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VSU's ancient oaks recognized
August 28, 2018 at 3:24 PM EDT - Updated September 4 at 6:10 PM
This building was original to Emory Jr. College, now part of VSU (Source: VSU)
The Graduation Tree was planted in 1914 (Source: VSU)
VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) - A trio of live oaks that have stood on Valdosta State University's campus since the early 1900s has been accepted into the Live Oak Society, an organization that documents historical live oaks throughout the United States.
The first tree, known as The Graduation Tree, was planted in 1914 by the first graduating class of South Georgia State Normal College (now VSU) at the Patterson Street entrance to the school. Georgia State Normal College became Georgia State Woman's College in 1922, Valdosta State College in 1950, and Valdosta State University in 1993.
The other two trees, known as Emory at Valdosta East and Emory at Valdosta West, were planted at the front corners of Pound Hall, circa 1928, on the campus of what was then Emory Junior College at Valdosta, an all-male, two-year school established in 1928 that — apart from a brief closure during World War II — operated until 1953. The former school existed on part of what is now VSU's Rea and Lillian Steele North Campus.
"These particular trees were planted from purpose, and they are inaugural symbols recognizing the beginnings of two different colleges that became one," said Donald Davis, executive director of the Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum.
Davis worked with Dr. Fred Ware, professor emeritus of management at VSU and historical society volunteer, to submit the three trees to the Live Oak Society for consideration.
"Registering the trees with the National Live Oak Society shows VSU's understanding of the varied interesting aspects of its own history," Davis said. "The trees become part of the culture of the campus for the enjoyment and education of students, parents, and visitors.
"Many live oak trees in Lowndes County qualify for registration with the Live Oak Society, including several in neighborhoods around the college, but only a handful were planted that specifically note historical events."
The live oak, Georgia's official state tree, symbolizing strength, stability, and steadfastness, has long been a staple of South Georgia living. The maintenance and appreciation of VSU's historical live oaks represent VSU's unwavering commitment to effective urban forest management.
VSU's Department of Landscape and Grounds is committed to providing the campus community with the highest quality service in the areas of horticulture, landscape maintenance, landscape construction, irrigation, and trash compaction. Each grounds maintenance team member takes pride in his or her efforts to maintain the distinctive beauty of the campus and how that supports university-wide recruitment and retention efforts.
As a result, VSU has received a Tree Campus USA recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation for the past six consecutive years. Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and to engage college and university community members in conservation goals.
"Having our beautiful oaks recognized is especially important to our designation as a Tree Campus USA because it is an additional way to honor VSU's legacy and commitment to preserve our trees," said Monica Haynes, superintendent of Landscape and Grounds. "While VSU has enjoyed six full years as a Tree Campus USA, these trees have been here much, much longer. Many thanks go to all those who have devoted their time to our campus trees through the past, present, and into the future."
The Live Oak Society, founded in 1934 and run by the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, promotes the culture, distribution, preservation, and appreciation of the live oak tree. The organization's tree registry includes more than 8,500 live oaks throughout 14 states.
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International Violin Competition of Indianapolis announces its finalists
Congratulations to the six finalists in the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis!
Andrey Baranov, 24, of Russia
Benjamin Beilman, 20, of the United States
Clara Jumi-Kang, 23, of South Korea/Germany
Antal Szalai, 29, of Hungary
Haoming Xie, 20, of China
Soyoung Yoon, 25, of South Korea
The two-part finals begin Wednesday. Three finalists each night will play with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the first round, and again on Friday and Saturday evenings for the second round.
I will be in Indianapolis for the finals and writing about the event here on Violinist.com. You can watch the events live online at the competition's website, http://www.violin.org.
From Marc Villeneuve
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Laurie: There is also a concert tonight of Augustin Hadelich and it s broadcat live on internet, on the website. Well,I think so...
From Adam korczynski
A very nice selection of finalists, all of them are internationally known. They are also playing some very nice concertos in the finals, and all of them have an amazingly high standard. I will be following the finals :)
From Jim Tsai
Wish you were here for the semifinals, Laurie. Hard to believe but the general level of playing has increased since 2006, which must have made choosing the final 6 extraordinarily difficult. I saw all but six of the semifinal performances live but was still a bit surprised at who didn't make the final cut. It's been intimated to me after speaking to some informed folks here (who shall remain unnamed) that the jury was rather split on who they chose.
Augustin was dazzling at tonight's performance. I heard sobs in the audience when he played the simple yet moving Liebeslied as an encore to a virtuosic program that included Beethoven sonata #8, Schnittke sonata #1, Ysaye solo sonata #4, Poulenc sonata, and Ziguenerweisen. The scene sort of reminded me of Horowitz playing in Moscow and ending the concert with Traumerei as one of his encores.
I am not a big enough fan of the Mozart concertos to stomach hearing the Mozart 5 three times and Mozart 3 two times in the coming round. So I'm going to follow the rest of the competition from home. Have a good time in Indianapolis, Laurie If you need a break from the competition it's a nice walk/jog along the central canal next to the History Center where the semifinals were held, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the adjacent Lilly House (country estate) north of downtown are also worth a visit.
I do hope you can attend two of the side events that are scheduled during the later part of the Competition, and share with us your thoughts. One is Spotlight on Today's Makers exhibition scheduled for Sept 25 and 26 at the History Center, where you can meet and try out instruments by some of the top modern makers (all of whom are past prize winners at violinmaking competitions). The other is Old vs New, which is scheduled for Saturday 25th after the last finals performances at 10:45-11:30 pm in Hilbert Circle Theater. ISO concertmaster Zach De Pue will audition for the public vintage violins (prob including Strads and del Gesus) along with the modern instruments by the makers mentioned above. Or, in violinist.com parlance, a "shootout".
See p. 52 of the program book for other events that may be of interest.
From Laurie Niles
Jim, I absolutely plan to be there.
Posted on September 22, 2010 at 11:08 AM
For everyone who can't be in Indy for the experience, thank you.
Jim: I have been speaking to one of my former teachers who is member of jury in great violin competition of the level of Indi. I wont name it, but there is now a general consensus now,because of the level of the players, that the most flashy players do not make it anymore after the second round or for the first prize. I am talking about the ones who focus on brilliancy and virtuosity.
They are seeking for the most original and complete musician, and this is what happened lately in Montreal with all the prize winners, and same will occur in Indianapolis, I am sure about it. It ain't just enough anymore to be a dazzling player. Profound understanding of music and true inspiration is the main rule. In the seventies, it was common for a first prize to have performed an incredible Paganini or Tchaikovski concerto in the finals,coupled with a transcendantal "Last Rose of summer "or a "Nel cor più non me sento" in the second round... These days are over now, because we know that to distinguish the most gifted of all these skillful players, a very simple sonata like the Mozart in g major can become a "killer" for a Paganini-Sarasate show-stopper virtuoso.
Augustin Hadelich is the perfect example of the ideal violinist; great virtuosity,for sure,but profound musicianship, first. His last night recital program and the way he performed it is an inspiring example of all the qualities we are seeking in the level of a competition such as Indianapolis or Montreal...
From Magdalena Geka
This competition is so amazing and I believe there are no such problems in the US, but I live in Paris and both audio and video streaming is so awful (it just stop every 10 seconds with no chance of a continuing and I'm talking about archive, not the live)...I will cry the whole night about not hearing/seeing those wonderful people...:(((
"...there is now a general consensus now,because of the level of the players, that the most flashy players do not make it anymore after the second round or for the first prize. I am talking about the ones who focus on brilliancy and virtuosity.
They are seeking for the most original and complete musician, and this is what happened lately in Montreal with all the prize winners, and same will occur in Indianapolis, I am sure about it.."
Marc, I don't think anyone would argue with you on these points on their own. But if you're implying that some of the players in Indy didn't advance to the finals because they focused only on being brilliant or virtuosic I doubt you can find many examples. The ones I am thinking of, ones who were probably on the short list but didn't pass the final cut, did not play particularly flashy pieces and were every bit as musical and sensitive as anyone who did make the finals. Again, I'm not naming names. It also kinda undercuts your point when two of the finalists ended their semifinal programs with the Waxman Carmen fantasy, a definite crowd pleaser and a prime example of flash. Understand that I'm not saying that those who chose to play the Waxman were not musical or undeserving of being in the finals.
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Visit Omaha's Mackenzie Coleman Receives National Honor
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OMAHA (May 8, 2017) – Visit Omaha is proud to announce that one of its staff has received national recognition as a future leader in the tourism industry. National Sales Manager Mackenzie Coleman has been selected by Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) as one of the 2017 “30 Under 30” honorees, presented to a select few each year.
“As an organization our goal is to recognize and develop young talent in the tourism industry,” said Keith Backsen, executive director for Visit Omaha. “Mackenzie is a great example of when talent meets opportunity, and we couldn’t be more proud of her accomplishments.”
Coleman started as an intern with Visit Omaha and worked in multiple departments. She quickly grew to love sales and was offered a full time job after college to join the sales team. She’s been with Visit Omaha for 5 years and was recently promoted to National Sales Manager.
“Our future as an industry is dependent on young professionals choosing to pursue a career with destination organizations and bringing their energy, insight and dynamic skills to our benefit,” said DMAI Chairman Gary C. Sherwin, CDME and President and CEO of Visit Newport Beach, Inc.
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A group of people in Russia attempted to cross the vehicle-only Zolotoy Bridge in the city of Vladivostok on foot by dressing up as a yellow bus. The two-kilometer bridge was opened seven years ago, and officially closed to pedestrians three years later for safety reasons. However, a video, filmed by an amused driver, shows how four people recently attempted to bypass the rules by dressing up as a yellow bus while walking over the bridge. A security guard spotted the "bus" and stopped the group, ordering them to turn around. It was not immediately clear if they faced any punishment.Watch the video above for more
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A group of people in Russia attempted to cross the vehicle-only Zolotoy Bridge in the city of Vladivostok on foot by dressing up as a yellow bus. The two-kilometer bridge was opened seven years ago, and officially closed to pedestrians three years later for safety reasons. However, a video, filmed by an amused driver, shows how four people recently attempted to bypass the rules by dressing up as a yellow bus while walking over the bridge. A security guard spotted the "bus" and stopped the group, ordering them to turn around. It was not immediately clear if they faced any punishment.
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Critical thinking is an essential skill that intelligence analysts must possess. The meaning of critical thinking is often misconstrued, for example, solving a problem is not critical thinking because the focus of the issue is the answer, not the method of thinking that was involved in coming to the answer (Moore, 2007). The ability to think critically can be substantially inhibited, as was the case during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Of particular importance during the Crisis was how the preconceptions and mindsets of both the United States and the Soviet Union allowed the incident to escalate to the brink of nuclear war. According to Richard Heuer in his publication, Psychology of Intelligence Analysis a mindset is a lens in which one views the world. Mindsets are formed and maintained by expectations, and while they are not always negative they can have a substantial impact on the analysts’ capability to think critically (Heuer, 1999). During the Cuban Missile Crisis there were certain expectations each side had about the other and it is fair to say that both the United States and the Soviet Union underestimated each other.
A major mindset that the United States and President Kennedy had was that the Soviet Union would never place missiles outside the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, the reasoning was that never before had the Soviets placed missiles outside these boundaries, so therefore they never would (Ansher, 2009). In this instance inductive reasoning was used, as the United States went from the specific to the general, since the Soviets had never placed missiles outside the USSR and Warsaw Pact before, they wouldn’t put missiles in Cuba. Inductive reasoning is a major inhibitor to critical thinking and leads to assumptions being made (Moore, 2007). On the Soviet side, Khrushchev had the mindset that by the time President Kennedy found out about the missiles that he wouldn’t do anything about it. Khrushchev didn’t believe the United States would have a hostile reaction, and he certainly didn’t expect military action to be taken. The Soviet leader based this mindset over the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, Khrushchev perceived Kennedy and the United States as weak, and therefore felt that placing missiles on Cuba wouldn’t generate a response (Ansher, 2009). Both Kennedy and Khrushchev severely misinterpreted what the other party was thinking and capable of doing, and both relied on past experiences and pre-established perceptions.
Another major mistake made by the United States that should be noted is their over-reliance on Signals Intelligence. An inductive reasoning mistake was made when the US didn’t fully utilize human intelligence because in the past human intelligence was unreliable, “so therefore all human intelligence is unreliable.” A successful analyst must utilize all platforms of intelligence and not rely too heavily on one method (Ansher, 2009). While a full-fledged conventional or nuclear war was avoided in this case it is important to learn from the mistakes of past analysts to avoid a war in the future.
Ansher, K. M. (2009). Mindsets and Missiles: A First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Strategic Studies Institute .
Heuer, R. J. (1999). Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. Center for the Study of Intelligence.
Moore, D. T. (2007). Critical Thinking and Intelligence Analysis. Washington DC: National Defense Intelligence College.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a crucial point in the history of the United States and the world. Many people did not realize, and still do not realize, what was at stake during those two or so weeks and how rapidly the Cuban Missile Crisis evolved almost ending in nuclear warfare. Life as we know it may not exist today had communication between President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev not succeeded in the end.
At that time in history, Communism was a major fear that the American population dealt with daily. The Soviet Union was viewed as an evil machine spreading communism around the globe, and Khrushchev was the leader. In the reading Mind-Sets and Missiles: A First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kenneth Absher writes, “Khrushchev also had an ideological mind-set that believed history was on the side of socialism and communism, and that capitalism and constitutional democracy were weak and would ultimately be defeated by communism and the Soviet Union (Absher, pg. 1). Following the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, Khrushchev both thought that Kennedy was weak and Khrushchev wanted to help communist Cuba. Khrushchev was able to secretly send materials and offensive missiles in Cuba. However, “Khrushchev’s conviction that the West, in general, and the young U.S. President, in particular, were weak and indecisive led him to discount how far the U.S. leadership would go to stop a new and dangerous threat to its security” (Absher, pg. 86).
Kennedy’s intel initially failed him about the Soviet’s ability and intentions to send missiles into Cuba. Once he was informed, he needed to act quickly, knowing the national security risks of missiles in Cuba and what that could eventually lead to. Kennedy was the President of the United States and needed to look strong and act decisively. He was under massive pressure from his military leaders to either invade Cuba, or bomb the missile sites being constructed. However, he did not want an invasion of Cuba that would lead to nuclear war, and he also did not want to push Khrushchev into a corner where he would do something dangerous. In the book Thirteen Days, Robert F. Kennedy writes, “What guided his deliberations was an effort not to disgrace Khrushchev, not to humiliate the Soviet Union, not to have them feel they would have to escalate their response because their national security or national interests so committed them” (Kennedy, pg. 95). President Kennedy was a smart man, and after a blockade was conducted around Cuba, was able to negotiate with Khrushchev about taking missiles out of Cuba and the U.S. then taking missiles out of Turkey.
Both leaders knew that nuclear was would not be good for anyone in either country. I believe that both were similar in this aspect and had a respect for each other that could spark a negotiation and solution for this crisis. Luckily these men were able to realize the gravity of the situation and reach a peaceful solution.
Absher, K. M. (september 2009). Mind-Sets and Missiles: A First Hand Account of the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1-88.
Kennedy, R. F., & Schlesinger, A. M. (1999). Thirteen days: a memoir of the Cuban missile crisis. New York: W.W. Norton.
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Critical thinking is indeed a vital problem-solving tool, and it is because the leaders of the USA and the Soviet Union at the time were able to employ such thinking that nuclear war was avoided. I strongly agree with the fact that mindsets can be an impediment to critical thinking (Absher, 2009). Th
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LinkedIn is tapping into the jobless in Hollywood to boost its social network, the New York Times reports. Strikes, layoffs and a general downturn in the entertainment business have opened up a new demographic ripe for the picking. The site is making a big push in L.A., with lectures and appearances at the Los Angeles […]
LinkedIn is tapping into the jobless in Hollywood to boost its social network, the New York Times reports.
Strikes, layoffs and a general downturn in the entertainment business have opened up a new demographic ripe for the picking.
The site is making a big push in L.A., with lectures and appearances at the Los Angeles Film Festival, a Film Independent workshop, and events associated with both the Screen Actors Guild and the Writers Guild of America.
LinkedIn has so far been keeping it professional compared to rival networks, giving them a unique position in the job-hunting and networking markets. The other side of that coin is that it doesn't have the "Must Log In Daily" cachet of rival (and considerably less stodgy) social networks likeMySpace and Facebook which also provide networking environments.
So tapping into a vibrant, bottomless professional networking crowd like job-seeking entertainment industry types might be just the ticket.
“Because so many people are looking for work, entertainment is an area that’s ripe for people to be ambitious and entrepreneurial,” said Rob Getzschman, LinkedIn’s entertainment market manager.
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The life cycle of malaria describes the various phases in the development and reproduction of malaria, an infectious disease that is carried by mosquitoes and caused by a variety of protist known as Plasmodium. Five different varieties of Plasmodium are able to infect humans; Plasmodium falciparum tends to cause the most serious cases of the infection. Malaria kills millions of people each year, though it has mostly been controlled in developed countries. Most of the lethal cases of malaria in the world occur in young children in sub-Saharan Africa. High levels of malaria in a given area can be a significant barrier to economic development.
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There is also a sexual phase in the life cycle of malaria. Some of the merozoites that infect red blood cells do not simply multiply and spread; they instead develop into gametocytes that can produce both male and female gametes, or sex cells. These red blood cells do not rupture; they remain intact and contain the gametocytes. These gametocytes, however, are incapable of producing gametes within a human body, so new Plasmodium cannot form within blood cells.
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@KoiwiGal - It's often a combination of things contributing as well. People don't sleep with mosquito nets (or don't insist their children sleep under them) and they don't remove standing water where mosquitoes can breed.
Then they don't quarantine people who have malaria either, because it's so ubiquitous in some places that it would just be impossible. And malaria symptoms don't continue indefinitely, so there might be people who are infected and spreading the infection but don't realize it.
It's a complicated problem, but hopefully we will make more progress as more and more agencies take it on.
KoiwiGal
@MrsPramm - Well, it's already a serious problem in a lot of parts of the world. But more encouragingly, it used to be a serious problem in some places but isn't any longer. The Southern United States, for example, has a lot of places where mosquitoes thrive, but they no longer have massive outbreaks of malaria.
Once it comes under a certain level of control, the life cycle of malaria is broken and it becomes more and more difficult for the disease to find a foothold. Since we can actually cure malaria, and have been able to for a while, it isn't a problem for any country that can afford decent medical care. You can even take drugs that will prevent malaria, although they don't always work as well.
The problem is that in a lot of countries most people just can't afford to take the medication and they have to rely on controlling the mosquitoes rather than controlling the disease. And mosquitoes are very difficult to eliminate altogether.
MrsPramm
Unfortunately, with climate change expanding the number of places where mosquitoes can exist, we can expect malaria to spread even further in the next few decades. Unless they manage to develop a malaria vaccine or some other way of dealing with it, I'm not sure that it can be stopped. There really aren't any foolproof ways of preventing mosquitoes from ever biting you, so once they start spreading the infection it quickly becomes a serious problem.
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Top 10 Exotic Man-Made Infinity Pools
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When we think of infinity pools, the first thing that comes to mind are the luxury resorts around the world. Indeed, inspired by the rare and beautiful natural infinity pools in the world, some of the greatest infinity pools have been designed by architectural honchos to make the best of hotels and resorts more opulent than even the best. Let us take a look at 10 Exotic Man-Made Infinity Pools in resorts and hotels around the world.
Top 10 Exotic Man-Made Infinity Pools are:
10. Hotel Hacienda Na Xamena
Hotel Hacienda Na Xamena is an addition to the party-scene of Ibiza, Spain, set in a national preserve, at the edge of one of its rocky cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, with large and beautiful infinity pools rumbling and tumbling down the hillside. The Suspended Waterfall infinity pools offer an exotic view of blue waters and patchy, boulder-like rocks. As if the view and the multiple layers of the vanishing edge pools of clear blue waters were not enough, the pools also have hydrotherapy circuit. A 45-min session will reduce stress and act like an antidote to all stress.
9. Hotel Caruso
Hotel Caruso is perched on a cliff-top in Ravello, Italy, with its infinity pool set at the highest point above the town, 1000 feet above the sea level. While the hotel itself is a historic building of the 11th century which was formerly used as a palazzo, the heated infinity pool is all modern. The vistas one can enjoy while floating in this vanishing edge pool are truly breath-taking, because the hotel is set in a place that offers the sights of all the major attractions of Italy, be it the sparkling Mediterranean Sea with rocky cliffs overlooking it, the beautiful Amalfi Coast, or the lemon groves near the hotel.
8. Astarte Suites
Astarte Suites is set on the volcanic rock of Santorini Island, Greece. Its pool us one of the most exotic man-made infinity pools in the world. While the hotel is close to a number of cultural and leisure activities in the city, guests are hardly distracted by these from the excellent views of the Aegean Sea and the caldera, available from the pool. Apart from the natural beauty of the island, the infinity pool, along with the hotel, is a view in itself. While the pool and the stone pillars are in harmony with the rocky cliff, the turquoise of the sparkling pool waters match the blue of the ocean.
7. Huvafen Fushi
Huvafen Fushi Resort is located in the Maldives, and has an infinity that is hard to miss. The hotel might offer a one-of-a-kind underwater spa with glass walls so that guests can enjoy views of passing marine life in relaxed leisure, what is even more attractive about this hotel is its zero-edge infinity pool that reaches out right over a private lagoon in the Indian Ocean, and being studded with submerged lights, the waters look like a piece of a very starry sky, thus giving the guests a fantasy experience of swimming. That’s not all. The 43 private bungalows each have their own smaller pools.
6. Golden Triangle Resort
Golden Triangle Resort is located in the beautiful tropical landscape on Chiang Rai, Thailand, and its pool is one of the world’s most exotic man-made infinity pools. The hotel stands on a hilltop, nestled with 160 acres of lush greenery of jungles. Even though guests can have an interactive stay at the hotel while enjoying rides on the resident elephants of the hotel, guests can hardly pull themselves out of the beautiful infinity pool. The pool itself is beautiful, with a flowery bed visible through the crystal-clear water, and the unobstructed views of Myanmar and Laos are engrossing.
5. Serenity Pool at Four Seasons Resort
Four Seasons Resort is located in Maui, Hawaii, and is internationally renowned for Serenity Pool, one of the world’s best infinity pools. It is located in the southernmost edge of the resort, and offers panoramic views of the West Maui range of mountains, and the island of Lanai, set in the Pacific Ocean. To complement the heavenly views, there are four bubble loungers for ultimate relaxation. The pool is equipped with underwater music system, to set the mood. The hardest decision for the guests is to choose which luxury cabana to book, or when to leave the pool to get to the cabana.
4. Marina Bay Sands Hotel
Marina Bay Sands Hotel is in Singapore. Its infinity pool defies all expectations of tropical beaches or views of mountains, because from this pool, one can get the spectacle of the city skyline. Stretching across Sands SkyPark for an impressive stretch of 500 feet, the pool is set into in a cantilevered platform that overhangs the 60-storeyed hotel, 679 feet above the city. The pool with its invisible edges give the swimmer the illusion that he is about to swim right off the edge of the building. At night, the pool offers the view of one of the world’s most modern cities, all brilliantly illuminated.
3. Jade Mountains
Jade Mountain is located in Soufrière, St. Lucia, and is a tempting resort with 29 villas, and each villa offers an attached private infinity-edge pool. These pools are referred to as ‘sanctuaries’ and depending on size, they are classified as galaxies, suns, moons and stars. Each pool, crafted from unique iridescent glass tiles, is distinctive, and appears to spill out into the Caribbean Sea, as the guest enjoys the views of the island’s Pitons which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At night, one can float under the sky, thanks to the fiber-optic lights. Walls on three sides guarantee privacy.
2. Capella Pedregal
Capella Pedregal is a rare boutique hotel in on the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula on Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. It offers a plunge into two excellent infinity pools, overlooked by the rooms in the hotel. The exotic man-made infinity pools are just a flight of stairs above the Pacific Ocean meeting the Sea of Cortez at the edge of the resort, and the sandy beach that accompanies the magnificent waters. Be while taking a dip in the infinity pools or while lounging on the poolside with delicious cocktails from the swim-up bar, one can enjoy the view of the crashing waves of the soaring cliffs.
1. Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel
Ubud Hanging Gardens Hotel is located in Bali, Indonesia, and is the paradise for the lovers of infinity pools. Why, you ask? Well, firstly, the hotel has multiple levels of infinity pools that were designed with the towering look of the natural cliff-side, inspired by the shape and beauty of the surrounding hills. Besides, in addition to the two main pools, each of the guest rooms comes with its very own mini infinity-edge pool. Guests can relax in the pool waters, marvelling at the views of the Pura Penataran Dalem Segara temple or the surrounding vistas, while enjoying the tropical ambience.
Ever since the concept of infinity pools originated in France where one of the first infinity edge designs was used in the Stag Fountain of the Palace of Versailles in the 1600s, exotic man-made infinity pools have only added to the exclusiveness of the hotels and resorts they are a part of. All over the world, the vanishing edge design is hugely sought after. There are …….and several other exotic man-made infinity pools all around the world, which have totally transformed the concept of luxury resorts and hotels, now, and made our work extremely difficult.
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University scientists have found a way to 3D print living tissue
Updated: 8:46 PM EDT May 3, 2019
By Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle
Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle staff photographer
A penny is shown beside a 3D printed hydrogel model of a lung-mimicking air sac in which airways deliver oxygen to surrounding blood vessels, shown at the Rice University's BRC lab on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Houston.
SOURCE: Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle staff photographer
More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are stuck on an organ transplant waitlist, hoping to find that perfect match to their blood type, body size and hospital location.About 20 people each day will die before receiving the organ they need.Imagine if scientists could just print one for them using a method similar to 3D printing.Jordan Miller, a Rice University bioengineer, has been working toward this goal for the past five years. It's more complicated than it sounds: 3D printing originally was created for use with plastics, which are not compatible with the human body.But Miller and his team have found a way to 3D print living tissue using human cells and a water-based solution. This discovery was published Thursday in the journal Science."Tissue engineering has struggled with this for a generation," said Kelly Stevens, a bioengineer from the University of Washington who also led the project. "With this work we can now better ask, 'If we can print tissues that look and now even breathe more like the healthy tissues in our bodies, will they also then functionally behave more like those tissues?' "As of January, more than 113,000 men, women and children found themselves waiting for an organ, according to the U.S. Government Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation's website.And every 10 minutes a person is added to the waitlist, the website stated.Despite the high number of individuals looking for an organ, only 36,528 transplants were performed in 2018, the website continued."Each year, the number of people on the waiting list continues to be much larger than both the number of donors and transplants, which grow slowly," the website stated.Miller and Kelly's findings aren't just on paper. The team was able to develop a model showing that the printing process works.That model is smaller than a penny, but it contains tiny vascular-like structures weaving through a lung-mimicking air sac. Researchers were able to mimic the breathing pattern found in the human lung using precision air pumps."Tests of the lung-mimicking structure showed that the tissues were sturdy enough to avoid bursting during blood flow and pulsatile "breathing," a rhythmic intake and outflow of air that simulated the pressures and frequencies of human breathing," according to a Rice University news letter. "Tests found that red blood cells could take up oxygen as they flowed through a network of blood vessels surrounding the "breathing' air sac."Their technology is the first to address this challenge."Bioprinting has attracted intense interest over the past decade," the release stated. "A ready supply of functional organs could one day be deployed to treat millions of patients worldwide."Miller admits it'll be a long time before that is a possibility. But he anticipates this type of 3D printing to be used extensively in medicine over the next 20 years.Watch this related video of scientists in Israel who made a 3D print of a human heart:
HOUSTON —
More than 100,000 people in the U.S. are stuck on an organ transplant waitlist, hoping to find that perfect match to their blood type, body size and hospital location.
About 20 people each day will die before receiving the organ they need.
Imagine if scientists could just print one for them using a method similar to 3D printing.
Jordan Miller, a Rice University bioengineer, has been working toward this goal for the past five years. It's more complicated than it sounds: 3D printing originally was created for use with plastics, which are not compatible with the human body.
But Miller and his team have found a way to 3D print living tissue using human cells and a water-based solution. This discovery was published Thursday in the journal Science.
"Tissue engineering has struggled with this for a generation," said Kelly Stevens, a bioengineer from the University of Washington who also led the project. "With this work we can now better ask, 'If we can print tissues that look and now even breathe more like the healthy tissues in our bodies, will they also then functionally behave more like those tissues?' "
As of January, more than 113,000 men, women and children found themselves waiting for an organ, according to the U.S. Government Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation's website.
And every 10 minutes a person is added to the waitlist, the website stated.
Despite the high number of individuals looking for an organ, only 36,528 transplants were performed in 2018, the website continued.
"Each year, the number of people on the waiting list continues to be much larger than both the number of donors and transplants, which grow slowly," the website stated.
Miller and Kelly's findings aren't just on paper. The team was able to develop a model showing that the printing process works.
That model is smaller than a penny, but it contains tiny vascular-like structures weaving through a lung-mimicking air sac. Researchers were able to mimic the breathing pattern found in the human lung using precision air pumps.
"Tests of the lung-mimicking structure showed that the tissues were sturdy enough to avoid bursting during blood flow and pulsatile "breathing," a rhythmic intake and outflow of air that simulated the pressures and frequencies of human breathing," according to a Rice University news letter. "Tests found that red blood cells could take up oxygen as they flowed through a network of blood vessels surrounding the "breathing' air sac."
Their technology is the first to address this challenge.
"Bioprinting has attracted intense interest over the past decade," the release stated. "A ready supply of functional organs could one day be deployed to treat millions of patients worldwide."
Miller admits it'll be a long time before that is a possibility. But he anticipates this type of 3D printing to be used extensively in medicine over the next 20 years.
Watch this related video of scientists in Israel who made a 3D print of a human heart:
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Fence not going up at Potters Bar Cricket Club
Published: 1:10 PM March 5, 2009 Updated: 7:59 PM November 3, 2020
PLANS to put up a fence beside a public footpath on the edge of Potters Bar Cricket Club s pitch have been dashed. The club asked Hertsmere Borough Council for a �3,000 grant to install a palisade fence on the west side of its ground
PLANS to put up a fence beside a public footpath on the edge of Potters Bar Cricket Club's pitch have been dashed.
The club asked Hertsmere Borough Council for a �3,000 grant to install a palisade fence on the west side of its ground in The Walk, to prevent injuring pedestrians crossing the path.
However, this week borough councillor Brenda Batten, culture and health portfolio holder, turned down the request.
Club chairman Mike Palmer told the Potters Bar Edition it was the second blow within a matter of weeks, following the cricket pavilion fire at at Dame Alice Owen's School.
He said: "We were hoping to install a fence merely as a point to protect people, as we don't want anybody getting hurt unexpectedly as they cross the path."
A council spokeswoman said the type of fence asked for was not in keeping with the area.
She advised the cricket club to get in contact to discuss what could be done to approve an appropriate design instead.
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Sierra Nevada brewery issues 36-state recall of select beers
The company announced a recall Sunday of certain 12-ounce bottles due to a packaging flaw
Updated: 10:46 PM EST Jan 22, 2017
SNBC Bigfoot via Wikimedia SOURCE: SNBC Bigfoot via Wikimedia
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a recall Sunday of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPA's and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break off into the bottle. In a statement Sunday, it said the recall applies to eight different types of its craft beers, including its popular Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, purchased in 36 states across the Midwest, the South and East Coast of the United States. The California-based company issued the voluntary recall after quality inspections at its Mills River, North Carolina, brewery detected a limited number of bottles made with a flaw "that may cause a small piece of glass to break off and possibly fall into the bottle, creating a risk of injury," the statement said. The affected beer has a package date that falls between Dec. 5, 2016, and Jan. 13, 2017 and a brewery code of "M'' - which stands of Mills River - printed directly on bottles and the packaging of cardboard cases. "We have decided to take this precaution to ensure the safety of our customers," Mike Bennett, chief supply chain officer, was quoted as saying. He said Sierra Nevada had not received any consumer reports of injuries, and it believed the concern could impact about 1 in every 10,000 - or .01 percent - of its bottles packaged during the five-week time period. Aside from its Pale Ale, the Sierra Nevada recall includes 12-ounce bottles of its Beer Camp Golden IPA, Sidecar Orange Pale Ale, Torpedo Extra IPA, Tropical Torpedo, Nooner, Hop Hunter and Otra Vez. The company has stopped distributing all affected beer and is working to have it removed from retails shelves, the statement said. Consumers were urged to check the company's website for details on the recall and not to drink any of the recalled beer, which would be fully refunded. The recall applies to the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
(AP) —
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a recall Sunday of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPA's and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break off into the bottle.
In a statement Sunday, it said the recall applies to eight different types of its craft beers, including its popular Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, purchased in 36 states across the Midwest, the South and East Coast of the United States.
The California-based company issued the voluntary recall after quality inspections at its Mills River, North Carolina, brewery detected a limited number of bottles made with a flaw "that may cause a small piece of glass to break off and possibly fall into the bottle, creating a risk of injury," the statement said.
The affected beer has a package date that falls between Dec. 5, 2016, and Jan. 13, 2017 and a brewery code of "M'' - which stands of Mills River - printed directly on bottles and the packaging of cardboard cases.
"We have decided to take this precaution to ensure the safety of our customers," Mike Bennett, chief supply chain officer, was quoted as saying. He said Sierra Nevada had not received any consumer reports of injuries, and it believed the concern could impact about 1 in every 10,000 - or .01 percent - of its bottles packaged during the five-week time period.
Aside from its Pale Ale, the Sierra Nevada recall includes 12-ounce bottles of its Beer Camp Golden IPA, Sidecar Orange Pale Ale, Torpedo Extra IPA, Tropical Torpedo, Nooner, Hop Hunter and Otra Vez.
The company has stopped distributing all affected beer and is working to have it removed from retails shelves, the statement said. Consumers were urged to check the company's website for details on the recall and not to drink any of the recalled beer, which would be fully refunded.
The recall applies to the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia.
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and investors buy the XFL for $15 million
A group of investors, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has agreed to purchase the XFL for approximately $15 million, according to a news release issued earlier this morning.
“The acquisition of the XFL with my talented partners, Dany Garcia and Gerry Cardinale, is an investment for me that’s rooted deeply in two things – my passion for the game and my desire to always take care of the fans,” said Johnson, who played football at the University of Miami from 1990-94. “With pride and gratitude for all that I’ve built with my own two hands, I plan to apply these callouses to the XFL, and look forward to creating something special for the players, fans, and everyone involved for the love of football.”
“For Dwayne, Gerry and myself, this property represents an incredible opportunity. It is the confluence of great passion, tradition and possibility” said Dany Garcia. “Sports and entertainment are the foundations of the businesses I have built. Melding our expertise combined with our commitment to deliver exciting and inspiring unique content, has us all focused on developing the XFL brand into a multi-media experience that our athletes, partners and fans will proudly embrace and love.”
Gerry Cardinale is the managing partner and Chief Executive Officer of RedBird, which manages more than $4 billion in assets.
XFL President and Chief Operating Officer Jeffrey Pollack called the sale “a Hollywood ending.”
Vince McMahon brought the XFL back to life earlier this year but the season of XFL 2.0 ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic. In April, just two months after kicking off its season, the XFL ceased all operations, laid off all its employees, and declared bankruptcy. McMahon invested over $200 million in reviving the league, a process which took two years.
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Judge: Man charged in 2006 Iraq slayings to remain jailed
FILE – This undated booking file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office shows 42-year-old Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, who was arrested earlier this year in Arizona as part of an extradition request made by the Iraqi government. Ahmed, a native of Iraq who became a U.S. citizen in 2015, is charged with murder in the 2006 shooting deaths of two police officers in Fallujah. A judge on Sept. 21, 2020, ordered Ahmed to be jailed until his extradition hearing has concluded. Ahmed has denied involvement in the killings. (Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File)
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge in Arizona has ruled that an Iraqi immigrant arrested on charges of participating in the 2006 killings of two police officers in Iraq will remain jailed until his extradition case concludes.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael Morrissey concluded Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri is at risk of fleeing and poses a danger to the community, citing the serious nature of the charges, the life or death sentence Ahmed would face if convicted in Iraq, and his ties to people living in foreign countries.
In the Sept. 21 decision, Morrissey also rejected arguments that Ahmed should be released because of his earlier work in the U.S. as a cultural adviser to the military and because his heart and lung ailments make him vulnerable to being infected with the coronavirus at the detention center in Florence, Arizona, where he is being held.
Ahmed, an Iraqi native who came to the United States as a refugee in 2009 and has since become a U.S. citizen, is accused of leading an al-Qaida group that fatally shot the officers on the streets of the Iraqi city of Fallujah. He has denied involvement in the killings and membership to a terror group.
After settling in Arizona, Ahmed worked as a military cultural adviser, traveling to bases in other states to help personnel as they prepared to deploy to the Middle East to fight the Islamic State, his attorney said. He operated a driving school in Phoenix until his arrest in late January as part of an extradition request made by the Iraqi government.
Prosecutors had argued that Ahmed left Iraq after the killings to avoid prosecution and questioned his credibility, saying he gave conflicting explanations about how he suffered gunshot wounds while in Iraq. They could not determine why he spent time in a Syrian prison before moving to the United States.
Ahmed’s attorney, Ahmed’s lawyer, Jami Johnson, has said in court records there has never been a successful extradition of anyone to Iraq in the more than 80 years that the extradition treaty between the United States and Iraq has been in place.
The United States government is also trying to extradite Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, an Iraqi refugee in Sacramento who was arrested in 2018 on allegations that he killed an Iraqi police officer while fighting for the Islamic State organization. An Iraqi court had issued an arrest warrant for Ameen.
The Trump administration has sharply criticized the Obama-era settlement program, questioning whether enough was done to weed out those with terrorist ties. Ahmed’s attorney has previously claimed the case against her client emerged from information provided by informants who had “everything to gain by delivering the Trump administration a supposed ‘terrorist refugee’ in an election year.”
In both attacks on the two Iraqi officers, armed men emerged from cars, fired at the officers and fled.
In the first shooting, a masked attacker held a gun to a witness’ head, while another masked man tried to open fire at a police officer. But his gun malfunctioned.
Another attacker then killed police Lt. Issam Ahmed Hussein. The witness later identified Ahmed, who was not wearing a mask, as the group’s leader, according to court records.
Four months later, Iraqi authorities say Ahmed and other men fatally shot Officer Khalid Ibrahim Mohammad as the officer sat outside a store. A witness recognized Ahmed, whose mask had fallen off, as one of the assailants, according to court records.
by Jodi Latina / Jan 15, 2021
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All seven members of Connecticut's Federal Delegation say they will be at the inauguration. The group says it's important to show unity in this historic moment.
The announcement made on the NRA’s website comes months after New York’s attorney general sued the organization over claims that top executives illegally diverted tens of millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts for associates and other questionable expenditures.
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McIlroy reveals he’s about to become a first-time father
by: DOUG FERGUSON, Associated Press
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, looks down the second fairway during the third round Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, for the BMW Championship golf tournament at the Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) — Turns out the lack of fans isn’t the only reason Rory McIlroy has struggled to keep his mind on golf. His wife is expecting their first child any day.
McIlroy said he has been sharing the news with friends and family, and then it was disclosed during the NBC broadcast on Saturday and he confirmed it after his 3-over 73 that left him three shots behind at the BMW Championship.
“We’re around to be parents very soon, so we’re obviously super excited,” McIlroy said. “I didn’t think it was something that I really particularly needed to share out there. It’s a private matter, but we’re really excited and can’t wait for her to get here.”
McIlroy said his caddie and best friend, Harry Diamond, has been keeping the phone in his pocket during the round in case he gets the call.
And if the call comes, “I’m out of here,” he said.
That could be Sunday in the final round as he tries to win for the first time this year. He said he could wind up missing the Tour Championship, although he would be helped by the Friday start next week at East Lake.
He met his wife, Erica, in the Chicago area. She worked for the PGA of America and was involved in helping get McIlroy to Medinah before the Sunday singles match in the 2012 Ryder Cup when he nearly missed his tee time because he got mixed up on the time zones. They began dating a few years later and were married in April 2017.
“I think from the get-go my mind has been wandering the last few weeks, and now you guys sort of know the reason why,” he said. “You’re going out to play and maybe not knowing whether you’re going to finish the round or not. Look, it’s definitely not an excuse. I just haven’t played well enough. But again, I keep talking about perspective. If you do play bad, I’ve got some awesome stuff coming up on the horizon, which is really cool, and it makes the bad days a lot easier to handle.”
Saturday was a rough one as he tries to bounce back from a 73 that left him three shots behind Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama, all while trying to make up ground in the FedEx Cup for the Tour Championship.
That’s if he even plays. McIlroy has a chance to become the first three-time winner of the FedEx Cup.
“I’m going to play in many more Tour Championships and it’s only going to be the birth of your first child once,” he said. “That trumps anything else.”
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Issue No: 773 Published: 22 Aug 2016
WHO WILL DARE TO BE A DISCIPLE? (Part 6)
As we have seen earlier, Greek based, Western separation of our lives into 'independent' segments as opposed to the Jewish, Eastern based, 'interdependent' way of living is at the heart of discipleship. Put simply, to truly become a disciple of Jesus we need to adopt a 'whole of life' approach to our walk with Jesus.
Jesus meant it when He said.....
34 “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn ”a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— 36 a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37 “Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. (Matthew 10:34-8)
Summarised in the next verse.....
39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matthew 10:39)
My friend Asher, in India, was rejected and separated from his Hindu family for many years, when he gave his life to Jesus. He has now been reconciled and some family members have given their lives to Jesus.
Over the years, since committing to Jesus, I have endeavored to take discipleship seriously, having tried, not always successfully, to 'walk the walk', not just 'talk the talk'.
Laying down our life is not easy, as Peter discovered.....
37 Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times! (John 13:37-8)
But eventually he did, both spiritually and literally, finally choosing crucifixion, at the Lord's request.....
IX. Peter
Among many other saints, the blessed apostle Peter was condemned to death, and crucified, as some do write, at Rome; albeit some others, and not without cause, do doubt thereof. Hegesippus saith that Nero sought matter against Peter to put him to death; which, when the people perceived, they entreated Peter with much ado that he would fly the city. Peter, through their importunity at length persuaded, prepared himself to avoid. But, coming to the gate, he saw the Lord Christ come to meet him, to whom he, worshipping, said, "Lord, whither dost Thou go?" To whom He answered and said, "I am come again to be crucified." By this, Peter, perceiving his suffering to be understood, returned into the city. Jerome saith that he was crucified, his head being down and his feet upward, himself so requiring, because he was (he said) unworthy to be crucified after the same form and manner as the Lord was.
(Foxe's Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, [1848] Chapter 1)
We too are called to walk in the example of Jesus, at least spiritually, if not literally.....
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:24)
Each and every one of us is called to a life of discipleship, of giving Jesus our all. If we are ever going to impress the Jews (or the Muslims) of the Saviour-ship of Jesus, we will have to witness with our lives, not just our words.
Muslims, for example, see the Western world as 'Christian', with our church, government, moral behavior, etc., viewed as all being parts of the one whole-of-life entity. Naturally, they are not impressed with what they see!
Western society takes an opposite viewpoint, with the separation of the various elements of life. This has infiltrated our church thinking, so we promote the mental assent of the 'Sinners Prayer' as being sufficient to obtain salvation.
Looking at Jesus' life and culture, this is patently wrong. Unless our life reflects our verbal commitment, we are not truly Jesus followers. Believing may or may not get us into heaven by the 'skin of our teeth', but it certainly is not the 100% sold out commitment that Jesus requires.
Sets one thinking, doesn't it?
Will you dare to be a disciple? I will.
May we hear what the Lord is saying to us.
The Conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-19, 26:12-18)
Where Jesus spoke supernaturally to Him.
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It’s hard for you to fight against me!”
“‘I am Jesus, the one you’re persecuting,’ ‘But pick yourself up and get to your feet. The reason why I’ve appeared to you is to appoint you as my servant, to be a witness for me, telling others how you have seen me and everything I will reveal to you. I will save you from you own people and from the foreigners. I am sending you to them to open their eyes so they can turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and so that they can receive forgiveness for their sins and a place with those who are set right as they trust in me.’
And to Ananias.
“Ananias!”
“Get up, and go to Straight Street,” the Lord told him. “Ask at Judas’ house for someone called Saul, from Tarsus. He’s praying. He’s seen in vision a man called Ananias come and place his hands on him so he can regain his sight.”
Who protested.
“Get on your way, because he is the person I have chosen to take my name to foreigners and kings, as well as to Israel. I will show him what he’ll have to suffer for my name’s sake.”
Paul’s Vision and Thorn (2 Corinthians 12:1-10)
Paul asks for his ‘thorn’ to be taken away.
“My grace is all you will need, for my power is effective in weakness.”
(Continued next week.)
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830. Grace is God's power overcoming our weakness.
831. Without grace, love will soon fail.
832. Love and grace are like bread and butter. The one complements the other.
833. When grace abounds, love resounds.
835. Grace builds, unforgiveness destroys.
836. The rain of grace waters the garden of love.
838. As grace grows, heartache goes.
839. The light at the end of the tunnel is called grace.
840. Grace given away is likely to return as love.
841. We readily understand our need for grace. Are others any different?
842. A partner's snoring is the ultimate test of grace!
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360. HAVING THE PREACHER FOR DINNER
In a small town way out in the country, a local farmer invited the new preacher and his wife to come out to the farm for supper. While the women were finishing preparations in the kitchen, the men talked in the living room. The farmer was in the middle of telling the preacher that because he was sure that most ministers liked chicken, that's what he had asked his wife to prepare. The farmer's son, playing nearby, spoke up and said, "But I thought it was 'buzzard', not 'chicken' that we were eating today."
"Of course not, where did you ever get that idea?" demanded the farmer.
"Well, I overheard you telling mommy that we ought to hurry up and have the 'old buzzard'" for dinner and get it over with."
359. CAN YOU SPELL "GOD"?
Three people from different parts of the country passed away at the same time. All were met at the gates by St. Peter. The first was an architect from California. Peter said, "You've built beautiful buildings and served men on earth, but before you come in you have to pass one small test, spell 'God'". "G-O-D," replied the architect and St. Peter waved him through.
The second person to approach was a rancher from Texas. Peter looked at him and said, "You've served man upon the earth by providing food through the cattle you've raised but before you come in there's just one small test, spell 'GOD'". "G-O-D", said the rancher and Peter waved him through.
The third person was an attractive businesswoman from New York. Peter said, "You've served the world of commerce, but before you come in you'll have to pass one small test." At this the woman interrupted, "Oh come on now Saint," said the woman, "I've had to fight for every promotion I've ever gotten. I've had to take lower pay for the same job as a male colleague, and I've been continually harassed by bosses and peers for one reason, my gender. And now here I am and you're giving me a hard time too; what kind of test? Let's get it over with."
Peter thought for a moment and said, "Spell Czechoslovakia"
358. ISAIAH AND HIS HORSE
A young lad came home from church one day, and his mother asked him what he had learned in Sunday school. He said, "We learned about Isme."
Not remembering that name in the Bible, his mother asked, "Who is Isme?" "I guess it was a horse, the horse a man by the name of Isaiah rode." "What are you talking about, there's no mention in the Bible of Isaiah riding a horse", the mother responded.
"Well, he must have", said the young boy. My teacher read from the place where Isaiah said "Woah, Isme!"
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376. FIFTEENTH
A fifteenth anniversary is called a ‘quindecennial’. (No wonder it’s a name you don’t hear often. What was it again?)
377. UP IN SMOKE
A perfectly clean fire produces almost no smoke. Smoke simply means that a fire is not burning properly and that particles are escaping unburned. (Maybe ‘money gone up in smoke’ could be reconstituted?)
378. IN LESS THAN A FLASH
A nanosecond is one billionth of a second. (It took 96,587,403,521 nanoseconds to write this, to be exact!)
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SONLESS
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8. "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."
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121. QUICK QUESTION
Why is five o'clock in the morning like a pig's tail?
It's twirly.
122. FLAT-LINED
I work in a busy office where a computer going down causes quite an inconvenience. Recently one of our computers not only crashed, it made a noise that sounded like a heart monitor. "This computer has flat-lined," a co-worker called out with mock horror.
"Does anyone here know how to do mouse-to-mouse?"
123. TWO BROOMS
Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married.
One broom was, of course, the bride broom and the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely.
After the wedding at the wedding dinner, the bride broom leaned over and said to the groom broom "I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!!!"
"IMPOSSIBLE!!" said the groom broom. "We haven't even swept together!"
124. THE ROTTWEILER
A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?"
"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him."
So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says "I'm going to have to put him down."
"What? Because he's cross-eyed?"
"No, because he's really heavy."
125. WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE
A married man had only one complaint: his wife was always nursing sick birds. One February evening, he came home to find a raven with a splint on its wing sitting in his favorite chair. On the dining room table, instead of dinner, there was a feverish eagle pecking at an aspirin. In the kitchen, his wife was comforting a shivering little wren
she found out in the snow.
The furious husband strode over to where his wife was toweling down the cold little bird. "I can't take it any more! We've got to get rid of all of these #(@ birds!"
The wife held up her hand and cut him off in mid-sentence. "Please, Dear, no cuss words in front of the chilled wren."
126. I'M SORRY
I was being shown round a cheese factory the other day, when I fell into a giant vat of milk by-product.
"I'm sorry", I said.
"Am I in your whey?"
127. THE KING AND THE ANIMAL LOVER
Once upon a time there was a king named Ed who reigned over a small county in southern Utah. He was a good and wise king, but he had one very bad habit: King Ed just loved animals--all kinds of animals--and he kept bringing them in the castle with him.
He had deer and water buffalo and foxes--all sorts of game in every room of the castle. The people of the kingdom finally got fed up with this stinky situation, and decided that the king must be dethroned and all the game returned to their natural habitat.
It was the first time in history that the reign was called on account of the game.
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Desire for values-based education grows around the world
PUBLISHED ON 17 August, 2016
BY Reagan Hoezee
International (MNN) — Education is a powerful tool that shapes lives and cultures. It can even make a difference for eternity.
By training and connecting educators to provide quality, values-based education to underprivileged people groups, TeachBeyond is prompting both personal and spiritual growth. According to the organization’s president George Durance, more people than ever are requesting this type of education, and not because of anything TeachBeyond is doing.
“To be really honest with you, we’re not going around, cultivating a sense of educational need, or a need for a values-based education,” Durance says. “And the other organizations with which we work collaboratively, they would say the same thing. It’s just an astonishing movement of the Holy Spirit around the world, prodding and probing, and the result is we have this outburst of interest in education.”
Durance says in the past, in many developing countries, most parents haven’t been afforded the luxury of thinking about establishing a long-term Christian culture. Rather, they have desired quality, values-based education as a way to give their children a leg up in society. Now, Durance says, they’re beginning to view this as an opportunity for the Gospel.
“I think the parents themselves in much of the world, they haven’t really fully understood the values component, but they have understood two other things, and that is they can use this highly desirable thing called quality education to be a testimony and witness in their community,” Durance says. “And so they can use it as a doorway into the neighborhood, and it brings respect, it brings a certain appreciation for the church.
“The other thing is they really want…the transformational component. They want to see their children and their societies holistically transformed. I see that as slightly different than at least our Western idea that we can dust off the sort of negative things in our society by giving our children a good, values-based education. It’s got to be more than that for most of these people.”
Durance says one reason why people are desiring this type of education so much is because of its potential for great impact. According to Durance, believers are realizing it’s a powerful way to transform their community in multiple different ways, specifically for Christ.
“When we talk about education as an attractive option, a Great Commission method, I think part of it could be folks just sitting down and thinking logically,” Durance says. “I’m thinking of one particular individual in a country where we have a great deal of work now. He’d been very involved in the communist system, and when he became a believer, he had this same desire to see his country undergo a revolution, but now it was a Christian revolution. And for him, because of his training as Communist, it was clear that the way to change the nation was through education.
“So it wasn’t a kind of breakthrough, inspirational moment. It was just a clear-headed, logical decision based on experience and what he’d seen around the world, that if I bring in a transformational message through education, I can change my country.
“This is what is shocking us, is we’re finding these catalytic individuals in many different countries who have this vision, and so even if the parents in the church are more concerned about immediate issues, which is, ‘I want a leg up for my children with a good education that includes some English so they can have an international opportunity,’ and so on, those people align comfortably with the visionaries, and we have this wonderful open door the Spirit has given us.”
Durance says it’s encouraging to see the way God is working around the world through education, and comforting to know that the church is not on the defensive. He says the next step is for Christians to ask God what this means for them personally, understanding we can participate in God’s global adventure by being an agent of change wherever He has placed us.
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The ravages of time inflict themselves upon us all!
BODY ‘Not So’ BEAUTIFUL? (Part 1)
So much more than ever there was before,
No, it’s not me - surely can’t be - I implore!
Poking a finger downwards, it wobbles on its own,
Surely that’s not my stomach, I inwardly groan.
But it is, it is, it is, it is,
Could be hers, maybe his,
For we all suffer from much the same,
As the invasion of fat, we seek to tame.
Now if nature seems mildly depressing,
When our youthful body, age is repressing.
God gave the answer to Adam and Eve,
Clothes for the body, others to deceive.
We learn how to dress our bodies, to disguise their shape,
Over sagging boobs and bums, various pieces we drape,
We pretend to be what we no longer are,
The spitting image of a Broadway star.
But now, to get more serious about this matter,
Recently had a friend die, of lymphatic cancer.
His body faded away to a shadow,
Before being buried in a meadow.
For we will all die one day you see,
As inevitably, as four follows three.
For our body has a limited life span,
So about it, we should have a plan.
There is only one plan, of which I know,
If grass over me, is not always to grow.
It’s called salvation by grace.
In meeting Jesus, face to face.
He died on a cross, two thousand years ago,
To rescue us from death, that much I know,
He rose from the grave on the third day,
To give us a new body, in which to play.
To receive our new body, all we do,
Is believe in Him, the one so true.
By seeking forgiveness for all our sin,
His eternal kingdom, we will enter in.
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THE OLYMPICS!!!
As the Athletics nears its end (1 day to go) as I write this, I have just seen a 19 year old New Zealander, Eliza McCartney, amazingly get third in the Women's Javelin. And now, a few seconds ago, the Usain Bolt show concluded with Jamaica winning the 4x400m relay, surely the greatest sprinter ever with 9 gold medals over 3 Olympics.
But, again, the most striking feature for me has been the good sportsmanship shown by the athletes. They compete hard, but after all is over, the goodwill flows and congratulations follow. This, of course has been epitomized in the media by another New Zealander and an American who helped each other after falling in the 5000m heats.
Sadly, on the other hand, are the divisions in the church. The lack of understanding, and outright division, between denominations of whatever hue are simply ungodly. How far do we have to go.....
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:13)
The immaturity displayed by the body of God, is reflected in the divisions we see today.
May we seek more of our God today in order to come into unity with with the Lord and with each other.
Until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD.
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TODAY'S 'BIBLE QUESTION' ANSWER: a. BIBLE (Psalm 73:26)
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Star Wars Fans Celebrate Life Day
There are many memorable dates in Star Wars fandom, as they often reflect important anniversaries of the release of exciting new installments into the franchise, with November 17th being one of the most infamous days in the community, as it marks the anniversary of The Star Wars Holiday Special. Fans first witnessed the variety show on November 17, 1978, and saw stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford all appear in the event, which featured comedy sketches, musical performances, and a narrative about Chewbacca and Han Solo trying to get to the Wookiee's family to celebrate "Life Day" festivities.
In hopes of offering audiences a nondenominational event, as well as avoiding the inclusion of real-world holidays into a galaxy far, far away, Life Day was an amalgam celebration in the series, which fans have come to recognize as being on November 17th. Star Wars creator George Lucas was so embarrassed by the special that it only aired once and it has never been released in any official capacity, though bootleg copies have circulated far and wide in the decades since its debut. Despite the distance Lucasfilm has tried to create between the studio and the special, various creatives have found clever ways to honor Life Day and incorporate its traditions into the official canon.
This year's Life Day is even more special than in years past, as Disney+ unveiled the all-new LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, which features a number of references to the event that introduced audiences to the holiday.
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Penitential Rite and "Absolution"
Formula Doesn’t Have Sacramental Effect
October 11, 2016 19:12Fr. Edward McNamaraTestimonies
Answered by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy and dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum university.
Q: At the beginning of Mass, the priest says the words, “May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to eternal life.” The rubric in the missal states absolution. Is this really an absolution, and should the priest make the sign of the cross? Does it truly reflect forgiveness of sin? — L.B., San Diego, California
A: The General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) says the following in No. 51:
“Then the priest invites those present to take part in the Act of Penitence, which, after a brief pause for silence, the entire community carries out through a formula of general confession. The rite concludes with the priest’s absolution, which, however, lacks the efficacy of the Sacrament of Penance.”
The rubrics make no indication that the priest makes the sign of the cross and therefore, since such gestures are always indicated at other moments, it is to be supposed that this is not done.
In the extraordinary form the Confiteor is said twice, first by the priest and then by the server.
After the priest has said the Confiteor, the server addresses him saying:
“May Almighty God have mercy upon you, forgive you your sins, and bring you to life everlasting.”
The priest then says the prayer Indulgentiam:
“May the Almighty and merciful God grant us pardon [he makes the sign of the cross] absolution, and remission of our sins.”
Once more, this formula is not a sacramental absolution but a petition for remission so as to worthily celebrate the mysteries of the Mass.
In spite of the fact that the word “absolution” is used, the formula does not have sacramental effect and does not directly forgive sins. Several conditions normally required for sacramental absolution are missing, such as an explicit confession of at least one concrete sin. Likewise, in the extraordinary form at least, the words are said only over the server and are not intended to be sacramental.
Some form of acknowledgment of our sinful state has formed part of the initial rites from very early times. In Rome, for example, this was done silently by the celebrant and ministers kneeling or prostrating themselves before the altar. Words were added to this silent gesture in Frankish territory (mostly modern-day France and Germany) during the eighth century.
At first the Confiteor was an individual expression; however, from around the 11th century it had generally become a form of dialogue in which the priest recognizes his sinfulness not only before God and heaven but also before those around him and asks for their intercession. This intercession is offered, as can be seen in the formula of the server in the extraordinary form above.
The actual form and method of praying the Confiteor was probably taken from the Divine Office, in particular from the offices of prime and compline, and introduced into the beginning of the Mass. It was in this transfer that the two formulas, the Misereatur, or layman’s intercessory response, and the Indulgentiam, or priest’s formula, were first introduced and became a stable part of the Mass around the year 1000.
This switch was aided by the fact that during this period the formula Indulgentiam, often beginning with the second word “absolutionem,” also served for a time as sacramental absolution during confession. Likewise it was by then becoming common to impart the absolution immediately after sacramental confession, as is the norm today, and not after completion of a time of penance as was the earlier practice. It thus became natural to append the absolution formula to the Confiteor as was customary. This furthermore explains why the sign of the cross accompanies the Indulgentiam in the extraordinary form as it was also used for sacramental absolution.
There have been several formulas for the Confiteor and Misereatur during Mass. Some invoked more saints, some listed types of sins. The advent of scholastic theology clarified sacramental notions and made necessary distinctions between the sacraments and their efficacy. As a result these additions were generally disapproved by contemporary theologians and pastors as it undermined the nature of the Confiteor as a public general confession and not a secret private one. Thus, the third Council of Ravenna in 1314 decreed that aside from Mary, only Michael, John the Baptist and saints Peter and Paul were to be invoked.
Therefore, the rites of the extraordinary form contain pre-scholastic elements that might induce some to believe that the rite was of a sacramental nature. In fact, this error rarely occurs, and the ceremonies serve as a reverent preparation for the celebration of Mass.
The formula of the Confiteor in the ordinary form has been simplified and now mentions only Mary by name. It has also been transformed into a community prayer rather than a dialogue between priest and server at the foot of the altar. The formula Misereatur hitherto said by the server is now transferred to the priest who intercedes for all present.
The sign of the cross is no longer made so as to remove any ambiguity as to the non-sacramental nature of this rite.
Readers may send questions to zenit.liturgy@gmail.com. Please put the word “Liturgy” in the subject field. The text should include your initials, your city and your state, province or country. Father McNamara can only answer a small selection of the great number of questions that arrive.
October 11, 2016 19:12Testimonies
Fr. Edward McNamara
Padre Edward McNamara, L.C., è professore di Teologia e direttore spirituale
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Security authorities are calling on the public to report directly to 911 for any suspicion of sales of illegal products made with gunpowder in their communities.
- Ministry of Security photo -
Published Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Police seize 26,000-plus units of illegal gunpowder
During the development of the Safe December campaign, of the Ministry of Security, 26,950 units of products made with gunpowder have been seized.
The most recent case happened on Sunday, during a patrol operation in Los Chiles Distric, Alajuela Province, near the border with Nicaragua.
According to the police report, a Nicaraguan man, surnamed Rodriguez, residing in Costa Rica entered the country carrying 4,800 units of explosive gunpowder in his carry-on luggage. Allegedly those products were not reported to customs at the time of crossing the border.
The police seized the gunpowder as part of the evidence against the suspect, who was taken to the Public Ministry, where he must wait for a judge to dictate pre-trial measures against him as suspected of entering the country with illegal gunpowder.
On Saturday, the police seized 1,900 units of products made with gunpowder during a control operation that took place in Upala Canton, Alajuela Province, near the border with Nicaragua.
A Nicaraguan woman, surnamed Rojas, carried several products made with gunpowder, which she had allegedly bought in Nicaragua, police said in its report.
In a similar way to the previous case, the gunpowder products were seized and the woman was taken before the authorities of the Public Ministry where she must wait for the pre-trial orders issued by a judge.
On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, police reported the seizure of one of the largest shipments of illegal gunpowder.
The case began with an anonymous call about an illicit shipment of gunpowder that had allegedly entered the country from Nicaragua to the area of San Carlos Canton, Alajuela Province.
The police proceeded with a road control operation in the area, where a vehicle was detected with the cargo of 17,000 units of products made with gunpowder.
The driver was identified as a Costa Rican, surnamed Guillen who could not justify the origin of the products.
The cargo was seized and the man was arrested and taken to the Public Ministry, where he must wait for the judge to order pre-trial measures against him for being suspected of transporting illegal gunpowder.
That same night, in another police operation, in Los Chiles Canton, also Alajuela Province, another man was arrested for carrying 3,520 units of products made with gunpowder.
The gunpowder was seized and the suspect surnamed Hernandez, was transferred to the Public Ministry, as the same as the previous cases.
According to the Ministry of Security, the Costa Rican Arms and Explosives Law prohibits unregistered products made with gunpowder to enter the country. The law orders confiscation of all products made with illegal gunpowder. And seven years in prison as penalty if found guilty of producing or trafficking the illegal product.
This month the police announced the Christmas and New Year Eve surveillance plan.
The plan includes 4,700 surveillance operations with 654 traffic officers, 190 patrols, 36 cranes, 196 motorized officers, 14 posts with gas measuring equipment, among others, are set to monitor the streets, police said.
Among the main routes to be monitored are from the city to the beach or countryside, which becomes the most traffic roads during the holidays. Among these are the Inter-American Highway which crosses the country from the border with Panama to the border with Nicaragua, Route 32 from San José Province to Limón Province, Route 27 from San José Province to Puntarenas.
What have you heard about the sale of illegal products made with gunpowder in your community? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com
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University announces new food provider
Written by admin on February 13, 2013
After a five-month search for a new food service provider, the decision came down to the few members of the presidential cabinet who sat at the conference table Feb. 6 and pondered the choice between two “excellent candidates,” said Kim Hadley, vice president for finance and administration. The members resorted to using secret ballots because the decision was such a difficult one.
Last week, Creative Dining Services rose above the other seven candidates for the contract and was selected as the new food service provider for John Brown University, beginning in June 2013.
“The JBU community is nationally recognized as a leader in providing exceptional value with high values and purpose,” said Nick Saccaro, vice president of operations for Creative Dining. “We couldn’t be more excited to have this opportunity to serve.”
The University sent a five-member team of task force members to other schools that used Creative Dining and other providers. They interviewed school administration, food service directors, chefs, staff and current students at each school. And, of course, they ate and ate some more.
They observed several changes students can expect as a result of Creative Dining’s upcoming partnership with the University.
“By leveraging the space and available dining stations, your resident dining program will step up to the next level,” said Creative Dining in a summary of their proposal.
They plan to integrate concepts such as Taqueria Mexican Street Fare, Emma & Charlie’s Pizza, and Globe International Offerings, each with special-of-the-day offerings, in addition to their regular menu cycle. They also plan to better highlight the “action station” where students can get made-to-order meals.
Other colleges that partner with Creative Dining said the food was comparable and better than what they would find at local restaurants, and that student satisfaction increased after the transition.
When University representatives visited these other schools, they also noticed the food that met special dietary needs, such as gluten-free items, were available and clearly marked.
Administration is working with Creative Dining to make changes to the Kresge Dining Hall to better meet the needs of students. They discussed adding a new beverage station to relieve the current congestion. This change was recommended to the University by all eight candidates in their proposals. They may also add another food serving station to address the concern of long lines during busy times.
Students can anticipate “pace changers” or other special events that are designed to “engage them in fun, community-building activities,” according to Creative Dining’s proposal.
The California Café will look a little different in the fall. Instead of Freshens, Froovie’s organic, cold-blended beverages will be available. They also plan to add Decker’s Sandwiches, an upscale, made-to-order deli concept including gourmet salads and fresh-baked breads. Creative Dining recommends expanding the grill offerings and providing more snack options. The Cali would also serve the main entrée of the day from the cafeteria.
Not only will Creative Dining be serving food in the Kresge Dining Hall and the California Café, they will also be responsible for the catering needs on campus.
With the changes in food service, students can expect a “moderate increase” in board costs, said Hadley. The University announced the specifics on Wednesday. She said the University is absorbing some of the costs and not passing them all on to the student body.
Selecting the new food service provider was an extensive process. The University had a good, long-standing partnership with current provider, ARAMARK, for over 15 years. ARAMARK was one of the eight candidates.
“Just out of due diligence we do this on many of our contracts,” said Hadley. “When you’ve had a relationship that long, it’s good to have a request for proposal. We wanted to make sure we are providing the best food at the best value for our students.”
Stephen Kerr, ARAMARK food service director, said he has known since November that they would not be continuing serving the University next year. He said the process was “very thorough.” He estimated that there were 20 tours with different candidates throughout the process, which he said was “very hard on my employees, but they did well.”
“I understand the University’s decision,” said Kerr. “That doesn’t mean I like it. It has been very disappointing. Basically the University said that ARAMARK did not fit the culture they were looking for. I keep thinking about what we could have done better, but I have to keep my composure.”
Kerr wanted to look out for his 60 employees during the transition. He asks that the student body respect the current employees.
“These are their jobs, their livelihoods. They put their hearts into their jobs,” he said. “I don’t want to see students putting down ARAMARK. Some of the employees may be hired back next year by the new company.”
Founded in 1990, Creative Dining Services has over 70 accounts in nine states. Many of them are organizations like Calvin, Hope and Taylor Universities or organizations such as Focus on the Family. While their corporate headquarters are in Zeeland, Mich., their Operations Director for John Brown University, Glenda Haley, lives in Northwest Arkansas.
Haley said, “Every opportunity we had during the [request for proposal] process to visit the JBU community or interact with the JBU students and staff was wonderful. We see a community here, a community that we are excited to become a part of.”
Tuition costs break $30,000 mark
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Rachel Carson – Marine Biologist, Writer, & Environmental Advocate
Rachel Cason – Life Magazine -Feb 1962
Rachel Carson – May 27, 1907 (Pennsylvania) – April 14, 1964 (Maryland)
Marine Biologist and writer, Rachel Carson, is considered one of the leading voices in environmental conservation and, what we now call, climate change movements.
Having grown up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania, near the industrial steel town of Pittsburg, lead Ms. Carson to question how the choices humans make in the “advancement of society” affect the planet and its wildlife both on land and in the sea. From a young age, she wrote about her observations of the natural environment. After gaining degrees from the Women’s College of Pennsylvania and John Hopkins University in marine biology and zoology, she went to work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There, she wrote educational pamphelets and other materials for the agency about conservation and marine life. Her talents as a science writer eventually lead to her promotion as Editor-in-Chief of all U.S. Fish and Wildlife publications. In addition to her work with Fish and Wildlife, she traveled as a lecturer and edited scientific journals for her peers.
The thing, however, that brought her to the forefront of environmental and climate change issues was the publication of three books: Under the Sea-Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), and Silent Spring (1962). While the first two were beautifully written prose about the marine world that became best-sellers and brought her both professional and financial success, it was the latter that brought her international attention as a leading voice in the scientific community. Published in the wake of World War II, at a time when pesticide use had become prolific, Carson questioned the effects of those chemicals upon the earth and its creatures, and whether humans had a right to alter the natural environment, sometimes irreversibly, with them.
Both in the book and in person, she was very outspoken about the use of the pesticide, DDT. The chemical industry pushed back, trying to discredit her name and blow off her concerns as foolish. Undeterred, Ms. Carson continued to voice her worries about its use, testifying before the U.S. Congress, in 1963, to lobby for policy that would prohibit DDT’s, and other chemicals known to have negative environmental and climate effects, use. The findings she presented there, were later substantiated by a presidential commision. Ms. Carson died of complications related to a long fight with breast cancer the following year. Her work, however, became the igniting force behind an environmental movement that eventually led to the banning of DDT in the U.S. and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Dr. Margaret McFarland – The Woman behind Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.
Elenore Abbott – American Illustrator
Harriet Quimby- First licensed female pilot in the U.S.
Berthe Morisot – la Grand Dame of Impressionist Art
Bridget Riley – “Op” Artist
Georgia O’Keeffe
Maya Lin – Artist, Sculptor, Designer
Maria Merian – Entomologist and Botanical Illustrator
Madame de Pompadour – Artist, Mistress, Trend Setter
Caroline Weldon – Painter and Sioux Advocate
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Acta Scientific Agriculture (ASAG)(ISSN: 2581-365X)
Review Article Volume 4 Issue 6
Status, Challenges and Future Prospects of Wastewater Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation in Developing Countries: A Mini Review
Sandeep Singh Shekhawat1, Kavita Verma2 and AB Gupta1*
1Department of Civil Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, India
2JNTUH, Hyderabad, India
*Corresponding Author: AB Gupta, Department of Civil Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, India.
Received: April 02, 2020; Published: May 26, 2020
Wastewater is becoming an important alternative resource to reduce water foot prints in many sectors. Agricultural irrigation sector accounts for the maximum (approximately 70%) use of fresh water worldwide. With increasing scarcity of fresh water resources, many developing countries have been using untreated or partially treated wastewaters for irrigation. Aim of this review is to present the status of wastewater generation, treatment and reuse in irrigation across major developing nations. These countries were selected on the basis of high population, low national water stress ranking (NWSR) and data availability (Table 1 and 2). Further, current challenges of presence of pathogens, antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria in high concentrations in wastewaters reused for irrigation have been critically discussed. The wastewater generation data across these nations show a large range of 0.0805 - 58.92 km3/year, out of which barely 0.022 - 17.89 km3/year receives treatment. The vegetables (mostly lettuce) irrigated with wastewaters have reported high contamination of pathogens such as Enterococci, Salmonella, Vibrio, Clostridium, Klebsiella, helminth eggs. Similar results have been obtained for ARBs. Antibiotics concentrations reported in wastewater used for irrigation were up to 368 mg/L and up to many μg/Kg of antibiotics in plant tissues have been found to accumulate in edible crops raised with such waters. Antibiotics SMX and CIP were most widely present in wastewaters due to their excessive use in these countries as well as their persistence. Existing treatment technologies have not been found to be suitable to remove all these emerging pollutants from wastewaters. Moreover, lack of data on such pollutants from developing nations is the major challenge to tackle the problems associated with safe wastewater reuse and calls for appropriate policy reforms and development of upgraded technology to combat such issues. Therefore, it is suggested that regular detailed research inputs are required to ensure long term sustainability for a safe reuse of this misplaced resource to conserve human and environmental health.
Keywords: Agricultural Irrigation; Developing Countries; Antibiotics; Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria; Wastewater Reuse; Wastewater Treatment Plants
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Citation: AB Gupta., et al. “Status, Challenges and Future Prospects of Wastewater Reuse for Agricultural Irrigation in Developing Countries: A Mini Review". Acta Scientific Agriculture 4.6 (2020): 21-30.
Copyright: © 2020 AB Gupta., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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November 23 - The P5+1 Deal with Iran is Better Late Than Never; The Former Commissioner of the INS on Obama's Immigration Overhaul; Why Reform of the NSA Failed
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We begin with an analysis of the last-minute efforts by the P5+1 to make a deal with Iran over its nuclear program ahead of the November 24 deadline. Mohsen Milani, the Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the University of South Florida and author of “The Making of Iran’s Islamic Revolution”, joins us to discuss what happens if the talks fail to conclude by Monday’s deadline and provide an assessment of the conflicting forces inside Iran between so-called moderates and hardliners that might explain why the U.S., Russia, China, the UK, France and Germany failed to make a deal with Iran.
Then we get an appraisal of President Obama’s recently-announced Immigration overhaul from Doris Meissner, the former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and a Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute. She joins us to discuss how the new rules of deporting felons, not families, will be enacted by the INS and whether there will be a reduction in the funding for border security which is now at a record level of 20% higher than the combined total of all spending of all federal law enforcement agencies combined.
Then finally we examine the recent failure of the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act that was meant to reign in the abuses of bulk collection of private data on all Americans following the revelations by the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Neema Guliani, a legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Washington Legislative Office joins us to discuss why the bill was killed in spite of lobbying by a coalition of civil liberties, libertarian and powerful Silicon Valley companies like Google and Facebook and why Senator Rand Paul, who earlier conducted a Senate filibuster against NSA abuses, voted against the bill.
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Fisher, Erik. April 2008. "Embedded Humanists." Presentation. Engineering in Context. Colorado School of Mines. Golden, CO.
Fisher, Erik. October 2008. "Laboratory Engagements: Risky Discourse and Research Decisions." Presentation. Networks, Risk and Knowledge Sharing. University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA.
Fisher, Erik. March 2008. "Midstream Modulation and the Politics of Engagement." Presentation. STS in Action. Claremont, CA.
Fisher, Erik. July 2008. "Midstream Modulation: Embedding the Humanities in Engineering Practice and Education." Presentation. Kluyver Colloquium. Delft Technical University. Delft, The Netherlands.
Fisher, Erik. November 2008. "Nanotechnology: Environment, Health and Safety." Presentation. Environmental Professionals of Arizona. Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers. Tempe, AZ.
Fisher, Erik. 2008. "Review of Evan Selinger; Robert P. Crease (eds.). The Philosophy of Expertise." Isis. 99(1):232-233. doi: 10.1086/589405
Fisher, Erik, Derrick Anderson and David Renolds. August 2008. "Mapping and Modulating the Public Value of Academic Research." Presentation. Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy. Big Sky, MT.
Fisher, Erik, Cynthia Selin and Jameson Wetmore. 2008. Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society, Volume I: Presenting Futures. New York: Springer.
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Garay, Manuel and Erik Fisher. August 2008. "NSECs and the Integration of Societal Concerns into R&D." Presentation. Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy. Big Sky, MT.
Garcia, Antonio and Joan McGregor. October 17, 2008. "Will Genetic Discrimination Replace Racial Discrimination." Presentation. CNS-ASU Science Café. Arizona Science Center. Phoenix, AZ.
Guston, David H. February 2008. "Anticipatory Governance at the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU." Presentation. Guest Lecture. Ford School of Public Policy. University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI.
Guston, David H. June 2008. "Anticipatory Governance of Nanotechnologies: The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU." Presentation. Visiting Japanese Technology Assessment delegation meeting. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
Guston, David H. September 10, 2008. "CNS-ASU and Nano-in-Society in the USA." Presentation. Manchester International Workshop on Nanotechnology, Society and Policy. Manchester, UK.
Guston, David H., et al. 2008. CNS-ASU Annual Report to the National Science Foundation, Year 3.Annual Report for NSF Award #0531194 for the period October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008 Center for Nanotechnology in Society. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
Guston, David H. April 4, 2008. "Governing Emerging Technologies." Presentation. Arizona Institute of Nanoelectronics opening ceremonies. Tempe, AZ.
Guston, David H. 2008. "Innovation Policy: Not Just a Jumbo Shrimp." Nature. 454:940-941.
Guston, David H. July 2008. "Reflections on CNS-ASU and Nano in Society in the U.." Presentation. Dutch NanoNed Flagship TA and Societal Aspects of Nanotechnology meeting. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Guston, David H. June 2008. "The Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU and the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technologies." Presentation. Institute for Science and Technology Studies. Bielefeld University. Bielefeld, Germany.
Hamlett, Patrick. March 2008. "Public Deliberations About Science and Technology: Should the Public Have a Say on the Future of Nanotechnology." Presentation. NSF Science and Technology Center Program. Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes Innovation Seminar Series. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC.
Hamlett, Patrick and Michael D. Cobb. August 2008. "Reporting the Results of the first National Citizens Technology Forum." Presentation. Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy. Big Sky, MT.
Hamlett, Patrick and Michael D. Cobb. July 2008. "The First National Citizens Technology Forum on Human Enhancement: Results and Prospects." Presentation. VIPSI-2008 (Information Processing Society, International) Conference: Knowledge Engineering, Tutorials & Brainstorming. Pisa, Italy.
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Newswise — Women tend to choose non-math-intensive fields for their careers — not because they lack mathematical ability, but because they want flexibility to raise children or prefer less math-intensive fields of science, reports a new Cornell study.
“A major reason explaining why women are underrepresented not only in math-intensive fields but also in senior leadership positions in most fields is that many women choose to have children, and the timing of child rearing coincides with the most demanding periods of their career, such as trying to get tenure or working exorbitant hours to get promoted,” said lead author Stephen J. Ceci, professor of human development at Cornell.
Women with advanced math abilities choose non-math fields more often than men with similar abilities, he added.
Women also tend to drop out of scientific fields — especially math and physical sciences — at higher rates than do men, particularly as they advance, because of their need for greater flexibility and the demands of parenting and caregiving, said co-author Wendy M. Williams, Cornell professor of human development.
“These are choices that all women, but almost no men, are forced to make,” she said.
The study, published in the March issue of the American Psychological Association’s Psychological Bulletin (135:2), is an integrative analysis of 35 years of research on sex differences in math. Ceci and his Cornell co-authors reviewed more than 400 articles and book chapters to better understand why women are underrepresented in such math-intensive science careers as computer science, physics, technology, engineering, chemistry and higher mathematics.
Women today comprise about 50 percent of medical school classes; yet women who enter academic medicine are less likely than men to be promoted or serve in leadership posts, the authors report. As of 2005, only 15 percent of full professors and 11 percent of department chairs were women. Non-math fields are also affected: For example, only 19 percent of the tenure-track faculty members in the top 20 philosophy departments are women.
The authors concluded that hormonal, brain and other biological sex differences were not primary factors in explaining why women were underrepresented in science careers, and that studies on social and cultural effects were inconsistent and inconclusive. They also reported that although “institutional barriers and discrimination exist, these influences still cannot explain why women are not entering or staying in STEM careers,” said Ceci. “The evidence did not show that removal of these barriers would equalize the sexes in these fields, especially given that women’s career preferences and lifestyle choices tilt them toward other careers such as medicine and biology over mathematics, computer science, physics and engineering.”
The analysis, which also was conducted with Susan Barnett, Ph.D. ’04, a visiting scholar at Cornell, also found that “Women would comprise 33 percent of the professorships in math-intensive fields if it was based solely on being in the top 1 percent of math ability, but they currently comprise less than 10 percent,” Ceci said.
Science, technology, engineering and math are not the only professions affected by women’s career choices, said the authors. Women are still underrepresented in the top positions of such fields as medicine, law, biology, psychology, dentistry and veterinary science.
The authors recommended that universities and companies create options for women with math talents who want to pursue math-intensive careers. These could include deferred start-up of tenure-track positions and part-time work that segues to full-time tenure-track work for women who are raising children, and courtesy appointments for women unable to work full time but who would benefit from use of university resources (e-mail, library resources, grant support) to continue their research from home.
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Posted by Administrator on 10 January 2021, 9:09 pm
D.B.S.Jeyaraj
Twelve years ago on 8 January 2009, Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge, the Editor of The Sunday Leader in Colombo, was killed by “unknown” assassins. He was my colleague, Editor, friend and above all a kindred soul. How I miss him!
There is a huge vacuum in the media scene after his departure. It is yet to be filled adequately. I doubt that it will ever be filled.
A dozen years have passed since his demise but his killers are yet to be brought to justice. This is to be expected in a land where those suspected of being responsible for his murder strut about pompously in the corridors of power. Lasantha Wickrematunge was one who spoke truth fearlessly to power regardless of who was ensconced in the seat of power. Hence there was no real or genuine progress or interest shown by those in bringing to book the perpetrators of the crime.
It was during the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa that Lasantha was assassinated. The years passed and there was no effective breakthrough in the investigations. Everyone knew why. Then came the ‘Yahapalanaya’ Government of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. That Government had derived much political mileage in its election campaign by promising justice for Lasantha. It so happened that the 2015 Presidential Election itself was held on 8 January, the day of Lasantha’s death.
The coincidence made some of us feel optimistic about prospects of poetic justice. Alas! That was not to be. A team of dedicated sleuths did engage in a serious probe and it was widely reported then that investigations had reached a point where a comprehensive indictment was imminent. But there was no political will to prosecute. The Sirisena-Wickremesinghe Government dithered and ultimately withered away ending “unwept and unsung”.
The second phase of Rajapaksa rule spearheaded by Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ushered in over a year ago. Few expected miracles to happen vis-à-vis the Wickrematunge assassination case. What happened however was unbelievably terrible. The sleuths probing the Lasantha killing and other media related offences were replaced. Many were transferred or demoted. Some were penalised. At least one officer fled the country with family. On the other hand persons implicated as suspects were cleared and even promoted.
We Have No Illusions Yet We Live In Hope
Under these circumstances there is little chance of any justice for Lasantha in the current context. We have no illusions yet we live in hope. The ‘audacity of hope’ to borrow Barack Obama’s phrase is all that we have. Let me reiterate therefore what I have been saying in the past and will continue to say so in the days to come also.
“Lasantha’s killers may think that the gun has silenced the pen but as a fellow scribe and friend I want to remind those responsible that the last word about his death has not been written yet. There will come a time when justice would be meted out to his killers – the archers and the arrows. Until then, we who loved and admired Lasantha, will wait in hope. This is not a challenge, threat or boast but a simple statement of fact.”
Lasantha Wickrematunge
A few days after Lasantha Wickrematunge was killed on 8 January 2009, I wrote an article about him in the ‘Daily Mirror’. Passages from it were reproduced in subsequent articles about Lasantha. I wish to share a modified version of the original article with readers on the occasion of his 12th death anniversary. After editing out the portions relating to his killing, this modified version becomes mainly a personal account providing some insight into Lasantha.
“Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge was brutally assassinated in broad daylight on a public road. He was murdered on January 8 by cowardly minions for courageously speaking truth to power.
Refusing to be silenced by the powers that be, the fearless editor of The Sunday Leader fought valiantly against overwhelming odds to expose corruption, nepotism, mis-governance, racism and militaristic triumphalism. The motto of The Sunday Leader was ‘unbowed and unafraid’. Lasantha personified the motto in every way and remained to the very end, unbowed and unafraid.
The Lasantha Wickrematunge I Knew
Lasantha Wickrematunge was a controversial-larger than life-character whose journalism evoked various reactions in various people. Some loved him, some hated him; some admired him while others condemned him. But the real Lasantha Wickrematunge was totally different to the “image” many had of him due to negative perceptions. He was friendly and easy to get along with. What I want to do in this column is to portray the lesser known side of Lasantha. Something close and personal.
Lasantha Manilal Wickrematunge (5 April 1958 – 8 January 2009)
It was indeed my privilege and good fortune to be closely associated with him for many years. I used to call him “Lassie Boy”. This was because there were two guys with the name Lasantha at The Island Editorial in those days. To differentiate, I shortened his name to “Lassie,” which amused many colleagues. He objected vehemently saying “Lassie” was a girlish name. To his utter chagrin I compromised by adding “Boy” after Lassie to emphasise his masculinity. “Lassie Boy” it was forever. Some others too followed suit.
Lasantha Wickrematunge joined The Island in 1982 shortly after the Presidential Elections in October. He had cut his journalistic teeth on the now defunct The Sun, but later crossed over to The Island, edited then by Vijitha Yapa. Our friendship began and grew while working as reporters on The Island.
For some reason he took a liking to both Ajit Samaranayake and myself. Both of us were four years elder to him but we got on famously .We were not his mentors. He needed none. Unlike both of us, Lasantha was a teetotaller, a rarity those days among scribes. Still that did not prevent his joining us sometimes when we quenched our thirst in waterholes. He would sip a soft drink while we imbibed the hard stuff, chatting away.
But Lasantha and I got even closer as we were reporters which Ajit was not. Also we were residents of Kotahena. I had moved from Wellawatte to Galpotha Road in Kotahena to be within walking distance of Upali Newspapers at Bloemendhall Road. He was a native of Wasala Road. This enabled us to interact more closely. We were young and bachelors then. More importantly, Lasantha had a car of his own. Thus we travelled about in his vehicle to many places and events having fun. I was also a frequent visitor to his home.
Among the pleasant memories of The Island experience was the time when the All-Party Conference was held in 1984. Both of us were assigned to cover it. Unlike some scribes who depended only on the press conferences and press releases to write their news stories, we delved deep into our sources about what really transpired in the conclave.
Our Editor at that time Vijitha Yapa, who was himself bold and unconventional, encouraged our approach. We pooled our resources and because of our friendship combined together to write our stories. Our coverage was the best and the official spokesperson Lalith Athulathmudali would laughingly tell us at the APC press conference, “You people don’t need me.”
Lasantha revealed to me then his abiding interest in politics. We were alike in that respect but unlike me he wanted to be an active politician. This was due to his family background. Lasantha’s father, Harris Wickrematunge, had been a Municipal Councillor for three decades. He was at one time Deputy Mayor of Colombo. Uncle Harris had also contested Colombo North as an independent and lost in 1970.
Therefore Lasantha also wanted to engage in politics. Uncle Harris had crossed over from the UNP to SLFP with A.H.M. Fowzie and others. This and the bitter experience he suffered at the hands of some JR cronies while working for The Sun propelled Lasantha into the SLFP in those days. He was also assigned to cover that party for the paper thus developing his SLFP links further at that time.
It was this which made him contest the 1989 Parliamentary Polls in the Colombo District. He didn’t make it then. Later he worked as Private Secretary to the then Opposition Leader Sirimavo Bandaranaike. In retrospect, I am glad that he couldn’t shine in active politics. Otherwise he would not have had his “avatar” as The Sunday Leader Editor. He grew into his role as Editor and was really conscious of the historic role he was playing.
There was a time when he wanted to be a cabinet minister in a future UNP government. But when the prospect loomed large on the political horizon, Lasantha opted to remain as a journalist and Editor rather than be a politico-minister. This was because he had become very fond of and devoted to his editorial role. Despite the dangers he preferred that to full time law or politics.
Lasantha Fully Realised The Dangers He Faced
Lasantha was not unaware of the dangers he faced. He had encountered innumerable problems in the past. After Richard de Zoysa was killed during the time of President Ranasinghe Premadasa, Lasantha was among the journalists whose lives were threatened. He went to Australia where he stayed for some time.
He returned after a while and in 1994 co-founded The Sunday Leader. The newspaper under Lasantha’s unprecedented editorial drive and direction charted out a new course in Sri Lankan journalism. He pulled no punches in a zealous quest to cleanse the Augean stables. Lasantha was no Hercules. Yet he went about his task with indomitable courage. Like Prometheus he defied the “gods” (with clay feet).
For a decade and a half, the popular Sunday paper pitched into the powers that be. In the finest embodiment of journalistic values, Lasantha Wickrematunge and his Sunday Leader spoke truth to power. In the process he did not merely ruffle feathers but stripped the ‘birdies’ bald.
From Chandrika Kumaratunga to Mahinda Rajapaksa, the highest in the land were all targets of his journalistic archery. He was a virtual one-man opposition. Under his editorial leadership his staffers and colleagues worked together as a dedicated team for the common good of this country by upholding liberal democratic values.
In the process he underwent much hardship and danger. Thugs assaulted him in the presence of his wife; machine gun fire was sprayed at his house. The paper was sealed under Emergency regulations; numerous Court cases were filed; the press was burnt down. A blatant attempt to arrest him was made, he was the target of hate mail, abusive calls and death threats. He and his loved ones were targets of vulgar attacks in sections of the media. Still he battled on, unbowed and unafraid.
Lasantha fully realised the dangers he faced. He could have gone abroad to save his life. He was a lawyer and could have simply donned the black coat; he could have capitulated and compromised his journalistic integrity. He could have allowed himself to be bought over by or co-opted into the power structure. These he did not and instead opted to go along the straight but narrow path. Finally the end came in a gruesome fashion. In the Sri Lanka of old the barbarians were at the gates. Now they were inside the gates occupying positions of power.
He was uncommonly brave or foolhardy, depending upon how one looks at it. The fact that he never had bodyguards or sought protection is illustrative of his defiant spirit. Except on rare ‘official’ occasions, he always drove his own car. Each day he would walk 45 minutes for exercise, along the same road sticking to the same routine. Even on the fateful morning he opted to go out alone regardless of consequences.
I was always concerned about the danger to his life and would caution him. I am sure many others would have done so too. But he would flippantly dismiss them. “Machang,” he would joke, “there are two things where you gotta go when you have to go – one is the toilet and the other is the grave.”
There was also another source of inner strength for this courage. Very few know about the ‘spiritual’ side of Lasantha. Most people think of him as a hard-headed, cynically rational person. But there was a metaphysical aspect to him too. I was surprised when he told me face to face in Canada, “Don’t worry machang. Nothing will happen to me because there is a divine power watching over me. That’s my protection.” I first though he was joking but later realised he was very serious. This was due to a spiritual experience he underwent.
Lasantha’s parents and all three sisters and their families reside in Canada. One of his sisters had a ‘problem’ of sorts, which was resolved through the prayers of an evangelical Christian mission. This made other members of the family embrace the faith. Lasantha himself on one of his trips to Canada underwent a spiritual experience. Thereafter he – like Saul being transformed into Paul on the road to Damascus – was changed. He even introduced me to his spiritual guide Pastor Angelo once. This spiritual experience steeped him in faith and provided strength and solace to him.
Lasantha used to visit Canada every year during late spring/early summer to see his sisters and parents. This gave me annual opportunities to meet him in person and have heart-to-heart chats. He would also call me when he was abroad in other countries. We would then engage in prolonged conversations without fear of telephones being tapped.
My Professional Relationship With Lasantha
Professionally, my relationship with him has been of four phases. The first was our working together at The Island, the second was when he started The Sunday Leader and I wrote for the paper from Canada. Since I was editing my own Tamil weekly at that time I couldn’t continue for long. But it was illustrative of Lasantha’s innovative outlook and confidence in me that he thought I could write a regular column on Sri Lankan politics from Canada for a Sri Lankan newspaper.
The third phase was when I began functioning in 1997 as the ‘Roving Correspondent’ of The Sunday Leader writing the ‘Searchlight’ column. The fourth phase was in 1999 when I started writing the ‘Cross Currents’ column under my own byline for his paper. This went on till September 2007.
The important point in writing for “Editor” Wickrematunge was the absolute freedom he allowed his columnist. He has never blue-pencilled me. Except on rare occasions he has never asked me what I was going to write upon. There were only two occasions during an eight-year stint with Lasantha where he requested me not to write on a topic. One was about a Tamil politician and the other a Sinhala Army General. Even then he explained his reasons and left the decision to me. I obliged him then.
What endeared him to me most was his utter lack of racist consciousness. In this he was influenced by his father and Kotahena upbringing. The ward contested by Uncle Harris is multi-ethnic. So too is the Colombo north electorate. This resulted in Harris Wickrematunge having very good rapport with the Tamil, Muslim and Burgher communities in the area. This rubbed off on Lasantha too, I guess. Besides, the cosmopolitan St. Benedict’s College environment was also conducive.
As a result Lasantha was one who had no racist or chauvinist thinking in his psyche. He was fully aware of the problems faced by the minority ethnicities in Lanka. He had particular empathy for the Tamil predicament. This worldview and mindset was reflected in his journalism and the general editorial thrust of his paper. The newspaper was boldly critical of majoritarian hegemony and strongly supportive of the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil people.
This policy was not hypocritical based on attracting sales. It came from the heart. This naturally made him and the paper popular with readers from the minority communities who recognised a kindred spirit. On the other hand, racist and chauvinist elements among the majority community resented this. They hated Lasantha vehemently.
Another facet to his journalism was his investigative skills. I am not underestimating the talents and efforts of his staffers but it was common knowledge that the pivotal force in most exposures done by the paper was Lasantha himself. In the days of old, newspapers worked on an investigation for weeks with one good investigative feature uncovering corruption or mismanagement coming only once or twice a month. But The Sunday Leader broke new ground with its investigative articles. It was not merely one per week but a case of three or four in a single issue. From a journalistic perspective this was indeed fantastic.
A little-known fact about Lasantha is that he was a good cricketer like his brother Lalraj Wickrematunge. Lasantha played for the under 16 at SBC and shone. Unlike Lal who was a pacey (In 1968 STC was bowled out for 41 with Lal getting 6 wickets for 7 runs), Lasantha was a left arm leg spinner. But he went off to Britain when he was 16. Thus he could not continue his cricket. I used to tease him frequently that he was now bowling his “googlies” and “dhoosras” in journalism.
One of Lasantha’s favourite songs was ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,’ from the musical ‘Evita’ by Andrew Lloyd-Webber. This was before Madonna singing in the movie ‘Evita’ in 1997.He would often bawl out the line “Don’t cry for me Argentina” in a not-so-musical voice. After his demise old memories come back and that line echoes again and again. I can hear Lasantha singing out there, “Don’t cry for me Argentina…” but sadly Argentina is now replaced by Sri Lanka.
Lasantha was born on 5 April 1958. He had lived for only 50 years and nine months on this planet. Yet, he achieved many, many things in that short lifespan. He changed single-handedly the state of journalism in this country. His name will be remembered when the history of journalism in Sri Lanka is written truthfully.
DBS Jeyaraj can be reached at dbsjeyaraj@yahoo.com
This article written for the “Political Pulse” Column appears in the “Daily FT” of January 6th 2021. It can be accessed here:
http://www.ft.lk/columns/Unbowed-and-unafraid-Lasantha-spoke-truth-to-power/4-711215
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Beastie Boys Story
More memorial and a laugh-fest than a concert movie, this is a spirited chronicle of the memories and reflections from the Beastie Boys surviving members, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz in Spike Jonze’s “Beastie Boys Story” which took place in front of a live crowd in May 2019. Diamond and Horovitz take the live audience to their punk and hip hop influences to its roots, exploring the origins and giving vivid insights whose controversial lyrics, songs, and personas made an uproar in their stark rise into fame in the music industry.
We watch Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz give personal details in what led to their success, as they also discuss the late Adam Yauch as well as being represented by Def Jam executive Russell Simmons who saw instant opportunities in the young kids because the demand for white rappers was a success ready to occur, and it surely happened quite quickly. The film gives a soulful, conscious side to the Beastie Boys love and passion for hop hop. The film keeps things lively, with wit and banter on camera, punctuating the acts with archival footage and gags, while Jonze always maintains the viewers interest, focusing as much on Adam and Mike”s charm and wit, and behind the scene insights.
Jonze does allow the material to meander, as some of the pacing suffers passed the one hour mark, and the film and presentation could have benefited from some fun acts or two. The material and personal insights triumph throughout, and it would have been great had they performed a live song together in tribute to Yauch, even if they hold a principle of never performing again.
The Beastie Boys could have just become a “one hit wonder” type of band as their first pop hit, 1986’s “Fight for Your Right,” became an instant smash hit on the billboards. The best explorations of “Beastie Boys Story” is the growth this iconic band endured from their youth until their adults, not just in their music, but in character too. The band started off rowdy with their misogynistic spectacle of go go dancers and an air penis, in which they eventually led to them getting exhausted from playing the same music over and over.
Their style from their debut album “Licensed to Ill” was very novice with basic metal riffs and minimal beats, which led to them improving and experimenting, with far lesser success with their sophomore album “Paul’s Boutique” which was a commercial flop that would later to be hailed as their masterpiece as years passed by. At this point their music had a wide range of different styles and samples, which led them back to their punk influences with the early-’90s hit “Sabotage” that put them back into relevancy.
The music video of that song was also directed by Jonze as this is billed as a “live documentary audience,” as the duo of Diamond and Horovitz also run through their history with bullet points which holds a lot of regrets and melancholy in how they felt during their first live shows. They ultimately transformed themselves into the beer-frat boys they used to mock in their album “Licensed to Ill,” as they reveal how the record executives refused to pay them their royalties from the success of their first album that they spent years and their livelihoods creating.
The live concert film is inspired by the book “Beastie Boys Story”, in which Diamond and Horovitz published a collection of essays from friends and music critics that also examined the band’s fascinating history with photos and prose. “Beastie Boys Story” holds up to the task of being a compelling watch. One of the highlights of the film is when it examines the original drummer Kate Schellenbach who was eventually phased out of the group for being a girl. This shows the attitude towards women in an era that viewed females more as a sex objects, and that their egos couldn’t allow a girl to be in a group with “Boys” in their name. They also criticize and regret writing the song “Girls” that certainly holds chauvinist attitudes. This is how the Beastie Boys make reconciliation for their sexism.
The Beastie Boys broke apart in 2012 after the death of its founding member Yauch. As the film examines, Diamond and Horovitz pay great respect and melancholic tribute to Yauch who they admit was the driving force of who and what they are today, both spiritually and artistically. The Beastie Boys ended up making amends with their art, in which the documentary points out Yauch was confronted for being a hypocrite after he stands up for women in the 1994 “Sure Shot” in which Yauch refuted “I would rather be a hypocrite than the same person I was before.”
The Beastie Boys ended up getting a lot more wiser over the years, as they drifted away form hedonism and more towards advocating for progressing humanity forward. Adam converted to Buddhism and developed a friendship with the Dalai Lama, which led to being an activist for peace over bloodshed during China’s rule over Tibet which elevated the band’s public image in the 90s. The third act of the film becomes an outright tribute to Adam Yauch, to his role of a great activist, collaborator, and most importantly a friend. The film becomes mournful and therapeutic as Diamond and Horovitz open up and reveal their repressed emotions and grief.
Though Jonze defies conventional shot composition and blocking, with a few reaction shots from the crowd, inter-cut with archival footage, there is a sense of space and timing in the film that unravels well with the way it flows and connects together. Between Jonze, Diamond, and Horovitz examine the healing power of art and the relationship between music and friendship. The end result is very absorbing and undeniably moving.
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APTI, Day 16 – Agra, The Taj Mahal & The Red Fort
Posted on July 18, 2008 by Cal Deobald
On our arrival in Agra the previous evening, we had questioned the driver about our start time the next morning. When he responded, without a hint of irony, with “6 O’clock,” we let out a communal groan. The flying, the driving, and the whirlwind touring had taken their toll, and the appeal of seeing the sun rise on the Taj Mahal was being trumped badly by the siren call for more sleep. Fortunately, a representative of the tour company was also present, so we were able to negotiate a nine o’clock start.
Our day began with meeting our Agra guide and setting off for the Taj Mahal. The guide was competent enough; his English was good, and he was knowledgeable, but we all got the impression that he was operating on auto-pilot. As he was explaining the history behind the sites we toured, his eyes would wander off in the distance as if he weren’t really present at the moment; he certainly lacked the passion our Delhi guide had shown the day before.
Indian authorities have decided that, to protect the marble surfaces of the Taj Mahal and the tourism cash cow that it represents, no internal combustion vehicles will be allowed within one kilometer of the site. Therefore, our driver took us to a parking lot from which were shuttled to the Taj site by electric rickshaw. I’m not entirely convinced that, given the level of pollution in Agra as a whole, that the one kilometer restriction is going to make all that much difference, but I suppose it’s a start. In other efforts to reduce smog and pollution, both Delhi and Agra allow only natural gas rickshaws within their city limits. That appears to have some effect in lessening the choking black smoke at street level, at least.
We had been warned, both by our guide and others, to prepare ourselves for the gauntlet of hawkers and beggars that lined the streets on the final walk to the gates to the Taj, so we were mildly surprised that there were so few, perhaps because it was off-season and the pickings weren’t nearly so good. Our guide’s advice to totally ignore them confirmed our earlier experiences at tourist sites. A polite “No thank you” only encourages them to continue to pester.
Here is some advice, if you ever intend to visit the Taj Mahal:
Go in the off-season, as we did. In tourist season, the daily numbers can spike to 40,000, which I would imagine, might seriously colour the experience, as it did for this blogger. As it was, we had enough people to contend with, particularly within the confines of the mausoleum itself, but it was certainly manageable.
Leave your video camera in the hotel or in the car (if you have a driver to watch it). You can only use a video camera within about ten meters of the gate; then you have to return to the gate and surrender it to a locker. While the video camera fee is only rs 25, it still ain’t worth it.
Ditch everything except your digital camera. That includes your camera case, any extra batteries, cables, cell phones, purses (other than very small ones), … you name it. I had forgotten that my video camera case had a mini tripod in it (which I knew was a no-no), so they stripped us of everything we had and forced us to return to put it in a locker.
If you have a guide, make sure you ditch him for a while to wander around and establish your own timelines. These guys aren’t interested in spending a couple hours at a site they visit every day. For them time is money. For you, money is time. You didn’t get to India on cereal boxtops, so make it worth your while.
Start with a fresh set of batteries in your camera, because you won’t be able to replace them while you are there. Then take tons of photos, from all angles, even though the numbing symmetry of the site almost screams for symmetrical shots. If you want that head-on shot of the Taj, buy a book or download one from the Internet.
The last piece of advice applies to most tourism venues in India: take along some coin. We grew tired of constantly being “nickled and dimed” at these places. There were the little charges for camera access, the dude who looked after your shoes while you were inside, the old crone that who wanted to give you a monosyllabic tour of the place – each of these requested some small pittance for their services. I certainly didn’t begrudge them the five or ten rupees (12-25 cents CDN) for their trouble, but what grew tiresome was the effort of trying to keep small change on hand, especially since most rickshaw drivers and small vendors have perfected the “no change” excuse as a way of eking out a little extra cash from each tourist transaction.
One Possible Reason for Taking a Video Camera
would be to catch the item at the beginning of this clip. Yup, that’s an oxen-drawn lawnmower; don’t see one of those every day. But remember that there are no internal combustion engines allowed with a 1 Km radius of the Taj
I won’t consume space here with the background story behind the Taj Mahal. You can read about that here and here.
I have to preface my impressions of the Taj Mahal by saying that it was Irene’s idea to go there. In the early planning stages, I had cast a vote for depth over breadth, sampling one area of India and doing it up right, but my dear wife had countered, with, “You can’t go to India and not see the Taj Mahal.” So Steven and I had capitulated.
Having said that, it certainly is impressive in any number of ways. From the main gate, some 300 meters away, it looks big enough, but as we walked toward it, we began to gain an appreciation of its true dimensions. The plinth on which the Taj rests, which seems almost inconsequential from a distance, is almost 100 meters square and its platform raises the Taj Mahal almost seven meters above ground level.
Perhaps the best way to gain some perspective on its dimensions is to note the size of the people standing on this raised platform.
The obligatory shot
A notion of scale
Stone inlay detail
Proof we were there
Perhaps just as impressive as the size is the quality of the stone inlay work. I had always thought, for example that the Koranic inscriptions which grace the columns of the Taj were simply engraved in the marble. While they are certainly engraved, those engravings are then painstakingly inlaid with semi-precious stones. The other thing that impressed me were the intricately carved jali screens which surround the cenotaphs of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan. and appear in numerous other places in the building. Their lace-like appearance belies the fact that they are carved from a single, enormous piece of marble. Unfortunately, since photography is not allowed in the interior of the mausoleum, I don’t have any of my own pictures of that feature, although this is a slightly less delicate example from the Red Fort.
Nevertheless, as physically impressive as the Taj Majal may be, it left me somehow vaguely unsatisfied. When I try to get to the bottom of that sentiment, I come up with these explanations, which I understand may be inadequate for some:
The interior of the Taj Mahal, which houses the most impressive gemstone and inlay work is incredibly dark. Even after my eyes adjusted to the murky light, I found it hard to make out the detail. And, of course, this is the most congested area in the whole complex, so lingering is awkward.
This criticism is going to sound petty, but as a person who strives to find balance without symmetry in anything I design, I find the slavish devotion to symmetry that characterizes Mughal architecture in general, and the Taj Mahal in particular, to be mind numbing. For example, historians presume the huge “guest house” that flanks the Taj Mahal on its east side was built with only one “purpose” in mind – to serve as a mirror image, or “answer” to the identical mosque on the west. I realize there are some religious reasons for the symmetry, but still … come on, people.
Despite all its physical grandeur, the Taj is, after all, a tomb. That diminishes it somehow for me. Temples are, or were, living places of worship; forts protected and sustained life and carved a place for themselves in history; the Taj is a grave. No one ever lived in the Taj Mahal, no battles were ever fought there; and the course of history was never altered by its construction.
Call it a monument to love, if you will, but I call it a monument to megalomania and narcissism, one man’s attempt to fend off mortality by building an edifice so grand that countless generations would speak his – and his wife’s – names. Remember, too, Mumtaz Mahal wasn’t Shah Jihan’s only wife; she was just his third, and favourite, wife.
Then there’s the fact that Mumtaz Mahal died while giving birth to their 14th child. Ouch. Maybe she did deserve a monument after all.
I know that I shouldn’t judge these things through the distorting lens of historical change. These were times in which exploitation was the norm, but to occupy 20,000 workers for 22 years on such a selfish project seems a tad over the top for me. Perhaps I should simply view it as Medieval “workfare.”
Tangential observation begins…
This isn’t the first time I’ve had this kind of reaction. It happened last summer too, when we were touring Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, a mansion that coal baron and statesman Robert Dunsmuir built with the fortunes he amassed through strike-breaking and otherwise exploiting his workers. It stands atop a hill in Victoria, a kind of crown jewel in a nineteenth century mansion-building pissing contest.
When confronted with this kind of conspicuous self-aggrandizement, a very juvenile part of me wants to shout out to the world, “Stop visiting these places. Don’t you see; that’s exactly what the narcissistic bastards wanted.” But then that small part of me with a bit more maturity chimes in to counter that history doesn’t litter the planet with monuments to the poor and humble. Then, I remember our perfunctory visit to Raj Ghat in Delhi, and wistfully regret that we didn’t spend more time there.
… Tangential observation ends, and we return to the topic at hand.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t regret visiting the Taj Mahal, but if I ever get back to India, there are at least a dozen other places I would want to see first before I would be tempted to return.
One thing that makes me reluctant to return is Agra itself, a dirty, rather backward city full of beggars, hucksters and shysters. Nowhere on our journey smacked of “tourist trap” quite like Agra. In the evening we tried to take a walk to get some fresh air and perhaps find a neighbourhood chai wallah. What we got instead was an obnoxious barrage of restaurant owners, shop keepers and rickshaw drivers pestering us. We returned to our hotel room, shellshocked. The rickshaw drivers were definitely the worst, promising to take us on a tour “all over Agra” for twenty rupees (50 cents). I’m not exactly sure where twenty rupees would would have taken us, but I can just about guarantee the destination wouldn’t have been pretty. Perhaps Agra can best be summed up by an instant messaging conversation Steven had with one of his work colleagues, Sid. When Sid found out where we were, he shot back with, “Agra! Who the f___ told you to go there, idjit?”
According to our guide, Agra has only two industries, tourism and crafts/artisanship. For me, that essentially boils down to one industry – tourism. In other words Agra’s only appealing assets are its monuments and historical sites; everything else is built around capitalizing on those.
From the Taj Mahal, our guide took us to an artisan shop that specialized in stone inlay work. His intention was to give us an appreciation for the painstaking, meticulous craft that had gone into so much of the Taj Mahal. It worked. The workmanship of the hundreds of pieces we saw here was nothing short of stunning. After a brief demonstration of the carving of the marble and the intricate grinding of the tiny inlay pieces, we toured the showroom for about half an hour with our jaws gaping. In a way, we were lucky that two major impediments, price and weight, kept us from buying, or we would surely have dropped some coin here. If anything ever drew me back to Agra, it would probably be this place, assuming we could ever find it again. There were table tops of all sizes, plates, elephants, you name it, all decorated with the most unimaginably delicate inlay work that, for beauty, rivalled or even surpassed the Kashmiri carpets we had ogled in Kerala. Even the smallest pieces represented hundreds of myopia-inducing hours of craftsmanship.
From the artisan’s shop we moved on to the Red Fort, yet another legacy of the Mughal Dynasty. Personally, although the Red Fort lacks some of the majesty and intricate architecture of the Taj Mahal, I found it more engaging in that one could imagine the Mughal kings living there, holding court, and fending off their enemies. Our guide once again tended to sugar-coat the attending history of the place, stopping just a little shy of the full story with comments like, Shah Jahan and his son, Aurangzeb, “didn’t get along that well.” Considering that Aurangzeb murdered his three brothers to ensure his ascension, besieged the Red Fort and cut off its water supply until his father capitulated and conceded the throne, then confined his father to eight years of house arrest in the Red Fort until his eventual death, yeah, I guess you could say they “didn’t get along that well.” Fortunately, we had researched the history enough to fill in some of these details, which helped to bring the Red Fort alive in our imaginations.
The exterior wall and moat
Black throne of Jehangir,
Taj in background
View toward Musamman Burj,
the tower where Shah Jahan
spent his eight years of house arrest
Although our tour guide had also wanted to take us to see an embroidery factory, the day was heating up, so we chose to finish our tour with a visit to Itmad-Ud-Daulah, sometimes referred to as The Jewel Box or The Baby Taj. Despite the diminutive moniker, the Baby Taj actually predates the Taj Mahal by a decade. Curiously, it was commissioned by the Nur Jahan, stepmother to Shah Jahan, and aunt to Mumtaz Mahal, to house the remains of her father (Mumtaz Mahal’s paternal grandfather). Yes, it’s incestously complicated, and the polygamy doesn’t simplify matters.
Perhaps the more modest dimensions appealed to us (It’s almost exactly half the size), or perhaps the draw was the lack of crowds, but something about this place caught us in a way that the Taj hadn’t. After all, when a grave site has throngs of humanity crawling all over it, it loses some of its reverence. At any rate, we were able to take our time here and, partly due to the smaller scale, appreciate some of the decoration more fully. The only distraction was the “shoe man” who, when we opted to carry our shoes instead of checking them with him, insisted on trying to give us an impromptu and unwanted tour. Steven and I managed to shrug him off and focus on taking pictures, but Irene, whose kinder soul shines like a beacon and pulls like a magnet for every beggar and hawker, got dragged around for a while.
The Baby Taj
Tomb Interior
Arch Detail
Knowing that the next day involved both the drive back to Delhi and the flight to Pune, we chose to call it a day at this point and return to our hotel and seek refuge from the heat in the swimming pool.
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A Visit to Assisi: Blessings and Spiritual Growth
By Mark Armstrong on October 4, 2011 Featured, Travel
Today, October 4th is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Last year, on a pilgrimage to see the Shroud of Turin, north of Assisi in Italy, my travel companions (three teenage girls) and I got to spend a few special hours in Assisi. Seeing the Shroud left an indelible impression on me and spending time in Rome can only enrich a Catholic’s faith, but, Assisi and the story of St. Francis can move you in its simplicity.
When I took the three teenagers with me — newly-confirmed daughter Teresa and two of her friends — to see the Shroud of Turin, I needed to figure out a way to get from Turin to Rome. So we rented a car, and using a GPS unit we left Turin and drove down the western Italian coast and stopped at Pisa to see the famous Leaning Tower. The tower is actually a bell tower that was constructed for a massive Cathedral built over a thousand years ago. Nearby we found a farmhouse in the beautiful hill country of Tuscany to stay overnight before we planned to leave for Rome the next morning via Assisi.
When we left Tuscany that April dawn, its olive trees and grape vineyards were blooming and the spring air was filled with wonderful scents of blossoming flowers. After spending a cozy night in our warm farmhouse that was built in 1846, we set the GPS units to lead us to Assisi, about three hours away. Seeing Assisi was striking for the first time, especially when our GPS unit routed us through a back country road. I think this was a mistake, but a welcomed one, because the majestic views driving up the back roads were spectacular (see more photos here).
We parked next to the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in a massive underground parking garage named after Pope John Paul II. My three fellow pilgrims, Teresa, Samantha and Rebecca, found it rather amusing that such a great Pope had this parking garage named after him.
The magnificent Basilica of St. Francis was reached by hiking up beautiful cobblestone streets lined with shops selling everything from rosaries to prayer cards and lunch items to toy figurines of St. Francis. Knowing our time was short we quickly decided to purchase a 15-minute guided tour that would take us up the scaffolding to the very top of the Church to see the restoration work being done on frescoes that date back centuries.
With an hour before that tour began, we went inside the massive Upper Church and found a Franciscan monk there offering pilgrims a chance for a mass to be said for them. I struck up a conversation with Brother Sebastian and learned he was the youngest of 9 children. He was delighted to know that we had 10 children and that Rebecca comes from a family of 9 as well. Interestingly he had a prayer card of Our Lady of Guadalupe next to him. We talked briefly about Our Lady’s influence in our lives. Brother Sebastian said he was deeply devoted to the Blessed Mother. Explaining that I was writing articles about our pilgrimage to Italy, we exchanged email addresses to keep in touch. I asked him to say a Mass for all the intentions of our families. Since then Brother Sebastian and I have maintained a wonderful email correspondence, each remembering each other during special times in our lives over the last year and a half..
When our time arrived to climb the scaffolding to see the frescoes up close it was amazing to realize the detailed work that these artisans put into their paintings especially when you remembered that no one could ever see their work after it was done. From the bottom of the church floor to the top reaches of the ceiling, minute details in the frescoes, with deep spiritual symbolism and meaning, could only be seen by those who created it, or, as our guide said, “the eyes of God or the angels themselves.”
Climbing down, we entered underneath the Basilica to see the actual tomb of St. Francis. Remarkably, as I knelt in prayer before his last earthly remains, I realized that St. Francis only lived for 44 years. He was canonized in 1228, just two years after his death, and the foundation stone for the church was laid by Pope Gregory IX himself in 1228. Two years later, and four years after his death the uncorrupted body of St. Francis was brought in a solemn procession to a temporary resting place while the church was finished. In 1230 St. Francis was finally laid to rest. We all spent some silent time in prayer, repeating the St. Francis Prayer.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Sadly our time to leave and head for Rome had come. The 90-minute drive is simple today over high speed highways. Nearly 800 years ago, Francis made to journey to Rome on foot and we can only imagine the hardship such a journey of over 100 miles would have entailed for him. On that pilgrimage to Rome, he emptied his purse at St. Peter’s tomb, then went out to the swarm of beggars at the door, gave his clothes to the one that looked poorest, dressed himself in that fellow’s rags, and stood there all day with hands outstretched. After returning from Rome back to Assisi he prayed in the humble little church of St. Damian outside the walls of Assisi, he felt the eyes of the Christ on the crucifix gazing at him and heard a voice saying three times, “Francis, go and repair My house, which you see is falling down.”
St. Francis is an example of what we all can do when we listen to God. Whether it is the latest scandal, the lack of Catholics receiving the sacraments, or being disobedient to Church teachings, you can sometimes feel like things are not going well for the Church. But in reality, throughout the course of its history, there have always been good times and bad times. St. Francis lived only 44 years and look how he changed, through the grace of God, the entire Catholic community. Or John Paul II; who would have guessed that a young man that wanted to be an actor, caught in Nazi-occupied and then Communist-controlled Poland would one day become one of our greatest Popes? Or have a parking garage named after him at Assisi for that matter?
If we all choose to follow what God is calling us to be, we will all become God’s instruments and the world will be like heaven on earth. What was heaven for me on my trip to Italy last year was seeing these young girls ages 12-14 learn more and more about the Catholic faith (especially since Samantha is Baptist!). Rebecca told us at dinner one night that she wanted to become a nun, “not one of those who dress ordinary, but one who wears a habit.” And my daughter Teresa caught sight of several nuns at Assisi and instantly asked to have her picture taken with them in front of the Basilica. I know God has a plan for these girls, and that the fruits of this trip will all come if we continue to nurture them on the way.
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No time for rest. Just because we finished one family gathering, doesn't mean we get a break! So we packed our stuff, convinced Paola's parents, and headed for the Bus Station.
Where to? Riobamba, of course! Paola had some family up there, and they were waiting. At the last minute, Paola thought that it would be great for her parents to take a couple of days off and join us. (I think they would have had more rest at home without the three little angles running around, but that logic flew out the window)...
To some of the adults, this was a long bus ride full of twist and turns in the mountains. My father in law gets a little motion sickness. And by a 'little', I mean a lot.... a very much lot. But to the kids, this was an adventure. The scenery and sites where beautiful. So much lush countryside. And the mountains were beautiful.
But the ride itself was a whole other adventure. Like the runaway train at Disney world. Except that there was no track for this bus to keep you safe.... and add to that as it got darker, there was a low mist that made visibility harder and harder.
The driver seemed like he knew this route blind folded... and with so much low visibility when the sun set, and with the rough roads... and with the mist... I believe it!! But the kids did have a blast, and I found it amusing how they enjoyed the ride..... but every now and then, I would wonder if our wills were up to date... or where we left it... just in case
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Joe Clay: Don’t You Dare Mess With This Cajun Rockabilly Monster’s Ducktails
August 24, 2015 Lakeview Kid Leave a comment
WRITTEN BY BILL DAHL
When rock and roll was breaking out like wildfire six decades ago, causing the older generation conniption fits as it enticed youthful gyrations all around the world, Joe Clay was a dedicated and highly enthusiastic disciple, a teenage rockabilly wildman whose stage act achieved unbounded energy levels.
Happily, Joe brings that volcanic intensity to his blistering sets to this day. He ignited several previous Ponderosa Stomps with his athletic showmanship, and he’s ready to set the Rock ‘N’ Bowl ablaze this time around too.
“I’ll fire ‘em up!” promises Clay. “I just love what I’m doing.”
“I CAN PLAY THEM DRUMS”
Born with the mellifluous handle of Claiborne Joseph Cheramie on Sept. 9, 1938, in Harvey, La. (10 minutes outside of New Orleans, just across the river), Clay started young on his musical odyssey.
“When I was 12 years old, my mom and dad on Sundays would go to this country and western place, and they took me,” says Clay. “I’d watch that band all the time, but I’d watch the drummer. I kind of liked that drummer. There was something about drumming. So I told my dad one Sunday, I said, ‘I can play them drums!’ He said, ‘What?’ I said, ‘Gee, I think I can.’ So he went and asked the guy, could I sit in? And the dude says, ‘Yeah, come on!’ And I played, and I freaked ‘em all out ‘cause I played drums! And that’s how it started.
Joe Clay in Westwego, early ’50s
“Then a couple of years later, the same band, the drummer got sick and I took his place a few times. And they had a radio show every Saturday. And I went on the radio show every Saturday.” Broadcasting over WWEZ-AM with studios located in the Hotel New Orleans, Joe and the band he played with, Sonny Burns and the Trailsmen, specialized in “strictly country.”
FATS DOMINO “MADE ME FEEL GOOD”
But as time went on, that music couldn’t hold Joe’s interest. “It was kind of boring because it was kind of slow music,” he says. “One day I was listening to the radio and I heard Fats Domino, with that shuffle. And it made me feel good. I said, ‘I think that’s my niche right there. I like that!’ And then that’s when I started. We had two singers in the band. One guy would do the ballads, and I done the shuffles, the jitterbug stuff.”
The lad’s rising reputation was sufficient to get him on the fabled “Louisiana Hayride” up in Shreveport on Aug. 27, 1955. C.J. Cheramie shared the all-star bill, broadcast over WBOK-AM, with Jim Reeves, Lawton Williams, Jimmy Swan, Ernie Chaffin, Luke McDaniel, and a fast up-and-coming Sun Records star, Elvis Presley. “Oh, that was cool, man!” exclaims Joe. Four days later, Elvis found himself without drummer D.J. Fontana for a gig at Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park.
Elvis Presley, right, standing next to Joe Clay during a Louisiana appearance in the mid-’50s.
“His drummer was sick, couldn’t make it,” he says. “So I had just performed, and I was getting ready to leave, and he says, ‘Hey, Joe, can you play my set for me? Because the drummer couldn’t come.’ I said, ‘Sure, I can play it!’ ‘You know my stuff?’ ‘Yeah, I know it all! It ain’t no problem.’ Even if I didn’t know it, I could feel it. So that was it. That’s the first time in my life that I got paid twice. I got paid for me, and then he paid me.
“He was a regular dude,” adds Clay of Presley. “A beautiful guy. It was amazing. A few years later, I saw him at the Municipal Auditorium. He’d done a concert. And he was completely different. There was something about him that wasn’t right. I said, ‘My God, what happened?’” Joe also shared a bill with Carl Perkins at Pontchartrain Beach.
“THEY COME AND GOT ME”
Although RCA Victor had recently signed Presley as its flagship rocker, the mammoth label was on the lookout for more young artists of a similar bent in early 1956. WWEZ deejay Charlie “Jolly Cholly” Stokely, who booked talent at several nightclubs in the New Orleans area in addition to his daily on-air duties, fielded an inquiry from the company. “He was the disc jockey at the station that got me to make that tape,” says Joe. “That’s how that started.
“RCA was having a subsidiary called Vik, and they were looking for talent,” says Clay. “They sent a letter of some kind to that radio station, wanting to know if they knew anybody that’s got a little talent they’re looking for. And some of the band said, ‘Ahh, I’m not interested in that.’ I said, ‘I’ll do it!’ And then I sang, I played my guitar, and I done a tape right there, like ‘Flip Flop And Fly,’ something with a shuffle. And I sent it to ‘em, and like a couple of months later, they come and got me.”
Mickey and Sylvia, 1956
Fledgling Vik focused on straight pop music as much as R&B or rock and roll, though its talent roster would eventually encompass Mickey & Sylvia, Louis Jordan, Brook Benton, and New Orleans piano pounder Champion Jack Dupree (the logo folded in 1958). Herman Diaz Jr., whose A&R assignments at Vik ranged from perky pop chanteuse Gisele MacKenzie to the eternally swinging Treniers, produced Joe’s debut single. “He was great, man,” says Joe. “He was a beautiful guy.”
“MY NAME IS CLAIBORNE JOSEPH CHERAMIE”
Diaz accompanied his new recruit to Bill Quinn’s Gold Star Studios in Houston on April 25, 1956. One of Herman’s first brainstorms was to invent a new stage name for his discovery, apparently deeming C.J. Cheramie too difficult for non-Louisiana natives to wrap their tongues around.
“He done that on the plane, going to Houston,” remembers Clay. “My name is Claiborne Joseph Cheramie. That’s how he got Joe Clay.”
Armed with his new handle, Joe got thoroughly wild at Gold Star, backed by lead guitarist Hal Harris. “He was good,” says Clay, who tore into a pair of blazing covers to kick off the session. Diaz was in charge of choosing the material, and he didn’t have to look any further than the recent release schedule of Pappy Daily and Don Pierce’s Beaumont, Texas-based Starday label, which utilized Gold Star’s facilities often. “He picked ‘em all out,” says Clay. “I liked ‘em very much.”
“Duck Tail” had just been written and waxed on Starday by Texas rockabilly Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell, while “Sixteen Chicks” was the work of veteran Lone Star performer Link Davis, who happened to be on rhythm guitar for Joe’s version. Davis was past 40 by then; his Starday version of “Sixteen Chicks” swung handily, but it didn’t spew the molten fire of Clay’s cover. While Harris unleashed some savage guitar solos (he appeared on plenty of Starday rockabilly sessions and cut a handful of gems as a leader for the label, notably “Jitterbug Baby” and “I Don’t Know When”), Clay was less than knocked out by the trapsman he inherited that day.
“Being a drummer, well, the drummer on this session, he was kind of slowing down on it,” says Joe. “What I can remember, we played like over and over. You know, like they said, ‘Take one. Take two. Take three.’ I mean, we had to do all kind of takes for him to really get solid in, you know? And I helped him the best I could. But he was a guy that looked at me like, ‘Who are you to tell me how to play?’ But I was trying to explain to him what we wanted, you know? And he just couldn’t get it. It wasn’t quite there. It was good, once we’d done it quite a few times.”
Three more rocking gems were waxed that day, but the echo-laden “Doggone It,” “Goodbye Goodbye,” and “Slipping Out And Sneaking In” were all relegated to RCA’s vaults at the time, finally surfacing almost three decades later when the German Bear Family label pressed up a full-length Clay album. All three listed one Wes Williams as writer (Jolly Cholly was his co-author on “Doggone It”). “That was a musician here in New Orleans,” says Clay. “He also played like country someplace else. He was a musician that played every night.”
RCA apparently had high hopes for its new acquisition, designing a trade paper ad plugging “Sixteen Chicks” with three compelling action photos showing Clay singing and strumming a guitar and the slogan “Tic-tac-toe let’s go with Joe for more plays.” The company brought Clay to Chicago for a jukebox convention, where he met Nat King Cole (“Oh man, he was a great guy!”) and Bobby Darin. “Backstage, he sat way in the back, all by himself,” says Joe of Darin. “He didn’t talk to nobody.”
“I DON’T WANT THAT ON MY SHOW”
Clay came to New York that May to appear on stone-faced Ed Sullivan’s top-rated variety program on CBS-TV, headlined that particular Sunday evening by Cole. Things didn’t quite go as planned for the newcomer.
“We practiced all week for the show, doing ‘Ducktail,’” says Clay. “On Sunday, we’ve got the dress rehearsal. So they said, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, here’s Joe Clay!’ But the only ones in the audience now are your producers and managers. That’s all. The people, they didn’t come in yet. But (Ed’s) sitting on a stool for the whole show, to look at it. And when the guitar player kicked off ‘Ducktail,’ I came in boppin’! And man, he got off his stool and said, ‘Hold it! No, no! I don’t want that on my show!’ I said, ‘What? This is my song!’ He says, ‘I’m sorry, babe. I don’t want that on my show. None of that. None of that stuff!’
“So I wasn’t gonna go on. So then the producer, Herman, he came up onstage right quick, and he talked to Ed Sullivan for a couple of minutes. Still didn’t budge him. He says, ‘The only way he can come on my show — do you sing any kind of ballad or something?’ And then I got cute with him. I said, ‘I can sing anything you want! What do you want?’ He says, ‘Let me hear a ballad.’ So I had my guitar on. So I don’t know why, but ‘Only You’ came to my mind, and I started strumming that number by the Platters. And he says, ‘That’s it. That’s it. Just do that one, and you can get on my show!’ So that was it. That’s what we done.”
“THE PEOPLE COME RUNNING!”
While Joe was in New York, Diaz brought him into RCA’s Studio 1 on May 24 to cut another session, a scant month after the one in Houston. When he arrived, Clay was astonished to see an all-black band assembled for the occasion. “That kind of freaked me out, ‘cause of being from where I’m at,” he says. “I said, ‘That’s kind of crazy, man!’ But boy, was it good! It was so strong when we were recording. RCA’s got like seven studios right next to one another. And once we started playing, everybody came to see what all this excitement’s about.
“I’m telling you, the people come running! They were standing outside the glass, and they were all jumping around in the hall, man! It was crazy!”
On lead guitar was Mickey Baker, busiest axeman on the New York R&B studio scene (“Love Is Strange,” the lovey-dovey duet he waxed with singing partner Sylvia Vanderpool, would top the R&B charts in early 1957 on RCA’s Groove subsidiary). “He just sat down on his amp and just played, man,” says Clay. “Wow!” Skeeter Best held down the other guitar chair. Leonard Gaskin was on bass. Diaz really beefed up the backbeat by hiring two ace drummers, Bobby Donaldson and Joe Marshall, and having them play in tandem — a virtually unheard of strategy.
“That’s what made it so crazy, man!” says Joe. “I mean, the energy was totally unbelievable.” Despite the band’s shared R&B heritage, the results were pure rock and roll.
Herman handed Clay two numbers of the R&B persuasion that were twinned as his Vik encore, though you’d never know their origins from the rockabilly racket the studio combo cooked up. Atlanta-born blues shouter Titus Turner had cut his jumping composition “Get On The Right Track” four months earlier for Mercury’s Wing subsidiary, though it’s probably best known through Ray Charles’ late ‘56 rendition for Atlantic. Joe tore into it with a vengeance, Baker’s slashing riffs shadowing him every step of the way.
Penned by future Mercury A&R boss Clyde Otis and eventual Musicor Records founder Aaron Schroeder (under the alias of Doc Rockingham), the vicious grinder “Cracker Jack” was technically Joe’s property first; the Cues, New York’s top R&B backing vocal group, waxed a faster version for Capitol five days later. Baker’s mind-boggling 12-bar solo struck like a laser beam aimed right between the eyes, and Clay was every bit as fiery vocally.
“That was so incredible about the session. Take one, bam!” says Clay. “We just kept rollin’ on. It was unbelievable, man. Every time I think about that, I get all excited, man, because I remember all the energy that we had that night!”
“THEY GO NUTS, MAN!”
Once again, Vik never bothered to release a pair of stormers that were just as stunning as the two it did issue. “Did You Mean Jelly Bean (What You Said Cabbage Head)” was a catchy rocker with a nonsensical Bill Haley-style chorus that could have pulled some coin, but it was the fire-breathing “You Look That Good To Me,” another Otis copyright (this time in cahoots with bespectacled piano-tinkling R&B hitmaker Ivory Joe Hunter), that really shook the studio walls. Baker was never more crazed, and Joe sounded like he was losing his mind on the mic. Clay screamed, “Get hot or go home now!” midway through Mickey’s solo on take four; the whole chaotic thing barely broke the minute-and-a-half mark in length.
“That’s a good one,” says Joe. “Everywhere I go, I do that my last song and drive ‘em crazy. They go nuts, man!”
Unfortunately, two sessions held a month apart would be the sum total of Joe Clay’s RCA Victor legacy. A lack of gigs outside his homebase certainly didn’t help sell his two Vik singles. “Well, this was the reason: I had a manager, Jolly Cholly,” explains Clay. “Herman said, ‘Joe, you’ve got to get out on the road and promote.’ And my manager said, ‘You don’t need to do that. You just stay in New Orleans.’
“I DONE BOURBON STREET”
“Then a few months passed, and that’s when they said, ‘Sorry, we’re not gonna sign you again. You’re staying where you’re at.’ And that’s when I just about gave up Joe Clay, because I said, ‘Well, that’s it. I had a shot, and the opportunity’s gone.’ So that’s when I just stopped doing Joe Clay, and I got me a little trio and done the C.J. Cheramie Trio. And I done Bourbon Street, and I done conventions, and I done nightclubs.”
Along the way, Joe got to play with one of his idols. “This guy gave his wife a birthday party, and her favorite singer was Fats Domino,” he says. “So I played with a little trio. We played the birthday party. It was in the basement of the home. And he told us to take a break. He said, ‘I’ve got Fats Domino coming for my wife, and she knows nothing about it.’ ‘What?’ And sure enough he came, and he asked us, ‘Can y’all do my stuff?’ And naturally, we were all into Fats. And we played like a couple of hours with him that night. That was pretty cool.”
WAXING SWAMP POP AS “RUSS WAYNE”
Placing his Joe Clay identity in mothballs, C.J. Cheramie made his mark on Bourbon Street, his trio settling in at the 544 Club for five years. “I had a guitar player that lived in town, and I had an organ player, and he played the B-3,” says Clay. “He played the bass with his feet. So it was the three of us. And I done the drums and sang.” He crossed paths with Mac Rebennack, Frankie Ford, even Smiley Lewis during this period. “He was very quiet,” he says of Smiley, who was anything but that onstage.
Steel guitarist John Bonvillain
Joe wasn’t through recording, though he dreamed up another name to do it under. As Russ Wayne, he waxed three swamp-pop singles for Sammy Territo’s Gretna, La.-based Samter label. “I was in his record store one day, and he asked me if I was recording anymore,” says Clay. “I said no. And he said, ‘How would you like to try some of that?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll try it, sure. ‘Cause I love it!’ You know, that’s my roots too. I come from here. I can do all of that. So we got Johnny Bonvillain. He’s a steel guitar player, one of the finest there is. And he wrote most of the songs.” As for his new moniker, “I don’t know how I got that name. I think I saw it somewhere. I said, ‘I like that!’”
“IT WAS THAT PAYOLA STUFF”
Bonvillain co-wrote both sides of the first Russ Wayne 45 on Samter, pairing “Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind” and “Don’t Know What To Do,” which hit local shelves in the summer of 1962. Recording for Samter at Cosimo Matassa’s fabled studio in the French Quarter, Clay didn’t allow the idiomatic shift to swamp pop to faze him in the slightest (having Rebennack on piano didn’t hurt its pungent bayou atmosphere one bit).
Two more Wayne singles emerged on Samter in 1963, the first coupling “Love You” and “My Heart Loves Only You” and the second featuring “I Get So Blue” and “My Little Darlin’.” Bonvillain was primarily responsible for writing all of them. “It really didn’t go no place but New Orleans, and I barely got airplay,” Clay says. “Because in them days, it was that payola stuff, and I didn’t have money. And he didn’t have the money to have to pay these guys.”
With no deejay support, the C.J. Cheramie Trio would be limited to personal appearances only after that. In 1971, Joe began driving a school bus in Gretna, a gig he held onto for the next three decades. But he’s quick to point out he was “still playing every night. I never quit music.
“I was playing at the Last Roundup. That’s in Harvey,” he says. “Then I did a lot of hotel work for conventions. I still played every night, because the school bus was easy. It was like two hours in the morning, and two hours in the evening. Nothing to that.”
“THEY’RE LOOKING FOR HIM OVERSEAS!”
Even if his musical exploits had been all but forgotten at home, the name of Joe Clay was golden overseas, no doubt fueled by the 1983 release of his Bear Family LP “Ducktail.” That happy reality presented itself out of the blue in 1986. “That’s when I got rediscovered. That was really crazy,” says Joe. “This guy called me, Rene Coman Jr. He just came back from England with a band. And he asked his dad, because I played with his dad a lot, he said, ‘Didn’t Mr. C.J. go by the name of Joe Clay?’ And his dad said, ‘Yeah, years ago.’ And he said, ‘Man, they’re looking for him overseas!’ And he called me and told me that. And I said, ‘No, that’s 30 years ago! So I’m gonna tell you what’s happening: it’s somebody that’s using my name. That’s not me!’ And some of the songs that he said, I forgot about ‘em. I said, ‘Man, I don’t remember recording that!’
“About a month passed, and another dude called me. He said the same thing. He said, ‘Man, there’s guys looking for you!’ I said, ‘Who? Who is it?’ He said, ‘I just got back from England.’ Because he knew me. He knew who I was. So he got the guy’s phone number. So what I done, he gave it to me and I called the guy. I said, ‘Willie Jeffery, this is Joe Clay.’ He said, ‘Oh, my God! I finally found you!’
“He said, ‘How would you like to do a tour over here?’ I said, ‘What, in England?’ He says, ‘Yeah, I could get you about five jobs here. Man, they would go crazy for you over here! You’ve been a hit over here for a couple of years!’ I said, ‘What?’ I mean, it was just blowing my mind. So I said, ‘OK, let’s do it!’”
“IT IS HIM! HE’S ALIVE!”
The resurrection of Joe Clay was under way. Before long he found himself in England, ready to embark on a new and entirely unexpected chapter of his musical career. “When he was getting ready to bring me onstage, they turned all the lights out,” says Joe. “And when he introduced me and I jumped onstage, they had a big light that hit me. And when it did, all the fans in the front were just falling over, passing out like! I said, ‘Oh, my God! What’s going on?’ And what had happened, they thought I was dead! And when they seen me, it was just I guess too much to bear. They went, ‘Wow, it is him! He’s alive!’ I’ll never forget that, man.
“That was insanity. It never stopped,” he says. “In fact, it keeps getting bigger and bigger.”
Joe has been a regular overseas visitor ever since, tearing up stages wherever he roams. In 2004, he cut a fresh album, “The Legend Is Now,” for the Spanish El Toro label. He’s got a Japanese tour lined up for later this year. Naturally, Clay looks forward to scorching the Stomp stage on Oct. 2. “Even today, I sit down, and when I’m by myself I start thinking and saying, ‘Man, what is happening here?’” he exclaims. “I just got back from Italy. That was unbelievable. It was insane.
“Next year is going to be the biggest year I ever had for Joe Clay. Usually I’ve got at the most two or three jobs overseas a year. That’s the most. Next year I’m going to have about ten. I’m going to Australia. I’m going to Holland. I’m going to Germany. I’m going to England. I’m going to France.
“It’s just crazy!”
See the inimitable Joe Clay at the 2015 Ponderosa Stomp late Friday night, Oct. 2.
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Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. Benefits package includes 401(k) plan, health insurance, group term life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and flexible work arrangements.
Applications for this position are being accepted online via Ziprecruiter.com, https://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/db68ca79 You will be asked to upload your curriculum vitae or resume, a letter of interest, and salary requirements to the site. In the letter of interest, please comment on how your skills and experience are a good match for this position and where you learned about the position.
Applications will be accepted until March 31, 2020. Due to the expected high volume of applications for this position, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. Wenner-Gren does not provide visa sponsorship for employment.
The ideal start date is June 1, 2020, but the Foundation will be flexible to accommodate the selected candidate’s circumstances.
In Memoriam: Dr. Sydel Silverman
March 28, 2019 wennergrenUncategorized
It is with great sorrow that we wish to announce the passing of one of the Wenner-Gren Foundation’s greatest leaders and closest friends. Sydel Silverman was the president of Wenner-Gren from 1987 to 1999. She guided the Foundation through a critical phase in its history. She preserved the small grants program, which provides a crucial source of support for doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers. She held symposia that set new directions for the field. She was instrumental in expanding the international community of anthropologists, fostering the creation new professional associations and new conversations that cut across countries and traditions of work. We still strive to live by the values she cherished and to pursue the priorities she set. She will be sorely missed.
Read Sydel Silverman’s obituary.
The European Association of Social Anthropologists also published a lovely tribute to Dr. Silverman.
Announcing Wenner-Gren Foundation/SAPIENS Online Workshops in Writing for the Public
March 18, 2019 wennergrenFoundation News
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm MDT
Class: How to Write an Essay for the Public
Instructor: Amanda Mascarelli
Cost: Free (class size limited to 99)
Location: Zoom (we will send out sign-in instructions approximately one week before workshop)
Learn how to pitch and write a successful essay for SAPIENS and other popular magazines. In this class, you will explore a framework to approach popular writing and an understanding of the publication process. Essay writing is a craft that must be cultivated, so please join the class to sharpen your skills and learn about how you can engage a broad public audience to make your research matter.
Date: May 15 and May 22, 2019
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am MDT (each class)
Class: A Masterclass in How (and Why) to Write an Opinion Column
Instructor: Nicola Jones
An opinion piece can be one of the most powerful ways to get your work and its implications across to policy-makers, journalists, and the general public. Learn how to do it from a master: Nicola Jones, an editor at SAPIENS. A one hour crash course on how to write an opinion column, also known as an op-ed, will cover the typical structure and components of such a piece, along with writing tips to help you be as compelling and clear as possible, illustrated with examples. The first group class will be followed by a one-week homework period, during which the instructor will be available for quick e-mail feedback on your progress, and a second one-hour group session to share your work and lessons learned. Participants should emerge with the first draft of an opinion piece that they may wish to submit for consideration for publication in SAPIENS or elsewhere.
Time: 1–3 p.m. MDT
Class: Public Writing for Undergraduates
Instructor: Christine Weeber
Targeted at undergraduate students, this course involves a collaboration with professors teaching an anthropology course. The professor will prime students for the workshop by working through two SAPIENS pieces as examples and introducing the idea of what it means to write for the public. As part of this exercise, the students pair off and map out the journalistic elements as shown (or not, in some cases) in the examples. Then, the students will join the Zoom workshop where an editor will explore the writing process and provide concrete tools for students to improve their writing. The workshop concludes with a brief generative writing exercise with the students to brainstorm ledes (the opening lines) for an article.
Date: December 4, 2019
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm MDT
Class: Essay Writing
Instructor: Daisy Yuhas
Learn how to pitch and write a successful essay for SAPIENS and other popular magazines. Before the class you will brainstorm a list of 1-3 essay ideas and send them in advance to the instructor, as well as prep by reading two essays in advance. The class then begins with a discussion of where ideas come from and how to think of matching a piece of writing to a particular outlet. Next, the class will review the two assigned scientist-written essays and learn about the key components that make them successful (or not so much). Through these exercises students will learn about how to start a story, where the thesis, how narrative or anecdotal material is woven in, how background and history fits in, how sources are incorporated, strategies for organization, and more.
Current Anthropology is looking for a new Editor
June 14, 2017 wennergrenCurrent Anthropology
The Wenner-Gren Foundation in partnership with the University of Chicago Press is seeking applications for the position of Editor of Current Anthropology. The new Editor will begin to receive submissions on September 1, 2018 and take full responsibility for the journal on January 1, 2019. The Editor’s term is six years from January 1, 2019, with a possibility of renewal for an addition partial or complete term.
The Foundation and Press are open to the possibility of alternative editorship arrangements such as co-Editors and/or the use of an active editorial board to handle manuscripts. The applicant should clearly outline her/his ideas for the editorship in their letter of intent and if a co-editorship is proposed the application should come jointly from both potential editors.
Applications are welcome from professional academic anthropologists anywhere in the world and specializing in any of the four anthropological sub-disciplines. Applications should include a complete curriculum vitae, names and contact details of three academic references and a letter of interest. The letter of interest should discuss the applicant’s vision for Current Anthropology, her/his qualifications and experience relevant to the position of Editor of anthropology’s highest profile broad-based journal, and proposed editorial arrangements for managing the journal.
Further information can be found here.
Applications, or suggestions for possible candidates, should be sent via e-mail to the Chair of the CA Editor Search Committee (CAeditor_search@wennergren.org), or by regular mail addressed to the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, 470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Applications must be received by December 31, 2017.
Next NYAS Lecture: Living in the Anthropocene
March 16, 2015 wennergrenNew York Academy of Sciences
Join us in the Wenner-Gren Foundation offices on Monday, March 23rd at 7pm for the next installment of New York Academy of Science, Anthropology Section’s lecture series, when we welcome Dr. Sophia Perdikaris (Brooklyn College-City University of New York) presenting “Living in the Anthropocene: Long-Term Human Ecodynamics in Barbuda, West Indies,” with Dr. Pam Crabtree (New York University) serving as lecture discussant.
The island of Barbuda, on the outskirts of the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, served in Colonial times as a provisioning island rather than a site of sugar cane agriculture. As a result, many archaeological sites on low-lying areas occupied by pre-Columbian populations have remained relatively undisturbed. Traditional archaeological studies in the Caribbean focus on pottery, stone tools and bones, all of which are frequently encountered on Barbuda, yet provide limited understanding of past people’s daily lives. Highly integrated archaeological projects using cross-disciplinary methodologies and techniques have been developed as an effective analysis model in mostly temperate latitudes, including Iceland, Greenland, the British Isles and Scandinavia, but they have rarely been applied in the Caribbean. For the last 4 years, cross-disciplinary teams combining archaeology and paleoecology have been working in Barbuda examining the people/environment interactions from peopling (ca. 6000 BCE) to modern day. Extensive research in Barbuda finds that Barbudans perceive environmental changes in less urgent ways than those found in western society. As sea levels rise and a new government pushes for economic development, many archaeological sites are threatened and some have already been destroyed.
This event will take place at the Wenner-Gren Foundation Building, 470 Park Avenue South, 8th Floor, New York (at 32nd Street). A dinner and wine reception (free to students) will precede the talk at 6pm, with the lecture beginning promptly at 7pm.
November 1 Grant Deadline Extended to November 5
October 30, 2012 wennergrenGrant Programs
Because of Hurricane Sandy, the Foundation will be closed until power is restored in Lower Manhattan. We are all safe, but our servers are down, e-mail is not getting through and there is no one available to answer your phone questions. However, it is still possible to submit your applications through our online system. To help applicants in the hurricane affected area of the East Coast, we have extended the application deadline until November 5 for all applicants. We hope to be able to re-open the Foundation by the end of this week. Please check the website for further updates.
Leslie Aiello
President, Wenner-Gren Foundation
Tips for Applicants and the Upcoming Deadline
April 25, 2012 wennergrenApplication Season
Don’t Wait Until the Last Minute!
Did you know that nearly half of all Wenner-Gren’s online applications for any given season are submitted during the last twelve hours before the deadline?
Spare yourself potential frustration — competing with hundreds of last-minute applicants fighting for limited bandwidth — by submitting your application a day or two early.
Return of the Covarrubias Logo
September 9, 2011 wennergrenFoundation News
In 1947 Miguel Covarrubias was commissioned by the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (then known as the Viking Fund) to design the Viking Fund Medal. The medal was awarded to honor outstanding intellectual leadership and exceptional service to the discipline of anthropology. It was originally struck in heavy bronze with a three-inch diameter and depicts four dancers, representing the diversity of humankind. (more…)
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Open Unionism aims to encourage discussion on the future of Unionism in Northern Ireland.
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US elections, historical settlement and political polling in Northern Ireland
on Nov 18, 2012 in Uncategorized
Ian Parsley is a well known commentator, particularly on welfare reform, economic development and constitutional matters. Having strongly supported the Conservatives and Unionists project at the 2010 General Election, where he stood against Lady Herm...
Better Together: must do better
‘Unity’ is the administrator of Do Not Break Our Unity. It is one of the larger pro-Union Facebook pages and the keystone page of the ‘Britain United’ e-campaign. All the media’s news stories on the referendum appear to accompa...
Stronger, Better, Safer: Together
Back in September we reported about various union-related happenings at the Conservative Party conference, including a speech by Dr Liam Fox at an event entitled “In Defence of the Realm”, about the impact of separation on defence and how...
SNP’s Holyrood majority not built on independence
Nathan Wilson an undergraduate politics student at the University of Strathclyde. He is particularly interested in areas concerning contemporary British governance and passionately believes that Scotland should remain a part of the United Kingdom. As...
Head and Heart
There are two dimensions to the Scottish independence debate: the head, and the heart. If the pro-UK campaign is to win, it must appeal to both. Up until now Better Together has focused mainly on the head, but this changed last week when Alistair Dar...
Armistice Day: Remembering what Scots fought for
In small Scottish towns there is usually a memorial with a kilted soldier listing the names of the people from that town who died fighting in the First World War. Often the names of those who died in the Second World War are added. We are supposed to...
Armistice Day: The Wars Remembered
Andrew Charles is a regular writer for Open Unionism. He is a PhD Research student at Queen’s University Belfast, looking at peace processes in Northern Ireland and Cyprus. This weekend we remember the sacrifice paid by so many men and women of...
Armistice Day: Remembrance 2012
“O’Neill” is the Social Media Editor of Open Unionism, and former author of A Pint of Unionist Lite. An Armistice Day article from a “Northern Irish perspective”; when Henry asked me to write this, I really wondered what...
Armistice Day: The Poppy in the South
Eoin Ó Drisceoil is a Director of the European Youth Parliament Ireland and Chairman of the Trinity College Dublin branch of Young Fine Gael, youth of the major party in the Irish governing coalition. He is a student of History and Politics with a...
Armistice Day: Six Weeks to Peace
Dr Keith Redmond is a dentist in Dublin and a presenter on @nearfm. He can be found on twitter @DrKeithRedmond. Today, November 11th, while remembering the dead of all wars, we specifically commemorate together the end of World War One. However, six...
Scottish Labour must revitalise itself for the good of the Union
Ben Wilson is a Labour Member from the West Midlands, currently studying for his Masters in Psychology. He believes unionism is important since it has united the people of the British Isles and has left us all with a shared culture and history. Earli...
State of the Union: November 2012
on Nov 8, 2012 in Uncategorized
State of the Union is Open Unionism’s monthly newsletter. In it we put the best articles from the previous month as well as a round-up of the most interesting union-related news and commentary from around the web. It is emailed to all pro-union...
Self-determination and the Union
Scottish nationalists may have hoped that Scotland would be the next independent country in Europe, but another independence movement has recently come to prominence, threatening to beat them to it. While in Edinburgh five thousand people turned out...
Sir James Craig MP – NI’s first Prime Minister
This article follows the other papers on the Ulster Covenant and Ulster Crisis of 1912 and Sir Edward Carson – Leader of Unionism 1910-21. — Sir James Craig In 1973 the Kilbrandon Royal Commission on the Constitution observed that ‘the...
Irish Nationalism still to complete divorce from terrorism
The 51st State: Puerto Rico chooses union
Lost amidst the media frenzy of last night’s Presidential election, another important ballot took place for the United States. The island of Puerto Rico, a long-term territory of the US, held a two-part referendum on changing its relationship w...
Sir Edward Carson – Leader of Unionism
The following continues on from my paper on the Ulster Covenant and Ulster Crisis of 1912. This paper is on Sir Edward Carson, the Leader of Unionism 1910-21. Sir James Craig MP will follow tomorrow at 12 noon. — Sir … Continue reading &#...
The SNP threatens unionism not only in Scotland
I realised recently how ignorant I was about the history of Northern Ireland, when 30,000 Ulstermen recently marched to commemorate the Ulster Covenant of 1912. I was barely aware that such a covenant even existed, let alone that it should … Co...
The Ulster Covenant and the Ulster Crisis of 1912
The following is a paper which originates from a talk on the Ulster Covenant. I have two more contributions on both Sir Edward Carson and Sir James Craig to follow tomorrow and Wednesday in that order, so stay tuned! —- … Continue reading...
The “Ifs”, “Buts”, “Whats” and “Whys” Separatists would Rather not Think About
“Yes to the UK” is a blog dedicated to keeping the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland together, run by a passionate (Scottish) unionist as a forum for presenting the case for Union. It is intended to highlight the many ̷...
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Finance for Dummies
Your ABCs to Finance and Investment
What Is the Difference between an ETF and a Mutual Fund?
Both a mutual fund and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are important parts of the modern investor’s portfolio. But what are the differences between these two investment vehicles? While ETFs are in some ways a special kind of mutual-type fund, there are a number of dissimilarities that can make a big difference in financial strategy. Here we’ll outline the basics of the two fund types. Also, we’ll help you decide which is the best for your investment success.
A mutual fund is a kind of cooperative investment vehicle. For most investors, this means adding your funds into a pool. The fund’s managers invest it in a wide variety of securities and asset types. These managers develop, structure, and maintain the fund’s portfolio to meet its stated investment goals.
Such funds have a long history, first appearing in Europe among Dutch merchants in the 18th century. They reappeared in the 1890s in the United States. They gained popularity over the course of the last hundred years and especially since the 1970s. Today, these funds are a key element in the finances of millions of people, including 43 percent of all American families.
The basic purpose of a mutual fund is to give smaller, individual investors a chance to participate in a highly diversified and professionally maintained portfolio. The manager carefully selects a variety of different investments. He then buys, sells, balances, and strategizes for the fund, aiming to maximize returns and pursue the aims of the investors. These investors benefit from the fund proportionally, depending on how much they have invested in it.
What Is an Exchange-traded Fund (ETF)?
ETFs are also a pooling of capital by multiple investors. However, ETFs are themselves marketable and trade on the markets like a stock. Just like stocks, ETF prices change throughout the day with the patterns of buying and selling. An ETF offers both the diversification and asset-pooling qualities of other funds. Also, it offers the risks and benefits of actively traded securities.
ETFs first emerged around 1989 and became widely available in the United States in 1993. There has been some controversy regarding ETFs and their structure and regulation. However, today they are an established part of the world of finance.
Many kinds of ETFs are available. These are usually classified according to the type of underlying assets, such as stocks or other securities. Most ETFs have been index funds. This means that they passively track the market as a whole or some segment of it. However, some ETF fund managers today actively or intelligently calibrate the fund’s portfolios.
In general, ETFs offer low costs and higher tax efficiency in comparison to other types of funds.
What Is the Difference Between ETFs and Mutual Funds?
A mutual or other type of fund is a pool of investments in securities or other assets. However, an ETF is itself a security or asset traded on the market. Beyond this fundamental distinction, there are a number of important differences between the two investment types.
Structural Differences
The basic structural distinction between ETFs and other funds has to do with the type of ownership of the underlying assets. With ETFs, investors own shares in the fund itself and only indirectly own the underlying assets. On the other hand, participants in a mutual-type fund actually own proportional shares in the companies or other assets held by the fund
Since most ETFs are passively managed, they tend to have lower associated costs than actively managed funds. This is typically expressed as a lower expense ratio. For the consumer, this means fewer fees and lower initial cost of investment. With traditional funds, investors pay extra for the fine-tuning and daily management of the fund by its expert managers. Nevertheless, relative costs of each type of fund can differ greatly based on the size of the investment.
Since the markets treat ETFs like stocks, they are bought and sold throughout the trading day whenever the market is open. Investors can use any of the trading strategies available for stocks with their ETF shares, and there is no minimum investment involved. Marketable ETFs have significantly more flexibility than other types of funds. This is beneficial to traders, but may be of less interest to long-term investors.Mutuals, on the other hand, only trade at the end of the day and do not permit the many stock-like trading methods allowed with ETFs. Since the aim of such funds is careful management and attention to the fund’s goals, they tend to be more stable.
Sales inside an actively managed mutual-type fund generate capital gains, which are passed on to the fund’s investors. The investors will then be liable for taxes on these gains. Passively managed ETFs, however, generate fewer capital gains because of less internal buying and selling. They also do not distribute the gains from these trades to the shareholders. Typically, this means a smaller tax burden for ETF investors.
Many ETFs are sold by start-ups and smaller providers. The viability of the funds depends on how well these companies survive in the market. For this reason, many people choose to invest only in ETFs offered by well-established companies. This is less of a concern with mutual-type funds.
So, Which One Is Best for You?
Investing in an ETF means gaining the large-scale diversification of an index fund. It also means having the ability to trade the investment like a stock. Expense ratios will usually be lower and the tax burden may be significantly lighter than with a similar investment in a mutual fund. Commissions on trades will be the same as for any other stock trade.
ETFs are especially good for those with smaller amounts to invest since the barriers to entry are lower. Beginning investors who can benefit from the flexibility of ETFs should also consider these kinds of funds.
Mutual-type funds feature more initial investment, higher fees, and potentially greater tax burdens. However, they provide significant stability benefits and can also offer diversity to your portfolio. While active management has its critics, there are funds that consistently outperform the market. Generally, established investors interested in target-date strategies should consider a mutual fund before ETFs.
Although ETFs have many attractive features, especially for smaller investors and beginners, they retain certain risks associated with their stock-like features. A mutual fund, while coming with higher costs, avoids some of the pitfalls of marketable securities. Investors must carefully consider the relative weight of these two types of investments in their portfolios. They also need to adjust the proportions according to their goals.
Despite their differences, both are still viable investments for every kind of investor. Whether ETFs or a mutual fund will best help you to meet your financial goals, a key aspect of investment is careful consideration of the details of each fund. No two funds are identical, so you should carefully scrutinize a fund’s holdings, management strategies, and past performance before investing.
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AND THE SILVER MEDAL GOES TO...
A cartoon for yesterday:
And a post for today:
This probably doesn't belong here but I loved it!!
We all know a lot about people or things that are the fastest, the best athletes, tallest, etc. on the planet, but do we know, remember or even care about those who didn't quite make it that far? Here is a list of important (?) also rans:
Dame Barbara Cartland
Second most books published
She spent 80 years as a novelist with 722 books published,
averaging one book released every 40 days of her career.
Second fastest growing plant
Algae are fast-growing eukaryotes. They are plantlike, but don’t possess all properties of plants. It is quite tough to distinguish one species of algae from another. They grow around 12 inches every week, and are highly toxic to human beings.
Xie Qiuping
Second longest hair
The hair of this Chinese lady is 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) long.
Bugatti Veyron 16.4
Second fastest legal road car
This baby can hit 281 mph (408.47 kph).
Second tallest building
This is only 2073 feet tall
Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari
Second heaviest man in history
A Saudi man has lost more than 700 pounds (320 kilograms) -- more than half his body weight -- since Saudi Arabia's King ordered him hospitalized. His weight was estimated at 1,345 pounds. I do not know if this is a before or after picture.
Nerina Orton
Second smallest waist
This lady from Birmingham, UK dreams of having the smallest waist in the world. Nerina is only 22 years old and, at a 15.7-inch waist (40 cm), she is well on her way to achieving her desired size.
Morley Vernon King
Morley Vernon King was Public Enemy #2, the second man listed on the FBI’s first Ten Most Wanted List. He was apprehended October 31, 1951 in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania restaurant, while shucking oysters; he was charged with unlawful flight July 18, 1947; was charged July 12, 1947 with the murder of his wife Helen, found strangled in a steamer trunk July 9, 1947 under the back porch of a room at a San Luis Obispo, California motel; he had fled from police July 8, 1947.
Lee Redmond
Second longest fingernails
Ms Redmond, of Salt Lake City, Utah, had been growing her nails for 30 years when in February this year she was involved in an accident that left her injured and without her prized assets. The 68-year-old great-grandmother had nurtured her nails to a combined length of 28ft 4in (8.65m). She currently has 4.5in (11.5cm) of nails and said she has no intention of growing them back to their full former glory.
Sra. Gravata (Photo not available)
Second highest number of live births
A Tuscan woman named Gravata gave birth to a total of 62 live children.
Second most elective surgeries
Cindy Jackson is beautiful, but she wasn't born with her show-stopping looks. She bought them. She's had Botox, five face-lifts, breast augmentation (really?) and liposuction, and her eyes have been done – twice. In total, Jackson has had 52 cosmetic procedures.
Amancio Ortega Gaona
Second richest man in the world
Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish business magnate. He is the founder & chairman of the Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing & accessories retail shops. He has a total net worth of US$74.6 billion as of August 2016.
Ortega keeps a very low profile & until 1999, no photograph of Ortega had ever been published. He is known for his preference for a simple lifestyle. He refuses to wear a tie & typically wears a simple uniform of a blue blazer, white shirt & gray pants, none of which are Zara products.
Second richest man in the United States
Buffet takes the silver prize as second richest person in the entire U.S., cashing in at $70.2 billion. Everyone has heard of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffet's diversified holding company which continues to perform in spades. Buffet is an incredibly generous philanthropist giving away
close to $23 billion in his lifetime.
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Eric Staves
Eric Staves can be seen in a supporting role in the upcoming feature film "Goat" starring Nick Jonas & James Franco. Eric also had a recurring role in season one of FOX's hit show, Empire.
Eric grew up outside of Kansas City, Missouri and attended DePaul University's Acting Conservatory, The Theatre School, graduating in 2013. You can catch Eric in his recurring role "Ammo" on FOX's hit new series, EMPIRE, as well as the Award Winning Web Series P.O.P.S (Danny). Feature Film work include GOAT (Baity) and THE VIEW FROM TALL (Brett). Chicago theatre credits include HEAT WAVE (Steppenwolf Garage), Kate Sprouse's World premiere of HALF PRICE COSMOS (The Athenaum Theatre) and LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS (Cor Theatre).
Hair Red
Eyes Blue/ Grey
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Audio & Video Forums > General > Off Topic/Non Audio > The Steel Cage! > US mid-term elections
View Full Version : US mid-term elections
Americans, do yourselves and the world a favor and boot out as many Repubicans as possible on Tuesday (think it is).
It's hardly necessary to dwell on the security failures of the current Washington administration. The world and the US itself are far more dangerous to day than 5 years ago. The war in Iraq (more even than Afganistan) has been:
Ill-conceived, (WMD? yeah, right)
Poorly-prosecuted
Counter-productive.And Muslims throughout the world have be alienated and the extremism among them fostered so that terrorism is increasing likely everywhere including the US. This was predictable and was predicted by people as lowly-placed as myself.
The real threats to the US, (and various other "first world" nations but none more so), today are:
The widening gulf between rich and poor (and the unattainability of the American dream)
Gobal warming, polution, and the practical scarcity of natural resources
Alienation of the rest of the world as result of the misuse of power, and resulting in terrorism and nuclear arms proliferation.The Republican Party needs to be view in terms of these issues, especially No.1. The cardinal error of American "middle-class" is that that party represents their interests in any way. Americans accept a very broad definition of "middle class", (basically anyone with a full-time job), and that's fine with me. But I'm specifically not talking (only) about the working poor, rather about the professionals, corporate middle managers, and small to medium entrepreneurs. You folks, get rid of the notion that what happens to the destitute and the working poor isn't your problem, their impoverishment will eventually -- and sooner rather than later -- result in your own. The Repulicans' only true constituency is the gobal corporations and the super-rich who believe they ignore the welfare of the nation to further their own, misanthropic, self-interests.
Social conservatives?? The Republican Party pays lip service to the American Dream and Christian values, but it's only that. Republican leaders serve mammon and they do not serve God. So social conservatives too are deceived by Republicans. Consider yourself "Christian Right"?? Then you are self-deceived as well. The term is an oxymoron: the Christian Right are neither right, (small "r"), nor truly Christians -- rather they are Pharisees.
In short there are really only two kinds of Republican voter:
The greed rich, and
The stupid.
trollgirl
I agree with you entirely. I just have one question: Given the questionable results of the last two national elections, can we expect that the Neocons are going to play by the rules, or cheat any way they can to hold onto power?? Are they going to use Diebold to win, or declare Marital Law if the election goes against them?? Okay, that's two questions...
JoeE SP9
Anyone who thinks tax cuts for the rich benefit the middle class and poor is a myopic idiot. Check your financial records and you will find that the middle class does better when Democrats run the government.:ihih:
My prediction is that the American electorate in its infinite wisdom will overwhelmingly respond to elect a Democratic Congress and, later, turn tail and elect another Republican as President.Why, you ask? Well, they have a history of doing just that.
The next Republican nominee will go so far as to distance himself from GB that you'll be hard pressed to remember they're in the same party. The conservative nominee's ultimate goal will be to say nothing and ride the middle of the road between te neocons and the religious right (who are these people anyway, and where is the massive population of people that just want to work and keep a bit of their money and be left alone, and why can't anyone harness that constituency?).
The Dems will do what they always do, nominate the most fecklessly meandering twerp imaginable. I swear to God, I have never seen a party so hell-bent on cyclical self-destruction. Mondale-geek, Dukakis-bushy-browed uber wuss, Gore-easily confused greenie wimp, Kerry-vascillating troll...
...and let's not kid ourselves, a Hillary Rodham Clinton nomination would secure a victory for the Republican Party faster than anything imaginable.
Jesus, maybe I should have learned Icelandic when I had the chance...
jeskibuff
Americans, do yourselves and the world a favor and boot out as many Repubicans as possible on Tuesday (think it is).A favor? Democrats CLEARLY DON'T HAVE A CLUE, and yet you think they'll do the world better?? Why?? Because they're SO clueless??
Counter-productive.And Muslims throughout the world have be alienated and the extremism among them fostered so that terrorism is increasing likely everywhere including the US. This was predictable and was predicted by people as lowly-placed as myself.Clearly, you have no concept of the enemy we face. You have no clue as to their goals and the threat they pose. Your pitiful little brain conceives the conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan to be a total failure rather than a difficult struggle to achieve a better world. You are of the pea-brained mindset who believes that you can negotiate with truly evil people; people who would shake your hand one minute and cut your head off the next.
Bush is NOT responsible for the bloodshed in Iraq; the Islamofascists are. And that's what you and millions of stupid Democrats just DON'T UNDERSTAND and REFUSE TO UNDERSTAND, no matter how many times intelligent people attempt to get it to penetrate past your thick skulls and into some brain tissue. You think that because the enemy is capable of fighting back that there's some flaw in the battle plan; that the war was ill-conceived. You evidently missed the class where you were supposed to learn that a war involves reacting to and adjusting to the enemy's strategies. There will be victories and defeats. But you cut-and-run Dumbocrats want to turn tail when things get rough. There, you clearly don't understand the stakes at hand. Sadly, it appears to be more of a "let's blame Bush" strategy instead of a "how do we win this battle?" strategy. What a shame!
OMIGOD! You're living in such a state of denial! We're living in a golden age at the moment! The possibilities in the U.S. are phenomenal. The unemployment level is rock bottom again, the economy is doing well (as opposed to the gloom-and-doom scenario forecasted by you Dumbocrats a few years ago) and the luxuries we all enjoy are at our fingertips. Practically everyone has TVs, if not widescreen, plasma, etc. Cellphones are everywhere...the only ones who seem to be complaining are those that are overly dependent on others to take care of them: welfare-loving Democrats! To see these things as threats and to ignore the Islamofascist agenda is clearly RIDICULOUSLY myopic.
Alienation of the rest of the world as result of the misuse of power, and resulting in terrorism and nuclear arms proliferation.First, I really don't care what the rest of the world thinks. It doesn't matter what their opinion is; the important thing is that we do the RIGHT thing, and the right thing is prosecuting the war on terror. If we don't pursue beating these thugs into pulp we can kiss the rest of the things we enjoy goodbye. I suppose you'd be happy living under Taliban-like rule as long as you're satisfied that some Frenchman likes you? That's some ridiculously stupid thinking on your part. Secondly, you have to believe these reports that "the rest of the world doesn't like us". The mainstream media has proven itself to be unreliable and tools of the left-wing liberals. There's an agenda behind what they say and they're not to be trusted.
The Republican Party needs to be view in terms of these issues, especially No.1. The cardinal error of American "middle-class" is that that party represents their interests in any way. Americans accept a very broad definition of "middle class", (basically anyone with a full-time job), and that's fine with me. But I'm specifically not talking (only) about the working poor, rather about the professionals, corporate middle managers, and small to medium entrepreneurs. You folks, get rid of the notion that what happens to the destitute and the working poor isn't your problem, their impoverishment will eventually -- and sooner rather than later -- result in your own. The Repulicans' only true constituency is the gobal corporations and the super-rich who believe they ignore the welfare of the nation to further their own, misanthropic, self-interests.Blah, blah, blah. Ask yourself: why is it that most of the super-rich are Dumbocrats? John Kerry? Warren Buffett? The Kennedys? Ted Turner? Somehow, Dumbocrats have the idea that taxing businesses to death is doing "Robin Hood" good deeds. The "big corporations" make the money, so why not inflict penalties on them and distribute that money to the poor? Well, the BIG FLAW in that INCREDIBLY STUPID idea is that the corporations will pick up and move elsewhere where they don't get taxed to death and where they can maintain their competitive edge. Along with those moves, the jobs disappear. Or if they can't stay competitive and don't move, they can't afford to stay in business and the jobs disappear when they shut down. So, because of the Democrats' misguided ideological bent, they cause more poverty with their screwed-up policies. Conversely, Republicans try to attract businesses by lowering taxes, allowing corporations to prosper. When corporations prosper, the people supporting those corporations prosper. It's a simple concept, but apparently too simple for Democrats to understand.
Social conservatives?? The Republican Party pays lip service to the American Dream and Christian values, but it's only that. Republican leaders serve mammon and they do not serve God. So social conservatives too are deceived by Republicans. Consider yourself "Christian Right"?? Then you are self-deceived as well. The term is an oxymoron: the Christian Right are neither right, (small "r"), nor truly Christians -- rather they are Pharisees.No one is perfect, for sure. There may be Republicans in power who pay lip service, as you say. But there are a great number who are sincere and can be trusted. One thing for certain is that the Democratic Party is thoroughly saturated with amoral, lying scum. I can think of only one Democrat who I would trust: Zell Miller. Why he still considers himself a Democrat, I don't know. I might halfway trust Jimmy Carter. I think he's basically a good man with a sincere heart, but he's just too stupid for words to describe. Good GOD! He thinks that Hugo Chavez is someone good! When did his brain atrophy so much??
Liars, liars, liars. The Democratic Party is SATURATED with liars! Pelosi, both Clintons, Kerry, Rather, Mooron, Schumer, Sheehan, Gore, Biden, Dean even Lieberman who I once thought was halfway okay before he associated himself with Gore! How can ANYONE trust a party that has such difficulty with truth?
The stupid.There is only one kind of Democrat voter: the total idiot who has to project his inadequacies on others in order to get his agenda satisfied. Time and time again, conservatives try to debate with liberals, but the liberals can't seem to support their arguments with facts. They come out with all sorts of stupid conspiracy theories, but once those theories are easily shot down with reason and fact, they either scamper back into their hiding places to come up with more hair-brained theories or try to breathe life back into the thing that was just shot full of holes. They never learn, do they? Yet, they want everybody else to believe that they have all the answers. They only can criticize: they offer no solutions.
I agree with you entirely. I just have one question: Given the questionable results of the last two national elections, can we expect that the Neocons are going to play by the rules, or cheat any way they can to hold onto power??Oh yeah. The same old lame-brained "if we don't win, they cheated" argument. When will you learn that you can slant the news media fully to the left, you can tweak the opinion polls to make it look like people think like you do, but when it comes down to voting, your fiction just doesn't match up to reality?? The vast majority of voting fraud that's been uncovered has been perpetrated by Democrats. Again, it's just another stupid conspiracy theory that you employ to avoid facing the hard facts: no matter how you attempt to get others to buy into your flawed perceptions, they see your idiocy and run in the other direction. You Dumbocrats have made voting MUCH easier for me than ever before! If I see a (D) after someone's name, I immediately associate them with stupidity. I don't have to put a lot of research into how they stand on the issues. You've REALLY got to be a total idiot to be a Democrat (sorry, Zell...just change your party, OK?)
Are they going to use Diebold to win, or declare Marital Law if the election goes against them?? Okay, that's two questions...One question for you Laz...when are you going to get a grip on reality?
Anyone who thinks tax cuts for the rich benefit the middle class and poor is a myopic idiot. Check your financial records and you will find that the middle class does better when Democrats run the government.:ihih:Yeah, like Carter's wonderful economy, eh? We had 16% home loan finance rates under his administration. Everything was in the toilet. Fortunately, we had 8 years of Reagan to put things back together again. Clinton was lucky to ride the dot com wave. Of course, the economy collapsed at the end of his term, proving that he wasn't responsible for the boom to begin with. Actually, the false prosperity created during the Clinton administration had a huge negative impact for MANY YEARS beyond that, causing many people to lose their life's savings. Great going, nimrod!
My prediction is that the American electorate in its infinite wisdom will overwhelmingly respond to elect a Democratic Congress and, later, turn tail and elect another Republican as President.Why, you ask? Well, they have a history of doing just that.Are you calling Americans stupid? Your real name isn't John Kerry, is it? Isn't it WONDERFUL that America didn't elect that lying traitor in 2004? Everything we warned about him was true. He's a pompous idiot, more concerned with his status than with the direction this country NEEDS to go in. I hope he runs again in 2008!
The next Republican nominee will go so far as to distance himself from GB that you'll be hard pressed to remember they're in the same party.Why would they do that unless they really believe in these tainted polls? GWB has proven to be a great President, and history will verify that. He stuck to his guns concerning the tax breaks. The stupid Democrats cried that he would destroy the economy, but the economy rebounded nicely. Democrats WRONG, GWB right! The same thing goes for Iraq: years from now we'll clearly see that he was on the right track and that Democrats were wrong. Without a doubt, Democrats don't have any viable options. But most of all, Democrats are SORELY wrong in their assessment of who really is the enemy. In their vitriolic passionate hatred for ANYTHING Republican, they ignore the threat of Islamofascism which is very real (despite Mikey Mooron's protests) and very deadly.
The Dems will do what they always do, nominate the most fecklessly meandering twerp imaginable. I swear to God, I have never seen a party so hell-bent on cyclical self-destruction. Mondale-geek, Dukakis-bushy-browed uber wuss, Gore-easily confused greenie wimp, Kerry-vascillating troll...Well, I'll agree with you there. But what choice do they have? The only good Democrat is Zell Miller who is hated by most of the left-wing lunatics. When you can only pick from a pool of fools, you're likely to pick a fool, aren't you?
and let's not kid ourselves, a Hillary Rodham Clinton nomination would secure a victory for the Republican Party faster than anything imaginable.Run, Hillary, run! Run Kerry, run! Run, Dean, Run! Pick one! Pick ANY one! They're ALL fools, some just bigger idiots than the rest! Pick Cindy Sheehan for President, or perhaps Cynthia McKinney or John Conyers! My GOD, there must be an inverse IQ-quota requirement to get into the Democratic Party! "Your IQ is over 40? You're not welcome in THIS big tent, buddy!"
Thanks for your long and ... uhmm ... thoughtful reply. You're right: I'm sure there are stupid Democrates too. :cornut:
Jeskibuff,
Damn, I sure miss the days when you were around here more! Good to see you popped in to smack some Demo arse. :biggrin5:
I have been mostly keeping out of politics of late but I have to comment on this.
I keep hearing democrats saying "we need a new direction in Irag, we need change, we need a fresh look, etc, etc."
What I have not heard, is what this new direction/change/look/etc. will be. Not from one democrat. They keep saying how bad Bush and the Republicans have been and how nothing is working but they have yet to say "HOW THEY" are going to make it work or even what their proposed plan is. Why is that? Oh yeah, they don't have a clue.
... is better than a really, really bad one.
Did you just say that? So "no plan" for Iraq is better than what we are doing now? OK???
I guess we just need to get the darts out and start throwing them at the wall and see what sticks, eh? Yeah, that will work well. You think it's bad now?
In January 2001, the national debt was roughly $6 TRILLION. Next spring, it is expected to top $9 TRILLION. Your share went from $20,000 to what will be $30,000. I make a decent salary, and with the tax cuts I bring home about $24 a year additional. With the tax cuts that Republicans like to crow about I can cover $120 of my additional $10,000.
Who is fiscally responsible?
Jeskibuff - Who has "vitriolic passionate hatred"? Please re-read your post before replying.
Anyone who would not vote for some one just because of the letter at the end of there name seems short-sighted.
... being worse than GWB's. Certainly American ought to ask Democrate leaders what their plan is -- although they have actually got at least a year to work out the details, i.e. in time for the Presidential race.
But, hey, listen! I don't believe the US should "cut and run" any more than GWB does. My concern is not so much for American service people (or taxpayers) but for the Iraqi people who would be left in the lurch if the US were to just quit. The US owes a huge debt to them, given the damage done.
On the other hand Iraqis need to yank on their bootstraps a little harder. If Iraqis don't do their part, the US obligation will eventually expire.
I guess you could say your share will really be $30,120. :eek:
By the way, whose picking up that debt? Isn't a lot of it being financed by the PRC, (People's Republic of China)? Suppose they can that debt? Talk about strategic interests!!!
I haven't heard any plan on Iraq from Bush, other than "stay the course". Even this is no longer the plan. If he doesn't have to tell then why should the Dems?
Of course, a few Dems have brought up a phased withdrawal of troops only to be labeled as cut and runners. Recently I have heard a few Reps use a term ( which currently escapes me ) which means the same thing. Do Republicans also want to cut and run?
Things are going "remarkably well" for the Iraqis according to VP Cheney as of Oct.16, 2006:
CHENEY: Well, I think there’s some natural level of concern out there because in fact, you know, it wasn’t over instantaneously. It’s been a little over three years now since we went into Iraq, so I don’t think it’s surprising that people are concerned.
On the other hand, this government has only been in office about five months, five or six months now. They’re off to a good start. It is difficult, no question about it, but we’ve now got over 300,000 Iraqis trained and equipped as part of their security forces. They’ve had three national elections with higher turnout than we have here in the United States. If you look at the general overall situation, they’re doing remarkably well.
It’s still very, very difficult, very tough. Nobody should underestimate the extent to which we’re engaged there with this sort of, at present, the “major front” of the war on terror. That’s what Osama bin Laden says, and he’s right.
Here's what Cheney said over a year ago: “I think they’re in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency.” [Larry King Live, 6/20/05]
Although James Baker won't tip his hand completely before tomrrow (election day), he is suggesting that a more modest goal in Iraq may be all we can achieve:
WASHINGTON — A commission formed to assess the Iraq war and recommend a new course has ruled out the prospect of victory for America, according to draft policy options shared with The New York Sun by commission officials.
Currently, the 10-member commission — headed by a secretary of state for President George H.W. Bush, James Baker — is considering two option papers, "Stability First" and "Redeploy and Contain," both of which rule out any prospect of making Iraq a stable democracy in the near term.
More telling, however, is the ruling out of two options last month. One advocated minor fixes to the current war plan but kept intact the long-term vision of democracy in Iraq with regular elections. The second proposed that coalition forces focus their attacks only on Al Qaeda and not the wider insurgency.
Instead, the commission is headed toward presenting President Bush with two clear policy choices that contradict his rhetoric of establishing democracy in Iraq. The more palatable of the two choices for the White House, "Stability First," argues that the military should focus on stabilizing Baghdad while the American Embassy should work toward political accommodation with insurgents. The goal of nurturing a democracy in Iraq is dropped.
The option papers, which sources inside the commission have stressed are still being amended and revised as the panel wraps up its work, give a clearer picture of what Mr. Baker meant in recent interviews when he called for a course adjustment.
They also shed light on what is at stake in the coming 2 1/2 months for the Iraqi government. The "Redeploy and Contain" option calls for the phased withdrawal of American soldiers from Iraq, though the working groups have yet to say when and where those troops will go. The document, read over the telephone to the Sun, says America should "make clear to allies and others that U.S. redeployment does not reduce determination to attack terrorists wherever they are." It also says America's top priority should be minimizing American casualties in Iraq.
Both Mr. Baker and his Democratic co-commissioner, Lee Hamilton, have said for nearly a month that the coming weeks and months are crucial for the elected body in Baghdad. More recently, Mr. Baker has said he is leaning against counseling the president to withdraw from Iraq.
Mr. Bush yesterday spoke approvingly of his father's old campaign manager and top diplomat, saying he looked forward to seeing "what Jimmy Baker and Lee Hamilton have to say about getting the job done."
The president also said he was not averse to changing tactics. But he repeated that the strategic goal in Iraq is to build "a country which can defend itself, sustain itself, and govern itself." He added, "The strategic goal is to help this young democracy succeed in a world in which extremists are trying to intimidate rational people in order to topple moderate governments and to extend the caliphate."
But the president's strategic goal is at odds with the opinion of Mr. Baker's expert working groups, which dismiss the notion of victory in Iraq. The "Stability First" paper says, "The United States should aim for stability particularly in Baghdad and political accommodation in Iraq rather than victory."
Mr. Baker in recent days has subtly been sounding out this theme with interviewers. On PBS's "Charlie Rose Show," Mr. Baker was careful to say he believed the jury was still out on whether Iraq was a success or a failure. But he also hastened to distinguish between a Middle East that was "democratic" and one that was merely "representative."
"If we are able to promote representative, representative government, not necessarily democracy, in a number of nations in the Middle East and bring more freedom to the people of that part of the world, it will have been a success," he said.
That distinction is crucial, according to one member of the expert working groups. "Baker wants to believe that Sunni dictators in Sunni majority states are representative," the group member, who requested anonymity, said.
Both option papers would compel America to open dialogue with Syria and Iran, two rogue states that Iraqi leaders and American military commanders say are providing arms and funds to Iraq's insurgents. "Stabilizing Iraq will be impossible without greater cooperation from Iran and Syria," the "Stability First" paper says.
The option also calls on America to solicit aid and support from the European Union and the United Nations, though both bodies in the past have spurned requests for significant aid for Iraq.
Because of the politically explosive topic of the Baker commission, the panel has agreed not to release its findings until after the November 7 elections. The commission, formally known as the Iraq Study Group, was created by Congress in legislation sponsored by Rep. Frank Wolf, a Republican of Virginia and close confidant of Mr. Bush's. Mr. Baker has said he will likely present the panel's findings in December.
Tax cuts: Sorry I don't have a link for this, but it's my understanding that Congress "cut and ran" home to defend their seats before approving the extension of certain tax cuts on which both Democrats and Republicans agreed. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist would not allow the extensions to come to a vote unless the proposals included ending the estate tax. These tax breaks, including credits for college tuition, have now expired. The tax forms, booklets, etc. for '06 returns must be printed by Nov. 7th. This of course is before Congress reconvenes for its last session. Although Congress could do something to reinstate the cuts, it is believed that reinstatement after forms and booklets are already printed is not a viable option. So there you have it. I have one kid who just started college and one who will start next fall. If I can't take credits on my taxes for tuition because some joker had to get back to his home state to save his "job", I'm gonna...
Let's not forget that Bush just signed an overhaul to our only law that prevents comingling of the military and police in domestic situations.
daviethek
Our president is a windbag cought in the middle of a struggle way over his C average.
The war is being conducted with no regard for the future of of Iraq. If we cared at all about the country, we would seal off the borders, put the proper number of troops in there to do a Real Occuption and give those people the time necessary to learn what the hell to do. Instead we continue on some hap-hazard damage control path. We simply can't win this war. Time and resources are on the side of the enemy. Somebody should have thought about this 5 years ago. Isn't this what we pay the CIA for?
Sure Dems are not offering any suggestions at this point. They are labeled as cut and run traitors if they voice the least amount of verbal opposition. Bush promotes democracy abroad whitch is good but does not tolerate the least amount of dissent at home.Someone else did his civics homework for him.
One things for sure, when things go bad, the Republicans will find someone for us to hate.
They are working on a plan right now that clearly indicates gay marriage is directly responsible for the terrorist threat and impending immigrant imvasion from Mexico. The only way out of danger is to repeal Roe and stop immediately all stem cell research before they create another chicken virus with it. Thanks for the entertainment George.
Thanks for your long and ... uhmm ... thoughtful reply. You're right: I'm sure there are stupid Democrates too.Yes, my posts are usually long because I like to address each point I disagree with. And yes, they are thoughtful, incorporating logic and reason. And despite your sarcasm, if you had read a little closer, I wasn't saying there are just a FEW stupid Democrats. I was basically saying that roughly 98% of Democrats are too stupid to know what's good for them and this country! The evidence overwhelmingly proves it!
Damn, I sure miss the days when you were around here more! Good to see you popped in to smack some Demo arse. :biggrin5:Thanks, JSE! Priorities change and times change. I miss some of the old days too, but I just don't have the time anymore to frequent the message boards.
You've got that right. Why it's not obvious to more people is beyond my ability to comprehend. Some people just cling tenaciously to their beliefs no matter how many holes get shot in their weak platforms. Oh, and have you seen this this little gem (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h3GPc_yMCE) from David Zucker (of Airplane/Naked Gun movie fame)?? It should be mandatory viewing before people vote tomorrow!
Sometimes NO plan ... ... is better than a really, really bad one.Okay...here's progress. At least you admit the Dumbocrats have no plans. That's the first step towards recovery. As far as your implication that Bush's plan is bad, you're dead wrong. Given the things we know, his plan is the absolutely best track for America, like it or not. The evidence proves it. You evidently just don't have the capacity to grasp it.
Who is fiscally responsible?Wars are expensive. No one really likes them, but the alternative is far worse. Democrats have absolutely no concept of what that alternative is. They have no concept of the nature of our enemies. Quite simply, they are fools not worthy of a single vote.
Jeskibuff - Who has "vitriolic passionate hatred"? Please re-read your post before replying.I usually read my posts several times before I submit them. I check for spelling and grammar, but most importantly the to make sure my message is communicated loud and clear. I really don't hate Dumbocrats. I just have an extremely low tolerance for stupidity. The liberals I know get along with me fine. We have entertaining conversations and many have called me the best Republican they've ever met.
We've just gone through several years that should have clearly exposed the seedy and unsavory nature of the Democratic Party. We had a President that lied in every other word that came out of his mouth. It finally took some DNA proof to corner him into telling the truth. The next Democratic nominee wasn't so adept at lying, thinking he could get away with taking both sides on every issue. Almost half the population voted for the pompous traitor!
We had the obvious media attempt to smear a good President, if nothing but to retaliate for exposing the lying Clintons for who they were. We had Mikey Mooron make his moronic Fahrenheit film while Dan Rather peddled his fake "authentic" memos. We had book after book of Bush-hating rhetoric published, yet the accusers all get exposed as the liars. Bush got blamed for everything from the WTC collapse to hurricane Katrina. Yet, with this huge mountain of evidence showing Dumbocrats to be liars, traitors and frauds, we STILL have millions of clueless people still supporting the Dumbocratic Party! WHAT DOES IT TAKE to get it through their thick skulls???
Anyone who would not vote for some one just because of the letter at the end of there name seems short-sighted.To reiterate, anyone who has seen what has gone on the last several years and still votes the (D)s has the vision problem. They obviously are totally blind.
It's hard to imagine any other plan ...being worse than GWB's. Certainly American ought to ask Democrate leaders what their plan is -- although they have actually got at least a year to work out the details, i.e. in time for the Presidential race.Good luck on getting anything out of a Dimocrat leader. And as I stated before, GWB's plan is solid and sensible.
But, hey, listen! I don't believe the US should "cut and run" any more than GWB does. My concern is not so much for American service people (or taxpayers) but for the Iraqi people who would be left in the lurch if the US were to just quit. The US owes a huge debt to them, given the damage done.You obviously infer the damage was done by the U.S. What you fail to realize is that the damage was done by Saddam and is currently being perpetrated by terrorists. But it's comforting to know that you have a tad bit more ethical backbone than the bulk of Democrats have.
On the other hand Iraqis need to yank on their bootstraps a little harder. If Iraqis don't do their part, the US obligation will eventually expire.Agreed. Unfortunately, the good ones are being slaughtered by the bad ones. The terrorists have demonstrated their capacity to infiltrate the Iraqi police force and inflict enormous damage. Those who don't value life have a great deal of persuasion (via fear) over people who do.
I haven't heard any plan on Iraq from Bush, other than "stay the course". Even this is no longer the plan. If he doesn't have to tell then why should the Dems?The plan has been on the table all along: build up the Iraqi troops so they can take over. Unfortunately, the blood-thirsty terrorists have a counterplan that is working very well: slaughter as many of the good Iraqis that they can. The intricacies of our plan aren't on display and shouldn't be. That involves our use of technology and methods in identifying and exterminating the vermin. The methods are being adjusted and new tactics must be used, but the overall plan is the same: stay the course. We also have to fight Dumbocrats who want to restrict our tactics in this war. Those who believe that plans are foolproof are just idiots - the enemy has the capability of reacting to our strategy. If we stuck to the same methodology, we'd be the fools, but we've been changing. Democratic fools just want to declare a victory by saying "Bush has failed, let's pack up and stop the killing!" Good thing these pansies weren't in command when storming Normandy beach! Dean_Martin's post has a good example of the Bush plan: "The strategic goal is to help this young democracy succeed in a world in which extremists are trying to intimidate rational people in order to topple moderate governments and to extend the caliphate." It doesn't begin to describe that caliphate, but think "Taliban".
Of course, a few Dems have brought up a phased withdrawal of troops only to be labeled as cut and runners. Recently I have heard a few Reps use a term ( which currently escapes me ) which means the same thing. Do Republicans also want to cut and run?There are cowardly Republicans too, afraid that they may not get elected if they associate themselves with Bush. They deserve to lose, but to replace even a cowardly Republican with a wishy-washy fool of a Democrat is a much worse thing.
bush is an embarrasment Our president is a windbag cought in the middle of a struggle way over his C average.With all this hot air coming out of windbags like you, tell me why is it so easy to use logic and reason to defend the strategies of GWB and shoot holes in your flimsy arguments? Who's the real "C average" student in this scenario? Here's a hint: it's not GWB! You need to study harder!
The war is being conducted with no regard for the future of of Iraq.What a load of bull! It is entirely focused on the future of Iraq. We could "win" it in a second if we dropped a nuke on Baghdad, but we value innocent lives so we put our own flesh and blood on the line so they can have a future!
If we cared at all about the country, we would seal off the borders, put the proper number of troops in there to do a Real Occuption and give those people the time necessary to learn what the hell to do. Instead we continue on some hap-hazard damage control path. We simply can't win this war. Time and resources are on the side of the enemy. Somebody should have thought about this 5 years ago. Isn't this what we pay the CIA for?Spoken like a true armchair quarterback! Do you have any idea what kind of manpower alone is necessary to seal off the borders of a country the size of California? I realize you look at a map and see a country the size of a postage stamp, but that's really just a picture. The real Iraq is MUCH bigger!
Sure Dems are not offering any suggestions at this point. They are labeled as cut and run traitors if they voice the least amount of verbal opposition.Simply because they only offer criticism and their selfish motives are clear as day. Never have they come up with alternatives. Dumb Kerry said he had a plan, but I guess he's keeping it all to himself because he lost, isn't he? GET A CLUE! That dolt doesn't have the slightest idea what he would do!
Bush promotes democracy abroad whitch is good but does not tolerate the least amount of dissent at home.Well, I guess this will be the last we hear from you then. Good luck in the concentration camps.
none of your remarks constitute a rebuttal. I wasn't mentioning Kerry. He actually is considered a windbag among the dems I know. there is little argument there. Monday morning quarterbacking is a charge that is appropriate if the event is recent and the conclusion obviously bad, but we have been watching this thing unfold for a long time now. My bigest fear is that you will be making the same childish personally insulting and defensive statements about the war 4 years from now. You are taking this way too personal. Being from Chicago, you learn to trust no politicians......ever. dk
none of your remarks constitute a rebuttal. None of your remarks warranted a rebuttal. You suggested that GWB is an idiot, yet your own remarks suggest that you're projecting. We've heard this same screed over and over again from Dumbocrats and it's just not worth the effort to try to enlighten those who insist on remaining in the dark. Fortunately, the last few elections have indicated that there are enough people who understand the insanity of liberals and are fighting hard to keep them out of power. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a repeat, despite all the media's dire predictions for Republicans.
I do hold out hope though. For instance, the maker of that video (David Zucker) used to be a Democrat. Here it is again, in case you missed it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h3GPc_yMCE
Of course, David exhibited great intellect by creating some of the most hilarious movies ever made. It's only natural that someone with such intelligence should abandon the party of fools.
FLZapped
Funny, I'm middle class. Checked my records and guess what, I received a nice refund check and more money every paycheck.....
-Bruce
There is more to tax cuts than the reduction in your taxes. Irresponsible tax cuts means reduction in vital public services and increase in public debt.
The consumate stupidity of the middle class that so many believe that they derive less benefit from public spending than what it cost them in taxes. To be sure, we can all point to programs that we consider a waste of money; problem is no two of us will have the same list of what ought to be cut.
WOW! You guys play rough. But I like it. You could get more info reading this thread than you could watching a billion of their idiot commercials. And I think that's how many I've seen in the last week.
The main problem with Bush's "plan" for Iraq is that he and his administration are not flexible enough to deal with unexpected contingencies. We ARE fighting enemies of ours in Iraq, but that's not the only fighting going on. The Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence between the Sunnis and Shiites is more bloody and widespread than I think anyone expected. Establishing a democratic form of government based on US principles may not be the answer. But Bush insists on "Democracy" for Iraq. I think if you equate "strategy" with "goals" then the Bush plan for Iraq is failing. If you think of "tactics" in the context of fighting then our military is in a sense "hamstrung" if you consider that much of the current violence is Iraqi-on-Iraqi. The obvious conclusion is to re-work the goal (or, overall strategy) to something more easily achieved, like some form of representative national government combined with a loose confederation of states within Iraq. Those states would require more autonomy than is preferred and some form of monitoring would be required to prevent or warn of terrorists setting up shop. For example, Musharraf in Pakistan has very little control over what goes on in the northern region of his country, however, he knows exactly what is going on.
I think it's very clear that our goal of democracy, as we know it, in Iraq should be modified. The real questions, however, relate to "tactics" (battle operations) and choices on the ground as we're fighting terrorists, and Iraqis are fighting each other. We hear very little about "tactics" which is not surprising because of what the enemy will learn. From what we do see and hear though it appears that our "tactics" need to be questioned as well at some level within our military.
Our current adminstration lost its credibility with the American people by its rhetoric. We will be welcomed as liberators? Oil and gas production will pay for stabilization? The insurgency is in its last throes? We will stay the course? I never said we will stay the course? Amazingly, none of this rhetoric has anything to do with the "mistaken" reasons for going into Iraq in the first place. Since we're there now, I won't even go into that.
My comment on your post has nothing to do with grammar. I was referring to your obvious hatred of Democrats ( sorry, Dumbocrats ). It must be the respect you show by the capital D. Oh yeah, you mentioned the " some of my best friends are... " argument as well. What is the saying about people who live in glass houses?
The war has cost roughly $400 million, where has the other $2.6 trillion gone? You personally can not lower your income and increase your spending without some consequences. 43 has already borrowed more $$$$ form foreign banks than 1 through 42 COMBINED!! Who do you want in charge of your tax money?
W has lied about nation building. In the 2000 campaign, he stated that he would not be involved in it. Seems like what we are doing in Iraq. Is this a flip flop?
Where is Osama? He was a priority for a while, dead or alive we were going to find him. Then W doesn't think about him too much. Is this a flip flop? Seems we took our eye off the ball.
Hope the following doesn't bust one of your stereotypes, but I am off to work.
Lied? I think that's a stretch. In 2000 he probably had no intentions of nation buidling. I think it's reasonable to assume 9/11 probably changed his mind, rightly or wrongly. The world was a different place after this event. You and other democrats keep saying W is too bull headed and unwilling to change course in Iraq but then you also call him out for a change of course in your above statement. So do you want someone unwaivering or someone who can adapt and change course when needed? I'm confused.:confused:
They want someone who is not a republican. The arguments will change as needed.
Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11. It has only become a terrorist target/training ground since we went in. Why are we there? I understand that we should now help rebuild what we helped destroy. What is wrong with a timetable? We need to send a message that we are there to help, not police. The quicker they understand that they need to take over operations, and that we will not be there forever the better.
In 2004, when Kerry changed his mind he was a flip flopper. That was my point. Bush is a liar or a flip flopper, you decide.
By the way, I am not a Democrat. I do not belong to any party. The party system has gotten out of control. Too many people plegde blind allegiance to their party, and this drops America from the top of the list.
When we went after Bin-Baby, the anti-Bushers ranted about how Bin was not the real problem and that we should go after Iraq. Then when we went into Iraq those same anti-Bushers ranted about how we should be after Bin instead. Could you guys get your story straight, please?
Don't get me wrong, Bush has done plenty of screwing up. But a lot of people jump on him just for the sake of jumping.
And I agree 100% about the party separation. I don't vote for a party. I vote for a person. But even then, you can almost count on the person you put in there to vote for a party instead of an issue. It's a system that needs at least a little tweaking. At most, a complete overhaul.
basite
Are you calling Americans stupid? Your real name isn't John Kerry, is it? Isn't it WONDERFUL that America didn't elect that lying traitor in 2004? Everything we warned about him was true. He's a pompous idiot, more concerned with his status than with the direction this country NEEDS to go in. I hope he runs again in 2008!
sorry to interrupt your moment of glory, even i'm not from america, i'm still going to say something,
Jeskibuff, you do know that George Bush is considered to be one of the most stupid people in the world.
name me, what went better since the war in Iraq started, there still isn't democracy in those countries, in fact, the only thing that happened is that they started to nuke eachother even more, the dollar didn't rise too, eh? and the poor people in america are even more poor,
Bush should be ashamed, the only reason why he was elected was that they didn't explain how the election thing worked,
some more things he should be ashamed about: the hurricane katrina, where at first, he didn't actually send real help too the people there, all he did was sending a few army guys over there to let them build a lousy barrier to hold the water, for the rest, he didn't do anything, at least not at the moment, until the whole world knew that, then he sent some more help eh?
and then, 'war against terrorism', man, that has to be the most stupid excuse i ever heard, i hope you're not forgetting that he IS in the oil business, why do you think that he started the war in the first place? for those poor people in iraq, that are discriminated and forgotten, could be, but more likely would be to gain control over the oil fields, yup, oil fields, to make the rich even more rich then they are now, and you know what? he failed, really hard, because the only thing that happened is that the oil price has DOUBLED!!
really, elect that guy, and then you are officially part of the worlds dumbasses,
and in the meanwhile, let him build some more secret cia prisons in europe eh?
i'm not saying that politics are only bad in america, really, most of the countries suck in it,
america is just a fine example for the rest of the world, like a guide 'how to mess with the rest of us', think about it, politics seem to be wrong everywhere, and if you make Bush president and Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor, your on a bad way, i mean ARNOLD SWHARZENEGGER for gods sake, he knows as much about politics as my cats right toe!!! he can't even pronounce the word republican.
note that this is my PERSONAL opinion, this is what i think about bush, and not saying that others will be better, but it's more likely that it will be...
that felt fine too.
ow, one more thing,
MY CAT FOR GOVERNOR!
it's more likely to think twice before saying something stupid and ti can probably speak better english then arnold.
Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11.
I never said it did. I implied that something like 9/11 could change a person's course of action or perspective of the world around him. It could have changed his idea about Nation Building. So again, HOW DID HE LIE?
What is wrong with a timetable?.
Nothing is wrong with a timetable. But it has to be flexible. The problem the democrats have right now is a lot of the country believe they are hell bent on pulling troops out of Iraq by a specific time reagardless of what happens in the meantime. Timetables should be fluid. The democrats are viewed by many as wanting to make it a "hard" deadline.
We need to send a message that we are there to help, not police. The quicker they understand that they need to take over operations, and that we will not be there forever the better. .
Well, if you or the democrats know how to convince Iraq of this and make it happen sooner than later, I'm all ears. But that's the problem, democrats can't even begin to tell us how they will do this. They don't have a clue and have no interest in coming up with a plan. They just want seats. They hope that enough people will "assume" they must have a plan. I am not that happy about being in Iraq these days but I am really afraid that a democratic controlled house, senate and maybe even presidency would put Iraq on the back burner. This would be a huge mistake.
Bush appears to have "flip-flopped" on this issue (nation building) due to a significant world event. Kerry seems to flip-flop due to any slight directional wind change. Kerry's biggest problem with the "flip-flop" issue was there were so many flip-flops. He seemed to say whatever his audience wanted to hear. And that bit him in the ass. In today's internet world, a person's words can and will come back to haunt them. In Kerry's case, over and over and over again.
By the way, I am not a Democrat. I do not belong to any party.
Nor do I but I am more conservative in my political views. I have said for years, I will vote for ANY candidate that will erect a huge wall/fence along the Mexican border to keep illegals out. A big electric fence! Illegal imigration is a far larger problem here in the US than terrorism. Unfortunately, Republicans and Democrats are too busy trying to find potential voters to do anything real about it.
You view of GWB is pretty much the world's view outside of the US. And inside the US too, expect for die-hard Republican paritsans.
As I explained, Repulicans are either ultra-rich selfish b*st*rds who don't give a pooh about their own country or fellow citizens, or idiots who don't understand where their real interest lies. (These categories aren't mutually exclusive: GWB might fit the former too whereas he certainly fits the latter.)
The main problem with Bush's "plan" for Iraq is that he and his administration are not flexible enough to deal with unexpected contingencies.By NOT micromanaging this war, giving the commanders in Iraq the ability to direct the effort, GWB is providing EXTREME flexibility. It's just really tough to fight an enemy who blends into the crowd and doesn't care about their life nor anyone else's.
We ARE fighting enemies of ours in Iraq, but that's not the only fighting going on. The Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence between the Sunnis and Shiites is more bloody and widespread than I think anyone expected.Very true, but understand that that fighting is being spurred on by terrorists. They know they can't defeat us on the battlefield, but they can make a gore-fest out of Iraq by giving Shiite and Sunni enough reason to go after each other. Kill a bunch of Sunnis today, then some Shiites tomorrow. Get them to think the other side did it and you successfully polarize and destabilize the country. When everyone's sick of the bloodshed, the coalition forces pull out and the terrorists easily take over. Nice plan. It works especially well when you've got people in the U.S. working for your cause (i.e.,Democrats).
Establishing a democratic form of government based on US principles may not be the answer. But Bush insists on "Democracy" for Iraq. I think if you equate "strategy" with "goals" then the Bush plan for Iraq is failing. If you think of "tactics" in the context of fighting then our military is in a sense "hamstrung" if you consider that much of the current violence is Iraqi-on-Iraqi. The obvious conclusion is to re-work the goal (or, overall strategy) to something more easily achieved, like some form of representative national government combined with a loose confederation of states within Iraq. Those states would require more autonomy than is preferred and some form of monitoring would be required to prevent or warn of terrorists setting up shop. For example, Musharraf in Pakistan has very little control over what goes on in the northern region of his country, however, he knows exactly what is going on.Whatever form of government is chosen, it will be unacceptable to the terrorists. Nothing but an Islamic state will satisfy them. What NEEDS to be done is probably already being done, but it's a tough row to hoe. It takes time to develop a good spy network - people who can be trusted and are willing to infiltrate and identify the bad guys. We can't do that overnight, especially when we don't speak their language. As long as we can't identify them, they're free to attack at will. But we DO know some bad guys, like al-Sadr and other clerics who incite their followers into violence. A "stray" bullet into the foreheads of such scum might accomplish a lot. The propaganda war is essential too, and I have no idea how well we're doing in that department...probably not very good, although al-Jazeera has been banned by the Iraqi government, and that's a good sign.
Also, consider the source of all this news we get. Take this article (http://www.moveamericaforward.org/index.php/MAF/FullNewsItem/iraqi_kurd_pm_slams_medias_coverage_of_iraq_war/) for instance. In it, the Kurdish Prime Minister is appalled at the coverage of American news of Iraq. Then there are many things like this, from post #13 in http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86649 "most Iraqis are very happy...don't believe the media. They're trying to make it look like the Sunnis are displeased."
I think it's very clear that our goal of democracy, as we know it, in Iraq should be modified.I disagree. It's good to have that goal...we just need to adapt to changing tactics, which we are doing. It's tough when your enemies have no values. Like Israel says: "the fighting will stop when they love their children more than they hate us".
Our current adminstration lost its credibility with the American people by its rhetoric. We will be welcomed as liberators?We were, by MANY Iraqis! There are thousands of pictures with Iraqis with purple-stained digits and smiles on their faces. They just never realized (and probably still don't) that their worst enemies are their fellow Muslims.
Oil and gas production will pay for stabilization?The expectation was that the Iraqis would be more help than they are. There were a few problems with that expectation: the underestimation of the pure evil nature of Islamic fundamentalists, the hope that the good would rat out the evil, the hope that Iraqis who were brutalized for so long would pick up the baton and run with it. The main problem is the stranglehold that Islam has on people who have been indoctrinated with it for so long. It doesn't take much to persuade someone who has been taught from birth that Jews and people who support Jews are the enemy. The promise of paradise to anyone who will blow themselves up in order to kill as many people as they can is also pure evil. We just don't have much of a concept of that kind of evil in America. Our evil is on a much smaller scale (Columbine, Son of Sam, etc.). Certainly, we underestimated the evil of Islamic fundamentalists and the power of that evil.
My comment on your post has nothing to do with grammar.Follow the bouncing ball, please. I was saying that I was WELL AWARE of what I had written and didn't need to read my post again to understand what I wrote. The spelling, grammar and content checks were the reasons I had read it multiple times.
I was referring to your obvious hatred of Democrats ( sorry, Dumbocrats ).I don't HATE Democrats. I hate stupidity. I would like nothing better than for Democrats to develop some smarts and common sense. Until then, I'll ridicule them for being stupid because they don't seem to respond to any other positive impetus.
It must be the respect you show by the capital D.Nope. I just used that notation because it is what most people are familiar with. If you think I respect Democrats, you're more clueless than I first thought!
Oh yeah, you mentioned the " some of my best friends are... " argument as well.I didn't say "my best friends", now did I? I said liberals that I have interacted with in person. If you need an example, here's one who gets politely taken to the cleaners: http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72180
Where is Osama? He was a priority for a while, dead or alive we were going to find him. Then W doesn't think about him too much. Is this a flip flop? Seems we took our eye off the ball.No flip flop. There are terrorists galore who are just as dangerous as Osama. There are lots of vermin to be exterminated. It makes no sense to expend valuable resources in the search for one man (who has to be EXTREMELY wary of his visibility) when there are Osama wannabes all over the world, just as deserving of an accelerated encounter with "Allah"!
They want someone who is not a republican. The arguments will change as needed.Precisely. If McCain or another Republican had won the primary and defeated Gore and Kerry, they'd be doing the same song and dance routine. It isn't as much as hating GWB as it is getting back for the "wrongs" done to their idol Slick Willie. The Clintons are proven liars, so they have to accuse GWB of lying. Too bad they get caught in lies while fabricating their accusations! The Clintons were corrupt, so they feel they have to pin the "corrupt" label on GWB. There was nearly a scandal a day during Clinton's terms. There's no doubt that Democrats have tried to paint everything in the world a Republican scandal, while they conveniently ignore items like Sandy Berger stashing documents in his pants! It's really quite obvious: they're simply avenging Clinton, although the simpleton mindset of the Democrat MUST resort to hatred, for they have no other ammunition they can use in their attacks!
In 2004, when Kerry changed his mind he was a flip flopper. That was my point. Bush is a liar or a flip flopper, you decide.Neither. A flip-flopper will lie in order to try to please multiple parties. Kerry wore that label like no one ever has before. After 9/11, given all the available knowledge, the best option was to remove the threat that Saddam posed and once that occurred, the only "out" was to rebuild Iraq. GWB hadn't anticipated 9/11, but he had to follow the best path in the interest of America's security. So, he's neither a liar nor a flip-flopper. He had to apply the best solution under the circumstances.
Jeskibuff, you do know that George Bush is considered to be one of the most stupid people in the world.Do you think that bothers me? The people who say such things are the most stupid people in the world, so why should I give them any credence? These are the same idiots who cited a poll that claimed that Bush was less "popular" than Saddam. That kind of mentality just boggles my mind. It was intended to get people to believe that Bush was incredibly hated, but it backfired because it further exposed the lefty lunatic mindset.
name me, what went better since the war in Iraq startedThe Iraqis are no longer subject to a brutal dictator and have the opportunity to control their own destinies. What?? You don't think that's a good thing? You expected it to be an easy transition?? Remember the USSR's transition many years back?? It had a lot of rough spots, but it's now much better there than it used to be!
there still isn't democracy in those countries, in fact, the only thing that happened is that they started to nuke eachother even moreNukes? Gee, I must be behind in the news!
the dollar didn't rise too, eh? and the poor people in america are even more poorSorry, but your "facts" don't mesh very well with reality. America's doing quite well, thank you! We pulled out of Clinton's recession and the 9/11 repercussions and our economy is chugging along good and strong! Again, thank you George W. Bush, for being a REAL leader and not listening to DUmbocrats about those tax cuts! If you had been a coward like Clinton, you would have taken an opinion poll instead!
Bush should be ashamed, the only reason why he was elected was that they didn't explain how the election thing worked,Huh? I thought the reason he was elected was that too many Dumbocrats didn't have a clue how to punch the proper hole in a paper card. Who is "they" and who didn't explain "how the election thing worked"? It's really pretty simple. You go to a designated place, punch a card or pencil in a block, drop your ballot in a box and your vote gets counted! Why should Bush be ashamed that Democrats were too stupid to follow such a simple procedure?
some more things he should be ashamed about: the hurricane katrina, where at first, he didn't actually send real help too the people there, all he did was sending a few army guys over there to let them build a lousy barrier to hold the water, for the rest, he didn't do anything, at least not at the moment, until the whole world knew that, then he sent some more help eh?Oh my! Such brilliance you have. It's amazing how disasters get handled in this good ol' USA. The first responders are the locals, then the state, THEN the Feds. Nagin bungled the local. Blanco bungled the state. But your blame conveniently ignores those fools and targets the national. Typical liberal ignoramus, only with a French accent!
and then, 'war against terrorism', man, that has to be the most stupid excuse i ever heardYeah, say that when one of your dear Muslim friends has a dull knife at your throat. It happened to Theo Van Gogh and it can happen to you. You obviously have no clue who the real enemy is. You think a few weeks of riots in Paris was just a fluke?? Get ready for the ride of your life! It'll be worse than Hitler's occupation. Europe has been infiltrated nicely and everyone knows that they haven't assimilated into your cultures very well!
i hope you're not forgetting that he IS in the oil business, why do you think that he started the war in the first place?Do you have any kind of proof for your accusations or have you just watched too many Mikey Mooron films?
really, elect that guy, and then you are officially part of the worlds dumbassesComing from you, that's a compliment! Your world is totally backwards and given that most any conservative can run rings around you intellectually, it's somewhat entertaining. Someday you may realize that, but I imagine that it won't be for a LOOOONG time.
i mean ARNOLD SWHARZENEGGER for gods sake, he knows as much about politics as my cats right toe!!! he can't even pronounce the word republican.Whatever he may be, he's light-years better than Gray Davis was. And is it a requirement to pronounce Republican in order to be one? I didn't think so. I might also point out that most of us conservatives don't consider Arnie to be much of a conservative. Hanging out with his whacked-out liberal in-laws SURELY has had a detrimental affect on his intellect!
note that this is my PERSONAL opinion, this is what i think about bushDuly noted. Just beware, because Bush doesn't tolerate dissent and soon you'll be carted off to join DavieThek in Gitmo. http://www.MaconUltimate.com/Emoticons/rofl.gif
one more thing,
it's more likely to think twice before saying something stupid and ti can probably speak better english then arnold.It probably can type better than you can, too! Go on...put it on the keyboard. I'm dying to talk with someone who has a bit more intelligence!
You view of GWB is pretty much the world's view outside of the US. And inside the US too, expect for die-hard Republican paritsans.Oh my! It looks like Feanor has been ALL OVER THE WORLD and can speak for the world's view with authority! Feanor, DON'T believe everything you read.
As I explained, Repulicans are either ultra-rich selfish b*st*rds who don't give a pooh about their own country or fellow citizens, or idiots who don't understand where their real interest lies. (These categories aren't mutually exclusive: GWB might fit the former too whereas he certainly fits the latter.)There's that projection again. You guys are pretty good at that!
jrhymeammo
I smell a DingDong.
I smell a DingDong.Sorry about that!
I had four of them for dessert tonight and they always tend to give me gas!
Oh my! It looks like Feanor has been ALL OVER THE WORLD and can speak for the world's view with authority! Feanor, DON'T believe everything you read....
It's not hard to be well informed if you get your head out of your back end. :ciappa:
Yeah, say that when one of your dear Muslim friends has a dull knife at your throat. It happened to Theo Van Gogh and it can happen to you. You obviously have no clue who the real enemy is. You think a few weeks of riots in Paris was just a fluke?? Get ready for the ride of your life! It'll be worse than Hitler's occupation. Europe has been infiltrated nicely and everyone knows that they haven't assimilated into your cultures very well!
First of all, I don't have any "dear Muslim friends"
Second: Go to London (UK), and see the true meaning of multicultural, people live together there instead of desperatly trying to be the best, i've seen all kinds of people there, and they were all doing their thing, and after work, all those people went out TOGETHER.
That would be something you obviously don't know, eh.
when i read your 'reply' i assume that you think that all the muslims are bad,
by this i assume that you are kind of a racist,
now that's not good eh? i also think that the only thing you know about other people not living in your neighbourhood is that what you see on tv, and that, of course will be only bad news,
seriously, not all muslims are bad,
Yes, they are a little bit to obsessed with their religion,
yes, the extremists are evil,
but so are other extremists, that's racism: hating other people,
but the majority of people are not extremists.
ow yeah, and before i forget, Who won the election, eh?
yup, that's right, the democrats,
It probably can type better than you can, too! Go on...put it on the keyboard. I'm dying to talk with someone who has a bit more intelligence!
BREMOSLAKY
hmm, that was my cat, i'm pretty sure i can hear the word democracy in it, with a bit of imagination,
I know i do make some spelling faults, but what the heck, you could read it eh, didn't you.
i've never been a pro in languages, but, at least i'm trying to learn them, which is very hard, when you learn 4 languages at school (dutch, french, english and german) and oh god, i want to see you learn them, then we will talk again about languages.
tot ziens, au revoir, see you again, Auf wiedersehen.
Basite.
i just don't watch the FOX news
i think i read something about that, or was it abc (weird channel name, looks like it's trying to learn the alphabet) anyways, they spend like 20 seconds a day on foreign news!! that's just time enough to say "one guy shot another". then there are commercials.
GMichael,
I am not sure who you might be talking about. After 9/11, the country was more united than it has been in my 35 years. I know of no one who suggested we go to Iraq rather than after Osama. The story couldn't be straighter. There will alway be fringe wackos, but it occurs on the right as well as the left.
OK, he didn't lie or flip flop. He changed his mind. If it takes a national tragedy to change his mind, he's thicker than I thought.
If we set a timetable ( even a fluid one ) then the Iraqi government will have to step up the training of their own police and military forces. This is what is claimed to need to happen to get our troops out of there. It is only the Republican party and it's fawning right wing media that claims the Democrats want to cut and run. To their followers, I say turn off Rush and Foxnews and join the real world.
More united than in my 46 years too. But there were plenty of nay-sayers a few months later when we were in after Bin. The papers were filled with editorials about how we should be after Sadam instead. That was just the beginning of the slide. Bush went from some 90+% approval to 60 something in about a year. But when it looked like it would cost him the election, he kept on the same path as he promised he would. Seems to me that if he wanted to cinch the election he would have flip-flopped as is normally the case with most politicians. So now he's still on coarse with the same agenda. Right or wrong (most likely wrong) he's at least doing what he said he would. And I don't agree with almost all of his choices, here and on other fronts as well. He makes a lot of mistakes. But I'd rather have him in there than Bill or Kerry or Hilary or, .......
Wackos in the middle too. Don't leave us out.
As you seem to want to get in to semantics, you in fact did not say "my best friends". But you also did not say "that I interact with" either. You may want to re-read your post.
Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems that the only way a Democrat can be smart is to think like a Republican in your view. If we all think the same way, we are not a Democacy. It tends to become more communist or fascist. Is this the America that you want?
I have to say that I do not remember the editorials. I will accept that they were there, but are you sure they from anti-Bushies. Could it have been the Neo-cons already building the non-existant threat of Iraq.
Oh, well, there is always John Kerry.
Resident Loser
...don't have a clue...Dubya was the only unifying issue they could come up with..."Vote for me! I don't like George Bush and my opponent does!"...it's all BS...Now there are folks who bought into all the Bush/Iraq cr@pola and are waiting for the next term to start, expecting daily flights from the middle east to start bringing the troops home...SURPRISE, ain't gonna' happen...All this is going to do is cause political grid-lock on a major scale...And...and if we do ultimately cut-and-run, all those who said we don't have the guts for a protracted military action will have been proven right, which will only embolden them...
jimHJJ(...and yes Martha, history does repeat itself...)
Bush supporters just have to face facts...they were shown in a very big way that the American people do not agree with the neo-con agenda and the administration's insistence on following this path has put them outside the mainstream of the political mood of the country.
For better or worse, the good thing about the US is that our system generally does give us a government fairly reflective of the people. Right now, that means a turn away from a poorly-conceived, pre-emptive war and corporate infiltration and coruption of our governmental officials...the main reasons people have given for voting against the republicans...and yes, I surely admit that the votes were much more anti-Republican than pro-Democrat. Hell, I'm more anti-Republican than pro-Democrat...as are many Democrats.
I still don't see too much to give the Democrats a real shot at getting back the White House, because Hilary is a sure-fire loser...as is Obama...and they don't exactly seem to be able to come up with any inspiring choices. So, we may truly be looking at many years of gridlock with a Republican President or two and a Democratic Congress. But, to be honest, I much prefer gridlock and the status quo over watching the country get run into the ground as has been the case lately...and I think that represents the view of more Americans than the neo-con Republicans care to believe.
This confuses me. The Neo-Con agenda had Iraq ion the table before 9-11 and kept it there. It was not the anti-Bush crowd saying he should ease up on Bin-Laden and go after Iraq, it was his inner circle that had been pushing the Iraq agenda all along.
We had near universal support both at home and abroad going after Bin-Laden, it wasn't until Bush and his crew decided to go into Iraq instead that the tide started to shift.
Grid-lock ain't a bad thing. Without grid-lock, laws get passed. We have too many damn laws now. The mid-90's, which all you Clinton haters should remember, was a wonderful time because Clinton couldn't get his agenda through Congress and Congress couldn't get its agenda past Clinton's "veto" stamp. I don't cry over grid-lock, I'm thankful for it. I'm more wary of the crap they do push through than I am of the crap that fails.
Just who are "all those who said we don't have the guts for a protracted military action"? I don't remember that being the argument in support of staying the course. The argument dealt with the consequences of pulling out before stabilization. IOW, the argument had more to do with our brains than our guts, didn't it? Are you talking about terrorists accusing us of being gutless?
SlumpBuster
Hear! Hear! One man's "gridlock" is another man's "checks and balances."
For those that want to bag on the "broken" two party system, I say go back to a civics class. If you're a Dem and can't see value in the GOP platform then your a fool. Similarly so if you're a GOP and can't see value in the Dem party. Yin and yang, my friends.
If anyone is so intent on getting an efficient, one-party system, where the legislature is never challenged by internal dissent and the President never uses his veto power, then I got a one way ticket to Havana for you.
Oh, wait. Bush doesn't use his veto power. Well that's gonna change in a hurry.
"Freedom's on the march!" Ya right.
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And The Meek Shall Inherit The All-Star Game
I know – given that it’s me – but I’m speechless. I probably uttered my first complaints about All-Star Game selections in 1968 and gave up hope of an equitable solution no later than 1990, but I did think I long ago had become immune to surprises.
And then Evan Meek and Omar Infante were named to the 2010 National League All-Star teams. I literally thought MLB Network had made some kind of mega-typo. There are no constructions in which either player is an All-Star. None. Not “it’s close,” not “there are arguments pro and con.” They’re not All-Stars.
Meek is a great story, a Rule V draftee who is finally harnessing his talent and is showing signs of developing into a useful major league relief pitcher. His ERA of 0.96, WHIP of 0.85, and his strikeout to walk ratio of 42:11, are fantastic. But he has been doing this in baseball’s equivalent of a vacuum: in low-leverage, middle relief situations. Not as a closer, not as the key set-up man. Not even as the penultimate set-up man. The Pirates may be a last place team, but they do have 20 Saves and 32 Holds this year, and Meek has one of the former and just five of the latter.
Because “Blown Saves” don’t appear in very many stat lines, the fact that Meek has been used in six save situations and coughed up the lead in five games, is easily smoothed over. It shouldn’t be. It suggests that Meek is a great guy to bring in when you’re down by four or up by five but he isn’t ready to handle games that, you know, might still be in doubt.
Meanwhile, the “Hold” is an imperfect statistic to say the least, but in the category, Meek is only third on his own team. Joel Hanrahan of the Bucs has 13 of them. When play began Sunday, 44 National League pitchers had more Holds than Meek did. Mike Adams has 21 in San Diego and Luke Gregerson 19 (and Gregerson’s K:W ratio is even better than Meek’s) and neither of them are going. They essentially have four times as many Holds as Meek. They are not going to Anaheim, Meek is.
It’s as if somebody said “we need to honor the top non-important reliever in the NL Central.”
We both know why Meek is on the team: the Club Representative rule. Each team gets an All-Star whether they have one or not. This rule exists for only one reason – television. There is still some sort of assumption that the game’s ratings in a given market will be shattered if one of the market’s players is not present. As a 29-year veteran of national and local television, I’m afraid you’re going to have to show me a lot of research to prove a) that this is still the case, or b) that more than 100 people in Pittsburgh are going to watch the All-Star Game just to see Evan Meek. Because it would be my contention that the Each Team rule is one of the reasons the All-Star Game is not what it used to be, television-wise.
Still, in some senses Meek’s selection makes more sense than the anointing of Omar Infante. Don’t you have to be at least a platoon starter, with several impressive statistics, to merit the All-Star Team? One homer, 22 RBI, three steals, a .311 average, and an OPS of .721 is impressive in what way? He can play four positions? That’s great – we’re in the day of four-man benches. Each team has at least one guy who can play four positions. Take a number. And the number better not be 47% – which is where Infante stands in At Bats relative to the leader on his own team, genuine All-Star Martin Prado. You will notice that the official All-Star depth charts list Infante in the back-up Third Base slot (rendered ludicrous by comparisons to Ryan Zimmerman or Casey McGehee). If for some reason, a National League “ninth guy” who has played multiple positions, suddenly needs to be named to the All-Star Team, I think the argument could be made that Prado’s own teammate Eric Hinske is more deserving (5-31-.284, .836) but of course…
Holy Crap we’re discussing the relative merits of Eric Hinske and Omar Infante as All-Stars while Joey Votto isn’t one.
This is baseball’s ultimate nightmare: an All-Star Game populated by utility infielders or mop-up relievers or Team Tokens. To revise what I wrote earlier: there are American League examples of non-star All-Stars, they’re just not as egregious. Matt Thornton comes to mind (he is having half the season Daniel Bard is and who is arguably less valuable to his team than is Scott Downs or even Will Ohman) and so does Ty Wigginton (he is hitting .251; Tigers rookie Brennan Boesch is at .342 and has more RBI and nearly as many homers as Wigginton). The first step to preventing this triumph of mediocrity from subsuming the Game is to eliminate the Team Rule, although obviously that wouldn’t have kept Infante home.
But I’m afraid we are heading towards the ultimate step, which is to discontinue the Game outright. It previously rewarded and brought together the season’s top stars, to pit them against opponents they would otherwise never face, for the benefit of fans who would never see them live or on tv. Today, the players understandably would prefer the time off, the selection rules guarantee “stars” who aren’t, inter-league play destroyed the distinctive nature of the two leagues, every game is televised somewhere, and nobody outside his family is going to watch the All-Star Game hoping to see Evan Meek keep the American League lead at six runs in the 7th Inning!
If your jaw dropped, as nearly all of them did inside the press box at broiling Yankee Stadium this afternoon, when CC Sabathia and not Andy Pettitte made the A.L. roster, fear not. Sabathia should take his regular Yankee turn next Sunday, and therefore be ineligible to pitch in Anaheim. Pettitte, the Yankees expect, will be his replacement.
Hope Andy can sleep the night before knowing he might have to face Infante.
DYNASTIES ILLUSTRATED:
Yankees commemorated George Steinbrenner’s birthday by displaying the seven World Series Trophies won under his regime. Despite game time temperatures of 93 degrees (felt more like 126 in the labyrinth behind the team’s museum – and yes, the line up and then down the ramp is for the chance to take a quick photo of the trophies) none of the hardware melted:
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ROTARU v. MOLDOVA About Project
CASE OF ROTARU v. MOLDOVA
(Application no. 51216/06)
This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Rotaru v. Moldova,
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Nicolas Bratza, President,
Lech Garlicki,
Ljiljana Mijović,
Ján Šikuta,
Mihai Poalelungi,
Nebojša Vučinić,
Vincent A. de Gaetano, judges,
and Lawrence Early, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 25 January 2011,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:
1. The case originated in an application (no. 51216/06) against the Republic of Moldova lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by a Moldovan national, Mr Veaceslav Rotaru (“the applicant”), on 21 September 2006.
2. The applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was represented by Mr V. Ţurcan, a lawyer practising in Chişinău. The Moldovan Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr V. Grosu.
3. The applicant alleged, in particular, that he had been ill-treated by the police after his arrest and had been detained in inhuman conditions, and that his procedural rights had been violated during the criminal proceedings.
4. The application was allocated to the Fourth Section of the Court. On 30 June 2009 a Chamber of the Section decided to communicate the application to the Government. Under the provisions of Article 29 § 1 of the Convention, it was decided to examine the merits of the application at the same time as its admissibility.
I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE
5. The applicant was born in 1977 and lives in Taraclia.
1. The applicant's arrest and conviction
6. On 14 February 2003 the applicant was arrested at his home by masked and armed police officers, who allegedly tortured him until he confessed to several crimes of theft and robbery.
7. The applicant lodged a complaint of ill-treatment by the police and asked the prosecutor's office to investigate. On 28 February 2004 his complaint was dismissed as unfounded by the Chişinău chief of police. The applicant challenged that decision before the prosecutor's office. On 11 August 2005 a prosecutor from the Chişinău prosecutor's office decided not to initiate criminal proceedings against the police officers, finding that there was no evidence of the applicant's ill-treatment or of any other unlawful act. The applicant challenged that decision before the investigating judge, who decided to forward it to the trial court for examination as part of the criminal proceedings against the applicant.
8. On 8 June 2005 the applicant was convicted by Rîşcani District Court. That conviction was upheld by the Chişinău Court of Appeal on 27 October 2005 and the Supreme Court of Justice on 15 March 2006. On 6 October 2008 the Supreme Court of Justice allowed an extraordinary appeal (recurs în anulare) by the applicant, but only in respect of reducing his sentence in accordance with a new law that was more favourable to him.
2. Conditions of detention
9. On 19 March 2003 the applicant was transferred to Chişinău Prison no. 13. Between 16 April and 2 November 2006 he was treated at the Pruncul prison hospital. He was then transferred to Soroca Prison no. 6, where he served the rest of his sentence.
10. The applicant made a number of complaints to the authorities that the conditions of his detention were inhuman. He received numerous replies from the Ministry of Justice, the Prosecutor General's Office and Parliament. Many of these replies noted that he had been found to be “healthy for all practical purposes” and not in need of medical assistance. Some of the letters also noted that, due to insufficient funding of the prison system, detainees were not provided with bed linen, and food was available in less than the minimum prescribed quantities. In a letter of 10 August 2004 the Prosecutor General's Office informed the applicant that it was aware that cell no. 24 in which he was detained was overcrowded and that not all its inmates had a bed and bed linen. The prison authorities were asked to remedy the situation. In a letter of 5 November 2004 the Ministry of Justice informed a group of nine detainees, including the applicant, that medical assistance was available when needed and that only minor repairs could be made to the cells, due to lack of funds; the Ministry was aware of the problems in ensuring the proper functioning of the prison system, and was taking all necessary measures to improve the situation. The Minister added that no detainees suffering from tuberculosis were being held in the nearby cell 24A. In April 2006 the applicant was diagnosed with tuberculosis.
11. In a letter to the Parliament dated 4 May 2004 the applicant complained that the cells in the prison were overcrowded, damp and full of parasitic insects. He also complained of a lack of legal information in the prison. This letter was forwarded to the Prison Department of the Ministry of Justice. In its reply of 8 June 2004 the Ministry acknowledged that the prison lacked legal information, and confirmed that after 7 April 2003 the applicant had been treated for piodermia and scabies. It also noted that the applicant was detained in a cell with fourteen beds and fifteen detainees.
12. In response to a complaint by the applicant on 14 February 2007, on 1 March 2007 the Ministry of Justice informed the applicant that under the applicable rules all detainees were provided with the minimum acceptable quantities of food. However, due to lack of funding, such items as meat, fish or dairy products were provided “within the limits of available funds”. Moreover, products such as eggs, butter and milk would be included on the menu in the near future.
On the basis of a doctor's prescription, increased quantities of food could be provided to detainees who were ill. On 14 June 2008 the applicant made another complaint that the rules on food to be served were being violated and asking for a transfer to the prison hospital because of his worsening state of health. It appears that he was not transferred to the hospital.
13. According to the documents submitted by the Government, the applicant was treated on a regular basis by various doctors when the need arose, as well as on a preventive basis. On 10 and 17 February and 28 March 2005 he refused to have X-ray examinations. When he did have such an examination, on 15 April 2006, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and admitted to the Pruncul Prison Hospital. He received DOTS treatment there until 1 November 2006, when he was released – subject to a one-year period of supervision – after full recovery from his illness.
II. RELEVANT NON-CONVENTION MATERIAL
14. The relevant provisions of domestic law have been set out in Ostrovar v. Moldova, no. 35207/03, 13 September 2005; Sarban v. Moldova, no. 3456/05, 4 October 2005; and Becciev v. Moldova, no. 9190/03, 4 October 2005.
1. Relevant domestic law and practice
15. The Government submitted a list of laws, regulations, Ministerial orders and other acts or bills yet to be enacted aimed at improving various aspects of prison conditions and the medical treatment of detainees.
16. The Government annexed to their observations copies of judgments in the cases of Drugaliov v. the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Finance; Gristiuc v. the Ministry of Finance and the Penitentiaries' Department; Ipate v. the Penitentiaries' Department; and Ciorap v. the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General's Office, all cases in which the applicants had been awarded compensation for ill-treatment and/or inhuman conditions of detention.
2. Reports of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
17. The relevant parts of the CPT report concerning the visit to Moldova between 20 and 30 September 2004 read as follows (unofficial translation):
“50. The CPT delegation again heard repeated complaints from persons charged with and convicted of administrative offences concerning the refusal of permission for them to receive visits or have contact with the outside world in EDPs.
The CPT reiterates (see paragraph 61 of the report on the 2001 visit) that, where persons awaiting trial are concerned, if it is necessary in the interests of the investigation to place restrictions on visits for some of them, the restrictions should be strictly limited in time and applied for the shortest period possible. In no circumstances should visits to a detained person by family and friends be prohibited for a prolonged period. If there is thought to be an ongoing risk of collusion, it is better to allow visits under strict supervision. ...
55. The situation in the majority of penitentiaries visited, in view of the economic situation in the country, remained difficult and the delegation encountered a number of problems already identified during its visits in 1998 and 2001 in terms of physical conditions and detention regimes.
Added to this is the problem of overcrowding, which remains serious. In fact, even though the penitentiaries visited were not operating at their full capacity – as is the case of Prison no. 3 in which the number of detainees was appreciably smaller than during the last visit of the Committee – they continued to be extremely congested. In fact, the receiving capacity was still based on a very unsatisfactory 2 m2 per detainee; in practice, this was often even less.
79. The follow-up visit to Prison no.3 in Chişinău revealed an unsatisfactory situation. The progress noted was in fact minimal, limited to some running repairs. The ventilation system had been repaired primarily thanks to the financial support of civil society (especially NGOs), and the creation of places for daily recreation had been made possible only as a result of contributions by the detainees and their families.
The repair, renovation and maintenance of cells are entirely the responsibility of detainees themselves and of their families, who also pay for the necessary materials. They must also obtain their own sheets and blankets, the institution being able to give them only used mattresses.
In sum, the conditions in the great majority of cells in Blocks I-II and the transit cells continue to be very poor indeed. ...
Finally, despite the drastic reduction in overcrowding, the rate of occupancy of cells is still very high, not to say intolerable.
83. Except in the Lipcani Re-education Colony for Minors, where the efforts made in this respect are to be highlighted, the quantity and quality of detainees' food everywhere is a source of grave concern. The delegation was inundated with complaints regarding the absence of meat and dairy products. The findings of the delegation, regarding both the stocks of food and the menus, confirm the credibility of these complaints. Its findings also confirmed that in certain places (in Prison no. 3, ...), the food served was repulsive and virtually inedible (for instance, insects and vermin were present). This is not surprising given the general state of the kitchens and their modest equipment.
The Moldovan authorities have always claimed financial difficulties in ensuring the adequate feeding of detainees. However, the Committee insists that this is a fundamental requirement of life which must be ensured by the State to persons in its charge and that nothing can exonerate it from such responsibility. ...”
“46. In September 2007, the Director of the Prison Department of the Ministry of Justice provided the delegation with detailed information on measures already taken or planned with a view to reforming the Moldovan prison system and implementing the CPT's recommendations. One particularly welcome outcome of these measures is the reduction of the country's prisoner population. At the time of the 2007 visit, the total number of prisoners stood at 8,033 (including 1,290 on remand), compared to 10,591 in 2004. This positive trend can be attributed to legislative changes in recent years, including the entry into force of a new Code of Execution of Sentences in July 2005 and the adoption of amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. As a result, there has been an increase in the number of conditional early releases, as well as a wider use of alternatives to imprisonment and a more selective application of remand custody by the courts.
Further, the implementation of the “Concept for reforming the penitentiary system in the period 2004-2013” has been supported by an increase in the budgetary allocation (from 75.8 mn Lei in 2004, to 166.1 mn Lei in 2007), as well as by a growing input of foreign aid. This has enabled, inter alia, the amelioration of the food provided to prisoners, an improvement of health care, and the carrying out of refurbishment works at several penitentiary establishments (e.g. No. 1 in Taraclia, No. 7 in Rusca and No. 17 in Rezina).
Last but not least, there has been an important shift in mentality through improved staff recruitment and training procedures. The delegation was informed that the directors of many penitentiary establishments had been changed in the last year, following a competition and a probation period. Further, new training programmes for staff had been developed, placing particular emphasis on human rights issues (see also paragraph 100).
47. The CPT can only welcome the above-mentioned measures taken the Moldovan authorities. Nevertheless, the information gathered by the Committee's delegation during the 2007 visit shows that much remains to be done. In particular, overcrowding continues to be a problem; despite the fact that all establishments visited were operating well under their official capacities, there was on average only 2 m² of living space per prisoner, rather than the standard of 4 m² provided for in Moldovan legislation.
The CPT is convinced that the only viable way to control overcrowding and achieve the standard of at least 4 m² of living space per prisoner is to adopt policies designed to limit or modulate the number of persons sent to prison. In this connection, the Committee must stress the need for a strategy covering both admission to and release from prison to ensure that imprisonment really is the ultimate remedy. This implies, in the first place, an emphasis on non-custodial measures in the period before the imposition of a sentence and, in the second place, the adoption of measures which facilitate the reintegration into society of persons who have been deprived of their liberty.
The CPT trusts that the Moldovan authorities will continue their efforts to combat prison overcrowding and in so doing, will be guided by Recommendation Rec(99)22 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe concerning prison overcrowding and prison population inflation, as well as Recommendation Rec(2003)22 on conditional release (parole).”
19. The applicant complained under Article 2 of the Convention that he had been “intentionally deprived of his health, which also means life” by being kept in inhuman conditions of detention, which had led to his contracting tuberculosis, and that he had not been provided with sufficient medical assistance. The Court considers that this complaint should be examined under Article 3 of the Convention. The applicant also complained under Article 3 that he had been ill-treated by the police when arrested in order to make him confess to crimes which he had not committed.
Article 3 reads:
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
20. He also complained under Article 6 of the Convention that the courts had wrongfully convicted him and failed to examine defence witnesses, relying instead on evidence obtained through ill-treatment. The relevant part of Article 6 reads as follows:
“In the determination of ... any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to a fair ... hearing ... by [a] ... tribunal ...”
21. The applicant lastly complained under Article 13 of the Convention without giving any further details.
Article 13 reads as follows:
“Everyone whose rights and freedoms as set forth in [the] Convention are violated shall have an effective remedy before a national authority notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity.”
I. ADMISSIBILITY
22. The Government submitted that the applicant had failed to exhaust available domestic remedies in respect of his complaint under Article 3 of the Convention. In particular, he could have lodged a civil court action seeking compensation for the alleged violation, similar to those brought successfully by the applicants in the above-cited cases of Drugaliov, Gristiuc, Ipate and Ciorap (see paragraph 16 above). Moreover, the complaints about the conditions of detention which the applicant had made to the prison authorities were “not credible” and were unfounded.
23. The applicant disagreed, referring to his complaints to various authorities, including Parliament, and to the refusal of those authorities to acknowledge any breach of his rights. That refusal combined with the total absence of access to legal materials and of any suggestion in the replies received that he could lodge a claim in the civil courts, meant that the remedy relied on by the Government was not effective.
24. The Court reiterates that an individual is not required to try more than one avenue of redress when there are several available (see, for example, Airey v. Ireland, 9 October 1979, § 23, Series A no. 32. It is clear from the documents submitted to the Court by the parties that the applicant complained of his conditions of detention on several occasions (see paragraphs 9-12 above).
25. In so far as the other remedy referred to by the Government is concerned, namely a civil action to request an immediate end to the alleged violation, the Court observes that it has already found that that procedure does not constitute an “effective remedy” in respect of ongoing violations of Article 3 of the Convention (see Holomiov v. Moldova, no. 30649/05, § 107, 7 November 2006). In Holomiov the Court found as follows:
“[T]he Court does not consider that, at the present time, the existence of an effective remedy before the national courts for the applicant's complaint about the lack of adequate medical care in his place of detention has been clearly established. However, the Court may in future reconsider its position if it is informed of consistent application of the Convention by the domestic courts”.
All the cases relied on by the Government in the present case concern compensation awards for past violations of Article 3 similar to those relied on in Holomiov. However, the applicant remains in custody and made complaints about his conditions of detention as late as 2008 (see paragraph 12 above). Therefore, the cases referred to by the Government do not affect the findings in Holomiov.
26. In his initial application the applicant also complained of a violation of Article 3 of the Convention as a result of his ill-treatment by the police and failure to carry out an effective investigation into his ill-treatment. He further complained under Article 6 of the Convention of various breaches of his procedural rights. The Court notes that the prosecution refused to initiate an investigation into the applicant's alleged ill-treatment on 11 August 2005 and that his final conviction was handed down by the Supreme Court of Justice on 15 March 2006 (see paragraphs 7 and 8 above). The applicant did not claim that there had been a delay in informing him of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice. Accordingly, the six-month period for lodging a complaint concerning the shortcomings of the proceedings against the applicant or the investigation into his alleged ill-treatment started running on 15 March 2006. The present application was lodged on 21 September 2006, six days after the expiry of the above-mentioned six-month period. The subsequent decision of the Supreme Court of Justice of 6 October 2008, adopted as part of an extraordinary procedure, did not deal with any issues concerning the applicant's guilt or his allegations of ill-treatment, but only the reduction of his penalty due to the application of a more lenient criminal law which had come into force in the meantime. Therefore, this decision did not restart the running of the six-month period (see Fernie v. United Kingdom (dec.), no. 14881/04, 5 January 2006).
It follows that the applicant's complaints under Article 3 (his alleged ill-treatment) and Article 6 were introduced outside the time-limit set by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention and must be rejected as inadmissible pursuant to Article 35 § 4 of the Convention.
27. The Court finds therefore that the complaint under Article 3 of the Convention cannot be declared inadmissible for non-exhaustion of domestic remedies and accordingly the Government's objection must be dismissed. It considers that the applicant's complaints under Articles 3 (conditions of detention) and 13 of the Convention raise questions of fact and law which are sufficiently serious for their determination to depend on an examination of the merits. No other grounds for declaring them inadmissible have been established. The Court therefore declares these complaints admissible.
II. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE CONVENTION
A. Arguments of the parties
28. The applicant complained of the inhuman and degrading conditions of his detention. In particular, he was imprisoned without any particular health problems, but as a result of the conditions in which he was detained he became ill with tuberculosis and other illnesses. Moreover, despite the growing number of normative acts aimed at improving prison conditions, there had been very little change in reality, as established on many occasions by the CPT (quality of food, overcrowding, access to daylight, and so on).
29. The Government argued that the applicant had been detained in conditions compliant with Article 3 requirements. In particular, they submitted a copy of the applicant's note in which he mentioned that on 30 November 2004 he had been moved to another cell, in which the conditions of detention were acceptable. Moreover, he was offered medical assistance on a number of occasions and was fully treated for tuberculosis after DOTS treatment in the prison hospital. The fact that he had refused to have X-ray examinations in early 2005 (see paragraph 13 above) meant that he was responsible for the failure to discover his illness at an earlier stage. Therefore, the applicant could not claim that the authorities had failed to fulfil their positive obligations to prevent and treat illnesses such as tuberculosis.
Moreover, the Government submitted that CPT reports could not lead to automatic findings of violations of Article 3 in the absence of evidence of the applicant's individual suffering (see Gorea v. Moldova, no. 21984/05, §§ 40-51, 17 July 2007).
B. The Court's assessment
30. The Court reiterates that Article 3 of the Convention enshrines one of the most fundamental values of a democratic society. It prohibits in absolute terms torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, irrespective of the circumstances and the victim's behaviour (see, for example, Labita v. Italy [GC], no 26772/95, § 119, ECHR 2000-IV). It has also found that the distinction between “torture” and “inhuman or degrading treatment” was intended to “attach a special stigma to deliberate inhuman treatment causing very serious and cruel suffering” (see Ireland v. the United Kingdom, 18 January 1978, § 167, Series A no. 25).
31. To fall within the scope of Article 3 ill-treatment must attain a minimum level of severity. The assessment of this minimum is relative; it depends on all the circumstances of the case, such as the duration of the treatment, its physical and mental effects and, in some cases, the sex, age and state of health of the victim (see, for example, Ireland v. the United Kingdom, cited above, § 162).
32. The State must ensure that a person is detained in conditions which are compatible with respect for his human dignity, that the manner and method of the execution of the measure do not subject him to distress or hardship of an intensity exceeding the unavoidable level of suffering inherent in detention and that, given the practical demands of imprisonment, his health and well-being are adequately secured by, among other things, providing him with the requisite medical assistance (see Kudła v. Poland [GC], no. 30210/96, § 94, ECHR 2000-XI). When assessing conditions of detention, account has to be taken of the cumulative effects of those conditions and the duration of the detention (see Ostrovar v. Moldova, no. 35207/03, § 80, 13 September 2005).
33. In the present case the Government implicitly acknowledged that the conditions of the applicant's detention prior to November 2004 had been substandard. They argued that following his many complaints, on 30 November 2004 the applicant had been transferred to another cell, which offered acceptable conditions of detention, as he himself admitted at the time.
34. The Court notes, however, that the applicant continued to complain about his conditions of detention after that date, notably in respect of the quality of food in 2007 and 2008 (see paragraph 12 above). It also notes the Ministry of Justice's acknowledgment, on 1 March 2007, that due to a lack of funding, such items as meat, fish or dairy products were provided “within the limits of available funds” and that products such as eggs, butter and milk were soon to be included on the menu (see paragraph 12 above).
35. It follows that the applicant's complaints concerning the quality of food served were not spurious but revealed a problem known to the authorities. This in itself raises a serious issue under Article 3 of the Convention, as also noted by the CPT in paragraph 83 of its 2004 report (see paragraph 17 above).
36. Moreover, the applicant's particular situation, as someone who had just been treated for tuberculosis, required a special diet, which could not be complete without such basic ingredients as dairy products, meat and fish.
37. The Court reiterates that the mere fact that an applicant prisoner falls ill with tuberculosis while in detention does not automatically lead to a finding of a violation of Article 3 of the Convention (see Gavriliţă v. Romania (dec.), no. 10921/03, 22 June 2010). However, the fact that he contracted tuberculosis gives additional weight to the applicant's contention that he was detained in conditions dangerous to his health, notably damp cells and insufficient and poor food. The applicant rightly points to the fact that a poor diet leads to increased vulnerability to diseases such as tuberculosis.
38. The applicant also complained of overcrowding (see paragraphs 9-12 above). It is to be noted that despite the progress made by the Moldovan authorities in reducing the prison population since 2004, the statutory minimum of four square metres per detainee has still not been achieved, as was noted in 2007 by the CPT (see paragraph 18 above).
39. It is also to be noted that the applicant was treated for other infectious diseases with which he was diagnosed during detention (see paragraph 11 above). This only emphasises the dangers to detainees' health posed by overcrowding.
40. The Court finally notes that the applicant has been detained for more than seven years in such conditions (except for several months in the prison hospital, which offers better conditions).
41. In the light of the above, the Court considers that the conditions of the applicant's detention were inhuman, especially when considering the duration of exposure to such conditions.
42. There has, accordingly, been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention.
III. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 13 OF THE CONVENTION
43. The applicant did not give details about his complaint under Article 13 of the Convention. The Government argued that it was open to the applicant to claim compensation for any alleged violation of Article 3 in a civil lawsuit.
44. The Court considers that the complaint under Article 13 must be understood to refer to the alleged lack of effective remedies in respect of the conditions of detention. In any event, if it referred to the effectiveness of the investigation, it would be declared inadmissible, as were the complaints under Articles 3 and 6 (see paragraph 26 above).
45. As the Court has held on many occasions, Article 13 of the Convention guarantees the availability at national level of a remedy to enforce the substance of the Convention rights and freedoms in whatever form they may happen to be secured in the domestic legal order. The effect of Article 13 of the Convention is thus to require the provision of a domestic remedy to deal with the substance of an “arguable complaint” under the Convention and to grant appropriate relief.
46. The Court reiterates that it has examined on numerous occasions the issue of domestic remedies by which to complain of poor conditions of detention in Moldova (see Sarban, cited above, §§ 57-62; Holomiov v. Moldova, no. 30649/05, §§ 101-107, 7 November 2006; Istratii and Others v. Moldova, nos. 8721/05, 8705/05 and 8742/05, § 38, 27 March 2007; Modarca v. Moldova, no. 14437/05, § 47, 10 May 2007; and Stepuleac v. Moldova, no. 8207/06, § 46, 6 November 2007), and has concluded on each occasion that the remedies suggested by the Government were not effective in respect of individuals currently in detention. In Malai v. Moldova, no. 7101/06, §§ 42-46, 13 November 2008, the Court found a violation of Article 13 of the Convention, concluding that “it has not been shown that effective remedies existed in respect of the applicant's complaint under Article 3” concerning conditions of detention. The Government did not submit any valid reason for the Court to distinguish the present case from Malai, cited above.
47. There has therefore been a breach of Article 13 of the Convention.
IV. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION
48. Article 41 of the Convention provides:
“If the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.”
49. Having been invited to submit claims for just satisfaction on behalf of his client, as well as for costs and expenses in relation to the present application, the applicant's lawyer did not submit any such claims. He subsequently submitted outside the time-limit an evaluation of the time he had spent preparing the case, which, being belated, was not admitted to the file.
50. The Court therefore does not see any reason for making an award under Article 41 of the Convention. It notes in this connection that the applicant's lawyer received 850 euros by way of legal aid from the Council of Europe.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT UNANIMOUSLY
1. Declares the complaints under Article 3 (conditions of detention) and 13 admissible, and the remainder of the application inadmissible;
2. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention;
3. Holds that there has been a violation of Article 13 of the Convention.
Done in English, and notified in writing on 15 February 2011, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Lawrence Early Nicolas Bratza
Registrar President
ROTARU v. MOLDOVA JUDGMENT
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Clean Slate 10.7
“Good news,” I said. “I just hired an army of ghouls. They’ll be there around noon to talk about integrating them into our plans.”
There was a moment of shocked silence from the other end of the phone before Selene laughed. “You really never fail to surprise, do you, jarl?”
“I try,” I said lightly. “Now please tell me you’ve got something on those names I gave you.”
“I’ve got something,” she said, any trace of humor suddenly gone. “It looks like there are actually three factions among the independents right now. You’re meeting one of them for breakfast in half an hour.”
She rattled off an address, and I almost groaned. I could get there in half an hour—maybe, if the roads weren’t in too bad of shape—but not with much time to spare.
“Okay,” I said, putting the truck in gear. “Tell me about these factions. Broad strokes, right now.”
“The main thing they disagree upon is how to respond to the unrest. One side feels that it’s dangerous and they should just be trying to survive it. The other two are of the opinion that it’s an opportunity, a chance to change the basic rules of the game while everything is in flux. One of them wants to see mages and magical creatures rise to social and political dominance. The last one is more concerned with internal affairs, trying to shake up the traditional power structure and gives the independent actors a bigger say in how the system works.”
I did groan at that. I so didn’t need to be dealing with that kind of political maneuvering right now. I mean, I’d rather not deal with it at all, but for it to be going on at the same time as all the other crap I had to deal with seemed…more than slightly unfair.
“Which one am I meeting with?”
“The third,” she said, sounding entirely too cheerful. “They want to talk you into supporting their cause, I think.”
“That’s insane,” I said, more-or-less automatically. “I’m about as closely tied to the traditional power structure as a guy can get. They’d have to be crazy to pick me as a recruit.”
“They’re trying to overthrow the current balance of power,” she said dryly. “One that was put in place by deities, and is currently supported by most of the major players in the world. It’s safe to say they aren’t the sharpest tools in the metaphorical shed. Now, I’m still trying to set up meetings with the other two, and a new set of scouting reports just came in that Kyi’s too busy to look at, so unless you mind I’ll leave you to it.”
“No, that’s fine.”
“Great!” the demoness said brightly. “Have fun!”
I hung up and dropped the phone back into the console next to me. “I’m pretty sure she’s crazy,” I said to no one in particular. “Like, really crazy, not just a little bit.”
Snowflake snorted. Of course she is. She works for you. What sane person would take that job?
“Good point. So how do you see this going?”
Probably not violent, she said thoughtfully. They sound like the idealistic type, which means they aren’t likely to throw the first stone. Although I’d wager they’ve got a few more ruthless people in the mix. The sort who’ll do what they think’s necessary, whether or not the rest of the group agrees.
“Probably,” I agreed. “Honestly, I’m inclined to say they’re the biggest threat of the three. Any normal person would be hunkering down right now, and I can at least understand the ones who are making a play to put themselves on top. Idealists are…a little harder to work with.”
I didn’t mention Katie and Mike, or the monster they had summoned in the name of justice. I didn’t have to; I knew we were both thinking of it. They had been idealists, too, and if we got very, very lucky the world might someday recover from the results.
Hopefully this one won’t go that badly, Snowflake said, several long moments later. There can’t be very many people who know how to fuck things up that badly, right?
No, I said thoughtfully. But then again, we never really learned how those two figured it out, either.
The conversation died out after that, leaving me to dwell on that thought as I drove. It wasn’t an especially comforting one.
The restaurant where the meeting was scheduled was a chain, a few steps above fast food, located just inside the rough boundaries of the independents’ territory. I’d never been there before, but it wasn’t hard to find; there weren’t all that many places with a busy parking lot at seven in the morning.
You think they’re going to let me in? Snowflake asked idly as I locked things up.
A week ago, I’d have said not a chance. But now? I shrugged. Who knows?
The host met us at the door, looking distinctly nervous. I couldn’t really blame him for that; we were both still wearing full armor, and that’s the kind of thing that would scare damn near anyone.
“We have a reservation,” I said. “Party name of Ironside.”
He nodded, although the wary look didn’t go away. “Your party is already here,” he said. “Follow me.”
They didn’t have a private room, apparently, but he led me to a secluded corner of the room that was the next best thing. There were already half a dozen people sitting at the table there, an even mix of men and women, most of whom looked awfully young and not terribly sure of themselves.
Looking at them, I was reminded of the night I’d first met the Inquisition, with an almost violent intensity. They’d started out with the same idealistic naïveté as these kids, although it hadn’t taken long for them to get the same weary, bitter look as most of the mages I knew. Very few people, in my experience, managed to maintain normal relationships once they’d come into their power. You either fought the darkness or embraced it, and either way it was hard not to feel a certain separation from the world after a while.
These people hadn’t made it there yet, I thought. But they would.
“You’re Winter Wolf, then?” the one in the center of the group said. He was a thin, balding guy, who was tan in a way that suggested long hours spent exposed to the weather, rather than time on a beach or in a salon. He didn’t have the broken-down look that Katie had gotten near the end, but there was still a toughness about him that the rest of the group lacked.
“That’s me,” I said. “And you must be Ironside.” He nodded, and I snorted. “Okay,” I said. “So…what is it with you guys and the ridiculous names?”
“You’re one to talk,” he said dryly.
“Granted, but at least I was born with it.”
“I wouldn’t be so quick to criticize on that basis. There actually are people named Ironside, you know.”
“Fair,” I admitted. “And honestly, you aren’t even the one I’m complaining about. One of the people I’m supposed to meet later is called Shadow, for crying out loud. I see that and I’m just like, really? This isn’t a freaking comic book.”
He nodded slowly. “You’re part of the old school,” he said. “The line of thinking that says that you want everything you do to be associated with you, so that it all feeds into your reputation as a person.”
“And you don’t think so?”
He considered that for a long moment. “Let’s just say,” he said slowly, “that while comic books are ridiculous, they occasionally stumble across a relevant point. Some of us still have people outside this world. Friends, family, loved ones. And I think we both know you’re not above threatening them if that’s what it takes to get your way. So we’ll be sticking with aliases for the time being.”
“Low blow,” I said. “And a fair point. Now that that’s settled, you mind if I sit down?”
“Not at all,” he said.
“Cool. So would you mind telling me, you know, what the bloody hell you people are getting at with all this?” I grabbed one of the chairs and spun it around before sitting, resting my arms across the back.
Ironside looked at me oddly. I got the impression that I wasn’t playing into his expectations at all, which was exactly why I’d done it the way I had. I thought I had a better chance of getting the information I wanted if I kept them off balance.
“Simple,” he said, recovering his composure more quickly than I’d expected. “For a long time, we’ve been kept down. The magical world is stuck in the feudal era, when the rest of the world left that nonsense behind ages ago. We want to take this opportunity to demand some basic human rights.”
“It’s a nice thought,” I admitted. “But there’s a problem. When the feudal system was overturned in Europe, it happened because the lower classes had the power and the leverage to make it happen. And that’s just not the case here. When it comes to the supernatural world, the people keeping you down actually are bigger and more powerful than you are.”
“That’s what they want us to think,” he said, leaning forward a little. There was genuine passion in his voice. “Think, Mr. Wolf. How much of what you’re saying is true, and how much of it is just the rhetoric you’ve been taught to believe? We have the numbers, we know how the system works, and for maybe the first time in history we have the ability to communicate and organize on a global scale. The old system, the whole ‘feudal lord’ approach, it’s not the only way things can work anymore. We do have the power.”
“I have seen what happens to people that defy the gods,” I said flatly. “If Loki wanted to, he could kill everyone in this city without even trying. And he’s just one god, out of dozens.”
There was a moment of silence after that, and several of the magelings looked at each other. “Granted,” Ironside said, trying to recover his momentum and partially succeeding. “But wasn’t it a god that told us that the rules don’t matter anymore? They aren’t imposing the system on us anymore.”
“True,” I said. “But really, it applies on every level. The people on any given level of the system got there by stepping on the people under them. Now that they’ve got there, they’ve sacrificed, they’ve paid for every inch they took. They aren’t going to just let that go. Now, I think I’ve got a pretty good idea of what you’re fighting for, here. You want to hear what I think?”
“Why not,” Ironside said.
“I think,” I said, slowly and carefully, “that what you’re trying to do is admirable. I might even want to help you. But I also think that, by and large, people aren’t as nice as you. And generally speaking, the only language those people really understand is power. So if you want respect, if you want people to listen, you have to make them listen. You have to be an asshole, have to be maybe even a little bit evil, because if you aren’t they’ll walk all over you.”
“That sounds like an ugly world to live in,” he said quietly. The rest of them had gone still, and some of them were looking at me with barely-disguised fear. “We’re trying to make a better one.”
“I respect that,” I said honestly. “But there are half a million people in this city. And right now, there are no rules protecting them. The only thing standing between them and all the horrible things that want to happen to them is me. I don’t want this job. Never did. But I’ve got it, and…and there’s no one to do it if I fail, you know? There’s no second line of defense, nobody willing to take over if I walk away. Everything I do right now, every single goddamn thing, there’s half a million lives maybe riding on it.”
“That sounds like an awful responsibility.”
“It is,” I agreed. “It really, really is. But I’m telling you this for a reason. I like what you guys are trying to do. I respect you for it. But at the end of the day, I have to balance that against everything else that’s at stake. If you want to help me, if you want to help keep the peace until things are stable and we can work towards your democratic system, I’d be thrilled. If you want to stay out of the way, that’s fine too. But if you try to undermine me, if you do anything to prevent me from keeping all those nasty things away, I won’t hesitate to shut you down.”
He regarded me for a moment. “I find it hard to believe that you’d try to hurt people you know are trying to do the right thing.”
I smiled a little behind the mask, very much a predatory smile rather than a friendly one. “Remember what I said about being a little evil? Not a hypothetical. I’d hate to kill you, but I’ve killed people I liked more. I’d appreciate it if you could keep things from going that far this time around.” I stood up, producing a business card from my cloak and dropping it on the table. “In case you need to get in touch,” I explained.
Then I walked away, Snowflake pacing at my side. Behind me the table burst into whispers.
Stop driving and get some food, Snowflake told me.
“Nah,” I said. “I don’t actually need to eat anymore, remember? It can wait until I’ve dealt with the next faction.”
Bullshit, she said firmly. You’re starving. I can feel it.
I’m always hungry, I replied. Going a little longer won’t kill me.
You’re losing your focus, she countered. Or are you going to tell me you didn’t just spend fifteen seconds staring at that woman because she’s barely awake and you know she’d be easy prey?
I had, but I didn’t want to admit that to her. That was made easier a moment later when she stepped from the passenger’s seat over onto my lap, blocking my view and forcing me to coast to a stop. Fortunately there was no one behind me, although we were driving on a fairly major road and it was late enough in the morning that there should have been at least some traffic.
“Fine,” I said, laughing a little. “We’ll stop and get some food. Just get out of the way long enough for me to get there.”
We ended up going to the drive-through of a fast food restaurant, probably scaring the wits out of the person at the window. I devoured half a dozen burgers, which didn’t really satisfy my hunger, but at least dulled the edge a little, and washed them down with a ridiculously large cup of soda. Caffeine didn’t have much of an effect on me, but I could still get a sugar rush, and at the moment I wanted whatever I could get.
Snowflake got a couple of burgers as well, but barely touched them, watching me instead. She was still picking at them when I drove away from the restaurant.
I could feel that she was worried, and I knew why she was worried, but there wasn’t a lot I could do about it. She was right, after all. For me to put off eating like that, for me to treat it as a chore rather than something to look forward to, was beyond unusual.
But what could I say? I was, on a fundamental level, not the same person I’d been before. Loki had changed me, and my time in prison had exacerbated it. I didn’t need to eat, not really, and no matter how much I did eat, the hunger was barely reduced at all. Even the meal I’d just eaten was less a fix, and more a reminder of how overwhelmingly insufficient food seemed these days.
I got more satisfaction, physically as well as mentally, from Snowflake’s meal than my own. And that was worrying, on a variety of levels.
I tried to put that worry out of mind, with moderate success. It helped that it wasn’t long before we reached the home base of the next name on my list.
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Apologies for the late post; it took longer to get the dialogue right in this chapter than I expected, and I thought it would be better for this chapter to be a couple of hours late than not as good as it could be.
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Executive Director Sato and Director Sakai Participate in India-Japan Fest 2016
Prof. Sato making a speech
(Jaipur, India) From October 20th to 21st, 2016, Executive Director Sato and Professor Sakai participated in India-Japan Fest 2016. It is a Japan-India bilateral international conference for the purpose of deepening the partnership between Japanese universities with affiliated Indian universities. Both Dr. Yuichi Sato, Executive Director and Vice President, and Dr. Takafumi Sakai, Director and Professor at Graduate School of Science and Engineering, were invited to the conference as guests of honor.
On the first day, Dr. Sato addressed at a session entitled “Rising India-Japan Relations: Transforming New Strategic Alliance.” He explained SU’s recent activities on research and internationalization, and made remarks on the recent population changes and how higher education systems of both countries have functioned. On the second day, Director Sakai made a speech at the session “Student and Research Exchange between India and Japan.”
During the conference, they acquainted themselves with executives of Indian educational institutions (as listed below) throughout various receptions.
Dr. Raja Babu Panwar, Vice Chancellor of Rajasthan University of Health Sciences.
Mr. Rajeev Biyani, Chairman of Biyani Grioup of College.
Dr. M. V. Badiger, Chief Scientist of CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory.
Dr. Shivraj Singh, President & Trustee of International Network for Cancer Treatment & Research
Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Member of International Network for Cancer Treatment & Research
In addition, they visited Rajasthan University of Health Sciences to make a courtesy visit to Dr. Raja Babu Panwar, Vice Chancellor, Deans of School of Medicine and School of Dentistry and others. They discussed about possibilities on our Inter-university agreements and joint research activities.
This event was published by Dainik Bhaskar, the most printed Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper, as translated below:
“21st October 2016 @ Jaipur: On Thursday, Indo-Japan fest has been started in Jaipur. Forest and Environment Minister Rajkumar Rinwa has mentioned that this might be a very good educative session for the betterment of these two countries. Vice President of Saitama University has addressed the session in the fest stating that the relationship between India and Japan has grown very fast. As this is the ongoing technical era, these kinds of interactive sessions might prove beneficial for academic and technical betterment.”
Prof. Sakai receiving “bindu”
Prof. Sakai making a speech
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Things to do in Burlington Ontario
Burlington is a beautiful city that sits midway between Toronto and Niagara Falls, nestled along the edge of Lake Ontario. It has been voted as one of the best places in the country to live, but also makes for a great getaway destination.There is something for everyone in Burlington, from stunning gardens to exquisite dining. Still, it is often overlooked by tourists who pass through on route between Toronto and Niagara Falls.
1. Visit a garden
Not just any garden, but Canada’s largest. The world-renowned Royal Botanical Gardens is arguably Burlington’s top attraction and a must for anyone visiting or passing through the city.
The beautiful gardens are separated into different sections that are spread across 900 hectares of land. It features four outdoor gardens, one greenhouse and three restaurants, as well as a lovely gift shop.
Wander around the picturesque gardens and see the world’s largest lilac collection and over 1,000 other plants and flowers. It also happens to be an Important Bird Area.
2. Look at art
Art Gallery Of Burlington
The Art Gallery of Burlington is the seventh largest public gallery in the province. The 4,100 square metre gallery has over 1,000 pieces of art in its collection.
One of the biggest draws of the art gallery is its collection of contemporary Canadian ceramics, which is the largest in Canada. It also has a lovely courtyard that hosts special exhibitions.
The Art Gallery of Burlington opened its doors in 1978 as a facility for artists to do their crafts. Since becoming a public gallery, over 100,000 visitors pass through its doors each year.
3. Walk along a pier
Brant Street Pier
Brant Street Pier is an S-shaped pier that extends 137 metres over Lake Ontario. The pier boasts fabulous views of the lake and Burlington’s shoreline.
Walk along the pier and feel the wind in your hair as you admire the views. For the best views, go up the circular staircase to the elevated deck.
The pier is open between 7am and 11pm, so you can enjoy the views in the morning, afternoon or night. You can also go fishing off the pier or cycling along it.
4. Go rock climbing
Mount Nemo Conservation Area
Mount Nemo Conservation Area is the place to do this. In fact, it is one of the most popular places to climb in Southwestern Ontario.
The climb starts at a rate of 5.9 with parts falling between 5.10 and 5.12, so it is not for an amateur. But any avid climber will be enjoy going rock climbing here.
A feature of the climb are the spectacular views, which, on a clear day, stretch all the way to the CN Tower. There are also hiking trails for those that don’t want to do the climb.
5. Go for a hike
Stretching for 890 kilometres, the famous Bruce Trail goes from the Niagara River to Tobermory, passing through Burlington along the way. This is a world-renowned trail and is the best place in the city to go for a hike.
The trail runs along the edge of the Niagara Escarpment, which is UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. It is a phenomenal hike with stunning views, waterfalls and wildlife.
Part of the trail passes through the Mount Nemo Conservation Area, where some spectacular views can be seen. It also passes through the Crawford Lake Conservation Area, which features a rare meromictic lake.
6. Explore Downtown Burlington
Downtown Burlington
Go on a walking tour of this historic part of the city and see some of Burlington’s most magnificent buildings. Start the tour at the fountain in front of City Hall and then follow Ontario Street and start to explore Downtown Burlington.
On this historic walk you will see beautiful Victorian Vernacular, late Victorian and Gothic Revival mansions. You will also pass by the hotel-tavern Zimmerman House that was built in 1860.
There are two historic churches in Downtown Burlington; the Knox Presbyterian Church and L’Eglise St Philippe Church. The former dates back to 1845 and is noted for its hand-made pulpit, while the later was built in 1875 and features an Italianate square tower.
8. Watch the weather
Discovery Landing
The iconic Discovery Landing building faces the lake and is an excellent place to watch the weather. The 4,328 square metre building is a landmark that makes for a great place to play, relax and enjoy.
The building features an observatory with floor-to-ceiling windows that offer magnificent panoramic views. It also boasts a fabulous restaurant with spectacular views of the lake.
Discovery Landing also happens to overlook the Rotary Centennial Pond. The pond is more than 3,000 square metres and in the winter is turned into an ice skating rink.
9. Mingle with the locals
Source: www.club54.ca
Burlington Club 54
Burlington is filled with bars and nightclubs that are great for meeting and mingling with the locals. Some of the bars in the city offer live music, while others are great for watching your favourite sports.
Live music seems to be the biggest thing in terms of Burlington’s nightlife, with around 30 bars offering it. Most of them also have a great food menu with typical pub grub.
There are also a handful of trendy lounges where you can sip on a cocktail, as well as a couple of nightclubs where you can dance the night away. Basically, if you are a night owl, you will not be bored.
10. Visit a farm
Source: tripadvisor
Stonehaven Farms
Pick your own strawberries, pumpkins, raspberries or corn at Stonehaven Farms, or buy fresh produce in its market.
Stonehaven Farms opened in 1904 and it is still going strong today. It has, of course, expanded from a small farm to what it is today; a large farm complete with a shop, a corn maze and wagon rides.
There is also a kid’s zone that features straw piles to be climbed, a massive sandbox and a straw bale maze. The entire family will enjoy visiting the farm.
11. Eat ribs
Source: tourismburlington
Canada’s Largest Ribfest
No kidding, as Burlington is home to Canada’s Largest Ribfest. The rib eating festival takes place over Labour Day weekend, which is usually the first weekend in September.
Ribfest is filled with food vendors and has a marketplace, with the focus being ribs. Eat as many ribs as you can that have been cooked in a plethora of different ways and with numerous sauces and flavours.
You really will be spoiling your taste buds at this annual festival. And it is all done while listening to some great live music.
12. Have fun at a park
Not only is Spencer Smith Park the home of Ribfest and the Burlington Beer Festival, it is also a great place to have fun all summer long. The park boasts a small beach and a number of pathways along the waterfront.
Spencer Smith Park sits in Downtown Burlington and features a wide promenade that overlooks the lake. It is also the home of the Brant Street Pier and the Rotary Centennial Pond.
There are expansive lawns where you can relax and have a picnic, or take a leisurely walk along the waterfront and enjoy the views. The park also has a children’s playground and a water jet area to play in.
13. Wander around a museum
Joseph Brant Museum
There are two historic buildings in Burlington that are now museums; Ireland House and the Joseph Brant Museum. Visit either of these and wander around to learn about the history and heritage of the city.
Ireland House was built in 1837, making it one of the oldest homes in all of Burlington. Explore the house and learn about the life and times of three generations of the family.
Wander around the Joseph Brant Museum to learn about the founding, settlement and development of Burlington and its surrounding area. The museum has permanent exhibits, as well as hosting travelling exhibitions.
14. Enjoy the food
Source: honeywest
Honey West Restaurant And Bar
There are over 200 restaurants in Burlington where you can enjoy food. Everything from cheap hotdog venders to gourmet bistros are available in the city.
A few restaurants in Burlington are award-winning establishments with prices to match where you can truly indulge yourself. There are also mid-range places that are great if you are dining with the kids.
Tease your taste buds by trying out some of the more authentic restaurants that serve Chinese food, Thai food or Italian cuisine. Burlington is also a great place to enjoy fresh seafood.
15. Play a round of golf
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Indian Wells Golf Club
Or play a few, as there are nine different places to play in or within reach of the city. Basically, no golfer will ever be bored in Burlington.
One of the most scenic courses is the Indian Wells Golf Club, which is an 18-hole course that is nestled at the foothills of Mt. Nemo. Though it is its sister club the Millcroft Golf Club that is recognised as the best golf course in the city.
There is also the prestigious Burlington Golf and Country Club, though you need to be with a member to golf here. The award-winning Hidden Lake Golf Club is another great place to play a round of golf.
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The Resource Nuclear detection : preliminary observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's efforts to develop a global nuclear detection architecture : testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, statement of David C. Maurer, (electronic resource)
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Nuclear detection : preliminary observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's efforts to develop a global nuclear detection architecture : testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
Nuclear detection
preliminary observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's efforts to develop a global nuclear detection architecture : testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
statement of David C. Maurer
Preliminary observations on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office's efforts to develop a global nuclear detection architecture
Radioactive substances -- Detection -- United States
United States, Department of Homeland Security | Domestic Nuclear Detection Office -- Rules and practice
Nuclear counters -- Government policy -- United States
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GAO-08-999 T
Radioactive substances
Nuclear counters
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Malaria: The beginning of the end? You wait for years for a breakthrough in the battle against malaria, and then two come along in two weeks. But the advance announced yesterday by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge is potentially far more significant than last month's news of an experimental vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline (and part-funded by Bill Gates), which showed partial success in early clinical trials. Scientists involved in those trials emphasised that the vaccine would only be able to contribute to the control of malaria. The Cambridge scientists' discovery offers hope of something far more thrilling: the complete global eradication of the disease. That tantalising goal is significantly closer, thanks to the discovery of the critical component of human red blood cells that appears to be vital for the malaria parasite to complete its lifecycle within the human body. In effect, the deadly parasite's "Achilles heel" has be
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Federer Progresses into the Fourth Round at the Sony Ericsson Open
Tags: Almagro, ATP, Berdych, Berlocq, Federer, Mayer, Monaco, Olivier Rochus, Sony Ericsson Open, Youzhny
The last encounter that Roger Federer had with Juan Monaco was three years ago at the Masters Series in Hamburg whereby he was victorious. Although the Argentine is known to excel on clay, he gave Federer a good fight on hardcourt today. Federer pulled away with a 7-6, 6-4 win to pen his name into the fourth round.
As a result of a double fault, Federer gave Monaco break point in the opening game. However, Federer managed to hold. By misfiring on a forehand, Monaco gifted Federer a break point and threw in a double fault for the break.
At this point, it seemed Federer would make short work of world number 35. But with a couple of mistakes of his own, Federer surrendered the next game allowing Monaco to get back on serve.
At 2-1, Federer had a couple more chances to break. Still, Monaco was unflappable and guarded serve.
With Monaco saving six out of seven break points, the first set went to a tiebreaker which Federer claimed.
In the second set, Monaco dominated on serve while Federer had a few tight games. Consequently, it seemed that the match could go to a third set. As usual though, Federer stepped it up at the right time.
After an ace for game point, Monaco double faulted for deuce. Then, with a forehand winner, Federer had his second break point opportunity of the game. When Monaco’s forehand landed long, Federer went up 5-4.
With Federer serving for the match, Monaco continued to resist. Finally, with a forehand up the line winner, Federer arrived at 40-30. With Monaco’s stroke going out of play, Federer penned his name into the next round.
After the match, MiamiTennisNews asked Federer what made Monaco a difficult adversary considering he’s a clay court specialist “tough was not having played him very often. Then, it being hot, humid and slow conditions. . .this is as slow as it gets out on the hard court. It’s a bit of clay almost except that you can’t slide. All the clay court specialists. . .have adapted very well to the hard courts now these days”.
In addition, Federer cited “I thought he played well in the later stages of the first set and then also in the second. But I was able to come through with a crucial first set, which allowed me to have a bit of sort of win from the back sort of feeling. . .I had the one return game which worked well, and was able to serve it out. So it was a good finish for me”.
Qualifier Olivier Rochus upended the 13th seed Mikhail Youzhny 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 and will be Federer’s subsequent challenge in the fourth round. Federer’s record against Rochus is 7-0, their ultimate meeting was two years ago.
This was what Federer had to say about the upcoming battle “He’s coming back from an injury, I think. But he’s played well. I think he’s been in the challenger in Guadeloupe [and won that tournament]. Today, he beat Youzhny, a quality player. . .coming back from a set down. . .it was impressive.
Also, Federer expressed “He’s a good friend of mine. He has amazing touch and feel out on the court, great playing sense, when to play which shot. Even though he’s a small guy, he knows how to use his weapons and his feel. He’s a great tactician. I enjoy playing against him. It’s a different kind of playing style. I’m looking forward to the match”.
Tomas Berdych, the seventh seed, defeated Carlos Berlocq 7-5, 7-6 while Florian Mayer shocked Nicolas Almagro in three sets. The winners will now meet in the fourth round.
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Chinatown (BRS)
by Miles Taylor | Dec 23, 2018 | Miles on SEPTA | 7 comments
Once upon a time, Philadelphia was planning on building a loop line around Center City. The Broad-Ridge Spur was built off of the Broad Street Line to the busy department stores at 8th and Market, then onwards to 16th and Locust. Now, there’s no money to complete the loop, 8th and Market is a less busy destination, and the route to 16th and Locust is now operated by PATCO. We’re thus left with this weird little stub of a line, and here is its one independent station: Chinatown.
I don’t think you’re allowed to park th…oh, never mind.
For a station called “Chinatown”, you’re not really expecting the entrance to be in a post-apocalyptic hexagonal plaza surrounded by brutalist office buildings. Well…that’s where it is. There is a nice bus shelter on 8th Street that serves the southbound routes 47 and 61, though. Also, Google Maps Street View would lead me to believe that “Chinatown buses” to New York leave from the intersection of Race and 8th, but I’ve looked at all the companies on GoToBus, and none of them seem to leave from here.
The…uh…mezzanine?
There’s a singular fare machine at the ugly entrance to the station, and then the fare gates are right after. Let’s see…we’ve got a closed ticket window (this was a weekday evening rush, too), one fare gate, an exit-only door, and a huge turnstile entry gate separated from the rest by a wall. Behind all that, there’s one bench and one wastebasket, plus a sign apologizing for “our appearance while we renovate this station for your comfort and security.” Doesn’t look like much construction is going on…
“Hey, do you think we built the platform too long?” “Nah, it’s fine, no one’ll notice!”
And thus you see the gaping flaw of Chinatown: the platform is built for trains much longer than the ones the line actually uses. I get that this line was meant to be way more important than it is, but this is still a little problematic! The platform itself is fine, with a few benches and wastebaskets where the trains board and not much else.
Oof, that’s not a great look.
Most of the platform seems to have been renovated at some point, but the original wall shows through at the main exit stairs for each platform. At least those are the only times we have to see it. Finally, this wouldn’t be a SEPTA station without exit-only stairs; in this case, they lead to…the middle of a city parking lot. Quick, if we can get to our car before 10 AM, we get the Early Bird Special!
A classic two-car train in the station.
Station: Chinatown
Ridership: It’s the least-used station on SEPTA rapid transit. Only 240 people per weekday use Chinatown, or about 1.5 riders per train.
Pros: The aesthetics of the platform aren’t terrible, actually. It’s a pretty clean station, too, probably because so few people use it.
Cons: Oh, this is just an awfully designed station. The fare line is strange, the platform is far longer than it has to be, and the exit-only stairs lead you into a parking lot surrounded by a chain link fence (yes, they’re useful for getting to some destinations, including a New Jersey Transit stop, but you still get let out in the middle of a parking lot). Because this is a Spur station, it has no night or Sunday service, which certainly doesn’t help its ridership. Also, I’ve been getting spotty cell service on the Broad Street Line in general recently, but it seems to be particularly bad at Chinatown. Anyone else noticed this?
Nearby and Noteworthy: I mean…yeah, the Chinatown neighborhood is great…but also, just take the El to 11th and walk two blocks. Bam, you’re in Chinatown! One thing this station does have all to itself, though, is Franklin Square, otherwise known as the worst of the squares. You know it’s true.
Even if this station wasn’t terrible in every way from a functional standpoint, it’s just really useless! I mean, that’s partly because the Spur is useless, but the only reason to use this station over 13th is if you’re coming from North Philadelphia or from PATCO. And you don’t even have that option nights and Sundays! I’ll stick with the El, thanks.
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Aaron Lu on December 23, 2018 at 10:10 pm
Ok, now why is the URL literally “trashed”?
Miles Taylor on December 23, 2018 at 10:17 pm
You know, that’s a good question. WordPress just kinda made that the URL…it is fitting, though.
Jules on December 23, 2018 at 10:33 pm
Best restaurant recos?
I wish I could be a better authority on this than I am. The only place I’ve eaten there was at Ken’s Seafood Restaurant for a band karaoke party – it was pretty good. Honestly, based on what I’ve seen walking through, so many of the restaurants look really authentic and good!
William H on December 23, 2018 at 10:45 pm
I don’t know if you’re still keeping up that glossary, but you might want to add “Chinatown bus.” I had to go look that up. Happy Holidays!
Auditorium Man on December 24, 2018 at 7:23 am
What’s a spur?
Miles Taylor on December 24, 2018 at 11:32 am
That’s the official name of the line. It’s just a branch.
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Men’s Soccer Ranked #1 in Nation
The men’s soccer team achieved a #1 national ranking this fall, marking the first time that a Mines team has been ranked at the top of a national Top-25 poll.
Head Coach Frank Kohlenstein’s squad began the year at #18. In their 2010 season opener, the Orediggers recorded a 1-0 shutout victory over defending national champion Fort Lewis College.
The Orediggers proceeded to amass a 13-0-1 record during their first eight matches and climbed to the top of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s weekly Top-25 poll in late September. In mid-October, Mines learned that it would host the 2010 RMAC Men’s Soccer Tournament.
Last season, Mines went 15-3-4 overall and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history. Kohlenstein, who was selected as the NSCAA/Mondo Central Region Coach of the Year, guided the team to a #18 ranking in the final 2009 NSCAA Top-25 poll. Kohlenstein, now in his 13th season at Mines, was also selected as the RMAC Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year for the fourth time in 2009.
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Posted on December 15, 2016 by emma
There are so many aspects of current civilization that were birthed in ancient Athens. Among these are theatre, philosophy, democracy, classical art and even the Olympic games. Athens is located on the southern coast of Greece and has existed for over 7,000 years providing a rich culture expressed in a diverse setting. The term diverse fits as you will find ancient relics and sites in some of the same areas where there are trendy boutiques and sidewalk cafes all mixed in together. This mixture of the very old and the new create a very unique experience provided nowhere in the world like it is provided in the ancient city of Athens. You will need to be sure your passport is up to day so if you need to add passport pages, be sure to go online and access a passport site to help you with this so you can be on you way.
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Using a bike or even walking around this city is a wonderful way to see the sights. Green space is always welcome when you travel to big cities and the National Garden of Athens provides an exceptional treat. Within it can be found a small zoo, ponds with ducks, colorful flowers and beautiful landscape with no shortage of a shady tree to relax under and consider the sights of the day.
For those who would like to shop till your drop, your experience will be a little different in Athens. Rather than large malls and strip centers, you will find street vendors selling custom crafts rather than name brand items. Some of the most visited markets are found on Plaka, Kolonaki and Ermou Street. You will find endless selections of shoes, purses and jewelry if you visit here and the quality will certainly not disappoint you.
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Athens – Church of Agioi Theodoroi
Crossing Odos Dragatsaniou, in the end stands the attractive medieval church of Agioi Theodoroi (St. Theodore), built on the site of a church founded in the ninth century, but in its present form dating from between 1050 and 1075. This small cruciform church with its high narrow dome, multiple roofs that lend it an air of rhythmic grace, narrow mullioned windows and decorated central door surmounted by arches, is a precious gem of eleventh century Byzantine architecture.
The earliest form of Byzantine churches was that of the basilica, a long rectangle divided by two or four ranges of columns into three or five naves. Later, during the 11th and 12th centuries, the plan changed to that of a Greek cross within a square, dominated by a dome constructed in brick and often combined with one or more subsidiary domes. The exterior walls consist of square-cut stone with thin brick surrounds and are enriched by bands of decoration, carving and the use of color. Few of these churches were large. Apart from St. Theodore, typical examples are the churches of Kapnikarea and St. Eleutherios.
The glory of the Byzantine church lies not so much in the architecture as to the ethereal beauty of its mosaics or frescoes. From the center of the principal dome Christ looks down upon the faithful and below Him are the Apostles. The Virgin appears in the half dome, while around the sanctuary are symbolic figures and emblems connected with the Eucharist. On the West wall opposite the chancel is the Last Judgement. Colored marble and similar material in the lower walls add to the resplendent beauty of the interior.
The liturgy of the Greek Orthodox Church requires separation of the altar from the laity. The altar is placed in a chancel screened from the congregation by the iconostasis, i.e. the screen dividing the sanctuary from the church proper. This is adorned with pictures of Christ, the Virgin, and Saints, and generally has three doors, the curtains of which are lowered while Mass is being celebrated. The chancel is flanked by the Prothesis, where the bread and wine for the Eucharist are prepared, and by the Diakonikon, or vestry.
In St. Theodore one can also notice the influence of the East on Byzantine art, which was prominent in the period from the mid-9th to mid-11th centuries, when Byzantine artists used a variety of Oriental motifs in their designs. It is probable that the design of pseudo-kufic characters (the script perfected during the 7th century by calligraphers in the city of Kafa, in present-day Iraq) that decorate the terracotta panel below the windows of the facade was inspired by the work of Arab craftsmen.
It is Best to Make It In-house – The Product Will Be Far Better
The standard of things that American businesses create moved down hill towards a degree that is definitely linked with the particular point in which their product’s production has ended up outsourced to eastern countries. Even though it is a fact that your imported staff member generating merely 50 cents per day could make the merchandise at a lower price, that does not mean that it’s a much better merchandise. Actually, a nation that does not mind dealing with its folks so unjustly, most likely will not mind slicing a couple of corners with your merchandise, either. So what when the paint has lead within it, or perhaps one of the elements is definitely harmful, if just about all people are able to concentrate upon is the bottom line? Right?
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The Acropolis – Athens, Goddess Athena
Archaeologists tell us that the original city of Athens was situated on the Acropolis. Even in classical times, the Athenians still referred to this area as “the City.” The city of Athens and its patron goddess emerge into the light of history as inseparably coupled. In Mycenaean times each city was built around a central palace, and each palace was under the protection of its patron goddess. Athena was the goddess of the palace on the Acropolis. The names of the city and its goddess are essentially the same: Athena was Athens, and Athens was Athena. She was “The Athenian.” The ancient Athenians seem to have exhibited, during much of their history, precisely those virtues which they traditionally attributed to her. This may be because, when the Athenians imagined their goddess, they did so in their own image.
According to the myth, Zeus fell in love with a beautiful titaness, Metis (“Cunning Intelligence”). Although she repeatedly changed her shape to avoid his unwelcome attentions, as was his way, he persisted. In the end he caught up with her and raped her.
An oracle then announced that Metis would bear Zeus two children: first a daughter then, a son, and the son would be mightier than his father. Just as Zeus had once overthrown and dispossessed his own father, Chronos, so he was destined in his turn, to be overthrown by his own son. In a desperate attempt to avoid sharing his father’s fate, Zeus gave Metis a potion of drugged ambrosia, and then swallowed her whole.
Some time afterwards a terrible headache came upon him. In great pain, he sought the advice of Hermes, whose only suggestion was that Hephaestos, the smith of the gods, should open his head in order to allow the cause of his pain to escape. Zeus was so desperate that even this drastic remedy was preferable to doing nothing, and Hephaestos was duly summoned to cleave open Zeus’ head with his mighty axe. When he did so, to the astonishment of all the immortals, Athena sprang out with a great war-cry, fully-formed, wearing armour and bearing arms.
Zeus’ daughter not only became the patron of many arts at that time normally considered masculine preserves, such as ceramics, she was also credited with a distinctly unfeminine warlike nature. When the Olympian gods were faced with a titanic struggle against the giants, Athena played a major role in the war, defeating the giant Enkelados in single combat. She came to be depicted not merely as a virgin goddess, but, as an ancient Roman writer put it, as a virago: as a female capable of playing a leading role in a world dominated by men.
It came to be said that the reason for the birth of this goddess lay in a wager between Zeus and his consort, Hera, as to which of them could generate the better progeny entirely alone and unaided. By herself, Hera managed to produce only the crippled god, Hephaestos and a monster; while Zeus was able to bring forth, in Athena, one of the greatest of the Immortals.
This seems to have been a picturesque reference to a widespread belief, which was to appear later in the works of the philosopher Aristotle: that the father alone is responsible for generating his children, and for providing them with their inherited characteristics, and that their mother affords them nothing more than a temporary shelter and sustenance in her womb during her pregnancy.
This is a striking example of the strong climate of male chauvinism which dominated the early classical period in ancient Greece, which is very evident in myth and legend.
Ancient History – Athens
Archaeologists have found evidence that Athens has been inhabited from at least the fifth millennium BC. The site would have been attractive to early settlers for a number of reasons: its location in the midst of productive agricultural terrain; its closeness to the coast and the natural safe harbour of Piraeus; the existence of defensible high ground, the Acropolis (from akron and polis, or ‘city on the high ground’); and the proximity of a natural source of water on the north-west side of the Acropolis.
Traces of Mycenaean fortifications from the thirteenth century AC can still be seen on the Acropolis, including some foundations belonging to what must have been a palatial structure. The fortifications, known as the ‘Pelasgian’ walls (after the indigenous people believed to have built them before the arrival of the Greeks around 2000 BC), remained in use until the Persian Wars of 490-480 BC. One stretch behind the temple of Athena Nike appears to have been deliberately preserved in the Classical period.
There was a decline of Mycenaean society across the Greek world around the end of the twelfth century BC. Whether this was directly connected with the Trojan War (around 1184 BC), or the so-called Dorian Invasion thought to have taken place soon after this conflict, Athens does not appear to have succumbed to an attack. The Mycenaean royal family of Pylos is said to have taken refuge in Athens after their city’s fall to the Dorians. One of its members, Codros, became king of his adoptive city.
The collapse of Mycenaean civilization left Greece in political, economic and social decline, accompanied by loss of artistic skills, literacy and trade networks. The Mycenaean form of writing, known as Linear B, was completely forgotten, and the Greek alphabet did not emerge until the late eighth century BC as the new form of writing. At this time city states began to emerge throughout the Greek world, governed by oligarchies, or aristocratic councils. Thirteen kings ruled in Athens after Codros, until in 753 BC they were replaced by officials with a ten-year term, known as decennial archons, and in 683 BC by annually appointed eponymous archons.
Conflict between the oligarchs and the lower classes, many of whom had been reduced to slavery, led to a series of reforms that paved the way for the emergence of the world’s first true democracy. Around 620 BC the lawmaker Dracon set up wooden tablets on the Acropolis known as axones. These were inscribed with civil laws and punishments so harsh that the death penalty was prescribed even for minor crimes, giving rise to the term `draconian’ which is still used today. Dracon’s intervention did little to ensure order, prompting representatives of the nobles and lower classes in 594 BC to appoint the statesman and poet Solon as archon.
Solon terminated aristocratic rule, setting up a representational government where participation was determined not by lineage or bloodline, but wealth. He eliminated slavery based on debt, and restituted freedom and land to those who had been enslaved. Solon created a `Council of Four Hundred’ from equal numbers of representatives of the Ionian tribes to which the Athenians claimed to belong, and instituted four classes of citizenry.
Peisistratos, Solon’s younger cousin, became tyrant (tyrannos) of Athens in 545 BC. He ensured the Solonian constitution was respected and governed benevolently. After Peisistratos’ death, however, things took a negative turn and anti-Peisistratid sentiment grew. By 510 BC King Cleomenes of Sparta was asked to assist in deposing Peisistratos’ son Hippias. Hippias sought refuge in Persia at the court of King Darius.
Soon after, the aristocrat Cleisthenes promised to institute further reforms giving a more direct role to citizens in government. His reforms were passed in 508 BC, and democracy was established in Athens. A new `Council of Five Hundred’ (the Boule) replaced the ‘Council of Four Hundred’, with equal representation from the various tribes. Cleisthenes is also credited with instituting the system of ostracism, which ‘voted’ an individual considered dangerous to democracy into exile for ten years.
It is uncertain when the former Mycenaean citadel was transformed into a sacred precinct but by the late eighth century BC a modest temple (or perhaps more than one) stood on the plateau. The oldest and holiest cult image on the Acropolis was the statue of Athena Polias (Protectress of the City), a crude olive-wood figure, so old that Athenians of the Classical period believed it had either fallen from heaven or been made by Cecrops or Erichthonios. This sacred image of Athena was ritually ‘dressed’ every year in a peplos, a sacred robe, as part of the Panathenaic festival.
A temple is thought to have been built around 700 BC to the south of the later, Classical Erechtheion, to house the statue of Athena Polias. The first major building of which there are significant remains on the Acropolis was the so-called ‘Bluebeard Temple’, built in the Archaic period around 560 BC. The ‘Bluebeard Temple’ is thought by some to have stood to the south of the later Erechtheion. Ancient texts mention a mysterious building or precinct contemporary to the ‘Bluebeard Temple’, called the Hecatompedon, or ‘Hundred-footer’. Whatever this structure or place was, it gave its name to the principal room of the Classical Parthenon, perhaps because the later building occupies the same site.
With the expulsion of Hippias a new temple was built on the Acropolis, its foundations still visible to the south of the later Erechtheion. This building, the Archaios Naos, or ‘ancient temple’, is likely to have been deliberately commissioned around 506 BC as a replacement for the ‘Bluebeard Temple’.
The first Persian invasion of 490 BC saw the victory of the Athenians at the battle of Marathon against the forces of King Darius of Persia. The following year the elated Athenians leveled an area on the south side of the Acropolis and began construction of the Old Parthenon. A new gateway to the Acropolis was also commenced, known as the Old Propylaia.
This post-Marathonian building program on the Acropolis came to a violent end in 480 BC when Xerxes, son of King Darius, led a second Persian invasion of Greece. Athens had to be evacuated and Xerxes razed the city and buildings on the Acropolis. Under the command of Themistocles, the Athenians destroyed the Persian fleet in the battle of Salamis. Victory over the Persians was ensured after the battle of Plataea (479 BC), to the northwest of Athens, when a combined Greek army annihilated the Persians.
In the aftermath of the battle of Plataea, a vow was made by the victors never to rebuild the shrines that were destroyed in the war, preserving them instead as memorials for later generations.
Pericles, who was a general and statesman, came to power in Athens around 461 BC. He considered the oath of Plataea to have been fulfilled, as thirty years had elapsed from the Persian invasion, and proceeded to reconstruct the temples on the Acropolis. He gathered together the best architects and artists in the city and plans were drawn up to erect new buildings that would outshine those torn down by the Persians. The Periclean building programme enhanced the lower city with new monuments, such as the Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Theseion, and the Painted Stoa or Poikile situated near the Agora (marketplace).
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“Destination” Big Days, Global Warming and the Race Against Time
By Bruce Grierson
The Elfstedentocht needs no explanation — at least if you’re from the Netherlands. It’s part of the Dutch DNA.
For the rest of us: the Elfstedentocht is an open-air speed skating race, by some measures the world’s largest ice-sport event. It’s definitely one of the great physical accomplishments that regular people – albeit fit, gritty people — can knock off in a single day.
The race, which has been going on since 1760, follows a 200-km route across the Netherlands’ northern Freisland province, along a chain of frozen lakes and canals, through eleven cities. Part of its charm is that it’s utterly non-commercial. There isn’t even a fixed date: when the ice grows thick enough, it’s on. Competitors gather in the frosty pre-dawn, newspapers stuffed inside their pants and jackets as insulation, and cars on the riverbanks brighten the starting area with their headlights. The last skaters will finish in the dark, some 11 hours later.
At least that’s how the Elfstedentocht has typically played out. But the bottom line is, the race can’t go if the ice isn’t thick enough. And the ice hasn’t been thick enough in the Freisland in 22 years. So the Dutch have had to figure a Plan B: run the event elsewhere.
That’s why, a few weeks ago, thousands of pilgrims converged on the high alpine town of Weissensee, Austria (pop 753) and laced up their skates for what’s been dubbed the “Alternative Elfstedentocht.” On the town’s pencil-shaped lake the competitors skated laps, through eleven phantom cities, until they’d covered the 200 km distance, whereupon they raised a glass to the “ice master,” a gentleman named Norbert Jank.
“Ice master” sounds like the description of a doomed job – in Austria, or anywhere. Global warming has changed everything. In a strange way, it has goosed tourism. Around the world folks are scrambling to knock off Bucket List experiences that seem suddenly, acutely perishable.
Want to ring in Carnival at Copacabana beach? Don’t wait too long. The whole shoreline could be underwater by 2100.
Feed the pigeons in San Marco Square? Venice is sinking; you have 50 years to see it, at the outside.
A float in the Dead Sea? Better get on that. It could be dry by 2050.
A tasting tour in the vineyards of Tuscany or Bordeaux or Napa? In 50 years there’ll probably be no winemaking in these regions; it’ll be too dry.
Oh, and if you’re thinking of visiting Montana’s Glacier National Park, you should probably do so before they have to change its name. By the end of the century the glaciers will likely be gone.
Ditto Alberta’s Athabasca glacier. When friends and I ran the famed Jasper-to-Banff relay 30 or so years ago, the magnificent ice sheet — one of the largest non-polar ice fields in the world — extended its huge folded tongue like an invitation to the tundra buggies. Since then the ice has shrunk by one third.
The irony will be lost on no one: tourists are actually hastening the demise of the very attractions they yearn to see by jetting off to see them. Tourism now accounts for roughly eight percent of greenhouse gases. That’s four times as high as previous estimates. “Growth in tourism-related expenditure is a stronger accelerator of emissions than growth in manufacturing, construction or service provision,” a leading climate scientist recently declared.
So what’s the moral? Stay home? No, crossing borders is actually part of the solution, in the broadest sense. But maybe think of it this way: if you’re planning a Big Day, be strategic. Don’t do one-off destination trips. When you’re traveling somewhere, stay a little longer and make sure you see everything you want to see that’s reasonably close by.
You may not get another chance.
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According to a recent story in The Washington Post, etiquette is more important than ever in a variety of traditional and new ways, including knowing how to participate or host a Zoom meeting. As the culture changes with the COVID-19 crisis, and while some traditions stay the same – like holiday dinners, knowing what is acceptable and what isn’t is a trending topic on social media.
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"In Praise Of Love" by Terence Rattigan
"In Praise of Love" is the first part of a double bill play by English playwright Terence Rattigan, the second half being Before Dawn, a burlesque based on the opera Tosca. The play was inspired by the true-life relationship between Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall during the time of her illness and subsequent death. Rex Harrison played the role written after him, Sebastian Cruttwell, in the 1974 Broadway production. The original production was at the Dutchess Theatre in the West End.
The Cruttwell flat in the Islington section of London in the previous year (1973).
Act 1: Six o'clock on a spring evening.
Act 2: Seven o'clock the following evening.
Lydia Cruttwell
Sebastian Cruttwell
Joey Cruttwell
Apr 1, 2011 Royal Theatre (Northampton)
2006 Chichester Festival Theatre
Dec 10, 1974 Morosco Theatre
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Muslim marriage is a contract, not a sacrament. Islamic faith marriage contracts are not valid in English law. An application was made by a woman’s legal centre on August 31, 2018 which called for the legalisation of Muslim marriages in South Africa. Is it Under Islam, the consent of the bride is required to become a second, third, or fourth wife. Nikaah; if one has had a civil marriage In Islam, marriage is considered both a social agreement and a legal contract. This only applies to the prospective husband’s first marriage. Follow Snymans on Facebook for more legal advice, information and news about property. witnesses to the marriage contract. In order to avoid any mithaqanghaliza. This application was issued to the Western Cape High Court and the case was overseen by Judge Siraj Desai. him) said: “There is no marriage except with a wali (guardian).” Narrated by Further Ima… above statement. However, the Muslim conception of marriage differs from the Hindu conception according to which marriage is not a mere civil contract but a sacrament. benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error Abu Huraira, Ayesha r.a.a Hasan bin Salih, Abu Yousaf, and many other companions agree on this point. In Islam, the marriage of a man and a woman is not just a financial and physical arrangement of living together, but a sacred contract, a gift of Allah, to lead a happy, enjoyable life and procreate. and statements received from our readers for circulation in confidentiality.). anything that is contrary to sharee’ah with regard to divorce and so on, Marriage in Islam is essentially a righteous act and an act of devotion (‘ibadah’) [2]. Islam emphasizes on marriage as it has great importance in Islam with many benefits that one could get from it. character, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon my sister) to you in marriage. is the Only Source of Strength. The forum does not change anything from questions, comments Ms Rose approached the court to claim a monthly amount of maintenance from Mr Rose and part of his pension interest; this is in terms of the Divorce Act 70 of 1979 (“the Act”). Is it ture that the dead people can hear us. Same-sex couple, Muslim or non-Muslim. Under Islamic law, there is an obligation for the non-Muslim party to convert to the Islamic faith and thereafter, parties can contract a Muslim marriage. The Muslim jurists treat marriage both as a civil contract and a religious duty. So on the base of above hadith, a woman cannot do marriage of herself nor do someone else marriage (nikah) and if it is done it will be invalid. can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. marriage to So and so. Whatever written of Truth and father. Civil & Islamic Marriage This service means that I conduct a marriage that meets the legal requirements of the Australian government as well as the requirements of for a valid Islamic contract. He is writing in a personal capacity. Muslim Sexual Ethics: Marriage Contracts in Islamic Jurisprudence. A person will say: "lslamically I'm married to so and so but legally I'm still married to so and so." essential “pillars” and conditions; if they are fulfilled then it is a valid Both the groom and the bride are to consent to the marriage of their own free wills. (There may be some grammatical and spelling errors in the Although it is not encouraged Whoever Allah guides none Some scholars are of the without the consent and approval of their parents. marriage among the five fundamental objectives of . Since Afghan law permits polygamy,marrying a femal… Many Muslim couples in the UK prefer to have a nikah (marriage contract). Abu Dawood (2085), al-Tirmidhi (1101), Ibn Majaah (1881), from the hadeeth where the woman’s wali (guardian) says: I give So and so (or my daughter or Religious and cultural tribunals or religious decision-making bodies that aim to assist women lack the enforcement powers to ensure rulings are implemented. have their marriages recorded officially in Islamic centres, with no need to worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that marriage that is done in a court that implements man-made laws, if what is Marriage under Islam is a matrimonial relation and an institution which legalizes the sexual activities between a male and female for the object of procreation of kids, promotion of love, mutual support and creation of families which are considered an essential unit in a society. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol. The Muslims who live in western countries should strive to On Civil marriages, this response is from Islamqa: Praise be to Allaah. with them) with the wording: “There is no marriage except with a wali and for the believers to have a civil marriage in preference to an Islamic It was also narrated by Though it has importance as the only religiously sanctioned way for individuals to have legitimate sexual relationships and to procreate (now that slave-concubinage is no longer practiced), marriage is a civil agreement, entered into by two individuals or those acting on their behalf. More secular Muslim countries have outlawed forced marriages, while others permit the practice on the grounds that the father or paternal grandfather has the final say in family affairs. validation of this kind of condition in marriage under the Islamic jurisprudent and with regards to fiqh al-maqasid. With regard to civil Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. al-Tirmidhi. Allah Alone Knows Best and He Unlike the civil contract it cannot be done for a fixed period of time. an Islamic centre, then do the civil marriage in the court, but he should nobody!) of Abu Moosa al-Ash’ari; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Saheeh al-Jaami’ no. and the following conditions of marriage have been met, the marriage will be deemed legal and valid Nikaah; Some scholars are of the opinion most scholars do not agree that it is an obligatory condition of the marriage. prophet, no imam, no dai, In modern times, the marriage contract is signed in the presence of an Islamic judge, imam, or trusted community elder who is familiar with Islamic law.The process of signing the contract is usually a private affair, involving only the immediate families of the bride and groom. You can ask your question on the website via this link: https://islamqa.info/en/ask, Password should contain small, capital letter and at least 8 characters long, If you do not have an account, you can click the button below to create one, Join our e-mail list for regular site news and updates, All Rights Reserved for Islam Q&A© 1997-2020, Questions cannot be asked through this form. that is required, so as to protect people’s rights and prevent tampering Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers. Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. disavow himself of the false rituals that accompany the marriage contract in go to the civil marriage office. 7557. A formal, binding contract – verbal or on paper – is considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride. Sadly many people are not so fortunate and there are two problems which are often experienced by Muslim women in the U… The Shariat Application Act of 1937 governs Muslim family law. The second view approves civil marriage and considers it valid. allowed in Islam to have a civil wedding done by a judge rather than that of an In Islam, marriage (Arabic: نِكَاح , romanized: Nikāḥ) is a legal contract between a man and a woman. The Civil Code asserts that a Muslim male can marry a non-Muslim female who believes in one of the four books (“follower of the book”); however, a Muslim female’s marriage with a non-Muslim, even to a follower of the book, is void. Islam has guided the children to The non-recognition of Muslim marriages has far-reaching implications and consequences for women in Muslim marriages, as they do not have the protections offered to women in civil marriages. Or they will say, "We are married in Islam but we are not legally married." In the name of Allah, We praise marriage will be deemed legal and valid in Islam. you@domain.com (Maximum 10 emails are allowed seperated by comma), Wife staying away from husband because in laws disapprove, Du’aa’ of the fasting person when breaking his fast. that case he can do the correct marriage contract according to sharee’ah in upon all of you). Marriage in Islam has essential “pillars” and conditions; if they are fulfilled then it is a valid marriage… In 2018, an independent review of sharia councils recommended that Muslim couples should undergo a civil marriage as well as a religious ceremony to give women protection under the law. brothers/sisters has asked this question: Can a marriage be legal/halal between two consenting The Qur’an describes marriage as . If the above three conditions Introduction A civil marriage is a marriage between one man and one woman and lasts till the death of either the Marriage in Islam has multiple objectives like spiritual peace, cooperation, and collaboration in accomplishing the divine obligation. In fact, one of the conditions for a marriage to be valid and enforceable is that the female should be a follower of the book. According many p… al-Bayhaqi from the hadeeth of ‘Imraan and ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased Mohammed Amin is Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum. Marriage in Islam has Just like Hinduism, Islam is also a strong advocate of marriage. e.g. When I got married to Tahara in 1978, two separate ceremonies took place on the same day. In Islam, marriage is a social and legal relationship intended to strengthen and extend family relationships.Islamic marriage begins with a search for an appropriate partner and is solemnized with an agreement of marriage, the contract, and the wedding party.Islam is a strong advocate of marriage, and the act of marriage is considered a religious duty through which the social unit—the … Importance of Marriage in Islam. Imam Shafi also holds the same opinion. For conveyancing purposes, a marriage certificate will be required as proof of a Muslim marriage, and the consequences this has on property ownership will then be the same as with other civil marriages. Salima defines a Muslim Marriage as “a civil contract” , upon the completion of which by proposal and acceptance, all the rights and obligations, which it creates arise immediately and simultaneously. implies that marriage is sacred and sanctified contract, which is higher in status than ordinary civil contracts. The main goal of marriage in Islam is the realization of tranquility and compassion between the spouses. benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error As Salaam Aleikum wa Mixed marriages are only accepted, according to Church canons, after the Muslim has been baptized Orthodox. Whoever Allah guides none some countries. We can also say that Marriage Half Deen of Muslims. Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. two witnesses of good character.” Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in that the girl must be given away by a wali or Guardian (normally her can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. Civil Marriage vs Islamic Marriage. One of our Although it is not encouraged for the believers to have a civil marriage in preference to an Islamic Nikaah; if one has had a civil marriage and the following conditions of marriage have been met, the marriage will be deemed legal and valid in the sight of Shariah: The amount of mehr is determined. However, should either party remain a non-Muslim, the couple must enter into a civil marriage. are met, it does not really matter who adults (age25 above) even without the permission of the girl`s parents? In fact, these are similar in nature. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, They base their opinion on hadith that is ‘la nikah ila biwali’ (There is no nikah without wali). in the sight of Shariah: Proposal by the man, and acceptance by the girl. A marriage which is performed under the supervision of civil authorities is known as ‘Civil Wedding’. Keywords: Marriage, Civil, Maqasid, Nigeria. their approval for marriage; and have Imam malik r.a says that there is no marriage without a guardian. Muslim marriage can also be differentiated from a civil contract on the basis of following points: It cannot be done on the basis of future happening unlike the contingent contract. cannot be done otherwise, or if the person has no choice but to do it. obey their parents. We had a civil wedding in a registry office which is recognised by UK law, and we had a religious wedding which we both believe is recognised by God. does the actual marriage ceremony; the Imam in an islamic rite? with marriage. Proposal by the man, and acceptance by the girl. 5945 The “pillars” are the proposal and acceptance. In Islam marriage being an obligatory act is so important that it is declared to be one half of single Muslim’s faith. Marriage is one of the most sacred contract in Islam and not an ordinary contract of sale and purchase. is of me. mithaqanghaliza. guided the parents to be understanding and merciful towards their Thirty six years later we are still happily married. resolve to refer to sharee’ah law in the event of any dispute, and to Islam has guided the children to Although, marriage fulfills one’s material wants inadequate and orderly manner, nevertheless, as said before, harmony and tranquility that is achieved through effective unification is recognized as its main goal. The civil marriage was terminated in 1998 and the Islamic marriage was terminated in 2009. include: Naming the bride and groom, their consent, the contract being done Civil and Islamic marriages have taken on connotations of real and make believe. for the believers to have a civil marriage in preference to an Islamic But if the conditions of marriage are not met or it involves as a fourth condition; but Shariah. The proposal is The civil marriage is not considered an invalid marriage; rather, it is a flawed one.’ In conclusion, scholars who share this view argue that civil marriages do not fulfil some of the essentials and conditions of Islamic marriage. etc.) Muslim Marriage. is of me. Neither is it encouraged In The phrase . children. Whatever written of Truth and obey their parents, consult and take In Islamic law marriage is a civil contract between parties which allows them mutually to agree upon the terms and conditions of their future together. then it is not permissible to do it, unless documentation of the marriage Islamic wedding is also performed under the supervision of custodians including parents, family, and relatives. Like any other contract, the free consent of the parties to the agreement to marry is essential. meant is documenting the marriage and recording it, then this is something This type of services entitles you to both a civil marriage certificate and an Islamic marriage certificate. that the girl must be given away by a wali or Guardian (normally her In Afghanistan, the Civil Code applies to the marriages of the Sunni followers of Islamic jurisprudence. In the name of Allah, We praise WIFE'S RIGHTS IN HER HUSBAND'S PROPERTY AFTER HER DEATH WHERE HER HUSBANK IS ALIVE? Whether it is considered a formal, binding contract depends on the Jurisdiction. 90% of Mosques in England don't register Muslim marriages under civil law, and 80% of young Muslim marriages are not registered. If he was a Msian Muslim then no, you must re register your marriage in Msia and that means under Muslim marriage (which means that YOU have to embrace Islam… Amongst the recommendations were changes to the Marriage Act 1949 and Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to ‘ensure civil marriages are conducted’ and included suggested reforms whereby ‘the celebrant of specified marriages, including Islamic marriages, would face penalties should they fail to ensure the marriage is also civilly registered. Several authors of Anglo-Muhammadan Law apparently under the influence of modern conception of marriage or perhaps by reason of singular characteristics of Muslim Matrimonial Law have defined it as a civil contract. that the parents marry their children against their will; nor is it encouraged that the children marry Some scholars are of the opinion view that if the marriage is announced, then there is no need for two (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be An Islamic marriage contract is considered an integral part of an Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride or other parties involved in marriage proceedings under Sharia. The conditions of marriage In that case he can do the correct marriage contract according to sharee’ah in an Islamic centre, then do the civil marriage in the court, but he should resolve to refer to sharee’ah law in the event of any dispute, and to disavow himself of the false rituals that accompany the marriage contract in some countries. by the wali or his deputy, and the presence of two Muslim witnesses of good no person, no grave, no It is a condition precedent for the validity of the marriage. father, brother, uncle, These both concepts are not those poles apart. While Christian, Hindu and Parsi marriages are treated as a sacrament, Muslim marriages are considered a civil contract that requires no religious ceremonies or writing. In order to understand the problem of mixed marriages between Christians and Muslims on Cyprus, we have to not only know the statistics, but also have a precise understanding of what Muslim marriage is, and how it is dissolved. marriage. 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Donkeys Crippled For Carrying Tourists Who Are ‘Too Fat’ Around Greek Island ‘Santorini’
August 2, 2018, 12:37 pm 1.8k Views
Donkeys on the Greek Island of Santorini are being injured everyday after carrying overweight tourists.
Santorini is a popular stop-off point for cruise ships. Between May and October, up to five cruise ships a day can bring in about 1,200 tourists to the Island. Known for its steep paths, donkeys are the only way to transport people to areas vehicles can’t reach.
The animal charities said that locals have had to cross-breed their donkeys with mules, which are bigger and stronger in order to carry heavier loads.
A spokesperson for the Help the Santorini Donkeys charity said:
It’s recommended that animals should carry no more than 20% of their own body weight.
The obese and overweight tourists, combined with the lack of shade and water as well as the sheer heat and 568 cobbled steps, is what is causing such a problem.
There should be a weight restriction. With donkeys it is should be no more than 50kg, but how would that be imposed and who would be there to make sure that happened?
Now they’re having to resort to using cross-bred mules, because the donkeys just aren’t strong enough.
Christina Kaloudi, 42, set up the Santorini Animal Welfare Association after she moved to the island 10 years ago.
She said she the number of overweight tourists arriving from places like America, Russia and the UK are soaring.
If they are not transporting tourists up the steps they are moving building materials or transporting heavy bags of rubbish.
There are some good owners out there that follow the code but generally donkeys are worked into the ground and then disposed of when their working lives are over.
They are made to work in terrible conditions without adequate water, shelter or rest and then I find them tied outside my shelter, barely alive.
Despite an international code of practice for working equines being signed by officials on the island, many owners do not follow the guidelines as they are rarely enforced.
Christina added:
We don’t want to stop the locals making a living or using donkeys on the steps but to look after them in a fair and humane way.
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| TRADE PREFERENCE PROGRAMS |
| U.S. General Imports |
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Category 1: TOTAL APPAREL IMPORTS (MFA)
Data in Million M2
Year-to-Date Year-Ending
2018 2019 11/2019 11/2020 11/2020 10/2020 9/2020
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Total Imports................................................................. 364.252 404.678 372.540 279.402 311.540 309.598 310.418
9802.00.8068 Articles assembled from any fabric cut in the United States(807) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.146 0.146 0.146 0.146
Imports under Trade Preference Programs.............(Total of items below)... 353.197 399.090 367.742 272.490 303.838 301.752 303.021
9802005060 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.158 0.158 0.158 0.158
9820.11.06 Apparel cut and assembled from U.S. fabric, yarn & thread(809 0.615 0.210 0.183 0.109 0.136 0.147 0.161
9820.11.09 Knit apparel from regional or U.S. fabric from U.S. yarn(TRQ) 64.728 65.226 61.022 44.248 48.452 46.049 48.259
9820.11.12 T-shirts made of regional fabric from U.S. yarn(TRQ)......... 37.282 35.883 33.070 23.594 26.406 24.597 25.959
9820.11.18 Knit apparel from U.S. fabric, yarn and thread(809).......... 11.923 10.833 10.142 5.526 6.217 6.334 6.568
9820.61.25 HOPE Act - Value Added RL ................................... 48.702 56.160 53.783 50.009 52.386 51.182 48.673
9820.61.30 HOPE Act - Value Added RL ................................... 4.854 3.328 3.015 2.275 2.588 2.493 2.589
9820.61.35 HOPE Act - Knit Apparel RL .................................. 106.561 114.842 103.328 67.794 79.307 81.113 84.821
9820.61.40 HOPE Act - Certain Knit and Woven Apparel ................... 0.669 0.867 0.859 1.271 1.278 0.944 0.602
9820.61.45 HELP Act - Certain Knit Apparel (unlimited).................. 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.000
9820.62.05 HOPE Act - Woven Apparel RL ................................. 41.574 35.288 31.955 30.200 33.533 33.109 33.107
9820.62.12 HOPE Act - Brassieres........................................ 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
9820.62.20 HOPE Act - Sleepwear......................................... 0.005 0.157 0.134 0.074 0.096 0.113 0.121
9820.62.25 HOPE Act - Earned Import Allowance Program................... 36.052 74.125 68.284 44.013 49.854 52.009 48.825
9820.62.30 HOPE Act - Apparel from fabric or yarn N/A in commercial qty 0.000 0.016 0.016 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
9820.63.05 HELP Act - Home Goods ...................................... 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
9820.65.05 HOPE Act - Headwear.......................................... 0.232 2.158 1.950 3.217 3.425 3.502 3.177
_ANDEAN (ATPA)
Total Imports................................................................. 4.191 4.877 4.739 2.244 2.382 2.274 2.267
_AGOA
9819.11.09 Apparel from regional fabric from U.S. or African yarn....... 1.085 1.238 1.126 0.951 1.063 1.010 1.067
9819.11.12 Apparel from foreign fabric made in a lesser developed countr 300.454 347.020 321.959 281.009 306.070 311.319 315.390
9819.11.15 Cashmere sweaters, knit-to-shape............................. 0.000 0.004 0.001 0.075 0.078 0.078 0.074
9819.11.18 Merino wool sweaters, knit-to-shape.......................... 0.000 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002
9819.11.21 Apparel from fabric or yarn N/A in commercial qty (401/NAFTA) 4.131 4.742 4.552 1.482 1.672 1.864 2.239
9819.11.24 Apparel from fabric or yarn N/A in commercial qty (CITA)..... 0.122 0.041 0.041 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
9819.11.27 Handloomed, handmade and folklore articles................... 0.021 0.162 0.162 0.189 0.189 0.301 0.301
9819.11.33 Textile articles wholly formed in one or more LDC ........... 0.000 2.461 2.187 3.830 4.104 4.091 4.051
British Virgin Isls.
St Vincent/Grenadines
Imports under Trade Preference Programs.............(Total of items below)... 0.000 0.216 0.157 0.036 0.095 0.095 0.180
9819.11.12 Apparel from foreign fabric made in a lesser developed countr 0.000 0.216 0.157 0.036 0.095 0.095 0.180
Total Imports................................................................. 38.142 72.481 66.868 70.823 76.435 77.691 79.659
Imports under Trade Preference Programs.............(Total of items below)... 37.902 71.952 66.366 69.713 75.299 76.667 78.690
9819.11.12 Apparel from foreign fabric made in a lesser developed countr 37.868 71.512 65.941 69.220 74.791 76.099 78.113
Total Imports................................................................. 105.829 114.007 105.946 94.025 102.085 100.609 100.810
Imports under Trade Preference Programs.............(Total of items below)... 105.656 113.912 105.911 93.074 101.074 99.796 100.068
9819.11.12 Apparel from foreign fabric made in a lesser developed countr 104.327 113.654 105.653 93.028 101.028 99.750 99.970
Imports under Trade Preference Programs.............(Total of items below)... 19.264 15.710 14.881 8.727 9.556 9.328 9.492
9819.11.12 Apparel from foreign fabric made in a lesser developed countr 16.245 11.799 11.140 7.264 7.923 7.508 7.292
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Former Raider succumbs
Todd Christensen dies during surgery
Merdies Hayes | 11/14/2013, midnight
Todd Christensen
Todd Christensen, popular tight end with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders who helped the organization win Super Bowls in 1980 and 1983, died Wednesday morning during surgery at a Utah hospital after battling liver disease. He was 57.
Christensen played for the Raiders from 1979-88 during which time the “Silver and Black” went 90-62 in the regular season and 8-3 in the post season. He was selected to five Pro Bowls (1983-87) and was a two-time first-team All Pro selection (1983 and 1986).
Known for having some of best “hands” among receivers, Christensen during his 10-year career led the National Football League twice in receptions, setting a record primarily with quarterback Jim Plunkett with 349 catches from 1983-86.
“Todd was an excellent football player and was prolific in the passing game,” said former Raiders head coach Tom Flores. “He was a hybrid tight end, an H-back before it became a football term. He started out as a special teamer and was named our special teams captain right away while playing behind Raymond Chester and Dave Casper. He then helped us win Super Bowls. I remember Todd as always using big words and quoting famous authors and poets. He was comical at times, because no one knew what he was talking about. I hadn’t seen much of him lately, but miss the fun and great times we all shared as a Raider family.”
Christensen led the Raiders in receiving for four consecutive seasons from 1983-86; for his career, he caught 461 passes—most ever by a Raider tight end—for 5,872 yards and 41 touchdowns in the regular season. In eight post-season games, Christensen had 31 catches for 358 yards and one touchdown. In 1983, The Pennsylvania native set a then-franchise record with 92 catches for 1,247 yards and 12 touchdowns while helping lead the Los Angeles Raiders to a 38-9 victory against the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII.
In 1986, he broke his own team record with a league-leading 95 receptions for 1,153 yards and eight touchdowns.
Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie, a teammate of Christensen with the Raiders from 1987-88, stated, “I am deeply saddened to hear the news about the passing of my former teammate Todd Christensen. Todd was a special player and an exemplary teammate and I cherished our time together as Raiders. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Raider family are with the Christensen family in this time of mourning.”
Selected originally by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 1978 NFL draft, Christensen joined the Raiders in 1979 following a brief stint with the New York Giants. He had a distinguished career at Brigham Young University (BYU) and was inducted into the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. After football, Christensen was an NFL analyst for NBC from 1990-94, and worked for MountainWest Sports Network until it folded in 2012.
Patriots defeat Rams 13-3 for sixth Super Bowl title
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Super Bowl champ honored locally
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Tide betide whate’er betide, Haig shall be Haig of Bemersyde
Posted by J. Craig Canada in hoge
According to Scotland Places – Bemersyde consists of a lofty rectangular tower, to which lower, modern extensions have been added to W and E. The original building, which has been a fairly typical Border peel-tower, rises to five storeys and dates from the early 16th century; it was probably built in conformity with the Act of the Scots Parliament of 1535 ‘for bigging of strengthis on the Bordouris’.
The upper storey is a 17th century reconstruction. The walls are very massive, reaching a thickness of 10 ft. The main doorway is in the S front, and has been enlarged. Undoubtedly there would be a house on this site from very early times, for the Haigs of Bemersyde are a very ancient family, having owned the lands reputedly as early as the 12th century, and the present building may well incorporate portions of an earlier house in its foundations.
According to The Peerage, Andrew Haig (1518-1583) restored Bemersyde Tower, damaged when an English army under the Earl of Hertford invaded Scotland in 1547.
According to FamilySearch Pedigree Source File Submission: 2835664-1205104171243 (Suzanne Guerra: Santa Rosa, California), Andrew is my 13th great-grandfather.
Howe – Major Joseph (1720-1794) – My current spasm of genealogical activity began about 12 Dec 09 when (as a result of going through a book of old Alabama newspaper transcriptions while I was staffing the genealogy room at the local library) I discovered Listen to the Mockingbird by Daniel Dunbar Howe, published 1961, was available on HeritageQuest. This may be the definitive genealogy of the descendants of my 6th great-grand-father Major Joseph Howe. To my knowledge this is the first a copy was available west of the Mississippi, other than one at the Mormon Temple to Genealogy in Salt Lake.
My software tells me I cited 3,816 individuals from the Appendix, which is the genealogy section: pages 287-372; the families of Hoge, Howe, de Jarnette, Heavin (Haven), and Patton.
Mastin – Gustavus L. (1815-1880) – While going through a compilation of “Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers (which I probably wouldn’t have done if I weren’t volunteering a couple of days a month at the genealogy room in the local library), I a ran across an entry for Gustavus Lyle Mastin (1815-1880), indexed under Hoge, that stated the following:
He was born in Fincastle, Virginia January 1, 1815, was taken to Tennessee when a small child and remained in that state under the care of his grandfather, Solomon Hoge until Jane (January or June), 1827, when he moved to Huntsville.
Gustavus was the son of Arbela Hoge, and she was the great-granddaughter of William Hoge & Barbara Hume, which makes him my 3rd cousin 5 times removed. His wife, Mary Eleanor Fearn, shows as my 6th cousin 5 times removed, our common ancestors Thomas Lee (1679-1733) and Elizabeth Keene (1701-????), who’s daughter Leanna Lee (1728-1759) married John Fearn (1717-1782).
While the only source I’ve been able to find for Arbela Hoge as daughter of Solomon (so far) is in FamilySearch International Genealogical Index, these tend to be based on something – which is more than can be said for some of their Ancestral and Pedigree Resource files. That Arbela Hoge was the mother of Gustavus is supported by his first daugter being named Arbela Mastin. Cartmell’s Shenandoah Valley Pioneers in 1909 declares
A grandson of Solomon Hoge married Mary Glass, granddaughter of Samuel Glass the emigrant. Through this line, the Hoge family of Berkeley County, Va., descends.
In 1929 The Family of Hoge is more reserved:
No definite information. A Solomon Hoge m. Mary Glass, sister of Rev. Joseph Glass, of Frederick County, Va., in 1787, and is almost certain to have been a son or grandson of this Solomon.
The Solomon Hoge that was the son of my 6thgreat-grandparents James Hoge & Nancy Griffith, brother of the 1st Moses Hoge, would have been around the right age as well. And, quite possibly, in the right place.
In the course of all this I added numerous families for various reasons, among them:
Clayton – William Wirt (1812-1885) – William’s first child, Julia Frances Clayton, married Edward Foster Hoge, my 3rd cousin 4 times removed. They had only one child, Augustus, who died as an infant.
On the 1860 census, William declared a real and personal estate of $63,000, which would be worth between $10,779,300 and $209,389,051 in 2008, according to Measuring Worth.
The Seldons of Virginia, which traces William Wirt Clayton back, on the one hand to the Pendletons, who’s family probably intermarried with the Hoges and other related families already in my database. And back, on the other hand, to Roger Dixon (1754-1799) and Lucy Reade Rootes (1727-1802). A FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File declares Lucy to be the daughter of Major Philip Rootes and Mildred Reade, where Leo’s Genalogics picks up and takes us back to my common ancestors Henry Percy 1º Earl of Northumberland & Heiress Eleanor Poynings (1421-1484), my 16th great-grandparents.
The Seldens of Virginia also contains the descendants of Andrew Hunter, among them Ann Kean Hunter (1798-1882) who marrried my 1st cousin 6 times removed, Reverend John Blair Hoge. There were also a number of connections to very distant Randolph and Tucker cousins, and so forth.
I cited 320 individuals from The Seldons of Virginia.
Rust – William (1634-1688) – Listen to the Mockingbird carries the line of Emory Eaton Hoge (1854-1910), mentioned by The Family of Hoge, my 2nd cousin 4 times removed on my mother’s side, through John Hampton Hoge and Mary Estelle McIntosh (????-1931).
This time, when citing Georgie/Georgia Rust, I decided to check for connections and found that Georgia is my 6th cousin 4 times removed through Samual Rust who married Martha Garner, daughter of (According to the Wingfield Family Society, among others) my 9th great-grandparents on my father’s side John Garner (1634-1702) and Susanna Keene (1644-1716)
I was about a third of the way through the Rusts in a FamilySearch Pedigree Resource Fiile when it occured to me to check for a published Rust genealogy, and I found one on Heritage Quest, which begins with the descendants of Samuel Rust and Martha _____; Rust of Virginia (Washington, D.C.: Rust, 1940). It appears to be what the FamilySearch file was based on, and the largest part of it is transcriptions of wills.
George Hoge (1733-1805) & Elizabeth Blackledge (1737-1803) ? A search, for what reason I can’t recall, turned up a limited preview of Tenmile County on Google Books which had a great deal of information about the descendants of George Hoge. I ended up citing 440 individuals from that limited preview which begins with the Hoges on page 100 and goes through the descendants of William, son of William Hoge and Barbara Hume – through his son William Hoge & Ann; through their sons George who married Elizabeth Blackledge, and William who married Esther Ewing – through 15 pages or so of various descendants and interwoven families.
Flora Cook – I’m currently in the process of removing Flora Cook from my Who’s Who page, which was formerly my Home page. I’ve been meaning to do that for some some time now, as several sources which have come to light make it appear most unlikely she was my 4th cousin 4 times removed, as claimed by The Family of Hoge. But I couldn’t figure out who to replace her with and didn’t want to take the time to do it. I thought about Wallis Simpson, but the Duchess of Windsor wasn’t a very nice person, and she wasn’t close enough of a relative, being something like my 6th cousin 3 times removed on my father’s side, to be on my Home Page. I ran across Wallis while looking over WARGS genealogy of Obama. Our common ancestors are John Gaither and Ruth Morley.
Anyway, I’ve decided to replace Flora with Major Joseph Howe, and use his arms from Listen to the Mockingbird. My Legacy relationship calculator tells me we are related 441 different ways with 17 common ancestors, so it’s going to take me awhile to finish replacing Flora with Joseph.
With the wonders of Google Earth and its National Register of Historic Places overlay, I’ve been able to obtain coordinates for many mystery locations, and have taken much time finding and entering coordinates for those that do not have them; many of them prominent in the history of the Hoges and the Howes and their descendants. I’ve also taken some time to detail the formating of my online presentation, something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time now. I’ve added a page view/visits counter, which started from zero on 29 Dec 2009.
I also have several hundred email, including many photos and much other information from my mother, which I hope to add, not the least of which is a history which she had published about Bemiston, a textile milltown in Talledega. Since June I’ve spent pretty much all my time writing articles for examiner.com as their Santa Cruz Drug Policy Examiner. This has brought me more than a little attention, and a some talk of a book, but it has meant no time for genealogy. I can only spend a few days more on genealogy before I must return to writing articles for Examiner.com, and perhaps a book.
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Published on June 28th, 2018 | by Don Guillory
After spending his life savings to enter the Rucker Classic street ball tournament in Harlem, Dax (Lil Rel Howery) loses his team his team, girlfriend, and home to his longtime rival (Nick Kroll). Seeking to turn things around and win the $100,000 cash prize, Dax stumbles upon the legend of streetball, Uncle Drew (Kyrie Irving) and convinces him to return to the court one more time. The two men embark on a road trip to round up Drew’s old basketball squad (Shaquille O’Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, and Nate Robinson) to take on a new generation of ballers and redeem their legacy.
There have been countless sports films that have used basketball as a backdrop. Uncle Drew takes many of the charming and humorous elements of films like Like Mike, White Men Can’t Jump, He Got Game, and more to make a film that attempts to wedge itself into the genre instead of simply being a marketing gimmick that has been dragged out longer than it should be. Although the story is very shallow, and the plot is very predictable, the point of the movie is to showcase love and friendship. The film demonstrates that sport is a way to connect people across racial lines, economic class, and across borders. Despite its weaknesses, it brings fans together for ninety minutes to laugh and enjoy the antics of a group of senior citizens and one outcast looking for redemption and a home.
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Tim Hannigan for Fairfax County Chairman
written by Michael Giere January 31, 2018
Most folks understand that when something is broken you only have two choices. Fix it or replace it.
The Republican Party in Virginia has been broken for a long, long time.
Early this year I wrote about the urgency of returning to block and tackle politics. It’s no more than basic politics 101. The mechanical, hard things that have to be done from the precinct level up to win elections. Once done, the hard work at the precinct, county then statewide level become the transmission belt for ideas and policies that inspire and build movements. They reflect who we are, and what we believe in.
Nowhere in Virginia is this more necessary than in its largest county, Fairfax, at just over one million residents. In a little more than a generation it has gone from pale red to bold blue. Some have argued that the massive demographic change alone in Fairfax County makes losing a forgone conclusion – and permanent.
Perhaps. But are we really ready to dismiss the Party’s losses so cavalierly?
There is no doubt that the population has changed dramatically over the last forty years. Today, over 30% of the population is foreign born; and the population is 16% percent Hispanic, 20% Asian, 10% African-American and 51% white.
But to ascribe all of the political woes of Fairfax Republicans to demographics diminishes our new residents, and inherently calls into question the real world value of our own constitutional heritage, and the ideals of personal liberty and economic freedom.
Are we to believe that none of these new “demographic” voters came to the United State expressly to get out of the less free – and therefore less prosperous countries – they came from, many fitting the President’s alleged, but now famous description? Do the ideas and values of the American experiment not motivate any of them?
The truth is that we’ll never know until we try.
But, even if all of the above is mostly true, do Republicans meet the future on their knees, broken and defeated? Or do they fight like they have freedom to lose?
I certainly don’t have all the answers, but I do know that if we don’t return to real block by block, precinct by precinct politics, then all is lost. In Fairfax County on March 17th, Republicans have an opportunity to do just that by electing a new County Chairman.
Republicans have a choice – they can continue doing what they have been doing – because it has worked swell.
Or, they can elect a new Chairman who wants to break some eggs and make a new omelet.
Two men (both of whom I know well) are running.
Mike Ginsberg, is a former 8th Congressional District chair who has since married, had a child, and moved into Fairfax County. He would bring to the job a congenial personality and a portfolio of supporting middle of the road, go-along get-along politics. In the campaign for Chairman he has progressed from no platform or detailed “to do” list to, now, mimicking his rival’s detailed plan for Fairfax county.
The biggest downside is that Mr. Ginsburg would be a part-time Chairman – at best. More likely he would chair a monthly meeting. He’s a father to a young child and the Senior Counsel to a major area government contractor; realistically, how much time could he spend bringing change to the Fairfax Republican Party? Very little, obviously.
The other choice is a retired Marine Corps veteran and corporate executive, Tim Hannigan, who is the editor of the Fairfax Free Citizen and conservative activist. Tim, who ran for Chairman unsuccessfully two years ago, has prepared a detailed, precinct by precinct plan for the type of nuts and bolts rebuilding that is, really, the last hope for salvaging Fairfax County and capturing new voters.
His biggest upside? Mr. Hannigan has pledged to be a full time Chairman, devoting the next two years to putting his bold and detailed plan in place and raising the money required to put run a fulltime party operation.
This single election to the Fairfax County Chairman will either cement the trajectory of the Fairfax Republican Party into further irrelevancy, if that is possible. Or, it will be the first step in building a serious party. But, only a first step.
The Fairfax County Republican convention will elect the new chairman on Saturday, March 17th. You don’t need to be a member of the FCRC to vote, but you do need to be a delegate registered for the convention. Register here: http://fairfaxgop.org/2018-convention/
Tim Hannigan for Fairfax County Chairman was last modified: January 31st, 2018 by Michael Giere
Michael Giere
Michael Giere writes award-winning commentary and essays on the intersection of politics, culture, and faith. He is a critically acclaimed novelist (The White River Series) and short-story writer. A former candidate for the US House of Representatives from Texas, he was a senior executive in both the Reagan and the Bush (41) Administrations, and in 2016 served on the Trump Transition Team.
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Thousands evacuated as Canadian wildfire spreads South
The raging wildfire in Fort McMurray threatened to engulf fleeing motorists Thursday. @jeromegarot/Twitter.com / EPA
The wildfires raging through the Canadian province of Alberta have grown into a behemoth blaze that has consumed an area bigger than New York City.
They have now scorched 85,000 hectares — 328 square miles — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said Thursday. By comparison, all five boroughs of New York City add up to 304.6 square miles.
Notley warned that the 49 fires, which have already forced the evacuation of the city of Fort McMurray, could spread and devour more territory because “conditions are still tinder dry.” And she wouldn’t give an estimate on when those flames will be doused.
“Until we’ve got it under control, it would not be responsible to make any declarations,” she said.
Chad Morrison, the province’s wildfire management specialist, said what crews need most is help from Mother Nature.
“No matter how many air tankers we throw at this thing, we’re not going to be able to stop this fire,” he told NBC News. “It’s going to continue to burn with high intensity for the next several days until we get some rain or cooler conditions.”
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said Thursday night that “gusting winds have been extremely challenging for fire crews.”
The fires have already forced 88,000 people to flee — the biggest evacuation in the province’s history — and destroyed more than 1,600 homes and buildings.
While more than 1,000 firefighters frantically battled the fires, at least seven of which were burning out of control, officials declared a state of emergency across the entire province of Alberta.
The National Hockey League announced that it was donating $100,000 to the Canadian Red Cross, which said later that it has already raised $11 million for wildfire relief.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons that the government will match all donations to the Red Cross.
“We will make it through this most difficult time together,” he said.
Meanwhile, escapees from the blaze counted their blessings — and recounted their horror stories.
“We drove through flames,” said Sinead Cusack, who made it out of Fort McMurray with her husband and their cat. “Everything was burning — friends’ houses burning. Not knowing who was where. Utter chaos.”
Ian Seggie drove himself and some friends 467 miles south to Calgary — a seven-hour trip that took 14 hours because the highway was clogged with escapees. “I just have a few clothes and valuables I could fit into a small suitcase and left,” Seggie said. “It was a priority to get ourselves out.”
A Mountie surveys the damage on a street in Fort McMurray. Image: RCMP Alberta
Ryan Cox said he had just 45 minutes to pack a bag and get his wife, Amanda, and their 2-year-old son, Malcolm, out of their townhouse.
“By the time we had gotten everything together, that was when the evacuation notice came,” said Cox, now bunking in a hotel in Edmonton, 280 miles south of the the fires. “Then, when we had to drive through the valley, I blew a tire, so I gunned it with a flat through downtown.”
With the flames just 200 feet away, Cox said, he pulled over his 2007 Ford Focus to change the tire — something he had never done before.
Luckily, said Cox, another motorist helped him, and soon they found themselves fleeing through a frightening landscape that reminded him of the “Mad Max” movies and “The Grapes of Wrath.”
Remarkably, there were no official reports of casualties except for a vehicle collision that Alberta Emergency Management Agency director Scott Long said hadn’t been confirmed as related to the fire.
Meanwhile, local officials also ordered a mandatory evacuation of Anzac, Gregoire Lake Estates and Fort McMurray First Nation, about 30 miles south of Fort McMurray.
“The fires that are surrounding Fort McMurray right now could go in any direction,” teary-eyed Alberta lawmaker Brian Jean told CTV. “My home is burnt to the ground, but it’s just stuff. All my stuff, all my memories. I lost a son last year.”
Stacy Greeley, who’s 38 weeks pregnant, was shopping for new clothes Thursday in Cold Lake, where she’s seeking temporary refuge.
Greeley told NBC News that she was relieved to have made it out of Fort McMurray with her husband, her mother and her cat.
“I’m pretty stressed out,” she said. “The not knowing is the worst part and just knowing we possibly won’t go home to a home or, if we do, not for a while and I have to give birth some place else.”
Fort McMurray sits near the third-largest reserves of oil in the world behind those of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
Shell said it shut down production at its Shell Albian Sands mining operation. Suncor, the largest oil sands operator, has reduced production at its regional facility 15 miles north of the city. And many other companies evacuated non-essential staff.
By Alastair Jamieson, Lauren Prince, Sean Federico-O’Murchu and Corky Siemaszko. Source:
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DUNFERMLINE CARNEGIE LIBRARY AND GALLERIES WINS THE RIAS ANDREW DOOLAN PRIZE, SCOTLAND’S “BUILDING OF THE YEAR”
Christmas came very early in the form of a cheque and gold medal presented to the practice for our Carnegie Library and Galleries in Dunfermline by Fiona Hyslop MSP, the Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs. This was the fourth time the practice have been shortlisted but the first time we have won the award.
Richard Murphy said “We are thrilled that Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries has won the Andrew Doolan Award 2017 - it represents the culmination of ten years of hard work since the original design competition was won in 2006. It's also an award recognising Fife Council’s dogged persistence with their vision for the building through the ups and downs of the development of the building; a fact itself recognised when they were given, earlier this year, the Client of the Year Award”.
Pictured above at the RIAS Awards Ceremony in the National Museum of Scotland are from left to right:
Stewart Henderson, President of the RIAS
Kevan McLaughlin, Fife Council Project Manager
Lesley Botten, Fife Cultural Trust
Dallas Mechan, Fife Cultural Trust
Richard Murphy, Richard Murphy Architects
Martin Lambie, Richard Murphy Architects
Kris Grant, Richard Murphy Architects
Lesley McNaughton, Fife Cultural Trust
Heather Stuart, Fife Cultural Trust
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs
Richard Murphy Architects now holds concurrently “RIBA UK House of the Year Award”, “RIAI Irish Architecture Public Choice Award 2017”, and now “RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award 2017”, an architectural “Triple Crown”.
PERTH THEATRE OPENS ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC
The dramatic renovation and new facilities at Perth Theatre are now available to the public with the first performance “Aladdin” opening on December 9th. Members of the Arts Society Tayside each paid £10 for a preview and a chance to hear from Richard Murphy and Bill Black about the building when they shared the stage with Philip Long who talked about the forthcoming V&A Museum in Dundee. The project has demolished everything except the changing rooms and the historic Grade B listed auditorium which has been restored including bringing back into play the “God’s” gallery. Newly constructed are the foyer, bar, restaurant, a 200 seat flexible studio theatre (just this week named the “Joan Knight Studio“), rehearsal studio and offices. More news and photographs will be in the next newsletter.
ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY SCIENCE CENTRE IN CAMBRIDGE HANDED OVER
The contractor Morgan Sindall has officially handed over our new £20m Science Faculty Building to Anglia Ruskin University; students and staff will be using it in the New Year semester. Situated on the University’s East Road Campus it represents our second major facility completed for the University; the first, the Young Street satellite campus, won the “Cambridge Building of the Year” in 2016.
SEE OUR WUNDERKAMMER AT THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY “AGES OF WONDER” EXHIBITION
The remarkable exhibition currently running at the Royal Scottish Academy until 7th January 2018 features a cabinet of curiosities designed by the practice. It is a large triangular plan, each side containing six exhibition doors and drawers. In the use of mirrors and illusions it is inspired by Sir John Soane’s own house as first translated though Richard’s house in Hart Street. In the catalogue Sandy Wood writes “the challenge for Richard Murphy was to re-imagine the display of an entire room into a contraption that would take up just a quarter of the space. Fortunately Murphy is a master of the spatial sleight of hand and in true Soanian style has designed a mini-universe of mirrors, revealing spaces and intricate cubby holes that afford a delightful discovery of all types of object at every turn.” After the exhibition the cabinet will be reconfigured and placed along one wall of the President’s room as a permanent exhibit.
MAGGIE'S CENTRE 21ST BIRTHDAY
On the 10th November, Richard attended our own Maggie's Centre 21st birthday party at Edinburgh Maggie's and marvelled that it was 21 years since the first Maggie's opened its doors. That tiny project has since grown to become a global phenomenon. The new extensions designed by the practice are about to start on site.
It is anticipated that the first show flat of the conversion of the Grade A listed Donaldson's School, Edinburgh by City and Country will be open to the public early in 2018. Pictured above are members of the office during a recent site visit.
Steelwork erection is underway at the Cala Homes new build housing crescents at the former Donaldson's School in Edinburgh. The steel frame of the new £3.3m extension to our Galeri Creative Enterprise Centre, Caernarfon is almost complete. The project is due to be complete in summer next year and will provide the centre with two new cinemas and a new entrance.
Exciting progress at the "secret" courtyard house at Tipperlinn Road in Morningside area of Edinburgh, the walls are starting to be lined with the electricians hard at work. The house is due for completion in early 2018. Internal finishes and landscaping are progressing at our house in Dalkey, Ireland.
Our residential project in Moray Place is nearing completion which, along with alterations to the existing interior has added a new semi-basement master bedroom suite linked by this new internal cascading stair that connects all three levels, whilst also giving access out to the garden and new kitchen terrace. H M Raitt & Sons Ltd has been our contractor for a private client.
Our two most recently completed buildings for the arts have featured prominently. The Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries Doolan Prize was on both BBC and STV television news and reported extensively in The Scotsman, the Herald, the Dunfermline Press and Architect's Journal. The forthcoming opening of the theatre in Perth has featured in long articles in the Perth Courier, the Scotsman, the Scottish Daily Record and the Herald. Channel 4 has begun airing on Tuesday evenings this year's “RIBA House of the Year Award” competing houses. As last year’s winner Richard is a judge this year and he can be spotted wandering around the shortlisted houses. An interview with him is broadcast on the final programme on 28th November.
Richard has been very busy lecturing about the work of the practice. In Galway he spoke twice at the “Architecture at the Edge” conference on the 29th and 30th September in our own building, the O’Donaghue Centre. On the 13th October he lectured to the whole school at the Mackintosh in Glasgow. This month he has already spoken at the Edinburgh Architectural Association on 1st November, on the 2nd he gave two lectures at Bournemouth Arts University and then the following day to the Inverness Chapter of the RIAS meeting in Dornoch. He and Bill Black talked on the 8th to the Tayside Arts club in the restored auditorium of Perth Theatre and the next evening James Mason talked to Business students at Edinburgh University about the financial running of an architectural practice.
On a foreign lecture tour Richard is giving pairs of lectures on alternately the work of Scarpa at the Castelvecchio and the work of the practice: in Kuala Lumpur on the 14th and 15th November; in Melbourne on the 17th November; and in Brisbane on the 29th November. At the first of the foreign lectures in Kuala Lumpur 350 people came to hear Richard speak, but the hall had a capacity of 250 so a video link was set up to the outside.
“CARLO SCARPA AND CASTELVECCHIO REVISITED” BOOK LAUNCHES
Richard Murphy’s new blockbuster book “Carlo Scarpa and Castelvecchio Revisited” has now been published. Copies can be purchased on line for £70 (including postage and packaging to anywhere in the world) by visiting this special website: www.breakfastmissionpublishing.com. In addition three special book launches are being held; 6th December in London at the RIBA Bookshop 17:30 - 19:30, two days later on the 8th December in Edinburgh at the Royal Scottish Academy 18:00 - 20:00 and on 19th December at the Verona Architects’ Association 17:00-19:00. If you would like an invitation to any of the events please contact Kathy Jowett in our office. Richard will be signing books on each occasion.
This newsletter has been produced earlier than normal to celebrate the Doolan prize announcement. Our winter newsletter represents our opportunity of wishing all our friends a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year for 2018. We ceased sending Christmas cards some time ago preferring to email them and send a cheque to Maggie's instead. If you want to also help fund their work then you can find out how to here: https://www.maggiescentres.org/how-you-can-help/ways-give/
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Stein, "Immortals and Vampires and Ghosts, Oh My!: Byronic Heroes in Popular Culture"
Clayton, "Cultural Patchwork in the Classroom"
Underwood, "How to Save 'Tintern Abbey' from New-Critical Pedagogy (in Three Minutes Fifty-Six Seconds)"
Broglio, "The Picturesque and the Kodak Moment"
A Forum: Presentism vs. Archivalism
Mandell, "Presentism vs. Archivalism in Research and the Classroom: Introduction"
Simpson, "Is Literary History the History of Everything? The Case for 'Antiquarian' History"
McGann, "Preface to Radiant Textuality: Literary Studies After the World Wide Web"
Tomso, "Reading Queerly: A Presentist's Confession"
Barrish, "Critical Presentism"
Klancher, "Presentism and the Archives"
Immortals and Vampires and Ghosts, Oh My!: Byronic Heroes in Popular Culture
Atara Stein, California State University, Fullerton
—An omnipotent and immortal superbeing, bored with his omnipotence and immortality, laments sarcastically, "Heavy is the burden of being me!"
—A vampire-turned-rock star violates the principal codes of his own kind with the hope of starting a war to relieve his own boredom.
—A black-clad ghost of a rock star, half-insane with grief, takes revenge on those who murdered him and his fiancée.
—A black-clad Immortal known as the Lord of Dreams, stands barefoot in a rainstorm he has created, his coat swirling around him, as he mourns the failure of yet another love affair.
—A vampire with a soul broods over the guilt of the crimes of his past and longs for the unattainable love of his life.
The Byronic hero, with his ambition, aspiration, aggressive individualism, and "Promethean spark," is alive and flourishing in the latter half of the 20th century. Although they may not know it, my students see him again and again on their television screens and in movie theaters. For me, one of the particular interests in teaching the Romantic period is that, in some respects, I believe it has never ended. And the interest in the Romantic poets themselves is a continuing motif in popular culture, from their appearance in such science fiction novels as Tim Powers's The Anubis Gates and The Stress of Her Regard, Dan Simmons's Hyperion series, and Tom Holland's Byron-as-vampire novel, Lord of the Dead, to their appearance in such films as Haunted Summer and Gothic to Byron's appearance in the syndicated television series Highlander. Popular music often echoes Romantic themes and makes allusions to Romantic poems, and many rock performers seem reincarnations of the Romantic poets: Jim Morrison of the Doors (Blake mixed with some Byronic flamboyance), Robert Smith of the Cure (mostly Shelley also with some Byronic flamboyance), Morrissey of the Smiths (Shelley), Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails (a combination of Byron and Shelley), and the late Kurt Cobain of Nirvana (mostly Byron again).
I cite these examples in class, and students eagerly note them (despite being dead almost 30 years Jim Morrison still has enthusiastic fans among students who were born since his death), but I particularly focus on the pervasiveness of the Byronic hero in popular culture. Drawing such connections allows students a fuller understanding of Byron's work and its cultural context while at the same time providing them with another tool to analyze the films, television series, and books they, as consumers of popular culture, so avidly appreciate. While I discuss these connections in my undergraduate classes, I also created a graduate seminar on the subject, "The Development of the Byronic Hero." It is a topic which engages student interest and provokes some of the most thoughtful and original papers I read each semester, papers which further the work of exploring the dynamic interaction between Byron's works and the dark heroes of contemporary popular culture. I believe my approach particularly resonates with my students because I am an avid fan myself, so I am able to combine an academic and critical perspective with my own enthusiasm for the same popular texts. And a discussion of the Byronic hero often provokes students to come up with their own examples, some of which have helped me in my own research. A discussion of the links between the Romantic period and contemporary popular culture can make for a truly interactive classroom experience, and the interest and enthusiasm is readily evident in my students' reactions.
The Byronic hero is so pervasive in contemporary popular texts that once one begins to establish, in class, the parameters of his type, the examples seem endless. From the Western hero to the science fiction hero to the action-adventure hero, we can find any number of heroes who seem to be descendents of Byron's Manfred. I believe that two of the primary factors that resonate with both nineteenth-century and late-twentieth-century audiences are a voyeuristic interest in the criminal and a conviction of individual powerlessness in the face of wealth and institutional power. In fact, these factors are related, for the criminal (temporarily, at least) escapes the restrictions of law and society to pursue his own desires. We see this fascination in eighteenth-century crime and trial narratives and folk ballads about outlaw heroes, in the figure of the Gothic villain, and in the fictional exploration of the psychology of such villains as Maturin's Melmoth and Collins's Count Fosco, two characters who inspire both fear and desire. The Byronic hero has the same defiance of society's rules and institutions and the same bad-boy appeal of the charismatic villain, combined with an aspiration after generally more admirable goals than those of the typical villain character. In both nineteenth-century and late-twentieth-century texts, the Byronic hero is given superhuman abilities. Given his superior capabilities, the Byronic hero, whether in his nineteenth-century or contemporary incarnation, provides his audience with a satisfying vicarious experience of power (and empowerment, for that matter), autonomy, mastery, and defiance of oppressive authority. At the same time, however, in his superhuman mode, he cannot establish a meaningful connection with his audience. Almost inevitably, however, the hero's creators do not allow him to remain in his superhuman condition; they "rehumanize" him, in effect, and/or have him voice approbation and admiration of ordinary human values. In his superhuman condition he cannot be reintegrated into society, even if he has benefited that society with his heroic actions. He must be rehumanized, exiled, and/or destroyed, all of which serve to leave the audience with a more comfortable identification with the hero. In his superhuman condition, he is an unattainable ideal, a hero who inspires awe but cannot be emulated. At the same time, he lacks social skills and an ability to relate to other people; he is a loner and an outcast, and he can be arrogant, contemptuous of human beings, bad-tempered, overbearing, cold, ruthless, and emotionless. As such, admirable as he is for his abilities and his willingness to take on the powers that be, he is alien to his audience. They find no shared basis for sympathetic identification. If, however, despite his superhuman abilities, he ultimately reaffirms his humanity, he leaves the audience content with their own condition and able to identify with the hero. They cannot be like him, and they are flattered that he wishes to be like them.
The examples listed at the beginning of my essay are not the only ones I refer to in class, but they are some of the most obvious ones. In some cases, their creators deliberately set out to evoke Byron; in other cases I believe that the Byronic hero has become a kind of cultural archetype, and actual knowledge of Byron on the creators' parts is not necessary, although they may well be familiar with the Gothic tradition and the Gothic villain from which the Byronic hero evolved. Bram Stoker's Dracula and his descendents must be a particular influence on creators of dark heroes in popular culture, particularly given the erotic appeal of the vampire villain. I suspect also that the creators of these Byronic heroes are more likely to be familiar with Emily Brontë's Heathcliff than with Byron's heroes. Heathcliff's romantic and erotic appeal is a major contribution to today's Byronic hero. My students refer to the attraction women have for Heathcliff and his literary descendents as the "bad-boy syndrome." In fact, the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer makes a point of self-consciously emphasizing the bad-boy syndrome, exploring the heroine's erotic attraction to vampires, despite her calling to destroy them. In this respect, Buffy, despite her superhuman powers, creates an identification with the audience, many of whom find the vampire characters Angel and Spike irresistibly attractive. This essay will describe, in turn, the examples of Byronic heroes I cited at the beginning.
Q (John de Lancie) is an omnipotent and immortal entity who made several appearances on the more recent Star Trek series: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager. De Lancie deliberately set out to perform the character as one who was "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," having become well-versed in Byronic lore by playing the poet in a play called "Childe Byron." De Lancie also bears a preternatural resemblance to Byron himself. Q appears in several Byronic guises. In the episodes "Hide and Q," "QWho," and "True Q," he is a Satanic tempter, reminiscent of Cain's Lucifer, trying to lure characters with knowledge and power for his own ends, which seem at once both malevolent, and brutally educational for the characters he tempts. In other episodes (most notably "Qless" and "Tapestry"), he resembles the jaded, world-weary narrator of Don Juan, cynically decrying the naivete of humans and yet envying their capacity for wonder and idealism. And in "Deja Q," he has been stripped (temporarily it turns out) of his powers, and spends the episode bitterly lamenting the limitations of humanity in a fashion similar to Manfred and to the speaker of Canto 3 of Childe Harold. Just as Childe Harold despises his own "human frailties" (3.14) and condemns himself as "A link reluctant in a fleshly chain" (3.72), "Spurning the clay-cold bonds which round our being cling" (3.73), and anticipates "when at length the mind shall be all free / From what it hates in this degraded form, / Reft of its carnal life" (3.74), Q abhors the limitations and discomforts to which a physical existence condemns him:
It was a mistake. I never should have picked human. I knew it the moment I said it. To think of a future in this shell. Forced to cover myself with a fabric because of some outdated human morality. To say nothing of being too hot or too cold. Growing feeble with age. Losing my hair. Catching a disease. Being ticklish. Sneezing. Having an itch. A pimple. Bad breath. Having to bathe?
Manfred and Q similar evince a disdain for human contact and for having to accommodate oneself to such inferior beings. When the Abbot asks Manfred why he did not sustain those "noble aspirations in my youth, / To make my own the mind of other men, / The enlightener of nations" (3.1.105-07), he explains that even the role of leader would be degrading: "I disdained to mingle with / A herd, though to be a leader—and of wolves. / The lion is alone, and so am I" (3.1.121-23). Q similarly expresses his doubt that he will be able to work with the crew of the Enterprise: "I'm not good in groups. It's difficult to work in groups when you're omnipotent." Despite Q's stated disdain for humans, he returns repeatedly to the Enterprise to torment Captain Picard and his crew. The implication is that he is trying to mitigate the boredom of his immortal existence.
The desire for immortality and the discovery that it's not all it's cracked up to be characterizes several contemporary Byronic heroes. A prominent one is Lestat of Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, the second novel in the series The Vampire Chronicles. Rice's own references to Byron suggest that she deliberately casts Lestat into a Byronic mode, and as Kathryn McGinley points out, "For Byronic heroes [ . . . ] particularly the Ricean version, immortality can be simultaneously desirable and intolerable" (86). Throughout the novel, Lestat is the rebel, defining his own moral code, and rebelling against all authority, both human and vampiric. Lestat sees himself "as a hungry, vicious creature, who did a very good job of existing without reasons, a powerful vampire who always took exactly what he wanted, no matter who said what" (380). As such, he provides a powerful vicarious experience for readers who can't always take exactly what they want. The vampires are appealing characters because they allow readers to experience what they cannot have themselves and, at the same time, they share the readers' possible longings for purpose and meaning in a confusing world. Lestat seems reminiscent of Byron's Childe Harold and Cain when he says, "I'd been born restless—the dreamer, the angry one, the complainer" (VL 23). The novelist herself, explains, "I've always been fascinated by the vampire, the elegant yet evil Byronic figure. It's easy to say it's a metaphor for the outsider, the predator, anyone who feels freakish or monstrous or out of step but appears normal" (Beahm 135). Rice plays on the rebellious aspects of her outlaw hero to increase his popular appeal, for "the antiestablishment messages of rock music contribute to the vampire's freedom from conventional moralities and the power of this subversive appeal" (Roberts 52).
Lestat is not only an outlaw to human society by virtue of being a vampire, but he is also a rebel among vampires, disregarding their rules and conventions. He conceives of his planned rock concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco as "an unprecedented rebellion, a great and horrific challenge to my kind all over the world" (VL 14). Lestat defiantly announces, "Old rules didn't matter to me now, either. I wanted to break every one of them" (16), and he instantly appeals to every reader who ever broke rules or wanted to but didn't have the means:
I mean what if they really believed it, really understood that this world still harbored the Old World demon thing, the vampire—oh, what a great and glorious war we might have then!
We would be known, and we would be hunted, and we would be fought in this glittering urban wilderness as no mythic monster has ever been fought by man before.
How could I not love it, the mere idea of it? How could it not be worth the greatest danger, the greatest and most ghastly defeat? Even at the moment of destruction, I would be alive as I have never been. (VL 17)
The last sentence is telling—to feel alive would be worth sacrificing his immortality, just for the sensation, a sensation lacking in his vampire existence. When the ancient vampire Marius comes to Lestat in a dream and accuses, "You act on impulse, you want to throw all the pieces in the air," Lestat shouts in return, "I want to affect things, to make something happen!" (VL 522). His impulsiveness is simultaneously destructive and the source of his appeal to readers. Like Napoleon, Lestat is "Extreme in all things" (Childe Harold, III, 36). The "fire / And motion of the soul" of the Byronic hero is "quenchless evermore" and "Preys upon high adventure" (III, 42). The author herself confesses her affinity for her hero, Lestat: "He's my devil, my dark lover, my alter-ego. Sometimes I think he's my conscience." She notes further, "If you know Lestat, you know he's just dying to get into the spotlight." Rice here describes the appeal of the Byronic hero: demonic, dark, erotically-irresistible, and a voice of conscience, a conscience that may defy the rules of society, but defines its own morality. Yet without his humanity, the Byronic hero would ultimately alienate his readers. We envy his power and autonomy, his ability simply to do what he wants without fear of authority, but we are drawn to his humanity. If such a powerful being suffers from feelings of isolation and confusion and makes terrible errors in his dealings with others, then our own feelings and errors are more acceptable, particularly when we see them glamorized and romanticized in the form of vampires or other similarly powerful entities.
Another superhuman Byronic rock star figure is the hero of the film The Crow (dir. Alex Proyas, 1994), a favorite of many of my students. He is a ghost who returns a year after his death to revenge the murder of himself and his fiancée by a group of thugs working for the leader of the criminal underworld in Detroit. Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) dresses completely in black, and sports white and black clown make up on his face. Like Lestat and Q, Eric lives by his own rules, resisting the authority of the police department and seeking vigilante justice on his own terms. In between scenes of him killing his enemies while cracking dry jokes and mocking their weaknesses, we see him passionately grieving over his fiancée. In a contemporary version of Manfred perched on an Alpine height, daring the avalanche to come and kill him, Eric crouches on top of an urban skyscraper, strumming haunting chords on an electric guitar, a very portrait of angst. The Crow is a good way to discuss the origins of the Byronic hero in the Gothic villain, for Eric, in his madness and bloody vengefulness, is barely one step over the line from the criminals he pursues. This often generates a classroom discussion about the appeal of villains in popular culture and the particular appeal of heroes whose souls are almost as dark as those of their enemies. Eric also exudes a Byronic arrogance; as a ghost and an outlaw, Eric transcends the law and moral codes of ordinary people. Like the Byronic hero he achieves an almost total autonomy. In his initial encounter with a cop who tries to arrest him, when the cop yells "don't move!" Eric mockingly remarks, "I thought the police always said 'Freeze.'" The cop insists, "Well, I am the police, and I say don't move, Snow White. You move, you're dead," and Eric raises his arms, announcing, "And I say I'm dead, and I move."
The contemporary Byronic hero is almost always dressed in black; Rice even comments on the way Lestat has created fashion trends among his fans and even other vampires. In his epic series of Sandman comic books, Neil Gaiman also envisions his hero, Dream, also known as Lord Morpheus, in the same terms. Gaiman describes him as looking "like the skinny, undead king of the style biker punks from hell" (Gaiman 26), and as "pale, tall, brooding, dark, relatively humorless, and Byronic in a late adolescent kind of way" (Bender 238). Dream is the lord of the realm of dreams (known as "the Dreaming"), and he is immortal, older even than the gods. While he is extremely powerful, he remains vulnerable in his relationships with women, which invariably fail. After one lover leaves him, his emotions create rainstorms all over his realm, and he orders her rooms erased and forbids any mention of her name. We see him, in Chapter 2 of Brief Lives, leaning on a balcony in a quintessentially Romantic pose, barefoot, rain streaming around him, and his dark cloak flapping in the wind. His face is set and grim, and the drops running down it could be either rain or tears or both. Dream's melancholy is countered by the ever-practical Mervyn, a handyman with a jack-o-lantern head who does odd jobs around the Dreaming. When the faerie girl Nuala sympathizes with Dream, remarking that he must be "very sad," Mervyn retorts,
Nah. He enjoys it. I mean, hell, it's a pose, y'know? He spends a coupla months hanging out with a new broad. Then one day the magic's worn off, and he goes back to work, and she takes a hike. Phhhht. Now, guys like me, ordinary joes, we just shrug our shoulders, say, hey, that's life, flick it if you can't take a joke. Not him. Oh no. He's gotta be the tragic figure standing out in the rain, mournin' the loss of his beloved. So down comes the rain, right on cue. In the meantime everybody gets dreams fulla existential angst and wakes up feeling like hell. And we all get wet. (Ch. 2, 4-5)
Gaiman creates a protagonist who embodies existential angst, and he clothes him with all the attributes of the Romantic hero: black garb, black hair, pale skin, and a hopeless love life. But he also includes the voice of an anti-romantic, who dismisses it all as a pose, and the artist's drawings of Dream corroborate Mervyn's suspicions. Dream is a cliché of Romantic melancholy, and he strikes theatrical and melodramatic poses as he leans on his balcony in the rain, too distracted even to put on a pair of shoes, although he has donned the required black cape. Like Manfred, he is pompously arrogant and largely unsympathetic to human concerns. But his end is a heroic one, like Manfred's. Having incurred the vengeance of the Furies, while performing an act his sense of conscience and duty told him was right, he braves their attacks on himself and his realm. His death is inevitable, but like Byron's Manfred, he defies those who come to claim him and dies on his own terms, in a state of defiance, thereby, like Byron's Prometheus, "making Death a Victory."
The most recent example of a Byronic hero that I use in class is the vampire Angel (David Boreanaz), who began as a character on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and now has his own spinoff series, Angel. Angel, a vampire whose soul has been restored by a gypsy curse, broods over his guilt for his crimes in his past. He was among the most powerful of vampires, Angelus, a conscienceless and remorseless killer with a sardonic and bitter sense of humor. Angel's evil self is shown both in flashbacks to his past and in a series of episodes in which he has temporarily been stripped of his soul and returns to his evil ways. The heroic Angel, however, rarely smiles, and his eyebrows are knitted in an almost permanent frown. He dresses in dark clothing like our other heroes (vampires are apparently very concerned about fashion), usually wearing a long black coat that gives the effect of a cape. He has devoted his recent years to fighting supernatural evil in the form of other vampires and demons, in an attempt to make up for his decades of murder. He dispatches the bad guys with arrogant panache, allowing himself flickers of satisfaction before returning to his almost-perpetually serious and gloomy state of mind. In the episode "In the Dark," Angel comes by a magical ring that will allow him to be outside by daylight. Despite his feeling of awe and wonder at seeing the sun, he announces to his friend and colleague Doyle (Glenn Quinn), "I'm not going to wear the ring." Shocked, Doyle complains, "You got a real addiction to the brooding part of life." Angel explains, however, that he has to continue to bear the burden of his guilt:
Angel: I've thought of it from every angle. What I figure is I did a lot of damage in my day--more than you can imagine.
Doyle: What? You don't get the ring because your period of self-flagellation isn't over yet? Think of all the daytime people you could help between nine and five.
Angel: They have help. The whole world is designed for them. So much that they have no idea what goes on around them after dark. They don't see the weak ones, lost in the night or the things that prey on them. And if I join them, maybe I'd stop seeing too. [ . . . ] I was brought back for a reason, Doyle. As much as I'd like to kid myself, I don't think it was for eighteen holes at Rancho.
He insists that his role is not to enjoy himself, but to continue to work for redemption—at night and in the dark. Angel is not only Byronic in his guilt, but also in his love for one who is perpetually inaccessible to him, the Slayer, Buffy. The two characters had a passionate affair but discovered the hidden clause in the gypsy curse: a moment of "perfect happiness" will strip Angel of his soul and turn him evil again. Thus, he must remain apart from his love, Buffy, in a state of perpetual longing. In a recent crossover episode ("Sanctuary"), Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) tells Angel about her new boyfriend, Riley, and Angel angrily characterizes his own forced isolation: "You moved on. I can't. You found someone new. I'm not allowed to, remember? I see you again, it cuts me up inside, and the person I share that with is me." Angel is a favorite of many of my students, and, in fact, it was one of my students (Greg Arnold) who introduced me to the series by writing a paper about Angel as a Byronic hero, just as it was several students of mine who convinced me to read The Sandman. Thus, a mutually beneficial learning process ensues. My students' own expertise as "consumers" of popular culture contributes to my own understanding, and the work on popular culture some of them do in their own papers gives them an enhanced critical ability and a new tool with which to examine both nineteenth-century texts and their descendents from a complex critical perspective.
Like Gaiman, Angel's creators undermine his Byronic pose in a coyly self-referential fashion as much as they exploit it. In the episode, "The Yoko Factor," Buffy's new boyfriend Riley (Marc Blucas) worries that she isn't over her attraction to Angel, and comments on his appeal to women: "Even when he's good, he's all Mr.-Billowy-Coat-King-of-Pain, and girls really . . ." Here he's interrupted by Buffy, but he was clearly going to say something along the lines of "and girls really dig that type." Angel's creators don't allow his claims to heroism to be taken entirely seriously. "In the Dark" opens with Angel being mocked by his nemesis, Spike (James Marsters), a vampire companion from his evil past. Angel has just rescued a young woman from being killed by a drunken boyfriend, and Spike, watching from a rooftop, provides a sarcastic voiceover, presenting his own version of the dialog. He has the rescued woman ask, in the mode of a stereotypical damsel in distress, "How can I thank you, you mysterious black-clad hunk of a knight-thing?" and then has Angel reply in an exaggerated John-Wayne-like Western hero's vocal inflection: "No need little lady. Your tears of gratitude are enough for me. You see, I was once a bad-ass vampire, but love, and a pesky curse, defanged me, and now I'm just a big fluffy puppy with bad teeth." Spike, like Gaiman's Mervyn, dismisses Angel's Byronic theatrics as a mere pose, a product of fashion, the affectation of "a great poof," and "nancy-boy hair gel."
Like Byron, contemporary creators of Byronic heroes realize that there is something comical as well as tragic about the brooding, self-absorbed loner. Discussions about contemporary Byronic heroes in class allow students to explore the longstanding and pervasive appeal of Byron's creations. Like popular culture scholar Henry Jenkins, my students and I can be fans of popular culture at the same time that we examine it from an academic perspective, and I believe that doing so enriches our experience of the texts under consideration.1 The Byronic hero is a figure of autonomy, self-reliance, defiance, and power, and he is an outlaw who lives by his own moral code. I would argue that the appeal to the audience is the same in Byron's times and ours: Manfred and the heroes I've described here can successfully act on their desires to defy authority and can successfully confront obstacles in their path. They do not have to bow to institutional power or to oppressive forces, for they have both the supernatural abilities and the attitude required to fight them. At the same time, they validate their audience's own doubts and fears and sorrows. Many fans can relate to Eric and Dream and Angel's grief over the unattainability of perfect love. Many fans can relate to Lestat's perpetual questioning of his purpose in life. As fans we may envy Manfred and Q and Lestat and Angel's power, but we do not envy their boredom with their immortality and their perpetual gloom and isolation. Contemporary Byronic heroes, like Manfred, give us a vicarious experience of utter autonomy and power, but at the same time they suggest that in our powerlessness we may be better off and almost surely happier than they are. In Byron's Manfred, when the self-pitying hero is advised to seek patience by the Chamois Hunter who has prevented his suicide, Manfred haughtily and pompously responds,
Patience and patience! Hence—that word was made
For brutes of burthen not for birds of prey;
Preach it to mortals of a dust like thine,—
I am not of thine order. (2.2.35-38)
Expressing his own relief as well as that of Byron's readers, the hunter exclaims "Thanks to Heaven! / I would not be of thine for the free fame / Of William Tell" (2.2.38-40). Byron here comically undermines Manfred's pretensions to superiority. In a similar fashion, Gaiman and Angel's creators use the skepticism of characters like Mervyn and Spike, respectively, to strip off some of the glamour and luster of Dream and Angel's self-satisfaction in their own suffering. Resonances such as these suggest that the connections between Byron's heroes and the Byronic hero in contemporary culture seem to have an almost unlimited potential to be explored.
Beahm, George. "The Quotable Anne Rice." The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion. Ed. George Beahm. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1996. 135-38.
Bender, Hy. The Sandman Companion. New York: Vertigo/DC Comics, 1999.
Gaiman, Neil. "Original Script of Calliope." The Sandman: Dream Country. New York: DC Comics, 1991.
Interview with the Vampire. Dir. Neil Jordan. Perf. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Geffen Pictures, 1994.
Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture. New York, London: Routledge, 1992.
---., and John Tulloch. Science Fiction Audiences: Watching Dr. Who and Star Trek. New York, London: Routledge, 1995.
McGinley, Kathryn. "Development of the Byronic Vampire: Byron, Stoker, Rice." The Gothic World of Anne Rice. Eds. Gary Hoppenstand and Ray B. Browne. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1996. 71-90.
Rice, Anne. The Vampire Lestat. New York: Ballantine Books, 1985.
Roberts, Bette B. Anne Rice. New York: Twayne, 1994.
1 See, in particular, Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television Fans & Participatory Culture; Henry Jenkins and John Tulloch, Science Fiction Audiences: Watching Dr. Who and Star Trek.
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Thinking Singularity with Immanuel Kant and Paul de Man:
Aesthetics, Epistemology, History and Politics
Arkady Plotnitsky, Purdue University
Text here. This essay appears in _Volume Title_, a volume of _Romantic Circles Praxis Series_, prepared exclusively for Romantic Circles (http://www.rc.umd.edu/), University of Maryland.
Proceeding from Immanuel Kant's third Critique, The Critique of Judgment, and Paul de Man's reading of Kant, this essay will discuss certain specific concepts, first, of singularity and, second, of the relationship between the individual and the collective, based on this concept of singularity. While emerging from Kant's analysis of aesthetics, this conceptuality entails a radical form of epistemology and, correlatively, a radical form of historicity. This conceptual and epistemological configuration, however, also translates into a political concept of community or, as I shall call it here, parliamentarity. As a result, aesthetics, epistemology, history, and politics become interconnected, and each becomes in turn conceptually refigured through these interconnections. The genealogy of the conceptuality and epistemology in question may itself be political in part, insofar as the actual practice of politics may have served, deliberately or not, as one of the models of this epistemology. On the other hand, Kant's analysis of the aesthetic expressly offers a model for this conceptuality and epistemology, or historicity, and establishes the aesthetic (in his sense) as the condition of possibility of their emergence and functioning in contexts other than the aesthetic.1 More generally, the interpenetration among these determinations—aesthetic, epistemological, historical, or political—is irreducible: once we enter any of the domains thus designated, we can bypass others only provisionally or conditionally, but not in principle. These interconnections inevitably, and ultimately uncontainably, extend to other determinations, such as ethical, or new definitions and denominations, proliferating within a given domain, for example, to different varieties and subspecies of the aesthetic. This field, however, involves not only conjunctions and interactions, but also disjunctions and heterogeneities, and cannot be seen as fully unifiable or containable by means of a synthesis, dialectical or other. Indeed, as such, it is governed in part by an epistemology analogous (although not identical) to the epistemology of singularity and of the relationships between the individual and the collective to be considered here. As de Man's reading of both Kant and Hegel makes apparent, such disjunctions often appear at the very point of an attempted synthesis. According to de Man: "We would have to conclude that Hegel's philosophy, which, like his Aesthetics, is a philosophy of history (and of aesthetics) as well as a history of philosophy (and of aesthetics)—and the Hegelian corpus indeed contains texts that bear these two symmetrical titles—is in fact an allegory of the disjunction between philosophy and history" (Aesthetic Ideology 104).2 An argument of this type would apply to Kant's philosophy as well, just as certain key points (including those linked to the problematics here considered) of de Man's reading of Kant to Hegel (AI 90). Kantian or, conversely, Hegelian, specificity remains, of course, important. My main concern here, however, is a certain fundamental underlying problematic set into operation by Kant's philosophy, especially in the third Critique, and brought out by de Man's reading of Kant.
1. Singularity, Universality, and Freedom in the Judgment of Taste
I take as my point of departure paragraph 5 of the third Critique, in "Analytic of the Beautiful," where Kant distinguishes between the agreeable or merely likable [das Angenehme], the beautiful [das Schone], and the good [das Gute]" (Critique of Judgment 52).3 The section immediately precedes and leads to Kant's "Explication of the Beautiful," as "inferred from the First Moment," that of "a Judgment of Taste, As to Its Quality," which extends from Kant's "definition of taste" as "the ability to judge the beautiful" (CJ 43n.1). "Taste," Kant infers, "is the ability to judge an object, or a way of presenting it, by means of liking or disliking devoid of all interest. The object of such a liking is called beautiful" (53). These are familiar commonplaces of the third Critique. Or rather, these statements are made into commonplaces by abstracting them from the arguments from which they are inferred as conclusions and thus depriving them of their complexity and their essentially un-commonplace-like or even idiosyncratic character. They can only be given an adequate reading if the richness of the conceptual and textual fabric of Kant's elaborations is brought to bear on Kant's argument, for example, by reaching what de Man calls "linguistic" understanding (AI 82). According to Kant:
A judgment of taste, on the other hand [i.e. in contrast to the agreeable and the good], is merely [bloß] contemplative, i.e., it is a judgment that is indifferent to the existence of the object: it [considers] the character of the object only by holding it up to our feeling of pleasure and displeasure. Nor is this contemplation, as such, directed to concepts [as in the case of the good], for a judgment of taste is not a cognitive judgment (whether theoretical or practical) and hence is neither based on concepts, not directed to them as purposes. …
Hence the agreeable, the beautiful, and the good designate three different relations that presentations have to the feeling of pleasure or displeasure, the feeling by reference to which we distinguish between objects [Gegenstände] or between the ways of presenting them. … We call agreeable that gratifies [was ihn vernnügt] us, beautiful that which gives us just feeling of liking [was ihn gefällt]; good what we esteem [geschätz], endorse [gebilligt], that is, for which it is possible for us to posit [setzen] an objective value. Agreeableness holds also for animals without reason; beauty only for human beings, i.e. beings who are animal and yet rational, though it is not enough that they be rational (e.g. spirits) but they must be animal as well; the good, however, holds for every rational being as such, though I cannot fully justify and explain this proposition until later. We may say that, of all these three kinds of feeling of liking [Wohlgefallens; inclination towards something], only that involved in the taste for the beautiful is disinterested and free, since we are not compelled to give our approval by any interest, whether of sense or of reason. So we might say of the term Wohlgefallen, in the three cases [Fällen] just mentioned, refers to inclination [Neiung], or to favor [Gunst], or to respect [Achtung]. For favor [Gunst] is the only free form of liking [Wohlgefallen]. Neither an object [Gegenstand] of inclination, nor one that a law of reason enjoins on us as an object of desire, leaves us the freedom to make an object of pleasure for ourselves out of something or other. All interest either presupposes a need or gives rise to one; and because interest is a determining ground for approval [Beifall], it no longer makes the judgment about the object free (CJ 52; translation modified; emphasis added.)4
It is indeed tempting to read these passages at an abstracted logical level, and it has been done, often with disastrous consequences. One can easily miss both a more complex conceptual architecture and subtle textual workings of Kant's "Analytics," and, especially, the incessant reciprocity between them, such as those of the signifier "fall" in this passage and elsewhere in Kant, which I shall discuss later in this essay. It is not merely a matter of paying close attention to Kant's German, although this is obviously necessary, since rigorously no translation is possible, but only a reading determined by Kant's German but not contained by it. For example, one might prefer to read the last sentence in a more Heideggerian vein as "what stands in appearance in front of us as we are immersed in this feeling of being inclined toward it is called beautiful." Most fundamentally, however, it is a matter of reading the irreducibly idiosyncratic language and concepts of Kant's irreducibly idiosyncratic or singular philosophy. It goes without saying that the task of such a reading is not easy, and the present reading of Kant, or of de Man, too, may fail, and to some degree is bound to fail.
If, however, one can refer to a number of remarkable readings of the Kantian sublime, such as those by de Man and his followers, the beautiful remains an as-yet unread enigma, especially if one speaks of reading in de Man's sense.5 It is doubtful that any rigorous reading would remove the enigmatic from either the beautiful or the sublime in Kant, and the best such a reading may hope for is to read them as enigmas. Both the beautiful and the sublime may be best seen as defined by the enigmatic character of their emergence in certain types of processes of human (individual and collective) existence. The situation may be seen as follows. At certain points and under certain conditions, such processes produce certain types of effects, such as those of the beautiful and the sublime, while themselves remaining, in their ultimate nature, inaccessible to any knowledge or even conception in any terms or concepts available to us. "Ultimate" is a crucial qualification, since intermediate levels of the overall efficacious dynamics in question may be accessible, again, in terms of certain effects of the more remote and ultimately inaccessible parts of such processes. At least, the beautiful and the sublime may need to be configured in these terms for the purposes of theorizing them, which entails what I shall call nonclassical theory, to be discussed in the next section.
This type of epistemology extends Kant's epistemology, introduced in the first Critique, The Critique of Pure Reason, and developed by him in all three Critiques. It also provides arguably the most fundamental connection between them, especially through the third Critique, which offers the ultimate model for the working or at least underpinning of both pure and practical reason. The beautiful and the sublime offer the well-known parallels with respectively understanding and reason, famously invoked by Kant (CJ 98-100). These parallels, however, do not in themselves amount to the model in question, nor are they sufficient to build up this model. Rather they are made possible by virtue of this model.6
While this model is essentially epistemological in nature, it also defines a certain political model, a model of community, although one might also, and more rigorously, argue that both models reciprocally define each other. For the reason to be explained below, this political model may be called parliamentary. This model, along with the reciprocity in question, is at work already in "The Analytic of the Beautiful," rather than only in Kant's analysis of the sublime, where Kant directly appeals to the idea of community and where most commentators trace the political problematic of the third Critique. Kant sets the stage with his contention that "in their logical quantity all judgments of taste are singular [enzelne] judgments" and they emerge as such within "the entire [phenomenal] sphere of each judging person" (CJ 59; translation modified). As he explains at the same juncture: "For example, I may look at a rose and make a judgment of taste by declaring it to be beautiful. But if I compare many singular [einzelne] roses and so arrive at the judgment, Roses in general are beautiful, then my judgment is no longer merely aesthetic, but is a logical judgment based on an aesthetic one" (CJ 59; emphasis added). It follows that, according to Kant, in offering an aesthetic judgment, one can say "this rose is beautiful," but one cannot, rigorously (in general we do all the time), say, in conveying as aesthetic judgment, "this is a beautiful rose." The "rose-ness" of any given rose, which is a concept, is irrelevant. Contrary to Gertrude Stein's famous tautology, in Kant's aesthetics, as a beautiful object, "a rose is not a rose, is not a rose, is not a rose … ." Most crucially, although implying a possibility of a certain repetition, a judgment of the beautiful and the object (or, in the sublime, a certain un-object) involved, are singular, each time unique, in every case. In this respect they are not unreminiscent of death, as de Man must have realized, as is apparent, for example, in his reading of Shelley's The Triumph of Life, to be discussed later in this essay. One is also reminded of Emmanuel Levinas's and Jacques Derrida's appeal to this type of singularity, including in ethical and political contexts, as in Derrida's title, "the end of the world, each time unique." In short in Kant, the universality of such a judgment rigorously pertains to the moment at which it is made, and involves some community that is actually or potentially present at this moment. This community would, at this moment, relate and might, hopefully, accept this judgement, or come to the same judgement, by involving "the entire [phenomenal] sphere of each judging person."
As we have seen, Kant also argues that "the favor [Gunst] is the only free feeling of liking [Wohlgefallen]." If, however, such is the case, we must—for otherwise there would be no freedom—allow that our, always singular, claim for, or offer of the possibility of, the same kind of feeling concerning a given object on the part of any other person could be just as freely rejected as it could be freely accepted.7 This must be the case, even though one has the bestowal of the highest possible favor upon an object or (as in the sublime) un-object in mind, as the German Gunst could suggest here, as it did to Heidegger in his reading of Nietzsche (vol. 1:107-14). By the same token, Gunst appears to indicate a certain randomness and uniqueness or singularity of such a feeling. In short, the condition of the possibility of sensus communis, which Kant invokes in "The Analytic of the Sublime," is also the condition of the possibility of the failure of sensus communis to emerge in any given case. I would argue that it is this essential possibility of failure of sensus communis that defines the universality of the judgment of taste concerning the beautiful, or of the judgment (which cannot be seen as that of taste in Kant's scheme) concerning the sublime, most fundamentally. The universality, or at least a sufficiently large collectivity, defining the possibility of the beautiful or the sublime, could best be seen as an assemblage of irreducible singularities, each of which emerges, enigmatically, from something that, along with the process of this emergence itself, is not subject to the law(s) defining this collectivity. As will be seen, this enigmatic emergence also entails a special form of historicity.
From this perspective one might speak of a certain parliamentary model of the aesthetics and the political alike, and thus of a model for parliamentary politics, defined by Kant's conception of aesthetic judgment, and, again, reciprocally serving as a model for aesthetic judgment concerning the beautiful or the sublime. This type of reciprocity is suggested by Kant himself in a different, but related, context of human communication and sociability under laws in his appendix, "On Methodology of Taste," to "The Analytic of the Sublime" (CJ 321). The model is defined by the circumstances, just described, of a possible failure of a possible consensus or (in principle, interminable) negotiations, possibly never fully cohering, in the manner of the sublime, and sometimes with feelings similar to those in experiencing the sublime, although outright frustration is more common. In politics, the situation becomes even more complex (if this is possible) when one takes into account the broader field of judgments entertained, often simultaneously, by different individuals or parties, including political parties in their conventional sense. Teleological judgments (governed by concepts) are subject to an analogous economy, although the possibility of freedom entailed by aesthetic judgments may well be unique, and it may have been seen by Kant as unique. Leaving the earlier history aside, one could trace the significance of this dynamics from Kant's fellow critical philosophers to Jean-François Lyotard's postmodernist vision of politics and justice, and beyond, with a great many thinkers in between.8 It would also be difficult to dissociate these Kantian problematics from the political history of modernity, including as the history of parliamentarity, from the Enlightenment on.
One can easily see, now, how and why aesthetic, epistemology, historicity, and politics form a complex interactive network in Kant, and, with Kant, in general. The considerations offered so far still amount mostly to a logical and a content-oriented reading. Ultimately we must analyze and understand this machinery in textual terms, including by means of what de Man calls "linguistic terms," in particular as this machinery relates to the sequence of gefallen, gefällt, Fällen, Beifall, Wohlgefallen, and so forth, or the Fall-sequence, as one might call it, for reasons to be explained later. This analysis will proceed here through de Man's reading of Kant and such figures as Schiller, Kleist, and Shelley, and aesthetic, epistemological, and political models developed by de Man on the basis of these readings. Before I undertake this analysis, however, I shall, in the next two sections, outline more formally the epistemology in question.
2. Nonclassical Theory and Nonclassical Epistemology
It may be useful to backtrack briefly to the first Critique, The Critique of Pure Reason, and to Kant's things in themselves, a decisive step on the road to nonclassical epistemology, even if, at least short of the supplementary economy of the third Critique, not quite reaching the nonclassical limit. According to Kant:
We have no concepts of the understanding and hence no elements for the cognition of things except insofar as an intuition can be given corresponding to these concepts, consequently … we have cognition of no object as a thing in itself, but only insofar as it is an object of sensible intuition, i.e. as an appearance [phenomenon]; from which follows the limitation of all even possible speculative cognition of reason [Vernunft] to mere objects of experience. Yet the reservation must also be noted, that even if we cannot cognize [kennen] these same objects as things in themselves, we at least must be able to think [denken] [about] them as things in themselves. To cognize an object, it is required that I be able to prove its possibility (whether by the testimony of experience from its actuality or a priori through reason). But I can think whatever I like, as long as I do not contradict myself, i.e., as long as my concept is a possible thought, even if I cannot give any assurance whether or not there is a corresponding object somewhere within the sum total of all possibilities. But in order to ascribe objective validity to such a concept (real possibility, for the first sort of possibility was merely logical) something more is required. This "more," however, need not be sought in theoretical sources of cognition; it may also lie in practical ones. (115)
One might illustrate Kant's point by the example of the human body, which is crucial both to Kant and to de Man's reading of Kant. When we think of our bodies as having a certain shape or organization, defined by such features as the head, the arms and the legs, and so forth, we think of it on the basis of (phenomenal) appearances. The very concept of the body is defined by this way of looking at it, possibly with inner organs, such as the heart, the liver, the brain, and so forth, added on. When, however, we think of the body as constituted by atoms or elementary particles, even if we think of the latter classically (in terms of physics or epistemology), we think of the body as a (material) thing in itself.9
Kant himself proceeds next to an example of the freedom of the human soul, crucial to Kant's analysis in all three Critiques, including in the present context, given the centrality of the question of freedom in aesthetic judgment, as discussed earlier. This example is also significant insofar as it refers to mental, rather than material, things in themselves. Although one might think more readily of things in themselves as material objects (also in Kant's sense of 'noumenal object,' correlative to 'thing in itself'), for Kant the concept equally refers to mental objects and distinguishes them from appearances or phenomena, although in this case both the objects and the phenomena are mental. This view has major implications for our understanding of the nature of thinking, specifically understanding, logical or other, and reason, also in Kant's sense of Vernunft, and then for Freud's and Lacan's understanding of the unconscious as thinking.10 It may be argued that Kant, too, ultimately assigns reason and the processes responsible for our sense of freedom, for example, that of aesthetic judgment, to the unconscious, to the unknowable, if not unthinkable, regions of the mind, even if, to put it in deconstructive terms, without quite saying so or against himself, and against the history of philosophy. For philosophy has always (or just about) associated reason with consciousness and self-consciousness
Nonclassical thinking moves us beyond the limits defined by Kant's conception of things in themselves in the first Critique. The case becomes more complex when we move to the third Critique, especially when our reading reaches the level of textual or linguistic understanding, as explored by de Man. While unknowable, Kant's things in themselves are still thinkable, at least at the logical-conceptual level of analysis. They are, thus, theorized as classical in the present view and may indeed be seen as defining classicality. That is, a classical theoretical account would, at least in principle, determine all of its objects, which may be called classical in turn, as knowable or, on the model of Kant's things in themselves, at least as thinkable. By contrast, the objects of nonclassical theories are configured, at least as the objects of the theory, as irreducibly unthinkable, ultimately even as objects in any conceivable sense, such as things in themselves, or as anything at all. I use the term 'object' as designating that with which a given theory concerns itself and which it may, accordingly, idealize from other entities, and possibly idealize as unknowable or inconceivable. Thus, either Kant's noumenal (things in themselves) or phenomenal objects, such as the human body (which can, again, be conceived of as either), would be 'objects' of a classical theory in the present neutral sense of 'object,' and Kant's definition of either defines them as such, at least up to a point and at a certain level of reading. By contrast, an 'object' of a nonclassical theory, say, "the human body," would be configured as unthinkable within the theory, including as "body" or as anything "human," whether such an object can or cannot be linked to a thinkable or even knowable entity outside the theory, or possibly by a different theory. This type of link would be bracketed by the nonclassical theory in question as well. Is the human body ultimately (this is, again, crucial) knowable or unknowable, thinkable or unthinkable? Do we have a rigorous theory, philosophical or scientific, to do so? These are as-yet unanswered questions, either at the level of the ultimate material constitution of the body (say, as a conglomerate of elementary particles) or at the level of our phenomenal, cum linguistic, understanding of it.
While, then, a classical theory could think or theorize the unknowable, a nonclassical theory may, at least for the purposes of the theory, configure as unknowable or even as unthinkable the entities that could in principle be thinkable or knowable, or could become such in other contexts, by means of other theories, and so forth. If such is the case, the nonclassical theory in question would, in its own context, disregard what can be thought or known about such entities. In other cases, the unknowable or unthinkable character of nonclassical objects may extend beyond the context(s) of the theory where these objects are defined as objects. A stronger claim concerning their inaccessibility would be made upon the entities idealized by the theory as its nonclassical objects, either from within the theory or even beyond it. A nonclassical theory may see its objects, as the objects of that theory, as inaccessible not only by means of this theory but also by other means, possibly by any means, even though it may allow for the existence of entities that, while idealized nonclassically by the theory in question, may be configured classically by other theories. Or it can extend its nonclassical claim by arguing that such entities are equally inaccessible by any rigorous theory.
In other words, a nonclassical theory constructs a particular type of theoretical idealization, in which the ultimate objects of the theory are conceived of or idealized as ultimately inconceivable. This idealization may allow one to infer the existence of something in nature, mind, or culture that is manifest in and is, at least in part, responsible for certain knowable phenomena considered by the theory but that is irreducibly beyond anything we can experience or beyond anything we can possibly conceive of. By the same token, however, such inconceivable entities are seen as the ultimate objects ofthe theory and not as objects of nature, mind, or culture. This view actually leads to a more radical form of nonclassicality. For, whatever exists in nature, mind, or culture as responsible for the knowable phenomena considered by the theory might be beyond even this idealization and may, accordingly, prove to be something else: either something nonclassical-like or something classical-like in character, or something altogether beyond this type of scheme. (As such, it may be subject to alternative theoretical accounts.) A nonclassical theory can, thus, be defined by an epistemological double rupture, which would lead to the most radical form of nonclassicality. The first rupture is that between itself as a theory and its ultimate objects, placed beyond the reach of the theory itself or any possible conception, and, the second, between this scheme and the possible constitution of nature, mind, or culture, which defines the first rupture as a theoretical idealization.
A nonclassical situation usually proceeds from a given theory, which may be demarcated either more or less determinately or more or less loosely. The nonclassical character of the theory is defined by the fact that this theory places certain objects it considers, usually the ultimate objects in question in the theory, beyond the reach of the theory or, at the limit, beyond all knowledge or any possible conception, at least, again, if these objects are considered as the objects of the theory. Such objects, which I shall call nonclassical in turn, are, accordingly, treated by the theory as unthinkable, in the literal sense of un-thinkable, as being beyond the thinking of theory, ultimately including as objects in any conceivable sense, such as, for example, that of things in themselves. It is essential that unthinkable entities are rigorously defined by means of this theory, rather than are merely postulated, and are rigorously correlated with or even derived on the basis of what is thinkable or knowable and indeed known within the field of the theory. As a result, the unthinkable is placed inside and is made, as the unthinkable, a constitutive part of this theory, rather than positioned beyond the purview of or otherwise outside the theory.11 By the same token, the presence of unthinkable objects and the fact that they are unthinkable are essential to what the theory can do in terms of knowledge, explanation, prediction, and so forth. These objects are the constitutive part of the efficacious processes responsible for what (certain effects, events, and so forth) is thinkable and knowable and indeed known by the theory, and from which the existence of the unknowable and the unthinkable involved in the theory is derived or with which it is properly correlated. A nonclassical theory, thus, does not say that one is not concerned with knowing or thinking about the nature of nonclassical objects, but that the theory, in principle, excludes, or, in the radical cases of nonclassical theorizing, precludes the possibility of knowing, saying, or thinking about the nature of such objects. All that the theory can say about such objects is that they exist or, more accurately, as the objects of the theory, relate to something that exists. This "existence" itself, however, is not conceived and may not be conceivable of in any specific form available to the theory or possibly even to our thinking.
By definition, however, nonclassical theories contain classical and indeed strictly knowable strata as well, if one assumes, as I do here, that the existence of nonclassical objects and processes is not merely postulated or imagined, or even thought of, but is rigorously derived by a nonclassical argument. For such a derivation cannot be possible otherwise than on the basis of or at least in relation to something that could be and is known, and yet must also be seen as impacted by what is not and cannot be known or thought of. We know of or configure the existence of nonclassical objects and know (rather than only think) and specifically configure them as unthinkable through their effects upon the knowable, and only through these effects. Accordingly, nonclassical knowledge and thinking could only concern effects produced by nonclassical objects upon other, knowable and hence classical, objects, in contrast to the Kantian situation, as considered above, whereby we aim to think the unknowable things in themselves. In the language of Georges Bataille, who gave the nonclassical efficacious processes one of his most famous names, "un-knowledge [nonsavoir]," "it would be impossible to speak of unknowledge [nonsavoir] [for example, as "unknowledge"] as such, while we can speak of its effects." Reciprocally, however, "it would not be possible to seriously speak of unknowledge independently of its effects" (vol. 8:219).12 Hence, while always unknowable and inconceivable, in each instance these effect-producing processes may indeed be different and unique, singular, as, and reciprocally, each effect produced. The field itself of the unthinkable may be different as well depending upon the theory in which it is established, even though it is, again, always established as a field of the unthinkable. Nonclassical epistemology is the epistemology of knowable effects whose ultimate (but, again, only ultimate) efficacious processes or, one might say, history is or is configured by a given theory as irreducibly, in principle (rather than only in practice), unknowable and, furthermore, as inconceivable, without, however, assuming any mystical agency, divine or human, governing the situation. Accordingly, as understood here, nonclassical theory is essentially materialist. "In principle" is, again, a crucial qualification. For, in most classical cases, too, while it may not be possible to know such efficacious dynamics in practice, it may be possible at least to conceive of it, as a thing in itself, in principle on one model or another. It follows that, nonclassically, these efficacious dynamics cannot be seen as causal, since causality would be merely one of conceivable attributes, which cannot be assigned to the ultimate processes involved in these dynamics any more than any other attribute.
While, then, the existence itself of such processes or, more accurately, of what is idealized accordingly is assumed by a given nonclassical theory, the character of these processes may be inconceivable by the theory or, for the purposes of that theory (or possibly even beyond it) in any terms that are or possibly will ever be available to us. "Existence" and "nonexistence," are, too, among these terms, as are "efficacious" or "process," along with the possibility or impossibility to "conceive" of it, or "possibility" or "impossibility," or "it" and "is," to begin with.13 These terms just listed or any other terms are not merely inadequate but are strictly inapplicable at the ultimate level, thus introducing a radical, irreducible discontinuity into any representation of these processes. The extent of this inapplicability may, again, vary depending on the scope of (the claim of) of a given nonclassical theory.
As will be seen, this discontinuity is epistemologically analogous to that of de Man's allegory and irony (there are further differences between both tropes), which serve de Man in his engagement with nonclassical epistemology, taken by him to, I would argue, just about the furthest reaches of its claim. It is true that de Man often associated allegory (or irony) with discontinuity, also in juxtaposition to the continuity of the symbol. In view of the considerations just given, however, we may more properly think of this relation as neither continuous nor discontinuous, or in terms of any conceivable combination of both concepts, or, again, in any given terms. In this sense, de-Manian discontinuity is more radical "discontinuous" than discontinuity itself, that is, than any form of the discontinuous we can conceive of. De Man's emphasis on the discontinuity of allegory strategically points in this direction, away from the continuity of the symbol or of aesthetic ideology. Both continuity and discontinuity are retained at the level of "effects," and the effects of discontinuity are indeed more crucial to allegory (or irony). It must, however, be seen as an effect of a more complex efficacious machinery, which is itself neither continuous nor discontinuous, nor is, again, accessible by means of the theory developed by de Man or, it appears, according to de Man, any terms or concepts available to us, whether by means of other theories or otherwise. As a bridge to a more textually oriented discussion of nonclassicality in and via de Man's work, I shall, in the next section, introduce a model of the nonclassical epistemological situation by considering collectivities and organizations of nonclassically conceived individual elements or singularities.
3. Organization of Singularities and the Parliament of Taste
As we have seen, according to Kant, "all judgments of taste are singular [einzelne] judgments," at least "in their logical quality" (emphasis added). They are such by virtue of emerging through extraordinarily complex processes, which are not governed by concepts or possibly even by cognition in its usual sense (such as that of kennen, used by Kant in the first Critique, as cited above), but instead by a certain economy of "feeling," a very complex conception in turn. The famous de gustibus non disputantum est is a common-sense reflection of this singularity and uniqueness, and of the complexity of the constitution and emergence of the singular. How each such judgment comes about appears to be too complex to analyze or even to conceive of at the ultimate level of its constitution, at least in practice, but possibly in principle. If the latter is the case, these processes may and perhaps must be theorized nonclassically (again, at the ultimate level of their functioning). Then, how such judgments cohere into a universal consensual field or, in any event, a sufficiently large consensual field, would be at least as enigmatic or mysterious as how each such singular judgment of the beautiful or the sublime could emerge. How could we possibly agree or even negotiate our judgments of taste, and within what limits, given the irreducibly singular and irreducibly random nature of each? Or, how can we, proceeding from a singular judgment, postulate the possibility of such an agreement, which must also, indeed by virtue of the singular character of each judgment, entail the possibility of the rejection of our judgment? In a nonclassical account the enigmatic, but, again, not mystical, nature of these processes at the ultimate level of its operation would be taken as a given, at least as concerns the purview of the theory. A nonclassical account would take for granted the impossibility of theorizing the ultimate nature of such processes, in both cases, that of the history of each individual judgment and that of a collective coherence of such judgments. It would proceed instead to an analysis of effects and, through such effects, implications of these processes, possibly leaving a more complete (by classical criteria) account to a future theory.
Collectivities of nonclassical singularities are, by definition, assemblages of singular elements such that the emergence or history of each is nonclassical, is subject to a nonclassical theory and epistemology. Under certain circumstances (such as those of the beautiful and the sublime in Kant), however, although not always (for example, not in the case of aesthetic judgments other than those of the beautiful or the sublime), some among such assemblages may allow for organized or cohering relations between their individual elements. Such circumstances may be rare. It is enough, however, that they occur sometimes, and that they do is remarkable, given that each such judgment is singular in its logical quality, that is, each follows its own logic, which, however, allows one to take the nonclassical view of the situation and use it as a nonclassical model in any given domain. Such situations disallow us to establish or possibly even conceive of the ultimate nature of the emergence of these (organized) relations, just as they do already in the case of the emergence of each individual element involved, whether, again, these belong to organized collectivities or not. Singularity may be defined by the property of manifest lawlessness of an object or an event in relation to a given law, or to law in general. Here this definition applies more specifically when this property arises in a single or point-like fashion—physical, as in the case of black holes, although the latter may have (inaccessible) inner structure; mathematical (a "singular" point of a function, or a "singular" solution of an equation); phenomenal; historical; and so forth.14 Nonclassically, then, the history of each individual judgment concerning the beautiful or the sublime would be singular and, in relation to this context, random (it may be causal in the context of this individual history), even though collectively they may cohere together into a certain pattern or be (nearly) identical to each other. These circumstances would always pertain to the case of the beautiful or the sublime, but not necessarily otherwise, in which cases we have random, rather than organized, collectivities, while the nature or history of the individual elements involved is equally nonclassical in both types of collective situations. This is why that two types of collectivities, random and organized, may result is essential to the model in question.
It follows that when organization, order, or law apply in organized collectivities comprised by singularities, they apply only at the level of the effects, to the collectivities of effects, involved but not to the ultimate efficacious dynamics responsible for these effects. One could hardly be surprised to encounter random collectivities, whether governed by usual statistical laws (which are quite different from the regularities we encounter in nonclassical cases) or not. By contrast, that the irreducible randomness of individual events may cohere into an order is enigmatic or else paradoxical. One avoids the paradox, although not the enigma, by theorizing the situation in terms of nonclassical epistemology: we do not and cannot possibly know or possibly even conceive of how this is possible. On the other hand, in accordance with the nonclassical view, neither the singular and/as lawless nor, by the same token, nonclassical efficacious processes that produce them as effects (along with ordered collectivities that these singular effects comprise) is seen as something that is excluded from a given domain or a system governed by a singularized collectivity. Neither is seen as an outside or an absolute other of the system, but, joined together, as the constitutive, essential part of it and as fundamentally responsible for its constitution. In conformity with nonclassical theory, we now deal only with certain effects and certain particular configurations of effects, without addressing their (in this context noncausal) histories, which, however, allows us to theoretically handle ordered organizations of singularities. It is worth stressing that it is not merely the question of the impossibility of applying organization or law to the history of certain exceptional individual entities (elements, cases, events, effects and so forth) within a given multiplicity. The history of every individual entity that belongs to an organized collectivity of singularities is not subject to the organization and law involved, or to organization and law in general.15
In some cases, each such (in its emergence) random individual entity may possess a rich structure of its own, possibly in turn governed by a nonclassical organization of singularities, as would indeed be the case in any individual judgment of the beautiful or the sublime. That "inner" structure may, furthermore, become involved in the set-up of the relationships between the individual and the collective, as is, again, the case in assessing each individual judgment of the beautiful or the sublime. The ensuing renegotiation can in turn lead to a reorganization of a given collective negotiation of such judgments, and lead to a new singularized collectivity or make one reconfigure a classical collectivity nonclassically (or, in certain cases, a nonclassical one classically). Leibniz might have spoken of monads here, which may be seen as minimal or atomic (in the original Greek sense of not divisible any further) as thinking entities, even though at least their bodies, if not their souls, may be seen as composite. The essence of monads as thinking elements or atoms in Leibniz remains crucial, however, and is especially pertinent in the present context. The concept of nonclassical organization of singularities may be seen as a critical, post-Kantian, response to or as a nonclassical rereading of Leibniz's monadology, which makes it, if one is permitted so monstrous a term, into "singularology." In contrast to Leibniz's scheme, while the nonclassical efficacious dynamics responsible for collectivities of singularities may produce effects of both types, collectively organized and individually lawless, these dynamics are, by definition, not thought and possibly cannot be thought of in terms of a single underlying governing "wholeness," in relation to which Leibniz places his monads. Nonclassical efficacious dynamics cannot be seen either as single in governing all of its effects or as multiple in the sense of allowing one to assign a specific separate efficacious dynamic to each individual effect. They must, however, be seen as irreducibly multiple in the sense that the efficacious processes involved that give rise to each individual effect are each time different. In other words, as I have indicated, the efficacious dynamics of any given effect is each time as unique, singular as, and reciprocally with, the effect it generates, and yet is, each time, also ultimately inconceivable.
From the nonclassical viewpoint, then, one may offer the following understanding, possibly more radical than Kant aimed at, of Kant's argument that "in their logical quality all judgments of taste are singular [einzelne] judgments," while, at the same time, allowing for a possibility of the universality or at least sufficiently large consensus concerning the beautiful or the sublime. One can establish partial and intermediate links between such judgments and even must do so in order for them to work, even as singular judgments, but especially in the case of the consensus demanded by the beautiful and the sublime, in the cases of which Kant traces experiential (phenomenological, psychological, or social) commonalities that help the consensus. There may, however, be no possibility to theorize either the ultimate efficacious dynamics or/as history of each or, in spite of the commonalities just alluded to, quite their correlations as leading to the beautiful or the sublime. Nonclassical theory would replace "there may be no possibility" with "there is no possibility," at least from within the nonclassical framework that one could apply. On this view, the events in question are irreducibly random, or, given the ascertainable commonalities between them, each involves irreducibly random elements, which elements (rather than only the commonalities) are, nevertheless, also part of the correlations between aesthetic judgments of the beautiful or the sublime. The ultimate character of this organization of, in their separate histories, random events may be bound to be beyond our grasp.
Accordingly, the primary difference between the classical and the nonclassical view of the situation would be as follows. A classical theory of a consensus shaped by and shaping aesthetic judgments, such as those of the beautiful and the sublime, would view the emergence of this consensus in terms of the phenomenological, psychological, or cultural experiential commonalities of its judgment involved. That any aesthetic judgment offering itself to a consensus, for example, as that concerning the beautiful or the sublime must be accepted freely and, hence, could be rejected just as freely, would be handled as follows. This "freedom" would be seen as determined by the phenomenological, psychological, or cultural experiential commonalities, more or less innate and more or less developed (or even enforced through ideological apparatuses of one kind or another), that is, by a certain underlying necessity. This freedom could then be analytically approached classically, even if in terms of unknowable but thinkable things in themselves, which, or the question of freedom in general, is the main subject of Kant's epistemology in the sphere of the human mind. These aspects of the situation are significant and must be taken into account by a nonclassical view of this situation as well, either as part of a nonclassical account (which inevitably involves classical strata) or by way of complementing it with a classical account. Nevertheless, a nonclassical account would see the emergence of this "consensus" as due most essentially to the inscrutable correlations of singular, random judgments, even if the latter are seen in this way only provisionally, due to the complexity of the history and the constitution of each such judgment.16 Even this would be enough to change the shape of the theory. As de Man's work suggests, however, in aesthetics and elsewhere, stronger forms of nonclassicality may be possible or become necessary.
4. Allegory and Nonclassicality in de Man
De Man's concepts of allegory and irony, and the theoretical models developed by de Man with the help of these and related conceptions may be argued to conform to the nonclassical paradigm in, I would argue, its stronger version. For the claim of nonclassical inaccessibility of the ultimate objects in question in theoretical models developed by de Man appears to extend beyond the inaccessibility by the means of these models and to place absolute limits upon the power of our knowledge and thought, or language, since the question of language plays an essential role in de Man's work. This epistemology was initially developed by de Man, as in "The Rhetoric of Temporality," primarily in the context of literary history by exploring the relationships between more nonclassically oriented allegory and irony, on the one hand, and the more classically oriented symbol, on the other. Even in this earlier work, however, but especially in his later work, this problematic extends well beyond this literary context, important as it remains throughout, while allegory becomes arguably the dominant rubric under which de Man's argumentation is developed. His formulation in "Pascal's Allegory of Persuasion" captures the nonclassical epistemology of allegory in its radical form: "the difficulty of allegory is rather that this emphatic clarity of representation does not stand in the service of something that can be represented" (AI 51). De Man does not say that this something cannot be represented by means of a given allegory; nor does his argument in the article suggest this more limited claim. Instead, he appears to refer to that which is unrepresentable by any means, at least from the viewpoint of the theory, which, as we have seen, may be an epistemologically stronger claim, making the unrepresentable in question unrepresentable even as unrepresentable, unknowable even as unknowable, unthinkable even as unthinkable, and so forth. Accordingly, one might say that the emphatic clarity of representation in allegory stands in the service of something that, while it enables allegory itself and its emphatic clarity, cannot be represented by any means.
It is hardly surprising, in view of the preceding analysis, that the question of singularity and of assemblages of singularities becomes significant in de Man's analysis and especially in his reading of Kant (AI 120). This reading proceeds in part in conjunction with his readings of Kleist, juxtaposed to Schiller and his (mis)reading of Kant, and, perhaps more unexpectedly but logically, Shelley, and de Man, importantly, speaks of the "models" that he has "been developing on the basis of texts," and, one might add, a certain type of texts (AI 132).
Nor it is surprising that the question of history acquires a special significance at this juncture in de Man's work. De Man defines 'history' in terms of allegorical discontinuity in juxtaposition to 'temporality,' at least if the latter is seen, as it is by de Man, in terms of continuity and, hence, classically in the present sense. The discussion, and the very concept, of allegory in "Pascal's Allegory of Persuasion" is linked to this question, via the question of narrative and irony. As de Man says there: "The (ironic) pseudoknowledge of this impossibility, which pretends to order sequentially, in a narrative, what is actually the destruction of all sequence, is what we call allegory" (AI 69). This is a subtle way to look at the situation. This statement implies that allegory in de Man's sense also involves a production of a certain, perhaps pretended, classical configuration, superimposed on a nonclassical assemblage of events (either random or organized nonclassically), which cannot itself be rigorously read classically, except by way of a misprision, blindness, or pretence. The nature of this misprision, blindness, or pretence in relation to the nonclassical dynamics in question must be analyzed, in de Man specifically via the texts, such as Kleist's or Shelley's, which, in de Man's words, "analytically thematize" various aspects, classical and nonclassical, of allegory (RR 122). History in de Man's sense may be seen in terms of nonclassically singular events, as considered here, whereby we are irreducibly and, as de Man stresses, irreversibly deprived of any possibility of conceiving of how these events could be linked and, it follows, theorized as continuous with the ultimate processes responsible for their emergence. Collectively, such events may exhibit certain organizations, either sequentially or in parallel. But this organization, too, is nonclassical and, as such, disallows the possibility of establishing how the (nonclassical) correlations between such events came about. Hence, "the [ultimate] destruction of all sequence," whereby we can, with "(ironic) pseudoknowledge," at most only "pretend" to order this dynamics and this emergence "sequentially, in a narrative." By the same token, while history itself is thus seen in terms of such events, as effects, each of which "has the materiality of something that actually happens, that actually occurs," the nonclassical processes themselves responsible for these events cannot be seen in terms of history any more than in any other terms (AI 132).
De Man describes this view of history most explicitly in "Kant and Schiller." He addresses, first, the irreversibility of the passage from cognitive or tropological to performative, and then invokes a trap into which he had fallen in approaching this concept of history. He says: "When I was asked the other day whether I thought of history as a priori in any sense, I had to say yes to that. Then, not knowing quite into which trap I'd fallen, or what or whether I had fallen into a trap or what's still behind it" (AI 133). "Trap" and "fall" are persistent tropes in de Man's approaches to this problematic. He explains his concept of history itself as follows:
History, the sense of the notion of history as the historicity a priori of this type of textual model which I have been suggesting here, there history is not thought of as a progression or a regression, but thought of as an event, as an occurrence. There is history from the moment that words such as "power" and "battle" and so on emerge on the scene. At that moment things happen, there is occurrence, there is event. History is therefore not a temporal notion, it has nothing to do with temporality, but it is the emergence of the language of power out of a language of cognition. An emergence which is, however, not itself either dialectical movement or any kind of continuum that would be accessible to a cognition, however much it may be conceived of, as would be the case in a Hegelian dialectic, as a negation. (AI 133)
It follows that the ultimate processes responsible for "events" are radically nonclassical: they are inaccessible, first, by means and in terms of de Man's model in question and, second, beyond this model, in terms of any available or conceivable terms, including in terms of negation of terms, concepts, and predicates. As such they would be inaccessible even as inaccessible, unrepresentable as unrepresentable, unknowable as unknowable, inconceivable as inconceivable, and so forth. Accordingly, the separation in question allows for "no mediation whatsoever," dialectical or other, as de Man further explains in the context of the historical relationships between the performative and the cognitive or the tropological, to which he applies his historical model, including as the model of irreversibility, as considered earlier. "The performative," de Man says, "is not a negation of the tropological. Between the tropological and the performative there is a separation which allows for no mediation whatsoever. But there is single-directed movement that goes from the one to the other and which is not susceptible of being represented as a [continuous or causal] temporal process. That is historical and it doesn't allow for any reinscription of history into any kind of cognition" (AI 133-34).17
The material and cognitive irreversibility of this dynamics is an essential aspect of the situation. The material irreversibility is due to the fact that nonclassical processes are, by definition, irreducibly irreversible in relation to the individual events they produce as their effects, or the nonclassical correlations between such events. In "Kant and Schiller," de Man speaks of "[the] problem of the question of irreversibility, of the reversibility in the type of [nonclassical] models which I have been developing on the basis of texts. And this is linked to the question of reversibility, linked to the question of historicity" (AI 132). It is true of course that history conceived on a classical model is also irreversible in actual sequences of events or occurrences that one considers. The nonclassical irreversibility is more radical epistemologically or cognitively by virtue of the nonclassical nature of the processes responsible for the events in de Man's sense. For, while such processes are responsible for the events in question, they also, in principle, disallow one to trace back—cognitively, rather than only actually, "reverse"—a causal or continuous historical trajectory leading to these events or even to presuppose the existence of such a trajectory, in the way it would be done in classical historical or temporal models. The (nonclassical) models of such situations are, de Man argues, performative, rather than cognitive (AI 132-133). As a result, the question of historical repetition of such events takes the new dimensions as well (AI 133-34). In other words, classically, while we cannot reverse history materially, we can, at least in principle, follow its trajectory back in order to arrange the events in question "sequentially, in a narrative." Nonclassically, this is impossible, and it is this impossibility that leads to irreversible (a)cognition or allegory as "the (ironic) pseudoknowledge of this impossibility," even though the historical events may, in spite of their individual singularity, collectively exhibit certain organizations, sequential or parallel. This organization, however, is nonclassical and, as such, allows for no possibility to represent or even to conceive of, especially in continuous or causal terms (causality is itself a form of conceptual continuity), the processes responsible for this organization, and hence no classical wholeness behind it either. As other nonclassical models, these, too, necessarily involve classical elements or models at the level of effects, in accordance with the analysis given earlier.
This historical model is applied by de Man to the very history of reception of the third Critique and reading (or not reading) Kant from Schiller on, specifically as the history of aesthetic ideology (AI 133-34). These applications carry certain inflections concerning the functioning (cognitive, discursive, cultural, or political) of the notion and practice of historicity and history. Similar moves and inflections are found in de Man's reading of, among others, Rousseau, Kleist and Shelley, where the history of Romanticism is also at stake. These texts are, then, read by de Man as allegories of the processes in question. The model itself is, however, very general in nature. Indeed, it may be applied to temporality (which is given a more continuous meaning at the particular juncture in question) and the rhetoric of temporality as well, as has been done by de Man himself from "The Rhetoric of Temporality" on, or aesthetics and politics, along the lines considered earlier. At the ultimate level, any event is either itself unique and singular in the nonclassical sense or, however ordinary or un-eventful it is or appears to be, is decomposable into the sum of such nonclassical events, whether nonclassically organized or not.18 In this case (the relationships between the classical and the nonclassical may take other forms), any classical organization or a classical view of each event could only be superimposed upon, and is itself an effect, of the nonclassical dynamics governing the situation.
De Man makes his arguably strongest epistemological claim in the famous elaboration closing "Shelley Disfigured." He says: "The Triumph of Life warns us that, nothing, whether deed, word, thought or text, ever happens in relation, positive or negative, to anything that preceded, follows, or exists elsewhere, but only as a random event whose power, like the power of death, is due to the randomness of its occurrence" (RR 122; emphasis added). In the present terms, we may speak of the radical, irreducible singularity and discontinuity of random events, into which any given event or historical trajectory would always ultimately decompose itself, just as, to use a fitting image here, any human body will ultimately do, at least after "death." This decomposition or this death, however, begins much earlier as well, although the effects of death to which we give a particular sense in the context of what we call human existence are of course significant, including as providing a model for other conceptions of death. Life is always death, but death is not always life. As it makes allegory irreducible in any representation, phenomenalization, knowledge, and so forth, death or life-death becomes a model for or, better, an allegory, and perhaps the allegory, of the ultimate structure of every event of life. Given de Man's "definition" of allegory in his essay on Pascal, cited earlier, it would, as elsewhere in nonclassical theory, be difficult to speak of the underlying efficacious dynamics of such random events as itself random, any more than causal, or any more discontinuous than continuous, or, again, in any given or even conceivable terms. At the same time, this view leaves the space to the corresponding effects—such as (these are often parallel) those of randomness and causality or those of discontinuity and continuity, or any other we may or must need, in a way nearly all terms classical theories of the situations in question would use.
Such literary texts as those of Kleist, Keats, or Shelley, or such philosophical texts as those of Kant and Hegel, offer us new—nonclassical—models of singular events or hence of un-patterning, unordering, and unlawfulness, and new ways in which these relate to patterns, order, and law. But are order, organization, or coherence actually possible, given de Man's view of history, literary or other, as just outlined, or, returning to the Kantian situation considered above, in politics? Are they possible in the world, which The Triumph of Life analytically thematizes and in which we must live and die, where ultimately, "nothing [and not only certain things], whether deed, word, thought or text, ever [and not only sometimes] happens in relation, positive or negative, to anything that preceded, follows, or exists elsewhere, but only as a random event whose power, like the power of death, is due to the randomness of its occurrence"? Yes, but with a price, the price that one always pays in the epistemological economy of gains and losses of nonclassical theory. De Man does not close "Shelley Disfigured" with the randomness of death as the final warning of Shelley's poem. Instead, he adds:
[The poem] also warns us why and how these events [and at bottom the ultimate events constitutive of any event] then have to be reintegrated in a historical and aesthetic system of recuperation that repeats itself regardless of the exposure of its fallacy. This process differs entirely from the recuperative and nihilistic allegories of historicism [or aestheticism]. If it is true and unavoidable that any reading is a monumentalization of sorts, the way in which Rousseau is read and disfigured in The Triumph of Life puts Shelley among the few readers who "guessed whose statue those fragments had composed." Reading as disfiguration, to the very extent that it resists historicism [or aestheticism] turns out to be historically more reliable than the products of historical archeology [or aesthetic ideology]. To monumentalize this observation into a method of reading would be to regress from the rigor exhibited by Shelley which is exemplary because it refuses to be generalized into a system. (RR 122-23; emphasis added)
In accordance with de Man's view of history in "Kant and Schiller," considered earlier, there is a complex stratification, with interactive classical and nonclassical strata, to the historical or, interactively, aesthetico-ideological processes in question. As in de Man's reading of Kant, this multi-component and multi-level machinery is also applied to the history of reading Shelley's poem itself or, via Shelley, Romanticism. All of these are "analytically thematized" by Shelley's poem, which as a reading of (the figure of) Rousseau, among others, and the history of literature and culture, is already a history of Romanticism and reading Romanticism, a nonclassical history and, as such, is more reliable than its classical alternatives. Shelley's reading of Rousseau, especially cum de Man's reading of Shelley (or of Rousseau elsewhere in his work), thus, also transforms into a nonclassical register our understanding of biography as well, or how biography and history are related nonclassically, conjunctively or disjunctively.19 First, then, there is a nonclassical history of singular, random events, "whose power, like the power of death, is due to the randomness of its occurrence." Second, there is, under certain circumstances, a still nonclassical history of organizations of such singular events, or organization of singularities, including a historical organization of them as events. Finally, there is a history, in turn nonclassical, of "reintegrating in a historical and aesthetic system of recuperation that repeats itself regardless of the exposure of its fallacy," in a process that "differs entirely from the recuperative and nihilistic allegories of historicism." In other words, this history is also a (nonclassical) history of the nonclassical processes that give rise to classical forms of historicism as one of its effects. These effects (or other classical elements nonclassical approaches involve) sometimes lead to an ideologizing misreading of the analysis or enactment of these processes in such texts as those of Kant, Hegel, Kleist, and Shelley. It is, then, by this multileveled nonclassical process that a more reliable history, including (as is clear from the passage) in its classical sense may be achieved, and is achieved by Shelley's poem. In other words, by rigorously putting the irreducible "loss" in historical accessibility, representation, knowledge, or conception into play both a greater richness of historical representation, knowledge, or conception and a greater reliability of a "guess" become possible as well. One can of course only speak of "loss" here if one applies a classical concept of representation. For, we also gain in terms of knowledge that now becomes possible and was not possible classically. But then, as de Man's last sentence suggests, each nonclassical reading may itself be unique, singular. The lessons of such texts or of their grouping together are complicated accordingly.
The allegory of the human body in the form of the fragmented statue, introduced at the outset in de Man's epigraph (courtesy of Thomas Hardy) is, again, a decisive vehicle of de Man's analysis (RR 93). The essay also alludes to the body of Romanticism, conjoined with many a dead body found in key Romantic texts, and with the disfigured dead body of Shelley himself (RR 121). I would like, in closing, to link the preceding discussion, via the question of the body, to the question of "linguistic understanding" of Kant's argument on the sublime according to de Man. This understanding brings Kant's third Critique even closer to nonclassical epistemology, at least at the textual level, if not in terms of its logical argumentation (to the degree that we separate these). This, epistemologically more radical, reach of Kant's text is suggested by de Man's reading of Kant's architectonics, via the question of the body, toward the end of "Phenomenality and Materiality in Kant."
We must, de Man says, consider "our limbs," formally, "in themselves, severed from the organic unity of the body." "We must, in other words, disarticulate, mutilate the body" and hence enact "the material disarticulation not only of nature but of the body, … [which] moment marks the undoing of the aesthetic as a valid category" (AI 88-89; emphasis added). Any arrangement of such parts, phenomenological, conceptual, or linguistic is ultimately a form of allegory and is subject to its nonclassical epistemology (with inevitable and indispensable classical effects), just as is the body of a given text, history, or aesthetic field, as discussed above in the context of "Shelley Disfigured." Some of these effects can serve to construct partial and ultimately inadequate (classical) "allegories" of the materiality of the "body" in question, both that of the manifest effects or of the irreducibly inconceivable efficacious processes responsible for these effects. The initial (wherever we begin) "parts" or "limbs" are already such allegories, derived from the classical view, and hence as supplementary as the body itself. Accordingly, a more radical disarticulation and disfiguration (in either sense) of the (un)body is at stake, even at the level of manifest effects. The efficacious processes behind these effects is, again, inaccessible in any way, no more by means of disarticulation, however radical, than by means of articulation. With respect to these processes, the dismemberment and disarticulation in question (at the level of the effects) itself reflects only this inaccessibility, not the character of the processes themselves. This disarticulating dismemberment of the body will be linked to the linguistic understanding of materiality and specifically to the disarticulation of tropes, as indeed the term (figure? trope?) "disarticulation" suggests. De Man's reading of both Kant and Kleist, or, as we have seen, of Shelley, puts this machinery of disarticulation to work. In "Aesthetic Formalization: Kleist's Über das Marionettentheater," de Man, again, proceeds from Schiller:
I know of no better image of a beautiful society than a well executed English dance, composed of many complicated figures and turns. A spectator located on the balcony observes an infinite variety of criss-crossing motions which keep decisively but arbitrarily changing directions without ever colliding with each other. Everything has been arranged in such a manner that each dancer has already vacated his position by the time the other arrives. Everything fits so skillfully, yet so spontaneously, that everyone seems to be following his own lead, without ever getting in anyone's way. Such a dance is the perfect symbol of one's own individually asserted freedom as well as of one's respect for freedom of the other. (RR 263; emphasis added)20
This is, in present terms, a classical description, and as is such also a classical philosophical concept of political community. Gasché sees de Man's argumentation as a possible, or possibly impossible, alternative to this type of view. According to Gasché, "… the legacy of [de Man's] endeavors consists in attempting to think a notion of community that would not represent a higher whole of relations, whose public stature would not be grounded in a universal form of mediation, and that would escape altogether the dialectic of universality and individuality. It is a formidable task, undoubtedly, at the limit of the possible perhaps, but therefore an assignment for thinking … " (113; Gasché's ellipsis; emphasis added). I would argue that, if this task is to be approached, one way of proceeding is to relate the individual, as unique and singular, and the collective ("community") along the lines of the analysis offered here, and I would also argue that de Man travels rather further on this road than Gasché appears to suggest. The resulting conception is, by definition, non-dialectical, since it is not grounded in the synthesis in which the parts and the whole are harmonized after dialectically negating each other. But, as the preceding analysis suggests, it is more radical and complex than only this.
De Man juxtaposes both Kant and Kleist, especially Kleist's nonclassical allegories (as against Schiller's "symbol" and the classical aesthetical-political ideology it entails) to Schiller's vision, and to Schiller's reading of Kant, along the aesthetic, epistemological, and political lines of singularity and nonclassicality. After a complex analysis, which has to be omitted here, de Man arrives at a dance that is very different from the "strictly-ballroom" dance of Schiller:
We have traveled some way from the original Schiller quotation to the mechanical dance, which is also a dance of death and mutilation. The violence which existed as a latent background in the story of the ephebe and of the bear now moves into full sight. One must already have felt some resistance to the unproblematic reintegration of the puppet's limbs and articulations, suspended in dead passivity, into the continuity of the dance: "all its members (are) what they should be, dead, mere pendula, and they follow the law of pure gravity." (RR 288)
The invocation of Newton's law of gravity, the paradigmatic classical physical law, is of much interest and significance here. Both the question of the classical laws of physics and, hence, the formalization of nature, are at stake. A more Newtonian Kant, against himself, makes Kleist and (it is easier after Einstein) de Man think beyond Newton, who is about to appear next. I shall return to the question of falling, physically defining gravity.21 De Man writes next:
The passage is all the harder to assimilate since it has been preceded by the briskly told story of an English technician able to build such perfect mechanical legs that a mutilated man will be able to dance with them in Schiller-like perfection. "The circle of his motion may be restricted, but as for those available to them, he accomplishes them with an ease, elegance and gracefulness which fills any thinking mind with amazement." One is reminded of the protests of the eyeless philosopher Saunderson in Diderot's Lettre sur les aveugles when, to the deistic optimism of the Reverend Holmes, disciple of Newton, Leibniz and Clark, he opposes the sheer monstrosity of his own being, made all the more intolerable by the mathematical perfection of his highly formalized intellect: "Look at me well, Mr. Holmes, I have no eyes. ... The order (of the universe) is not so perfect that it does not allow, from time to time, for the production of monsters." The dancing invalid of Kleist's story is one more victim in a long series of mutilated bodies that attend on the progress of enlightened self-knowledge, a series that includes Wordsworth's mute country-dwellers and blind city-beggars. The point is not that the dance fails and that Schiller's idyllic description of a graceful but confined freedom is aberrant. Aesthetic education by no means fails; it succeeds all too well, to the point of hiding the violence that makes it possible. (RR 288-89)
At stake, then, is the possibility of organization, aesthetic or other, under the condition of the radical singularity and deformity—monstrosity—that are manifest, materially and phenomenally, as effects. De Man further explores the economy of "the mutilated body" in his analysis of the Kantian architectonics in "Kant's Materialism" and "Phenomenality and Materiality in Kant." In a parallel gesture to his essay on Kleist (cited by him), de Man invokes Diderot's Lettre sur les sourds and les muetes in considering the allegorization of the faculties of reason and imagination in terms of both the anthropomorphized dramatic conflict and the sacrificially mutilated body. Then, he proceeds to a reading of Kant's architectonics and its self-de-architectonization in terms of a mutilated body. He writes:
After lingering briefly over the aesthetic vision of the heaven and the seas, Kant turns for a moment to the human body: "The like is to be said of the beautiful and sublime [found] in the human body. We must not regard as determining grounds for our judgment the concept of the purposes which all our limbs serve [wozu alle seine Gliedmassen da sind] and we must not allow this unity of purpose to influence our aesthetic judgment (for it would not longer be pure)… " … We must, in short, consider our limbs, hands, toes, breasts, or what Montaigne so cheerfully referred to as "Monsieur ma partie," in themselves, severed from the organic unity of the body [or rather of our perception of this unity]. … We must, in other words, disarticulate, mutilate the body in a way that is much closer to Kleist than Winckelman, though close enough to the violent end that happened to befall both of them. (AI 88)
It may be argued that de Man is here moving beyond Kant in the radical degree of disarticulation that he proposes, insofar as Kant suspends only "the unity of purpose," while de Man severs the parts from any organic unity. Indeed, a still more radical linguistic and conceptual disarticulation of such "parts" (as body parts) is at stake. De Man continues:
… From the phenomenality of the aesthetic (which is always based on an inadequacy of the mind to its physical object, based on what is referred to, in the definition of the sublime, as the concrete representation of ideas—Darstellung der Ideen) we have moved to the pure materiality of Augenschein, of aesthetic vision. From the organic, still asserted as architectonic principle of the Critique of Pure Reason, to the phenomenological, the rational cognition of incarnate ideas, which the best part of the Kant interpretation in the nineteenth and twentieth century will single out, we have reached, in the final analysis, a materialism that, in the tradition of the reception of the third Critique, is seldom or never perceived. To appreciate the full impact of this conclusion one must remember that the entire project of the third Critique, the full investment in the aesthetic, was to achieve the articulation that would guarantee the architectonic unity of the system. If the architectonic then appears, very near the end of the analytics of the aesthetic, at the conclusion of the section on the sublime, as the material disarticulation not only of nature but of the body, then this moment marks the undoing of the aesthetic as a valid category. The critical power of a transcendental philosophy undoes the very project of such a philosophy leaving us, certainly not with an ideology—for transcendental and ideological (metaphysical) principles are part of the same system—but with a materialism that Kant's posterity has not yet began to face up to. This happens not out of lack of philosophical energy or rational power, but as a result of the very strength and consistency of this power. (AI 88-89)
"The pure materiality" inherent in this "aesthetic vision," by the time it reaches this stage, would entail a radical dislocation of any possible representation at the level of the efficacious dynamics of the effects or material (or mental) marks phenomenalized by this vision, let alone any organic, systemic, symbolic, or other unity. This (nonclassical) epistemology and aesthetics or anti-aesthetics are, again, applied by de Man to the text of Kleist's essay itself, as well as to Kant's third Critique, which unexpectedly, but more logically than paradoxically, brought together. Kant's text, too, is now seen in terms of radical textual materiality, structured through "a dismemberment of language." De Man argues that "to the dismemberment of the body corresponds a dismemberment of language, as meaning-producing tropes are replaced by the fragmentation of sentences and propositions into discrete words, or the fragmentation of words into syllables or finally letters" (AI 89; emphasis added).
One, thus, encounters the workings of radical materiality in de Man's sense in the textual working of Kant, or still more radically or at least more deliberately in Kleist and Shelley. This materiality, I argue, corresponds to the nonclassical efficacious dynamics of the effects in question, and the accompanying singularities, constituting and disfiguring in constituting, constituting in disfiguring—both in the body (either as the human body or whenever the signifier applies) and in the text. It would, however, be a mistake to see them as merely mirroring or mapping each other (although this happens, too, sometimes), as de Man's usage of "corresponds" here might suggest, but should not.22 Instead, the following situation obtains. As one approaches the world by way of a text or a (body of the) text by way of reading, one encounters the dismemberment or, we may say, "decoherence" of language—the irreducible and uncontrollable divergence of the meaning of figures, tropes, signifiers, and so forth, of whatever carries meaning. This decoherence, however, signals the irreducible inaccessibility of the efficacious processes that give rise to the body or the text through certain nonclassical configurations of material or phenomenal effects. Accordingly, the (nonclassically) dismembered, decohered language or representation (i.e., the configuration of the corresponding phenomenal effects) does not map or otherwise represent them any more than (classically) "coherent" language and representations do, or a reading represents a text. However, decoherent representations or allegories appear to be better suited to relate to the world and life, and whatever bodies one finds there, or to read the kind of texts in question here.
In de Man, this model is developed "on the basis of [reading] texts," in other words, on the basis of (an enactment of) a decoherence of figures and tropes, or of all language, in a nonclassical text, such as Kleist's, or Shelley's, or Kant's, if in the latter case, against other forces, conceptual or textual.23 This decoherence defines the functioning of virtually all figures and tropes in these texts. They give the materiality of the signifiers a formal structure we encounter in nonclassical theory. Or rather the materiality of the signifier in de Man's sense is this structure, which then requires a very different form of formalization able to handle the organization of singularities, each of which is random if considered in terms of the history of its emergence. De Man writes:
[W]hen, by the end of the tale, the word Fall has been overdetermined in a manner that stretches it from the theological to the dead pendulum of the puppet's limbs to the grammatical declension of nouns and pronouns (what we call, in English, the grammatical case), then any composite word that includes Fall (Beifall, Sündenfall, Rückfall or Einfall) acquires a disjunctive plurality of meaning.
C's story of the puppets, for instance, is said to be more than a random improvisation: "die Äeusserung schien mir durch die Art, wie er sie vorbrachte, mehr als ein blosser Einfall." As we know from another narrative text of Kleist ["Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden"], the memorable tropes that have most success (Beifall) occur as mere random improvisation (Einfall) at the moment when the author has completely relinquished any control over his meaning and has relapsed (Zurückfall) into the extreme formalization [emphasis added], the mechanical predictability of grammatical declension (Fälle).
But Fälle, of course, also means in German "trap," the trap which is the ultimate textual model of this and of all texts, the trap of an aesthetic education which inevitably confuses dismemberment of language by the power of the letter with the gracefulness of dance. This dance, regardless of whether it occurs as mirror, as imitation, as history, as the fencing match of interpretation, or in the anamorphic transformations of tropes, in the ultimate trap, as unavoidable as it is deadly. (RR 289-90)
In introducing "the dismemberment of the body" in "Phenomenality and Materiality in Kant," de Man speaks of the word Glieder in Kant as "meaning members in all the senses of the word, as well as, in the compound Gliedermann, the puppet of Kleist's Marionettentheater" (AI 88). "Fall" is a decisive figure and concept in Kleist, including in defining any stability, formal—linguistic or mathematical—or physical, for example, monumental. It is curious, however, that, perhaps focusing on "The Analytics of the Sublime," de Man missed the Fall-sequence at the outset and setting up, at least at the level of linguistics understanding, of "The Analytics of the Beautiful" and thus the very concept of judgment. The initial sections, in particular, section 5, with which I began here, of the third Critique contain virtually all of these signifiers and hence entail the critical epistemology in question, although one might need Kleist and his reading of Kant (all Kleist's works are readings of Kant) to see it.
On this point, one would need to undertake yet another "Romantic" rereading of Milton's attempt "to justify the ways of God to man" in Paradise Lost, which brings together, now in English, the Fall and judgment, or justice, and the modern post-Copernican world, defined by the incessant fall of planets toward the Sun. It would not be possible to address the subject here or consider the relevant physics, for example, the way gravity bends even light itself, which would bring all these figures and texts together in yet another way. These connections must be relevant to de Man's reading, even if only because from Newton, who is uncircumventable in Kant, to Einstein and beyond they changed our sense of fall or (they are ultimately the same) the world, via Kant, the creator of the first modern cosmology. One would need to reassess the passages on stars and heaven in Kant's "Analytics of the Sublime," which de Man considers in his essays. I shall only comment on the passage on, as it may be called, the galactical colossal, which refers to Kant's cosmology.24 Kant writes:
Nature offers examples of the mathematically sublime, in mere intuition, whenever our imagination is given, not so much a larger numerical concept, as a large unity for a measure (to shorten the numerical series). A tree that we estimate by a man's height will do as a standard for [estimating the height of] a mountain. If the mountain were to be about a mile high, it can serve as the unity for the number that expresses the earth's diameter, and so makes this diameter intuitable. The earth's diameter can serve similarly for estimating the Milky Way system. And the immense multitude of such Milky Way systems, called nebulous stars, which presumably form another such system among themselves, do not lead us to expect any boundaries there. (CJ 113)
While it may be imagined as the mathematically sublime in nature, this picture is not very likely to correspond to the universe on our present knowledge of it, even though Kant deserves much credit for guessing, arguably for the first time ever, that the Milky Way is merely one of many galaxies in the universe. As we see it now, this picture resembles very little the universe, whatever its ultimate geometry will prove to be, consistent with the data we have The universe, although expanding, may or may not be infinite.25 Instead, it may well prove to be ultimately inconceivable and as such to become "the unfigurable Universe," as Blanchot calls it in The Infinite Conversation: "an unfigurable Universe (a term henceforth deceptive); a Universe escaping every optical exigency and also escaping consideration of the whole—essentially non-finite, disunified, discontinuous" (350). This is a universe or un-universe that cannot ultimately be articulated as a body and, rigorously, has to be allegorized otherwise. Kant's figure can offer only a particular, if also aesthetically universal enough (and boring enough), model. By contrast, the materiality of the actual universe, as it appears to us at the moment, cannot in fact be visualizably presented universally, either as beautiful or as sublime, in part because it may not be presented at all. The sublime, in Kant, appears to correspond to a vision of that which always escapes the architectonic, geometrization, and so forth, while appearing to be available to them. We recall that, in contrast to the beautiful, this vision cannot be seen as having an object, but rather as making such an object impossible. Kant's concept of object, Gegenstand, however, and the overall economy, including political economy of the beautiful would complicate the beautiful as well, to the point of the "material vision" in question in de Man's analysis of the sublime (AI 82). Once made "more intelligible," "understanding [the materiality of the sublime] in linguistic terms" also reveals the un-architectonic un-sublime of the beautiful.
This also amounts to saying that, rather than following Kant's cosmology, we might as well conceive of the universe on the Kantian model of the political, conceived on his aesthetic-epistemological model of aesthetic judgment. This model allows us to bring singularities into an assemblage or, at the human level, assembly and community, if not unity, as the effects of the unfigurable, the unrepresentable, the unknowable, the unthinkable—ultimately unfigurable even as unfigurable, unrepresentable as unrepresentable, unknowable as unknowable, unthinkable as unthinkable. It allows us to do so in spite and because of the radical limit it thus places upon our power of figuration, representation, knowledge, and thought. But it also adds to this power.
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1 Rodolphe Gasché, in his The Idea of Form: Reading Kant's Aesthetics. Interestingly invokes the idea of the "pre-cognitive" in context.
2 Paul de Man, Aesthetic Ideology. (This work will thereafter be cited as AI).
3 Immanuel Kant, The Critique of Judgment. (This work will thereafter be cited as CJ).
4 I translate Wohlgefallen as "feeling of liking," imperfectly but, I think, less inaccurately than Pluhar's "liking."
5 Jacques Derrida's "Parergon" and "Economimesis" come to mind as possible exceptions, but they do not strictly offer readings of the beautiful either.
6 One could also speak of the proto-cognitive or, along the lines of Gasché's discussion in The Idea of Form, of pre-cognitive processes involved in this model. The epistemological model to be developed in this article and a reading of Kant it implies are, however, different from Gasché's scheme, in part by virtue of bringing Kant and de Man together. It is peculiar that Gasché does not discuss de Man's work, which he discusses at length in his excellent The Wild Card of Reading: On Paul de Man to bear on his reading of Kant. But then, Gasché's reading of de Man, too, diverges from the one to be offered here. Gasché, however, rightly relates all three of Kant's Critiques through the epistemological problematic of the third Critique, which de Man does as well, along the lines of (nonclassical) allegorical epistemology, as discussed here.
7 One can formulate a parallel proposition for the sublime, although in the case of the sublime according to Kant there would be no corresponding object.
8 I refer, in particular, to his discussions in The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, and The Differend: Phrases in Dispute although the problematic persists throughout his work on postmodernity. Lyotard juxtaposes Kant and Hegel in this context, in my view, not altogether justifiably. By contrast, de Man cogently relates Kant and Hegel along these lines, without, however, equating them.
9 A possibly nonclassical view of the ultimate constitution of nature, such as that found in quantum theory, would not change this status of the body, since it is still thinkable, even if not knowable, in these nonclassical terms—unless we consider the body as a quantum system and thus make it nonclassically unthinkable at the ultimate level. In this case, Kant's requirements are still fulfilled at different levels of theory, insofar as concerns the logical structure of our arguments differently or our practical justifications for such arguments, including specifically that for the possibility or necessity of nonclassicality. In a different register, de Man, via his reading of Kant, approaches the nonclassical epistemology of the body and, interactively, language, by dismembering or disfiguring both. For the discussion of the nonclassical epistemology of quantum theory, I permit myself to refer to Arkady Plotnitsky, The Knowable and the Unknowable: Nonclassical Theory, Modern Science, and the "Two Cultures" and, in the context of de Man, "Algebra and Allegory: Nonclassical Epistemology, Quantum Theory and the Work of Paul de Man."
10 See, for example, Sigmund Freud, "The Unconscious," General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology and Jacques Lacan, The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis.
11 The epistemology becomes classical once such exclusion takes place. This difficulty is one of Derrida's main concerns in "Economimesis."
12 This edition omits the first passage just cited, which is found in Georges Bataille, "Conférences sur le Non-Savoir."
13 On the relationships between this type of (nonclassical) epistemological situation and Heidegger's concept of Being [Sein], on the one hand, and Derrida's own epistemology, on the other, see Derrida's analysis in Of Grammatology, and Margins of Philosophy.
14 This concept of singularity has affinities (although is not equivalent) to that of Gilles Deleuze, introduced by him at the outset of Difference and Repetition and pursued throughout his work. He contrasts the "singular," as that which outside law (physical, moral, or other) and, thus, outside the general, and is subject to "repetition" in his special sense of the term, to the "particular," which is part of the general and subject to law. This scheme, including Deleuze's concept of repetition, could be related to de Man's argument to be discussed here (also via Hegel and, on repetition, Kierkegaard). Deleuze comes closest to the present conception of singularity in his analysis of a kind of phenomenology of monadological perceptions in Leibniz in The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque.
15 As I have indicated, one can also encounter situations that are mixed, that is, organized partly classically and partly nonclassically, and the present analysis could be easily adjusted to accommodate such mixed cases.
16 Under these conditions the very category of consensus becomes problematic. Although differently from the way in which Lyotard argues the case in his debate with Jürgen Habermas, from this perspective, too, the post-Enlightenment ideas and ideals of democracy and consensus may be in conflict rather than, as Habermas wants to argue, in accord with each other.
17 De Man's reading of Hegel proceeds along similar lines rather than, as is more common, strictly along the lines of a continuous model of history.
18 For this and related or similar reasons, "event" becomes a crucial concept in recent theoretical discussion in and following de Man, Deleuze, and Derrida.
19 Both de Man's and Derrida's readings of, and exchanges on, Rousseau involve these problematics as well.
20 The original passage occurs in Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man, in a Series of Letters. (Translation is modified by de Man).
21 Cf. also de Man's reading of Keats's The Fall of Hyperion in "The Resistance to Theory," The Resistance to Theory.
22 It is difficult to be certain given the complexities of the concept and the very signifier of "correspondence" in de Man. Cf. Andrzej Warminski's analysis of de Man's reading of Baudelaire's "Correspondances" in "As Poets Do It," in Cohen, et al, Material Events, cited earlier. It would also be instructive to follow de Man's earlier approach to "correspondences" of that type in "The Rhetoric of Temporality."
23 Cf. also de Man's analysis of Nietzsche and Rousseau in Allegories of Reading: Figural Language in Rousseau, Nietzsche, Rilke, and Proust and in "The Epistemology of Metaphor."
24 Derrida closes with this passage his analysis of the third Critique in "Parergon" (The Truth in Painting 147).
25 The sublime, though, is not infinite either, only almost infinite, as Derrida notes in the same section, "The Colossal," in "Parergon" (The Truth in Painting, 119-47).
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The First (NHL) Noël
Noel Price
Some hockey players are always in the holiday spirit. Just ask Greg Joly, Carol Vadnais, Scott Garland, Rick Boh and Ray Sheppard.
The first Noel to don skates in the NHL was Noel Price, a hard-working defenseman who played in 499 NHL games.
What would the holidays be without a little Christmas cheer? So, here's a raised glass to Carl Brewer, Darcy Martini, Larry Mickey, Andre Champagne, Gary Rissling, Kirk Maltby, Ivan Droppa, Paul Shakes, Bob Corkum and Bob Beers.
And now you know why Doug Hicks and Doug Mohns.
If you need a ride home, we suggest designating Bruce Driver. Avoid riding with Bart Crashley. And take Joel Otto, not Steve Junker.
(Just don't serve any alcohol to Gerry Minor. Gary Sargent might send you to Dale McCourt.)
Since we were now in our cups, Stanley and otherwise, let's introduce the All-Mistletoe Team of Bill Hicke, Ernie Hicke, Greg Hickey, Pat Hickey, Stanislav Neckar and Martin St. Amour.
Plenty of players were dreaming of a White Christmas (Brian, Peter, Todd, Bill), probably none more so than goalie Garth Snow.
Too much of the white stuff might attract the attention of our All-Weather Team of Frank McCool, Theo Fleury, Jim Storm and Jeff Friesen. Then we'd have to call on the Fireside Chat Line of Brian Bellows, Marc Laforge and Christian Laflamme.
Laflamme, incidentally, is on our Holy Rollers squad with Christians Ruuttu and Dube, not to mention Jeff and Dave Christian. Brad and Jack Church would be in attendance, joined by Joe Crozier and Cory Cross.
For the three kings we could go with a line of Derek King, Kris King and King Clancy, with Brian Wiseman as a spare.
So who was naughty and who was nice? We bet Lyle Phair, Kelly Fairchild, Larry Playfair, Terry Virtue, Gerard Gallant and Ebbie Goodfellow will be well rewarded Christmas morning. Santa also is expected to bring a modest gift for Larry Goodenough.
The Christmas morning outcome should be harsher for the likes of Ted Bulley, Paul Lawless, Kevin Krook, Ed Van Impe, Brian Savage and Miroslav Satan. Those naughties knew what to expect as a stocking stuffer (a lump of Danton Cole).
What's that under the tree, wrapped in shiny paper and a bright bow? Why, it's Lionel (Big Train) Conacher! Just what we wanted. What else did we get? A Rocket (Richard), a Tie (Domi) and a Dolly (Dolson), as well as a (Terry) Ball, a (Jim) Kyte, a (Zdeno) Ciger, a (Bob) Ring, a (Ken) Lockett and a (Rob) Whistle. Makes you feel like a (Trevor) Kidd all over again.
Of course, no Christmas would be complete without a feast. So, we visited Mike Kitchen and Garry Galley, where Jamie Baker, Garth Butcher and Matt Cooke are preparing a meal to be served by Jerry Butler. On the menu are Bun Cook (with Bill Butters), Stew Adams, Mark Lamb (served in a Floyd Curry), and a main course featuring Peter Sturgeon (seasoned by Herb Raglan with Steven Rice on the side).
Desserts include Clarence (Taffy) Abel and Don Cherry, served with Paul Coffey and Sugar Jim Henry.
The less fortunate will have to make do with Scott Gruhl, Adam Oates and Mush March.
All this merriment only serves as inspiration to the All-Scrooge Squad of Steve Penney, Bernie Nicholls, Charlie Bourgeois, P.J. Stock and Stephane Richer.
Finding it hard to make a Wilf Paiement? Call on Rich Parent, the former St. Louis Blues goalie.
And don't forget that it's only seven more weeks until Chris Valentine's day.
First published in the Detroit Free Press and TheTyee.ca.
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Didn't you use to be … Vaughn Meader
On 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, a look back at Vaughn Meader, a JFK impressionist who never again performed his act after Nov. 22, 1963.
Vaughn Meader holds a copy of his smash comedy LP, "The First Family."
Vaughn Meader was an overnight success whose rise was made the more memorable by his rapid return to obscurity.
An unheralded singing comic from Lowell, Mass., he was performing a nightly monologue at a Greenwich Village club in the summer of 1962 when his uncanny impersonation of fellow New Englander John F. Kennedy caught the attention of a talent scout.
The scout had Mr. Meader and a troupe of actors record a parody album that poked polite fun at the foibles of the popular, young U.S. president and his family.
The album, called The First Family, was rejected by four major record labels before being accepted by Cadence Records. It was the best-selling U.S. recording to that time, more than five million copies being sold within a few months.
Its success was spurred in part by the good-humored response of the target of Mr. Meader's gentle gibes. Mr. Kennedy delighted reporters at a press conference that year when he acknowledged he had played the album.
"I have listened to Mr. Meader's record," he said with a smile. "I thought it sounded more like Teddy than me."
The singer seemed destined for a long career making light of the Kennedys. But on Nov. 22, 1963, his brand of humor went out of style.
Mr. Meader went into seclusion after the assassination. But even after purging his act of Kennedy material, he was seen only as a reminder of tragedy. A fickle public turned an overnight success into an overnight flop.
Like many of his younger compatriots, the singer spent much of the 1960s exploring North America. He lived in teepees, houseboats and log cabins.
A 1971 comedy album about a visit to Harlem by Jesus called The Second Coming proved unprophetic. Mr. Meader could not shake his reputation as an oddity from another time and the record received little attention.
His wandering ended 12 years ago, when he settled in sleepy Hallowell, Me., where he lives with his fourth wife, Sheila.
Mr. Meader, 52, plays the piano with his five-piece bluegrass band Gone Fishin'. They perform weekly at the Speakeasy bar, which he calls "the biggest new-happening joint in central Maine."
"I'm still rockin'," he says today. "Gone Fishin', that's our attitude when we all sit down to play. It's a good time, man."
Mr. Meader is considering moving toward a harder rock sound by adding a horn to his band, but he resolutely refuses to cover modern tunes.
"People request a new one, I give them a quarter and they can go play it on the jukebox," he said.
Still writing songs, he managed to pen just one last year. It's called I'm Still Rockin'.
Mr. Meader is well known among residents of Hallowell, a tourist town about three kilometres south of Augusta, the state capital. Joyce Walters, a bartender and Mr. Meader's former neighbor, said the singer is often asked by visitors about his fall from fame.
"Abbott's pretty well cool about the whole thing," she said. (Vaughn is the singer's middle name, which he used on stage.) "He won't play any Kennedy stuff, though."
For his part, Mr. Meader is content to be a major celebrity in a minor town.
"You can send a letter to me: Abbott, Hallowell, Maine, and I'll get it," he said. "If any Canadians come to Hallowell, they can walk up to the first person they meet on the street and say, 'Where can we find Abbott Meader?' They'll find me."
The barbs of The First Family are tame by today's standards, although Mr. Meader had one brush with Washington officialdom.
A Washington radio station once aired a short promotional blurb in which Mr. Meader told listeners the Kennedy clan listened to station WWDC "with great vigah." The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission was so enraged by the commercial use of a presidential impersonation that he drew it to the attention of the Kennedy White House.
By the time press secretary Pierre Salinger complained, the station's owner had ordered the plug off the air.
Mr. Meader long ago abandoned any wish to return to the big time. "That's like asking Ted Williams to play for the Dodgers," he said during last fall's World Series. "He couldn't hit the ball past first base."
Legendary British Columbia labour leader Jack Munro died on Nov. 15, aged 82. Here's a 1992 profile of the blustery, profane and likeable character.
The face of Jack Munro.
Jack Munro looks like a mighty ornery wrestler.
His hands are as big as hams and — at six-foot-four and 264 pounds — he matches a young fir in height and girth.
Like all rasslers, Munro's act comes with a patter. It goes something like this: "She was talking all the goddamn time, answering everybody. So I bawled her out. It was the first time we met. I didn't know I was going to marry her."
Later this month, Munro will end an era by walking away from the presidency of IWA-Canada, the largest private-sector union in B.C.
"I can't visualize waking up in the goddamn morning and not worrying about what the hell the world looks like through the eyes of the IWA," he says.
Munro, 60, has lived a life of seeming contradiction.
He is a labor leader respected by the bosses, a champion of the workers whose Ambleside home can be said to be in the working-class district of West Vancouver.
He has signed Cadillac contracts (in 1975, a 26-per-cent wage hike over two years), and he has signed dogs (in 1983, zero, four per cent, and 4.5 per cent over three years).
Even his final act is a doozy. Munro is leaving the union to become the salaried chairman of the B.C. Forestry Alliance, a lobby group financed by the same companies with which he is currently bargaining.
In his 18 years as president, the Munro Doctrine has been a staple of nightly newscasts. B.C.'s best-known labor leader has always been quick with a quip and good for a quote, which usually had to be laundered of expletives. Munro's English may be weak, but his Anglo-Saxon is strong.
The lasting image of Munro will likely be a television clip captured during one particular tense bargaining session. Jack can be seen rolling up the sleeves of his shirt before punching both fists on the table as he leans forward in full-throated yell.
Munro has a reputation for gorilla tactics.
"I remember one time when Jack really uncorked on them, read the Riot Act, called them chisellers and ordered them out of the room," retired IWA vice-president Fernie Viala recalls.
"After a few minutes, their spokesman came back. He said, 'What the hell do you mean us get out? You get out! This is our building!' "
His enemies — and there are many — figure it was all an act, that Munro spoke loudly and carried a soft stick. Jack was like a tree, they said, all bark, no bite.
"I think the employers have been happy to see him there," says longtime Munro foe Jess Succamore of the Canadian Auto Workers. "I think that speaks a lot."
The suspicions of many were confirmed in 1983. As the province teetered on the brink of a Solidarity-led general strike in opposition to a Social Credit restraint plan, Munro flew by government jet to the premier's Kelowna home — hardhat in hand — to negotiate a truce.
He got a deal, but it wasn't a written one. Premier Bill Bennett later reneged on the Kelowna accord.
"It had to be done, whether it was me or somebody else," Munro insists. "The f------ thing was falling apart before it even started. We were supposedly going to get our guys out of logging and the f------ mills to support the teachers, who were already going back to work."
He regained some of his blue-collar credibility three years later, when he led the costliest strike in provincial history, a $2.5-billion, 18-week-long walkout.
That dispute nearly ended his friendship with Keith Bennett, the smooth-talking company negotiator from Forest Industrial Relations. The two men, who still share a hotline telephone between their offices, were renowned for smoothing wrinkles on their own over drinks.
"He's a tough bargainer," Bennett says. "He prepares himself, does his homework, flies off the handle on a regular basis, but does it with a sense of humor."
In 1987, the Canadian arm of the International Woodworkers of America split from the union, and, for the most part, Munro's job was done.
John James Munro was born in Lethbridge, Alta., in 1931, the eldest of two children born to Scottish immigrants. The Munros lived on a farm in Seven Persons, Alta., until his father, Jim, a butcher, was sent to a tuberculosis sanitorium in Calgary.
The rest of the family then moved to a relief farm — "a godforsaken hole," Munro recalled in his autobiography, "Union Jack."
"You were really subject to the f------ whims of the establishment," Munro says today. "I guess that's where you get things inside of you that develop into what you really are."
His father died when Jack was 11.
No scholar, Munro only got as far as Grade 10.
In old family snapshots, six-year-old Jack flashes the grin of a devilish scamp. He would grow up to be a handsome young man with wavy, jet-black hair and an all-business stare.
The years have not been kind to Munro, whose daily regimen once included three packs of Sportsman cigarettes, a 26-ouncer of Canadian Club, and burned steak.
Today, his face is meaty, his complexion florid. The lower lip hangs loose to reveal a row of teeth crooked as graveyard headstones. His hairline looks as if it's been clear-cut. The whole package is bracketed by bushy Charley Pride sideburns.
After Kelowna, poet Tom Wayman expressed his feelings of betrayal in a work titled, "The Face of Jack Munro." It was a face, Wayman wrote, "puffy with greed and fright and satisfaction."
Munro's feuds with the pulp unions are legendary. He accuses them of always waiting for the IWA to settle, so they can piggyback better agreements. He calls them "cake-eaters." And he does not understand why pulp unions don't defend tree-choppers from tree-huggers.
"The pulp unions never seem to support anything outside the pulp-mill fence," he says. "So, if there's no logging, I don't know how the hell they expect to get the goddamn pulp mills to run."
Of one pulp rival, he once said: "I can't stand the cheerless son-of-a-bitch." The feeling is mutual.
"If I commented, it would be entirely negative," says Norm MacLellan, national vice-president of the Canadian Paperworkers Union.
While he was always backed by the bulk of his members, Munro has been accused by Will Offley, an IWA steward, of treachery and of feathering his nest with lucrative government appointments. The IWA under Munro, Offley once wrote, was like the Soviet Union under Brezhnev.
A machinist by trade, Munro got an exemption from picket duty in 1950 during his first strike because he was also working on a farm.
Munro's first marriage, troubled from the start, lasted 18 years and produced three sons, Terry, Dale, and Scotty, who died in a traffic accident at age 13.
In 1966, he ran for the New Democratic Party in Nelson-Creston against Wesley Black, who was premier W.A.C. Bennett's right-hand man. One campaign stop brought him to an afternoon tea. "All these old girls and I can't swear," he sighed. Black whipped him.
Munro turned down an offer from prime minister John Turner to run as a Liberal in 1984, although he later said he was flattered by the overture.
In recent years, even as his membership shrank from technological change in the industry, Munro trained his sights on environmentalists and their pet causes. After encouraging his members to shoot spotted owls on sight, his office was flooded with stuffed owls and owl photos.
"Relaxing is a problem," admits Munro, who used to unbend by bending his elbow. He no longer drinks.
Munro owns a blue Harley-Davidson Classic touring bike ("I've touched 150 klicks, which is 100 miles an hour, but, f---, that's really f-----' dustin' 'er and I'm getting old and chickens---"), but spends more time aboard the 10-metre (33-foot) Green Gold V moored in Eagle Harbor.
He had to sell a battered but beloved '48 Mercury pickup truck because he owned so many vehicles "you needed a parking-lot attendant around on weekends."
Munro and his second wife, Connie, a lawyer with the Workers Compensation Board, recently bought a condominium at Secret Cove.
He does not like the thought of retirement.
"Wandering around the streets looking for someone to have a cup of coffee with?" he says, grimacing. "I can't do that."
Why Jack quit @#%&*! drinking
Jack Munro, the larger-than-life president of IWA-Canada, is tossing in the towel.
In 18 years as president, he became renowned for his goddamn abusive language. He also built quite a reputation for abusing the bottle.
In an interview to mark his pending retirement from the union, he told Staff Reporter Tom Hawthorn about the boozy doozy that persuaded him to sober up.
"I hit a @#%&*! curb on the way home. So [the tire] went flat. I thought, @#%&*! it, I'm gonna get caught, I may as well keep @#%&*! driving. Christ, I got home!
"I thought, I shouldn't park in the driveway behind the boss's car, because she leaves pretty early in the morning. So I parked in front of the house. I was p-----.
"When I turned around, this @#%&*! tire came off the @#%&*! car in the @#%&*! driveway. The next morning she got up to get to work.
"I pretended I was asleep until she got up and @#%&*! off.
"As soon as she @#%&*! off I had to go to @#%&*! work, so I was peeking out the @#%&*! window to see if she'd @#%&*! off.
"I was looking and here was this @#%&*! tire in the middle of the @#%&*! driveway. She threw that sonovabitch across that front- @#%&*!-lawn like Jesus Christ and my @#%&*! car was sitting on the @#%&*! rim.
"@#%&*! lucky. I had to quit drinking. @#%&*! hell, I would have killed myself or somebody else."
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Veterans come from all generations
Myles Mansell, KIA (1980-2006)
On Remembrance Day, the old men stand again in pressed uniforms, medals gleaming in the mid-morning sun. They snap sharp salutes, aged muscles repeating what was once so long ago part of daily routine.
The aged warriors gather at the cenotaph on the Legislative Grounds and at the war memorial in Oak Bay. The annual ritual is comforting in its familiarity — the raising of the flag, the placing of wreaths, the bugle sounding “Last Post” and “Reveille,” as though each lonesome note was calling to mind a fallen comrade.
The old men wipe tears, though if you ask them about it they will cite the wind, or a speck of dust. Their generation remains uneasy about speaking of loss.
It is natural to think only of the old-timers on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. We are such a great distance from the Great War, whose horrors were ignited a century ago, less a year. The Second World War ended 68 years ago, and the war in Korea, whose veterans never received the attention they deserved, ground to a stalemate 60 years ago.
The veterans of the First World War are all gone, the last Canadian among them, Jack Babcock, having died three years ago, aged 109. The Second World War vets are in their 80s now, so each passing year the soldiers at the ceremonies seem that much older.
They cry silently for lost friends and brothers, and it is easy to forget how young they all were at the time.
Our war dead are not all from a generation ago. We have lost peacekeepers and, more recently, we have lost 154 members of the Canadian Forces (as well as a diplomat, a reporter and two aid workers) in action in Afghanistan.
On Remembrance Day, my thoughts turn to Myles Stanley John Mansell, a bombardier killed with three comrades in 2006 when his lightly-armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb on a dusty road outside Gumbad. He was 25.
He died with men named Turner and Dinning and Payne. Even in their sharp grief, the Mansell family sent notes of condolence to the other families.
He had been born a few months after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the beginning of a war whose outcome is still not settled. The boy, known as Smiley Myley, played soccer and lacrosse in the Victoria suburbs, but disliked swimming despite having sailors in the family. Myles came home once in tears because the teacher had said kilometres were replacing miles and he thought he'd have to change his name, too.
As a young man, he worked in the family business and joined the reservists of the 5th (British Columbia) Field Regiment, firing cannons at Ford Rodd Hill on Canada Day and at the Legislature to greet a new lieutenant-governor. When Canada agreed to fight the Taliban, Mansell volunteered for service. He was not an expert on the subject, but thought the people of Afghanistan deserved the same life and freedoms he enjoyed in Canada.
If you go to the Veteran's Cemetery off Colville Road in Esquimalt, you will find a small chapel surrounded by a squat stone fence. This is known as God's Acre, a tidy garden of grave markers. Only songbirds interrupt the silence. You will find a granite marker on which has been etched Mansell's name, rank, serial number, regiment, date of death, and age. Forever 25. He rests between plots holding his maternal grandparents and great grandparents, the men having served in the Royal Canadian Navy.
In Langford, a leafy cul-de-sac was the scene of an impressive display two years ago. A pair of 105mm howitzers flanked the entrance to the street. Artillery shells lined the roadway. A bugler played, as did a bagpiper, while a military padre intoned a prayer.
Of the 200 in attendance, only one wore a Memorial Cross. She was Nancy Mansell and it was her son after whom the quiet suburban street was being named. It was a modest gesture for so grave a sacrifice, but it meant more than one could image to a mother who wore her son's name on a medal no one ever wishes to receive.
“It's important for us to know that others think of Myles. And remember Myles. We don't want him to be forgotten,” she told me then. A mother contemplated what it would mean if her son was not remembered by name. “Just a number.” She need say no more.
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They toss their hats in the rink
If former goalie Ken Dryden scores big at the polls on Monday, he will be the fifth hockey player elected to the House of Commons. TOM HAWTHORN reports
Howie Meeker returned home from the 1951 hockey season a conquering hero, the Stanley Cup once again safely in Toronto Maple Leaf hands.
He had barely unpacked at his home in New Hamburg, Ont., when civic leaders approached with a proposal. They wanted the popular hockey player to run as the Progressive Conservative candidate in an upcoming federal by-election.
"Gentlemen," the right-winger remembers telling them, "I can't afford it."
Mr. Meeker was making $6,000 as a Leaf at a time when the salary for an MP was only $4,000. With that, he bundled his wife and kids into the family car and left for a trout-fishing holiday in Quebec.
He had no idea he would soon be moving from the players' bench at Maple Leaf Gardens to the back bench in the House of Commons.
A hockey player has an advantage as a candidate, bringing to the hustings name recognition in a land where the sport is nearly a national religion.
As prime minister, Jean Chrétien appreciated the popularity of retired hockey stars, naming Frank (The Big M) Mahovlich to the Senate and asking Jean (Le Gros Bill) Béliveau to become governor-general. Mr. Béliveau turned down the vice-regal post for personal reasons.
Just last month, Conservative Deputy Leader Peter MacKay mused aloud about having outspoken Hockey Night in Canada commentator Don Cherry as a candidate. Mr. Cherry passed on the invitation, to the relief of some Conservative organizers who feared his reputation would hurt their campaign in Quebec.
Mr. Cherry, whose National Hockey League career lasted but one game, is not the only reluctant puck politician. Of the 3,847 Canadians ever elected to the House of Commons, only four have played in the NHL.
On Monday, Ken Dryden seeks to become the fifth. The Liberal candidate in York Centre is a lawyer and best-selling author, but he is not asked to sign autographs on the campaign trail because of his agile turns of phrase. He is a celebrity from his days as a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens and a front-office executive with the Maple Leafs.
As a goalie, Mr. Dryden was a natural, crooking an elbow over the top of the net to regain his balance after making a save. He helped to lead the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup championship in six of his eight seasons.
He is something less of a natural as a politician, finding conversation with voters more compelling than the hand-shaking, baby-kissing, flesh-pressing rituals of convention. He even finds it "weird" to see his name on lawn signs.
Mr. Dryden was campaigning recently when a man working on his driveway stopped after spotting him. The man placed both hands on his shovel before leaning on it with his chin, adopting Mr. Dryden's famous pose from his playing days when he would rest on his goal stick.
The candidate was taken aback by the display. "I felt surprise at first, then embarrassment, then realized it was fun," he says.
Mr. Dryden says he most enjoys the chore he most feared, the door-to-door canvassing in which he meets "people with problems and possibilities."
He has found the 36-day campaign to be as gruelling as the NHL playoffs. He has pulled a tendon in his right knee, although the injury is being ignored until after the election. "You can't exactly go on the DL [disabled list] for 14 days," he says.
Besides, a hockey pedigree is no guarantee of electoral success.
Syl Apps was an all-star centre with the Maple Leafs when he announced his candidacy in the 1940 general election. Mr. Apps, just 25, had already played four seasons in the NHL, having turned professional shortly after competing in the 1936 Olympics as a pole vaulter. He ran in Ontario's Brant riding, which included his Paris birthplace, under the National Government banner, as Robert Manion had renamed the wartime Conservatives.
On election night, Mr. Apps was on the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens to face the Detroit Red Wings in a playoff game. He was brilliant, scoring a goal in a 2-1 Toronto victory.
That narrow triumph was tempered by the news of the election results, as he lost by just 138 votes to the Liberal incumbent, a farmer.
After retiring as a player, Mr. Apps won three elections to the Ontario Legislature, serving as correctional services minister for three years.
Bill Hicke and Dick Duff are two retired NHL players who lost federal campaigns.
Mr. Hicke, a self-employed businessman who won two Stanley Cups in a 14-season career, was a Conservative candidate in Regina-Qu'Appelle in 1988. He was runner-up to restaurateur Simon De Jong of the NDP.
Mr. Duff had just completed a 17-season NHL career in 1972 when, as a Liberal, he faced off against Arnold Peters of the NDP in Timiskaming. He lost by 3,559 votes.
Back in 1951, Mr. Meeker was cooking trout for breakfast at a fishing hole alongside an isolated road when a cloud of dirt in the distance heralded the arrival of a visitor. A dusty limousine pulled up to deliver Conservative leader George Drew, who talked the reluctant player into running.
"My first political meeting was my own nomination meeting," says Mr. Meeker, who inherited his Tory politics from English immigrant parents.
He handed out such election paraphernalia as ink blotters and miniature hockey sticks, even though getting his name before the public was not a problem. "Everyone knew me," he says. "Dryden has that same advantage."
On June 25, 1951, Mr. Meeker, whose occupation on the ballot was listed as "hockey player," won the by-election in Waterloo South by defeating a Liberal dairyman and a housewife running for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the precursor to the NDP.
The feeling of being on the floor of the Commons was familiar to the rookie MP. "It's an arena," he says. "It was exactly the same as playing hockey. There's arguing and bitching and complaining and everything else."
Mr. Meeker lined up against two former players who were Liberal MPs from Ontario. Former Leafs defenceman Bucko McDonald had first been elected in Parry Sound in 1945. Lionel (The Big Train) Conacher defeated a Conservative incumbent, as well as Communist Party leader Tim Buck, in winning the Toronto riding of Trinity in 1949.
Mr. Conacher, who enjoyed a 12-season NHL career that earned him a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame, died in 1954 after suffering a heart attack while legging out a triple during a Parliament Hill softball game pitting MPs against reporters.
Mr. Meeker decided not to seek re-election in the 1953 general election, embarking on a career that later saw him become a well-known hockey commentator. He is retired and lives in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, where he has been involved in Canadian Alliance and now Conservative campaigns.
The only other active NHL player to be elected was Red Kelly, his nickname matching the colour of his party. Mr. Kelly was a Leafs star in 1962 when he joined Lester Pearson's Liberals on the Opposition benches as the member for York West.
He moved to the government benches the following year when Mr. Pearson formed a minority government. In that election, Mr. Kelly thumped an up-and-coming Conservative lawyer by the name of Alan Eagleson, who later became executive director of the NHL Players Association.
In York Centre, Mr. Dryden finds the competition of an election campaign to be familiar from his days as a goalie. He is bracing for the voters' verdict on Monday by remembering a lesson he learned on the ice. "If you want to win," he said, "you have to be afraid of losing."
Tom Hawthorn is a writer based in Victoria.
The language of hits
Ichiro acknowledges cheers at Yankee Stadium after hitting his 4,000th hit as a professional on Aug. 21, 2013.
On the occasion of his 4,000th hit as a professional, a look back at Ichiro's first month as a major leaguer. This article originally appeared in the National Post of Toronto
The good people of Seattle have suffered earthquakes. They have endured 40 days and 40 nights of rain. They have long wandered in search of the promised land that is the World Series. They have built a new temple only to learn they have been worshipping false gods. Why have you forsaken us, A-Rod?
Verily, a saviour is delivered unto them. He is a man as modest in stature as he is in demeanour. His glove is golden and his arm is true. He hits and he runs and he performs miracles on the baseball diamond.
He is known by a single name, as was once the great Babe.
He is Ichiro.
The Seattle Mariners rookie right-fielder from Japan has hit safely in 29 of Seattle's 31 games. He brings a 13-game hitting streak into tonight's game in Boston. His average is above .500 when runners are in scoring position. He has more hits than anyone in baseball.
"It's like he's playing T-ball out there," centre-fielder Mike Cameron said. "He hits wherever he wants to whenever he wants to."
The Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff got a taste of Seattle's leadoff batter this weekend, as Ichiro went 5-for-13, including a double and a triple with four runs scored. Seattle is in Toronto for a three-game stand at SkyDome beginning Friday.
Ichiro, who bats left, has an odd, slashing swing. He reaches for the ball even as the rest of his body seems in a hurry to get down the first-base line. He bails out, a cardinal sin. Every hitting coach in the majors is shaking his head in disbelief. You're not supposed to be able to drive the ball that way, yet Ichiro strokes the ball precisely into the outfield gaps.
The usual rules no longer apply. Last week, Ichiro stole third base against the catcher's throw -- standing up! Even a Little Leaguer knows you're supposed to slide.
"We mentioned it to him," manager Lou Piniella said with a father's indulgent what-can-you-do-about-it shrug.
Ichiro's most remarkable play this young season is called The Throw and the entire American League is talking about it. "I saw that throw of his on the highlight shows," Boston Red Sox manager Jimy Williams said, punctuating his sentence with a high whistle. "That was really something." Oakland's Terrence Long had dared to try for an extra base and Ichiro threw a low strike to third from right field. Long was out before he began his slide; he looked like Charlie Brown on the base path.
Ichiro later told his translator that he did not understand why Long had run "when I was going to throw him out."
Not surprisingly, Seattle is in the grip of Ichiro fever. His feats lead every newscast, his picture graces every sports page. Mariners fans feel burned for worshipping shortstop Alex Rodriguez only to learn of his mercenary's fidelity. Before him, they were spurned by Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey Jr. in trades dictated by the wild economics of baseball free agentry. Ichiro is balm for the broken-hearted.
The Mariners paid US$13.1-million to the Orix Blue Wave of Kobe, Japan, simply for the right to negotiate with him. Ichiro himself signed a three-year, US$14-million contract, which will likely be a bargain for Seattle. He is the first positional player from Japan to play in the major leagues.
Ichiro's fame in Japan is hard to fathom. He is a household name, a Michael Jordan, a Tiger Woods, a Brad Pitt and a Mel Gibson rolled into one, a star athlete with movie star looks and a reputation as a friendly sort.
A normal life had become impossible in his homeland. He was mobbed by fans when spotted in public. Life was a series of late-night rendezvous through service entrances at the finest restaurants. The gossip columns were filled with his latest romances with movie starlets, even after he began steadily dating a TV announcer seven years his senior. The couple, who met when Yumiko Fukushima interviewed him for a radio program, had to secretly wed in Los Angeles two years ago.
Ichiro Suzuki was born in Kasugai, Aichi prefecture, on Oct. 22, 1973. Legend has it he first started playing baseball at age three. He was obsessed with the game. Even though the strict Japanese education system only allowed for baseball on weekends, young Ichiro made his father practise with him every night.
He first played in the Japanese major leagues at age 19. A manager impressed by his unique style of play indulged his wish to be known simply as Ichiro. Suzuki is a common surname. Ichiro is an old-fashioned Japanese name given to a first-born son.
He hit like Cobb, winning the Pacific League batting title for seven consecutive seasons. His farewell campaign ended at a lifetime best .387, pushing his career mark to .353. He also was awarded seven consecutive gold gloves. In 1999, he didn't commit a single error in the 103 games he played.
So unpleasant had life become in Japan that he spent his off-seasons in Los Angeles. On an early trip to Seattle, he and his wife were amazed to be able to shop at Nordstrom's department store without being bothered. The same likely wouldn't happen today.
Fans at Safeco Field wave signs reading "Ichiro Ichiban!" (No. 1) and the scoreboard flashes "Ichi-riffic!" and "Ichi-palooza!" when he gets a hit.
Those seeking relics of their saintly hero can buy Ichiro pins ($7), pennants ($6), magnets ($9), keychains ($6), travel mugs ($9), mouse pads ($10), T-shirts ($16) and replica No. 51 uniforms ($120).
"His batting is so very nice," gushed 29-year-old Hitomi Harada of Hiroshima, who travelled from her home in Vancouver to cheer Ichiro from Section 108 of the bleachers. "Also, he is so handsome and so smart."
David Ishii, 66, whose antiquarian bookstore is a long fly ball from the stadium, has seen few players as disruptive to an opponent as Ichiro.
"The game revolves around him when he gets on base."
For someone who was once demonized by his own countrymen, the worship of Ichiro and fellow Japanese countryman Kazuhiro Sasaki, the Mariners' star relief pitcher, is a marvel.
"It's a bit of a turning point."
Even the Washington State Senate has got in on the adulation, unanimously passing a motion that "Kazu and Ichiro Suzuki are undeniably the most fun Japanese imports since Nintendo."
Sasaki, 33, was American League rookie of the year last season with 37 saves. He already has 14 this season, making him the AL's premier ririfu pitcha.
While Ichiro seems all business, Sasaki seems all play. At 6- foot-4, 220 pounds, he is a giant by Japanese standards. He credits his mass to his father's job at a milk factory.
The NHL's Stanley Cup was brought to Safeco Field recently to promote hockey telecasts on ABC. Sasaki walked over, wrapped his arms around the storied trophy, gave a wide smile, and said: "For me? Thank you."
Sasaki is a prankster. The club's mascot is the Mariner Moose, a fuzzy critter with antlers. In the fifth inning of home games, the Moose rides a go-cart along the warning track, playfully squirting fans in the centre-field bleachers. Sasaki recently organized his bullpen mates in an ambush, dumping buckets of water on the unsuspecting Moose.
After games, Sasaki entertains the large contingent of reporters from Japan. He even allows his son, Shogo, to climb into his lap and bounce a tennis ball in the locker room.
Across the room, Ichiro sits facing his locker-room stall, rubbing a sponge along the thumb of his black leather glove, working the spot where his name is stitched in white.
He avoids eye contact with English-speaking reporters, answering two or three questions posed to Mariners scout Hide Sueyoshi. It is as if the interpreter is a priest transmitting the words of a god.
Ichiro stands 5-foot-9. He is listed at 160 pounds, but he looks like he'd have to spend a week at a sushi bar to reach that weight. What power he has comes from thick sumo legs that support a wiry frame.
One at-bat last week against Frank Castillo of the Red Sox captured how disruptive he can be.
Ichiro mistimed one of his swings, sending a dribbler on the grass toward short. By the time the shortstop got to the ball, Ichiro was at first. Infield single.
Castillo stepped off the rubber. He threw to first. He threw to first again. He stepped off the rubber again.
He looked in for the sign from his catcher, licked his lips, cast one final sidelong glance at Ichiro and, finally, threw a pitch to Mike Cameron, who promptly deposited the ball into the left-field bleachers.
"I'm sure he drives the other team crazy is what he does," Cameron said after the game. "We all sit back and laugh in the dugout.
"He's like that little go-cart that the Moose be riding around on. You don't know what to expect from this guy, man. Chops one to the third basemen, shoots one into the gap. Who knows? The guy's unbelievable."
All right Mr. Hansard, I'm ready for my close-up
This handout photograph produced by B.C. Liberal government caucus flaks was published in B.C. newspapers, sometimes without attribution.
Some random notes at the closing of the 1st Session of the 40th Legislative Assembly:
You will not find a more accomplished figure on the floor of the B.C. Legislature than Andrew Wilkinson.
He is a Rhodes Scholar who has go on to become both a lawyer and a physician. He has been a deputy minister. He has been president of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and of the B.C. Liberal party. In May, the voters of Vancouver-Quilchena elected him to the legislature and, in June, the premier named him minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services.
The man is a walking CV.
So, how does so eminent a figure respond when faced with pointed Opposition questions about the scandal surrounding his party’s ethnic outreach campaign?
“We not only have the rich have the rich parliamentary tradition here,” he told the House. “We have the rich tradition of the English language, which contains phrases like chasing your tail, catching a red herring and flogging a dead horse. That latter term, flogging a dead horse, must surely apply to this line of questioning.”
After further questions about the possibility of hush money having been paid to a disgruntled staffer, Wilkinson responded: “Well, this horse truly has no skin left. It’s been flogged until it is red and blue, my friends.”
After transforming into a walking-talking Cliché-O-Matic, Wilkinson picked it up a notch the next day by accusing all 34 sitting NDP members of fraud.
As a denouement, Wilkinson had second thoughts. He rose to apologize to the House for his “intemperate” remarks.
In short order, the legislature’s newest star went from starring in “Doctor in the House” to a remake of the food-fight scene in “Animal House.”
Premier Christy Clark made a surprise cameo this week when sworn in as MLA for Westside-Kelowna. The august ceremony took place overlooking the waters of Vancouver harbour and not of Okanagan Lake in her home-away-from-home riding.
To the everlasting embarrassment of British Columbia’s media, such newspapers as the Vancouver Sun and the Victoria Times Colonist published handout photographs of the event released by the B.C. Liberal’s government caucus.
The swearing in appears to have taken place within shouting distance of the Vancouver Sun and Province newsrooms. No photographers left on staff? Or no invitation?
I can see why the government would like to control its image in the media. I cannot see why the commercial media should play along. Shameful.
Biff! Krunch!! KAPOW!!!
The upcoming Fantastic Four movie will be filmed in Louisiana instead of British Columbia, a disappointing decision for those who work in the movie industry. Vancouver had been the location for other Marvel movies, such as in the X-Men series. The NDP had campaigned on improving tax breaks for the television and film industry.
The latest news led George Heyman to tell the House on Thursday that “the B.C. film industry is going up in flames like The Human Torch.”
Replied finance minister Mike de Jong: “Holy corporate subsidy, Batman. I always appreciate the commentary from the Boy Wonder over there.”
Christy Clark is a brilliant retail politician, a happy warrior on the hustings, a baby-kissing, hand-shaking, hockey jersey-wearing, red light-avoiding campaigner. (Oops. Forget the last attribute.) Where she can seem indifferent to the hard-slogging work of governance, she clearly delights being in the public eye.
Welcome to the four-year-long, permanent campaign.
It is a strategy that worked for an American president who had earlier starred in such cinematic masterpieces as “Bedtime for Bonzo.”
Hicks nix Dix picks
In the May ballot, Christy Clark was Tracy Flick (“Election”), while Adrian Dix started out as “A Perfect Candidate” but wound up as … well, they don’t make movies about too-clever-for-their-own-good frontrunners who blow elections.
The NDP leader can find a model for his possible future, for Adrian Dix is Thomas Berger, circa 1969.
Some background. In B.C. electoral contests, the New Democrats and their Co-operative Commonwealth Federation predecessors were long a joke, a patsy, a punch line. The social democrats played the Washington Generals to Social Credit’s Harlem Globetrotters. Leader Robert Strachan faced W.A.C. Bennett in four consecutive elections — losing each time.
By 1967, Berger got tired of waiting for Strachan to step aside as leader. The old Scottish carpenter fended off the challenge at a leadership convention, only to quit shortly before an impending election in 1969. The leadership convention that followed defined the NDP for generations, as people and factions are still divided between those who backed Berger, a stolid lawyer, and those who supported Dave Barrett, the fiery social worker.
Berger won the convention, leading the NDP into a campaign several pundits thought spelled an end to the Socred regime. In the end, the NDP vote stayed about the same, but the party lost four seats and Bennett claimed his seventh consecutive victory.
The outcome: The NDP’s vote stayed about the same, though the party lost four seats.
To repeat, a leader strong on policy but lacking charisma failed to meet expectations and lost seats instead of knocking over a tired government.
Hoo boy, must that sound familiar to frustrated New Democrats.
Whether Dix has admitted it to himself yet or not, he will never win election as premier.
The voters had a chance to evaluate him and his team in circumstances as favourable as the NDP has ever faced and he failed to win over enough of them. It happens. His leadership is doomed, though not his career.
Berger quit to be replaced by Barrett, who would go on to win an overwhelming majority in 1972. (Barrett’s hectic — and historic — three-year government is the subject of “The Art of the Impossible,” a prize-winning book by Geoff Meggs and Rod Mickleburgh.) Berger, who turned 80 earlier this year, has had a distinguished career in which his lack of success as NDP leader is a mere footnote.
As for Strachan, he retained his seat in the Legislature and served as highways minister under Barrett.
Both offer a possible model for Dix’s future career.
Advise and Consent
The NDP membership has an uncanny talent for selecting leaders non-NDPers find unappealing. Has no one in the party ever read Marshall McLuhan? Or Richard Ben Cramer’s “What It Takes”? Or listened to an episode of Terry O’Reilly’s “The Age of Persuasion” or “Under the Influence” on CBC Radio?
So, remember: Wonks in the backroom, glad-handers on the front lines.
Chariot of Fire
Congratulations to Michelle Stilwell in setting a world record Thursday at the International Paralympic Committee world championships at Lyon, France. The new MLA for Parksville-Qualicum knocked almost two seconds off the previous mark in the 800-metre wheelchair race.
Stilwell is following in the tracks of the late MLA Doug Mowat, who had managed the famed Dueck Powerglides wheelchair basketball team. Both Terry Fox and Rick Hansen played for the championship squad.
Sport reveals character. The Liberal caucus staff played the Press Gallery in a friendly game of softball last week at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria. The spin doctors stacked their lineup so the best hitters batted again and again. The egalitarian reporters had a more laissez-faire approach in which a 10-year-old girl had twice as many at-bats as team captain Sean Leslie of CKNW. Though the polls predicted an easy win for the ink-and-pixel-stained wretches, the Liberals claimed a 13-4 victory. At least it was not a “quick win.”
When do the LNG faeries arrive with all our money?
Tom Hawthorn, a frequent contributor to The Tyee, is the author of “Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians.” He lives in Victoria-Beacon Hill, where the BC Liberal candidate got just 16.96 per cent of the vote, the worst performance by a Liberal in the election.
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Interested in reading more about Diana Lynch?
Read an article that I submitted for the December 2001 edition of The Whispered Watchword.
Name: Diana Lynch
Birthday: July
Slim, pretty with black hair and violet eyes
Diana Lynch is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynch, with a set of twin brothers and twin sisters for siblings. Diana has lived in Sleepyside all her life and spent most of her life growing up in a small apartment on Main Street. However, when her father made his fortune, he purchased a huge estate on Glen Road and relocated his family.
Diana had been good friends with Trixie up until this point, but things changed when they had a house full of servants and a prim and proper butler who wouldn’t allow her and her siblings to live as they had before. Trixie felt uncomfortable because of the hovering servants and didn’t visit Diana again, and sensitive Diana became lonely and secluded on the outskirts of Sleepyside, afraid to invite her friends home.
It was Honey who noticed how lonely and sad she was, inviting her to spend the weekend at Manor House. Diana was pleased to accept the invitation, quite envious because of the fun the five Bob-Whites seemed to have together. Soon after, Di became a member of the group.
Diana is described by Trixie as the prettiest girl in their year with black hair and violet eyes, possibly modelled on a young Elizabeth Taylor. Like Honey, she is timid and frightened and has a low self-confidence. She is aware of her good looks and knows how to use them, often making Trixie feel quite inadequate.
Diana is often patronised in the books with Trixie giving her jobs to make her feel important, and sometimes portrayed as an empty-headed beauty. She is given little meaningful dialogue and is often left out of the books and conveniently sent on a holiday with her family, so she doesn’t have to be included in the story lines.
It is made obvious soon after Di’s arrival that she and Mart have feelings for each other. She kisses him on the cheek as part of a dare and he is quite often jealous of her paying attention to other males. She is usually quick to reassure him and looks up to him, impressed by his vocabulary even if she doesn’t know what it means.
Trixie and Di are complete opposites and Trixie sometimes loses her patience with Di, because she doesn’t have a head for mysteries. On occasion, Trixie perceives Di as a threat especially when she takes on a leadership role and Trixie is not used to being a follower. Di’s behaviour in the lead up to the charity bazaar on her family’s property is tainted by Trixie’s view point, although the other’s do seem a little surprised at her change in attitude. It’s amazing that when Di begins acting as something other than just a girl; her friends think that something is wrong with her. The books by Joan Chase Bowden (#26, 27, 30 and 32) present a much stronger, knowledgeable Diana, who is not afraid and has much more meaningful dialogue.
Di is a sweet, friendly girl who loves her younger brothers and sisters. She originally intended to become an air stewardess, but later in the series she expressed an interest in majoring in art and possessed some good drawing skills. There is possibly more to Diana Lynch than just a pretty face – if only the writers had allowed her to shine through.
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Roscoe Dash Says Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay Was Supposed To Be On WTT
Last week I had the pleasure in sitting down with hook extraordinaire Roscoe Dash who was in town doing some promo for his new EP J.U.I.C.E which drops December 20th. We discussed his new project, what we can expect from it and him being deemed a one hit wonder. But during our chat, Roscoe let go of an interesting tidbit: “Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay”, one of Big Sean’s hit singles from his Finally Famous: The Album project, was originally constructed for Jay and Ye’s Watch The Throne. Crazy right? I’ll let him tell it, though.
“The way it happened was, I got the record a couple months before Sean got it. I tackled the hook but I didn’t really know how to tackle the verses because the beat was so crazy. That’s why I’m glad it actually got to their hands…..I don’t think anyone could have done it any justice. But Ye had hit me up to come participate on the Watch The Throne album and that was one of the first records I played for him to show the style I was on and what I was really doing at that point in time. He fell in love with it immediately, man. He grabbed the jump drive, threw it in my lap and said “I gotta do that right now.” He recorded his verse, two weeks later Sean was on it and it was out of here. At first it was intend for Watch The The Throne but I guess he felt Sean would make better use of it.”
Yah ummm I HONESTLY don't see how probable that is... lol I really can't imagine Jay-Z on it or that song fit on Watch The Throne at all. BUT! Its always cool to hear backstory on some of my favorite songs. But, Roscoe Dash definitely needs a few more people with that one lol
Labels: ADEEN, Music, Opinion, Rembrandt Duran, Roscoe Dash
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Copa Airlines to Add Three Cities and Eight More 737-800s in 2014
AirlinesAirports January 22, 2014 Staff
Panama's Copa Airlines will launch new services this year from Panama City to Montreal in Canada, Fort Lauderdale in Florida, and Georgetown in Guyana....
Panama’s Copa Airlines will launch new services this year from Panama City to Montréal in Canada, Fort Lauderdale in Florida, and Georgetown in Guyana.
The new destinations will bring Copa Airlines’ route network to a total of 69 destinations in 30 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. It will serve all 69 from its ‘Hub of the Americas’ at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama.
On March 18, 2013, Boeing rolled out the first 737NG built at the new production rate of 38 aircraft a month. Panamanian customer Copa Airlines was due to take delivery of the 737-800 in early April 2013
In addition, Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., will add eight more new Boeing 737-800 jets to its fleet in 2014, growing its seat capacity by 10 per cent.
The eight new Boeng 737-800 jets Copa is adding in 2014 will increase its fleet to 98 aircraft, most of which are Boeing 737NG jets.
Copa Airlines transported more than 11 million passengers in 2013 and increased its total available seat-mile capacity during the year by 14 per cent.
According to Copa Airlines, the three new routes it is launching this year will strengthen its position in regional air travel.
In late 2006, when it received this Embraer 190, Panama’s Copa Airlines took delivery of the 200th Embraer E-Jet built
“Our sustained growth in recent years has allowed us to reinforce our leadership in the region and to continue the Hub of the Americas’ position as the most successful and efficient hub for travel to and from, as well as within, Latin America ,” said Copa CEO Pedro Heilbron. “Our success has benefited Latin America , and has stimulated business and the creation of new jobs and investment in Panama.”
As part of its effort to increase its route network in North America, Copa will begin operating four-times-weekly round-trips to Montréal’s Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport on June 3. Montréal, a major cultural center and a well-known tourism destination, is Copa’s second Canadian destination.
From July 11, Copa will operate four round-trips a week between its hub at Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport and Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The coastal Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood region, with its booming tourism industry and growing Latin American population, will be Copa’s fourth destination in the state of Florida and its 10th in the United States.
This is how the new Boeing Sky Interior looks in the business-class section of a 737-800 of Copa Airlines, the first carrier in Latin America to take delivery of an aircraft featuring the new Boeing interior
Also from July 11, Copa will operate two round-trips a week between its Panama City hub and Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO), the airport serving Georgetown, the capital and principal city of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. The new route will be Copa Airlines’ first to this South American country.
According to Copa, its ‘Hub of the Americas’ offers the most destinations and international flights of any hub on the Latin American continent.
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by Chris Holden - April 14th, 2018.
Filed under: Banker, CEO.
Octavio de Lazari Junior will become the new president of Bradesco. Bradesco, currently the 2nd largest financial services company in Brazil has announced a new vice president, and new chairman of the board. Octavio de Lazari Junior will officially become the 5th president at the upcoming Ordinary General Assembly (AGO). The new president Octavio de Lazari Junior began his career with Bradesco in 1978, and was appointed executive officer and vice president of the board of directors in 2017. Octavio de Lazari Junior was one of the seven vice presidents up for consideration to become the next leader of the banking giant, however Octavio de Lazari Junior’s exceptional background sealed the deal for him being chosen.
Carlos Alberto Rodrigues is going to be the next vice president of the company now that Octavio de Lazari Junior is going to be president. Carlos Alberto Rodrigues has worked his way up the ranks for Bradesco, since he started working with the company back when he only 13 years of age.
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Lazaro Brandao, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors, and former president of the company has announced his retirement. Lazaro Brandao will be ending his 75 year career with the Bradesco. Lazaro Brandao also has been on the council for 27 years. The current president Luiz Carlos Trabuco will be taking the place of the new Chairman of the board. In 2015, Lazaro Brandao as Chairman approved the deal to acquire HSBC, led by then president Luiz Carlos Trabuco. The deal to buy HSBC, turned out to be largest deal in Brazil that year for $5.2 billion. Luiz Carlos Trabuco was named Entrepreneur of the year by Money magazine in 2015 for the HSBC deal.
Luiz Carlos Trabuco, will be ending his tenure as president for almost ten years. Starting his career in 1969 as clerk, Luiz Carlos Trabuco has worked in many capacities within the banking giant. Luiz Carlos Trabuco assured the board’s full confidence and faith in Octavio de Lazari Junior’s ability to handle challenges facing Bradesco moving forward. Luiz Carlos Trabuco noted one challenge for the new president is digital literacy for the company’s customer base. Currently of the 27 million only 14 million of the bank’s customers utilize a software solution.
Find more about Luiz Carlos Trabuco: http://economia.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,bradesco-anuncia-substituto-de-luiz-trabuco-na-presidencia-do-banco,70002178384
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The Descendants (2011)
It's a nostalgia-tinged season for movies all right. While there's some fond look backs like a Marilyn Monroe biopic and a semi-homage to silent film, today we've got a rarer treat: a film that's apparently a thematic duplicate to the other films its director has made. Why make something new and exciting when one formula layered with off-kilter quirk seems to work just as well?
That's how you get something like The Descendents, a light comedy that plays like a greatest hits reel from director Alexander Payne's filmography. None of the verve or anger of Election or About Schmidt here, just some light drama and light comedy mixed together to give us a film that's like milk: good when you want it, but forgettable immediately thereafter.
That's not much of anyone's fault I think, just the circumstances of a lackadaisical film that exists simply for the pleasure of existing. The film is at best a nice way to spend the afternoon, and, at worst, another example of a film sold as independent cinema simply because it deals with actual human emotions on a relative scale.
WAKE UP, SILLY.
But, first, a very important message from the film's plot.
Matt King (George Clooney) is the descendant of a land baron and one of the last members of the Hawaiian royalty. This is all well in good until a pair of misfortunes land in his lap: his estranged wife is put into a coma after a boating accident and his family finds his land trust can no longer retain the unspoiled acreage that they've watched over for generations.
With his wife incapacitated, he's also stuck with his precocious daughters, Alexandra (Shailene Woodley) and Scottie (Amara Miller). He's never really felt comfortable in his role as a father, and this is magnified as we learn about Alexandra's substance abuse issues and Scottie's social hostility. Since is the comedy, you won't be surprised to learn that most of these issues have vanished by the hour mark.
Well, looks like some more age gap humor. Here we go.
In fact, thanks to the film's storyline, most of the conflict seems to melt away fairly early on, as we're treated to Clooney earning the respect of his offspring and then hunting down the man with whom his wife had been having an affair (Matthew Lillard-- yes, Matthew Lillard). In the meantime, he's also trying to figure out what to do with the parcel of land-- either to develop it, or to leave it the beautiful peaceful sanctuary it is.
It won't much shock anyone that Matt reconnects with the land, nor that George Clooney once again gets the adjective of 'charming' attached to his performance. The rest of the cast is fine too.
A lot of it is just that-- fine. I appreciate the messiness The Descendants dabbles in, but there wasn't enough of it to convince me that the movie has any real verve to stick with its convictions. Most of its humor comes from age gaps-- oh, kids these days are stupid and callow! Oh, old people these days are old and cranky!-- and the film tries to wring pathos from using this humor and gradually undercutting some very obvious expectations. It's safe, gentle humor, and I won't say it doesn't work, but it's not very interesting.
She's pretty good in this, so there's that.
The last shot of the film is quite good, as it links the family's unity with the memory of their mother with one subtle object, but the rest of the film's resonance is nonexistent. Clooney's character is too aloof to be much of an anchor, and his problems seem to get resolved with little action needed. You can call it kismet, but dynamic it sadly is not.
When the film manages to not feel like exactly what it is, it's alright. But I did try to have a conversation with my fiancee about it three hours after watching it, and she couldn't remember what movie I was talking about. I can't blame her.
Unless she has amnesia or something. I should look into that.
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Clooney and everybody else included is great but it’s really Payne who shines as the writer bringing out some funny humor but not without forgetting about the real rich moments of human drama. Good review Danny, as usual. A good film but not as great as I was expecting.
Jill Keegan
Very spiritually motivated. I really love the whole concept of the story. Good for family bonding and family interactions. Thanks for sharing this wonderful vid.
Alex Withrow
Pretty much exactly how I felt about the film: just fine. Good, not great. Interesting, but not very.
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Thai Airways to Operate Flights to Copenhagen, Hong Kong, London, Stockholm and Taipei in October
Thai Airways has confirmed that it will operate 15 flights to Copenhagen (CPH), Hong Kong (HKG), London (LHR), Stockholm (ARN) and Taipei (TPE) next month.
The flights will operate as follows:
- Flight TG916 between Bangkok and London Heathrow on 4, 11, and 18 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 12:50 and arrive in London at 19:10. A flight on 25 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 13:20 and arrive in London at 19:35.
- Flight TG950 between Bangkok and Copenhagen on 4, 11, 18 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 06:50 and arrive in Copenhagen at 13:05. A on 25 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 06:50 and arrive in Copenhagen at 12:35.
- Flight TG960 between Bangkok and Stockholm on 14 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 07:05 and arrive in Stockholm at 13:10.
- Flight TG638 between Bangkok and Hong Kong on 21 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 13:55 and arrive in Hong Kong at 17:40 and on 28 October 2020 at 14:00 arriving in Hong Kong at 17:45.
- Flight TG 632 between Bangkok and Taipei on 8, 16, 23 October 2020 will depart from Bangkok at 08:25 and arrive in Taipei at 13:05. On 30 October 2020 TG632 will depart from Bangkok at 08:15 landing in Taipei at 12:45.
Tickets on these routes are sold as one-way tickets. Passengers can use the existing tickets and ROP award tickets on these special flights with terms and conditions applied.
The return legs of these flights will be used to carry expats and Thai residents back to Thailand. Those people should contact their local Royal Thai Embassy or Consulate for the latest flight and entry requirements.
Thai Airways will also use both legs of the flights above to deliver cargo.
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SME financing in the euro area: New solutions to an old problem
Banking and financial markets, Economic and european policy
Orçun Kaya
SMEs’ access to finance remains a pressing problem in many parts of the euro area as SMEs largely rely on bank loans for funding.
SMEs’ access to finance remains a pressing problem in many parts of the euro area as SMEs largely rely on bank loans for funding. Our findings show that it is mainly the banks’ own refinancing costs in capital markets and their risk perceptions regarding SMEs which give rise to constraints. Of the steps taken to spur bank lending, the ECB’s LTROs seem to have had limited success. Securitisation of SME loans on the other hand has the potential to bridge the gap between SMEs’ funding needs and the availability of bank loans. Public-sector and market-based initiatives to improve SME financing are of great importance as well: for the former, private-sector involvement is crucial; as for the latter, overall success has been mixed so far. [more]
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Brexit: German automotive and pharmaceutical industries hit the hardest
Brexit, Economic and european policy, Macroeconomics, Sectors and resources
Following the UK referendum, Brexit will also leave traces on German industry. After all, 7.5% of all German exports went to the UK in 2015, making it Germany’s third most important export market after the United States and France. The automotive and pharmaceutical industries are likely to be hit the hardest by Brexit. This is because the UK accounts for 12.8% and 10.5%, respectively, of these two industries’ total exports. In addition, they both generally have an above-average export ratio. The UK referendum is likely to have an impact on individual companies’ investment decisions and German companies’ UK pricing structures in the short term. [more]
A darker Europe
David Folkerts-Landau
Standpunkt Deutschland (Engl.)
What this victory for the Leave campaign ends up meaning for the future of Britain is debatable. What is not in doubt is that Europe without its brightest star will be a darker place. Adding to the gloom is the fact this was avoidable. Britain voting to go it alone mirrors a wider distrust in the European project – a manifestation of its weak economic situation. [more]
European bank performance: Weak start to the year, but no disaster
After two years of recovery, European banks suffered a setback in the first quarter of 2016. Capital market revenues were hit by concerns about global economic growth and banks’ own business models. Cost cuts and a further decline in loan loss provisions helped only somewhat to smooth the fall in profitability. Still, net income was about the same as in Q1 2014, and progress continued in other areas. [more]
Promoting investment in Europe: Where do we stand with the Juncker Plan?
Banking and financial markets, Economic and european policy, Sectors and resources
Patricia Wruuck
The Juncker Plan set out to boost investment in Europe and can show some progress so far. After operating for about a year, a total of EUR 12.8 bn financing of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) has been approved by the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. This is expected to trigger EUR 100 bn of total investment according to estimates by the institutions. The European Commission has already called for extension of EFSI beyond the initial three year period ideally increasing its scale and scope. However, considerations about EFSI’s future need to be based on thorough evaluation of effectiveness and demonstrated added value. After the first year, there is -quite naturally- more information on activity than evidence on impact. To that effect, continuous monitoring and mid-term stock-taking are key to inform the debate about EFSI's future. [more]
ECB’s corporate bond purchase programme: More distortions
Since the ECB’s announcement to include investment-grade corporate bonds in its QE programme (CSPP), corporate bond issuance has surged in the euro area. However, even though this is a boon for issuers, benefits for the real economy may be quite limited. The value added for SMEs is hard to see, and funds raised will most likely be used predominantly for refinancing of existing debt and for stock buybacks instead of new investments. Moreover, potential side effects of the corporate bond programme such as inefficiencies in the pricing of risks and deterioration in liquidity could increase the distortions in bond markets. [more]
The ECB must change course
Stefan Schneider, Stuart Kirk
Over the past century central banks have become the guardians of our economic and financial security. The Bundesbank and Federal Reserve are respected for achieving monetary stability, often in the face of political opposition. But central bankers can also lose the plot, usually by following the economic dogma of the day. When they do, their mistakes can be catastrophic.
Today the behaviour of the European Central Bank suggests that it too has gone awry. After seven years of ever-looser monetary policy there is increasing evidence that following the current dogma, broad-based quantitative easing and negative interest rates, risks the long-term stability of the eurozone. [more]
Better budgeting in Europe: What can Fiscal Councils contribute?
Konstantin Wiemer, Patricia Wruuck
Fiscal councils can improve the sustainability of public finances. They can increase transparency and accountability of fiscal policymaking by providing unbiased information to the public and stakeholders in the budget process. The design of their mandates, independence, and their public role are key conditions determining effectiveness. The new European Advisory Fiscal Board (EAFB) can be a valuable addition but is unlikely to be a game changer. Far-reaching reforms on the Union’s fiscal framework remain contingent on political will. Independence is crucial for fiscal councils to have an impact. This holds for both the EAFB and national fiscal councils. In addition, cooperation between the new EAFB and national bodies is a necessary requirement for a “European System of Fiscal Boards” to work effectively. [more]
European exchange landscape: too fragmented
Jan Schildbach, Martin Waibel
In September 2015, the European Commission set out its action plan to establish a Capital Markets Union in order to push for stronger and more integrated capital markets in the EU to better complement bank finance. Creating deeper and more liquid stock markets is crucial in this respect, and also a precondition for European financial centres to regain their position in a global context. Indeed, the total number of stock exchanges operating independently in the EU is astonishingly high, especially in eastern and south-eastern European countries. In addition, market capitalisation is highly concentrated in only a handful of exchanges, and in smaller markets also tends to be lower relative to economic size. [more]
Free market in death? Europe’s new bail-in regime and its impact on bank funding
Matthias Mikosek
With the Single Resolution Mechanism taking full effect in 2016, winding-up large European banks in distress has become a more realistic scenario than ever before. One of the key elements of such a resolution is the bail-in tool. It is supposed to ensure that for investors, higher returns also involve higher risk, thereby establishing greater discipline and differentiation in markets for bank debt. Indeed, our analysis shows that market participants see the new bail-in regime as credible, which is a necessary precondition for a successful application. Important issues that still remain are the market depth for bail-in instruments and legal clarity about bail-in hierarchies. In any case, banks’ funding costs are likely to rise as a result, especially in the medium term. [more]
Diesel share in EU declined in 2015, but only slightly
Last year, the proportion of diesel cars among new car registrations in the EU-15 dropped by 1.5 percentage points to just over 52%. This was the fourth decline in a row. The fall in the diesel share was especially pronounced in France, where the government wants to reduce the tax advantage for diesel over petrol. By contrast, in Germany the diesel share increased slightly last year, due among other things to the large number of commercial car registrations. We expect a further decline in the diesel share in the European car market over the next few years. The higher costs for diesel technology play a role here. However, for high-mileage drivers in particular, the lower consumption and long range of diesel cars as well as lower fuel prices remain convincing sales arguments. Therefore, provided governments do not introduce any serious surcharges for diesel cars, the diesel share of the European car market is unlikely to crash. [more]
European banks: The truth is in the numbers – progress in 2015
Despite headwinds from slow economic growth, low interest rates and tighter regulation, European banks’ recovery continues. In 2015, banks’ core business with the private sector returned to growth, revenues rose and provisions for loan losses declined again. The sector has become more profitable and resilient. Challenges remain aplenty, but European banks are definitely heading in the right direction. [more]
Euro-area financial sector: growing and changing
Despite a small dip in Q3 2015, the assets of financial institutions in the euro area are still broadly at a record level of about EUR 66 trillion. The financial sector – composed of banks, insurance companies & pension funds, and “shadow banks” – more than doubled its size over the past 15 years. Shadow banks have grown the most and now represent 40% of the financial sector with assets estimated at EUR 26 trillion. [more]
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Dolphin Debit’s Gary Walston Named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Gulf Coast Area Finalist
HOUSTON, May 16, 2017 – Gary Walston, co-founder of Dolphin Debit, the full-service ATM management company, has been named a regional finalist for the second year in a row for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® award.
The awards program, in its 31st year, recognizes entrepreneurs who excel in areas such as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Walston was selected as a finalist by a panel of independent judges. Award winners will be announced at a special gala event June 15 at the Marriott Marquis.
“I am honored to again be selected as a finalist for this prestigious award,” Walston said. “But without the tremendous team that we have assembled in the 12 years since we started Dolphin Debit, the success that is key to this award would not have been possible. Great people working toward a common goal produces success, and that is what we have at Dolphin Debit.”
Walston co-founded Dolphin Debit in 2005. The company has always focused on outsourced ATM management, helping credit unions and banks get the most out of their ATM operations. The company has achieved steady and solid financial growth since it began and is on pace for another record-breaking year in 2017.
The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program recognizes business leaders in more than 145 cities and more than 60 countries throughout the world. Regional award winners are eligible for consideration for the Entrepreneur Of The Year National competition, which will be announced in November at the Strategic Growth ForumTM gathering of high-growth, market-leading companies.
Founded and produced by EY, the Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards are nationally sponsored by SAP America, Merrill Corporation, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In the Gulf Coast area, sponsors also include Colliers International, DLA Piper, ADP, SolomonEdwards, Chatham Financial, Pierpont Communications, and the Houston Business Journal.
About Dolphin Debit
Dolphin Debit Access is a full-service ATM management company that owns and operates ATMs for financial institutions. Dolphin’s turnkey ATM service includes deployment of new ATM equipment combined with terminal driving, ATM maintenance, armored car service, communications, monitoring and dispatch, and cash management. Dolphin Debit operates all types of equipment in various on-premises and off-premises venues. In addition, Dolphin Debit has the rights to install and operate drive-up ATMs at Walmart/Murphy USA locations in multiple states. Dolphin Debit customizes solutions to the specific needs of clients, with a flexible, cost-saving approach that enables redeployment of company assets to improve the bottom line. For more information, visit dolphindebit.com.
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My mom told me about a dream she had recently that incorporated some things we had talked about the week before. This got me interested... what happens in your head while you sleep?
What is a dream?
A dream is "a subconscious sequence of images, sounds, ideas, emotions, or other sensations usually during sleep, especially REM sleep."
Does everyone dream?
All humans do (and most mammals and birds too). When someone tells you that they don't dream, they probably mean they don't remember their dreams.
What happens when you fall asleep?
When you drift off to sleep...your heart rate slows, your temperature drops, & your brain begins processing events from the day. 'Dreams' in this early state are usually made up of flashes of thoughts and images from your day (like what you ate for lunch, a phone call you made, a movie you watched, etc). You don't usually remember these dreams unless you wake up during or right after them.
After about 90 minutes, you fall into REM sleep. You're more likely to remember REM dreams. REM dreams are often vivid, loopy and surreal. There's a biological reason for this...your amygdala (the part of your brain that processes emotions) & your hippocampus (the seat of your memory) are very active during REM sleep. Meanwhile the prefrontal cortex of the brain (responsible for logic and reasoning) is shut down during sleep. "Dreams use so many bits and pieces of our memory, but not in a logical, linear way. It's more of an associative conglomeration of things." says David Linden, Ph. D., professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Brain scans done during REM sleep show the visual center of the brain is not active (this is the primary place of input during your waking hours), while the visual memory center goes into overdrive (the part that stores images from the past). Your brain is literally flipping through it's photo album and comparing where events fit into your schema. We 'see' our dreams by subconsciously pulling them from our memory.
Why do we need sleep?
"It's almost like the old card-catalog system in libraries," says David Linden. "Dreams consolidate our recent memories and cross-reference them with older ones so that we can better understand what's going on." This explains why dreams often incorporate elements from our past. In a recent study conducted at Harvard, participants were asked to play a video game then sleep. The research team concluded in the journal Science, people who were most involved in playing the game were the most apt to dream about it, suggesting that, while they slept, their brains were processing the information that seemed important. Once the information is in your memory, it influences your decisions and how you behave during the day.
Rosalind Cartwright, Ph. D., a psychologist and the founder of the Sleep Disorder Service and Research Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, studied people going through divorce & found that those who were most depressed in the day also had the least emotional dreams. While those who were managing well during then day were more likely to have highly emotional and expressive dreams. Those who were 'doing better' during the day seemed to be working out their feelings in their dreams. "It's almost like their dreams helped them realize, "I've handled feelings like this before so I can deal with them again!" says Cartwright. The dream state is your brain's rehearsal to mentally prepare for current and future events.
What are nightmares and recurring dreams?
"Uncomfortable recurring dreams are usually linked to an unaddressed anxiety," says Veronica Tonay, Ph. D. a psychology instructor at the University of California, and the author of The Creative Dreamer. Nightmares are often brought on by a real life event (moving to a new place or a trauma). Children tend to have more nightmares than adults do. "They haven't developed the psychological tools to deal with emotions, so they're more likely to feel overpowered by them. They have a lot of nightmares about animals and monsters. This could be symbolic of big things they don't understand yet."
Don't worry though, intense and frightening dreams are normal as long as you don't have them every night.
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OMG, It is so odd that you were thinking about dreams on this day. Sara and I were discussing sleep on the same day. If you stop and think about it people are like rechargable toys. They have to sleep to reenergize. Kinda like being plugged into a charger. Of course, dreams are a very important part of the process. Talk about being on the same wave link.
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Chinese President Xi’s impact will rival that of Chairman Mao, Rogich says
October 21, 2017 Robert Perea 0 Comments Nevada Newsmakers, Ray Hagar
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers
Current Chinese President Xi Jinping will probably become China’s “most impactful” leader since Chairman Mao Zedong, said Sig Rogich of Las Vegas, a former presidential adviser, sometimes known as the “kingmaker” of Nevada politics.
Rogich, current president of The Rogich Communications Group, an international public relations and crisis management firm in Las Vegas, sees Xi developing into one of the most powerful world leaders of our time.
“President Xi, and we do work with China as you know, I think he is going to be as impactful as Mao Zedong to China,” Rogich said Thursday on Nevada Newsmakers. “I think he will be viewed in the same light. And I think he will become a world player to a degree like we have not seen yet.”
Chairman Mao was the founding father of The People’s Republic of China and held ultimate power from 1947 to his death in 1976.
The United States faces stiff economic competition in China partially because, “he (Xi) is going to have the ability to manufacture at costs we can’t compete with,” Rogich said.
China will soon manufacture batteries and cell phone technology to rival American giants in those fields.
Veteran Nevadan Journalist Ray Hagar is known for fair and tough reporting and invigorating commentary.
“I am told they are right on the verge of announcing batteries that are six or 10 times stronger than our best batteries,” said Rogich, the former U.S. ambassador to Iceland.
“They are building cameras and phones to compete with iPhone,” Rogich added. “Their new product line is very good. And they’ve got this thing called population and they have geography. They have the essence of what you need, what America has. They don’t have as good as geography as we do, But they make up for it with manpower.”
Xi’s influence will be on display during China’s twice-decade congress that opened on Wednesday. Observers and journalists covering China have reported Xi is all but certain to receive a second five-year term at the week-long, mostly closed-door congress.
Rogich sees Xi leading China long after his second term.
“He could be there forever, in my view, however long he wants to be,” Rogich said. “Yesterday, the congress started in China and it will end in the next week or 10 days and he will get everything he wants.”
Rogich was impressed by Xi’s efforts to end air pollution in China. Current levels of Chinese air pollution rank as some of the worst in the world, according to a study by The World Bank.
Sixteen of the world’s 20 most polluted cities are in China, according to The World Bank. About a fifth of urban Chinese breath heavily polluted air, according to Chinese government sources. News reports say many places smell like high-sulfur coal and leaded gasoline.
“People don’t even realize what he is doing,” Rogich said. “He’s mandating all electric cars by 2020, so they won’t have a pollution problem. If you go to Beijing, it’s real. It is cleaner now than it has ever been but it is a real problem. And I have been there on red-alert days or red-flag days where you don’t go out. You just stay in the hotel room because the smog is so severe.”
Under Xi, China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are investing in infrastructure projects overseas along the ancient Silk Road land and sea trade routes, part of Beijing’s signature Belt and Road initiative, according to Reuters news service.
China’s centrally owned overseas investments exceed $906 billion (USD), with investments in more than 185 countries and regions, the Chinese state assets regulator said on Wednesday, according to U.S media reports.
“What they are doing in China is extraordinary,” Rogich said. “I don’t know if you follow the Silk Road, One Band, One Belt, One Road theory, but it is going to touch about 40 percent of the gross domestic product in the world. Just try to fathom that — trillions and trillions of dollars.”
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Cinemas Died Often, Yet They’re Still Alive !
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In a guest column for Variety, on the eve of the 125th anniversary of the first commercial movie screening, Thierry Fremaux, director of the Lumiere Institute and the Cannes Film Festival, celebrates the legacy and resilience of cinema through history. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, the iconic French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the cinematographe. With movie theaters shuttered around the world due to the pandemic, Fremaux argues that we can’t give up on the collective experience of moviegoing.
In the summer of 1894, in Paris, Antoine Lumière discovered Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope, an object that allowed for a tiny image to animate itself for individual viewing by inserting a coin. “We must take out the strip of film from this box…and project it on a big screen, before an audience,” said Lumière. “My sons will find a way.” Indeed, his sons Louis and Auguste succeeded, and called their machine the cinematographe, which means “writing the movement” in Greek. Lightweight and easy to use, the instrument was able to both film and project.
In late 1895, after many experiments and successful trials, Antoine Lumière decided to unveil his new invention to the world. On Dec. 28, he welcomed an audience to the Salon Indien du Grand Café, on the Capucines Boulevard, in the area dedicated to illusionists and magicians, near the opera house. The owner refused to adjust the rental charge based on the number of attendees. While there were only 33 people the first night, the following days brought hundreds of spectators to the venue. Renting on a flat fee became the first good deal in the history of cinema.
At the screening, ten 50-second films were shown in succession. The first was “Leaving the Lumière Factory” in Lyon, filmed on a street that is now called “Rue du premier film” (roughly translated to ‘street of the first film’). While it’s true that filmmaker Georges Méliès came to this first screening, sitting in the first row, and tried, in vain, to buy the cinematographe, it isn’t true that Antoine Lumière declared “it was an art without any future.” The proof is that his son, Louis, would go on to direct and produce 1,500 films (all wonderful, but that’s another topic). Beautiful stories that aren’t exactly true — there are a few of these in the Lumière saga. As with the U.S. director John Ford, we often prefer to immortalize the legends.
On Dec. 28, the “first commercial public screening” took place, or rather, the first cinema screening. The invention owes a lot to the work of the Lumières’ predecessors: Etienne-Jules Marey, Eadweard Muybridge, Emile Raynaud, and of course, Thomas Edison. But let’s repeat it to the grumpy anti-French folks (often the French themselves!) who have contested for ages the legitimacy of the Lumières’ invention: Americans go to movie theaters à la Lumière, not to what would have been Edison’s Kineto.
On Dec. 28, 2020, movie theaters will turn 125, and the celebration is marked this year with some sadness, because for the first time, they are in danger. What world wars couldn’t do, this virus has achieved, insidiously. Throughout 2020, cinemas shut their doors and turned off their screens. And as if that wasn’t enough, exhibitors and cinema lovers had to watch platforms get their hands on ‘family treasures,’ movies and prestigious film libraries, luring filmmakers and cinephiles alike.
But instead of another essay about the death of cinema, we would have preferred to read tender thought, and some words of gratitude about the many ways in which the Seventh Art contributes to civilization. There are many who bang the drum for cinema: Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve and Martin Scorsese. While we feverishly wait for 2021 to be the year of our reunion, the spectators have already spoken.
In France and elsewhere, audiences came back to theaters after the first lockdown lifted, and they were ready to do it again on Dec. 15 even though the French government didn’t reopen theaters. They will come back again as soon as they get the opportunity to do so.
125 years ago, theaters were invented, and today the public is reinventing them: it’s their presence that brings out the magic of cinemas. In contrast to Edison, Lumière had the good sense to know that what people wanted was to get together to share in universal emotions, and do so before a big screen. The platforms, which can’t exist without us, our history and our mythology, don’t represent the revenge of the Kinetoscope. After all, television has existed since the 1950s. Cinemas have been through other trials: they died often, and yet they’re still alive because the public yearns for collective experiences.
In their absence, theaters — which are our homes, our churches and our rituals — have never been so present. When will we see each other again? Soon. We must! We want to return to a theater where there is no “pause” button. We want to see, on a big screen, a film we know nothing about, sitting next to someone we don’t know, and experience the promise that cinema has always upheld, and which will never disappear.
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Joyce, Walter M.
July 07th 2016 Posted to Obituary
Walter Martin Joyce, a resident of Manchester, New Hampshire for the past 49 years, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester. He was 76. Walter was born November 5, 1939 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, one of the six sons of Patrick and Ann (Higgins) Joyce, immigrants from Ireland. He attended Dorchester High School and graduated from Boston Latin High School before earning a bachelor degree in Business from Suffolk University. Walter served as a Captain in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam era until his Honorable Discharge in 1971. Walter was the New England Regional Sales manager for Becton-Dickinson, a medical supplies company headquartered in New Jersey, from where he retired in 1995. He was a former President of the Little League in Manchester, a member of the Manchester Elks Club, and was active in local Manchester politics. Walter was the husband of Helen Frances (Miskell) Joyce to whom he has been married for 48 years and is survived by his son, Sean Joyce, and his wife Bridget, of San Francisco; his daughter, Christine P. Dolan, and her husband Scott, of Medfield; his four brothers, Robert Joyce, and his late wife Janet, Kevin Joyce, and his late wife Joanne, Edward Joyce, and his partner Marjorie Lievi, and Paul Joyce, and his wife Jean; and five grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Gerald Joyce. Visiting hours will be held Friday, July 8th from 4 to 8 pm at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street (Route 109),Westwood. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Walter’s funeral Saturday at 10 am at the funeral home. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers donations to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701 or to the American Heart Association, PO Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241 would be appreciated.
Richard Nemi
July 7th, 2016 | 12:29 pm
My condolences to the family. Walter and Helen were always great friends to Dottie and I. Hopefully Walter and Dottie will meet again in heaven and will remain friends forever.
Lynnsey Shaughnessy
July 7th, 2016 | 3:23 pm
Our thoughts and prayers are with you in this challenging time.
The Shaughnessy Family
rick and yvonne renwick
Dear Christine and entire Joyce family, we are so sorry for the loss in your family. Although I never met him I’m sure he was a wonderful man judging by his daughter, Christine. I hope happy memories will ease the pain.
Heather Bradley
Christine – I have such fond memories of your dad. Thinking of you and your family during this difficult time.
Peggie Todd McGlone
My deepest sympathy to Helen and children. I remember his infectious smile when at functions for Bobby and kids, He will be deeply missed, RIP Walter
Elizabeth Mollner
July 8th, 2016 | 12:15 am
My sincere condolences to all of you dear family! Wally was a one of a kind guy and always had a smile to share and something fun to say that brought a lightness to any gathering! I especially remember that he had a way of making the kids laugh and feel important. I hold many wonderful memories of times shared over the years and am very grateful for all the times he happily came to get me at various places and bring me to the airport for my schlep back to California. Rest in peace dear Walter, you will be mightily missed… God Bless!
Nikki, Peter, Raine & Fia
Sean and family – much love to you all at this time. In the midst of your pain, I hope this time allows for beautiful memories of Wally to abound. Love the Vainners
Len McAuliffe
July 9th, 2016 | 6:38 am
Maggie and I offer our condolences to the Joyce family, and in particular to Paul and Jean.
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Broken Cable Damages Arecibo
Thread: Broken Cable Damages Arecibo
2020-Aug-12, 03:36 PM #1
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One of the auxiliary cables that helps support a metal platform in place above the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, broke on Monday (Aug. 10) causing a 100-foot-long gash on the telescope’s reflector dish. Operations at the UCF-managed observatory are stopped until repairs can be made.
The break occurred about 2:45 a.m. When the three-inch cable fell it also damaged about 6-8 panels in the Gregorian Dome and twisted the platform used to access the dome. It is not yet clear what caused the cable to break.
“We have a team of experts assessing the situation,” says Francisco Cordova, the director of the observatory. “Our focus is assuring the safety of our staff, protecting the facilities and equipment, and restoring the facility to full operations as soon as possible, so it can continue to assist scientists around the world.”
The photo with the article is pretty shocking.
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It takes quite a lot to break a cable that size, but I wouldn't be too surprised if it was a combination of fatigue damage due to wind (vortex shedding) and the vibration from the earthquakes combined with corrosion. One would have to see where the cable broke and get a microscopic examination of the area of rupture.
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Actually they can't: "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." - Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
Scott Manley has a video about the break and it looks like (maybe) the failure was at the point where the cable connects to the base way off to one side of the telescope itself.
https://youtu.be/4V3VCt24tkE
2020-Nov-19, 05:38 PM #4
Arecibo Observatory will be demolished
The world-famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, known for helping scientists peer into deep space and listen for distant radio waves, is set to be decommissioned and demolished after engineers concluded that the facility’s structure is at risk of a collapse. While teams will try to salvage some parts of the observatory, the decommission will bring an end to the popular 57-year-old telescope, which has been featured in numerous films and television shows.
The decision comes after two major cables failed at the facility within the last few months, causing significant damage to the observatory. The National Science Foundation (NSF), which oversees Arecibo, assessed the impact of the cable breaks and found that the facility’s other cables could also fail soon. If some of the remaining cables break, engineers fear that the 900-ton suspended platform above the facility could come crashing down on Arecibo’s iconic 1,000-foot-wide dish. It’s also possible that three surrounding towers, which stand at more than 300 feet tall, could topple over in any direction, potentially hitting the visitor’s center or other important nearby buildings.
Very sad news.
Originally Posted by Swift
I hate this year. Mostly, anyway.
geonuc
Very sad. Another article:
https://astronomy.com/news/2020/11/f...cable-failures
They say it should be demolished, but not whether it could be rebuilt in the same natural depression afterwards. Would there be anything to prevent that?
Would there be anything to prevent that?
No, I mean physically, as in whether the current telescope structure has altered the land in any way that would make a similar construction later on not feasible? That sort of thing.
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2020-Nov-19, 09:57 PM #10
They say it should be demolished, but not whether it could be rebuilty in the same natural depression afterwards. Would there be anything to prevent that?
Possible sure, but they’ve had trouble keeping it funded as is, and I’ve heard they considered shutting it down earlier. I would bet that this wouldn’t have happened if they had reasonable maintenance funding. My hunch is that maintenance was cut to the bone.
2020-Nov-20, 01:59 AM #11
Ugh. I'm very saddened to read this news. That installation was a national treasure. It certainly ranks as an major astronomy icon as much as the Hubble. Moreover, this will probably result a blind spot in tracking near earth asteroids.
It was a marvel of engineering when it was built. Hopefully they can take it down safely.
The facility is co-managed by the University of Central Florida near Orlando. Here's the latest from UCF:
https://www.ucf.edu/news/arecibo-obs...d-cable-break/
Following a review of engineering assessments, the U.S. National Science Foundation today announced it will begin planning the controlled decommissioning of the 1,000-foot-wide telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
The observatory, which UCF manages for NSF under a cooperative agreement, has for 57 years served as a world-class resource for radio astronomy and planetary, solar system and geospace research. But a main cable break on Nov. 6 caused the structural integrity of the telescope to come into question.
Three engineering firms, which had been previously hired to address an auxiliary cable break at the facility in August, assessed the telescope and submitted their reports to NSF. The engineer of record, Thornton Tomasetti, recommended decommissioning of the telescope because it found the telescope structure is in danger of a catastrophic failure. NSF had two other groups review the assessments, and they concurred that pursuing repairs posed a risk to human life.
“Our team has worked tirelessly with the NSF looking for ways to stabilize the telescope with minimal risk,” says UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright. “While this outcome is not what we had been working towards, and we are disheartened to see such an important scientific resource decommissioned, safety is our top priority. At a time when public interest and scientific curiosity about space and the skies has re-intensified, there remains much to understand about the data that has been acquired by Arecibo. Despite this disappointing setback, we remain committed to the scientific mission in Arecibo and to the local community.”
UCF will work with NSF to implement the safety plans and authorizations needed to begin the decommissioning process. The work is not expected to begin for several weeks. The goal is to bring down the telescope, which includes the platform and Gregorian Dome and keep as many other parts of the facility intact for future use.
NSF says it intends to restore the LIDAR facility, which is used in geospatial research at Arecibo as well as the visitor center and the offside Culebra research substation, which analyzes cloud cover and precipitation data.
“NSF prioritizes the safety of workers and Arecibo Observatory’s staff and visitors, which makes this decision necessary, although unfortunate,” said NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan. “For nearly six decades, the Arecibo Observatory has served as a beacon for breakthrough science and what a partnership with a community can look like. While this is a profound change, we will be looking for ways to assist the scientific community and maintain that strong relationship with the people of Puerto Rico.”
I don't see how. Land/rock formations are fairly stable absent landslides or eruptions or the like. And the existing towers may well be in good shape, leaving open the potential for incorporating them into a future telescope design.
The Great NorthWet
Very sad. And almost certainly preventable, if only sufficient funds had been available for maintenance.
Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.
skysurfer5cva
Trebuchet...
In my experience working with government agencies, there never seems to be enough money for maintenance. Funding NEW is always more popular than maintaining OLD or fixing OLD. I think the same is true for most individuals, myself included.
I am a civil engineer and have encountered this many times in my 40+ year career. One community services district I consulted for years ago had only about 10% of the funds they needed for annual road maintenance. Needless to say, their roads were falling apart, but they somehow had money for a new community center when the old one was still in good shape. Of course, the sources of these funds were different, but the governing board still preferred to spend on NEW, while the general manager was trying to get their focus back to maintenance and repair of OLD. He soon quit in frustration.
In the early 2000s, I got involved in the civil side of adding new buildings to several existing state prisons. A court had determined that the state was not meeting its mental health obligations to inmates, and thus required the state to spend tens of millions of dollars on new buildings at existing prisons that were in varying conditions of adequate to disrepair. The state had been saying for years there wasn't any money for maintenance (their budgets showed it and long conversations with the maintenance supervisors at four of the state prisons confirmed it), yet they somehow found the funds to build NEW. I guess courts are more persuasive than your own maintenance supervisors.
Originally Posted by geonuc
I think they'll probably bring down the towers to drop the whole thing in a controlled fashion without the cables whipping around, but they wouldn't make that much difference to the cost of a replacement. The problem is that if they had the kind of money required for a replacement, they'd have been able to maintain it properly and keep the original running.
Maybe they can put up some small dishes. There's a lot of infrastructure there beyond the dish itself and the location itself is already radio-quiet, and keeping it active even with much smaller scale instruments would make it more feasible to rebuild a large telescope there at some future time if funding becomes available.
Originally Posted by skysurfer5cva
Yup. There's never enough time or money to do it right, but there's always enough to do it over.
I wonder if Meteor Crater might be a better location for a replacement
As it’s the 25th anniversary of GoldenEye, perhaps they could get some money by reaching out to the stars of that film?
Originally Posted by publiusr
It would be pretty cool to have a replacement in Meteor Crater Arizona, but I think that the SKA is going to fill the need for Arecibo pretty well without the need for a single large spherical dish.
Unfortunately it is equally true in private industry.
And the planned locations, like Arecibo, are relatively low on nearby background radio waves so less RF noise to filter.
As far as I've been able to determine, the SKA has no elements capable of transmitting. Any radar astronomy with it would require a big dish elsewhere as transmitter. And while you can improve sensitivity by arraying antennas, it's not going to be the same as a dish of equivalent area. I wouldn't be surprised if Arecibo could pick up signals that the SKA won't be able to.
Could it be dual use, with a more solid central tower and mirrored panels that can slide, cable free?
Feed horn by night, solar power tower by day?
The Southern Hemisphere needs more love in terms of dish space.
Meteor Crater would allow for a dish a mile across or so—besting FAST.
HEY BEZOS!!!
Something else—-could Starshot also benefit from a big dish...a three use facility? More?
Last edited by publiusr; 2020-Nov-23 at 10:03 AM.
I confess I haven't looked, but have they said WHY the cables failed? My first guess would be corrosion. That should have been preventable.
Maybe wind turbines to go on the towers? Lighter cables for the ultimate H.A.M. radio?
Originally Posted by Trebuchet
Since then I saw a Scott Manley video (sorry, no link handy) saying that in one case the cable pulled out of a spelter socket. That's a standard method of making up cables ends by inserting the cable into a fitting, brooming out the wires, and pouring in molten zinc. Possibly made wrong decades ago. The other one was definitely corrosion.
It sounds like they can't even save the equipment out on the platform, will just drop it into the bowl. Very sad.
2020-Dec-01, 01:40 PM #28
The great telescope has collapsed as of today. Damage is severe.
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-huge-p...telescope.html
Photo in this tweet.
https://mobile.twitter.com/deborahti...47356605571072
While I really would like to see Arecibo replaced, I would hate for an important geological site like Meteor Crater be destroyed to accomplish that. I also can't believe it would make that much of a difference in cost.
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Gay Bawa Odmark was born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan), and moved with her family to Calcutta during the violence that erupted following India's partition. Her family eventually settled in London and she has spent her life moving between the United Kingdom, India and the United States.
Odmark's artistic practice melds a variety of media. Photography has been central to her work from the beginning of her career. Painting and printmaking are important elements of her art too. In recent years, she has incorporated Kantha stitchery, an Indian embroidery technique used to join old dhotis and saris into quilts. Red and gold stitches add texture and decorative patterning to many of her prints and collages.
Much of the imagery in Odmark's work comes from her childhood memories of India; disembodied limbs evoke the violence of partition, for example. But her imagery also draws on the richness of Indian religious and cultural traditions. Hennaed hands, the deity Ganesha, and Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, all figure in her work. The lotus is a particularly important symbol for Odmark, whose father often told her to "be like the lotus." She has written that the lotus "surmounts the murky water of its existence and is so glowing and full of light." Her delicate artworks reflect the influence of India on Odmark's artistic practice at the same time that they are uniquely personal.
Gay Bawa Odmark has studied art at San Diego State University, California College of Arts and Crafts, the San Francisco Art Academy and San Francisco Art Institute and the Slade Academy in London, where she earned a Painting Diploma. She has exhibited her work in California, in Jackson, Wyoming, at the Boise Art Museum, and in Ketchum. She has also taught art classes throughout Idaho.
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Sabrina Stockrahm
Help us find Greene County Difference Makers
Posted Monday, July 29, 2019, at 10:21 AM
To say that Greene County is filled with some of the kindest and most caring people we have ever met would be quite the understatement.
In the last few years -- and especially in the last few weeks -- Greene County has seen some hard times. As a community, we have experienced loss and frustration, but even in the darkest of times, our residents have stepped up to show support on a grand scale.
Sometimes, that support is behind the scenes and quietly, while others have used their voice to make changes where its needed.
With our Difference Makers Banquet right around the corner, we would like to recognize Greene County residents who have stepped up to help the community, whether they are doing so quietly or loud and proud.
On Sept. 19, we will host the annual Difference Maker Banquet, where we will recognize 10 Greene County residents who are nominated by you -- our readers.
The nominees will be narrowed to 10 in August and they will be highlighted in a special section that will be published in early September.
The top 10 nominees and their families will be honored at a banquet Sept. 19 and a Difference Maker of the Year will be announced. The winner will receive a prize package.
If you wish to nominate someone to be considered a Difference Maker, please fill out the form online; or a form from the GCDW print edition or The Shopper and attach a sheet with 300 words or less of why you are nominating this person.
Paper nominations can be dropped by the office at 79 S. Main, Linton or email it to Christy_lehman@hotmail.com or mail it to P.O. Box 129, Linton, IN 47441.
We encourage you to provide detailed information about the person you are nominating in order to allow the committee who selects the top 10 to make an informed decision.
This will be the fourth year for the Difference Maker event, and we have been able to recognize three groups of Difference Makers of the Year who inspire all of us to do whatever we can to support our neighbors, friends and total strangers.
Our first Difference Maker of the Year, in 2016, was Debbie Bender. Bender is a Linton native who has lived in Worthington since marrying her husband, Gary, about 40 years ago. She has spent the last 30 years working at White River Valley Worthington Elementary as a secretary and in her current role as a teacher’s aide. In her nomination form, Bender was described as an “angel in disguise.”
In 2017, we recognized Buck and Judy Mullis as the Difference Makers of the Year. The Lyons couple’s noted good deeds include volunteering with 4-H of Greene County, working to build a veterans memorial in Lyons, an annual Veterans Day dinner and Sunday In The Park in Lyons.
Last year, Tim and Cindy Hale were named the Difference Makers of the Year. The Linton couple became involved in SON Ministries when it was created in 2011. Tim serves as a voting representative of Linton First Christian Church, and Cindy serves as co-treasurer. SON Ministries is a nonprofit cooperative of eight local churches, which operates the Linton Community Food Pantry. The Hales volunteer at the pantry on some Saturdays, and work together with Mark and Joann Stacy to pick up leftover produce from the Linton Farmers Market, as well as pick up produce donations from the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. Cindy is also in charge of picking up items from the Catholic Charities in Terre Haute.
The deadline to nominate is Aug. 23 at noon.
Sabrina is the editor of the Greene County Daily World. She can be reached at sabrinagcdw@gmail.com.
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Hendrix Played Lewiston Too
It wasn't just the Dead in 1980, but Jim Hendrix played Lewiston, Maine on March 16, 1968
I was nine, I lived just down the street
377 College St
Head southwest on College St toward Pettingill St
Turn left at the 2nd cross street onto Russell St
Turn right at the 2nd cross street onto Central Ave
Destination will be on the left
Where Hendrix played
65 Central Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240
Good thing I grew up and saw Lewiston. Driving to the show with Phil Lesh, I said "Look Phil there's my house".
NO SETLIST KNOWN
no recording has surfaced
Audience Recollections
On March 16, 1968, Jimi Hendrix played at The Lewiston Armory in Lewiston, Maine, and delivered a performance unlike any other the city has ever seen. Surprisingly, these were the only public details available. That is, until I decided to do a little research. Using the local newspaper the "Sun Journal", I was able to track down a handful of people who attended the 1968 concert to learn about their perspective of the historic event & try to piece together the details of that damp March evening in Lewiston. Though the different people I’ve talked to remembered different things about the show, everyone in attendance agrees it was quite the "experience".
Everyone I talked to also agreed that the concert was extremely loud. That’s no surprise, as The Jimi Hendrix Experience was known for cranking their amplifiers and leaving the audience with their ears ringing. Sue Landry from Auburn expressed this fact to me with the most clarity. She was also kind enough to provide me with a copy of the original advertisement for the show from the local newspaper. Landry, who was in 8th grade at the time of the show, said that her father could hear the concert a half mile away on the way to pick her up. She also remembers that there was an incredible light show to dazzle the packed venue.
Roger Caslong of New Glouster also had a good time - perhaps too much of a good time. Though he can’t remember much, he remembers the essential details. Aside from the extreme loudness of the show, he remembers the mountains of amplifiers piled up behind the band, how cheap the tickets were, and he also recalls Hendrix destroying his guitar at the end of the show. According to Caslong, Hendrix also played the guitar with his teeth & behind his back in front of a crowd of standing room only.
The show at The Armory was Diane Leblond’s first concert. She was 16 at the time. Other than smelling the heavy aroma of marijuana, she remembers that the crowd "thoroughly enjoyed the performance", and that Hendrix demolished his guitar at the end of the show. She also noted that the song "Purple Haze" was the highlight of the set.
David Bernier was a senior in high school when he saw Hendrix in Lewiston. Calling it an "unforgettable experience", Bernier remembers Hendrix playing the guitar behind his head & with his teeth and tongue. He also clearly remembers feeling Noel Redding’s bass pulsating through his body. Bernier noted that the police at the show got nervous when the crowd chanted "Fire", unaware that it was the title of a Hendrix song. According to Bernier, Hendrix not only played "Fire", but many other songs from the album Are You Experience?, as well as "You Got Me Floatin’" and "Wait Until Tomorrow" off of the recently released Axis: Bold As Love album. Since The Experience never performed those two songs in concert, it’s very unlikely that they were played in Lewiston. I’m guessing he got the Axis songs confused with "Spanish Castle Magic", a song of the album that was frequently played around this timeframe. Bernier added that the band ended the show with a cover of The Trogg’s "Wild Thing". Hendrix ruled out the possibility of an encore by dousing his guitar with lighter fluid and setting it ablaze.
Ted St. Pierre of Bethel remembers Hendrix arriving late to The Armory. He heard that Jimi possibly crashed his Jaguar while driving to the show. St. Pierre, who was 16 at the time, claims that he "PA system was a joke", that it was "just a couple of Fender cabinets". St. Pierre also remembers that there were no empty seats for The Experience’s 45 minutes to an hour performance.
Along with remarking on the cheap ticket prices, Brian from Minot talked about the "wall" of amplifiers stacked behind the group, as well as Hendrix’s showmanship: "It was a wall of amps over 6 feet tall, and to see Jimi play behind his back is something I’ll never forget." Brian recalled that Hendrix played mostly songs off the Are You Experienced? album, though he remembers hearing "the greatest ‘Star Spangled Banner’" he’d ever heard. That would be unlikely, as Hendrix didn’t begin playing the National Anthem until some time later.
Penelope Poor best described Hendrix in her own words: "He seemed so young, very skinny, and was dressed the way you always see him, very colorful." Poor said that Hendrix was very well received by the audience.
I received a nameless e-mail from someone who attended the show, and they had this to say: "Jimi held his guitar strings in front of a strobe light and then dangled them over the crowd, then dropped them individually into the crowd. He lit his guitar on fire & stamped on it!"
I talked to a man named Kris Milo about the Hendrix show. Though he didn’t attend the concert, he knew a man that not only went to the show, but also took photos of Hendrix’s performance. Sadly, Paul Langelier passed away unexpectedly 5 or 6 years ago, and the photos were auctioned off. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find any trace of the photographs.
Perhaps the most intriguing perspective of the show is from Rich Hagar. Hagar played rhythm guitar for one of the opening bans at the show, Hanseatic League. The college band landed the gig because the bassist was one of the promoters for the show. Hagar recalls that Hendrix was originally signed to play the show for $1500. The promoters expected about 4,000 people at the most, but 7,000 people actually showed up, which is almost double of what The Armory is built to hold. Hagar knew it was to be a loud set from Hendrix when he saw three 24-foot U-Haul trucks pull up, all holding amplifiers and instruments. Both Hendrix and Redding used 3 Marshall amplifiers with Sound City heads. Hagar, like Ted St. Pierre, also heard the story about Hendrix crashing his Jaguar on the way to the show, so perhaps there’s some truth behind the tale. Hagar got to sit on the side of the stage during Hendrix’s set. He remembers Jimi coming onto the stage alone and starting the show alone. After soloing for a few minutes, he was joined by Mitch Mitchell on the drums for a rendition of Howlin’ Wolf’s "Killing Floor". Hagar then went on to say, that "not to be off-color, but at one point, Hendrix turned away from the audience, achieved an erection, and proceeded to play the guitar with it." Hagar, who is currently a college professor in New Jersey, got to chat with Hendrix & Redding at the concert. Redding was very talkative, where as Hendrix was more quiet and reserved.
The show at The Armory was Hendrix’s only show in Maine. The Armory has hosted other musical acts, including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Foghat, and Queen, but it’s safe to say that Lewiston has never before "experienced" a performance quite like the one delivered by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 16, 1968.
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Wow cool stories. I would not rule out the possibility of the 2 Axis songs noted by the one fan above actually being played. There are only 2 known Little Miss Lover's and Up From The Skies was played very infrequently. In that Jan/Feb 1968 time frame seems to be when an aud might have gotten lucky and heard some songs off of Axis besides just Spanish Castle Magic or Little Wing.
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Saturday 16 March 1968.
Lewiston Armory, Bates College, 73 Central Avenue, ME, USA. JHE
JHE probably flew back to New York from Portland ME (45 mins in car from Lewiston) after gig. No gigs next 2 days
Neville: “Went out to airport to pick up Marshall amplifier.”
Gary Earle (vox,kybs, Hanseatic League): “[Noel Redding didn’t arrive for the afternoon sound check, but Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell played anyway.] They were, and remain to this day, the best two-piece band I ever heard in my life.”
Concert at 20:00.
Support: The Hanseatic League; Terry And The Telstars.
Promoter: Lewiston students
Fee: $1,500
Songs remembered:
[You Got Me Floatin’!? - highly unlikely;)]
[Wait Until Tomorrow!!? – even less likely;)]
[Star Spangled Banner - yet more pish]
Neville Chesters: “Good show, shitty place.”
Bates Student (20 March) review by Andrew Tolman: “The Jimi Hendrix Experience was as powerful as had been expected and quite a bit more talented... He proceeded to ruin his equipment and do strange things to his guitar... Despite the fact that he was forced to repair his amp after every number, for which he apologized profusely and happily, the array of sounds produced was amazing. In addition to this, his voice when it could be heard, was better than the Monterey reviews implied, and both he and his Oxford-English speaking bassist were very courteous to the audience... His intense volume coupled with the very real talent for the guitar produced the best psychedelic performance Lewiston has recently seen.”
Mark Horton (bass, Hanseatic League): “[With support from dormmates, I booked Hendrix for $1,500. The League and another local band, Terry & the Telstars, opened for Hendrix.] We were all kind of nervous. I wouldn’t say it was one of our finest performances. [Gary] Earle flubbed the intro to our first song, Booker T. and the MG’s ‘Hip-Hug Her,’ but we redeemed ourselves by the closer, Cream’s arrangement of Skip James’ ‘I’m So Glad’.
Although Hendrix was distracted by equipment problems,] I was riveted.”
Rich Hagar [rhythm guitar, Hanseatic League]: “[We landed the gig because our bassist was one of the promoters for the show. Hendrix was originally signed to play the show for $1500. The promoters expected about 4,000 people at the most, but 7,000 people actually showed up, which is almost double of what The Armory is built to hold.
I knew it was to be a loud set from Hendrix when I saw three 24-foot U-Haul trucks pull up, all holding amplifiers and instruments Both Hendrix and Redding used 3 Marshall amplifiers with Sound City heads. I heard Hendrix was late because he crashed his Jaguar on the way to the show [He didn’t have a Jaguar and he didn’t drive to gigs. Ed.]. I got to sit on the side of the stage during Hendrix’s set. Jimi came onto the stage alone and starting the show alone. After soloing for a few minutes, he was joined by Mitch Mitchell on the drums for Howlin’ Wolf’s "Killing Floor".] Not to be off-color, but [I’ll just plumb the depths of pervsion here, eh? Ed.] at one point, Hendrix turned away from the audience, achieved an erection, and proceeded to play the guitar with it. [this arsehole takes 1st prize for bullshit - a total wanker. Ed.] I got to chat with Hendrix & Redding at the concert. Redding was very talkative, where as Hendrix was more quiet and reserved.]”
Sue Landry [from Auburn]: “Roger Caslong [from New Gloucester]: “[I had a good time - perhaps too much of a good time, I can’t remember much. Aside from the extreme loudness of the show, I remember the mountains of amplifiers piled up behind the band [I][wild exagerration. Ed.], how cheap the tickets were, and Hendrix destroying his guitar at the end of the show. Hendrix also played the guitar with his teeth & behind his back in front of a standing room only crowd.]”
Diane Leblond: “ thoroughly enjoyed the performance, [and Hendrix demolished his guitar at the end of the show. ‘Purple Haze’ was the highlight of the set.]”
David Bernier: “[I was a senior in high school at the time. It was an] unforgettable experience, [I remember Hendrix playing the guitar behind his head and with his teeth and tongue. I also clearly remember feeling Noel Redding’s bass pulsating through my body. The police at the show got nervous when the crowd chanted ‘Fire’, unaware that it was the title of a Hendrix song. Hendrix not only played ‘Fire’, but many other songs from the album Are You Experienced, as well as ‘You Got Me Floatin’ and "Wait Until Tomorrow" off the recently released [I]Axis: Bold As Love album [surely a mistake for Little Wing & Spanish Castle Magic, or some other? Jimi never played those songs live. Ed.]. The band ended the show with The Troggs’ ‘Wild Thing’. Hendrix doused his guitar with lighter fluid and set it ablaze. [more bullshit;) Ed.]
Ted St. Pierre: “He didn’t even have a car at this point never mind a Jaguar and he didn’t drive to gigs. Ed.).] The PA system was a joke, it was just a couple of Fender cabinets [more bullshit. Ed.]. [There were no empty seats and they played for between 45 minutes to an hour.]”
‘Brian’ [from Minot]: “[The tickets were cheap.] There was a wall of amps over six feet tall, and to see Jimi play behind his back is something I’ll never forget. [Hendrix played mostly songs off the Are You Experienced album, but I heard] the greatest ‘Star Spangled Banner’ I’d ever heard.” [not! Ed.]
Penelope Poor: “He seemed so young, very skinny, and was dressed the way you always see him, very colorful. [He was very well received by the audience.]”
Nick Knolwton, Lewiston's most famous music played in Terry that night
Jimi Hendrix 1968
Michael Lydon, New York Times, The, March 1968
"WILL HE BURN it tonight?" asked a neat blonde of her boyfriend, squashed in beside her on the packed floor of the Fillmore auditorium. "He did at Monterey," the boyfriend said, recalling the Pop Festival at which the guitarist, in a moment of elation, actually put a match to his guitar. The blonde and her boyfriend went on watching the stage, crammed with huge silver-fronted Fender amps, a double drum set, and whispering stage hands. Mitch Mitchell, the drummer, came on first, sat down, smiled, and adjusted his cymbals. Then came bassist Noel Redding, gold glasses glinting on his fair delicate face, and plugged into his amp.
"There he is," said the blonde, and yes, said the applause, there he was, Jimi Hendrix, a cigarette slouched in his mouth, dressed in tight black pants draped with a silver belt, and a pale rainbow shirt half hidden by a black leather vest.
"Dig this, baby," he mumbled into the mike. His left hand swung high over his frizz-bouffant hair making a shadow on the exploding sun lightshow, then down onto his guitar and the Jimi Hendrix Experience roared into 'Red House'. It was the first night of the group’s second American tour. During the first tour, last summer, they were almost unknown. But this time two LP’s and eight months of legend preceded them.
The crowds in San Francisco – Hendrix’s three February nights there were the biggest in the Fillmore’s history – were drooling for Hendrix in the flesh. They got him. This time he didn’t burn his guitar ("I was feeling mild") but, with the blatantly erotic arrogance that is his trademark, he gave them what they wanted.
He played all the favorites, 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady', 'Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire' and 'The Wind Cries Mary'. He played flicking his gleaming white Stratocaster between his legs and propelling it out of his groin with a nimble grind of his hips. Bending his head over the strings, he plucked them with his teeth as if eating them, occasionally pulling away to take deep breaths. Falling back and lying almost prone, he pumped the guitar neck as it stood high on his belly.
He made sound by swinging the guitar before him and just tapping the body. He played with no hands at all, letting the wah-wah pedal bend and break the noise into madly distorted melodic lines. And all at top volume, the bass and drums building a wall of black noise heard as much by pressure on the eyeballs as with the ears.
The black Elvis? He is that in England. In America James Brown is, but only for Negroes; could Hendrix become that for American whites? The title, rich in potential imagery, is a mantle waiting to be bestowed. Within his wildness, Hendrix plays on the audience’s reaction to his sexual violence with an ironic and even gentle humor. The D.A.R. sensed what he is up to: they managed to block one appearance with the Monkees last summer, because he was too "erotic." But if Jimi knows about his erotic appeal, he won’t admit it.
"Man, it’s the music, that’s what comes first," he said, taking a quick swig of Johnnie Walker Black in his motel room. "People who put down our performance, they’re people who can’t use their eyes and ears at the same time. They’ve got a button on their shoulder blades that keeps only one working at a time. Look, man, we might play sometimes just standing there; sometimes we do the whole diabolical bit when we’re in the studio and there’s nobody to watch. It’s how we feel. How we feel and getting the music out, that’s all. As soon as people understand that, the better."
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, now doing a two month tour, was formed in October, 1966, just weeks after Hendrix came to London from Greenwich Village encouraged by former Animal Chas Chandler. Mitchell, 21, came from Georgie Fame’s band, a top English rhythm and blues group, and 22-year-old Redding switched to bass from guitar which he had played with several small time bands. Their first job, after only a few weeks of rehearsal, was at the Paris Olympia on a bill with Johnny Hallyday.
Their first record, 'Hey Joe', got to number four on the English charts; a tour of England and steady dates at in London clubs, plus a follow-up hit with 'Purple Haze', made them the hottest name around. Men’s hairdressers started featuring the "Experience style". Paul McCartney got them invited to the Monterey Pop Festival and they were a smash hit.
But Jimi Hendrix, born James Marshall Hendrix 22 years ago in Seattle, Washington, goes a lot futher back. Now hip rock’s enfant terrible, he quit high school for the paratroopers at 16 ("Anybody could be in the army, I had to do it special, but, man, I was bored"). Musically he came up the black route, learning guitar to Muddy Waters records on his back porch, playing in Negro clubs in Nashville, begging his way onto Harlem bandstands, and touring for two years in the bands of rhythm and blues headliners: the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, and King Curtis. He even played the Fillmore once, but that was backing Ike and Tina Turner before the Haight-Ashbury scene.
"I always wanted more than that," he said. "I had these dreams that something was gonna happen, seeing the numbers 1966 in my sleep, so I was just passing time till then. I wanted my own scene, making my music, not playing the same riffs. Like once with Little Richard, me and another guy got fancy shirts ‘cause we were tired of wearing the uniform. Richard called a meeting. ‘I am Little Richard, I am Little Richard,’ he said, ‘the King, the King of Rock and Rhythm. I am the only one allowed to be pretty. Take off those shirts.’ Man, it was all like that. Bad pay, lousy living, and getting burned."
Early in 1966 he finally got to Greenwich Village where, as Jimmy James, he played the Cafe Wha? with his own hastily formed group, the Blue Flames. It was his break and the bridge to today’s Hendrix. He started to write songs – he has written hundreds – and play what he calls his "rock-blues-funky-freak" sound.
"Dylan really turned me on – not the words or his guitar, but as a way to get myself together. A cat like that can do it to you. Race, that was okay. In the Village, people were more friendly than in Harlem where it’s all cold and mean. Your own people hurt you more. Anyway, I had always wanted a more integrated sound. Top-Forty stuff is all out of gospel, so they try to get everybody up and clapping, shouting, ‘yeah, yeah.’ We don’t want everybody up. They should just sit there and dig it. And they must dig it, or we wouldn’t be here."
A John Wayne movie played silently on the television set in the stale and disordered room, and Hendrix started alternating slugs of scotch and Courvoisier. He stopped and turned toward the window, looking out over San Francisco. "This looks like Brussels, all built on hills. Beautiful. But no city I’ve ever seen is as pretty as Seattle, all that water and mountains. I couldn’t live there, but it was beautiful."
Besides his music, Hendrix doesn’t do much. He wants to retire young and buy a lot of motels and real estate with his money. Sometimes he thinks of producing records or going to the Juilliard School of Music to learn theory and composition. In London he lives with his manager, but plans to buy a house in a mews. In his spare time he reads Isaac Asimov’s science fiction. His musical favorites as he listed them are Charlie Mingus, Roland Kirk, Bach, Muddy Waters, Bukka White, Albert Collins, Albert King, and Elmore James.
"Where do you stop? There are so many, oh, man, so many more, all good. Sound, and being good, that’s important. Like we’re trying to find out what we really dig. We got plans for a play-type scene with people moving on stage and everything pertaining to the song and every song a story. We’ll keep moving. It get’s tiring doing the same thing, coming out and saying, ‘Now we’ll play this song,’ and ‘Now we’ll play that one.’ People take us strange ways, but I don’t care how they take us. Man, we’ll be moving. ‘Cause man, in this life, you gotta do what you want, you gotta let your mind and fancy flow, flow, flow free."
© Michael Lydon, 1968
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Home world news The Case For Biafra Is Stronger Than South Sudan - Bruce Fein...BUT GODS OWN MIRACLE WILL MAKE BIAFRA COME
The Case For Biafra Is Stronger Than South Sudan - Bruce Fein...BUT GODS OWN MIRACLE WILL MAKE BIAFRA COME
Biafra, dominated by the great Igbo race, enjoyed sovereignty before Great Britain commenced exploitive colonial rule over Nigeria under the racist banner of Rudyard Kipling’s “the White Man’ burden.” Britain asserted authority over Biafra based on the tyrannical doctrine that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
The Berlin West Africa Conference, 1884-85, and the Berlin General Act symbolized colonial lawlessness by treating Africa as a carcass to be divided up among European vultures.
Restoration of Biafra’s sovereignty is justified under international law and practice—especially with the ongoing ethnic-inspired killings and persecutions of Biafrans by Nigeria’s elected military dictator from the North touting sharia law, President Muhammadu Buhari.
Biafra’s sovereignty journey will require deft international diplomacy and the marshalling of widespread popular support from Biafrans and their resources. Power is never voluntarily surrendered. Rights ultimately are what you are willing to fight and die for.
Prior to British colonization in 1906, the great Igbo people to the East of Niger, numbering some 3 million, and their cognate tribes enjoyed decentralized self-government. They were not living in a state of nature. Their self-rule came by force of arms—not voluntarily.
In 1900, the British government assumed responsibility for the Royal Niger Company’s territories, and formed the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria, the Niger Coast Protectorate and the Lagos Colony Protectorate territories. 1913 witnessed the amalgamation of Nigeria into three administrative areas: the crown colony of Lagos and the Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria.
In 1960, Britain ended its colonization of Nigeria without reference to the Igbo or any other peoples of Nigeria entitled to self-determination. The Nigeria Independence Act established Nigerian territorial boundaries not by popular referendum or other reliable manifestations of self-determination of peoples, but according to the Nigeria’s Orders in Council, 1954 to 1960. They reflected British selfish maneuvers to dominate Nigeria economically.
Britain’s failure to offer Biafrans the right to self-determination violated the United Nations General Assembly Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples adopted on 14 December 1960. Paragraph 5 of the Declaration required that immediate steps be taken by the colonial power “to transfer all powers to the peoples of those [colonized] territories…in accordance with their freely expressed will and desire…in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and freedom.” The 1970 Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations emphasized that, “By virtue of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, all peoples have the right freely to determine without external interference their political status….”
The people of Biafra—recognized as distinct by British colonial authorities—were never provided an opportunity to vote for complete independence and freedom from the rest of Nigeria according to their freely expressed will and desire. They were never consulted on the subject when Nigeria became independent in 1960. Further, the 1960 Constitution of Nigeria was never approved by the people of Biafra in a referendum or otherwise. And neither has any subsequent Nigerian Constitution, including the current version decreed by a military dictator in 1999.
In sum, the British decolonized Nigeria in violation of international law by failing to transfer power to the peoples of Biafra in accordance with their freely expressed will.
That violation was not a technicality, but an affront to a fundamental human right. All governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Consent is required to legitimate authority and to forestall external subjugation, oppression, persecution, or even genocide fueled by tribal, sectarian, ethnic, or megalomaniacal ambitions or hatreds.
After independence from Britain, Nigeria soon became a charnel house for Biafrans. Deprived of their right to self-determination, they were left to the tender mercies of the Hausa-Fulani of the North and the Yoruba of the South in a unitary state unsuited for its diverse tribal, ethnic, and religious landscape. The gruesome 1967-1970 Biafran War was emblematic. Ethnic-based massacres of Biafrans and countless starving children who died as little more than skeletons was its grim face. The horrors suffered by Biafrans gave birth to the first modern international relief effort to lessen unspeakable misery.
At the war’s conclusion, Nigeria’s General Yakuba Gowon’s sloganeered, “No victor, no vanquished.” The words proved a cruel hoax. The Igbo were marginalized, persecuted as traitors, and subjected to a Northern political yolk. Under incumbent Nigerian elected military dictator Buhari, the repression of the Igbo have reached new heights featuring indiscriminate killings, torture, and detentions without trial.
Last March, for instance, 13 Biafrans were murdered and their corpses burnt to ashes and dumped in a burrow pit located in the area of Aba-Port Harcourt Road in Abia State by suspected Buhari agents. Last February, a team of Buhari’s Army, Navy, and Police and gunned down 22 Biafrans protesting Buhari’s detention of Biafran leader Prince Nnamdi Kanu.
A complete chronicle of Buhari’s horrors only would numb by repetition.
The point is that there is no political remedy for Biafra’s suffering—like an abused wife in a forced marriage—short of self-determination to regain its sovereignty that was illegally extinguished by the British and never surrendered after decolonization.
States born from longstanding repression of peoples by ruling authorities are part of the woof and warp of international law or custom. Think of Bangladesh, Namibia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, East Timor, Eritrea, and Kosovo.
The case for Biafran sovereignty is as strong or stronger as these precedents.
But to succeed, Biafrans will need to organize, unify, and make their case to the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the African Union, the European Union, and the United States.
If they do not all hang together, they might all come to hang separately.
The Case For Biafra Is Stronger Than South Sudan - Bruce Fein...BUT GODS OWN MIRACLE WILL MAKE BIAFRA COME Reviewed by Hothints on March 05, 2020 Rating: 5
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I interviewed at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Cleveland, OH) in February 2008. Section 364 of the USA Patriot Act reads as follows: âLaw enforcement officers designated or authorized by the Board or a reserve bank under paragraph (1) or (2) are authorized while on duty to carry firearms and make arrests without warrants for any offense against the United States committed in their presenceâ¦Such officers shall have access to law enforcement information that may be necessary for the protection of the property or personnel of the Board or a reserve bank.â. According to documents unearthed by Wall Street On Parade in government archives, the origins of the Center date back to 2005. Itâs you.â We found current job openings for the St. Louis Fed, the San Francisco Fed, and the Dallas Fed. Goldman Sachs is currently attempting to negotiate its way out of a guilty plea to a felony charge in a scandal involving looting and embezzlement of a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund known as 1MDB. ), shoved the reporter with both his arms, forcing the reporter to fall backwards, landing on her right elbow, and resulting in her yelling in pain. As settled law under John L. Lewis v. United States confirms: âEach Federal Reserve Bank is a separate corporation owned by commercial banks in its region.â. Blackburn Fa Cup 1880, The PCJF said the documents illustrated âfederal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall Street and Corporate America.”. Gime Toure Stats, The pre-interview assessment testing includes the two written exams the Police Analytical Thinking Inventory (PATI) and the Written Communication Test (WCT). After that you come back for a slightly more in depth interview, and a physical assessment (jumping jacks, running, etc). Federal reserve law enforcement officer Jobs | Glassdoor. The student is to press the weight straight up until they have locked out their arms. Rhetorical Flourish Meaning, Federal Reserve Board announces termination of enforcement action Press Release - 11/24/2020 . Federal Reserve System Law Enforcement Officers derive their authority from Section 11(q) of the Federal Reserve Act, codified at 12 U.S.C. federal reserve police physical test. Alabama Auburn Store Montgomery, Al, Successful completion of the Fit for Duty Exam as detailed in our Fit for Duty document* (please reference the Fit for Duty Exam document during initial screening, if selected) Successful completion of an initial, and any subsequent, criminal background check; Successful completion of the Federal Reserve Law Enforcement (FRLE) Training program All Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officers must pass a fitness-for-duty physical examination, psychological examination, background check, and drug screen. It was always about this moment, when vast crimes might be uncovered by citizensâ¦â. It was never really about âthe terrorists.â It was not even about civil unrest. The test is conducted on a single fulcrum bench for safety purposes. Interview. The Police Test does not indicate a candidate's ability to become a good Police Officer. Some agencies administer their own test and they maintain a roster of passing scores. This test is measured in 5 pound increments. Twisted Justice (2016) Full Movie, As they did that they screamed that he was not permitted to be taking pictures on the sidewalk â the most traditionally recognized public forum aside from a park.â. The surprise attack began at 1 a.m. with a media blackout. I applied through an employee referral. Home study courses for all police Pre test across Canada with Police Test Prep Canada. Citigroup is a one-count felon for its role in the foreign exchange rigging matter. Federal Law Enforcement Written Entrance Test Most federal law enforcement agencies have a written entrance examination that an applicant must pass in order to be considered for employment. Dirty Details Emerge as to Why Mnuchin Is Fighting Congress Over Releasing the Names of Recipients of PPP Loans. Former Wall Street veteran turned law professor, Frank Partnoy, has penned an article for The Atlantic, titled: âThe Looming Bank Collapse.â In the article Partnoy reveals the big lie that these banks are âwell capitalizedâ and exposes how the banks are back to their same old dirty tricks with the same type of complex instruments that blew up the financial system the last time around. Other Requirements and Physical Requirements. Freeman wrote: ââ¦credentialed media were identified, segregated and kept away from viewing, reporting on and photographing vital matters of public concern. A press pen was set up blocks away and those kept there were further prevented from seeing what was occurring by the strategic placement of police buses around the perimeter. the contamination. 3-day Gut Cleanse, Federal Reserve Police(Law Enforcement Officer) 2016 11-26-2016, 02:55 PM. Civil War Corps Commanders, The system has its own police academies for training, their own patch and badges, uniforms, pistols, rifles, police cars and the power to arrest coast to coast without a warrant. Barcelona Away Kit 2014, The Physical Efficiency Battery is a fitness test consisting of five different components to measure the fitness level of the students. This test measures the student's flexibility in the lower back, legs and shoulders. 1.5 Mile Run. The OPP has a 5 step pre-interview assessment testing process. Mr. Martens' career spanned four decades in printing and publishing management. Borussia Dortmund Jersey 2020, If your police service is not listed, PolicePrep can still help you. The largest shareowner of the Richmond Fed is Bank of America. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Response, Congratulations to the Cleveland Fed for earning a place on the 2017 #DBPInclusionIndex ! The test is conducted on a single fulcrum bench for safety purposes. But not one of these executives went to jail for their crimes or were beat up by the cops. Utk Dell Computer, The New York Fedâs latest multi-trillion-dollar bailout of Wall Street banks began on September 17, 2019, months before the first COVID-19 case appeared anywhere in the world. Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officer. Delve deep into the most rewarding courses. The PCJF says the Richmond FBI âcategorized OWS [Occupy Wall Street] activities under its âdomestic terrorismâ unit. There were 8 candidates in my group of test takers including two retired cops and a paralegal. The New York Fed is the supervisor as well as the perpetual bailout money spigot for these serial predators. Agencies provide temporary relief to community banking organizations Press Release - … So what the USA Patriot Act effectively did was to give multinational corporations domestic policing powers in New York City via the New York Fed. By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: June 15, 2020 ~, Former Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Inside the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center, Without any Congressional hearings on the matter, the USA Patriot Act in 2001 bestowed on the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks domestic policing powers. Krisp IT Park, 942, Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road, Kizhakottayur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600127. What you can expect depends on the location. âAs she moved towards the sidewalk, another officer told her to move to the sidewalk on the other side of the road. Its retail brokerage firm and investment bank, Merrill Lynch, received almost $2 trillion in secret revolving bailout loans during the financial crisis â monies also created out of thin air by the New York Fed. While the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, D.C. is deemed an âindependent federal agency,â with its Chair and Governors appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, the 12 regional Fed banks are private corporations owned by the member banks in their region. For example, Federal Reserve police officers in Seattle, Washington, are paid 7 percent more than the average salary for a Fed law enforcement officer. Learn how to enable cookies. Federal Reserve officers have the same authority as any other federal law enforcement officer while on duty, regardless of their geographic location. Wall Street banks are hoping and praying that their crimes this time around donât see the light of day in the press and fuel a resurgence of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Army Rotc, It pleaded guilty in 2014 to two felony counts for its role in managing the business bank account in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. Aphid Synonym, Ramapo Mountain State Forest Hiking, To apply for the OPP you have to go through the Applicant Testing Services (ATS). Comment. Letter from Chair Powell to Secretary Mnuchin regarding emergency lending facilities Recent Posting - 11/20/2020 . The process took 6+ months. One officer, described by the reporter as very tall (approximately 6â5? what kind of training they get? i have read other posts but they are from years ago whats the job like? How Old Was Josiah When He Died, Pakistan Medical Commission Ntn Number, While the real domestic terrorists sipped coffee with the NYPD at the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center, on November 15, 2011 the NYPD staged a brutal destruction of Occupy Wall Streetâs camp in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan and beat anyone who got in their way. Moreover, there have been numerous instances where police officers struck or otherwise intentionally impeded photographers as they were taking photos, keeping them from doing their job and from documenting instances of seeming police aggression.â, Freeman cited specific examples of police brutality to working media: during the November 15 eviction raid on Zuccotti Park, an NYPD âCommunity Affairs member grabbed one newspaper photographer and dragged him from the park. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Show More Show Less 3 of 3 The Federal Reserve is seen in Washington, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. § 248(q). The Physical Efficiency Battery is a fitness test consisting of five different components to measure the fitness level of the students. Duke Dumont - Duality, Ms. Martens is a former Wall Street veteran with a background in journalism. In the case of the New York Fed, which is located in the Wall Street area of Manhattan, its largest shareowners are behemoth multinational banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. § 248(q). Essential Job Functions: As a Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officer, upon successful completion of training and certification, you will operate as a Law Enforcement Officer pursuant to the authority given the Board of Governor’s by Section 11 (q) of the Federal Reserve Act. Panel interview - Relax and describe yourself and your leadership accomplishments. Reviews from Federal Reserve Bank of New York employees about working as a Law Enforcement Officer at Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 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Federal Reserve officers have the same authority as any other federal law enforcement officer while on duty, regardless of their geographic location. Posted: (2 days ago) Description JOB SUMMARY In accordance with the community-based policing philosophy and under general supervision, perform a variety of duties in the enforcement of laws, the protection of persons…After successfully completing the Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) Interview. At the time, Goldman Sachs was in the process of extracting concessions from New York City in exchange for remaining in lower Manhattan and constructing its new headquarters building at 200 West Street, adjacent to the World Financial Center. The surveillance facility quietly resides in downtown Manhattan and is called the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center. Reviews from Federal Reserve Bank of New York employees about working as a Police Officer at Federal Reserve Bank of New York. According to news reports, and a letter from the major daily newspapers and other major news outlets and organizations representing journalists, at least ten reporters and photographers were arrested while trying to report on the incidents at Zuccotti Park. Next, I was called in to take the National POST (Police Officer Standards Training) test. I was then contacted by HR and given an appointment to get drug tested and a basic physical screening. Practice the PATI, WCT Test, B-PAD, PARE, R-PAT police tests and many more. The video was submitted in a court case, Rodriguez vs Winski. Complete training information for federal reserve police requirements, it received from the academy. That information was eventually revealed by an audit conducted by the General Accountability Office. The U.S. Federal Reserve Police is the law enforcement arm of the U.S Federal Reserve System, which is the central banking system of the United States. This test measures the student's upper body strength for one repetition. Audrey Hepburn Costume Accessories, At least two years work experience in military, security, or law enforcement preferred. (More on this below.). The reporter said the officer then proceeded to pick her up by the collar while yelling âstop pretending.â The reporter went to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of her injuries.â, Another incident reported by Freeman involved a male photographer who was photographing a man the police were carrying out of Zuccotti Park who was covered in blood. âAs he raised his camera to take a picture, two other police officers came running toward him, grabbed a metal barrier and forcefully lunged at him striking the photographer in the chest, knees and shin. The second reason is lack of time management skills required to complete the police test in the given time period. The Fed’s police officers are technically known as FRLEO, short for Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officer. The Richmond Fed was then passing the information on the Occupy activities back to the Richmond FBI. During the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in the fall of 2011, following the serially corrupt activities of mega banks like JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, which led to almost 10 million home foreclosures, millions of job losses, and the worst financial crash since the Great Depression, the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center played an active role in spying on the peaceful protesters and sharing information with federal intelligence agencies. § 248 (q). Deadline to apply: Tuesday October 15, 2019 As such do not let the Police Test … A previous recruitment ad for the Richmond Fed indicated that their police would have access to the nationâs criminal databases: âThe Law Enforcement Unit has an immediate opening for a Communications Center Operator, reporting to the Center leadership team in Richmond, Virginiaâ¦[the officer will query] âinformation from a variety of law enforcement data bases for information, wants/warrants, intelligence, driverâs license and vehicle information, etc.â, Having access to the nationâs criminal databases is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the New York Fed, which has its own brass name plate and staffer located inside one of the most sophisticated surveillance centers in the U.S., sitting alongside New York City police (NYPD) personnel and the New York Fedâs largest owners: there are also brass name plates for staffers from Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. Federal Reserve Police is a group on Roblox owned by Squareheaddude with 85 members. How To Stain Ceramic Bisque, does anyone have any info on this job? Candidate Achievement Record (CAR)General Administration Test (GAT-380)General Competency Test: Level 1 (GCT1-207) *General Competency Test: Level 2 (GCT2-314) *General Intelligence Test (GIT-310)General Intelligence Test (GIT-320)Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation Test (GSPAT-120)Human Resources Consultant Simulation Exercise (410) The Police Test is used as a screening tool to eliminate candidates that do not meet a minimum level of competency on numerical and verbal skills. Wshl Schedule 2019-2020, A short time later, before she got to any sidewalk, she was grabbed by a third officer and thrown to the ground, hitting her head on the pavement.â, On the same day, November 17, Freeman relates how a female reporter was standing with a group of photographers âwhen a group of police officers moved towards them and started pushing the group back. The Federal Reserve Has Its Own Police and Is Part of a Vast Surveillance Center â Should You Worry? Pediatric Neurologist In Karachi, Chris Ashton Worley Salary, The Federal Reserve Board Police in Washington, D.C., is not a part of the identical entity as Federal Reserve System Law Enforcement Units situated within the 12 districts (masking all 50 states) all through the nation. Naomi Wolf, writing in The Guardian, said this about what the PCJF documents revealed: âWhy the huge push for counterterrorism âfusion centers,â the DHS militarizing of police departments, and so on? General Competency Test: Level 1 (GCT1) General Competency Test: Level 2 (GCT2) Graduate Recruitment Test (GRT) Office Skills Test (OST) Note that test information and sample test questions are also available under: « PSC Tests » © 2020 Wall Street On Parade. The Fed’s police officers are technically known as FRLEO, short for Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officer. Learn about Federal Reserve Bank of New York culture, salaries, benefits, work-life balance, management, job security, and more. The encampment was surrounded by riot police, credentialed mainstream journalists who tried to enter were pushed back or arrested, and the airspace was closed to news helicopters. International Children's Book Day Theme, Post Cancel. On November 21, 2011, George Freeman, Assistant General Counsel of the New York Times, wrote to the NYPD on behalf of The Times, the New York Post, New York Daily News, National Press Photographers Association, Associated Press, NBC, WABC TV, New York Press Photographers Association, Dow Jones, WCBS TV, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Freeman described attacks on mainstream media that were more reminiscent of a military junta than a municipal police force. Duties: Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Officers with The United States Federal Reserve Law Enforcement Unit serves as the law enforcement arm of the Federal Reserve System. Click on this Text to Read Our Full Series of Articles. I was the only one that passed. The system has its own police academies for training, their own patch and badges, uniforms, pistols, rifles, police cars and the power to arrest coast to coast without a warrant. 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Their commission is EXACTLY the same as those granted to the officers working at the "quasi-governmental" branches. At the same time this Community Affairs officer also threatened to arrest another credentialed photographer for being inside the park.â Two days later, on November 17, a female photographer with clearly visible press credentials, was advised by the NYPD to move to the sidewalk. 1983-84 North Carolina Tar Heels Roster, Bloomberg, of course, was the billionaire Mayor of New York City at the time, whose wealth derives from leasing thousands of market data terminals to global banks around the world, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and even the New York Fed, which has its own trading floor. campaign has now occurred. The NYPD forced journalists to leave Zuccotti Park, prevented members of the credentialed press from being present during the eviction, and used intimidation and physical force to prevent reporters and photographers from carrying out their journalistic functions. After that you come back for a slightly more in depth … This document indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. Black And White Striped Shirt Men's, Required fields are marked *. Law Enforcement Officer-266085 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Primary Location MA-Boston Full…@Rescreen Law Enforcement Officer Position Summary: A sworn Federal Police Officer with full arrest powers to enforce federal laws and Federal Reserve policies and regulations to protect life, property and assets… Rhyming Poems About Love And Pain, § 248(q). One document uncovered by the PCJF revealed that The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Virginia) was engaging in surveillance on Occupy Tampa and Tampa Veterans for Peace. Notre Dame Basketball Alumni, Games With Good And Evil Choices, I am current TSA will my fed time transfer over. The first reason is lack of awareness of the types of questions to expect on the real Exam. Cardiff City Squad 2005, Federal Reserve System Law Enforcement Officers derive their authority from Section 11(q) of the Federal Reserve Act, codified at 12 U.S.C. It pleaded guilty in 2015 as one of the banks that rigged foreign exchange trading. FAIR USE NOTICE This video may contain copyrighted material; the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Federal Reserve officers have the same authority as any other federal law enforcement officer while on duty, regardless of their geographic location. Bless This House For We Are All Together, Spanish Wonderkids Fm20, Glassdoor has millions of jobs plus salary information, company reviews, and interview questions from people on the inside making it easy to find a job thatâs right for you. (See here and here.) The Physical Efficiency Battery is a fitness test consisting of five different components to measure the fitness level of the students. Cafs System For Sale, The slogan of Occupy Wall Street was âThe banks got bailed out, we got sold out.â Little did Occupy members know at the time that the very banks that got bailed out with $29 trillion in money created out of thin air by the New York Fed, were sitting cozily together with the NYPD in the Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center, spying on Occupy members’ every move and viewing them as the enemy to be dealt with. Congressman Jerrold Nadler sent a letter on December 6, 2011 to Attorney General Eric Holder at the  U.S. Department of Justice requesting that an investigation be initiated into NYPD conduct. The documents indicate that NYPD Commissioner at the time, Raymond Kelly, promised Edward Forst, a Goldman Sachsâ Executive Vice President, that the NYPD âis committed to the development and implementation of a comprehensive security plan for Lower Manhattanâ¦One component of the plan will be a centralized coordination center that will provide space for full-time, on site representation from Goldman Sachs and other stakeholders.â. Many of those arrested were not charged with any offenses. Please describe the problem with this {0} and we will look into it. here you will see a very rare catch of a federal reserve police department cruiser out patrolling in the wall street area of manhattan in new york city. Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, November 4-5, 2020 Press Release - 11/25/2020 . Si Unit Of Time, Your email address will not be published. The Fedâs Emergency Loan Operations to Wall Streetâs Trading Firms Began on September 17, 2019 â Months Before the Coronavirus COVID-19 Had Emerged in China or Anywhere Else in the World. That Strongly Suggests to Us that Wall Street Banks Had a Serious Problem Independent of the Virus Outbreak. According to the 2005 documents, Goldmanâs deal included $1.65 billion in Liberty Bonds, up to $160 million in sales tax abatements for construction materials and tenant furnishings, and the requirement that a security plan that gave it a seat at the NYPDâs Coordination Center would be in place by no later than December 31, 2009.
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Finding serial numbers on a game can sometimes be quite challenging. They are commonly hidden, painted over, destroyed or just in non-obvious places. The main difficulty is that manufacturers put their serial numbers in a variety of places in and out of the game and then they often changed the location of the serial number as time went on. Several manufacturers used a consistent numbering system for many years and others changed their formats often. In addition, there are frequently numbers on a game that might not be the serial number at all, it could be a part number, an inspector number or something that has no connection to the actual serial number at all.
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Allied Leisure Industries, Inc. (1972-1979)
Genco Mfg. Co. (1931-1957)
Segasa (Spain) (1972-1986)
Astro Games Inc. (1979)
Global VR, of San Jose, California
Segasa d.b.a. Sonic (Spain)
Atari, Inc. (1976-1983)
Interflip S. A. (Spain) (1975)
Shyvers Automatic Coin Machine Co. (1934)
Atlas Indicator Works Inc. (1931-1932)
International Concepts (1989)
Stern Electronics, Inc. (1977-1984)
Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983)
J. H. Keeney and Co. Inc. (1931-1964)
Stern Pinball, Inc. (1999-)
Bally Midway Mfg. Co. (1983-1988)
Stoner Mfg. Co. (1933-1941)
Bally Wulff (Germany) (1986-1987)
Marvel Mfg. Co. (1944-1948)
T.H. Bergmann & Co. (Hamburg, Germany) (1952-1960)
Bell games (Italy)
Micropin Corp. (1979-1980)
Technoplay (San Marino, Italy) (1987-1989)
Better Games Co. (Flint, MI) (1933)
Midway Manufacturing Co. (1959-1978)
The Valley Company, Subsidiary of Walter Kidde & Co., Inc.
Block Marble Co. (1948)
Midway Mfg. Co., a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Inc.
United Mfg. Co. (1942-1962)
Century Consolidated Industries Company
Mills Novelty Company (1932-1942)
Universal de Desarrollos Electronicos, S.A.
Chicago Coin Machine Mfg. Co. (1932-1977)
Northwest Coin Machine Co. (1931-1932)
Wico Corp. (1977-1984)
D. Gottlieb & Co. (1931-1977)
O. D. Jennings and Co. (1932-1938)
Williams Electronic Games, Inc., a subsidiary of WMS Inc.
D. Gottlieb & Co., a Columbia Pictures Industries Company
Pacific Amusement Mfg. Co. (1932-1937)
Williams Electronic Manufacturing Co. (1958-1967)
Data East USA, Inc. (1987-1994)
Playmatic (Barcelona, Spain) (1974-1985)
Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985)
Exhibit Supply Co. (1932-1957)
Premier Technology (1984-1996)
Williams Manufacturing Company (1944-1958)
Fascination Int., Inc. (1977-1979)
Recel S. A. (Madrid, Spain) (1974-1986)
Wonder Wizard
Game Plan, Inc. (1978-1985)
Sega Pinball, Inc. (American)
Zaccaria (Bologna, Italy) (1974-1987)
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SECTION I N4VF CHASSIS OVERVIEW
1. N4VF CHASSIS (CV27D48) FEATURES ..................................................................................................1-2
2. SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................1-2
3. N4VF CONFIGURATION ..........................................................................................................................1-3
3-1. Layout ..................................................................................................................................................1-3
3-2. Service Position....................................................................................................................................1-3
4. BLOCK DIAGRAM ....................................................................................................................................1-4
SECTION II POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT
1. POWER SUPPLY BLOCK DIAGRAM ....................................................................................................2-2
1-1. Power Supply Overview .......................................................................................................................2-3
1-2. Main Switching Circuit .......................................................................................................................2-3
1-3. Voltage Regulator/Controller IC ..........................................................................................................2-4
2. TROUBLESHOOTING...............................................................................................................................2-4
2-1. Troubleshooting Flow Charts ..............................................................................................................2-5
Flow Chart 1 - TV Does Not Turn On .................................................................................................2-5
Flow Chart 2 - No High B+ .................................................................................................................2-6
Flow Chart 3 - High B+ Supply in Shut-down ....................................................................................2-7
3. POWER LINE TIMING CHART ..............................................................................................................2-8
SECTION III SYSTEM CONTROL
1. SYSTEM CONTROL OVERVIEW ...........................................................................................................3-2
1-1. Clock/Reserve Function .......................................................................................................................3-2
1-2. Channel Selection Functions (PLL-IC control) ...................................................................................3-2
1-3. Other Functions ...................................................................................................................................3-2
2. MAJOR FEATURES IN THE CHANNEL SELECTION SYSTEM ......................................................3-2
3. LOCAL KEY DETECTION METHOD ....................................................................................................3-8
4. SERIAL CONTROL ....................................................................................................................................3-9
4-1. Channel Selection ................................................................................................................................3-9
4-2. Video/Audio Adjustment Control ......................................................................................................3-10
4-3 . Non Volatile Memory Control ......................................................................................................... 3-11
5. DATA COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VCR AND MAIN MICROCOMPUTERS ........................3-13
5-1. Serial Transfer Timing Chart ............................................................................................................3-13
SECTION IV SIGNAL PROCESSING (A/V Selection & Y/C Separation)
1. SIGNAL FLOW OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................4-2
2. A/V SWITCH CIRCUIT .............................................................................................................................4-2
2-1. Record Signal .......................................................................................................................................4-2
2-2. Monitor Signal .....................................................................................................................................4-2
2-3. Audio Mode Switch .............................................................................................................................4-4
3. Y/C SEPARATION CIRCUIT ....................................................................................................................4-5
3-1. Comb Filter Circuit ..............................................................................................................................4-5
3-2. XZ01 I/O Signals .................................................................................................................................4-5
4-1. Common Items for TV, EXT. & VCR .................................................................................................4-6
4-1-1. No Picture (VCR Records) ........................................................................................................4-6
4-1-2. No Sound (L&R channels, VCR Records Audio) .....................................................................4-7
4-1-3. Troubleshooting A/V Switch (in Audio and Video) .................................................................4-8
SECTION V VCR DECK TROUBLESHOOTING
1-1. No Play .................................................................................................................................................5-2
1-2. No Record ............................................................................................................................................5-2
N4VF CHASSIS OVERVIEW
(CV27D48)
1. N4VF CHASSIS (CV27D48) FEATURES
The N4VF (CV27D48) chassis is a combination TV and (6) A MTS/SAP circuit, which allows stereo/SAP
VCR which uses a derivative of the N3SL TV chassis in reception and recording;
the TV section and a V3 deck in the VCR section. The (7) An A/V input terminal and variable audio output
features of the CV27D48 include: terminals; and
(1) A 27 inch full square tube (FST); (8) A V3 VCR section with specifications similar to the
M650 VCR.
(2) A simple and easy operating system that provides
operating procedures and displays erroneous Further specifications and features of the CV27D48
operations on the screen for both the VCR and TV; Combo are outlined in the chart below. Detailed service
information is found in Service Manual 020-9409.
(3) An analog clock system to set the clock and OSD
Training Manual NTDVCR05 contains a detailed
programming of up to six events per month;
explanation of the V3 VCR.
(4) A 181 Channel synthesizer tuning system;
(5) A GLASS comb filter for Y/C separation (used to
reduce dot interference and cross color noise);
2. SPECIFICATIONS
Major specifications are as follows.
Type name CV27D48
Power supply AC 120V, 60 Hz
Remote control 40 key type remote transmitter
UP/DN key to switch menu, PROG/ADV/UP/DN key to switch
timer recording.
VCR control key, etc.
Dimensions Width : 680 mm
Height : 651.5 mm
Depth : 498 mm
Weight 40.5 Kg
Speaker 2.4" x 4.7" oval speakers
Audio output 3W x 2
A/V input terminal Video : 1 V(p-p), 75 ohms, negative sync,
Audio : 150 mVrms, more than 47 K ohms
Signal system Standard NTSC
Recording/playback system Recording : format (SP, SLP)
Playback : format (SP, LP, SLP)
Cassette Video cassette with mark
Tape speed SLP : 11.1 mm/s, SP : 33.4 mm/s
Video recording/playback time SLP : 480 minutes, SP : 160 minutes (When T-160 video
cassette is used)
Audio frequency range/dynamic range Frequency range : 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz
(Hi-Fi) Dynamic range : 90 dB
3. N4VF CONFIGURATION
3.1 Layout
The orientation of the N4VF chassis
is shown in Figure 1-1. The chassis is
divided into two parts, the TV
Chassis and the VCR Deck. Power,
control, and Audio/Video to and INTERCONNECT CABLES
from the VCR Deck are provided by
three interconnect cables. This
configuration allows easy access to
either the VCR Deck or the TV
Chassis.
3-2 Service Position TV CHASSIS
The VCR Deck is placed in the
service position in the following VCR DECK
manner (see Figure 1-2). Disconnect
the three interconnect cables form the
deck. Remove the two screws
that fasten the VCR deck into Figure 1-1 N4VF Chassis Configuration
the cabinet. Carefully pull the deck out of the cabinet and board. Reconnect the cables from the TV chassis to the
place it on the service bench. Then remove the shield to VCR Deck. See Service Manual 020-9409, pages 8 and 9,
access the top of the deck. Take the deck out of the deck for further disassembly instructions.
frame to access the bottom of the VCR's main circuit
Figure 1-2 VCR Deck Service Position
4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
The block diagram of Figure 1-3 shows the main circuits the TV Chassis section (HV, Deflection, and Video Driver
of the CV27D48. The TV chassis incorporates mainly five circuits) to be off while the VCR Deck is in the record
boards: the Main Board, the A/V Switch Board, the V/C/D mode. In this case, power must be supplied to the tuner,
Board, the CRT Board, and the Key Control Board. The IF, and AV Switch circuits. Power is also constantly
TV Tuner (H001) and TV IF/MTS Module (H004) are supplied (as long as ac is supplied to the set) to the system
also located on the Main Board. The VCR Deck (not control circuits.
shown) contains the VCR processsing circuits. Three
Since the VCR Deck does not contain its own tuner, the
interconnect cable assemblies are used to interface the
audio and video signals are selected by the AV Switch
VCR Deck to the TV Section. One is used for power, the
circuits located on the AV SW Board. Thus, the video
other for the Audio/Video (A/V) signals, and the third for
signal displayed on the screen and the selected audio are
system control communication.
also the Record Signals (REC. SIG.) that are routed to the
There are two switch mode power supplies located on the VCR Deck. During playback, the composite video play
Main Board. Other sources are developed on the VCR signal (PLAY SIG.) from the VCR is routed to the video
Main Board (a detailed description of the power supply processing circuits and the audio channels are routed to
follows in Section II). The separate power supplies allows the speakers via the audio processing circuits.
To VCR DECK
Figure 1-3 CV27D48 Block Diagram
POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT
1. POWER SUPPLY BLOCK DIAGRAM
Figure 2-1 Combo Power Supply Block Diagram
1-1. Power Supply Overview over-load condition. If shutdown of the High B+ Supply
occurs, the VCR Record Function will continue
The CV27D48 contains two independently controlled
uninterrupted.
switch mode power supplies as illustrated by the Block
Diagram of Figure 2-1. The Main SMPS develops the 1-2. Main Switching Circuit
32Vdc, 14Vdc, and the 6.3Vdc sources via the secondary The switching circuit for the Main Power Supply is shown
rectifier/filter circuits of T830. Voltage regulation is in Figure 2-2. The Main Supply is active as soon as ac is
provided by IC831, D839, and Q830. Additional sources applied. Thus, Vcc is supplied to the microcomputers as
derived from the 14V and 6.3V sources by the long as ac is available to the set.
Controller/Voltage Regulator IC (IC831) include, the
When ac power is applied to the set, a dc voltage is
On-Off 9Vdc, the Ever 5.6Vdc, and the Ever 5Vdc for the
supplied to Pin 2 of Q830 via R831 and R834, foward
TV Chassis. The 14V and 6.3V sources are also supplied
biasing Q1 (inside Q830). Thus, current flows through Q1
to the VCR Deck as sources and to another Voltage
and the primary (NP) of T830. An EMF develops on drive
Regulator/Controller IC (IC821) located on the VCR Main
winding ND, which increases the Q1 current. When Q1
Board. IC821 supplies the On-Off 9Vdc, Ever 5Vdc, and
reaches saturation, it turns off and an EMF is generated in
the On-Off 5Vdc to the VCR Circuits. A detailed theory
winding NS, thus supplying power to the secondary side.
of operation for this power supply is found in the V3
Training Manual, NTDVCR05. When the secondary EMF field fully collapses, D821 is
turned off and a reverse EMF is developed from NS to ND.
The other switch mode power supply (High B+ Supply)
This is applied to Pin 2 of Q830 via D835 and R834,
develops the 115Vdc and 18Vdc sources. A detailed
turning Q1 on. After the initial start-up, the power supply
theory of operation for this power supply is found in the
remains in a self oscillation mode.
X90E TV Chassis Training Manual, NTDCTV03. The
115Vdc source supplies power to the HV/Horizontal The off time of Q3 and Q1 inside Q830 is controlled via
Deflection Circuit, which develops additional sources, the feedback components IC831 and D839. This serves to
including the 210V, 27V, FBT 12V, EHT, Focus, and G2. regulate the 14V source.
The High B+ Power Supply also incorporates shutdown
protection in the event of an over-voltage condition or an
1-3. Voltage Regulator/Controller IC 2. TROUBLESHOOTING
The LA5611 type IC is a monolithic Integrated Circuit,
The power supplies in the N4VF combo chassis are
which contains a primary side error amplifier, a nine volt
similar to those used in other Toshiba products. The Main
error amplifier, an ever five volt regulator, an on-off five
supply is basically the same as the V3 VCR Power
volt regulator, and a 5.6 volt regulator, as shown by the
Supply. The troubleshooting Flow Charts found in the V3
LA5611 Block Diagram of Figure 2-3. Two of these ICs
training manual may also apply to the Main power supply
are used in the N4VF Chassis. One is used in the the Main
in this chassis. The High B+ Supply is similar to the
Power Supply for the TV chassis (IC831) and one is used
power supply in the CF27C40 television chassis. Some
on the VCR Main Board (IC821).
areas of the power supply are hot. Always use an isolation
The 9V error amplifier is turned on or off according to a transformer when troubleshooting the power supplies.
Power On (Low=On and High=Off) signal sent from the
During the initial diagnosis, a determination should be
microcomputer. The Power On line for IC831 is from the
made as to which supply contains the fault. Some basic
TV Microcomputer, ICA01, Pin 24, and the Power On line
hints to determine the location of a fault are as follows.
for IC821 is from the VCR Microcomputer, IC501, Pin
30. 1. Since the High B+ Supply relies on the Main
Supply to turn On, the Ever 5V from the Main Supply
The IC is equipped with a current limiter for the EVER
must be available.
5V Regulator. A Temperature Sensing Device (TSD)
2. The High B+ Supply contains shutdown circuits
shuts the IC off when the load is short-circuited or if the
that may be triggered as soon as the TV section is
temperature rises to 130
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Daily Pitch: Games played August 9, 2017
August 10, 2017 (Thursday)
By Ron Kaplan, contributor
On the day the Detroit Tigers (52-61) placed Ian Kinsler on revocable waivers, the stalwart second baseman had his best game in a while, becoming the third MOT in the last week or so to just miss a cycle. He hit his 11th home run (solo), 19th double (to drive in three), and a single in four official at bats (he also walked), driving in 40 percent of the team’s runs in their 10-0 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.
Alex Bregman singled and doubled (#29) in four at-bats as the Houston Astros (71-42) fell to the host Chicago White Sox (43-68), 7-1. Brad Goldberg did not appear for the Sox.
Ryan Braun, back in the familiar #3 spot in the lineup, was 2-for-4 as the Milwaukee Brewers (59-57) were shut out by the visiting Minnesota Twins, 4-0.
Joc Pederson only put the ball in play once, but that was enough. After striking out twice (he also walked), he drove in the game-tying run with a double (#19) in the seventh inning and then came around to score what proved to be the winner as the LA Dodgers (80-33) edged the host Arizona Diamondbacks, 3-2. He also made a nice defensive play.
Batting in the fifth spot, Kevin Pillar hit his 26th double in five at-bats, but the Toronto Blue Jays (53-60) lost to the visiting NY Yankees, 11-5. In another attempt to make money, MLB has scheduled an “anything goes” weekend at the end of August where players will be allowed to wear uniforms with whatever nickname they like. Pillar’s will simply have “Pill” on the back.
Once again, Danny Valencia sat out a game for the Seattle Mariners in favor of their newly-acquired first baseman, Yonder Alonso. The Mariners (59-56) beat the host Oakland As, 6-3.
Richard Bleier did not appear for the Baltimore Orioles (56-58) in their 5-1 loss to the host LA Angels.
Max Fried did not appear for the Atlanta Braves (51-61 ) in their 3-2 loss to the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.
Scott Feldman update: According to Cincinnati.com, the Reds’ pitcher “threw a bullpen session and performed some on-field agility activities Wednesday in hopes of being able to make a start Saturday. Manager Bryan Price said the 34-year-old looked able, but doubts if Feldman will look fully healthy the rest of the year.”
“I’m not going to say he looked good,” Price said. “He looked like he’s capable. I’m not putting it out there and saying this guy’s 100 percent, because he’s not.”
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Prof. Ori Efrati, left, and Dr. Michael Cohen. (photos from IMP)
With the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, there has also been a spike in morbidity, clearly indicating that we’re not out of the woods yet. In fact, hospitals in Israel have warned that they are steadily approaching maximum capacity, as the numbers of severely ill COVID patients breaks all records.
When COVID-19 first erupted in March 2020, health authorities warned that a surfeit in severely ill coronavirus patients would overwhelm the system due, in large part, to a lack of ventilation machines – the standard of care for coronavirus patients whose condition deteriorates to pneumonia. In the ensuing months, Prof. Eyal Leshem, director of the Centre for Travel Medicine and Tropical Diseases at Sheba Medical Centre, explained that, in addition to the shortage of ventilators, one of the most pressing issues is the lack of highly trained intensive-care-unit staff to monitor patients attached to those devices.
An innovation by Yehonatan Medical addresses both of these issues.
Yehonatan Medical, in collaboration with Prof. Ori Efrati, director of the pediatric pulmonary unit at Sheba Medical Centre, devised a first-of-its-kind ventilation system that can treat multiple patients.
“Conventional ventilators, aside from being very costly, are limited in that they can only be used with one patient at a time,” explained Efrati. “Their capacity factor and programming functions were designed for single-patient use, and there is also the danger of cross-contamination.”
The new ventilation system resolves issues that corona ICU wards have been grappling with as the number of severely ill patients rises.
“We were able to use the relatively simple and inexpensive BipaP non-invasive ventilation machine as the basis for the advanced ventilation technology,” said Efrati. “Thanks to the high-power output and built-in disinfecting mechanism, the new system can safely treat three to five patients simultaneously.”
Moreover, a system that can treat multiple patients at one time necessitates fewer ICU-trained staff. Thanks to the remote interface, the medical team can monitor patients from a safe distance.
“This tremendous breakthrough is nothing less than a game-changer when it comes to caring for large numbers of corona patients,” Efrati added.
Dr. Michael Cohen, an engineer and scientist and the founder of Yehonatan Medical, said, “All in all, we’re talking about a system that delivers personalized care in a multi-user format.”
Additional features based on artificial-intelligence technology include the ability to have a hierarchy and classification of alerts; the ability for automatic parameter correction according to set criteria; respiratory rehabilitation for the patient by adjusting to changes in the patient responsiveness; and more. The streamlined, relatively low-cost system can be implemented in makeshift clinical settings, such as field hospitals, as well as in step-down units within the hospital, in the internal and other wards.
Yehonatan Medical is the medical department of Mofet Etzion, a company that for more than two decades has developed various security and military innovations for the Israel Defence Forces and foreign armies. Cohen has developed dozens of life-saving innovations, including in the area of cardiology, in collaboration with cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons from Israel, the United States and Canada.
“Some of the insights for the development of this revolutionary ventilation system were provided by cardiologists who helped us to devise the various accoutrements and sensors,” Cohen said, making specific mention of Dr. David Adams, professor and system chair of the cardiovascular surgery department at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York; Dr. David Tirone, chief of cardiac surgery at Toronto General Hospital; and Dr. Gideon Cohen, cardiothoracic surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. The development of the system itself took place in Israel, marking the first time that an invasive ventilation machine has been built in Israel.
The advanced ventilation technology is currently in advanced phase trials at the MSR Medical Simulation Centre at Sheba, where it is being tested on artificial lungs, and is expected to be ready for mass marketing in the coming months.
– Courtesy International Marketing and Promotion (IMP)
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As if the pandemic weren’t enough, I’m supposed to think of something tantalizing and healthy to cook every night? Right. Roger that. My motto is: go with the tried and true. Or, given the times we’re in: go with the tired and true. Translation: something my mom used to make in the 1960s and ’70s. Something delicious but notoriously unhealthy.
Let’s face it, back then, the general public didn’t know bupkas about heart-healthy diets, Keto or low cholesterol. Not even doctors’ families. Nobody measured their BMI (body mass index) at the gym, because no one went to the gym. No one had their goal weight etched in their brain. It was a kinder, gentler time. Albeit with lots more spontaneous and fatal heart attacks and strokes. But still.
Back to the task at hand. It was a dark and stormy afternoon. I was tired. Really tired. Of cooking. But we have to eat. So, I did what any self-respecting accidental balabusta would do: I pulled out my mother’s old National Council of Jewish Women Cookbook. It’s a miracle that it isn’t falling apart after all these decades doing yeoman service. As I was searching for something simple and doable within 30 minutes, I happened upon a dog-eared page. One my mother had probably marked for good reason. Which is ironic, since the standing joke in my family was this – as soon as my mom cooked anything that my dad loved, she never made it again. We’ve speculated on the rationale for years. Was it intentional? Happenstance? Payback for something? Maybe it had to do with the electric can opener my dad gave mom for her birthday one year; or was it their anniversary?
The dog-eared recipe, thankfully, was – drum roll, please – Meatloaf. Yes, Virginia, you heard correctly, Meatloaf. I capitalize it because, well, it deserves the recognition. There is no problem in this world that can’t be solved by a good meatloaf. (Alright, maybe athlete’s foot and world wars, but, otherwise….)
In sync with the majority of the recipes in that cookbook, it called for an envelope of onion soup mix, undoubtedly a staple in those days. Chip dip – sour cream and onion soup mix. Spinach delight – onion soup mix. Apricot chicken – onion soup mix. Being a culinary rebel (ha!), I decided to go rogue and omit the onion soup mix. I had to draw my own line in the sand. And I swapped Panko for breadcrumbs. This recipe makes a moist, dream-of-a-1960s dinner. Once again, you’re welcome. You may be excused from the table.
2 lbs ground beef (extra lean)
1 1/2 cup soft breadcrumbs (or Panko)
1/2 to 3/4 cup water
1/3 cup ketchup (or, as they called it in the ’60s, catsup)
Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and place the mix into a greased loaf pan. (I covered the top with more ketchup – I know, very radical). Bake for approximately one hour.
It doesn’t get much easier than this. Seriously. Both Harvey and I kept cutting little pieces off, to even out the end. We were insatiable! We easily ate half of this two-pound loaf in one sitting, and polished off the rest the next day in sandwiches. What can I say? We’re dyed-in-the-wool carnivores.
To switch it up a little, and marry old school to multicultural, I also made Greek lemon potatoes. While I could eat meat and potatoes every night of the week, I don’t. And don’t go getting all judgy on me, either – there was broccoli in attendance.
The Greek lemon potatoes were a new thing for me (the making part), and I only made the Greek kind because I had a bunch of fresh rosemary leftover from baking focaccia the day before. (It was delicious!) Plus, we had a truckload of lemons in the fridge getting overripe from neglect (scurvy in our future?). I have to say, the potatoes were simple and simply delicious. Again, Harvey declared them “guest-worthy.”
GREEK LEMON POTATOES
(from recipetineats.com)
2.5 lbs potatoes (about 4 large russets)
5 cloves garlic, minced (I used 4)
2 tsp salt (I used 1 tsp)
1 tbsp dried oregano (I used 2 tbsp fresh rosemary instead)
Preheat oven to 400°F. Peel the potatoes and cut into semi-thick wedges. Place in a roasting pan with all the other ingredients; toss well. Roast covered with foil for 40 minutes. Remove foil and turn the potatoes. Roast for another 25 to 30 minutes until the liquid is mostly absorbed by the potatoes. If you like your potatoes a bit crispy, leave them in for another five minutes or so.
They end up super-moist, soft, lemony and fabulous. Oh yeah, and garlicky. Harvey said they were even better than the ones at Apollonia, our favourite Greek restaurant. It was hard to refrain from eating the whole darn batch, but we showed the teensiest bit of restraint. After all, we wanted some left over for the next day. They’re like potato candy, if you will. Except better.
Sometimes, the most obvious recipes are the best. I often consult that Council cookbook. Who better to advise on such Jewish delicacies as honey-glazed cocktail franks, deviled tongue canapes and fruited rice salad? I rest my case.
There’s no question that the NCJW of Canada does many admirable things to enhance the community through education, social action, furthering human welfare and more. Far be it from me to make it sound like all they did was produce a cookbook. But, thank you, NCJWC for having done so – the meatloaf alone is worth the price of admission. And, of course, kol hakavod for all the great work you do.
Shelley Civkin, aka the Accidental Balabusta, is a happily retired librarian and communications officer. For 17 years, she wrote a weekly book review column for the Richmond Review. She’s currently a freelance writer and volunteer.
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That glitter gets everywhere
I’ve been thinking about Caillou, a TV show for toddlers and preschoolers. It’s been on television since 1997. Caillou is a little bald French-Canadian kid. He’s broadcast in both French and English, and offers gentle lessons to kids everywhere. My twins watched a lot of Caillou.
The episode I’ve been remembering offers something basic that we should all know. The summary: Caillou’s doing art at preschool with glitter. When he finishes, he doesn’t clean up or wash his hands. The rest of the episode shows off exactly where the glitter ends up, from light switches to friends’ bodies to snack and the table and chairs. That’s why it’s so important to wash your hands after playing with glitter.
The glitter message sticks with kids. It’s also a remarkably easy way to explain germ theory – useful during a pandemic. Glitter, like germs, gets everywhere.
As an early glitter fan, I found this lesson powerful. As a kid, I had several surgeries for birth defects by the time I was 5. I was in the hospital a lot. During one recovery period, I was brought to a big sunny room in the pediatrics ward to do arts and crafts, including glitter, which I loved. My mother still jokes about this more than 40 years later – remembering the day the surgeon came to check my incisions. My mom likely hovered, anxious, as he checked my abdomen and sides. He looked up and grinned when she asked how things were healing. He said things were coming along nicely and were “very colourful!”
What does this have to do with Judaism? I’ve been studying Tractate Pesachim as part of my pursuit of Daf Yomi (a page of Talmud a day). Pesachim’s topic is Passover. In Pesachim 15, the issue is how to burn all the chametz (leavened bread) that we get rid of right before the holiday. It’s considered “impure.”
Impurity here is often defined as something “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” There are many reasons why something is considered impure. The questions the rabbis are weighing are interesting. They wonder, “Is it OK to burn two different kinds of impure things together?” They imagine the Temple priests having to get rid of all this and finish cleaning by the start of the holiday.
The other impure things brought up – and this rabbinic impurity topic is complex – are pigul and nottar, two categories of sacrificial meats that have gone wrong. Jane Shapiro, in introducing this issue on the My Jewish Learning website, explains that pigul is something sacrificed “with improper thought.” That is, something sacrificed in error; that is, the priest thought it was to be burnt or eaten at the wrong time. Nottar was an offering made at the right time and not eaten – basically, leftovers, which are then considered impure. There’s common sense in this. Sometimes we cook things incorrectly (pigul) or, lacking refrigeration, we might just have to get rid of leftovers (nottar) to avoid food poisoning. In these cases, the impurity’s a mess-up. It’s not an unclean animal, another source of impurity, but, rather, a human mistake that leads to the disposing of something.
As the rabbis sort through what can be burned together, they examine how one kind of impurity causes a first-degree impurity, which, if it touches something else, becomes a second or a third degree of impurity. Something in this discussion reminded me of glitter and, then, germ theory.
Even the most careful person can be surprised by a sneeze, or get too close to someone when they are supposed to be social distancing. In fact, keeping oneself safe from invisible germs, like the coronavirus, can be difficult. Even healthcare workers, swathed in protective equipment, can slip up. In a sense, this rabbinic concept of impurity is a lot like catching germs. If we accidently mix items or people inappropriately, we pass along impurity, or germs.
If we visualize germs like Caillou’s glitter or my preschooler hospital craft project, we better understand how tricky a time we’re in. We’re still facing a long haul.
Yes, we hear a vaccine is on its way, but we don’t yet know how long it will take for enough Canadians to be vaccinated. We don’t know how effective the vaccine will be, or if enough people will be willing to take it. Meanwhile, COVID-19 is spreading just like that glitter. It’s everywhere that we are, and it’s scary. There’s every chance that we might encounter the virus through an inadvertent slip up (like the rabbinic impurity of pigul or nottar) but, since it’s germs and not glitter, we won’t know until later. We must act as if we are impure because the virus isn’t visible.
The most poignant part of this whole complicated impurity narrative is that the rabbis just can’t figure it all out. They say more than once that we’ll just have to wait for the prophet Elijah to return to give us the right answers. Reading it, you can imagine their shoulders shrugging as they struggle with what they don’t know and can’t figure out.
Scientists and doctors everywhere are also figuring things out as they go. They have to learn to live with the mystery. We don’t know everything – about the pandemic, how it works, when it will end and about those germs that spread like glitter.
For most, 2020 has been a rocky year. As we turn towards the secular year 2021, it’s important to remember that a vaccine might not be an instant fix. We face the future much as the rabbis faced some of these difficult questions about impurity long ago, and the researchers do today. We don’t know all the answers. We must do our best, square our shoulders, and keep on keeping on.
Yet, every week, as we end Shabbat, we sing about Eliyahu (Elijah) and we welcome him to every Passover and every bris. It’s in yearning for Elijah that we find the faith to keep trying.
Wishing you a happy and healthy 2021! I hope your home celebrations are great – and without glitter!
Joanne Seiff has written regularly for CBC Manitoba and various Jewish publications. She is the author of three books, including From the Outside In: Jewish Post Columns 2015-2016, a collection of essays available for digital download or as a paperback from Amazon. Check her out on Instagram @yrnspinner or at joanneseiff.blogspot.com.
Posted on December 18, 2020 December 16, 2020 Author Joanne SeiffCategories Op-EdTags arts, Caillou, coronavirus, COVID-19, germs, glitter, health, Judaism, lifestyle
Our rights in the age of AI
Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, chief executive officer and founder of Parity, gave the keynote address at the Simces & Rabkin Family Dialogue on Human Rights. (photo from rummanchowdhury.com)
Data and social scientist Dr. Rumman Chowdhury provided a wide-ranging analysis on the state of artificial intelligence and the implications it has on human rights in a Nov. 19 talk. The virtual event was organized by the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg and Vancouver’s Zena Simces and Dr. Simon Rabkin for the second annual Simces & Rabkin Family Dialogue on Human Rights.
“We still need human beings thinking even if AI systems – no matter how sophisticated they are – are telling us things and giving us input,” said Chowdhury, who is the chief executive officer and founder of Parity, a company that strives to help businesses maintain high ethical standards in their use of AI.
A common misperception of AI is that it looks like futuristic humanoids or robots, like, for example, the ones in Björk’s 1999 video for her song “All is Full of Love.” But, said Chowdhury, artificial intelligence is instead computer code, algorithms or programming language – and it has limitations.
“Cars do not drive us. We drive cars. We should not look at AI as though we are not part of the discussion,” she said.
In her presentation Nov. 19 at the Simces & Rabkin Family Dialogue on Human Rights, Dr. Rumman Chowdhury highlighted the 2006 Montreal Declaration of Human Rights.
The 2006 Montreal Declaration of Human Rights has served as an important framework in the age of artificial intelligence. The central tenets of that declaration include well-being, respect for autonomy and democratic participation. Around those concepts, Chowdhury addressed human rights in the realms of health, education and privacy.
Pre-existing biases have permeated healthcare AI, she said, citing the example of a complicated algorithm from care provider Optum that prioritized less sick white patients over more sick African-American patients.
“Historically, doctors have ignored or downplayed symptoms in Black patients and given preferential treatment to white patients – this is literally in the data,” explained Chowdhury. “Taking that data and putting it into an algorithm simply trains it to repeat the same actions that are baked into the historical record.”
Other reports have shown that an algorithm used in one region kept Black patients from getting kidney transplants, leading to patient deaths, and that COVID-19 relief allocations based on AI were disproportionately underfunding minority communities.
“All algorithms have bias because there is no perfect way to predict the future. The problem occurs when the biases become systematic, when there is a pattern to them,” she said.
Chowdhury suggested that citizens have the right to know when algorithms are being used, so that the programs can be examined critically and beneficial outcomes to all people can be ensured, with potential harms being identified and corrected responsibly.
With respect to the increased use of technology in education, she asked, “Has AI ‘disrupted’ education or has it simply created a police state?” Here, too, she offered ample evidence of how technology has sometimes gone off course. For instance, she shared a news report from this spring from the United Kingdom, where an algorithm was used by the exam regulator Ofqual to determine the grades of students. For no apparent reason, the AI system downgraded the results of 40% of the students, mostly those in vulnerable economic situations.
Closer to home, a University of British Columbia professor, Ian Linkletter, was sued this year by the tech firm Proctorio for a series of tweets critical of its remote testing software, which the university was using. Linkletter shared his concerns that this kind of technology does not, in his mind, foster a love of learning in the way it monitors students and he called attention to the fact that a private company is collecting and storing data on individuals.
To combat the pernicious aspects of ed tech from bringing damaging consequences to schooling, Chowdhury thinks some fundamental questions should be asked. Namely, what is the purpose of educational technology in terms of the well-being of the student? How are students’ rights protected? How can the need to prevent the possibility that some students may cheat on exams be balanced with the rights of the majority of students?
“We are choosing technology that punishes rather than that which enables and nurtures,” she said.
Next came the issue of privacy, which, Chowdhury asserted, “is fascinating because we are seeing this happen in real-time. Increasingly, we have a blurred line between public and private.”
She distinguished between choices that a member of the public may have as a consumer in submitting personal data to a company like Amazon versus a government organization. While a person can decide not to purchase from a particular company, they cannot necessarily opt out of public services, which also gather personal information and use technology – and this is a “critical distinction.”
Chowdhury showed the audience a series of disturbing news stories from over the past couple of years. In 2018, the New Orleans Police Department, after years of denial, admitted to using AI that sifted through data from social media and criminal history to predict when a person would commit a crime. Another report came from the King’s Cross district of London, which has one of the highest concentrations of facial-recognition cameras of any region in the world outside of China, according to Chowdhury. The preponderance of surveillance technology in our daily lives, she warned, can bring about what has been deemed a “chilling effect,” or a reluctance to engage in legitimate protest or free speech, due to the fear of potential legal repercussions.
Then there are the types of surveillance used in workplaces. “More and more companies are introducing monitoring tech in order to ensure that their employees are not ‘cheating’ on the job,” she said. These technologies can intrude by secretly taking screenshots of a person’s computer while they are at work, and mapping the efficiency of employees through algorithms to determine who might need to be laid off.
“All this is happening at a time of a pandemic, when things are not normal. Instead of being treated as a useful contributor, these technologies make employees seem like they are the enemy,” said Chowdhury.
How do we enable the rights of both white- and blue-collar workers? she asked. How can we protect our right to peaceful and legitimate protest? How can AI be used in the future in a way that allows humans to reach their full potential?
In her closing remarks, Chowdhury asked, “What should AI learn from human rights?” She introduced the term “human centric” – “How can designers, developers and programmers appreciate the role of the human rights narrative in developing AI systems equitably?”
She concluded, “Human rights frameworks are the only ones that place humans first.”
Award-winning technology journalist and author Amber Mac moderated the lecture, which was opened by Angeliki Bogiatji, the interpretive program developer for the museum. Isha Khan, the museum’s new chief executive officer, welcomed viewers, while Simces gave opening remarks and Rabkin closed the broadcast.
Note: This article has been corrected to reflect that it was technology journalist and author Amber Mac who moderated the lecture.
Format ImagePosted on December 4, 2020 December 7, 2020 Author Sam MargolisCategories LocalTags AI, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, CMHR, dialogue, education, health, human rights, privacy, Rumman Chowdhury, Simon Rabkin, technology, Zena Simces
The man behind the curtain
It was a beautiful Wednesday morning. I awoke in a tangle of bed sheets and to an IV stuck in my left arm. I had been in a road biking accident in the city the night before, breaking my now throbbing right leg in three places. The night had been a blur of ambulances, narcotics and doctors bustling around the noisy emergency room. It was quiet now. I had been moved to a shared room on the seventh floor. Long beige curtains had been pulled around my hospital bed, shielding me from the other patients. I could see the sunlight splashing through the window on my left, as I looked out to the surrounding city buildings. It was still summer, but mine was over.
A tired nurse interrupted my thoughts, rushing in with an awkward blood pressure machine and a temperature wand. I wondered if the frequent checks were to ensure I was clear of infection and, perhaps, COVID-19. The ward was eerily empty of visitors. Strict regulations were now in place because of the pandemic, and the impact was evident. Suddenly, with fewer family members visiting, there was more for the staff to do. The nursing station seemed to be a never-ending symphony of ringing, as patients buzzed for attention.
On the other side of my bed curtain, I heard a patient cheerfully chatting to a nurse who had arrived to assist with his medication. The nurse’s smile was audible as she told him about her coming birthday plans at the beach, physically distanced, of course. I eavesdropped that day and I realized that my roommate knew the name of every care aide and nurse who came to his side. He greeted them with enthusiasm as they entered the room, as if welcoming each into his home. He called them by name and asked with sincerity about their families and futures. I never once heard this man whisper a word about his own pain.
That night I wept, overwhelmed by self-pity and my coming trip to the operating theatre, where they would screw my splintered bones back together. I lay still and stared at the ceiling, listening to the hum of the machines around me. I thought about how I was going to get the kids to school, how my work would be affected and all the things I could, temporarily, no longer do. This year was not getting any easier. And then, as I attempted to use my bedpan, it spilled.
I awoke the next day to the sunshine dappling on my starchy bed sheets and the scattered magazines on my bedside table. It was agonizingly early, and the birds were chirping loudly as if to flaunt the beauty of the day. I was disheartened by my bedridden state, my swollen leg wrapped in plaster and the unsightly road rash that covered my body. I sat up in bed and dreaded the lonely hours that lay ahead.
The silence of the room was soon broken by a quiet voice from behind the curtain.
“Good morning,” the voice said calmly, clearly directed at me. “Are you doing OK?”
The patient next to me must have heard my sobs the night before. Hesitantly, I responded. From there, he drew me into a conversation and brought me into his world, spinning my despair on its head.
For days, we talked endlessly through the hanging fabric to pass the time, without seeing each other. Each morning he would greet me with unwavering cheer, found somewhere in the depths of his own being, despite his medical challenges.
“Good morning, Caroline,” he would beam. “You are going to get through this.”
He was almost 80 years old, he proudly told me. He had a wonderful life filled with a loving family, amazing friends and memories. His heart was full. And come hell or high water, he was going to get better and get out of this joint.
This stranger became my unrelenting cheerleader, as if it was his personal mission to lift me up from my melancholy. As I told him about my family, he reminded me to enjoy these precious years with my young children and how fortunate I was to have a partner who was by my side, when the hospital allowed. As we talked through the curtain, he encouraged me to find the best in all difficult circumstances, including this one, and to remember that the glass is always half full. Life is not always easy, he would say, but you have to carry on and look for the positive. His optimism radiated throughout our hospital room.
After our hours of conversation, we asked the nurse if we could see each other. Bedridden, connected to IV poles and draped in matching hospital gowns, we waited in anticipation as the curtain was drawn. As his eyes sparkled, he smiled knowingly and told me that I had so much to look forward to. I felt a sense of exhilaration, seeing him for the first time, after all that had been shared in our intimate room.
Despite his own ill health, he continued to coach me from his hospital bed in the days that followed, gracefully placing my injury in perspective. It was left unsaid that I was one of the lucky ones. I only needed to look over to the third patient in our room, who had been in a motorcycle accident, to count my blessings.
My roommate was wise and unrelenting with his words of encouragement. He was infectiously optimistic and didn’t complain, except about the food, assigning a score out of 10 to each meal. We joked about this often, that and the dismal TV options. My discharge papers were finally signed on the fifth day and I waited eagerly to get home to my family. As I was wheeled out of the room, our eyes met and we said our final goodbyes. I felt emotional, as I knew that I would likely never see him again.
I think of my exceptional roommate often and of what a gift he was to me. The impact he made during those difficult days on the hospital ward still resonates. Everything will be okay and there are brighter days ahead, for all of us. Thank you, Sanford, for being my silver lining, my ray of sunshine. I am grateful.
Caroline Dickson lives in Vancouver. This story was originally published in the Globe & Mail and a Jewish community member shared it with the JI. In recognition of Sanford Cohen’s kindness towards everyone he meets, Dickson is collecting Chanukah gifts from the community for him this year. If you would like to contribute a gift or send a card, please email [email protected]. Drop-off locations are available in Richmond and Vancouver.
Posted on December 4, 2020 December 2, 2020 Author Caroline DicksonCategories Op-EdTags Chanukah, health, kindness, lifestyle, Sanford Cohen
Video on healing, light
Loolwa Khazzoom in Iraqis in Pajamas’ video for their song “Cancer Is My Engine,” to be released on Chanukah. (photo by Ailisa Newhall)
With shared themes of finding light in the darkness, Seattle-area band Iraqis in Pajamas is releasing the video for their song “Cancer Is My Engine” on Chanukah.
Amid the global pandemic, volunteer cast and crew drove in from across Washington state, donning masks and practising social distancing, to film the music video against the backdrop of the Olympic Peninsula forest.
The video tells the story of front woman Loolwa Khazzoom’s choice to reject the conventional thyroidectomy treatment for thyroid cancer, despite medical and financial pressure. Khazzoom instead chose to approach the diagnosis as an opportunity for radically transforming her life, such as by going vegan and practising numerous forms of mind-body medicine. (See jewishindependent.ca/healing-powers-of-song.)
After cold-stopping the growth of the nodules for years, through these measures, Khazzoom moved to Washington state from California, returned to her lost love of music, and launched her band, which combines ancient Iraqi Jewish prayers with original alternative rock. Immediately following, the thyroid nodules began shrinking. Through magical realism and metaphor, the music video reveals how, by listening to her inner voice, Khazzoom self-healed through her actual voice, by singing – the ability to do which may have been destroyed by a thyroidectomy, given the proximity of the thyroid gland and vocal chords.
The video begins with Khazzoom standing at the edge of a cliff, singing the opening line of the song, “Cancer is my engine.” As she sings, a candle is lit by her voice. She is transported to a forest, where she is searching in the dark with the light of that candle. She comes across a stuffed bear – representing Khazzoom’s mother – and picks it up, then continues on her quest.
An insurance agent and doctor appear and begin chasing Khazzoom. As she runs from them, she comes to a fork in the road – with the doctor on one side and the insurance agent on the other. She pauses, then runs forward, where there is no path, heading toward the light. She keeps running until she comes to a cliff and jumps off it.
Loolwa Khazzoom in the “Cancer Is My Engine” video. (photo by Ailisa Newhall)
She lands in the middle of a drumming circle and starts dancing wildly. A few scenes later, she is drumming in the middle of the circle, and everyone else is dancing around her. Both circles represent the pivotal importance of music and dance in Khazzoom’s healing. The video then shifts from magical realism and metaphor to real-life shots, with the band playing music in a vegetable patch in Khazzoom’s garden, representing Khazzoom’s regimen of juicing daily and eating a whole-foods, plant-based diet. The video ends with Khazzoom standing on the edge of the cliff and singing the last words of the song, in the original a cappella Iraqi Jewish prayer that exalts the power of the Divine.
The video was sponsored by nonprofit Healing Journeys and funded by the Lloyd Symington Foundation, both of which offer programs for people living with and healing from cancer.
Studies on the healing possibilities of music are documented in books like The Power of Music by Elena Mannes and The Healing Power of Sound by oncologist Dr. Mitchell Gaynor, and the National Institutes of Health has launched a series of studies on the healing powers of music. Whether singing lullabies or sacred chants, mothers and religious leaders have known for millennia what scientists are only beginning to understand. Singing bypasses our mental process, both awakening and soothing us at the core. Among other benefits, we are able to access, release and heal from the experience of trauma, without having to recount and risk getting triggered by painful memories.
Khazzoom has had a career as an educator, activist, journalist, health coach, and more, all with the central organizing principle of individual and collective healing. Her work has been featured in media including the New York Times and Rolling Stone; she has presented at venues including Harvard University and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre; and she has published two books, which are taught at universities nationwide.
Iraqis in Pajamas comprises Khazzoom on both vocals and bass, Sean Sebastian on guitar and Robbie Morsehead on drums. The trio opens up audiences to contemplation about trauma, healing and transformation, whether addressing domestic violence, cancer, racism, mental illness, street harassment, family caregiving or national exile.
Format ImagePosted on December 4, 2020 December 2, 2020 Author KHAZZOOMusicCategories MusicTags cancer, Chanukah, healing, health, Iraqis in Pajamas, Loolwa Khazzoom, Robbie Morsehead, Sean Sebastian, Seattle
Scientific breakthroughs
Scanning Israeli news this week has a feel of a sci-fi fantasy. Most eye-catching of all is the assertion by a Tel Aviv University researcher, in a peer-reviewed article, that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can “reverse aging” by lengthening telomeres, the structures found at the ends of chromosomes, by more than 20% on average.
“This means we can start to look at aging as a reversible disease,” Prof. Shai Efrati said, as reported in the Times of Israel. Some gerontologists are skeptical of the claims and some suggest it could open a Pandora’s box of related health issues, but, from ancient times through the 16th-century conquistador Juan Ponce de León to, apparently, contemporary Israel, humankind has dreamed of and sought out a figurative or literal fountain of youth. Whether Efrati’s research will fulfil that dream will be watched closely.
And there are other scientific headlines this week.
Also coming out of Tel Aviv University is news that scientists have destroyed cancerous cells in mice by pinpointing affected cells with “tiny scissors,” while leaving everything around them intact and with no side effects. With trials possibly to begin in humans within two years, they are hopeful that this could be a revolution that could effectively cure cancer.
A third scientific bombshell comes from Israelis in Canada. Eliav Shaked and Roy Kirshon, expatriate biomedical engineers working in Toronto, are developing a speedy, non-invasive diagnostic for patients who are likely decades away from showing symptoms of dementia. While there is no cure yet for dementias like Alzheimer’s disease, the pair believe that an early diagnosis will not only permit individuals to prepare for eventual care but allow doctors to study the progression of the disease and thereby gain valuable insights.
In these pages, we frequently highlight Israeli technological and medical advancements but the news this week really seemed like a dream sequence from a futuristic utopia. Of course, none of these initiatives is a sure bet but they read like a hat trick against some of the most damning health challenges facing our generations.
Is it a coincidence that these are all emerging from Israel? It is no secret that the tiny state is a locus of a massively disproportionate amount of the world’s achievements in a range of fields.
Some books, like Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, by Dan Senor and Saul Singer, and many other observers have posited that Israel’s successes are achieved not in spite of the adversities the country and its people have faced, but as a direct result of them. So many of the scientific, social and economic advances that have come out of Israel in recent decades are civilian benefits redounding from military research and development, though Israel is by no means the only country for which this is case.
No less significant are the social impacts of compulsory service in a national defence force that some have called the least hierarchical in the world. Individuals who made life-and-death choices for themselves and their colleagues at age 19 or 20 may be less timid in taking major entrepreneurial or other life risks at 25 or 30 than an average North American or European at that age. Not to discount the value of peace and all the benefits it would bring, the circumstances in which Israel exists have created a thoroughly unique social and economic environment.
Coincidentally or not, also in the news this week was a vote at the United Nations in which 163 countries, including Canada, voted for a condemnatory resolution against Israel; five voted against. It is one of 17 resolutions expected in this General Assembly session targeting Israel, while just seven country-specific resolutions are expected to be aimed at condemning every other injustice on the planet. Canadian Jewish organizations and pro-Israel commentators are furious at Canada’s vote, which directly contradicts pledges made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, including during the last election campaign.
While many are appalled at the hypocritical obsession with Israel, and certainly Israeli diplomats are in the fray denouncing the vote, average Israelis, it is safe to say, remain sanguine. They have seen far worse attacks than that by the world community in the comparatively impotent global parliament that the UN General Assembly has become.
While it would be nice if the world judged Israel with moral measuring sticks commensurate with those we use for every other country, in the end it doesn’t seem to make much difference, thankfully. Even through the pandemic, Israelis have continued to try and turn science fiction into scientific reality. This week’s news alone included the possibility of cures for cancer, dementia and aging itself. And the benefits of such research do not accrue solely to Israelis, but to all of us – whether the nations of the world at the General Assembly recognize and appreciate that fact or not.
Posted on November 27, 2020 November 25, 2020 Author The Editorial BoardCategories From the JITags aging, Alzheimer's, anti-Israel, antisemitism, dementia, Eliav Shaked, health, Israel, Justin Trudeau, Roy Kirshon, science, Shai Efrati, technology, Tel Aviv University, United Nations
Medical myth-busting
Medical myth-buster Dr. James McCormack speaks Nov. 22 via Zoom. (photo from too-much-medicine.com)
Dr. James McCormack is a bit of an anomaly as a voice in today’s medical debates. In a politically driven climate where most people tend to stand as either “all in” or “all out” with regards to their belief in science and research, McCormack’s approach is more pragmatic.
McCormack, a tenured professor in the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of British Columbia, a podcast host and a YouTube content creator, is a strong believer in evidence-based medicine. Well-known as a medical myth-buster, he dispels misinformation that often prevents doctors and their patients from making the most informed decisions possible. He will present some of his many thoughts and findings at the Jewish Seniors Alliance Virtual Fall Symposium Nov. 22, 2 p.m., which will be held on Zoom.
McCormack’s presentation will highlight some of the more common myths around what medications are actually effective and how doctors and patients can better work together to make evidence-based decisions. In a phone interview with the Jewish Independent, the doctor said his ultimate objective is to find out what the best available existing evidence is in healthcare to help doctors and patients make shared decisions on treatment plans.
This process is often “tricky,” he said, because of the many false conclusions and deceptive statistics that surround the medical field. For example, there are hundreds of clinical trials showing that statins, one of the most popular drugs in the world, help patients with high cholesterol, reducing the risk of heart attacks among 50-to-60-year-old patients from five percent to four percent.
“If you take a statin you can reduce your chance of a heart attack by about one percent,” he explained. “But what you will hear is that this is a 20% reduction in heart attacks – 20% is not a lie, but it’s misleading.
“If I come to you and say, ‘You have high blood pressure. That’s a silent killer. Do you want it to be treated?’ That’s not shared decision-making,” he argued. “If I said, ‘Your blood pressure is this number and your chance of a heart attack is 10% over the next 10 years and we can reduce it from 10% down to eight percent, what do you think of that?’ If that two percent seems like something you might want to consider, then we can try the drug, start with a low dose, make sure we don’t blow you away with any side effects, and then go from there.”
McCormack hinted at the large amount of medical misunderstanding around the world by noting his belief that at least half of all medical prescriptions are either wrong, unnecessary or the incorrect dose – a problem he says is driven by the challenges pharmaceutical companies face in getting their products to market.
“When a new drug comes onto the market, almost for sure the recommended dose is too high,” he said. “[Pharmaceutical companies] have to show that the medicine works. To show that it works, they have to recommend a dose that everybody responds to because, if you choose lower doses, you might not show enough people responding.”
He likened this process to attempting to estimate how much alcohol any specific person would need to drink in order to get drunk – a question for which there would be almost as many answers as there are people.
“This is a fundamental flaw in how we get a drug onto the market,” he said.
McCormack also brought up the alarming lack of evidence-based research on some of the most popular ideas in modern medicine and nutrition. Some of these myths include what we think about vitamins, the lack of evidence showing the health benefits of green vegetables like broccoli, and even our daily water intake.
“You see the same things with nutrition, where there are so many recommendations that are BS – like the idea of [needing to drink] eight glasses of water a day,” he noted. “Almost everyone in the world knows that’s the number of glasses of water you’re supposed to have every day, but there is not a single study that’s ever looked at that. It’s a made-up number mentioned by someone maybe 50 years ago, but it becomes incredibly powerful when everyone assumes it to be true. The evidence is pretty clear when it comes to water – you drink when you’re thirsty.”
McCormack became a myth-buster when, earlier in his career, he discovered a lack of evidence backing up the so-called facts that many of his mentors presented to him.
“I went looking for the evidence and I wondered why they were telling me this if [there was a lack of] evidence. It didn’t make any sense,” he said. “If good, smart people who are trying to do a good thing are telling me unintentional BS, why is that? So, ever since then, I’ve been very inquisitive.”
While he does his best to provide as much myth-busting content as possible to the public, McCormack warned that there’s no simple solution to helping patients understand the great nuances surrounding medical options.
“It’s very tricky,” he said. “Patients don’t feel empowered to make a decision because that’s not part of the ethos of how we do medicine. There are people who would say to their doctor, ‘Just tell me what to do.’ And that’s totally fine as long as the doctor or the pharmacist knows the best available evidence.”
While McCormack will share some of his key discoveries at the symposium, fans of his work can also listen to any of the 460-plus episodes of his podcast, The Best Science Medicine Podcast, which he has nicknamed The BS Medicine Podcast.
“We take the BS out of the BS,” he laughed, before emphasizing that he and co-host Michael Allan approach their shows with a sense of humour.
McCormack also produces various music video parodies on his YouTube channel under his own name. The videos, he said, are a labour of love. “I do [them] because I’m a tenured professor and I can do whatever I want,” he said, tongue-in-cheek. “Which is kind of nice.”
JSA members/supporters will receive an email with the Zoom link to join the virtual symposium. For more information on and to register for the JSA symposium, contact the JSA office at [email protected] or 604-732-1555.
Kyle Berger is Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver sports coordinator, and a freelance writer living in Richmond.
Editor’s note: This article has been amended from the print version to include more detailed information on how to access the event on Zoom.
Format ImagePosted on November 13, 2020 November 12, 2020 Author Kyle BergerCategories LocalTags BS Medicine Podcast, health, James McCormack, Jewish Seniors Alliance, JSA, medicine, science, seniors
A shidduch like none other
Brad Chenkis shows off a couple Sonovia masks. (photo from Tikva Housing)
It all began when Boris Chenkis, owner of After Five Fashions, was watching Israel Daily TV (ILTV) and saw an interview with Liat Goldhammer, the chief technology officer of an Israeli startup called Sonovia. She was talking about a new fabric-finishing technology for textile manufacturing developed at Bar-Ilan University, explaining that the technology could repel and kill bacteria located on clothing. Because it was in early January, a few weeks before COVID-19 became a worldwide pandemic, Chenkis just listened with interest.
On ILTV March 18, Dr. Jason Migdal, a microbiology researcher in Israel, discussed how the Sonovia technology mechanically impregnates metal nanoparticles into masks that destroy microorganisms in fabric. This was verified by two independent labs. It was also durable and washable. Now Chenkis was very interested.
With COVID becoming widespread, Sonovia had positively impacted Israeli doctors and health professionals by providing them with the technologically advanced masks. On May 12, Chenkis saw another interview about the Sonovia mask technology on ILTV – and an opportunity to get involved.
During his teenage years, Chenkis lived in Israel, studying and working at Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra. With this connection to Israel that never left his heart, he wanted to support an Israeli startup and so he purchased some masks to keep his family, friends and community safe. Soon after, he received an email from Sonovia, offering him an opportunity to help distribute the masks in Canada. Chenkis said yes. The masks were shipped from Ramat Gan to Vancouver and, within days, he was delivering hundreds to friends and family.
One of those who received the Sonovia mask was Yosef Wosk. Being both pleased and impressed with the technology, Wosk, like Chenkis, saw an opportunity to help not only the community here but also Israel. Wosk wondered how the masks could be made available locally to community members who might not be able to afford them, as they cost $65 each.
Wosk spoke with Shelley Karrel, chair of Tikva Housing, who contacted Tanja Demajo, chief executive officer of Jewish Family Services Vancouver. The need for the masks was confirmed and the shidduch almost complete.
Working with Chenkis’s son, Brad Chenkis, and with Wosk’s help, Tikva has acquired and will distribute 500 masks to residents of Tikva Housing, as well as clients of Jewish Family Services. It’s a win, win and win – tikkun olam, tzedakah and chesed.
For more information about the Sonovia masks, contact Brad Chenkis directly at [email protected].
Format ImagePosted on November 13, 2020 November 11, 2020 Author Tikva HousingCategories LocalTags After Five Fashions, Chenkis, coronavirus, COVID-19, health, Israel, Jewish Family Services, JFS, Shelley Karrel, Sonovia, Tanja Demajo, tikkun olam, Tikva Housing, tzedakah, Yosef Wosk
We must plan for our death
While our ultimate death is a certainty, when and how we will die is unknowable. And though death is inevitable, it remains a taboo subject for most. None of us knows what the future will bring. It is better to be prepared, so that if you become unable to make medical care decisions, your designated family members and healthcare providers, if you have talked to them, will have the knowledge and confidence to make those decisions for you.
As long as you are capable of understanding and communicating effectively with your doctor, nurse or other healthcare provider, you will be asked to make your own healthcare treatment decisions. But a serious accident or illness can result in you being incapable of making your own healthcare decisions at the time care is needed. This is why thinking about your preferences and talking to your future decision-makers now is so important. Making an advance care plan is a choice that will help alleviate some of the stress your family and friends could face if they are required to make important decisions for you, including who, exactly, you want your doctor to approach to learn about your wishes.
Advance care planning begins by thinking about your beliefs, values and wishes regarding future healthcare treatment and talking about them with selected family members or friends, as well as your doctor. When people you trust know what is important to you, it will be easier for them to make treatment decisions on your behalf.
Healthcare providers will always offer medically appropriate healthcare based on clinical assessment. They will want to ensure that any symptoms like pain, dizziness, nausea, bleeding or infection are understood and addressed. As long as you can understand and communicate, your healthcare provider will explain the medically appropriate care best for you, including any risks, benefits or alternatives. They will also ask if you have any questions and if you wish to accept or refuse the proposed healthcare treatment.
Some of the hardest decisions deal with the use of life support and life-prolonging medical interventions. These can include a ventilator to help with breathing, tube feeding, kidney dialysis, or CPR to restart the heart and lungs. If you were to have a life-threatening illness or injury, would you want to accept or refuse CPR? All, some, or no life support or life-prolonging medical interventions? A trial period of life support and life-prolonging medical interventions, allowing a natural death to occur if your condition is not improving?
Your advance care plan should at a minimum include these three things:
Having conversations with selected family members, friends, your family doctor and, if applicable, your spiritual leader, about your beliefs, your values and your wishes.
Writing down your beliefs, values and wishes for future healthcare treatment.
Writing down the contact information for the people who qualify to be on your temporary substitute decision-maker list (see below), or, if you prefer, the contact information for the representative you have chosen and named in an enhanced representation agreement, which is the one that allows you to name a person to make personal-care decisions and some healthcare decisions, including decisions to accept or refuse life support or life-prolonging medical interventions for you. (If you choose to have a representative agreement, I recommend you seek legal advice).
Bear in mind that your health and personal circumstances will change over time. As long as you are capable, you may change or cancel your advance care plan at any time and for any reason. Be sure to notify your doctor and your family members/friends of all changes you make.
When thinking about what to cover in your advance care plan, you might want to expressly include your wish to receive palliative care if you are suffering from a serious illness or condition. Palliative care is specialized medical care that focuses on providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain and stress of a serious illness, whatever the diagnosis. The goal of palliative care is not to prolong life, nor to shorten it. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family, and can be provided in a variety of locations, including the patient’s home, in a hospice, in a residential care facility or in a hospital.
Palliative care is provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other specialists who work with a patient’s other doctors to provide an extra layer of support. While often associated with end-of-life situations, palliative care is appropriate at any age and at any stage in a serious illness and can be provided alongside other appropriate treatments.
Many people choose to stay at home right to the end of their lives while receiving in-home palliative care from specialized healthcare providers. But if you are in the last few months of your life and feel that you are no longer able to manage at home, a hospice may be a good option for you. Hospices are meant to feel more like a home than a hospital. They are designed and furnished to provide a peaceful, homelike environment for you and your family while you receive end-of-life palliative care.
For more information on the delivery of palliative care in each of these settings, search the B.C. Health Ministry website or contact your local health authority.
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) was made legal in Canada in 2016. It provides eligible patients who are experiencing intolerable suffering due to a grievous and incurable medical condition the option to end their life with the assistance of a doctor or nurse practitioner.
If your beliefs and values allow you to consider MAiD in the face of intolerable suffering, you should start by speaking with your doctor or your local health authority. For a variety of reasons, not all doctors will provide MAiD, and no one is required by law to do so. For some, MAiD may conflict with their personal beliefs or professional ethics. However, a patient can expect to be provided with information on how to access this service. Healthcare providers must not discriminate against patients with beliefs or values different from their own, and must provide an effective transfer of care to another healthcare professional who does offer MAiD.
To be eligible for MAiD, a patient must meet all of the following criteria:
be registered under B.C. Medical Services Plan
be at least 18 years old and capable of making healthcare decisions
have made a voluntary request for medical assistance in dying that was not made under any external pressure. This request must be in writing and signed and dated in front of two independent witnesses
have given informed consent after having been informed of the other means that are available to relieve their suffering, including palliative care, and
on assessment by two independent doctors or nurse practitioners, are determined to have a grievous and incurable medical condition, which means they have a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability; they are in an advanced state of decline that cannot be reversed; the illness, disease, disability or state of decline causes enduring physical or psychological suffering that is intolerable and cannot be relieved under conditions that the patient considers acceptable; their natural death becomes reasonably foreseeable. (On Feb. 24, 2020, the Liberal government of Canada introduced a bill to further amend the Criminal Code to, among other things related to MAiD, allow eligible persons to pursue a medically assisted death whether their natural death is reasonably foreseeable or not.)
A patient who has requested MAiD must be given the opportunity to withdraw their request throughout the process, including immediately before the medical assistance is administered, and this withdrawal need not be in writing or in any other particular form. Just an indication of a change of mind will do. And be aware that only patients who are themselves capable of giving consent can request MAiD. A request by a substitute decision-maker or by way of an advance directive is not valid.
There is much more information available on end-of-life options than touched on in this article, and many matters not covered herein, but there is enough here to allow you to begin a conversation with those in your life who you want to make decisions for you when you cannot.
This is a lot to cover in one conversation. You can have as many conversations as you need – just get started before unwelcome circumstances make it too late. You will be doing yourself and your loved ones a big favour.
Tony DuMoulin is a founder of the law firm of DuMoulin Boskovich, where he practised commercial and real estate law for 40 years. He has a long history of involvement in Jewish organizations and municipal projects. DuMoulin is on the executive board of Jewish Seniors Alliance, in whose magazine, Senior Line, this article originally appeared in July 2020, Vol. 27(2).
Format ImagePosted on November 13, 2020 November 11, 2020 Author Tony DuMoulinCategories LocalTags death, end-of-life, health, Jewish Seniors Alliance, JSA, medically assisted dying, palliative care, Senior Line
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Bad Ischl, now a thriving community of 14,000 inhabitants, has succeeded in retaining its character, and to a considerable extent even its appearance. The Ischl salt mine, where the irreplaceable treasures of the Vienna Museum of Fine Art were stored for safety during the Second World War, remains in production. Austria's oldest and most internationally renowned health resort is still thriving as such, with all modern medical facilities for the treatment of breathing, heart and circulatory troubles. Above all, however, visitors come to experience the atmosphere of the Kaiserstadt Ischl – a living atmosphere that can be found nowhere else. The numerous monuments and other reminders of the Habsburg Monarchy in and around the town are all evidence of Bad Ischl’s imperial past.
Mayor Seeauer’s house on the Esplanade alongside the river, where the engagement of Franz Josef and Sisi was sealed, was restored in 1989 and opened to the public as the town museum. Tallachini’s Grand Hotel, where Sisi accepted Franz Josef’s proposal of marriage, was later renamed the Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth and is now the Residenz Elisabeth. One can stand at the door of the parish church of St. Nicholas and visualise the scene in August 1853 when Archduchess Sophie stepped aside to allow Sisi to take precedence, and the engagement first became public knowledge. The splendidly restored Kurhaus, where innumerable imperial balls, receptions and dinners to honour visiting heads of state were held, is now a modern theatre and conference centre and is the venue for Ischl’s regular festival performances of the famous operettas.
In summer one can bathe under the windows of the Imperial Villa in what was once Empress Elisabeth’s private outdoor swimming pool. Now modernised as the Bad Ischl Parkbad, it provides a cool way of coping with a hot summer day. One can still consume the world's best pastries and coffee in the unchanged surroundings of the Café Zauner. The Café Ramsauer, Attwenger’s and the others still look much the same as when they were patronised by Strauss, Lehár, Brahms, Bruckner and the world-famous elite of the Vienna cultural scene. And the Villa Felicitas, to which Franz Josef took his early-morning walks to have breakfast with his "soul friend" Katharina, is now an up-market guest house and restaurant.
Above all, the jewel in Bad Ischl's imperial crown, the elegant Kaiservilla, enthroned in its splendid park across the bridge adjacent to the town centre, retains that fine degree of aloofness appropriate to its status. Still largely in its original condition as Franz Josef and Elisabeth knew and loved it, it remains a private Habsburg residence occupied by their direct descendants. And on 18 August every year – Kaisergeburtstag, the Emperor’s Birthday, still publicly celebrated in Bad Ischl – one can sense that this is no museum, but a piece of living history.
From 1831 onwards, with two exceptions, Franz Josef celebrated every birthday of his life in Ischl up to 1913. The first Kaisermesse was celebrated in the parish church in 1849 in the Emperor’s presence. After the completion of the Kaiservilla during the 1850s, the Kaiserpark was opened to the public every year on 18 August, and every prominent personality in Ischl and the Salzkammergut attended to offer personal congratulations. The 18th of August was also celebrated throughout the length and breadth of the Monarchy, but only Ischl could claim the presence of the Emperor in person.
Nowadays, the celebrations still centre on the historic and traditional Kaisermesse on 18 August, the Imperial High Mass in the former court parish church of St. Nicholas in the presence of members of the Habsburg family. Representative companies of the imperial regimental associations attend with their banners and historic uniforms. The service ends with the packed congregation singing the Kaiserhymne to Josef Haydn’s famous music, as they did when the young Emperor led his bride to the priest to ask for his blessing, or when he heard it for the very last time in this same church 60 years later, on his 83rd birthday in 1913. A civic reception by the Mayor of Ischl follows a parade and review of the historic regimental associations at the church, and later in front of the Imperial Villa. The festival is the highlight of the entire year in what is still the Kaiserstadt Ischl, where the Habsburg Monarchy remains to this day a conspicuous element in the life of the modern community.
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Home > Big Story > Outcry over FIR against Tribune journalist
Outcry over FIR against Tribune journalist
Team MP7 Jan 2018 6:27 PM GMT
Kolkata: The Delhi Police has registered an FIR on a complaint by a deputy director of the Unique Identification Authority of India in connection with a newspaper report on the breach of details of the over one billion Aadhaar cards, naming the journalist behind the story.
UIDAI Deputy Director B M Patnaik informed the police that an input was received from The Tribune that the newspaper purchased a service being offered by anonymous sellers over WhatsApp that provided unrestricted access to details of any of the more than 1 billion Aadhaar numbers created in India, the police said on Sunday.
On January 5, a complaint was received from Patnaik, and the FIR was registered the same day, they said.
The UIDAI official informed the police that the correspondent of The Tribune, posing as a buyer, had purchased the details.
The FIR mentions the names of the journalist and the people the reporter reached out to purchase the Aadhaar data, but they have not been shown as accused, the police said.
The police said that they would be questioned.
The Editor's Guild of India has condemned the police case against the journalist, Rachna Khaira.
"It is clearly meant to browbeat a journalist whose investigation on the matter was of great public interest. It is unfair, unjustified and a direct attack on the freedom of the press," it said in a statement.
"Instead of penalising the reporter, UIDAI should have ordered a thorough internal investigation into the alleged breach and made its findings public," the top editors' body said, demanding that the cases be withdrawn.
On January 3, a news report published in The Tribune had claimed that how, for a small sum of money made to a payment bank, an agent of a private group would allegedly create a gateway to access details contained in an individual's Aadhaar card. Using a false identity, Khaira had posed as an interested party and claimed in her report that she had easy access to details that individuals had listed in their Aadhaar cards. Following the expose, the UIDAI in a statement had subsequently denied that any data breach was possible.
"UIDAI assures that there has not been any Aadhaar data breach... The Aadhaar data including biometric information is fully safe and secure," it said.
Under fire for filing the FIR, the UIDAI on Sunday said it respects free speech, including freedom of the press, and its police complaint should not be viewed as "shooting the messenger".
In a statement, it said that its act should not be viewed as one targeting the media or a whistleblower.
Justifying its stance, the UIDAI said criminal proceedings had been initiated as it was an act of unauthorised access.
Rachna Khaira, the reporter of The Tribune newspaper who has been booked by the Delhi Police in connection with a newspaper report on the breach of details of over one billion Aadhaar cards, on Sunday said she was happy about the development as she had "earned" the FIR.
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Home > Entertainment > I should not be compared with Hrithik: Varun
I should not be compared with Hrithik: Varun
PTI17 Jun 2015 10:22 PM GMT
Varun Dhawan, known for his brilliant dance moves, says he is too “new” to fall into the league of Bollywood’s best dancers.
Varun, 28, who will be next seen in Remo D’Souza’s ABCD 2, said Hrithik Roshan has been his inspiration behind taking up dance seriously.
“I am new. I don’t even think my name should be mentioned in the league of Bollywood’s best dancers like Mithun Chakraborty, Govinda and Hrithik Roshan. “In terms of dancing, Hrithik is an inspiration to our generation. He is brilliant at what he does. That’s his style.
My style is different too. So, we should carry on with our own style and don’t compare,” Varun told reporters during the promotion of ABCD 2 in the Capital.
The Badlapur actor feels it is good that people are comparing the upcoming film, a sequel to the 2013 film ABCD, with Hollywood’s Step Up.
“Step Up is ABCD 2 of America. Honestly, the comparison even happened with the first film. But let the audience decide what it feels. It’s flattering that you are comparing us to one of the best dance films,” he said.
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“Dance is the real star of the film. We rehearsed six months for the dance in the movie. At least physically, this has been the toughest film for me because I had to get in the best shape to play a dancer. We play Indias’s finest dancers in the film,” he said.
Also starring Shraddha Kapoor, Prabhudheva, Dharmesh <g data-gr-id="43">Yelande</g>, Punit Pathak and Lauren Gottlieb, the Prabhudeva-directed movie will hit theatres this Friday.
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Home > Kolkata > Calcutta University Zoology department celebrates centenary milestone
Calcutta University Zoology department celebrates centenary milestone
Team MP11 Feb 2018 5:29 PM GMT
Kolkata: The Zoology department of Calcutta University is celebrating its centenary where seminars, workshops and interactive sessions are being held to create academic interest in students.
CU's Zoology department is the first of its kind in the country.
There was a three-day International Zoology conference (INtzoocon) at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, with the Zoological Society in February. Scholars from the country and abroad came to attend the conference.
The department was raised by Asutosh Mookerjee, who was the Vice-Chancellor in 1917. It came to the house of Tarak Nath Palit in 1919. It may be recalled that Palit and Rash Behari Ghosh had donated their houses to Calcutta University, to carry out research in science.
JBS Halden and Patrick Gedes, who later wrote a biography of Jagadish Chandra Bose, were teachers of the department.
The department began its journey with D Mukherjee as its first student and Prof S N Moulik, eminent entomologist, as the first Professor. Subsequently, the chair was held by Prof B K Das, a noted ichthyologist (1926-31), followed by Prof H K Mukherjee, well known for his seminal contribution in comparative anatomy and developmental biology.
In the past 100 years, Professor Ray Banerjee has been the first woman to be awarded a DSc degree at CU's convocation on January 11.
But during the Centenary, the Zoology department has failed to reopen the museum, which is a part of the department.
A fire broke out at the museum on March 21, 2016, destroying some important specimens. Since then, no attempt has been made to reopen the museum.
There was a time when the museum was a part of the curriculum. There are foetuses of Dolphin, Kangaroo, Lion and Elephant in the museum. The foetus of Elephant was donated by the Maharaja of Mysore. The other items were brought by the British government and later, the state government, as a part of the exchange programme.
Due to sheer neglect, the specimens are on the verge of destruction. They have been kept in containers and since the museum was closed down, not a drop of formaldehyde was poured in the containers to save them.
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Home > Kolkata > Rs 1,100 cr drinking water project for Bankura: CM
Rs 1,100 cr drinking water project for Bankura: CM
Team MP7 March 2018 6:36 PM GMT
Bankura: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a new drinking water project in Bankura at a projected cost of Rs 1,100 crore that would lessen the age-old water crisis in the drought-prone areas of Western districts.
Bankura, Purulia and West Midnapore have historically remained the most drought-prone districts of Bengal. Nearly every year, during summer, the wells go dry and villagers often resort to digging shallow wells near the riverbed to collect water for domestic purposes. During her administrative review meeting in Bankura, the Chief Minister said the new drinking water project would soon come up at the district to address water woes.
Supply of piped drinking water in Bankura has been increased by a huge margin. Giving a statistics, Banerjee said that earlier there was 15 percent piped drinking water supply in the area, but the figure has shot up to 60 percent.
It is worth mentioning here that it was the Mamata Banerjee government that started supplying water tankers in the drought-prone areas of these districts where there was acute drinking water crisis during the erstwhile Left Front government's regime.
The Public Health Engineering (PHE) department has been carrying out projects to ensure that there is no crisis of water. The Chief Minister also instructed the state Irrigation department and even district administration officials to complete the embankments before the rainy season so that floods can be checked in those areas. She also reiterated that Rs 2,500 crore project would begin in the Lower Damodar basin to facilitate irrigation.
Since the district is famous for its handicrafts, the Chief Minister instructed Rajiva Sinha, Additional Chief Secretary of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and textiles to prepare a comprehensive scheme thereby increasing the clusters in Bankura. Sinha informed Banerjee that around 30 MSME clusters are being set up in the district which involves more than 800 Self-Help Groups.
She also inquired as to why the proposed railway project connecting Tarakeswar in Hooghly with Bishnupur in Bankura has been stalled. She was told that some encroachers were unwilling to give the land despite compensation. To that, Banerjee added that railway projects could not be delayed in this manner. A large section of people will be benefitted if the railway services begin, she said. She also urged to the Chief Secretary to look into the matter.
"The proposed railway project which will pass through Jayrambati and Kamarpukur cannot be stalled as the places witness a huge number of devotees every year. The project is for the benefit of common people, and hence, it must start," Banerjee maintained.
She also announced a host of new projects including an agricultural hub which would come up in the district. A food-processing hub has been proposed at Khirbad block. She also instructed the officials to develop tourism in Mukutmanipur so that more people can visit the place.
Giving a strong message to the district administration, Banerjee maintained that there should not be any delay in the implementation of various government schemes due to the forthcoming Panchayat election. She also sought better coordination between different departments to implement the government projects.
The Chief Minister also slammed the Centre for stopping the funds for the development of the Western districts that were once the den of extremist groups. She stated that it is the Bengal government that is carrying out all the development projects on its own without any help from the Centre.
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Home > Opinion > Order, order... Is anyone listening?
Order, order... Is anyone listening?
Parmod Kumar22 May 2013 9:33 AM GMT
Justice delayed is justice denied. Nowhere this rings truer than in India where a staggering 30 million cases are said to be pending in the country’s courts today. And to tackle this intimidating problem requires comprehensive judicial reform, more judges of quality and improvement of the judicial infrastructure, jurists say.
‘We need more quality judges who should be appointed through a transparent selection process and who are accountable for their actions,’ noted lawyer and transparency activist Prashant Bhushan said. Till 30 June 2012, nearly 14,924 subordinate courts were burdened with nearly 30 million cases, 74 per cent of which were pending for at least five years. Apart from these, fresh cases continue to be filed every day.
‘The problem of the pendency of such a large number of cases is a combination of a number of factors, coupled with the lack of seriousness in dealing with the problem,’ Bhushan said. Jurist R S Dakha said the judicial officers alone could not be blamed for the huge backlog. ‘A trial court judge has a daily list of around 25-30 cases, and at times, even 40 cases. The time available, in reality, is enough to deal with only four to five cases,’ Dakha said. ‘Without substantially increasing the judicial infrastructure, including the people manning it, the backlog of cases would continue to rise,’ Dhaka said.
A serving prosecutor in Delhi blamed the misuse of some judicial provisions by various stakeholders for the mounting delays. ‘At the root of this huge number of pending cases are the frequent adjournments,’ he said. ‘There are loopholes in the provisions and the system,’ he added. He gave the example of Section 309 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that recommends that the examination of witnesses, once it commences, should preferably be conducted daily and without a break. ‘But some provisions that allow adjournments in this process are often misused by both the prosecution and the defence,’ he said. Dhaka concurred and said, ‘There are 100 grounds for interrupting the statutorily mandated continuous examination of witnesses and the system can’t remove even one.’ ‘The intent and scope of Section 309 is one thing and the court procedures are altogether different,’ said Dakha. ‘This is unfortunate but there is nothing like uninterrupted examination of witnesses,’ he added. A delay in a trial invariably works in favour of the defence as there was always a possibility of witnesses disappearing, getting compromised or turning hostile, Dhaka said. Choosing to hold back his name, a senior public prosecutor of Delhi government said no one could be burdened with the blame for long delays in the disposal of cases and the huge pendency.
‘It is a combination of factors that have contributed to the present state of the subordinate judiciary, wherein justice is denied in nearly every case due to delays,’ he said. ‘Sometimes it is the defence which seeks an adjournment. On another occasion, it is the prosecution. Instances of witnesses not being present in court, forcing a postponement of the hearing, are also frequent,’ he said. ‘A public prosecutor in Delhi is assigned three sessions courts and since he can’t be present in all the courts at the same time, he is forced to seek adjournments,’ he said. So, are the provisions of Section 309 CrPC more a myth than a practical reality? Not really, said Dhaka. IANS
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