a good platform from which he could have a real effect on the way technology is used in this country. Thompson has plenty of allies in Silicon Valley and the wider business world and he’d be able to open some doors and potentially change what so far has been a sad record on information security inside the Beltway. But the downside is just as big. Plenty of former CEOs and executives have gone to Washington thinking they’d shake things up and make the government work for them, and it just doesn’t happen. The federal government is a unique animal that does not respond well to outsiders with their fancy “real-world experience” and “track records.” It can be a maddeningly illogical environment for a seasoned executive to work in.
But then again, Thompson has shown a willingness in the past to do the unexpected (see: Veritas acquisition), so maybe he has one more trick up his sleeve. He’s supposed to be staying at Symantec until April, and Obama would probably like to have his cabinet and senior advisers in place before that, so we’ll just have to see what the next couple of months bring.
Mark - 16 Dec 2008 8:29 AM
Oh great. Now we will have expensive, complicated, out-sourced technology that will work half the time depending on what day it is and what color shirt you are wearing. Symantec is a daily constant headache. Just what we need in Washington.
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SubTopic Data breaches
FBI warns of memory-scraping malware in wake of Target breach
According to Reuters, the FBI has warned retailers that it's found about 20 other Target-like attacks involving memory-parsing point-of-sale malware.
Brandan Blevins, News Writer
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation last week provided select retailers with a confidential, three-page document warning them to expect more cyberattacks like those that recently hit Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus, according to a report by Reuters.
In its warning titled, "Recent Cyber Intrusion Events Directed Toward Retail Firms", the FBI said in the past year it has uncovered around 20 cases of cyberattacks against retailers year that utilized similar methods to those uncovered in the Target incident. The agency pointed to "memory-parsing" malware, more commonly referred to as RAM scrapers or memory-scraping malware, as the source of the infections on point-of sale (POS) systems. RAM-scraper software scans memory in search of track data from payment cards that may be unencrypted.
"We believe POS malware crime will continue to grow over the near term, despite law enforcement and security firms' actions to mitigate it," said the FBI in the report, seen by Reuters. "The accessibility of the malware on underground forums, the affordability of the software and the huge potential profits to be made from retail POS systems in the United States make this type of financially motivated cyber crime attractive to a wide range of actors."
The FBI pointed to Alina, a variant of POS malware, as an example of the increasingly sophisticated threats targeting retailers' aged and often inadequately secured point-of-sale systems. Alina enables attackers to perform remote upgrades, which reportedly makes identifying and removing it more difficult for IT security teams.
The FBI's warning comes after Minneapolis, Minn.-based Target admitted in December that criminals had stolen information on approximately 40 million credit and debit card numbers, immediately making it one of the largest data breaches in retail history. Through its investigation of the breach, the company later divulged that up to 70 million customers' personal data, including email addresses and phone numbers, had also been compromised in the same attack, though Target never clarified the possible overlap between the two sets of data.
Dallas-based luxury retailer Neiman Marcus admitted this month that about 1.1 million payment cards had been compromised at its stores from July 16 to October 30 of last year. In a letter to U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D – CT), Neiman Marcus CIO Michael R. Kingston said that 2,400 cards stolen as part of the breach had been used so far and described the malware that infected the company's point-of-sale systems as "complex".
On Feb. 4, the commerce, manufacturing and trade subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives committee on energy and commerce will hold hearings on data breaches and their effect on consumers. Target is expected to testify about its own breach.
"By examining these recent breaches and their consequences on consumers, we hope to gain a better understanding of the nature of these crimes and what steps can be taken to further protect information and limit cyber threats," said House subcommittee chairman Lee Terry (R – NE).
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Jeff Cutler - 15 Jan 2015 9:45 AM
Have you been in a Target or Wal-Mart or other large box store lately? I'm surprised they aren't compromised constantly. Or maybe they are and we're just not hearing about it. This stuff will continue until standards - higher standards - are set making security from register to Website a priority.
ToddN2000 - 16 Jan 2015 10:40 AM
I tend to use cash when ever possible. As for the self check-out aisles, I won't use them with a credit or debit card. You never know if someone may be skimming your card data.. Until we change the way electronic payments are processed , we should all be a little more cautious.
Veretax - 29 Sep 2015 11:28 PM
Man, this article makes it sound pretty bad. I bet even if they could fix it it would take time to build and replace the vulnerable devices which is likely capital intensive to boot. Get ready to pay more at Walmart and Target for security, i think.
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A LETTER FROM MARC WHITTEN: DISCONTINUATION OF XBOX LIVE FOR ORIGINAL XBOX GAMES
Dear Xbox LIVE Members,
On April 15 we will discontinue the Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox v1 games playable on Xbox 360 and Xbox Originals. I want to start by saying this isn’t a decision we made lightly, but after careful consideration, it is clear this will provide the greatest benefit to the Xbox LIVE community.Seven years ago we laid out our vision for the connected console when we launched Xbox LIVE. We believed then that the power of the Internet to connect people would revolutionize living room entertainment. It started with amazing multiplayer games, and we’ve since seen that bet pay off again and again with the launches of Xbox 360, Marketplace, Netflix and powerful social features like Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. None of this would have been possible without the success of LIVE as a multiplayer gaming network.
There’s no greater example of the power of the Xbox LIVE community than the “Halo” franchise. “Halo 2” has had an amazing run on LIVE, with a dedicated community more than five years after launch and well into the next generation of consoles. It has fundamentally changed the way we play video games. And while it’s difficult to see that run come to an end, the “Halo” franchise continues to act as the benchmark for multiplayer gaming in this generation, with “Halo 3,” “Halo 3: ODST” and soon “Halo: Reach” on Xbox 360.
Your Xbox LIVE community has grown to 23 million strong. And as we look down the road, we’ll continue to evolve the service with features and experiences that harness the full power of Xbox 360. To reach our aspiration, we need to make changes to the service that are incompatible with our original Xbox v1 games. We will contact the Xbox LIVE members directly impacted by this change and if this includes you, I encourage you to check your LIVE messages and associated e-mail account over the coming weeks for more details and opportunities. We view you as a partner in this process.
We’ll share more details soon, but in the meantime I want to assure you that the best is yet to come for Xbox LIVE. I believe we’ll look back on 2010 as a landmark year in gaming and home entertainment, and I couldn’t be more excited about what we have in store with “Project Natal” and LIVE. The LIVE community is the driving force behind everything we do, and it’s because of the community that ground-breaking experiences on Xbox continue to be possible.
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Starz Adds First Ever Original Drama With Crash
"Crash," a new original drama series based on the Academy Award®-winning Best Picture will debut exclusively on Starz in 2008. The 13-episode, one-hour series, co-produced with Lionsgate, will be Starz's first ever original drama. The announcement was made today by Stephan Shelanski, executive vice president, programming of Starz Entertainment.
Key members of the Oscar-winning theatrical production team are onboard for the series, including the film's director, co-writer and producer Paul Haggis, co-writer and producer Bobby Moresco, producer Bob Yari, producer Don Cheadle, producer Mark R. Harris and executive producer Tom Nunan.
"Crash," which was distributed by Lionsgate, marks only the second time a Best Picture Oscar®-winner has been turned into a series. In the Heat of the Night was the first. Production on the drama is scheduled to begin in the spring.
"'Crash' introduced a whole range of fascinating characters and engrossing, intertwined stories that are ideally suited for developing into a TV series," commented Shelanski. "Starz is the premium channel for movies so it's appropriate that this Best Picture-winner is providing the basis for our first dramatic series. The fact that key members of the film's production team are involved will ensure that our series maintains the high level of talent and creativity captured in the film."
"An important part of our strategy is to create franchises across our company's divisions," said Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate's President of Programming and Production, "and early in our involvement with this extraordinary film, we recognized its enormous potential to be successfully adapted for television. In Starz, we have found partners who share our vision and we anticipate a great collaboration."
"I'm very happy that Lionsgate and Starz have decided to develop Crash into a series," said Haggis. "Ironically, my initial impulse was to present the material in a format for television. I am thrilled it's coming full circle and can't wait to see how it expands and transforms."
"For me, exploring the characters and conflicts in 'Crash' was a great experience," said Moresco. "The idea of doing it again in a weekly series is tremendously exciting."
"This series will present an opportunity to delve into many subjects, not just race relations in LA," said Cheadle. "I don't think you can do 13 episodes on that subject and keep people interested. The challenge will be to craft the series characters in such a way as to get beneath the skin that supposedly differentiates them and create entertaining story lines that show the hurdles and obstacles we all struggle to overcome day to day."
Challenging and daring, Crash took a provocative, unflinching look at the complexities of racial tolerance in contemporary America. The film featured an all-star cast including Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton and Ryan Philippe. It was directed by Haggis and co-written by Haggis and Moresco.
Cast Announced For BBC One’s WORZEL GUMMIDGE
In addition to Best Picture, it also scored Oscars® for Haggis and Moresco's original screenplay, as well as Hughes Winborne's editing. Crash also earned a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture, a Producers Guild nomination for Best Picture, a Directors Guild feature film nomination for Haggis, a Writers Guild nomination for Best Original Screenplay (Haggis and Moresco), nine BAFTA nominations (including Best Film and Best Director) and six NAACP Image Award nominations (including Best Film).
Starz Media's Anchor Bay Entertainment will hold exclusive U.S. distribution rights, including home entertainment, to the "Crash" series, while Lionsgate will retain international distribution.
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A Tech Startup Entrepreneur & Mentor Thinking Out Loud
Building a Business on Facebook: The Trust Factor
August 8, 2007 ~ Sebastien Provencher
I was amongst the more than 400 people who attended the first FacebookCamp yesterday night in Toronto. You could feel the excitement in the room and there were many interesting insights for anyone interested in Facebook (who isn’t these days!) that I’ll cover in the next few days in this blog.
Before I get into specific details, and even though I’m very excited about the potential of using Facebook to build a business, I’d like to write about something that’s been on my mind about Facebook the company and its potential future strategy. With the launch of their F8 platform, they have become the playing ground for a lot of new social applications. Some of them have seen tremendous traction, revenues are starting to be generated and entrepreneurs are launching businesses that rely completely on Facebook. Some VCs are even funding companies that focus only on Facebook apps.
The real value for social apps developers is the fact that Facebook has a large existing user community. The viral tools embedded in Facebook make it easier to propagate an application within your network of “friends” and leverage the network effect. It’s obviously easier to build something in Facebook, build on the existing community instead of starting from scratch with your own destination site. But the fact that they are a closed network has pros and cons. The major pro is that you have access to a large community where everything is standardized and in a controlled environment. The major con is that you don’t control your destiny.
Why is that? It comes down to the following question: is Facebook a platform or a media company? I’m not sure they’ve clearly stated what they were and where they were going with this. From a strategy point of view, if they are a platform, they’ll continue to focus on making it easy to create apps and content within their site. They’ll build even better user-relevant viral tools. Their business model will consist of wrapping their ads around the various apps & profile pages and they also might charge a developers fee for usage of their site (pay-per-install, etc.). The fact that they’re shutting down Facebook Courses in favor of the developers community makes me think they might be embracing that vision.
But, if they are a media company, nothing prevents them from looking at the best money-making apps out there (remember, they own all the data) and replicating those themselves. Companies built on Facebook might crumble the same way that web sites built only on SEO and keyword arbitrage do as well.
Facebook should make a statement about who they really are before this things gets too big and businesses get hurt. Until then, as an entrepreneur, you want to make sure you hedge your bets and not live your life only on Facebook. To build sustainable businesses with a large partner, you need to trust them and I’m not sure we can fully trust Facebook yet.
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Michael Levinson says:
I agree fully with your point. A good example is how facebook quietly updated their own wall application to improve it beyond what all the other wall app developers had done. See this post -> http://facereviews.com/2007/07/31/the-war-and-art-of-the-wall/
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Attention, all New Jersey graphic designers and artists! The New Jersey Historical Commission (NJHC) and Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area seek a signature logo to embody Revolution NJ, New Jersey’s initiative to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The logo will be used across the state and nation to promote Revolution NJ events, projects, and programs planned to explore 250 years of United States history. The winning logo design will receive a $1,500 cash prize. The deadline for submission is 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 25, 2019. The selected logo will be publicly presented during Patriots Week in Trenton, New Jersey, on Saturday, December 28, 2019.
Logo guidelines, rules and eligibility are available here.
In 2018, the New Jersey State Legislature passed legislation requiring the NJHC to establish a program for the 250th in New Jersey and granted permission to enter into a public-private agreement with a non-profit organization. Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area was selected as that partner. The two organizations are kicking off efforts this fall with the statewide logo contest in search of a design that will represent Revolution NJ.
“Through this contest, we hope to find a logo that will engage new audiences in learning about the New Jersey’s diverse history and inspire broad participation from all state residents as we plan projects and programs commemorating 250 years of the United States,” said Sara Cureton, executive director of the NJHC.
“New Jersey is a state of varied, talented artists. We can’t wait to see the visuals that can help shape the next 250 years,” said Janice Selinger, executive director of Crossroads of the American Revolution.
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Kelli Garner says:
Really nice posts. I will be checking back here regularly.
Anne McGrath says:
Several people have mentioned the Rhinebeck Community Forum as a terrific resource, and I can see why! Please consider listing our new website http://www.rhinebeckyouth.org in your “organizations” section. We’re adding new material each week and are in the process of posting short videos from our much-talked-about community forums.
Our group, The Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth, seeks to raise awareness of underage substance use in Rhinebeck.
gr8full says:
Done. You’re on!
Understanding the Teenage Brain
An Interactive Forum for Parents
Hosted by the Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth
When: Thusday, October 6, 7-9PM
Where: Rhinebeck High School Auditorium
What: A lively 2-Session Forum to promote discussion and provide tips for dealing with teens. The first part will focus on effective communication, how the teen brain works, and troublesome signs. The second part (to be scheduled) will get into specifics: teen socialization, hosting parties, digital concerns, drugs and alcohol.
Who: John Nathan and Suzanne Button will facilitate. They have 35 years of combined experience working with families, teens, and adults to foster healthy communication.
RSVP @ cc4rbky@gmail.com. Free child care provided by high school students, let us know the ages of children who will attend.
Thanks, we have it posted on the blog too!
https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/%e2%80%9cit%e2%80%99s-all-about-relationships-but-it%e2%80%99s-not-that-easy-%e2%80%9d-parent-forum/
Jim Stevenson says:
Can you please post this to your excellent Rhinebeck site?
Come in from the cold and Support the Starr Library! Saturday February 22, 6-9pm
Join us for a party with a live and silent auction of works by over 30 Hudson Valley artists. Enjoy wine, cheese, music and friends!
Featuring works by: Audrey Francis, Greg Decker, Rosemary Hanson, Chad Ferber, Christine Livesey, Rob Hite, Thomas Cale, Tanya Marcuse, Franc Palaia, Joanna Hess, Brian Karas, Ruby Palmer, Nadine Robbins, Yoram Gelman, Ramon Lascano, Carolyn Marks-Blackwood, Susan Fowler-Gallagher, Mary Louise Kalin, Bill Ayton, John Halpern, Betsy Jacaruso, Ricardo Gutierrez de Zubiaurre, Norm Magnusson, Danny Shanahan, Adele Abide, Jaclyn Savolainen, Pat Hart, Arlene Becker, Francoise Ursat Antevil, Samantha Sapienza, Jacques Luiggi, David Silver, Linda Stanley, Bill Ayton, James Ransome, Jim Stevenson, Joanne Klein, Roger De Muth, Barbara Morgan and others.
Tickets are $40 Person / $75 Couple. Credit cards will be accepted at the door.
Please RSVP to director@starrlibrary.org
Sponsored By The Rhinebeck Gardens Group, LLC and HealthQuest Medical Practice
Starr Library, 68 West Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
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abbe aronson says:
Tulip Gallery welcomes celebrated British photographer Dudley Reed, now based in the Hudson Valley, for a solo show of his iconic portraits, on August 8th, with a show from 5-7 and artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Reed not only is known for the subjects he’s captured for Vanity Fair, New Yorker and Vogue but also for his love of working in film, not in digital media.
I few things we need to post, web site if any – where Tulip is located Press release would be great – Thanks!
Franc Palaia says:
Please come to our Giant Estate Barn Sale Oct 31 and Nov 1 at 120 Old Albany Post Rd Rhinebeck, just 2 minutes south of the village. adjacent to Rt 9. Near Southlands. we’ll have furniture, appliances, housewares, cameras, art frames and prints, clothes, toys, garden tools, lamps, trunks, suitcases, books etc. from 9:30am to 4pm. We are just a tenth of a mile north of the Belvedere Mansion. no early birds please. rain or shine.
Hey there, put it on Rhinebeck Community Forum Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/bookmarks/pages
Also Rhinebeck Community Marketplace group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1567416656817578/
Risa Getman says:
GET YOUR PAINT ON…
@ a HUDSON VALLEY VINTAGE WORKSHOP
20 Garden Street, Rhinebeck, NY
hvvrstudio@gmail.com 845-876-2699
http://www.hvvintage.com
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Saturday, 2/18/17 at 3:00PM – Stencil Workshop: Burlap is one of the biggest trends in home décor. Design and paint a burlap art canvas and pair of placemats using a variety of stencils to choose from. $40.
Monday, 2/20/17 at 1:00PM – Kid’s Pick a Project: Kids ages 8 and up will select a wooden piece to decorate and paint in this fun workshop. $35.
Saturday, 2/25/17 at 10:00AM – Weathered Wood: In this fun workshop you’ll learn several techniques to make new wood look weathered with our natural chalk, milk, and mineral based paints. Once you practice each technique, choose an unfinished piece to complete and take home. $55.
Saturday, 3/4/17 at 10:00AM – Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint 101: Milk Paint has been around for over a thousand years and contains only five 100% natural ingredients. In this workshop you will learn how to mix milk paint, painting techniques, and explore the different top coats. You will leave this class with a finished project. $65.
Friday, 3/10/17 at 6:00PM – Wood Sign Workshop: Nothing adds character to a room like a vintage style wood sign. Create and hand-paint your own wood sign on beautiful, reclaimed wood. $40.
Saturday, 3/11/17 at 10:00AM – Furniture Painting 101: This class will take the mystery out of furniture painting. Learn how to properly prep your furniture, basic painting techniques, and finishes. Finally, you will pick an unfinished piece to complete and take home. Using our all natural clay and mineral based paints, you’ll be amazed at how fast and easy it is. $65.
Sunday, 3/26/17 at 1:00PM – Kid’s Upcycled Frame Workshop: Kids ages 8 and up will upcycle an old picture frame into a trendy vision/bulletin board. It’s a great way to display your favorite things. $35.
Saturday, 4/1/17 at 3:00PM – BOTTLEMANIA!: Have you ever thought of reusing your empty wine bottles and decorating them? In this workshop, using paint, old books, and other materials, you will create beautiful bottles, ideal as vases, centerpieces, and candle holders. You’ll leave with three gorgeous designs. $40.
Saturday, 4/8/17 at 1:00PM – Kid’s Wood Sign Workshop: Kids ages 8 and up will design and hand paint a wood sign with their name, choice of sports teams, or favorite short phrase in this fun workshop. $30.
Saturday, 4/22/17 at 5:00PM – Wood Tray Workshop: Design and create a beautiful wood tray. Bring your imagination and we will provide an array of supplies, including paint, stencils, and handles for you to choose from. $40.
Studio Sessions – At Hudson Valley Vintage we offer a multitude of workshops, but what if you can’t make one of our classes? Or, what if you wish to work on a specific technique? Book a Studio Session for 1:1 personal instruction at $30.00/hour. Reserve a Studio Session in advance. Walk-ins are welcome, but we can’t guarantee that our studio isn’t already busy.
Private Workshops – Select any of our workshops for 3-8 people in our space, or more than eight in your space. We can customize the workshop or project to meet your needs. Private workshops are a unique, fun way to celebrate a special occasion (birthday, wedding party, etc.) or simply for a friends’ day or night out.
Space for Hudson Valley Vintage workshops is limited; therefore, reservations are required. A 50% deposit must be made at time of reservation. Cancellations and refunds are accepted with at least 48 hours notice. Light snacks and refreshments are provided at Hudson Valley Vintage workshops.
Christian Lopez says:
Could you please post these three events to your Rhinebeck site? They are part of an event series hosted by Hudson River Heritage and Bard College.
MONTGOMERY PLACE 2019 SALON SERIES: MUSIC OF THE GILDED AGE
Saturday, May 11, 3pm
Performance: “The Musical Life of Cora and Thomas at Montgomery Place”
Saxophone and Harp
Cora Livingston and her husband, Thomas, captured the Romantic sensibilities of the 1860s and music filled the house. This event will be a unique opportunity to hear these forgotten gems and experience music at Montgomery Place as Cora and Thomas did more than 150 years ago. Admission: $25, limited to 40 seats. Tickets available at http://www.hudsonriverheritage.org
Lecture: “Music of the Gilded Age in the Hudson Valley”
Dutchess Community College Associate Professor Dr. Christopher Brellochs will discuss the importance of music during the Gilded Age and present contemporary recordings of period compositions in this authentic historical setting. Admission: $25, limited to 40 seats. Tickets available at http://www.hudsonriverheritage.org
Sunday, May 26, 4pm
Outdoor Performance: “The Gardener of Montgomery Place & The Composer of Newburgh, New York”
During the early 19th century the gardener at Montgomery Place was Alexander Gilson, an African-American slave who, after being freed, stayed on as head gardener; he eventually opened up his own gardening business. The music of Newburgh, New York composer Ulysses J. Alsdorf, whose grandfather was also a freed slave, was chosen to observe the 1909 Henry Hudson-Robert Fulton Celebration. His work will do the same for our event, 110 years later. Admission: Free; guests must bring their own lawn chairs. (In case of inclement weather, concert will be held in the Montgomery Place Coach House; the first 50 guests will be admitted).
Thx https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/montgomery-place-2019-salon-series-music-of-the-gilded-age/
Can you please answer this question. I am a Rhinebeck resident and am interested in posting events but I don’t see where and how to post anything from what I see on “How to Post on the Rbk Cmmunity Forum”. Your emails that state on how to post actually doesn’t explain anything.
All I see are messages from 10 years ago. What am I missing?
thank you, Franc Palaia
On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 4:03 PM Rhinebeck Community Forum wrote:
> Christian Lopez commented: “Could you please post these three events to > your Rhinebeck site? They are part of an event series hosted by Hudson > River Heritage and Bard College. MONTGOMERY PLACE 2019 SALON SERIES: MUSIC > OF THE GILDED AGE Saturday, May 11, 3pm Perform” >
Well Frank what you’re missing is that we read your comments and post from there. We also have a Facebook page and a Twitter account. This is community service on our part. Thanks for wanting to post, feel free to leave it in the comments.
Cecily Frazier, Village Tree Commission says:
Please post and add to the calendar:
Thanks, Cecily Frazier, Rhinebeck Village Tree Comm.
Rhinebeck Tree Planting Saturday, 4/30 at 9 am
Join us to celebrate Arbor Day this Saturday starting at 9 am at the Village Hall. There will be a short talk on riparian plantings, and then a carpool over to the Legion Park at Crystal Lake (not much parking there) to plant trees and shrubs at the access road off Route 9 as well as along the Rockefeller Lane side. Bring gloves and a shovel and if you one, a pick axe, grub hoe, sledge, pitch fork or wheelbarrow would be a big help too.
Questions? 876-7462 or michaelfrazier@earthlink.net
Bummed out over the cold weather?
It’s not too late to think spring!!
Join us for the Fall Tree Planting, Saturday, November 5 at 9 am
The Rhinebeck Village Tree Commission is meeting at the Church of the Messiah at 9, and then breaking off into small groups to plant in that area of the Village.
Wear gloves and dress for the weather. The planting is almost always held–rain or shine (short of hurricane!)–shovels, pick axes and a wheelbarrow are also a big help. The Village pre-digs the holes for us but sometimes we need to adjust the size a bit.
No experience necessary. Families are welcome. There’s always something to do that is a big help.
See you next Saturday!
Questions? Call 876-7462 or email michaelfrazier@earthlink.net
Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth
Parent Forum, Part 2, Reaching the Teenage Brain
A liveley and engaging discussion.
Part one of this series was very well received. If you missed it, you can still attend the 2nd half!
When: Thursday, November 10th, 7-9PM
What: Discussion on peer pressure, teen social scene, hosting parties, substance use and abuse, red flags, and digital life.
Free Child Care Provided in the Gym, Pre-register: cc4rbky@gmail.com
Check out our web site: http://www.rhinebeckyouth.org
Everyone is welcome to attend! Live streaming @ http://www.terraspheres.com
Thanks Anne it’s on : https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/the-community-coalition-for-rhinebeck-youth-cordially-invites-you-to-attend-our-next-parent-forum-%e2%80%9cpart-ii-parenting-teens-%e2%80%9d/
The Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth, in Collaboration with the Rhinebeck & Red Hook PTSOs, Invites You to Save the Date:
When: Friday, January 20th, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
What: Free Screening of Documentary Film,
Race to Nowhere, The Dark Side of America’s Achievement Culture, Followed by a Panel Discussion
The film examines systemic pressures on children and families and is a call to mobilize parents, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare our youth to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens.
Tens of thousands of people have come together nationally, using the film as the centerpiece for raising awareness, changing the national dialogue on education and galvanizing change.
Please join the discussion – bring your ideas, questions, and open mind.
For More information about the film, visit http://www.racetonowhere.com or about the Coalition, http://www.rhinebeckyouth.org.
Thanks, You’re on! https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/free-screening-of-documentary-film-race-to-nowhere-the-dark-side-of-americas-achievement-culture-and-followed-by-a-panel-discussion-jan-20th2012
Gwendolyn B. McCann/secretary: Karla R. Cook says:
Please help us and post the following:
An early Valentine’s Day concert
by MacCana to benefit:
The Children’s Home of
7:00 to 10:00 PM
65 Fording Place Rd.
Lake Katrine, NY
$20 per ticket for this special event.
It is a grand and worthy cause.
Come enjoy the lively
music and banter
with the Irish brothers’
band!
For ticket sales please
Phallon DePietro
Joe Baer says:
Vince Durango Comes to Rhinebeck, Every Friday and Saturday in July
Rhinebeck, NY. Vince Durango’s, Just Having Fun! a new version of the one-man show that premiered in Rhinecliff last year is now coming to Rhinebeck this July. The brainchild of local Rhinecliff resident, Joe Baer, the show promises to be even funnier and more joyous than its original incarnation. Emmy-award winner, Baer retired from a successful 30+ year career in television in 2010. “Working with Vince has made me feel like a young theater student again,” says Baer smiling, “I’m glad to have this opportunity before I’m too old to enjoy it.”
This time around, local noted musician Bob Cage will showcase his guitar talent as accompanist. A participating Grammy Award winner for his violin work with Pete Seeger on the award-winning album, “At 89,” Cage brings his own sense of style to the music written and composed by Mark Stewart. Cage teaches piano, violin and guitar at Mark’s Music in Rhinebeck. In addition, he hails from a musical family that includes the creator and manufacturer of the now classic epiphone guitar line. His two daughters are also following in the family tradition of music. As founding members of the techno pop group, Frances Rose, they have just recently signed with Warner Chapel Music. As the character, Vince Durango would say, “There is a lot of talent in our neck of the woods, Alls you got to do is stand up and look across the fence.”
Vince Durango’s, Just Having Fun! will be presented every Friday and Saturday night in July beginning at 8 PM, at the air conditioned American Legion Montgomery Post 429 on Rte. 9, just south of the Market Street intersection in Rhinebeck, New York. Tickets are $10. and a cash bar is available. The show runs about 1.5 hrs and contains adult humor. For more information and reservations call 845-876-7516.
It appears that the NYS Sheep and Wool festival has many Workshops and people come from all over the country to attend October 18-21, 2012 at the fairgrounds.. and there doesn’t appear to be enough local hotel/motel//B&B options. I wonder if the townspeople (readers of this blog) know about http://couchsurfing.org. If not, perhaps you can host some interesting out-of-towner fiber lovers (knitters, etc) for a few days by finding them there. It’s a match making site for travelers and hosts.
Many of you have spare rooms and perhaps hosted a reporter or 2 during the Clinton Marriage thing… Well this website is a well-organized method of hosting and being hosted during your own travels… Etiquette and protocol are all on the website. There’s a Mid-Hudson Valley group…. http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=17220 Thanks for helping host visitors to Rhinebeck and beyond! I know that right now, people are trying to book places to stay and have to go 30+ miles away. This is another solution.
Hope it works out for everyone. -D
marybf10 says:
Hi Maggie – can you post the following information – I have a poster available I can send you – but wasn’t sure of what email address to use??
Mary Fleischhauer
Rhinebeck Rheinbach Exchange
Tenth Annual “Hearts Across the Table” Dinner and Silent Auction
At the Father Brogan Center, Mulberry Street, Rhinebeck
Doors Open 6:15PM For Auction Viewing
Dinner Served 7:00PM
Tickets: Adults: $35 Seniors: $30
Call Mark at 876-5311 for Reservations (Required)
Vegetarian Selection Available—Please specify when making reservations
Nina Lynch says:
Please add http://www.rhinebeckathome.org to your list of community organizations. Rhinebeck at Home, Inc. is a new locally based, all-volunteer nonprofit aging-in-place organization for residents of Rhinebeck. We are dedicated to helping each other maintain fulfilling lives through mutual support including sharing information, non-medical transportation, social activities and helping each other meet day-to-day needs.
Cait Johnson says:
Announcing a Midsummer Night’s Party to benefit Linda’s Liver Fund, on Saturday, June 22 in the Ox Barn at the Rokeby Estate, 7:00. There will be a case of Prosecco, strawberries, fairy lights, a bonfire, and dancing to the fabulous music of CAPRICE ROUGE. $10 suggested donation for the band and for our friend Linda’s liver surgery. Please bring a dish to share and a lawn chair, if you like. We hope to see you there!
Thanks for posting our event at the Starr Library!
I made a mistake in what I sent you – I need to correct the sponsors listed, as noted below.
-Jim
The Rhinebeck Gardens Group, LLC
HealthQuest Medical Practice and Northern Dutchess Hospital
No problem! Here ya go: https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/baby-its-cold-outside/
Loredana says:
I am looking for poets, storytellers, playwrights, essay writing, singers and anyone wanting to perform and share their words at the Clinton Community Library in Rhinebeck, NY on Friday July 18th at 7pm
If you think you are interested please contact me for further information. This is an opportunity to meet local artists and get yourselves out there in a nice, comfortable setting surrounded by those that share the same work and passion you have.
Only those interested respond ASAP!
Contact: Loredana at grumo79@aol.com or PM me Loredana Ingenito
Ginger Long says:
new essay
http://mslongwritesit.blogspot.com/2014/08/barbed-wire-shawl-for-sale.html
Bella Stander says:
Warning: This morning a friend’s dog got caught in a foothold trap in the wetlands at the far end of the trail at Thompson-Mazzarella Park. The trap, which had no ID on it, was set in the middle of a big log that goes over the creek near the south “Viewpoint.” (See map: http://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/DPW-Parks/tmsthompsonmazzerellapark.pdf)
Grace Gunning says:
We are having The Group Holiday Sale on Saturday Nov.22 10-8 and Sunday Nov.23 10-4
It is hard to believe but it’s the 37th year!
We are set up as a gallery show and have been told it’s one of the best shows around .
Please join us at The Delamater Conference Center of the Beekman Arms,6387 Mill St- Rt9 in Rhinebeck NY. Also check our Facebook page for a preview of our 20 artisans listed as The Group Holiday Sale.For more info 845-430-3130 Look for the sign across from Terapin with the balloons! Come enjoy cookies and cider with us.
Hi there, do you have a press release that I can post?
The Who’s Tommy, Now – Feb 22
The Castaway Players Theatre Company presents the classic rock-opera story of a deaf, dumb and blind boy…hope…healing… and the human spirit. Friday & Saturday Evenings at 8pm; Sunday Matinees at 3pm. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck. tickets: http://www.centerforperformingarts.org
Jeff Farber says:
For Immediate Distribution:
KINGSTON-RHINECLIFF FERRY SERVICE ADDED FOR SUMMER 2015
Scheduled ferry service will run every weekend Friday to Sunday
Contact: Jeff Farber | jjfarber@gmail.com | (845) 520-1481 | http://www.KRFerry.com
Kingston, NY — Ferry service between the Rhinecliff-Kingston Amtrak Station and the Kingston waterfront will commence on Sunday, July 12th (on a limited basis) with full weekend scheduled service beginning Friday, July 19th.
The Ferry will operate between the Rhinecliff river dock, easily and directly accessible from the Amtrak Station via Dutchess Terrace, and the Kingston waterfront, at the Riverport Wooden Boat Building School at 50 Rondout Landing.
The Ferry is scheduled to make five round trips each Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the summer months. The schedule is coordinated with the Amtrak train schedule for arrivals from New York City on Friday and Saturday and departures to New York City on Sunday.
NOTE: the Ferry schedule is updated each weekend. Make sure to access the updated Ferry schedule on the website –http://www.KRFerry.com — before any given weekend.
Reservations are strongly encouraged! Space is limited to 6 passengers per trip with the current vessel. In addition to room for 6 passengers, there is room for 6 bikes and luggage on the Ferry.
To reserve your trip, or for more information — text or call :: (845) 520-1481.
For more information on the Kingston-Rhinecliff Ferry and for updated schedules please visit the website at http://www.KRFerry.com.
Thanks https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/kingston-rhinecliff-ferry-service-added-for-summer-2015/
The Rhinebeck American Legion Post #429 is hosting a Latino/Hispanic Cultural Celebration on Saturday, September 19 from 2pm – 7pm. The guest speaker is the chairman of the Cortlandt Hudson Valley Veteran’s Committee, William “Willy” Nazario, a Purple Heart Veteran from the Vietnam War, who was just named the national senior vice commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH). He will be honored at Yankee Stadium on Saturday prior to his arrival to speak in Rhinebeck. The day will include food, drinks, music, cultural appreciation, and appreciation for our veterans.
Any publicity you could give this event would be greatly appreciated.
CELEBRATION DETAILS:
Come share an afternoon of food, music, and culture
with our community members and acknowledge and honor
our Latino/Hispanic veterans who served our country proudly!
Food and soft drinks
Children under 12: $7.50
*Cash bar for all other beverages*
Location: Rhinebeck American Legion Montgomery Post #429
6361 Montgomery Road, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
The Legion is located in the Village and walking is a great option.
Limited Parking available – please carpool when possible
If you will be drinking alcohol, please have a designated driver!
Let’s enjoy our community celebration responsibly and safely!
Frank Marquette says:
The Beekman Arms presents Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL
AN INTERACTIVE DINNER THEATRE EXPERIENCE
You’ve seen Scrooge, Tiny Tim and the Ghosts of Christmas from a theatre seat. This season, why not dine with them?
Kick off the Christmas holiday season with song, laughter and nostalgia as actors and carolers bring scenes from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to life. The historic Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck, New York will present this unique dinner show on Wednesday, December 16th at 6:30 PM and Sunday, December 20th at 12:30 PM. The cost of the dinner and the show is $50.00 per person inclusive of tax and gratuity. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 845-876-1766 ext. 356.
This event will feature a sumptuous three course dinner, preceded by a reception with where guests will meet Ebeneezer Scrooge, the Cratchit family including Tiny Tim, Nephew Fred and four carolers in authentic Victorian costume
This production is a tribute to the spirit of a traditional holiday. It will allow you to experience the joy of Christmas. Audience members are encouraged to interact with the Dickens’ characters, as they settle in for a fine dinner and evening of celebration. Adapted from Charles Dickens’ classic, the script was written by Frank and Kristen Marquette. This is the 6th season the Marquette’s version of A Christmas Carol is being produced in the Hudson Valley after a successful nine year run in Las Vegas, Nevada.
sandy bartlett says:
Hi Maggie,
Would you mind posting the new Morton Memorial Library & Community House hours?
They start Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Sunday & Monday – closed
Tuesday: 10 – 6
Wednesday: 10 – 6
Thursday: 11 – 7
Friday: 10 – 6
Saturday: 10 – 2
Dave Baxter says:
Hi, I’m wondering if there might be a group in Rhinebeck who would like to sponsor a bus trip to our concerts at the Marriott Pavilion on the campus of the Culinary Institute. NDSO is a professional orchestra based in Rhinebeck but we also perform at the Marriott Pavilion throughout the year. Please contact me at dbaxter1@hvc.rr.com
DCC Academy of Music says:
Could you please post this event on your forum:
Performance at Town Crier Café
to Benefit MusicLink Scholarship at DCC
The Music School at Dutchess Community College will host a performance to benefit the MusicLink Scholarship Fund, which provides free or low-cost music lessons to local students who otherwise could not afford them. The Music School is part of the College’s Office of Community Services.
The show will be held June 13 at the Towne Crier Café in Beacon and begin at 7 p.m. Acclaimed guitarist and former DCC Music School teacher Helen Avakian will lead the event and be joined by guitarist Mark Sganga (who along with Avakian is an international fingerstyle guitar champion), DCC Music School teacher and classical guitarist extraordinaire Dan Stevens and saxophone player and international performer Dr. Christopher Brellochs, who is chair of DCC’s Music Performance Certificate program. They will play original pieces and popular songs in many styles, both as soloists and in groups. Additionally, a group of advanced Music School guitar, vocal, bass, ukulele and saxophone students will perform a few songs as the Guitar Party Ensemble.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $15 at http://www.townecrier.com or at the door for $20. For more information about the show or available sponsorship opportunities, contact Music School at DCC Director Laura G. Doe at (845) 431-8916 or laura.doe@sunydutchess.edu.
Founded in 1957, Dutchess Community College has earned a reputation for providing an outstanding education at the lowest tuition in New York state. Its main campus is in Poughkeepsie, with a satellite campus in Wappingers Falls. For more information, visit http://www.sunydutchess.edu.
Event website: https://townecc.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=297143
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/630084127457479/
https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2019/06/05/performance-at-town-crier-cafe-to-benefit-musiclink-scholarship-at-ddc/
Liz Walkden Morfea says:
Please could you post this to the main page?
Hilarity brings clarity
Join the Laughter Club!
With Liz Walkden Morfea, Joyologist, Certified Laughter Yoga Leader
Wednesday October 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18…+ ongoing
Community Room at the Starr Library
68 W. Market Street, Rhinebeck
For all ages and abilities
Everyone welcome!
The Laughter Club is a program that combines laughter exercises with deep yoga breathing to enhance mental and physical well-being.
We don’t use jokes, comedy, yoga poses or tickling.
You don’t need to be humorous to take part…you don’t even need to be happy!
Laughter is nature’s stress buster.
Laughter strengthens our immune system.
Laughter makes us more creative and imaginative.
Laughter is an aerobic exercise.
Laughter releases endorphins, the body’s natural pain-killers.
Laughter releases serotonin, the body’s natural ‘feel-good’ hormone.
Laughter is anti-aging.
Come and experience why laughter is the best medicine, and find out what we are all laughing about!!
$5 / pay what you can
More info: Liz 845-516-4330
Bdsmboy says:
This site is extremely informative.
I find it totally useful.🙂
Heart Safe Club says:
Rhinebeck’s Heart Safe Club on CNN this weekend!
What: CNN recently contacted Kaitlin Forbes requesting to feature her on the CNN series “Breakthrough Women”. At a Heart Safe Club CPR/AED training event last month, CNN filmed various aspects of the training and conducted interviews. Community members participating in the Heart Safe Club CPR/AED training that evening included several RHS & BMS students.
When: The segment is scheduled to air this weekend: 12/04/09, Friday, 9am-9:30am, 2pm-2:30pm & 12/06/09, Sunday 11am-11:30am, 1pm-1:30pm
*Although, they filmed quite a bit…we don’t know how much footage will actually be aired…we DO know that everytime the Heart Safe Club’s message is shared…someone will learn about the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest (particularily in youth), they will be encouraged to learn CPR and promote increased public access to Automated External Defibrillators (AED’s)….and hopefully they will be inspired to make a difference!
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/morning.express/
To register for CPR/AED training, please check our training schedule at http://www.maggieomalley.org/heartsafe.htm
Polly Kaplan says:
How can I get an event and/or announcement posted on your site? It is great. It seems to be the ONLY SOURCE of current and pertinent information for our area. I read it everyday.
Linda Murray says:
Could you post the American Cancer Society’s upcoming Relay for Life. It is the largest worldwide fundraiser. Last year over $220,000 was raised at the Rhinebeck Fairgrounds in an effort to fight cancer!
It will be held this year on June 5th at 11:00 A.M. – June 6th at 8:00 A.M. at the Rhinebeck Fairgrounds horsetrack.
Raise money to fight cancer by walking a lap, joining a team, creating a team, or just donating money. Don’t miss the memorable luminaria ceremony held on Saturday evening where hundreds of candles light the entire racetrack and hundreds of people walk around the track in silence in memory of those who have lost the battle, in support of those who are fighting the battle, and prayer of those who both lost and continue to fight the battle against this insidious disease.
The Website is: http://www.relayforlife.org/rhinebeckny
Thanks you!!!
Michelle Donner says:
Can you add Wilderstein to your index on left? Or am I just missing it? http://www.wilderstein.org/
And Sinterklaas will be back again this year – will get you link for that when available!
Thanks for great site!
Hi there, Yes thank you Wilderstein is all the way at the bottom of Museums and attractions!
George R. Fehling says:
Would you like to understand more about the origins of the current financial crisis, and what it means for our collective future?
Nicole M. Foss, a respected financial analyst, energy consultant and blogger from Ontario Canada, will be speaking in Rhinecliff on Wednesday, April 21st at 7 p.m. Ms. Foss will deliver a slide presentation entitled “A Century of Challenges” discussing how credit is created and destroyed, how “ponzi dynamics” affect the global financial system, and how our economy is still very much at risk. There will be a question and answer session following the presentation.
As an energy consultant who works in the renewable energy field for the Ontario grid system, Ms. Foss will also explain the concept of “Peak Oil” and how increasingly scarce oil supplies and imports may impact our daily lives in the coming years.
The presentation is free and open to the public. For location information and to register, please contact George Fehling at (845) 868-7055 or e-mail gfcomms@gmail.com. All are welcome.
Presentation on the Financial Crisis and “Peak Oil” to be held at the Rhinecliff Hotel, Wednesday, April 21st, at 7 p.m.
Nicole M. Foss, who will be presenting “A Century of Challenges” at the Rhinecliff Hotel on Wednesday April 21st at 7 p.m., is co-editor of The Automatic Earth, where she writes under the name Stoneleigh. She and her writing partner have been chronicling and interpreting the ongoing credit crunch as the most pressing aspect of our current multifaceted predicament. The Automatic Earth website integrates finance, energy, environment, psychology, population and real politik in order to explain why we find ourselves in a state of crisis and what we can do about it. Prior to the establishment of TAE, she was editor of The Oil Drum Canada, where she wrote on peak oil and finance.
Foss runs the Agri-Energy Producers’ Association of Ontario, where she has focused on farm-based biogas projects and grid connections for renewable energy. While living in the UK she was a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, where she specialized in nuclear safety in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, and conducted research into electricity policy at the EU level.
Her academic qualifications include a BSc in biology from Carleton University in Canada (where she focused primarily on neuroscience and psychology), a post-graduate diploma in air and water pollution control, an LLM in international law in development from the University of Warwick in the UK. She was granted the University Medal for the top science graduate in 1988 and the law school prize for the top law school graduate in 1997.
The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to George Fehling at (845) 868-7055 or email gfcomms@gmail.com
Althea Triebel says:
Wonderful site certainly helps replace the local newspapers. Very informative.
I have an event that I’d like you to include on your blog if possible. What is the best way to get you the information? Thanks!
Vincent L. Teahan says:
Would it be possible to list “Frost Memorial Fund, Inc.” on the “Organizations” list in the left navigation bar? The web address for FMF is http://www.FrostMemorialFund.org.
Vincent Teahan
Absolutely! You’re On.
You might be interested in my blog post, “Sea Monsters in the Hudson!” which has 19th century NY Times articles about sea serpent sightings in Kingston & Rhinecliff. See it here: http://readingunderthecovers.blogspot.com/2010/07/sea-monsters-in-hudson.html
Why yes! We’ll ck it out, Thanks!
Loagaccuh says:
This is a joke that I find hilarious everytime I read:
A man received a parrot for his birthday. This parrot was fully-grown with a bad attitude and worse vocabulary. Every other word was an expletive. Those that weren’t expletives were, to say the least, extremely rude.
The man tried hard to change the bird’s attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music, anything that came to mind.
Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird, the bird got worse.
He shook the bird and the bird got more angry and exceedingly rude.
Finally, in a moment of desperation, he put the parrot in the freezer.
For a few moments he heard the bird squawking, kicking and screaming and then, suddenly, all was quiet.
The man was frightened that he might have actually hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out onto the man’s extended arm and said: “I’m sorry that I offended you with my language and actions. I ask for your forgiveness. I will try to improve my behavior.”
The man was astounded at the bird’s change in attitude and was about to ask what changed him when the parrot continued, “…May I ask what the chicken did?”
Sue Lichtenberg says:
“It takes real passion to play music and if you’ve got it, we want you!”
Hudson Valley Youth Wind Ensembles
ENROLLING NOW!
Fall/Spring Semester
VIVACE & MAESTRO Ensembles available for student musicians
Join the fun & take your playing to the next level
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL!
http://www.HVYWE.com
Could you update the First Baptist Church of Rhinebeck website link to http://www.firstbcrhinebeck.org? Thanks!
Jeanne Fleming says:
SINTERKLAAS! FUNDRAISER
You Are Invited to a uniquely creative Community Party to raise much needed funds so Sinterklaas can return to Rhinebeck this year.
Saturday, September 25, 5:00-8:00pm
Zen Dog Cafe, Rhinebeck
Join friends. Listen to live music with The Ben Senterfit Trio. Enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres from Zen Dog’s kitchen. Cash bar. Plus a Live Auction!
See the Sinterklaas Community STAR created right before your eyes under the leadership of Michael Lalicki and some of our community’s most talented artists you will .*
Help Align the STARS: Sinterklaas is underfunded this year and we all need to help raise the STARS: $40 per person; $75 per couple.
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION NOW:
http://www.sinterklaasrhinebeck.com/news.php
You can also call 845.876.6880
Thanks Jeanne!
Joanne Gelb says:
Would you please repost this during the week?
Joanne Gelb
What would you like reposted ?
See the Sinterklaas Community STAR created right before your eyes under the leadership of Michael Lalicki and some of our community’s most talented artists.
Fred Nagel says:
Mid Hudson Larreynaga Sister City Benefit Dance
Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 pm
Church of the Messiah Parish Hall
6436 Montgomery Street
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Live Latino Dance Music provided by the wonderful sounds of “Cuboricua.” Refreshments will be provided. The cost is $20 per person.
The proceeds from this dance are dedicated to the needy children and village of our sister city in Larreynaga, Nicaragua. Anyone who brings a nonperishable food item to donate to the church food pantry will get a free door prize ticket.
-Mid Hudson Larreynaga Sister City
http://www.mhsistercity.org
-Dutchess Peace
http://www.dutchesspeace.org
Thanks Fred! We’ll do the big post for the Dance in the end of October !
How great to have a local news source! Thank you!
Could you please post this on the opening page if possible:
Free Tree Pruning Workshop in Rhinebeck
There will be a free tree pruning workshop on Sunday, Oct. 24 (raindate 10/31), starting at 1 PM, at the Lions’ Club Mini-Park in Rhinebeck. This event is sponsored by the Rhinebeck Village Tree Commission, and taught by one of its members, Nicholas Doyle, a certified arborist. Participants will learn about tree pruning and then have guided practice on Village trees. This is an easy way to learn important pruning skills to use on trees at home. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Participants are asked to dress for the weather, and wear warm, flexible gloves. Bring sharp pruning shears, pruning saws and/or loppers if possible.
Email tmac1337@gmail.com or call 876-8841 for more information.
Laura Betti says:
Thanks for posting Pause Dog Boutique’s Howl’oween event!
hana527 says:
Please share this event that is on Sunday:
3rd Annual Craft Fair Benefit for Sinterklaas!
Handmade Local Crafts and Art plus Live Music.
Join us for holiday gift shopping. Or find something special for yourself! Local Artisans include Jewelry Makers, Weavers, Knitters, Painters, Photographers, Potters, Woodworkers, Holiday Gift Makers, AND MORE! Plus you can support Sinterklaas! when you buy: Raffle Shirts, Illuminated Stars, and Buttons
WHERE: Rhinebeck Town Hall, 80 Market St. Across from the Municipal Parking Lot.
Hi there, This event has been posted for over a week! ~Thanks
ok. I think I may be having a little trouble navigating my way around here. Sorry.
No problem, Thanks for Cking in on us! ~RCF
Kelley Chapman says:
Could you add the Rhinebeck-Rheinbach Exchange Program to your list of organizations? We are a music & cultural student exchange with the town of Rheinbach Germany that was started in 1978. We’d love to be included on your site.
Thanks! You’re on~ ck out the link to the right in Organizations
Dale Prager says:
The Rhinebeck Choral Club, under the direction of Charles E. Kelley and accompanied by Geralyn Ely, will be performing their 2010 Holiday Concert, with a special portion highlighting the men of the Rhinebeck Choral Club, featuring tenor soloist Ryan Doughty. The Guest artists will be, the 6th to 8th grade, LaGrange Middle School Chimechoir.
The performances will be:
Saturday, December 11th, at 8 p.m., at the Rhinebeck High School Auditorium, 45 North Plank Road, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Sunday, December 12th , at 3 p.m., at the Arlington Reformed Church, 22 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie NY 12603; located at the corner of Raymond Avenue and the East Bound Arterial (44/55 ).
Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students
For More information visit http://www.rhinebeckchoralclub.org or call 845-876-7838
Mark Fleischhauer says:
Please add the following to your postings:
8AM – Noon
February 6 and March 6
American Legion Post 429
Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck
All you can eat breakfast!
Adults $5/$6
Children $2
Thank’s, will do, look for the post at the end of January!
“It takes real passion to play music and if you’ve got it, we want it!”
Spring Semester starts Feb. 6 & 7
Join the fun & take your playing to the next level.
Jenn Brown says:
Changing the Way We Eat: Live Webcast of TED event at Omega Institute
This Saturday, February 12, there is a TED conference in Manhattan called Changing the Way We Eat. It’s being webcast live and Omega is hosting a viewing party in our Cafe. The talks go from 10:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., with breaks, but you can join us for any part of the day. Come listen with others who are interested in sustainable food & sustainable food systems.
For more details, please check out the following links:
http://tedxmanhattan.org/
http://www.facebook.com/eOmega.org?v=app_2344061033
claudia cooley says:
ANNUAL CLINTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY BOOK SALE FEBRUARY 25TH-27TH
Clinton Community Library offers up an Early Bird Special on February 25th
February 10, 2011- Rhinebeck, NY Although the Clinton Community Library’s mailing address bears the mailing address of Rhinebeck, NY make no mistake that it is the heart and soul of the Town of Clinton. The Town of Clinton residents have enjoyed this comfortable and cozy library for more than 40 years. The library offers a broad complement of community programming including a book discussion group (Monday Night Club), adult computer training, and a monthly movie night. It provides children’s programming throughout the year including weekly preschool story hour, a monthly program for home schoolers, and three weeks of summer day camp free to residents. But the highlight of the year is the Annual Book Sale. This years book sale will have a few added attractions. The newly formed “Friends of Clinton Community Library” will share in duties of organising the books, CD’s, DVD’s and offer assistance to book buyers throughout the weekend. A giant walk thru bird cage filled with children’s books will attract the young readers, as well as a quiet play and story time to keep the youngest occupied while Mom and Dad or Grandma and Grandpa shop. Baked goods will also be for sale throughout the weekend, the proceeds from the bake sale will support the library’s “Battle of the Books” team in conjunction with the Summer Reading Program.
Friday, February 25th 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm, will feature an Early Bird Special: a $10 donation will get you first dibs on the sale plus complimentary light refreshments. There is no admission fee for the remainder of the sale. Saturday, February 26th hours are from 8:00 am – 3:00 pm. Sunday , February 27th from 11:59am – 2:59pm is The Bountiful Book Sale, a brown bag may be purchased for $5 and be filled up with as many books as possible.
The Clinton Community Library is located on the Clinton Town Hall Campus at 1215 Centre Road Rhinebeck, NY 12572.
attached promotional flyer: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31175270&l=1a1affdf9b&id=1309359464
Emily Collins says:
Music and Art Without Borders for Doctors Without Borders
Date/Time: Sunday April 3rd, 2011 · 4pm – 9pm
Location: Bull and Buddha, 319 Main Street, Poughkeepsie, NY
Bull and Buddha invites you to celebrate, fundraise and spread awareness on a special evening honoring Doctors Without Borders.
Silent Art Auction, Appetizers, Raffles, Wine Tasting, and Short Documentaries
Live Bands:
Adir LC and the Fairweather Friend
One Step West
MBMA
$15 per ticket in advance. $20 at the door. Cash bar.
To purchase tickets, go to http://maawb.chipin.com/music-and-art-without-borders or contact musicandartevent@gmail.com for more information.
Pat Sexton says:
Parents Invited to CISPE General Meeting Regarding Upcoming School Budget
An Open Invitation to all Parents! Please join us for a General Meeting of CISPE – Community in Support of Public Education – a community-led group of parents building awareness of the needs of the Rhinebeck Central School District , its families, students, teachers and administrators. We are actively involved in supporting improvements to the schools, encouraging voting on school budgets, and in disseminating accurate information on the budget, referenda and other publicly funded educational items. CISPE has been working with the Rhinebeck community since 2001.
This year’s budget talks are underway and community involvement is essential! Come to a meeting and learn more about how CISPE can help you be heard and how you can help work positively with our schools.
Day and evening meetings for your convenience!
Meeting Location: Rhinebeck Town Hall , 80 E. Market Street (corner of Center Street )
Dates: Tuesday, March 8th at 10:00am – AND – Wednesday, March 9th at 7:00pm
Any questions, please contact Pat Sexton at PLSexton@aol.com
Elaine Ewing says:
Hi, thanks for creating this great resource for the Rhinebeck Community! Please consider adding my blog to the “Rhinebeck Business Bloggers” List. I own a business in Rhinebeck (Rhinebeck Pilates) and my blog is http://headsuponyourbody.blogspot.com/.
Thank you! Elaine
Thanks! You’re On!
Stissing House Restaurant Kicks Off Literary Series With Michael Korda’s Best Selling Book Hero: Life And Legend Of Lawrence Of Arabia
Stissing House Restaurant will debut a new literary series with Michael Korda discussing his critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence, Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia. Korda will discuss T.E. Lawrence’s life, separating fact from legend, and examine the impact of Lawrence’s activities on modern politics in the Middle East and on world history. Korda will also examine Lawrence’s vision: plans that, had they been carried through, might have prevented the hatred and bloodshed that have become ubiquitous in the region.
WHEN: Saturday April 9, 2011 5:30 – 7:00 PM
WHERE Stissing House
Pine Plains, NY 12567
stissinghouse.com
COST: Free
RSVP: Call 518-398-8800 or email stissinghouse@gmail.com
I’ve tried to submit an announcement for the Frost Memorial Fund a few times, but am unsure if it’s getting through. Are there any restrictions on the syntax in the message? Can you let me know if you have received a message regarding the Frost Memorial Fund deadline for grant applications?
I think I figured it out. I took out a URL in the body of the text pointing to the specific page regarding grants, and the announcement went through. Thanks!
Frost Memorial Fund Announcement
Deadline for Grant Proposals – March 31st
Frost Memorial Fund welcomes grant proposals for programs that benefit charities in the Village and Town of Rhinebeck. The deadline for submission of grant proposals is March 31, 2011. Please consult the Grants section of the FMF website to view and download the grant guidelines and application.
Frost Memorial Fund, Inc., founded by the late Barbara V. Frost and Benson R. Frost, Jr., is a private foundation that awards grants to non-profit organizations, with particular attention to civic and charitable endeavors in the Village and Town of Rhinebeck, New York.
Please direct all inquiries to:
info@FrostMemorialFund.org
Frost Memorial Fund, Inc.
Salt Point, New York 12578
http://www.frostmemorialfund.org
The Costs of War
FREE Public Talk
8:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Omega Institute hosts FREE public talk and book signing with Claude AnShin Thomas, veteran and author of At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace.
A Vietnam veteran, Thomas witnessed horrifying cruelty, narrowly escaped death on multiple occasions, and was responsible for the deaths of many people. After the war he turned to meditation and mindfulness practice, studying in the monastery of Thich Nhat Hanh, to help him “make peace with the unpeacefulness” of war and its legacy. Join us for this public talk and hear about one soldier’s journey to end suffering for himself and others.
“We who have fought in war know intimately about life and death.
We who have been wounded by war—physically, psychologically, and
spiritually—need to come together in order to support each other.”
—Claude AnShin Thomas
No registration is required.
Plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early.
http://bit.ly/cyxMTN
Happy! says:
Happy Birthday Julia!
(And maybe some others will know which Julia this is…)
Jamie Lyn Davis says:
Tivoli Free Library Plant Swap on Saturday, May 14th, 2011.
86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583
Registration: 9:30am/Swap: 10:00am.
Bring all your extra plants — perennials, annual seedlings, shrubs, vines, houseplants,vegetable/herb seedlings and extra seeds. Have plants divided in containers, labeled with name and basic planting instructions. We will also be swapping all garden related items — garden books, magazines, tools, hoses, garden art, containers and pots.
We will also be offering arts & crafts for children, a raffle by 10% Challenge Red Hook, information on local “green” resources and a volunteer potluck lunch. Feel free to bring something to share.
If you are available to help or need more information please contact us at tivoliprograms@gmail.com or 845-757-3771.
Eric Rossman says:
I’d like to announce the RCC’s Spring Concert dates:
The Rhinebeck Choral Club is pleased to announce that their Spring concerts will be for the benefit of the SPCA of both Dutchess and Ulster Counties.
They will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2001 8:00 PM at the Church of the Messiah Parish Hall, Montgomery Street (corner of US Route 9 and Chestnut Street), Rhinebeck, NY, and Sunday, May 15, 2011 3:00 PM at the New Beginnings Church of Poughkeepsie, 35 DeGarmo Road, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Featured will be music of American composers, such as Foster, Porter, Ellington, Copland, and Gershwin, plus other great composers. Also featured will be solos by members of the Choral Club.
Our Director is Charles Kelley of Poughkeepsie and our Accompanist is Geralyn Ely.
Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students.
For any other information, please visit http://www.rhinebeckchoralclub.org/ or call 845-453-4774 or 845-876-7838.
Colleen Cruikshank says:
Health and Wellness for Life Expo coming up on Saturday, June 4th, 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in conjunction with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Featured speaker is Joy Bauer, Today Show health and nutrition expert at 2:30 with book-signing to follow. Other speakers include Roufia Payman, Nutrition expert at Northern Dutchess Hospital at 1:00, Orthopedic Associates at 1:30, The Healthy Place at 2:00. There will be lots of other educational demonstrations and information from the leading health & wellness experts in our area. Admission is free!
Gold sponsor: DC Fairgrounds, Northern Dutchess Hospital, Orthopedic Associates of DC, The Healthy Place.
Silver sponsors: Healing Arts Center of Red Hook, Hudson Valley CrossFit, Hudson Valley Structural Integration, Immune Formulation 200 GPS, Innerlight Health Spa, IXL Health & Fitness Club, Palmiter Benefits Group, Rhinebeck Chiropractic, Rhinebeck Eye Care, WellCare Health Plan.
Tivoli Free Library says:
Local Talent Tuesday at Tivoli Free Library
JUNE 14th at 7:00pm
Local author Tommy Zurhellen reads excerpts from his newly released book Nazareth, North Dakota. Author reception to follow.
Tivoli, NY 12583
Ann Hosking, Executive Director says:
Northern Dutchess Day Care Center, a not-for-profit agency in Rhinebeck will be operating Summer Sensations Day Camp again this year. The camp will be held from June 27 through Sept. 2 at the Baptist Home on Rt 308 in Rhinebeck. Hours are from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; closed on July 4th. The camp, established in 1997, was set up as an intergenerational program between the campers and the residents of the Baptist Home.
Activities include arts and crafts, board games, field games and activities with the residents twice a week. Special events are planned for the summer; for example, “Halloween in July”, “Beach Party” in August, Rescue Dog Day, International Flag and Food Festival, Tie Dye T-Shirt day and more. Children return year after year for a fun filled summer! The staff have worked at the
camp, as well as for the other programs that Northern Dutchess Day offers for many years and we have found that parents like the idea of continuity of care for their children. The staff are CPR and First Aid certified. Camp rates are $160 for a full week or part time slots are available at $45/day.
For more information about Summer Sensations, the Executive Director can be reached at 845-876-2063 or nddcc@yahoo.com.
IMPROV NATION — Tonight Only — Friday, June 10th – 7:30pm at Rhinebeck HS Auditorium
Saturday Night Live alumna Denny Dillon and IMPROV NATION, the Hudson Valley-based company of gibberish talkers, conceptual tightrope walkers, off-the-cuff scene-makers and ridiculous risk takers, will take over the Rhinebeck Auditorium on June 10 at 7:30pm
Improvisation at its best! Audience suggestions make the show!
Rhinebeck Auditorium
45 North Park Road, Rhinebeck, NY (on the Rhinebeck High School Campus).
Friday, June 10th at 7:30pm.
General Admission $8; Students $5
Tickets at the door ONLY. For more information call 845- 876-6880.
Laura Schulkind says:
Would you be willing to post this information about an event at the elementary school on Wed night? Thanks in advance.
The Rhinebeck Eco-Initiative Open House is coming to Chacellor!
Here’s a chance to learn about the school district’s ecosystem from student experts
Wednesday, June 15th from 6-8pm, Chancellor Livingston Elementary School
Free ice cream!
•Build a rain barrel
•Learn how to measure your electricity use
•Find out what lives in the schoolyard
•Make a compost bin
•Try local food
•View & make recycled art
•View student projects
•Talk to local experts
•Take home free plants
•Recycle your e-waste!
Join Rhinebeck’s children to discover what they have been working on with their teachers and Cary Institute educators during Year Two of the Rhinebeck Eco-Initiative.
Hi! Would you mind posting for the Library? Thanks!!
TIVOLI FREE LIBRARY SUMMER READING KICK OFF!
Please save Wednesday, July 6th @6:00pm for a night of dinner and drumming!
In keeping with our Summer Reading Program theme, One World, Many Stories, we invite each family to please bring a dish, snack, dessert or drink to share that best represents your family’s heritage.
After dinner, we are honored to have Elena Mosley from Kuumba Dance & Drum (Hudson, NY)
lead us in a family drumming workshop. Plan on learning a move or two!!
Have a drum? Bring it! If not, we will have plenty to share.
Please help us fill our third floor with beautiful music and delicious eatsfrom around the world…
The Summer Reading Program not only promotes literacy but also enhances our local community by allowing us to host unique events. This event was funded in part by a
2011 Mid Hudson Library System Summer Reading Program Mini-Grant.
It is FREE & open to the public and suitable for all ages….everyone is invited ~ please spread the word!
86 Broadway, 3rd Fl
FOUND DOG – small breed beige and white male – on East Market Street in Rhinebeck – dog warden notified – yet will keep dog at my house – please call 876 -6637. Name is on tag and discoonnected #.
Happy ending! Owner found 😉
Tivoli Free Libray ~ 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583
Tuesday, July 19th @ 6:30pm ~ “Let’s Go to Mexico with The Butterfly Guy”
Please join us with our guide, Jerry Schneider, a/k/a “The Butterfly Guy” as we take a look at the amazing Monarch migration to Mexico. We will see Monarch butterflies clustering by the thousands in Oyamel fir trees in the mountains of Michoacan, and learn why Monarchs come north every year only to return to Mexico in the fall. We invite you to create a t-shirt & have some ice cream after the presentation! (Children’s shirts, $4).
Tivoli Free Library ~ 86 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583
Thursday, July 21@ 6:30pm – Japanese Flower Arranging & Tea Ceremony
As part of our Beginner Meditation series, Bettina will be leading a Japanese Flower Arrangement Workshop. Join us for a talk on the Tea Ceremony and a hands on workshop on how to arrange the flowers for Chabana.
Please bring flowers from your garden and a favorite vase.
Bettina Mueller is the author of The World in a Bowl of Tea. She has been studying the Tea Ceremony since the early 1980’s and has built a tea house in her backyard in Tivoli. She also is leading the Beginner’s Mediation series at the library this summer. This is a FREE class but registration is required.
You do not have to participate in the Meditation class to attend. All are welcome!
Friday, July 22 @ 7:00pm – Family Movie Night
Join us for an animated kids movie at the library! Kids are welcome to wear their PJs & bring teddy bears. Popcorn will be served!
Saturday, July 23rd @ 10:30am Yoga ~ Just for Moms
Please join us as we come together for a special morning of yoga just for Moms. Jamie will lead a yoga class suitable for all levels ~ expectant mothers welcome – please bring a mat – tea served after class ~ Mothers of small children are especially encouraged to attend! Class by donation.
Jim Reardon says:
The Village of Rhinebeck is asking all Village residents to be sure and take all necessary precautions to protect themselves and their neighbors from injury due to the effects of the impending storm. Items such as BBQ grills, garbage cans, signs, swingsets, bicycles, toys, picnic tables, lawn furniture, umbrellas, garden tools, flower pots, planters, hanging baskets etc. have the potential to become airborne and cause serious damage, injury or possibly death. Lets all police our property and join together to be sure everyone is safe. Thank you for your cooperation.
Jim Reardon
The Village of Rhinebeck is asking for everyone’s help in conserving water. Mayor Jim Reardon states “The effects of hurricane Irene have led to some water main breaks. We were on the scene on Rhinecliff Rd last night Sunday the 28th until 11:00 pm repairing two leaks that lead into the hamlet of Rhinecliff. Water service to the hamlet was restored and people may notice some turbidity in their water which is common when there is a break. At this point we are still not seeing a significant recovery at the water storage tank so it appears we still have some unidentified leaks. We are making every effort to locate these leaks, but in the meantime we are asking the public to make every attempt to eliminate all unnecessary water usage”. Reardon goes on to state, “I want to assure everyone that the water is safe for consumption and if there is turbidity in the water simply let it run until it clears. Thank you to everyone for their cooperation”.
August 31, 2011 8:00 am EST
The Village of Rhinebeck has declared a water emergency. Mayor Jim Reardon stated today “Due to the high level of turbidity in the Hudson River caused by runoff from Hurricane Irene we have been experiencing a great degree of difficulty in processing the water. The treatment plant has been shutdown temporarily. At this time we are trucking water in so that we can keep the system functioning. However it is necessary to take emergency steps to conserve water”. All unnecessary usage should be eliminated. Ways to conserve water include not washing vehicles, watering lawns or gardens or running dishwashers unless they are completely full. Also if you have any leaks at faucets those should be repaired immediately. Reardon states “please understand that we need to have the system functional and able to supply water in case of fire and by taking the necessary steps now to conserve water we will be able to respond if an emergency situation arises. Once we are able to assume normal operations we will remove the restrictions. We thank everyone for their cooperation”.
Tom Traudt says:
Please Post
Aid to Private Homeowners
Your local government is working to secure assistance to aid in relief for damages from Tropical Storm Irene.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers assistance to private property owners who have been victim to the effects of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene.
You can contact FEMA at phone 800 621-3362 http://www.disasterassistance.gov hearing impaired 800 462 7585
Dutchess County http://www.rhinebeck-ny.gov/town-board/announcements/county-executive-press-release-dutchess-county-declared-disaster-area-apply
All Town of Rhinebeck maintained roads are open. I want to praise the work of our Highway Department and Highway Superintendent Kathy Kinsella on there extraordinary commitment to our community and returning our roadways to the safe environment we need to live our lives.
I also want to thank the commitment and dedication of the volunteers of our fire departments who have given so much to our community in our time of need.
Thomas J Traudt
CONTACT: Jim Reardon
TO: The Rhinebeck community
Re: Latest water update
Please rest assured that we are working around the clock to address this issue. Our staff at the water department has been manning the plant 24 hrs a day all week long and we also have been in the field form sunup to sun down. We have identified problem areas and made repairs. At this point we are continuing to isolate areas of the system and use sound equipment to identify problems. As my previous press releases have stated we are asking people to continue to conserve water and the boil water order is in place until further notice. Once we have protected the integrity of the water distribution system then the County Health Department will begin sampling and testing the water and it will be their call as to when the boil water order is lifted. At this time we have no idea when that will be. When there is any further information available we will make it available to the public and encourage everyone to visit the Village website at http://www.rhinebecknyvillage.org for the latest up dates. While there please opt in to receive the latest Village information automatically. Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this difficult time.
CONTACT: Jim Reardon, Mayor
Mayor Jim Reardon has announced “As of yesterday September 2, 2011 we were able to restore the integrity of the Rhinebeck Village water system. We were finally able to locate a major fracture in a water main in a creek crossing due to the effects of Hurricane Irene. Yesterday the water levels finally receded and the water had cleared enough for us to be able to locate this break. Once identified we were able to isolate this section of the main and after doing so we saw a marked increase in the level of our water storage tank and as of this morning the level had risen by 5.5 feet. The Dutchess County Department of Health along with the staff of our Water Department collected samples yesterday afternoon and evening and we are now awaiting the results of those tests. We are hopeful that by late this afternoon or early this evening we will have those results and that they prove the water is safe for consumption. If that is the case the Health Department will send a message once again through the rapid notification system which will call those within the system. Also there will be another media release such as this. The county has asked us to provide them with any feedback we can regarding the rapid notification system so we are asking that anyone that would like to share information please do so by going to our website at http://www.rhinebeckvillage.org and once there clicking on the contact us tab on the homepage. If you do not use a computer you may call us 876-7015 beginning Monday morning after 9:00 am. Also while on the website we urge you to opt in to our subscription service as this will allow us to keep you informed of all Village business. In light of the events surrounding Hurricane Irene it will be to everyone’s advantage to participate in this service and allow us to keep everyone informed in a quick concise manner. Thank you for you patience and cooperation.
Mayor Jim Reardon has announced that the boil water order issued by the Dutchess County Department of Health has been lifted. Reardon states “due to the results of tested water samples there is no longer a need for the users of the Rhinebeck Village water system to boil their water before consumption. We have restored the integrity of the system and operations are now back to normal. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the community for their patience and cooperation during this most difficult time. Also I cannot say enough, how grateful I am to all the employees of the Rhinebeck Water Department, Highway Department and the Village Hall staff for their effort over the last week. Their hard work and dedication pulled us through these most trying events and I am proud to be associated with all of them. I once again would like to urge the people of our community to visit our website at http://www.rhinebeckvillage.org and to sign up and take advantage of our opt in feature that will allow us to keep them informed.
Steven Mann says:
Award Event to Honor Marilyn Hatch, Saturday, October 1, 2011, 2-4 PM
A very special cocktail reception will be held at beautiful, historic Astor Courts at 189 River Road in Rhinebeck, to honor Marilyn Hatch for her achievements in historic preservation. The event is being sponsored by the Museum of Rhinebeck History. Funds raised will be used to pay for painting the exterior of the Quitman House, and for additional needed preservation-related improvements to that important historic site.
Marilyn’s achievements in preservation are many, and go back to the 1960s when she and her husband restored an historic home on the south end of Rhinebeck. In 1970, she joined the Rhinebeck Historical Society, eventually serving as its President. She was a founding member of the Museum, and she remains one of its most important advisors. She has hung exhibits on Rhinebeck history and worked with the Museum in various fundraising capacities over the years.
From the late Dorothy Greenough of Rhinebeck, Marilyn assumed the role of Chair of the House and Exhibits Committee of the Chancellor Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at 77 Livingston Street. She organized the effort to list 388 structures in the Village of Rhinebeck on the New York and National Registers of Historic Places and did the same for 44 sites in the Town of Rhinebeck. She led the very successful effort to preserve two of the oldest remaining structures in Rhinebeck, namely Quitman House (Stone Church Parsonage) and the Palatine Farmstead. She also laid the groundwork that led to the adoption by both the Town and Village of Rhinebeck of ordinances to protect historic structures.
“Marilyn Hatch has exemplified the highest values and integrity in historic preservation in all the projects she has taken part in, be it as a chair, member, or interested community member”, said Steven Mann of Rhinebeck, former president of the Museum of Rhinebeck History and of the Dutchess County Historical Society. “Her knowledge and willingness to share it and her skills with the public make her a very unique and valued member of the Rhinebeck community. Much of our history would have been lost in the past decades without her. She is a treasure.”
Tickets are available at $50 each, checks payable to the Museum of Rhinebeck History, to be mailed no later than September 26th to MRH, PO Box 816, Rhinebeck 12572. $35 of every ticket is tax deductible. Sponsors are still being accepted as well with a $100 minimum donation to be listed in the event program and may be mailed to the same address.
Those with questions may call 876-6892 or email smann320@yahoo.com as soon as possible.
Wurtemburg Book Unveiling, Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:30 PM
The Rev. Dr. Mark D. Isaacs, Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Wurtemburg will speak about his new book on the 250 year history of the church. The presentation and book signing ($25.00/book to be put towards the cost of publishing) will take place at the Quitman House, 7015 Route 9 in Rhinebeck, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, at 2:30 PM. The book includes a series of profiles of some of the influential ministers and families of the parish, including the Rev. Dr. Frederick Quitman. Also mentioned are the history of the Wurtemburg School, the Shed Association, the turkey suppers and other important traditions of this historic church. Following the talk, feel free to view the Wurtemburg exhibit inside the Museum.
Progressive Dinner Sunday, September 18, 2011, 4-7 PM
cosponsored by the Museum of Rhinebeck History and the Quitman Resource Center — The dinner will be held at 21 Chestnut Street in the Village of Rhinebeck and at a 65 Willowbrook Lane in the Town of Red Hook (which was part of Rhinebeck until 1812). Both sites will be open for tours for those attending. The appetizer and entrée will be served at a Colonial Revival style home at 21 Chestnut Street in Rhinebeck Village. This circa 1900 home served as the residence of the Frost family, first Benson, a well-known local attorney who was a friend of FDR and his local campaign organizer, and most recently his late daughter, Miss Barbara V. Frost, who had worked many years as a librarian and in her later years helped numerous local organizations in their efforts to document local history. Dessert will require a trip to Red Hook. The Martin family is associated with two homes in Red Hook, one of which is better known partly because of its highly visible location on Route 9, at the north end of the Village of Red Hook. Do not go there. The lesser known Martin House will be the site you want to find. After passing through the light at the intersection of Route 199 and Route 9 in the Village of Red Hook, continue north on 9 about 3/10th of a mile, pass by the first Martin House, then turn left on to Willowbrook Lane, and drive on a partially paved road for about 3/10 of a mile. The gem at the end was the home of Hendrick Marte. Built in the early 18th century, this stone house was likely built in three stages. The third floor dormer windows are a much later addition. The interior of the house includes a very special large ground-floor country kitchen that has been modernized yet retains its original open beams and a large open fireplace. Across the way there is a smaller room with an original beehive oven for baking. And adjacent to both rooms is a lovely Dutch door leading out to the old-fashioned “dooryard” and former stone well which is now incorporated into a patio setting. The landscaping to the rear of the house was designed by the same woman who designed a lot of the “landscaping” along the Taconic Parkway’s original blueprint. (We repeat: This Martin house is not to be confused with the other Martin House visible from Route 9 slightly north of the former IGA.)
Tickets for the Progressive Dinner are $40, or $35 if payment is received by September 10. Make checks payable to QRC and mail them to Brenda Klaproth, 132 East Market St, Rhinebeck 12572. ($15 of every ticket is tax-deductible.) Ticket sales are limited to 100. For further information, call 845-876-2436, or email bklaproth@ymail.com.
From Supervisor Tom Traudt & Mayor Jim Reardon: To memorialize the nearly 3,000 lives lost 10 years ago, please gather in front of Rhinebeck Town Hall at 8:30 a.m. this Sunday, September 11, 2011. The Rhinebeck Fire Department will serve refreshments after the ceremony. Please spread the word to all Rhinebeck residents…
Could you please post for Tivoli Free Library? Thank you!!!
SPECIAL EVENT AT THE TIVOLI FREE LIBRARY ~
September 14th @ 7:00pm – Local Poetry Reading w/Lea Graham
Please join us as Lea Graham reads from her new book of poetry. Book signing to follow.
Lea Graham is the author of the chapbook, Calendar Girls (above/ground Press). Her poems, translations, collaborations, reviews and articles have been published in or are forthcoming in journals such as Notre Dame Review, American Poetry Journal, American Letters & Commentary, The Capilano Review, and Shadow Train. Her work was included in two recent anthologies, The City Visible: Chicago Poetry in the 21st Century and The Bedside Guide to the No Tell Motel – 2nd Floor. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Inside Job: Free film Screening
Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 pm
Rhinebeck Town Hall
“Inside Job” provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Presented by the Real Majority Project and Dutchess Peace
Contact: joeltyner@earthlink.net
Thanks, Fred Nagel
Bella Stander (@BellaStander) says:
Please post:
Launch Party for UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSES: Illustrated Map & Guide
Celebrate with Rhinebeck publisher Bella Terra Publishing!
Lecture on U.S. lighthouse history & mapmaking at 2:30, followed by reception. Maps & watercolor prints of Hudson River lighthouses will be available for sale.
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2:00-4:00pm
Beacon Institute Gallery
199 Main St., Beacon NY 12508
ALL WELCOME – FREE
http://www.bellaterramaps.com
Contact: sales@bellaterramaps.com
lrlinder says:
HUDSON RIVER HERITAGE PLANS 23rd ANNUAL COUNTRY SEATS TOUR
“HISTORIC HUDSON VALLEY FARMS AND HOMES” IS THEME FOR OCTOBER 15th EVENT
Hudson River Heritage will stage its 23rd annual Country Seats Tour on Oct. 15, 2011 and will feature six historic Hudson Valley farms. The self-driving tour will also feature an option for a box lunch at Clermont.
The following properties will be included on this year’s tour:
Kross Creek Farm, Clinton
The Locusts, Staatsburg
Cedar Heights Orchard, Rhinebeck
Willow Brook Farm (The Hendrik Martin House), Red Hook
The Ridge, Upper Red Hook
Clermont, Clermont
Hudson River Heritage is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the unique character of the mid-Hudson Valley’s historic architecture, rural landscapes, and scenic views through education, advocacy and community involvement.
For tickets and more information please visit the HRH website at hudsonriverheritage.org or call 845-876-2474.
Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 pm
Live Latino Dance Music provided by the wonderful sounds of “Cuboricua.” Live dance demonstrations, door prizes, and light refreshments will be provided. The cost is $20 per person.
The proceeds from this dance are dedicated to the needy children of our sister city, Larreynaga, Nicaragua. Anyone who brings a nonperishable food item to donate to the church food pantry will get a free door prize ticket. Reservations are suggested.
-The Church of the Messiah
http://www.rhinebeck-episcopal.org
Thanks, we’ll post it in October.
The Village of Rhinebeck recently completed a sidewalk installation project on Knollwood Road that leads to the Chancellor Livingston School. The project included the installation of over 400 linear feet of new concrete sidewalk. Mayor Jim Reardon announced today “ the Village Board members are extremely pleased to have completed this project which provides for a safe pedestrian zone for the children traveling to and from the elementary school”. This area is a twisting, winding, heavily traveled section of roadway that had no sidewalk which necessitated the children walking on the shoulder of the roadway. Now they walk on an elevated sidewalk that has a buffer median between them and the vehicle traffic. Funding was provided for when the Knollwood Properties development went through review at the Planning Board level. Reardon states “ as a Board our primary concern is the health and safety of our community and by completing this sidewalk we have taken a big step to provide for public safety”.
elenaerber says:
On Sunday, October 9 (11-1pm) a local group of musicians known as the Pamelech Klezmer Orkester will be performing at the Rhinebeck Farmer’s Market. The orkester is a lively and inventive, modern-day gathering of klemorim, hailing from villages as near and far as Eastern Rhinebekistan and Northern Red Hookistan. Check them out online (pamelechklezmer.wordpress.com) and live at the market! (Wear your dancing shoes.)
Could you please post this information about our upcoming meeting? It is our 1st meeting in preparation for the Rhinebeck-Rheinbach Exchange Program’s trip to Germany next summer. Thanks very much!
The next Rhinebeck-Rheinbach Exchange trip to Germany will take place in July of 2012!
The Exchange is an opportunity for high school students in our area to spend two weeks with a host family in Germany and see how people in another part of the world live. Two weeks in Germany can’t be measured in days alone. Living in another country and performing music in historic venues where masters like Beethoven lived is an experience only dreamed of by most people. You will only be gone a short while, but the memories will last a lifetime. In addition to performing while on the Exchange, you’ll spend your days sightseeing, exploring the region of Rheinbach, with day trips to Bonn and Cologne, visits to medieval castles and walled cities, and a cruise down the scenic Rhine River. You’ll gain firsthand experience of another culture, learn more about yourself and your country, and make lifelong friends. The following summer, a German student will live with you for two weeks and participate in daily activities in our region planned by the Exchange.
If you sing or play a musical instrument, you may be eligible to participate. The Exchange is open to all high school students (including 2012 graduates), as well as middle school students who have completed the eighth grade by June 2012. All Exchange students and adult chaperones participate in our chorus and/or band.
Since its founding in 1977, over 2,000 students and 800 families have participated in the Exchange, sharing their music, culture and friendship.
Come and find out about the Exchange and see if it’s right for you! Our annual meeting and 2012-2013 Exchange kickoff will be held on:
Rhinebeck High School Auditorium
45 North Park Road
Rhinebeck-Rheinbach Exchange Program
Ed Gibbons-Brown says:
Please consider including in your forum an event I am involved with at the Rhinecliff Morton Memorial Library. The event is a one-man play called ‘Underneath the Lintel’, which we will be performing this Saturday, October 22nd, at 8pm at the library.
More information can be found here:
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/546110/48963cd78c/1507503555/59df7e9af2/
Hi there, It’s on https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/underneath-the-lintel-a-one-man-play-at-morton-oct-22nd-2011/
Needed to scroll down a bit. Thanks, and keep reading!
You can find it on Facebook and Twiiter too!
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Chris Chestney says:
Please post on the calander, Chris Chestney, Rhinebeck Lions Club, 453-5400 -cell
Rhinebeck Lions Club Annual (Free) Thanksgiving Feast
The Rhinebeck Lions Club will be delivery complete Thanksgiving Dinners to anyone in Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Tivoli, Milan or Clinton Corners.
Last year the volunteers delivered 112 meals throughout the region. The home cooked meal will be prepared by members of the Lions Club and volunteers from the community. The only “need” for this meal is the desire to enjoy turkey and all the fixings. Volunteers will deliver the meals Thanksgiving day around 11 AM.
For further information or to make a reservation email Chris Chestney, chris@dapsonchestney.com, or call 876-3620. Please leave your name and phone number.
Thx you’re on~
Andrew Schulkind says:
Could you please post about The Rhinebeck Science Foundation’s 4th Annual Discovery Festival this week? Details below.
Andrew Schulkind
RSF’s 4th Annual Discovery Festival
This year’s theme is S.M.Art: Science Makes Art, and we have a full slate of fun activities exploring the science behind the arts.
There will be activities geared to K-2 kids as well as older kids straight up through high school. (Grown-ups will have a great time, too. Guaranteed.)
Don’t forget to bring your web-enabled smartphones and handhelds (iPod Touch, iPad, etc.) to participate in S.M.Art TV – make your own TV pilot.
• Make a movie and explore the magic of green screen technology and computer animation
• Watch Solas an Lae dancers tap out the rhythm of the dance
• Create Jackson Pollock-style artwork with a paint ball gun
• Get a team together and run the arts obstacle course
• Learn color theory
• And much more!
Be there Saturday October 29, 2011 from 10am to 2pm at Rhinebeck High School to experience all the fun.
Thx! https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/rhinebeck-science-foundationfestival-2011/
Judith Johnson says:
Tending to Your Ending
Come share in this taboo-breaking exploration of the end of life’s journey. Cut through the confusion and overwhelm so you can plan in a way that deeply honors your truth. Topics include:
-issues and opitons in end-of-life planning
-beliefs, values and personal preferences
-advance healthcare planning
-emotional challenges
-protecting personal interests
-communicating effectively
-preparing an ethical will
what to do when death comes
Facilitated by Judith Johnson, PhD and Laurie Schwartz, MA who have decades of combined expertise in dealing with end-of-life issues.
Cost: $80/person including a half hour followup support call.
Dates & Locations:
Rhinebeck The Starr Library Sunday, November 6, 2011
Saugerties Miriam’s Well Saturday, November 12, 2011
Woodstock Enchanted Manor Sunday, November 20, 2011
Time: Registration: 12:45 pm. Sessions from 1:00-5:00 pm.
Please RSVP by email or phone ASAP since space is limited.
laurie@havingityourway.com 914 466 5763
or judith@havingityourway.com 845 516 5044
Visit us on Facebook: Tending to Your Ending
On Sunday, November 20th, the third annual Artisan Faire will be held at the Rhinebeck Town Hall, 80 E. Market Street from 10 to 4. This amazing combination of craft fair and art exhibit will feature unique items for sale (perfect gift shopping well ahead of the holidays), and funds raised make the Rhinebeck SINTERKLAAS celebration possible. Live music and tasty treats are also part of the festivities. Free to attend. Artists interested in having a table contact sinterjoanne@gmail.com
Thanks Joanne! https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/be-a-part-of-the-sinterklaas-artisan-faire/
Andrea Rhodes says:
Tangent Arts of Tivoli, in association with ABOUTFACE Ireland, presents NEWvember, a festival of new plays. November 10-13, Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli. info@tangent-arts.org (845) 230-7020
Celeste Oxendine says:
I’m interested in adding a event post to the Rhinebeck Community Forum calendar. How do I go about doing that. It is for a Food Drive next week.
Please email me or give me a call at 876-1157
Hi there, we emailed you last week…? You need to leave your info on the comments page, or email us back with the info so we can post Thanks! RCF
Gretchen Lytle says:
We would like to post the following art event taking place this coming Friday and Saturday in Rhinebeck to which one and all are invited.
FRIDAY, NOV. 18 (4–9)
SATURDAY, NOV. 19 (10–6)
THE GROUP HOLIDAY SALE
DELAMATER CONFERENCE CENTER of the BEEKMAN ARMS
ethel berger – paper
frank dobai- wood
beverly eichenlaub – fused glass jewelry
stephen fabrico – ceramic designs
amy r. farrell – block print cards
grace gunning – metal work
lynne james- clay
brad kato – stoneware
sally lyon – pearls
gretchen lytle – weaving & knitting
annette mackrel – felted & beaded jewelry
melissa martin – repurposed wool
martin-matthewson – jewelry
cynthia nelson – decorative tiles
hannah niswonger – ceramics
tom stoenner – blown glass
laura wilensky – ceramics
mary ann williams – basketry
Thanks You’re On!
https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/the-group-holiday-sale-november-18th-19th-2011/
The ARTISAN FAIRE on Sunday, November 20th helps make the Annual Sinterklaas festival in Rhinebeck possible. Come to Rhinebeck Town Hall, 80 East Market Street between 10 and 4 to enjoy a combination art exhibit and craft fair with live music, tasty treats, door prizes, raffles… and all your holiday shopping done locally and BEFORE Thanksgiving. FREE Admission. Contact sinterjoanne@gmail.com
Susan Phillips says:
We would like to announce upcoming concerts for Cappella Festiva this Friday and Sunday. Thank you.
Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir Concerts
Things Sacred, or Things Profane
Friday, November 18,2011, 8:00 PM
Lyall Memorial Federated Church
West Maple Ave., Millbrook, NY
Sunday, November 20,2011, 7:30 PM
Academy & Barclay Streets, Poughkeepsie, NY
Tickets $15 gen. Admission; $12 Sr. Citizens; $5 Students
call 845-853-7765 or visit http://www.cappellafestiva.org
Please share the following (and thanks so much for this blog –I love finding it each morning!)
Sinterklaas 2011 Festivities are about to begin. Get the complete schedule and plan you time! Online [http://www.sinterklaasrhinebeck.com/calendar.php] and now the PROGRAM BOOKLET is available at Winter Sun & Summer Moon and The Rhinebeck Department Store.
Saturday November 26!!!!
Sinterklaas will arrive by tugboat in Rhinecliff. Arrive early (3:30pm) so you don’t miss a thing (The Grumpus Gauntlet and Dancing, the brass band, and, of course, the Arrival). Join the procession that culminates at the Rhinecliff Hotel for more music, dance and a performance of St. George and the Dragon.
This year we have extra parking plus a shuttle from the lot!
David Miller says:
How do I post our monthly events?
Hi David, We just sent you an email!
The Corporation: Free film Screening
Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 pm
Crafted Kup
44 Raymond Ave
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, “The Corporation” explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, “The Corporation” is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Winner at Sundance Film Festival. -145 min-
Due to the length of the film, there will be no audience discussion at the end. This is part of the “Give Peace a Film” series and there is no admission charge, although a collection will be taken for Occupy Poughkeepsie.
Sponsored by: Dutchess Peace
Contact: 845 876-7906
Diana Cohen says:
Do you have a twitter account? You really are a great resource. Clinton Community Library is having a Valentine’s day concert to support the Library on February 12th. Here is the facebook event:
Can I email you the flyer? Thanks!
Real Dutchess Mom
We’ve got a flyer about an e-waste recycling (computers, fax machines, TVs, etc.) this Saturday 3/3 at RHS. How can I forward you the PDF (it’s small) for posting on the Forum?
Terry Gipson says:
Dear Rhinebeck Community Forum,
We are local business owners and understand the importance of a flourishing business community. That’s why we and the entire Rhinebeck Village Board of Trustees have worked so hard over these past two years making improvements to benefit Rhinebeck merchants and business owners. These improvements have also enhanced the quality of life for our residential community. Here are some of our accomplishments:
• Improved safety and attractiveness of municipal parking lot by repaving, installing modern lighting system, and adding solar-powered trash compactors to decrease litter;
• Established the Rhinebeck Pedestrian Task Force which has developed plans for sidewalk improvement and safe routes to schools.
• Acquired $15,000 grant for two new business district crosswalks, scheduled for installation this spring;
• Improved traffic flow by working with NY DOT on improvements to Mill and Market Street intersection. Renovations to be installed this spring will include new signage and traffic signals;
• Developed plans for new Village police station to improve public safety for our residents and visitors, and to better serve our business district;
• Worked with our Tree Commission to make Rhinebeck an official Tree City USA;
• Established capital improvement plans for water and waste water, ensuring the implementation of important operational upgrades;
• Negotiated more than $1M savings for waste water ratepayers;
• Established a Finance and Controls Committee to manage spending and save taxpayers money;
• Implemented new Rhinebeck Village website with email notification component to
improve communication and access to public documents (www.RhinebeckVillage.org).
There is still much more to do. Improving road drainage and making West Market Street more attractive for business is a top priority. With your support, we can continue to address critical infrastructure improvements with responsible fiscal strategies. We look forward to working closely with the entire business and residential community in our continued effort to make Rhinebeck a great place to shop, dine, work, and live.
Please feel free to contact us anytime. Your ideas and suggestions are always welcome. And, we have an informative video airing on Panda Channel 23 beginning March 3 http://www.pandatv23.org/schedule. We are excited about continuing to serve you!
Brant Neuneker Terry Gipson
Rhinebeck Village Trustee Rhinebeck Village Trustee
BNeuneker@frontiernet.net Terry@GipsonDesignGroup.com
Mike Collins says:
While reading about the candidates running for the Village of Rhinebeck Board on March 20th, I noticed Brant Neuneker wants to re-negotiate the cable franchise with Time Warner. This is a very serious matter that All the people in the Villages and Towns of Rhinebeck, Red Hook and Tivoli need to be aware of.
Around 1998 the Northern Dutchess Cable Franchise Board was asked to review the franchise agreements between the Towns & Villages of Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Tivoli and TCI Cable. TCI was negotiating with AT&T and Time Warner to swap franchises in America. Many municipalities including Rhinebeck refused to agree.
The Village of Rhinebeck had the strongest contract, guaranteeing it remain in the top percent of technology, receive maximum franchise fees and TCI could not merge, sell or swap the franchise, without permission. Out of hundreds of municipalities, the Village of Rhinebeck was able to stand up to these three giants. Rhinebeck, with the help of a well known DC law firm, successfully negotiated high speed internet ten years before TCI planned to introduce it.
The Village of Rhinebeck has one of the strongest franchise agreements in the United States. Time Warner has been trying to re-negotiate the contract for years. I urge the Village Board not to be temped to negotiate with one of the world’s largest companies. The New York Public Service Commission automatically renews cable franchise agreements every 6 months and does revenue audits free.
FACTS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK
On March 20, 2012 the voters of the Village of Rhinebeck will be charged with selecting two individuals to represent them for the next two years by voting in the Village elections. This is our Democratic process at work.
For the record I am a registered Republican. Over the last several years I have had the distinct pleasure of working with Wayne Rifenburgh (Republican), Howard Traudt (Independent), Terry Gibson (Democrat) and Brant Neuneker (Democrat). This board has been a very cohesive, practical, thoughtful, hardworking group of individuals that has only one desire and that is to do the job we were asked to do, work for our community. We do not have the time nor the energy to let political affiliation enter into our decision making process. We are here to get the job done, period.
In January the Rhinebeck Republican party invited me to a committee meeting, asked my opinion about the upcoming election and I clearly stated that I was in full support of Terry Gibson and Brant Neuneker for all of the aforementioned reasons. The Republican Party has exercised their right and has mounted a campaign in opposition. I fully recognize their right to do so and I applaud Knick Staley and Brenda Klaproth for their willingness to seek public office and work for their community.
However I do take issue with the way they have elected to mount their campaign. They have chosen to mount a campaign that has been critical of the job that the Village Board has done and has been based on a distortion of the truth and misinformation. The reason for this post is to provide the voters in the Village of Rhinebeck with facts and to point out inconsistencies that will allow them to make a decision based on reality.
In a letter to the editor that appears on the back of a campaign palm card dated February 25, 2012 Mr. Staley states “the purchase of the home (14 Center Street) adjacent to the Village municipal building and fire house was a wise thing to do to allow for future expansion. However, the construction of an additional building, behind Village Hall, for the sole use of the Village Police, is not a prudent decision and should be deferred. This decision should be given further study and allow for citizen input”.
“The original idea was to put an addition on the Village Building to house our police. This would save money in construction cost and no additional water and sewer hookups would be necessary. Also maintaining a second building would be more expensive than maintaining one. While housing cost has gone down, new construction has gone up. Building anything in these economic times is not a good idea. Albany is encouraging consolidation of services in our local governments and this should be considered in the Village and Town of Rhinebeck”.
“Village Hall is not a good place for our Fire Department. Getting emergency vehicles out of the Village is neither easy nor safe. Moving the fire station outside of the Village should be considered. This building might also house our police and maybe even the NYS Police who are looking for a new home in Rhinebeck. In this way the Village could share the economic expense of this project. Village Hall would be available for other municipal use, perhaps including bathrooms with access from the outside for the public”.
All the above are exact quotes of Mr. Staley and are in writing. They are his opinions and he certainly is entitled to them.
In an article that appeared in the February 29, 2012 Hudson Valley News Mr. Staley then says he “would like to see the village fire department currently located on the first floor of Village Hall moved into a new emergency center which would be shared with the New York State Police. According to Staley the State Police are looking to move out of their current location on Rt 9 and sharing a building would be more cost effective because the cost to build a new emergency center could be recouped through the village’s lease agreement with the state. This move Staley says would free up the lower level of Village Hall which could be used by the village police force. He says it would also enhance safety because emergency vehicles would no longer have to pull out onto Market Street which is often heavily trafficked”. Again all exact quotes of Mr. Staley and again he is entitled to his opinion.
Sorry but I just can’t get my hands around this. I will counter with the following which are factual.
None of the current village board members held office when 14 Center Street was purchased.
The village board at that time purchased it with the intent of converting it to a police station (the original idea).
Mr. Staley’s running mate Brenda Klaproth was a member of the village board when it was purchased so if he asks her she can confirm that.
Mr. Staley contradicts himself by saying building anything in these times is not a good idea yet he proposes to do exactly that, build a public safety building.
He also contradicts himself by saying we should not maintain a second building. Again he proposes to do exactly that.
Contradiction number three no water and sewer hookups, I do not care what you build you need water and you need sewage disposal.
Village Hall in not a good place for our Fire Department? The Rhinebeck Fire Department has been housed in the current municipal building since it was constructed and dedicated in 1971. Apparently it was a good idea then. I have been on the board since 2007 and not once has anyone ever expressed to me that there is a safety issue regarding the location of the Fire Department. The fire department primarily serves the Village and is basically centrally located and that alone allows for more efficient operations from a response time perspective and a cost of operation due to mileage, fuel expense etc.
Are police cars not emergency vehicles and they are okay but fire trucks are not?
The current Village Municipal building is 11,600 square feet. The Village offices occupy approximately 3,000 square feet. If we follow Mr. Staley’s proposal and were to build a new public safety building the taxpayers would foot the bill. We would need to purchase yet another piece of property, construct the new facility, incur the expense to retro fit the downstairs of the Village Hall to a police department if after paying for a feasibility study that would show we could do so, and still have a dilapidated building at 14 Center Street to deal with.
This new facility would be much larger and significantly more expensive to construct and maintain. Mr. Staley suggests that a lease between the Village and the state could recoup the funds. We would be a landlord and the state would pay us rent. They would not absorb the cost of the land or the part of the building we would inhabit, our taxpayers would.
The village board has been working for nearly two years now on how best to provide for the needs of our community as it applies to police services.
We have been taking a very slow methodical approach and have looked at several options which include:
a. building a two story annex alongside Village Hall
b. looked at purchasing three other properties and constructing a new police station there
c. converting the existing building at 14 Center Street to a police facility
d. removing the existing building at 14 Center Street and constructing a new modest stand alone police facility of approximately 2000 square feet.
After looking at all these options we have determined that the most cost effective solution that
suits the need of our community while minimizing the impact to our taxpayers is option d.
We have taken a slow methodical approach and consulted with architects, engineers, the planning board and the village attorney to reach this conclusion.
We have discussed this at Village Board meetings, conducted workshops and it has been aired on
Panda TV and is a matter of public record.
We are still in a discovery phase and have no formal proposal as to what construction costs will be.
Before we request an RFP for construction we need to deal with the legal requirements for demolition of the existing structure.
We have passed a resolution that gives us the ability to reimburse up to $900,000.00 once we bond the construction. This does not mean we are spending $900,000.00
We are confident that the costs will be much less, but at the advice of counsel used a higher amount.
In the same February 29, 2012 Hudson Valley News article Brenda Klaproth states if elected one of her goals is to increase communication with village residents. She says “the village website does not contain links to recent village board meetings”. “I think the bond for the police station is another good example of people not being aware”. Klaproth states that “the building set to be demolished is on the National Register of Historic Places”. “Klaproth believes the current administration has not done a good job of engaging the community in its decision making process and hasn’t taken advantage of residents institutional memory (what is that?). She said things related to the police department proposal and newly revamped sidewalk law are things that have been studied in the past, yet the current administration is not engaging those community members who previously studied it.
I will counter with the following:
The village formerly shared a website with the town.
It was operated and maintained by a group of volunteers formed by the Town.
In 2010 due to the fact that we were unable to control our content on the shared website the Village
made the decision the launch a new website http://www.rhinebeckvillage.org
It is a very up to date user friendly website.
There is a link on the home page for minutes and agendas.
Once agendas are finalized they are posted.
Board meeting minutes are posted to the website after they are voted on and approved. They are not
posted to the website until after the following months board meeting when they are approved.
There is an archive of all minutes since the site was launched.
There is an opt in subscription feature so that those that desire to stay informed may receive
The village board has not bonded money for a police station only passed a resolution that allows us
to reimburse up to $900,000.00 if we do bond.
The building at 14 Center Street is not a significant structure on the National Register of Historic Places.
If it was none of the Village Board would be in favor of taking it down.
It is a contributing building to the Historic District but not protected.
The current Village Board passed a Historic Preservation law in 2010 for the express purpose of
protecting the historic character of our village.
As a governmental agency we had no obligation to abide by this law we enacted. None the less we
made a conscious decision to follow the law and requested a demolition permit from the planning board, which was granted for the demolition of 14 Center Street.
Even if 14 Center Street was preserved it would not meet the code required by law for the police.
The Village Board has engaged the people.
We formed a Pedestrian Task Force comprised of a group of local individuals with diverse
backgrounds and expertise to study sidewalks.
The village board approached the Town Board with the idea of forming a joint Town/Village
task force to study solid waste. That remains ongoing and we are hopeful will provide ideas for how
we can work together to provide better service and increase efficiencies.
Things may have been studied in the past but nothing was done.
The Village Board formed a Finance and Controls committee.
The Village Board formed an Ethics Board.
We formed a group to look at the possible consolidation of the Rhinebeck, Hillside and Rhinecliff
Fire Departments and that process is ongoing.
We formed all of these groups by publicly advertising through print media and the up to date village website http://www.rhinebeckvillage.org. The response has been phenomenal and neither Mr. Staley nor Ms. Klaproth volunteered for any of these worthwhile projects.
This village board is pro active and gets things done. Doing nothing is not an option.
The Staley/Klaproth campaign literature makes reference to “strive to improve the relationship between the fairgrounds and the village so as to accommodate the needs of both. That is exactly what the Village Board has been trying to do over the last several years. The fairgrounds are and have been a non conforming use in the residential zone ever since our first zoning law was written. Due to that fact, the Fairgrounds is not allowed to increase the intensity of their use. That means no growth, no building, and no more events. The law was never enforced. Why I do not know. I am not the one to ask. However I will state that the current village board does enforce the laws of this community and does so equally and fairly across the board. Everyone is on a level playing field. To do less is irresponsible. It is obvious that the Fairgrounds are zoned improperly. It is not realistic to expect them to be successful and support the families that derive a living
from the fairgrounds, bring tourists to our Village which creates revenue for our business community while at the same time we handcuff them with an outdated zoning law. We have been trying to facilitate this and I am confident we are now moving in the right direction. This is a process that requires a willingness to keep an open mind, careful thought, a willingness to make concessions and strike a balance for the entire community. We are all partners in this and the decisions we make will impact all of us and will do so for years to come. We need to do this for our children and grandchildren and our grand children’s children. It is a negotiation that must and will take place, and I state without reservation that we will be successful as long as we abide by these principles.
The Staley/Klaproth campaign literature also makes reference to “seek a more equitable means (hidden meaning – tax all) to finance sidewalk repairs instead of burdening only the few who own the walks”. The village code is clear in that it places responsibility for upkeep and maintenance on the adjoining property owner. When you buy a piece of property you assume that responsibility. If you do not want the responsibility of maintenance of the sidewalk than you have the option of renting. The village board formed the Pedestrian Task Force to look at the issues surrounding sidewalks. Along with assistance from the Dutchess County Department of Planning they created a document called “Worth Walking” (available on the up to date village website http://www.rhinebeckvillage.org ) which has been adopted as part of our master plan. Believe me when I say, this a very complex issue and may have been studied in the past but never in such a comprehensive and thoughtful manner. The bottom line is the village board is serious about fixing sidewalks. If we do not it is only a matter of time before there is lawsuit. Grant funding has basically dried up and we need to do something. Again doing nothing is not an option.
The Staley/Klaproth campaign literature makes reference to doing a better job of notifying people and encouraging community involvement by holding work shops and notifying the public via the village email list. The Village Board holds meetings and workshops on a continuing basis. We follow all public meeting law requirements. This includes posting at Village Hall, newspaper notifications and on the website calendar feature. As needed I do press releases to all the media outlets which are also posted on the website. All our meetings are open door and quite frankly Mr. Staley and Ms. Klaproth do not attend. This is not uncommon as most of the time there are only two individuals that attend our meetings on a regular basis, they being Heinz Sauer and Jack Varricchio. Gentleman we all thank you for your support.
The most recent Staley/Klaproth campaign literature makes reference to the current Village Board, Village Clerk and Village Attorney not having the experience of their predecessors and lacking in institutional memory (there is that phrase again). I think it is campaign double speak for consult with them. I will counter with:
I am highly offended and take umbrage with the fact that Mr. Staley and Ms. Klaproth have chosen to now include our Village Clerk Gail Haskins in their campaign nonsense. I have had the pleasure of working with Gail for 5 years and over that time she has been the most conscientious, dedicated and hardworking Clerk that we could ask for. For them to include Gail in their political spin is inexcusable. Ditto for Richard Olson the Village Attorney, a man that I have the utmost respect for and who has served admirably with the highest of degree of professionalism one could expect. Neither of these individuals is in an elected position and to include them and attack them is quite frankly way out of line. Who are you running against?
As far as this institutional memory thing I am only guessing that this means consult with our predecessors. The fact is on a continuing basis the Village Board has used the expertise, memory and knowledge of former Mayor Peter Sipperly. He has wealth of information regarding the Village of Rhinebeck based on the fact that he is a life long resident, former small business owner and served the community for over 30 years. Mr. Staley and Ms. Klaproth only need to ask him and I am sure he will confirm this. Former Mayor Sipperly currently is serving on the Solid Waste Task Force as a volunteer. Also if Mr. Staley and Ms. Klaproth bothered to consult with his Mr. Staley’s sister Valerie Kilmer, our former Village Clerk she will confirm that our current Village Clerk Gail Haskins has used her as a resource as needed. Also Mr. Staley can confirm that when Valerie retired I presented her with a letter which thanked her for all her years of service and also for the help she had given me.
They suggest we should more diligently consult former officials and volunteers regarding structure demolition. We did not have a law as a Village, who were we to consult?
We should do the same for historic zoning. Same answer.
Sidewalks. As previously stated, it may have been looked at but nothing was done. We are taking action.
Center Street Parcel. Who are we to consult and for what purpose. It is unfit for Village purposes. We have had to face the issue and have done so.
Fairgrounds problems. Already addressed.
They go on to state “ We took a closer look at current and past issues confronting the Village Board and discovered that, perhaps, the Village Board worked to well together by “ rubber stamping” each other’s proposals instead of independently examining each board action with a thoughtful eye”. Are you kidding me? Work too well together? There is no such thing as working too well together. This board is made up of five individuals and we all are independent thinkers. We go through a process where by everyone gets to share their ideas, discuss options and only after thoughtful and careful consideration do we reach a conclusion. We do not always agree and if we do not, we always respectfully agree to disagree. Not once have we had a heated exchange, which is good because that would only serve increase tension and divide us. Rubber stamp each others proposals? No how, no way, no time. Not what we are made of.
Their last reference is to the proposed events law where they state “allowing it to go to public hearing without prior public input epitomizes our concern”. My answer to that once again is that this was discussed at multiple Village Board meetings. We held work shop meetings. It was advertised in the newspapers, posted at Village Hall and on the website. No one came. We did a press release to the newspaper and held a public hearing which is exactly what we are required by law to do.
Finally people showed up and voiced their opinions. We held another public hearing in order to give people more time to comment. We have now formed a steering committee to look further at the issue. We have followed process, complied with the legal requirements, most importantly listened to the people and will move forward. Mr. Staley and Ms. Klaproth do not think we need one. Again I respect their opinion. However there are many who think we do.
The current Village Board has a proven track record. We have taken on and faced all the challenges, no matter the difficulty. You name it, police station, fairgrounds, sidewalks, drainage, planning and zoning, historic preservation, fire service, solid waste we have been willing to look at and do something when it needs to be done. There is only one thing that drives us and that is to protect and improve the quality of life for our current residents, businesses and visitors and for the generations to come.
I hope that this information is helpful to people in their decision making process for the upcoming election.
I am not opposed to anyone seeking public office. If you do so you should run on your own merit. Base your campaign on what you will do for your community and back it up with facts. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and free to voice it. That is what makes this such a great country. The people of the Village of Rhinebeck deserve to know the facts, not to be misled. I am supporting Terry Gibson and Brant Neuneker, I hope you will too!
VILLAGE OF RHINEBCK TO UNDERTAKE REPAIRS OF ASHER DAM
Mayor Jim Reardon announced today that the Village of Rhinebeck will be undertaking repairs of Asher Dam at Crystal Lake. Reardon states “There was significant damage to Asher Dam as a result of tropical storms Irene and Lee”. There at two valves located at the base of the dam that are used to control the water levels at the lake. Debris that washed over the spillway during the storms damaged one of the valves and it is non functional and the other while still operational did incur damage. Reardon states “In order to operate these valves we are required us to enter the water. This of course is a very dangerous situation and cannot be accomplished during high water flows. We have designed a new system that will re-route the valves to the side of the stream and away from the spillway. Once this is done there will be no further risk of damage and we will not have to enter the Landsman Kill in order to actuate the valves. The end result will be much safer, more manageable and allow us to effectively manage the water levels at the Lake”. A test has been conducted whereby the water level in Crystal Lake was dropped 36” over a 26 hour period. Reardon says “We are now allowing the Lake to recover and I am continually monitoring the rate of recovery. This will allow us to determine how much we need to lower the water level in order to allow the contractors enough time to affect the repair before the water once again falls over the spillway”. In closing Reardon states, “In another week to ten days this project will be completed and we will be able to manage the water level at the Lake and as a result we should see a marked improvement in the drainage issues upstream from Crystal Lake. We would like to thank everyone for their cooperation while this work is under way”.
MAYOR REARDON RESPONDS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
The latest round of campaign literature distributed by the Staley/Klaproth campaign makes the claim that I am “An Angry Mayor‘. They obviously do not know me very well and I would state that the word that best describes me is passionate. Passionate about the Village of Rhinebeck and serving the people is who I am.
They also refer to my “handpicked” team. Admittedly I recruited Wayne, Howie, Terry and Brant and I support all of them as they are good men that work exceptionally hard. I would remind Mr. Staley and Ms. Klaproth that I only get one vote and it is the voters in this Village that picked them, not I.
They go on to state that I “want a compliant board so badly that I have been authoring vitrolic screeds attacking them”. One only needs to read the papers and blogs to get a clear understanding that all I have done is present facts that have countered their claims.
It is they who are angry and it is because I will not tow the party line. I told them this at the Republican caucus upfront and face to face. They now are saying that I am openly campaigning for Terry and Brant throughout the Village. Excuse me for being honest. The last time I checked, this was the United States of America and we have a constitution that guarantees me the right to campaign and support the candidate of my choosing. For them to even make that statement is a clear indication of their belief system and political stance.
Tomorrow the voters will have their say. They have a choice, select candidates that will work hard, openly and honestly for everyone in the village or vote for people who want to deny you your rights if you do not agree with them and bring political dysfunction to our Village. The choice is yours, choose wisely.
Mayor Jim Reardon
thesponsorshipspecialist says:
Next Tuesday evening is the last School Board Meeting before next year’s budget is passed. There is a serious issue regarding class sizes that we are trying to bring to the attention of all Rhinebeck residents, since teacher-to-student ratios are one of the few *quantifiable* ways to gauge the quality of a school district and a town’s dedication to its children. (Note that we recognize there are many ways to evaluate a school district, but class size is a number that speaks volumes). Can I send you a concise notice about this issue, encouraging people to come to the Board Meeting and speak out, for you to put up as a blog post?
Jennifer Lavenhar
jennifer@lavenhar.com
Feel free we’ll ck it out. Thanks!
Can you send me your contact info by email? Or should I just put it up here and then perhaps you can re-post it to the main page???
Hi there, please leave your info. We may edit. Yes we do repost. Thx!
Mary Barre Fleischhauer says:
ANNUAL SENIOR CITIZEN PROM – 50’s Sock Hope Theme!
The Rhinebeck High School is sponsoring the Annual Senior Citizen Prom on Saturday April 28th. This event is an opportunity for interaction between our high school students and the area senior citizens. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in promoting this event by including the following information in your calendar of local events.
Senior Citizen Prom
Theme: Sock Hop
Dinner, Dancing, Door Prizes
50’s Themed Soda Shop Meal
Catered by Sue & Ray Germann & Staff
Entertainment by Russ Allen
Tickets — $16.00 * No Refunds*
Reservations call Rhinebeck HS – 871-5500 x 5501
Deadline for reservations is Monday, April 23, 2012
**Singles, Couples and Groups Welcome**
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gspeed37 says:
The Rhinebeck Community Garden has a few openings for members of the Rhinebeck community who would like to join the Rhinebeck Community Garden. For $25 for the growing season you receive your own plot (15′ x 20′). Half plots are available, as well. Water, compost and mulch are provided. By joining you are committing to grow with organic substances and natural pesticides. In addition to keeping your plot planted, weeded and looking good, members commit to 12-15 hours over the course of the growing season for “group work”, usually a few hours monthly. Monthly pot lucks are held at or near the garden. Join us this Saturday at our group work session (9 a.m.-12 noon or 1 p.m.-4 p.m. and our pot luck 12-1 p.m. to meet the gardeners and visit the Garden. The Garden is located in back of the Starr Library in Rhinebeck, across the parking lot from the swimming pool. For more information, contact our Membership Chair: Jill Welch, rhinebeckcommunitygarden@gmail.com, telephone: 845.594.1394.
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Edie Meidav says:
Dear fellow Rhinebeckians and all!
Please join us at Bard this Wednesday, April 18, 2012, for a fun, stimulating, mind-expanding series of events on Cuba which I helped organize. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, and in the Campus Center.
First events are in the Multipurpose Room (MPR) — adults/kids would enjoy the 2-3 music program:
1-1:20 Cuban Bard students talk/show pictures
1:20-1:40 Bard students/study-abroad office/Burlington/Marist talk of chances to study in Cuba
2-3 Live music ensemble! Learn about the history of salsa, and hear some amazing music with a singer! Possible dancing!
In Weis Cinema in the Campus Center:
3:30 film clips and discussion with S.L Price, senior editor Sports Illustrated, Edie Meidav, and filmmaker Brin Butler about Butler’s film SPLIT DECISION about Afro-Cuban boxer Rigondeaux, best in sport’s history, now living American purgatory in Miami after defecting from Cuba.
5:15 Free reception, book sale
5:30 Keynote address by National Book Award-winning memoirist Carlos Eire, author of WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA and landbreaking feminist anthropologist Ruth Behar, author of AN ISLAND CALLED HOME: Jewish Cuba, A WOMAN TRANSLATED and other work
6:30 Panel discussion with Behar, Butler, Eire, Mestre and Price, moderated by Edie Meidav
7:30 Book-signing and reception
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Elissa Cascio says:
Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth to host local Drop-Off Location for
DEA Nationwide Drug Take-Back Day April 28 at
Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, NY
April 23 (Rhinebeck, NY) – This Saturday, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription and other drugs.
On Saturday, April 28th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., DEA and its partners will hold their fourth National Drug Take-Back Day at sites nationwide. The Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth, a volunteer organization of parents, school and community leaders, and residents, has once again partnered with Rhinebeck Village Police and Northern Dutchess Hospital on Springbrook Avenue in Rhinebeck, to host a drop-off location. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Americans participating in DEA’s three previous Take-Back Days turned in nearly a million pounds—almost 500 tons—of drugs at over 5,300 sites operated by more than 4,000 of the DEA’s state and local law enforcement partners. The Rhinebeck site collected more than 220 pounds of medication between the two Medication Take-Back Days in 2011. Says Elissa Cascio, Community Coalition for Rhinebeck Youth, or CC4RY, Steering Committee Member and organizer of the Rhinebeck Drug Take-Back Location, “We were shocked to have collected so much medication at these events last year considering how small of a town we are. However, it really drove home for us that there is a strong need for public focus on the issue of unused drugs lingering in homes in our community.”
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high–more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
“Prescription drug abuse is a major epidemic across the country and DEA is committed to reducing the potential for misuse by providing a safe and secure method for Americans to clean out their medicine cabinets and properly dispose of unwanted, unneeded, or expired medications,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “Americans responded overwhelmingly to DEA’s first three Take-Back Day events, disposing of nearly 500 tons of medication in the past two years. This nationwide community effort prevents home medicine cabinets from becoming sources of dangerous – and even deadly – drugs.”
If the Rhinebeck location is inconvenient, the public can find a nearby collection site by visiting http://www.dea.gov, clicking on the “Got Drugs?” icon, and following the links to a database, where they enter their zip code.
CC4RY encourages everyone to collect their expired, unused, and no-longer-needed medications from around their home and bring them for safe disposal to Northern Dutchess Hospital on Saturday, April 28th between 10am and 2pm. It does not matter what container they are in. Says Cascio, “We ask the public to spread the word to friends and neighbors. If you were prescribed more pills than you needed, get rid of them at our Take-Back Event in a way that is safe, easy, and responsible. Everyone has old prescription and over-the-counter medicine at home that is expired or no-longer-needed, and now is the perfect opportunity to do what you can to make sure it stays out of the wrong hands.”
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Support Africa Hospice Initiative @ The Rhinecliff Hotel
SPRING BREAK – 80’S NIGHT IN SUPPORT OF AFRICA HOSPICE INITIATIVE (AHI)
Sponsored by Lighten Up!
Lighten Up! — a company that educates and advocates about end of life care — invites you to Spring Break – 80’s Night at The Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff, NY on Friday, May 18th from 7 – 10 pm for food and drinks, mingling and dancing. Tickets are limited.
Anyone wanting to learn more about hospice and palliative care both here and around the world is encouraged to attend – including doctors, hospice workers and families. Perched on the banks of the Hudson River, the historic Rhinecliff Hotel will host this springtime cocktail and dance party to unite those with the same goal: caring for loved ones who are terminally ill and at the same time, showing compassion for others who lack the means to help care for their own family members.
Proceeds will benefit Africa Hospice Initiative (AHI), providing Holistic Palliative Care in many Zimbabwean communities for over 30 years, serving some 1.6 million orphans alone.
WHAT: Spring Break – 80’s Night In Support Of Africa Hospice Initiative (AHI)
Food, Cash Bar, 80’s music DJ
WHEN: Friday, May 18th
WHERE: The Rhinecliff Hotel, 4 Grinnell Street, Rhinecliff, NY 12574
COST: $25 per person. Cash bar.
Please send checks and donations payable to CFGCR-AHI to:
Suzanne O’Brien/Lighten Up!, PO Box 959, Pine Plains, NY 12567
INFO: Suzanne O’Brien/Lighten Up!
845-337-0389 or lightenupsuzanne@yahoo.com
For each ticket purchased, an amount in excess of $15 is tax deductable to the extent provided by law. For more information visit http://www.lightenup444.com/ and http://www.africahospiceinitiative.org/
Christine Houlihan-D'Aleo says:
Would you consider adding the Tivoli Free Library to your “attractions” portion of the site? Our website is http://www.tivolilibrary.org.
Also, if we want our events posted and sent out on your email list, do we simply put a reply on this forum, and you send out the information, or is there another way to submit?
Christine Houlihan-D’Aleo
Tina Turzik says:
Rhinebeck Montessori School is having an open house for parents and children wishing to enroll for the 2012-2013 school year on June 5th from 9:30-11:30. Please call us at 845-876-6406 or email us at rhinebeckmontessori@yahoo.com for more info. You can also check out our facebook page!
Come join the Rhinebeck-Red Hook Knitting Group. We will be meeting throughout the year at Taste Budd’s Cafe in Red Hook from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesdays for snacks and comaraderie. Knitting/crocheting beginners & enthusiasts – all are welcome. For more information contact Lee Goodspeed, 845.876.6100 or leegspeed@optimum.net
Jill Lundquist says:
Please join many community members of the Bard College Symphonic Chorus and Chamber Singers for our spring concert on Wednesday, May 16th at 8:00 PM at the Fisher Center at Bard College. $5 per ticket, open seating; call the Fisher Center Box Office to reserve (758-7900)
Under the direction of conductor James Bagwell, assisted by four talented graduate student conductors from the Bard College Music Conservatory, the program includes a wide range of selections from 16th and 18th Century composers Palestrina, Bach, Haydn, and Händel, as well as 20th Century compositions, including work by Kyle Gann, James Fitzwilliam and the world premiere of Zachary A. Malavolti’s – “A Light Exists in Spring.”
If you have been wanting to learn to knit or crochet or want to meet others who do, join us Tuesday evenings at Taste Budd’s in Red Hook for the Rhinebeck/Red Hook Knitting Group, from 6 – 9 p.m. Free needles, patterns and yarn will be available to get you started. Join us! Questions? call 845/876-6100, ask for Lee.
Becca Prahl says:
Please post to your calendar:
This Friday, May 18th, Upstate Films launches UpDocs: a week-long celebration of documentary film.
At 4:30, the series opens with THE ISLAND PRESIDENT. “The Maldives’ charismatic president Mohamed Nasheed came to power in 2008 during the country’s first democratic election in 30 years. Risen from the street, the former social activist gives a large voice to a small population and is not afraid to say that larger countries are murdering smaller ones like his.”
At 7:00, Upstate’s own Ben Fundis presents his documentary BORDER STORIES, followed by a q&a. “The U.S.-Mexico border is the most frequented international crossing in the world. The longest land boundary between the developed and the developing world, the border extends for 1,969 miles. Over a period of months, a documentary crew traveled along the border from Brownsville/Matamoros to San Diego/Tijuana. As they traveled, they edited short videos to show the human face of the politically charged region.”
At 9:15, the evening concludes with the beautiful and evocative GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9. “The outward expansion of American cities made irreversible changes to the original map they were placed upon. Robert Persons, in his first film, spent 11 years filming areas around Atlanta and exploring how, in the words of the film’s narrator, ‘deer trail becomes indian trail becomes county road.'”
Films and special events change daily all week. Come check them out!
For the full schedule, visit: http://upstatefilms.org/film-series/updocs
Sarah Hanaburgh says:
Hi! My name is Sarah Hanaburgh, I am the Events Director for the Town of Rhinebeck Recreation Department. I would love to have the opportunity to post our community events on your site. Thank you.
Charlie Ruehr says:
Hi – I have an event for this Saturday, May 26th. We are having the grand opening for our olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting emporium. People can come have a great experience and try some new and exciting products. We have over 30 varieties of olive oil and balsamic vinegar and you can taste everything for free. Right in the heart of Rhinebeck – 23 East Market St. Hope to see everyone there! Come learn, taste and enjoy yourself! Thanks, Charlie
blueribbonacademy says:
BLUE RIBBON FARM & ACADEMY
Summer Riding Camp Open House
Sun. June 3, 10:30am-2:00pm
Meet our happy horses, pets & staff! Regular camp sessions (ages 5-12) begin June 25.
New programs this year:
– Kinder Camp for ages 3-4 (June 18-22)
– Dressage Camp for Adults (July 1-3)
– Your Own Pony Week (July 23-27) – Pick a pony to care for & ride!
– Drama Camp (July 30-Aug 3) – Performance on Fri. 8/3.
MORE INFO: http://blueribbonacademy.com/camps
175 Lasher Road, Tivoli
Owner/trainer: Amy von Scholz
Stefan Findel says:
Photographer Stefan Findel and archeoartist Chuck Davidson have an exhibit together at 40 West Market Street in Rhinebeck, opening June 8th 5:30 to 7:30.
Please have a look at our websites:
stefanfindel.com
chuckdavidson.com
Sunday 6/3, 10:30am-2pm
Pony rides – rain or shine!
Large indoor & outdoor rings. Affordable rates, family discounts.
Dale Polmateer says:
Dale Flansburg is a proud ex Marine who has become the local expert on railroading. He is presenting to the senior residents of Arbor Ridge in Rhinebeck June 19 as part of the monthly Coffee & Culture series. Dale has a railroading museum located on 9G near Germantown. Watch carefully for the antique crossing signs or you will have to turn around and come back. He has collections ranging from lanterns to fine china once used on trains in the Hudson Valley. Ask him questions about the train station in your town and he can usually produce photographs and explain the history of each building including its function.
The Junction museum is a place to visit if you have interest or questions about our history and the life of railroading in our area. What started as a hobby has grown to a unique collection of memorabilia. Plan to spend time discussing what each item means and where it came from. Dale Flansburg is one of those valuable individuals we all need to speak to so we can understand how our society and lifestyle came about. The pull of the railroad lives.
The June 19 Coffee & Culture event takes place at the Community at Brookmeade at Arbor Ridge starting at 1:30. It is a part of the series delivered to the senior residents and offered to the general community at no charge. Please call to make a reservation as seating is limited at 845-871-3344. The Community at Brookmeade is located 1 mile east of the Rhinebeck downtown traffic light.
Brookmeade Bark-a-Thon … A Canine Event August 4
Dogs have their day to benefit The Community at Brookmeade Foundation. Imagine your favorite entering the Doggie Costume Contest! How about a dog agility contest? Join the party on Saturday August 4 from 10 to 2 at the Rhinebeck Community at Brookmeade campus. Come and bring your (non aggressive) dog (on a leash) to enjoy a day with vendors, doggie food, and even a doggie photographer. Supporting this event means helping to enhance the lives and care of the residents at Brookmeade. Cost is $10 per dog for a barkingly fun day. See our special Facebook Bark-a-Thon page or call 871-1336 for more information. Woof! Woof!
The Baptist Home is the proud sponsor in the development of our sister communities, Arbor Ridge and The Terraces. Both communities share our Rhinebeck campus and offer a choice of independent retirement living or assisted living to fit the needs of people aged 62 or above. Come visit us and see the best in senior lifestyle and health care. The Community at Brookmeade is located 1 mile east of the Rhinebeck traffic light.
Colleen Kenyon, Photographer, speaks at Coffee & Culture event July 24 at Arbor Ridge
Colleen Kenyon, photographer and educator, will exhibit pictures at Arbor Ridge from her Upon Reflection series. Colleen’s photographs are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum, and Dorky Museum of Art. Colleen will be presenting a talk about her art as part of the Coffee & Culture program on July 24 starting at 1:30. There is no charge and the public is invited to attend. Please call 845-871-1303 to make reservations since seating is limited.
The exhibition titled Lucky 2012 includes black & white photographs. The group of color photographs titled Upon Reflection can also be viewed on the walls of Arbor Ridge. These photographs will be displayed as part of the Arbor Ridge University program for the senior residents and the general public starting in June thru July 28.
Colleen Kenyon graduated from Skidmore College with honors in art and received her MFA degree from Indiana University. An artist since she was a young girl, she worked at the Woodstock Playhouse, the Turneau Opera, the Lewis Gallery and studied painting with Agnes Hart at the Woodstock Guild. Her passion is for social justice and with over 25 years at the Center for Photography at Woodstock she was noted for the encouragement of young artists, women and minorities to claim their place in the visual arts. She now lives in Saugerties NY where the quality of light is astonishing and serves to inform her art.
The Community at Brookmeade is a not-for profit organization providing both a senior living lifestyle and service for senior health needs. The campus is located 1 mile east of the downtown Rhinebeck on Rt 308.
It is all about the “lifestyle” at Arbor Ridge with fully independent-living apartments providing an indoor pool, daily activities, and daily dining excellence by our own culinary chef and staff. Seniors are living with others of common experiences and interests. Call 876-3344 at the concierge desk to schedule a visit or attend one of our summer Arbor Ridge University activities.
To the Residents of the Village of Rhinebeck,
I am once again saddened by the recent attempts by H. Knick Staley to discredit the Rhinebeck Village Board in regards to our effort to construct a new Police Department.
Mr. Staley unsuccessfully ran for the Village Board this past March and one of the issues of his campaign platform was the construction of multi million dollar multi agency facility to house the New York State Police, Rhinebeck Police Department and Rhinebeck Fire Department. Keep in mind that this would require purchasing an additional parcel of land large enough to construct this building, construction costs and infrastructure improvements all funded by the taxpayers. Yet he continues to chastise the Village Board, which for the last two years has painstakingly studied the issue, conducted a lengthy feasibility study, stayed committed to minimizing the impact to the taxpayer and ultimately reached the best possible solution.
In his recent letters to the editor that appeared in the Daily Freeman, Poughkeepsie Journal and the Hudson Valley News Mr. Staley sings the praises of other communities such as Pleasant Valley that purchased a Town Hall building by putting it to the voters. The reality of the situation is that the Pleasant Valley town hall has been flooded out twice over the last several years and it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that if one were a taxpayer in Pleasant Valley one would favor this move. Mr. Staley also commends the Millbrook Village and Town for consolidating their courts.
What he fails to state is that my self and the Village Trustees have undertaken steps to consolidate and share services with the Town. First, we attempted to consolidate the three current Fire Departments into one Fire District. The reality of this situation is we have no legal authority to make this happen. It needs to be a mutual agreement reached by the Commissioners of the three fire companies and we have not been able to achieve that at this time. I am hopeful that in the future this can become a reality.
Second, I approached the Town Board and asked them to partner with us and form a taskforce to study how the Village and Town could share and consolidate regarding waste and recycling. Currently the Town operates the transfer station yet they haul no waste. The Village hauls waste and takes it to the county burn plant in Poughkeepsie. Admittedly, I will not claim to be the smartest person in the world but am I wrong that this does not add up? This taskforce is nearing completion of their study and I am hopeful we can collaborate and operate more efficiently and cost effectively yet once again we have no legal authority to force this. It will require a mutual agreement between the two municipalities.
Third, the Village and the Town Highway departments currently share equipment on an as needed basis. The Town Highway Department has the fuel depot that the Village uses for the Highway Department, Fire Department and Police Department. The Town Highway Department also has the salt storage facility and the Village Highway Department gets their salt form the Town. These last two issues are an example of sharing of services that leads less duplicity and ultimately less cost to the taxpayer.
As far as consolidation of the Town and the Village governments, I am strongly in favor of the town merging into the Village. The village is the heartbeat of the community and as long as that remains I will support it wholeheartedly. The reality is that Mr. Staley uses consolidation as a ruse that he is a champion for the taxpayer when the reality is that he has never been to a Village or Town Board meeting and voiced that. It is no more than political grandstanding on par with Albany and Washington that serves no legitimate purpose.
Mr. Staley talks about the Red Hook Police Department and openly states that they are in trouble. What does he base this outrageous statement on? I personally have had conversations with Mayor Ed Blundell of the Village of Red Hook and state unequivocally that the Red Hook Police Department is not in trouble. In fact our two Villages parallel each other in that we both have Police Departments that provide coverage to our respective towns. The Town Boards recently have cut back their budgets for police coverage. This translates to less coverage for the Town, not that the Village department is in trouble.
Mr. Staley states and I quote “I have asked the Rhinebeck Village Mayor and trustees both in person and writing to put the construction of the new station to a referendum”. I state emphatically he has never once spoken to me about anything concerning the Police Station nor has he attended a meeting about the police station. On May 29, 2012 the Village Board held a workshop meeting to present information to the public. In a May 16, 2012 letter he stated he had a conflict and would be unable to attend (golf league took precedence). In his letter he states and I quote “if the Board wants to borrow money to build more plant rather than consolidate to save money and space, that they put the issue to a permissive refurrendom (sic) and let the taxpayers have a say”. If Mr. Staley was paying attention he would know that this is required by New York State law and the Village Board has complied with those requirements. On June 13, 2012 the Village Board held a public hearing and took comment from the public. Everyone that spoke at that meeting supported the construction of the Police Station and thanked the Village Board for doing due diligence regarding this project. Once again Mr. Staley was not in attendance.
The Rhinebeck Police Department was housed for 14 years at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds for free. Unfortunately there were no plans put in place to address future needs. In 2009 the building became unsafe and had to be torn down. For the last 3 years our Police Department has operated out of a sub-standard rented trailer. They have used an old cell tower building as their locker room. They have operated in a most professional manner and have done what they had to do, not once complaining. As Mayor, New York State law dictates that the Mayor oversees Police operations. Over the last four years I have had the pleasure of getting to know and work with all the members of the Rhinebeck Police Department. They do an outstanding job for Rhinebeck and its’ residents. They deserve better than what they are getting.
In closing I would like to state that I have a difficult time understanding Mr. Staley’s motives for opposing the Police Station. Annually he stages the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot to benefit Ferncliff Forest. The Rhinebeck Police Department provides the traffic control for this event, goes out of their way to make sure this event goes off without any problems and does it at no cost to Mr. Staley or Ferncliff. Perhaps he or we should re-consider.
p.s I would encourage everyone to view the public hearing regarding the construction of the Police Station. I will be aired next Tuesday June 26 at 9:15 am and at 2:15 pm. If any one has any questions feel free to contact me at 845-876-7015 or at village.mayor@rhinebeck-ny.gov
Dear Rhinebeck Community Forum:
NYS Assemblyman Kevin Cahill will be my special guest at a Terry Gipson for NYS Senate event this Friday evening, June 29, from 6:30 to 8:30pm, at the Rhinecliff Hotel. Kevin needs no introduction to many in Rhinebeck for whom he currently serves. His district was recently redrawn to include Red Hook, so this will be a great opportunity for the people of Red Hook to meet him, too.
Among many other strong legislative proposals, Kevin is the driving force behind the Equity In Education Act which would improve the quality of public education while reducing reducing property taxes for 95% of New Yorkers. This is a good idea whose time has come. It would allow seniors to stay in their homes longer and encourage working families to stay in New York. I’m the only candidate for the state senate in the 41st district who supports Kevin’s plan and I’m ready to go to Albany work with him to get it done.
All are welcome, so please join us in giving Kevin a warm welcome to Red Hook and Rhinebeck. (More details are available at http://www.terrygipsonny.com/welcome-kevin-cahill.)
Hope to see you Friday!
Terry Gipson
Democratic Candidate
NY State Senate District 41
Dutchess and Putnam County
Arbor Ridge brings Blue Gardenia for a special patio concert on Tuesday July 17 starting at 7PM. Blue Gardenia is dedicated to preserving the musical traditions of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Blue Gardenia is lead vocalist Ruth Boyer, Harvey Boyer on the piano and vocalist, and Kevin Jeffreys with bass and also vocals. Come to the concert and listen to classic standards of Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Fats Waller, Hoagie Carmichael, and Irving Berlin among others. This band performs throughout the Hudson Valley and region for community events, benefits, and weddings.
This patio concert is a part of the Arbor Ridge University summer program for residents and our community. Please call 845-871-1303 to make your reservation as seating is limited. Enjoy some great music and break up your summer week relaxing at Arbor Ridge.
The Community at Brookmeade is a not-for profit organization providing both a senior living lifestyle and services for senior health needs. The campus is located 1 mile east of the downtown Rhinebeck on Rt 308.
It is all about the “lifestyle” at Arbor Ridge with fully independent-living apartments providing an indoor pool, daily activities, and daily dining excellence by our own culinary chef and staff. Seniors are living with others of common experiences and interests. Call 876-3344 to schedule a visit or attend one of our Arbor Ridge activities.
Kathy Evans says:
Love musicals? Now you can be on the inside of the creation process. Rhinebeck Writers Retreat was created last year, to provide residencies for professional musical theatre writing teams from around the world. We have a “Meet the Writers” reception every Saturday from 5:00 to 7:00 through the end of August. You can talk with the writers in residence that week about their musical and hear a couple of songs. It’s a fun and informal way to see the creation of new musicals up close. Space is limited. RSVP or send questions to RhinebeckWriters@gmail.com. Read all about us and the 2012 writers at http://www.rhinebeckwriters.org.
LOCAL CHEFS, FARMERS & WINERIES JOIN FORCES FOR MILLERTON’S 2ND ANNUAL CHEF & FARMER BRUNCH AUGUST 19th – TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE!
The 2nd Annual Chef and Farmer Brunch will be held on the lawn behind Number 9 Restaurant in Millerton, NY on Sunday, Aug. 19th at 11 AM – Rain or Shine. Tix $40. Savor a delicious brunch, prepared by top chefs and mixologists, from the best, freshest produce and products from local farms, wineries and distilleries. The brunch will benefit the North East Community Center’s (NECC) Farm and Food Education program. With the purchase of a VIP ticket ($50), guests are invited to come early at 10:30 AM to sample bite sized hors d’oeuvres, special cocktails, and to meet the chefs.
Purchase tix ($40 each) online at http://neccmillerton.givezooks.com/events/chef-farmer-brunch Tax, gratuity, beverages included. For more information: neccmillerton.org or call NECC at (518)789-4259.
Ed Fitchett with his historic color movies will be at Arbor Ridge Coffee & Culture event – Tuesday August 21 starting at 1:30. This is a free event and open to the public.
During 1945-1946, Edwin Fitchett served in the Pacific Theater as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army 165th Field Artillery Battalion. While overseas, he documented the places he visited filming with his Kodak color 16mm movie camera. Little did he realize, sixty-five years later his color film would be a valuable record of the aftermath of the Pacific War. Fitchett has edited and transferred his historic movies to DVD with music and sound effects. Copies of the DVD will be available to purchase on August 21 at Arbor Ridge with Ed to autograph and offer personal information. Call 845-871-1303 for reservations.
Fitchett was the commander of a POW Camp with a thousand Japanese and Taiwanese prisoners. He documented their lives with his movie camera, including work details, camp life and social events. The Japanese prisoners even built a miniature Mount Fuji, and made him curious about their country and culture. During free time, Fitchett explored Manila, Corregidor Island, Bataan and even attended Philippine Independence ceremonies, filming up close with General MacArthur and President Roxas. Also, he accompanied prisoners being repatriated to Taiwan, Korea and Japan. In Tokyo, Fitchett recorded the rebuilding, bomb damage, MacArthur’s Headquarters and other famous sites.
His website with more of the story is http://www.fitchettfilm.com
Warren Temple Smith says:
Contact: Warren Temple Smith, President
Email: wtsaia@frontier.com
HUDSON RIVER HERITAGE PLANS 24th ANNUAL COUNTRY SEATS TOUR
“20TH CENTURY COUNTRY SEATS” IS THEME FOR OCTOBER 13th EVENT
Hudson River Heritage will stage its 24th annual Country Seats Tour on Oct. 13, 2012 and will feature nine significant Hudson Valley country homes of the Twentieth Century. The tour will include both “modern” and “traditional” houses constructed in the mid-Hudson Valley during the last century. The self-driving tour will also feature an option for a box lunch.
• Mansakenning, Rhinebeck – 1903
• Hartshorn Residence, Rhinebeck – 1969
• Half Moon, Rhinecliff – 1999
• Orlot, Rhinebeck – 1940
• Edgewater Guest House, Barrytown – 1997 (tour includes 1825 main house too)
• The Pavilion at Chiddingstone, Germantown – 1965
• Weintraub Residence – 1997
• Fallen Pines Farm, Milan – 1943/1991
• Church of the Messiah, Rhinebeck – 1899 (tour center)
P.S. We have wonderful photos of the properties, if you’d like to post them.
Guy Peifer says:
Great site! Any chance of you posting information about the October 21, 2012 performance of Mozart’s opera, “The Abduction from the Seraglio” at the Rhinebeck HIgh School Auditorium? This is the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra’s 2012/2013 season opener and is being performed in collaboration with the Delaware Valley Opera Company.
We also will be conducting a Meet-the-Artist and Opera Preview at Starr Library at 7 p.m. on October 12.
Please contact me for a write-up and an image to post.
Preparations have been underway in the Village and Town of Rhinebeck over the last several days to deal with the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Mayor Jim Reardon states “ I along with the cooperation of Chief Rick Dorrer and the officers of the Rhinebeck Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Sgt Pete Dunn of the Rhinebeck Police Department, Rhinebeck Emergency Management Coordinator Henry Campbell, Village of Rhinebeck Street Department Foreman Mike Wolff and Town Highway Superintendent Kathy Kinsella and Town Highway Foreman Bob Wyant met on Saturday evening to discuss contingencies for response to the storm events”. On Thursday and Friday both the Village and Town Highway Departments prepared equipment such as plows, chainsaws, pumps etc. so that they are ready to go. The Fire Company and Rescue Squad will have personnel on standby to respond in case of emergency and are operationally mobilizing for a 48 hour time frame or more if necessary. The Rhinebeck Police Department has added extra personnel to the schedule to cover the overnights and will be available to respond”. Reardon states “ at 4 pm Saturday we opened the flood control valves at Asher Dam at Crystal Lake and over the next 17 hours we were able to lower the water level at the Lake by approximately 4 feet. We will continue to monitor the water level and adjust accordingly. As everyone is aware we suffered significant damage during last year’s storm events due to the fact that the valves at the dam were severely damaged. In March of this year we replaced and repositioned the valves and they now are no longer subject to damage and we can access them at all times. This is a significant improvement over the prior system. Reardon goes on by saying “according to the latest weather forecast received through Dutchess County Emergency Management at 2:28 pm Sunday we may get anywhere from 3-4 inches of rain and wind speeds are predicted to be 30-40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph in the Valley and up to 75 mph in higher elevations. This is a massive storm that will linger over our area for the next 2- 3 days and is not to be taken lightly. We strongly suggest that outside the home everyone secure any items that could be come airborne and pose a threat to you or your neighbors. If you live in the Village and have a storm drain adjacent to your property please remove leaves from the area. Street Department crews will be working to keep drains clear but due to the amount of drains and amount of leaves it is an extremely difficult situation to manage. There is a high risk of downed trees and power lines so please stay off the roads. If you are in a vehicle and the road is flooded, absolutely, do not attempt to drive through, turn around and try another route. We are encouraging everyone to remain at home and not put themselves or emergency personnel at risk”. In closing Reardon states “ we thank everyone for their cooperation and rest assured we will be prepared to respond accordingly”.
Mayor Jim Reardon is pleased to announce that the Village of Rhinebeck was very fortunate and experienced very minor impact from Hurricane Sandy. Reardon states “there was approximately 1/3 inch of rain recorded at the Village Wastewater Treatment plant which resulted in no flooding issues and even though the winds were quite gusty there were no downed trees. There was a significant tidal surge from the Hudson River which made Slate Dock Road which leads to the Water Treatment Plant impassable and personnel had to park uphill and walk through the woods to reach the plant. Also due to power outage the Plant has been operating on standby generator”.
“This morning I participated in a conference call with the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Management and the consensus was that we were very fortunate and did not experience the full effects of the storm. Also this afternoon I participated in a conference call with Central Hudson and they report that currently there are 15,000 customers without power in Dutchess County and that includes approximately 600 customers in the Rhinebeck/Rhinecliff area without power. They expect that crews will be fully assigned to the Rhinebeck/Rhinecliff area tomorrow and restoration efforts will begin. They cannot specify an exact time when all power will be restored due to what the damage entails but once here will work until it is restored. If you know anyone without power please try and pass along this information”.
As tomorrow is Halloween Reardon states “people need to use extreme caution as there are power lines down and trees that suffered damage. There is a high danger potential associated with this and parents and trick or treaters should use extreme caution. In particular there can be branches that are broken and hung up in trees that may fall”. In closing Reardon states “I would like to thank everyone at The Rhinebeck Fire Department, Police Department, Highway Department, Water Department, Wastewater Department and the Village Hall staff for their hard work in preparation before, and during and after this storm. I would also like to thank the folks at Dutchess County and Central Hudson for the great job they did keeping us informed”.
Coffee & Culture at Arbor Ridge on November 21, 2012 at 1:30
Broadway Connection will perform music from Broadway Musicals and “The Hit Parade”
The great romantic songs of yesteryear and the memories of those years will live again November 21 at Arbor Ridge. This new group will perform loved songs that are fast disappearing from our contemporary scene. Listen to Cole Porter, Jerome Kern and more as they were meant to be heard, live and without electronic distractions. Songs from great Broadway musicals and selections featured on the radio program “The Hit Parade”. Broadway Connection is truly your magical musical connection.
The Broadway Connection cast of performers: Bill Ryan, baritone from Millbrook … Marlene Golia, soprano from Tilson, NY … Gretchen Gould, pianist/ soprano from Poughkeepsie … Pat Lamanna, soprano from Poughkeepsie. Each brings a history of musical experience to the show.
Arbor Ridge presents Coffee & Culture each month. There is no fee to attend the event but reservations are requested as seating is limited. This event will be on November 21, 2012 starting at 1:30. Arbor Ridge is located one mile east of downtown Rhinebeck in the Community at Brookmeade. Please call 845-876-3344 x303 to make your reservations.
December 11 at 1:30 will feature Chef Fritz Sonnenschmidt presenting Treats for the Holidays.
The Community at Brookmeade includes The Baptist Home, The Terraces and Arbor Ridge. It is a senior living retirement campus serving the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. Our campus provides an independent lifestyle, assisted living, long term care, sub-acute rehabilitation, and palliative care.
Our new Internet website and more information may be found at http://www.CommunityAtBrookmeade.org
Frank Seldin says:
I’m sure I speak for so many other parents when I convey my thanks to the people of the village of Rhinebeck for another magical and wonderful Halloween evening. Your spirit, energy and love shone through every time my children marveled at your decorations, ooh-ed at the costumes you wore, and of course giggled with delight as you filled their bags with goodies.
For my 6-year-olds, Halloween is their favorite holiday of the year (yes, even better than Christmas). And who can blame them for thinking so? Walking through the decorated village filled with pumpkins, ghosts and witches as day turns to night, using a police-provided glo-stick to see their way from house to house, laughing and screaming at all the costumes — it is the pure joy of being a child. And watching my children that way is the ultimate joy of being a parent.
The news bombards us with all the horrible things in this world, it sometimes makes it hard to see all the good right in front of our faces. Halloween condenses into one evening the reasons we moved here, and want so much to raise our children here. Thank you again.
Thank you! You yourself are one of the reasons Rhinebeck is a not only beautiful on the outside but inside as well.
The Community at Brookmeade will host “Personal Protection & Planning”
… a series of Educational Seminars by a panel of speakers to be held at Arbor Ridge, Rhinebeck
beginning January 31, 2013 from 7 to 9 PM. The public is invited to attend at no charge.
Our panel of speakers include:
… Karen Zobel, Community at Brookmeade Administrator
… Rebecca Blahut, Partner with the law firm of McCabe & Mack LLP
… Michael Green, President of MG Professional Services
… Theodore Kirby, CLTC representing Genworth, Long-term Care Insurance
Presentations will be followed by a question and answer period.
This series of educational seminars is being sponsored by the Community at Brookmeade.
The doors will open at 6:30 for coffee and light refreshments. Please make your reservation
by calling (845) 876-3344 x303 as seating is limited. Arbor Ridge is located one mile from
downtown Rhinebeck on Route 308 in the Community at Brookmeade.
Chocolatier Oliver Kita Presents From Bean to Bon Bon February 10 at Beekman Arms
Event to Benefit Hudson River Heritage
Paris-trained chocolatier Oliver Kita will present a chocolate and wine tasting at the historic Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck to benefit Hudson River Heritage on Sunday, February 10, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
This is a rare event for anyone who loves chocolate and wine, or for anyone who is interested in the process of turning the cacao bean into a delicacy. Participants will have the opportunity to taste chocolate from Madagascar, Venezuela, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic, with each being paired with a selection of fine wines, specially chosen by Kita.
In addition to answering questions and guiding participants on how to taste and appreciate chocolate from countries around the equator, Kita will also take the audience on a visual tour of the chocolate shops of Paris, discussing everything from the harvesting of cacao to the manufacturing of chocolates.
Oliver Kita is the proprietor of Oliver Kita Fine Confections in the Village of Rhinebeck and has lectured locally at the Culinary Institute of America, Boscobel Restoration, and Mohonk Mountain House. His chocolates have been featured on NBC’s Today Show, highlighted in The Wine Spectator, In-Style, and found on Vogue, Epicurious and Bon Appetite online.
Tickets for From Bean to Bon Bon are $40 per person or $75 for two. Proceeds will benefit Hudson River Heritage in its advocacy and education programs throughout the region including the Country Seats Tour of important architecture, the Preservation Forum, and other programs.
ADVANCE RESERVATIONS AND PAYMENT REQUIRED. Pre-pay reservations at HudsonRiverHeritage.org, by calling 845-876-2474, or by mailing a check (payable to Hudson River Heritage) to Hudson River Heritage, P.O. Box 287, Rhinebeck, NY 12572, or at Oliver Kita Fine Confections, 18 W. Market Street, Rhinebeck.
The Rhinebeck Science Foundation Invites You To Be Heard!
The Rhinebeck Board of Education is currently considering the recommendations made by CELT, the consulting firm hired to conduct a technology audit in the Rhinebeck schools.
The results of the audit have been published on the school website – links below – and we encourage you to review them. (There’s an executive summary that is a very quick read if you’re pressed for time.)
We also hope you will join us in reaching out to school administrators and Board of Education members to let them know that the first step should be the hiring of a technology director.
Although the report includes many important recommendations, hiring a trained, experienced technology director will ensure that all other technology-related efforts are implemented effectively.
That will mean
• Improved use of technology in the classroom
• More complete teacher training
• Development of grade-appropriate curricula that align with the Common Core standards
The administration and Board have the difficult task of creating a budget with the limited resources available in this difficult economy. They need to know the importance the community places on improving the use of technology in our schools.
Please contact them by phone or email. Our kids will benefit in the classroom immediately and will be better prepared for challenges they will face beyond the classroom in the future.
You can read the full CELT report, an executive summary, and the presentation to the Board of Education here: http://www.rhinebeckcsd.org/news.cfm?story=111601
The Board of Education is keenly interested in your ideas about moving forward. Contact information for all school board members can be found here:
http://www.myschoolpages.com/schools/rhinebeckcsd/board_members.cfm
Administration contact information can be found here: http://www.myschoolpages.com/schools/rhinebeckcsd/district.cfm?subpage=392396
Thank you for helping us improve education in the Rhinebeck schools.
Lucy Hayden, Executive Director says:
Message from Winnakee Land Trust about Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill
We love to see so many people at Burger Hill on snowy days, but please park only in the parking lot. Please do not park along Route 9G outside the park fence. It’s too dangerous.
If you are at the park and see others parking in the road, would you kindly discourage them? Many thanks and have a great time!
Jon Wechsler says:
Rhinebeck residents are invited to attend the regular monthly meeting of the Rhinebeck
Village Tree Commission at the Village Hall this coming Tuesday evening, March 5th, from
7-8:30pm. Some of the Agenda items include “Spring Planting,” discussing our semi-annual
planting of trees all over the Village, the annual “Tree Pruning” to be held this year on
Saturday, March 16th, and a focus on trees in the Business District. For more information
please call Cecily Frazier at 876-7462 or Jon Wechsler at 516-4500.
Rhinebeck Boy Scout Troops 128 and 228 and Cub Scout Pack 28 will be conducting their Scouting for Food drive this Saturday, April 6, and next Saturday, April 13. This Saturday, empty shopping bags will be distributed to homes in the Village of Rhinebeck and surrounding neighborhoods in the Town of Rhinebeck. Residents are asked to fill the bag with non-perishable items and leave it where it was dropped off on Saturday, April 13 by 9AM. Donations will be picked up, sorted at the Rhinebeck Town Hall, and delivered to food pantries at the Rhinebeck Reformed Church and Church of the Messiah. Please see the post here on the forum for a list of items needed.
The Community at Brookmeade has tied the new website http://www.CommunityAtBrookmeade.org to the new Facebook “Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade”. The upcoming events and photographs can be viewed easily to get the details.
– April 17 … Dutchess Regional Chamber awards the Baptist Home with the 2013 Headliner Award for the NEW DAY program.in the “Innovator” catagory.
– April 25 …Rhinebeck Committee on Aging Spring Get-Together at Arbor Ridge … Senior Services Groups in the Rhinebeck area are cordially invited to attend.
– April 26 … Arbor Day at Arbor RIdge will include a 1PM Garden Tea Party followed by displays and speakers of interest to plant enthusiasts.
Always something happening at Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade located one mile from downtown Rhinebeck.
Cecily Frazier, Chair of the Village Tree Commission says:
Celebrate Arbor Day! Join the Rhinebeck Village Tree Commission and your friends and neighbors to plant trees this Saturday, April 20, 9-1. We are starting at the Rhinebeck Cemetery on Rte. 9 at the south end of the Village. (Easy parking at Legion Park). We will start with a quick review of tree planting, then divide into groups to plant at the Cemetery, the Mini-Park and some residences around the Village. Dress for the weather, and bring a shovel. No experience necessary. Come and spend an hour or the whole morning. Any help is very much appreciated–and needed! This planting of 23 trees will bring us close to having put in 300 trees over the years. Come, have fun, honor the Earth, and do your civic duty! Questions? Call 876-7462.
Carol Bancroft says:
Whale of a Concert and Silent Auction Benefits Rhinebeck 5th Graders
Food, Entertainment, and Bidding to take place on April 20 from 3-6 PM.
RHINEBECK, NY — Every year the parents of fifth grade students at Chancellor Livingston Elementary School challenge themselves to help preserve a school tradition: the annual whale watching trip to Cape Cod, Mass. A series of fundraisers take place throughout the year, but by far the largest is the Whale of a Concert and Silent Auction, which will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 3-6 PM at Chancellor Livingston Elementary School.
The concert/auction will feature food, entertainment, and silent bidding on a variety of items from utilitarian to indulgent. Just a few of the items of for grabs are a whimsical, handmade bird mobile, a spa day for your pet, flamenco dance lessons, brunch at The Rhinecliff Hotel, a pair of tickets to a Midnight Ramble at the home of former legendary musician Levon Helm, and tickets for two for various shows at the Bardavon.
The auction will run concurrently with a benefit concert featuring parent entertainers, student performances, and special guests. Music and talent acts will delight the crowd at this family-friendly event.
Attendees will enjoy a variety of delicious hors d’oeuvres and desserts, including bruschetta on fresh baguette, antipasto skewers, polenta and cranberry rounds, fresh cookie platters, fruit, and plenty of other finger foods.
Admission to the Whale of a Concert and Silent auction will be $8 for adults, $5 for children and senior citizens, and $25 for a family of four or more. Tickets will be available at the door.
Dyan Wapnick says:
Seed Swap and Talk, Saturday May 11, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Pine Plains Free Library, 7775 South Main Street, Pine Plains, NY 12567, hosted by the Pine Plains Seed Library.
The talk will be given by McEnroe Organic Farm from Millerton, NY, on seed saving and the importance of biodiversity. Find out why seed libraries are becoming so popular and how you can be a part of this grass roots movement.
Your own home-grown seeds are not required for your participation in this event. If you do bring seeds to swap, they must be heirloom seeds and in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the seed info. Consider bringing your favorite veggie recipes to share. Free. For further info, please call the library at: 518-398-1927 or visit http://pineplains.lib.ny.us/. We’re also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PinePlainsSeedLibrary.
Brenda Klaproth says:
Saturday, May 18, 10am-2pm. Rain date Sunday. Rhinebeck Garden Club Annual Plant and Bake Sale. CVS open space, East Market Street, Rhinebeck. Perennials, herbs, vegetables, flats, container plants, and houseplants. Selection is always varied and pricing is competitive. Bake sale includes muffins, pie, and cookies with ingredients clearly listed and conveniently packaged TO GO. Proceeds enable the Club to remain a viable organization to educate community members interested in gardening, foster an appreciation of gardening, maintain selected civic sites in Rhinebeck and continue our outreach to health care and senior facilities.
you’re on! thx- https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/rhinebeck-garden-club-annual-plant-and-bake-sale-saturday-may-18-10am-2pm/
sandra arias says:
The Yard Sale for the Arts
Chancellor Livingston School Parking Lot
Stop by and find all kinds of treasures. 40+ vendors.
iD Tech Camps says:
Students ages 7-17 take interests further and gain a competitive edge at iD Tech Camps. Ages 7-17 create iPhone apps, video games, C++/Java programs, movies, and more. Weeklong, day and overnight programs held at Vassar, Pace, NYU, Columbia, Princeton, Stanford, and others. Also two-week teen programs: iD Gaming Academy (held at Vassar College), iD Programming Academy (held at NYU), and iD Visual Arts Academy (held at NYU). http://www.internaldrive.com/locations/summer-computer-camps-in-poughkeepsie-new-york/
Andy Matinog is the director of Red Crow Yoga Shala, in Oakland, California. He is one of a small number of teachers in the US certified by Master teacher Zhander Remete to teach Shadow Yoga. Andy will be in NYC, Brooklyn, RHINEBECK and Hudson, teaching Shadow Yoga Workshops. All Levels welcome.
Introduction to Shadow Yoga Workshop
Monday May 27th, 2pm-4pm $35
Clear Yoga
6423 Montgomery Street, 17b 2nd floor
http://www.redcrowyoga.com
Spirit of Unity Concert: “Welcome to Hyde Park”, Friday, May 31, 2013, 7:00 p.m., St. James’ Chapel, 10 E. Market St. (across from post office). Spirit of Unity is an interfaith movement involving many denominations, cultures, nationalities, and races of people, who seek to be an “all encompassing” Gospel Music Performing Arts Group. Come and hear them perform in their first concert at St. James’ since becoming our Artist in Residence. Free and open to the community. Refreshments will be served.
Katy Vickers says:
Virtuosic cellist Maya Beiser will be performing at Bard College SummerScape’s Spiegeltent on Friday, August 9 at 8:30pm with special guest pianist Donal Fox. The concert is titled The Music of Astor Piazolla and Beyond and will include Maya’s unique take on the music of Astor Piazzolla as well as original works and arrangements by Fox. The Bard SummerScape Spiegeltent is an authentic Belgian “mirror tent,” constructed of wood and canvas and decorated with mirrors like the traveling entertainment tents popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Of Maya’s recent performance with Donal Fox in Boston, critic Jon Garelick wrote, “This was music you could hear with your eyes: Beiser looking over her shoulder at Fox, the pianist fixing his eyes on her or the music, as they both presented pieces (or improvisations) that were new to each other. At one coda, Beiser whipped her bow toward the floor with a final downstroke and practically glared at Fox in triumph. Nailed it!”
Maya’s new NPR Tiny Desk Concert, featuring a captivating performance of Just Ancient Loops by Michael Harrison and Mariel by Osvaldo Golijov, was released on June 29. (Watch online: http://bit.ly/NPRTinyDeskMaya)
I hope you might be interested in previewing or reviewing this concert. I’d be happy to facilitate interviews and to set up tickets. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this!
Jen Drake says:
Young Rhinebeck announces RFP for a Children’s Foreign Culture & Language Program Coordinator
Young Rhinebeck (YR) is a small, volunteer-led nonprofit organization serving youth in the Hudson Valley community of Rhinebeck, NY. Young Rhinebeck’s mission is to prepare youth to interact with their local and global community with intelligence, cultural competence, ethics, compassion, and generosity. Information about Young Rhinebeck’s programs can be found at http://www.youngrhinebeck.org.
Description of the Program & Services Required
Young Rhinebeck is planning to launch an extracurricular foreign culture and language program for elementary school-aged children. The Board of Directors of YR has completed preliminary research and determined that this program should focus primarily on teaching children about foreign culture(s), introducing fundamental vocabulary and language associated with the culture(s) presented. This program will NOT seek to make children conversant in any particular language, but rather seek to introduce the basic skills of foreign language acquisition, as well as the importance of language as a cultural artifact. The overall goal of the program is to explore and develop themes of cultural competence, tolerance, and diversity through the medium of language.
YR seeks a Program Coordinator to work as a consultant/contractor to plan and implement this pilot program to begin in the Fall of 2013. This contracted position will include the following responsibilities:
1. Development of a basic plan for the program’s operation to include how may days per week the program will run, total number of sessions, schedule (before or after-school), and location for the program.
2. Development of a recommended fee structure with built-in sliding scale &/or scholarships for students who cannot afford to pay full tuition.
3. Development of a curriculum plan for the program, i.e. goals for what children will learn by participating and a plan for what cultures/language(s) will feature in the program. This will include development of a template that can be used to help individual instructors/presenters plan and structure their session.
4. Recruitment of instructors/presenters from the Rhinebeck and/or extended Rhinebeck community to present individual sessions on particular cultures/languages.
5. Marketing of the program and enrollment of students.
6. Collaboration with partner organizations – Rhinebeck Central School District, Rhinebeck PTSO, Bard College, etc.
Compensation for coordinating this program will be on a fixed price contract (i.e. not a time-and-expense contract) in the range of $1,500 – $2,500 for a three month period, mid-September through mid-December.
Proposals will be evaluated according to appropriateness and thoroughness of the process described, cost, relevant experience and qualifications of the applicant, and familiarity with the Rhinebeck community (or similar small school districts/communities). All proposals should include detailed information about the applicant’s qualifications relevant to the project, along with a summary of any related experience. After initial review of submissions, an interview may be requested by select members of Young Rhinebeck’s board of directors.
Directions for Submission
Please email proposals to info@youngrhinebeck.org. Deadline for resume and cover letter submission is 8/15/2013 with an anticipated start date for the project of 9/15/2013.
Join us in Hyde Park, NY for an evening of classical music performed on piano by Joseph Martin, Wednesday, August 7 at 7PM at our historic St. James’ Chapel,
10 E. Market St. (across from the Hyde Park Post Office). Mr. Martin is a graduate student in Collaborative Piano from the Manhattan School of Music, and head organist, cantor, and
music director at Our Lady of Mercy RC Church in Forest Hills, NY. He is an accomplished solo pianist, accompanist, and chamber musician, seeking to build a following in the
Hudson Valley. To showcase his versatility, he will play and sing any song a prospective audience member wants, if they email him at jmpianostudio@gmail.com before the day of the
concert! This concert is FREE and refreshments will be served.
Rhinebeck Author says:
As some of you know, I have been working diligently on a book about the Beekman Arms. This is my second book on old colonial taverns. Many people in the historical community have graciously contributed to the effort and it has come a long way. Hopefully it will be out by Dec 2013. I wanted to reach out to the community if I could with a request to be contacted by anyone who has any interesting old stories, photos, or memorabilia that might be helpful.
I can be reached at oda591@yahoo.com. (I promise to introduce myself, I just don’t want to leave personal information on any website that stays up too long). Of course all contributions would be credited properly.
Besides the BA itself, I have a side interest in learning more about Dewitt Gurnell’s Dutch Arms Fife and Drum Group. I would love to hear from former members.
Thanks for helping to get the word out!
Can you say who you are? I live in Dewitt Gurnell’s house.
Eric Riback says:
Please consider posting about an event this Sunday:
Sunday 4 p.m. at Oblong Books, Rhinebeck
Rhinebeck Publisher And Author Eric Riback will discuss and sign copies of the new map and guide “Rail U.S.A. Museums & Trips – Eastern States” along with Art Director Bella Stander and Artist James Mann.
Full details: http://www.oblongbooks.com/Event_RailUSA_BellaTerraMaps
You’re on: https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2013/08/09/rail-u-s-a-museums-trips-eastern-states-illustrated-map-guide-is-the-ultimate-guide-for-rail-map-enthusiasts-alike/
St. James’ 2013 Fall Concert Series
Join us for our 2013 Fall Concert Series on select Sundays this Fall at 3:00 p.m. at St. James’ Chapel, 10 E. Market St. in Hyde Park (across from the post office). On Sept. 8 we kick off the series with the gospel sounds of our Artist in Residence, Spirit of Unity. Our 2nd concert, on October 6, will feature three friends but individual musicians who will bring their Greenwich Village open mic repertoire to Hyde Park. The headliner of this trio is Randy Burns, who has been part of the New York City music scene since the 1960s and has performed with the likes of Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and many others. On October 20 we welcome The Cupcakes, a trio of folk musicians from the Hudson Valley (Refreshments will definitely feature cupcakes!) Finally, we will wrap up the series on November 17 with the folksy sounds of local favorites Betty and the Baby Boomers. Tickets sold at the door: $12 ADULTS, $10 SENIORS, FREE children 12 & under. SEASON TICKETS: $2 discount each ticket for all four concerts — call for info. Complimentary Refreshments. Call 845-229-2820.
Mary Krembs says:
Dream Studio will be holding their 2013-14 Registration Day on Saturday September 7th, 10:00-2:00 p.m. at the studio (5 Hook Road, behind CJ’s). Dream Studio has an extensive selection of dance classes from Pre-K to adult! They offer Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern, and Pointe all from beginner to advanced. There are Teen classes for middle or high school students new to starting dance classes or are unable to commit to multiple class meetings each week. In addition there is a full selection of classes for students that are looking for more intensive training. In fact, Six of the girls from the studio were accepted and attended the Joffrey Summer Institute a few weeks ago. There are eight levels of ballet and ~4 levels each of Jazz/Tap/Modern/Hip Hop which ensures age and skill appropriate instruction. The instructors are caring, talented and well trained. Located near the corner of 9 and 9G it is convenient to Red Hook, Rhinebeck and even Kingston. Check out their EXTENSIVE schedule and more information on their website.
Join us for our 2013 Fall Concert Series on select Sundays this Fall at 3:00 p.m. at St. James’ Chapel, 10 E. Market St. in Hyde Park (across from the post office). On Sept. 8 we kick off the series with the gospel sounds of our Artist in Residence, Spirit of Unity. Other concerts are as follows: October 6 – Songs of Greenwich Village, featuring Randy Burns; October 20 – The Cupcakes; November 17 – Betty and the Baby Boomers.
Tickets sold at the door: $12 ADULTS, $10 SENIORS, FREE children 12 & under.
SEASON TICKETS: $2 discount each ticket for all four concerts — call for info.
Complimentary Refreshments.
Karri Wolfe says:
TEAMBUILDING RETREATS at Ramapo
We serve businesses, schools, churches and community clubs/organizations.
We’re booking now for the winter and spring.
Don’t miss our beautiful campus in the wintertime!
*Please call us to find out about our reduced winter rates.
Hundreds of adults and youth visit Ramapo for Children’s beautiful 250-acre campus in Rhinebeck each year to work on relationship-building skills such as teamwork, collaboration, cooperation, leadership and conflict resolution through our adventure-based activities.
Join us for a day program or stay overnight:
• Learn from our highly skilled, professional staff
• Stay warm in winterized, heated lodging
• Tackle the indoor ropes course and climbing wall
• Enjoy nature’s beauty with winter hiking and star gazing
• Cozy up to an outdoor campfire
We personalize our programs to meet your group’s needs and we’re ready to discuss dates, cost, meals, activities, group goals and more.
Additionally, we do site rental if you are just looking for meeting space, lodging and meals.
Contact Karri Wolfe at 845.876.8435 or kwolfe@ramapoforchildren.org to find out what Ramapo Retreats can do for your team.
Check us out: http://www.ramapoforchildren.org/retreats
La Leche League Meetings Move to Starr Library!
La Leche League of Northern Dutchess County is joining the wide array of community service organizations meeting at Rhinebeck’s Starr Library. Thank you, Starr Library!!
Beginning on Tuesday, September 10th at 10:15 am, LLL will hold free monthly meetings in the Children’s Library section at the library at 68 West Market Street in Rhinebeck. The Group will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Welcoming women who would like to know more about breastfeeding or for women who are already breastfeeding to answer any questions you have. Babies and toddlers welcomed to attend with moms. We also have a free lending library with books on breastfeeding, early childhood development and nutrition. Please join us!
This LLL Group has been meeting in the area for 33 years. The leaders are outstanding and the information here is hard to find anywhere else. La Leche League is an international organization with local chapters in 68 countries worldwide and is considered the most influential organization advocating breastfeeding. Its national best-selling book, The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, now in its 8th edition, is published in four languages and has sold over 2 million copies.
Questions? Email us at NDLLLLeaders@gmail.com or call 845-876-6880.
Kathy Hynes Cassens says:
Don’t miss this awesome community event this Saturday, Sept 14th, 7:00pm at the Elks Lodge in Red Hook!!!
Fun for the whole family! First Annual KCP Models Fall Fashion show featuring local high school seniors from four local high schools.
Lights, music, food, fashion, gift bags… you won’t want to miss this!!
Sponsored and supported by many, many local businesses and community members; we can’t thank community enough for all the support and help!
Email, message or call to reserve your seats: kathy@kathycassensphotography.com, FB: Kathy Cassens Photography phone: 914-489-0732
Meet the models at: http://www.facebook.com/kcpmodels
(note: I have a flyer that I would like to post with this text, can I send you the flyer to post?)
St. James’ Fall Concert Series: Songs of Greenwich Village. Three singer-songwriter friends who perform regularly as individual artists at open mics in Greenwich Village, New York City. Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at St. James’ Chapel, 10 E. Market St., Hyde Park (across from the post office). Tickets sold at the door. $12 ADULTS; $10 SENIORS; FREE children 12 & under. Complimentary refreshments. Call 845-229-2820 for info.
The headliner of this trio, folk singer Randy Burns, is the real deal. He was a part of the Urban Folk Revival in Greenwich Village in the 1960s. At the age of 18 in 1966 he became the permanent opening act at the legendary Gaslight Café on MacDougal Street, opening for the likes of Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and many others. A few years later he formed a band called Randy Burns and the Sky Dog Band. Randy will be joined by Jim Petrie and Paul Fairall. Paul is an English musician who performs alternative folk, telling stories that are quirky, pop and romantic. Jim Petrie, whose music can be described as Americana, is a native Long Islander now based in New York City. Known for his guitar skills, talent for melody and thoughtful lyrics, Jim has been writing songs since he was in elementary school.
Cate Long (@cate_long) says:
Please join us at Monday’s Rhinebeck Town Board meeting, 6:45, Town Hall.
Many thanks for your petition support and for your attendance at Thursday night’s Village Zoning Board meeting. We had an excellent showing of about 70 concerned citizens and everyone really wanted to speak on the subject of Northern Dutchess Hospital’s expansion. NDH pulled their variance request one hour before the hearing was to begin so citizens were unfortunately unable to express their dissatisfaction with NDH and their plan to demolish the front lawn, pave it over and light it at night.
Now we are on the agenda for this Monday’s Rhinebeck Town Board meeting (meeting starts at 6:45) to present a request that the Town Board initiate an Article 78 action against the Village Planning Board for their decision not to require Health Quest to conduct a full SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review ) review of this project. Article 78 is a section of New York State law which allows aggrieved parties to challenge a decision of a public body. At a minimum this 12 acre project in the middle of our beautiful, historic village needs an environmental review and no one has required that one be conducted.
We very much need as many of you as possible to attend to show the strength of public concern regarding this project.
We remain convinced that the planning process for this project is in error and want to seek support from the Rhinebeck Town Board to take action. The current site development plan is clearly inconsistent with the Town of Rhinebeck’s Comprehensive Plan and the Greenway Pact, and convincing the Town Board to initiate action, probably with joint participation from affected village residents, will lend significant momentum to the need for a full SEQR review of this project.
Please attend if you possibly can. We know these meetings are disruptive to your busy lives. But as we witnessed Thursday night, public action plays an invaluable role in motivating municipal officials and developers to act in the public interest.
Many thanks for your support.
save-rhinebeck-green-space.com
Town of Rhinebeck Highway Department says:
The Town of Rhinebeck Highway Department is hosting a household hazardous waste disposal day at the Town Garage, 119 Rhinecliff Road, this Saturday, October 5, 2013. Items accepted include: chemicals, button cell batteries, electronic equipment, and fluorescent bulbs. A full list of items is available at http://www.dcrra.org/flyers/Hazardous%20Waste%20Flyer-Rhinebeck-2013.pdf
Pre-registration is required to schedule a drop-off time. The registration fee is $5 and there no limit on the amount of items for disposal. To register, or for further information, call 463-6020, or visit http://www.DCRRA.org.
Brian Del Pizzo says:
Please consider posting this message to the board….. Thank you!
CELEBRATE FALL!
Please Join Us To Plant Trees & Shrubs
Saturday,November 2, 9am-1pm
Meet at 46 Mulberry Street for a quick planting lesson, and we’ll move to a few planting spots around the Village.
Join your friends and neighbors to plant trees and shrubs to help make Rhinebeck greener and more beautiful. All are welcome–no experience necessary; bring a shovel & gloves if possible.
Contact Cecily for more information: 876-7462 or Michaelfrazier@earthlink.net
Sponsored by the Rhinebeck Village Tree Commission
“A society grows great when old men plant trees in
whose shade they know they shall never sit”. – Greek Proverb
Absolutely! Thanks for the info; you’ll see a post on the 20th of October
St. James’ Fall Concert Series: The Cupcakes. Sunday, October 20, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at St. James’ Chapel, 10 E. Market St., Hyde Park, NY (across from the post office). Tickets sold at the door. $12 ADULTS; $10 SENIORS; FREE children 12 & under. Complimentary refreshments (featuring cupcakes, of course). Call 845-229-2820 for info.
Recipe for cupcakes: Start with 3 uber-talented women; add 5-6 instruments (3 at a time); then cream together with a bouquet of awards for songwriting and independent music. Stir in 6 CDs, sprinkle with jingles, tours with famous people, production credits, and videos. Ice the whole thing with humor and harmony. No need to bake – The Cupcakes definitely do the cooking! Lyn Hardy has performed folk, rock, old time, contra, blues, and country music in the USA, Canada and Europe since 1965. Elly Wininger got her start in the NYC Folk Revival scene playing blues and ragtime guitar in the basket houses of Greenwich Village. Janice Hardgrove is a former jingle singer for national corporations such as McDonalds and Pepsi.
Jen Mac Kay says:
Winnakee Land Trust invites the community to Burger Buggy Day on Saturday, November 2 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm, weather permitting. Burger Buggy Day is a FREE event at Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill. There will be free hay rides to the top of the hill, cider and donuts.
This is a wonderful outing for all ages and abilities to be able to view our stunning countryside from the best vantage point in Rhinebeck. For more information, call Jen Mac Kay at 876-4213 or email info@winnakeeland.org. No rain date is planned so check our website or Facebook page if you are unsure. See you on the Hill!
Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill is located on Route 9G, just south of Violet Hill Road.
Any chance you can find and post the ballot for Tuesday’s election? There are 6 or 7 constitutional amendments and 1 only know what 1 of them is!
Vote Rhinebeck!
It is critical that everyone participate in municipal elections to elect informed, independent and responsible public officials.
Here are our polling places based on the election district (ED) in which you live:
ED1: St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 371 Wurtemburg Rd., Town of Rhinebeck
ED2: Town Hall, 80 E. Market St., Rhinebeck Village
ED3: Firehouse, Orchard St., Rhinecliff Hamlet
Here is a map which shows the specific districts so you can locate your polling place:
http://www.rhinebeckdemocrats.org/images/ED_map.pdf
Here is a great guide from the League of Women Voters on the six proposed amendments to the New York State Constitution.
http://www.lwvny.org/advocacy/elections/2013/Guide-Ballot-Proposals_2013.pdf
St. James’ Fall Concert Series presents: Betty and the Baby Boomers, Sunday Nov. 17 at 3:00 p.m. at St. James’ Chapel, 10 E. Market Street, Hyde Park (across from the post office) – The name seemed like a good idea twenty years ago when Betty Boomer, Jean Valla McAvoy, Paul Rubeo, and Steve Stanne began performing together—a play on Betty’s name and the fact that all four are children of the baby boom generation. The name is now known to folk music fans from the mountains of Connemara in Ireland to the Catskills overlooking the Hudson Valley. In addition to original songs from Jean, the Boomers (now including bass player Robert Bard) draw on sources including traditional folk, contemporary artists like Bruce Cockburn and Dougie MacClean, and classic “folksingers” like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Phil Ochs. Tickets sold at the door: $12 adults, $10 seniors, FREE children 12 and under. Call 845-229-2820 for info.
The Group Show says:
Hi there would you share this info about The Group Holiday Show on Nov. 23 10-8 and Nov. 24th 10- 4 there is a poster on our face book page I’m hoping you can access.
Thanks so very much.
Hi there, could you give me a bit more info…? More on the group – links to a website.
I was wondering if you could put up a reminder for The Group Holiday Show coming up this week end Nov. 23rd 10-8 and 24th 10 – 4 at the Delmater Conference Center in Rhinebeck.
Possibly post the flyer again? We have a Facebook event page listed below.
Normally we don’t do this, are the proceeds going to a non – profit, or to the benefit of someone or something?
Yes ….thanks .
The Group Holiday Show is in it’s 36th year and is showing at the Delmater Conference Center of the Beekman Arms ,6387 Mill St -Rt 9 in Rhinebeck NY on Sat. Nov.23rd 10-8 and Sun. Nov. 24th 10-4.
We have 22 Artisans this year. It has been called “a gem of a show”.
We have a Facebook event page called The Group Holiday Show and I also have a poster I can send but I’m not sure how.
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
This is a beautiful music video set in Rhinebeck.
Not sure if you can host Vimeo videos on this blog though!
Hearing Tues, Nov 19 on Northern Dutchess Hospital plan to remove 80 trees
A public hearing about the Health Quest’s Northern Dutchess Hospital project has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 19th at 7:15 pm at the Rhinebeck Village Hall. We encourage you to attend.
The public will finally have an opportunity to make comments about the proposed expansion.
Unfortunately Save Rhinebeck Green Space has uncovered some extremely misleading information that Health Quest has been spreading in full page paid advertisements in our local paper The Observer.
Health Quest says in these advertisements in The Observer that 34 trees will be removed for the hospital project.
But a report prepared by tree expert SavaTree and submitted to the Rhinebeck Village Planning Board on Health Quest’s behalf says that 80 trees will be removed.
Background here: http://www.save-rhinebeck-green-space.com/#!tree-demolition/c1xcs
The site plans submitted to the Planning Board confirms that many more than 34 trees will be removed.
Why is Health Quest seemingly misleading the public about a vital element of the project?
How can the public provide comments at the November 19 public hearing when the information provided appears to be misleading and incomplete?
In studying the hospital plans we have also discovered what appears to be 47 new 12-15 foot high light fixtures spread throughout the hospital campus. The removal of 80 trees and massive new lighting fixtures will make Northern Dutchess Hospital into a medical mall in the middle of Rhinebeck’s historic district.
Please mark your calendar to attend the Tuesday, November 19th public hearing at 7:15 pm in the Village Halll.
Thanks for your great support.
On Saturday, November 16, The Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 6368 Mill Street will hold its Second Annual “At Your Service” Auction. Come and bid to win the services of members and friends. In addition to a variety of useful services , gift cards and specialty holiday food items will be sold via silent auction. Doors open at 5:30pm for viewing. Live auction begins at 6pm. Absentee bids available. Hot dogs with fixings, soup, cookies, brownies, drinks available to purchase.
Just a few of the exciting services being offered are: Mets/Renegades/ND Symphony tickets, professional genealogical research services, a one half hour professional video interview of a relative discussing your family’s history, your own maid or handyman for a day, piano/organ lessons, Grades K-6 tutoring, a guided tour of kayaking on the Esopus/Rondout complete with a basket lunch, tennis and golf lessons, car wash and hand wax, learn to drive a team of horses, a horse drawn carriage ride for two, pet and child care in your home, dinner for four delivered to your house, home baked goods made with a week’s notice, personal computer services, personally created Christmas card labels or custom-made, computer-generated personal business products, hand painted”El Gato” greeting cards, a “Fun with Fondant” class, Manhattan or Airport transportation, garden design, extraordinary holiday gift wrapping for 10 packages, and even a three night cottage rental for six just two minute’s from the West Yarmouth (Cape Cod) beach. For a complete listing or more information, contact Brenda Klaproth,845-876-2436/bklaproth@ymail.com or the church at 876-3727.
The Community at Brookmeade says:
Arbor Ridge at Brookmeade, Dutchess County’s premier retirement community is having two fantastic events in December for senior citizens in and around Rhinebeck.
Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 1:00-3:00pm Arbor ridge is having our annual “Holiday High Tea” Start your holiday season by spending an elegant afternoon sampling teas and tasting treats from our Culinary Institute trained chefs.
Thursday, Dec. 19, from 3:00- 5:00pm Arbor Ridge is having our “Holiday Sing-A-Long and Social Hour” Join us for a fun afternoon of holiday songs, festive food and cocktails, and live music.
For more information please call (845) 876-3344 and ask for Eileen or Tom.
Important Public Hearing
Tuesday, November 19th in Village Hall at 7:15 pm there will be a public hearing addressing the hospital expansion / renovation project proposed by Health Quest.
This is an extremely important hearing upon which the future viability of the hospital itself might depend.
If you believe, as we do, that continuing to have an up to date hospital in our community is a high priority, then we urge you to attend this public hearing.
Paul Niedercorn & Brenda Klaproth
TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK
The Town Board of the Town of Rhinebeck will be holding a meeting tonight November 25, 2013 at 6:45 pm at Town Hall 80 East Market St and is proposing the passage of a local law to establish the office of a
single appointed assessor. This is a significant change as there are currently 3 elected assessors that share the job and responsibilities. As the Town assessors are responsible for assessments in the Village of Rhinebeck this local law if passed has the potential to affect all residents, businesses and property owners in the Village of Rhinebeck. I wish to make it clear that I have received no correspondence nor have I been contacted by any members of the Town Board regarding this change. I went to Town Hall and requested a copy of the proposed law to try and gain some insight as to why this change is being proposed. The law provides no background or insight as to the motivation for this change. In my mind this has the potential to have a significant impact on all those living, working, or owning property in the Village and I encourage everyone to attend this meeting to hear what this is all about. If passed in the future those responsible for assessments will serve at the will of the Town Board and no longer be voted for by those they are taxing. This deserves everyone’s attention, please share with those you know that will be impacted.
The Baptist Home at Brookmeade will be having our annual Holiday Family Photos with Holiday & Classic Backdrops starting on December 3 2013. Please see below for pricing, dates and the exact times we will be offering this service to the community.
Package #1 – Two 4x6s, Five 2x3s (wallets) $15
Package #2 – One 5×7, One 3.5×5, Two 2.5×3 $20
Package #3 – One 8×10, One 4×6, Four 3.5x5s $25
Package #4 – One 8×10, Two 5x7s, Nine 2x3s (wallets) $35
Individual prints available, take your photos home the same day!
We are pleased to offer this service to our Residents, their Families & the General Public
Photos by Melissa Lasher
Tues. Dec. 3rd & Wed. Dec. 4th 10am – 6pm
Sat. Dec 7th 2pm – 6pm
The Baptist Home Chapel
Please call Susanne Bernard at 845-876-2071 x107
to schedule your appointment.
LEARN THE ROPES – CLIMBING CLUB
Rock Wall and High Ropes Course Climbing Experiences
Sundays: 2-4pm
January 5, 12, 19, 26 and February 2, 9, 16, 23
Sessions are held in Rhinebeck at Ramapo for Children’s Indoor Recreation Center
Participants experience and learn how to: Navigate up to 10 different high ropes elements, climb rock walls and high ropes courses safely, belay others (learn to operate and secure the rope system which keeps people safe while climbing), and be a productive member of a team.
Classes are for youth ages 9-18yrs. (adults welcome too!) The cost is $10 per person, per session. Come for one, some or all the sessions!
TO REGISTER for a session, please call Karri Wolfe at 876-8435 or email: kwolfe@ramapoforchildren.org
Update from Save Rhinebeck Green Space:
We are writing to give you an update on the planning process for the Northern Dutchess Hospital expansion and let you know about two upcoming meetings about the hospital. Please plan on attending.
First off the hospital is planning to demolish 78 trees in the construction process so the ads they placed in our local paper, The Observer, were false and misleading. This is sad news and raises the issue of how truthful their communications with the public have been.
This Tuesday, December 17th at 7:00 pm is a meeting of the Planning Board (at the Village Hall) to review changes they requested to the hospital. The most important change is that the Planning Board, at their December 3 meeting stated that the hospital campus has been “maxed out” and asked Health Quest and Kirchhoff to attach a note to their final site plan documenting that they, too, understand that the remaining green space needs to be retained and that any future parking needs must be met off site.
We believe that the note attached to the final site plan verifying that the Planning Board wants no future development on the green space is extremely important. We commend the Planning Board for their position and hope Northern Dutchess Hospital recognizes how they have grown to a scale that no longer fits within a residential neighborhood. The Planning Board meeting this Tuesday is not a public hearing and NDH is last on the agenda but we are encourage everyone to attend if they can.
This Thursday, December 19th, is a public hearing of the Zoning Board of Appeals at 7:00 pm at the Village Hall. This is likely the last chance for the public to weigh in on the hospital project. The laws which govern granting a variance are very precise. One of the requirements of granting a variance is that the result could not be achieved by other means.
Clearly the medical offices proposed for the hospital could be located in the “medical office district” along Springbook Avenue. The “medical office district” was created in 2006 in the Rhinebeck Village Zoning Code” to provide space for medical offices for Northern Dutchess Hospital. Therefore there is no need to grant a height variance to allow medical offices in the hospital expansion. Please attend the meeting if possible. We encourage thoughtful public comments on the hospital project. It’s your chance to speak out on the project. Please attend!
Save Rhinebeck Green Space thanks everyone who has signed our petition (over 500 signatures) , written letters to the Planning and Zoning Boards and attended meetings. Your time and concern has helped limit the devastating impact of the loss of trees and lawn.
The community character of the village will be forever changed. It will be a very sad day for Rhinebeck when 78 trees are demolished but some green space has been saved. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Tuesday and especially the Thursday meetings.
Best holidays wishes to you and your family!
Good news for Save Rhinebeck Green Space supporters!
The Village Planning Board, at their meeting Tuesday night, required Northern Dutchess Hospital to put on note on the final site plans saying that they believed the campus had been “maxed out” and wanted no more development on the front lawn after this project. And any future parking should happen off campus and use shuttle buses. Cheers for the Planning Board!
Tonight, December 19th, is a public hearing of the Zoning Board of Appeals at 7:00 pm at the Village Hall. This is likely the last chance for the public to weigh in on the hospital project. It’s your chance to speak up.
The hospital is requesting a height variance of 3 1/2 feet. The laws which govern granting a variance are very precise and can be seen here.
http://www.save-rhinebeck-green-space.com/#!9-foot-variance-rules/cwcy
One of the requirements of granting a variance is that the result could not be achieved by other means.
Clearly the medical offices proposed for the hospital could be located in the “medical office district” along Springbook Avenue. The “medical office district” was created in 2006 in the Rhinebeck Village Zoning Code” to provide space for medical offices for Northern Dutchess Hospital.
Although the properties on Springbook had been listed for sale by Win Morrison Realty for over a year once we began recommending that the hospital locate the medical offices there the properties mysteriously were removed from listing. Is this temporary or will there come back on the market once the hospital expansion is approved? All eyes on Springbrook Avenue Medical Office District.
Please attend the public hearing tonight if possible. We encourage thoughtful public comments. It’s your chance to speak out on the project. Thanks for your support.
Save Rhinebeck Green Space
REGISTER NOW – LEARN THE ROPES – CLIMBING CLUB
Classes are for youth ages 9-18yrs. (adults welcome too!) The cost is $10 per person, per session. Come for one, some, or all the sessions!
TO REGISTER for a session, please email Karri Wolfe at: kwolfe@ramapoforchildren.org
or call 876-8435.
Bill Hoynes says:
2014 Rhinebeck Little League Registration is Now Open
Sign Up NOW for Rhinebeck Little League Baseball and Softball
Early Registration Discount for players registering by March 10, 2014.
New Little League Residency Rules for 2014 Season!
Players who live in the Town of Rhinebeck or attend school in the Town of Rhinebeck are eligible to play in the Rhinebeck Little League. As a result of these new residency rules, all students attending Chancellor Livingston School, Bulkeley Middle School, and Rhinebeck High School are now eligible to play in the Rhinebeck Little League.
Registration is fast and easy, Just go to the Rhinebeck Little League’s website
http://www.RhinebeckLL.com to register for any of the following:
T-Ball, Girls and Boys, ages 4 – 7
** Minor/B League (ages 7 – 10)
** Major/A League (ages 10 – 12)
** Junior League (ages 13 -14; combined Rhinebeck-Red Hook program)
** Senior League (ages 15-16; combined Rhinebeck-Red Hook program)
** Minor League (ages 8-10; combined Rhinebeck-Red Hook program)
** Major League (ages 10-12; combined Rhinebeck-Red Hook program)
(Softball games/practices will take place primarily at the Town of Red Hook Rec Park.)
Go to http://www.RhinebeckLL.com for details about baseball and softball divisions, 2014 rates, Little League age calculator, field directions, and Little League contact information.
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You should subscribe – already on the forum.
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Kathy Kinsella says:
The Town of Rhinebeck Highway Department 2013 Year-End Summary can be read at:
http://rhinebeck-ny.gov/files/2013%20Year%20End%20Summary%20(3).pdf
Art Students Discuss Path to Scholarship
Award-winning Author & Illustrator leads panel
Poughkeepsie, NY – On Saturday night at 5:00pm, students from the Art Institute of Mill Street Loft will discuss their path to scholarship and the work that compromises their college application portfolios and currently showcased in the Senior Student Art Show at MSL. Since 2000, over $30 million in merit-based scholarships have been offered to Mill Street Loft art students. This panel is the first of its kind at Mill Street Loft and will allow students to share their experience and their development process as they apply to colleges and consider their future as working artists.
Guest Artist Peter McCarty, a Caldecott Honor author and illustrator from Rhinebeck, will facilitate the panel discussion with the students. McCarty, who also teaches at the School of Visual Arts and University of Hartford, knows first-hand the challenges students face in college and career development.
“I am looking forward to learning more about Mill Street Loft’s process and why these students are so successful,” said McCarty.
On February 7th, at the national Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Mill Street Loft students won 72 Gold and Silver medals in the Hudson Valley Regional art competition. Four of the five top awards, the American Vision Awards, were won by Mill Street Loft students, Michelle Devlin, Matthew Valardo, Emily Kofsky and and Jenna Pyzowski. These students now move on to the national competition and vie for $10,000 in college scholarship funds with a potential of a full-tuition college scholarship available to National Gold Portfolio Winners.
“These are some of the most prestigious awards that a college-bound high school student can earn in the U.S.,” said Todd Poteet, Director of the Art Institute at Mill Street Loft. “Our students have done consistently well over the years, but this year was unprecedented.”
Coincidentally, “Unprecedented” is the name of this year’s Senior Student Art Show. The work of eight students has been included in this show. At this point, several pieces have been removed from the show to be sent to the national competition, but Mill Street Loft has found an alternative way to share the work with attendees of the event.
“We think it will add to the exploration and discussion to experience this work in a different way. But you will have to join to see how we are doing it,” Poteet added.
The public, art lovers of all ages, families and talented young artists, are invited to attend this free event to learn more about Mill Street Loft, the talented students and their work and how to plan for college applications and portfolio development.
The “Unprecedented” Panel Discussion Event is taking place on Saturday, February 15th at 5:00pm at Mill Street Loft’s Studio45, 45 Pershing Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY, just off Rte 44/55. Information is available on the website http://www.millstreetloft.org , Facebook or by calling the MSL office at 845-471-7477.
Wednesday, February 26, 10am, Rhinebeck Town Hall, Rhinebeck Garden Club. Master Gardener Donna Croshier will speak on “Gardening in Small Spaces”. Free. For more information contact Steven Mann at 845-876-6892.
Save Rhinebeck Green Space is proud to endorse Heath Tortarella and Gary Kenton in the upcoming Rhinebeck village trustee election on March 18th. Vote Tuesday 12 noon to 9pm.
Spring is almost here!
We know everyone is interested in how our effort to save the green space at Northern Dutchess Hospital came out.
In summary we had some big losses and some good gains. We thank everyone for their support during the process. It was your support that made our efforts possible.
Save Rhinebeck Green Space (SRGS) worked actively since late last spring to preserve the lawn area and trees in front of Health Quest’s Northern Dutchess Hospital (NDH) facility. We attended meetings, talked to residents, gathered petition signatures, researched the village code and initiated legal action against NDH, the builder Kirchhoff and the village planning board.
After almost a year of review the village planning board (VPB) approved the final NDH site plan on January 8th, 2014. The approved plan will pave over less lawn than Health Quest’s original plans but still results in considerable loss of trees and green space at the entrance to the village.
The front area of the hospital will also be extensively lit at night and change the residential character of the northern end of the village. The final plan does incorporate extensive landscaping, including wooden fencing, along Montgomery Street that came about partly through our efforts. Of course the landscaping will take years to mature and screen the commercial nature of the hospital.
We wanted give you more details and reflect on what we learned as concerned citizens. We would also like to share some thoughts on future action. Read more here:
http://www.save-rhinebeck-green-space.com/
Dutchess County’s premiere senior living community will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday April 17th 2014 from 10:00am to 12:00pm at The Baptist Home. There will be activities, food and an Easter Basket raffle. Easter baskets for the raffle will be brimming with specialty items from local artisans.
The Easter Bunny will also be present at The Baptist Home for Holiday Family Photos, with two photo packages to choose from.
For more information please call: 845-876-2071 Ext. 107 and ask for Susanne!
Hello Rhinebeck Community Gardeners,
Spring is here! The birds are singing and the garden is calling. It is time to start thinking about digging in the dirt.
Our first Community Gardeners meeting is set for March 29th at 10am in the Starr Library. We will meet in the downstairs meeting room.
Along with registration, we will assign gardeners to their Work Crew and allow time for you to spend with the crew leaders.
It’s going to be a wonderful season. More potlucks, mid week dinners in the garden, an open house for the community, Sunday morning gatherings in the garden and a new Crew…..pest control !
Rhinebeck Community Garden is 100% organic.
Rhinebeck residents looking for a plot can add their name to the waiting list and volunteer positions are available for our Garden to Food Pantry fresh food project. Last year we grew and donated over 500 pounds of fresh vegetables to the Church of the Messiah Food Pantry. We would like to increase the amount of food we grow and deliver and volunteers are needed for planting, weeding, watering and delivering the food to Messiah Food Pantry.
Contact rhinebeckcommunitygarden@gmail.com or catelong@gmail.com for more information.
PS: Now is the time to plant spring peas when the ground is unfrozen..
Friday, March 28, 7pm, Rhinebeck Town Hall. Rhinebeck Garden Club. Speaker Mark Adams, co-owner of Adams Greenhouses, a 5-acre growing facility in Poughkeepsie will present “What’s New in the World of Perennials and Annuals”. Mark will be assisted by his wife Sue, who works with him in producing the plants they sell. Mark is President of the Dutchess-Putnam-Westchester Farm Bureau and serves on the New York State Farm Bureau Board of Directors and is a member of the Cornell Plant Advisory Program. Gardeners of all experience levels and interest are welcome. Free. Refreshments served. For more information contact Steven Mann at 845-876-6892.
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Many in Rhinebeck know me from my work in the Rhinebeck Community Garden, Church of the Messiah and Save Rhinebeck Green Space. I was also a founder, with the great Maggie Salamone, of this Rhinebeck Community Forum.
But few know me for my professional work as a national expert on municipal bonds and state and local finances. Here are two recent appearances I made on RT and Fox Business:
http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3386307945001/long-expect-painful-public-pension-haircuts/#sp=show-clips
I’m not a broker or investment advisor but I’m happy to answer any questions about municipal securities or public finance for my fellow community members. It’s important that we know where our tax dollars go!
Wednesday, April 23, 10:30am, Rhinebeck Garden Club Field Trip to Vassar College. “Unearthing Vassar’s Historical Garden Practices”. Presenter: Keri VanCamp, Manager Olmsted Greenhouse and Vassar Ecological Preserve. Free for members, $5.00 guest. Business meeting to follow. For info, contact Steven Mann at smann320@yahoo.com or 876-6892.
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Cecily Frazier says:
Help celebrate Arbor Day with the Rhinebeck Village Tree Commission as they put in 28 trees on Saturday, May 3, starting at 9 AM until 1 PM. Park at the Chancellor Livingston Elementary School and the planting will take place in the Stortini Development as well as other locations in the south end of the Village.
The planting will take place rain or shine. Bring gloves and a shovel and other equipment if you have it to lend. Families are welcome. There are plenty of things for children to do, like watering and moving mulch, rocks and sod. You are welcome to stay as long as you like. The Highway Dept. pre-digs the holes, but we need a lot of help with the actual planting.
Please join us to plant and help make Rhinebeck Village more beautiful and environmentally strong.
Call Jon at 516-4500 with questions.
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Stephanie Werskey says:
Thank you for sharing this information – how can I also submit a photo?
The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program invites the public into local private gardens beginning on May 4th
The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days Program for 2014 in Dutchess County, New York begins Sunday, May 4th, featuring three private gardens in Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Wappingers Falls, open to the public 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to each garden is $5, the Open Day is rain or shine, and no reservations are required. Call 1-888-842-2442, or visit http://www.opendaysprogram.org for more information. Seven additional Dutchess County Open Days will take place through October, featuring eleven private gardens.
Featured on the May 4th Open Day is The Chocolate Factory – Garden of Ruth Oja (21 Cedar Hill Road, Red Hook), built on the ruins of the Livingston Grist Mill, the garden combines English style naturalism with the Hudson Valley ideal of picturesque, and includes a dramatic waterfall and thousands of spring bulbs. At Cedar Heights Orchard (8 Crosby Lane, Rhinebeck), yew hedges, specimen trees, and stone walls add structure to informal plantings, a large vegetable/cutting garden is designed to attract pollinators, and a large hillside orchard faces west with a stunning view of the Catskills. At the garden of Anne Spiegel (299 Maloney Road, Wappingers Falls) a massive stone outcrop has been enhanced by a series of stone-walled raised beds constructed on stepped ledges and cliffs and planted with choice specimens of xerophytic and drought-tolerant plants, a separate fenced stream garden is home to plants that like wet feet, and a new area beyond the north end of the cliff is being developed for hellebores and other shade-lovers.
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Save the Date! The Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with their annual spring sidewalk sale, announces Historic Rhinebeck Days on May 17 and 18. Town-wide non-profit groups have been invited to participate by opening their buildings or setting up displays, exhibits and events off site. Most activities are scheduled for Saturday, but a guided walking tour of Ferncliff Forest, and a first-ever scavenger hunt in the Rhinebeck cemetery are among a number of events taking place only on Sunday. This is a chance to increase your knowledge of Rhinebeck history by viewing a special exhibit, seeing the interior of village churches, discovering a new shop or restaurant, or viewing free films of local interest. Community groups with historical material who have not been contacted and would like to participate should contact Colleen Cruikshank at the Chamber office, 876-5904 or email Brenda Klaproth, c/o The Historic Rhinebeck committee, at 876-2436 or email bklaproth@ymail.com . Sidewalk, shop windows or interior spaces will be available for those organizations who don’t own a building downtown or none at all. A schedule of activities and a locator map of participating parties will be available from many businesses throughout the village. More details will be announced in early May.
Bob Myerson says:
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT RHINEBECK TENNIS CLUB:
Bring the whole family for a weekend of fun and tennis. There will be a schedule of events to keep everyone active and entertained with a relaxing BBQ Monday afternoon.
For more information visit our website or on find us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/RhinebeckTennis. Or call us at 845-876-8008
Saturday May 24:
Advanced Players Clinic 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Intermediate Players Clinic 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Novice Players Clinic 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
10 and Under Tennis Play Day 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Sunday May 25:
11 to 17 Play Day 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Monday May 26:
Adult Tennis Day Camp 9:00 am – 12:00 pm (Refreshments Provided)
Tennis Mixer and BBQ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Feel Free to Bring Your Own Beer and Wine.
Uri Perrin says:
Join us Saturday, May 31 from 2-4pm for a VAL-KILL PICNIC
Celebrating the opening of new Exhibits at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. It promises to be a spectacular afternoon on the grounds, the way the Eleanor and Franklin most loved to entertain.
Joining us will be the Chefs’ Consortium, New York chefs committed to promoting locally-grown farm fresh food, in tradition of the original Val-Kill Industries support of agricultural communities, as highlighted in the Exhibits.
Registration is FREE, but reservations are required by Thursday, May 29 at:
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e91i7l5oaedde620&llr=8cirgtmab&showPage=true
Location: Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, 56 Valkill Park Road (off 9G) in Hyde Park.
For more information visit: http://www.honoringeleanorroosevelt.org.
Karla R.. Cook says:
RHINEBECK/RHINECLIFF MUSEUM AND HOUSE TOUR SET FOR JUNE 8
By Karla R. Cook
A Museum and House Tour in Rhinebeck
and Rhinecliff to benefit the Chancellor
Livingston Chapter, NSDAR, and
Museum of Rhinebeck History is
scheduled for Sunday, June 8, 2014,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., beginning at the
DAR Chapter House, 77 Livingston Street
in Rhinebeck. The Chapter House,
located a few blocks from the village, was
once the home of Revolutionary War
Major General Richard Montgomery and
his wife, Janet Livingston Montgomery.
Once you’ve received your program and
ticket(s) you can begin the tour at a
location of your choosing. There will be
volunteers to greet you along the way.
Venture into the historic past Rhinebeck
and Rhinecliff. Take a walk through front
doors, local history, architecture, and
interior design. The tour will take place
rain or shine and no public bathrooms will
be available at any of the homes. Tickets
are $25 in advance and $30 the day of
the event. To pre-order, contact Steven
Mann at (845) 876-6892 or
smann320@yahoo.com.
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Saturday, May 24, 10am-2pm, Rain Date Sunday, May 25. Annual Rhinebeck Garden Club Plant and Bake Sale. CVS Open Space. Mostly perennials, some shrubs, annuals, herbs, vegetables, hanging baskets and container arrangements. All the perennials are locally grown coming from members’ and friends’ gardens. Proceeds enable the club to educate community members interested in gardening, foster an appreciation of gardening, maintain selected civic sites in Rhinebeck and continue our outreach to health care and senior facilities. Questions? Call Steven Mann, at 845-876-6892 or Brenda Klaproth at 845-876-2436.
Wednesday, May 28, 7pm, Rhinebeck Town Hall. Rhinebeck Garden Club. Speaker: Andrew Koehn, Mohonk Mountain House Garden Manager will present: “Plants that Work so You Don’t Have to”. $8.00 fee for non-members. All proceeds to benefit the local community. The Friends of the Rhinebeck Cemetery were the recipients from last year’s special speaker program to replant climbing roses at the cemetery gates, and in 2012, camp fees were subsidized for qualifying members of the Gentle Giants 4H club. For more information contact Steven Mann at 876-6892 or Brenda Klaproth at 876-2436.
Closure of the Garden Street Cafe
When Rhinebeck Health Foods changed ownership in May, Faith Palmer was given two weeks notice that she must close her business, the Garden Street Cafe, because the new owners had other plans for the space. She had operated the Cafe for over 10 years inside the health food store. Please consider helping Faith with a donation of any amount as she gets back on her feet. Thanks! http://www.gofundme.com/9eroi8
Rhinebeck-Rhinecliff museum and house tour Sunday
A museum and house tour in Rhinebeck and Rhinecliff to benefit the Chancellor Livingston Chapter, NSDAR, and the Museum of Rhinebeck History will be held Sun., June 8, from 10am to 4pm.
The tour will begin at the DAR Chapter House at 77 Livingston Street in Rhinebeck. The Chapter House was the home of Revolutionary War Major General Richard Montgomery and his wife, Janet Livingston Montgomery.
The program given out with the tickets outlines the rest of the tour, which you can go through in any order. There will be volunteers to greet you along the way. The tour will take place rain or shine, and no public bathrooms will be available at any of the homes.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event. To pre-order, contact Steven Mann at (845) 876-6892 or smann320@yahoo.com.
The Community at Brookmeade: Arbor Ridge, The Terrace and The Baptist Home will hold an auction Saturday June 21st 2014 at 5:30pm. The auction will be held at the George Cole Auction House 7578 North Broadway, Red Hook and it is free and open to the public.
There will be a Preview Party Thursday June 19th 2014 from 6-9pm, also to be held at the George Cole Auction House and open to the public. Tickets for the preview party can be purchased for $15 advanced/ $20 at the door. Wine and cheese will be served, and a 50/50 raffle will take place.Tickets can be purchased at communityatbrookmeade.org.
Items to be auctioned will include classic furniture from the original Baptist Home of Brooklyn circa 1869!
To donate items, or for more information please call 845.876.2071 EXT. 105.
All proceeds to benefit The Baptist Home at Brookmeade and The Brookmeade Community Foundation.
Daniel Drake says:
Summer 2014 Sports Camps Open for Registration in the Rhinebeck Area
The First Baptist Church of Rhinebeck is excited to offer as an opportunity to our community two sports camps this summer: Soccer and Basketball.
HIGH POWER SOCCER CAMP: July 7th -11th – $20 for an individual, or $30 for a family.
High Power soccer is an AWANA affiliated national soccer outreach program. The camp is for children 5 -11 years old and runs from 8:30 am to 12:15pm daily at the Community at Brookmeade Soccerfields in Rhinebeck. During the camp, daily activities will focus on the fundamentals of soccer, and include individual and team based skill improvement as well as daily scrimmage games. Participants will learn basic soccer skills, get lots of exercise, and enjoy singing, skits and lessons based on a weekly theme. Children at any skill level are welcome and will benefit from this soccer training program. For a small registration fee, campers receive great soccer training, a t-shirt, daily snacks, drinks, and a free cook out at the end of the week that family is invited to. For more information call the church at 845-876-4300 or download our brochure and registration forms at http://www.fbrhinebeck.org/soccer_camp_2014.pdf.
IMPACT SPORTS BASKETBALL: July 13th-18th – $65
Impact sports basketball camp began as an outreach to the Hudson Valley communty to teach the fundamentals of basketball, as well as the positive values and character traits that are part of learning a team sport. The camp is for Junior High boys age 12-16. Our basketball camp boasts a unique, experienced, and extremely talented coaching staff, that is one of the best in the whole valley. The camp from 9:00am to 5:00pm at the First Baptist Church of Rhinebeck Gym. Daily activities focus on the fundamentals of Basketball, and will include both individual and team skill improvement exercises. Participants will have an opportunity to be involved in daily scrimmage games and in a weeklong tournament as well. Each camper will receive a personalized report card at the end of the week with their skill evaluation and comments on how to improve their game. For their registration fee, our campers receive top notch coaching, a camp t-shirt, lunch each day, drinks, afternoon snacks, and a free cookout that is open to the family at the end of the week. For more information about the camp call the church at 845-876-4300, or download our brochure and registration form at http://www.fbrhinebeck.org/basketball_flyer_2014.pdf.
My daughter, Mia Tsang, would like to post a Pdf flyer she made but I don’t know how to do that here. She’s the president of the 9th grade RHS, and the freshman class council is having a movie night tomorrow, June 13, and would like to announce it to the community. Please let me know how I can send you the Pdf file. Or let me know if this is something you would announce here or not.
Bryn Bahnatka says:
We have live music tonight at our place the Shelter Wine Bar in Rhinebeck. Sean G. and the Downbeats tonight and the Erin Hobson Compact tomorrow night. Would love to see everyone!
Karla R. Cook says:
Please post. Thank you.
CLC NSDAR TAG SALE IN RHINEBECK, AUGUST 9 AND AUGUST 10
The Chancellor Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is holding a Tag Sale at its chapter house, 77 Livingston St., in Rhinebeck Saturday, August 9th and Sunday, August 10th from 9AM till 3PM. Items of all sorts: Books, antiques, housewares, etc., plus baked goods for sale. All proceeds to help fund the work of the chapter. See NorthernDutchessDAR.org for additional information about the not-for-profit organization.
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Can you please post a flyer for our second annual KCP Models Fashion show? It is a week from Saturday (Sept 6th). I will email it to you at you mntsalamone@gmail.com userid. Thanks so much!!
Debra Lavender says:
Please post!
Studio D is now accepting registration for fall 2014 dance classes! Studio D is a dance studio located in the village of Rhinebeck and has been operating for 20 years as a local business. We offer classes for ages 3 – adult in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical and musical theater.
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Ken Dreyfack says:
Here’s a candidate for posting:
The Rhinebeck Theatre Society will be presenting Equivocation at the Center for the Performing Arts in Rhinebeck Oct. 3-12. Bill Cain’s two-act play explains what happens when England’s dirtiest politician hires Shakespeare as his spin doctor. It’s a a dazzling blend of drama, comedy, tragedy and history as six actors create a cast of 29 characters.
To ensure that everyone can attend, RTS is initiating an unprecedented set-your-own-price ticket. Reserve at the Center’s website, centerforperformingarts.org or call the box office at (845) 876-3080. Learn more at rhinebecktheatresociety.com.
I would like to post the opening of our sculpture and photography exhibition on October 4, with text and a photo. How do I do that?
Feel free to leave your information here, thanks!
Who may I email the poster for the Sculpture and Photography Exhibit?
Please leave your info here. thanks
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Howdy! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and tell you I really enjoy reading your posts. Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that cover the same subjects? Many thanks!
Celebrate Earth Day at the Rhinebeck Reformed Church, located on Rt.9 and South Street in the village of Rhinebeck, on October 12, 2014. The public is invited to come to this special service about caring for creation, which starts at 9:45 AM. Guest speaker Rabbi Lawrence Troster, will deliver the message. Coffee hours follows the service.
Wednesday, October 22, 10am, Rhinebeck Town Hall. Rhinebeck Garden Club. Speaker John Lobotsky, owner of Wonderland Florist. “Gardening Through a Nurseryman’s Eyes”. Free. Open to the public. Contact Steven Mann, 876-6892 for information.
Gilbert Rios says:
Greetings! I recently added my email address to the blog list and am now receiving posts. I’m wondering if it’s possible for me to add some events of my own to the Forum? If so, how do I go about doing this? I am a member of Tivoli Artists Gallery and would like to share news about upcoming shows. Thanks in advance for your help.
Hello, I would like to post info about a Free Family Concert at Bard Conservatory Preparatory Division on Nov 8. Can you please let me know what the procedure is? Thank you.
TREE PLANTING SAT., NOV. 8
The Rhinebeck Village Tree Commission is holding a tree planting on Sat., Nov. 8, 9-1 at 45 Stortini Drive (at the retention pond).
Volunteers will meet, review tree planting techniques, and then break up into groups to plant trees around the Village. Bring gloves and a shovel and dress for the weather. There’s a job for everyone. Most of the holes are pre-dug so jobs include unwrapping and placing the tree, filling in the hole, staking and watering. Everyone is welcome for an hour or the entire morning. Question? Call Brian at 267-507-1046 or email briandelpizzo @ gmail.com.
Anna Pavord says:
Former NY Yankee Jim Leyritz Guest Speaker at Rhinebeck Reformed Church
This Sunday, November 9
9:45 AM Worship Service
*Free*
On Sunday, November 9, at 9:45 AM, Jim Leyritz, a former MLB catcher/infielder/designated hitter and World Series champion with the New York Yankees (1990–1996, 1999–2000), is our keynote speaker at the worship service of the Rhinebeck Reformed Church (6368 Mill Street.) In his presentation ‘Overcoming Obstacles’ he will discuss how his tenacity as a prospect allowed him to make it to the big leagues, and how one can recover from past personal mistakes, including a DUI manslaughter from which he was acquitted. The event is free. All are welcome. An offering will be collected during the service.
Contact the Rhinebeck Reformed Church at 876-3727 or rhinebeckreformedchurch@frontiernet.net for more information.
sayaveronica says:
Hi there- Maybe I’m missing something so if I am asking an obvious question, I apologize. I work for the Tivoli Free Library and we get your posts in digest form in our e-mail. We’d like to be able to post some of our events on your site. How does one do that? Is there an e-mail you send it to, or what?
Jeffrey Greenberg says:
Can you please post these two events in your listings:
Friday December 19th 7pm Community Candle Lighting Service, Storytelling, Singing & Dancing at Temple Emanuel 243 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 845-338-4271 People are asked to bring their own menorahs to this joyous event. Share the magic of hundreds of light glowing all together with friends and family as we dance, sing and celebrate together.
Chanukah Happening Saturday December 20th 12-2 Sponsored by Temple Emanuel Junior Youth Group. Family friendly fun for all ages-featuring music, latkes, games, booths, crafts, gifts and a book fair! Children over 2 $3, Adults $5, Family maximum $20. Temple Emanuel Social Hall 243 Albany Ave. Kingston, NY 12401 845-338-4271
Thanks will post on Nov 25th
We sent around a flyer. Is there a way to send you a pic?
krcfunk says:
CHANCELLOR LIVINGSTON CHAPTER, NSDAR & MUSEUM OF RHINEBECK HISTORY TO HOLD ANNUAL HOLIDAY AUCTION NOVEMBER 22
Returning for its sixth year, the Annual Holiday Auction is an excellent place to pick up gifts for everyone on your Christmas and Hanukah shopping list. The event on Saturday, November 22 at the Rhinebeck Town Hall, 80 East Market Street, is a joint fund-raiser held by the Chancellor Livingston Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Museum of Rhinebeck History. According to auction co-chairs Sarah K. Hermans, Regent of the CLC NSDAR, and Steven Mann of the Museum, doors will open at 10:00 AM for the silent auction, as well as for a public viewing of live auction items and chance to submit “Absentee Bids”. The live auction will begin at 12:30 PM.
There will be refreshments and bake/food sale tables, as well as antiques and vintage items, hand-made crafts, as well as locally donated products and gift certificates. Some items of note include:
•Several lots of 1964 Beatles trading cards•19th century Hudson Valley provenance solid brass fireplace trivet
•Vintage “Coc-Crow” cocktail glasses and shaker set in original box•A large, barn board folk art birdhouse•An historic three-hour driving tour of the Rhinebeck area
Admission is free to this fun-filled event.
See NorthernDutchessDAR.org and Rhinebeckmuseum.com for more information about our organizations.
Great thanks! you’re om https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/chancellor-livingston-chapter-nsdar-museum-of-rhinebeck-history-to-hold-annual-holiday-auction-november-22-2014/
It’s a beautiful winter day in Rhinebeck this morning, which certainly wasn’t true for yesterday’s Sinterklaas events. Due to the low turnout for the churches’ spaghetti dinner they will be serving again tonight starting at 5pm until gone (at the Father Brogan Center, 3 Mulberry Street and South Street). There is a choice of spaghetti with meatballs, marinara sauce or butter, bread & butter, salad, brownies with ice cream, coffee, tea, iced tea, lemonade or water. Prices reduced to $10.00 for adults, $5.00 children. Take out available. So please tell your friends and neighbors, and come support the hard workers from The Good Shepherd Church and The Reformed Church, plus the food is delicious! Everything is cooked from scratch.
Thanks You’re on! https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2014/12/07/spaghetti-dinner-at-father-brogan-center-tonight-take-out-available-december-7th-2014/
Hi. Could you please post about the following, which is a benefit for The Children’s Home of Kingston in Kingston?
VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT by MacCana
To benefit The Children’s Home of Kingston.
Come enjoy the lively music and banter
with the Irish brothers band!
Saturday, February 14, 2015 from 7:00 to 10:00 PM
(Snow date Sunday, February 15)
Miller School, 65 Fording Place Rd, Lake Katrine, NY.
For ticket ($20/each) sales, please call 845-331-1448
Tickets may also be obtained at Arace Electronics, the Elephant, and Savona’s Trattoria in Kingston; Bread and Bottle in Red Hook; and Traghaven Whiskey Pub
in Tivoli.
Thanks! https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/01/06/valentines-day-concert-by-maccana/
Mill Street Loft at Arts Oasis — NEW Art classes in a wonderful new Arts Space in Red Hook!
Mill Street Loft RED HOOK Classes at Arts Oasis start this week! Deadline for Registration is NOON on Monday! Classes for ages 5 – 19 — great classes with wonderful teachers! Hurry, hurry and join us at this beautiful new location in RED HOOK — The Arts Oasis, 31 Market Street (Rte. 199), half a block from the light; two blocks from the Red Hook middle and high schools. Parking in back. http://millstreetloft.org/product-cate…/courses-in-red-hook/
Paul E. Niedercorn says:
The Dutchess County Conservative Party will be hosting a “First Amendment Dinner Forum” focusing on the duties and responsibilities of the press. Guest panelists will be Stuart Shinske executive editor of the Poughkeepsie Journal and Tom Sipos radio station WKIP talk show host.
The event will be held from 6:00 – 9:00 PM on Tuesday, Feb 10th at The Grand Hotel in Poughkeepsie. Registration will begin at 5:30 PM followed by a cocktail reception, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, with a cash bar and an opportunity to meet local officials.
The dinner is open to the public. For reservations received by February 3, 2015 the price is $65 per person or $120 for two with admission at the door being $70 each.
Make checks payable to: DCCP and mail to: Dr. Kurt Kish, 748 Freedom Plains Rd., Poughkeepise, NY 12603. For more information call: 845-485-4488
Please include the names of all guests with payment.
thx – https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/the-dutchess-county-conservative-party-will-be-hosting-a-first-amendment-dinner-forum/
Thanks Tommy to play at the center in Rhinebeck New York has been posted already check our main page on the blog thanks again
Mill Street Loft ART Classes in Red Hook — for ALL Ages!
Mill Street Loft ART Classes — new session beginning NEXT Week in Red Hook — at the Arts Oasis on Rte. 199 (across from Taste Bud’s)!
Classes for ALL ages 5 – 9, 9 – 12, 11 – 14, 14 – Adult.
For kids — so much fun, exploration and skill building. Meet kids from Rhinebeck, Red Hook, Pine Plains. Great way to make new friends with similar interests! All materials provided. No classes during Spring Break (first week of April)
FOR TEENS who are building a college portfolio — check out Figure Drawing — not offered anywhere else in the Northern Dutchess area. THIS CLASS also open to ADULTS.
More info and to register: http://millstreetloft.org/product-category/courses-in-red-hook/
Any questions — drop me a line!
Sherri Michetti says:
I get your emails almost daily about activities in Rhinebeck and surrounding areas. I am the Senior Club Director of a BRAND NEW Youth Bass Fishing Club in the area. We are affiliated with The National Bass Federation and The NY Bass Federation. We are having a sign up this Sunday 3/22, 2pm at the Milan Fire Department, Route 199, Milan, NY. I have a flyer and would like to get it into a post. Could someone contact me via email or phone 518-929-3914. Thank you so much.
Patti Gibbons says:
Hi; would love if you put me in your links? pagibbonsstudio.com. I also have another mini-workshop that I would love to have posted…link at http://t.co/WSruCQb95U (hope that works.) thanks! Patti
send us a press release Patti thanks –
Geraldine Browne says:
would like to put this on your website
Good Shepherd Church Women’s Society will be holding their 4 Penny Social on Saturday, April 25 at the Father Brogan Parish Center, 3 Mulberry St, Rhinebeck, NY. Tickets on sale from 10:30 to 11:30. Calling starts at 12 noon. Many great penny social items as well as larger raffle items and baskets and a 50/50 raffle. A Light lunch, deserts and drinks will be available. Please call Geraldine Browne with any questions at 845-876-4569.
Geraldine Browne
gbrowne@hvc.rr.com
Gary Kenton says:
Over the time that I have served as a Trustee on the Village Board and on the Town’s Conservation Advisory Board, several people have asked me about the idea of burying power lines. I can’t think of a single thing that we could do that would beautify Rhinebeck and insure that it would retain its charm and its enviable status as a destination point. Putting power and cable lines underground would not only beautify Rhinebeck, but would save a lot of money in maintenance and repair. With the likelihood of severe weather in this area, this is not a minor consideration. We know this is the way to go — that’s why burying power lines is required for all new subdivisions.
Although it certainly won’t be accomplished overnight (Central Hudson actively discourages the idea), I have seen other communities successfully undertake this process. At this point, I am trying to gauge interest. My aim is to create a committee that could begin to explore the benefits, costs, and possibilities.
If you are interested, please contact me.
Gary Kenton
gkenton@hvc.rr.com
I wonder if you might post the following for me? I have a colorful flyer with this information I’d like to send along but not sure where to upload it.
Also, would you be willing to add me to your list of bloggers?
Jenn Brown – Pockets of Stillness (http://pocketsofstillness.com/)
Go Outside to Go In [http://pocketsofstillness.com/meditation/rhinebecknewyork/]
Mindfulness Meditation Classes in Nature
Rhinebeck, New York area
Saturdays, 9:30–10:45 a.m.
$15/drop-in or $75 for the series
Learn to meditate outdoors this spring with writer, editor, and educator Jenn Brown. Let the beauty of nature help you discover the inspiration, relaxation, and peace that meditation promises.
April 4: Poet’s Walk
April 11: Burger Hill
April 18: Ferncliff Forest
April 25: Mills-Norrie State Park
May 2: Hopeland
May 9: Montgomery Place
Since winter doesn’t seem to be completely behind us yet, keep your eye on our Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/Mindfulness-Meditation-in-Nature/) group and our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/quietyourlife) for last minute updates.
See you outside!
would like to put this on your website I sent this originally on March 26, but don’t see it on the Calendar.
Thanks You’re on: https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/4-penny-social-saturday-april-25-2015/
Saturday, April 25, “At Your Service” Auction and Antique Appraisals at The Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 6368 Mill Street. Appraisals by Frank Gaglio Antiques. Inc. owner of Barn Star Productions Antiques Shows, Neil Vaughn of Hudson Valley Auctioneers, and Bruce Lubman owner and gemologist of Hummingbird Jewelers. 3pm-6pm. $5/item – maximum of three at the same time. No coins or stamps. Live auction begins at 5pm. A variety of useful services and items donated such as gutters cleaned, lawn and garden care, home repairs, learn to drive a team of horses, rides to area airports, prepared meals, a personal property and antiques appraisal in your own home, fresh vegetables in season, kayaking for two on The Esopus, tennis and golf lessons, computer support, NY Mets tickets, pet and child care, house appraisal, and so much more. Light supper and snacks available to purchase. This fundraiser will help maintain this historic church which is the oldest one in the village and provides valuable meeting space for community organizations such as the Rhinebeck Chapter of AARP, Mill Street (Artists and Woodcarvers), Sinterklaas, AL-Anon, and the Rhinebeck Community Nursery School. The church also operates a much needed food pantry. Absentee bids accepted. A catalog may be picked up from the church office (845-876-3727) after April 6. For more information contact bklaproth@ymail.com.
Kimberley Hart says:
Starling Yards CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) still has Farm Shares Available for the 2015 Season. It is the best way to get the freshest food and support a local family-operated farm.
Our 22-week Organic Vegetable, Non-GMO Pastured Egg and Flower CSA Shares are available from June through October and are offered in two convenient sizes that include access to our Pick-Your-Own Plot where you are free to take advantage of
culinary herbs, cherry tomatoes, peas, beans, hot peppers, flowers and more
when you pick up your share. Members choose between two on farm pick-up locations and two times. Join us this season and be part of a Local Farm.
Pick-ups at Rokeby in Barrytown or Starling Yards in Red Hook.
Please check our website for all the details and to sign up. starlingyards.com
Check us out on FB and Instagram to see whats happening now.
Rhinebeck Garden Club Annual Plant Sale — many quality perennials from our own club growers and their friends.
Saturday, May 16, 2015 — CVS Open Space on E. Market St., 9-2
Also Baked Goods and many gardening books
876-6892 any questions.
Come experience Val-Kill the way the Roosevelts most loved to entertain there at the Sat, May 30th Picnic & Square Dance from 1-4pm in Hyde Park. Enjoy local food cooked by Chefs’ Consortium, Prohibition-style beer and music by the renown Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band. All ages welcome. Tickets are only $10 & kids $7 but must be reserved in advance. Music Food Fun and History-in-the-making. http://www.valkill.org/val-kill-picnic–square-dance—sat-may-30.html
Rhinebeck Garden Club Plant & Book Sale — DAY 2
We still have quality perennials for sale including several large pink spirea, purple Siberian iris, and other fabulous plants.
Will be at CVS Open Space Tomorrow (Sunday 5/17) 8:30-12 noon
Quality gardening and garden-themed books as well
Help us sale out FAST! We sold out fast of our baked goods today. Now it’s all about the plants and the books on how to.
Steven Man says:
Rhinebeck Garden Club Meeting Wednesday, May 27, 2015 —
Topic RHINEBECK: VIOLET CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND ITS VIOLET KINGS
7 PM at Town Hall
Free Admission, Donations welcomed, New members welcomed ($25 membership fee)
Representatives from The Museum of Rhinebeck History will present information related to the incredible history of Rhinebeck as the Violet Capital of the World. The Saltford Brothers, Julius vonderLinden, Ethan Coon, and the Trombini Brothers.
Refreshments after the half-hour presentation followed by club’s business meeting.
Can you please list my event? Although it is every Sunday if you’d rather list it as a one time event the date would be Sunday, June 7 and I can keep reposting.
Rhinebeck Culinary Crawl Sundays at 1 pm in Rhinebeck Village, brought to you by Hudson Valley Food Tours (based in Rhinebeck). The event is a guided tasting tour through the farmers market and several village food shops and eateries and will last about 2-3 hours. Tickets are only available in advance and online at this time, via http://www.hudsonvalleyfoodtours.com/get-tickets.html or the Hudson Valley Food Tours Facebook page.
You’re on! https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/rhinebeck-culinary-crawl-sundays-at-1-pm-in-rhinebeck-village/
Dan D'Ordine says:
Hi – in order to submit a request to list an event or a special deal for a business, do I just submit it in this comment box? Thanks!
Yes, please leave a comment. Thanks!
Many thanks!! I’ll prepare something asap and send it your way.
ABOUT ~ RBK COMMUNITY FORUM
No advertisements please –
Rhinebeck is one of America’s most beautiful towns.
The earliest settlers were the Sepasco Indians. The vitality of the Hudson River sustained many tribes here and along the Rondout. The Dutch came next and some Palatine Germans were settled through the benevolence of Queen Anne. This was at Kipsbergen and Germantown.
Founded in 1688, the bucolic, Historic Rhinebeck has evolved with the times, yet remains a beloved hometown for residents and a beautiful and interesting meeting place for visitors.
Whether the arts, music, dance, film, or simply gazing at the sunset along the Hudson, this American jewel has something for everyone. Over the last three hundred years the Hudson Valley has been husbanded and loved by generations of diverse people.
Home to the country’s oldest Inn, Rhinebeck offered then–and continues to nourish today– a rich and diverse fare for every taste, in an environment that has drawn some of the country’s most notable figures, including George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and others.
We, the residents, are the current stewards of the natural beauty that surrounds us. We maintain a rich community life and offer a multitude of services, events, and gatherings of every kind. Our attractions draw a substantial number of tourists and visitors year after year.
The Rhinebeck Community Forum is an on-line bulletin board designed to bridge all members of our community, including our guests. We are an entirely volunteer, devoted to offering the latest communications regarding our town and village, and its environs both great and small. Here you’ll find calendars and lists that include regional events, fairs, festivals, and other opportunities that make our town such an attractive venue for so many affairs.
The Rhinebeck Community Forum is a non-denominational, non-partisan platform offering helpful links, advisories, and other essential services. Thousands log onto our site every month. And more are coming!
We invite all comments and contributions from readers. After all, we are a community, and each one of us has a part to play in the greater scheme. Besides, Rhinebeck kicks ass.
Fair enough… this post is advertising, no? https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/06/17/money-101-how-to-get-your-credit-ready-for-college-by-jeanne-kelly/
She’s giving out the info for free 🙂
Do you have a blog?
If you say so 😉 I do. Here it is: http://anotherpersonalfinanceblog.com.
Was planning to offer free personal finance consultations to families in Rhinebeck, and wanted to put the word out. It might be too advertising-ish though, but if you’d be open to putting the word out, I’ll send details. Many thanks!
BTW, love the blog you had me at Stevie Ray – Send. Lets take a look – No PDF’s please.
Thank you! (You may be the only reader of the blog ;-). BTW: That SRV DVD (which includes both Montreux appearances) is really exceptional. Below is the text of what I had in mind (please forgive the bullet-point formatting). No pressure at all. Thank you for considering and for the fun dialog. Best regards, Dan D.
Free Summer Financial Planning Consultations!
Get organized and get your financial plan on track this summer with Dan D’Ordine, CFP® of DDO Advisory Services, LLC. DDO Advisory is a full service financial planning firm in Rhinebeck, and we’re offering free financial planning consultations in July and August. Topics include:
• Budgeting
• Organizing Your Accounts + Debts
• Retirement Planning + Projection
• College Funding
• Saving for a Home
• Investment Portfolio Review
• Employee Benefits Review
• Full Insurance Assessment (Life, Disability, Homeowners, Long-Term Care)
• Estate Planning (Document Review + Beneficiary Check)
The consultations are free, fun, and come with a complete report of what we find, along with a list of action items that is easy to use and easy to track.
Contact: Dan D’Ordine, CFP® at (646) 234-4881.
Nice job, you’re on : https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/free-summer-financial-planning-consultations/ Thanks!
THANK YOU!! Really appreciate it! DD
Oops: extremely sorry to ask you this: would you mind putting a link to my web site in the post? It’s http://DDOadvisory.com. Thank you again for the post!
HUGE GARAGE SALE — Benefits Museum of Rhinebeck History
7015 Route 9 (next to Old Stone Church)
Sat/Sun 9-5 (closed if rain) June 20-21
GOOD STUFF, GREAT PRICES!
Miranda Parry says:
Hi, I live in Rhinebeck, and am a member of the Citizens Climate Lobby. We would like to post an upcoming event.
Climate Risk & National Security: It’s about People, not Polar Bears
Rear Admiral David Titley (ret.) Leads discussion in Hudson, NY
Hudson, NY – Rear Admiral David Titley (Ret) will be in the Hudson Valley to lead a discussion on the strategic challenges facing our military and national security apparatus due to climate change. He refers to his talk as about “People, Not Polar Bears” because he explains how these changes are very relevant to our local communities. He is uniquely qualified to address these issues, having testified before Congress for the Pentagon, where he ran the U.S. Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change. He served as a Naval Officer for 32 years, and is now Professor of Practice in Meteorology and Director of The Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk at Penn State University.
The event is free and open to the public, with a special invitation to local military veterans, county and town governance, and public health and security professionals. Following his presentation, Dr. Titley will address questions from the audience.
EVENT: Friday, July 24, 2015
Hudson High School
215 Harry Howard Ave
Hudson, NY 12534
6:30pm Reception
7pm Program
Rear Admiral Titley has spoken across the USA and internationally on the role of climate change in recent upheavals around the world. Acknowledging that he himself was a “climate skeptic,” he addresses issues and concerns about national security and the climate that are relevant to people across the political spectrum.
He served as a naval officer for 32 years and rose to the rank of Rear Admiral. His career included duties as Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy, and Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance.
While serving in the Pentagon, he initiated and led the US Navy’s Task Force on Climate
Change. After retiring from the Navy, Dr. Titley served as the Deputy Undersecretary of
Commerce for Operations, the Chief Operating Officer position at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. The Department of Defense requested that he present on their behalf at both Congressional Hearings and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meetings from 2009 to 2011.
Rear Admiral Titley was born and raised in Schenectady. He is well aware of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene in The Hudson Valley as well as the challenges that extreme and irregular climate events have posed to local farmers.
It is a great honor to host him and have a chance to interact with him on one of the biggest challenges we face as a nation.
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Jennifer Lavenhar says:
Hi. I thought I sent this comment earlier tonight, but I don’t see it anywhere. Forgive me if you have already seen it, but I was wondering if you could post this event? It’s tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 28).
This Tuesday, July 28, offers a rare opportunity to take part in the birth of a professional, contemporary dance piece.
Lokasparsa Dance Company invites you be part of “Underbelly” — an Open Rehearsal Event for its newest piece: “Gibbous.” For anyone interested in the creative process, this is a rare, behind-the-scenes chance to become an active witness to the physical work, problem-solving, improvisation, emotion, and sweat equity that goes into the making of contemporary dance.
What is Lokasparsa Dance Company? Loosely translated, the word “lokasparsa” (pronounced low-kah-shpar-sah) means “connection with all worlds.” Our mission–to dismantle barriers through performance and movement education–is realized through classes and performances, with plans to expand to events geared toward isolated populations, and the creation of a beautiful new permanent dance and performance space in the Hudson Valley. Lokasparsa’s classes and productions are designed to touch deeply on what connects individuals, and what challenges that connection.
Our inaugural piece, titled “Gibbous,” will premier September 13 at Zen Mountain Monastery. With moments of astounding beauty, sound, stillness and explosive movement, Gibbous travels among the five company dancers to extremes of intimacy, solitude, isolation, and invisibility. Along the way, we navigate with the audience the tension between attraction and compulsion, and the strength of our desire to see and be seen.
The door (and donation jar, for those who can help support this process) will be open for “Underbelly” (the open rehearsal event) from 7-9pm on Tuesday, July 28, at the delightfully air conditioned Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in downtown Woodstock, with free parking nearby. Light refreshments, cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages will be served, and audience members will have a chance to witness this process, ask questions, and provide invaluable feedback to the dancers and choreographer. We hope you can join us for this intimate and thoroughly unique creative event.
If you can’t make it to Underbelly, we hope you’ll be able to join us for the premier of Gibbous at the Sangha House Performance Hall at Zen Mountain Monastery in Mount Tremper at 7pm on September 13. And please consider making an online donation of any amount you can–every little bit is so very much appreciated–at lokasparsadance.org, to help fund future performances, classes and workshops; therapeutic outreach to isolated communities; and the creation of an exciting new contemporary dance space in the Hudson Valley.
Thanks! You’re on: https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/lokasparsa-dance-company-invites-you-be-part-of-underbelly-tuesday-july-28th-2015/
Museum of Rhinebeck History Multi-Family Tag Sale
Saturday, September 5 9-3 (rain date Sunday, 9/6, 9-3)
7015 Route 9, Rhinebeck
$15 per person space to set up for the day
To reserve space, please email stevenaamann@gmail.com or call 845-554-6331.
PLEASE POST THIS ON YOUR COMMUNITY CALENDAR:
Good Shepherd/St Joseph’s 35 Annual YARD SALE EXTRAVAGANZA
will be held Sept 11th (10 to 4), 12th (10-4) and 13th (9-2), 2015
at the Father Brogan Center, 9 Mulberry St, Rhinebeck, NY. Items
including household items and decorations, antiques, jewelry,
Christmas items, books, and children’s games and toys – both inside
the gym and outside in the schoolyard and under tents. Food and
baked good also available.
For more information, call G.S. Church office at 845-876-4583.
Geraldine Browne, Co-Chair of Yard Sale
Warren Smith says:
Hello Maggie,
Please consider posting our Notice of Caucus, below, on your Rhinebeck Community Forum website. We’d love a strong turnout on September 12th!
Warren Smith
“The Rhinebeck Democratic Committee will hold a caucus at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12th, 2015 at Town Hall, 80 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, New York for the purpose of nominating candidates to run for the following offices at the November 3rd, 2015 General Election:
Town Supervisor 2 year term
Town Councilmember (2 seats) 4 year term
Town Highway Superintendent 2 year term
Town Assessor (3 seats) 4 year term
Town Justice 4 year term
Rhinebeck Democratic Committee Chair Warren Smith will call the caucus. All voters enrolled in the Democratic Party and registered in Rhinebeck are eligible and encouraged to attend.”
Thanks Warren, you’re on: https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/rhinebeck-democratic-caucus-september-12th-2015/
Saturday, October 3, Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 6368 Mill Street, 10am-3pm. Rain or shine. Apple pies for sale, baked goods, crafts, Second Time Around tables. Lunch available 11am to 2pm. Call the church office at 845-876-3727 to reserve a pie or for further information.
Susanne Bernard says:
Wow! What a wonderful resource. It would be a privilege to have Brookmeade’s events included here. The Community at Brookmeade, located on 75 country acres just outside the Village of Rhinebeck, is a senior living retirement community serving the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. Arbor Ridge offers independent living, The Terraces offers assisted living, and The Baptist Home provides long term care, sub-acute rehabilitation, palliative care and Out-Patient Rehabilitation Services. We are a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for the aging. We hold several fundraising events during the year offering free admission to the public. Our Fall Fest is coming up on October 30th and we would grateful if you would consider allowing our flyer to be posted on Rhinebeck Community Forum. Thank you.
Please post!!!! Thanks Maggie!!!! best, Cate Long
As you may have heard, the Rhinebeck Village Board and Central Hudson are proposing to a) remove up to
127 trees from Village streets, primarily on Route 9 from Northern Dutchess Hospital to Terrapin
(almost all the trees on the west side of Route 9), the east end of Livingston St., South Street,
and East Market Street from the Good Shepard Church to the Mobil Station and b) drastically prune
the remaining trees to conform to a 10’x10′ box around the utility wires.
If this plan is carried out, most of the pruned trees will be stumps and Rhinebeck will
lose the tree canopy on the North entrance to the village and on the other streets noted as well.
A good detailed synopsis of the origin and current status of this problem can be found in the
River Chronicle at the following link:
http://www.columbiagreenemedia.com/river_chronicle/article_9e7dd096-c5e3-11e5-972b-b73f3c501775.html
I believe the Village can create a plan that is less precipitous and that will preserve the canopy
and address safety concerns over the next few years. I’m sending you this email in hopes that
you will a) forward it to others you think may be supportive of saving Rhinebeck Village trees and
b) contact Rhinebeck Village Board members (emails provided below) to express your support for
minimal tree removal and minimal tree pruning, and c) attend a Village Board meeting next Tuesday (2/9)
at 7 PM in the Village Hall where this matter will be discussed.
The Village Board is currently considering options for removal and pruning, that range being
a) removal of all 127 trees to minimal removal of only dead or clearly dying trees, and
b) drastic pruning of remaining trees to conform to industry standards (ie 10’x 10’ft square
around all electric wires plus 15′ clearance below lowest wires – most trees would be
unrecognizable as trees under this standard) to minimal pruning of remaining trees (ie modest
pruning around the wires only, leaving the visually pleasing tree canopy on our streets intact).
I have attended the Village Board meeting with Central Hudson described in the River Chronicle
article above and have inspected all 127 trees with members of the Village Board and a Tree
Commission representative (Meg Crawford) and believe the best course of action for the Village Board
is as follows:
Rhinebeck Village-Central Hudson Tree Plan
Tree Removal: Remove at most 10-15 of the 127 trees (dead or dying)
Tree Pruning of Remaining Trees: Minimal pruning around the wires (eg 3-4 foot distance)
and no removal of large limbs enforced via a Village Board
formal resolution limiting Central Hudson to this pruning
specification vs. their much larger standard
(10’x 10’ft square, plus 15′ below)
Follow-on action: 1) start aggressive planting of replacement trees offset from power lines
starting in the higher visual impact areas (eg Route 9 and Route 308)
2) press Central Hudson on future alternatives such as burying electrical wires
Other notes/thoughts on this matter include:
1) Next Village Board Meeting: The Village Board will discuss this matter next Tuesday (2/9) at 7 PM.
2) Decision Timing: Central Hudson plans to start work by the end of February,
3) Election: Take note that there is a Village election upcoming in March and this issue
will likely be an important factor in that election.
4) Tree benefits: Studies have shown that street trees have a calming effect, slow down traffic,
and cut down traffic noise.
5) No data on power problems: Central Hudson representatives have no statistics on the
number of power outages in Rhinebeck Village due to trees. This begs the question that
Central Hudson is trying to fix a problem by applying a global standard to a specific
location that does not have that problem.
6) Tradeoffs: The Tree Commission’s technical assessment of tree conditions appears
accurate to my lay knowledge, and Village costs/budget are always a concern, but
my opinion is that the esthetics of the Village far outweigh these other factors.
I believe if the Village can buy time now (over the next 1-2 years) to fully investigate all
alternatives (vs. the current deadline of the end of February) that more thoughtful
solution(s) satisfactory to all parties can be identified and implemented.
7) Tree count: The count of trees involved discussed at the above-mentioned meeting (and
reported by River Chronical) is 127, but a recent email from Mayor Tortarella noted
a count of 114. I’m not sure at this point which total number is more accurate-this can
be clarified on 2/9.
If the above makes sense to you, could you please email Village Board members supporting
minimal tree removal and pruning (feel free to compose your own email copy/paste or the
section labeled “Rhinebeck Village Central Hudson Tree Plan” with edits as you see fit ).
Also and most importantly please attend next Tuesday’s Village Board meeting – my experience
on the Rhinebeck Town Board has made it clear to me that resident participation in public
meetings is key to influencing municipal decision making.
Village Board Emails
Heath Tortarella, Mayor village.mayor@rhinebeck-ny.gov
Howard Traudt, Deputy Mayor traudt4@aol.com
Gary Bassett, Trustee gbassett22@gmail.com
Sean Kemp, Trustee sean@seankemp.com
Scott Cruikshank, Trustee sctcruikshank@aol.com
Dod Crane
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UPCOMING MEETING. Wednesday, February 24, 10am, Rhinebeck Garden Club Monthly Meeting. Rhinebeck Town Hall. Speaker: Suzanne Kelly, “Growing Glorious Garlic”. Suzanne Kelly owns and operates Green Owl Garlic in Rhinebeck where she grows seven varieties of hardneck culinary and seed garlic. Her Certified Naturally Grown garlic can be found at regional festivals, local farm markets, and also online at http://greenowlgarlic.com/. Open to the public. Contact Steven Mann for information at 876-6892.
Corinna Borden says:
Good morning Maggie,
The Solarize Northern Dutchess campaign starts this Saturday! It is endorsed by five towns (Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Milan, Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley) and two villages (Red Hook and Tivoli) with the goal of educating residents and encouraging solar adoption in our communities.
Here is a fun blurb to make you smile:
Now is the time to go solar. South facing roof? Large lawn away from trees? Solarpower can be yours for a discount during the Solarize Northern Dutchess campaign. From March to June, our region has been awarded a grant to offer homeowners and businesses an opportunity for free site assessments with trusted installers. Educate yourself about solar and how it can work for your home or business. Look for upcoming events or go to the website. Launch is March 5th, 12-2pm, Rhinebeck Town Hall. http://www.solarizeND.org
Rhinebeck, New York (March 22, 2016): Monkfish Book Publishing Company is proud to announce the forthcoming book Yoga for Amputees: Finding Wholeness after Limb Loss: A Guide for Yoga Students and Teachers by Marsha T. Danzig, the nation’s first certified amputee yoga teacher. The book is slated for publication in March 2017, and will feature photographs by renowned assignment photographer Roy Gumpel.
Ms. Danzig, who lost her lower leg to cancer as a teenager, has been teaching yoga to amputees for nearly two decades. Her trademarked system, Yoga for Amputees®, offers videos, trainings for amputees, and clinical certification for yoga teachers and therapists. “I have dedicated myself to helping people to reawaken their joy and well-being through the healing power of yoga,” says Ms. Danzig. “I have been fortunate to work with students from all walks of life, from war veterans to children with extreme physical and mental challenges.”
The Amputee Coalition of America estimates that there are 185,000 new lower-extremity amputations each year within the United States alone. The estimated population of American amputees is 2 million, and the Amputee Coalition projects that the amputee population will nearly double to 3.6 million by the year 2050. For those living with limb loss, the main causes are vascular disease (54%), including diabetes and peripheral arterial disease; trauma (45%); and cancer (less than 2%).
Ms. Danzig, who is based in Ohio, will be traveling to New York State’s Hudson Valley to offer a yoga class for amputees on Saturday April 2, 2016, at Woodstock Yoga Center (6 Deming Street, Woodstock, New York). The class will be offered free of charge to all types of amputees, including below-knee, above-knee, upper-extremity, and double amputees. Yoga teachers and therapists who are interested in learning to assist amputees are also welcome to attend the class.
Amputees and yoga teachers who wish to sign up to attend the class or would like more information about the forthcoming book should contact publisher Paul Cohen at Monkfish Book Publishing Company at 845-876-4861, or Paul@MonkfishPublishing.com.
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Brian Zeidan says:
Hi! I am fairly new to trying to promote some of the great things we do at The Brookmeade Community from our Culinary Hour that is open to the public to our fundraising events such as Sip & Paint and Classic Golf. Would it be okay to broadcast the following message below to the community about our first classic golf fundraiser?
Dear Brookmeade Community Friends & Neighbors,
On behalf of the Board of Directors, The Brookmeade Community Foundation, and Karen Zobel, CEO of The Brookmeade Community, I would personally like to invite you to the The First Annual Norregaard Classic Golf Tournament. This is a great tournament open to everyone of all skill levels and have a great time while helping our fundraiser.
The Brookmeade Community, a 5 star facility, prides itself on maintaining the highest standards and achieving incredible milestones in caring for our senior citizens. We would like to invite you and your friends to attend our Norregaard Classic Golf Tournament to be held on Friday, June 17th at Red Hook Golf Course. The scenic course of Red Hook Golf Course will be enjoyable for all skill levels of golfers.
Tournament format is a four person team scramble. Players receive complimentary range balls, breakfast at check-in, hot dogs and beverages served on the course, Coctails,, Hors d’oeuveres, at the Clubhouse. Players will receive a Thank You Gift and top team will be awarded. We also have a GRAND PRIZE JEEP RENEGADE! For a Hole In One by RUGE’s.
Registration forms are available by contacting Brian Zeidan: BZeidan@baptist-home.com or 845-871-1337
To donate raffle prize items or Sponsorship opportunities, please contact the Director of Development: Brian Zeidan 845-871-1337or e-mail:BZeidan@baptist-home.com. Highlight and showcase your business with raffle items or with one of our sponsorship packages which will be on display throughout the day.
Hope to you see you on Friday June 17th at Red Hook Golf Club!
Brian Zeidan
The Brookmeade Community
Hi, I am fairly new to broadcasting the great things we do at The Brookmeade Community. I apologize if I already commented I am not sure if I uploaded it correctly. Below is our message for one of our Fundraisers:
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Happenings at Garrettson United Methodist Church
83 East Market Street, Rhinebeck
Friday, May 6, 2016 at 7 pm
Charles Young-Chul Ryu will perform music by Beethoven, Schumann, and Chopin. Ryu has long sought the connection between religion and arts, spirituality and creativity. He studied philosophy, religion and theology at Boston University (B.A.), the University of Chicago (M.A.) and Yale University (M.Div & STM). He is currently the Pastor of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Middletown, New York. Contributions received will support “Imagine No More Malaria,” a United Methodist Church campaign for Africa.
OPEN HOUSE – as a part of The New York Landmarks Conservancy Tour of Sacred Places.
Saturday, May 21st from 10 am to 2 pm
Garrettson Memorial United Methodist Church, 83 East Market Street, Rhinebeck
Come and visit our historic sanctuary
Ann Hosking says:
Summer Sensations Day Camp, operated by Northern Dutchess Day Care Center, will once again hold 9 week summer sessions. Camp will run from Monday, June 27 through Friday, August 26. The first two weeks of camp will be held at the day care center on Mt. Rutsen Road and the remaining weeks will be held at Chancellor Livingston Elementary.
The hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Families can sign up for a full week or just a few days a week. The cost is $170 for a full week or $48/day if you want just a couple of days a week. Camp will be closed on July 4th. The camp operates rain or shine.
Since it’s inception in 1997, Summer Sensations Camp provides some good old fashioned fun! Arts and crafts, clay projects, field games, walks into the village, and many other activities are being planned for the 2016 season! Children return year after year. The school playground is a big plus as well! Children from all districts are invited. We offer a sibling discount.
For more information, contact us at 876-2063 or nddcc26@gmail.com
Hello! Thank you so much for your services. you are a great resource for our not for profit nursing home! Can you post about our job fair? It is coming up next week. Below is the Information:
2016 JOB FAIR AT THE BROOKMEADE COMMUNITY
Location: THE BAPTIST HOME (46 Brookmeade Drive, Rhinebeck, NY 12572)
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 2pm—6 pm
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ALL POSITIONS
IMMEDIATE JOB OPENINGS FOR
FULL TIME & PART-TIME Positions:
C N A’S, LPN’S , RN Supervisors, UNIT MGR.
Staff Accountant,
Dietary & Housekeeping Aides
Servers, Café Attendant
START YOUR CAREER TODAY!
We offer full benefit package for fulltime employees which includes:
HMO Healthcare Plans,
Dental, Vision,
Life Insurance plans,
Generous paid time off plan,
Employer contribution to employee retirement savings plan
Continued staff training to stay current with nursing trends and techniques
Employee Service and Recognition Awards
Department Recognition Weeks
2016 Calendar of Employee Events
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Rhinebeck Garden Club Annual Plant Sale — Sat/Sun May 14-15 at CVS Open Space, 48 E. Market St., Rhinebeck — Checks and Good Checks Only. This year we have more gardening/ cook books as well as adding much more in the line of garden ornaments and clay/pottery pots for planting in your garden. As always, we are digging up local gardens and will have an awesome variety of perennials. We are also getting some flats of herbs, vegetables and annuals donated — even more than in the past — so don’t miss out! We open this year at 9 AM on Sat and Sun.
Get a head start for an interesting and beautiful landscape while supporting your local garden club. The Rhinebeck Garden Club’s annual plant sale will take place this Saturday, May 14 (9am-2pm), and Sunday, May 15, if needed, (9am-noon) in the CVS parking lot. Common and unusual perennials from local gardens, plus a limited number of shrubs and trees (Japanese Maples, Hydrangea, Spirea, and Lilacs). Some house plants, annuals, herbs and vegetables will also be available as well as homemade baked goods, garden books, ceramic planters, and garden ornaments. Club member volunteers will be available to answer gardening questions and assist with your plant selections. Proceeds from the sale help support RBC activities and events.
carolbee26 says:
Teens interested in babysitting will benefit from a Babysitting Certification class to be held at the Clinton Community Library on Sat. June 4, from 9AM-3:30PM. The course will be led by EMT Patricia Miglio, who has taught CPR and First Aid for over 20 years. Learn about safety in the home, what to do in a medical emergency, important information when calling 911, pediatric first aid, and CPR. CPR and first aid certification is given upon successful completion of the class and test. Certification is offered through the American Safety and Health Institute. Students must be over 12 years old and should bring a bagged lunch. Cost: $45 plus a material fee of $15. Space is limited, so registration is required. Please call the library at 266-5530 or email clinton.programming@gmail.com.
Frank Gaglio says:
Antiques at Rhinebeck will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary this Memorial Day Weekend, May 28 & 29 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave., Rhinebeck, NY. This is one of the Hudson Valley’s most coveted events, bringing thousands of collectors and decorators together for two exciting days of shopping and discovery among 149 diverse and exceptional exhibitors. Beginners as well as seasoned collectors will find treasures galore from American and European furniture to pottery, posters, garden furniture and decorations, mid-century modern design, trade signs, early toys and banks, glass, silver, estate and vintage jewelry, fine art and folk art, industrial design, quilts and textiles, Oriental rugs and Asian art, plus much, much more! Admission is $10 per person and is good for return visits all weekend! Show hours are Saturday, May 28 from 10AM till 5PM and Sunday, May 29 from 11AM till 4PM. On site shipper, free parking, handicap accessible, food court, complimentary color glossy decorating and antiques magazines. New show entrance on Mulberry Street only, sorry no pets allowed.Show phone, (914) 474-8552. Produced by Barn Star Productions, Inc., Rhinebeck, NY Also visit the quaint Village of Rhinebeck for wonderful gourmet restaurants, shopping and the historic Beekman Arms Inn. Discover the decorator in you at Antiques at Rhinebeck. Save the date for our Fall Antiques at Rhinebeck Show, Columbus Day Weekend, October 8 & 9. Same great location…all new exhibits! New: Purchase your tickets for the show online at http://www.barnstar.com and avoid waiting in line.
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Linda Cebrian says:
Garrettson Memorial United Methodist Church of Rhinebeck
Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 9:30AM
Nora Cunningham, Global Mission Fellow, will be sharing her participation in a new mission program for young adults. She will be home from serving in the Philippines.
High school seniors and young adults may be interested in being a part of the Methodist “Peace Corps.”
Cathy Grande says:
Rhinebeck Garden Club Calendar Listing
Wednesday, June 8 at 7pm – The Rhinebeck Garden Club will host a program at the Rhinebeck Town Hall at 7 pm. Presenter: Amy Goldman, gardener, author, artist, philanthropist will talk about her new book, “Heirloom Harvest: Modern Daguerreotypes of Historic Garden Treasures”. She is considered one of the foremost plant conservationist in the United States. Books will be available for sale and signing. Refreshments served. Prospective new members welcome. Contact Steven Mann, 876-6892.
Wednesday, June 22, at 7 pm – The Rhinebeck Garden Club Monthly meeting will be held at the Morton Library, Morton Hall in Rhinecliff. Presenter: Ruth Tourjee, Master Gardener, will talk about “Composting from an Experienced Composter. She describes her process as biodynamic; she uses no chemicals or machinery. Refreshments served. Prospective new members welcome. Contact Steven Mann, 876-6892.
“Oh say can you see….by the dawn’s early light….what so proudly we hail”……
Join us for our Flag Day Parade
and Barbecue
LOCATION: Baptist Home Gazebo
With Special Guests from the North Park Elementary School
For more info or to R.S.V.P.
Contact Samantha
Baptist Home Gazebo
With Special Guests from the
North Park Elementary School
Open meeting of the Rhinebeck Garden Club tonight, June 8, 7:00pm, Rhinebeck Town Hall. Amy Goldman, one of the foremost heirloom plant conservationists in the United States, will speak. Her latest book, “Heirloom Harvest: Modern Daguerreotypes of Historic Garden Treasures”, will be available for purchase. Should be an interesting meeting. Refreshments served. Free.
I have a private question but don’t see any way to contact you on here, could you please email at the address I included? Thank you!
Letter to the Editor: Vote for Andrew Heaney in the June 28th Republican Primary Election
Let’s return our federal government to what was envisioned by the founders. A government comprised of citizen representatives, not professional office holders either indebted to the global elite power brokers or compromised by their own personal failings.
The Republican primary election this Tuesday, June 28, 2016 affords us the opportunity to elect a replacement for the 19th congressional seat being vacated by our popular Republican congressman Chris Gibson. Mr. Gibson is honoring his commitment to serve only three terms.
Andrew Heaney, a small businessman living in Millbrook, is an excellent choice to replace Gibson. Mr. Heaney has not previously held public office and is an “outsider” as was Chris Gibson when he first ran for congress. If elected he too vows to serve no more than three terms. He also vows to do “the right thing” instead of the expedient thing even if it might cost him his seat.
As a small businessman, Heaney understands how the obstacles and burdens imposed by government regulations stifle small business creation and growth. Being a problem solver, not a problem creator, he knows what can be done to unleash our country’s much needed entrepreneurial spirit.
Republicans, please join us in supporting Andrew Heaney by voting for him on this Tuesday. Polls are open from noon to 9:00 pm.
View a Sample Ballot:
http://www.dutchesselections.com/FP16%20sample%20bal/Dutchess%20REP%20sample%20ballot%2019th.pdf
Brenda Klaproth
Paul Niedercorn
Rhinebeck, NY
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Claudia Cooley, Rhinebeck Chamber says:
The Rhinebeck Area Chamber of Commerce is delighted to have Dutchess Tourism join us for a special presentation on Wednesday June 29th. Mary Kay, Lydia, Dawn and Rhinebeck Area Chamber want you at the top of your game! Each will cover an important aspect of how to cast your net to capture the highly sought after tourism market.
Dutchess Tourism functions as our teammate, however it’s best to consider them as an award winning Coaching staff. Traveling the world representing Rhinebeck and Dutchess County to the global arena, with collective ears to the marketing and tourism ground, they will bring a wealth of information to The Beekman Arms on June 29th from 8:00am to 10:00am
I can’t encourage you enough to join in the conversation and hear what they have to offer whether it’s suggestions for streamlining shopping options, on trend travel facts, figures & stats, guidelines for group tours and help in creating an better all around experience for your customer. The event is free for Rhinebeck Chamber members, a $20 fee for non-members. Coffee/Tea and Breakfast Baked Goods courtesy of Brookmeade Bakery.
http://www.rhinebeckchamber.com/events/details/dutchess-tourism-special-presentation-to-rhinebeck-chamber-don-t-miss-this-5064
Family Fun Day at The Brookmeade Community! “Three Cheers for the RED, WHITE and BLUE”……
Join us for our All-American
Family Fun Day & BBQ
Elite Martial Arts Show
Two by Two Zoo Animals
Prizes & Games!
Join us for fun activities, music, and great food!
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Clinton Community Library says:
Violinist Sara Silva Facilities Children’s Violin Program at Clinton Community Library
RHINEBECK, NY – The Clinton Community Library is thrilled to welcome professional violinist Sara Silva on Tues., July 26 at 10 a.m. Silva will facilitate an introductory violin program geared towards elementary school-aged children. The children will have the opportunity to try playing a violin and then hear Silva play selections from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.” Children will also learn the difference between a cello and violin, from their sizes to their sounds.
This program is recommended for ages 5 and up.
WHAT: Children’s Introduction to the Violin
Presented by Sara Silva
WHEN: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 10:00 AM
WHERE: Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Rd., Rhinebeck, NY
Registration is encouraged for this program. To register, call (845) 266-5530 or email clinton.programming@gmail.com.
https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/violinist-sara-silva-facilities-childrens-violin-program-at-clinton-community-library/
Daniel D'Ordine, CFP says:
Hi There! Would you mind posting the information below? I’ll be giving a free seminar for parents in the community on Wednesday, August 3rd @ Starr Library from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – thank you!
Attention Rhinebeck Parents!
Please join me for a free seminar in the Starr Library Community on Wednesday, August 3rd from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Financial Planning for Parents – Everything You Need to Know
Details + RSVP Information: http://ddoadvisory.com/seminars/
Learn the five essential steps to achieve a solid financial plan when you have children. Note: the seminar is for parents with children of all ages – not just those with newborns!
Budgeting: How to track your spending and set (and keep) a budget.
Protect Your Family: The benefits of life, disability, and personal liability insurance, including an explanation of how much coverage (and what kind) is best for you.
Your Estate Plan: Why you need an estate plan, an overview of the basic estate documents, and what to consider when assigning guardians, trustees, executors, and beneficiaries.
Saving for College: An overview of the best ways to save for your children’s college education.
Balancing Goals: How to prioritize different goals (saving for a home, college, and retirement).
Attendees will receive an organized guide to getting your financial plan off the ground, plus a useful checklist of action items. Enjoy a relaxing, fun meeting, with plenty of time for questions and discussions. All attendees are welcome to schedule a free consultation to be held at a later date (optional).
This seminar comes with a “No Pitch” Guarantee™. Attendees will only receive one email (with the white paper, checklist, and consultation info.) the day after the event.
Snacks and beverages will be served.
Cost: Free.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP at (646) 234-4881 or by email – dan@DDOadvisory.com.
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Dan DOrdine says:
> Daniel D’Ordine, CFP® > DDO Advisory Services, LLC > P.O. Box 900, Rhinebeck, NY 12572| 445 Park Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10022 > (212) 836-4732 office | (646) 234-4881 cell | http://DDOadvisory.com
The Clinton Community Library invites you to a FREE educational program for children! Join us on Thursday, August 4 at 1 PM in the Clinton Town Hall to meet the “Athletes of the Animal Kingdom!” Animal Embassy will bring a diversity of creatures to CCL to show us their amazing athletic skills… frogs that furiously unfurl their tongues to catch insects and giant prey, lizards that mark their territory with vigorous push-ups, rabbits that escape predators by sprinting, and birds that can fly formidable distances! We’ll discuss how some of these skills help each animal athlete to survive in its habitat as well as why, like us, our animal friends need a nutrient-rich and healthy diet to support their activities.This program is supported by the Elizabeth C. Davis Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of the Hudson Valley.
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Please post the following on your website;
35th ANNUAL YARD SALE EXTRAVAGANZA
Annual Yard Sale Extravaganza will be held Sept 9th (10 to 4),
10th (10-4) and 11th (9-2). 2016.
To be held at the Father Brogan Parish Center at 3 Mulberry St, Rhinebeck.
Come rain or shine to explore a gym full of antiques and collectibles, household items, jewelry, art work, and books; a tent full of furniture and electrical items; and a parking lot full of toys, sports items, bikes, garden and yard items and more household items. Great for student dorms, apartments or new accessories for your home.
Please call Mona Matthies (876-2652) or Geraldine Browne (876-4569) with any questions.
Geraldine Browne co organizer says:
Annual Yard Sale Extravaganza will be held Sept 9th (10 to 4), 10th (10-4) and 11th (9-2). 2016. To be held at the Father Brogan Parish Center at 3 Mulberry St, Rhinebeck.
Come rain or shine to explore a gym full of antiques and collectibles, household items,
jewelry, art work, and books; a tent full of furniture and electrical items; and a parking lot
full of toys, sports items, bikes, garden and yard items and more household items.
Great for student dorms, apartments or new accessories for your home.
Please call 845-876-4583 with questions.
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Rhinebeck Community Center Developing! Join Us for Discussion and Information Sessions.
Friends, Parents, Community Leaders…. let’s talk COMMUNITY CENTER in Rhinebeck! We have been generously offered a beautiful little building in the middle of Rhinebeck village to “put a toe in the water” this Fall in creating an intergenerational COMMUNITY CENTER there. We are holding public meetings over the next few weeks to gather thoughts, ideas, make plans, seek volunteers, seek funding and generally get the ball rolling! Really exciting effort — and so needed and overdue!
Here’s the short story: The building is the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 83 East Market Street (cute white building next door to the UMC large red brick church. Across the street from Rhinebeck Town Hall). Our plan is to do TWO days a week this fall and decide in December how to move forward. We are thinking senior citizen gatherings/meetings/programming in the MORNINGS and then AFTER SCHOOL 2:30pm programming for teens & tweens. Options for tuition-based visual arts and theatre improv workshops in the discussion. But there will be FREE time right after school for youth to gather and be together before workshops begin at 3:45 or 4:00pm. Programming will be open to the public & non-sectarian (not related to the UMC in any way). All of this is still developing and we are seeking help, support, ideas from everyone in town. Come make this happen!
We are having a series of public meetings on Aug. 22, Sept. 14 and Sept. 21. Morning and evening times on all days. PLEASE COME TO A MEETING and let us know what you think, how you can help/voulnteer, where you think we can find funding, etc. etc.
Here’s a DOODLE calendar link to the meeting schedule. PLEASE sign up on this link so we know how many are coming. We have limited chairs and tables at the moment, so we will need to make arrangements to accommodate the expected attendance.
MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WELCOMED TO ATTEND PLANNING MEETINGS! Help us get it right!!
Sign up for meeting(s):
http://doodle.com/poll/xsi48ikfzskain4s
Just go to a slot, put in your name and check off AS MANY meetings you plan to attend. Then click SAVE. You can also add a COMMENT at the bottom BEFORE you click Save. AND — if you have seen the info, want to leave a comment, but CANNOT ATTEND — please fill in your name, and leave a comment & click “cannot attend” then click SAVE. I need to know this info is being seen and responded to! Thanks. (Should your schedule change, you can return to the link and make changes/add comments — just use the edit “pencil” next to our name — click “save”.)
THANK YOU — see you there.
Pat Sexton – ENTA – Education Network for Teachers & Artists
enta4arts@gmail.com
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Brookmeade Family Fun Day
Come join us this Sunday from 12pm-4pm at 46 Brookmeade Drive, Rhinebeck NY
Great activities and games for the whole family and delicious BBQ & Dessert.
Check out our exotic petting zoo, Elite Martial Art Demo, and jump on our Hay Rides!
Games – BBQ – Prizes this Sunday at The Brookmeade Community
Wednesday, September 28, 10am, Rhinebeck Garden Club Monthly Meeting, Rhinebeck Town Hall. Program: “Hydrangeas, Hydrangeas, Hydrangeas”, presented by Corrine Becker. Perspective new members welcome. Contact Steven Mann for information at 876-6892.
Rhinebeck Animal Hospital says:
Rhinebeck Animal Hospital is proud to announce we have on display a sampling of the vast portfolio of local photographer, Andrew Halpern, owner of “Songs of Light Photography.” Please stop by and view these beautiful, one of a kind, photographs. Or take a look at Andy’s website http://www.andyhalpern.com. Andy may be reached at either 845-233- 1145 or andy@andyhalpern.com with any questions or to purchase one of his photos.
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Tom Palastra says:
Win an Apple iPad Pro at the Apple Festival this Saturday, October 1st at the Rhinebeck Reformed Church. The festival runs from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. with lunch served 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Selling fresh apple pies with apples just picked from Rose Hill Farm in Red Hook (thanks Bruce),,other baked goods, crafts, and lunch which includes hot soups, hot dogs, and slow-cooked pulled pork sandwiches with Balsamic-Brown Sugar BBQ sauce. Kids activities, a second-time-around sale table and other raffle items. The iPad raffle tickets are $10 and pies are $15 each. Fun for all.
The Brookmeade Community and Starr Library would like to invite you to the unveiling of our Autumn art collection on Friday, October 7th, 2016 at 5:30pm to 7:30pm at The Starr Library .
Brookmeade’s Art’s Initiative Project is an award winning program for its community impact and innovation for enhancing quality of life. As some of you may already know “The Art’s Initiative: Explorations of Arts” is a result of Brookmeade Community wanting to find a way to restore residents’ ability to express themselves, increase their self-esteem, and improve their quality of life. The residents were empowered to choose their own mode and self-expression resulting in increased self-esteem and a measurable increase in their quality of life. The art work created are truly masterpieces. In addition, the community embraced and was supportive of this initiative – an exhibit of the residents’ artwork was held in Rhinebeck at Montgomery Row art gallery and a ribbon cutting at the Baptist Home with Rhinebeck Chambers.
We will be launching and unveiling our Autumn collection. We hope you can attend our Art Exhibit Reception
Artist Exhibit Reception – Friday, October 7th, 2016 at 5:30pm to 7:30pm at The Starr Library .
Hello, can you post my content on our upcoming Fall Fest that is free for the community please! Your website is amazing and I appreciate how great of a resource you are. Below is my Fall Fest announcement -if I have an image or anything is there an option to submit that too?
FREE FALL FEST COMMUNITY FAIR
3pm-5pm October 28, 2016
Baptist Home Sensory Garden; 46 Brookmeade Drive, Rhinebeck NY 12572
RSVP: Call Samantha at 845-876-2071 ext 127
On Friday October 28, we are having our Brookmeade’s Annual Fall Fest. This is a community based event for families, Brookmeade staff & residents, and all community members in the Fall spirit. Fall Fest consist of over 300 local families and representatives from key local businesses.
Please share & join Us in your Halloween Costume for delicious food, fun games, prizes, face painting, and other activities.
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Hi there! Can you please post about this upcoming event? Thank you.
Clinton Community Library Offers Free Women’s Self-Defense Workshop
(Rhinebeck, NY) — Self-defense is not always about raising your fists but about being aware, knowing your surroundings, and not putting yourself in a situation that could be dangerous. Prevent victimization before it happens.
Be Real About Injuries Now (B.R.A.I.N.) Programs Inc. will present a FREE self-defense class for women on November 6th at 1:00pm that will cover real-life skills that can protect you, your family, and friends.
This class will be taught by Keith Duncan, 5th degree black belt. Keith has 34 years of martial arts experience. During this class, Keith will teach preventative measures as well as techniques to use to defend yourself if the need arises.
Women’s Self-Defense Workshop
Presented by B.R.A.I.N. Programs Inc.
Age: 13 and up
Clothing: Dress comfortable
Class Length: 6o minutes
Sunday, November 6, 1:00 PM
Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Rd., Rhinebeck, NY
Registration is required for this program. To register, call (845) 266-5530 or email clinton.programming@gmail.com.
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Sunday, October 23, 9:45am, Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 6368 Mill Street. Arthur Gowran will be speaking at the worship service. Mr. Gowran, a lawyer, has litigated environmental cases in various federal courts including the Supreme Court on issues ranging from energy, clean air, clean water, to toxic contamination.More recently he has supplemented his interests with a divinity degree from Yale and has taught philosophy and ethics at local Universities near Washington D.C. where he lives. All are welcome.
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Of all the pundits pontificating about the presidential election, I find it extremely curious that few, if any, ascribe the reason for the rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump to the realization by the general public that much of our society is corrupt, perhaps beyond redemption.
Although the media are quick to assign economic, racial, class and sexist motivations to supporters of Sanders and Trump, none attribute such support to the genuine disgust good citizens feel when considering the extensive corruption existing in our society. It has become well established that many branches, of the federal government including the Justice Department, and IRS, are both politicized and corrupt while being aided and abetted by an equally corrupt media. Given that, plus an often unethical business community and insane “politically correct” academic establishment, is it any surprise that so many of the general public are hoping to improve our society by turning to unconventional political candidates?
A corrupt society is unsustainable and life will get very ugly as it disintegrates. An ethical society with integrity and the rule of law must prevail or the US will slide into a full fledged “Banana Republic” with misery for all except the wealthy. Vote accordingly on November 8th.
Paul E. Niedercorn
132 East Market Street
pauln@prodigy.net
Hi there, thanks, but will only post regarding Village or Town business during this very crazy election time! thanks for understanding –
Wednesday, November 16 – The Rhinebeck Garden Club will host a program at the Rhinebeck Town Hall at 10 am. Presenter: Scott Zimmer, Zimmer Gardens in Kingston will talk about “Holiday Containers: Extend the Garden Season with Garden inspired Holiday Containers and Decor for Your Property, Both inside and Out”. Containers will be available for sale. Refreshments served. Prospective new members welcome. Contact Steven Mann, 876-6892.
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Adrienne Tirch says:
Hello, Would it be possible to post an announcement about an U.S. Master’s swimming program our swim team has started up this fall?
The Dolphins Swim Club of the Hudson Valley (a non-profit swim club) is now offering U.S. Master’s Swimming. It is an adult swimming program open to swimmers of all abilities who are 18 years old and older. From those who are new to lap swimming, to marathon & tri-athletes looking for training, to lifelong swimmers looking to exercise. Practices will be led by USA Swimming registered coaches and provide workouts from challenging for those athletes looking to train to a less strenuous workout focused on health and fitness. An overall focus will be in creating a sense of team and comradeship.
Practices are held Monday through Friday from 6:00 am to 7:15 am at the Culinary Institute of America pool in Hyde Park, NY
For more information, please visit the Dolphin’s U.S. Masters Swimming website at
https://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?team=mrtdsc&_stabid_=151175 or go to Dolphinsswimclub.org and click on the U.S. Masters Swimming box.
or contact Katie Nikolski at knikolski@yahoo.com
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Thank you for posting the information about the Dolphins Masters Swimming. The Dolphins U.S. Masters Swimming will be holding a OPEN HOUSE next week. Would it be possible to post it to your website?
The Dolphins U.S. Masters Swimming will be hosting an Open House from Monday, January 9th through Friday, January 13th. Interested swimmers are welcome to attend our morning practices for 1 free trial week of swimming. Practices are held at the CIA Student Commons Building from 6:00 am to 7:15 am…Just sign in at the desk and meet us at the Pool!! Don’t forget to bring a travel mug for free coffee after practice at the Egg!
Suzu Kawamoto says:
Rhinebeck and Friends Stand With Standing Rock
A Benefit for the Standing Rock Reservation’s Legal Defense Fund ~
Church of the Messiah/ Donegan Hall
10-4 Healing Arts Benefit ~ Acupuncture, CranioSacral Therapy, Massage, Refflexology, Reiki and more ~ By donation ~15 min for $15 or more if you can ~
7-10 Benefit Concert ~ Mohican Drummer’s, Bear Fox and Akwesasne Traditional Women’s Singers, Lyla June (Diné spoken word artist extraordinaire) and more! A very rare treat for all ages right in the heart of Rhinebeck Village!
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ENTA presents IMPROV United — A Black Friday Improv performance
The area’s HOTTEST IMPROV Group from Mary Ward & Company.
Take a break from Turkey Leftovers and get out of the house!
JOIN US and UNITE in Comedy! Bring the family, even Grandma.
The perfect holiday event for all — in beautiful downtown Rhinebeck.
Friday, November 25 — 7:30pm
Hosted in the NEW arts space: The Gallery @ Rhinebeck
43 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY
(next to Bread Alone & Cinnamon Restaurant. Across from CVS)
$5 Suggested Donation to ENTA & their Youth Arts Initiative
CASH only at the DOOR. Come Early…we will SELL OUT.
Facebook invite at https://www.facebook.com/events/1238024186258913/
Questions: enta4arts@gmail.com
Darren Forbes says:
Great community coverage
Thx Darren!
Saturday, December 3, 5pm Rhinebeck Reformed Church, 4:30-8pm. Pulled pork dinner – al la carte including hot dogs, homemade cole slaw, baked beans, and soup, brownies with ice cream. Co-sponsored by Rhinebeck High School Crew. Come by for a great dinner and help two great organizations!
On Sat. Jan. 21 at 11:30 AM the Clinton Community Library will welcome local teen author Erin Forbes to discuss what it is like to self-publish a book and balance it out with high school coursework. She will also read from her debut novel, “Fire & Ice: The Elementals.” This program will be of special interest to homeschoolers, since Erin herself is homeschooled and can speak to how it helped her focus on her writing. Registration for this program is helpful, but not required: 266-5530 or clinton.programming@gmail.com
Subject: Calendar Listing – Rhinebeck Garden Club
Wednesday, February 22 – The Rhinebeck Garden Club will host a program at the Rhinebeck Town Hall at 10 am. Presenter: Village Trustee and Mayor Heath Tortorella will talk about the plans for the enhancement of Veterans’ Park in the village of Rhinebeck. Refreshments served. Prospective new members welcome. Contact Steven Mann, 876-6892.
William Hoynes says:
2017 Rhinebeck Little League T-Ball, Baseball, and Softball Registration is Now Open Online
Register online @ our League Website: http://www.RH-RBKLL.com
Please take advantage of our Early Registration Discount through February 14
All 2017 Softball and Baseball Divisions will be combined Rhinebeck/Red Hook Programs.
Rhinebeck and Red Hook will run separate T-Ball programs.
Little League Eligibility: Players who live in the Town of Rhinebeck or attend school in the Town of Rhinebeck are eligible to register for Rhinebeck Little League programs.
Go to our league website RH-RBKLL.com for news updates and details about baseball & softball divisions, residency rules, 2017 rates, field directions, & Little League contact information.
Rhinebeck Community Nursery School’s Annual Toy Sale will be held on April 29, 2017 from 9-2pm at the Reformed Church on the corner of Route 9 and South St. Donations of gently used items will be accepted now until April 27th for their biggest fundraiser. Acceptable items include: toys, books, games, play equipment, and more. The nursery school cannot accept clothing and shoes, cribs, stuffed animals, and car seats. Items can be dropped off at the Reformed Church every day during the week from 8:30am to 1pm. Call 876-5239 or text 243.1483 for more information.
Rhinebeck, NY – February 9, 2017 – Karen Zobel, CEO/Administrator of The Brookmeade Community and its Board of Directors are pleased to announce the recertification of Brookmeade’s physician Dr. Michael Jaeger with the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).
A traditional path to recertification is a comprehensive exam and a test of knowledge every seven years. Doctor Michael Jaeger M.D, took on a more challenging pathway to recertification developed by the ABFM. The alternative pathway has self-assessment modules focused on particular subjects, and they are constructed in such a way that gaps in knowledge are not only identified, but are corrected in the completion of exercises. One of the modules competed was, “care of the vulnerable elderly”. There was also performance improvement activities directly related to the quality of medical care actually provided. The recertification process required eight years to complete, and not all physicians who attempt this pathway complete it. This re-certification is effective through the end of 2018.
As CEO/Administrator of Brookmeade, Ms. Zobel’s focus, over the past 5 years, has been to assemble and develop the best possible team of professionals available in the Hudson Valley. Her goal has been to secure Brookmeade’s reputation as the best place to live and work in Dutchess County. “Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for the aging by providing quality care in a loving environment. To hit a target like that you’re going to need to provide the best possible work environment and put the best of the best on your team. You’ve got to hire professionals who will get excited about such a mission, then get behind it and drive it forward. Doctor Michael Jaeger, M.D has what it takes to do just that”.
The American Board of Family Medicine is one of twenty-four medical specialty boards that work together to establish common standards for physicians to achieve and maintain board certification. The boards were founded by their respective specialties to protect the public by assessing and certifying physicians who meet specific educational, training, and professional requirements. Having a board certified physician who meets nationally recognized standards for education, knowledge, experience and skills, who is focused on geriatrics is a plus for the Brookmeade Community. Dr. Jaeger has dedicated the past seven years to Brookmeade’s mission, utilizing his knowledge of the aging process and skills in the diagnosis, therapy, prevention, and rehabilitation of geriatric residents in a long-term care setting.
The American Board of Family Medicine is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.
“This type of continued development, growth and learning is always encouraged at Brookmeade Community as it enhances and ensures best practices for our residents and professional growth. It shows a commitment to one’s profession and the desire to continuously improve one’s knowledge base and add to his/her skillset.” Says Karen Zobel
Dr. Michael Jaeger, M.D graduated Northeast Ohio Medical University in 1991, specializing in Family Medicine. Interestingly enough, during his medical school training in 1988 the mentor for his summer research project involving geriatrics was connected with the construction of Maison-Aine in Akron Ohio. That was a prototype of “pod” type Alzheimer’s nursing homes where residents could be moved to visually identical units with progressively higher levels of care as dementia progresses. Dr. Michael Jaeger, M.D has practiced geriatric medicine and cared for nursing home residents as a family practitioner for over 25 years. Dr. Jaeger lives locally and has many outside interests, including hiking and photographing the beautiful Hudson Valley area, and then painting some of the scenes.
“Doctor Michael Jaeger was bought on board based upon the strength of his experience, education, integrity, leadership skills, strong ethics and core morality”, states Ms. Zobel. “He supports our goal to ensure Brookmeade’s standing as the Best Place to Live and Work in The Hudson Valley”.
“Brookmeade,” says Ms. Zobel “is all about quality of life. Everyone’s quality of life; residents and staff alike. By strengthening staff development and increasing opportunities you create an even healthier organization which improves the quality of life experienced by our employees and therefore of our residents. Our employees feel a sense of pride in working at The Best Long Term Care Facility in NY State. From that already strong foundation we can reach even greater heights”.
About The Brookmeade Community: The Community at Brookmeade, located on 75 country acres just outside the Village of Rhinebeck, is a senior living retirement community serving the Hudson Valley and surrounding areas. Arbor Ridge offers independent living, The Terraces offers assisted living, and The Baptist Home provides long term care, sub-acute rehabilitation, palliative care and Out-Patient Rehabilitation Services.
Free Community Event For Kids! – BUILD IT AT BROOKMEADE!
First Saturday of every month at 11:30am
Each adventure we will explore new and fresh ways to inspire, educate and
engage with building together!
Complimentary project kit includes an apron & nutritious snack.
RSVP or to learn more please contact Samantha Cerero, Activities Director, 845-876-2071 ext 127
Located on Brookmeade Campus at Arbor Ridge , 11 Mountain Laurel Lane, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Meet Dean the Builder! Dean will teach and show how to make fun and exciting projects with your hands!
Our Bi-Monthly series “Arbor Art In Life” will be featuring Sy Kattelson a world renowned photographer and resident of The Baptist Home. Please join us March 3rd, Friday at 12pm in the Foyer at Arbor Ridge for the Artist Reception. Kattelson’s photography exhibit will be featured in Arbor Ridge from 3/1-4/30.
Attached you will find his statement as an artist and his biography. Sy Kattelson has been taking great photos for decades and treats his work “as a serious art form showing ordinary people’s lives”. Sy Kattelson was also featured in NYTimes recently on 1/29/17 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/nyregion/sy-kattelsons-photography-howard-greenberg-gallery.html?_r=0
Arbor Art in Life
Arbor Art in Life reflects the varied experiences and backgrounds of our residents who reside in our Brookmeade Community. Exhibits by our residents range from photographs to pastels, to pencil drawings and paintings to fabric panels and sculptures, just to name a few. Each artist has their work hung/displayed for a period of 2 months with an ‘Artist Reception’ to discuss and share their pieces with peers, family and friends.
As spring is almost here, Rhinebeck Village political signs are up and candidates are hoofing it door to door. Some candidates are focusing on local concerns, such as improving the village infrastructure, while others appear to be looking to Albany and national party platforms for issues.
Trial balloons such as climate change, sanctuary cities, and municipal consolidation are being bandied about by those taking guidance from Governor Cuomo and their party platform.
Consolidation of Rhinebeck Town and Village often has been suggested, but no formal proposal has ever been submitted for a vote. Proponents believe substantial tax savings could be realized while others doubt that the loss of village identity is worth the loss of sovereignty.
Population density differences result in town and village governments having different concerns. Such concerns include: water supply, sanitary and storm water sewers, sidewalks, trees, lighting, policing, EMS, fire protection, planning, zoning, telecommunications, traffic, tourists, events, lodging laws, keeping of animals, leaf and yard waste removal. Any consolidation plan must address these items.
Since town councilmen are elected “at large”, if the village were simply dissolved, there would be no guarantee of village representation on the resulting town board just as the hamlet of Rhinecliff has no guaranteed representation on the town board today.
The best government is the government closest to the people. Being one of 2,500 is preferable to being one of 8,000. It might cost a bit more but I’m very willing to pay that price.
After former Rhinebeck mayor Jim Reardon resigned before his term expired,
I was mildly surprised to see the Rhinebeck Village board elect Heath Tortarella mayor.
Most perplexing was that a board comprised of two Democrats, an Independence Party member and one that belonged to no political party chose the unaffiliated board member to be mayor.
Regardless of how the choice was made, after attending a meeting with Heath presiding as mayor, he so impressed me with his obvious preparation and knowledge that I came away convinced that he was the right person to be mayor I was then, and still am, convinced that he is by far the best choice to be Rhinebeck’s mayor.
ddordine says:
Support Heath Tortarella for Mayor of Rhinebeck Village
Four years ago, the day after my family moved into the Rhinebeck Village, we were knee-deep in boxes, scrambling to establish a new life in a new community. Our doorbell rang, and a neighbor introduced himself, asking if we needed anything. That neighbor – now my friend and now our Village Mayor – was Heath Tortarella. Had I known then what I now know about Heath, his welcoming gesture would have come as no surprise.
Our Mayor is a generous soul, whose life is defined by service, volunteerism, and putting the needs of others in front of his own. He is a dedicated husband and father who has chosen to make our community better by serving it. While strong character should be enough to earn votes, Mayor Tortarella’s accomplishments speak volumes. As Mayor, Heath has focused on issues of great importance to Village residents: safety and security, quality of life, and some issues that are all but invisible to most of us – updating and maintaining the Village’s aging infrastructure, and managing a growing, tourist-heavy community. Among many other accomplishments, Heath’s include:
• Securing funds and resources for the Rhinebeck Village Police and Fire Departments.
• Protecting the integrity and security of our municipal water system by directing improvements at our water plant and reservoir; and planning for significant improvements to the distribution system in the Village Center.
• Presenting two resolutions to the Village Board regarding a proposed plan to park oil barges atop the intake pipes in the Hudson River that provide our drinking water.
• Building the Village’s fund balance to a 5-year high of $550,000 (a strong 25% of our annual budget), and establishing a contingency line item in the budget to prepare for emergency expenses.
• Improving the quality of the Legion Park at Crystal Lake, including repairs to Asher Dam and the pedestrian bridge.
Friends and neighbors: I urge you to look beyond party lines and support Heath Tortarella for Mayor. He is an incumbent mayor running on a cross-party platform with a proven, successful track record; a mayor with 16 years of active military service; a mayor who remains deeply concerned for the safety and well-being of lifelong and new residents of Rhinebeck Village; a mayor who has worked with village, town, county, state, and federal representatives regardless of their party affiliation. Heath is an even-keeled, deliberate leader who has earned the right to continue leading Rhinebeck Village. His focus on our needs over those of any political party’s national agenda gives me tremendous confidence in his character and leadership.
On Tuesday, March 21st, please join me in voting Heath Tortarella for Mayor of Rhinebeck Village.
Daniel D’Ordine
https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/letter-to-the-editor-support-heath-tortarella-for-mayor-of-rhinebeck-village/
FREE Magic Show with Bee Bee the Clown, Saturday March 18, 1 PM at Clinton Community Library!
Mark your calendars because Bee Bee the Clown is going to be at the library Sat. at 1 for a special St. Patrick’s Day Magic Show! Kids of all ages will enjoy some Irish fun with shamrocks, rainbows and pots of gold in this St. Patrick’s Day Show! Bee Bee’s comedy magic, juggling, balloons and puppets will keep your friends laughing with delight.
The Brookmeade Community is rolling up their sleeves and helping save lives on June 9th from 10am-3pm in the Baptist Home Chapel. Brookmeade proudly partners with the American Red Cross to hold our annual blood drive.
If interested in donating you may just walk in or schedule an appointment with Brian Zeidan, BZeidan@brookmeadecommunity.org or online http://www.redcrossblood.org and type in Baptisthome.
Give a pint and get a pint! Donors will receive a voucher for a pint Stewarts ice cream.
Each pint of blood we collect can help save up to three lives and will touch the lives of so many more. It is a great way to pay it forward and make an impact on people in our community and across the country. We are very excited about the drive and I hope you are too.
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Please publish the following article on your coming events Calendar.
Contact- Kelly Hanna at 484-753-2920 or Kitty Ghee at 876- 6798
Good Shepherd/St. Joseph’s Parish 36th ANNUAL YARD SALE EXTRAVAGANZA
Friday, Sept 8 and Saturday Sept 9th – from 10 am to 4 pm; Sunday, Sept 10th – from 9 am to 2 pm.
To be held at the Father Brogan Parish Center at 3 Mulberry St, Rhinebeck, NY. Rain or shine,
Come explore a gym full of antiques, collectibles, household items, jewelry, art work, books;
a tent full of furniture, electrical items; and a parking lot full of toys, sports items, bikes, garden,
yard items and more household items. Great for student dorms, apartments or new accessories for your home.
Please call Kelly Hanna at 484-753-2920 or Kitty Ghee at 876- 6798 with any questions.
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Can you please post the information about the Dolphins upcoming swim season?
Hudson Valley Dolphins offering Youth and Adult Swimming
Youths: Dolphins Swim Team will be holding TRYOUTS for new swimmers interested in joining the team for the 2017-18 swim season on September 6th & 8th at the Vassar College Pool.
Adults: Dolphins U.S. Masters swimming starts Sept 11th. Join us for a free trial week. Practices are held every weekday mornings at the Culinary Institute of America.
For more information about signing up for the swim team tryouts and the U.S. Masters Swimming, visit the Dolphins website at Dolphinsswimclub.org
Adrienne Trch says:
Can you please post information about the Dolphins Masters Swimming Open House? Thanks.
OPEN HOUSE: Masters Swimming with the Hudson Valley Dolphins
Hudson Valley Dolphins U.S. Masters Swimming is hosting an OPEN HOUSE from January 8th through January 12th. Enjoy a free trial week of swimming. U.S. Masters is an adult swimming program open to swimmers of all abilities who are 18 years old and older. The program ranges from those who are new to lap swimming, to marathon & tri-athletes looking for training, to lifelong swimmers wanting just to exercise. Practices will be led by USA Swimming registered coaches and provide workouts from challenging for those athletes looking to train to a less strenuous workout designed for health and fitness. An overall focus will be in creating a sense of team and camaraderie.
Practices are held Monday through Friday from 6:00 am to 7:15 am at the Culinary Institute of America pool (Student Commons Building) in Hyde Park, NY
For more information, please visit the Dolphin’s website at http://www.Dolphinsswimclub.org and click on the U.S. Masters Swimming box or contact Katie Nikolski at knikolski@yahoo.com
Thx You’re on: https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2017/12/28/open-house-masters-swimming-with-the-hudson-valley-dolphins/
The Baptist Home presents FALL PREVENTION WORKSHOP.
The Brookmeade Community is hosting a workshop on Falls Prevention with Guest Speaker, Preferred Therapy Solutions.
Time & Location: 2:00pm
Location: Arbor Rdige Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) – 11 Mountain Laurel Lane, Rhinebeck, NY
Reservations Required – Limited Seating
Please RSVP: (845) 876-3344
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Laura G Doe says:
Latin inspired pieces feature NEXUS, one of the premier percussion ensembles in the world
HYDE PARK, NY – The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra will heat up the evening with two Latin pieces inspired by famous works. First, the Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, a collection of tangos, by Piazzolla will feature soloist Marka Young, violinist and NDSO concertmaster. Second, the “exotic” instruments of the widely recognized NEXUS percussion ensemble will join NDSO for The Carmen Ballet Suite which was written for string orchestra and forty-seven percussion instruments. The beautiful melodies that are sung in the opera Carmen will be played on chimes, marimba or by the strings. “Latin Pasión” will be an evening of surprises as the familiar is woven musically in a new way on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. in the Marriott Pavilion at The Culinary Institute of America.
The percussion group NEXUS, which includes local resident Garry Kvistad, has been together for over 40 years. The group has one of the most extensive collections of percussion instruments, from traditional to the exotic, from all parts of the world. With over 25 recordings, many on their own label, they have toured North America, Australia, Europe, Asia and more. They have become a resource for organizations that employ percussion and have written articles and books. Garry Kvistad was featured as a TED Talk presenter in 2016 with his presentation, “Good Vibrations (A Life of Harmony)”.
Additionally, The Culinary Institute of America will open its Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici for a special $39 pre-performance dining experience. The menu will include family-style Caesar salad and antipasti, a selection of five gourmet pastas served table side, and a dessert. Reservations for this pre-performance dinner are available from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. The $39 excludes beverages, service charge, and tax. To book your table, call 845-905-4533 or email ciarestaurantgroup@culinary.edu. This special dining event will sell out, so please make reservations early.
Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $5 for students. A reserved seating package is now available and includes choice of show seating and guaranteed seating at the Caterina de’ Medici restaurant for $45 per person (does not include $39 for dinner). To buy tickets and get more information about the concert, go to http://www.ndsorchestra.org or call 845-635-0877.
The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2006 to bring live orchestral music to northern Dutchess County and the surrounding Hudson Valley area. Now in its twelfth season, the orchestra offers the best possible live performances of classical music at family-affordable prices. Since the beginning, the orchestra has been conducted by Kathleen Beckmann who also serves as artistic director.
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The Baptist Home and American Red Cross are hosting a Blood Drive. Give blood and help save lives.
Location: Blood Drive will be at The Baptist Home at Brookmeade Community (46 Brookmeade Drive, Rhinebeck NY 12572)
Date & Time: Thursday, May 31, 2018. 10am to 3pm
To schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code: Baptisthome. You can also email: BZeidan@brookmeadecommunity.org
WALK-INS, New Donors, Double Red Donors are welcome and needed!
As a thank you for your generosity, participants will receive a $5 Amazon.com Gift Card from American Red Cross
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Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to composer John Williams
RHINEBECK, NY – Honoring American composer John Williams, the NDSO will perform some of William’s most popular and memorable movie soundtracks including Star Wars, Jaws, Catch Me If You Can and Harry Potter. The orchestra will be accompanied by guest performer, saxophonist Christopher Brellochs. The concert will be held on Saturday, June 16th at 7:30 pm at the Rhinebeck High School Auditorium in Rhinebeck, NY. This will be the last concert for the 2017-2018 season.
Cristopher Brellochs has performed in Paris, Germany and throughout the United States from Carnegie Hall in New York City to the International Saxophone Symposium in Winchester, Virginia. Brellochs’ recordings include Quiet City (2011) which has received radio play on National Public Radio. Brellochs is Chair of the Music Program at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie, New York where he conducts the Mid-Hudson Community Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble, and typically teaches Music Theory, Aural Skills, and History of Music.
Christopher Brellochs commented, “I got frostbite as a kid because of John Williams; I would get distracted and stay outside building snow forts while singing his music to ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ As an adult, I loved the playful use of the saxophone to create a sense of adventure and nostalgia in ‘Catch Me If You Can.’”
Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information or to buy tickets for the concert, go to http://www.ndsorchestra.org or call 845-635-0877. The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2006 to bring live orchestral music to northern Dutchess County and the surrounding Hudson Valley area. Now in its twelfth season, the orchestra offers the best possible live performances of classical music at family-affordable prices. Since the beginning, the orchestra has been conducted by Kathleen Beckmann who also serves as artistic director.
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Open House: The Richard Montgomery House Museum, located at 77 Livingston St. in Rhinebeck, NY, will be open to visitors starting June 23, and Saturdays through Aug 18th, from 1 until 4 PM. This is the one of oldest houses in the historic district of Rhinebeck and was the last residence of General Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War hero. Admission: free.
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“The Ward Boys – Letters from the Gilded Age Through WW !”. Mary Lou Chatterton, former board member of The Southlands Foundation, will host a presentation based on letters from World War I that were part of Deborah Dows’ estate. The Ward boys wrote letters, which are being deposited with Princeton University, to their old nanny, Greta, who later was nanny to Deborah Dows, founder of Southlands. The presentation will take place in the Starr Library Community Room on October 20 from 4-6 pm. Free. For further information, contact marylou.chatterton@yahoo.com, or call 845-554-4664.
Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® Winter Workshops at Izlind
You may have read about the growing popularity of the Feldenkrais Method in the New York Times or the Washington Post this past year.
Feldenkrais is a somatic (body-based) awareness practice that uses gentle movement and focused attention to help you learn new and more effective ways to move—in your body and in your life.
It’s gaining notice for its ability to alleviate pain, increase flexibility and coordination, and improve range of motion. As you improve how you move, you also become more of who you really are, meaning the benefits go beyond just feeling better in your body.
Jenn Brown, an authorized Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement teacher and a meditation coach, is offering a series of 3 Feldenkrais workshops this winter at Izlind Integrative Wellness Center in Rhinebeck.
All ages and conditions are welcome. Lessons will be on the floor and no previous experience with the Feldenkrais Method is necessary.
Register now: https://www.izlind.com/workshops-classes
MOVE THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS WITH EASE
@ Izlind in Rhinebeck
$45 (Save $10 and register for all 3 winter workshops for $125.)
Discover how the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education can improve how you move. Through gentle, mindful movement and focused attention, you will build self-awareness and release old habits and patterns that limit you and cause pain. As the body and brain begin to talk to each other in new ways, you will find new possibilities of movement that give you greater ease in the everyday tasks of living, including walking, sitting, and even holiday shopping.
FREE YOUR NECK AND SHOULDERS
10:00 am – noon
Stress. Too much time at the computer. Bracing against the cold. Whatever the reason, many of us walk around with our shoulders hunched up and our neck frozen in place. When this pattern of movement becomes a habit, it can cause stiffness and pain. Come spend a few hours practicing gentle movements that will help your shoulders relax and your neck move more freely. You’ll leave with a new awareness of yourself and a little more breathing room to get you through winter.
INHABIT YOURSELF
Do you know where you are in space, or do you live a short distance from your body (to paraphrase James Joyce)? Do you have access to how you feel from the inside? The Feldenkrais Method is a gentle movement practice that uses intention and attention to increase your self-awareness and improve how you move. As you learn new ways to inhabit yourself, you will not only move with greater ease, but you will find yourself becoming more of who you are.
Brookmeade Expands Senior Care Services in Rhinebeck.
Please Join us for a groundbreaking ceremony. This will be the groundbreaking of The Pavilion at Brookmeade. It will be the future site of the Brookmeade Adult Day Program and Gathering Center. November 29, 2018 at 2pm. 46 Brookmeade Drive, Rhinebeck NY 12572. Please RSVP with Donna at 845-876-3344.
The Brookmeade Senior Living community in Rhinebeck is excited to announce that construction is underway for a new senior community center on their campus that will offer an array of senior services.
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Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra celebrates Valentine’s Day early with an evening of popular love songs and a cabaret
HYDE PARK, NY – Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra (NDSO) will perform a collection of love songs followed by a cabaret in their upcoming concert “Early Valentine” on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in the Marriott Pavilion at The Culinary Institute of America. The performance will begin with selections from the Great American Songbook including music from George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Cole Porter. Music Director, Kathleen Beckmann who designed the program says, “I am excited to present our audience with a wonderful romantic evening of all our favorite love songs. The concert is the perfect way to “warm up” on a chilly February evening.”
Married Broadway performers Erin Stewart and David DeWitt will also team up with the orchestra in a unique cabaret setting to perform their favorite songs from the Great White Way, the Great American Songbook, as well as old Hollywood gems while sharing humorous anecdotes from their experiences as parents and as a couple. Additional selections will include songs from The Phantom of the Opera (the show they met on!) as well as timeless favorites including Our Love is Here to Stay and Dancing Cheek to Cheek.
To complement this evening of romance, the CIA will open the Caterina de’ Medici restaurant for a special $39 pre-performance dining experience. The menu will include family-style Caesar salad and antipasti, a selection of five gourmet pastas served table side, and a dessert. Reservations for this pre-performance dinner are available from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. The $39 excludes beverages, service charge, and tax. To book your table, call 845-905-4533 or email ciarestaurantgroup@culinary.edu. This special dining event will sell out, so please make reservations early.
Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, and $5 for students. NDSO also offers a reserved seating package which includes choice of show seating and guaranteed seating at the Caterina de’ Medici restaurant for $45 per person (does not include $39 for dinner). To buy tickets and get more information about the concert, go to http://www.ndsorchestra.org or call 845-635-0877.
The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2006 to bring live orchestral music to northern Dutchess County and the surrounding Hudson Valley area. Now in its thirteenth season, the orchestra offers the best possible live performances of classical music at family-affordable prices. Since the beginning, the orchestra has been conducted by Kathleen Beckmann who also serves as artistic director.
Northern Dutchess Beekeepers Club
Opening Meeting
6:30–8:30 p.m
Starr Library, Rhinebeck
Beekeepers, bee lovers, and interested community members are invited to a meeting of the newly formed Northern Dutchess Beekeepers Club at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2019 in the Community Room at Starr Library, West Market Street, Rhinebeck. The purpose of this club is to educate ourselves and others, share experiences and support soon-to-be, novice and experienced beekeepers. The night’s agenda features a moderated panel discussion with three experienced beekeepers covering a wide range of honey bee-related topics.
To be added to our email list, or if you have questions regarding this meeting, please contact northerndutchessbees@gmail.com .
Awareness Through Movement® Workshops for Hips, Knees & Ankles
@ Izlind Integrative Wellness Center in Rhinebeck
Feldenkrais® is a somatic (body-based) awareness practice that uses gentle movement and focused attention to help you learn new and more effective ways to move—in your body and in your life.
It’s gaining notice for its ability to alleviate pain, increase flexibility and coordination, and improve range of motion. As you improve how you move, you also become more of who you really are—meaning the benefits go beyond just feeling better in your body.
Workshops are led by Jenn Brown, an authorized Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement teacher, meditation coach, and cofounder of Feldenkrais Teachers of the Hudson Valley.
Register now: https://www.inhabityourself.com/feldenkrais
HELLO, HIPS
10–noon
Izlind Integrative Wellness Center
How well our hips move affects everything—how we walk, sit, bend over, and more. Come get to know your hips a little better in this Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® class. Through gentle movements and focused attention, we say hello to our hips and discover the potential they hold for incredible power and flexibility. Discover how this subtle work can have a big effect on everything from climbing stairs to warrior pose. No previous experience with the Feldenkrais Method is necessary. Please be able to get up and down off the floor unassisted.
GET GROUNDED: KNEES & ANKLES
Find your foundation in this workshop for the knees and ankles. Through gentle movements and focused attention, we’ll explore the potential of these often overworked joints, focusing on reducing tension, improving flexibility, and distributing effort by involving more of the body in your movement. The lessons are basic and gentle, but please contact Jenn before registering if you’re recovering from recent surgery or a knee replacement.
Could you please post this on your website Antiques Road Show – To Benefit G. S. Women’s Society
Saturday, April 6 from 10am to 4 pm. To be held at Father
Brogan Center at Good Shepherd Church, 3 Mulberry St.,
Rhinebeck. All types of Antiques, Collectibles and Vintage
items appraised. No appointment necessary. Cost $10/item
or $25 for 3 items. Lunch and refreshments available. For
further information call Good Shepherd Rectory at 876-4583
or Astor Galleried at 800-784-7876.
Geraldine Browne 876-4569
The Hudson Valley takes “Flight” in the upcoming Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra concert
HYDE PARK, NY – A presentation of music and pictures will showcase the history of flying from man’s earliest attempts to space travel during the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra (NDSO) concert, “Flight.” The media presentation, created by local film maker Jarek Zabcynski, will also feature Hudson Valley flight including the Rhinebeck Aerodrome and the Balloon Festival. Guest artist Kimberly Kay will narrate Flight, the Story of Wilbur and Orville Wright as told by their sister. The concert will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. in the Marriott Pavilion at The Culinary Institute of America.
Kathleen Beckmann, music director for the orchestra shares, “I have chosen an eclectic mix of orchestral works for this program, with each piece expressing the majesty and wonder of our ability to defy gravity and soar among the clouds.” The concert will include Acceleration Waltz by Johann Strauss, the haunting Berceuse and triumphant Finale from Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and Walton’s Spitfire Prelude and Fugue.
To complement the evening, the CIA will open the Caterina de’ Medici restaurant for a special $39 pre-performance dining experience. The menu will include family-style salad and antipasti, a selection of five gourmet pastas served table side, and a dessert. Reservations for this pre-performance dinner are available from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. The $39 excludes beverages, student support surcharge, and tax. To book your table, call 845-905-4533 or email ciarestaurantgroup@culinary.edu. This special dining event will sell out, so please make reservations early.
Celebrate Summer at the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra’s Pops Concert “Sand and Surf”
HYDE PARK, NY – The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra (NDSO) welcomes summer with their “Sand and Surf” pops concert featuring hits from the Beach Boys, Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville, and Under the Sea from Disney’s The Little Mermaid. The program will also include Latin favorites The Girl from Ipanema and One Note Samba. Special guests include guitarist David Temple for Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo, and the New York University steel band. The NDSO pops concerts are always a fun and relaxing evening for the audience and musicians. This year the orchestra will forgo the traditional formal concert attire for sandals, Hawaiian shirts and beach apparel. Join us on Saturday, June 15th, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Rhinebeck High School Auditorium in Rhinebeck, NY.
David Temple has performed throughout the country as a soloist, accompanist and ensemble player. He is dedicated to presenting guitar performances that are full of color and variety. He says, “Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez is the most familiar classical guitar work because it is perhaps the most beautiful in the repertoire. Its brilliant and romantic themes, exciting rhythms and flamenco textures, and its challenging development and key changes become nearly hardwired into every aspiring guitarist’s ear – almost as if the piece were discovered rather than composed. It is an honor and a thrill to be performing this incredible work with the wonderful NDSO under the baton of Kathleen Beckmann.”
Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information or to buy tickets for the concert, click here or call 845-635-0877. The concert is located at the Rhinebeck High School Auditorium located at 45 N Park Rd, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.
Emily Eder says:
Hi There! We are new owners of a small farm in Red Hook, about 10 minute’s drive from Rhinebeck. We were hoping you could post this information about our Community Supported Agriculture program. Thanks so much!
Vegetable & Flower CSA Shares Available in Red Hook!
Hi Neighbors! We are Emily & Maggie and we run Great Song Farm in Red Hook on Milan Hill Road. We grow a variety of organic vegetables, and some flowers and herbs for people like you through our Community Supported Agriculture program. When your join our CSA, you get to come visit us on the farm once a week (or once every other week if you don’t eat that many vegetables) from June- November and choose what you want to take home from our harvest. We use a simple 10-point system to give you more flexibility than a traditional CSA.
In June you might get to chose from: Head lettuce (1 pt.), Loose arugula (1/4 lb. = 1pt.), 1 bu. radishes (1 pt.), 1 bunch turnips (1 pt.), 2 lb. zucchini (1 pt.), 1 bunch beets (1pt.), 1 bunch broccoli raab (1 pt.), 1 bunch kale (1 pt.), 1 bunch basil/dill (1 pt.), 1 head cabbage (1 pt.), 1 bunch spinach (1 pt.) plus pick your own flowers, snow peas and snap peas. This way, if you hate beets, you can get two heads of lettuce instead, for example. We are also growing a variety of tomatoes, peppers, melon, eggplant, cucumbers, winter squash, onions, scallions, and more.
When you join our CSA you pay for your share of the harvest ahead of time, which is really helpful to small farmers like us. It is a unique and sustainable food system and an opportunity to build community. If this all sounds good to you, we hope you will join us! More information and opportunities to sign up are available on our website: http://www.greatsongfarm.com/. Feel free to e-mail greatsongfarm@gmail.com or call 818-620-5585 with any questions.
Hello could you please post this event hosted by the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra and DCC Academy of Music on your website. Here are the details:
Guitar Master Class led by David Temple
Poughkeepsie, NY – The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra is partnering with the Dutchess Community College Music departments to offer a classical guitar masterclass. In this program, classical guitarist and composer David Temple will focus on playing music that inspires the student and the artist to develop and refine their skills. He says, “If we are passionate about the music, we must also be passionate about our connection to our hands and instrument, and thus develop tone and clarity and each aspect of effective musicianship — we want listeners to be swept up in our own enthusiasm!”
The masterclass performance will include four students who were selected by lottery to perform their piece for the audience, each having time to interact with David, receiving guidance on their continued development. David will also perform briefly at the beginning and at the end of the session, reinforcing the ideas given to the students. Anyone wishing to watch the performance on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. are asked to pay a suggested donation of $15.00 per person. All proceeds will benefit the DCC’s Music Link Scholarship Fund, which facilitates music lessons for talented students whose families could not otherwise afford music instruction.
David Temple is a local classical guitarist and composer who has performed throughout the country as a soloist, accompanist and ensemble player. He is dedicated to presenting guitar performances that are full of color and variety. His concerts have included the Festival of the Arts at Mohonk, the Ulster Chamber Music Series, the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Society, the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, NY, and many more. A graduate of the music school at Eastern Michigan University, David is Artistic Director and Vice President of the Mid-Hudson Classical Guitar Society, and teaches both guitar and composition at Bard Conservatory, Preparatory Division, and at his home studio in Red Hook, NY. He has produced four recordings, which include an eclectic selection from the repertoire, as well as original arrangements and compositions.
This event is co-hosted by the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra, the DCC Music School, and DCC’s Music Performance Certificate Program. Anyone who attends this Masterclass Performance will receive complimentary tickets to NDSO’s June 15th “Sand and Surf” pops concert at Rhinebeck High School in Rhinebeck, NY. Learn more about this concert at http://www.ndsorchestra.org
For more information, contact Laura Doe at laura.doe@sunydutchess.edu. The concert is located in the Black Box Theatre at Dutchess Community College at 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.
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Hi Rhinebeck Community Forum,
can you please post the attached invitation and info on the upcoming 5th Wilderstein Outdoor Sculpture Biennial which opens June 1st from 5-7pm and runs thru Oct 31, 2019?
thank you, Franc Palaia curator [image: 5th Biennial rack cd cover.jpg] [image: 5th Wilder invite back.jpg]
On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 10:43 AM Rhinebeck Community Forum wrote:
> Christian commented: “Hello could you please post this event hosted by the > Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra and DCC Academy of Music on your > website. Here are the details: Guitar Master Class led by David Temple > Poughkeepsie, NY â The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orche” >
Please send what you want posted thx! A press release type of post please- with title and information, and contact for people
Found an email with the info – thx you’re on : https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2019/05/22/wilderstein-rhinebeck-5th-outdoor-sculpture-biennial-exhibition/
Andrea Bartolomeo says:
September 22nd from 12-2 at the farmers market 61 East Market St, Rhinebeck, NY
Join us for a market wide tasting to benefit the John Honey Scholarship! We are pairing our farmers with local chefs to create a taste of September’s bounty. Celebrate 25 years with us!
Featured chefs and restaurants include:
aroi Thai Restaurant
Buns Burgers
Cinnamon Indian cuisine
Flatiron Restaurant
The Tasting Room Restaurant at Gendron Catering
Le Petit Bistro
Lucky Dragon
Mercato Osteria Enoteca
Pete’s Famous Restaurant
Terrapin Restaurant & Catering
The Amsterdam – Rhinebeck, NY
Tastes specially prepared by our vendors including:
Dutchess Creamery
Quattro’s Farm
Zora Dora’s Micro Batch Ice Cream and Paletas
Highland Farm
Sky Farm
Tickets available online or at the market info booth. Get yours now! $20 for ten tastes (tickets sold in batches of 10).
http://www.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com/store/p9/Taste_of_the_Market.html
John Honey was the inspiration behind the Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market and worked for many years to smooth the way. Each year the market offers a scholarship to a student who is studying agriculture, food science, environmental studies or a related field. Scholarship funds are also provided to current vendors pursuing continuing education.
Hi there the link you sent is broken- please send some type of press release to post – thank you
Jen Beichert says:
Hello, Could you post a press release for a spaghetti dinner our Boy Scout Troop is having?
Homemade Spaghetti Dinner
Hosted by Boy Scout Troop 228
Good Shepherd Church / Father Brogan Center
3 Mulberry Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Suggested donation: $10 / adults
$5 / children (12 and under)
Take-out available!
Contact Brad Patton (845) 702-0082 or Jen Beichert (845)-532-5180 for tickets.
I have a .pdf of our flyer if it would be helpful. Please let me know where I can send it
Thx https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/homemade-spaghetti-dinner/
Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra Opens New Season with Beethoven’s Fifth
RHINEBECK, NY – The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra opens their 14th season with a concert of favorite works by Mozart and Beethoven. The program will include Mozart’s The Overture to the Magic Flute and his Concerto in G Major featuring Marcia Gates, principal flutist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Beethoven’s extraordinary Symphony No. 5 highlights the second half of the program. The concert is on Sunday, October 20 at 3:00 p.m. at the Rhinebeck High School Auditorium.
Marcia Gates is an active performer in the Hudson Valley, and has been the principal flutist with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic since 1986. She performed with the Music in the Mountains Festival Orchestra throughout its existence from 1982 to 1998 and with the Hudson Valley BachFest since 2000. Retired from teaching instrumental music for many years in the Hyde Park Central School District, Marcia lives in Gardiner, New York. She has recorded on the Soundspells and Parnassus record labels as well as a CD of music for flute and harp entitled “Angel’s Serenade.”
Marcia Gates will perform the flute solo for Mozart’s Concerto in G of which she says, “Mozart wrote so beautifully for the flute, and I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to be performing this gem with NDSO.”
Tickets for the concert are $28 for adults, $23 for seniors and $5 for students. For more information or to buy tickets for the concert, go to http://www.ndsorchestra.org or call 845-635-0877. The concert will be held at the Rhinebeck High School Auditorium located at 45 N Park Rd, Rhinebeck, NY 12572.
The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2006 to bring live orchestral music to northern Dutchess County and the surrounding Hudson Valley area. Now in its fourteenth season, the orchestra offers high quality live performances of classical music at family-affordable prices. Since the beginning, the orchestra has been conducted by Kathleen Beckmann who also serves as artistic director.
Thx https://rhinebeck.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/northern-dutchess-symphony-orchestra-opens-new-season-with-beethovens-fifth/
Paul Niedercorn says:
Our baker’s have been busy. Today’s the day! The much anticipated annual Christmas cookie walk at The Rhinebeck Reformed Church. 9am until sold out. Many varieties to choose from. Sold by the pound. Cordes Hall, 6368 Mill Street. 876-2437 or cell 430-1705.
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Richard Crookes ConstructionsCompany NewsAnnouncementsExperience for Constructions’ Next Generation
Experience for Constructions’ Next Generation
Our Snackbrands project at Orchard Hills hosted over 180 students from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) last month, offering them an immersive tour of the site, as well as a series of presentations from our site team.
“I just wanted to pass on a big thank you for coordinating such a great site visit for the students last week. The feedback was amazing. One student was so impressed he’s sent a thank you note of his own with his CV!
The diligence displayed by the RCC team, ensuring every student was signed in and inducted, coordinating manageable and safe group sizes and then escorting each group around the site speaks volumes about RCC’s unwavering commitment to site safety and planning”
Craig Barry – UTS Lecturer
These Construction Management and Civil Engineering students represent the future of our industry; we are proud to be involved in their transition from classroom to construction site and give them a firsthand insight into safe and sustainable construction practice.
excellence in construction
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New USHJA Jumper Classic Series to Debut in 2020
Lexington, Ky.—July 9, 2019—The U.S. Hunter Jumper Association has created the USHJA Jumper Classic Series to offer jumper riders competing at 1.10m to 1.40m fence heights additional opportunities to earn points, prize money and recognition. The series will debut in the 2020 competition year, and has no host application requirement.
“We are thrilled to offer the new USHJA Jumper Classic Series in 2020,” said Charlotte Skinner-Robson, chair of the USHJA Jumper Working Group. “As we work to expand jumper opportunities for the USHJA membership, the Series will be easy for competition managers to host and will provide the membership additional avenues to compete in 1.10m to 1.40m jumper classes while earning points, prize money and year-end recognition.”
Claudia Citrin and Don Juan. Photo: Jump Media/USHJA
Licensed competitions choosing to offer the USHJA Jumper Classics are encouraged to offer all four levels, but may choose to offer whichever levels will best compliment their competition. Each level is open to all horses and riders, however the same horse may not compete in more than one level at the same competition, and prize money offered varies by Level and the competition Jumper Rating. The levels are as follows:
Level 1: 1.10m – 1.15m
In addition to Zone Horse of the Year bonus points, prize money, ribbons and series prizes, the top nationally ranked junior and amateur rider at each height level of the USHJA Jumper Classic Series will be awarded entry into a USHJA Gold Star Clinic at the height in which they qualify.
USEF-rated competitions wishing to hold a USHJA Jumper Classic at their competition must list the class in their prize list and notify USEF.
Learn more at ushja.org/JumperClassic.
Press release provided by USHJA. About the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association: The United States Hunter Jumper Association, as the official hunter/jumper affiliate of the United States Equestrian Federation, is a competition-based sport organization that serves our members through educational programs, awards and recognition, communication and rules. We provide a wide array of programs for all hunter/jumper levels, and we are mindful of the well-being of our equine partners. Additionally, we are committed to preserving the history of our sport and through our Foundation we support charitable and benevolent services. Learn more at ushja.org.
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10 albums we’re anticipating in 2020
Kyle Kohner
AJJ, Frank Ocean, Grimes, Idles, Lorde, Tame Impala, The 1975, The Cure, Tierra Whack, Yves Tumor
You should be excited about new albums from Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Grimes, Lorde, AJJ, Yves Tumor, The 1975, The Cure, Tierra Whack and IDLES in 2020, writes Kyle J. Kohner. Now that another phenomenal year and decade in music has passed, it’s time to look forward at what…
Kyle Kohner’s top 50 albums of 2018: 10-1
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Jeff Rosenstock performs at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2018. Photo: Kyle J. Kohner. Would ya look at that? You’ve made it to the finale. If you are just joining us, please, don’t spoil the big reveal and go back to parts one, two, three and four to…
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Structural and magnetic properties of Au/Pd/Au sandwiches: A total energy all-electron approach
Soon C. Hong, C. L. Fu, Arthur J Freeman
The possibility of magnetism induced in Pd when sandwiched between Au layers, first proposed and studied experimentally by Brodsky and Freeman, is investigated by means of highly precise all-electron total energy local spin-density calculations employing the thin-film full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method. Total energy local density calculations are employed on a Au/Pd/Au sandwich with three Pd layers to obtain the structural properties and five Pd layers to obtain the magnetic properties of an Au/Pd/Au sandwich. Detailed results are obtained with spin polarized calculations for the Pd lattice constant stretched taking into account (i) the misfit between the lattice constants of Au and Pd and (ii) proximity effects in a self-consistent way. The magnetic moment of the center Pd layer is found to be 0.02μB which is consistent with the experiment of Brodsky. A negligible magnetic moment for the interface Pd layers is obtained.
Hong, S. C., Fu, C. L., & Freeman, A. J. (1988). Structural and magnetic properties of Au/Pd/Au sandwiches: A total energy all-electron approach. Journal of Applied Physics, 63(8), 3655-3656. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.340674
Structural and magnetic properties of Au/Pd/Au sandwiches : A total energy all-electron approach. / Hong, Soon C.; Fu, C. L.; Freeman, Arthur J.
In: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 63, No. 8, 1988, p. 3655-3656.
Hong, SC, Fu, CL & Freeman, AJ 1988, 'Structural and magnetic properties of Au/Pd/Au sandwiches: A total energy all-electron approach', Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 3655-3656. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.340674
Hong SC, Fu CL, Freeman AJ. Structural and magnetic properties of Au/Pd/Au sandwiches: A total energy all-electron approach. Journal of Applied Physics. 1988;63(8):3655-3656. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.340674
Hong, Soon C. ; Fu, C. L. ; Freeman, Arthur J. / Structural and magnetic properties of Au/Pd/Au sandwiches : A total energy all-electron approach. In: Journal of Applied Physics. 1988 ; Vol. 63, No. 8. pp. 3655-3656.
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Holiday Party Packages
For An Unforgettable Driving Experience
You could host another faceless holiday party.
Or you could dare to be different…
Holiday Party Packages For An Unforgettable Driving Experience
You could host another faceless holiday party. Or you could dare to be different…
Suit up for the wildest party that you’ll talk about long after the Yuletide spirit has died down. Get ready to go wheel-to-wheel, settle scores and share the adrenaline-fuelled joy of motorsport.
Race karts, drive the almighty KTM X-Bow R on track, work together to complete an F1-style pit-stop in the ultimate team building exercise and lots more.
If it’s your company party, a thank you for exceptional staff or something different for the family, we can tailor your event to suit your needs.
At Sonoma Raceway, we are experts in the field of corporate entertainment and we’re practised masters at keeping a group engaged, entertained and most of all safe.
Motorsport can be dangerous, and your safety is our number one priority at every single stage. So, you know we’ve got your back and you can just focus on the next apex and having fun.
What Holiday Party Packages Are on Offer
Here at Santa’s temporary headquarters at the Sears Point Racing Experience at Sonoma Raceway, we have got three main party packages:
Holiday Party Venue
Go Karts – Arrive and Drive
Price: $150 Per Person/ Min 24 People
Skim the tarmac at speeds of up to 70mph! Speed takes on a whole new meaning when you’re that close to the floor and your guests will emerge from the first laps wild-eyed with the adrenaline rush. If you haven’t tried Go Kart racing, you simply haven’t lived!
The Sears Point Racing Experience boasts the longest and most challenging kart circuit in California and you can come and take on the high-speed bends in our Sprint karts.
We will provide the safety briefing, suits and helmet. Then we’ll introduce you to your chariot: the Sprint kart. You’ll sit so low you can touch the floor (don’t do that, it’s in the briefing), you will feel the engine coarsing through your veins and as you head out on track you will feel raw, unadulterated speed, perhaps for the first time.
Karting is a visceral experience that takes you to the ragged edge of control. You’ll spin, you’ll laugh, you’ll go faster than you ever imagined and everybody will get faster.
Your two-hour session means that everybody will get as much seat time as they could possibly want and nobody will leave feeling they could have done more.
You will let it all hang out on track, you’ll leave with some treasured memories and everybody will remember your Christmas party.
Go Kart Competition
Price: $275 Per Person/ Minimum 8 People
Give your holiday party the competitive edge with a series of competitions that will pit your staff or your family against each other. Friendly rivalries that end out on the track can be a great way to build a team, or just let off steam as a group.
We can build a series of competitions into your day, including an overall winner and we can stage a relay race to focus on the team element.
If you want trophies, a presentation ceremony or even conference facilities, let us know and we’ll do our best to make your holiday party storm into pole position.
KTM Experience
Price: $795 Per Person/ Min 6 People
Have your staff gone that extra mile for you this year and you want to show them just where that can-do attitude can take them?
Do you have clients that you share your love for speed and you want to win that big deal? Or do you just want to wow your family and give them a taste of pure speed? Then the KTM X-Bow Experience is for you.
Take to the iconic Sonoma Raceway in the KTM X-Bow R, a racing car with a license plate. This two-seater carbon-fiber supercar offers raw driving thrills and you’ll learn to master this 300bhp, lightweight rocket.
Your personal instructor will get you up to speed before you cut loose and go for flying laps on California’s most challenging track.
The KTM X-Bow R is an experience for the connoisseur. For car enthusiasts, it’s the ultimate driving experience.
Bolt-On Experiences For The Perfect Party
We can build the package that’s perfect for you and we have a range of complementary experiences that you can ‘bolt on’ to your main deal. Contact us for pricing if you want to mix and match, as we will give you a bespoke quote and a discount where possible.
So what else can you do at the Sears Point Racing Experience?
KTM X-Bow R Demonstration Laps
Price: $195 Per Person
Put your life in somebody else’s hands as our instructor takes you on a high-speed ride round Sonoma Raceway in the two-seater racer that is the KTM X-Bow R. We’ll blow you and your guests away as they feel the raw acceleration of 300bhp in a lightweight carbon-fiber sportscar.
We’ll put on a show, smoke the tires and show them just what the car is capable of. It’s an intoxicating blend of fear and pure joy, and your guests will remember it for the rest of their lives.
Kart Relay Race
Price: $75 Per Person
Take team building to the next level with a competitive kart relay race. Separate into teams that will face off over one hour to put together the fastest laps, make the fewest mistakes and work together to take the checkered flag first.
Go Kart Junkyard Challenge
Could you strip and reassemble a go kart? Could you do it under pressure? This challenge has emerged as a surprise favorite with our holiday parties and the Junkyard Challenge has proved a superb team building exercise. Natural leaders tend to emerge when the floor is covered in screws and the clock is ticking.
F1-Style Pit Stop Challenge
Formula One pit-stops have to be seen to be believed as the well-oiled team of mechanics descend on the car as it slides to a halt, change all four tires and send it out in seconds. Could you do that? You can try!
At Sonoma Raceway, you can play pit crew to our Formula 3 racing car. Every person needs to pull their weight and the whole team needs to pull together, so corporate customers love this challenge.
Autocross Time Attack
Autocross is a great way to have fun without going too fast. It’s controlled, with a tight course that demands precision, rather than courage. You get a full briefing on how to drive through and round obstacles. It’s safe, it’s fun and it’s addictive as you go for a fault free run and try to go that little bit faster.
Polaris Circuit Tour
Take the perimeter road around the circuit in the legendary Polaris off-road buggy. You’ll have some fun along the way as our instructor shows you just what the Polaris can do. You will also learn about California’s favorite race track.
Garage Tours
Meet the fastest cars in the world up close and personal. Get a guided tour of the racing cars, legendary road cars and some other surprises we keep ready to rock at Sonoma Raceway. Get a taste of the racing driver life, a whole new appreciation for life at the track and a glimpse of what you could drive if you come back.
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Mike Minor has the last laugh with Alex Cora
Bill Baer
On September 26 last year, Rangers starter Mike Minor was on the precipice of a career milestone: his 200th strikeout of the season. He entered that afternoon’s start against the Red Sox at 191, and ended up racking up eight through eight innings of work.
In the ninth inning, Minor got the first out on a Sandy León fly out to left field. The next batter, Chris Owings, popped up about halfway down the first base line. First baseman Ronald Guzmán didn’t make much of an effort to make the catch, letting the ball drop in foul territory. With a new lease on strikeout No. 200, Minor threw a change-up high and inside that was generously called strike three. Manager Chris Woodward lifted Minor from the game with milestone in tow. José Leclerc struck out Marco Hernández to end the game.
After the game, Alex Cora — then the manager of the Red Sox — expressed displeasure with how the Rangers handled Minor’s milestone. Cora said, “I’m just happy our guys play the game the right way.”
Cora has since been embroiled in controversy as Major League Baseball has investigated the Astros’ use of technology to steal and relay signs during their 2017 championship season, when Cora was the bench coach. Cora then went on to become the manager of the Red Sox, leading them to a championship in 2018. MLB’s investigation of Cora’s Red Sox is ongoing. Fired by the Red Sox earlier today, Cora is facing what would seem to be a one-year suspension at minimum and very likely multiple years.
Minor gets to have the last laugh with Cora. After today’s news, Minor tweeted:
But but he plays the game the right way… whatcha got Pete?
— Mike Minor (@MikeMinor36) January 15, 2020
“Pete” refers to Pete Abraham, the Red Sox beat writer for The Boston Globe. Following last year’s kerfluffle, Abraham tweeted, “Mike Minor’s 200th strikeout should have a big asterisk. That was bush. Chasing a milestone that way is unprofessional.”
So make that two last laughs for Minor.
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Simone Biles is officially the most decorated gymnast in world history
Cassandra NegleyWriter
November 2, 2018, 5:21 PM UTC
Simone Biles won her first gold in vault at the world competition and broke an all-time record. (AP)
Another day, another record for Simone Biles at the World Championships. The gymnastics superstar has three golds in four tries at the competition in Doha, Quatar, and has set medal record marks each of the past two days in individual events.
With gold on the vault, Biles, who is dealing with kidney stones, set the record for most career world titles. A silver on the uneven bars, her first world medal in the event, makes her the first American to medal in every event at worlds.
Biles sets record for most career world titles
Biles won gold in the world vault competition, breaking a tie she made less than 24 hours prior for most world gold medals.
🎉Simone Biles is the 2018 Women's Vault World Champion🥇
Making it 🥇🥇🥇 in 3 @DohaGym2018
🥇 Biles USA🇺🇸 – 15.366
🥈Olsen CAN🇨🇦 – 14.516
🥉Moreno MEX🇲🇽 – 14.508 – 1st women's World Champ medal for 🇲🇽
Full results 👉 https://t.co/N66JL7iOy6#DohaGym2018 #GoGymtastic
— FIG (@gymnastics) November 2, 2018
The victory pushed her to 13 golds, one more than Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus. Scherbo last competed in 1996 and was inducted to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2009. He has 23 world championship medals.
The gold in vault is Biles’ first in three tries at worlds. She has two silvers and a bronze. She earned the top spot with 15.366 points, a margin of .850 over second-place finisher Shallon Olsen of Canada.
Alexa Moreno of Mexico finished third with 14.508 points.
Biles competed with the overall highest combined difficulty at 6.0 on her first jump and 5.8 on her second. She had execution scores of 9.266 and 9.666, respectively. After sitting down on her signature vault during Thursday’s all-around competition, she took out some of the difficulty according to NBC Olympics writer Nick Zaccardi.
Super🌟 Simone Biles 🇺🇸 won her 3rd 🥇🥇🥇 @DohaGym2018 with these two vaults
Can anyone stop her winning 6/6 2018 World Championship gold medals⁉ #Gymnstics #DohaGym2018 #GoGymtastic pic.twitter.com/ymgFqB9jB3
Biles wins her first uneven bars world medal
Nina Derwael of Belgium put an end to any potential 6-for-6 world outing for Biles. Derwael won the uneven bars title with 15.200 points consisting of a 8.700 execution and 6.500 difficulty.
Biles placed second with 14.700 (8.500/6.200), five-tenths of a point behind for her first medal in the world competition. The medal comes one year to the day after she returned to practice on the bars after the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she placed 14th.
With the silver, she is the first American to medal in every world championships event (team, individual, all-around and on all four apparatuses).
The one blemish for Biles’ standing as greatest gymnast ever has been her lack of medals on the uneven bars. She earned silver at the U.S. National Championships in 2013, but fell off after that. She didn’t earn another medal in the event until her gold at the 2018 U.S. National Championships and bronze at World Teams Selection Camp.
Her highest place during the years in between was fourth six separate times.
Biles has more to reach at 2018 Worlds
The 21-year-old will compete on the balance beams and in the floor exercise to close out the 2018 World Championships on Saturday. If she earns medals in both of them she’ll become the first woman to reach the podium in every event at worlds since Yelena Shushunova did it in 1987 for Soviet Russian.
Biles currently has 18 world medals in total. Two more will tie Russian Svetlana Khorkina for most medals for a woman at 20.
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Industry News & Information
NRHA Professional Award Recipients
StableManagement
Oklahoma City, Okla. – By Christina Brezack – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Professional of the Year Awards recognizes and honors individuals who exemplify excellence in the NRHA community as an NRHA Professional. These awards are presented in 5 different categories based on their 2012 involvement. This distinction is reserved exclusively for the elite individuals who, in all aspects of their career, consistently excel in perpetuating the growth of the NRHA, both in and out of the show pen, while maintaining the ideals of good horsemanship, sportsmanship and welfare of the reining horse.
Award recipients will be recognized at the NRHA Awards Banquet on Thursday, June 27 at 5:45 p.m. They will be awarded custom Montana Silversmiths Spurs.
NRHA Professional Horseman of the Year
Mike McEntire from Selma, N.C. has been an NRHA Professional since 2003. With NRHA Lifetime Earnings of over $950,000, he has placed on the Top 20 Professionals list for several years. McEntire is a perennial finalist in NRHA major events; his accomplishments in the show pen include the 2003 Novice Horse Open World Championship, 2010 NRHA Futurity Open Reserve Championship, and 2011 All American Quarter Horse Congress Championship among many others.
McEntire has coached and mentored many students to their first wins, first titles and multiple year-end championships. He has been called patient, honest and forthcoming. McEntire’s training philosophy is embodied and guided by his appreciation and consideration for the horse.
Find out more about Mike McEntire at mcentirereining.com.
NRHA Professional Horsewomen of the Year
Melanie Wilhelm from Nazareth, Texas has been an NRHA Professional since 2004. Known for her NASCAR Freestyle Reining exhibition at the 2012 4R Performance Horse Hometown Heroes Slide and NRHA Cowtown Classic Invitational Freestyle, Wilhelm is active in her local affiliates and 4-H clubs promoting the sport of Reining and youth programs. She has been the president of the West Texas Reining Horse Association and is currently the treasurer.
Wilhelm encourages her non pro and youth clients by setting goals and pushing her students to reach them. She leads by example as she reaches her own open goals, like becoming a 2011 NRHA Derby Open finalist.
Find out more about Melanie Wilhelm at wilhelmperformancehorses.com.
NRHA Professional Non Pro Coach of the Year
Kim Yancey of Ione, Calif. has been an NRHA Professional since 2003. Yancey has been featured on NRHA’s Inside Reining, participates at RHSF Rookie Days presented by Classic Equine and sponsors NRHA shows. She rode to a 2008 Top Ten finish in the Novice Horse Open. Yancey has guided countless non pros to many NRHA wins over the last 10 years. Most recently, Yancey coached the 2011 Silver Spurs Equine Rookie of the year Champion and Reserve Champion.
Yancey takes her time with her clients making sure they understand concepts as they work on their set goals. She has been called the “Mother Teresa of Reining” due to her honest, caring characteristics as well as caring for the horses as her own.
Kim Yancey’s contact information can be found at yanceyperformancehorses.com.
NRHA Professional Youth Coach of the Year
Mack Weaver of Morgan, Utah has been an NRHA Professional since 2009. With the most nomination ballets of all the Professional Award nominees, Weaver has made a great impact on the youth where he emphasizes respect, work ethic, volunteerism and above all fun. Weaver demonstrates patience and a unique aptitude to teaching horsemanship skills to the young riders he coaches. Weaver and his wife, Ashley, are always willing to give up their time to volunteer with the youth in the Intermountain Reining Horse Association by helping raise money even by riding all day dressed as a women – all for love of their youth.
With his continual promotion of the sport of Reining, Weaver uses his extra time to put on clinics. He was one of the trainers that help put on the Purina Ride a Reiner at the Professional Bull Riders World Finals last fall. He also helped coach one of the police officers for the 4R Performance Horses Hometown Heroes Slide in 2012.
To find out more about Mack Weaver visit them at weaverreining.com.
NRHA Professional Up-And-Coming Trainer of the Year
Matthew Hudson from Marieville, Quebec has been an NRHA Professional only since the beginning of 2012. He finished the year in the Top 20 Professionals earning more than $96,700. In the last two years, Hudson has increased his NRHA Lifetime earnings from $27,000 to more than $190,000. As a leader in the professional groups in Canada, he is a great advocate and supporter of NRHA and the sport of Reining. He is confident, competitive, hardworking and humble.
2012 was a great year for Hudson. He was an NRHA Futurity Open Level 4 and 3 division finalist, All American Quarter Horse Congress Futurity Level 3 Open Co-Champion and Level 4 Open finalist, National Reining Breeders Classic Level 3 and 4 division finalist along with being named Trainer of the Year for Quebec.
To find out more about Matthew Hudson visit equineplus-excalibur-en.com.
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EQUUS Magazine Awards 2013 Professional Horseman Award
GAITHERSBURG, MD — MAR. 23, 2013 — Dr. Amy Plummer Weatherly to receive the 2013 EQUUS Professional Horseman Award, sponsored by Platinum Performance, Zinpro and W.F. Young, Inc.
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Gunner – Newest NRHA Five Million Dollar Sire
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May 22, 2018 February 25, 2019 by Jason Luthor
The Importance of Weirdness in Writing
Popular media is full of ‘sameness.’ The movie theaters are filled with superhero and Star Wars films that carry the same essential tone, filling their worlds with a recognizable setup of personal drama intersected by a society damaging threat in which the drama is softened by punctuated humor. Snark and sarcasm, weaved into the original Iron Man film and heightened through the Avengers film and the writing approach of Joss Whedon, are among the most defining features of Disney owned properties.In video games, war games tend to iterate on themselves without evolving, bringing little new in the way of narrative.
Worse, there’s very little that shocks. Highly CG enemies are common, demons and alien space threats are reduced to boxing matches between CG opponents, and movie, television, and film are created by committee. Business executives finalize story decisions based on feedback received from focus groups. As a result, the current environment is conducive to stories deemed ‘safe.’ Even Marvel Films was, until just a few years ago, guided by a central approval group that gave a thumbs up or down based on what they felt was marketable.
The cosmic villain of the Dr. Strange movie is sadly tame by 80s standards.
Yet many of the most memorable media of the past 20th century is the result of a single vision either put to paper or film. Cult films have a permanent place among fans who can now connect like never before through the power of the internet. Consider the following films from the 70s and 80s and even early 90s.
Rock and Rule, a rock musical featuring a group of humanoid rats living in the post-apocalyptic future in which an aging Mick Jagger-esque rock start tries to summon a demon by which he can become a god, a demon that can only be destroyed through the power of love and music.
Battling demons back through the power of music.
Labyrinth, a musical fantasy film in which a spoiled babysitter with an overly active imagination has to make her way through a labyrinth filled by bizarre creatures and overseen by the David Bowie played Goblin King in search of her kidnapped baby brother in a coming-of-age story.
The sexual tension was definitely a metaphor for puberty. Still creepy.
Cool World, an animation-live film hybrid about a cartoon woman who seduces her real life animator to have sex with him so that she can become real and featuring a dying Brad Pitt whose sexual encounter with his cartoon girlfriend cartoon gives him an afterlife in the cartoon world.
That is indeed Brad Pitt. Oh, and Holly Wood, his cartoon seductress.
Video games, while unable to carry their premises because of a lack of technology, still rested on weird and bizarre premises.
Blaster Master, a game in which your frog disappears into the underground and you follow to rescue him only to find he’s been mutated into an eldritch horror by underground aliens that you have to fight using a mobile tank whose origin is never provided.
Just your average fight against your super mutated pet frog.
Astyanax, a game where you play a boy from the real world who daydreams too much, gets sucked into a fantasy world by a fairy named Cutie, charged with saving this fantasy world by saving the princess Rosebud but during which your fairy companion sacrifices herself and is later resurrected as your high school girlfriend by the princess.
What is even happening in this ad?
Even mainstream developers had strange premises. Metroid features a descent into the underground of an alien planet to hunt a life essence sucking creature called a Metroid being bread by space pirates led by a gigantic cyber organic brain known as the Mother Brain.
This is a perfectly normal mastermind villain.
Even books were weird, though novels remain less susceptible to the mainstreaming forces of television, game, and movie directors. Pick up The Lord of the Rings again and say it isn’t weird with a straight face. It’s a fantasy epic that takes meandering tangents into the lives of characters like Tom Bombadil, a representation of the planet that existed before the first evil arrived in Middle-earth. On the other hand, pick up At the Mountains of Madness or any other Lovecraft book and you’ll find yourself in a descent into eldritch horror full of primordial evils without explanation.
The larger point is that even when a movie or game was disappointing, and there are many on this list that were, the odd premises and attempt to bring something unusual to life made it memorable. Cool World is a film strictly for a niche audience and Astyanax is never a game that will get a sequel. On the other hand, when the execution was there, the story went down in history. Metroid continues to receive sequels to this day, many of which try to capture the same unsettling vibe of the first few games, while Labyrinth is one of the most beloved Jim Henson films of the 80s – even if it was unsettling.
That’s a concept that writers have shied away from in recent years – the feeling of being unsettled. In the ever ongoing attempt to expand markets and draw in as many readers or viewers as possible, stories have been less willing to brave the weird and strange. Even the strangest enemies remain safe. You won’t find many heroes beating their enemies through the power of music anymore, and the villains will often fall into safe classes of CG.
Stranger Things exemplifies the modern desire for the weird.
That’s not to say that the weird and strange isn’t entirely gone. Stranger Things proved that people till want stories that are creepy and unsettling, with a feeling that things are unsafe. Characters die in Stranger Things that don’t come back – something films in the 80s were willing to do that modern films are not, unless the entire point of the film is to be a war or slasher movie. This series involves weird government experiments, a parallel dimension inhabited by a violent mouth faced creature, and a psychic girl that can explode people’s’ heads.
Fooly Cooly was a landmark piece on adolescence masked in nonsense metaphors.
Another example of the weird from a different perspective is the current revival of theclassic anime show, Fooly Cooly, which is set to start broadcasting in June. Revolving around an alien girl who seeks a cosmic power by using her dimension spanning powers to pull robots and guitars out of people’s’ heads, Fooly Cooly features battle with swinging Gibson used to destroy multi armed gun totting androids. Oh, and the size of those guitars is representative of the male penis and the central theme of the show is coming to terms with puberty and the complex sexual interactions that come with that.
Writers are always looking for a larger audience, but that pursuit cannot be conducted at the expense of pursuing bold and interesting ideas.
Sometimes that exploration will pay off with a classic, and at other times it will turn into a dud appreciated only within niche audiences. But better to brave the new and remarkable than to turn in safe rehashes of the same material time and time again. It’s fine to present well-worn tropes and plot lines, but do it well, and be willing to put your own spin on things. Don’t write by committee, but by vision, and challenge the common perceptions of what sells. There’s an audience out there for the wonderful and the strange, you just have to find it.
Bonus! One of the defining songs from Fooly Cooly: Ride on Shooting Star.
And some creative backgrounds from innovative films.
The toon world of Cool World.
Ohmtown in Rock and Rule.
The planet Thra in Dark Crystal.
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How Netflix Creates Cultural Relevance
Posted on January 27, 2019 by ddeal
Tidying up with Marie Kondo is more than a Netflix reality television series about an organizing consultant who helps people de-clutter their homes. It’s a cultural phenomenon. Since Netflix aired eight episodes January 1, Tidying up with Marie Kondo has sparked a discussion about Japanese culture, the role of books in our lives, our societal pursuit of happiness, and materialism, among other topics. The show also demonstrates a major advantage Netflix wields against Amazon Video and Hulu: cultural relevance.
Tidying up with Marie Kondo is one of many examples of how Netflix seeps into our everyday culture by creating relevant content and even shaping our behavior. Netflix is not the only streaming service to create content that taps into the cultural zeitgeist – Hulu does so in spades with The Handmaid’s Tale. But Netflix creates cultural relevance more consistently and in more ways.
Prophet Brand Relevance Index
According to the Prophet Brand Relevance Index, Netflix is the fourth-most relevant brand in the United States, behind Pinterest, Amazon, and Apple and ahead of companies such as Google and Nike. Amazon ranks ahead of Netflix not because of its streaming service but because of its ecommerce leadership – an important distinction. Amazon Video creates original content as a means to an end – to gain more Prime members for Amazon. Netflix lives and dies by the strength of its content. And the difference shows.
According to Prophet, “[Netflix’s] relevance comes from knowing what we want to watch, which means old favorites and $12 billion worth of exciting new projects, including contracts with executive producer Shonda Rhimes, director Spike Lee and former President and First Lady, Barack and Michelle Obama.”
Creating Cultural Relevance
Prophet focused on consumer relevance. Netflix’s cultural relevance goes beyond knowing what we want to watch although content is one important element. Cultural relevance means influencing how we talk, how we behave, how we work, and, yes, what we watch. Here are some examples:
Netflix and Chill
Netflix is part of our everyday vernacular. You don’t hear anyone refer to “Hulu and Chill” or “Amazon Video and Chill” as a euphemism for having sex. And let’s not even consider a world in which “Disney+ and Chill” catches on once Disney launches its own streaming service, Disney+. “Netflix and Chill” has become so common we don’t necessarily equate the phrase with its original meaning. The article “Netflix and Chill . . . and Share it on Instagram Stories” by Geoff Desreumaux certainly does not refer to hooking up. And I’m pretty sure investor Dan Victor wasn’t thinking about getting some afternoon delight when he wrote the Seeking Alpha financial analysis of Netflix, “Buy Netflix and Chill – It’s Going Back to $400.”
“Netflix and chill” is not the only example of Netflix-related phrases that have worked their way into our vocabulary. For instance, “Netflix cheating” is the act of watching episodes of a Netflix series ahead of your partner. Netflexting occurs when two people watch a Netflix show in different locations and text each other at the same time. Netflix block happens when you scroll through your Netflix queue and cannot settle on something to watch. Here are more phrases that demonstrate Netflix achieving cultural relevance through our vocabulary.
Netflix is capable of creating a cultural phenomenon, as seen with Tidying up with Marie Kondo and Dear White People, the latter of which has attained relevance through the ongoing societal conversation about race and white privilege. Perhaps the best example of the Netflix effect is the popularity of Strangers Things, which has become a catalyst for 1980s nostalgia, an inspiration for cosplayers, and a musical tastemaker (to the regret of “Africa” haters everywhere). In fact, it’s a global phenomenon.
The cultural relevance with content occurs two ways:
Creating content from another medium that has already attracted an audience (Tidying up with Marie Kondo was already a well-known book, and Dear White People was a notable movie first).
Releasing content that becomes so popular that its success transcends its original medium, which is what happened with Stranger Things.
In fact, most of Netflix’s original content does not enter the cultural mainstream the way Stranger Things has done. But Netflix hits the mark more than anyone else.
Netflix is actually changing our behavior. When Netflix began dropping all episodes of its new TV shows simultaneously, we responded by changing how we watch TV. Thanks to Netflix, we consume show after show for hours at a time. We now watch what we want when we want it, instead of a network making us wait for a weekly broadcast. The phrase “binge-watch” became the Collins English Dictionary word of the year in 2015. Four years later, we’re still talking about binge watching. Mashable devotes a section of its news content to binge watching. And you can get paid to binge watch. Binge watching is bigger than ever.
Highly Aligned, and Loosely Coupled
Netflix is also culturally relevant to the workplace. Netflix is well known among management consultants and the HR community for the way the company operates. Netflix is known for its “highly aligned, loosely coupled” approach of setting a clear strategy but empowering work teams to act autonomously. We now have PhD-level management consultants extolling the “7 Aspects of Netflix’s Company Culture That You’ll Want to Copy.” Its 2009 Culture Deck is called “the BIG DADDY of culture decks.” Its technology blog is also popular among product developers and engineers throughout the workplace. Amazon is also closely followed for its management practices – but here again, I’m focusing on the streaming business, where Amazon Video doesn’t create the kind of conversation for its business practices that Netflix does.
But cultural relevance is fleeting. You can’t manufacture cultural relevance on demand although you can improve your odds by adapting already-popular content that has been tested in another medium, as with Tidying up with Marie Kondo and Dear White People. So far, Netflix sets the pace. But it will be interesting to see what happens when Disney launches Disney+. Disney wrote the book on cultural relevance and is well positioned to challenge Netflix with its Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars brands (Star Wars created the template for phenomenon such as Stranger Things). The key will be how well Disney draws upon these popular names to create new content, which it plans to do with shows such as original episodes coming from Marvel. Disney+ will be an extremely costly venture. But Disney has very deep pockets, while Netflix is under constant pressure from investors for its spending. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has his work cut out for him. But I think he’s up for the challenge. And he’s operating with a big head start and an ability to do things that no one else sees coming, such as introducing binge watching.
The next frontier for Netflix will be to create cultural relevance in international markets such as India, which is proving to be an enormously difficult task. In India, Netflix also has its hands full with local competitors such as Hotstar. Because of its cash burn rate, Netflix is under more pressure to ramp up faster in markets such as India. The race is on – and the next several months will prove to be exciting.
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Mansoor will take on Cesaro at Crown Jewel
Saudi Arabian WWE superstar Mansoor is in for the “shock of his life” when he returns to Riyadh this week – says the man who will take him on at Crown Jewel.
Cesaro will battle Mansoor at the King Fahd International Stadium in one of the night’s biggest matches.
Mansoor shot to fame earlier this year when he defeated a plethora of WWE superstars at the biggest Battle Royal in history at Super ShowDown in Jeddah.
But now he returns to the Kingdom in singles action against one of WWE’s most seasoned campaigners.
“Mansoor has come a long way in WWE and has really made a name for himself,” said Cesaro. “It will be an emotional occasion for him with all his home town fans and family and friends in the audience.”
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Bruno Doesn’t Realize He’s Not Mayor Anymore: Asking for donations for centennial!
You have to admit, ex-mayor of Ravena, John T. Bruno, may have old-man balls but he does have a big pair. In fact, he’s got the balls to have sent out a letter to Ravena residents begging for money to fund the Bruno-Warren-Deluca centennial events, events conjured up by his crooked administration and the crooks he surrounded himself with.
BRUNO’S GOT A PAIR
Ex-mayor of the village of Ravena, John T. Bruno, recently sent out an undated letter to Ravena residents in which he acts as though he were still mayor of Ravena. Poor senile bastard is having a hard time letting go of his office keys and doesn’t know that technically he’s not mayor any more and has to start cooling his rejected jets. What’s even more pitiful is that Bruno doesn’t seem to realize that the jig is up! The world knows about his corruption and his crooked administration, and about his lackeys Nancy Warner and Cathy Deluca, both of whom are going to be back on the street, but who also can’t seem to grasp that their days in village hall are numbered. They still think that they have Bruno’s threats and strongarm tactics to keep them in their playpens at taxpayer expense.
While Nancy Warner is a trustee and should be doing her job for which she was elected, she’s got her hooked nose in everything else. But that’s Nancy Warner, never could mind her own business. But now that her pimp is out of office, she’s going to be very lonely—she’s already kissing and cudling up to mayor-elect Bill Misuraca, hoping to cast off the Bruno stench and make new allies. If mayor-elect Misuraca falls for it he’s going to be a disappointment. Clean house completely Misuraca. Take no prisoners. Leave one standing and you’ll find the knife in your back. Look what happened in New Baltimore with the leftovers from the O’Rorke gang!
And what’s Cathy Deluca doing chairing a centennial committee when her playpen, the Ravena Health and Fitness Center can’t get enough members to break even? Why isn’t she concentrating every minute of every day ensuring that Ravena taxpayer’s hard-earned dollars are paying off? Of course not, Deluca’s a greedy bitch who gets her rocks off grabbing everything in sight, contaminating it with Deluca stench, and then leaving it to die a slow death, while she does the cellulite jiggle all the way to the bank! Now after she’s done her damage with the support of ex-mayor John Bruno and his bitch, Nancy Warner, Deluca wants to manage the centennial celebrations down to hell and beyond, putting her stamp on it. Our question is this: What’s in it for Cathy Deluca. There has to be something to steal or grab somewhere!
So we really had to rush to the bathroom when we read this part of the Bruno begging letter (read or download the entire letter New letter from Bruno WTF[2]):
As you can imagine planning and coordinating all of these activities require a lot of effort on the part of a number of volunteers. In addition to the effort needed to provide these activities it also requires that some additional money is spent to bring this celebration to our community. The village Board has made provision in its budget to meet some of these costs, but we cannot let all of the cost fall to the taxpayers. Some of the events, such as the Gala will allow us to charge a ticket fee to attend. However others such as the Parade and are true community events and no fee can or will be charged. With this in mind we are seeking sponsors to assist us in meeting the costs of this once in a lifetime celebration.
Bruno continues to think that village of Ravena taxpayers and residents are as stupid as they were two years ago, before this blog started exposing the crooks and their vile corruption. The proposed budget for 2014-15 includes $11,000 for “Celebrations” (page 9, item 7550.44). In the Adjusted Budget for 2013-14, $6,000 was allocated for “celebrations,” and while we can’t remember any “celebrations” we do remember some events associated with the illegal Ravena Health and Fitness Center that were probably paid for with that “celebrations” money. So add about $6,000 to the $105,000 already allocated to Cathy Deluca’s playpen, because we didn’t see any celebrations last year in Ravena.
And then Bruno goes on to talk about how the village needs “Sponsors” to cover the cost of the centennial celebrations. You really want to laugh out loud when you read this crap because if Bruno hadn’t done his best to drive residents and business out of Ravena, he wouldn’t have to beg for sponsors. They’d be there on Main Street! Ask Mr Nunziato (Halfway House) about that!
But this paragraph really makes you sick to your stomach:
For additional information on the events or if you are interested in working with the committee on any of the other events please contact, Committee Chair Cathy Deluca at the Ravena Health and Fitness Center at Village Hall , 15 Mountain Road, Ravena, NY 12143,518,756.5544 or ravhf@mhcable.com
Can you believe this, Spock?
What a slap in the face of Ravena residents and taxpayers! He’s shoving Cathy Deluca and the Ravena Health and Fitness Center down residents’ throats as “Committee Chair” of the centennial events! Let’s make this suggestion to Mr Bruno: Cathy Deluca has milked the village of Ravena for $30,000 a year plus benefits. The word on the street is that Bruno handed Cathy Deluca a playpen called the Ravena Health and Fitness Center as a reward for some favors done by her or her husband, Dirty-Hands Jerry Deluca, a former employee of the Coeymans police department. We can’t even start to imagine the corruption that was going on to get Cathy Deluca another health club to run and fail. Then Bruno and his monkeys on the Ravena village board spent more than $40,000 in taxpayer dollars on used fitness equipment bought from a friend of Village Hall, and allocated more than $105,000 in the 2013-14 village budget to run Cathy Deluca’s playpen, the Ravena Health and Fitness Center. The 2014-15 proposed budget allocates another more than $105,000 to run the Fitness Center and even gives Cathy Deluca a $900 pay raise. We don’t understand this waste of taxpayer money for several reasons: (1) the Fitness Center is losing money, (2) the Fitness Center isn’t getting members to offset the cost of running it, (3) the 2014-15 proposed budget actually shows that the Fitness Center is expected to operate more than $50,000 in the red in 2014-15, (4) the Village Proposed Budget for 2014-15 shows that the Village doesn’t expect the Fitness Center to break even in the budget period, (5) the Fitness Center doesn’t pay any rent to the Village for the space it occupies, nor is there any evidence it pays for utilities or for insurance. So here’s our suggestion to Mr ex-mayor John Bruno when he writes that he needs money for the community celebration of the 100 years of incorporation of the Village of Ravena:
Fire Cathy Deluca and you’ll save at least $30,000 more for the celebrations
Close the Ravena Health and Fitness Center and you’ll save at least another $50,000-$105,000
Sell the used fitness equipment you purchased from Bob Fisk for $40,000 and you’ll probably have to go in the hole to cover the costs of carting the junk equipment away
Get rid of the Ravena Village Court and you’ll save at least $85,000 (Hal Warner’s salary is $15,948 and the justice clerk makes more than $40,000; the part-time clerk makes more than $12,000. That’s more than $67,000 in savings right there!)
Return some of the money your administration has either stolen or squandered or paid to insiders (did we mention Michael Biscone or Gregory Teresi?) and we could probably renovate all of Main Street, Ravena, and have plenty to spare!
Now there’s a sensible plan for funding the community celebrations that Mr Bruno’s feeble-minded letter does not propose. Ravena voters have taken a major step in the direction of revitalizing the Village of Ravena without having to resort to begging: Voters got rid of John Bruno, Martin Case, and Rocco Persico. There’s still a lot of pest control to be done in Ravena Village Hall and voters can clean up Nancy Warner and Bill Bailey in the next elections, or they could avoid the embarassment and humiliation of losing the elections by simply resigning now. Mayor-elect Misuraca and the new Village board majority can take the bull by the horns and clean up the rest of the dead wood and garbage in Village Hall and eliminate the money pits like Cathy Deluca’s playpen and Nancy and Hal Warner’s playpen, the Ravena Village Court. That would be a really good start.
Maybe if Bruno and his Coeymanazi friends hadn’t persecuted, harassed, and intimidated the Greater Coeymans Ravena Area Community Business Group and the Ravena-Coeymans Youth and Teen Activity Center things might have turned out less noxious and maybe even a bit rosier. But …
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For Years Gerald a.k.a. “Dirty-Hands Jerry” Deluca Has Been the Scoundrel of Coeymans and Now The New York State Association of Fire Chiefs Has Hired Deluca to be Their Executive Director and CEO! Is this A Bad Joke, NYSAFC?
Deluca Pulls a fast-one on the Fire Chiefs Association
Jerry Deluca Sure Knows How to Cook a Résumé
For years now, the Ravena-Coeymans community has been witness to Cathy and Jerry Deluca playing fast and easy with the village and the town, lying, cheating, abusing, harassing, intimidating. Cathy Deluca has a mask for every occasion and has been taking the village of Ravena for a ride for years, her most recent scam being the Ravena Health and Fitness Center (soon to go bye-bye), Cathy’s playpen, to the tune of $30,000 a year plus benefits. Dirty-Hands Jerry played dirty cop for years in the Coeymans police department and recently resigned but not before he was able to disgrace everyone associated with the Coeymans police department and do irreparable damage to local residents’ confidence in law enforcement and in the Coeymans police deparment. Deluca is an arch-liar, cheat, and soundrel.
We have been reporting on Deluca’s very suspicious claims of lobbying, consulting, public relations activities while employed full-time with the Coeymans police department, and have raised questions of fraud by Deluca, who recently resigned from the Coeymans police department after claiming to be on the force for 32 years. We questioned that claim because the numbers simply didn’t work out. And then he had all these claims of other employment, including with the NYS Assembly (where no one seems to have heard of him or they won’t admit knowing him), to the ARANY directorship (ARANY is a special interest automotive recycling organization), his questionable contacts with the NYS Department of Environmental Conserviation, and so many other claims that Deluca makes the impression of being capable of being in several places at the same time. Did the town of Coeymans drop the ball when investigationg Deluca?
The Town of Coeymans town board didn’t seem to do any checks on Deluca. His buddy and pal, Coeymans police chief Gregory Darlington didn’t seem interested in doing any checks on Deluca’s claims, either. Why did Deluca get away with his frauds?
What’s worse, now that the fat rat has jumped ship in Coeymans he seems to have bamboozled the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, too! In an announcement appearing on the Association’s website we found old Dirty-Hands Jerry learing with a self-satisfied grin (see photo above) as if saying, “Did it again! Fooled the stupid bastards at NYSAFC, too!” (Read the entire farce at “NYSAFC Appoints New Executive Director & CEO” (March 24, 2014).
The New York State Association of Fire Chiefs (NYSAFC), is the statewide association representing career and volunteer fire chiefs throughout New York. In the online artile announcing the appointment, the NYSAFC writes:
DeLuca has an extensive history of public and emergency service as well as being a highly qualified association manager. He has previously worked as executive director of the Automotive Recyclers Association of New York and as the director of government affairs for the New York State Motor Truck Association.
DeLuca has a long history with the fire service. He currently is a deputy county fire coordinator in Albany County and was previously 1st assistant chief of the Ravena Fire Department. DeLuca also served as a part-time police investigator and public information officer for the Town of Coeymans Police Department.
Does anyone in the Ravena-Coeymans recognize any truth in that description of old Dirty-Hands Jerry? We certaingly don’t.
The New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, by publishing such garbage, have wittingly or unwittingly labeled themselves as the winners of the 2014 Dumbass Award, hands down. The New York State Association of Fire Chiefs selection committee have done the NYSAFC a gross disservice and an unpardonable injustice by labeling it as a haven for the likes of Dirty-Hands Jerry Deluca. They’ve also identified themselfs as being incompetent in hiring/appointing capable individuals with any semblance of honor, honesty, or integrity—character features absolutely absent in Dirty-Hands Jerry. The NYSAFC has also identified itself as pitiably ignorant or indifferent to the image it has cast of itself, to the great dishonor and discredit of its membership, by associating itself at all with the likes of Dirty-Hands Jerry. It’s absolutely scandalous that any credible organization should associate itself with the person and the legacy of Gerald Delcuca, and even worse to put him in a position of such visibility as Executive Director/CEO!
Doesn’t the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs do Résumé Checks or Background Inquiries????
Gerald “Dirty-Hands Jerry” Deluca’s Résumé
The NYSAFC announcement says that Dirty-Hands Jerry was a “highly qualified association manager,” that Deluca was “executive director of the Automotive Recyclers Association of New York” and that Deluca “a part-time police investigator“. That’s not everything Deluca claims to be or to have done but it does suffice to raise quite a number of questions about Deluca’s fraudulent claims. If he was, aa the announcement claims, a “part-time police investigator” how is it that the newspapers of the Johnson Newspaper Group touted him as having 32 years on the Coeymans police force, falsely giving the impression he was full-time for 32 years! So, did Deluca resign/retire on a part-timer’s pension? And if he was part time on the Coeymans police force, and was doing all those other things he claims to have done, he must have been full-time or part-time employed somewhere else. Where might that have been? And where and how did Deluca become “a highly qualified association manager?” If he’s such a hotshot association manager and executive director, why in hell was he working part-time as a police investigator for a measly $30k a year?!? If he’s so experienced, highly qualified, and so in demand, why wasn’t he making 4 or 5-times that amount or more? Something’s fishy here…it stinks like Deluca, in fact. Just like Jerry Deluca’s wife, Cathy Deluca, closed at least two fitness centers and a public relations office (or so she claims) but has no qualifications whatsoever, and weasles her way into becoming director of the Ravena Health and Fitness Center, which is failing, losing tons of taxpayer money, and will likely be closed soon! That’s the Deluca fraud: lies. All lies!
Even for argument’s sake, if what the NYSAFC writes about Deluca is true and what the local news media writes is mistaken and Delcua was in fact a “part-time police investigator” he must have had another job somewhere, even if it was only part-time. But where, Jerry, might that have been? And what was that other job? Did it create a conflict of interest with your police department activiites? Did you misuse your position with the Coeymans police to further your other positions, if any? Quite a few reports that you did in fact abuse your access to privileged police department information sources to intimidate residents and further your interests. The Town of Coeymans is going to have to explain your claim of 32 years on the Coeymans police force and we’re going to call the Civil Service Department to task to verify your entitlement to a pension. Maybe NYSAFC should be more diligent in it’s checking. Maybe NYSAFC members should demand more due diligence from their organization’s aministrative staff. Or does the NYSAFC hire Executive Directors/CEOs with only questionable part-time employment. But that still doesn’t explain some of the wild claims made in the NYSAFC announcement, does it?
If the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs Swallowed Deluca’s Story Either They’re Just as Crooked or Dumb as Dirt!
It’s obvious that the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs failed to do a résumé or background check on Dirty-Hands Jerry or they would have discovered the many complaints made against him for everything from misdemeanor harassment of women, intimidation, obstruction of justice, sundry lies, abuse of public office, corruption. We wonder what the membership of the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs will make of their new Executive Director/CEO when they read this blog and the many articles on Dirty-Hands Jerry and his scandalous conduct here at home.
O.K. This is a bad joke. Right? NYS Association of Fire Chiefs? You Really Didn’t Fall for Old Dirty-Hands Jerry’s Lies and Frauds, Did You?
And what’s the Town of Coeymans town board doing about the outstanding complaints and Notices of Claim filed against Gerald “Dirty-Hands Jerry” Deluca and his partner-in-crime, Cathy Deluca? Or are the outstanding complaints against him and the Coeymans police department going to disappear like they’ve done in the past? It seems the criminals get to go Scott free in the Town of Coeymans, and most of them find a home in the Coeymans police department, later to be welcomed with open arms by the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs!!!
Residents, citizens, voters WAKE UP! Write to the NYSAFC and demand that they dump Deluca. Call lthe Town of Coeymans town board to task and demand that the criminals in the Coeymans police department, especially Deluca’s accomplice in obstruction of justice, Gregory Darlington, be disciplined. Support the civic drive to eliminate the Coeymans police department.
NYSAFC: You Made A Big Mistake! Investigate Deluca, then Terminate Him!!!
NYSAFC GETS OUR NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
ONLY LOSERS HIRE JERRY DELUCA
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Posted by Principal Editor on March 27, 2014 in 18 USC § 4 - Misprision of Felony, Abuse, Abuse of Public Office, Accountability, Albany, Albany County Civil Service, Albany County District Attorney, Albany County Sheriff Department, ARANY, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Capital District, Catherine Deluca, Catherine M. Deluca, Cathy Deluca, Catskill-Hudson Newspapers, Civil Lawsuit, Civil Right Violation, Claude A. Wheeles, Coeymanazis, Coeymans, Coeymans Police Department, Coeymans Town Board, Columbia-Greene Media, Conspiracy, Corrupt Police, Corruption, Craig D. Apple Sr., Daily Mail, DEC, DeLuca Public Affairs, Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of State, Eliminate Coeymans Police Department, FBI, FBI Criminal Information System, FBI Public Corruption Squad, Gerald Deluca, Greene County News, Gregory Darlington, Harassment, Harold Warner, Hearst Corporation, Hypocrisy, Intimidation, Investigation, Jerry Deluca, John T. Bruno, Law Enforcement, Main Street Small Business Coalition, Making an apparently sworn false statement, Mark Vinciguerra, Mayor Bruno, Michael Biscone, Michael J. Biscone, Misconduct, Misinformation, Mismanagement, Misuse of Public Office, Moose Misuraca, MSSBC, Nancy Biscone-Warner, Nancy Warner, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State, New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, New York State Civil Service Department, New York State Police, News Channel 10, News Channel 13, News Channel 6, News Herald, Notice of Claim, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, NYSAFC, Obstruction of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Official Misconduct, Pete Lopez, Phillip Crandall, Public Corruption, Ravena, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk, Ravena Health and Fitness Center, Ravena News Herald, RegisterStar, Retaliation, Scott Giroux, Stephen Flach, Stupidity, The Daily Mail, Thomas E. Dolan, Times Union, Times Useless, Tom Dolan, Transparency, William Bailey
Making Shite Shine: “32 Years on the Force”
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Why try to make a turd shine?
This won’t work on Jerry, no matter how hard the Ravena News Herald tries!
The Ravena News Herald Does it Again!
Bryan Rowzee, local kiss-ass scriptwriter for the Ravena News Herald, manages to make shite shine in his recent front-page article “Retiring veteran officer DeLuca looks back on 32 years on the force.”
We are still having humongous problems with Dirty-Hands Jerry’s claim to have been on the Coeymans police force for 32 years. Our concerns—NO! Our suspicions—are based on Deluca’s published résumé on LinkedIn (which appears to have been recently updated), and simple math. We’re also wondering about Deluca’s ability to be in so many places at the same time and doing so many things in a limited period of time, while still being an active member of a law enforcement entity.
And sock-puppet Bryan Rowzee doesn’t account for the gap in Deluca’s law-enforcement career that was allegedly at least 2-4 years, when—you all remember this—then police chief Scott Giroux cleaned up the Coeymans police department by firing Deluca and several others. Deluca was later re-hired—and we question the legality of that rehire in terms of civil service law—by his buddy Gregory Darlington, when the mistake was made by then Coeymans town supervisor Ron Houghtaling to put Darlington in the police chief’s office.
And why doesn’t Bryan Rowzee of the Ravena News Herald pick up on Deluca’s many claims of employment with so many other employers? Would that perk up the community’s ears and raise some eyebrows regarding the legitimacy of Deluca’s claim to be “looking back 32 years on the force”?
Here’s what Deluca puts on his online résumé (or have a look for yourself. Just click here: Deluca’s LinkedIn Résumé):
In the “Summary” Deluca writes:
“I have 30 years experience working with and for the NYS Legislature and Government.
I have also been a police officer for the Town of Coeymans since 1982
Specialties:Legislative and Transportation Issues”
Wow! Jerry! How did Rowzee miss the 30 years “working with and for the NYS Legislature and Government” part that apparently ran concurrently with the claimed 32 years on the Coeymans police force? And how did Rowzee miss Deluca’s claim to be a specialist in “Legislative and Transportation Issues”? How did we in the community miss these “brilliant” credentials in a man making barely $31,000 as an investigator on the Coeymans police force (source: SeeThroughNY, 2013 Salaries)!
That’s not all. Deluca then goes on to write about his “Experience,” and this is where it gets really interesting—OOPS! Did we write “interesting,” we meant suspicious:
DeLuca Public Affairs
October 2005 – Present (8 years 5 months)
DeLuca Public Affairs is a firm specializing in Government Relations and Association Management
Main Street Small Business Coalition
September 2005 – Present (8 years 6 months)
Town of Coeymans Police Department
February 1982 – Present (32 years 1 month) (This is how we know Deluca updated this résumé)
MSSBC
January 2009 – December 2012 (4 years)
As Executive Director of the ARANY, I served as one o the Directors of the Main Street Small Business
Coalition.
September 2005 – December 2012 (7 years 4 months)
ARANY is a statewide trade association representing the Auto Dismantling Industry in New York State.
The ARANY contracted with DeLuca Public Affairs for me to serve as their Executive Director and
Lobbyist. During that time I oversaw all operations of the association, including working with the board,
managing a statewide trade show, financial management and serving on and Chairing committees for
the national association
Legislative Associate
1980 – 1993 (13 years)
[Editor’s Note: In response to our inquiries, the NYS Assembly has no knowledge of Deluca or his claim to be a legislative associate. Of course, if Mr Deluca can provide hard proof of such activity, we’ll be happy to correct the information, and share it with the NYS Assembly.]
We’re just wondering if Mr Deluca’s connections with ARANY, the special-interest, lobbying organization, Automotive Recyclers Association of New York, might not have some connection with the scrap business plans in Coeymans? How does Deluca’s law enforcement activity tie in with this lobbying, special interest group? Did Deluca’s position as executive director of ARANY have any impact on Deluca’s performance as a law enforcement officer? Like did he show preferences or favoritism in criminal investigations? Or bias or prejudice? What are his connections with land use and zoning in the town of Coeymans? Is there public corruption here?
The Hippo
Now, all joking aside: If you were an employer looking at this slug’s résumé, wouldn’t you have just a few questions about all of these “employments”? Wouldn’t you have a very well-founded suspicion of some sort of fraud or at least misrepresentation going on here? Well, we do. Especially when Gerald “Dirty-Hands Jerry” Deluca is resigning/retiring and will be expecting to cash in on 32 years on the Coeymans police force! That means a check every month coming from the public’s cashbox!
Jerry Deluca Mugshot
A face you can really trust
We say: Before Gerald “Dirty-Hands Jerry” Deluca gets a single penny or cashes a single check, the New York State Civil Service Department has to clarify some small details like: How did Mr Deluca manage to hold down so many positions while on the Coeymans police force? How many of those positions and activities claimed by Mr Deluca constituted illegal or unethical conflicts of interest with his law enforcement activities? How did those activities play into Deluca’s performance as a police officer and crime investigator? In short, how can Mr Deluca reconcile his claims regarding “experience” and the many positions he has held up to the “present” or up to “2012” as claimed in his résumé?
We’d like to know what Deluca’s connections are in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the DEC, Laverne “Larry” Conrad, and Deluca’s other extracurricular connections have to do with local land-grabbing, zoning changes, misuse of public office and insider activities resulting in personal enrichment.
We’d like to know why Bryan Rowzee has skimmed over all of this and, in addition, fails to mention the obstruction of justice involving Deluca and his wife Cathy Deluca and the complaints against her that were filed with the Coeymans police department and got swept under the table there. What about the Notices of Claims against Mr and Mrs Deluca?
Why haven’t we heard about Mr Deluca’s harassment of a local woman at a RCS CSD school board meeting—a crime perpetrated together with Guess who? Mr Matthew Miller, teacher NYSUT representative at the RCS CSD—We might want to ask Coeymans police chief Gregory Darlington and Mr Bryan Rowzee where that investigation went. It’s not only a civil investigation but a criminal investigation that, once reported, must be investigated. How about that Mr Darlington, Mr Rowzee?
And we won’t even mention the fine moral and ethical example set by Mr Gerald Deluca, a so-called “father figure” (at least according to the pervert Town of Coeymans board member Ken Burns), when he violated Church (Deluca is a parishioner at Ravena’s RC Church of St Patrick and also a “reader” there) and New York State Law on adultery, while allegedly serving on the Coeymans police force, with the current Mrs Deluca. How about that, Jerry, Greg, Bryan? Here’s the law, if you need a reminder:
Section 255.17 of the state penal law states, “A person is guilty of adultery when he engages in sexual intercourse with another person at a time when he has a living spouse, or the other person has a living spouse. Adultery is a class B misdemeanor.” A class B misdemeanor is punishable by up to 90 days in jail or a $500 fine.
Hippo Rehearsing
Water Aerobics Act
Courtesy of the Ravena Heaps & Fatness Center (RHFC) and Cathy Deluca.
Preparing for his SeaWorld Auditions
In fact, we think that the Town of Coeymans has a lot of explaining to do about those very questions we raise above, and many more regarding Deluca’s claims and the operations of the Coeymans police department under Mr Gregory Darlington & friends. The New York State Office of the Comptroller, the New York State Department of Civil Service, and the New York State Attorney General’s Office need to have a very close look at Mr Deluca’s claims and the operation of the Coeymans police department. This might just be the tip of a very, very large, dangerous, criminal, corrupt and expensive iceberg!
Manatee Water Aerobics
A popular program at the
Ravena Heaps & Fatness Center (RHFC)
In the end, though, we would like to sincerely wish Mr Deluca a very happy retirement elsewhere, like in Florida, where Dirty-Hands Jerry and Bottle-Blitz-Blond Cathy Deluca—if she can tear herself away from her health and fitness empire—could continue in the public’s eye in Orlando, Florida, at SeaWorld, where Dirty-Hands Jerry and Cathy could put on a hippo and manatee show; Jerry could be the hippo and Cathy could play the manatee. Now there’s a plan!
Secrets that you won’t get in the Ravena News Herald of the Johnson Newspaper Group or the Albany Times Union of the Hearst Corporation…
This blog has been doing a lot of work uncovering the secrets that you won’t get in the Ravena News Herald of the Johnson Newspaper Group or the Albany Times Union of the Hearst Corporation, or in any of the “owned” sock-puppet media controlled in Albany and Greene Counties. The voting public, the local taxpayers, our elected officials have to take a stand against corruption in government. That’s why YOU need to demand accountability and transparency! YOU need to demand investigation of situations like this one by the state and local agencies responsible for keeping government honest and prosecuting public corruption! YOU need to call the Town of Coeymans supervisor and Town of Coeymans board members, the Ravena News Herald, the Albany Times Union and the New York State offices and federal agencies responsible for investigating public corruption. If Deluca’s clean, only an investigation will prove that to the public’s satisfaction. But the process must be honest, complete and public!
Investigate Deluca!
And the Coeymans PD!
“Silence is admission when the accused ought to have spoken and was able to.”
Posted by Principal Editor on February 14, 2014 in 18 USC § 4 - Misprision of Felony, Abuse of Public Office, Accountability, Albany, Albany County Civil Service Department, Albany County District Attorney, Albany County Executive, Albany County Sheriff Department, Albany Police, ARANY, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Bryan Rowzee, Bully, Bully Cops, Capital District, Catherine Deluca, Catherine M. Deluca, Cathy Deluca, Catskill-Hudson Newspapers, Claude A. Wheeles, Coeymanazis, Coeymans, Coeymans Police Department, Coeymans Town Attorney, Coeymans Town Board, Columbia-Greene Media, Corrupt Police, Corruption, Daily Mail, David Wukitsch, DEC, DeLuca Public Affairs, Department of Environmental Conservation, Dr Alan McCartney, Eliminate Coeymans Police Department, FaceBook, FBI, FBI Criminal Information System, FBI Public Corruption Squad, George Langdon, Gerald Deluca, Government, Greene County News, Gregory Darlington, Harold Warner, Hearst Corporation, Intimidation, Investigation, Jerry "Dirty-Hands" Deluca, Jerry Deluca, John B. Johnson, John T. Bruno, Johnson Newspaper Group, Larry Conrad, Laverne Conrad, Law Enforcement, Main Street Small Business Coalition, Mark Vinciguerra, Marlene McTigue, Matt "the Mutt", Matt Miller, Matthew J. Miller, Mayor Bruno, Media Bias, Melanie Lekocevic, Meprision of Felony, Michael Biscone, Michael J. Biscone, Misconduct, Misinformation, Misuse of Public Office, MSSBC, Nancy Biscone-Warner, Nancy Warner, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Payroll, New York State Police, New York State United Teachers, Notice of Claim, NYS Assembly, NYS Comptroller Audit, NYS Senate, NYSUT, Obstruction of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Official Misconduct, P. David Soares, Perjury and related offenses, Pete Lopez, Peter Masti, Police State, Public Corruption, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk Central School District, Ravena Health and Fitness Center, Ravena News Herald, RCS Central School District, RCS Teachers Association, RegisterStar, Richard Ianuzzi, Rocco Persico, Scott Giroux, SeeThroughNY, Selkirk, Shame On You, Smalbany, Stephen Flach, Stephen Prokrym, Steve Prokrym, Teachers Union, The Daily Mail, Thomas A. Boehm, Thomas E. Dolan, Times Union, Tom Boehm, Tom Dolan, Transparency, William Bailey
Criminal Obstruction of Justice & Official Misconduct: Gregory Darlington, Coeymans PD
Most Citizens Are Unaware of Laws that Can Be Used in Self-Defense Against Rogue Public Servants and to Bring Public Servants to Justice.
Obstruction of Justice, Official Misconduct, Personal Injury, Violations of Protected Rights
BRING THEM TO JUSTICE!!!
That Includes Police Chiefs and Police Officers, Government Elected Officials, Other Public Employees, Too!
New York Penal Law (hereinafter called NYP) § 195.00 Official misconduct. A public servant is guilty of official misconduct when, with intent to obtain a benefit or deprive another person of a benefit…he knowingly refrains from performing a duty which is imposed upon him by law or is clearly inherent in the nature of his office. Official misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.
§195.05 Obstructing governmental administration in the second degree. A person is guilty of obstructing governmental administration when he intentionally obstructs, impairs or perverts the administration of law or other governmental function or prevents or attempts to prevent a public servant from performing an official function, by means of intimidation, physical force or interference. Official misconduct is a class A misdemeanor.
US Code – Chapter 73: Obstruction of justice. Obstruction of justice is a serious federal offense where someone tries to impede the interfere with the legal process. This can include actions that impede the criminal process during the investigation stage or during the trial. There are many different ways that someone can be charged with obstructing justice such as: Attempting to influence a judge, court employee or a jury member; threatening, assaulting, blackmailing, retaliating against or taking other actions against someone for participating in a criminal investigation or prosecution; Lying to law enforcement officials about important information such as Knowingly altering, concealing, or destroying evidence or potential evidence.
Ways to Commit Obstruction of Justice
Obstruction of justice is a crime which can be charged in a number of scenarios. It can be committed by a judicial official, an elected official, attorneys and people obstructing the justice system. The following are ways that the crime of obstruction of justice can be committed:
Interfering with the work of prosecutors, government officials, other officials, police, investigators or other professionals doing work to promote or ensure justice can constitute obstruction of justice.
When a person who is questioned during an investigation lies to the police, this can result in obstruction of justice charges when the truth is discovered. The right to remain silent protects individuals who do not wish to cooperate with an investigation if it may incriminate them.
Altering or destroying physical evidence can bring about obstruction of justice charges.
As a government official, a police chief or district attorney has an increased duty to uphold justice and enforce the laws, and his failure to do so can result in charges of obstruction of justice.
Perjury can bring about obstruction of justice charges whether it is committed by an official or anyone in an official investigation.
In new york obstruction of justice is a class “a” misdeamenor. maximum punishment is up to a year in jail.
So, What Do You Think of When You Think of the Coeymans Police Department? Official Misconduct? Obstruction of Justice? Violation of Protected Constitutional Rights? Personal Injurty (Physical, Reputation, Loss of Income, Property Damage, Medical Expenses, etc.)?
Can You Describe Coeymans Police Department Misconduct?
Can You Describe How has Gregory Darlington Contributed to the Misconduct of Coeymans PD Personnel?
Do You Know How has Gregory Darlington Failed Law Enforcement in this Town?
How has Gregory Darlington and the Coeymans PD Failed YOU?
Abused by Clowns?
Have you been waiting for local, state, or federal officials to come to your aid? Frustrated?
Please examine the list below and think about the items. Can you provide us with your information by SPECIFIC case, event, incident, dates, times, names of persons directly involved (perp, victim, investigating law enforcement officers’ names), witnesses, any damage or injury you sustained as a result (e.g., physical, social (defamation, public shame, etc.), economic (medical costs, loss of income, additional expenses, etc.), any other details you feel might be important.
Criminal federal and state obstruction of justice charges, state criminal official misconduct charges, and civil violation of protected rights and personal injury (tort) claims against Darlington, the Coeymans PD, the town of Coeymans, the members of the town board of Coeymans, Gregory Darlington, and P. David Soares are supported by the items listed below and, include at least those listed below. Do you have any knowledge of any incident in which Darlington or any employee of the Coeymans Police Department has failed in his performance or by his failure, empowered or facilitated misconduct by employees of the Coeymans Police Department? Be specific and provide the particulars indicated in the previous paragraph.
We, as claimant, allege the following specific instances of Mr Gregory Darlington’s ongoing patterns of obstruction of justice in his capacity as chief of police in the town of Coeymans Police Department, including but not by limitation, the following allegations, which will be described in detail in a further Notice of Claim and lawsuit being prepared as we write. Do any of the following look familiar to you?
Failure to diligently investigate or to supervise, or interfering with the progress of an on – going investigation of a complaint taken by the town of Coeymans Police Department;
Delaying or otherwise interfering with the timely processing of a good faith complaint, interfering with the inauguration or prosecution of the investigation of such complaint, or otherwise obstructing the reasonable investigative processes involved in the disposition of a complaint made with the Coeymans Police Department;
By indifference, ignorance, or negligence failing to ensure the proper handling, recording, tracking, access to, and security of evidence taken or provided for the purpose of law enforcement, criminal investigation, or other law enforcement activity;
Failing or refusing to respond to a citizen’s or complainant’s diligent inquiry regarding the status or progress of a complaint or investigation;
Obstructing or impairing a citizen’s or complainant’s rights under the law;
Indifference or injury to citizen’s or complainant’s confidence in his or her constitutionally guaranteed protected and guaranteed rights under the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States and the State of New York, to wit: freedom of expression and assembly, equal protection under the law, protection from unlawful search and seizure, discrimination based on sex, age, gender, orientation, faith tradition; profiling by person, vehicle, etc.
Failure to enforce discipline in the case of on- or off – duty misconduct of members of the Coeymans Police Department upon good faith, substantiated, and factual citizen complaint;
Indifference or injury to a citizen’s or complainant’s confidence in the impartiality of the law, and law enforcement, in equal protection under the law;
Creation of the impression by word, conduct, silence, commission, omission of a double – standard system of favoritism or nepotism or simonism or other such pernicious practice based on personal, social, professional, political or economic relationships or associations;
The conditioning of support of the public service resources of the Coeymans Police Department or resources accessible or at the disposal of the Coeymans Police Department upon favor or other conditional consideration or benefit to the staff, organization, image, operations of the Coeymans Police Department;
Indifference to or refusal to respond to citizen’s or complainant’s telephone, e – mail, letter or written communications and inquiries relating to the business and operations of the Coeymans Police Department;
Indifference to or refusal to respond or to comply with the affirmative obligations imposed upon the Coeymans Police Department under the provisions of New York State Public Officers Law Article 6 §§84 – 90, also known as the New York State Freedom of Information Law or the F.O.I.L.;
Refusal to collaborate or to cooperate with other intra – municipal public service personnel, public servants, public employees, agencies, offices or officials to facilitate timely and productive response to citizen or complainant complaints, inquiries, concerns;
Indifference to or refusal to create, implement, update, or observe quality, disciplinary, complaint processing, administrative procedures and policies required or already in place in the Coeymans Police Department or in the town of Coeymans government system to ensure an acceptable and efficacious performance of the Coeymans Police Department as a unit of the government of the town of Coeymans and the intra – departmental operations of the Coeymans Police Department;
Have you been or felt you have been intimidated or subjected to retaliation by Coeymans law enforcement, complained, and have been frustrated by their indifference or non-response? Did you feel abused?
Indifference to or refusal to create or to enhance a positive image of law enforcement in the town of Coeymans.
This list is considered ongoing and may be augmented at any time without notice upon receipt of information not already contained or included in the above list.
Read another document that describes specifically what Gregory Darlington is expected to be doing in his official civil service job description. Do you feel he’s doing his job? Do you know of specific instances to show that he is not competent or qualified ever to have been or to continue to be the chief administrative officer of the town of Coeymans Police Department? Click here to read/download that document: Where has the Coeymans Police Chief Failed
Send us any information you have to support your contentions to rcs.confidential@gmail.com and we’ll include it in our Notice of Claim against the Coeymans Police Department, Town of Coeymans, the members of the town board of the Town of Coeymans, the Coeymans Town Attorney, the Coeymans Police Department, Gregory Darlington, P. David Soares and provide you with fill – in boilerplate forms for your personal Notice of Claim against the Town of Coeymans, the town board of the Town of Coeymans, the Coeymans Town Attorney, the Coeymans Police Department, Gregory Darlington, P. David Soares on charges of federal and state criminal obstruction of justice, state criminal official misconduct charges, and civil charges violation of protected rights, and personal injury (tort).
If you don’t have your own computer or don’t know how to send an e – mail, visit the RCS Community Library on Main Street in Ravena or any community library and ask one of the library employees to help you. Use your community library; it’s good for you and it’s good for the library!
Time for Real Justice
Bring Them to Justice
Ego sum qui sum…
Posted by Principal Editor on August 16, 2013 in Abuse, Abuse of Public Office, Accountability, Albany, Albany County Civil Service Department, Albany County District Attorney, Albany County Executive, Albany County Sheriff Department, American Civil Liberties Union, ARANY, BoBo Cop, Bryan Rowzee, Bully Cops, Burning the Constitution, Capital District, Cathy Deluca, Civil Right Violation, Civil Rights, Claude A. Wheeles, Coeymanazis, Coeymans, Coeymans Circus, Coeymans Police Department, Coeymans Town Attorney, Coeymans Town Board, Coeymans Town Court, Coeymans Town Justice, Come Together, Committee on Open Government, Community, Conspiracy, Corrupt Justice, Corrupt Police, Corruption, Craig D. Apple Sr., Criminal Prosecution, Crooked Cop, David Soares, Dawn LaMountain, Dawn Rogers, DeLuca Public Affairs, Department of State, Eliminate Coeymans Police Department, F.O.I.L., FBI, FBI Criminal Information System, FBI Public Corruption Squad, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, George Dardiani, Gerald Deluca, Government, Greene County, Greg Teresi, Gregory Darlington, Gregory R. Seeley, Gregory Teresi, Harassment, Harold Warner, Hudson Valley, Incompetence, Indifference, Intimidation, Investigation, Irresponsibility, Jerry "Dirty-Hands" Deluca, Jerry Deluca, Joan Ross, Joe Rotello, Joe Teresi, John Luckacovic, John T. Bruno, Joseph A. Farrell Jr, Joseph C Rotello, Joseph C. Teresi, Kerry Thompson, Larry Conrad, Laverne Conrad, Law Enforcement, Main Street Small Business Coalition, Marlene McTigue, Martin Case, Marty Case, Matt "the Mutt", Matt Miller, Matthew J. Miller, Mayor Bruno, Melanie Lekocevic, Michael Biscone, Michael Cummings, Michael J. Biscone, Misconduct, Misdemeanor, Mismanagement, Misuse of Public Office, Monitoring, MSSBC, Nancy Biscone-Warner, Nancy Warner, Nepotism, New Baltimore, New York, New York State, New York State Police, Notice of Claim, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, Obstruction of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Official Misconduct, P. David Soares, Perp Patrol, Perv Patrol, Pete Lopez, Peter Masti, Phillip Crandall, Police Incompetence, Police Thugs, Public Corruption, Pudenda David Soares, Ravena, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk, Ravena Health and Fitness Center, Ravena Village Attorney, Ravena Village Board, Retaliation, Robert J. Freeman, Robert J. Freeman, Rocco Persico, Ryan Johnson, Scott Lendin, Scott M. Lendin, Selkirk, Smalbany, Stephen Flach, Stephen Prokrym, Steve Prokrym, Stifling Diversity, Stifling Freedom, Surveillance, Susan K. O'Rorke, Thomas A. Boehm, Thomas E. Dolan, Tkaczyk, Tom Dolan, Transparency, Unamerican Activity, William Bailey
Criminals and Perps in Local Government…UPDATE!
If We Didn’t Make Our Inquiries and Get the Facts
You’d Probably Never Know!
But It Is Obvious that We have the Foxes Guarding the Chickens but Now the Foxes are Under Investigation.
The Ravena News Herald, once a community news publication, has turned into a drugged up feel-good rag that doesn’t have the balls to report on anything less than the absolutely positive. Why should it? It’s the “official newspaper” of the village of Ravena which means that John T. Bruno, Nancy Biscone-Warner, and Michael J. Biscone own them. Besides, the most of the News Herald is copied from the Greene County News and a lot of what we get to read isn’t even about this community, anyway. They’re really happy that they can fill up eight or so pages with “official notices”, though, because that’s where the money is.
So, dear readers, be grateful that at least some from the community have the guts to collect the real news and publish it in this form. It’s a community service, one of the very few you’re likey ever to get in the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk district.
So here’s what we have for you today:
The Village of Ravena, Mayor John T. Bruno, Nancy Biscone-Warner, Cathy Deluca and the Ravena Health and Fitness Center
Citzen v. Village of Ravena, Cathy Deluca, et al.
The Ravena Health and Fitness Center has been the subject of several articles on this blog. The most recent one features Cathy Deluca asserting her “ownership” of the taxpayer paid municipal activity by telling a local resident he was not welcome at the public facility and telling him to leave. After having abused the resident and having violated his civil rights, Deluca attempted to file a criminal charge against the resident by the only way she knows: lies. So the village of Ravena never learns from its mistakes goes the extra mile and is footing the bill…OOPS! Now you’re footing the bill, Ravena taxpayers, to fund the Cathy Deluca’s defense! The Village of Ravena is now depending on its insurance carrier, Trident Insurance, to come to its rescue in the Cathy Deluca misconduct case. The village insurance company has hired Napierski, VanDenburgh, Napierski & O’Connor, an Albany law firm, who regularly defend municipalities in various claims involving allegations of civil rights violations, premises liability and labor law, to handle the case. Attorney Andrew S. Holland is the attorney handling the case.
The § 50h hearing will be scheduled soon and there’ll be some surprises popped on ol’ Cathy D. and her minions. There’ll be fireworks to be sure.
It’s still a mystery how the village of Ravena could spend $40,000 of taxpayer money to buy the used fitness equipment and to create the fitness center which, by the way pays no rent to the village–but you’ll recall the village was charging the RCS Community library a hefty rent and then raised it about $600 a month (you, Ravena taxpayers, paid). And then mayor Bruno and Nancy Biscone-Warner went ahead and put the fitness center in the village budget, allocating $115,500 to fund it.
It gets even stickier: We’ve found out that on April 5, 2013, mayor John T. Bruno applied to the Albany County Civil Service Department for the creation of a new job title, “Fitness Center Director“. We all know that the position was created back in late 2012 for Cathy Deluca, and at the April 2, 2013, village of Ravena Organizational Meeting, Nancy Warner moved to “appoint” Cathy Deluca to the position of Fitness Center Director and the village board went ahead and appointed her. The situations starts to get more sinister when we examine mayor Bruno’s application, which was approved on about May 10, 2013. The application is rife with ambiguities, inaccuracies, deficiencies. It is possible (likely) that the village of Ravena did not honestly produce all the documents requested and that some of the documents accompanying the application and substantiating the information were not provided to us. But that’s no big problem to find out. But if the village of Ravena did not provide the required documentation substantiating their statements and misrepresened either by commission or omission with the intent to mislead the Albany County Civil Service Department, then there is a big problem…for mayor Bruno and the Ravena Health and Fitness Center, and Cathy Deluca and Nancy Warner.
Our readers may be interested in the fact that the job title of Fitness Center Director is “exempt” and non-competitive, despite the fact that most positions of that kind require examination and competition. The interesting fact is that it appears from the documents we have received that the application did not include the required explanations and justifications for the program, for the position, and why it should be exempt. We’ll be curious how and why the Albany County Civil Service Department could approve such a deficient application. C orruption, conspiracy? What do you think?
If you’d like more information on the Civil Service job title classifications, including those of the Albany County Civil Service Department click on this link: Civil Service Overview You decide whether the job title of Fitness Center Director should be “exempt” or “competitive”. You can then decide whether the job should have been open for applications instead of appointing the director, Cathy Deluca, with no one else being considered.
It may be a village project and it may be on public property but it’s obvious everyone is not welcome; Cathy Deluca makes the decision whether you’re welcome or not and when her decision blows up in her face, the village of Ravena (that is, Ravena taxpayers) pays her legal defense and attorney fees. How do they do it?
Cathy D. is Not the Only Deluca on the Hot Seat These Days. Hubby Gerald “Dirty Hands Jerry Deluca” is Feeling the Heat, Too!
Jerry Deluca and the Coeymans Police Department
Gerald “Dirty-Hands Jerry” Deluca, Cathy Deluca’s chubby hubby, has a long history of suspicious activities ranging from his questionable claims of political contacts in Albany (such as the Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Assembly, an automotive recycling interest group, ARANY, and others), his retaliatory obstruction of police investigations, his questionable influence peddling in the Albany County District Attorney’s office—no doubt assisted by Coeymans police chief Gregory Darlington’s wife, who is P. David Soares’ secretary and Ravena village justice Harold “Hal” Warner’s daugher, who is an attorney there (Nancy Biscone-Warner is the Ravena village trustee who fought hard for the Ravena Health and Fitness Center, spearheaded the center’s budget, and put Cathy Deluca in the director’s slot. Smell any corruption and conspiracy yet?
Deluca again acted up real badly with RCS CSD teacher and NYSUT union rep Matthew J. “Matt the Mutt” Miller, at the May 14, 2013, RCS CSD board of education meeting, where Deluca and Miller were involved in such disorderly conduct that RCS CSD superintendent Alan McCartney told them to leave the premises. They didn’t leave but waited outside to menace and harass a woman speaker, whom they had already abused while she was addressing the board!
Deluca was apparently off-duty when he and Miller engaged in their criminal conduct but that’s no excuse. They are both public employees and occupy highly visible positions paid by the public. They’re held to a higher standard than Joe Average. But they’ve been doing this sort of thing for so long they apparently think they can get away with it forever. Wrong again, Jerry!
What do you think bully-BoBo-cop Deluca would have done under the same circumstances if it were you or I making the ruckus and violating a resident’s rights? Old Rolly-Polly would pull out his badge, show his service revolver and cuff ya! Anybody think he wouldn’t? So that’s equal protection under the law?
OK. The complaint has been filed. Numerous law enforcement agencies and NY state agencies have been copied with the correspondence. But…Are we seeing things? The Coeymans Police Department is supposed to be investigating one of its own on criminal charges but Deluca’s still lurking around the department, still on duty, still…well wouldn’t it be more appropriate if while the investigation is on Deluca would be put on leave? Well, it looks like being chief Darlington’s darling has its benefits but it certainly puts Darlington in a sticky position. How’s the investigation going, chief Darlington? Or is that a state secret?
Matt Miller is Failing
According to unconfirmed reports from a reliable source it looks like outside investigators are finally taking an interest in the goings on in Ravena-Coeymans and there is allegedly special interest in Guess who? You got it! Our very own Bo-Bo cop, Dirty-Hands Jerry. Seem’s a particular law enforcement agency has been watching and is asking some pretty irksome questions at the Coeymans Police Department. But you didn’t hear that from us.
Matthew J. Miller a.k.a. “Matt-the-Mutt” isn’t off the hook, either. He’s been put on the carpet several times already and his corruption and conspiracy file is getting pretty damned thick. His performance alongside Deluca on May 14th didn’t endear him to the RCS CSD district offices, either. Miller is a blow-hard big mouth who apparently thinks that because he’s NYSUT‘s (New York State United Teachers) union’s local rep that he’s untouchable. Maybe in terms of school administration he may be a hard nut to crack but he’s not going to get much sympathy when he’s standing before the great equalizer—a court of law, criminal law. Miller’s despicable public conduct and his disrespect of women will be his downfall. Say bye to teaching license. Bye to pension. Hello Big Bubba! You get “bottom bunk” Matty.
We have unconfirmed information from reliable sources that some departments at the New York State Education Department is watching Miller pretty closely. Seems they may be building a case against him. So watch his falling star…Is the end near?
Ravena-Coeymans’ Own Three Stooges
Jerry Deluca, Cathy Deluca, Matt Miller
Stick around for the next article. You’ll get a whirlwind tour of the Ravena village board at work and the story behind the Ravena Health and Fitness Center directly from the Ravena village board minutes. Learn how they hoodwinked the Albany County Civil Service people into creating a new job title, Fitness Center Director, for Cathy Deluca. But she has no qualifications…or does she? We’re still waiting for the village of Ravena to disclose just what qualifies her to be director. You’ll find it all here, as usual, direct from the sources to you!
We’ll also get the ball rolling on how Ravena-Coeymans is going to hell in a handbasket made in Taiwan. How? Think of it this way: Laverne “Larry” Conrad, Coeymans building inspector and code enforcement officer has his eye on mayor John T. Bruno’s office. Think he has a chance? Well, on the other side of the counterfeit coin there’s Martin “Marty” Case—you know the teacher who allegedly likes to chaperone and party at the same time and who sells real estate with Josie Bruno (and just about everyone else on the Ravena village board) at Prudential Real Estate. Case wants Coeymans supervisor Stephen Flach’s job. Think he has a chance?
We’d better start talking real fast because with mayor Bruno’s and Michael Biscone’s record on curtailing civil rights, and and ignorance of what she is and where she is, Biscone’s liable to be writing another decree for Bruno suppressing free speech like he did in 2009 when he tried to put the kabosh on open government. (See our article on this blog.)
Then there’s Michael J. Biscone, on-again-off-again village of Ravena attorney doing on-again-off-again work for the town of Coeymans but Ravena can’t find any of the financial records that show how much Biscone was raking in while apparently working all sides of the fence. Ever wonder why Ravena can never find its financial records? Well, we thought the Office of the New York State Comptroller and the Office of the Attorney General might find some of this a bit interesting, especially in view of recent audits. Stay tuned for upcoming reports.
And then there’s Gregory Teresi who resigns one day and is hired back on as “village court criminal attorney.” We know he’s a criminal but village court is no place for him. He should be appearing in front of daddy, Joe Teresi, New York State supreme court.
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Posted by Principal Editor on June 27, 2013 in 2Luck.com, Abuse, Abuse of Public Office, Accountability, AFL-CIO, Albany County Civil Service Department, Albany County District Attorney, Albany County Sheriff Department, Andrew Holland, Andrew Stephen Holland, ARANY, Bitter Bob (Ross), Bob Ross, BoBo Cop, Brown and Weinraub, Capital District, Cathy Deluca, Cecilia Tkaczyk, Civil Right Violation, Civil Rights, Coercion, Coeymans, Coeymans Police Department, Coeymans Town Attorney, Committee on Open Government, Conspiracy, Corruption, Crime and Punishment, Crooked Cop, David Soares, DEC, Deluca-Warner Fitness Center, Department of Environmental Conservation, Dick Iannuzzi, Dr Alan R. McCartney, Eleanor Luckacovic, Eleanor Oldham, Eliminate Coeymans Police Department, Falsely reporting an incident, FBI, FBI Criminal Information System, FBI Public Corruption Squad, Fitness Center, Formal Written Complaint, Freedom of Information Law, Gerald Deluca, Greene County, Gregory Darlington, Harassment, Harold Warner, Hudson Valley, Intimidation, Investigation, Jerry "Dirty-Hands" Deluca, Jerry Deluca, Joan Ross, John Luckacovic, John T. Bruno, Kerry Thompson, Larry Conrad, Laverne Conrad, Law Enforcement, Main Street Small Business Coalition, Making an apparently sworn false statement, Martin Case, Marty Case, Matt "the Mutt", Matt Miller, Matthew J. Miller, Mayor Bruno, Michael Biscone, Michael J. Biscone, Misconduct, Misuse of Public Office, MSSBC, Nancy Biscone-Warner, Nancy Warner, Napierski, Napierski & O'Connor, New Baltimore, New York, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State, New York State Education Department, New York State United Teachers, Notice of Claim, NYCLU, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, NYSED, NYSUT, Obstruction of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, P. David Soares, Perjury, Perjury and related offenses, Pete Lopez, Public Corruption, Ravena, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk, Ravena Fitness Center, Ravena Village Board, RCSTA, RCSTA Executive Committee, Retaliation, Richard Ianuzzi, Selkirk, Smalbany, Stephen Flach, Teachers Union, Thomas A. Boehm, Thomas E. Dolan, Tkaczyk, Tom Dolan, Transparency, Trident Insurance, Uncategorized, United Federation of Teachers, William Bailey
Latter-Hyslop-Brown’s Miss Piggies: “We’ll never shop here again!”
Honor,Integrity, Experience, Vision,
RCS Champions
Vadney #1
Polyak #3
Sylvester #5
Only the BEST for RCS
The Editor’s Choice
Two Section 8 Cows Complain to Shop’n Save management about two candidates passing out flyers in the public area, outside the store: “If you allow them to pass out flyers, we’ll never shop here again!” Silly-ass cows! Where else would you shop?
No place else would have you Fiends of RCS, Twinkie-sucking vampires.
That’s how Coeymanazi democracy works.
That kind of Latter-Hyslop-Brown behavior
would never happen with Vadney, Sylvester or Polyak!
(On a different note: What’s up with Jerry Deluca refusing to serve an opponent’s wife and children refreshments after the ballroom dancing exhibition a the elementary school? What’s up Jer’. Are you taking it out on family members, AGAIN? Yup! Yer a real community builder. Yes! You are! Hypocrite!)
Civil Rights Violation By Ravena Shop’n Save May Lead to Lawsuits
Cut and paste, and send this link
to friends, family, the FBI:
http://wp.me/p2jPFe-1H2
Miss Latter-Hyslop-Brown Piggies: “We’ll never shop here again!”
Go OINK! yourselves, Biatches!
This is from the Editor
Our advice to the SpLatter-PigSlop-Browneye Miss Piggies is to take your food-stamp-stuffed pig’s-ear purses and stuff them deeply where the sun don’t shine no mo’.
Shop’n Save’s action taken asking the candidates to stop passing out flyers and preventing their lawful activity is an outright violation of their civil rights, a violation of their freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States…
Actually, Shop’n Save’s action taken and preventing them from passing out campaign flyers and preventing their lawful activity is an outright violation of the campaigners’ civil rights, a violation of their freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. It may also be interpreted as a violation of their right of peaceful assembly and obstruction of democratic process. This may very well become a nice fat lawsuit and even a civil rights issue! Shows you how indifference to citizen’s rights and the vile, nasty, uncivil behavior of a few Nazi cows can get the Shop’n Save people and their parent Hannaford into a heap of trouble! It’s not so much the two cows and their stupidity but the stupidity of the Shop’n Save management that is going to cause the problem, because the people passing out the flyers were not in the store but outside in a public area. Bad news for Shop’n Save!
Our advice to Shop’n Save and Hannaford: You’d better be quick with a public apology or you can count on our promoting civil and criminal charges against you and your management.
Friends of RCS BoE candidate Patrick E. Brown is a lawyer but is silent about the civil rights violations being perpetrated by his backers!
What does Friends of RCS candidate lawyer Pat Brown have to say about their civil rights violations?
And so we have Friends of RCS with their shyster lawyer candidate, Patrick E. Brown of Brown and Weinraub, an Albany law firm, violating their opponents’ civil rights! How does that grab you, Friends? What’s Brown got to say about this latest Coeymanazi embarrassment?
We’ve already reported on Friends of RCS suppressing free speech and expression by banning or censoring posts and comments on their Friends of RCS Facebook site, and the comments made that Freinds of RCS “will not tolerate negative comments about their candidates.” And we’ve also heard about their lie that the “love the discussion and dialogue,” too. So we’d be really foolish given circumstances like these to expect any different from their candidates, James Latter, Jason Hyslop, and Patrick Brown!
Think of all the taxpayers, civic-minded shoppers, Americans you’ve probably pissed off!
As for the servants-of-section-eight management of Shop’n Slave, you got no guts, no cojones, you prostitute principles for food stamps! Locals like you, Shop’n Slave Smiths are worse than the Coeymanazis! Now that this is out, think of all the taxpayers, civic-minded shoppers you’ve probably pissed off!
Bad move Shop’n Slave. Bad public image effects. Bad publicity still coming your way!
Civil Rights Violations. And Lawsuits Looming! Big Settlement or Big Judgment? Nice going, Shop’n Save!
You Stink, Shop’n Save!
You sold out our democratic process for pork bellies!
Posted by Principal Editor on May 19, 2013 in Albany, Albany Schenectady BOCES, Board of Education Member, BOCES, Brown and Weinraub, Bullying, Burning the Constitution, Capital District, Cathy Deluca, Censorship, Civil Right Violation, Civil Rights, Coeymanazis, Coeymans, Coeymans Police Department, Constitution, Crime Confidential, DeLuca Public Affairs, Denise Carl Hughes, Diane Malecki, Dick Iannuzzi, Donna Leput Hommel, Edward "Teddy" Reville, Edward Reville, Eilleen Vosburgh, Elizabeth A. Varney, Elizabeth Smith, Fair Play, FBI, First Amendment, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Friends of RCS, Gerald Deluca, Greene County, H Andres Jimenez Uribe, Hannaford, Hannaford Supermarkets, Howard "Bray" Engel, Hudson Valley, Investigation, James Latter, James Latter II, Jason Hyslop, Jena Misuraca, Jerry "Dirty-Hands" Deluca, Jerry Deluca, John B. King, Judy Sylvester, Karen Miller, Kyle Smith, Latter-Hyslop-Brown, Liberty Weeping, Lorraine Misuraca, Main Street Small Business Coalition, Marlene McTigue, Martin Case, Marty Case, Mary Partridge-Brown, Matt "the Mutt", Matt Miller, Matthew J. Miller, Mayor Bruno, Melanie Lekocevic, Moose Misuraca, MSSBC, New Baltimore, New York, New York State, New York State Education Department, New York State United Teachers, News Channel 10, News Channel 13, News Channel 6, NYCLU, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, NYSED, NYSUT, P. David Soares, Patrick E. Brown, Perp Patrol, Pete Lopez, Ravena, Ravena Shop'n Save, RCSTA, RCSTA Executive Committee, RCSTA PAC, Richard Ianuzzi, SABIC Innovative Plastics, Sarah Berchtold Engel, Sarah Engel, Selkirk, Smalbany, Stifling Diversity, Stifling Freedom, Tavia Rauch, Teachers Union, Teddy Reville, Thomas A. Boehm, Thomas E. Dolan, Tom Dolan
Why We Support the RCS Champions Team!
There Quite A Few Very Good Reasons Why We Support the
RCS Champions, the RCS Gold Candidates
Print This Out or Copy It and Pass It On to Relatives, Friends, Others! E-mail the Link to Your E-mail Friends!
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Vote YES for
John Vadney
Judy Sylvester
Laszlo Polyak
for RCS Board of Education!
Honor, Integrity, Experience, Vision, The Best Choice
And Quite A Few Serious Reasons Why We Must Reject the
Latter-Hyslop-Brown Mutant
Latter-Hyslop-Brown
Complete Article To Be Published Here on Friday, May 17, 2013. Don’t Miss it!
Be here! You Won’t Regret It!
(But Latter-Hyslop-Brown and Fiends of RCS Will!)
Posted by Principal Editor on May 16, 2013 in Albany Schenectady BOCES, Alice Whalen, Betsy Smith, BOCES, Bray Engel, Brown and Weinraub, Bryan Rowzee, Candidate, Cathy Deluca, Coeymanazis, Coeymans, DeLuca Public Affairs, Dick Iannuzzi, Donna Leput Hommel, Edward "Teddy" Reville, Edward Reville, Eilleen Vosburgh, Elizabeth A. Varney, Elizabeth Smith, Elyse Loughlin, Friends of RCS, Gerald Deluca, Greene County, Gregory Darlington, H Andres Jimenez Uribe, Howard "Bray" Engel, Hudson Valley, James Latter, James Latter II, Jason Hyslop, Jena Misuraca, Jerry "Dirty-Hands" Deluca, Jerry Deluca, Joan Ross, John Luckacovic, John M. Vadney, Judy Sylvester, Karen Miller, Latter-Hyslop-Brown, Lazlo Polyak, Lorraine Misuraca, Main Street Small Business Coalition, Marlene McTigue, Martin Case, Marty Case, Mary Partridge-Brown, Matt "the Mutt", Matt Miller, Matthew J. Miller, Mayor Bruno, Michael J. Biscone, Moose Misuraca, MSSBC, New Baltimore, New York, New York State, New York State Education Department, New York State United Teachers, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, NYSED, NYSUT, Patrick E. Brown, Pete Lopez, Ravena, Ravena Coeymans Selkirk, RCS Board of Education, RCS Central School District, RCS Champions, RCS Gold Team, RCS Teachers Association, RCSTA, RCSTA Executive Committee, RCSTA PAC, Richard Ianuzzi, Ron Racey, SABIC Innovative Plastics, Sarah Berchtold Engel, Sarah Engel, School Budget, Selkirk, Suni Martinez Swann, Tavia Rauch, Teachers Union, Teddy Reville, Uncategorized
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We published Segment 1 of the Crandall Interview special feature on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. As our readers could see for themselves, the Crandall team has either accomplished or is accomplishing everything McHugh’s mob promises the people in their campaign material. We have to seriously ask the questions: (1) Is McHugh that ignorant of what’s going on in Coeymans to be promising what’s already been done by the Crandall team, or (2) Is McHugh that stupid to believe that the people and voters of Coeymans are that in the dark to believe his many disgusting lies? Segment 2 goes even further to show that McHugh is a fraud, a crook, and worse, a liar.
In Segment 1 of the Crandall Interview feature (Segment 1), we asked Mr Crandall about his accomplishments, significant benefits created by his administration for the people of Coeymans, his vision for the next 2 years, his plans for small business in Coeymans, and the incentives his administration is offering to small businesses in Coeymans and coming to Coeymans. It is clear that Mr Crandall and his team, despite the adversity of powerful opponents in Coeymans, has done much for the people of Coeymans.
Editor’s Comment: We may have had harsh words but we call the shots as we see them. Mr Crandall has proved himself to be honest, caring, and very, very competent as a leader. We can’t allow ourselves to be misled by those who were for Mr Crandall when he was dancing to their tune, and now that they are finding he’s not a pushover, they [McHugh, Carver Laraway, Biers, and Lafarge] are trying to get in through the backdoor, call it anal entry, through George McHugh (we’re not calling George McHugh an a**hole even if he is one). For Crandall, as we all know, it was never about him or about money in his pocket; it’s a different story when we’re talking about McHugh, Carver Laraway, and their bunch. With them it’s all about money and what they can soak Coeymans for.
The comment by the Community Observer about McHugh, LaFarge, and Carver Laraway not wanting clean air, and the money involved set the theme for Segment 2.
Mr Crandall:- “Oh, yeah. There’s big money to be made between Carver [LaFarge and McHugh]…They’re going to make money. But how much money does a person need? How greedy do you have to be? And at what expense? At the expense of our children’s and our grandchildren’s lungs?”
McHugh, Carver, Biers didn’t get their way. Too bad!
In Segment 2 of the Crandall Interview, we asked Mr Crandall how he will work with the Village of Ravena to beautify Main Street, his plans for building up tourism and hospitality venues in Coeymans, his relationship with George McHugh, why George McHugh would be bad for Coeymans, the McHugh-Carver Laraway-Vinciguerra connection, the Billy Biers warehouse project, Carver Laraway’s whining, how many new businesses Crandall has brought to Coeymans, and turncoat Daniel Baker’s backstabbing. These are some real eye-openers so after you read these excerpts, you may want to read the complete segment for the details at: Crandall Interview-Segment 2.
Click here to read the entire Segment 2 Transcript: Crandall Interview-Segment 2.
Here are the highlight excerpts from Segment 2 of the Crandall Interview:
Smalbany:- How do you intend to work with the Village of Ravena to beautify Main Street, and make it welcoming to small businesses like arts and crafts, specialty shops, etc?
This could be Main Street, Ravena, New York, if Mr Crandall has his way.
Mr. Crandall:- OK. The main way we can help with that is by keeping the roads paved, by keeping the potholes filled. Making sure things like the water runs right, making sure the sewers are repaired. Making sure the tax rate is kept low. Make sure that we offer these incentives for businesses. Now, one thing I want to mention is that we are working with three solar [energy] companies right now. One is a pretty large one, Hecate. And they want to build a solar farm behind the school, over by the old Stalker farm, and they’re going to be using about 380 acres…once they get their plant built, that will be on the assessment rolls, and help to lower taxes…We’re trying to get them to offer the Town people a deal that they can tap into their electric, and possibly lower their electrical bill…There are two smaller companies trying to build in the Hollow, and Hecate is also looking at our old land fill site. It’s possible that they may also be able to put part of a solar farm there, also, on top of the old landfill site that we kept, and which will help make use of that property because you really can’t use it for anything else. So, that’s another thing we’re working on.
“Out in the Hollow…I want to keep it centralized around the Highway Department, we’re talking about starting a small recycling center. Much like what Westerlo has…opening it up maybe two or three days a week…and it would provide another service for the townspeople.”
Mr. Crandall:- The devil’s in the details. The idea’s there right now.
Smalbany:- Back to Mr. McHugh’s relationship with you and the Town: In 2017-18, your relationship with George McHugh was cooperative, if not friendly. What happened to change that relationship, that attitude of cooperation?
Mr. Crandall:- What do I think changed that? Money! Money. There’s somehow, I can’t prove it, but with all that we went through with LaFarge and stopping the garbage coming in there, and with Mr. Laraway coming up so hard against us, against the Clean Air Law, and with LaFarge and Mr. Laraway putting up so much money against us…he spent $13,000 just on the primaries…that’s a vast amount of money for a small town…to be spent on politics. So there’s money to be made here. And there’s a lot of it.
“And they’re really opposed to the Clean Air Law. The main reason I think they’re running is because of the Clean Air Law.
“And I think Mr. Laraway feels that we haven’t given him enough tax breaks down there. But we have given him P.I.L.O.T.s[1] How many P.I.L.O.T.s does the man need? How many tax breaks does he need?
“Like I say: You gotta pay your fair share.”
Smalbany:- Apart from that, why would George Mchugh be bad for Coeymans? As if what you’ve said were not enough!
Mr. Crandall:- George McHugh would be bad for Coeymans just because of, mainly because of his character. I’m no saint. I’ve had my own problems with the Court system. But with the Courts system, you’re held to such a high standard, it’s absolutely ridiculous. And I’m not an attorney, so I did make mistakes. I’ll grant you that. But he’s an attorney! And he [McHugh] was under two ethics investigations involving money. Mine never involved money; his involved money. He was under an ethics investigation for having his [personal] property surveyed along with Town property, and the Town paying for it. And his own Town Board, which was controlled by Republicans, had him under an ethics investigation for that. And then, he was attorney for the state Wagering Board, and he went before them, he had a private client, and he represented him before the state Racing and Wagering Board, while he was their [the Racing and Wagering Board’s] attorney! He was under another ethics investigation by the state Attorney General for that. They kind of eased him out the door after that. Now, there’s two reasons: ethics.
George McHugh = Ethics Violations = Corruption.
How many times…I know I shouldn’t say this, but I’m gonna…How many times can a man be married? I mean, twice, maybe? But four times? I mean, there’s something wrong with character here. And character matters.
And another thing: He didn’t run for office again. OK, there are probably a lot of reasons…But then, he comes up and he outright lies, and uses the deaths of over 3,000 people who died instantly in a horrible, horrible thing that happened on 9/11 in New York City. He tries to use that for political gain! That tells me about a man’s character, and I feel he has no character.
I just feel he [George McHugh] lies with impunity to get whatever…to get his way, whatever he wants. And I don’t understand people like that. I just don’t. Because I’m not a liar.
Community Observer’s Comment:- You have Lincoln’s quote on the wall.
[Editor’s Note: The Observer is referring to the quote: “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.”]
Mr. Crandall:- Yes. I have Lincoln’s quote on the wall.
Smalbany:- Without speculating, what is your opinion about the McHugh, Laraway, Vinciguerra connection?
Mr. Crandall:- It’s common knowledge that Vinciguerra has been George McHugh’s friend for years. They’ve worked together in business dealings for years…I just feel that they are way too cozy. And he’s [referring to Vinciguerra] supposed to be the editor [read: publisher] of an independent, unbiased newspaper [referring to the Ravena News Herald]? I don’t feel that the News Herald is unbiased at all. How can they be? Carver Laraway is buying all kinds of ads in it, George McHugh’s buying ads in it. He [Vinciguerra, publisher of the RNH] is renting the building from George McHugh.
Vinciguerra of Capital Region Independent Media LLC, and publisher of the Ravena News Herald. Anything but “Independent” and a perversion of what the News Herald once was. Vinciguerra is McHugh’s and Carver Laraway’s media sock puppet.
“He [George McHugh] has so many business connections how can he possibly serve as Supervisor of this Town? He’ll have to recuse himself from every other meeting, if not every meeting of the Town Board.
Smalbany:- What are the reasons for withdrawal of the warehouse application by Billy Biers?
Mr. Crandall:- “The real reason that Billy Bier’s application went down the tubes is because the [New York State] Department of Environmental Conservation [DEC] denied it for many, many reasons. Mr. Biers contacted me. He asked me if there’s any way I can help? Would I write a letter in support, so that they would reopen it and look at it again? I wrote a letter to DEC asking them to please give Mr. Biers’ project another look; we would really appreciate it if they would; we would really like this business to come into the Town.
Billy Biers’ Warehouse Project REJECTED by DEC, not by Town!
Biers’ lies publicly at Town Board meeting.
I sent that letter. For Mr. Biers to get up and say anything other than what we really did for him is an outright lie.
I’ve never called a Planning Board member in my life and asked for anything from them for anybody. I’ve never approached them. The Zoning Board, either. Or the Assessment Board. And I never will. Those are unethical things. Would Mr. McHugh violate that? I don’t know.
[Editor’s Note: We have copies of the DEC letter to Mr. Biers, Mr. Bier’s letter withdrawing the application, and Mr. Crandall’s letter of support to the DEC. We will publish those later this week.]
Smalbany:- In a recent video posted by the group calling itself Friends of Coeymans, Mr. Carver Laraway addressed the board saying that he asked for the board’s support and got none. What is he talking about?
Mr. Crandall:- I have no idea. He might be talking about the last P.I.L.O.T. he wanted for a company… They refurbish old parts and metal pieces, mainly parts that connect sewer systems, they refurbish stuff like that. But we have a negotiator, a Mr. Larry Farbstein. He worked for the [New York State] Real Property Tax Services for 32 years. He’s a former lawyer; he doesn’t practice law any more, he just negotiates contracts for P.I.L.O.T.s, full time, from Long Island to Saint Lawrence County. Throughout the whole state. He does it for municipalities. We hired that man. He did our P.I.L.O.T. for LaFarge with the Town. He handles all of our P.I.L.O.T.s, and I told him [Laraway], “Mr. Farbstein will be calling you.” Well, Mr. Farbstein called him and asked him for certain information he needed by law in order to fairly do a P.I.L.O.T., and they wouldn’t give it to him. It was financial. They have to tell, they have to give him all the financial information, the financial records, that he needs. They refused to give it to him. And that’s where it left off.
P.I.L.O.T. Denied because of unwillingness to disclose financial information.
“I can only assume that because we didn’t just carte blanche roll over for him and sign off on Mr. Laraway’s P.I.L.O.T., that that’s what he’s talking about.
“Why didn’t he talk about the 11 new businesses that have come in in the last three-and-a-half years since I’ve been Supervisor? Would those businesses have come here if the Town Board was hostile to business? I don’t think so.
[Editor’s Note: Click New Businesses Brought to Coeymans to see the list of new businesses during Crandall’s term. 11 of those businesses are in the Port of Coeymans or the Coeymans Industrial Park. New Businesses Brought to Coeymans]
“He [Laraway] had other P.I.L.O.T.s that were negotiated by the Town. I mean, how many tax breaks does one man need? How greedy to you have to be? It’s time to pay your fair share.
“Now you look at all the business he’s gotten…for the Tappan Zee Bridge, that was Cuomo’s baby, and all the other business he’s gotten, nobody can tell me…and the small fines that he paid. Anybody see a bridge go over a river, a creek so fast? As that bridge went across. So, he’s got a hook in DEC or in the state departments somewhere, with Cuomo. But these companies like the Port of Coeymans and LaFarge, they figure it into their…to do business, how much it will cost them for a certain fine. And he’s [Carver Laraway] paid relatively small fines. I think he paid $55,000 for one fine, which was a major violation, which the Town got back, and we were able to use that money to stop…There were three three, four houses on Stone House Hill that were running raw sewerage into the [Coeymans] Creek. That was going on when George McHugh was supervisor.
“There were four houses there, ever since they were built, and he [McHugh] never did anything to stop that. Well, I’m not having that! So, we used that $55,000 – and I think we put another $15,000 to it – too hook them in to the sewer system, to stop that raw sewerage from going into the Creek. So, Mr. Laraway can thank me for that, because now he owns the property down there where the boats are, the Marina, and now they won’t be smelling human feces coming into the Creek.
“But did he mention that? No!
“Everything he said at the meeting was just a show, trying to get people to not vote for Mr. Crandall.
Smalbany:- But he was being videoed by the Friends of Coeymans…
Mr. Crandall:- Right. They were hoping that I would go off and start yelling and…but that’s not me…I’m not doing that…But if they expect to get a rise out of me out there, they’re not getting it. Public comment is public comment. I don’t care who you are or what you say…I don’t care who you are, it’s public comment: Say it! It’s a free country.
Mr. Crandall:- Can I go back to the Clean Air Law?
Smalbany:- Sure. I wish you would.
Mr. Crandall:- While we were working on this Clean Air Law, Dan Baker and Kenny Burns, sat right here, and Baker worked for LaFarge for 15-20 years, and he told us that they’re fudging the numbers on their, on the numbers when they’re being checked. When the monitors are being checked by DEC. He told us that DEC calls them, and then immediately the plant stops burning coal and goes right on natural gas so they can doctor the numbers, so the emissions numbers come down. What the hell kind of emissions control is that? And this is when Mr. Baker also, when someone sent him a picture when there was a blow-off up there, and all this black smoke came out, right across from the school. It was awful. I remember seeing the picture. He sent that to us on his cellphone. This was when he was for the Clean Air Law. He spoke for it, he was [for it], everything was going fine. And then, all of a sudden, Mr. McHugh, decides, announces he’s running for office in March, and that’s when Dan Baker changed.
Mr. Crandall:- But Mr. Baker, all of a sudden…we would sit here and talk about our kids and grandkids, and how we don’t want them breathing this stuff…And he was all set to vote for the Clean Air Act [read: Law]. I know he was. He told us he was. And then some time in January-February, that must be when he got word that McHugh was running, he started marching, my speculation is McHugh was calling the shots then, and he was marching to the McHugh beat.
And another thing: Kenny Burns, he told us he interviewed over 300 people not one person was against the Clean Air Law, yet when it came to the vote, he voted against it.
Smalbany:- Now this one is what I read to you before. Do you recall? Mr. McHugh’s accomplishments with the Village Sewer and Water project just before he left office (2001). Between leaving office (2001) and 2003, he all of a sudden has a project over on the Blaisdell farm, and now he’s got water and sewerage there. [Referring to Mr. Dolan] You were actually mentioned in one of those …
Mr. Dolan: I was at some point..the town and village got together and started a sewer and a water commission, two separate entities…I recall that there was talk of annexation, and there was a lawsuit after that, and I know the Coeymans Fire Department was upset about it, because they would lose that portion of territory.
Smalbany:- So this was – I’m not asking you to speculate – what was going on behind the scenes but at this time was the annexation being discussed?
Community Observer’s Comment:- It was being discussed. Because he used my famous letter to Sol Greenberg to get on the good side of the Mayor (former Ravena Mayor, John Bruno), to get the mayor to say OK, so what do you have property in, to get the water. He always used people. [inaudible comments]
[Editor’s Notes: The annexation was in the works during McHugh’s single term as Coeymans Town Supervisor. The annexation was finalized some time in 2003, and McHugh’s properties were hooked into Village water and sewerage. McHugh then proceeded with development of single family homes and their sale, apparently through one of his wives, who was handling the real estate sales at the time.
Remember this honey of a land deal. McHugh took good care of himself.
***** END OF SEGMENT TWO *****
Segment 3 of the Crandall Interview will appear on Thursday, October 24, 2019. Stay tuned!
Read the Excerpts from Segments 1 and 3 of the Crandall Interview:
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[1] Manufacturing, industrial, and not-for-profit companies may receive property tax incentives through agreements with government agencies. Through these agreements, properties are exempt from property taxes and instead make a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (P.I.L.O.T.).
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News Herald Squeals Copyright Infringement: We respond “FAIR USE”
Coeymans Clowns are Everywhere!
Kate Lisa of the Ravena News Herald and Capital Region Independent Media is on a mission to get the Fiends’ of Coeymans faces off this site. She’s screaming copyright violation and claiming photoshopping! She’s demanding the images be removed. Our contributor responded to her piggy squeals in no uncertain terms: he told her to “To take a walk.”
“Take down those pictures!” cried Kate.
The site where some images appear showing the mugs of the “Fiends of Coeymans” is on an Internet page Groups Fight For Town Respect, Transparency — similar to those we display in one of our exposés — and there’s not a single copyright statement or notice anywhere on that page. We’d like readers to go to the link above and see for themselves. But we do caution you to understand that Kate Lisa and the Ravena News Herald are making heroes out of haters. Kate Lisa works for the Ravena News Herald, which is owned by Capital Region Independent Media, which is owned by Mark Vinciguerra, who is owned by George McHugh, who is owned by Carver Laraway.
We saw through Kate Lisa’s unfriendly demands, and are not deterred by her contacting their attorney. He’ll pee down our leg and tell us it’s ice water; then he’ll take their retainer money. Idiots! We claim the protection of the doctrine of Fair Use, and have a sound basis in law to defend our use, since we are commenting and parodying the image and the subjects of the image, Jeff LaQuire, Nate Boomer, and Chris Hagen, who call themselves “Friends of Coeymans””, and whom we claim are being painted in a falsely positive light by George McHugh’s people at the Ravena News Herald. If you find a copyright notice on that page, please let us know. Our point: If you want to claim a copyright you should provide due notice of copyright or at least place a © on the material. Right? The law may not require that but why not do it if you’re so concerned? In order to bring an action at law for infringement, they’d have to have registered the copyright. Doesn’t matter though, because we claim Fair Use. If Kate Lisa still feels like her handler’s been abused, poor little piggy, maybe she can get McHugh to write a letter for her.
Kate Lisa and Ravena News Herald want to rescue their three piggies: (left to right) Jeff LaQuire, Nate Boomer, and Chris Hagen, “Fiends of Coeymans”
Our parody and commentary on the so-called “Friends of Coeymans” is well founded given their Facebook antics and their disruption of public meetings. They seem to hate anything better looking than they are, smarter than they are, less porky than they are, and better smelling than they are. That doesn’t leave much, and it leaves a lot of hating for them to accomplish but they’re working really hard at it.
Sorry, Kate, it’s all in the spirit of good fun. Get a grip!
A Friend of Coeymans had Kate Lisa tattooed on his brain.
Yer lookin’ good, Katie!
Posted by Principal Editor on October 14, 2019 in 2019 Elections, Brendan Lefevre, Capital Region Independent Media, Chris Hagen, Coeymans Clowns, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Daily Mail, Fair Use, Fiends of Coeymans, Friends of Coeymans, George McHugh, Jeff LaQuire, John B. Johnson, Johnson Newspaper Group, Kate Lisa, Mark Vinciguerra, Nate Boomer, News Herald, Ravena News Herald, Zach Collins
“Friends of Coeymans” a.k.a. “Fiends of Coeymans”: McHugh’s Thugs
Coeymans has always been fertile ground for a bumper crop of bullies but the so-called “Friends of Coeymans,” popularly known by many Coeymans residents as “Fiends of Coeymans,” is a real special brand of domestic terrorist, the George McHugh campaign’s answer to Nazi Germany’s roaming fascist bands of thugs.
Thanks to a number of tips received from a number of Coeymans residents, who appear to be concerned about a new bully group in the Town of Coeymans — as if Coeymans didn’t have enough bullies as it is —, a local group calling themselves “Friends of Coeymans. ” The group’s bully tactics and brutish conduct in public meetings has earned them the dubious epithet of “Fiends of Coeymans.” So, in response to residents’ requests to investigate and to publish our findings, we’d like to respond in this initial post, pending our more in-depth investigations.
First of all, we note that these so-called “Friends of Coeymans” are a very small group consisting of three local clowns — for now let’s just be kind and call them the “Coeymans Clowns” —, with all the charm of a John Wayne Gacy clown, are closely associated with the McHugh campaign for Town Supervisor.[1] We’ll get to McHugh in a very revealing and troubling report on his past and present activities.
The Fiends of Coeymans appear to have an agenda of disrupt, disorder, and confuse the issues of the elections, the candidates, and to create general confusion and conflict in the Coeymans community. Far from being anything you could possibly define as a friend, these Coeymans Clowns are destructive and damaging. Of course, being on Facebook, they have collected a gaggle of Facebook freaks, addicts who spend their waking hours scrolling through illiterate comments posted by their fake friends.
If a group wants to be acknowledged as “friends” of any community, they should first state their goal as being for the public good and acting in the interests of the public, not a partisan political campaign. These Coeymans Clowns are interested in nothing but their Neanderthal sadistic pleasure, something that appears to be their perverse notion of masculinity or good citizenship. Maybe in Stalin’s Russia or Hitler’s Germany, but not here in the United States.
Unfortunately, some of the more ignorant and misguided souls (read: Mary Driscoll and her ilk) seem to have adopted this contemporary re-casting of the Three Stooges — and we believe they are actually stooges, stooges of George McHugh and his keepers [2]
Of course, the Fiends of Coeymans have a Facebook page, the Clowns practice their own brand of censorship, propaganda, and abuse on that page, which has also been a problem, say residents.
Creatures from the Shadows: Fiends of Coeymans.
[From left to right, Jeff LaQuire, Nate Boomer and Chris Hagen.]
This is a Fair Use site. One of our contributors received a threatening email from a woman called Kate Lisa, who is working for the rag, the Ravena News Herald, demanding that the Smalbany blog take done the photo of the Fiends of Coeymans. George McHugh is apparently still running the Ravena News Herald, despite the fact that Mark Vinciguerra has purchased it and his misnamed Capital Region Independent Media is mismanaging it. McHugh isn’t going to let his lackeys take any punches. At the contributor’s request, not Kate Lisa’s, we have removed the photo not because we had to, but out of courtesy. Our contributor asked Kate Lisa to give permission to use the photo, just to be friendly, but she refused. No problem, we got our mileage from it. But we do recommend that the RNH watermark their images or at least place a clear and conspicuous © on their images, like anyone else would have the good sense to do. Provincial is as provincial does. Do you smell pork belly burning?
The three clowns behind the Friends of Coeymans, and the operators of the Facebook Friends of Fascism page, have been identified as Jeff LaQuire (is that really pronounced “la queer”?), Nate Boomer (Boomer?!? Is he booming Jeff?) and Chris Hagen. It may be worth knowing that one of the Clowns, Chris Hagen, is the brother of controversial Travis Hagen, the individual involved in the tragic death of 19-year old Riley Kern last year. It seems the Hagens have a tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As we mentioned above, the Clowns are associated with the McHugh campaign, and are garnering support from the News Herald, George McHugh’s pet.
The Coeymans Clowns are a very good example of the worst in abuse of free speech. They are using not only the local opportunities for signage to mislead Coeymans residents — the Clowns can’t possibly afford to rent the billboard space they have on 9W, so our question is: Who is paying for it? Marc Vinciguerra of the Ravena News Herald? George McHugh? Carver Laraway? — they’re all in bed together — and they have the willing ear of McHugh’s pet newspaper, the Ravena News Herald, the local media whore. What’s worse is that they have a Facebook page that most social media addicts can find with no problem, and, if they say what the Fiends of Coeymans, rather, the Clowns of Coeymans want to hear, and if it supports their special interest agenda, it gets posted for all to read. But if you question any of the propaganda or disagree, look forward to being banned, and then after being banned and deprived of the opportunity to respond, they’ll proceed to trash you. Friends of Coeymans, Clowns of Coeymans, at their democratic best.
Lequire, Boomer, and Hagen are three very scary clowns!
Here’s the hypocrisy of the whole Fiends of Coeymans Facebook scam: They invite free and open discussion and even tout freedom of speech but, as in most dictatorships and fascist regimes, your freedom of speech goes only as far as the narrow limits of what the Clowns want to hear, and what they want their “friends” to see. In my book and by my definition, that’s called censorship and propaganda. It has no place in a free and democratic society.
But when the thugs get some computer skills, that’s the place where things go. Fascist thugs and computer skills are a toxic mix.
Problem is, there are so many gullible, ignorant, even downright stupid residents in Coeymans, who are such pitifully lonely creatures, they’ll do anything to get a friend. Hell, they’ll swallow anything — and I mean anything — if you’ll just say Hi! to them. So it’s that bunch that are really attracted to the Clowns’ group. The burning question is: Are you one of them?
If anyone has seen the movies about dictatorships like Nazi Germany or any place where fear ruled, you always have the scene where the thugs enter a public meeting, a gathering, or even a church service and intimidate or brutalize those present to the extent that no one goes to the public meeting because they’re afraid of meeting up with the thugs. Well, that’s exactly what we’re seeing now in Coeymans: the Clowns, the Fiends of Coeymans, are appearing at town government meetings ranging from regular town board meetings to planning board meetings and making unpleasant and embarrassing scenes. Just like in Fascist Germany. Their main purpose: to embarrass our elected officials and to intimidate citizens. Some of their Facebook freak friends actually congratulate them on “the good work they’re doing in the community.” Pure insanity! You can’t make this stuff up!
This sort of bullyism has to stop. Only YOU can stop it. Some of Coeymans misguided residents are urging these freaks on; others are encouraging them by giving them attention on Facebook; others are supporting them indirectly by staying away from important democratic institutions like town board meetings, planning board meetings, and public gatherings. Why? Because fascist thugs work that way: they work with lies, threats, bullyism, and intimidation.
Next time you express support for our military and our servicemen, just remember one thing: Our fathers and grandfathers fought against Fascism. Their sons and our brothers and sisters fought against totalitarianism in Korea and Vietnam. Our brothers and sisters fought terrorism in the Middle East. How can Coeymans residents support those sacrifices and still support a group like the Fiends of Coeymans, who are creating their own special brand of domestic terrorism?
Open your eyes! Open your ears! Open your mouths! Say NO! to the fascist thugs in your own front yard! You owe it to him or her who made the ultimate sacrifice so you can talk freely, assemble without intimidation, and exercise your free right to vote!!!
Editor’s Note: Mr George McHugh has recently published some misleading statements relating to his military service, if you can call National Guard service “military” and a cushy office job in the Staff Judge Advocate’s office (That’s where all the attorney’s hang out, far from any bullets or landmines!). We think he has no clue about what it is to be a real soldier. We’ve invited him to be interviewed to clarify those and other questions about his past but he has so far ignored two of our follow-ups. A third one will go out this week and, if he doesn’t have the guts to interview and answer the questions, we’ll publish the facts that we have. No one can say we didn’t give him the chance to clear the air.
[1] John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois. All of Gacy’s known murders were committed inside his Norwood Park ranch house.
[2] The dictionary definition of “stooge” is “a person who serves merely to support or assist others, particularly in doing unpleasant work; perform a role that involves being the butt of a comedian’s jokes; move around aimlessly; drift or cruise.” Aptly applies to the Coeymans Clowns in all aspects.
Posted by Principal Editor on October 10, 2019 in 19th Congressional District, 19th Congressional District, 19th Congressional District, 2019 Elections, 20th Congressional District, 20th Congressional District, 20th Congressional District, 46th District, 46th Senate District, Albany, Albany County Legislature, Boris Alexei Jordan, Boris Jordan, Boris Jordan, Brandon LeFevre, Brendan Lefevre, Burning the Constitution, Capital Region Independent Media, Carver Companies, Carver Companies, Carver Construction, Carver Laraway, Censorship, Chris Hagen, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Coeymanazis, Coeymans, Coeymans Acting Police Chief, Coeymans Circus, Coeymans Clowns, Coeymans Comeback Team, Coeymans Elections, Coeymans Industrial Park, Coeymans Losers Club, Coeymans Police Department, Coeymans Town Board, Conservative Party, Conspiracy, Corruption, Curaleaf, Daily Mail, Daniel Boomer, Elections 2019, Elections and Voting, Emily Kern, Eurasian Mafia, Eurasian Mob, Fiends of Coeymans, First Amendment, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Friends of Coeymans, George Amedore, George McHugh, George McHugh, Ian Foard, Jeff LaQuire, Johnson Newspaper Corporation, Johnson Newspaper Group, Kate Lisa, Mark Vinciguerra, Mary Driscoll, Michael Biscone, Nate Boomer, Nicholas Laraway, NYS Assembly, NYS Senate, Palliatech, Port of Coeymans, Ravena News Herald, RCS Business Group, Take Back Our Town, Town of Coeymans, Zach Collins
Is George McHugh Avoiding Us?
Is Supervisor Candidate McHugh Avoiding us? Maybe hiding?
Rumor is that Coeymans Supervisor Candidate George McHugh is disguising himself to avoid being interviewed. Please let us know if you spot him!
As most of the local Albany County and Greene County residents and voters are aware, we recently contacted both Mr Phil Crandall, the incumbent Town of Coeymans Supervisor, and Mr George McHugh, a local lawyer seeking election to replace Mr Crandall. We invited both Mr Crandall and Mr McHugh to be interviewed by us and we published on this blog some of the questions we would be asking.
McHugh with Running Mates (L-R: Lefevre, McHugh, Collins, Langdon). They’re a colorful quartet, aren’t they?
They want to “take back Coeymans.”
Our posts announcing our interest in interviewing the two candidates are part of the series: “If they want to be elected, we’re going to grill them!” (Click on these links to read the articles: Mr Crandall — Mr McHugh)
To his credit, Mr Crandall responded almost immediately accepting the invitation to be interviewed. We will be asking him for a date and time in the first two weeks of October, some time later this week.
Although we contacted Mr McHugh at about the same time we contacted Mr Crandall with the same request, and published the questions we want answered, Mr McHugh has so far refused to respond as to whether he will accept our invitation to be interviewed prior to the elections.
George McHugh’s law office in the former Ravena News Herald building, Main Street, Ravena. A strange woman in Mardi Gras costume has been seen entering and leaving the building.
We followed up today with an email to Mr McHugh’s law offices, again attaching some of the questions for his information, and sent the following message:
Dear Mr McHugh:
We contacted you earlier this month to invite you to be interviewed as a candidate for Town of Coeymans Supervisor.
As of this date, we have not heard back from you, and we’d like to reach out to you a second time to invite you to be interviewed by us for the information of our many readers and the local community.
We would be very pleased to schedule your interview at any time between Wednesday, October 2 – Wednesday, October 16, 2019, between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
The purpose of the interview, of course, will be to vet facts we already have as well as to explore other relevant issues concerning your fitness to be Coeymans Town Supervisor.
For your convenience, we are attaching a list of questions, which we expect to ask at the time of interview. We do reserve the right to substitute or to add additional questions at the time of interview.
Please be advised that should you choose not to respond or otherwise decline interview, we will proceed with the information we have.
Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to sitting down with you face-to-face to better inform the voting community.
Once we receive your response, we will provide you with the name of an independent, non-partisan interviewer, who will conduct the interview.
Is Mr McHugh avoiding us, attempting to avoid answering some burning questions about his past? Is Mr McHugh afraid that he’ll have his feet to the fire when we start asking questions about his fitness to be Coeymans Town Supervisor?
We are trying to be fair to the candidates and are offering them both the chance to come clean on some very important issues. Mr Crandall has come forward and agreed to be interviewed.
Will Mr McHugh continue to attempt to hide?
Sorry, George, you can run but you can’t hide!
There are some questions we’d like to ask you.
Posted by Principal Editor on September 26, 2019 in 19th Congressional District, 19th Congressional District, 2019 Elections, 20th Congressional District, 20th Congressional District, 46th District, 46th Senate District, Albany, Albany County Board of Elections, Albany County District Attorney, Albany County Elections, Albany County Legislature, Boris Alexei Jordan, Boris Jordan, Boris Jordan, Capital Region Independent Media, Carver Companies, Carver Construction, Carver Laraway, Coeymans, Coeymans Elections, Coeymans Industrial Park, Coeymans Town Board, Conflict of Interest, Conspiracy, Corruption, Curaleaf, Daniel McCoy, David Soares, District Attorney, George Amedore, George McHugh, Hudson Valley, Michael Biscone, News Herald, Port of Coeymans, Public Corruption, Ravena News Herald
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How to Put Pictures on Craigslist for a Service Offered
by David Weedmark
Programmer Craig Newmark founded Craigslist in 1995 as an email-based list.
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Many category pages on Craigslist enable you to upload photos directly to the Craigslist website by clicking the "Add Images" button when composing your ad. Other categories, like most service categories, don't give you this option. If you want to promote your business services on Craigslist, you can still add pictures to your ads by using an HTML " " tag. This will pull an image from any other publicly-accessible website and place it in your ad. Adding external images gives you the added option of adding a link to your business website to the picture.
Upload a photo representing your business or the service you are advertising to any publicly available website. You can upload the photo to your own business website or blog. Or use a free online service like Flickr (flickr.com), which works with Yahoo; Tweetpic (tweetpic.com), which works with Twitter; or Picasa (picasa.com), a free image service hosted by Google that's accessible with a Google account.
Right-click the picture on the Web page and click "Copy Image Location" to copy the URL.
Open a new Web browser window and navigate to the Craigslist page for your city or region. Click "Services," and then click the "Post" link in the upper right corner of the page.
Log in to your Craigslist account using your email address and password. If you don't have an account yet, click the "Sign Up For An Account" link at the bottom of the page and follow the on-screen instructions to create a free account.
Select the service category that most closely matches the service you offer. Click "Continue." Compose your ad as desired. Click the mouse where you want the image to appear and press "Ctrl-V" on the keyboard to paste the URL of the image into the ad.
Frame the image URL with an HTML "img" tag. This piece of code tells the Web browser to display the image on the screen and directs the browser to retrieve the image from the specified URL, which is framed in quotation marks. The entire tag is framed between "<" and ">" symbols so the browser acts on the code rather than displaying the text in the code. The entire code looks like this: .
Insert a hyperlink on the image code if you want visitors to be able to click the image to go to your business website. Wrap the image tag with an HTML hypertext reference, or "href," code. This code begins with an tag and is closed with an tag, which tells the browser that anything in the middle can be clicked. The website link follows an "=" sign and is enclosed in quotation marks in the first tag. Using the same image link, and a business website called SampleWebsite.com, the entire code would look like this: .
Click the "Continue" button and follow the on-screen instructions to post your ad. Retrieve the verification message sent to your inbox. Preview your ad from the link in the verification message and edit it as needed before approving your ad.
Read the Craigslist Terms of Use before creating an ad. Ads that violate the terms of use may be flagged for removal and could result in your account being suspended.
Craigslist: HTML in Craigslist Postings
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A published author and professional speaker, David Weedmark has advised businesses and governments on technology, media and marketing for more than 20 years. He has taught computer science at Algonquin College, has started three successful businesses, and has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines throughout Canada and the United States.
Weedmark, David. "How to Put Pictures on Craigslist for a Service Offered." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/put-pictures-craigslist-service-offered-50072.html. Accessed 29 January 2020.
Weedmark, David. (n.d.). How to Put Pictures on Craigslist for a Service Offered. Small Business - Chron.com. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/put-pictures-craigslist-service-offered-50072.html
Weedmark, David. "How to Put Pictures on Craigslist for a Service Offered" accessed January 29, 2020. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/put-pictures-craigslist-service-offered-50072.html
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Record number of new joiners for Smith & Williamson in Birmingham
The Birmingham office of Smith & Williamson has welcomed 10 new joiners over the last few months
Joel Blake OBE Urges Businesses To 'Go Glocal' at Smith & Williamson Event
Diversity and inclusivity are the key to growing a successful business in an increasingly “glocal” world, according to one of Birmingham’s leading entrepreneurs.
Smith & Williamson scores scale-up awards hat-trick
Smith & Williamson, the financial and professional services firm, has won a national award for its work with fast-growth businesses – the third in as many years.
Smith & Williamson appoints non-executive director
The board of Smith & Williamson Holdings Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Carla Stent as a non-executive director. Carla joins the Board with immediate effect and will chair the group audit and risk oversight committee.
Seminar to demystify the cloud
Business owners and finance managers are being invited to an innovative seminar and exhibition which aims to demystify ‘cloud’ accounting software and allow them to make clearer choices when it comes to picking the right package.
Smith & Williamson sponsors the CLA Surrey debate 2019
Smith & Williamson has sponsored the CLA Surrey Housing Debate 2019; Housing in Surrey – How can we squeeze it in?
Smith & Williamson win third award for work with fast growth businesses
Smith & Williamson win third award for work with fast growth businesses.
Tilney and Smith & Williamson Announce Transformational Merger
Transaction will create the UK’s leading integrated wealth management and professional services group with over £45 billion of assets under management
The Smith & Williamson Birmingham office renews partnership with CBSO
Smith & Williamson continued sponsorship provides a platform for music making and more as the CBSO celebrates its centenary.
Smith & Williamson advises on sale of Rap International
The Bristol office of Smith & Williamson has advised on the sale of RAP International to Yokogawa Electric Corporation.
One S&W Walk raises €3,650 for charity
Smith & Williamson’s Dublin office completed the One S&W Walk between its Sandyford and Herbert Street offices, raising €3,650 for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).
Birmingham gallery hosts Smith & Williamson Celebration
Smith & Williamson Birmingham office colleagues and friends gathered at Birmingham’s Whitewall Galleries to mark the retirement John Hodgson.
RWA Annual Open Exhibition Sponsorship
Smith & Williamson are once again sponsoring this year’s Annual Open Exhibition at The Royal West of England Academy in Bristol.
Update on merger discussions
Further to the announcement by AGF Management Ltd to the Toronto Stock Exchange yesterday (18 August) regarding its shareholding in Smith & Williamson, the Board of Smith & Williamson confirms that it has received an approach and is in exclusive discussions about a combination of its business with Tilney Group.
Smith & Williamson gives helping hands to Shooting Star Children’s Hospices
Six enthusiastic volunteers from our Guildford office had fun gardening at Christopher’s hospice based at Artington, as part of the firm’s support for Shooting Star Children's Hospices.
Smith & Williamson supports summer school for young entrepreneurs
Young people from communities facing economic and social challenges had the chance to learn about enterprise and entrepreneurship.
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Why The GOP Is Screwing Itself
March 4, 2009 by Bob Cesca
The “leader of the Republican Party” question has been thoroughly analyzed and debated. And after many days and many cable news roundelays, I think we can all agree that, yes, the GOP has been inextricably grasped within the meaty, sweaty mitts of that familiar planetoid of addiction, racism and self-indulgence known as Rush Limbaugh.
And that’s just fine and dandy.
But contrary to what Drudge and Politico are reporting today, this isn’t some sort of wicked conspiracy cooked up by Rahm Emanuel and Robert Gibbs from within the same underground war room where they keep the president’s madrassa diploma and his secret Kenyan birth certificate.
This Limbaugh situation is entirely the fault of the Republican Party. The White House is merely exploiting it — and rightly so.
Throughout the last several decades, the Republican Party has been careening willingly towards this destiny. Year after year, the Republicans have been magnetically drawn ever closer to the simplistic worldview espoused by far-right talk radio: a segment of American society that’s perhaps a little too comfy with laughing at a racial or sexist joke, or repeating nearsighted bumper sticker slogans like, “Your mortgage is not my problem.”
The Republican Party has become the purview of The Dittohead: the thoughtless undead automaton who lazily yet proudly announces on the radio that he or she doesn’t simply “ditto” but, in fact, “mega-dittos” everything spoken by Rush Limbaugh. “Mega” as in millions of times over.
Michael Steele has proved himself to be a Dittohead. Mike Pence and Rick Santorum and Tom DeLay? All dittoheads. You’d be hard pressed to find a Republican politician who hasn’t in some way expressed his or her Dittohead status while also genuflecting at the bloated cankles of their radio warlord.
So it should come as no surprise that the leader of the dittoheads has become the leader of the Republicans.
The Republicans have positioned themselves in such a way that publicly renouncing their Dittohead status will provoke the furious anger of their leader who has so often retaliated against disloyal subjects with a Mr. Creosote caliber geyser of acidic hell, effectively emasculating any attempt at escape. Limbaugh has indeed broken the Republicans and I’m pretty sure they know it. Yet they’re powerless to do anything about it.
We can only assume that they understand the hazards involved with being absorbed into Limbaugh’s universe — and they especially have to know that the Democrats know. And that leads to the big question: Why is it supremely awesome that the Republicans have become the Dittohead Party?
So far, the establishment press and cable news hasn’t fully examined this all-important “why” factor. Sure, there’s been plenty of talk about Limbaugh’s famous “wanting President Obama to fail” remarks and how wishing for failure makes the Republicans seem like they’re okay with the American economy failing, just as long as they can start winning elections again.
That’s pretty bad. But the problems inherent in becoming trapped inside the Limbaugh tractor beam go much deeper and, as Chairman Steele’s gut instinct spilled out, uglier.
It’s easy to temporarily forget Limbaugh’s record of awfulness because the latest controversy tends to obliterate memories of past controversies — controversies to which the Republicans have, by proxy, tethered themselves. If Limbaugh is the leader of the Republicans and the Republicans are, indeed, willing to embrace Limbaugh as such a leader, then the Republicans are embracing the whole nasty package.
To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have sealed their status as the party of race-baiting. In Limbaugh’s world, Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama simply because Obama is black — excuse me, Halfrican American. In Limbaugh’s world, all blacks say “axe” instead of “ask.” In Limbaugh’s world, it’s hilarious to pronounce Mayor Ray Nagin’s name as Mayor Nay-ger. In Limbaugh’s world, black contestants on Survivor are at a disadvantage because “blacks can’t swim.”
To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have become the party of sexism. In Limbaugh’s world, women who seek equal rights are making up for the fact that they’re “ugly.” In Limbaugh’s world, it’s hilarious to compare pubescent teenage girls to “the family dog.” In Limbaugh’s world, women live longer because their lives are somehow “easier.” I can’t imagine that would apply to Limbaugh’s three ex-wives, but okay.
To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have become the party of comparing torture to fraternity pranks. They’ve become the party of multiple divorces. The party of Oxycontin addiction. The party of “phony soldiers.” The party of mysterious all-male excursions to foreign nations while in possession of erectile dysfunction medication prescribed under a false name. They’ve become the party of wild conspiracy theories like the one Limbaugh was repeating in October — maybe you’ve heard this one. Did you know that Barack Obama traveled to Hawaii, not to visit his then-gravely ill grandmother, but instead to participate in the cover-up of his secret birth certificate?
To fall under the rule of Limbaugh means that the Republicans have become the party of this:
The Republicans are bowing to the leadership of a man who physically mocked the involuntary tremors of a Parkinson’s disease victim. I can’t underscore this enough. Rush Limbaugh, the leader of the Republican Party, actually imitated and exaggerated Michael J. Fox’s Parkison’s tremors.
Governor Jindal: “I think Rush is a great leader for conservatives.”
Chairman Michael Steele: “I have enormous respect for Rush Limbaugh.”
Congressman Mike Pence: “I think Rush Limbaugh — who I admire, and like millions of Americans, I cherish his voice in the public debate.”
And so the Republicans expect to be taken seriously now?
No wonder the White House is gleefully winking and nudging everyone in the direction of this Republican clown car of awfulness — if not for the political advantage, for the sheer spectacle of watching the once mighty Republican Party effectively screwing itself. The Democrats, on one hand, appear to be busily going about the business of cleaning up the mess left behind by three decades of Reaganomics while, on the other the hand, the Republicans are duct-taping themselves to the ample bosom of the most self-satirical political sideshow geek in American media history, while also expecting this will help their electoral chances.
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‘ Why The GOP Is Screwing Itself ‘
Because nobody else will?
Because they DIG it!
Because they’re so GOOD at it?
Because the Democrats are too busy with this “governing” thing, lately.
Because Rushbo is not only a traitor to his country, he’s a traitor to his Party, which always comes FIRST.
Because… I don’t know…
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Why Executive Hiring Takes a Long Time… Sometimes Too Long
Sarah J. Mitchell
You would think that with technology speeding up our communications and processes on all fronts, the time needed to seek and hire the right candidate would be shrinking. That's not necessarily so. The interview process alone is getting longer each year.
In 2015, employment site Glassdoor.com found that the average interview process in the U.S. is now 22.9 days, nearly double the 12.6 days in 2010, and that is for all positions within a company, from retail clerk to the CEO. An executive search can take anywhere from four to ten times that long, if not longer. Whether you are on the hiring or candidate side, the longer it takes, the greater the pain you might feel. Let's look at the most common reasons why it is taking so @$#%ing long.
1. Proceed with Caution!
Hiring executives, and the human resources departments that serve them, are acutely aware these days of how expensive a bad hire can be. On average, it takes a new employee six to 12 months to get up to speed on the job and the company culture, and a bad decision and a quick departure mean the clock has to start all over again. Lost productivity, not to mention a double dip in recruiting costs, will hit a tight budget in a bad way. With more hoops for a candidate to jump through, including additional rounds of interviews to get more input from the team, background checks, leadership assessments and requests for writing samples or group presentations, a hiring executive has much more data to work with to make the best decision. But every hoop added takes time.
2. Analysis Paralysis.
In the case of a newly created role, or one that is being re-imagined after a long-term incumbent, there can be a lack of clarity in the hiring executive's mind as to what the essential characteristics and skills are needed before they even interview the first candidate. Does the new CFO need to have a strong accounting foundation, with a CPA, or is someone who has followed a financial analysis career path to the top a better fit? Does your Chief Marketing Officer need to be a strategic, creative, visionary leader, or someone who can drill down on operational leadership?
Some hiring executives prefer to "try on" different candidates as they work through the search process to help them arrive at the answer, rather than hammer out the answers before starting the interview process. This can be tiring and unfair to the unwitting candidates, and a waste of time for the interview panel. Much of our work as consultants is to help our clients shape the position descriptions, through interviews with the team as well as position assessment tools (of which we are a big fan) to help them identify what their business needs to succeed before their first interview.
3. Getting the Buy-in Upfront.
Some corporate cultures have a top-down approach to decision making, and what the hiring executive wants, the hiring executive gets. Inevitably, this will lead to a shorter search process. On the flip side, in a company where decisions are made by consensus and through buy-in, the process will inevitably take longer. Getting six strong-minded, opinionated leaders aligned on a hiring decision is at least six times as hard as one. The great benefit for the successful candidate in this situation, however, is that the onboarding process is smoother and shorter, as much of the hard work of buy-in is already complete.
4. Trains, Planes and Automobiles.
Speaking of consensus at the top, when global business leaders who are essential to the interview process are zooming around the country and world conducting business as usual, it can be challenging to get calendars to line up for face-to-face meetings with each of the key stakeholders. While the "search committee" was an entity employed primarily in academia and the non-profit sector, we've noticed more and more of our clients assembling one to ensure that the best candidates have been vetted thoroughly. This adds a few additional levels of scrutiny and screening, but also other scheduling logistics into the picture. Add to the mix a similarly mobile candidate pool of leaders who have a full dance card of travel scheduled months in advance, and the calendar Olympics get increasingly difficult and add to timeline.
5. Looky-Lou Syndrome.
The distant cousin of Analysis Paralysis is the Looky-Lou Syndrome. Some hiring executives feel like the perfect candidate is always the next candidate, and the search can feel like a journey to find the end of the universe. We have greater access than ever to information on possible passive candidates, and it can feel tempting for a hiring executive to keep "swiping left" in search of a golden unicorn that may or may not even exist. Meanwhile, the exceptional candidates who meet 98 percent of a job's requirements get put on hold for all of eternity. About a decade ago, we conducted a search for a senior financial services executive. The good news was there were only one or two people involved in the hiring, but the bad news was the hiring executive said he liked interviewing people and wanted to see 50 candidates.
Rushing the hiring process is never a good idea (see item number one.) However, if you find yourself on the hiring end of a search and the weeks are stretching into months, assess how you and your team are impacting the timeline and make adjustments where you can. If you are a candidate in a search process that seems to be stretching into eternity, find your patience, do your research and know that, if it is meant to be, it will be.
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The Carolingian Frontier III: points north and east
Posted on 13 July 2015 | 7 Comments
Picking up the now-legendary backlog once more we find me still in Cambridge in early July 2014 for the third day of the Carolingian Frontier and its Neighbours conference already described. This was the morning only, and so there were only four papers, in two pairs as follows.
Robert Smith, “Hedeby after Ansgar: the continued contacts with Carolingian Christianity in the border emporia of Hedeby”.
As you can see we started in Denmark, and indeed we were not wholly to leave it for the rest of the day. We started in Hedeby, founded by an aggressive transplantation of traders from the Baltic seaport of Reric by King Godefrid of Denmark in 808, and the last paper would come back to it. Mr Smith’s paper was however about how deep the impact of the Carolingian mission to Denmark in the 820s and 840s-850s was, and in fact there is thin evidence for continuing Christianity in the town into the 880s and beyond. It’s always hard to assert religion from material culture, especially when one’s main evidence is burials because the dead don’t bury themselves, but one surprising piece of evidence is a pair of church-bells that have been recovered from the harbour, one cracked as if the other might have been its replacement. I’m not sure how we date them, mind…
The unbroken church bell recovered from Hedeby harbour, dated by the website where I found it (linked through) to 850, but seriously, how?
Mr Smith’s point was that conversion did not bring any kind of political control, but that cultural exchange and mixing happened all the same. This raised the question of whether we were in fact on a frontier here or just at a port, but I think it’s probably arguable that a port of entry is a frontier of sorts… There were also arguments about whether coin finds necessarily demonstrate trade, which of course they do not, but that took us into the next paper.
Jens Christian Moesgaard, “Carolingian coins in Denmark: commerce and prestige”.
For Dr Moesgaard, his initial scepticism about that question had now somewhat reluctantly turned to acceptance; for him sites like Hausmarken, which has so far thrown up twenty single-finds of Louis the Pious deniers, are approaching the inarguable, so we have to accept that there was trade between Denmark and the Carolingian Empire coming through the Danish emporia, but he also noted that it very much died off in the 840s, and coin finds then become rarer as well as more international (and also less: Hedeby and Ribe start minting their own in the later ninth century, and Ribe seems never to have kept Carolingian coins so as to deposit them). That doesn’t however mean that all Carolingian coin finds are relics of trade, not least because as the discussion drew out, they seem often to have been recovered from relatively wealthy dwellings and also treated differently, being very rarely cut, unlike Islamic dirhams. That might be because they were largely arriving earlier, or it might be, well… Many possibilities remain but here there is at least the chance of a continuing increase in evidence to make patterns clearer.
Then there was coffee and then we resumed with what turned out to be quite the longest haul of the conference.
Joachim Henning, “The Fortified Carolingian Border Line with the Slavs along the Elbe and Saale: military defense and cultural exchange”.
I am quite conflicted about this paper, because it was extremely interesting and you can see how it would be vital comparative data for some of my interests, but on the other hand it was also twenty minutes longer than it was supposed to have been. It also raised some quite important questions that somehow never got asked, onto which I will come. We were introduced to a series of problems that have dogged the interpretation of fortress archæology on the German-Slavic border of the Carolingian Empire as was which modern archæological techniques, especially scientific dating, are beginning to solve. One has been even finding very many Slavic fortresses, which as we were told began to unstick once it was realised that they were probably small and earthen-ramparted rather than being big stone structures. The second has then been dating them, but with enough animal bone and radio-carbon tests that is also now being done and the problem is now that there are almost none to be dated before about 900. This apparent sudden fortress boom could be a reaction to campaigning by the Ottonians, as some would indeed have it, but raises some questions about what this frontier was like before then which are now harder to answer.1
The Weinberg at Hohenwarthe, where the fortress dug by Professor Henning has now gone under the Autobahn, if I understand the German article linked through correctly. Photo by Sigrun Tausche.
Professor Henning did have some suggestions, however, including that Hohenwarthe, upriver from Magdeburg in Saxony, may be one such early Slav fortress in some sense. It was raised during Frankish campaigns of 806 according to the Chronicle of Moissac but according to the finds evidence is much older, going back to the second century. Other such fortresses built by others and thus hard to identify as Slavic typologically can be added to such a list: Professor Henning named Höhbeck and Potzlow, where there was also a battle grave including men, women and children, some killed with what seemed to be Viking arrowheads. All of this would indicate how dangerous an area and how many players there might be in it (and the next paper would also work to this effect), if I was only sure that identifying the users of a site by a culture remained viable now that archæology accepts that material culture was a choice made from what was available for many reasons that don’t have to be to do with ethnicity, and that doing so by the shape of buildings (since Professor Henning was ruling some sites out of being Slavic, whatever that would actually mean, because they were “too rectangular”) can survive in a context in which fortified settlements were being reused by forces other those that had built them, and could very easily change hands in quite short timeframes. As it was, while I’m intrigued by the empirical quality of this data—there’s lots of it, it’s been very well recovered and thoroughly analysed—this paper made me more, not less, suspicious that we cannot, in fact, say who was in any of these sites without resorting to textual evidence that we already had…
Daniel Melleno, “Between Borders: the place of the Slavs in the northern politics of the Danes and Frabks in the ninth century”.
In the little time that was left him, Dr Melleno then took us succintly through the various testimonies of the narrative sources for the groups we think of as Slavic who were part of the political contest between the two kingdoms of Franks and Danes in the long ninth century. His basic contention was that the Obodrites, a difficult group to pin down as we have discussed, were the most successful of several such groups in profiting from Carolingian support as a buffer state to get into a position where they were actually coherent and united enough as a polity to start interacting with the Carolingians, and indeed the Danes, on their own terms. Unfortunately for them, this left them much more obvious targets than the Franks once the Danish kingdom descended into Frankish-backed civil war in the 820s and they more or less ceased to be that coherent polity in the subsequent warfare. My only complaint about this paper was that it took everything in any source used as absolutely straightforward, and I did wonder what might have come out of trying to read the Carolingian presentation of these groups as either faithful or faithless allies as a product of the annalists’ political stances, rather than the Obodrites’.
Still, it was reasonable to close with a reminder that we had almost all, coins, Christianity and trade not withstanding, seen the Carolingian frontier as a warzone first and foremost. Dr Melleno was right to end with the famous line from Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne: “have a Frank for a friend, not for a neighbour”!2
1. This is a conclusion warmly adopted by, for example, David S. Bachrach, Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany (Woodbridge 2012), where see pp. 24 & 151.
2. Einhard, Vita Karoli, ed. Oswald Holder-Egger as Einhardi Vita Karoli Magni, Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Scriptores rerum Germanicum in usum scholarum separatim editi) XXV (Hannover 1911, repr. 1960), online here, transl. David Ganz in idem (transl.), Two Lives of Charlemagne: Einhard and Notker the Stammerer (Harmondsworth 2008), pp. 17-44, cap. 16.
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7 responses to “The Carolingian Frontier III: points north and east”
Allan McKinley | 13 July 2015 at 8:54 | Reply
All of this brings one question to mind: how sure are we that the things that we study around frontiers are genuinely manifestations of frontiers as opposed to being things we look for around frontiers because we expect them to be there; or, to put it more bluntly, do our own preconceptions endow frontiers with an exceptional status that they may not have had?
As examples I offer fortifications and trade. We often look for fortifications around frontiers, although now more in zones than lines. But in early-medieval situations the best-defined system of fortification is in fact not based on a frontier but rather across a whole kingdom: the Burghal Hidage system in the West Saxon Kingdom. Whether or not we see this as the whole kingdom acting as a frontier we have to acknowledge that fortifications could be a feature of a polity in its entirety (or excluding Cornwall and Kent as in this example).
Traders within the Franks Empire did not only have to deal with royal agents at the border. There were internal tolls and therefore collection points as well. I think the same can be argued (without checking notes) amongst the Anglo-Saxons and Lombards as well.
It may be that fortifications and trade were still materially different on frontiers, a point of view I would likely agree with, but probably due to my own preconceptions. Yet to study anything as a phenomenon of a frontier it is surely necessary to go beyond these assumptions and actually show that what is being studied is a manifestation of the frontier rather than simply something observed at a frontier location which has not been tested to see if it occurs further from the frontier? This is not to imply any of the Cambridge papers were not about frontiers, and indeed many of them may have addressed these issues, but my worry with frontiers as with many historical areas of debate, is that we may create them as much as elucidate them.
Jonathan Jarrett | 13 July 2015 at 23:42 | Reply
These are actually issues which were coming up in my Leeds sessions just done these few days ago, so you are very much on message here Allan! And you’re quite right, and in fact I think that some of the Frankish portui on the eastern borders were a long way into Slavic territory, at the end of routes into Francia. In this respect I tend to find the Arabic model of thughur, which are zones through which you pass to the enemy/beyond, rather than spaces marking you off from him/it, a bit more useful than Luttwak-style zone-or-line alternatives. What discussion in the sessions focused on was contact with an alternative power focus and danger from warfare, and if those be allowed to stand, while I agree that it makes most of Wessex a frontier—and against a seaborne enemy, it kind of was—it does mean that the speakers at Cambridge were also pretty much all on target, even if I do see your point that looking for frontier characteristics may have got ahead of identifying them from frontiers in some cases.
Owen Dunn | 13 July 2015 at 11:37 | Reply
I dunno how you date bells, though it seems you needed permission to have them. Wikipedia’s German edition has the bell you picture dating from about 950 at the point Haithabu became a bishopric. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glocke_von_Haithabu
Karen schousboe | 13 July 2015 at 11:58 | Reply
As to the bell from Haithabu: it was found in the top silt in the harbour together with other fragments of bells and could not be precisely dated. It is hotly debated whether it was part of a metal-hoard meant for melting down and reuse or whether it was “the bell of Ansgar’s”. Source: Kurt Schietzel: Spurensuche Haithabu. Wachholtz 2014, p. 425
How revealing! Albeit mainly of doubt… Thankyou, Karen and Owen both!
crimsonprose | 13 July 2015 at 20:48 | Reply
Wasn’t it in Hedeby that the earliest church established (and that briefly) were complained about for disturbing the peace with their bells? Though I admit, with reference back to notes, it mayn’t have been Hedeby. It’s just that would be poetic when these bells are found in the harbour there.
There was, apparently, an episode recorded in which a ninth-century king of Denmark threw the Christians out of Hedeby, but that record appears not to be very trustworthy given the archæology. At least, if any of its evidence actually means Christianity…
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Everyday Readymades
Photo: Everyday Objects by Rhea Batz
“Experimentation also involves attention to the normally unnoticed” (Allan Kaprow, Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life)
Does newly produced art have to always be made in art therapy? Or, can art therapy also incorporate personally significant collection of everyday objects? The readymade objects that inhabit domestic life, work, leisure and daily experiences are many. Gathering and assembling items that have symbolic meaning can act as a condensed personal archive. Combining different dimensions of life into a mini-installation, or life sculpture, brings into relationship many kinds of experiences. Allan Kaprow used the idea of “life like art” to describe art that reminds us of the rest of our lives. He encouraged us to be conscious inventors of the life that also invents us. How can we revision the materials we interact with on a daily basis as artworks in art therapy?
It’s a strange thought, that personal identity and qualities of mind and character can be discovered not only in people, but also in objects, landscapes, jars or boxes. If this seems a bit odd, it’s because we have, by and large, emptied the visual realm of personal character. Yet when we feel kinship with an object, it is because the values we sense that it carries are clearer in it than they usually are in our minds (Alain de Botton and John Armstrong)
In his book The Poetics of Space, Gaston Bachelard describes how domestic objects are in essence hybrids in their role as subject-objects. Subject-objects are intimately felt, they are handled items that reflect what we hold on to for practical and symbolic reasons. A subject-object could be a piece of clothing, photograph, pen, mobile phone, a piece of jewellery, an inherited ornament, or something picked up off the street. The organisation and display of a ready-made assemblage can be a vital composition, highlighting the life situations of an art therapy participant in a concrete way. Reconstituting ordinary objects into a re-mixing of meaning (or finding the valuable in the taken-for-granted) is not only a guide to self-knowledge, but a way to replenish awareness of what’s around us.
Photo: A Display of Shoes and Sticks, Belfast Art Therapy Summer School, 2013
A recent article in the Financial Times by Susie Boyt called “Identity in a Biscuit Tin” describes the work of Christian Boltanski, whose recent installation at the Pompidou Centre in Paris is composed of 646 old biscuit tines, containing 1200 photographs and 800 documents gathered by the artist from his studio over a 23 year period. Boyt writes, “standing in front of Les Archives made me think of so many things: exile, humility, childhood, home, concealment and display, and how we as humans come to measure and regard our own personal history, our memories, and our suffering”
Photo: Les archives de Christian Boltanski 1965-1989, placed in biscuit tins.
From personal objects arranged as a documentation of experience, to biscuit tins as containers of personal history, the subject of what is an art material in art therapy requires critical consideration. Using everyday readymades is a means of inviting art therapy participants to “come as they are” to “be themselves” rather than fitting into art materials that don’t suit how they live their lives.
It’s a strange thought, that personal identity and qualities of mind and character can be discovered not only in people, but also in objects, landscapes, jars or boxes. It this seems a bit odd, it’s because we have, by and large, emptied the visual realm of personal character. Yet when we feel a kinship with an object, it is because the values we sense that it carries are clearer in it than they usually are in our minds (Alain de Botton and John Armstrong).
It is important for people to feel at home in art therapy, to feel relaxed and share who they are. The Irish artist Kate Murphy’s writes that home
…is an extension of The Self, an archetype of both physical and psychological boundaries and the primary site of the development of personal, cultural, gender and sexual identity. The house or dwelling, as an artefact, serves as a source of materials, forms and objects with which to investigate notions of social convention, ritual, nostalgia and the unconscious. (Home) is personally grounded in expressions of longing, loss, embodiment and the duality of protection versus isolation (Kate Murphy, Exhibition Catalogue).
Subject-objects picked from home and found in life, sculpt a series of stories waiting to be heard. These items are the autobiographical grounds of subjectivity as it travels through neighbourhoods, streets, paths, and different zones of life activity.
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard
“Identity in a Biscuit Tin” by Susie Boyt (Financial Times)
The Blurring of Art and Life by Allan Kaprow
Kate Murphy, http://katemurphyartwork.blogspot.ie/
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Art Based Research: Re-making Domestic Spaces
Image: Improvised Performance by Bbeyond, part of the Household: Contemporary Art in Domestic Spaces Festival in Belfast, August 2013.
The interior and exterior of domestic spaces are compelling areas to produce and display art. Creating art in living rooms, bedrooms, gardens, yards, foothpaths, and within the architecture of domestic buildings mingles the everyday with the capacity for transformation. Domestic furniture and soft furnishings can also be used for generating art: cabinet drawers, dinner tables, dressers, curtains, stairwells, display cabinets, shelves, tablecloths, cushions, blankets, etc. can be developed as places for both making and displaying art. Traditional crafts such as knitting, sewing, crocheting, quilting, etc. also evoke memories, and infuse the home environment with personal symbolic content. Equally domestic artifacts, heirlooms, family photographs, and souvenirs are all poignant personal symbols, which can be explored within art therapy. The idea is to assemble personal objects with newly made artworks in order to create interactions, or situations, which inspire reflection and kick start communication.
The domestic space can mean many things to different people – it can be cosy or confining, relaxing or impoverished, stressful or ambiguous. The domestic space is private, but is placed within a neighbourhood, village, city or rural context which gives it another context, public meaning and identification.
Photos of people’s homes and communities can be the basis for a documentary of their lives. Within art therapy they become their everyday environments, the map of people’s habitats, their everyday context, which can be often taken for granted. Photography can accompany walking, collecting (natural materials and found objects), journal writing, sketching, and creating hand held sculptures made from collected items along the way. Therapeutically accompanying people on their daily journeys allows them to revision their life spaces, interactions with the world around them and to reflect upon the resources and deprivations of their personal environments. Art therapy is about how to make-over our world, with new ideas, influences and ways to invigorate new ways of sensory engagement. Walking and art making could be part of the therapeutic encounter, with art therapy participants creating visual maps of their daily pathways.
Image: Garlic Sculpture, Vancouver Island School of Art, Canada
“Art therapy has approached visual images as narratives which say things about the people who make them. We have been so concerned with the psychological conditions of the maker of the image that we have overlooked explorations of how art making and engagements with images affect people energetically. How can we explore and understand the different energeies and therapeutic properties of different ‘kinds’ of art making activities; of different media? How do we access the particular energetic qualities of an artwork when we work with it after it has been produced?
(Quotation, Shaun McNiff, Art Based Research)
Tracking art therapy affects, can provide a vital tool for developing ways in which art can benefit domestic spaces. Art therapy artworks can energise during difficult times. They can become a visual remedy, a supportive companion, and a reminder of the therapeutic process. The artwork takes on a new role in the home, as a new family member or room mate. In essence the therapeutic relationship also enters the home encompassed in the artwork. The artwork can be a reminder to create the home as a studio environment, where every aspect of the dwelling space can be an opportunity for enlivening creativity.
Art Based Research by Shaun McNiff
1. Inga Hamilton’s Website, Fibre Artist living in Bangor County Down who creates fibre art installations, home made gifts to strangers, performance art pieces and sculptures.
http://www.ingahamilton.com/index.html
2. Stephany Lantham’s Website, American Art Therapist and Artist, Natural Dyes and Fiber Arts in Art Therapy
http://stephanylatham.com/news.html
3. Erika Molina, MA Art Therapy Student, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Thesis Presentation Video, You Tube
(Search Erika Molina Thesis Presentation Video)
4. Household Festival Belfast
http://www.householdbelfast.co.uk/
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Art Therapy and Environment
Photo: A traditional May Bush in Ireland, placed at the boundary of a farm or home on May Day (May 1st) and kept in place throughout the month of May. The May Bush is a symbol of protection and good luck for the growing season during the Celtic festival of Bealtaine (the beginning of summer).
The Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal has produced a special issue entitled Art Therapy and Environment.
In this issue environment is defined broadly and includes compelling and thought provoking articles from Canadian and international art therapists and allied professionals.
Art Therapy and Environment Editorial
Art Therapy Caves: Linking Community Art to a Therapeutic Space by Cora H. McLachlan
Global Action Art Therapy: Cross-Cultural Experiences in South Korea by Seung Yeon Lee
Garden as Canvas: Therapeutic Metaphors in a Children’s Garden by Carol Knibbe & Petrea Hansen-Adamidis
A Natural Response to a Natural Disaster: The Art of Crisis in Nepal by Jess Linton
The Flowers of Compassion: A Trauma-Informed Artistic Event Involving Three Generations of Slovenians by Katarina Kompan Erzar
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Sandra Noeth on Moving Bodies and Borders
Photo Credit: Sandra Noeth
Sandra Noeth is a dramaturge, cultural scholar and curator based in Berlin.
Her research interests include “integrity and protest in relation to the human body,” the connection between aesthetics and politics, and “bodies in bordering situations” (CREATE Ireland + Dublin Dance Festival).
Photo Credit: Siobhan Davies Dance and Dublin Dance Festival
As part of her residency with Dance Limerick and Dublin Dance Festival Sandra Noeth showcased her ideas involving movement and environments. She asked these questions: “How might physical and choreographic strategies represent, implement, legitimise and rehearse social and political action?” and “How do empathy, presence, improvisation or compositions inform the experience of borders?” (Dublin Dance Festival Programme)
Photo Credit: The World Atlas of Street Art by Rafael Schacter. Artists: David Renault and Mathieu Tremblin
Movement is integral to art production, the making of place and composing identity in relation to social and political environments. Art therapy involves the art of movement, and can contribute to an understanding of aesthetics and politics. An examination of borders is part of art therapy – making lines demarcating personal distinctions and demonstrating the crossing-over into new areas of discernment. Art therapy can also inform protests that are both personal and socially informed.
Art therapy marks out routes of passage within a designated space, it can design sequences of movement and denote a body in motion. Compositions on the move, explorations of environment, and art influenced by context that simultaneously re-imagines space according to somatic knowledge.
The art therapy studio can also include the world-at-large.
Art therapy contributes to civic dialogue – art therapy asking complicated questions about expression and representation in civil society.
“I am currently working both as a curator as well as an academic researcher on understanding the role, status and agency of the body in bordering processes. I am looking at different experiences of borders and boundaries – national and geopolitical, architectural, material and built borders, as well as more symbolic, imagined, social, gender-related ones. They are very often negotiated through the body, through movement, physicality and performativity. And I question how the body, how movement-based strategies can inform us about these processes. How for example practical and theoretical knowledge from dance and choreography, how composition and improvisation, embodiment or somatic modes of attention, rhythm and affects might help us understand the experience of bordering but also how borders are staged, aestheticized, rehearsed, represented, and ultimately legitimised maintained or challenged”
(Sandra Noeth Quotations, from CREATE (National Development Agency for Collaborative Arts, Ireland), News/May 2017, Sandra Noeth on “Bodies, Borders and Movement” an interview with Deirdre Mulrooney)
Filed in Art Therapy and Cultural Spaces, Becoming, Connectivity, Dance, Drawing a Journey, Improvisation, Production, Public Relations: Art and Social Enactment, Social Choreography, Social Ecology, Territories
Shorelines – Collective Margins
Photo: of Marie Lorenz by San Suzie, C-Monster Website by Carolina A. Miranda
My belief is that uncertainty brings about a heightened awareness of place. When we feel unstable we see more (Marie Lorenz, Artist Statement, MoMA Studio Visit)
Marie Lorenz is an artist who carries people in her water taxi to explore shorelines, tides and currents. She is a waterborne artist offering people the opportunity to float along the shores of New York in a wooden row boat that maneuvers through overlapping realties. Her art is concerned with observation, collection, and navigation. It is about physically entering the environment, being in relationship to oneself, and responding simultaneously to urban and nature based habitats.
Photos: Row Boot and Roots (Artist Marie Lorenz, Tide and Current Taxi Project)
Article: “All the Fun of the Fair” by Julie Belcove, The Financial Times, Saturday, May 3, 2014
Her water taxi has become a performative art work, a way to meet people and transport them to new places. The view from the water allows the imagination to wander, it is a moving encounter with skylines and shorelines. It is foremost a time out, a launching into a different kind of space that encourages reverie and suspended action.
In 2012 Marie Lorenz led boat trips to discover derelict pieces of materials floating and gathering along shorelines. Her tours were a discovery of “wrecked things or places left to waste” (www.tideandcurrents.org). A search for nature littered with debris, a connection between what pollutes, and what has become polluted. A situation made by currents and tides collecting and bringing together opposing realties, a layering of what has been lost, discarded and outcast.
When the water rises during a storm and pulls objects into the harbour, the tide acts like a giant centrifuge, reorganizing things according to their shape and density. I collect and record the objects as another way to collaborate with the tide. I want to preserve the mystery of each discovery, like beachcombing, or finding a hidden treasure (Marie Lorenz, Artist Statement, http://www.marielorenz.com).
Working along the margins of different realities is a vital aspect of art therapy. A searching for what has been thrown away (or what has floated adrift) within the currents that compose a life. Art therapy collects partial objects and unbinds situations where there are layers of unwanted things. It is a means of sorting and identifying the value of what has been entangled in the ebb and flow of time.
Photo: New York Today: An Island of Art, New York Times City Room Blog
Tide and Current Taxi http://www.tideandcurrenttaxi.org
Marie Lorenz http://www.marielorenz.com
Filed in Mapping, Territories, Wild by Nature
The Choreography of Experience
Photo: Tino Sehgal, Outside the Tate Modern, London
The artwork started to emerge. I started to see how the performers inhabited the space, telling a narrative of sorts. They seemed to be conducting a commentary on a progress of being human. Not progress in technological terms, just a simple progress of bodies moving in time and space, a progress apparently disrupted and changed by encounters, disrupted by moments that change the way thoughts and consequently bodies move (Miranda Pope, “Wish You Were Here: Tino Sehgal at the Tate”).
German artist Tino Sehgal choreographs experiences, he constructs situations in public locations that catch people off guard, beginning conversations and contact between strangers. The orientation of his performative art form is influenced by his background as a dancer. The materials of the dance between strangers is physical presence, happenstance and discussions related to human experience and philosophy. People come together in unplanned encounters that stimulate contact through a sense of being together within a particular place and time. Participants are stopped in their paths, in order to meet within an enhanced level of human connection. Names are not important, but sharing opinions, beliefs and experiences entangle the conversation with different approaches to meaning.
Sehgal’s work is not theatrical; it is a choreography with choices. It is about movement, pathways, interactions and encounters. He implicates habitual movements within public thoroughfares with surprise meetings. Somehow awakening the body, while awakening the mind, while inviting new ways of approaching everyday worlds.
Photo: Tino Sehgal, These Associations, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, 2012
In 2012 Sehgal produced These Associations at the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London. He trained interested members of the public to walk, sing, jog and talk to strangers. The movement of Sehgal’s volunteers was described by the Tate’s Gallery Director Chris Deacon as an “anarchic experience, a flow of energy that gave a feeling of recognition and belonging” (Tino Sehgal Takes Over Tate Modern Turbine Hall by Genevieve Hassan).
Drawing: Doris Schlaepfer, Drawings After These Associations
Unknowingly, I became part of Sehgal’s production in the Turbine Hall. I was swept up into a wave of people pacing the large cavernous space, at first in lines, then running, then scattering suddenly. I was approached by one of Sehgal’s mediators, who talked about family, regret, confusion and loss. The conversation happened not at the beginning, but in the middle. There were no introductions, no mapping out of identities, just two life currents meeting at mid-stream.
In their recent book Art as Therapy Alain de Botton and John Armstrong reference Sehgal as a political artist changing the nature of human interaction through addressing the collective personality. The art that Sehgal choreographs is both intangible, a passing experience, and also the making of a mind and body imprint.
To call the experience Sehgal has set in motion life-affirming would be no more than platitude. This is a profound work and at the same time riveting; a new form of art somewhere between theatre, performance art, dance and memoir and yet based on an immense gathering of humanity that includes all of us as live participants. Life art, I suppose…Attention is what it is all about, this precious thing we scarcely give one another and which is both the substance and the object of Sehgal’s work. We often speak of art as life-changing; this event truly has that potential in all its fullness and humanity. One learns about other people, and one learns about oneself. I shall never forget it (Tine Sehgal These Associations – A Review of Laura Cumming).
The significance of Sehgal’s work for art therapy is choreographing experiences – generating public art forms that ignite interactions within the extended practice of art therapy. The essence of Sehgal’s art is meeting people where they are in the moment. Exposing the materials of daily life, as the materials of art therapy in a combination of togetherness and sharing. Art therapy needs to embody spontaneous gestures on a larger scale, and to embrace public happenings as important therapeutic interventions.
Tino Sehgal These Associations – A Review by Laura Cumming http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jul/29/tino-sehgal-these-associations-review
Tino Sehgal Takes Over Tate Modern Turbine Hall by Genevieve Hassan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18957938
Wish You Were Here: Tino Sehgal at the Tate by Miranda Pope http://www.theweeklings.com/mpope/2012/11/18/wish-you-were-here-tino-sehgal-at-the-tate/
Doris Schlaepfer, http://dorisschlaepfer.com/sehgal.php
Filed in Connectivity, Situations, Space, Territories, The Art of Walking
Lines Made by Walking
Photos: Belfast Art Therapy Summer School, Land Art Workshop
Walking is a way of drawing lines, marking out spaces, and mapping. Roaming through different kinds of terrains (urban, rural and suburban), can involve physical experiences within the art therapy encounter. Walking can be documented through photographs, videos, and sketches. It can be a means of foraging for art materials (natural and found), a way to frame therapeutic conversations, and a method for making routes through the world at hand. Collections of found materials can be gathered, as a kind of ritual. Bundled they become hand held sculptures and collages. Natural materials can be worn, attached to clothing, made into hats, masks, or strung on to cord for wearing.
“Our gait is as personal as our fingertip”, writes Karen O’Rourke in Walking and Mapping: Artists as Cartographers. With our feet we make choices, select passageways, and shape the spaces we pass through. We respond to experiences coming at us from all directions, negotiating the unexpected. Even in the course of a routine walk we come across unforeseen circumstances. Perhaps artworks can be made and left along the paths we walk, whether along forests trails or concrete foot paths. These gifts becoming a way to reach out to others, to give something of ourselves away in anticipation of being found.
Walking is a public form of art therapy disclosing our whereabouts through the lines of our travel. Our feet draw our marks of connection within and through particular places. Do we trace the same paths repeatedly? Do we walk off course? In A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit champions the benefits of getting lost, as the beginning of finding another way. Going beyond what we know, begins a collaboration with chance and change. “Getting lost is not a matter of geography so much as identity, a passionate desire, even an urgent need, to become no one and anyone, to shake off the shackles that remind you who you are, who others think you are” (Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost).
Karen O’Rourke, Walking and Mapping: Artists as Cartographers
Richard Long, Walking Artist, http://www.richardlong.org/
Hamish Fulton, Walking Artist, http://www.hamish-fulton.com/
Michel De Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life
Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking
Filed in Space, Territories, The Art of Walking
Pieces Found Along the Way
The Irish artist Tony O’Malley (1913-2003) was well known for his paintings, however his wooden collages or constructions are captivating assemblages of his everyday journeys. The Royal Hibernian Gallery in Dublin has produced an intriguing display of these three dimensional drawings or inscapes. The wooden collages seem to formulate constructions of a home away from home, a series of storyboards portraying O’Malley’s Irish memories while living in Cornwall. Abandoned pieces of wood have found a new purpose within O’Malley’s wall sculptures. Discarded and lost fragments are composed into a new whole, a collection of waste materials transformed into new compositions of meaning.
O’Malley is a self taught artist who began generating artworks in his 40’s. His constructions are composed of wood, string, yarn, nails, and oil paint. The compositions are personal symbols, re-instating the discarded into a reclaimed dignity. The collages forge new relationships; they are collections from walks deeply felt. Wandering, finding what is needed, and making odd things come together is an art. It is a formulation of personal icons, that could also find a place within art therapy.
In O’Malley’s sculptural collages, there is a sense of reconfiguring what could easily be forgotten. He integrates what has been lost into the found. Bits of string, yarn and nails hold pieces together. There is a sense of being in O’Malley’s work shed when viewing these artworks. A work shed with wood, tools, twine, hooks, fixings, and paint cans, a personal space for rummaging and reconstituting meaning. The shed as an enclosed studio or cabin of the imagination, holding found and hardware materials in drawers, shelves, and workbenches. The sound of hammering, the smell of paint, and a process of inscribing lines on the surfaces of old relics of once functional items.
O’Malley’s constructions are the materials of a personal memoir, the inscapes of a traveller walking down beaches and back roads searching for more of himself. The found pieces of his journeys are not unlike pages of a journal, each a fragment of memory, a collection of passages.
Photos: From the exhibition Tony O’Malley Constructions, at the Royal Hibernian Academy Gallery in Dublin.
Filed in Assemblage, Production, Territories
Natural Escape Routes for Children
An empathy with the natural world can become a vital part of children’s psyches; they will learn to take nothing for granted, and will continually probe and ponder. They will have a sense of wonder and mystery about the world around them; it will become a vibrant part of their consciousness…In short, they will feel committed and responsible for the world in which they have been placed as caretakers for a brief moment of time (Paddy Madden, Go Wild at School).
By cultivating gardens as art installations, children are producing habitats which combine aesthetic and sensory experiences. Working with nature, landscapes, and living art materials (foraged branches, stems, clay, flowers, seaweed, etc.) offers children the opportunity to become foraging artists, as they collect and harvest their own art materials. Making their own landmarks, dens, and shelters, supplies children with an escape route for a welcomed ‘time out’ from daily life. The emotional fulfillment and solace gained from making their own environments, supports well being and has a restorative effect.
Community gardens can also offer a way for children to enact community activism. Guerrilla gardening (creating gardens within neglected or forgotten pieces of land in urban areas) can be a source of pride and a link to working with adults in a collaborative way. Intergenerational guerrilla gardening is a way to collectively envision social change, while also learning about gardening and how to work as a team. Guerrilla gardening offers children a conceptual understanding of the world at large, a way of developing analytical skills and strategies for community involvement.
The Children and Nature Network (www.childrenandnature.org) compiles international research supporting the educational and health benefits related to children’s contact with nature.
The following is a summary of some of these research findings.
1. Nature enhances children’s skills in the following areas –
Problem Solving, Teamwork, Experimentation, Decision-Making, Adaptability, Confidence, Enhanced Communication, Sensory Development, Intellectual Stimulation (Carol Duffy, Childhood Specialist, Ireland)
2. Recent research proposes that exposure to the outdoors reduces anxiety, and enhances learning. (Dr. Dorothy Matthews, American Society for Microbiology)
3. “A den (made from natural materials) is the child’s sense of self being born, a chance to create a home away from home that becomes a manifestation of who they are. The den is the chrysalis out of which the butterfly is born.” (David Sobel, Antioch New England Graduate School)
4. “By bolstering children’s attention resources, green spaces may enable children to think more clearly and cope more effectively with life stress”. Engagement with natural settings has been linked to a child’s ability to focus, and enhances cognitive abilities. Nearby nature is a buffer for anxiety and adversity in children. (Dr Nancy Wells, Cornell University, New York)
5. The outdoor environment enhances the understanding of social relationships, language, physical movement, reasoning, curiosity, and the capacity to imagine possibilities. (Jane Williams-Siegfredsen, Viborg University College, Denmark)
6. Fostering children’s identity to include personal and social relationships to nature, improves their empathy and sense of inter-connection with the world-at-large. (Anita Barrows, Clinical Psychologist, Berkeley, California)
7. Nature can activate sensory, emotional, cognitive, symbolic and creative levels of human experience through de-familiarisation. Taken for granted everyday things, are sensitively given new meaning and enhance a child’s capacity to perceive. (Jan Van Boeckel, Research Fellow Aalto University Helsinki, Anthropologist, Filmmaker)
8. “Involuntary attention, as opposed to directed attention, can be cultivated within nature”. The “soft fascination” of the natural world can restore focussed attention required for directed studies. Involuntary attention is achieved without effort by simply observing what captures our attention. Our mind wanders and takes a rest from concentrated effort, which in turn improves learning. (Marc Berman, Brain Scientist, University of Michigan)
Paddy Madden, Go Wild at School
Children and Nature Network childrenandnature.org
Nature Art Education http://www.naturearteducation.org
Filed in Becoming, Children's Landmarks, Space, Territories, Wild by Nature
I needed to do something that would renew my spirit and give me a sense of peace and optimism. That’s when I created this garden. What continually amazes me is how something so simple as this garden has stimulated so many wonderful conversations with the people in my community (Vancouver, Green Streets Volunteer).
Art therapy can be cultivated within the common lands of community life. These might include community gardens, playgrounds, parks and schools. A boulevard might also be a place to cultivate food or flowers, leave symbolic objects, decorate trees, leave notes, and assert your identity. A front garden and green spaces lining sidewalks can be personalized with guerrilla art, homemade crafts, and free food stalls.
The Healing Fields: Working with Psychotherapy and Nature to Rebuild Shattered Lives by Sonja Linden and Jenny Grut describes how cycles of the natural world, and metaphors for gardening have rich psychological associations. For example –
Transplanting, Blossoming, Digging Deep, Grounded, Putting Down Roots, Cutting Back, Branching Out, Shedding, Weeding Out, etc.
Art therapy is largely an indoor activity that takes place behind closed doors. It is enclosed within a potentially claustrophobic space. Using the outdoor landscape as an art therapy studio liberates the senses. Participants are confronted with the ever changing conditions of weather, noise, seasonal materials, and varying temperatures.
Neighborhoods can be a series of interactive gardens, whereby householders create sidewalk galleries. In Vancouver, Green Streets neighbourhoods encourage idiosyncratic displays of community spirit at street level. Domestic decorations inhabit urban walkways. Front lawns can be places to grow food gardens and scenes for the imagination. The unpredictable display of the personal within public streets, either through unique gardening styles or through shrine like arrangements of offerings, is invigorating to both mind and body.
The aim of art is not simply to communicate something that has already been formulated, but to create something unexpected.
One of art’s attractions is that it constantly finds new ways of pushing forward into a territory that feels quite strange and yet shockingly familiar.
(Psychological Aesthetics: Painting, Feeling and Making Sense by David Maclagan)
Fritz Haeg is commissioned by cultural institutions to dig up grass and install vegetable gardens within suburban front lawns. These gardens become educational and conversational sites for neighbors and walkers. The front lawn is the canvas, a gallery of vegetables in front of the house. Working the garden is public, and interactive, the potential to share produce and ideas within a community context.
A garden is a work in progress, an art assemblage, a zone of shared imaginative experience. The ambiguous territories of sidewalk boulevards, playgrounds and parks offer spaces for processing, and connecting with a variety of people and activities. We move through collective community spaces and respond to different happenings along the way.
The Healing Fields: Working with Psychotherapy and Nature to Rebuild Shattered Lives by Sonja Linden and Jenny Grut
Fritz Haeg http://www.fritzhaeg.com
Fritz Haeg Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn
City of Vancouver Green Streets Program
David Maclagan Psychological Aesthetics: Painting, Feeling and Making Sense
Anthony Elliott Subject to Ourselves: Social Theory, Psychoanalysis and Postmodernity
Davie Village Community Garden, Vancouver
Filed in Becoming, Territories, Wild by Nature
Social Sculpture – The Herbal Commons
The People’s Apothecary Garden located behind the Vancouver Island College of Art (in Victoria, British Columbia) is a curatorial project produced by the Green Tongues Collective.
The People’s Apothecary is a herb garden, a commons, a sculpture, a political statement, a model for creating self-reliant communities, an intervention into exploitative state systems, a relationship with ourselves, the earth and each other” ( Serina Zapf, “The People’s Apothecary: Situating the Garden”).
The herb garden is a living art installation, an engaging environment for learning, discussion, and social action. It is composed from a variety of herbs which can be freely picked as needed by members of the local community. The garden was cultivated as a result of a series of collective work parties. Besides people, organic matter, seeds, weather and compost also collaborate in the production of the garden. It is not the result of one singular artistic vision, but many interactions happening simultaneously. The People’s Apothecary is open to rearrangement , and transformation, based on the changing conditions of people, plants, soil, and community.
We try to figure out how we’re going to interact with the land and other people who use it, and that puts us in a complex relationship with all kids of different authorities, needs and patterns.
Inspired by Oliver Kellhammer’s biological interventions, which act as both public art forms and acts of environmental activism, The People’s Apothecary is a sculpting of social space. Using organic gardening methods, the herb garden is a collective endeavour. Each participant contributes time, seeds, plants, mulching materials, and care. It is cultivated collectively and can be harvested by the community at any time. The garden is an example of community engaged artistic practice, that is regenerative and beyond the parameters of the gallery as an often clinical space.
Many minds from many perspectives have collaborated to realize and communicate the different ideas and concepts of what the garden will be and what it is. The creation of this herbal commons blurs the lines between artist, herbalist, expert, amateur, healer, curator, viewer, student, and community organizer.
The core principles of the Green Tongues Collective are:
1. To decentralise medicine, by making medicinal plants accessible to everyone.
2. To create spaces for the interconnection of wildlife, herbs, and humans.
3. To create empowering places where people can come together.
4. To make collective art (through gardening) as a way of encouraging critical thinking, collective action, participatory spaces, and as a means of escaping traditional divisions between artist/viewer.
5. To create spaces for conversation.
6. To empower participants to gain a deeper understanding and connection to their land and their health.
7. To create spaces that bring communities together in ways which weave together people, skills and land.
“The People’s Apothecary is life as art and art as life”
http://greentonguesapothecary.wordpress.com/about/
http://serinazapf.com/home.html
The People’s Apothecary Garden, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, British Columbia
Filed in Production, Space, Territories
Botanical Interplay
The Coiled River by Sharon Kallis
Photo: Branch Weave by Sharon Kallis
Sharon Kallis is an urban weaver, socially engaged land artist, with a ‘one-mile’ diet approach to sourcing art materials. She enacts social engagement through collaborative knowledge, whereby local communities re-shape their environments through botanical improvisation. Her art involves weaving invasive species of plants into coiled baskets, installing willow sculptures, crocheting bind weed, and evoking a communal stewardship in regards to the living landscapes that surround urban living
Photo: Community Wall Repair by Sharon Kallis
My role is often of a travelling catalyst: a new element in an environment, spring boarding a local community to see their own landscape from a fresh perspective and with renewed appreciation and wonder. Basic weaving, lashing and hand skills are introduced and individuals work side by side while a sculptural direction unfolds. Drawing upon a women’s cultural work history and social structure; as with quilting bees, everyone’s piece becomes part of the whole.
The gradual decay and natural process of succession is embraced as the eco-system becomes the final collaborator. Work decays while birds perch, insects feast, and fresh growth sprouts on the sculptural work in-situ, participating in the eco-system – not independent of its surroundings (Sharon Kallis, Statement of Practice).
Sharon Kallis is currently an artist in residence with the Vancouver Parks Board, where she has a studio ‘field house’ within a city park. The inspired practice of situating artists within parks across Vancouver is the vision of Jill Weaving, Arts and Culture Coordinator at the Vancouver Parks Board. The interplay of people and parks is a natural setting for socially engaged community art practices.
Sharon is also an artist at the Means of Production Garden in Vancouver which grows living art materials for community harvest. The Means of Production Garden is a platform for interdisciplinary interventions with natural art materials and ecological surroundings.
Our goal is to continue to create community-focussed, cutting-edge performative eco-actions that blur lines between art, daily-living, social actions and environmental awareness using the site resources as a ‘living palette’ through which people develop a closer, more tactile relationship to nature (Sharon Kallis, Means of Production Artists Raw Resource Collective).
http://sharonkallis.com/
http://theurbanweaverproject.wordpress.com/
http://moparrc.com/
Sharon Kallis Website
Sharon Kallis in her Studio at McClean Park Field House, Vancouver
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THREE MEN ARRESTED AFTER 'SICKENING AND COWARDLY' ATTACK ON 'GENTLE' TAXI DRIVER
Three men from Widnes have been arrested after a dad was left unconscious from a 'sickening' attack.
The men have been released under investigation as police make further enquiries.
The arrests come after a 'gentle dad' was seriously beaten, leaving him with facial injuries which require ongoing medical treatment.
The dad, a taxi driver from Widnes, was trying to earn a living for his family when a group of people began banging on the boot of the taxi between 1.05am and 1.35am on Saturday, June 15.
During the attack the taxi was in Appleton Village car park in Widnes, at the side of St Bede's Catholic Men's Club.
When the banging began the man got out of his vehicle.
Two men, who were with a woman, then launched their 'cowardly' attack, beating the 59-year-old until he was left lying unconscious in the street.
When he awoke, he called for help and was taken to hospital.
Detective Inspector Ian Whiley, of Widnes Local Policing Unit, said: "This was a sickening and cowardly attack on a man who was simply trying to earn a living for his family.
"It has left him with serious facial injuries that require ongoing medical treatment and the unprovoked assault has left his family devastated – his children are extremely upset and cannot understand why anyone would attack their gentle dad."
"I would like to reassure the community that this appears to have been an isolated incident, we have stepped up patrols in the area and we are determined to establish who assaulted the victim and bring them to justice."
DI Whiley said: "Enquiries are ongoing and as part of our investigation we are appealing for anyone who believes they may have information or footage regarding the small group of people involved in the incident to come forward.
"The same goes for anyone who believes they may have CCTV or dashcam footage of them.
"Perhaps you were in the area and witnessed what happened or saw the people involved, or maybe you recognise the descriptions of them and think that you may know who they are.
"We also want to speak to the group of people who were with the two men and the woman before the attack took place. That group played no part in the assault and may not even know what happened after they left the area."
If you have information about this incident you can contact Cheshire Constabulary on 101 quoting IML 428532.
Alternatively you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Source: https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/three-men-arrested-after-sickening-16477216
Its natural to want to respond to trouble makers and in the heat of the moment one might react without one thinking of one's own personal safety. Unfortunately there are some nasty people out there who will injure or even kill you if you stand up to them. Most times these despicable people will cause trouble with a target they know they have superior odds over. I can relate personal stories, but the long and short of it I've learn't that its better to feel like a live coward (horrible feeling) than a dead or beaten up hero. Look after yourself and usually the best option is flight.
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New AACT Resources to Help Teach Chemical Names and Formulas
By Kim Duncan on October 30, 2019
As chemistry teachers around the country plan activities for their students, AACT will highlight resources from our high school resource library that can be used to reinforce topics in different units throughout the school year. Our last post highlighted resources to support a Chemical Bonding unit. We will now focus on a new resource that can be used in a Chemical Names and Formula unit plan.
The activity, Mystery Gang Empirical Formulae can be used to give your students practice determining the empirical and molecular formula of a substance. This resource includes Case description cards, which give the percent composition and description of each substance, and Suspect Cards, which describe each suspect and the formula of the compound they used.
We hope that this activity can help you to reinforce the topic of empirical formulas in a unit about Chemical Names and Formulas. Most of these lessons were made possible by great teachers who shared their own resources. We need your help to keep the collection growing. Do you have a great demonstration, activity, or lesson related to this topic that you would like to share with the community? Please send it along for consideration.
Bonding animation
Ionic and Covalent Bonding Simulation
Ionic vs. Covalent Compounds lab
Introduction to Naming and Formula Writing for Ionic Compounds
Bond with a Classmate
Ionic Bonding Puzzle
Naming Covalent Compounds
Molecular Compound Dice
Formula Card Game
Mystery Gang Empirical Formulae
Naming Compounds
Solubility & Compound Type
The What’s in a Name? What’s in a Glaze?
Chemical Analysis of Martian Rocks
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Kim Duncan received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and began her career as a chemical engineer for the federal government. Later, Kim received her M.S. in Secondary Education from Marymount University and taught physics and all levels of chemistry in Northern Virginia for 14 years. She joined the Education Division of ACS as a K-12 Professional Learning Associate in 2015. Currently, she is the Senior Professional Learning Associate for ACS. Follow Kim on twitter: @chemduncan.
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TweetDeck Turns Two, Desktop App Passes 15 Million Downloads
Erick Schonfeld @erickschonfeld / 10 years
Popular stream reader TweetDeck turned two on July 4th, and founder Iain Dodsworth just put up a post giving an update on the company’s progress. Tweetdeck now employs 15 people and recently raised more than $3 million in a series B round, led by betaworks. The company’s product started out as a Twitter client, but now supports multiple streams, including Facebook, Foursquare, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, and Myspace.
Some stats:
TweetDeck’s desktop client has been downloaded more than 15 million times.
The iPhone app has been downloaded more than 2.5 million times .
Across all of its apps, TweetDeck’s servers sync more than 7 million Twitter search columns, and adds 25,000 a day.
Roughly 4 million Tweets and other status updates are sent through TweetDeck every day.
Users upload 30,000 images a day through the service
(Note that last May TweetDeck reported 15 million total downloads across all its apps).
The always-coy Dodsworth also hints that the company has “been involved in a number of fascinating and strategic discussions with household-name companies which have been…both fascinating and strategic.” Hmm . . . will TweetDeck make it to its third birthday before getting bought? And more importantly, will its HTML5 browser version come out before then?
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Three questions that Waterfront Toronto should ask Sidewalk Labs
By Timothy on November 19, 2018 • ( 2 )
Google-affiliate Sidewalk Labs continues to press its vision for a “civic data trust” to govern data collected from its Sidewalk Toronto project (assuming the project goes ahead).
Here are three questions, Waterfront Toronto should be asking Sidewalk Labs.
1. Why not give Ontario researchers and start-ups a head start?
Sidewalk Labs keeps saying that its Toronto project isn’t a data play. For that reason, it has proposed that data be open to all. It also says that data localization – keeping the data in Canada – might not be good for Ontario companies who might want to use computing resources or partner with companies outside of Canada.
If this isn’t a data play, then why not provide preferential access to the data for Ontario researchers and start-ups? Data could be provided to Ontario researchers and university-connected start-ups for a reasonable period before the data-streams or datasets are made available to other entities. This would assist in incubating our own research and development using that data. Other companies (including Google) would be welcome, of course, to partner with Ontario researchers and university-connected start-ups to invest in the local tech community. But first dibs at research and development go to Ontario researchers and startups.
2. Why not look to university research ethics boards?
Sidewalk Labs wants to create a civic data trust. The idea is that this will be an independent body to manage access to the data created by the Sidewalk Toronto project. This body would allegedly be the steward of the data in the public interest and be a gatekeeper for the protection of individual privacy rights.
Why does big-tech always think it knows better? Why reinvent the wheel? Our university institutions have experience managing the ethical research and development through Research Ethics Boards. There is no need to create a new body. My guess is that there is a deal to be struck with Toronto’s three local universities – the University of Toronto, York University and Ryerson University. In return for its faculty, graduate students, fellows and their partners getting first crack at the data, I expect that they could expand their Research Ethics Boards to address the issues involved in ethical exploitation of the data. Has anyone asked them?
3. Why work so hard to avoid the application of existing laws?
A troubling aspect of the civic data trust is that it is (at least for now) unlikely to be subject to any privacy laws.
That’s right. The Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act won’t apply. The civic data trust would not be a public body.
The civic data trust would not be subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) because its activities would not be commercial activities. It would be a steward of the data for others.
The federal government could try to make the trust subject to PIPEDA by fiat but that would be a major intrusion on provincial affairs (and should, if the Ford government is awake, set off a constitutional challenge) – this is a province-level and city-level issue not a matter of national trade and commerce.
Of course, supporters of the civic data trust will argue that we could enact new provincial (or, if the federal government dared, federally). But why?
Ontario universities are already subject to privacy laws. They are subject to the Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the oversight of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). While amendments to the law would be welcomed to address some of the issues relating to the Sidewalk Toronto project, placing governance in Toronto’s universities would ensure oversight by Ontario for Ontario. The IPC has extensive experience dealing with municipal issues and privacy in research. It is the best-placed institution to oversee privacy in the Sidewalk Toronto community.
Let’s not let shiny new things distract us from what already works.
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Large-scale corpus analysis of historical electronic music
Nick Collins
CDs awaiting ripping and cataloguing attention
We're in the later stages of our Transforming Musicology mini-project, and audio CDs have been gathering around us. Though we have 1000 pieces in our database, we still have quite a number to rip and catalogue, a task that is inevitably going to lead through the summer. We're seeking a strong cross-section of historical electronic music works, and though our holdings in later synth pop and electronic dance music also need to be well rounded, the biggest challenge is surveying earlier works, cross referencing electronic music history textbooks, and seeking out early recordings in an appropriate format. We do want to make sure there are good international holdings, and good representation of female composers, though the institutional male European/North American composer has a certain unfortunate foothold in this area.
Eventually, audio feature extraction will be used across a 2000 audio track corpus to look at changes over a fifty year period in electronic music. The nature of the audio feature extraction, and associated assumptions about musical similarity, are critical to the conclusions. We've run some internal experiments on how 'musically meaningful' the features we'll analyse by computer are, especially to the standards of human music analysts. Later this year, we have plans to run a follow-up study with an online experiment to further interrogate the best performing features (those most conspicuous to human ears).
Trevor Wishart's Imago (2002), similarity matrix based on Euclidean distance between MFCC audio feature vectors over the piece's complete 26 minute duration
As part of the project, we've given a number of presentations, in Oxford to the enclosing Transforming Musicology project, in Leicester and Durham for research seminars, and in Huddersfield to a complementary project called TaCEM. During talks with researchers on that project, we discovered through machine analysis a tripartite structure in Trevor Wishart's Imago (2002) that leapt out of a similarity matrix plot, illustrating that the machine analysis route can provide results of interest to human analysts deeply immersed in specific works.
Test audio feature extraction runs have been made over the developing corpus; preliminary results were presented in Oxford, Leicester and Durham though the analysis remains tentative. Comparison corpuses from UbuWeb (476 files), and via the first 120 CD releases of the empreintes DIGITALes electroacoustic record label (919 files) have also been analyzed. These corpora will help to provide a balanced and comparative picture of the main mini-project database and its scope. We hope to make a data release this summer which incorporates the meta-data over the corpus, and audio feature data over the pieces, and further explore machine learning techniques applied to the data. For instance, unsupervised clustering of works can get away from the imposition of genre labels and look at how historic pieces naturally form associations within a larger body of works.
Nick Collins is a Reader in Composition at Durham University and the principal investigator on the Transforming Musicology mini-project Large-scale corpus analysis of historical electronic music using MIR tools: Informing an ontology of electronic music and cross-validating content-based methods.
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Organisations, Production companies
Jam Filled Toronto
Current logo used from August 2016 onwards
Jam Filled Toronto (formerly known as DKP Studios, Starz Animation Toronto and Arc Productions during their time on Thomas & Friends) is a CGI and visual effects company based in Toronto, Canada who animated Thomas & Friends from the seventeenth series onwards. They took over from Nitrogen Studios.
On 1 August 2016, Arc announced that they were filing for bankruptcy and locked out over 500 employees. Following their closure, Jam Filled Entertainment acquired the business and hired most of Arc's former employees, and the business reopened as "Jam Filled Toronto" on 22 August 2016.
In December 2019, Jam Filled Toronto announced that Series 24 would be their final animated series for the show, with Mattel confirming they will be switching animation studios. It is currently unknown which studio will succeed them.
David Baas directed the seventeenth series; David Stoten directed the first ten episodes of the eighteenth series and Don Spencer directed its remainder and The Adventure Begins. Robert Anderson produced the seventeenth series and the first half of the eighteenth series, with Brian Lynch taking over as producer from the second half of the eighteenth series. King of the Railway and Tale of the Brave were directed by Rob Silvestri and produced by Brian Lynch, the latter being co-produced with Robert Anderson. Jennifer Hill produced The Adventure Begins and the nineteenth series. Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure was produced by Jennfier Hill and directed by David Stoten. Dianna Basso took over for Don Spencer as director and co-directed the nineteenth series with him and David Stoten. The twentieth series was directed by Dianna Basso and produced by Robert Anderson and Tracy Blagdon with Lynda Craigmyle and Jane Sobol acting as supervising producers. The Great Race was directed by David Stoten and produced by Robert Anderson with Lynda Craigmyle and Jane Sobol acting as supervising producers. Kallan Kagan was an executive producer from the seventeenth series to The Great Race for Arc. Marianne Culbert was an executive producer for The Great Race.
Stephen Gallop, Jeff Young and Steven Hecht formerly served as executive producers for Arc.
Jam Filled
Tracy Blagdon produced Journey Beyond Sodor and the twenty-first series.
David Stoten and Dianna Basso are still directors. Basso solely directs the television episodes while Stoten solely directs the specials. Joey So also directs the double-length episodes.
Kyle MacDougall, Phil LaFrance and Jamie LeClarie (the executive team at Jam Filled) took over as exective producers for the twentieth series onwards.
Arc has provided the animation for the films "Gnomeo & Juliet" and "Everyone's Hero" and visual effects for films like "Dolphin Tale". The company also helped Big Idea with animating the episodes of VeggieTales from 2004 through 2007, their second feature film "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie", and the remaining episodes of "3-2-1 Penguins!" prior to the bankruptcy. They also provided the animation for "9", directed by Shane Acker who was to direct The Adventures of Thomas. They also worked on the television series', "Elena of Avalor", "Trollhunters", "Tarzan and Jane" "Rusty Rivets", "The Loud House" and "DC Super Hero Girls".
The animation software Arc/Jam Filled uses for Thomas & Friends is Maya.
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HiT news about Arc
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Jam Filled looks to acquire Arc Productions assets
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Resident Evil 2 Has Shipped 3 Million Copies In Its First Week
Ali Haider January 31, 2019
Capcom announced via a press release that Resident Evil 2, a remake of the original game, has shipped 3 million copies in its debut week.
Resident Evil 2 launched on January 25th while the first week of sales counts just three days. Resident Evil 7 shipped 2.5 million copies in its first week if we have to compare the sales of this title to its predecessor. It also achieved this milestone while taking more days to launch since it debuted on a Tuesday, unlike Friday for Resident Evil 2.
This number is even more impressive if you consider that the original Resident Evil 2 sold 4.96 million units. The remake is already on pace to surpass that number sell even more than that since it has a great word of mouth and received a lot of positive praise from the critics.
The best selling Resident Evil game so far is Resident Evil 5 followed by Resident Evil 6. Both of these have shipped 7.4 and 7.2 million copies respectively. This doesn’t count the release for PC, PS4, and Xbox One so the overall number is even higher for both of them. The best selling game overall for Capcom is Monster Hunter World that has shipped more than 10 million copies worldwide.
While you are here, take a moment to look at more of our coverage on Resident Evil 2. We have guides up for dealing with the Tyrant Mr. X, safe codes and lock combinations, samurai edge weapon variations, infinite ammo, rocket launcher and combat knife, and the difficulty modes that are included in the game. If you want to read something else, do give this new Resident Evil 8 rumor a chance that is full of juicy info. Don’t take it for guaranteed as it is tagged rumor for a reason.
Ali Haider loves to dabble in multimedia projects. He has a passion for editing and managing YouTube videos and loves writing in his spare time.
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David Bernhardt confirmed as new Interior chief
By Miranda Green and Rebecca Beitsch - 04/11/19 01:03 PM EDT
Congress confirmed David Bernhardt as Interior secretary on Thursday, adding his name to a list of Trump Cabinet officials with lobbying ties.
Bernhardt was confirmed Thursday afternoon in a 56-41 vote with three Democrats and one Independent breaking ranks to vote for him. Sens. Joe Manchin Joseph (Joe) ManchinThe Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump lawyers to offer closing arguments on day 7 Senators ready for question time in impeachment trial The Hill's Morning Report - Report of Bolton tell-all manuscript roils Trump defense MORE (D-W.Va.), Martin Heinrich Martin Trevor HeinrichDemocratic senator blasts 'draconian' press restrictions during impeachment trial Health care, spending bills fuel busy year for K Street Schumer introduces bill requiring GDP measure inequality MORE (D-N.M.), Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Angus King Angus KingSenators ask FDA to crack down on non-dairy milks, cheeses Collins walks impeachment tightrope The Hill's 12:30 Report: House managers to begin opening arguments on day two MORE (I-Maine) voted in favor of his confirmation.
Manchin, the top Democrat of the Senate committee that oversees Interior, welcomed Bernhardt's confirmation Thursday, saying he was more than qualified for the job
"I believe Mr. Bernhardt is clearly qualified to serve as secretary," Manchin said during a floor speech. "He knows the Interior Department inside and out and he is well versed on all the issues that come before it. He clearly has the knowledge and experiences to serve as secretary."
Republicans also cheered the confirmation, adding that Bernhardt's policy chops would be very useful at the Interior Department.
“I think he’s got more experience than just about anybody who has been named to this position and he’s ready to go,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann MurkowskiGOP confident of win on witnesses Republicans signal renewed confidence they'll avoid witness fight Trump's team rests, calls for quick end to trial MORE (R-Alaska) told reporters, brushing off concerns that Bernhardt's past lobbying would influence his future work. “There’s nothing new that is out there, there are new stories on old facts. We’ve heard the same comments from the same critics.”
Bernhardt has worked at Interior in many capacities, including solicitor during the George W. Bush administration. He has also had multiple stints at the lobbying firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, representing various energy clients including Eni petroleum, Sempra Energy, Halliburton Energy Services, Targa energy, Noble Energy and the Westlands Water District.
Under ethics rules, Bernhardt has had to recuse himself from meeting with a number of former clients.
His conflicts of interest are so vast he carries with him a card listing the names of all companies that would conflict with his government work. Democrats have repeatedly raised questions about decisions Bernhardt has made as deputy and acting director that benefit former clients.
Sen. Kevin Cramer Kevin John CramerGOP confident of win on witnesses McConnell struggles to maintain GOP unity post-Bolton Republicans show little enthusiasm for impeachment witness swap MORE (R-N.D.) downplayed Bernhardt’s previous lobbyist career, saying that in itself it wasn’t a conflict of interest.
“I’m tired of Democrats considering people having opinions or previous lives as a conflict of interest. They want everyone to have been robots or something. I think that his background is actually what equips him for it,” Cramer said. “If they’ve been involved in an issue like he has from all sides, I find that as an asset. But I don’t think it’s a conflict because you used to do something.”
Bernhardt’s confirmation Thursday means he will now oversee about 500 million acres of publicly owned land as well as the energy production on that land and offshore.
Democrats and environmentalists have taken issue with Bernhardt’s lobbying ties as well as policies he’s helped draft as Interior deputy secretary that appear to benefit some former clients.
“His predecessor Ryan Zinke Ryan Keith ZinkeEurope deepens energy dependence on Russia Overnight Energy: House Science Committee hits EPA with subpoenas | California sues EPA over Trump revoking emissions waiver | Interior disbands board that floated privatization at national parks Interior disbands advisory board that floated privatization at national parks MORE left in an ethical hurricane and if you add up all the members of Congress who have made all of these inquiries to the inspector general, I think it’s pretty clear there are a lot of members who think another ethical storm is headed this way,” Sen. Ron Wyden Ronald (Ron) Lee WydenTax season could bring more refund confusion Hillicon Valley — Presented by Philip Morris International — Wyden asks NSA to investigate White House cybersecurity | Commerce withdraws Huawei rule after Pentagon objects | Warren calls on Brazil to drop Greenwald charges Wyden vows push to force release of Khashoggi assessment MORE (D-Ore.) told reporters Wednesday.
One issue under the microscope includes a February report by The New York Times that Bernhardt helped push a specific Endangered Species Act (ESA) policy related to California’s delta smelt that will directly benefit a former client of his.
Bernhardt previously worked for a group of California farmers who opposed protections on the finger-sized fish in order to gain access to more irrigation water in the state’s central valley. Since working at Interior, Bernhardt has been hard at work to strip those protections, according to the Times.
He’s also came under fire for playing a role in suppressing a Fish and Wildlife Service report that found two pesticides used widely by farmers were extremely detrimental to various endangered species. Bernhardt’s role in deciding to withhold the findings of the report came out through a Freedom of Information Act request (FOIA). He defended the decision to lawmakers during his confirmation hearing, saying the decision was made in conjunction with Interior’s lawyers.
Democratic lawmakers have since asked Interior’s inspector general to investigate the potential ethics violations.
“The question really becomes: Has he already broken the law?” Wyden said on the Senate floor Wednesday. “My bottom line is that the Senate ought to take the time to actually look into that issue.”
More than 50 Democratic House members Wednesday signed a letter asking their colleagues in the upper chamber to oppose Bernhardt’s nomination as secretary.
In the letter, Rep. A. Donald McEachin Aston (Donale) Donald McEachinDCCC unveils initial dozen candidates for 'Red to Blue' program Virginia governor seeking to remove Robert E. Lee statue from US Capitol Five environmental fights to watch in 2020 MORE (D-Va.) warned that Bernhardt had a “lengthy record” of advancing corporate interests at the environment’s expense.
“As our climate crisis only grows in urgency and magnitude, it is more important than ever that we have a secretary who will defend and protect our natural resources and wildlife, not someone who will advance policies that destroy our environment,” he wrote.
In another letter, 14 Senate Democrats asked Bernhardt to reverse actions that limit public comment periods when the department considers new oil and gas leases.
Bernhardt is poised to oversee Interior’s lingering plan to expand offshore drilling in the Atlantic. The plan has been opposed by nearly every government official representing a coastal state.
Maine Sens. Susan Collins Susan Margaret CollinsGOP confident of win on witnesses Republicans signal renewed confidence they'll avoid witness fight Trump's team rests, calls for quick end to trial MORE (R) and King said they each voted in favor of Bernhardt's nomination after receiving assurances from him that their state would not be open to his offshore drilling plan.
"They’re not guarantees but he gave me some assurances that lead me to a place where I felt like I could responsibly vote for him," said King, who broke ranks with Democrats.
Collins said she waited to make her decision until she got a letter from Bernhardt late Wednesday answering her questions.
"It was instrumental in my vote. It was a reassuring letter in which he said that the position of the governor, the congressional delegation, and the legislature would be a determining factor and he recognized the coastal management act and the impact that that would have and that it's binding on the Department," Collins told The Hill on Thursday. "I do not believe we will see offshore drilling off the state of Maine."
While Bernhardt told Senators during his confirmation hearing that the plan was still in its very early stages, he indicated it would be forthcoming.
President Trump Donald John TrumpCNN's Don Lemon explains handling of segment after Trump criticism NPR reporter after Pompeo clash: Journalists don't interview government officials to score 'political points' Lawyer says Parnas can't attend Senate trial due to ankle bracelet MORE has long asked for new sources of U.S. energy extraction a part of his push for energy independence.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler has also faced criticism over his past lobbying ties. Wheeler previously worked as a lobbyist in the energy and natural resources sector for nearly a decade at law firm Faegre Baker Daniels. He was confirmed by the Senate in late February.
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Coyotes Goaltending
THW’s Goalie News: Schneider Waived, Raanta Perfect
By Stephen Ground November 19th, 2019
In today’s goalie news, we’ll focus on the waiving of a longtime New Jersey Devils goaltender, and drop in on a couple of happier stories from around the league.
Cory Schneider Waived
Today, the Devils announced something that has seemed like an inevitability for some time: they placed longtime goaltender Cory Schneider on waivers. Schneider, whom the team acquired at the 2013 NHL Draft for a pick that became Bo Horvat, has fallen to pieces in recent seasons, and general manager Ray Shero made the difficult decision to let the veteran try and find his form in the American Hockey League with the Binghamton Devils.
How Did Schneider Get Here
Schneider made a name for himself with the Vancouver Canucks some 2,986 miles from the Devils’ home arena. The Canucks drafted the Marblehead, Massachusetts native with the first pick in the 2004 NHL Draft, the fourth goalie off the board behind Al Montoya (New York Rangers), Devan Dubnyk (Edmonton Oilers) and Marek Schwarz (St. Louis Blues). Schneider was impressive enough at Phillips Academy Andover in his home state for the Canucks to take a chance on him despite the budding talents of a young Alex Auld.
Cory Schnieder in his day as a Vancouver Canucks goaltender (Icon SMI)
Schneider’s potential came to fruition quickly, and he debuted in Vancouver during the 2008-09 season. Then in a tandem with Roberto Luongo, he played his first “full” season in 2010-11, and the duo won the Jennings Trophy thanks in part to Schneider’s 22 strong starts.
After his second and third seasons, the Canucks had a conundrum on their hands: Schneider was too good to remain a backup, but Luongo was entrenched as the starter, and his contract was difficult to move, or, as Luongo said it so eloquently at the time, “my contract sucks.”
Roberto Luongo was mired in Vancouver because, as he put it “my contract sucks.”
Thus, the Canucks and the Devils arrived in the Devils’ home arena, the Prudential Center. None of the parties likely knew upon arrival that the venue would soon become Schneider’s home, but so it did, when the Devils surrendered their ninth overall pick (now Horvat, the newly-minted Canucks’ captain) to acquire the man they thought was their goalie of the future.
Early Promise, Sharp Decline
Schneider had a very strong first season with his new team, despite a poor record. He went 16-15-12, but had a save percentage (SV%) of .921 and a goals against average (GAA) of 1.97, to go along with 7.39 goals saved above average (GSAA). It was enough for the Devils to give Schneider the contract they now regret, a seven-year deal with an average annual value of $6 million.
Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
But early returns were promising, as the following season was perhaps Schneider’s best. He started 68 games, had a .925 SV%, a 2.26 GAA, and 21.17 GSAA. It seemed like the contract would pay off and Schneider would remain a franchise goaltender. But injury after injury began to take their toll on Schneider, particularly affecting his lower body, in his hip and his groin.
A goalie without a strong base is no goalie at all, and the hip surgery he received at the close of the 2017-18 surgery began to spell the end for Schneider. Since then, he’s started 29 games and won just six of those, none of those wins (or even a quality start, for that matter) coming this season.
Shero’s Tough Decision
It came time for Shero to make a decision, and he made the hard one: waiving Schneider and sending him to the minor leagues. Head coach John Hynes faced the media to explain the team’s decision in the most careful way possible.
The way the schedule comes now, we didn’t see him getting into a lot of games in the next couple of weeks. When a player, particularly a goalie, if you’re not going to have an opportunity to play, it’s hard to get the game reps and confidence that you need… If he does clear waivers and go to Binghamton, it’s not the end of the road for us here.
John Hynes on Cory Schneider
The future now for Schneider is uncertain. No team will claim his massive cap hit, so in the short term, he will play in Binghamton. The Devils get very minor cap relief as long as Schneider remains in the AHL, saving just over $1 million against the cap per season. A buyout could be in his future; however, Shero will need to decide whether extended suffering over the a longer term is preferable to paying the contract off in the next couple of seasons.
General manager Ray Shero of the New Jersey Devils (Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty Images)
It is difficult to watch a once-great goaltender like Schneider arrive at the point where he cannot physically compete at the same level. Whatever Hynes’ platitudes, it will be a long road for him to return to the NHL; however, what a story it would be if he made it.
Relentless Raanta
In other headlines, the Arizona Coyotes are one of the hottest teams in the NHL thanks in no small part to their impressive goaltending tandem. Antti Raanta and Darcy Kuemper have both been hot, trying to outduel one another, and last night was Raanta’s opportunity to shine.
Arizona Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta (Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports)
Raanta and the Coyotes faced the rudderless Los Angeles Kings on Monday evening, and Raanta turned aside all 31 of the Kings’ shots, including eight on the power play. It was Raanta’s best start of the season so far, and his strongest performance since returning from the injury that devastated his 2018-19 season.
Goalie Gram: Schneider’s Four-Legged Future
Lest anyone feel too bad for Schneider, life doesn’t look like it’s all bad in Binghamton. The NHL shared a video of Binghamton Devils’ alternate captain Dakota Mermis giving piggyback rides to a group of four-legged friends.
Piggyback rides! 🐶 (🎥 @bingdevils)
A post shared by NHL (@nhl) on Nov 18, 2019 at 12:37pm PST
Hopefully, they’ll keep the doggo gang around to welcome their new tendy. Binghamton’s next game is on Wednesday night, ironically against the Canucks’ AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets. It’s unclear yet whether Schneider will get the start, but if he does, we’ll cover it for you here in the Goalie News.
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Guest Post Marvel Movies
Tilda Swinton Teaches Doctor Strange the Mystical Asian Stuff
By Guest N.O.C. April 13, 2016 April 13, 2016
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by Phil Yu | Originally posted at Angry Asian Man
Marvel just dropped the first teaser trailer for Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange, who journeys to mystical Asia to learn Mystical Asian Stuff. The trailer also gives us our first glimpse of Tilda Swinton as the Sorcerer Supreme’s mystical mentor, The Ancient One.
Racebent! In typical Hollywood fashion. Many of us were wondering how the movie would handle whitest actress Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, who has been traditionally depicted in the comic books as an old-ass mystical Asian man. Now we have our answer: she is bald.
I wouldn’t call this is straight-up yellowface, but it appears they’re going for the next best thing.
Based on her brief scenes in the trailer, Swinton bears a strong resemblance to David Carradine in the Shaolin monastery flashback sequences from Kung Fu — with a touch of Persis Khambatta from Star Trek: The Motion Picture — dropped into one of those training programs from The Matrix.
The trailer ends with Strange begging The Ancient One to instruct him in the Mystical Asian Stuff. “Teach me,” he pleads. As far as I can tell, the Mystical Asian Stuff includes out-of-body karate (hey, that rhymes), in which you can hit someone so hard, your body farts out a glowing version of yourself.
The Mystical Asian Stuff also seems to involve the ability to bend and fold entire blocks of skyscrapers, which would be really impressive if we all hadn’t already seen two-plus hours of that happening in Inception.
Look, as we’ve noted before, yes, the origins of Doctor Strange are steeped in a lot of old-school exotic, Orientalist stereotypes. Washing out the Asian-ness of The Ancient One appears to be an attempt to sidestep some of the character’s more racist undertones for a contemporary audience.
But putting a bald white lady in the role doesn’t fix much. It’s still whitewashing. Yes, it’s a two-minute trailer that doesn’t reveal a whole lot, but it reveals enough.
Plot summary: Bearded White Guy journeys to Asia, where a bald white lady teaches him Mystical Asian Stuff. White Guy masters said Mystical Asian Stuff. Then White Guy uses the Mystical Asian Stuff to fight bad guys.
Doctor Strange opens in theaters on November 4.
Phil Yu is the founder, editor, and primary blogger behind Angry Asian Man, the web’s foremost destination for all things Asian American. He also co-hosts the YouTube series Angry Asian America for ISAtv.
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lkeke35 says:
This is the problem with Hollywood creating so many stereotypes and stupid tropes in films. In trying to step out of the way of one nasty stereotype (The Mystical Asian Guy) they run right smack into the next one (whitewashing).
And the sad part is, I can’t think of any way they could have gotten around any tropes at all. Casting any PoC creates the same stereotype as an Asian person. Casting a Tilda leads to Asian erasure (in Tibet, no less) and Whitewashing.
The creators would have been better off casting a hot Asian dude (which is what I prefer, (*cough*) Daniel Dae Kim) and just taking the criticism for that.
Constance says:
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attorneytracey says:
My o, my! LOL No we have Mystical/Magical Caucasians proficient in the the Far Eastern Arts.
Nter the Cranium says:
Honestly, does it matter what race or gender the ancient one is in this movie? It doesnt have to be a perfect iteration of the comic book. Some were happy that Nick Fury is a black guy in the MCU instead of a white guy. White women are probably excited to see the ancient one played by a female too.. we can’t get perfect iterations guys and its great to switch things up. Marvel is certainly not racist, look what they are doing in Marvel Now. Captain Marvel is a muslim girl! Reply to this comment if I am misunderstanding the frustration here.
Tony! says:
Honestly, does it matter what race or gender the ancient one is in this movie?
My understanding of it is that Dr. Strange is a character rooted in a form of cultural appropriation. Western (and white) creators came up with a white character who ventured to Asia and mastered arts associated with an East Asian society. It’s one thing to become skilled in those arts. It’s another thing to be better at them than anyone native to that culture. It’s a case of white people can do this better than anyone else, which has infected a lot of Western society. When it comes to the Ancient One, the character was created as a stereotype of the wise, mystical guru. Casting Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One is, on the one hand good, bc hey gender bending (there are plenty of male roles throughout Hollywood), but OTOH? You have a white person again having mastered another culture and passing her knowledge off to another white person.The basic concept of Dr. Strange is steeped in too much white people are the most super special people of all time, above and beyond all other cultures. They could have broken away from this by casting an Asian Dr. Strange (here’s a nice idea for that, btw). And while casting an Asian in the role of the Ancient One would have not been problematic from a racial aspect, it still would have been problematic bc of Hollywood stereotypes of Asian culture.
Captain Marvel is a muslim girl!
This is not correct. Captain Marvel is Carol Danvers, a white US citizen.
Ms Marvel is Pakistani-American Kamala Khan, who is Muslim.
Reply to this comment if I am misunderstanding the frustration here.
You are misunderstanding it. I think that’s in part bc you’re trying to comprehend the problem through the lens of your personal experience and understanding, which is not likely to work. You have to put aside everything you think you know on this subject and listen to people who are more personally affected here. Decenter yourself and read what people of Asian descent have to say on the matter. You have to reframe your thinking.
riki101 says:
just had to say great post man
NHK says:
The problem with your point is that it does not take into consideration how Asian characters (particularly male) are disregarded in general in Marvel movies/TV shows. So why take away one o the few prominent Asian male characters and make him into a white woman? I mean its bad enough that Dr Strange, like Iron Fist, is another example of the white savior mastering ancient Asian arts better than Asian characters. But can we at least keep the handful of Asian male characters from Marvel comics as actual Asian males when their stories hit the big or small screen?
Honestly, you are right
Shads says:
“I mean its bad enough that Dr Strange, like Iron Fist, is another example of the white savior mastering ancient Asian arts better than Asian characters.”
So is the problem that another ethnicity is shown to learn, expand, master, and surpass the origin’s ethnicity- or is it because it’s white people doing it?
I’m pretty sure Geo Omori and Mistuyo Meada could attest that the B in BJJ isn’t because Asian men and women are the dominant practitioners of Jiu Jitsu. This isn’t to say white washing isn’t a real thing (and is irritating prevalent in society), but simply lambasting people for experimenting with a role assignment simply because the person is white is honestly narrow minded.
From Miles Morales as Spider-Man, Sam Wilson as Captain America, Sam Jackson as Nick Fury, even Jane Foster as Thor, people are beginning to play with the fabric of comic books and explore the possibilities. Limiting that drive to simply race relations robs these artists and writers of the true pioneering effort to find something new and innovative. It’s not always about PR solutions, it’s an art form.
Darin Harrington says:
In online discussions on this film, I have not seen anybody consider the possibility that the filmmakers may have wanted to avoid having a Tibetan character because it would have been politically sensitive in Mainland China, a growing market for Hollywood films nowadays.
If they had simply replaced the Tibetan Ancient One with a Chinese Ancient One, or am unspecified-Asian Ancient One, they might have been accused of openly pandering to PRC censors.
By casting a white woman, they’ve sidestepped such accusations, and can claim that they’re doing something progressive by gender-switching the role, albeit at the cost of incurring criticisms of whitewashing.
Given that the character from the comic, an “Ancient Asian martial arts guru”, is something of a tired stereotype, I’d be interested in people’s suggestions for how they could have done better in the movie adaptation.
phantomliger says:
This is actually a really good point, especially with how much Marvel movies have been making in the Chinese market.
jennnanigans says:
To piggyback on your point – do you think the filmmakers are going to substitute a fictional country or region for where Strange pursues his studies? That seems like a way to avoid the PROC/Tibet problem, but I can’t tell if that would be better or worse.
I’m not Asian but I wanted to understand this controversy.
naikanomtom says:
So far, mainlanders really dig Iron Man and what not, and frankly I don’t think they give a good goddamn anyhow. Frankly, I don’t think Mainland audiences will really dig this to begin with. I can see the possibility of Marvel doing this to pander to PRC censors, but they did a shitty and almost patronizing job at trying to force Wang Xueli and Fan Bing Bing into Iron Man 3, which really didn’t do much in China.
If Marvel wants to stop pandering to stereotypes while catering itself to the mainland Chinese market, go look at Stephen Chow’s “Mermaid”, then you’ll find out what they REALLY have to do, and Hollywood won’t do that (i.e., stop make a da movies wit da white gai!).
well obviously they dont care about him being from tibet so…..he could be japanese, thai, or anything else. what makes your point invalid is that they are still in tibet, wearing tibetan monk robes. main stream people would not only not know that the ancient one isnt asian if they cast lets say a chinese actor like chow yun fat no one would accuse them of pandering. chow yun fat is well known in the states and has had a successful career here. a chinese actor only known china could possibly bring up the problem you mentioned but again majority of people would not think like that, i know i wouldnt. would just be happy that finally they are moving from whites only as they began in the mcu to multicultural. say what you will about dc but at least they are STARTING with being diverse and not doing this bogus
laurenlola says:
I didn’t know anything about the upcoming Doctor Strange film until reading this and… Oh God! Come on Marvel! You’re supposed to be better than this!
Drumpf says:
If you cast an Asian as a mystical asian type, it’s stereotyping. If you replace him with a white woman, it’s whitewashing. If you do nothing, Doctor Strange is cultural appropriation anyway because he learned sorcery from Asians (umm, since when is Sorcery actually East Asian in origin anyway? Technically, Doctor Strange came from Chandu the magician, who is ethnically Hindu, so the first sin was making a Hindu into a Tibetan) If you look up the societies which believed most strongly in witchcraft style magic, they are predominantly native American, African, or Pagan European, so isn’t this virtual-cultural-appropriation?)
If the Ancient One had been Russian instead, or Lovecraftian, would it have mattered?
The whole concept of cultural appropriation is both dangerous and misplaced. The whole point of having an multicultural open society, with free exchange of information, is so cultures can mix, not so every group can remain ethnically and racially “siloed” in protected bubbles which they lay ownership too. You can’t “own” ideas or information, since the copying them does not deprive the original owner of their use. Moreover, most of the things for which people think are culturally owned by their group, were in fact, remixed from previous tribes and foreign influences. The idea of maintaining cultural purity is scary and dangerous, and ideologically conservative.
Many of the uniquely American art forms were created by African Americans: jazz, blues, hiphop. Of course, these came from mixing influences from African with European influences to create something new. These art forms have been exported and have been appreciated globally all over the world. People from Europe to Japan are learning to play jazz, rap, or wear hip-hop clothing.
This is a testament to the value that African Americans have created for American society. It is not that other people have adopted these cultural artifacts that is the problem, it’s that they adopt them, without respecting those who created them. In short, the problem is objectification of culture. People can appreciate black culture, while still being racist and dispectful, and that’s why it seems wrong. But it won’t be solved by telling people they can’t wear dreadlocks, or learn Kung Fu.
It can only be solved by treating the underlying inequalities in society. Trying to silo your cultural artifacts will only lead to less acceptance, not more.
The way this discussion unfolds is typical of the kind of hyperbole and catastrophizing behavior you see in progressive discourse. If Marvel changes the race or ethnicity of any character, someone will be upset. If they don’t change it, someone will be upset. If they don’t adhere to the source material someone will be upset.
As I see it, the issue with Hollywood movies isn’t making sure Asians fill Asian roles. It’s in letting Asians and other minorities fill roles without defining who can play the character. But because of the paltry few leading roles available to Asians, African Americans, or Women, changing a character from one minority group to another feels like a huge loss, while making a previously white character a minority character isn’t.
We need to solve the problem of “cultural appropriation” by restoring respect, and decreasing scarcity of these roles, not by whining that one minority was substituted for another. Begging for the Ancient One to be an Asian male is like enjoying bread crumbs falling from the table. Instead, pick a leading role and make him Asian. There’s no reason Cyclops can’t be Asian, or Aquaman. I can think of a number of Asian male actors who could fill the super hero role.
Or more generally, anytime Hollywood is casting a movie for which they’re going to accept new talent, instead of established stars, they should leave the racial makeup of the character open.
Asian American says:
Spoken like someone who doesn’t understand cultural appropriation or just how harmful it can be. Please don’t speak on the matter.
dmuranaka says:
Reblogged this on Maya's and Sam's Dad and commented:
I think he says this better than I could.
Martin Suarez says:
We can’t win one way or another. Our country will become more multiracial in the years to come I say that as someone who is multiracial we should accept these roles not criticize when Hollywood does ”cultural appropriation”. I’m a proponent of making Superman Hispanic or part white I loved what they did with the Gods and Monsters Superman he doesn’t have to be Clark Kent to be Superman anyone can be Superman the only rule I have is that he’s Kryptonian and plenty of POC Kryptonians in the comics.
So agree with you and the problem is white folks don’t see it as a problem. They love our (all people of color) culture but don’t love us. They want to have a themselves in those roles so not only will these types of films continue to be made but will make money
why would i want a white person to do anything for me? that’s part of yall problems. you created this image of superiority and you all believe that fiction to be reality. dont buy into the hype. i only love my men of color, especially my asian kings. you “people” are non factors in my life. have several seats
Strom says:
You people? This is the same controversy that surrounded the casting of Idris Elba as a god from Norse mythology and I enjoyed his role immensely. Someone will always be upset whether changing the race of said character, or whether said character should of a certain race all in the name of “diversity” Diversity does not always mean better.
John Butterfield says:
I remember the comic book and the animation from my younger days. I realize looking at it now just how bad it looks, the whole character is problematic. I feel the only way to make the studios listen is by hitting them where they really take notice the pocket book.
The Last Airbender tanked and justly so, it looks like the Gods of Egypt is on a similar trajectory. Ghost in the Shell is facing the same problem (one they easily could have avoided by casting the major role differently) For me its hard as i have friends building this work and I want to see what they have created but I also have fellow artist fighting to get cast and when the go to an audition the role is a screaming stereotype.
The other problem is the smart casting of Cumberbatch he has an incredible following thanks to his earlier work so they are banking on his draw and that we will not mind as much. I am a huge fan of Tilda but it looks like this will be one performance of hers I won’t be watching.
The Mystical ‘Asian’ Stuff is magic. And when Marvel created Doctor Strange they set that destination to learn ‘Magic’ in an Asian place. Tibet to be exact. I didn’t know Asia and all the ‘angry Asians’ had exclusive ‘dibs’ on magic. I’m not a fan of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One. True, they can explain it away as simply a different Ancient One, but I want Yao. But I am simply not a fan for the same reason I didn’t like the idea of and Asian Iron Fist. It’s simple: Daniel Rand is White, and the Ancient One we know and love is an Asian man. And really all the levels and rules to this race bending/gender swapping gimmick just constantly display how ridiculous it all is. By they way we jump for joy for this version of ‘diversity’ aren’t we supposed to shout to the roof tops because they casted a woman in a man’s role? white WOMAN trumps asian MAN in this case. And what if they casted an Asian woman? Would those outraged on an ‘erasure/racism level even care? What if it was an Indian actor? India is in Asia right? Will we ever be satisfied? This is why I scoff at the whole gimmick to begin with. This is the same crap that wants me to jump for joy for a black Captain America when all I see is an historic black superhero stripped of his identity to become the 20th version of a famous white hero…
wr says:
yawn. Either it’s whitewashing or an Asian stereotype. Heads you win, tails I lose.
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Although the summer months might be winding down, Valencia has found the perfect track to keep the warm vibes resonating and the dance floors sweltering. “Light Of You” which was co-written by the duo and produced by newcomer, Ian Kimmel is one of those songs that instantly catches your attention. The electronic dance beat drifts you away to those memories of the ultimate summer music festival, while the lyrics capture a sense of summer love and desire.
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Last Heroes return to Ophelia Records for not only their own debut EP – but for the first full-length EP to be released on the imprint from an artist other than label head honcho Seven Lions. The Moments EP is a 4 track foray into melodic bass, featuring 3 stunning vocal performances from Satellite Empire, Lauren Martinez, and Luma, as well as an instrumental title track to wrap it all up.
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Gavin Haley is delivering an acoustic duet of “Show Me” with Canadian singer/songwriter Sara Diamond. “Show Me” is a resounding reflection on love, and the stripped-back version brings the poignant lyricism into focus through the duo’s mesmerizing harmonies. The acoustic track is being released alongside a live video of the duo performing at Los Angeles’ Kingsize Soundlabs.
After being fans of each other for quite some time, Gavin and Sara decided that an acoustic duet version of “Show Me” would be the perfect foray into collaborating together. Just like Gavin, Sara sees music as a healing tool that inspires others to look inward and appreciate the myriad of feelings that come along with being human. On the recording process, Sara writes that it was a “warm and friendly” experience.
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For these teens, high school is the least of their problems.
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With the stress of school and overbearing parents, every teenager has one moment where they want to escape to a different world. Luckily, fantasy fiction offers such escapes—from epic battles and quests in magical lands to new, exciting friendships. More than once, our teenage selves found some comfort in the genre—and occasionally learned lessons we could apply to our real, everyday lives.
Below is a selection of 14 fantasy books for teens that you (probably) haven't read yet. Whether you’re a teenager yourself—or you just want to reconnect with your younger self—they're here to take you on heart-stopping adventures full of magic and wonder.
The Elementalists
By C. Sharp
Chloe’s sophomore year isn’t going as planned. First, she’s bullied by the most popular girls in school. Then she’s struck by lightning. In the aftermath of the accident, she also becomes the center of a series of bizarre events, which herald the reawakening of a terrifying subterranean creature. With the help of three very different friends, Chloe must face the world-shattering fact that dragons exist—and that she’s the only thing standing between them and the rest of humanity. The Elementalists is a thrilling fantasy novel with a conscience, as it weaves “a cautionary modern tale about climate change and pollution.”
Buffy and Sookie Stackhouse fans will love McKinley’s no-nonsense heroine and interpretation of the classic vampire tale: Rae Seddon, called “Sunshine” by her friends, heads to the lake for some much-needed space and quiet. But though the place has been deserted since the deadly vampire war, Rae quickly sees that the long-kept silence means nothing. When she’s kidnapped by an unexpected brood of bloodsuckers—and then chained to one of their own—her sweet escape becomes a crazy race for survival. Keep in mind that these vamps are definitely not of the Cullen-family variety… But for readers looking for a story full of action and a heroine who can handle it on her own, Sunshine is a great introduction to McKinley’s work.
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The Great Alta Saga
In a world without men, Jenna is a girl foretold by legend—possibly even the reincarnate of the Great Alta goddess. Though she’s been trained to become a formidable warrior, her greatest power may very well be her invisible twin, Skada, who only emerges in the dark. Together, will these two gifted sisters lead their people to peace—or to a violent downfall? A genre-blending epic fronted by two unique heroines, The Great Alta Saga proves why Jane Yolen has been hailed as "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" (Newsweek).
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Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
High school senior Jessica Packwood is determined to make this year her best one yet. But an eccentric new exchange student, Lucius, brings her some startling (and life-changing) news: She isn't an average teenage girl, but a Romanian vampire princess who was once Lucius' fiancée. With the threat of a global vampire war looming just ahead, Jessica must quickly become the person she was born to be if she hopes to save the world—and Lucius’ soul—from annihilation. College applications never looked so easy...
By Alison Goodman
For his entire life, Eon has focused on studying swords and sorcery, hoping to become an apprentice to one of the 12 dragon gods. But Eon also has a secret—he is actually a she, 16-year-old Eona. Girls are forbidden to practice Dragon magic, and the discovery of her deception will lead to a certain death. As she inches closer to her goal, she’ll find that her rise to success comes with people who'd kill to see her fall...
The first novel in a duology of the same name, Eon is a story of destiny, inheritance, and power laced with action, passion, and mystery.
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By Tamora Pierce
Thirteen-year-old Daine has a natural ease with animals, but her talent goes much deeper than simple camaraderie. Animals don’t just obey Daine’s orders, they listen—in a way that can’t be anything but magical. She discovers the extent of her powers when she's hired as a horse handler for the Queen's Riders, a job that exposes her to bizarre birds, monstrous spiders, and creatures unlike any she’s ever known.
Wild Magic is the first in Pierce’s second quartet in the Tortall Universe. With Daine’s animal abilities growing and expanding over the course of the series, this quartet is perfect for readers who love their furry and feathered friends.
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Hawksong
By Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The avian and serpiente shapeshifters have been at war for thousands of years. As the last heirs to their respective thrones, the hawkish Danica and cobra-like Zane must get married for the sake of ending the bitter feud between their people. But even their union cannot heal old wounds, and the dangers of the newlyweds’ united courts become greater than those of the battlefield … Hawksong is the first in a five-book series about the avian and serpiente shapeshifters, which expands to include the stories of Dancia and Zane’s heirs.
Incorporating the house rivalry of Romeo and Juliet—but with a happier ending—this is one of the more romantic fantasy young adult novels on the list. Hawksong is the first in a five-book series about the avian and serpiente shapeshifters, which expands to include the stories of Danica and Zane’s heirs.
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Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse
By Kaleb Nation
Bran Hambric has no memory of his life before he was found in a vault at age six. Now 14, he lives with his adoptive family in the city of Dunce, a place where magic is feared and illegal. When Bran learns that he's a powerful mage—and that he likely inherited his gifts from his biological parents—he becomes embroiled in a plot to save the endangered Mages Council, only to amass a host of enemies.
The Farfield Curse is a coming-of-age story about an orphaned boy as he searches for answers about his (very illegal) magical abilities. Filled with satire, dry humor, and adventure, Kaleb Nation’s delightful fantasy read is a must-have for Potterheads.
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Before She Ignities
By Jodi Meadows
As the symbol of hope for the six nations of the Fallen Isles, Mira must always appear perfect and beautiful—even when she would rather wear a uniform and work in the dragon sanctuary with her two best friends. But that all changes when she’s betrayed and condemned to the Fallen Isles’ worst prison. No longer an envied symbol of her people, Mira has to find the truth about the magic she holds before everything is destroyed.
The first book in the Fallen Isles series introduces a fantasy heroine who struggles not only with external forces, but also with her own crippling anxiety. This is a “chosen one” fantasy book that’s very different from others you’ve read before.
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The Tiger at Midnight
By Swati Teerdhala
After Jansa’s queen and royal family were killed, Esha became a legendary rebel called the Viper. Now tasked with making the guilty pay, her next task is to eliminate the ruthless General Hotha. But when she crosses paths with Kunal, a young soldier and the nephew of the general she’s targeting, everything will begin to change—and neither can make it out unscathed.
Filled with action, political intrigue, and romance, The Tiger at Midnight is the first installment in an epic new fantasy trilogy inspired by Indian history and Hindu mythology.
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By Tricia Sullivan
Inside the mixed martial arts ring, Jade is a champion—but outside of the gym, her life is spiraling out of control. When she ends up in a fight with a Hollywood star who could make or break her gym’s reputation, Jade’s coach sends her to Thailand to cool off and stay out of the way. But once she arrives, she discovers a human trafficking ring led by a man stealing the souls of children to find immortality, and Jade may be the only one who can help break up the ring for good.
Told in alternating perspectives between Jade and a young woman named Mya caught up in the trafficking ring, Shadowboxer is a world-crossing standalone fantasy book great for readers interested in high-action sports.
Walk on Earth a Stranger
By Rae Carson
Lee has always been able to sense gold in the world around her. But she’s always kept her ability a secret—and when a catastrophe destroys the home she’s always loved, she discovers just how wise that choice always was. On the run from a man who seeks to control her and her ability, Lee disguises herself as a boy and joins the wagon caravans journeying westward during the Gold Rush. But Lee’s not the only one heading west, and it’s going to take more than just her magical ability to keep her out of harm’s way.
Historical fantasy fans will love the Gold Seer trilogy, which begins with Walk on Earth a Stranger. Readers with a more romantic bent will love the relationship that brews between Lee and her best friend, while those seeking a great found family story will enjoy watching the bond between the caravan members unfold.
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Devils & Thieves
By Jennifer Rush
The small town of Hawthorne, New York looks quiet from the outside—but it’s home to a powerful magic-wielding motorcycle gang called the Devils’ League. Jemmie Charmichael would count herself as a magic-user called a kindled, but every attempt she makes at casting a spell goes horribly awry. Then an annual festival brings the rest of the kindled community to Hawthorne—and people start to go missing. Jemmie must team up with her ex-boyfriend, the leader of the Devils’ League, to find the missing people and find the truth behind their disappearances.
Jemmie’s struggle to understand her own abilities is one of the best parts of Devils & Thieves. This darker fantasy novel gives off tons of Halloween vibes, and it’s a great choice to pick up during the cooler months of the year.
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The Hearts We Sold
By Emily Lloyd Jones
Only one thing drives a person to bargain away one of their body parts to a demon: desperation. And Dee Moreno is no different. Thankfully, the demon she approaches doesn’t want an arm or a leg—just her heart. Which seems like a fair trade for what she wants: to stay in the boarding school that feels like the only place she ever belonged instead of being kicked out when her parents stop paying her tuition. But what follows is beyond anything Dee could imagine—and the only person left to rely on is a boy who traded his heart away, the same as her.
This captivating and romantic fantasy explores the fallout of a Faustian bargain in a world where such deals are almost commonplace. Readers looking for a fresh take on a devil’s bargain will find The Hearts We Sold enchanting.
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Bad Lieutenant
Never Cry Another Tear Iain Moffat , November 19th, 2009 13:03
It might be a very seventies sort of a notion, but there's been something of a renaissance in the supergroup market of late. The Dead Weather, for instance, have been, if not universally embraced, nonetheless generally welcomed as more than a mere vanity project; Them Crooked Vultures were something of a highlight for everyone that caught them at Reading and Leeds; and perhaps most notably, the Last Shadow Puppets have clearly outstripped anything either of their parent bands have put together in the last two years.
With all this in mind, you could hardly blame Alex James for wanting to jump on this particular bandwagon, although his track record thus far is shoddy to say the least. For all the estimable qualities he brings to Blur — an instinctive loucheness and cheeringly uncomplex joie de vivre; the curious continuity in the face of a highly mutable agenda — Me Me Me proved to be an in-joke too far even at the height of Britpop's self-congratulatory excess. Worse, with Wigwam he even managed the seemingly impossible feat of making Betty Boo appear rubbish. Clearly, he needs to collaborate with people who have form when it comes to extra-curricular activity, and resilience written into their DNA.
Which is where New Order come in; there's probably not a band alive who fit those criteria better. Not that there's actually a New Order at the moment, since another of their celebrated fall-outs has recently kicked in, but at least Sumner, Morris and near-newbie Phil Cunningham are on board for this freshly-handled enterprise. And it's a relief to report that, while Bad Lieutenant may be Hookless, they're anything but hookless. Opening offering 'Sink Or Swim', for instance, may sail rather audaciously close to the insistent smart-pop rush of Monaco's 'What Do You Want From Me' — no accident, presumably — but distinguishes itself by doing so atop a light-footed Byrdsian jangle. 'Running Out Of Luck' is a textbook demonstration of its makers' minor-chord mastery and a blurry, dreamlike gambit (it also showcases what a casually compelling drummer Stephen Morris can be). 'These Changes', helmed by occasional co-vocalist and Jimi Goodwin soundalike Jake Evans, threatens in its early stages to turn into 'Your Silent Face' before settling into a soaring, semi-anthemic reverie that'll work in a mid-afternoon airing at next year's festivals: a not unlikely prospect.
Mind you, it's hard to forget that we're dealing with performers that are rather better than mid-table; moreover, they're not making it easy to treat this as a brand new band. An air of stateliness and contentment runs through Never Cry Another Tear that would be horribly unbecoming on bona fide newcomers. However, in this context — and especially on 'This Is Home' and the fantastically bittersweet 'Runaway' — it echoes, atmospherically if not sonically, the Bunnymen's late-90s comeback. Bernard's lyrics also take on a metacritical aspect: "Everyone that I meet complains that I don't act the same any more, that I was better before," he teases in 'Twist Of Fate', while 'Summer Days' goes one further, basking in the brilliance of the summer of 1983, which of course gave us both 'Blue Monday' and Power, Corruption And Lies. Still, at least he does this within a track that's oddly indebted to both Stone Roses albums, drawing on the loose irresistiblility of classic Reni and the bluesier preoccupations of latter-day Squire.
'Summer Days' also gives Mr James the chance to lead the way with one of the judicious basslines that pepper proceedings. These points are where Never Cry Another Tear excels: on 'Dynamo' James provides a frantic, ace accompaniment to the Marr-guitar-isms of the verses and the Who-ish keyboards dotted throughout; the funk-fuelled 'Shine Like The Sun' is aided by slightly confrontational shuffling and careworn keyboards that threaten to dissolve into Japan's 'Quiet Life' at one point. OK, this is neither the essential swipe at the mainstream nor the most satisfying record the parties involved have been involved in; but it's a far from unworthy addition to any of its creators' canons. As a potential presence in the pantheon of power pairings, Bad Lieutenant have at least gone some way towards earning their stripes.
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Thank a Farmer, Thank a Beekeeper
Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture magazine and "BEEKeeping, Your First Three Years," chats with beekeeper Etta Marie Peterson of Sebastopol after addressing the Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual conference at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
You may have missed it, but today (Thursday, Oct. 12) is National Farmers' Day.
The day originated back in the 1800s as a way to recognize and thank farmers for all the work they do to feed our nation--and the world.
It's also time to thank a beekeeper.
When beekeeper Kim Flottum of northeast Ohio, the 30-year editor of Bee Culture, addressed the recent Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual conference at UC Davis, he predicted that the nation's 250,000 beekeepers (who manage around 4 million colonies) will turn into a million beekeepers in five years.
A million. We can only hope!
Flottum applauded "the incredible rise of new beekeepers in the last 10 years."
"The urban, surburban and country beekeepers are younger than the norm and we have more women beekeepers than ever," said Flottum, who launched the magazine, BEEKeeping, Your First Three Years, two years ago. "This isn't like the 1970s Green Movement--I'm old enough to remember that. It's got legs! But watch out for an ugly urban disaster like a major beespill or bad honey recall."
Beekeepers are becoming more and more diverse, specializing in honey production, pollination services and queen bee breeding. Pollination services and queen bee breeding are the most profitable, Flottum said. Honey, not so much.
"If I'm in beekeeping, pollination services is sure bet," he said. "Beekeepers now get 200 bucks a colony for almond pollination in California. Pollination is more profitable than honey. Bee breeding? Queens can sell for as much as $40 or $50."
"In the United States, we eat on the average 1.2 pounds a year, but in Canada, it's 2.5 or 2.4 pounds." He lamented that unsafe and/or questionable honey from China floods our nation's supermarkets and is being sold at undercut prices. (Some statistics indicate that a "third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals"--Food Safety News.)
It's important for American beekeepers to label their honey "Made in America" or localize it by city or state, he said.
Flottum also touched on such issues as honey bee health, nutrition, loss of habitat, poor quality forage, and pesticides.
The varroa mite/virus is the No. 1 problem for beekeepers, he said. "Other stresses include nutrition, nosema, pesticides...All of these can be fixed with money, increased diversity of bee stock, and a move way from both ag and in-hive legal and illegal chemicals."
Meanwhile, thankfully, the appreciation of honey bees seems to be growing. Brought here in 1622 by European colonists in Jamestown, Va., bees now pollinate about one-third of the food we eat.
Happy Farmers' Day. Happy Beekeepers' Day.
(Editor's Note: Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño and her colleagues at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis, teach beekeeping and bee health workshops. See the Niño lab at http://elninobeelab.ucdavis.edu/. The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center is hosting a two-day course on honey, Nov. 10-11.)
Two honey bees want the same pomegranate blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee pollinating an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A new beekeeper examines a frame during a UC Davis honey bee course at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño and her staff teach classes for the public. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Handing Over the Bees!
Beekeeper-scientist Randy Oliver shows bees to the group. Ettamarie Peterson is in the foreground. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeepers circled biologist Randy Oliver, commercial beekeeper, scientist, writer and educator, as he held court in the apiary of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, University of California,Davis.
It was the third day of the Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual conference, and Oliver was there to show beekeepers how to determine the levels of Nosema or Varroa mite infection in their hives. He brought along his microscope, his four decades worth of beekeeping experience, and his humor.
His credentials: He owns and operates a small commercial beekeeping enterprise in the foothills of Grass Valley, Northern California. He and his two sons manage approximately 1000 colonies for migratory pollination, and they produce queens, nucs and honey.
Oliver holds two university degrees (BS) and master's (MS), specializing in entomology.
He is an avid scientist. He researches, analyzes and digests beekeeping information from all over the world in order not only to broaden his own depth of understanding and knowledge, but to develop practical solutions to many of today's beekeeping problems. He then shares that information with other beekeepers through his bee journal articles, worldwide speaking engagements and on his website, www.scientificbeekeeping.com. Oliver says on his website, "This is not a 'How You Should Keep Bees' site; rather, I'm a proponent of 'Whatever Works for You' beekeeping." He is never without a research project; he collaborates with the nation's leading bee scientists, and is a stickler for data. "I'm a 'data over dogma' guy, and I implore my readers to correct me on any information at this website that is out of date or not supported by evidence."
But back to his presentation. Got bees? Yes.
Oliver calmly reached into a hive and brought out a handful of nurse bees (the foragers were out foraging) as Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association newsletter editor Ettamarie Peterson watched. A longtime beekeeper and 4-H leader, she owns Peterson's Farm, Petaluma, a certified bee friendly farm. She marveled at the bees on his hand.
Seeking to share the bee-utiful bees, Oliver handed them over to her as photographers chronicled the encounter.
"See, they don't sting!" he said.
They did not. Here's proof!
Beekeeper-scientist Randy Oliver of Grass Valley gestures during his presentation. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Randy Oliver hands over bees to beekeeper Ettamarie Peterson of Petaluma, a member of the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association and the Western Apicultural Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beekeeper Etta Marie Peterson displays a handful of bees as a cell phone photographer captures the moment. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
If a bird in the hand is worth two in a bush, what's a handful of bees worth? Ettamarie Peterson, Petaluma beekeeper and member of the Sonoma County Beekeepers' Association and the Western Apicultural Society, displays a handful of nurse bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Sneaky Cuckoo Bee
You could call it a slacker, a deadbeat, a moocher, a sponger, or a loafer.
Or you could call it a cuckoo bee.
Take the cuckoo bee, Xeromelecta californica, a parasite of the digger bee, Anthophora.
When the female Anthophora leaves its nest to collect more pollen, the female cuckoo bee sneaks in and lays an egg.
"When the host female seals her nest, it seals the doom of her own offspring," distinguished emeritus professor Robbin Thorp of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology told the crowd at last week's 40th annual Western Apicultural Society meeting, held at UC Davis. They eat the provisions, a pollen ball meant for the host offspring, and kill and eat the host larvae.
The cuckoo bee offspring emerge.
Thorp, co-author of California Bees and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners and Naturalists, also called attention to their "pointy abdomen" and "wasp-looking appearance."
But they are bees--cuckoo bees. They're also called parasitic bees or "kleptoparasites" or "cleptoparasitises."
They have no pollen-carrying/collecting apparatus, like a scopa, because they don't need any, Thorp said, just as they do not construct their own nests.
If you look around a pollinator garden, you just might sight some cuckoo bees. Last week we saw a Xeromelecta californica (as identified by Thorp and Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and UC Davis professor of entomology). It was sipping nectar from a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica.
We've also spotted Anthophora urbana nectaring on our lavender.
One thing's for certain: a cuckoo bee didn't lay its eggs in the Anthophora nest that time or the urbana wouldn't have been there.
A cuckoo bee, Xeromelecta californica, sips nectar from a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a cuckoo bee, Xeromelecta californica, on a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A digger bee, Anthophora urbana, sips nectar from lavender. The cuckoo bee, Xeromelecta californica, is a parasite of Anthophora. It lays eggs in the host's nest, resulting in death of the host's offspring. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Sarah the Bee Girl: Sarah Red-Laird. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sarah the Bee Girl stands in front of a cluster of first graders sitting by a six-foot worker bee sculpture in the UC Davis Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven.
Her name is Sarah Red-Laird, and she is here to present an interactive educational program involving bees and beekeeping, honey, beeswax and bee habitat to students from Peregrine School, Davis. It's part of her "Bees and Kids" program, funded by the American Beekeeping Federation's Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees.
She's speaking to them as part of the Western Apicultural Society's 40th annual conference, Sept. 5-8.
The students are super excited.
Holding up fruit after fruit, she asks if they like strawberries, apples, oranges and lemons, all bee-pollinated. They eagerly raise their hands. She tells them that bees are responsible for providing one-third of the food we eat, including fruits, vegetables and nuts (almonds). Our shopping carts would be sparse if there were no bees, she says. She quizzes them about grapes, rice and oats, which are not bee-pollinated.
Then she turns to honey.
"How much honey does a bee make in her lifetime?" she asks. "Is it 1 cup, 1 teaspoon or 1/12th of a teaspoon? if you think it's one cup, raise your hand." Half a dozen hands shoot up.
"If you think it's one teaspoon, raise your hand." A few more raise their hands.
"If you think it's 1/12th of a teaspoon, raise your hand." One person responds.
"The correct answer," says Sarah the Bee Girl, "is 1/12th of a teaspoon. That's how much a honey bee makes in her lifetime."
"I guessed that!" yells a little girl.
"Did you?" Sarah asks, approvingly. "You're a smartie," she praises.
"We didn't," a boy laments.
A honey bee seeking drips from the bottled honey at the "Kids and Bees" honey-tasting event. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sarah drives home the point with: "That means that honey bees work really, really hard for the honey we eat. For me, I eat it every day."
Sarah continues. "How many flowers does it take the bees to make one pound of honey?" she asks, holding up a jar of honey.
The students respond with answers that range from 99 to 100 to 200 to 1000 to 2000 to 8000 to 1 billion.
"The correct answer is 2 million," she tells them. "it takes 2 million flowers to fill this one jar of honey."
Sarah drives home the point with: "The best thing to do to help bees is to plant flowers. Let's say it all together. what can you do to help bees?
"Plant flowers!" they chorus.
Later she reads a book and then asks them to answer questions about nurse bees, house bees, scout bees, guard bees, queen bees, foragers and drones. Each person who answers the question correctly is adorned with props depicting that bee.
The first graders love it! They gigle, laugh and cheer.
Next they move in small groups to the educational stations where they taste honey, learn about bee habitat and bees wax, and see honey bees and other bees up close.
It's obvious that Sarah loves bees and wants others to love them, too.
Sarah says her love of bees began in Southern Oregon, on the deck of her aunt's cabin, at the end of a country road. She received her degree, with honors, in resource conservation from the University of Montana and did research in Jerry Bromenshenk Honey Bee Lab. She presented her beekeeping findings at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research on "How to Keep 100,000 Girlfriends, the Careful Relationship of a Beekeeper and Her Honey Bees."
This first-grader got a good luck at a Valley carpenter bee, caught by Robbin Thorp in a special device and then released. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Today she's the program director of the American Beekeeping Federation's "Kids and Bees" Program and executive director of Bee Girl, a nonprofit organization: its mission is to inspire and empower communities to conserve bees, their flower and our food system. She serves as the Oregon director of the Western Apicultural Society, a member of the New York Bee Sanctuary Advisory Board, and the regional representative to the Southern Oregon Beekeepers' Association. She is also a "Mountainsmith Brand Ambeesador." See her work on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (@sarahBeeGirl). Her hashtag is #loveyourbees.
Among the UC Davis personnel assisting her at the haven were:
Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, who caught and released bees with a device that included a magnifying glass
Staff research associates Bernardo Niño of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., Honey Bee Research Facility/UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, who staffed the beeswax table, where children drew pictures with crayons
Staff research associate and Charley Nye of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., Honey Bee Research Facility/UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, who staffed the habitat table, where the children learned about where the bees live.
Zoe Anderson, a UC Davis undergraduate student majoring in animal biology, assisted with the honey tasting. The youths all agreed they liked Sarah's vetch honey the best.
First graders, school officials and parents from Peregrine School cluster around a bee sculpture at UC Davis Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee for a "Kids and Bees" program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sarah the Bee Girl reads a book about bees. In back are WAS members Cyndi and Jim Smith of Donney Lake, Wash. Cyndi serves as the secretary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sarah the Bee Girl outfits a first grader with a forager costume for correctly answering a question about foragers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
After Sarah the Bee Girl (back) read a book about bees, she quizzed them, and those with the correct answers were given props depicting those bees. These youngsters represent (from left) a forager, a scout bee, a house bee, a nurse bee, the queen bee and a drone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Robbin Thorp (left), distinguished professor of entomology at UC Davis, catches a bee with his device. A magnifying class enables the youngsters to see the bee up close. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Staff research associate Charley Nye, manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, staffed the bee habitat table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Staff research associate Bernardo Niño of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., Honey Bee Research Facility/UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, staffed the beewax table. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Zoe Anderson, a UC Davis undergraduate student majoring in animal biology, holds up a jar of honey bottled by Sarah the Bee Girl. Her bees foraged on vetch to produce this honey, which was the favorite of all the honeys tasted. Anderson staffed the honey-tasting table with WAS member Kari Hallopeter of Spokane, Wash. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Gathering of Beekeepers and a Gathering of Kids and Bees
A conference table outside the UC Davis office of WAS President Eric Mussen is filled with boxes in preparation for the WAS conference Sept. 5-8 at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bee ready!
This is the week of the 40th annual Western Apicultural Society's conference, set Sept. 5-8 at the University of California, Davis. The non-profit group, founded at UC Davis to meet the educational needs of small-scale beekeepers primarily throughout the western United States, will meet in the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) on campus.
It's a conference filled with educational topics, networking, field trips, a silent auction, door prizes and just plain "bee" fun, says honey bee guru and Western Apicultural Society (WAS) co-founder Eric Mussen, Extension apiculturist emeritus, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, who is serving his sixth term as president.
He's been bee-sy. Ditto the delivery services to the third floor of Briggs Hall. Tomorrow the packages will be trucked over to the ARC, and the anticipation continues.
The newest addition to the conference schedule is the "Kids and Bees" program, set from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Sept. 5 in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, located on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis campus. The haven is the department's half-acre educational bee garden. "Bee Girl" Sarah Red-Laird of Ashland, Ore., program director of the American Beekeeping Federation's "Kids and Bees" Program and executive director of Bee Girl will be "borrowing" the site as part of a grant from the American Beekeeping Federation's Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees. First-graders from Peregrine School, Davis, have signed up for the interactive educational program involving bees and beekeeping, honey, beeswax and bee habitat.
This side up! One of the many boxes for the Western Apicultural Society conference. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Said Sarah: “They will watch bees dance, listen to them buzz, taste honey, smell flowers, roll beeswax candles, observe pollination, take flower seeds home to plant, and learn about the important connections between themselves, bees and our food. The students are keenly interested in learning more about bees, in keeping with the school's motto of “SOAR” - Science, Outdoor Education, Arts, and Responsibility.
Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, and staff research associates Bernardo Niño and Charley Nye of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr., Honey Bee Research Facility/UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will staff four of the work stations.
As for the Bee Girl organization, Sarah describes it as a "nonprofit with a mission to inspire and empower communities to conserve bees, their flowers, and our food system." She serves as the Oregon director of the Western Apicultural Society, a member of the New York Bee Sanctuary Advisory Board, and the regional representative to the Southern Oregon Beekeepers' Association. She is also a "Mountainsmith Brand Ambeesador." (As of Monday afternoon, she was seeking several more volunteers. Those interested can contact her sarah@beegirl.org or 541-708-1127.) See her work on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (@sarahBeeGirl). Her hashtag is #loveyourbees.
Bee Girl logo
Sarah says her love of bees began in Southern Oregon, on the deck of her aunt's cabin, at the end of a country road. She received her degree, with honors, in resource conservation from the University of Montana and did research in Jerry Bromenshenk Honey Bee Lab. She presented her beekeeping findings at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research on "How to Keep 100,000 Girlfriends, the Careful Relationship of a Beekeeper and Her Honey Bees." Following her graduation, Sarah returned home in late 2010 and found her niche, combining her love of bees with her education, outreach, research, conservation to form Bee Girl. She formed the non-profit experience to "encourage and support beekeepers and bee lovers."
Sarah describes her Bee Girl organization as a "nonprofit with a mission to inspire and empower communities to conserve bees, their flowers, and our food system." She serves as the Oregon director of the Western Apicultural Society, a member of the New York Bee Sanctuary Advisory Board, and the regional representative to the Southern Oregon Beekeepers' Association. She is also a "Mountainsmith Brand Ambeesador." (As of Monday afternoon, she was seeking several more adult volunteers to help out at the stations. Those interested can contact her sarah@beegirl.org or 541-708-1127.) You can see her work--and her passion--on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (@sarahBeeGirl). She's known by the hashtag, #loveyourbees.
And she does. The logo adorns her bee suit.
Topics at the WAS meeting? They range from Africanized honey bees to top bar hives to how to keep your bees healthy. See schedule. Eric Mussen, who offers 10 reasons why one should attend the conference (see Bug Squad blog), may be reached at ecmussen@ucdavis.edu for further information.
This is a scene from one of the Bee Girl programs in southern Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Red-Laird)
Youngsters are awed by the bee display, part of Bee Girl Sarah Red-Laird's activities. This is a photo from a southern Oregon program. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Red-Laird)
"Bee Girl" Sarah Red-Laird shows youngsters a hive. However, at the Sept. 5th program at UC Davis, the first graders will not be opening a hive. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Red-Laird)
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Week of July 18, 2015 Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart: Richard Smallwood Debuts at #1 with “Anthology: Live”
Richard Smallwood debuts at #1 this week with his new album, Anthology: Live, followed by Marvin Sapp’s You Shall Live at #2. Dr. F. James Clark and The Shalom Church (City Of Peace) Mass Choir holds on to #3 with Simply Amazing and WOW Gospel 2015 remains at #4. At #5 is Lonnie Hunter with #GETITDONE.
Tamela Mann’s Best Days drops to #6 and Japan Mass Choir enters the top 10 with Powerful: Living In His Body As One at #7. Help 2.0 by Erica Campbell makes a small drop to #8, followed by Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC’s debuting at #9 with Memphis Gospel: Live! Finally, Casey J concludes the lineup at #10 with The Truth.
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RPT-COLUMN-Zinc and lead supply hits push expected surpluses into 2020: Andy Home
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By Andy Home
LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Zinc and lead are both in short supply on the London Metal Exchange (LME).
Headline zinc stocks of 53,875 tonnes are back at April levels, while “live” tonnage of 27,800 tonnes is the lowest it’s been in at least 20 years.
Lead stocks are a little higher at 70,075 tonnes but have failed significantly to rebuild from July’s decade low of 55,475 tonnes.
Unsurprisingly, both LME contracts are experiencing time-spread tightness.
Zinc closed last week with cash metal commanding a $61-per tonne premium over metal for three-month delivery. Lead’s front-month curve structure is also in backwardation to the tune of $7.25 at Friday’s close.
The sister metals have defied expectations of a shift into supply surplus throughout this year and they continue to do so.
Even though both are seeing flagging demand, particularly from the automotive sector, supply bottlenecks have kept each market in supply deficit this year, according to the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG).
ZINC DEFICIT WIDENED
Indeed, ILZSG has just widened its expected 2019 zinc supply deficit to 178,000 tonnes from an assessment of 121,000 tonnes at the Group’s last meeting in May.
That’s despite a downgrade to demand, which is now expected to decline by 0.1%, largely due to weakness in Europe, where usage is forecast to contract by 3.7% this year.
Supply, though, just hasn’t come through in the way anticipated at the start of the year.
Back in May the Group was looking for world mine production to surge by 6.2% this year, laying the ground for a 3.6% increase in refined metal output.
Those forecasts have been slashed to just 2.0% and 2.5% respectively.
Mine supply has increased as expected in Australia, but the impact has been offset by sharp declines of 6.4% in Peru and 7.8% in the United States.
The anticipated rise in refined production has only really played out in China, where output is expected to lift by 7.1% this year.
Outside of China, smelter hits have caused a bottleneck in the supply chain.
European production will fall by 3.5% this year due to lower output at Nyrstar’s plants in France and the Netherlands, while the permanent closure of the 100,000-tonne per year Vladikavkaz smelter in Russia has blown a lasting hole in regional capacity.
A string of smaller smelter outages will also depress output in Australia, India and Canada, the ILZSG said.
LEAD FORECAST FLIPPED TO DEFICIT
The Group’s revisions to its May forecasts for the lead market are even more dramatic.
The global refined market was expected to register a supply-usage surplus of 71,000 tonnes this year but that has just been revised to a shortfall of 46,000 tonnes.
Lead too is expected to see a fall in demand this year, led by a 1.1% decline in China, which is seeing weakness in automotive production and “increased use of lithium-ion batteries in both the motorcycle and e-bike sectors and for Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) stationary backup systems,” according to ILZSG.
However, lead supply has misfired even more than zinc with the Group now forecasting global refined production to contract by 0.3% this year, compared with an expectation in May that it would grow by 2.5%.
The main culprit is Nyrstar’s Port Pirie lead smelter in Australia. The plant went down in May and following a restart was out of action again in August.
Canada’s Belledune smelter has also seen production hit by industrial action, while Glencore’s permanent closure of its Palpala plant in Argentina last year has served to reduce Latin American treatment capacity.
NARRATIVE BACK ON TRACK NEXT YEAR
While events this year confounded a market narrative of zinc and lead transitioning from supply deficit to surplus, ILZSG’s forecasts suggest the shift has simply been delayed not cancelled.
The Group is forecasting a zinc market surplus of 192,000 tonnes and a lead market surplus of 55,000 tonnes in 2020.
This year’s demand weakness is expected to fade with expectations that zinc usage will increase by 0.9% and lead by 0.8% next year.
But the delayed supply surge is expected finally to arrive with full impact next year.
Zinc mined and refined supply are forecast to rise by 4.7% and 3.7% respectively with lead mine supply up 3.9% and refined output up 1.7%.
This year’s smelter bottlenecks are expected largely to clear next year, although Port Pirie’s technical travails remain a key variable for lead’s supply chain.
SPREADS TENSION
Both zinc and lead prices have spent much of 2019 on the back foot with the market trading the elusive surplus story.
It’s only in the last couple of weeks that there’s been something of a collective double-take, primarily because visible exchange stocks have shown no sign of rebuilding.
LME three-month lead last week hit a year-to-date high of $2,265 per tonne, although it has since been knocked back to a current $2,160.
Zinc, meanwhile, has regained a toe-hold above the $2,500-per tonne level for the first time since June, currently trading around $2,530.
Further gains seem unlikely given the broader negativity in the industrial metals complex with traders eyeing the bearish combination of spreading factory weakness and the continued absence of any breakthrough in the Sino-U.S. trade dispute.
Rather, the tensions between expectation and reality are likely to continue playing out in the nearby time-spreads.
Zinc is particularly in focus, given the extremely low levels of LME on-warrant stocks, but a dominant position in the LME lead contract equivalent to over 90% of available inventory is also worth a keeping a close eye on. <0#LME-WHC>
It’s clear that consecutive years of deficit in both markets have severely depleted inventory, both on and off exchange, and that it will take time for the supply chain to refill.
The time-line for a return to surplus has already proved more elastic than anyone expected at the start of 2019. The latest numbers from ILZSG should serve as a warning that it could be a while yet before the transition becomes tangible in the form of rising exchange stocks.
Editing by Susan Fenton
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October 3, 2008 / 11:44 AM / 11 years ago
Israel warns Hezbollah war would invite destruction
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel would use “disproportionate” force to destroy Lebanese villages from which Hezbollah guerrillas fired rockets at its cities in any future war, an Israeli general said in remarks published on Friday.
Demonstrators wearing Palestinian scarves hold the national flag and a portrait of the Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during Jerusalem Day demonstrations in Tehran September 26, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl
“What happened in the Dahiya quarter of Beirut in 2006 will happen in every village from which Israel is fired on,” said Gadi Eisenkot, head of the army’s northern division.
Dahiya was a Hezbollah stronghold that Israel flattened in sustained air raids during a 34-day war with the Shiite group two years ago.
“We will apply disproportionate force on it (village) and cause great damage and destruction there. From our standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases,” Eisenkot told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
“This is not a recommendation. This is a plan. And it has been approved,” Eisenkot added.
Some 1,200 Lebanese and 159 Israelis were killed during the war, which was sparked by a Hezbollah cross-border attack against an Israeli army patrol.
The army’s failure to halt daily barrages of rockets against Israeli cities during the war prompted a wave of criticism of military commanders as well as calls on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign over his handling of the conflict.
Israel accused Hezbollah of firing rockets from civilian homes in southern Lebanon during the war, a claim echoed by human rights groups who also accused Israel of using excessive force that claimed the lives of innocent civilians.
Eisenkot said Hezbollah, backed by Iran and Syria, had significantly improved its rocket fire capability since the end of the war two years ago.
He rejected accusations that Israel was violating a U.N.-brokered cease-fire by sending aircraft on reconnaissance flights over Lebanon, saying the aerial missions were necessary given that Iran and Syria continue to arm Hezbollah in breach of the U.N. truce.
“Hezbollah is building capabilities against us that contravene the agreement signed by the Lebanese government at the end of the war,” said Eisenkot. “Therefore there is legitimacy to continue the flights over southern Lebanon and over Lebanon in general.”
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Four miles from the shore of Key West a fatigued iguana eagerly scrambled aboard the kayak and hitched a ride home.
The iguana was swept out to sea some four miles from shore and is really super cute. Steve from Key West Kayak Fishing shows character and compassion in his personal rescue of the wayward lizard, as you can see in the video below. The whole thing is just sweet and fun and kind.
Here’s the story, as recounted by Steve:
I was coming in from an offshore trip and I noticed a weird shaped object floating in the distance. All I could see were the multiple fins running down its back so I thought it was some sort of palm frond, but it just didn’t look right. I ended up stopping and noticed that it started swimming. It was pretty crazy seeing this guy so far out. I have seen plenty swimming around the islands, but never one that far out. Most likely, because of the King tides that are occurring it got caught in one of the swift outgoing tides and got pushed out to sea. I was just inside the reef so it was close to four miles from land. Most likely it would have died out there as the current that far out would most likely push it East with very little chance of coming back inshore. But you never know and it could be it’s normal daily swim back and forth between Cuba and the US. Regardless, it was pretty cool see it trust me enough (versus dying of course) to swim toward the kayak and hop on. And then for it to just cruise along in the open water and then just as it saw the safety of the mangroves close by, it took a leap and swam to shore. Pretty cool.
And you can watch the whole thing unfold here.
Showing the power of compassion, one rescued lost-at-sea iguana at a time.
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Four miles from the shore of Key West a fatigued iguana eagerly scrambled aboard the kayak and hitched a ride home. The iguana was swept out to sea some four miles from shore and is really super cute. Steve from Key West Kayak Fishing shows character and compassion in his personal...
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Home Business Banking & Finance Quantum Oil, IFC case back in court today
Quantum Oil, IFC case back in court today
The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court will today rule on an application filed by Quantum Oil Terminals that seeks to prevent the International Finance Corporation and the OPEC Fund from commencing other proceedings on the matter already before the court in another jurisdiction.
The court had earlier ruled that it has jurisdiction to determine whether or not the IFC and OPEC Fund erred in the abrogation of a number of financing agreements signed between the parties. But the IFC – not satisfied with the ruling – is said to be pursuing arbitration proceedings in London over some aspects of the case earlier-on decided by the Accra High Court.
Counsel for Quantum Oil Terminals is not amused by the development and filed an application for anti-suit injunction – which is an order issued by a court or arbitral tribunal that prevents an opposing party from commencing or continuing a proceeding in another jurisdiction or forum.
When granted, the decision is supposed to bar IFC from commencing other actions in any other jurisdiction on the matter for which the Accra High Court has already ruled it has jurisdiction.
Expectedly, an arbitral tribunal in London is to make a ruling next month on whether IFC – a member of the World Bank Group – is justified in having abrogated contracts it signed with the indigenous firm that is into distribution of energy and petroleum products.
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Quantum Oil went to court after the two lenders failed to release a US$16million loan it had signed an agreement with them for, arguing that it had meanwhile gone ahead to make all manner of payments in fees and other commitments.
The IFC, through its local office, approached Quantum Oil in 2012 to finance the construction of a tank farm after the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) had given a directive to oil and gas firms dealing in bulk oil distribution to construct their own storage facilities.
The IFC brought in the OPEC Fund as joint lender, but the deal was laden with a number of contingency measures such as the payment of all manner of fees and other processes, like company audits, environmental assessments, commitment, monitoring, supervision fees etc.
About three years after the first contact between the parties, an agreement was reached which led to signing of the US$16million loan deal, consisting of 8 different contracts in all. The deal, which was signed in June 2015, stated that Quantum Oil would receive US$8million as first tranche payment – after which the second tranche would be disbursed contingent on other set requirements.
After a series of back and forth requisitions, IFC wrote to notify Quantum Oil that the loan facility had been cancelled – citing reasons such as a loss in the volume of the latter’s business.
Quantum Oil averred in its application to the High Court that the delay in disbursement of the loan, after it had fulfilled all requirements set before it by the defendants, is the reason it lost business volume – hence the two lenders cannot use that to cancel the loan.
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Quantum Oil told the court that even after termination of the agreement, the defendants were still asking it to pay loan management fees. When it refused to pay, the IFC withheld all the securities it had provided to secure disbursement of the loan it never received. This prevented it from seeking alternative funding, leading it to suffer huge damages.
In December last year, the Accra High Court gave the go ahead to five subsidiaries of Quantum Oil Terminals to join in the suit it filed against International Finance Corporation (IFC) and OPEC Fund.
The subsidiaries – Sage Petroleum, Cardinal Petroleum, Ecco Petroleum, Quantum Group and Arch investments – had filed a motion to join the suit arguing that they are direct parties to the share charge agreement between themselves and IFC & OPEC.
The subsidiaries argued that, subsequent to the breach of the share charge agreement, they have suffered damages and are therefore applying to join the suit in order to have an opportunity to lay their claim before the court.
Their purpose is to avoid a multiplicity of suits and allow the court to determine all the issues between the parties once and for all.
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Posted on May 13, 2016 by thebillshakespeareproject
King Lear: I’ve got my eye on you
The last week or so, I’ve been playing around with the concordance (a reference material that counts and chronicles every use of particular word within a collection of works. For use in this blog, I like to use the one over at OpenSource Shakespeare.). So far, we’ve looked at nature and nothing. And today I want to look at what many see as primary motif in King Lear: vision and eyesight.
I checked out the usages of the following eyesight-related terms (and their variants): eye, see, watch, behold, spy, vision, and blind. And King Lear is the winner. In Lear, those phrases are used in 142 speeches. By comparison, our second and third place plays (The Winter’s Tale and Hamlet) are nearly tied with 140 and 139 speech appearances, respectively. That’s not exactly a landslide.
Of course, King Lear’s going to lead the pack, what with Gloucester’s blinding and all (neither The Winter’s Tale nor Hamlet have a plot-related physical blinding).
So am I saying eyesight isn’t a valid subject of study in King Lear? Of course not. The numbers show that the motif is there, and that it’s substantial. I’m just saying that as I was reading the play, seeing these phrases continue to pop up, I expected the numbers to be more impressive.
So the totality of eyesight-speeches is tight. And even if you break down the total by the specific types of uses, King Lear has no phrase for which it sits as the lone leader within the Canon. Eye: 52, tied with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and just two ahead of Love’s Labor’s Lost. See: 70, behind Winter’s and Hamlet, both with 85. Watch: 3, way behind Much Ado About Nothing with 17 and Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, both with 16 (and yes, each of those plays has character-watches, but still). Behold: 7, behind Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra, and Coriolanus, all with 13. Spy: 4, behind Midsummer 6. Blind: 6, behind Henry V with 9.
And Vision? Not used a single time (though for full disclosure, the top dogs here are Midsummer and The Tempest, both with a relatively measly 3).
Regardless, if we use Gloucester’s blinding as ground zero, then we get quite a bit of foreshadowing. When Goneril professes her love for Lear, her first comparative is “dearer than eyesight” (I.i.55). I’d argue that eyesight is the most important of the five senses, so her love must be overwhelming, or she wants daddy to think so. Cordelia doesn’t play that game, though, and is banished. Some of Lear’s final words in the presence of Cordelia in this opening scene proclaim that he “shall [not] ever see // That face of hers again (I.i.263-64). While Lear will see her again, Gloucester will not see Edgar again (they only share the stage after Gloucester’s blinding).
When we next see Lear and Goneril, she questions his wisdom. Lear sarcastically asks if he is no longer Lear: “Where are his eyes?” (I.iv.211), he asks. Lear’s and Gloucester’s narratives run parallel, and here Lear’s question foreshadows Gloucester’s fate. The hints to the future only get more blatant and specific, as when Lear curses Goneril and berates himself, saying, “Old fond eyes, // Beweep this cause again [and] I’ll pluck ye out” (I.iv.283-84). Plucking out of eyes? This isn’t the last time we’ll hear these words (and, worse, see the action).
In Act Two, Scene Four, as we near the midpoint of the play (and Gloucester’s blinding in the second half), we get three notable uses of the word “blind”–two by the Fool (“Do make their children blind” [II.iv.41] and “blind men” [II.iv. 61], and Lear calling for lightning to “dart [their] blinding flames // Into [Goneril’s] scornful eyes” (II.iv.156-7). You can check off another item off the audience preparation list for what will happen to Gloucester. We are ready to have everything “out … from my sight!” (II.iv.179), as Lear says to Oswald. And just as Lear told Cordelia in the opening scene that he would never see her face again, Lear now tells Goneril that they will “no more meet, no more see one another” (II.iv.212).
Of course, by the end of Act Three, Scene Seven, Gloucester will no more see anyone. At the beginning of that scene, however, Goneril says that they should “pluck out [Gloucester’s] eyes” (III.vii.5) even before they have him in captivity. Once they do get Gloucester, he says that he tried to send Lear away so Gloucester wouldn’t have to have “seen [Regan’s] cruel nails // Pluck out [Lear’s] poor old eyes” (III.vii.55-6). Bonus points there for getting both “see” and eye-plucking in that statement. And within 30 lines, “All [is] dark and comfortless” (III.vi.84) for Gloucester.
From this point on for Gloucester, it’s all about regrets. “I have no way,” he says, “and therefore want no eyes. // I stumbled when I saw” (IV.i.18-19). Now, he wants only to die, but hopes to “see [Edgar] in [his] touch” (IV.i.23), and that would be like having eyes again. To give him a reason to live again, though, the disguised Edgar needs to play upon his father’s blindness. He describes to his father the cliff Edgar has supposedly led Gloucester to, saying,
dizzy ‘tis to cast one’s eyes so low…
…too small for sight…
…I’ll look no more
Lest my brain turn and the deficient sight
Topple down headlong
IV.v.12, 20, 22-24
After Edgar fakes his father’s fall, he assumes a new identity, but still speaks in the language of eyesight: “Look up a-height. The shrill-gorged lark so far // Cannot be seen or heard. Do but look up” (IV.v.58-9). Edgar’s plan is successful and Gloucester agrees to “bear // Affliction till it do cry itself, // ‘Enough, enough,’ and die” (IV.v.75-77).
When the old mad king enters the scene, joining Gloucester and Edgar–but unaware of their presence–his speech, too, is filled with vision imagery: “stare” and “see” (both IV.v.109), “sight” (IV.v.113), and “behold” (IV.v.117). When he becomes aware of Gloucester’s presence, the references intensify, first commenting on Gloucester’s appearance:
I remember thine eyes well enough. Dost thou squinny at me? No, do thy worst, blind Cupid, I’ll not love. Read thou this challenge. Mark but the penning of it.
IV.v.133-7
I think the first reference here is more costume direction (Gloucester’s bandages should be like Cupid’s blindfold) and madness (“read” and “mark”) than cruelty. As Lear realizes that Gloucester has “no eyes in [his] head” (IV.v.143) Lear moves from eyesight-based language to hearing imagery, before going off on a seemingly mad rant on justice (there’s something truthful in that speech–like one from a “natural” fool–something that even Edgar recognizes as ‘reason in madness” [IV.v.173]). Coming out of the rant, Lear finally recognizes Gloucester, and continues with imagery of non-sight senses (“smell” [IV.v.177] and “mark” [IV.v.178]).
Before we get a chance to see where this is going, however, a gentlemen from Cordelia’s army enters looking for Lear. This is not just an interruption of Lear and Gloucester’s conversation, but the intrusion of war into the plot of the play. It also marks the beginning of a relative lull in the eyesight imagery. But when the imagery returns in the play’s final moments, with Lear carrying in the body of dead Cordelia, it’s back with a vengeance.
Lear calls for a “looking glass” (V.iii.238) so that he can have visual proof of her life-breath. He talks of having “seen the day” (V.iii.252) in his own past, when he was a stronger warrior. He comments on the dead bodies (of his daughters) onstage, “This is a dull sight” (V.iii.258), then when he’s told by Kent that Kent was Caius, Lear says, “I’ll see that straight” (V.iii.263).
Edgar actually gets that show-capper, noting that his younger generation “shall never see so much, nor live so long” (V.iii.303).
But all of this is prelude to the finale. Albany begins what sounds like your typical end-of-tragedy setting-future-expectations speech by the king-to-be. Only it isn’t. Albany says that he’s putting Lear back on the throne of “absolute power” (V.iii.277), but even this announcement is cut short by his imploring everyone to look at Lear: ‘–O, see, see!” (V.iii.281).
Resigned to Cordelia’s death, Lear utters final lines filled with sight imagery: “Do you see this? Look on her! Look, her lips, // Look there, look there–” (V.iii.287-88). I suppose there are a number of ways to read this. His final “look there” might reference her spirit leaving her body (I remember one video production that certainly used Lear’s ascending spirit for Edgar’s next-line ‘Look up, my lord” (V.iii.779). I suppose you could have the reference of his final lines being all around him, his sanity gone.
But I don’t think so.
A couple of days back when we were discussing “nothing,” Jean Hegland commented that one could claim
there is a final time that nothing is spoken, and that’s when Lear begs the dead Cordelia to “speak again” by asking her corpse “What is’t thou sayest?” In that instant, the difference between her saying,”Nothing,” and saying nothing becomes excruciatingly clear.
I’d buy that, and I’d take one step further. If we take the penultimate line as our cue, both of those “look there” statements are about her lips, which can no longer say, “Nothing, my lord” and can speak only nothing.
I agree 100% …Lear’s words may be about seeing, but (like Hamlet) the rest is silence.
Heartbreaking silence.
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March 10, 2016 /0 Comments/in Bookshelf Report /by Mike Votava
The Bookshelf Report is an ongoing series where a Bushwick reader gives us a tour of the books that occupy their shelves.
Chris Estey is a music journalist/super fan operating out of Seattle. He has written for the likes of City Arts, The Rocket, Seattle Weekly and the Stranger, to name a few. Plus, I’m sure you have seen him at a rock show or two over the years. Chris now runs Big Freak Media, a Seattle-based publicity/marketing firm devoted to artists, writers and music makers.
I’m so happy to have Chris join us for the Bookshelf Report.
How do you organize your books?
Very poorly, but there is some method to my compulsion to collect and horde. Welcome to my Temple of Dead Media. One time I was interviewing a band for The Stranger and they were freaked out by it, and I joked that this was actually an auxiliary office, meant to put bands at ease knowing they were just chatting with a fervent fanboy. I think the people in the group believed me, though.
I like to pile and stack my books based on access for reviewing, resources, and relaxation. The books that come in for review when I write for the KEXP Blog I tend to put in one beloved clump in my living room, so I can read them and take notes when my wife is sleeping (we have very different shifts in our work). They need to be out here and easily available, and though I am way behind in my columns (Scribes Sounding Off and 33 1/3 Odyssey) I do intend to catch up ASAP. These are mostly recently published or upcoming references tomes on musicians, the music scene and “record business,” and challenging topical or materials related to art and music. And some perilous stacks of all of the 33 1/3 books, the little pocket-sized volumes of rumination by a single author on a specific favorite album. The former are my favorite types of books, ones I still buy and get sent for review, and the latter also need to be out here in case I need to go someplace. Like many people, I always need to have a book on me when out in public, and between 33 1/3s and the new zines I still buy when I can, I’m covered. (I’m an old zine-punk and order batches from distributors. A lot of the best music writing, in my opinion, is in fanzines.)
On my far well of this front room is where the choicest pop culture criticism titles from Greil Marcus, Pat Thomas, Nick Tosches, Greg Tate, Robin Wood, Pauline Kael, Ellen Willis, Gillian Gaar, and others are located, among books of interviews with and non-fiction essay books from science fiction authors Octavia Butler, Samuel R. Delany, Thomas Disch, and Philip K. Dick. And shelves of Marvel and underground comics. It’s a stew of counter culture thought and four color explosions, and some days I consider just putting a sign out front that says Third Eye Books and letting people come through and buy it all cheaply so it stops terrifying me how much I’ve invested in it and what it would take to move this all. My wife would be ecstatic. She reads everything on a goddamned pad-thing now. From the public library even!
In my bedroom, there are several different shelves or piles, such as my graphic novel stack, as I tend to read those sprawled on my belly on our bed like a big fat comics fan whale. The thicker, nerdier, deeper, more investigative music magazines are stacked in here too, favorites being The Pitchfork Review and Wax Poetics, and the dense prose of obsessive punk zines (Razorcake) and music collecting glossies (Record Collector, Ugly Things, Flashback). Another addiction of mine was collecting late 70s-early 80s mainstream rock fanzines — the period in which I became a punk and music hoarder. I love to dig into a stack of CREEM and Trouser Press from that post-punk and new wave period, and compare and contrast what they thought of records then when they came out and how those same albums are rated today. (I truly advise this, if you wish to spend twenty bucks on a crappy copy of CREEM, rife with sexist humor. If you don’t wish to, I don’t blame you.)
Speaking of which, say in September of 1980, one single record review section could have full length analysis of the first Pretenders album, the first Cure album in the States, Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello, Too Much Pressure by the Selector, Colossal Youth by Young Marble Giants, and other hugely influential records all coming out at about the same time. A sample record review section from a magazine on top of the game in that period is revelatory, almost novelistic in its description of cultural change in the era.
Why hold on to all of this, with so much available on the Internet? (Short answer: I haven’t been evicted yet.) Well, say you’re writing a show preview for the Phoenix New Times because one of your best friends is an editor there and no one else on staff has any real first-hand experience when the first five ZZ Top LPs or The Time’s significant review came out. I could make $75.00 rereading a few old reviews, getting some details down, and rolling it into how I experienced the music myself as I was growing up. Score! For more bucks to buy more fanzines.
Internet archiving takes this writing out from the ads, photos, and other releases available at the time that might give more clues to what a release meant. That said, I also own all those Record Guides, the Trouser Press, Rolling Stone, SPIN, encyclopedias on funk and reggae, etc., which are both part of their published time too but are more or less objective in assessing older music.
I am pretty spare in my collection of fiction, but I have organized that together as well. I read about a novel or two a year, which shames me. I keep them handy in case I feel inspired to do my duty and dig in. As Jefferson (the music magazine buyer and fellow comic collector) at Sonic Boom (soon RIP) says, “the novel is still THEE art form.” Amen. I think he’s just making fun of me. Novelists I enjoy: Denis Johnson, Mairead Case, Jim Thompson, and those speculative fiction aces listed in the first paragraph above.
Be honest. What percentage of the books on this shelf have you actually read?
No book goes completely unread, but many are treated like a freshly steamed crabs, quickly and furiously crushed and broken apart and taken in, savored and devoured for the best thought meats and the buttery ooze of weird facts. I confess that I will often skip chapters in a book if it looks like a redundant slog of already known or guessed about stuff, and a lot of details I already know about is being described. There are tons of books in here I haven’t read, in frothing and spilling piles, and they say the Japanese have a word for the pleasure of unread stuff hermit nerds collect they don’t even consume. The equivalent are record collectors who don’t open the skins (cellophane) on their albums, and it’s not because they’re hustling them on eBay. Between you and I: Never trust a skinny Chef.
What’s your favorite book on the shelf?
Right now, my favorite book is Real Life Rock by Greil Marcus. These are top ten lists he made every month for various magazines that he was assigned a column for, a sweep of pop popping popped, to contemporaneous outsider art products and gutter philosophy raging at the time, to indicia and mottos stopped into vinyl inner grooves. And he threw in everything from old blues songs to punk rock B-sides to novels to political speeches to the way somebody said something in media. Anything that provoked him that month, made him think or feel positively or negatively, and also was a platform for him to amp artists he believed in, or felt needed more endorsement by the popular culture. Almost every list feels hugely urgent, like he really needs you to focus on this or you’ll miss something going on in the subtext of everyday consumer culture or weird margins
The current trend with career-challenged journalists chagrined by the Internet is to make fun of sensationalistic or “list”-based media, yet a lot of our best (or at least most fun and interesting) criticism can be found in such collections of insider autobiography and imaginary charts. It just depends on who is telling the tale, putting things into random boxes, and how much they are censored or have to censor themselves. Marcus never seemed to censor himself. He was allowed randomness, weirdness, not forced to write click-bait. For awhile at each market. He could tell a narrative with a list. Maybe that’s the difference.
About how many bands have you interviewed in your lifetime? Which interview was the most memorable?
At least a few hundred. I started interviewing musicians around 1980, the first being John Shirley, in the Portland punk band Sado Nation, for my fanzine Not Mellow. Over the years, I interviewed so many bands I can’t remember them all, but some of these are archived at Three Imaginary Girls.
My most memorable interview would probably be chatting with Nick Cave about Karen Dalton for the liner notes to the Light In The Attic reissue In My Own Time.
Instead of being trapped in the terrible role of asking an iconoclastic artist about their own work, when they’re doing all they can to pour their attention into their work and not interested in what other people think about them, I was able to converse based on a shared fandom for a somewhat obscure but deeply loved artist (Dylan was a huge fan of hers too). He told me an amazing story about breaking up with a woman in the UK and then playing a tape of hers from In My Own Time driving around Sāo Paulo, crying while watching all the beauty and poverty of that area.
I see you own a copy of House of Psychotic Women. What’s it about?
Ha! I bought House of Psychotic Women specifically to research and investigate a writing project I am working on regarding feminist revenge torture porn. These are exploitation movies about women losing their shit (or getting it together) and doing everything they can to pay sexist bastards back. They are usually a strange mix of satire, sexual sadomasochism, and genres like action adventure, but mostly horror. There’s almost always a fierce feminist subtext no matter how much the women are mistreated (and then mistreat their torturers) in the narrative, and a lot of it has to do with queer theory or BDSM. Great examples are Martyrs, American Mary, The Woman, Walk All Over Me, and Scorned. Reviews of these movies will probably become a blog or fanzine for me some day.
Meanwhile, Kier-La Janisse, the author of House of Psychotic Women is both more intimate and less precise about focusing on this particular sub-genre of film. She gets very personal with how these movies have effected her. Described as “an autobiographical exploration of female neurosis in horror and exploitation films,” she is examining all kinds of movies which can serve as a cathartic experience for women to deal with their own feelings of helplessness, daily horror, oppressive madness. A writer for magazines like Filmmaker and Sangria, Janisse is a scholar, advocate, promoter, and excellent critic about the various genres in which women go mad and get even, and variations thereof.
Is there a current up and coming Seattle area band that you find yourself talking about all the time?
To shorthand it, the new Fly Moon Royalty album is achingly beautiful and extremely delicious.
I have several bands in the Big Freak roster and affiliated which I think are a part of a new movement to create a neo-monocultural rocking pop unity again, not unlike the initial new music boom here a couple of decades and a half ago. None share a very specific genre, so can’t be tagged — but are creating very personal, sometimes political, extremely well made music that refuses to be fey or boring or sheepish. Some of it is very dark, and some of it is very weird and colorful. It is time for genuine soul, spit, sweat, and grit to come back to live and recorded music, and I’m glad to be working with and know most of the bands who care enough to change things dynamically. This goes from my work with and for Fly Moon Royalty to Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators to Wind Burial to Murder Vibes to the Salt Riot. A lot of women: Women’s voices are carrying almost all the best new music.
If you are familiar with the rosters of labels like Stiff Records or SST, what I am trying to promote is very similar — anything that is adult and interesting and bold and unafraid to connect with audiences, and isn’t just an ironic soundtrack to “Whatever.”
That bunny has a pair of wings! What’s the story there?
Her name is Buffy. Oliver is the stuffed mouse on the bicycle next to her. My wife is a huge fan of The Belfry, the wild taxidermy shop in Pioneer Square. They have everything stuffed but humans. She bought the bunny from a gift certificate I gave her for her birthday late last year; strangely, I did not notice those wings myself until a couple of weeks ago! My friend and previous assistant Little Freak (Rachel LeBlanc, of the noise duo Hashtagtits) came in and alerted me to this mutation. I don’t know the story, but I do know that I need new glasses.
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*UPDATE* President Trump Meets With Congressional Delegation To Discuss Helsinki Meeting – 2:00pm Livestream…
Posted on July 17, 2018 by sundance
President Trump is scheduled to meet with members of congress to discuss his Helsinki, Finland meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The president is scheduled to deliver public remarks sometime around 2:00pm in relation to this meeting.
Update: The remarks by President Trump were not carried live as initially anticipated. Instead a pool report and video was provided after the remarks. Here’s the video:
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768 Responses to *UPDATE* President Trump Meets With Congressional Delegation To Discuss Helsinki Meeting – 2:00pm Livestream…
todayistheday99 says:
This reminds me of the Charlottesville ambush. I guess if anything it caused his enemies to expose themselves (in particular I am thinking Newt). When he gets a good night’s sleep I have no doubt there is going to be hell to pay.
rsmith1776 says:
I liked Naughty Newt. I (somewhat) admired Newt the smart. I tolerated Newt the Naught. I forgave a plethora of Newtisms. I understood his need to seem smart and to “do nuance”, like W might have said.
This is farewell. THIS was betrayal.
Sorry, Newt, I know you used to show the promise of a decent mind, but enough is enough.
Go to Hell. We’re done with you and with the rat you rode on (which, in Newt’s case, amounts to slave-ownership).
Just go to Hell. Please. With friends like you, the President doesn’t need enemies.
Koot Katmando says:
I lost all respect for Newt when he was trashing Clinton for Monica while cheating on his wife who was dying of cancer.
CountryclassVulgarian says:
You maight want to check the facts on that one. He and said wife had already started divorce proceedings before she got sick and it wasn’t because he cheated.
Kevlar Kid says:
That’s his private life and none of yer business.
Is that you, Bill Clinton?
Clinton was canoodling with his employee in the Oval Office. That made it our business. We were his boss after all.
ezpz2 says:
Never liked Newt. Now I can’t stand him!
thedoc00 says:
Newt lost me also when he conducted zippergate to impeach a president, which at the time I knew would come back to haunt the Republican Party. Newt essentially helped write the playbook being used today against the president.
He betrayed contract with America, which was working for his stupid zippergate play.
Publius2016 says:
yes Great Point
Coming to think of it I thought I heard POTUS say “why would’t they .” I remember thinking how gutsy he was.
It is kind of sad how this was so spun in their evil hell hole of journalism.
Fools Gold says:
Don’t be sad. The economy is rip snorting, we have Trump and he ain’t going no where until 2024, there is no blue wave and we’re most likely to gain quite a few seats, our military is commanded by the right folks, those taxes for middle class are gonna be permanent soon, Trumpers hate MSM and democrats, and journalism ain’t dead. Just take a look here and other sites that are and have MAGA supporters. Things could be and could have been a hell of lot worse than muh Russia.
All this drivel about PDJT’s enemies being “forced to expose themselves” as a reason for the President not acting to ensure prosecutions by DoJ, ie. sack Rosie, is getting very tiresome.
The President refuses to act.
He’s been told he will be nailed for obstruction of justice/interference with THE case, if he does.
dennis Leonard says:
Ever get any replies in that echo chamber of your’s
Please don’t forget this is the smartest man in recent history. Book smarts has nothing to do with it either. This cat can literally can see around corners. Never count the Trumpster out. Want an example, I give you beating the two premier political parties in 2016. I give you remaining President to this present day with so many ready to pounce. I just laugh now and don’t pay much attention. Haven’t commented in a while.
He’s got this 😉
mollyp1776 says:
Yep. I am officially done w/Nancy Loving Newt. He can sit on a couch w/her from now on, AFAIAC.
sat0422 says:
I think I saw Diane Black of Tennessee sitting to the President’s left. Please get behind Diane in her run for Governor of Tennessee. She is being blasted by some super pac that is calling her D.C. Diane and is painting her as a traitor to all any normal person is against. I don’t know exactly how much time they have bought up in the Memphis Market but it is becoming unbearable. I am not a TN resident but I am from TN. I hope she can win but if not, I hope she can continue her good work.
Amen Treeper, coordinated hit job pre planned. Pisses me off, thank goodness we have the Road Runner on our side and not Wil E Coyote.
Bull Durham says:
Russia wants to question Christopher Steele, Michael McFaul, top politicians for aiding Bill Browder
https://www.rt.com/news/433524-browder-steele-mcfaul-investigation/
While I seldom “take the Russians’ side”, given the impertinence of the US establishment which inherently and without any proof ASSUMES that everything allegedly done by a Russian is Putin’s fault . . . and uses lies, hyperbole, imprecise language and speculation in order to cast a cloud over a patriotic, innocent President. . .
I agree with you here, Gaspadin Durhamovich. ( :
GrantsLounge says:
Russian for confefe ?
cdquarles says:
Spacibo, or, thank you.
Fantastic!!! Best read of the day! (Best negotiator evah!)HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Touche Mueller, DS, scheme team et al! Gotcha!
Russia can convict them all by association via C Steele in an international court! Who woulda thunk?
Only, the one and only VSG.
WeThePeople2016 says:
Patrick Buchanan: Putin’s Bad Acts Were Reaction to U.S. Policyhttps://t.co/29oOhybS56
— Newsmax (@newsmax) July 17, 2018
Let’s play ball!
What was in the ball!?
jptfst66 says:
Hillarys emails!!!
Putin: I held the World Cup, I am passing it to you,
Trump: Thank you, I will do my best to win or die trying.
Here Melania, we are doing this for Barron.
love this!!!!
1 800 GO PAT GO
Don’t ask me how I can still remember stuff like this…
Nigella says:
Have to say I am extremely disappointed in the reaction of the so called “conservative.” Pretty much with the exception of Rand Paul. they all attacked the President
They are not THAT stupid.
The grip of the Uniparty on blackmailable morons is, I fear, even more merciless than we suspected.
Jederman says:
See, what I don’t get is that if the DS has blackmail material on the grifters in congress then PTrump has it too, if he wants it. He would know how they are compromised.
What I suspect (have no way of knowing) is that the blackmail files are NOT in official files. There are master puppeteers behind the scenes. Used to think this kind of talk is conspiracy s%&t, not anymore.
Benjamin F. Beideman says:
Utah has it. And I don’t mean USA Huber, though it would be nice if some of the criminality underlying that blackmail would face some sort of accountability. NSA’s Utah Data Center (with a fancy official name of the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center) has it all.
AH_C says:
And how does anything there get introduced into evidence? There’s a strict process to avoid the fruit of the poisoned tree liability.
Believe me, Trump is working to bring them to light.
The UniParty republicans who attacked the President are ot and have never been conservative. They don’t like him because he connects with his voters like they never can. They do not supported him. They are weak and spineless.
Even worse, they are jealous. They don’t call it the green-eyed monster for nothing. Anyone who has been the victim of a bitter, vindictive jealous person knows just how crazed these people can be.
It’s more common for women to be irrationally jealous than men, as men tend to be more naturally cut out for competition. Whenever I see grown men hysterically jealous like teenage mean girls, I automatically assume they have excess estrogen. Girly-men. Betas.
old45model says:
Peoria, you are amazingly honest – and observant. Well done!
Thank you, I am relieved. I was expecting a hate reply or two, but should have been reassured that people drawn to this site are predisposed to the truth and natural order of things.
crossthread42 says:
You gave a complete Honest assessment..
High Five..
And a Slice of Raisin Pie & TWO scoops too boot! 😉
Wow, I am humbled, thank you. ❤
Snow White says:
With all the soy in the food we eat, I’m not surprised to see these pompous jokers politicians behave like stupid teenage girls. Estrogen overload I’m sure.
testpointwp says:
“Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream? Ice cream, Mandrake? Children’s ice cream!…You know when fluoridation began?…1946. 1946, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It’s incredibly obvious, isn’t it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual, and certainly without any choice. That’s the way your hard-core Commie works.”
Jack D. Ripper, Dr. Strangelove
dayallaxeded says:
Truth! I preferred the part about breeding prodigiously, though.
LKA in LA says:
Don’t you love how Vice President Pence came out fighting for President Trump! Oh wait…..
Deplorable_Vespucciland says:
This vice president is like all others before him, a place holder to be seen but not heard. Don’t expect him to speak out anytime soon unless the president asks him to.
I do not remember any other VP to be SO absent in moments of crisis, to be so callous, reserved, and self-righteous when it comes to defending his Commander in Chief.
Mike Pence may think he is protecting his political capital for a 2024-or-earlier run but he doesn’t get it that his cowardly caution (only Silent Virgin Sessions is more cowardly then him) will not be forgotten by voters (well, this one at least) when he *thinks* his time has come.
I don’t want to see Pence on the 2020 ticket.
I want a dyed-in-the wool America-First VP.
Pence was supposed to be the “bridge to Congress”. As was Reince.
We don’t need that anymore.
And it’s questionable how effective Pence was at that. Where are the results?
Much has been revealed under PresTrump.
Individual Congress critters will either get on the train or not.
Pull in Ryan Zinke or someone like that. Someone who can be staged to take over in 2024. Whoever is most on the train and committed to continuing what PresTrump has begun.
No more squishes.
We don’t need our version of Tim Kaine.
Rand Paul is my new favorite Senator. His dad, Ron Paul, is a national treasure.
Actually I don’t have an old favorite Senator, but Rand would make a good VP and good next President.
Well, each to his own, and you’re welcome to your own preferences certainly …
… but you may want to have a look at my comment about Rand over on the Louie Gohmert thread.
He just said something incredibly ill-informed, wrong, and boneheaded on national TV. And it doesn’t help our cause.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/07/17/louie-gohmert-discussing-lisa-page-testimony-the-guilty-dogs-are-barking-pretty-loud/comment-page-2/#comment-5664724
Convert says:
This. Yes. Pence is a good man, and I would prefer him over any Dem, but nothing I have seen from him shows me the kind of self-confidence and bravery and passion the job requires.
Pence just keeps hoping President Trump will be assassinated. He has pretty much given up on impeachment. He just wants things to be like they were before.
Things will never be like they were before. They can’t go forward and we can’t go back.
One of the things they always did was play politics like a game, laugh about it and mock us.. They would tell us what they knew we wanted to hear and as soon as they won, they spit in our faces and went right back to their Uniparty corrupt ways.
NOW, we see them. We hear them. They can’t run. They can’t hide. We can’t ever forget seeing them without their masks on.
I can barely stand to look at most of them at all anymore. Now, they make me cringe like looking at Obama, Hillary and their minions still does.
When they talk to us, I just shake my head and laugh. They are such obvious liars, I can’t take them seriously.
I will put up with them for a while, but it is apparent they need to go down the drain with the rest of the swamp corruption.
paulraven1 says:
He’s a pathetic waste.
Turranos says:
Never forget the Club that Pence belongs too. He must go!
Is this the club you mean?
https://www.metro.us/news/politics/mike-pence-vp-club-joe-biden-dick-cheney
This is bad. Is there worse?
lokiscout says:
Two words…..Mike Pompeo!
I pray Pence is replaced by Flynn in 2020 to KAG.
Yeah, I was actually surprised to hear Monica Crowley saying she was ‘disappointed’ last night. I used to like her, but it seems all the masks are coming off….which she s actually a good thing.
Sayit2016 says:
She has a right to her opinion she has been solidly in Trump’s corner and to be honest always bellyaching on the site is getting obnoxious.
Yes, she’s entitled to her opinion and I’m entitled to mine. Monica expresses ‘opinions’ but when we express ours, it’s ‘bellyaching’
Don’t put words in my my mouth. Everyone is entitled to their opinion– I have been reading this site for yeas and of late the chronic negativity is off putting.. It did not used to be this way.
I understand what you’re saying, but let’s keep it honest. I didn’t put words in your mouth. You replied to me directly and defended Monica Crowley’s (negative) opinion about our President, and you basically scolded me for my (negative) opinion about Monica’s disappointment.
I quoted your word: “bellyaching” when I replied to you. That’s hardly what I call putting words in your mouth.
As I said, I understand that you don’t like what you perceive to be negativity, but in all fairness, I don’t see sunshine and rainbows emanating from your comments either, so maybe it would behoove you to look within, and perhaps to heed that saying: ‘be the change you want to see’ (paraphrased)
“but in all fairness, I don’t see sunshine and rainbows emanating from your comments either, so maybe it would behoove you to look within, and perhaps to heed that saying: ‘be the change you want to see’ ”
Then is clear you do not know my postings at all.. I am a positive person. That is OK others do.
My point was when a public person has a legitimate difference of opinion people are saying ” I am done with that person”
It is just a stupid position to take. in MY opinion.
LCSmom says:
The Fox pundits all got their talking points.
Kind of sad when just make one little mistake between “would” instead of “would’t” make people insane that they loose all reasoning.
I am by no stretch of immagination a friend of Russia or Putin for obvious reasons but the insanity by media and politicians is way over the top.
What hate filled people we put into congress and why do people sill have TV..? The media takes money every day out of good peoples wallet because they are addicted to TV just like the druggy on their pills.
Correction : Imagination
It shows that they are just waiting for any excuse to stab President Trump in the back. I believe that we are seeing will be replace “Et tu, Brute” in history books as the most traitorous and corrupt behavior in modern history.
I would trust Putin way before trusting the Intel and the deep state. God Bless PDJT and God Bless Putin a smart, intelligent man looking out for his country and not doing any thing different that the USA and other countries don’t do.
Did you try re-reading that section with the substitution? Nothing changed. One of those rare occasions where positive or negative is irrelevant to context. 😂 It’s just Trump trolling the press, which is why they haven’t belabored the walkback.
It is disappointing, but it’s also par for the course. I can’t think of any time they spoke up for him when he could use some support and loyalty.
So infuriating. They all pounce on Trump right on que. You folks on the CTH are all that keeps me sane some days. No other President could come close to standing up to all the nonsense attacks. May God and Trump prevail.
and my poor brother who only watches MSM has bought into Trump committing a terrible crime. It will take a few weeks, but I will get him re-educated.
Nigella, it has been obvious even before his election that many of the RINOS and eGOP don’t like him because he is upsetting their applecarts – that is taking big money from outside and ignoring our President and those they were hired to represent. This is why we MUST insist on 2 terms max and no re-election after those 2 terms, and remove those beloved lifetime benefits that we cannot afford and they do not need as they are well paid for 133 days of doing very little but spending our money and blocking our President. Ryan and McConnell are two of those that must go and the sooner the better. It often makes me wonder how McConnell’s wife can be with him and truly serve our President at the same time. Which is her best choice bothers me. It is up to us to Drain the Congress Swamp and not just Trump alone. We want to MAGA great with everyone working for that goal!
Jeff hansen says:
It is bitterly ironic that we are to go to great lengths to defend the IC in light of the last 20 years. The IC has too often been horribly wrong: Iraq, Libya, Syria, Boston, Garland, Parkland and we could go on and on.
Have the CIA, FBI and DOJ been doing some good work as well, why yes. But in the face of these significant failures I don’t fault Trump one bit. This healthy skepticism does even require a position on the Trump/Russi SC investigation.
Putin was right to remind the American people of JFK, RFK, and MLK. Lord knows any outside observer could come to the conclusion that the criticisms of Cold War USSR for their internal corruption and systematic injustice are applicable in the US. Rosen, Risen and Hastings to name threee.
nontroll says:
I was hoping he’d name drop a few of those who have fallen prey to Arkancide.
Golfbro11 says:
And once again, the President has the media chasing their tails, while he is discussing tax cuts 2.0 with the Republicans. Red Wave coming in November.
Darrell W says:
If You Were President Trump Who Would You Believe?
Concerning Russia’s alleged interference in our 2016 elections:
1. President Putin of Russia
2. America’s intelligence agencies, whose leaders were Obama appointed, and who did everything in their power to help Hillary Clinton win the presidency, and are the very agencies who “gathered” evidence accusing Russia of interfering in the election. When Resident Obama still occupied the Oval Office he was informed of this, yet he elected to take no action against the Russians because he believed that Hillary would win the election. And after President Trump won leaders and employees of some of these agencies have done everything they can to get him kicked out of office. Brennan, Clapper, Strzok, McCabe, and Page are a few examples.
webgirlpdx says:
#1?
I think we have plenty of states that need to get their “election process” under control too. It ain’t all Russian!!!
Darrell W, surely after all this time many do not understand Trump when he says “good things about anyone or anything” to be aware that this actually means that in some way they are going down!
REUTERS: Trump's defense chief Mattis open to first talks with Russian counterpart
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) July 17, 2018
I knew it… Mattis is a Russian spy!
General “бешеная собака” Mattis.
Semper Fi!
Sergey Shoigu is MOD for RF. They’ll get along very well.
Rhoda R says:
They probably have very much the same approach to military affairs/tactics/strategies. Shoigu probably does have a plan to kill everyone as well.
The missile and nuclear reduction treaty with Russia is coming due, so this is natural. It would be interesting if the Russians ask about swapping out ICBMs for their new IRBM. The Russians and Chinese are not as close as many believe and the Russians do worry about their mineral rich territories that are on the Chinese border. Up through the parts of the Cold War, the Chinese regularly tested Russian border defenses in minor border skirmishes.
Russia/China are NOT natural allies.
Tom Clancy’s Bear and Dragon is a good primer.
thedoc00, you are right that there has always been tension between Russia and China because both are powers that want more ground and more power and yet they seem to more or less get along. China still angry at the Japanese for invading China and killing so many Chinese and American military. This tickles me in that most modern appliances from Japan are in China. I do appreciate how China controls the muslims there in Kashgar and if any thing starts up there, it gets handled yesterday! They have been allowed to live in this portion of China for centuries and quietly but then other muslims from other countries started invading and causing problems, so China just steps in and they behave or die. Sounds like a great plan everywhere against the muslims. 3 big countries trying to get along and maybe they will and maybe they won’t, but all are afraid of nuclear problems as it could literally kill our planet.
Sparty says:
If anything this entire affair allowed many to witness the true colors of many faux Trump supporters when they joined the chorus and criticized the President. With the same tired rhetoric and cliches. Pathetic. Dobbs was awesome in his grounded and aggressive defense of POTUS. Paul was pretty good too. I saw an interview with a NYU prof who is a widely acknowledged Russia expert and he truly nailed it. Excellent. Lil’Meade? Joke. Newt? Swamp Creature opportunist. Good riddance.
The genius media and poloitical elite criticized Reagan, at times viciously, in his dealings with Gordy. Look how that turned out. Putin knows he is dealing with a real leader. For once. Good bless PDJT.
Guess it’s helpful to be reminded of the back-stabbers in the GOP every once in a while. Watching them all go into a feeding frenzy is most amusing, especially during SHARK WEEK 2018.
Not so sure its how many faux supporters exist. More troublesome is that he still has supporters but they are still naïve as to the danger posed by the Uni-Party and their media allies and some are too easily stampeded if there if the heat gets too hot. They are not all 100% pig committed is the problem.
Pig committed is an old expression. Consider a breakfast of eggs and bacon. The chicken has contributed but the pig is fully committed.
In the version I heard: “Ham and eggs: The chicken is involved, the pig is committed.”
My thinking, which is that PDJT spoke it as he meant to to his real audience which was Putin/Russia (who will play it over and over in Russia), Xi and Kimmy. Then, depending on the explosion back home, he comes forth with the clarification/correction for the home folk IC traitors.
I think he is doing the long term peace play and this was a necessary BIG play on his part — allowing Putin to save face (just like with Xi/Kim) and by doing so probably forever corrected any further cyber issues as long as Putin is in office (and he has announced that will only be through 2024…which, coincidently is same as POTUS).
I know I’m in the minority on this, but I actually believe this was on purpose. POTUS choise peace before politics as he own personal presidency expense.
POTUS just made Putin-face-saving-peace with Putin/Russia. The first and most major step forward between the 90% holders of nuclear arms.
I admire him greatly for doing this and I truly believe he meant to do so. His extremely high IQ would not have made such a mistake because his brain works faster than his mouth. He just has to come back, throw a bone to the dogs, and take one for the USA.
Thank you Mr. President. God bless you and protect you, always.
bessie2003 says:
This makes a lot of sense.
President Trump NEVER does anything without a reason. This was not a mistake. Give it a couple of weeks and his reasoning will be crystal clear.
I went back read the text of his press conference and he basically said it was under control, that the voting machines were not online so couldnttrust. Promises made, promises kept. In all his interactions.
bluesky says:
MainCoon, your remarks fit with how Trump has been dealing with NK and Middle East. Russia has lost a lot of ‘face’ since the Cold War, and just as Trump is allowing NK to come out strong in negotiations, Trump appears to be doing the same with Putin. Trump definitely met Putin as an equal rather than dictating terms.
Critical Mass says:
Wise words, MaineCoon. From my perspective, your reading is very accurate. This perspective cones from hours of studying the press conference itself, and researching the background and context to the statements by President Trump and President Putin.
So many people were caught up in the brouhaha generated by the jerry built outrage about President Trump’s remarks that they failed to observe most of what was going on beneath the surface. It would take two or three pages to detail these observations and their significance.
This meeting was momentous in that it signified a shift in the tectonic plates of world politics – and all for the better. This is after at least 30 years of mistrust and suspicion between Russia and the USA caused by the devious actions of the Bushes, the Clintons, Obama, and members of the intelligence agencies who aided and abetted them in their corrupt and criminal schemes. No doubt there would have been many bad Russian players in all of this as well, but it is unfair and unbalanced that Russia copped all the blame and was shoehorned into the role of bogeyman. Putin and many Russians would have resented this, and rightly so. It has to be acknowledged that Putin showed a great deal of courage in calling this out in such a public and unequivocal way by drawing attention to the dangerous and destructive perfidy of Soros, Browder and Hillary Clinton. It is rare for a world leader to be so specific in condemnation of individuals on a public stage. Hillary is toast.
Perhaps one of the most striking things was the mention of Netanyahu and his meetings with Putin. Most of the fools putting in their two bits/ worth of opinions don’t have a clue what this means.
The Axis of Good – USA, Israel, Russia.
Nicely stated and astute perceptions that most are totally caught up in the worldwind while POTUS is the calm into the middle of the hurricane. It reminds me of the picture Sundance posts reflecting that atmosphere. Yes. Due to the screaming people who are only reacting based on their own issues, they have missed (probably on purpose) this entire paradigm shift between Russia-USA and basically the world.
Even in the dim dark fog of their reptilian brains and the amoral labyrinthine habitat of the Deep State, the reality that their days are numbered is beginning to sink in. The noxious vapors arising come from the hissing and spitting of a dying beast.
How is your Maine Coon cat? As serene, magnificent and confident as President Trump, I hope? With a touch of the formidable honesty and assertiveness of President Putin when needed?
Jay j says:
I thank God everyday for Trump’s mother. She raised one great president, who will go down in history as THE GREATEST America ever had.
Abso-effing-lutely!!!!!
..DJT is w/o doubt, a gift from our Creator…(during our hour of crucial need, as a nation)!
ImHopeful says:
Sent an e-mail to the WH to PDJT just now. I don’t know who actually reads these, but on the off chance e-mails actually get shared, I thought it was important to remind our President how many of us support him, pray for him and thank him (and Mrs. Trump as well) for their tireless work on behalf of all of us and our country. We rejoice in our VSG’s winning days, I think it’s important to also let him know we are here for him on the tough days, too.
I think there is a different group handling his emails since General Kelly took over. I wonder if we should call instead? The responses are just form letters like all the other politicians….not saying that the President isn’t being represented, just saying it is impersonal and looks like a buffer instead of a form of communication.
But I wrote him too anyway. But I’m going to call too. I feel like they are ganging up on POTUS and I’m sick of it.
I think that’s what we should do. Call and leave messages of support. That way the staff will complain about the extra work and our President will hear about it.
Call the President
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
TTY/TTD Comments: 202-456-6213
Visitor’s Office: 202-456-2322
https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/
Never give up 🙂
Thanks, Donna! They’ll get two calls from Oregon today 🙂
Oh, pdx. Got it, Webgirl, I feel your pain. The Peoples Republic of Portland, home of Antifa and other assorted violent loons.
Maybe Oregonian POTUS supporters have a story to tell. It’s the story of what happens to Americans when the Swamp takes over your town. When you’re living under oppression the fear is real, the consequences are every where.
It must be terrible living with that fear, and all the more terrible because for so many years that fear had to remain unspoken and unacknowledged. There is nothing more damaging to the human spirit than covert oppression and abuse. In a way, it is good that the violence is out in the open now by way of the actions of AntiFa. At least people can see it for what it is.
Tiocfaidh ár lá.
I'mHopeful says:
Thanks from me also, Donna. Will call tomorrow just to spread it out a little 🙂
Lion2017 says:
God Bless President Trump! Once again the sunlight has exposed the fair weather supporters.
Deep State operatives
President Trump rightly critiques the Intelligence Community and then the American people have to listen to the Swamp strain and poop outrage for hours.
A revolution would cost us far less in blood and treasure than this slow death of our Republic.
POTUS is right, they suck.
The Intelligence Community and the other alphabet agencies have had us (the American people) under their thumbs since 9/11. How many years ago did the IRS, Obama and John McCain go after the Tea Party? Tea Party….gone, destroyed.
These are not our agencies or elected leaders, we just pay for them, they work for the Globalists and the Corporatists. These are the same people that screw us no matter what the topic is. I say F ’em all. Especially the media.
Mueller is a sinkhole that’s costing us a fortune, but then so are the rest of them. How much money have we had to pay for these Congressional hearings? A fortune.
A fortune paid for a load of crap that isn’t worth a dime.
They are the criminals. Criminals allowed to pass judgement on us. Every single day, they do whatever they want.
,, it’s so weird I thought debate was patriotic. I for one am getting so sick of the micromanaging of every single blessing word that comes out of Trumps mouth it’s exhausting. As long as he keeps doing what he is supposed to be doing and putting America first I don’t give a damn what he says.
Great point about the micromanaging.
The death by a thousand cuts has been ongoing for decades. But we have a leader now who can deliver us from much of the damage done. Don’t let the bastids getcha down – tomorrow’s another day. 🙂
So true PJ, I posted above how to reach out to POTUS. He must be supported by us.
I am not faint of heart, unfortunately I get heated whenever the Swamp attacks POTUS.
Strategy? As a movement of Deplorables I feel like POTUS is fighting alone and it just gets my Irish up….and I want to do the horse scene in
I’m right there with you, ready to unleash when the battlehorn calls.
Yep, I’ve got my blue facial mask at the ready….snicker.
I love that movie. Too bad the leftist ruined Hollywood.
I used to watch it with my Mother, but we would skip the ending. She didn’t like movies with bad endings, and rightly so.
Giant Ground Sloth says:
The United States tried to influence the 2012 Russian elections, so the Russians responded by trying to influence the 2106 electron. It was tit for tat. You have to be insane or evil to think that this is something to start a war over.
I meant the “2016 election”
But but but Russia is evil!
jackphatz says:
Sometimes the people we want, need, admire and love the most disappoint us. It doesn’t mean we have to stop the caring, it’s a momentary lapse. It happens to all of us.
Obviously Trump knows this whole Russian interference thing is a farce – but I understand that he needs to put it to rest in order to move on. But he has faith in his people in the intel community – NOT the ones who are involved in the witch hunt. So he said what he has to say and it changes nothing as far as his plans are concerned.
We by that al that complained against POTUS are hypocrites. Those who are subversive like Brennan and others scream the loudest specially the one not to be named. He has had something up in his head since his PW days and they did a number on him that took reasoning away a long time ago.
One would think standing before God would change things but maybe he has not had an God encounter yet.
Actually, since Brennan is a follower of Mohamed…he won’t experience a “GOD encounter”..because islam is NOT compatible w/ the true GOD cherished by Christians.
OH yes, he WILL experience a GOD encounter.
For it is given once to die, and then comes the judgement. Moreover, “every knee shall bow”, so Brennan will have to bow before Jesus, who sits at the right hand of GOD and will judge the living and the dead.
Learn, turn, or burn, John Brennan. Your choice. You only have once, so choose wisely. Eternity is a very, VERY long time…
Yes, you are correct…his GOD encounter will occur in the next-life judgement…
..(giggle / snort / chuckle)..I am anticipating his utter surprise, wherein he discovers that he’s NOT destined for Mohammad’s best whorehouse in heaven scenario (what the Quran promises, w/ said 72 virgins etc…etc).
…but instead encounters…hellfire & brimstone..for eternity!!!!!!!!!!!!!
svenwg says:
I think they mistranslated the word for raisin and wrote Virgin, just imagine their surprise, 😝
Islam is only compatible with Islam.
Elected leaders of the two most powerful nations upon the Earth. This is not good. There will be war.
Do you really think this Howie?
Rubbish. Absolute ding dong rubbish.
Howie forgot the /sarcasm tag.
He does that enough that it almost seems
he wants to agitate and waste people’s time.
joeknuckles says:
I will say it one last time. It didn’t matter what he said. The whole thing was planned from the Friday indictments to the AP question to the outrage. All of it. Planned and executed. The reporter demanded that he condemn Putin to his face. He couldn’t condemn him because we do THE SAME EXACT THING. Putin would have called us out in a heartbeat and all Trump would have been humiliated.
yes just like Chalottesville
The media would have accused him of not condemning forcefully enough.
Great comment! Since when does a news organization, let alone the &$## AP, get to set the agenda for the President of the United States in a press conference with another world leader? Infuriating!
And he came through like a champ and I believe has advanced the ball quite a ways. More people will look into the election influence and hilliarys $400k, and the congressional hearings should get a lot more attention from the public now that such a ruckus was made over PDJT not trusting our intel. I think the big ugly will come after the next set of congressional hearings since they are specific to this issue. Hmmm, it’s almost like it was planned or something.
I guess that PDJT is looking more serious these days because he has been planting dynamite around the swamp and is ready to blow the whole thing up. He may be coping with the knowledge that he will either save the republic or it will be destroyed by the cleansing process.
Not $400K but $400 Million.
Regarding that $400 million illegal Clinton Campaign contribution from the Russians solicited by the Podestas, when will someone be indicted? Remember that Dinesh D’Sousa was put into jail by Obama for a measly amount of money, though we all know why Dinesh was really imprisoned.
TarsTarkas says:
I think there has been a correction to the amount due to a mistranslation of Putin’s words. I think the amount is $400,000.00. Still illegal coming from a naturalized Brit.
It is not too bad out here in the rural areas in Floriduh. Ahhh dunno bout the cities. We are just going along in everyday mode. Seems regular.
President Trump dropped 45 Tons of TNT on Deep State…Senate convened and was about to come out with one of their non-binding resolutions…To make peace, President Trump reviewed transcript and agreed to amend his statement…to ensure MAGA!
POS can’t come up with funding for the wall or a fix for our immigration system, for anything else for that matter, but boy they can sure come up with some really useless non-binding resolutions can’t they? I despise them with every fiber of my being.
Well spotted. Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win the war. The Deep State may think they have won, but they are fools. The cat’s out of the bag now with Putin’s specific and unequivocal statement about Soros, Browder and Hillary, the $400M, and the fact that it was the iill gotten gains of criminal dealings in Russia. That statement was made for all to hear and is now indelibly printed on the minds of governments and millions of people from all over the world. How long will it be before other countries come forward with similar, if not more scandalous revelations?
Hillary is toast.
I was disappointed when the media reported on what President Trump said in his statement today, then I watched the video. When will I learn?
Precisely, when I watch not just excerpts but the whole 15 minutes, I saw the same, calm, collected, rational convincing, consistent, very stable genius.
fedback says:
I haven’t watched the media since the Trump Putin presser. It was an excellent press conference and I didn’t want Fake News to ruin it
SEABEE4TRUMP says:
President Trump plays the MSM like a fiddle.
(1) He already stated that no matter what happens in Helsinki, the MSM is going to be negative.
(2) He therefore exposes his distrust of the IC due to past experience
(3) He then lets this conversation percolate for 24 hrs…
(4) The MSM and never -Trumpers expose their hatred and insanity
(5) Then President Trump say that all the trouble is over one word…”would” vs “wouldn’t”.
The MSM and anti-Trump crowd is exposed for the lunatics that they are.
And now a Bloolmberg article claims that, “Trump Decided Russia Indictments Should Come Pre-Summit, Sources Say.” Sources say are usually code words for “yeah, sure,” but anyway, here is the article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-17/trump-said-to-decide-russia-indictments-should-come-pre-summit
What a crazy couple of days.
Call me skeptical about the timing part. This is Bloomberg who are shills for the dictators of China and who report on them as if they are a free Market economy who play by all rules of business norms most follow.
In his interview with Jonathon (I forget his last name) the other day, Brennan did say that Trump was briefed on the indictments and had them released (or ok’d their release?) pre summit.
Ugh – Bolton not Brennan!!
TheWanderingStar says:
Michelle – please show up in front of the media-ites for your flogging! ;>))
Hmm, so was it the case of PDJT simply hoping to gain leverage in negotiations with Putin, or was it a clever plan by PDJT to embarrass Mueller by expecting that Putin would speak up after these indictments were made public? Or maybe PDJT just felt it was best not to have these announcements take place after the summit so as not to mar whatever agreements he and Putin would come to on real issues.
Or PDJT offered to manage it by telling Putin about it before hand in their 90 minute 1×1 and probably handed him the law enforcement treaty doc at the same time. PDJT is a solutions oriented very stable genius.
Who knows? It doesn’t matter, because the festering sore of the Deep State is now exposed to very public sunlight.
President Trump and President Putin burst the boil of mistrust and suspicion that comes from underhand and devious scheming on both sides. No going back to the bad old days now.
Think back to media coverage from last week until now. There were set ups everywhere, as if the US media whores desperately wanted to be oh so continental and cool, just like the eurotrash media whores. This overblown nonsense about would vs wouldn’t was the BEST these assholes could dream up.
The despicable Brennan is correct in one area. Every word PDJT said to Putin in their “private” conversation will have been recorded by the Russians.
maxwell102 says:
unless the translators have been killed, both sides know exactly what was said
You miss my point. A recording is public evidence if they choose to use it. Translators are not.
Brennan is terrified by what Putin said to PDJT in their private conversation.
Then you understand why both Trump and KJU/Putin openly recorded each other during their one on one.
They all now have an original recording to use any way they please at any time.
Yet, if all goes well, it won’t be used for anything more than as a historical conversation between 2 serious men trying to make their respective countries great without stepping on each other. A healthy fair trade economy is not a zerosum game.
When these liberals become neocon? PDJT should sign an EO that all these scumbags go first on the frontline.
.@burghseyeview "Fox News is going to hell. Their coverage of this intelligence was terrible."https://t.co/YnPeI6jZnm
— 🎙Wayne Dupree (@WayneDupreeShow) July 17, 2018
Fox News took a knee on their fan base. Going to be empty seats in their stadium.
icthematrix says:
Unfortunately the original statement was too big an opening and they pounded him mercilessly for it. They were poised to do it regardless of what he said. If he had said in front of Putin that his Russians interfered they would have screamed for him to come clean on collusion, and used that as confirmation. As mentioned previously, it was all orchestrated. Once they started the chants after RR’s charade of “you must cancel this summit”, I knew the game plan was in everyone’s hands, just waiting for the whistle.
President Trump’s correction of his “misspoken” comment helps to frame without appearing weak.
I am still eager to see the slaughter begin with real indictments and exposure. Evil must be defeated.
Why would PDJT trust the IC? Same IC that gave us Saddam Hussein WMD, 9/11, U1, ISIS and give us war..war..and more war.
Complicated Business!
Greg1 says:
“But Trump sought to make clear Tuesday that he stands behind the intelligence community.
“I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election took place,” he said, adding: “It could be other people also.” ”
The single biggest takeaway from that has been deliberately overlooked or intentionally ignored by a media that either has no journalistic curiosity………….or that knows full well of whom Trump was speaking. This:
“It could be other people also”.
The “other people” contacted their friends in the media to spread their lies and attempt to affect Trump negatively. The media has a prrrrrrrrrretty good idea who the “other people” are.
The “other people” definitely know who they are, and there is no way they failed to notice his mention of them. NOOOooooooo way.
Trump just used the media. He talked over and through them to send the message to the “other people” that he knows who they are. They sure have been mentioned enough in Sundance’s excellent work. The comical part is that the media are yet to realize that President Trump used them for his purpose with that statement.
Trump is fascinating to watch in action when you start figuring him out. I would think that the “other people” are finding him terrifying to watch in action…………..they have to know he has countermeasures in place, and that accountability is coming.
Go President Trump!
Jim in TN says:
I would love to see the President say that he stands behind the intelligence community, because if he stood in front of them they would stab him in the back.
It is way past time that we start demanding that the intelligence community start serving our President and earn his trust.
Conduct a coup, then expect to be coddled, how dare they.
Enki's Advocate says:
Great post. President Trump’s got this.
Excellent interview of Trump part 2 on Tucker. Here is a free fox link: http://watchnewslive.net/fox-news-live-stream-usa/
Frbrd says:
According to RSW our VSGDJT has caved to all the critics and is backtracking on the comments he made in the press conference with Putin. It was stated he does believe Russia interfered in the 2016 election and that he (President Trump ) stands behind our intelligence community and believes they are telling the truth. I also heard this as reported by Fox news,( my husband was watching as I prepared dinner). I don’t understand this, these are not the words I heard from President Trump yesterday. I truly believed President Trump was braver and stronger, a Lion ready to stand his ground against all the swamp rats. I watched the movie Chappaquidick yesterday, unbelievable what the people in our government, our most treasured offices will go to, to protect money, power and name. At this point I do not know who to believe, where to stand with my trust, who deserves my vote as a Constitution , freedom loving American. I’m tired, I’m frustrated, I’m angry . I feel betrayed and uncertain. You can call me a troll, you can bash me as a liberal thinker, whatever you wish to call me. I voted for President Trump, I probably will again, but at this point I have to admit, with all honesty, it will be because there is no one better…this makes me very sad because I want to believe there is someone who will be honest and stand strong in the face
of adversity, someone who truly believes our government is of the people, for the people, by the people, not a game to be played for power, for popularity, for profit, ..but for the GOOD OF THE PEOPLE. God bless America, God bless our people. May our precious Lord shine his grace upon us and show us mercy and forgiveness.
LM says:
Did you listen to the President for yourself?
There is no one more honest, no one braver, no one better to receive your vote and your confidence than our President.
Please listen to what he said..not what “they” said he said.
Dear Frbrd: I’m going to speak for the President on this one: “Go away! You’re fake news!”
Texian says:
What we have going on here is analagous to Sundance’s dual economic train model of Wall Street vs. Main Street.
There is a dual political/ideological train model occurring within the United States as well.. Both sides are entrenched and the tracks have now diverged enough to see the others for who they really are..
All the agencies and the Fake News Media are infiltrated; The democratic party has decoupled from The Constitution; And the uniparty congress has sold out to the globalists..
The only representation The People of the United States and their Constitution have is in Sir Donald J. Trump..
We the People – and our Lion..
Fourth Turning..
“I’m not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep.. I’m afraid of an army of sheep led by a Lion..” Alexander the Great..
Harleyd says:
I voted for PDJT and contributed what I could, and I will do so again.
But it’s time for him to go on offense. Maybe not all the MOABs, but at least one or two to change the news cycle to focus on the real criminals.
Until that happens, the Swamp will continue to control the narrative. He’s back on his heels after this latest trip, despite all his good work.
Why would he let that happen? All his good work is being overshadowed. One carefully released document, or one significant indictment, will put us back on offense where we should be.
Defense is defeat.
We should all just lay down and die now.
Do you Tzu?
Full Spectrum Domino says:
I don’t like to see President Trump in apology mode. People have to realize how extended Trump is personally. The empire in 1963 was much more self-assured and essentially uncontested despite the Cold War histrionics. JFK was a minnow by comparison. I was in DC today and yes we had a brief thunderstorm. Call it silly but I didn’t like the lights going out at the WH. Presidents are incredibly insular and monitored. Trump on his own with Putin is a rarity especially for a guy who detests scripts and does not tow the CFR line. The immensity of the power he is antagonizing is hard to overstate. Somebody read the riot act to him. That’s only my opinion. A lot of propaganda has gone into creating the notion of Presidents as being lonely decision-makers. Instead their decision-making latitude is extremely curtailed. They hand-picked to be duteous and beholden. I don’t believe for a second Trump is under the thumb of Putin. That’s Uniparty fear-mongering. I pray for Trump every day.
I did not see him in apology mode.
Forgive me. I was reacting to his morning statement without having watched the Carlson interview. Much better form.
Trump does everything for a reason. Here’s a couple quick ones. And feel free to go back to the video and transcript.
Setup: pick a word that gives you an out… Hmmm. “would” vs “wouldn’t”. The tell? Watch his body language just as he is about to say it.
Trap set: everyone is now discussing the pros and cons of would vs wouldn’t. Putin has him on video saying “would” and can use it to strengthen his base, just as Trump used it to rally us. Just wait till his next rally.
Counterpunch: if only the dems and msm howled, Trump would have stood fast. But the temptation was too great for stupid cucks (Grassley, I’m looking at you. Joni, as usual, didn’t have a hog squealing statement…. Bland. Actually like a fence sitter) to hit Trump while he’s looking down, so Trump showed his Ace, wouldn’t.
Go back and read the transcript and compare. The overall sentiment doesn’t change either way. Once again, Trump is talking over, through and under any resistance to the people that matter, the silent majority that continues to grow everyday as more and more just #walkaway.
Funny thing about #walkaway. After percolating and trending for weeks in spite of filters, active censoring, the mass media threw in the towel by blaming it all on? You guessed it, Russian bots. How lame is that? Even lamer are those that continue to use that overdrawn and expired card today.
There’s more to be revealed from this specific presser. Stay tuned and stock up on 🍿
bflyjesusgrl says:
Lol, Tucker called it “the hostage tape”.
dogueluv says:
Scott Adams- “Wouldn’t is the new Rosie O’Donnell play. Or is it?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsTYgrwtUa8
Scott’s been good this week.
President Trump shows the left up for the traitorous fools that they are. He has had remarkable success with North Korea, the EU, even our “allies” France and Great Britain, China, all battlefronts against the terrorists, Saudi Arabia, and now Russia. All these are things they could not do and which ridiculed him for until he showed them they were wrong. I could go on.
These people have only lies and hatred to take the attention from their failures, their treason, and the truth of who they are which is being revealed through the testimonies of their heroes—like Comey and Strzok.
They have to lie to distract from their failures and the triumphs and success of the President. We don’t have to let them.
Believe nothing you here from the MSM, even Fox. Look things up for youself and listen to what the President, himself, has to say. Then, as you can, speak what is true.
I believe that God will do the rest.
Funny things about Russian Citizens..
I think they have their own version of “deplorables” over there also..
From the 12th..
**Most Russians want Moscow to treat West as partners – opinion poll **
The majority of respondents in a recent Russian opinion poll believe their country should treat Western nations as partners – yet the public is split over Russia seeking re-entry to the G7 club of developed countries.
According to the survey, conducted by the independent Russian public opinion research center Levada in late June and released on Thursday, 61 percent of Russian citizens feel Moscow must treat the collective West as a partner, while 16 percent see Western nations as competitors and five percent as enemies.
Link..
https://www.rt.com/politics/432855-russians-partnership-west-poll/
What REALLY caught My eye was this Article…
**Two-thirds of Russians believe global government exists **
From the Article…
About two-thirds of Russians believe in the existence of a shadowy world government, and most of them also believe it is hostile to their country, according to a recent survey.
On Wednesday state-run Russian public opinion research agency VTSIOM released the results of a poll in which 67 percent of Russian citizens said they believe there is a secret world government. Twenty-one percent said they reject the possibility that it exists, and the rest were undecided.
Now read this!
Asked who the members of the world government are, 23 percent said the heads and owners of major banking groups and other “oligarchs.” Eight percent said the group consists of senior US politicians, and six percent mentioned political leaders of other major nations. Only two percent told the pollsters they believe Vladimir Putin is a member,
—>and even less (one percent) think that US President Donald Trump holds a seat in the global government.<—–
Maybe We, The "Deplorable" Citizens' between OUR 2 Countries are NOT that much "different" After all…
The Whole Article is here..
https://www.rt.com/politics/432643-russians-world-government-conspiracy/
Deplorable=common sense
Lost in translation: CNN claims Putin admitted to election-meddling. He did not. (VIDEO)
https://www.rt.com/usa/433542-cnn-translation-putin-trump/
- (@outforbeer) says:
if you’re a trump supporter and you honestly think he made a mistake DON’T PILE ON.
This is the mistake newt made. This wasn’t the first time. Newt does have a habit being too smart by half, giving his unwelcome advise in public
Rand Paul was the only one who played it right
People forget that Trump appointed Atlanta attorney and Yalie Christopher Wray born 1966, a Randolph Award-winning Assistant Attorney General (AAG) in 2005, as an “outsider” FBI Director in June 2007 to succeed the ineffable swamp-rat James Comey.
Think Bush I selecting David Souter born 1939 for the Supreme Court in 1990… rarely has so little been owed by so many to such a treacherous poseur.
POTUS TRUMP: There, I changed a word. Happy now?
Media/UNIParty: NO, you lie. We still hate you. You are a bad man.
POTUS TRUMP: Never mind, I didn’t make a mistake anyway. I take it back. And Jim Acosta is not a nice guy, the media is still the Enemy of the People, and the rest of you are never TRUMPers anyway so no one cares what you think.
Always remember, elections have consequences.
Check this out: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/john-brennan-under-fire-after-peter-strzok-outed-as-cia-agent-from-iran/
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A Very Mancunian Life
Duane Wells September 15, 2012 12:00 pm Comments Off on A Very Mancunian Life
First off, for the uninitiated, a couple of definitions:
Mancunian: A person from Manchester.
Mancunian Life: Fierce, fun, vibrant, independent, sometimes raucous, always original, forever unbuttoned and decidedly passionate about music.
Now, with that settled, if you follow this blog, you already know that I just returned from my second thrill ride of a visit to Manchester Pride. Last week I told you about the city’s annual Pride event, which has long been one of the most highly anticipated events on the Pride circuit. But I would do Manchester a great disservice if I didn’t offer up a guide to some of my favorite places in the city itself. So, with that in mind, this week I’m doing just that, with an eye toward some of the hotspots I discovered for the first time on this recent visit.
For many in the LGBT community, Manchester may have only come into their purview thanks to the original version of the hit series Queer As Folk, which was set in the city’s gay village and spawned the equally popular American offshoot that pulled back the covers on gay life as some knew it. But long before Manchester’s queer culture took center stage, the city had developed a world-class reputation of its own. From music to commerce, Mancunians have, over the centuries, distinguished themselves with their industrious spirit and propensity for living life to the fullest.
The industrial revolution? Manchester was its birthplace. The Smiths, The Bee Gees, New Order, Oasis and Badly Drawn Boy? All Mancunian artists.
Beyond that, Manchester’s gay village is amongst the most bustling I have ever encountered. In fact, with over 70 bars, clubs and restaurants, visitors to Manchester are spoiled for choice in terms of gay outlets—in a way that actually defies the city’s somewhat modest size. Canal Street, the hub of gay life—with its menagerie of watering holes and packed dance clubs—is on its own an adventure in gay sensory overload.
Lest I run the risk of sounding like a history lesson or being reductive, I’ll direct you to the Manchester Media Pack App on iTunes or Google Play for more historical information about Manchester and instead turn your attention to the city’s highlights. Below were some of the spots that topped my list of my faves from my recent visit:
Richmond Tea Rooms
Richmond Street, The Village, M1 3HZ
richmondtearooms.com
Alice in Wonderland comes to life in this wonderfully over-the-top yet strikingly traditional English-style tea room where a delectable menu of nibbles and teas are served throughout the day and evening. Meanwhile, when night falls, the adjoining cocktail lounge, with its quirky fixtures, serves up a sparkling array of handmade cocktails befitting the fantastical quality of the space.
1 The Avenue, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3AP
australasia.uk.com
Popular among Manchester’s in-crowd, this utterly modern restaurant delivers wow factor from its chic entrance, which draws aesthetical comparisons to the Louvre. Serving a menu of Pacific Rim flavours that combines an exotic blend of Indonesian and Southeast Asian influences, Australasia delivers a palate-pleasing experience combined with top-notch service. Popular footballers including David Beckham have broken bread in this sprawling restaurant, which becomes a bit of a scene in its own right as the evenings grow late and popular local DJs spin the hottest tunes on the restaurant’s state-of-the-art sound system well into early hours of the morning.
Bakerie
43-45 Lever Street, Northern Quarter, M60 7HP
bakerie.co.uk
Utterly charming, dining at this restaurant in Manchester’s Northern Quarter is like sitting down to a perfectly appointed picnic. Choose trays of cheeses, cured meats and vegetables along with a few bottles of good wine and while away a blissful afternoon on the communal benches in this perfectly inviting hipster hotspot.
Vermilion and Cinnabar
Hulme Hall Lane, Lord North Street, Sport City, Manchester, M40 8AD
vermilioncinnabar.com
@VermilionUK
Designed by Miguel Cancio Martins, the man behind Buddha Bar in Paris and Alain Ducasse’s Crystal of Marrakech, Vermilion and Cinnabar is a massive concept restaurant, located near the Etihad stadium. Since opening in 2007, the destination attracts more than 2,000 customers a week. While the restaurant’s menu offers authentic Thai and Indian cuisine, along with a range of fresh seafood, the cocktail lounge attracts fashionable locals, VIPs and celebrities in addition to a fair amount leading DJs.
Radisson Blu Edwardian
A five-star experience wrapped up in one of Manchester’s most celebrated buildings, the historic Free Trade Hall, Radisson Blu Edwardian offers style and luxury in the heart of Manchester’s city center. It also offers the rejuvenating Sienna Spa and the decadent Opus One bar and restaurant where braising is all the rage. radissonblu-edwardian.com/manchester
The Alchemist on New York Street
New York Street, Manchester, M1 4BD
thealchemist.uk.com
Cocktail culture comes to life at the Alchemist in Spinningfields, Manchester, as expert mixologists concoct a dizzying selection of signature cocktails. When you want a proper cocktail, this is the destination that you want to favor with your presence.
G-A-Y Manchester
63 Richmond Street, M1 3HW
Like its sister outpost in London, G-A-Y Manchester attracts a pretty, younger crowd with a mix of contemporary hits, cheap cocktails and amiable bartenders.
The Thompsons Arms
21 Sackville Street, M1 3WF
Prepare to dance the night away in this multi-level space, where the DJs play dance-pop anthems to throngs of friendly patrons well into the wee hours of the morning.
2 Canal Street, M1 3WF
More of a lounge than a bar, Velvet is a relaxed space where you can enjoy a cocktail or get frisky on the bar’s tiny dance floor—you choose. That said, the crowd is always fun and eclectic, which alone makes a visit to this Mancunian hotspot a must.
4 Canal Street, M1 3HE
As the name suggests, Queer is a big gay club with multiple dance floors and a gay hipster clientele.
If you don’t already know Manchester, it’s time you got better acquainted. Find out more atvisitmanchester.com. Until next time, be well, live Wells!
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Two Network Case Defendants Married in Prison January 29, 2020
Tag: Yashkino District
Schoolchildren in Kemerovo Region Fainting from Hunger
A stock photo of schoolchildren enjoying lunch in some place happier and more prosperous than Kemerovo Region and other parts of Russia that have been left to die by the country’s rapacious, neo-imperialist ruling class. Courtesy of Siber.Realii
Inspection Confirms Schoolchildren Fainting from Hunger in Kemerovo Region
Radio Svoboda
An inspection has confirmed that schoolchildren in Kemerovo Region have been fainting from hunger. Dmitry Kislitsyn, the region’s children’s rights ombudsman, said schoolmasters and regional officials had attempted to hush up the incidents. He has written about the problem in a report to Kemerovo Governor Sergei Tsivilyov. REN TV has published a copy of the report.
In particular, the health worker at the school in the village of Pashkovo, in the region’s Yashkino District, reported three incidents of children fainting that officials had not bothered to register. They were caused by hunger. In the school itself, the water was unfit for drinking, and the cafeteria was in disrepair. At other schools, pupils were divided into those who paid for meals and those from impoverished families. In certain cases, the number of children receiving hot meals during the school day did not exceed a third of the total number of pupils, while the portions of food served were smaller than stated in the regulations.
Kislistyn said the majority of members of the inspection commission had tried to “paper over the incidents.” Nevertheless, the ombudsman had reported the outcome of the inspection to the Russian Investigative Committee, the prosecutor’s office, and the official national consumer watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.
On January 23, 2019, Kislitsyn told a session of the regional council that incidents of hunger-induced fainting had increased among children in the region’s schools. He claimed he had been contacted by homeroom teachers who had noticed the social stratification of their pupils in connection with school meals. Some children were not eating at school because their parents did not pay for meals. According to Kislitsyn, the parents also could not afford to feed their children in the mornings. The ombudsman said this was the case in village schools, as well as among children bused to school from the countryside. Regional officials, however, had denied Kislitsyn’s claims.
Thanks to Comrade Koganzon for the heads-up. Translated by the Russian Reader
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The Self-healing Phone that You Need
The biggest fear for anyone with a phone, regardless of age, is their phone cracking or breaking down. Many scientists and researchers are in the process of developing a new method for creating a phone screen that will be able to "self-heal".
by William Yang
Your parents have bought you an iPhone X for your birthday. The shiny $1,000 phone rests on top of your desk sans case as you work on your homework. Your mom calls you for dinner and you go to grab your phone, only to feel the edge slide off your desk and fall towards its demise. Your heart drops, and you check the screen to see that your brand new, shiny $1,000 phone has cracked.
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The biggest fear for anyone with a phone, regardless of age, is their phone cracking or breaking down. Many scientists and researchers are in the process of developing a new method for creating a phone screen that will be able to “self-heal”. This revolutionary idea has been in the works for a long time, but the idea was first thought of by a researcher, Dr. Chao Wang, who happened to be a fan of Wolverine. Dr. Wang claims that his amazement with Wolverine’s ability to self-heal led to the development of a self-healing lithium battery. This battery would allow the phone to fix itself and last much longer if it was to take any damage or force. Although the development of a self-healing screen is still in progress, the LG model G Flex 2 has a self-healing back that repairs any minor scratches on the back of the phone. Unlike the back of a phone, the screen is much more complex as it relies on a grid of electrodes, which is a conductor in which electricity enters or leaves through, to function. When a human finger touches a phone screen, an electrical charge travels throughout the grid in order to complete the circuit and allow the user to complete his/her task.
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In order to overcome this obstacle, Dr. Wang and his team focused on coming up with different chemical bonds that would be suitable. More specifically, she turned her attention to ion-dipole interactions. These polar interactions are intermolecular forces between fully charged ions and partially charged molecules. To experiment with this interaction, the team used salt ions and polymers and stretched it beyond its actual size. Once they stretched the polymer, they cut it in half to see the bonds between the ions and polymer molecules realign back to their original configuration. In order to count for the conductivity of the screen, the researchers created an artificial muscle, which is a non-conductive membrane that is placed in between the newly created material. This concept is like the parts of the body and how the muscles react to signals that are sent from the brain.
Image from Wang Labs
The newly created material has been presented to multiple different research companies and the scientific community. This revolutionary method may be the start of an era in which hearts are not broken, more money is saved, and there is less cracking of smartphones.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/dec/18/smashed-cracked-phone-screen-self-healing-glass-university-of-tokyo/
https://www.dogonews.com/2017/5/3/your-next-smartphone-may-have-a-self-healing-screen/
http://www.fixitpcsolutions.com/uncategorized/broke_screen/
https://visual.ly/community/infographic/technology/how-touchscreens-work
https://newsworld.co/created-a-self-healing-glass-for-smartphones/
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WSU topples UConn in double overtime to pick up first AAC road victory
Sean Marty, Reporter|January 12, 2020
Sophomore Dexter Dennis moves to defend Ole Miss' Breein Tyree during the game against the Rebels on Saturday.
Wichita State picked up a road win on Sunday, defeating Connecticut by a score of 89-86 in double overtime to improve to 15-1 on the season.
The Shockers won their final meeting with the Huskies in epic fashion, as UConn is returning to the Big East following the end of the season. WSU now moves to 4-2 in the all-time matchup with the Huskies and 4-1 in AAC play.
The Shockers played a solid first half on the road, building a double-digit lead at one point, but some foul trouble and turnovers cut the margin to five heading into the locker room. WSU had 12 of their 18 turnovers in the first half.
The Shockers started to wear the Huskies down on the glass in the second half, outrebounding them by five.
WSU struggles with turnovers again towards the end of the half, and Sidney Wilson’s clutch three with one second left forced overtime.
Jaime Echenique scored a season-high 17 points and was a big factor in the paint.
In the first overtime session, it was another even couple of minutes, but in the end, Jamarius Burton and Tyson Etienne could not get their shot attempts to fall as time expired with the score still knotted up.
In the second overtime, WSU looked a lot more comfortable but the bench got shorter as both Echenique and Erik Stevenson fouled out. Freshman guards Tyson Etienne and Grant Sherfield came up clutch from the free throw as Christian Vital was unable to get a game-tying three-pointer to fall in the final seconds, securing a road victory in Connecticut.
Overall, the Shockers shot 43% from the field (32-75) and 32% from three (6-19). WSU’s bench contributed 27 points.
The sophomore duo of Stevenson Burton put on another show. Burton continued his dominance in the paint, finishing the afternoon with 13 points, two rebounds, and three assists. Meanwhile, Stevenson added 16 points along with six rebounds and three assists before fouling out in overtime.
For the Huskies, Christian Vital led the way with 25 points.
In his third game back from his “leave of absence,” Dexter Dennis looked to return to his freshman form from a year ago. Dennis nailed a couple of big buckets in the first overtime as he connected on a three and an up-and-under layup. For the game, Dennis tallied 16 points and seven rebounds in 30 minutes played. His 16 points are the most he has scored since putting up 19 in the second game of the year against Texas Southern.
Up next, the Shockers travel to Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, for a matchup with Temple on Wednesday. Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m.
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November 29, 2017 banduzo Tv Show
IMDB: Halt and Catch Fire
Scene Count
Signature Elements
A popular technique for writing a period piece is substituting someone/something real for your fictional creation and then telling your own story. Cardiff Electric is loosely based off of Compaq and its rise and fall in the technology industry.
Everyone loves the underdog versus the champion because it shows how anyone can overcome even the greatest obstacle against all odds. It makes good entertainment in sports and equally good entertainment in television. IBM is a giant corporation taking business from everyone, and Cardiff Electric is picking a fight with them by using their own product against them.
Halt and Catch Fire is based in the 80’s just as personal computers are starting to take off. This gives audiences a glimpse into how life was back before technology and the significant events that shaped the future into what it is today.
Joe Mcmillan
(34). A man these black suits were made for. But despite the jawline, the executive contour hair, he’s a million miles away right now.
Gordon Clark
THE LAST MAN AT THE BAR sticks out like a sore thumb. He isn’t country; hell, he ain’t much of anything. Ragged hair, big glasses,
thick unkempt mustache…(31)
Cameron Howe
(22), a young woman with ice blonde hair cut very short. Big black-rimmed glasses and exposed collar bone, fashionable, post-punk.
Donna Clark
(30)…She’s got the pretty face of a high school sweetheart, but the grim frown of someone who’s put up with a lot of shit.
John Bosworth
(48), an eagle resting in permanent judgment, comfortably in power behind his desk. When he speaks,
it’s equal parts brass tacks and Texas drawl.
Other Characters:
Al Kowalski
(45)…a man who’s parked it in management, a bit bloated from booze and food and glory days.
Dale Barnes
Smarmy gym-and-suntan disciple with a conservative haircut… (38)
Nathan Cardiff
(60), relaxed in chair near the window, worn cowboy hat in his hand. He puts his snakeskin boots up on John’s desk, whistling “Red River Valley.”
Character Differences
In the screenplay, Gordon is a loving father with noble intentions and has the dream of building computers. He put that dream on hold to be with his family and seems content with how his life is.
In the pilot, Gordon is a terrible father and husband. He barely pays attention to his kids and regrets not following his dream.
In the screenplay, Cameron is a naive young woman who is just starting her career in college. She takes the job for the opportunity and offers little resistance.
In the pilot, Cameron is socially intelligent and knows exactly what Joe is doing. She takes the job after negotiating and has a rebellious attitude towards everything.
Al was cut entirely from the pilot. His character was never really needed and provided the same role as John Bosworth. In the screenplay he is even fired off screen by Gordon proving he wasn’t planned to be around for long.
Act Breakdown
Halt and Catch Fire Pilot
The story lines will be broken down between Joe and Gordon.
Joe runs over an armadilo.
Joe guest lectures to a hall of students and meets Cameron. (Scene taken from Act 3 in screenplay)
Joe and Cameron discuss the future of computers in an arcade. (Scene taken from Act 3 in screenplay)
Joe and Cameron have sex in the arcade basement. Joe makes a side comment about getting the job causing Cameron to leave.
Title sequence added.
Definition of Halt and Catch Fire add:
“An early computer command that send the machine into a race condition, forcing all instructions to compete for superiority at once. Control of the computer could not be regained.”
The entire sequence of Joe leaving Dale’s office and driving off a cliff is cut.
Main Points:
Joe realizes IBM screwed him over.
Joe drives off a cliff to commit suicide.
The entire attempted suicide sequence is cut from the finished pilot. However there are two things in the pilot that indicate that it is still part of the story, but just not shown:
1. Joe has one scene where he is wearing a buttoned down shirt which is unbuttoned. Scars can be seen on his body, but it is mostly covered by the shirt.
2. Dale tells John that Joe had been missing for a year before resurfacing at Cardiff.
So it is likely they wanted to keep Joe’s past a mysterious and slowly reveal it over the course of the season.
In the pilot the scene with Cameron is put at the beginning of the show which makes more sense. It did feel out of place when it was in the middle of the screenplay.
End of Teaser
Screenplay: Joe attempts suicide after driving off a cliff.
Pilot: Cameron walks out on Joe as they have sex.
Script Notes
After reviewing the differences between the pilot and screenplay, I decided to combine Act’s 1 and 2 from the screenplay into one Act so it matches closely with the pilot.
The screenplay was written with six acts and a teaser, and the pilot was aired with five acts and a teaser. The first and second act were likely combined into one act to eliminate the need for a 6th act.
Gordon meets his wife outside the jail as she waits by the car.
Joe walks by Gordon’s desk and makes eye contact with him after being hired.
Joe intentionally takes Gordon’s parking spot forcing Gordon to park at the end of the parking lot.
Gordon gets out of his car, drops his food, cleans it off and then continues eating it.
Donna arrives home and tries to fix the Speak-n-Spell while Gordon does nothing to help.
Gordon looks at his old article.
Gordon gets in a fight with a guy at the bar after insulting his girlfriend.
Gordon tells Donna he wants to hang in the garage by himself.
Gordon sits in his makeshift workshop.
Gordon stays up late working on computers in his garage.
Gordon comments on Joe’s car.
Bosworth is grateful for Joe making the sale with Applied Data.
Al tells Joe he better be there the next time he closes.
Gordon and his wife talk about past regrets, which is the cause for Gordon’s drinking problem.
Joe gets hired at Cardiff.
Joe unpacks his new apartment.
Gordon works on computers in his workshop.
The pilot only has 5 acts and a teaser as opposed to 6 and this act is where it is lengthened a bit, combining both act 1 and 2.
Joe’s story has several minor changes.
Al introduced Joe to Bosworth in the screenplay, but since Al is cut from the show, Joe is just being interviewed by John because of his experience with IBM, not because Al is vouching for him.
Joe also keeps his injuries a secret as the audience doesn’t know about that yet.
Joe intentionally gets in Gordon’s life, first by parking in his spot and then calling him on a sales call. The parking spot scenes were added in the pilot.
Joe also doesn’t get the sale from Applied Data, he only gets a maybe. It is alluded that Gordon’s interruption broke the deal.
So the scene with John congratulating him and Al getting mad are cut.
Joe isn’t shown unpacking his apartment, just noting where Gordon is in the organization.
In the screenplay, Gordon is still holding onto his dream by tinkering with computers in his garage after hours. Donna is fine with this arrangement as Gordon is still a good husband despite the drinking.
In the pilot, Gordon’s dream is gone and he drinks because his family commitments forced him to give it up. In the scenes at Gordon’s home, he stands around and does nothing to help Donna as she struggles to balance work and take care of the kids.
His story focuses more on the drama of his marriage falling apart instead of him holding onto a dream.
The Speak-N-Spell also has more significance throughout the pilot. In this script, Gordon fixes it, but in the pilot, Donna attempts to fix it and Gordon just stands there and does nothing. Later Gordon ends up fixing it as he realizes what a bad father and husband he’s been.
End of Act 1
Act 1:Screenplay: Joe reads an article by Gordon, Clark is up late working on computers.
Act 2:Screenplay:Joe asks Gordon about an article and tells him he interested in working on a project with him.
Pilot: Gordon looks back at his article.
In the screenplay, Donna is in the jail to see Gordon when he is released.
In the pilot, Donna is waiting outside by the car.
In the screenplay, Donna and Gordon talk about past regrets since moving from Silicon Valley.
In the pilot, the theme of past regrets stays the same, but its about Gordon’s almost success with the Symphonic.
In the screenplay, John asks Joe about his injuries from the accident.
In the pilot, since Joe is keeping this a secret, the dialogue is cut.
In the screenplay, the company is called Cardiff Giant.
In the pilot, the company is called Cardiff Electric.
In the pilot, Joe shows John his income statement from IBM to show proof of his success as a salesman.
In the screenplay, Joe unpacks his apartment and reads an old issue of Byte which contains Gordon’s article.
In the pilot, Joe sits in his apartments, looks at the staff directory of Cardiff Electric and highlights Gordon’s name.
In the screenplay, the Applied Data sales meeting is in a conference room.
In the pilot, the Applied Data sales meeting is in a restaurant.
In the screenplay, Joe’s sales pitch is about being better service and cheaper than IBM.
In the pilot, Joe’s sales pitch is about being more than IBM. The managers poke fun at Joe’s optimism, but he casually brushes it off by saying he won’t apologize for caring about the business to the main boss.
In the screenplay, the VP says he thinks they can put something together.
In the pilot, the VP says he will think about.
In the screenplay, after Joe says shut the fuck up to Gordon, he asks if he understands.
In the pilot, Joe doesn’t say fuck, and he walks away right after saying Shut up.
In the screenplay, Joe drops the Byte magazine with the page on Gordon’s article so Gordon can see it.
In the pilot, Joe drops the Byte magazine on Gordon’s desk and asks about the article on Page 39. Gordon denies he knows anything or doesn’t remember.
In the pilot, Joe quotes Gordon to himself to try and reignite his passion for the topic.
Gordon and Donna talk in the car after Gordon talks with Joe at the movies.
Gordon gets up in the middle of the night and fixes the Speak N Spell. (scenes inserted with the montage of Joe hitting the baseball in his apartment.)
Joe lectures at a university hall. (Moved to Teaser)
Joe talks with Cameron at an arcade (Moved to Teaser)
Gordon shaves off his moustahce.
Joe gets up after sleeping with Cameron and takes off saying it was a mistake.
Joe sits in silence in his apartment.
Flashback of Joe learning IBM patented his creation behind his back.
Joe asks Gordon to reverse engineer an IBM with him.
Joe sleeps with a potential engineer candidate.
Joe remembers being ripped off by IBM.
Gordon initially says no to Joe’s offer, but then accepts, buying an IBM himself.
Besides his interactions with Gordon, most of Joe’s story line is cut in this act.
Joe’s backstory is cut from the pilot in order to keep it a mystery and reveal it later.
His scenes with Cameron are moved to the beginning of the pilot in place of the cut backstory.
Gordon has several changes to his story revolving around his family, but the story line stays the same with Joe.
In the screenplay, Donna is passive on the idea showing more support than doubt. There is no relationship tension besides the drinking problem because Gordon is still a good father. He is also still working on his computers.
In the pilot, Gordon has no outlet for his regret. He mopes around angry about his past failure with his prototype computer, the Symphonic. Joe’s optimism and belief in Gordon sparks him back into action as shown by the scene where Gordon fixes the Speak-N-Spell.
The change in story shifts from a happy down-on-his luck family man with a supportive wife to an angry regretful man who neglects his family and has given up on his dream. The latter has more tension, drama and stakes which is probably why the shift in the character was made.
Gordon also doesn’t shave his face as a symbol of being a new man because the action of working on computers again already signifies the shift in motivation.
Screenplay: Gordon agrees to help Joe
Pilot:Gordon agrees to help Joe reverse engineer.
In the screenplay, Gordon is explaining the parts of the Speak n Spell to his daughter.
In the pilot, Donna is explaining the different parts of the Speak n Spell.
In the screenplay Donna tells Gordon that Joe called as he is working on his computers.
In the pilot, Donna actually talks to Joe on the phone and Gordon tells her he isn’t there. Gordon is not working on his computers.
In the screenplay, Gordon and his family run into Joe in the movie theatre.
In the pilot, Gordon and his family run into Joe as they leave the movie theatre.
In the screenplay, Gordon’s family watches E.T.
In the pilot, Gordon’s family watches Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
In the screenplay, Gordon tells Joe he can’t help him stating he has too much to lose.
In the pilot, Gordon tells him the same, but adds that it’s illegal and they missed their chance. Joe tells Gordon he plans on using Cardiff to scale it fast.
In the screenplay, Cameron is already in class when Joe is introduced.
In the pilot, Cameron walks in late as Joe is talking.
In the screenplay, there are about 75 students.
In the pilot, there are about 30 students.
In the screenplay, Joe is introduced as a member of Cardiff Giant.
In the pilot, since this is at the beginning of the episode, Joe is introduced as an instrumental part of IBM.
In the screenplay, Joe ends up with one older gentleman with his hand up. He goes back to three and then picks Cameron.
In the pilot, Joe ends up with Cameron and another guy and picks Cameron based on the question where do they see computers in ten years.
In the screenplay, Cameron and Joe play Frogger as they discuss the future of computers.
In the pilot, Cameron and Joe go from game to game talking about the potential of computers that no one sees.
In the screenplay, Gordon brings the IBM computer to Joe’s office as he about to resign.
In the pilot, Clark pulls up in the parking lot and Gordon shows him the computer in his trunk. Joe shows no indication that he was considering resigning..
In the screenplay, Gordon doesn’t mention Donna when he offers his garage for the three day weekend.
In the pilot, Gordon mentions Donna is going to her brothers with the kids for the three day weekend.
Bosworth’s secretary answers and tells him that IBM is on the phone.
Donna arrives home to Gordon cooking dinner and a fixed Speak n Spell.
Donna tells Gordon to build the computer, but to be a partner with her and to not neglect the family.
Joe and Gordon discuss their next goal at Whataburger.
Joe sits in his car after his encounter with Gordon after their meeting.
Gordon tells Donna that he is in trouble with IBM.
Dale gloats to Joe and tells him IBM never loses.
Joe and Gordon reverse engineer the IBM computer.
Bosworth and Cardiff receive word that IBM will be pursuing legal action.
Joe reveals he told IBM what they did.
Joe’s story stays the same as he takes the same course of action.
However there is no interaction with his former boss Dale.
Gordon’s added drama with his wife reaches a breaking point when she finds out Gordon lied about being sick so he could go back to building computers.
In the screenplay, there is no tension about this side project as Gordon is already tinkering with computers.
The pilot makes it clear that Gordon is a broken man after giving up the dream. After working with Joe and being caught in a lie, Gordon finally tells his wife he isn’t happy with his decision to give up on his dream.
After Gordon finds out about Joe telling IBM, he finally recognizes the importance of family and what could happen to them if he loses his job. However Donna also has a revelation as she realizes Gordon will never be truly happy until he achieves his dream. Donna tells Gordon she supports him in dream, but to remember his family.
The screenplay has no real conflict or tension between Gordon and Donna, even after Gordon tells her about IBM. From a character perspective, it made sense to add that drama because it puts more pressure and conflict on Gordon, especially considering his already established alcohol abuse.
The act of actually reverse engineering the computer in the pilot is a lot more technical probably due to more research on the process.
Screenplay: Dale gloats to Joe and tells him IBM never loses.
Pilot: Dale tells John they got a problem.
In the screenplay, the process for reverse engineering the chip is vague with Gordon only saying it will be trial and error and take a long time.
In the pilot, the process is to figure out the 65000 pin voltages that make up the chip.
In the screenplay, after Gordon says they build a better chip, the scene ends.
In the pilot, after Gordon says they build a better chip, Donna shows up with the kids.
In the pilot, Donna and Gordon argue about Gordon getting back into building computers.
In the pilot, Dale mentions to John that Joe has been missing for one year.
In the screenplay, Gordon punches Joe in the parking lot after they learn about IBM knowing what they did.
In the pilot, Gordon doesn’t punch Joe. Joe also mentions Gordon’s old invention.
Cameron gets kicked out of the arcade bar.
Cameron and Gordon meet Cameron outside the arcade bar after she is kicked out.
Montage of Cameron traveling to Cardiff.
Cameron arrive at Cardiff lobby.
Gordon throws up before meeting with John and Cardiff.
Gordon asks Joe why he drove his car off the cliff.
Joe suggests Cardiff builds the computer and claim they are in the PC business to avoid getting sued by IBM.
Joe hires Cameron to be the engineer with prior history to help build the PC and give the plan credibility.
Joe and Gordon
The screenplay seems to reward the characters with best case scenarios. In the screenplay, Joe and Gordon manage to negotiate Vice President positions after pissing off both their boss and the owner. The pilot takes the fiction down a few notches to a more realistic outcome by having Joe and Gordon work on the project but not be named Vice Presidents.
Cameron is still hired as the programmer, but she is more stubborn and leverages the opportunity for a bigger salary.
Screenplay: Gordon asks Joe why he drove off the bridge.
Pilot: Cardiff needs to hire another engineer.
In the screenplay, Cardiff is impressed with Joe’s bold idea and approves it.
In the pilot, Cardiff is impressed, but pissed off that Joe messed with his company. He approves it because its the only option.
In the pilot, Cameron tells Gordon that her and Joe had sex.
In the screenplay, Cameron eventually agrees to the job without negotiations.
In the pilot, Cameron negotiates a higher salary before agreeing.
In the screenplay, Cameron asks why Joe drove off the cliff.
In the pilot, Joe’s back story is never mentioned.
Cameron, Gordon and Joe watch a team of IBM lawyers enter Cardiff.
Donna looks at the computer and parts in her garage.
Montage of Joe cold calling people from his Rolodex.
Montage of Gordon putting his ideas on a whiteboard.
Dale tells Joe he closed a deal with Applied Data.
Cameron tells Joe she finished the chip.
Gordon, Joe, Cameron and Donna watch the computer come to life.
Cameron is brought in and prepared for the legal interrogation.
IBM shows up to make their presence known.
Cameron finishes the chip and the computer works with it.
A lot of the ending is changed because of the speed of the entire process. The screenplay has IBM as a looming threat, but Cameron creates the chip and they boot a computer with immediate success. This is a tension free ending that doesn’t really give any excitement for future episodes.
Compared to the closing shot of the pilot where an entire team of IBM lawyers pile into the office, the screenplay didn’t have much of a pull for next episode.
In the pilot, Bosworth also makes it abundantly clear that he is in charge and that he will look into Joe’s past life. In the screenplay, Joe had initially disclosed that information with Bosworth from the start.
Again there are also no scenes with Dale and Joe.
Screenplay: Joe, Cameron and Donna watch their creation come to life.
Pilot: They watch as IBM lawyers come.
In the screenplay, Cameron says no to each question normally.
In the pilot, Cameron hesitates at the first two questions regarding tampering with computers, indicating she is lying.
In the screenplay, John tells Joe to start cold calling.
In the pilot, this scene is changed to John laying down the rules and yelling at Joe, Cameron and Gordon. He tells Joe he doesn’t like being cornered in his own house and that he will dig into Joe’s past.
Overall Breakdown
Three Biggest Differences
1. Al Kowalski’s character is cut.
Al is a great example of a character that shouldn’t be there. His initial importance is introducing Joe to Bosworth, but as the pilot showed, that was easily changed. While reading the screenplay I would confuse Bosworth and Al or not remember their role in the business. They basically played the same role but were two different characters. Al provided no real value overall and this is hammered home when Gordon volunteers to fire him which happens off screen.
Al being cut is not significant to the story, but it is to screenwriting and provides a perfect example of why you should consider eliminating or combining characters if they provide no value or effect on the overall story.
2. Ending Changed
The most effective endings usually have conflict that is unresolved making the audience want to tune in for the next episode. The original ending from the screenplay ends on a high note as the team manages to build a replicated chip and use it successfully on a computer. This ending doesn’t really entice the audience to watch the next episode as the ending doesn’t generate any sort of conflict.
Instead, the focus of the pilot ending is switched to IBM and its legal team. Seeing a team of lawyers pile into the office is a great visual example of the conflict to come.
Realistically building the replicated chip and having it fully functional would take some time and unless the show time jumped, it would be unrealistic for them to be ready for IBM with a fully functional prototype especially with IBM already there in the screenplay.
3. Joe’s backstory is not shown.
The last significant difference is taking out Joe’s backstory and revealing it later. There are clues to hint at what his secret is, but the show never specifically states it. The backstory didn’t really add to the initial motivation of Joe as it was clear he wants to change the future more than he wants to get back at IBM. So cutting it so it can be revealed later didn’t affect the over all pilot story line.
Halt and Catch Fire was 5 acts and 1 teaser, not 6 acts and 1 teaser.
There are two significant changes made to the structure of Halt and Catch Fire.
1. Putting the meeting of Cameron and Joe at the beginning of the episode, replacing Joe’s suicide attempt.
If the decision was made to keep the back story a mystery, something had to be a teaser. The scene of Joe and Cameron wasn’t really part of the story and did interrupt the main plot line of Joe and Gordon, so taking it out wasn’t disrupting the flow of the story.
2.The ending pulled back to the IBM lawyers showing up.
The pilot episode cuts out actually building a fully functioning chip in a few weeks. I think cutting back to focus on one problem at a time and slowly building up the creating of the computer is the better idea.
Halt and Catch Fire’s screenplay is a story that starts with a tragedy, but ends on a high note.
The pilot on the other hand, starts off neutral and ends with conflict.
Character Changes
The character changes have a significant impact on the differences of the pilot and screenplay.
Gordon’s character goes from an optimistic programmer waiting for his big break, but hesitant to take action, to a pessimistic alcoholic who has given up on his dreams and his family. And no character is more depressing than one who tried for their dreams, failed and then settled, always thinking about what could have been.
Cameron’s character changes from innocent to rebellious which makes the character more interesting and action driven. As a rebel, conflict is inherently always there, which is what Cameron accomplishes.
Overall the screenplay is highly optimistic with characters eager to work together to take down IBM and build the computer of the future. Even Cardiff rewards Joe and Gordon for bringing a lawsuit against Cardiff by making them Vice Presidents.
The pilot is a more realistic look at the conflict and implications of Joe and Gordon’s actions. No one wants to help anyone unless it’s in there best interest and everyone has conflict with each other.
The definition of Halt and Catch fire used at the beginning of the pilot also hints at what the show will be about. By creating their own chip, Joe and Cardiff have essentially initiated a race where all participants will seek superiority at once, with no one ever really gaining control.
Screenwriting Techniques
Halt and Catch Fire uses several montages throughout the episode.
Phone Conversation – Intercut
Bosworth and Dale have a phone conversation when IBM contacts Cardiff. This is a good example of a phone conversation that inter-cuts between the two participants.
Scene Descriptions
There are several great scene descriptions at the beginning of each scene to visually set up the setting.
The screenplay and pilot are an example of how to add conflict into the story.
Most of the actions in the screenplay work out for the characters providing little consequences for their actions.
Joe comes back from the dead changes to never being shown and only hinted at.
Joe closes the sale with Applied Data changes to Joe getting a maybe.
They build the computer and get VP status changes to barely keeping their jobs and not getting a chance to build the computer yet because they have to deal with IBM and the team of lawyers.
Cameron happily takes the job changes to Cameron taking the job with a higher cost.
Cardiff is happy that Joe forced Cardiff Electric into the personal computer business changes to Cardiff is pissed that Joe messed with his business.
Gordon failed his dream but is still actively working at it with a supporting family changes to a miserable Gordon regretting his decisions and being a terrible father and husband.
These slight changes add more tension and drama to the story instead of things working overwhelming well for the characters.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any feedback.
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Pence Campaigns In Suburban Detroit For Bishop, Epstein
Posted By: Newspaper Staff October 30, 2018
From left, U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop, Vice President Mike Pence, and candidate for U.S. Congress Lena Epstein stand together on stage during a rally featuring GOP political candidates and Pence at the Oakland County airport, in Waterford, Mich., Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has campaigned for Republican candidates in suburban Detroit ahead of next week’s election.
Pence spoke Monday afternoon at an event in Oakland County for U.S. Rep. Mike Bishop, who is facing a challenge from Democrat Elissa Slotkin, and Lena Epstein, who is running against Democrat Haley Stevens for an open congressional seat.
The two races are competitive and are expected to help determine which party controls the House .
Pence was to speak later Monday in Grand Rapids at a get-out-the-vote rally for U.S. Senate nominee John James and other candidates. James is running against Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow .
Former Vice President Joe Biden will campaign Thursday in Lansing with Slotkin, Stabenow and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Gretchen Whitmer.
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Consider this the mock issue as in mocking. We'd had a different issue planned including a strong editorial. For various reasons, we altered that at the last minute which meant we all had to start over. (Including Ava and C.I. who had written a review of Fran Drescher's new show Living With Fran.)
We were outraged by many things this week. But somehow outrage didn't seem the way to go this week. So we took a page from C.I. and decided to "mock, mock freely" and "don't knock the mock" (as C.I. once wrote). We think humor is really important to getting through the day and to the sanity of humanity currently.
The media roundtable was one of the many things postponed this issue. Hopefully, we'll get around to doing that next time. (It's not being held, it hasn't been done yet.)
We'd argue the scramble produced some of our best writing.
Let's start with our choice for blog spotlight. We spotlight Betty's Thomas Friedman is a Great Man. It's a funny blog, it has a point and we love it. There were a number of entries this week from community members that were worthy of highlighting. Folding Star's been hitting hard on the Senate. Rebecca had an amazing week (even if she did take off Friday to attend a wedding and Saturday to help us). And what can we say about C.I.?
"When Judith goes scoop, nothing goes right." Ava was the only one of us who knew the song, but once she sang it for us (she has a lovely singing voice) we too couldn't stop humming it. We think the Times should make that a slug line for all pieces by Miller: "When Judy goes scoop, nothing goes right." There was the usual Indy Media Review which was informative and gave you a heads up to issues and emerging issues. (Check it out, you'll find a link to a story on a then unnannounced candidate for governor among other things. You'll also learn about about an election discussion that took place in Tennesse and the press didn't tell you about.) And we loved the highlight of Bob Somerby which turned into a highlight on the state of the news print media today. There was amazing stuff all around.
Once Dona and Jess groaned that they were tired early Saturday evening, we decided to make it a mock issue. And that gave us the perfect opportunity to highlight Betty who does outstanding work.
With short notice, C.I. and Ava pulled from the mailbag on their TV reviews going through some of the less threatening e-mails received. Not surprisingly, while the rest of us brainstormed, they went off and wrote that in less than an hour while we were still brainstorming.
We includes Betty and Rebecca who always are so kind to help us out. We thank you for that.
We'd also like to thank Folding Star who read early drafts of the piece by Ava and C.I. as well as the piece on swap meets and legacies.
On one of our breaks in this all nighter, Ty found a story from The Guardian and that ended up being a commentary on Harry Reid with whom we grow ever more disenchanted with (to put it mildly). After many drafts, we were pretty pleased and thought we were through. We had done it as AP reports by Glen Johnson all the way through and made it a factual reporting of Reid's potential continous shifting. But then C.I. wondered if we were going to do this spoof, why not take a moment to use the spoof to also comment on the New York Times? Great idea and we were quickly moving through additional drafts. We think it's a funny piece and a funny piece to us is something that makes you laugh and underscores a point.
In the middle of the drafts on that, Dona wondered if anyone had given thought to the editorial?
Ava and C.I. both said if we're spoofing, we should make a point to spoof the Times' editorial on the case against the protestor. Great idea since the Times could have told people what happened in NYC during the Republican convention but chose not to. And now they'll get a lot of credit for their "half-assed' story which they push as a more or less isolated incident. There's another part of the story (read our editorial) and the Times hasn't seen any of that as "news fit to print" yet.
We usually try to have one additional story each edition but since we were doing humorous writing, we often found our first drafts being straight reporting that we then had to turn into humorous reports with each draft. That took up a great deal of time.
But we hope you'll enjoy what's there.
-- Jim, Jess, Ty, Dona and Ava
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A Protest on Video Not In Your Paper (we use parody to explain the Times editorial)
The New York Times recent editorial (Saturday, April 16th) "A Protest on Video" was laughable. If you're not clear why, read our spoof:
A PROTEST ON VIDEO
The New York police have, on the whole, done a good job dealing with crowds -- and if they haven't we'd never tell you. But that doesn't mean that we'll do our usual kiss ass now that the country knows tapes were doctored by someone in the criminal justice system (we could assign a reporter to attempt to figure out who, but we don't really care). No, now we will speak out and announce our outrage to the world.
What happened was outrageous. We know because the GOP convention took place in NYC and NYC is our home. So we saw all the abuses in real time and the false arrests. We laughed about that in real time. They made for funny anecdotes at a party for John McCain.
So we knew exactly what was going on. And if those arrested had been prosecuted wrongly but without any screw ups, we'd be the last to piss in anyone's Post Toasties. But gosh, golly darn, there's a video out there that was doctored and we'll be darned if we'll be shamed into another editorial apology buried inside the paper just because we keep lying and omitting even after the public has caught on.
Thanks to the videotape, the elaborate testimony against Dennis Kyne shows that police officers don't always get it right. We have a suggestion: learn to lie better!
Having covered for your asses all during the GOP convention we can't help but feel a little betrayed now since you apparently couldn't use a free pass to ride the train all the way to false conviction on trumped up charges!
The Bloomberg adminstration says the police handled the protestors with model restraint; there have been no charges of brutality, no videos of nightstick raised in anger.
The motor cycle cops charging at peaceful protestors hasn't been discussed anywhere but Democracy Now!, right? We can get away with this lie, right? No one's really talking about the asbestos some were exposed to either, right? And the fact that they were, shall we say, 'overbooked' for hours and hours isn't mainstream knowledge, is it?
Okay then. We believe the police did an outstanding job. And we should know, we are housed in NYC. When we see something wrong, we report on it. Is some pushy developer going to spoil your high priced view? Drop us a line, we'll jump their asses from here to Helltown. Too many homeless on the street bringing you down? Drop us a line and we'll suggest Bloomerberg ship them out pronto if he wants to win the coming election.
Because we take brave stands. It wasn't easy for us to make the decision to provide GOP delegates with tickets to Broadway shows. We knew a lot of people would say, "New York Times has sold out her integrity." We've heard that so many times, because we've sold out so many times, that it really doesn't bother us.
And we'd like to thank all the delegates and Karl Rove for the wonderful thank you notes. Wasn't it cute how we killed the 'Bully Boy has a wire in the debate' story? And don't you love it when we pimp out Elisabeth Bumiller as a genuine reporter? We'd do it more often but she's gotten finicky in her old age. "Please don't put me back out on the streets tonight," she'll whine, "I think I have a cold."
So here's the deal police, district attorney's office and any other official sources that we'd smooch all day but I just washed my hair! (Ha ha, I think I'm Bette Davis!) Get your railroading right and we'll just cluck over this one case. We'll act like it was an isolated incident.
No one needs to know otherwise. It's not like we really told what you did at the convention, is it? No! We've never told our readers that peaceful protestors were caught up in nettings and not given any orders to disperse or, that when orders were given, no time was given as you immediately swept in with the netting.
We wouldn't be saying anything now but you've botched this one so badly that everyone had to notice. Look, we live to cover for official sources. We are the establishment and then some!
But you got to work with us on this. How to build a better criminal justice system? Build better liars! Send your guys on over and we'll let Billy Safire coach them on that, he's in semi-retirement, he's got nothing else to do.
(For those interested in real reporting on the GOP convention, we'd suggest you start with
"The New York Times tries to return the scene of their omission last fall (the RNC protests) and they still get it half-assed" which contains links to some of Democracy Now!'s real time reporting as well as perspective on what the Times didn't tell you.)
Harry Reid: Determined to lead us to the promissory note land?
Reading the Associated Press article "Dems. Adjust on Social Security Stance" (by Glen Johnson) from The Guardian, we started thinking how all the important issues should be farmed out to focus groups. (That's sarcasm.) We also wondered how stories would play out in the New York Times. What follows is a spoof. If, when reading it, you think for instance, "They are ragging on Helen Thomas!" We love Helen Thomas. We just couldn't see a Times reporter
having anything nice to say about Thomas. The same thing with Senator Barbara Boxer and
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones as well as the United Nations.
"Dems. Adjust on Environmental Stance/ U.N. Continues to Plot World Destruction"
Judith Miller (New York Times)
After a very heated focus group session, annoying Senator Harry Reid announced the Dems would back off from their support for the environment.
"People find the topic so depressing," Reid explained. "Like G.E., we just want to bring good things to life. Hey, if we say we're the party that brings good things to life, is that slogan different enough from G.E.'s that we can use it without being sued? Woah, rhetorical question! Let's put it to a focus group!"
In other news, the United Nations continued their secret plan to destroy the world with a dirty bomb set to go off as soon as they can stop raping third world citizens, destroying water supplies, farming out fat contracts to their friends, and implanting chips in the skulls of all people.
Inside sources in D.C. (Cheney) say that this is an important story and all Americans should focus on it. U.N. bad. U.N. evil. U.N. full of liars. Stinky U.N. makes me sick, sick, sick!
"Dems. Adjust on the Economy."
David E. Sanger (New York Times)
After a lively focus group with big lobbyists and Wall Street brokers, Harry Reid announced today that the Democrats would back off from their support for jobs.
"Only the working class needs them," explained Harry Reid wrinkling his nose. "We don't want to be the party of the little people. How many midgets vote anyway?"
"I'm just happy that big money is still interested in talking to us at all," Reid confessed. "Every now and then we'd throw a road block out there for them. Which is why it was so important that we support the Bankruptcy bill, to prove that we were for the big people. Having done that, we feel happy to ship jobs over seas and to turn the working class into indentured servants. Sure some people may whine, but didn't Charles Dickens write a lot of cool novels about a similar period? Write down that we support the arts and we support literature and we support education."
White House lovely Karen Hughes responded, "I am aghast at the Democratic Party's announcement this morning that they support the arts. Deep Throat? And I'm not talking Watergate. Nekkid statues? 'Smack My Bitch Up?' 'Move, Bitch, Get Out The Way?' This 'support' for the arts puts the Democratic Party on the opposite side of the American people."
"Dems Adjust on Support for the Arts."
Glen Johnson (Associated Press)
After a recent focus group that Frank Luntz conducted in a Rush Room, Democrats looked at the polling results and Harry Reid rushed out to speak to the press.
"I want to be very clear here, we do not support the arts," Reid explained. "We thought we did but we don't. When people hear 'art' they tend to think of two things, Europe or Hollywood and both are polling very badly. So we do not, take this down, support the arts."
When asked if they still supported literature and education, Reid responded that he'd have to get back to us on the issue of literature but that of course the Democratic Party supported education.
"We always have and we always will."
"Dems Adjust on Literature"
Elisabeth Bumiller (New York Times)
Following what some are terming a "focus group" and others are calling a very painful blood letting on Bill O'Reilly's The O'Reilly Factor, stinky Senator Harry Reid warily approached the press this afternoon to announce that the Democrats were strongly against literature.
"Uh, well," Reid began wiping some fop sweat from his brow, "I don't know what to tell you. Somewhere, somebody spread a nasty rumor that we supported literature. It's not true, it never was. Have you read Nabokov? Lolita? That's just smut. What about D.H. Lawrence? Smut, smut, smut, smut."
When asked if the Democratic Party was against reading, Reid appeared to backtrack as the Democrats so often do.
"We are for children's picture books -- especially if they're retelling Bible stories -- and we are for coffee table books. We are also for cook books."
When an aide to Senator Reid reminded him of all the monies the TV dinner industry had contributed, he corrected the last remark. "Cook books are smutty. We are officially against them and, of course, Martha Stewart as well."
Asked of education, Reid stated that as long as he was a functioning adult, the Democratic Party would continue it's "historical" support of education.
(Unfounded) Rumors abound that the suit Harry Reid was wearing was picked out by infamous feminist Naomi Wolf prompting some (in the press corps) to make cheap jokes at his expense.
America's mother, former First Lady Barbara Bush, long term education maven and all round round-the-way-gal, declared Reid's remarks repugnant.
"How dare he leave out Jokes for the John?" admonished the lovely Mrs. Bush. "My family is a typical family, like everyone else's, and we have long enjoyed fart jokes. When Senator Reid refuses to include them but includes coffee table books, it's obvious that this is one more example of a Democrat elitist who's less interested in the people and more interested in being . . . well, I won't say the word but it rhymes with 'bitch.'"
"Dems Adjust Stance on Education"
by Glen Johnson (Associated Press)
Emerging from the hearings of his newly formed committee Education Is Bad For Everyone, Senator Harry Reid attempted to escape reporters who ran after him.
Shouting, reporters persisted in following him, "Are the Democrats backing off from their historical support of education?"
"Historical!" Reid snapped turning around to face the throng. "What historical? The Democratic Party has never stood for education. Didn't you get that when we started triangulating in the 90s? What are teachers' unions but unions? And we stand against unions. All unions! Except the sacred union of a man and a woman in holy matrimony."
And what of the fate of America's children, America's future?
"Good Lord!" Reid exclaimed, "Who wants a nation of smarty pants! What good does reading do anyway? Reading leads to cook books and literature and yes, depraved coffee books with photos of felines! Pretty soon you're some depraved maniac wanting to cook your own meals and think for yourself! We've got a man in the White House who's most famous for reading a picture book and it sure hasn't hurt him any. We need to return to the good old fashioned values of illiteracy and ignorance and fart jokes like the great American, former First Lady, Barbara Bush said. In fact, later today, I'll be putting a whoopi cushion in Nancy Pelosi's chair because I'm a good, upstanding, average American. And that's what today's Democratic Party stands for. Today. Right now. At this minute. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm late for a focus group."
"Dems Adjust Their Stance on Two Party Rule"
by Adam Nagourney & Janet Elder (New York Times)
Following the devasting results of the latest CBS News/New York Times poll which found that an overwhelming 99% of respondents could not tell the difference between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, Senator Harry Reid held a press conference in front of the Abe Lincoln monument today.
"If I can nutshell it for you," Reid offered, "it would be this: we're Republicans."
When asked of the need for an opposition party, Reid dismissed concerns.
"Look, we tried being the loyal opposition, believe me, no one was more loyal than we were. We damn near broke the rubber stamp from using it so often. It didn't work. The American people have spoken. Now we could be cry babies or dreamers and dig in for a fight, but what's the point? When Trump says, 'You're fired,' it's end of story, time to go home now."
Longtime D.C. reporter and all around nut case Helen Thomas stood up and hurled an unprintable remark at Senator Reid. Reid shrugged and sighed.
"What Helen doesn't get is that we want to be Republicans. Who wants to resist the easy and profitable thing? I mean maybe Helen likes being banished to the back row, but that's not going to send any of our kids to college our pay off the bank for our second home, is it? It's about being practical and doing what is doable. We're taking the off ramp to Easy Street and we'll all be better for it. The American people have spoken. And via the liberal media. If the liberal media like CBS and the New York Times is against us, what chance do we have? Haven't they always been our friends? And who can intimidate a paper or CBS? No one and we don't have the energy to waste on a battle. The Republicans wouldn't battle the press and neither shall we. So we're going to cruise on over to Easy Street where most of us own second homes, by the way, and we'll accept that the American people have spoken. They have been heard. All 900 of them polled. In a random sample. From people too dumb to check their caller i.d. and avoid the call. So with this large of a sample, it's obvious that America wants one party rule. Real one party rule that's honest about it. Not the kind of one party rule we've given them lately where we pretend we're Democrats, but open and full faith one party rule where we proclaim loudly and proudly that we are with the GOP. It's time to step out of the closet and say, 'I'm here, I'm Republican, I'm out and proud!' In a non-gay way, of course, because we do not support same-sex marriages, civil unions or really even the talk show Ellen."
Actually, Senator Reid was playing fast and loose with the facts, a Democratic trademark long noted in these pages and one some insiders (Nagourney & Elder) hope he will drop now that he's stepped over to the right side of the spectrum. In actuality, 858 Americans were polled randomly, not 900 as the Senator lied.
Responding on the poll results and on Reid's announcement, our personal pin up George W. Bush (put on your boxing gloves, Peggy Noonan, we'll fight you for him) said, "This just proves what I've always said. The American people are a hard working, decent peoples who wake up each morning wanting to see the moon shining up in the pink sky."
Again, Senator Reid lied. The polling sample was 858, not 900.
"Only His Tailor Knows for Sure LOL!"
by Elisabeth Bumiller (New York Times)
On the heels of recent revelations that Republican Senator Harry Reid's spine was removed on the evening of March 14, 2001, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones and Senator Barbara Boxer, two of the last elected officials who remain in the Democratic Party, called for an investigation.
"I think it's pretty clear what was done and I just want to know if the United States' Congress is going to have the guts to tell the American people," screeched Tubbs-Jones.
Vice President Dick Cheney announced to a crowd of people fashionably attired in white sheets, "I hear tell that Harry Reid loaned his spine out to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. In fact, we almost strong-armed Collie Powell into telling the U.N. that."
Urging the crowd to participate in voluntary bon fires on the homes of other people, our second in commanding commander-in-chief left the stage.
"What we have here is another case of the Democratic Party engaging in hyperbole and lies," explained smart and sexy GOP consultant Mary Matalin. "Obviously Senator Reid's spine was removed. We've all seen the x-rays. All over the TV! But maybe he wanted his spine removed? Maybe he thought it was the hot new look? Maybe he thought it would help him squeeze into those Dockers that had gotten too tight around the waistline? Why does everything have to be some sort of tin foil hat conspiracy plotted by Karl Rove? We have tried to work with the Democratic Party, with both of them, and they are resistant to our plans to end poverty by utilizing the death penalty. They say our plans are inhumane and we say that's pre-9-11 thinking on their part."
Senator Barbara Boxer made wild accusations supported by the public record.
"Karl Rove bragged about this to the press," Senator Boxer alleged waving a column by Robert Novak. "We have that in writing. On January 12, 2001, Bob Novak wrote it in his column 'I Want to Out a CIA Agent and Karl Rove Wants to Remove Harry Reid's Spine.' Karl Rove admits to giving some pills to Harry Reid on the evening of March 13th though he claims they were only Flinstone chewables. Harry's wife said he would never willingly part with his spine. She said he'd often commented that it was his best feature. From the records, we know that Karl Rove, who much of the press seems to forget is not a doctor, was acting as the attending in the operating room on the 14th when Harry Reid's spine was removed. From the X-rays, we know that Harry's spine was removed. From the tape of 2005 White House Press Club Dinner, we have Karl Rove bragging 'I removed Harry Reid's spine in 2001.' And laughing about it! For Mary Matalin or anyone to suggest that this is tin foil hat conspiracy talk begs the suggestion of a gigantic coverup."
For no real reason we can think of, our wonderful and fashionable Secretary of State Condi Rice released a statement responding to Senator Boxer's remarks. Since we live and die by our official sources and how well we're able to pimp for them, we'll reprint the text here in full:
Senator Barabara Boxer once again shows her liberal California roots and how out of touch she is with the American people in her statements just made to New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller minutes ago by questioning the loyalty of our troops. Baghdad Boxer would do well to hang her head in shame for those uncalled for remarks suggesting that our military is disloyal.
Not quite sure what to do since the x-rays are all over the TV news, so I phoned a tailor in France. What follows are a series of bantering remarks we exchanged on various topics such as off the rack fashion, pastries and the weather.
Swap meet in the future speaks of no legacy for some
When C.I. wrote the piece on Bob Somerby of The Daily Howler, it had us wondering exactly what sort of reputations some people are (wrongly) assuming they are leaving behind. Or maybe it was just that we are all tired of hearing Jess sing (in a loud voice) Carole King's "Legacy" (written by Carole King and Rudy Guess).
So picture it, the year's 2047 (and, contrary to popular myths, Social Security is still paying out benefits). It's a hot summer day and we're pulling into a swap meet in it's final hours. As we move among the tables, we realize all the important items are long gone. We're left with the dregs and, being under forty, we have no idea who those forgotten-by-history people were.
Not far from a wall size mural of Noah's Ark (illustrated with the cast of Green Acres in an obvious tribute to TV Land) we note a dusty pile of letters. What are these? The woman behind the table tells us they are the complete correspondence of former Senator Bill Frist after he stepped down from the Senate and began his brief tele-evangilist career as the host of The 700 Billionaires Club.
As yet you've failed to reply to my query regarding the salacious nature of nun's habits. As you know from previous correspondence (still awaiting a response), a woman's wrist can be the downfall of humanity and too often, I have observed a nun's wrist. I will not bore you here with the debasement this has led to for myself. I do think you should address the issue of a nun's wrist being completely invisible to the eye at all times. If we do not put a stop to this now, it is only a matter of time before they will be milling among the public in g-strings and tassels.
As You know, I've taken a special interest in the lives of the others. Therefore, I would also recommend that you remove from the planet (or at least the United States) all those who disagree with me. I would strongly recommend that and I think you will realize that it is for the best.
You may have heard that some people have smeared me as anti-Catholic for my latest work on the clothing of nuns. Nothing could be futher from the truth. I have also recommended that all Baptist women were burkas, that all Methodist women wear heavy Burlington Coat Factory overcoats at all time, and that intelligent women refrain from all public discourse.
As You probably knew all along, my war was not on Catholics, it was on women. And may you continue to bless us with that gift. I don't want to live in a country that refuses to declare open season on all women.
Lastly, if You could please see it to send some money my way, it would be greatly appreciated. As You no doubt know, You are all knowing, my comments on our incumbent President Chelsea Clinton have landed me in a bit of hot water. I did not realize that the Janet Reno paternity line was a joke, I swear. But who knew she was so touchy? Her father never threatened law suits and we had a field day with him!
Your humble servant,
Brother Bill First
P.S. I hate to be a bother and always make this request, but please could You do something about the kitten's cries? I still hear them every night while sleeping.
Very strange and we move on quickly to what's left of from a New Age retailer. You pick up a well worn mass paperback entitled Useful Daily Affirmations by Brit Hume:
On Size
Hey there buddy, you're looking pretty awesome today. Yeah, buddy, perk up. Come on, perk up. Who's more massive than you? Huh? I can't hear you. You are a wide and you are lengthy. Embrace your size. Grow, little buddy, grow. Don't be shy. No one can chuckle now. Grow.
On Urination
Flow, little buddy, flow. Don't by shy. This urinal was the only one available. Everyone knows their is shrinkage due to the many germs abounding in public toilets. Do not pee shy, my little buddy. Flow, flow.
At the next table, a woman tries to interest us in a book by the Bully Boy's daughter. "Jenna?" you ask. "No, the other one." Opening the book, we read this passage at random from What Kitty Kelley Didn't Tell You About My Family:
We all like Mama's new husband and didn't he look nice in those low riding tuxedo pants at the wedding? Jenna kept going "Crack kills, Phelps!" But I think the rest of us are growing quite fond of Michael. Even Jenna found a use for him at the reception when she realized she'd forgotten her purse and used Michael's butt cleavage to hide a tube of lip stick. Besides, Mama deserves a stud after so long with a dud! Cousin Noelle came up with that one! And people thought sobriety would kill her sharp wit!
We all visited Daddy after and dementia has not been kind. He insisted on calling George P. "George Pee Pee." Daddy thought that was funny and maybe it was the first twenty times but George P. looked mad and I hope he was joking when he threatened Daddy with the Texas National Guard. He could do it, George P. could, he's governor of Texas now.
Daddy's fondness for nicknames continues even as senility has set in. He quickly dubbed Jenna "Slut" and she did not take kindly to that though Mama punched him in the shoulder and said, "Hey, you finally got something right!" We laughed and laughed.
Then he told Jenna that when he said she should see his old friends in Houston about some drilling, he meant oil!
Meant oil. Oh, that's a good one. Jenna started crying and rounded up her seven rugrats and said, "Come on kids, lets go find your daddies."
Daddy's nicknamed me "what's her name." I said to him, "Daddy, you named me after your mama." Daddy goes, "My mama?"
Then he grabbed a pillow case and put it on top of his head and started barking, "Don't leave that there! If you weren't going to drink it all, why did you open it! Where's my husband the wimp!"
All of us laughed so hard except Uncle Neilsie who was always fond of Grandma. By the end of the evening, when Michael bent over and Daddy poked his face in Michael's crack and screamed, "Osama, are you in there!" we were all feeling like your typical American family.
Later in the stretch limo, while Uncle Jebbie was ordering an air strike on London and Mama and Michael were dry humping, and George P. climbed up on the sun roof, unzipped and began pissing on the people we passed (George Pee Pee, ha ha, Daddy's so funny), I took a moment to reflect and thought, "This is what Kitty Kelley didn't tell you, that we are truly the typical American family."
Moving on to another table we found a few CDs. That's what people used to listen to recordings on. The man was packing up but he offered to give away one disc for free: a books on disc audio recording by Cokie Roberts of We Are Our Husbands Penises. We listened to the last track:
And just as in late middle age when they become limp and scrawny, so do we. I believe it was Abigal Adams who told her husband, "Don't forget the ladies." Truly, we are our husbands' penises.
Who was Cokie Roberts? We have no idea. We're still trying to figure out who Brother Bill Frist was. We say that aloud and a man waves us over to his table and points to a post-it, preserved via lamination, by "one of the biggest stars of her day, Britney Spears. The post-it was dated July 1, 2008:
Fuck the world, I want to get off!
In 1998, I owned the universe. Today who wants to lick the sweat off my pot belly?
Yesterday, my mama was over and she done drunk up all the Thunderbird.
She started making all my little ones sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and was asking "which one of you's gonna be Granny's next cash cow?"
I got so mad I done burned the Frito pie casserole.
I told her, "Mama, I can still sing."
Mama said, "Child, you could never sing."
I said, "Well Mama, I can still be sexy."
Mama said, "Child, sexy is what you're not sure you can have, not what everone's done had."
Today, I look around the trailer and scream, "Fuck the world, I want to get off!"
We passed on that as well as on an autographed photo of General Judith Miller in full military drag, lovingly autographed, "I was proved fucking right, Get the fuck out of here, Judy."
Finally, we came across a tattered pink "My First Diary" with broken lock and no key. Diary's condition was used. Reading it, we felt so sorry for the pathetic indivdual whose random musings it contained that we offered to pay for it. But the woman behind the table took one look at it, told us it belonged to her crazy uncle who died in a mysterious clusterfuck and to just take it for free. Here's a sample entry by someone known only as Candy Perfume Boy:
Dearest Diary,
Why can't life come with bumper music? Today at work, we were all talking about the hot issue of the day: Is Demi Moore pregnant? Tommy offered that she must be because she wouldn't have so many covers if she wasn't. Suzie Q. reminded us that we shouldn't fall for any rumor that hadn't been confirmed by our bible -- Teen People.
Wanting to keep the conversation going, I tossed out, "Man, I bet Ashton is hung big time! Anybody else fantasize about that?"
Smiling, I looked around and saw that the conversation had stopped. Why can't life come with bumper music? It would surely put an end to awkward pauses.
And why did I use a dopey expression like "big time?" No wondered they all stared at me. I'm such a cheese doodle! I'm such a cheese doodle, I should come in a bag! "With an expiration date!" Suzie Q. would no doubt add.
I feel like such a fake. Like I should just rip off my candy necklace and head on back to the farms where the cows never mocked me. I bet Bessie misses me. Sometimes, on a cold night, I miss Bessie too. Big city living ain't all it's cut out to be. I've even lost my passion for clusterfucks. Although I did agree to try participating in one on top of the Chrysler Buidling tomorrow night. I guess, most of all, I regret the lack of bumper music in daily life.
Bumper music? Candy Perfume Boy wants bumper music? Hit it, Jess:
You better think about your legacy
That you want to leave behind
It's all getting burnt out, used up
Bought and sold to the bottom line
That ain't the way it's gotta be
You can leave a better world than you find
You can look down, turn aside, run away
But you can't get it out of your mind
'cause it's your legacy
Digging into the TV Review e-mail bag
We get lot of e-mails suggesting shows to review and offering opinions. We thought this weekend would be the ideal time to dip into the e-mail bag and share a few of your comments.
The PBS Brit-coms are always a popular topic. Laura wrote, "Fawlty Towers is coming back! Please review it!" William notes Keeping Up Appearances. Charles notes Yes, Minister and urges us to "put down the bon-bons and give it a chance."
Non shrinking violent Paula gets right to the point, "DO YOU HATE PBS! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL IT!" We're reading those as questions, despite the exclamation points.
Wow Paula, you caught us red-handed. That's exactly what we're trying to do. After many meetings with our vigilante cabal (eating bon-bons apparently, see later e-mails) we sat around plotting the best way to kill PBS and the answer was obvious . . . ignore it.
After PBS died, our plan was always to tell the cops, "We didn't cover Brit-coms because they differ depending on what your local PBS station carries." We were pretty sure we could pull that off because they do, in fact, differ. Laura's getting Fawlty Towers this weekend, but others aren't. So we thought we had not only the perfect crime but also the perfect alibi.
Who knew that The Third Estate Sunday Review was followed by our very own Miss Marple?
Paula, you caught us red handed and, after we stop off at the grocers for more bon-bons, we'll have to figure out another plot to kill PBS.
Contrary to opinions expressed in some e-mails, we don't hate everything. We've praised Faith & Hope, Will & Grace and Medium. In an angry e-mail Kitty accuses us of being "snobs. You refuse to cover any show that doesn't meet your eastern elite standards of 'class.'"
Thanks for sharing, Kitty, but we really don't think "eastern elites" sit around discussing What I Like About You. We could be wrong.
Doug of Salt Lake City encourages us "to step beyond your upper class attitudes, lose some of your elitism and review Blue Collar TV which deals with realities that shock your delicate sensibilities."
If by shocking realities you're referring to the fact that in 2005, a show devoid of leading actresses, humor and even what might pass for wit -- well then call us "upper class." (Who knew?) If pandering to stereotypes (including that the working class includes only men and that they're so dumb they only respond to stereotypical "humor") is your idea of a good time, keep watching Blue Collar TV.
Stephanie plays her own version of the Platonic debate, "Matt LeBlanc is not fat and you had no reason to mock his weight! So what if he is heavy, does that make him not funny? When Matt LeBlanc wins an Oscar next year for Joey, I'll watch you eat your words."
Stephanie, LeBlanc being fat doesn't make him funny. Just as LeBlanc's being thin earlier didn't make him funny. While we think LeBlanc stands a good chance of waiting in the unemployment line when next fall's TV schedules are announced, should he win an Oscar for the work he has done on Joey, we will not only eat our words, we'll eat our computer screens. (Note to Stephanie, Oscars go to films, Emmys goes to TV.)
Joey from Phoenix e-mails to advise that, "You don't know the first thing you're talking about!
John Stamos is a nation treasure!" Joey, we're reading your e-mail and thinking perhaps you sent it to the wrong address. We feel you meant to send this to the U.S. Mint. Maybe they'll toss him on a coin. Try the Post Office. Maybe they'll put him on a stamp. But we reviewed a sitcom and didn't see anything worthy of praise. Possibly nation (or national?) treasures aren't cut out for sitcoms?
Lorraine e-mailed to pass on, "For your information, Kelly Ripa's commercials make me smile. I have a really hard life, something you two jokers wouldn't know about as you sit around eating bon-bons, and I really count on those commercials to cheer me up!"
Well Lorraine, keep coming, it works if you work it. Although we're a little frightened by the thought of you rushing to your TV set every time you get a bit of bad news, desperately flipping from channel to channel, screaming, "Where's the Ripa! Where's the Ripa!" On those instances where you're unable to find a commercial featuring Kelly Ripa, might we suggest you look for a Full House repeat? Joey from Phoenix swears Stamos is a "nation treasure."
Jamie of Georgetown tells us that "you're review of Smallville was downright offensive! And where do you get off criticizing Tom Welling or Ashton Kutcher? You're not actors!"
No, Jamie, we aren't. And neither are they.
A very concerned Abe e-mails attempting to do an intervention, "What's your problem with Everybody Loves Raymond? You're always slamming it. Don't you get that EVERYBODY LOVES Everybody Loves Raymond! It really pains me to read your little jabs and quips at that most excellent show's expense. That show has brought a wounded nation together!"
Abe, if "EVERYBODY LOVES" the show, we're not sure why our two voices bother you so.
As for the state of the nation, we're more than happy to join you in blaming it on the show Everybody Loves Raymond. Good point, Abe! As Patricia Heaton's hair color more and more resembles a Tom Ridge color-code alert, we're sure it provides not only easy laughs for many adults but also frightens small children. "Mommy, are we in the red?"
Abe will no doubt be delighted to know that Allyson has sussed us out, "I am on to you and have you two figured all out. You only attack Everybody Loves Raymond and Patricia Heaton because Heaton spoke out for Terry Schiavo!"
Well Allyson, you have figured us all out. Months ago, we consulted our Magic Eight Ball and asked, "In April, will Patricia Heaton take to the chat circuit to speak on the Schiavo issue?" Magic Eight Ball responded, "Most definitely. And her hair will still look like that of a circus clown's." Which is why we've mocked the Heaton from the start. Great catch on that one.
Our question to you, Allyson, do you also use the Magic Eight Ball or did you glean your knowledge from tea leaves? Should we await your e-mail or consult our horiscopes?
A puzzled Ken from Tulsa e-mails offering this, "I keep waiting for a CSI review or a Law & Order review. More and more, I'm beginning to suspect that you think you are too good for those shows." Yes, Ken, we do think that.
Midge e-mails to speak of the healing power of Elimidate, "At the end of the work day, I come home, turn on Malcolm in the Middle, Yes, Dear and assorted other programs. Five hours later, I need some reality and Elimidate provides that. I think you're missing the point."
If you're looking for reality, Midge, we suggest that you stop vegging out in front of the TV for five hours each evening and maybe actually get out in the world. You can find plenty of reality there.
Carter's running an unofficial fan club for Nick Lachey (some sort of save the endangered celebs, we'd guess) and e-mails this neutral, calming statement, "I could scratch your eyes out for what you wrote about him [Lachey]. If you had trouble hearing his soft spoken voice, maybe you both need to stop sending so much money on bon-bons and start using it to buy some batteries for your hearing aids? And that mustache was sexy, don't you get that he's trying to grow up! He is one of the finer things of life!"
Nick Lachey, a few of your favorite things? Of course! That mustache was like "whiskers on kittens." Why we didn't grasp that earlier is beyond us? As for his "trying to grow up," with Lachey closing in on thirty-two we have to wonder why he has to "try" to grow up?
And what is it with our devoted fans and their constant references to bon-bons? Are they trying to sound us out for Christmas gifts? For the record, we prefer M&Ms (plain). If you're planning on spending more, please advise and we'll try to come up with a wish list.
Shelley gets right to the point in her e-mail, as she informs us at the top, "I'm going to get right to the point here, Richard Gere got older, we get it! We get that his pecs sag! We don't need you to point that out!"
As long as we're weighing in on what's not needed, we'd suggest that Gere's participation in shirtless scenes should have stopped about fifteen years ago.
Cheryl, who dubs herself the "eternal teen even as I round forty," proffers via e-mail that "Amanda Bynes is totally happening and the one thing worth watching on TV. I hope you regret comparing her speaking manner to Jack Nicholson and Winona Ryder!"
Actually, we do regret that. On Monday, after we'd both had time to think, we realized that what we should have said was this: "She speaks like the previously unknown love child Winona Ryder and Christian Slater must have had after filming Heathers." Thanks for giving us the opportunity to clear that up, it has been bothering us.
Stella of Rhode Island breaks from the pack to actually praise us for mentioning "Rob Estes who would be my first choice for night on the town that your husband never learns of."
The very wise Juan e-mails that he's "still laughing over the review of The Apprentice."
And the obviously well educated, hugely informed and no doubt dangerously sexy Seth of Brooklyn e-mails to say, "You two crack me up. Keep it up, there's too much shit on TV these days and we need to stop settling for warmed over rip-offs."
We couldn't agree more with you, Seth.
Blog Spotlight: Betty's My Husband Thomas Friedman says "The world is going to hell in an Enstrom's Gift Basket."
Blog Betty, as Rebecca calls community member Betty, is doing some amazing and humorous work over at her site Thomas Friedman is a Great Man. With three entries last week, she deepened the mystery of Bettina and how she ended up with Thomas Friedman. We're waiting for the next installment.
We elected to highlight this entry. The most recent one (Friday) contains a twist we don't want to spoil if you've missed out. And this one's title is so hilarious and so Friedman like.
We asked Betty is she wanted to say anything and she noted that the story will start and stop, like life. "We're moving towards a conclusion of sorts but don't expect it to happen in the next installment. Bettina's blind admiration for Friedman is related to how many 'vitamins' she has taken that day. I'm really having fun writing it and I hope people are having fun reading it. Among the laughs, you may find some other details."
My husband Thomas Friedman says "The world is going to hell in an Enstrom's Gift Basket"
My husband Thomas Friedman says, "The world is going to hell in an Enstrom's gift basket!"
He has been furious all morning and yelling and screaming things like, "The New York Times is the Hillary Duff of the global village attempting to pass itself off as the Meryl Streep!" I have never seen Thomas Friedman so mad.
Not even yesterday morning when I slept right through the alarm and was an hour late waking. I moved quickly to change his adult diaper from last name's game where he played William Safire and I played Peggy Noonan. But it was too late. Thomas Friedman had diaper rash, or adult diaper rash.
Thomas Friedman was so mad. He yelled and yelled no matter how I apologized. I said, "Maybe I did not take enough vitamins yesterday? I will go take some now. I will take the whole bottle." Thomas Friedman grabbed my arm and said, "Don't you Judy Garland out on me! I do not want to waste money on Betty Ford!"
I had no idea what that meant. I believe Judy Garland was the little girl in a movie dreaming about somewhere over a rainbow and that Betty Ford was married to a president. Rainbows and White Houses? Sometimes my husband Thomas Friedman speaks in riddles.
I was tired all day yesterday and kept trying to take my vitamins but Thomas Friedman kept saying I had a holler monkey on my back. That must be some new game he is playing, like Iraqi invasion, because everytime I checked, there was no monkey on my back.
But if I thought the day of adult diaper rash was bad, I had seen nothing. FYI, his heinie, though overly hairy, is fine now.
But Thomas Friedman is not fine now. He is so angry and so upset. Thomas Friedman is even swallowing my vitamins by the handful. I said, "Thomas Friedman, I thought you grew up with plenty of citrus. Why do you need so many vitamins?"
Thomas Friedman glared at me with squinted eyes and barked, "Kiss my ass!"
I dropped to my knees and started kissing, thinking, "Oh, he wants me to play Bill Keller again."
And I was saying, "Thomas Friedman, I am nothing but a glorified copy boy! A proof reader! I am not fit to print your columns! I am not fit to breathe air in a world whose most amazing natural resource is the great Thomas Friedman!"
I thought I was saying the things Thomas Friedman had taught me correctly but he pushed me away and stormed back and forth across the room with his flip flops flipping and flopping and his shorty robe riding up in the back.
He took my bottle of vitamins to his lips and emptied what was left into his mouth then threw it on the floor just like he does his socks, underwear, pants, shirt, tie and Biore Deep Cleansing Pore Strips. My husband Thomas Friedman can be sloppy but he always reminds me that it is part of his charm, "my quirky, endearing trait, my trademark, like the half-smile on the Mona Lisa or the beauty mark on Cindy Crawford." If you say so, Thomas Friedman.
In the kitchen he was hollering for me to get in there. I found him with a plate of his soda crackers and holding the can of cheese.
"Bettina, watch this," Thomas Friedman said to me as he took the can to a soda cracker and waited. No cheese came out.
He threw the can and it hit me in the forehead.
"You have been eating my snacks! Were it not for me, you would still be slaving away in Trenton and this is the thanks I get? You sneak through my snacks like Judy Miller stealing K-rations from sleeping soldiers!"
Trenton? Is that the name of the village I come from? I was thinking how musical it sounded. Tren-ton. And I was wondering if all my people lived in mud huts like Thomas Friedman has told me? I was trying to picture Dumb Asswipe, the man who must have been chief because Thomas Friedman is always saying, "Who taught you to do it that way? Dumb Asswipe!" or "This meal is not fit to eat! Dumb Asswipe!"
But then soda crackers started flying in my face, pulling me from my reflections.
"No, Thomas Friedman, I did not eat your canned cheese," I insisted. "I know it is delicacy only fit for a great man like Thomas Friedman. I know that you say it is so costly that you can afford but one can a week. I know you work hard and deserve all the finer things in life and that I am grateful to merely sit beside you and reflect in your good taste."
"Stop repeating everything I have taught you!" Thomas Friedman yelled slamming the plate against a counter.
I was grateful I did not have another mess to clean. Nicky had once mocked the great Thomas Friedman for using styrofoam plates, bowls and cups. He had used words like PCBs which assume are some words from his native tongue. Thomas Friedman had snarled, "You are the McToxic here, Kristof!"
I felt so bad for Nicky because John Tierney had been over that night. He calls my husband Thomas Friedman "Big Tom" and Thomas Friedman calls him "Little John." And Little John had laughed and laughed at Nicky and spat out "Recycling is garbage!"
This had caused Thomas Friedman and Little John to start slamming their hands against the table as their laughter increased. Good sport Nicky (Thomas Friedman says Nicky is nothing if not a good sport) joined in the laughter saying that if two out of three believed something he was always happy to make it three out of three. Then he entertained us all with a story of a deadly tribe that was destroying the world, Nicky called them feminists, and all was fine.
My mind raced to that as I thought of how if Thomas Friedman had been using a glass plate, it would have shattered and I would have had to pick up the pieces. And what if a shard had been embedded into our "vintage linoleum?" I shudder at the thought because Thomas Friedman is made of greatness not money, as Thomas Friedman always says.
Thomas Friedman was on the floor pounding his fists against the "vintage linoleum" and sobbing.
He was screaming about this and that and I did not understand it all. Something was causing tremendous damage and wrecking the world, some sort of wind that I am guessing might turn into a hurricane. Thomas Friedman kept talking about this and damning it. "Damn Gale Collins!"
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Incidence and causes of non-invasive mechanical ventilation failure after initial success
Maurizio Morettia,
Carmela Cilionea,
Auro Tampierib,
Claudio Fracchiac,
Alessandro Marchionia,
Stefano Navad
aDivision of Pneumology, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico, Modena, Italy, bDepartment of Microbiological and Statistical Sciences, University of Modena, Italy, cRespiratory Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione S Maugeri, Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione IRCCS, Istituto Scientifico di Montescano, Italy, dFondazione S Maugeri, Clinica del Lavoro e della Riabilitazione IRCSS, Istituto Scientifico di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Dr S Nava email:snava{at}fsm.it
BACKGROUND The rate of failure of non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with acute respiratory insufficiency ranges from 5% to 40%. Most of the studies report an incidence of “late failure” (after >48 hours of NIMV) of about 10–20%. The recognition of this subset of patients is critical because prolonged application of NIMV may unduly delay the time of intubation.
METHODS In this multicentre study the primary aims were to assess the rate of “late NIMV failure” and possible associated predictive factors; secondary aims of the study were evaluation of the best ventilatory strategy in this subset of patients and their outcomes in and out of hospital. The study was performed in two respiratory intensive care units (ICUs) on patients with COPD admitted with an episode of hypercapnic respiratory failure (mean (SD) pH 7.23 (0.07), Paco 2 85.3 (15.8) mm Hg).
RESULTS One hundred and thirty seven patients initially responded to NIMV in terms of objective (arterial blood gas tensions) and subjective improvement. After 8.4 (2.8) days of NIMV 31 patients (23%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 18 to 33) experienced a new episode of acute respiratory failure while still ventilated. The occurrence of “late NIMV failure” was significantly associated with functional limitations (ADL scale) before admission to the respiratory ICU, the presence of medical complications (particularly hyperglycaemia), and a lower pH on admission. Depending on their willingness or not to be intubated, the patients received invasive ventilation (n=19) or “more aggressive” (more hours/day) NIMV (n=12). Eleven (92%) of those in this latter subgroup died while in the respiratory ICU compared with 10 (53%) of the patients receiving invasive ventilation. The overall 90 day mortality was 21% and, after discharge from hospital, was similar in the “late NIMV failure” group and in patients who did not experience a second episode of acute respiratory failure.
CONCLUSIONS The chance of COPD patients with acute respiratory failure having a second episode of acute respiratory failure after an initial (first 48 hours) successful response to NIMV is about 20%. This event is more likely to occur in patients with more severe functional and clinical disease who have more complications at the time of admission to the ICU. These patients have a very poor in-hospital prognosis, especially if NIMV is continued rather than prompt initiation of invasive ventilation.
non-invasive mechanical ventilation
In recent years non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV), delivered through a facial or nose mask, has been successfully used in selected populations as an effective treatment for acute respiratory failure1-4 and as a technique for weaning intubated patients.5 Despite NIMV having also been used in patients affected by “pure” hypoxic respiratory failure,6 most studies have concentrated on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The rate of failure of NIMV in these patients ranges from 5% to 40%.1-4 7 8 Recognition of this subset of patients is very important both from a clinical and ethical point of view since prolonged application of NIMV may unduly delay the time of intubation. Failure of NIMV has usually been defined as: (a) need for intubation because of lack of improvement in arterial blood gas tensions and clinical parameters after a few hours of ventilation (usually 1–3 hours); (b) clinical deterioration and subsequent intubation during hospital stay, and (c) death.
Studies specifically designed to assess the best predictors of NIMV outcomes agree that changes in pH in the first hour of ventilation and the clinical condition of the patients before ventilation are the most powerful factors linked to success or failure.7 9 It has also been shown that, despite an initial improvement in blood gas tensions and clinical condition, a subset of patients go on to die or need to be intubated days after the successful application of NIMV. For example, the multicentre randomised study performed by Brochardet al 1 showed that 15% of their patients with COPD, initially successfully treated with NIMV, needed endotracheal intubation after at least 48 hours. This subgroup of patients is reported to have a very bad prognosis. Similarly Meduriet al,10 in their large prospective study performed on patients with a miscellany of diseases, reported that 28% of the “initial” responders needed endotracheal intubation >48 hours later, with this subgroup having a mortality rate of 22%. The clinical and physiological characteristics of this subgroup of patients have never been assessed, nor has the capacity to predict the occurrence of “late NIMV failure” accurately at the time of instituting ventilation. We have therefore undertaken a multicentre study in which a series of clinical and physiological parameters were recorded in patients with COPD who were initially successfully ventilated with NIMV. The primary aims of the study were (1) to assess the incidence of late failure (at least 48 hours after institution of NIMV) and (2) to determine the parameters, if any, predictive of this failure. The secondary aims of the study were to evaluate the best clinical management and the outcomes in and out of hospital in this subgroup of patients with late NIMV failure.
The study was conducted in the respiratory intensive care units (ICUs) of Montescano and Modena for a 29 month period between January 1996 and May 1998. Both ICUs are officially recognised by the Italian Association of Pneumologists and consist, respectively, of four and six monitored beds, with the possibility of using ICU or home care ventilators. The study was approved by the local ethics committees of both institutions and oral informed consent was given by the patients or next of kin. Figure 1 illustrates the distribution of the study population according to treatment and outcome. Of a total of 186 consecutive COPD patients admitted because of an episode of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, 137 (74%) were successfully ventilated non-invasively at first and were therefore enrolled for data analysis. Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure was defined as the presence of all of the following: acute decrease in pH to ⩽7.34, sudden increase in Paco 2 to more than 60 mm Hg (8 kPa), tachypnoea and/or paradoxical abdominal movements, and severe dyspnoea. The remaining 49 patients were excluded from the study because they needed immediate intubation (n=28), died immediately after intubation (n=3), needed no further ventilatory support after 24 hours of NIMV (n=15), died (n=1), or needed intubation within the first 24 hours while receiving NIMV (n=2). “Initial” success of NIMV was defined as objective and subjective improvement in the first few hours.10 Objective criteria included the following changes from spontaneous breathing in these parameters: pH⩾7.35, decrease in Paco 2 of >15–20% with Sao 2 (with or without oxygen) of ⩾90%, a decrease of ⩾20% in respiratory rate compared with spontaneous breathing, and normal sensory state. Subjective criteria included improvement of dyspnoea and the patient's comfort. Late failure (>48 hours) was defined as a sudden or progressive worsening of arterial blood gas tensions (pH ⩽7.34 with an increase in Paco 2 of >15–20% compared with previous arterial blood gas tensions), dyspnoea and/or sensory deterioration while still on mechanical ventilation for at least 6 hours/day. The diagnosis of COPD was made in accordance with the ATS statement.11 All but 12 patients were receiving long term oxygen therapy. Causes of relapses were pulmonary exacerbations, as defined elsewhere,12 or community acquired pneumonia (for diagnosis of pneumonia, see below).
Distribution of the study population according to the outcome of the NIMV trial.
NIMV was added to standard medical treatment including inhaled β2 agonists, anticholinergic agents, intravenous corticosteroids, xanthines and, when appropriate, antibiotics, furosemide (frusemide), antiarrhythmics or vasoactive agents. Patients were ventilated with pressure support ventilation (PSV) using a full face mask. The inspiratory pressure was adjusted according to the patient's tolerance to obtain an expired tidal volume of 8–10 ml/kg with external PEEP not exceeding 6 cm H2O. Both ICU and home care ventilators (all of which allowed exhaled tidal volume to be recorded) were used. When available, flow and pressures curves were used to detect the possible occurrence of patient/ventilator mismatching.13 Trigger sensitivity was set at –1 cm H2O or the one imposed by the machine was used if setting was not possible. Oxygen was added to achieve an Sao2 of >90%. The patients' ECG, Sao 2, blood pressure, and respiratory rate were continuously monitored. NIMV was delivered almost continuously in the first 24 hours with short intervals of spontaneous breathing with oxygen supplementation to allow the patients to drink and expectorate (and, in some cases, eat). In the following days the levels of PSV and PEEP were gradually decreased using a modality described in detail elsewhere,5 if the patient's condition allowed. Weaning from NIMV was defined as complete freedom from mechanical ventilation for at least 72 hours.
The following variables were recorded on admission and during the hospital stay: demographic data (age, sex);
serum biochemistry (albumin, potassium and sodium);
breathing rate;
haemodynamic variables (blood pressure, heart rate);
arterial blood gas tensions from the radial artery by means of a blood gas analyser (Radiometer ABL 300 Copenhagen, Denmark) recorded at admission, 1–2 hours, and 24 hours after institution of NIMV and then on a daily basis, according to the clinical condition of the patients;
a score of compliance with the ventilation, recorded on a daily basis. This score was arbitrarily given by a respiratory therapist, based on what he judged to be the tolerance of the patient to NIMV, and was calculated using a five point scale already used in other studies where 1 = poor, 2 = quite bad, 3 = sufficient, 4 = good, 5 = excellent14;
severity of illness assessed using the APACHE II (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation) score15;
days on mechanical ventilation;
total duration of stay in ICU;
functional limits caused by chronic pulmonary disease evaluated using a score correlated to home activities of daily living (ADL) according to Seneff et al 16 where 1 = severe limits (patient short of breath at rest and does not perform any ADL); 2 = moderate limits (patient short of breath with light activities and unable to perform two or more ADL); 3 = no limits (no more than one limitation in ADL). Data were usually obtained directly from the patients or from family members where there was a lack of collaboration by the patient;
number of complications associated with acute respiratory failure;
number of complications appearing during the stay in the respiratory ICU while still on NIMV.
The definitions of associated complications, modified by Jimenezet al,17 were as follows:
Pneumonia: a new lung infiltrate on the chest radiograph associated with at least two of the following conditions: fever, leucocytosis (WBC >10 000 cells/mm3), purulent sputum in which a Gram stain showed one or more types of bacteria. This was considered as a hospital complication (nosocomial pneumonia) when diagnosed after the third day of admission. If pneumonia was the primary cause of hospital admission for acute respiratory failure, it was considered as being community acquired.
Sepsis syndrome: positive blood cultures and fever of >39°C together with positive cultures from suspected sources (urine, ascites, pleural fluid).
Shock: systolic blood pressure of <90 mm Hg with decreased urinary output or hypotension requiring infusion of vasoactive amines to obtain a blood pressure of >90 mm Hg.
Acute renal failure: an acute rise in serum creatinine of >265.2 μmol in patients with previously normal renal function.
Cardiac impairment: acute arrhythmia requiring quick therapeutic intervention or tachycardia along with clinical and radiographic or echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary congestion which resolved with diuretic therapy.
Gastrointestinal tract complications: macroscopic bleeding, or hepatic dysfunction defined as a twofold increase in glutamic pyruvic transaminase or alkaline phoshatase concentrations or development of jaundice or pancreatitis with a twofold increase in amylase or lipase enzyme concentrations.
Metabolic complications: hyponatraemia of <120 mmol/l or hypercalcaemia or serum potassium levels of <3 mmol/l or >6 mmol/l, or alkalosis with pH >7.6 or metabolic acidosis, fasting hyperglycaemia >200 mg/dl.
Coma: points 4 and 5 of the Kelly and Matthay neurological scale.18
Pulmonary embolism: clinically and echocardiographically suspected and confirmed by perfusion and ventilation lung scans or spiral CT scan, when possible, with normal chest radiography.
New exacerbation of COPD: this was considered as a complication only if the episode requiring admission to the respiratory ICU was resolving, as assessed by improvement in arterial blood gas tensions, normal WBC, and absence of fever, but with the patient still requiring mechanical ventilation for >6 hours/day.
Univariate analysis
Continuous variables were analysed using a Student'st test for independent data, while a pairedt test was applied to compare data of each patient before and after treatment. The categorical values were analysed using the χ2 test (Fisher's two tailed exact test for small samples of data). A p value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
Multiple logistic regression analysis
This method was employed to build up a predictive model to identify the variables associated with “late failure” in 137 patients treated with NIMV. Patients who did not have a new relapse and who were discharged alive from the respiratory ICU were compared with those who had a “late failure”, therefore needing more aggressive NIMV (see Results) or intubation. The variables considered (univariately significant or of clinical relevance according to the literature, see Discussion), added according to the “forced enter” method, included those measured on admission (haemodynamic variables, number of associated complications on admission, ADL, arterial blood gas tensions, APACHE II, age).
Categorical variables were recoded as dichotomous variables.
As shown in table 1, NIMV resulted in an immediate and sustained improvement in blood gas tensions in COPD patients enrolled after an episode of acute respiratory failure, requiring more than one day of ventilation. The arterial blood gases continued to improve in most of the responders (n=106, 77.3%) so that weaning and discharge from the hospital became possible (group 1). Despite an initially favourable response to NIMV, the clinical condition and arterial blood gas tensions of the remaining 31 patients (22.7%; 95% CI 18 to 33) deteriorated during the hospital stay while NIMV was still being administered (>6 hours/day), so that a new episode of respiratory distress was said to have occurred (group 2).
Mean (SD) demographic, clinical, and functional characteristics recorded at baseline and during non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) at 1 and 24 hours in patients with COPD grouped according to the success of NIMV (group 1 = successful, group 2 = “late respiratory failure”)
Table 1 shows the arterial blood gases of the two groups of patients during the first 24 hours of ventilation and some clinical and functional characteristics of the patients recorded at enrollment. Heart rate was significantly higher and mean blood pressure significantly lower in patients in group 2 who also had a lower ADL score. On admission the number of associated complications was also higher in patients in group 2, with almost 75% having at least one complication on admission. As shown in table 2, the most frequent complication in both groups was cardiac impairment. Sixteen patients in group 1 had evidence of pulmonary congestion, five had atrial fibrillation, and one had acute arrhythmia while four patients had evidence of pulmonary congestion and three had atrial fibrillation in group 2. The percentages of the other complications, with respect to the total, were equally distributed between the two groups, with the exception of metabolic complications which were significantly more frequent in the “late failure” patients. Interestingly, all the metabolic complications included hyperglycaemia (fasting blood glucose in the three patients in group 1 and the seven in group 2 = 278 (63) mg/dl and 342 (82) mg/dl, respectively).
Number and type of complications on admission and during the hospital stay in groups 1 (successfully treated) and 2 (“late failures”). Note that pneumonia and COPD exacerbations were considered causes of acute respiratory failure necessitating mechanical ventilation
The logistic analysis performed on the variables recorded at the time of admission showed that activities of daily living, the number of complications, and pH recorded on admission strongly predicted the occurrence of “late failure” during NIMV. In the logistic analysis metabolic complication was, among the other complications recorded on admission, the only independently significant predictor of late failure.
Table 2 also shows the occurrence of complications during the stay in the respiratory ICU while the patients were still receiving NIMV. Only a few patients in group 1 developed a new complication, while all the “late failure” patients suffered at least one, the most frequent being new exacerbations of COPD, cardiac impairment, and nosocomial pneumonia. These complications appeared at a mean of 8.4 days (range 3–13) after admission to the ICU. Figure 2 illustrates the rates of new episodes of acute respiratory failure while still on NIMV.
Rate of new episodes of acute respiratory failure in the 31 patients who responded to NIMV in the first 48 hours.
At the time of “late failure” patients in group 2 were still receiving NIMV for a mean of 9.2 hours/day. Newly intensified mechanical ventilation was then started, either by increasing the hours/day of NIMV (group 2A, n=12) or by administering the ventilation via endotracheal intubation (group 2B, n=19). The decision as to which of these two therapeutic strategies to use was made by the attending physician based on whether or not the patient was willing to be intubated.
The overall mortality rate for all groups of patients at hospital discharge was 15.4%. None of the patients in group 1 died compared with 21/31 (68%) in group 2 (11/12 (92%) in group 2A and 10/19 (53%) in group 2B). The main causes of death were cardiac failure, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, shock, and multiple organ failure. The two groups did not differ in the most common variables recorded at the time of “late failure” or for the number of complications on admission. Both subgroups had a high mean number of hospital complications with cardiac impairment, metabolic complications, and pneumonia being the most frequent.
The clinical characteristics of the patients in group 2B who did or did not survive after intubation were not significantly different at the time of intubation, but the improvement in Paco 2 and pH after 24 hours of invasive ventilation was significantly higher in those who survived (p<0.001).
The out of hospital mortality at 90 days after discharge in groups 1 and 2 was similar at 20% and 19%, respectively.
This study, performed in a large population, confirms that NIMV may be useful for avoiding intubation or death in about 70% of patients with COPD who suffer an episode of severe hypercapnic respiratory failure. We found that some initial responders later deteriorate so that, despite an initial brief improvement with NIMV, they may go on to die or to need intubation. The principal finding of our study was that the presence of one or more complications at admission together with a lower pH and more severe clinical condition (ADL scale) are strong predictors of “late failure”. Patients with these characteristics have a very poor prognosis if further hospital complications ensue, especially if “more aggressive” NIMV is preferred to intubation.
The end points of most of the studies of NIMV are need for endotracheal intubation and death.1-4 Most such studies report a substantial percentage of “late” NIMV failure in patients with COPD,1 7 8 10 suggesting that an initial improvement in arterial blood gas tensions and clinical condition during NIMV is not always synonymous with success. This is true for both COPD patients and those with “pure hypoxaemic” respiratory failure.19Predictive models were developed to try to determine which COPD patients with acute respiratory failure would or would not avoid endotracheal intubation. Improvements in Paco 2and pH after the first hour of ventilation were found to be very powerful predictors of the success or failure of NIMV,9together with clinical condition, body weight, and compliance with the ventilator. Most of the studies have considered the patient with COPD to be affected by a single pulmonary pathology and have not taken account of the fact that COPD is a disease which is often accompanied by other pathologies such as cardiovascular complications.20 Seneff et al 16 showed that the presence of non-respiratory physiological abnormalities in patients with COPD with an acute exacerbation of disease, rather than the pulmonary disease itself, may be associated with the worst prognosis.
Using logistical analysis we have shown that, in patients with an episode of acute respiratory failure, the presence of one or more associated complications, a limitation of functional daily life as assessed by the ADL scale, and lower values of pH on admission are associated with the development of “late failure”. We are, however, aware of the limitations of these statistical predictive models, so that our model needs to be prospectively tested in future studies. On admission almost all patients in group 2 had at least one associated complication compared with less than half in group 1. The occurrence of the different types of complications was similar in the two groups, with the exception of metabolic complications which were significantly more frequent in group 2. The most common complications were cardiovascular and occurred with approximately the same incidence in the two groups. On the other hand, the presence of metabolic complications (found in >20% of group 2 patients) was statistically powerful in predicting the occurrence of “late failure”. The most frequent was hyperglycaemia due to diabetes which was present in all the patients with metabolic complications. The iatrogenic form of the disease (mean daily dose of corticosteroids in the days preceding admission to hospital in patients developing hyperglycaemia was 24 (10) mg deflazacort) may lead to a decrease in immunological defences so that patients are more prone to infections.21 All the patients in the “late failure” group with hyperglycaemia on admission developed an infectious pulmonary complication during their hospital stay and, in 13 of the 21 patients who died, pneumonia was a direct or indirect cause of death. Obviously the presence of complications at admission can only partly explain the development of “late failure” since the general clinical respiratory condition at the time of hospital admission is also important. For example, poor gas exchange at admission has recently been shown by Connorset al 22 to be associated with a poorer prognosis together with impairment of daily functional activity. The presence of community acquired pneumonia on admission was higher in group 2 than group 1; the difference was not significant because of the small number of cases but may be of some relevance in the development of “late failure”.
The deterioration in arterial blood gas tensions was caused by significant clinical worsening, after the initial improvement, resulting from a new complication or a recurrence of one present at admission. Most of the complications (55% of total), either alone or together with one or more other complication, were infectious (pneumonia or exacerbation of COPD).
Ventilator associated pneumonia is an important clinical problem, the risk of which increases after the first three days of mechanical ventilation. It carries a high mortality rate.23 However, recent studies5 6 19 24 have shown that the probability of developing pneumonia is much lower in patients being ventilated non-invasively, so it has been suggested that the term “ventilator associated pneumonia” should be changed to “intubation associated pneumonia”.25 In reality, the incidence of pneumonia in our group of patients was relatively low (13%), especially compared with the higher rate described with intubation. Nevertheless, the possibility of developing a pulmonary infection such as pneumonia or COPD exacerbation in an ICU does not depend only on the presence of the endotracheal tube, but also, as descibed by Meduri et al,26 on the insertion of other catheters such as a Foley catheter or an intravenous line.
The second point to arise from our study concerns what treatment should be given when a patient with COPD, who initially responded to NIMV, suffers another episode of acute respiratory failure. Our data show that relapse has a high mortality rate (67.7%) which is significantly higher if the NIMV is maintained (91.6%) than if the patient is given invasive ventilation (52.6% mortality). Before discussing this point, it is important to note that the choice of ventilatory modality was not randomised but depended upon the wishes of the patients or their relatives, so that the results obtained must be interpreted with caution. Firstly, the patients treated with more aggressive NIMV were older than those who were intubated because age was an important factor for relatives when deciding clinical management. The worse response of this subgroup may therefore be related to this potential bias. However, it has been shown that elderly patients with COPD may respond as well as middle aged patients to NIMV.27 Secondly, the pH at the time of “late failure” in the group who continued treatment with NIMV was markedly lower than in the intubated patients (7.11 versus 7.29). Although this finding was not statistically significant, probably because of the small number of patients, it is in agreement with most of the published studies which show that NIMV is less likely to be successful in patients with acidosis. Another possible explanation is that NIMV may not be as efficient as invasive ventilation in treating a life threatening episode of acute respiratory failure when, for example, there is sensory impairment which is usually accompanied by a weak cough reflex. Pneumonia and pulmonary exacerbations (the main causes of “late NIMV failure”) require improved removal of secretions, and gas exchange may not improve if there is an accumulation of secretions.
The overall hospital mortality was 15.4% in our study which is within the range of values reported in the literature for NIMV (6–25%).28 The overall 90 day mortality was 21% compared with 25%22 and approximately 35%16observed in recent studies which included patients on invasive ventilation. Comparison of mortality rates between studies in this relatively short time period is difficult as the inclusion criteria, ventilation modalities, and standard treatment are often different.
In conclusion, our study shows that NIMV may be useful for avoiding intubation in patients with COPD during an episode of severe hypercapnic respiratory failure. After the initial success of NIMV, a significant subset of patients (>20%) may experience a new episode of acute respiratory failure resulting from the appearance of new complications or the recurrence of those present at the start of treatment so that more aggressive ventilatory treatment becomes necessary. These patients have a high mortality rate, especially if NIMV is continued and intubation avoided.
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Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse”: One Big, Children-Friendly Tribute to the Illuminati
Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is a fun and colorful video taking place in Ancient Egypt. However, behind the cartoonish style of the video, viewers are exposed to a great deal of symbolism of the occult elite and messages regarding its power. We’ll look at the symbolism of “Dark Horse”.
Katy Perry is a gigantic pop star, mainly because her songs and videos appeal to teens and pre-teens while her sex-appeal captures the attention of the older crowd. This makes her a perfect tool to be used by the elite to communicate its messages and, as seen in previous articles about her, her songs and videos are fully used for that purpose. Dark Horse, however, is on a whole other level. It is pure, relentless, in-your-face Illuminati symbolism, interlaced with references to the elite’s brand of black magic and mind control. Playing the role of “Katy-Patra”, an Egyptian pharaoh reminiscent of ancient sex symbol Cleopatra, Katy Perry rules over her subjects the same way the occult elite rules over the world.
In my article on the 2014 Grammy Awards, I described Katy Perry’s performance of Dark Horse as a black magick ritual disguised as a music performance. The video goes straight to the roots of this sorcery: Egyptian Black Magick, the original source that is tapped into by today’s dark secret societies.
Before we look at the actual video, let’s look at its trailer, which contains a few interesting elements.
The trailer mentions a “magical Queen” in Egypt. We see the Queen sitting in front of her subjects, which are mind-controlled sex kittens.
Then the trailer states that Kings would travel from “Brooklyn to Babylon” to meet her. Babylon, which was a real ancient metropolis located where Iraq is today, was ruled by various ancient empires and has long been an epicenter of the elite’s black magic.
The Eye of Horus, aka the All-Seeing Eye, inside a pyramid, the elite’s favorite symbol. Prepare to see a WHOLE LOT of it in the music video.
Let’s look at the video.
Dark Horse takes place in a colorful, child-friendly version of Ancient Egypt that’s been “hip-hop-ized” about 15% to appeal to its target audience. Katy Perry plays the role of an evil, greedy, egotistical, despotic pharaoh named Katy-Patra who destroys men for their belongings. What a great lesson for girls under the age of 14. In a wider sense, Katy-Patra’s rule represents the occult elite taking resources and power from nations (represented by the kings). What a great lesson for the rest of the world.
Illuminati Pharaoh
Throughout the video, it is firmly established that Katy-Patra is an evil tyrant using black magic to control and destroy people while having a bunch of kitten slaves at her feet. Kind of like what the occult elite does. And of course, there are all kinds of blatant symbols that show her to be a representative of the Illuminati.
The Eye of Horus stamped on her wig. Very classy.
Doing the One-Eye sign so it is clear what this all about.
Katy-Patra naked and surrounded by Egyptian gods.
The above scenes tell plenty about the occult-elite influenced mythology of the video. Katy-Patra is looked upon by Anubis, the jackal-headed god of death, probably because she likes to kill people. Behind her is the falcon-headed god Horus wearing gold chains (to make him look “cool” to young, impressionable viewers). Notice that he only has one eye – a reference, once again, to the All-Seeing Eye of Horus. More importantly, Katy-Patra is surrounded by a golden snake, which probably refers to the evil Egyptian god Apep.
Apep is an evil god in ancient Egyptian religion depicted as a snake/serpent and a dragon. He is the deification of darkness and chaos. He is the enemy of light, order, and truth (Ma’at). In the context of Katy-Patra’s rule of general evil, her being surrounded by Apep is more than fitting. It also fits the Illuminati rule of power.
Three 6 Mafia rapper Juicy J makes an appearance in the video and his entrance is pretty darn symbolic too. He literally emerges from some kind sarcophagus, which features the occult elite’s favorite symbol in lieu of eyes: The Eye of Horus inside a triangle.
The symbol on the eyes is not even Egyptian, it is purely Masonic. The symbolism in the entire video is not exclusively “Egyptian” but is the specific symbolism of the occult elite.
On top of all of that symbolism, we must never forget another part of the Agenda: Exposing young people to hyper-sexualization.
Although she’s a powerful pharaoh, Katy-Patra always finds the time to do some pole-dancing on a stage marked with an Eye of Horus. She is also backed by her Kitten slaves – much like her young fans who imitate her, who she refers to as “Katycats”
Katy-Patra’s Suitors
The video is essentially about kings from other nations trying to wow Katy-Patra with amazing gifts. The first suitor offers her a gigantic diamond.
The guys is all like “you want that diamond don’t you”. He is wearing an eye-patch, hiding one eye, indicating that he’s another idiot that’s trying to be down with the elite.
Katy-Patra immediately orders her kitten slaves to snatch that diamond from the suitor.
Katy-Patra’s examines the diamond through a big Eye of Horus thingie. There is, however, a problem: That Eye of Horus is NOT TRANSPARENT.
The above image is symbolic for a few reasons: First, it tells the viewers that Katy-Patra plays the role of the occult elite in the video. Second, she CANNOT see through the Eye (it is opaque). She instead sees the diamond through the elite’s “eyes”, which are focused on greed, power, and material possessions. Finally, children who watch music videos need to be exposed to that one-eye sign all the time.
I could stop the video analysis here. What else do you truly need to know about the video? Katy Perry is looking at a big diamond using an Eye of Horus to hide one eye. This scene is a 100% continuation of about everything I’ve ever talked about on this site. And there it is again, right in our faces, in one of the world’s most popular videos. Really, how can anyone think that all this symbolism is “just a coincidence”? Anyhow, back to the video.
The eye-patched sap gets zapped by magic emerging from the eyes of Katy-Patra’s throne. That’s what you get for trying to suck up to Illuminati.
She then takes the guy’s jewels and stuffs them in her mouth, giving herself the classic “greedy moron” look.
The next suitor tries to entice Katy-Patra’s gluttony by offering her food.
This guy offers Katy-Patra food the same way poor nations give up their resources to the global elite.
Of course, things do not turn out great for that guy, either.
The last suitor brings what Katy-Patra really wants: Power.
This guy has a big Illuminati symbol (i.e. not Egyptian) right between his nipples. He must have something extra good for Katy-Patra.
Katy-Patra receives a gigantic floating pyramid which hides, under a golden layer, an illuminated structure.
Seeing this pyramid, Katy-Patra gets very excited because that’s what she, and the elite, truly wants: Unlimited occult power over the world. The illuminated pyramid essentially represents the Illuminati’s high-tech control over the world.
When Katy-Patra steps on top of the unfinished pyramid, she becomes imbued with crazy magical powers. She even grows wings.
Standing on top of the Illuminati pyramid, Katy-Patra turns into a super-powerful tyrant. That’s probably not a good thing. More importantly, she becomes a personification of the goddess Isis.
The goddess Isis is one of the most important figures in occult secret societies as she represents the key to the Mysteries.
The video ends with Katy-Patra becoming a super-Illuminati pharaoh … and everyone bows down to her … and the suitor turns into a chihuahua. The moral of the video? Illuminati.
It is rather hard to believe that all of this Illuminati symbolism was packed into a video that only lasts 3 minutes and 40 seconds. It is even harder to believe that some people still cannot see the obvious pattern of symbols found in mass media that transcends artists, music genres, and even media outlets. Far from being random, these symbols have been used for centuries to represent the occult elite and they are now all over the place.
More than just flashing symbols, the video Dark Horse tells a darker story: the occult elite’s insatiable greed for ultimate power while dismissing the petty rulers operating underneath it. Katy-Patra indeed takes resources from various kings of the world and then destroys them. In the end, she climbs on an Illuminati pyramid and turns into an unstoppable pharaoh imbued with magical powers. Could the brainwashing be more obvious?
In short, Dark Horse is Illuminati propaganda aimed at children, using bright colors and catchy hooks to subliminally teach them who rules the world and who controls the idols that they love and emulate. Of course, none of this is clearly spelled out. Instead, it comes at you through symbolism … like a dark horse.
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This song is totally illuminati and yes they are real and do exist(im also a mind control victim) know everything about it.
Illuminatie just means( ill, borderline ill) They all sing about borderline. Next to that the ones in the illuminati are gifted people. So they are gifted borderliners that lead the world and let other people think what it is about..it keeps the people going;) and you cannot sell your soul…it chooses you!
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It started on Wide Awake, where all of us thought that she got out of the Illuminati. Making her like an innocent girl in front of her fans, and the ones that cared for her. Now Dark Horse came out, and proved that she hasn't really got out. Maybe.. maybe she got out but the Illuminati really brainwashed her AGAIN. She was scared of losing money and fans. And that's one thing you get when you let your kids watch televisions and music videos online.
WHY WOULD SHE DO THAT? IS MONEY MORE IMPORTANT THAN HER SOUL GOING TO HELL IF SHE DOESNT QUIT? O_O -_-
Helena von Valsa
From the lyrics it sounds lake Katy Perry sings about being the Goddess Ishtar, being violent possessing magical powers, act like a w---e, and creating chaos. Anyone draw the same conclusion?
actually this video has another meaning too. after that video big accident happened at important mine in turkey. ın sky there is our flat and mine workers . but why? because our government changed policy, they used to look like one of them to use power of masons but from now on they decided they don't need masons anymore so government arrested all of the important masons. and that "accident"was rotschilld's anger ı guess.
sad part is I'm starting to accept it, which is what they want. To show us they're in control and there's nothing we can do
Agent Mulder
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the plots of evildoers- Pslam 64:2
Trimegistus
The song is even worse than the video. If you read the lyrics, they are malevolent and sociopathic. The line that gets to me is "Cause once you’re mine, once you’re mine/There’s no going back" Very spooky. As for the video there is a plethora of imagery that alludes to the systematic destruction of morality. My favorite part is the junk-food caravan and the giant cup (of water)? that she turns the fat man into. The cup is an ancient occult symbol associated with sensuality and seduction. The explanation for the tarot card Queen of Cups: "(If Reversed.) An immoral person who demands constant attention, she is a manipulative and moody woman who will drain your energies." The way I see that particular scene is the corruption of the holy grail and the blood of Christ. We see the transmutation of human life into sustenance- or SACRIFICE as it is known. Here Katy Perry is taking in the devil's communion – complete with cheetos and a giant glass of whatever- probably liquor. I think the most important thing this article left out is the Osiris Myth- which is the foundation of all secret societies, and the creation of the NWO.
Let me tell you guys:
The 'Allah' of the Koran is not the same as the Lord God (Yahweh, Jehovah) of the Bible. It's because in the Koran ( I forgot the book and the verse ) Allah does not have a son, while the Everlasting Father of the Bible have a Son, who is Co-Eternal with the Him.
Someone who isn't me
Wow, the comments here really turned religious, but it was not a blame game, but a civilized discussion about religion wow! I myself is a protestant christian, but i really don't believe in God or Allah, or religion, i can see the things from both sides, why to some people see the truth in god, i can also see why many people think it's totally pure BS. But i myself, believe that, there are truly no truth, not in the past not in present nor in the future, men wrote the bible, killing, massacres, hell the roman empire and the roman gods feel to the christian crusades in the beginning of the european dark age, churches and priests burned women who had understanding of the nature because they were witches. The christian church also in the old days way back had people pay money and they got a little envelope and all of their sins were forgiven. But that's all mans fault, mans lust for power, money, pleasure, That's what binding everything together, the Mafia 's wouldn't be "Brothers" if there weren't any money involved, hell even illuminati and all of these other cults and sects wouldn't exist if there… Read more »
It must be mention that the real life Cleopatra was a black woman, NOT a white woman like Elizabeth Taylor, Angelina Jolie, or Katy Perry.
voice of reason
The last time I checked the Greeks were not black. You have been deceived by politically correct propaganda. Also, there were many Cleopatras. Cleopatra was a title like queen or president. Look it up.
blackrocker4ever
@voice of reason..Tony hasn't been deceived by any "politically correct propaganda"..Your response sounds seriously defensive almost like you don't want it to be true!..lol Damn…Besides it's been documented for ages that Cleopatra was a black woman..Me myself, I could careless what Cleopatra was BUT I understand WHY Tony posted what he posted because of the plain fact that it has been well documented forever that Cleopatra was black..
I am not defensive. I don't care whether a famous woman is black or not. I do care about the truth, however. Fact number 1–Alexander the Great conquered most of the ancient world including Egypt. Fact number 2–after the death of Alexander the empire was divided among his generals. Ptolemy the first received Egypt. The Ptolemies were Macedonian Greeks, not Egyptians and certainly not Africans. The Cleopatra to which you refer was the seventh Cleopatra from an exceedingly incestuous family. In fact, she married her brother. The Hellenist period in Egypt was due to Greek colonization. These are all readily available facts. Where are yours?? Don't just tell me that there are ages and ages of documentation that Cleopatra is black. Tell me what it is and where to find it. I hate to say it, but you are the one who sounds defensive and angry, not I.
Black woman is the mother of the earth despite contrary reports.
Cleopatra was Greek. She may have had an dark hair, dark eyes and an olive complexion, but she wasn't necessarily "black." She may have been more inbetween. Generally in ancient times many people had dark hair and eyes. Natural blonde and red hair have always been very rare in adulthood, except now we've got hair dye and many fake blondes (and sometimes redheads). Also while Cleopatra was probably considered beautiful in her era, many people today would probably not rate her as anything special at all.
Wow, ISIS? Really?
Boppsta
Wow. So I read up on this video here, and set my expectations accordingly, not like I'd ever watch it. My 3-and-5 year old nieces however, picked up on a part that you didn't account for. They wanted to show me this video, BUT ONLY FOR THE DOG RUNNING ON HIS HIND LEGS FOR A SECOND AT 2:55. Katy got through the 'adult' filter, and this moment of cuteness is what hooked them. I said 'Yea, good job co-opting Egyptian iconography for personal gain'. Just sayin'.
That's not it at all. You completely missed the point of the ritual. It was a satanic ritual sacrifice to the gods that the freemasons/illuminati believe in. The bird cages represent mind control. There is no such thing as cat sex slaves, there's so much crap on the internet set there to confuse people. Everything in this video from the colours (blue,red yellow etc.) to even the tiniest details such as the hats, the dice, the sparkle in her teeth, the one sign she makes with her hand are symbolic. Use your eyes. The freemasons sacrifice youth to their gods because they believe it will ensure them a passage to heaven or immortality. Essentially, they are sacrificing souls to satan so that their souls can be saved. Any freemasons you know, whether you have been friends with them for 10 year or not will turn against you if you are the sacrifice. When they join they take a blood oath. They will distract you with fake symbols in order for the ritual to be complete. I should know, I am one.
They really are suffering from a lack of public self image aren't they? It's like, we'll enlist this pop star with a few diamonds and stuff to make our weird s--t symbolism gain popularity. No-one cares about your dead egyptians man! Keep dreaming your little illuminati world. Must be fun in there.
Hmm, I feel like there was something missed here. Remember how she drank from this massive cup after she vaporized the fat guy? Read Revelation 17:6 and tell me what you think.
I read it just now and it maybe linked but it really does seem similar.
Mr. ilerminaty
An article written by a 12 year old.
kyalove
Can someone answer this: what i don't understand is if these actors and singers and rappers know they are beng used why keep doing it
Peter de Beer
Who can explain to me why certain images in a clip are "wrong" ? It's nice that you see everywhere, but what is bad and why?
Though I ALREADY knew that because there is alot of illuminati eyes
Rare and intresting
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A full moon, lunar eclipse and comet all in one evening? It happens tonight.
February 10, 2017 admin comet, moon, tonight
Turn this evening into a cosmic experience — a full moon, lunar eclipse and the chance to see a pale green comet as it streaks by Earth. Oh, and beg for clear skies.
This month’s so-called “Snow Moon” will pass through Earth’s outer shadow just after sunset, turning its face varying shades of grey. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth is optimally placed between the sun and the moon. With an added dose of serendipity, we’re on our planet’s primo dark side with front-row seats.
On the East Coast, the full moon climbs above the horizon around 5:30 p.m., just as it enters Earth’s penumbral (outer) shadow and — ever so slowly — the lunar disk will start to dim and turn gray. Late afternoon twilight gives way to the evening dark skies. For practical purposes, the Eastern time zone will likely perceive the gray shading around 6:14 p.m., according to Alan MacRobert and Kelly Beatty, senior editors at Sky & Telescope magazine.
How a lunar eclipse occurs
By the middle of the eclipse, at 7:44 p.m. Eastern time, the northern third of moon will be a noticeably darker gray, said astronomer Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
After mid-eclipse, the graying begins to yield to the moon’s normal brightness. The moon fully leaves the penumbral shadow at 9:55 p.m.
During the lunar eclipse Friday, the moon nicks the outside of Earth’s dark umbral shadow, causing deep gray shading around 7:44 p.m. (Sky & Telescope)
But wait — there’s more!
Let the kids stay up late, because Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusáková (don’t ask us how to pronounce all those names) makes its closest approach to Earth Friday night. You’ll be able to see the greenish comet by telescope and binoculars in a dark location, but not with the naked eye.
Depending on where you’re located, clouds may also prove to be a hindrance. A fairly large portion of the Northeast is forecast to be shrouded this evening, as well as the Great Lakes region and parts of the Southwest. Fortunately you can still watch, because the great folks at slooh.com will be webcasting the eclipse and the comet. And really, even if the skies were clear, that might be the best option if you want to see both events up-close.
Cloud cover forecast for Friday evening.
Slooh’s live feed from various locations begins at 5:30 p.m. with the lunar eclipse. Experts will weigh in with a play-by-play around 7:30 p.m. during the eclipse maximum. At 10:30 p.m. ET, Slooh will begin the comet show. Join astronomers Gerard Monteux and Bob Berman to learn about this seventh-magnitude (not visible with the naked eye) celestial object.
For both live shows, send photos of the eclipse and comet to @Slooh on Twitter for a chance to be featured during the webcast.
This eclipse is a little like deja vu. Yes, you’ve seen it before — eclipses are dictated by the Saros cycle, where 6,585.3 days slip in between eclipses, according to retired NASA eclipse expert, Fred Espenak. This eclipse series lasts 12 to 15 centuries.
This eclipse is Saros 114. It has been around since the year 971 and it will last until June 22, 2233 (at 22:22:33 Universal Time!), according to NASA tables. The previous eclipse in this series occurred on Jan. 31, 1999, and before that, the eclipse occurred in the waning hours of Jimmy Carter’s presidency on Jan. 20, 1981.
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First patient enrolled in US study of Novate’s Sentry IVC filter
Novate Medical has announced that Souheil Saddekni, professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA, has enrolled the first patient in the SENTRY IDE study.
The SENTRY study is a prospective, single-arm, multicentre study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Novate’s novel bioconvertible Sentry Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter. Approximately 135 patients at transient risk of pulmonary embolism are being enrolled at up to 25 sites in the USA and internationally. The primary endpoint of the study is the composite rate of clinical success of the Sentry IVC filter at six months.
The Sentry IVC filter is the first bioconvertible IVC filter. It is designed to provide protection from pulmonary embolism during the period that a patient is at risk and then bioconvert to a non-filtering configuration after a minimum of sixty days. This feature removes the requirement for an additional interventional procedure to retrieve the device. In addition, Sentry has a cylindrical frame that is designed to reduce the reported complications of existing IVC filter technologies including tilt, migration, fracture and vessel perforation.
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Pay now, read later? Why Instapaper subscriptions aren’t a panacea for publishers — yet
Michael Sinanian October 5, 2010 12:42 PM
The increasingly popular bookmarking and offline article-reading service Instapaper has just rolled out a $1/mo. subscription model. The move could open the door to much-needed experiments with online publishing.
The paid subscription comes with just one perk at present: an option to turn off ads. All other features “will continue to be available to non-subscribers,” according to Instapaper’s developer, Marco Arment, who built his reputation as the former CTO of Tumblr, the popular, simplified blogging service. He plans to roll out new features to paid subscribers over time.
Like many users, I’ve long employed Instapaper to make my ride on the subway more enjoyable and productive. With convenient browser bookmark tools and integrations with other services like Twitter, it’s a breeze to save long pieces you’d like to read but can’t at the moment. When you’ve finally found the time, you can read your picks on Instapaper’s iPhone and iPad apps. The apps are elegantly simple and include features like remembering your location in an article across devices, similar to Amazon.com’s Kindle book-reading software. And you can also catch up on your reading on the Web as well.
Instapaper’s success bucks the trend toward magazine-like experiences on mobile devices, the ‘rich media’ many publishers are touting to justify paying for content on the iPad when they offer similar articles for free on the Web. Instead, it presents users with clean, text-only versions of articles they’ve bookmarked.
Does Instapaper’s move to a subscription model suggest support for publisher subscriptions down the road? Arment pointed out that Instapaper already works nicely with so-called paywalls, allowing people who subscribe to paid websites like the Wall Street Journal or Financial Times online to save articles for later reading, a service he says publishers “unanimously love.” But it doesn’t let people subscribe to media or pay for articles directly through Instapaper.
Arment thinks that third-party subscriptions or per-article payments are possible for Instapaper, but there are “a number of logistical and practical hurdles.” At present, it appears he’d rather support publishers’ experiments rather than run subscriptions for them.
That may be a disappointment for publishers looking for a white knight. Many magazine publishers are frustrated that Apple has flailed around in coming up with a reliable subscription model for content, forcing them to charge expensive per-issue prices for tablet-friendly versions of their content.
Instapaper’s new pay service isn’t a magic bullet, either. But at least publishers who hope to charge for content down the road appear to have a friend in its creator.
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