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Alabama amendments on the 2020 ballot: A voter's guide to your choices on Election Day
Brian Lyman
Montgomery Advertiser
National issues get most of the attention during a presidential election. But there are state issues to consider, too.
Alabama's ballot includes six state constitutional amendments, covering voting; the operation of the state judiciary; racist language in the state’s 1901 Constitution, and the use of guns in churches in two counties in north Alabama.
In Montgomery, the ballot includes a referendum on raising property taxes to increase public school funding. Elmore County voters will decide whether to renew an existing property tax that funds local schools.
Below, a guide to the Alabama statewide amendments.
Amendment 1: Limits Alabama voting to U.S. citizens
Amendment 1 would limit voting in Alabama to citizens of the United States. The measure, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, would change existing language saying "every citizen of the United States" can vote in Alabama to "only a citizen of the United States." It passed the Legislature in 2019.
Federal law already prohibits most non-citizens from voting. No state has allowed general voting by non-citizens in 100 years. A handful of cities, like San Francisco and Chicago, allow all city residents to vote in school board elections, regardless of citizenship status. In New York City, a bill was proposed earlier this year to allow non-citizens who are legal permanent residents or have work authorization to vote in elections there.
Alabama’s 1901 Constitution limited voting to “every male citizen of this state who is a citizen of the United States” and foreigners who had declared their intentions to become U.S. citizens prior to the ratification of the state constitution.
Marsh did not respond to requests for comment. Voting rights experts said the effect of the change may be minimal. Michael Li, a senior counsel with the Brennan Center in New York, said he wasn’t aware of any major push to allow noncitizens to vote.
“I think it’s trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist,” he said. “Out of all the things Alabama has to worry about, the Alabama Legislature giving noncitizens the right to vote is not high on the list.”
Amendment 2: Changes to state constitution's judicial article
Amendment 2 represents the first major revision of the state constitution’s judicial article since 1973. Among the changes:
The appointment of the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts – who oversees the day-to-day operations of the state court system – would go from the chief justice and given to the entire state Supreme Court. In addition, the court would have to follow procedures the nomination of the director spelled out by the Alabama Legislature.
Judges would no longer be automatically suspended once the Judicial Inquiry Commission, which investigates ethical complaints against judges, files a complaint against them. The suspension could only take place if the chief judge of the Court of the Judiciary, which considers cases against judges, approves a complaint saying the judge was physically or mentally unable to perform their duties or posed “a substantial threat of serious harm to the public or the administration of justice.” Two-thirds of the Judicial Inquiry Commission would have to approve the measure for it to take effect. In addition, the suspended judge could request a review of the action.
The Judicial Inquiry Commission would expand from nine to 11 members. The District Judges’ Association; the Probate Judges’ Association, and the Municipal Judges’ Association will get one appointment each. In addition, the members would be term-limited, serving no more than eight years.
The Court of the Judiciary could suspend a judge found in violation of the Canons of Ethical Conduct with pay. Currently, the court can only suspend without pay.
The Legislature would lose its power to impeach members of the Alabama Supreme Court (the power has never been used).
District courts would no longer have to hold court in cities or towns of more than 1,000 people that lack a municipal court.
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Justice Scott Donaldson, who served on an Alabama Law Institute committee that met between 2017 and 2019 to consider changes, said the committee chiefly looked at eliminating outdated language and improving court function.
A committee formed by the Alabama Law Institute, which studies state laws and recommends revisions or clarifications, worked for 19 months on the proposed changes. Scott Donaldson, an Alabama Court of Civil Appeals justice who served on the committee, said the goal was to make the law clear and remove redundant or outdated language.
“We tried very hard to not make systemic, structural changes, and did not venture into areas that could be seen as partisan or should be left to another day,” he said.
Sen. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, the chair of the Senate Judiciary, said in an interview the amendment was a compromise following lengthy negotiations.
“You’ve got to have better accountability as to who’s going to be the court administrator,” he said. “That’s one of the most important jobs in the judicial branch. It provides more stability. When it comes to removing judges it provides for a clear plan on how that’s going to be handled.”
Chief justices appoint AOC directors, but no Alabama chief justice has completed a full term in office in 25 years, leading to turnover in an office that oversees 2,500 employees statewide, and there needs to be continuity in the position.
“From a day-to-day standpoint, trial judges, clerks and employees are much more affected by the person who is the head of the Administrative Office of Courts than who is chief justice,” he said. “It’s an attempt to have continuity and longevity in the position.”
Ward said the turnover meant some directors didn't known how to work with the Legislature to secure funding.
“They were responsible for advocating on behalf of the court during the budget process,” Ward said. “Sometimes there was a total lack of knowledge of the budget process.”
Ward said the changes to the JIC process were part of negotiations with individuals who wanted to do away with the commission entirely.
“You had judges being removed merely because a complaint was filed against them,” he said. “There should be a removal process for judges that do wrong, but merely because a complaint filed shouldn’t be enough to remove somebody. There should be due process.”
Amendment 3: Changes rules surrounding appointed judges
Amendment 3 deals with state circuit and district judges appointed to fill out the six-year term of a predecessor. The current law requires an appointed to judge to stand for election after serving a year in the position, unless they are facing the end of a term. The new law would push that limit out to two years, unless the appointed judge is facing the end of the term.
The amendment would not apply to probate judges. Rep. David Faulkner, R-Mountain Brook, the sponsor of the amendment, said in an interview the measure was aimed at encouraging attorneys to accept judicial appointments without having to worry about fundraising and campaigning immediately after taking the bench.
"What we’re trying to do is give good lawyers incentive to take judgeships," he said.
Amendment 4: Removes racist, outdated, duplicative language from Alabama Constitution
Amendment 4 would authorize a recompilation of the Alabama Constitution that would remove racist language from the document; delete any repealed or duplicative provisions; consolidate existing economic development language and group local amendments by county of application.
If voters approve the amendment, the Legislative Reference Service, a nonpartisan agency of the Legislature, would draft a list of changes for the Legislature to consider in 2021 or 2022. If approved, the changes would go to Alabama voters for consideration in the 2022 general election.
“What we want to do with this compilation is bring it into the 21st century and be more reflective of the Alabama we are today,” said Rep. Merika Coleman, D-Pleasant Grove, who sponsored the amendment. “We are a more diverse state, of course.”
The amendment won unanimous approval in both chambers of the Alabama Legislature in 2019. House Speaker Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, was one of Coleman’s co-sponsors. McCutcheon said in a statement he "proudly co-sponsored the amendment" and encouraged its passage, saying the state constitution "should be inclusive of all the citizens it represents."
"The Alabama of 2020 is much different than the Alabama of 1901, and passage of this amendment will illustrate the progress we have made within the pages of our state constitution," the statement said.
The Alabama Constitution of 1901, framed to disenfranchise Black Alabamians and poor whites, includes several racist provisions. Section 102 of the Constitution forbids interracial marriages. Section 256 of the Constitution directs the Legislature to set up segregated schools.
Federal court rulings and state amendments have nullified most of its more offensive provisions, but the language remains. Removing it has been difficult, thanks to Amendment 111, added in 1956 amid the white backlash to Brown v. Board of Education, which said Alabama did not recognize “any right to education or training at public expense.” Coleman said Amendment 4 does not address that language, which has wrecked previous efforts to get racist language out of the Constitution.
In 2004, Alabama voters narrowly rejected an amendment known as Amendment 2, which would have jettisoned the 1956 language along with the 1901 language.
The amendment drew strong opposition from critics including former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who said removing the 1956 language could lead to tax increases and jeopardize private schools. The amendment fell short by 2,000 votes out of nearly 1.4 million cast.
A proposed amendment in 2012 removed racist language but kept the section denying the right to an education. Black legislators and the Alabama Education Association urged the measure’s defeat, saying retaining the language could complicate efforts to improve public school funding in Alabama. Almost 61% of the state’s voters voted against it.
Amendment 4 will also reclassify local amendments, which make up most of the 948 amendments to the Alabama Constitution, by the county in which they took effect.
Coleman said she hoped approval of the amendment would send a positive message about Alabama to the world.
“It would show the rest of the country of course we have a sordid past, but it’s not who we are today,” she said.
Amendments 5 and 6: Local amendmentsFlorence, Lauderdale counties allowing use of deadly force to protect church attendees, employees
Amendments 5 and 6 are local amendments for Florence and Lauderdale counties in northern Alabama. The amendments allow the use of deadly force to protect a church attendee or employee if the person is at risk of physical harm from someone engaged in a crime involving death, robbery or kidnapping.
The bills are local versions of legislation brought by Rep. Lynn Greer, R-Rogersville, which failed to advance in the Legislature.
“I know in my church we’ve got several people carrying weapons,” Greer said in an interview. “I feel better knowing there are people in there with one.”
Greer said the amendment would not prevent churches from banning guns on their property. A person could face prosecution for unlawful use of force, or for recklessly or negligently injuring another person by their actions. A pretrial hearing would determine whether the person was justified in the use of force.
Critics questioned the need for the bill, noting that many of the provisions of the legislation are already covered by the state’s Stand Your Ground law, passed in 2006. Moms Demand Action, a group that seeks to reduce gun violence, opposes the legislation. The organization said the measures will make people less safe.
“These amendments are both redundant and likely to embolden more Alabamians to shoot first and ask questions later,” the group said.
Greer sponsored the Lauderdale amendment; Rep. Jamie Kiel, R-Russellville, sponsored the Franklin County amendment. Voters in Colbert, Limestone and Talladega counties will consider local versions of the same provision.
Legislators in Jefferson County voted no on a motion that would have limited the vote on Amendments 5 and 6 to the counties where they would take effect, which led to the measures going on the state ballot.
Greer said he plans to revive a statewide version of the amendments in the next legislative session.
Contact Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman at 334-240-0185 or blyman@gannett.com. Updated at 2:47 p.m. Thursday to correct the location of a local amendment regarding guns and churches. It will be in Limestone County, not Lauderdale County.
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Living On The Seabed
A memoir of love, life and survival
Lindsay Nicholson
'The morning after John's death, I remember feeling absolutely enraged that the world had kept turning and the sun had come up as if nothing had happened.'
Lindsay Nicholson and her husband, the Observer journalist John Merritt, were regarded as a golden couple. But their world was turned upside down when John contracted leukaemia. His death at the age of 35 left Nicholson bereft with grief, now the single parent of two beautiful daughters. Then, in a tragic twist of fate, her elder daughter Ellie also contracted the same disease, dying shortly after. Nicholson found that nothing could prepare her for the emotions she was feeling.
In this courageous and heart-rending memoir, Lindsay Nicholson reflects on her grieving process and the battle she faced to survive it. Her resilience and spirited determination are an inspiration to us all.
brilliantly written and life-affirming
'searingly honest and ultimately uplifting account'
'Open and honest, without a shred of self-pity...a book that will truly inspire you to know that hope conquers all'
Anyone who has ever grieved for someone they love should read this book.
Alistair Campbell
Lindsay Nicholson has worked as Editor of Prima and is now Editor-in-Chief of Good Housekeeping magazine. Her articles have appeared in many leading newspapers and magazines including The Guardian and The Observer. She lives in London.
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Washerwoman's Creek
From Pensapedia, the Pensacola encyclopedia
Washerwoman's Creek, was the commmon name during the British period, of a small freshwater spring that ran through what is now downtown Pensacola. In the First Spanish period the Creek was originally named San Miguel. Originating at the foot of Gage Hill (present North Hill), the creek ran southwesterly to Pensacola Bay (west of Barcelona Street, near the modern-day Trillium property) -- now developed as the Maritime Park. This creek served as a water source and western boundary to the early Spanish and British settlements.
The spring has been covered by development for many years, but there remains an outlet just east of Reus Street.
Spring Street, which runs nearly parallel to its former path, is named for it.
Cadet's Creek
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They Create Worlds
Lion and Bally Manufacturing
TCW Podcast Episode 090 - Lion and Bally Manufacturing
What will they do in '32? Ballyhoo! We examine the origins of the Bally Manufacturing Company, makers of pinball and slot machines and operators of fitness centers. While Bally rarely ever created video games under its own name, the company was a domineering force in the coin-operated amusement and gambling spaces and through its subsidiaries nurtured a diverse array of talent that introduced many video game innovations. In this first part, we chart the early years of the company from its start as a printing company subsidiary to the formation of a new Bally out of the ashes of the original in the 1960s by Bill O'Donnell.
TCW 59 - Williams' Crazy Story Part 1: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-1/
TCW 60 - Williams' Crazy Story Part 2 : http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-2/
Punch Board example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvaCjRM_oJE&t=117s
Gottlieb Baffle Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jETFi-f_c
Ballyhoo Pinball: https://youtu.be/eGAw4oF5bWA?t=84
Goofy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZY8OLp5OLA
Airway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1s1Gr-Nh8o
Rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPmGtEcjV9M
Simpson's Keep Gaming: https://youtu.be/TvXUkE_Xoe4?t=94
1960's Bally Roller Derby Bingo Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB7RZyfO1J0
More Bally Roller Derby Bingo and History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfuF4jb-Cqc
Bally Malibu Beach Bingo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaS16HxGJw
Money Honey Slot Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvcTmmCdSi4
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Uncle Clive's Radionics
The Crash That Almost Was
Nintendo in 1985
Dreams of Sega
Activision and Atari
The Visions of Coleco Part 2
A Casual World Part 2
The Whole Video Game Industry Part 4
The Atari Games You Are Looking For
The Return of the Sdraziw of Sir-Tech
The Wizards of Sir-Tech
Primordial Computer Game Industry
And Landing on it!
Jumping to It!
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XVIII: Appeals
(Redirected from Section XVIII: Appeals)
A. The policy in this section applies to decisions that were made by the AdHoc Committee, the Conduct Committee (ConCom), the Clear and Present Danger Committee, the Central Level PNG Review Committee, or by staff with regard to BSC member conduct related matters.
B. If the decision was made with regard to the AdCode (Section II of the Policy Directory) then the Chair shall be the Administrative Committee Chair, the Manager shall be the Operations Manager, the Advisor shall be the Administrative Member Advisor, and the Student Executive shall be the Vice President of Internal Affairs. If the decision was made with regard to the Conduct Code (Section VII of the Policy Directory) then the Chair shall be the Conduct Committee Chair that was not a part of the initial decision, the staff member shall be the Conduct Hearing Coordinator, the Advisor shall be the Conduct Member Advisor who was not part of the initial conduct decision, and the representative from the initial conduct decision shall be the Conduct Committee Chair (if applicable).
C. The Appeals Committee for a conduct-related issue shall consist of:
a. The Advisor not participating in the initial conduct decision
b. The Chair of the initial Conduct Hearing
c. The other Conduct Committee Chair
d. The Cooperative Experience Manager
D. The Appeals Committee for an administrative-related issue shall consist of:
a The Advisor (a non-voting member)
b The Chair (a non-voting member)
c The Student Executive
d Operations Manager (a non-voting member)
e Two Board Directors (board will elect and maintain a pool of at least five board directors to serve in this capacity at the start of each semester; Cabinet/SumCom members may serve until then)
E. The Appeals Committee will first ensure that all appeals conform to II.XVIII.H before proceeding with adjudication.
F. The member who initially brought the case, the respondent, or the Chair. The Chair shall inform the member of their rights to appeal.
G. All appeals must be filed no later than five (5) business days after the date the appellant was notified of the decision.
H. The appellant must submit a document outlining the reasons for their appeal and the decision that they wish the Appeals Committee to take. The Chair of the Appeals Committee shall appoint someone to represent the decision that the Enforcement Committee made and submit a report summarizing the case and the Enforcement Committee’s reasoning.
I. Appeals may be made for the following reasons:
a. New evidence that could not be presented at the time of the original meeting.
b. Procedural error that unfairly and materially affected the outcome of the case.
c. Gross misapplication of policy by the original body.
J. The Chair of the Appeals Committee shall designate a specific amount of time for opening statements, questions, closing statements, and deliberation. The time allotted to both parties must be the same.
K. All decisions made by the Appeals Committee are final and cannot be appealed.
L. The Chair rendering the initial decision must swiftly notify members of their right to appeal, the deadline to file, and the process to initiate.
M. If there is a conflict of interest that would preclude a staff person or student leader from serving on the Appeals Committee, or one of the stated members is not available to participate, the President, Operations Manager, Executive Director or Cooperative Experience Manager may designate an appropriate alternate taking into consideration the intended make-up of the committee.
N. The Administrative Appeals Committee must be trained in the Administrative Code, procedure, mock cases, and anti-oppression.
[Updated 05/07/20]
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Sat. 16 January 2021
Northern Ireland bomb is a warning we can’t ignore
The past 72 hours have seen one of the worst outbreaks of violence in two decades.
PSNI officers stand watch over the remains of the car that was earlier hijacked and packed with explosives before being detonated outside Derry court house on January 19, 2019 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
By Naomi O'Leary
BELFAST — A car bomb on the streets of most British cities would be big news. National TV reporters would be rushed to the scene. Front pages would carry dramatic images. Politicians would be pressured to tighten security.
But that didn’t happen following the bomb on Saturday evening in Derry (also known as Londonderry), close to the western border of Northern Ireland. Instead, British and European media treated it, for the most part, with something of a shrug. “These things happen in Northern Ireland,” the TV strap-line might have read.
Meanwhile, few people are asking in the aftermath of the attack whether the long-running political crisis that has brought the Stormont assembly to a standstill and the Westminster impasse over Brexit have anything to do with it. They should be.
The past 72 hours have seen one of the worst outbreaks of violence in Northern Ireland’s second city in two decades. The car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the city center, narrowly missing a group of young people who walked past the vehicle before it exploded. The bomb, which police blame on militant group the New IRA, was followed by two hijackings of vans by masked men, raising fears of a new campaign by dissident republicans to bring about a united Ireland by force.
Such car bombs are a rarity since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (the BBC records the last one as happening in February 2017), which largely brought an end to a decades-long conflict between mostly Protestant unionists and largely Catholic nationalists over Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom.
Today, Derry remains an outlier in unemployment and poverty in the United Kingdom.
But old divisions and tensions remain below the surface and minor security alerts are frequent. Dissident paramilitaries from both sides of the conflict, both Irish republicans and pro-British loyalists, remain active and are still recruiting. Particularly in Derry, some of the elements that first set the stage for conflict remain in place. In this context, Brexit is not a direct cause of the violence, but could serve as an accelerant.
Split city
Even the name of the city divides its residents. To nationalists it is just Derry, from the Irish word doire, meaning oak grove. Unionists use Londonderry, the prefix being added when London livery companies organized its rebuilding as a settler town in the 17th century.
The same stone walls that were first built to protect Protestant settlers have been added to year upon year, and are now topped with layers of modern tall fencing and wire mesh to form a barrier against inter-community violence.
This was the city where the conflict in Northern Ireland first broke out, beginning in the 1960s with civil rights marches that demanded equal voting rights, housing, jobs and education for Catholics, who faced systemic discrimination by the unionist-dominated administration. Police reacted violently and unrest spiraled, spreading to Belfast. The government in Westminster sent in British troops who met resistance from a revived Provisional Irish Republican Army, beginning a conflict that would kill over 3,500 and injure tens of thousands.
Police forensic officers inspect the aftermath of a suspected car bomb explosion in Derry, Northern Ireland, on January 20, 2019 | Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images
Today, Derry remains an outlier in unemployment and poverty in the United Kingdom. It was economically isolated by Irish partition in 1921, which cut it off from its natural hinterland in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. And it has suffered chronic under-investment, lacking a motorway connection to Belfast and a university — both are often seen as the legacy of discrimination toward the Catholic-majority city.
In a prelude to the current violence, there were several nights of rioting in the city last summer in the buildup to July 12, a celebration of a 17th century Protestant military victory that can be a flashpoint for violence. Mobs of young people in the catholic Bogside area launched petrol bomb attacks on police and the Protestant enclave of the Fountain. They also hijacked and burned a van in an apparent attempt to goad police into a confrontation.
Violence also broke out not long after for separate reasons in loyalist areas in and around Belfast. In both cases, dissident paramilitaries are believed to have orchestrated violence mostly carried out by teenagers, showing the ability of militant groups to influence a younger generation with no memory of “the Troubles.”
Brexit divide
Where does Brexit feature in all this? Its effect is indirect, but important.
The referendum in Northern Ireland was split along ethno-religious lines. The majority of voters rejected Brexit. Yet among Catholics and Irish-identifying voters, opposition to Brexit was overwhelming, while a majority of those identifying as Protestants and unionists backed Leave, according to a Queen’s University Belfast survey.
The uncertainty of the negotiations, combined with the alliance between the Conservative Party and the hard-line Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party in Westminster, has prevented the reestablishment of a power-sharing government in Stormont. This arrangement, a key part of the peace deal that forces unionists and nationalists to rule together, has now been defunct for two years.
The issue of rights and inequality between communities has also been reopened by Brexit.
In its absence, the governance of Northern Ireland is in stasis at a time of urgent need. Communities lack a political route for redress, particularly nationalists, as Northern Ireland’s seven Sinn Féin MPs do not take up their Westminster seats (as they refuse to recognize the U.K. parliament’s right to legislate in Northern Ireland).
Nationalists feel that Brexit and its political aftermath have only confirmed their opinion that Westminster has little regard for their interests. Despite the high stakes for Northern Ireland, as a delicate post-conflict society where any change to the border would cause real risks to peace, the impact on the region hardly featured in the referendum campaign.
Its relevance only seemed to be accepted by senior members of the British Cabinet very late on in the Brexit negotations, and with much bafflement and reluctance.
That sense of a casual disregard in Westminster was compounded by a report on the front page of the Telegraph two days after the Derry bomb claiming that ministers searching for a way out of the Brexit impasse have considered reopening the Good Friday Agreement. (The bomb itself received four sentences of coverage on Page 4.)
The idea behind the plan (since denied by Downing Street) was reportedly to renegotiate the peace deal in order to remove the need for a Northern Ireland backstop in the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. To many in Northern Ireland, the idea of reopening a deal that is widely viewed as a near-miraculous achievement to fix a Brexit that people there didn’t vote for displays a callous recklessness.
The issue of rights and inequality between communities has also been reopened by Brexit. The peace deal allowed those born in Northern Ireland to choose British nationality, Irish nationality or both.
It is unclear whether Irish citizens in the jurisdiction after Brexit will retain the identical rights they have now, in being able to freely work and study throughout the EU. They will lose their political representation by MEPs, and there is concern about the U.K. government’s ambitions to throw off the jurisdiction of the European courts, which have been a last recourse to justice for people in Northern Ireland in the past.
In short, it is inevitable that Brexit will create inequity between those with British and Irish nationality, as one group will be EU citizens and one will not. It is as yet unclear how, but it is almost certain to be politically destabilizing.
Naomi O’Leary is a journalist who hosts The Irish Passport Podcast.
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Top to bottom, 1st-round QBs impacted NFL along with others
From Baker Mayfield at the top of the first round to Lamar Jackson at the bottom, rookie quarterbacks had an impact, one way or another, in their NFL debuts.
And don’t forget some of the players, at some of the other positions, in between.
The betting favourite for NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year is New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, taken No. 2 behind Cleveland’s Mayfield in the draft this past spring.
The first-year player with the biggest impact on the standings has been Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James , the No. 17 pick and a strong contender for top defensive rookie honours for a team assured of making the playoffs for the first time since 2013 — and still in the running for the best record in the AFC going into the final weekend.
Even though Mayfield and the Browns were eliminated from playoff contention with two games left, the impact of the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner from Oklahoma was profound. Think of what it says that the Browns stayed in the post-season chase coming off an 0-16 season, and despite a midseason coaching change.
Not to mention, Mayfield was backing up Tyrod Taylor when the season began, before his knack for winning games gave the Browns little choice but to promote him.
“The amount of work that he puts in does not shock us that he also takes it to the ballgame because he works extremely hard to have an overall understanding of every aspect of the game,” said interim coach Gregg Williams, who took over when Hue Jackson was fired halfway through the season. “That does not come easy.”
The Ravens selected Lamar Jackson with the 32nd pick of the first round, figuring he was a backup at best behind 10-year starter Joe Flacco. Since a hip injury that sidelined Flacco in early November, Baltimore is 4-1 with Jackson leading a run-first attack that has kept the Ravens alive as they try to end a three-year playoff drought. A victory against the Browns on Sunday gives Baltimore the AFC North title.
Flacco was ready to return last week, but coach John Harbaugh stuck with Jackson over the 2013 Super Bowl MVP.
“He’s the reincarnation of Michael Vick,” Tampa Bay defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. “He’s a lot faster than you think on the field. When you see him in person, he can really run. He’s going to be good for a long time.”
Sam Darnold (third overall to the New York Jets), Josh Allen (seventh to Buffalo) and Josh Rosen (10th to Arizona) have had pretty much typical rookie quarterback years — more struggles than successes. But all three have offered glimpses that they can lead their respective franchises for years.
Darnold strained his foot at Miami on Nov. 4, a game in which he threw four interceptions. In the three outings before he was sidelined, the 21-year-old quarterback completed just 47 per cent of his passes — 52 of 110 — for 558 yards and two touchdowns with a whopping seven INTs.
After missing three games, he has six TDs and one pick, attributing the turnaround to getting a chance to watch and learn from Josh McCown. But the Jets lost the past two.
“Sometimes you’re going to go out there and play well and win. Sometimes you’re going to play well and lose,” Darnold said. “The NFL is a tough league. I found that out really quick.”
Allen also was much better after returning from a right elbow injury that kept him out four games. On the open-ended question of who had emerged as the leader of the Buffalo offence, coach Sean McDermott chose Allen, citing how he responded coming off the injury.
“You become the leader by earning the respect of your teammates,” McDermott said. “He was willing to do that early on. He didn’t try to jump out in front when he hadn’t earned it.”
Allen has proven to be a productive runner for Buffalo.
Rosen’s completion percentage is near the bottom among starting quarterbacks, but coach Steve Wilks says the Cardinals still covet Rosen as the quarterback of the future. He showed enough early for Arizona to waive Sam Bradford, who started the first three games.
Barkley has several rookie records for the Giants: first with 1,000 yards rushing (third in the NFL with 1,198 with a game to go)’ most touchdowns (10); and most 100-yard rushing games (6). The downside for the Giants was a 1-7 start that turned Barkley’s season mostly into a stat chase. The former Penn State standout made an impression.
“I just know that you give him a couple of touches, he’s going to make something big happen out of those couple of touches,” receiver Sterling Shepard said. “You got to give him the ball and he can make magic happen.”
James and Dallas linebacker Leighton Vander Esch, two of the stronger betting choices for Defensive Rookie of the Year, were chosen two spots apart in the draft. James leads the Chargers with 99 tackles, according to SportRadar, and is tied for the team lead with three interceptions.
Vander Esch, taken 19th, has the Cowboys’ rookie record for tackles, according to the coaches’ count. The former eight-man high school player and Boise State walk-on also played a big role in helping the Dallas defence remain the team’s strength despite two stretches without longtime standout linebacker Sean Lee.
“Just embracing and enjoying my time here,” Vander Esch said. “It’s an awesome atmosphere, kind of like back in Boise but just intensified that much more. You have to soak it all in, but then again you have to go out and compete and show them you deserve to be here.”
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DHS Privacy Office Releases 2010 Data Mining Report to Congress
The Department of Homeland Security has released the “2010 Data Mining Report to Congress” (DHS pdf; archive pdf). In a news release, the DHS Privacy Office said, “The Department provides this Report annually to the Congress, as required by the Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act. The Report provides detailed descriptions of Department programs in 2010 that fall under the Act’s definition of ‘data mining,’ including discussion of the privacy protections in place in each program. This is the Department’s fifth comprehensive data mining report.” From the executive summary:
In the 2009 DHS Data Mining Report,the DHS Privacy Office identified three DHS programs that engage in activities that meet the Data Mining Reporting Act’s definition of data mining: (1) the Automated Targeting System (ATS) Inbound, Outbound, and Passenger modules administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); (2) the Data Analysis and Research for Trade Transparency System (DARTTS) administered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and (3) the Freight Assessment System (FAS) administered by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This year’s report, covering the time period from December 2009 through November 2010, includes complete descriptions of each of these programs, with updates on modifications, additions, or other developments that have occurred since the 2009 DHS Data Mining Report was issued. After consulting with the DHS components, the DHS Privacy Office identified no additional DHS activities during the current reporting year that meet the Act’s definition of data mining.
The Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended (Homeland Security Act), expressly authorizes the Department to use data mining, among other analytical tools, in furtherance of its mission. DHS exercises this authority to engage in data mining in the programs discussed in this report, all of which have been reviewed by the DHS Chief Privacy Officer for potential impact on privacy. The Chief Privacy Officer’s authority for reviewing DHS data mining activities stems from three principal sources: the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (Privacy Act); the E- Government Act of 2002 (E-Government Act); and section 222 of the Homeland Security Act, which states, in part, that the Chief Privacy Officer is responsible for “assuring that the [Department’s] use of technologies sustains, and does not erode, privacy protections relating to the use, collection, and disclosure of personal information.” […]
While each of the programs described below engages to some extent in data mining, none uses data mining to make unevaluated automated decisions about individuals. These programs do not make decisions about individuals solely on the basis of data mining results. In all cases, DHS employees conduct investigations to verify (or disprove) the results of data mining, and then bring their own judgment and experience to bear in making determinations about individuals initially identified through data mining activities.
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Legendary Comedienne Joan Rivers is one of the hardest working celebrities in the world. Joan's unique gifts of humor and tenacity has enabled her to attain extraordinary professional success... As a Comedienne, Best-Selling Author and Businesswoman.
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NEW YORK - April 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Legendary Comedienne Joan Rivers will appear as a guest on PROFILES with Mickey Burns on Tuesday, April 15th, at 11:00 PM on (WNYE) channel 25.
A Native of New York City, Joan began her career more than forty years ago, and she's still going strong. There are so many facets to this multi-dimensional woman. Stand-Up Comedienne, Talk Show Host, Best Selling Author, Jewelry Designer, Actress and Playwright -- All combine in making Joan Rivers one of the hardest working celebrities in the world!
Joan Rivers got her break in 1965 when she was booked on "The Tonight Show" starring Johnny Carson, as well as becomming a Las Vegas Headliner.
In 1983, Joan signed a contract with NBC to become Johnny's official Co-Host. She would eventually go on to host her own talk show and in 1990 won a day-time Emmy for best talk show Host.
In 1995, Joan joined the "E! Entertainment Network" as the self proclaimed chief of "Fashion Police". She and her daughter, Melissa, broadcast from the red carpet every year prior to the Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony. It's been said that many actresses judge their success on Oscar night according to Joan's critique of their gowns.
Today, as Joan Rivers enters her 70's, she has absolutely no plans on slowing down! She continues to perform her stand-up comedy act to sold out audiences worldwide, finds time to appear regularly on QVC to promote her latest jewelry creations and if that's not enough -- Joan has just finished writing another play, scheduled to open on Broadway in the near future.
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Entrepreneurial Grads to Speak at July CRAS Open House
On July 15 at The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences’ Gilbert, Ariz. Campus, “Creating and Driving Your Own Business” Will be the Panel’s Theme for Current CRAS Students; Panelists will Also be Present During the July 16 Open House
By CRL Public Relations
Gilbert, Ariz., July 5, 2016 – The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS; www.cras.edu), the premier institution for audio engineering education, will be opening the doors to its Gilbert, Ariz. campus (1205 N. Fiesta Blvd.) to prospective students, parents, and the media on Saturday, July 16 from 10am – 4pm. On July 15, CRAS will be welcoming back multiple graduates to speak during a panel discussion entitled “Creating and Driving Your Own Business” for current students. The panelists include graduates who have started their own successful businesses, and the panel discussion will be streamed live at https://youtube/wMW4QRPsOI.
“There are a host of opportunities for our students once they graduate, and we want to give them an idea of what’s out there first hand for them once they enter the open market,” said Kirt Hamm, CRAS administrator. “Besides our mandatory internship program, getting our students in touch with our graduates who are either working for others, or who have made the leap into self employment, is huge. That’s what this panel is about in our upcoming Open House. Continued education, networking, and learning what it takes for going out on one’s own by those who have done it already is of enormous value for any student.”
Members of the “Creating and Driving Your Own Business” panel include:
·Jeremiah Reyes (2006 CRAS graduate); lead engineer/owner at CRE818 (multimedia company) in Phoenix, Ariz.
·Peter Phengrasmy (2006 CRAS graduate); owner of West-One Productions, in Hollywood, Calif.
·Jeff Morin (2011 CRAS graduate); co-owner of Deep Roots Studios in Tempe, Ariz.
“I learned a ton [at CRAS] and met some incredible people,” said Morin. “While I can’t discredit the academic component of my CRAS education at all, the most valuable assets to me are the relationships I formed with many CRAS faculty members. Five years after graduating I can still call quite a few of my former instructors with any questions that I may have and they’re right there willing to help. There are some special people at CRAS for sure. I’m lucky to count them as among my friends and professional colleagues.”
At the July 16 Open House, guests will be able to interact with CRAS faculty and get a taste of the curriculum and the state-or-the-art audio gear spread throughout its numerous classrooms as well as its 42-foot mobile broadcast unit. They will also be able to participate in live demos in many of these real world audio recording studios, Live Sound Venue, and labs.
The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences is composed of two nearby campuses in Gilbert and Tempe, Ariz. A CRAS education includes broadcast audio, live sound, film and TV audio, music, and video game audio, all taught by award-winning instructors who have all excelled in their individual fields, including sound reinforcement, audio recording and production, digital recording, troubleshooting/maintenance, and music business.
“We want everyone to see, hear, and feel how our 11-month program focuses exclusively on what a student needs to know to begin living their passion in any one of the many facets of the recording arts,” explained Hamm.
CRAS structured programs and highly qualified teaching staff provide a professional and supportive atmosphere, which is complemented by its small class sizes allowing for individual instruction and assistance for students in engineering audio recordings.
“CRAS has been providing quality vocational training in audio recording for more than three decades,” added Hamm. “The curriculum and equipment are constantly being updated to keep pace with the rapid advancements in the music and sound recording industries. CRAS’ course offerings and subject matter have always centered around the skills and knowledge necessary for students’ success in the audio recording industries.”
The 11-month program is designed to allow every student access to learn and train in all of the Conservatory’s studios which are comprised with state-of-the-art audio recording and mixing gear, the same equipment used in today’s finest studios and remote broadcast facilities, including Pro Tools 11, API Legacy consoles, SSL AWS consoles, Studer Vista consoles, and much more. All students must complete a 280-hour industry internship to graduate from the Master Recording Program II that may ultimately lead to industry employment. In 2015, in total, 47 CRAS graduates hold credits for their work with 50 artists or bands that are up for awards in 42 out of 83 categories at the 57th Grammy Awards.
For more information on the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences, please visit www.cras.edu, contact Kirt Hamm, administrator, at 1-866-757-3059, or email to info@cras.edu.
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Noom goes to war with industry titan Weight Watchers
November 05, 2018 by Diana Bradley
The weight loss app Noom aims to disrupt the health and wellness sector by changing users' behavior as it relates to nutrition, eating habits, and exercise.
One week before weight loss app Noom was scheduled to shoot its first national TV ad, the company’s COO and CFO Adam Fawer realized the paid actors starring in the spot weren’t the right fit.
"For many people, weight is not a problem they have this month — it is a 10, 20, or 30-year battle they have been waging," says Fawer. "We wanted people who looked like they struggled with weight loss and the actors the casting agent sent didn’t look like that."
Noom — which bills itself as a personalized program that uses psychology and small goals to change people’s habits so they can lose weight and keep it off for good — quickly reached out to its users via email asking them to send a one-minute video by midnight explaining what the app means to them.
Fawer couldn’t disclose how many users Noom has, but notes over 47 million people worldwide have used the app.
"We were worried we wouldn’t have enough time to get people to commit to fly out to San Francisco on the drop of a dime," he says.
But by the next evening, Noom received over 200 video submissions.
"It was an embarrassment of riches," notes Fawer. "Real people with a lot of heart who wanted to tell their story and had a history of weight loss problems or had been on 100 diets."
In the end, the company chose three women, all Noom users, to tell their story in the ad that launched in June.
Becoming more ‘legit’
Although Noom is 9 years old, it started off as a fitness tracking app and only evolved into its latest iteration as a weight loss app in 2016. Since then, its PR and advertising efforts have been online-focused, targeting women aged 25 to 55. Macias PR is Noom’s PR partner.
"We understand through two years of iteration how to talk to customers, what messages resonate with them, what to emphasize, and what not to emphasize about the program," explains Fawer. "We felt confident enough to go into TV."
Noom decided to branch out into TV to build name recognition. Fawer notes a TV ad can make a company seem more "legit" because people understand a well-produced TV ad is costly.
Although Noom is the health and wellness industry’s new kid on the block, the app is going straight after one of the sector’s leaders by labeling itself a "Weight Watchers disrupter." Genia, one of the Noom users featured in the company’s new spot, takes an indirect dig at Weight Watchers.
"I counted the points, I followed the rules, and it didn’t help me long term," she says of other dieting programs she has used. Although Genia doesn’t specifically name Weight Watchers, astute consumers can make the link to the dieting giant known for translating calories, saturated fat, sugar, and proteins into a "points" system that encourages users to create a calorie deficit.
Noom must watch how it talks about Weight Watchers, because the company is "litigious," explains Fawer. However, it hasn’t shied away from dissing its competitor as part of a social campaign it began last year, with the text: "You aren’t still on MySpace, so why are you doing Weight Watchers?"
These words were used in a Noom tweet last September, garnering 250 retweets, 200 comments, and 1,300 likes.
"Weight Watchers wasn’t crazy about that ad," notes Fawer. "They asked us to take it down but we checked with our lawyer who said it is fine."
Calling out a competitor as a tactic has received some backlash from Weight Watchers users.
"Weight Watchers has its fans — it is a multi-million-dollar company," he says. "But we continue to use the ad because it resonates with people who are like, ‘Why am I still using this thing that has been around since 1963 and hasn’t changed much since then?’"
"Almost all of our users have used Weight Watchers and even though it might have worked for them in the short term, it didn’t long term."
While many industries have been disrupted through technology, the weight loss industry hasn’t, says Fawer.
"We want people to know we are a new, modern, convenient, different way to lose weight," he adds.
The major differentiator for Noom is it doesn’t just help users lose weight, but also changes their behavior as it relates to nutrition, eating habits, and exercise. The app costs $129 for a four-month program that includes human coaches who virtually keep track of users’ habits and give them advice. Because the program is entirely virtual, Fawer says users’ support groups can be with them at all times.
"People don’t want to go to meetings where everyone there looks like their grandmother," he explains. "They have busy lives and it is hard to make a commitment to go to a physical space at the same time in a different location once a week."
Noom has a "strong community" and puts groups of like-people together on the app so they can discuss their struggles. "Weight loss is something that is hard and painful and not something you want to talk about with your skinny best friend," says Fawer. "We put our effort into making small communities really powerful and supportive."
Support beyond social
Noom is active on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter, but prefers to engage with users through support groups within the paid app’s "private, walled-in environment," rather than asking them to publicly post on Facebook about dieting issues "for all the world to see," Fawer explains.
Noom also communicates with consumers via its blog and offers bloggers free trials of the app so they can review it. Additionally, the company reaches out to journalists to spread news about its product.
"We also have a dozen papers in peer review journals demonstrating our effectiveness at helping people lose weight and keep it off," notes Fawer.
Noom plans to do additional national commercials, possibly featuring the stories of other users.
"Our first spot moved real users of Noom because we wanted to get the emotion across," Fawer says. "People believe people. The next question they have is: What is it? How does it work?"
Noom is planning "aggressive campaigns" starting December 26 and will be on TV a lot in the new year, he says. However, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the company is "pulling back" from a marketing standpoint for "tactical and psychological" reasons.
"Ad rates are very high and a lot of people don’t want to try to start losing weight during that time period, others might want to try but they don’t have the time, and some people wait until January [to start a diet]," Fawer notes.
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The ingredient list for change in 2020 is almost complete in Pennsylvania
Dwight Weidman
Dwight Weidman, who served as chairman in the Franklin County Republican Party, will contribute an opinion column to Public Opinion every second and fourth week, publishing online Thursday and in print Sundays.
On Tuesday, November 5th, Franklin County voters capped off an “off-year” election cycle with something that’s tough to find in these parts: change. A 24-year popular incumbent politician was shown the door and replaced by a local businessman who has promised not to hang around for more than two terms. The pledge to not make a career out of holding public office is both refreshing and rare. I can remember only one instance of it in the recent past, when former State Representative Todd Rock promised to term-limit himself and subsequently kept that promise. Some politicians will tell you that term limits are up to the voters, saying things like “that’s what elections are for”. Of course, they don’t really mean that, as we found out in our recent county commission race, but sometimes we have that perfect storm where voter dissatisfaction and the appearance of a qualified challenger will combine to remove the incumbent.
Now, perhaps term limits aren’t appropriate for all offices. There are many local elective slots that are more akin to civil service jobs than they are to political positions, such as Prothonotary, County Clerk, Coroner, or Register and Recorder, so the more appropriate question for these jobs should be why we vote for them at all? Nevertheless, we need to look at term-limiting anyone who is in a lawmaking or policy-making position, because those are the offices where longevity breeds laziness, mismanagement or corruption, not just on the local level, but certainly on the state level as well.
With our legislative races coming up next year, we need to take a close look at our State legislative candidates and ask questions like, how long have they been there? Who is giving them money? And, most importantly, what, if any, major accomplishments do they have on their record? In a recent article from a major state newspaper, it was pointed out that Pennsylvania has among the highest-paid state legislatures, coming in third after California and New York, but arguably one of the most unproductive and ineffective. That’s no surprise when you look at our current crop of legislators to whom real bread and butter issues such as tax and pension reform are treated in the same way that Superman treats Kryptonite. With legislative leadership and special interest PACs ladling out money to keep our Representatives and Senators in lock-step with the status quo, it’s no wonder that there is little interest in diverting Pennsylvania from joining other failed states that are experiencing the dual calamity of population loss and fiscal devastation. It doesn’t take long to get cozy in the warm water of the Harrisburg swamp.
Of course, the real problem in Pennsylvania, and especially in this neck of the woods, seems to be a disconnect that exists between what voters say they want in a politician and who they end up getting to vote for. With all of the party establishment and special interest resources being funneled to the “good ol’ boys” along with the voter apathy that results in three out of four voters staying home in the average primary election, it’s a miracle when change of any type occurs short of a politician’s death or retirement. Although most voters here are fed up with the mediocre governance they get, they are clueless as to how they could change things.
Perhaps we need to look back in order to look ahead. In 2006, the combination of voter discontent over the “Midnight Pay Raise” and a fresh face led to change when Todd Rock defeated popular incumbent Pat Fleagle in the PA90 Representative race. The same thing happened in the 2019 cycle when an energetic newcomer harnessed voter discontent over tax increases and mismanagement to knock off a popular 24 year incumbent.
The 2020 election cycle is about a month away. The ingredient list for change is almost complete. Our state is a fiscal mess, our legislators all seem to be card-carrying swamp creatures, and the voters are frustrated and fed up with mediocre governance. The only ingredients missing are a few good candidates who are willing to step up and serve.
Dwight Weidman is a resident of Fayetteville and is retired from the United States Department of Defense. His career included assignments In Europe, Asia and Central America. He has been in leadership roles for the Republican Party in two states, most recently serving two terms as Chairman of the Franklin County Republican Party. He has been involved in web publishing since 1996 and has been an Amateur Radio Operator since 1988, getting his first license in Germany. He is a past volunteer with both Navy and Army MARS, Military Auxiliary Radio Service.
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vs. Arizona State (11-2-02)
Nov. 1, 2002 Updated: Oct. 12, 2020 12:42 p.m.
Associated PressWashington State quarterback Jason Gesser (17) sets up to throw a touchdown pass against Arizona State during the first quarter Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002 at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green)
Associated PressWashington State quarterback Jason Gesser, left, passes in the fourth quarter against Arizona State to break the old WSU passing record set by Jack Thompson in 1978, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. Running back Jermaine Green, right, protects Gesser on the play. (AP Photo/Jeff T. Green)
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Home Entertainment News Web Series Where is 'American Horror Story 10' filmed? Know locations of this spooky show
American Horror Story is getting renewed for a Season 10 which is already in the making. The 10th season comes after American Horror Story 1984 and was announced back in August of 2019. Now as the 10th season is in the making, fans are curious for the cast, plot and the filming locations of the show, read along to find out where it is being shot at.
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American Horror Story is currently filming the 10 seasons on the thriller series. There are various speculations about where the show is being shot at and about its filming location. A report by Screen Rant reveals that Ryan Murphy and the production team have been recceing for filming locations in and around Provincetown in Los Angeles, near Cape God. This also happens to be the town where a suspicious murder case took place back in 1974, which is referred to as ‘Lady Of The Dunes’.
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The 10 Season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story is set to premiere in the ongoing year 2021. The show was initially scheduled to release in Fall 2020 but had to be pushed back due to the production halt caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The makers of the show announced on May 26, 2020, that the show’s release is being moved to 2021. The cast members including Kathy Bates, Leslie Grossman, Billie Lourd, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Adina Porter, Lily Rabe, Angelica Ross, and Finn Wittrock will be coming back to reprise their roles, while Macaulay Culkin is a new addition.
In November 2019, show creator Ryan Murphy had also announced that some of the iconic characters that were a part of the first three seasons will be seen coming back in this season. He had also mentioned during an interview with TheWrap that as the show’s filming is being moved ahead it might lead to a change in theme, as the original theme had to be shot in the warmer months of the year. The upcoming season is being referred to as Pilgrim as a codename, while it is under production.
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You are here: Home / EduNews / Why The Media Silence In Our Time Of Education Crisis?
Why The Media Silence In Our Time Of Education Crisis?
Where are Woodward and Bernstein when you need them?
More than 40 years ago, these two Washington Post reporters doggedly followed the trail of an investigation over two years that led all the way to the White House — and the resignation of a U.S. President.
Prior to that, Charles Dickens wrote novels and stories revealing social injustice in Victorian England.
One could even say that the New Testament serves as an investigative report produced by multiple “reporters” who revealed events that the Roman empire wanted to keep hidden, according to William Gaines in his textbook Investigative Reporting for Print and Broadcast.
With this history of high-profile investigative reporting, the freedom of press, and Fourth Estate ideals in this country, you'd think that our veteran reporters would be all over the education “reform” that is gripping our country.
But as Diane Ravitch, education historian and advocate, reports on her blog, the mainstream media is mostly silent:
With some notable exceptions, like the Detroit Free Press and the Akron Beacon Journal, the mainstream media has simply ignored a widespread assault on the principle of free public education, democratically controlled, open to all. Instead, they print press releases written by corporations about “miracle schools,” where every child graduates and goes to college, without bothering to check facts.
Jeff Bryant, public education advocate and author of the Education Opportunity Network website, states that the news media was stunned by the recent NEA call for current U.S. Education Secretary's resignation, and the media doesn't understand the current of dissent rising from classroom teachers, parents, and students against the current crop of education reformers.
For years, collectivist actions in protest of public school policy have been scaling up from isolated protests to a nationwide movement of unified resistance. The movement is widespread among teachers, students, and parents. From the beginning, the movement was been grassroots driven and demanding of changes in the way our schools are being run.
How did the media miss this? What has happened to our investigative reporters? Where are the scrappy newspapers with barrels of ink and FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests in hand?
What is my theory, as a teacher and a former newspaper reporter with a degree in Journalism?
The media today has been bought and sold; 90 percent of the media in our country are owned by the corporate cronies of those demolishing public education. The hands of the media have been tied.
Perhaps it's time for an investigative reporter with some… grit…and an independent platform to take a hard look at education reform.
My advice? Follow the money.
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Canada vows tougher laws as citizens worry in face of attacks
By Randall Palmer, Richard Valdmanis, Leah Schnurr
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada vowed on Friday to toughen laws against terrorism in ways that critics say may curtail civil liberties as a country that prides itself on its openness mourned the second soldier this week killed by homegrown radicals.
Sentries return to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa October 24, 2014. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Prime Minister Stephen Harper joined a crowd at the National War Memorial in Ottawa to mark the death of Corporal Nathan Cirillo, who was shot by a troubled and drug-addicted convert to Islam on Wednesday while on ceremonial guard at the memorial in the center of the country’s capital.
Behind the somber scenes, Harper and his Conservative colleagues scrambled to beef up anti-terrorism legislation that was already in the works before the attacks. An opinion poll showed a majority of Canadians lacked confidence in their security services’ ability to deter homegrown threats.
Investigators said there was no apparent link between the two attackers - one killed a soldier in Quebec and the other killed Cirillo in Ottawa, before they themselves were shot dead - but Canadians worried about the parallels between them.
Police said both were Canadian citizens who had been radicalized, a term the government uses to refer to Canadians who become supporters of militant groups such Islamic State.
Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the government would act swiftly to toughen security laws and would go beyond the terms of a bill to strengthen the powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) spy agency that was already being drafted before this week’s incidents.
“We’re looking ... to see if there is a way in fact to improve or build on those elements of the Criminal Code that allow for pre-emptive action, specifically in the area of terrorism,” MacKay told reporters in Brampton, Ontario.
A government source said legislation to be introduced next week on the spy agency would be largely unchanged from the bill that was being prepared before Wednesday’s Ottawa attack. The government will put forward more measures later, the source said, and they will include wider powers to address security threats in the wake of the attacks.
The body of Cirillo began the journey to his hometown on Friday, in a last ride along the nation’s “Highway of Heroes.” Thousands lined portions of the 500-kilometer (300-mile) route and flocked to overpasses, hanging flags as a sign of respect.
Police believe that the Ottawa gunman, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, acted alone and independently of Martin Rouleau, 25, who on Monday drove over two soldiers in Quebec, killing one of them, Patrice Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer.
The back-to-back attacks on uniformed soldiers on Canadian soil has sparked a national debate over the power to counter threats while holding on to some civil liberties.
“I don’t believe that when it comes to enforcement that we should just turn a blank checkbook over to our security services,” said Norman Boxall, an Ottawa lawyer, who predicted the new CSIS measures would be challenged in court.
In Istanbul, packets of an unidentified yellow powder were sent to five western consulates on Friday, including the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Belgium, officials said. It was not immediately clear what the powder was and results of tests on them were due on Monday. Sixteen people were hospitalized as a precaution.
FRAGILE SITUATION
An opinion poll by the Angus Reid Institute found that some 55 percent of Canadians were not confident in the ability of police to thwart attacks by homegrown radicals.
Some 66 percent of the 1,491 people polled online Oct. 21-23 said they would prefer authorities to focus on securing the nation’s borders and dealing with homegrown threats, rather than prioritizing foreign military intervention or foreign aid.
The poll had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
Fears of a backlash against Muslims also grew as a mosque in Cold Lake, Alberta, was vandalized. Windows were smashed and someone wrote “go home” and “Canada” on the building in red paint. The town is home to the military base from which Canada sent six fighter jets to take part in air strikes against Islamic State militants.
“This shows how fragile the situation can be if it is not properly managed,” Imam Syed Soharwardy, founder of Muslims Against Violence, said of the Cold Lake vandalism.
Soharwardy led a memorial service for the dead soldiers in a
packed makeshift prayer hall in Calgary, where he urged the Muslim community to report any harassment to police.
“We cannot take abuse because of one or two people who committed these crimes. We condemn them more than anybody.”
Canada’s left-leaning opposition New Democrats have already begun to raise concerns about the loss of civil liberties that may come hand-in-hand with tougher police powers.
Muslim groups in particular urged against too much power being given to security and intelligence forces.
“I think those amendments have to be balanced,” said Aasim Rashid, director of religion for the B.C. Muslim Association. “We should not go overboard on this, to the point where we’re just targeting and apprehending individuals that we don’t need to.”
Additional reporting by Nia Williams in Calgary, David Ljunggren in Ottawa and Euan Rocha in Brampton, Ontario; Writing by Andrea Hopkins; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Howard Goller and Peter Galloway
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First Look: Billoo Barber
by Athar khan
Waiting for yet another Shahrukh flick? There is good news – you would not have to wait much to see The King Khan, as his latest flick – ‘Billu Barber’ is expected to hit the theaters in the first quarter of 2009. A remake of the Malayalam film ‘Kadha Parayumbol’, this comic movie has been produced by SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani as its main characters. The news is abuzz that Kareena Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone will also be seen in the movie, in guest appearances.
While the lyrics for ‘Billoo Barber’ have been written by Gulzar, Pritam is the music director for this humorous movie. It is for the first time that Shahrukh and Irrfan will be sharing screen space. With the likes of Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani in the movie, rest assured that you are going to have a fine taste of comedy. The film is a tale of two friends, a modern adaptation of the platonic relationship shared by Krishna and Sudama. Priyadarshan is expecting to strike diamond with this movie, as it would mark his 75th film as a director.
In the movie, Irrfan Khan plays the title role of Billu Barber (present-day Sudama); Shahrukh will be seen as Sahil Khan (present-day Krishna). The movie revolves around the life of Billu Barber, his wife (Lara Dutta) and their two kids. Billu is a village barber experiencing a slow down in his business, primarily because he fails to adapt to the changing fashion trends. It is during this time that a film unit comes to his village, with superstar Sahil Khan as the hero. Billu tells everyone in the village that Sahil is his old friend. Instantly, the villagers take a keen liking to Billu.
All the villagers want to meet Sahil Khan and believe Billu to be the perfect person, who can help arrange a rendezvous with him. Now, Billu tries to meet the actor, but is unsuccessful in the attempt. This makes everyone suspicious about his claim. Not only the villagers, but even his family members believe that he was lying about his friendship with Sahil. What will Billu do now? Will he be able to meet his friend? Will Sahil recognize Billu? Will Billu’s family members and villagers believe him again? The answers are for the viewers to unveil as the movie hits the theaters in 2009.
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Update: 6 more employees testify in Whittemore trial in Reno about Reid donation (watch video)
Martha Bellisle
RGJ
6:10 p.m. update Six former and present Wingfield Nevada Group employees testified Thursday that they each contributed $4,600 to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's campaign in 2007 and Harvey Whittemore gave them checks that covered those donations on the very same day.
A few of the workers had memory lapses about who instructed them to make the contributions to Reid, the current Senate majority leader, but they all wrote and received checks on March 27, 2007.
On Wednesday, Whittemore's personal secretary testified that she also gave Reid money and was reimbursed the funds.
The Whittemore campaign finance trial began Tuesday with jury selection, continued Wednesday with opening statements and the first witness. Thursday's full day of testimony revealed a constant theme of funds-in from Whittemore and funds-out to Reid on the same day in 2007.
Whittemore is charged with making excessive federal contributions, making contributions in the name of another, causing Reid's campaign to file a false report with the Federal Election Commission and with lying to the FBI. He has pleaded not guilty to the four charges.
The trial takes a break on Friday and begins again on Monday. U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks said the trial is expected to run through the week.
He forgot
James England, a chief financial officer for the southern portion of Wingfield, said he recalls being told to write a $4,600 check to the Reid campaign but can't remember who gave him that instruction.
He said he then received a $5,000 check from Whittemore on the same day. He said the check was a "gift" from Whittemore and said he called it a gift because he "hadn't done anything to earn it."
"In my mind I couldn't have written that $4,600 check without receiving some money back," he said.
Another Wingfield accountant, James Scott Harris, had the same memory problem.
Harris, a Wingfield chief financial officer, said he and his wife gave $4,600 to the Friends of Harry Reid on March 27, 2007. He said he did not recall whose idea it was to make the contributions. He said he only remembered that "somebody instructed me to do it." He said he was not coerced or intimidated into writing the check.
The following day, Harris said he brought the checks into the office but can't remember what he did with them. He said he received a check from Whittemore dated March 27, 2007 for $10,000, but said he doesn't recall why.
Besides covering the contribution, "the only other reason would be a bonus or a gift," Harris said when asked why he would have been given a $10,000 check.
Harris also confirmed that he had made a $10,000 contribution to the Jim Gibbons for governor campaign and was also given a check from Whittemore that covered that cost.
Whittemore lawyer Justin Bustos asked Harris whether Whittemore was politically active and Harris said he was and believed he "knew almost everybody" including Reid, D-Nev.
"I would consider Mr. Whittemore a truthful person," Harris said, adding he did not believe Whittemore would commit a crime nor would he help Whittemore commit a crime.
Harris said he made the contribution because someone asked him to but he also confirmed that he believed that contributing to Reid was good for the company.
"Did you believe you were doing anything wrong when you made a contribution to Sen. Harry Reid?" Bustos asked.
"No," he said.
Other employees asked by Whittemore to give to Reid
Terry Reynolds, a former Wingfield analyst, said he was called into Whittemore's office at the Resort at Red Hawk in Sparks on March 27, 2007 for a 5-minute meeting where Whittemore laid out the plan.
"He basically told me I was going to get a bonus," Reynolds said of Whittemore. "He told me I was doing a good job and he gave me a check for $10,000."
Then Whittemore said: "I'd like you to make a donation to the Reid campaign," Reynolds said.
Reynolds said he knew the company was supporting Reid at the time.
"We were doing a lot of large projects in Nevada," he said, adding that the company wanted to support Reid and that Reid supported their projects.
Whittemore did not tell Reynolds the amount he wanted him to contribute to Reid but after talking with others in the office, he learned that $4,600 was the maximum legal amount an individual could give to a candidate so that night, he and his wife each wrote checks for $4,600, he said.
Reynolds said he was not "coerced" into making the contribution but since the other members of the senior staff were getting the "bonuses" and making contributions, he thought it was wise to go along.
"If you hadn't gotten this check would you have made a contribution to Sen. Reid?" asked Eric Olshan, a lawyer with the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice who is prosecuting the case with Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Myhre.
"Probably not," Reynolds said.
"What would have happened if you had not written those checks," Olshan asked.
"Well to be real frank, I was concerned about my position, my job at that time," Reynolds said. "All of the senior staff were writing the checks. I didn't want to stand out and say I didn't want to do that so wrote the check."
Reynolds said it wasn't the first time he had made political contributions at Whittemore's request. He testified that he gave $10,000 to the Jim Gibbons campaign for governor in 2005.
"The circumstances were the same," he said.
Joseph "Skylo" Dangler testified that he was director of real estate for Wingfield in 2007. He said he has known Whittemore since 1993. While Dangler testified, Whittemore smiled at him and shook his head in a positive, encouraging manner.
Dangler identified copies of two checks written by himself and his wife that were written on March 27, 2007 for $4,600 each to the Friends of Senator Reid.
Prosecutor Olshan asked Dangler if he had expected to make a contribution to Reid when he went to work that morning and he said he had no such plans.
"Somebody else suggested it," Dangler said, adding that Whittemore was the one who asked him to make the contributions and told him the amount.
Olshan asked Dangler whether he expected to be repaid for making the contribution.
"He said we'll work things out," Dangler said of Whittemore. Dangler said Whittemore's secretary called him the following day and was told to come to the office to pick up a check. Dangler then identified a check made out to him for $10,000 from Whittemore.
"What was the understanding about why you were receiving that check?" Olshan asked.
"I didn't have any," he said. But after looking at the transcript of his statement to the federal grand jury, Dangler said he "assumed it was a reimbursement."
Whittemore lawyer Vincent Savarese asked Dangler: "He didn't require you to do it, he didn't pressure you, did he?"
"No, he didn't," Dangler said. Dangler said he had periodically received bonuses from Wingfield, including one for $230,000.
Savarese asked Dangler whether he would have made the contribution even if he had not received the money from Whittmore and he said he would have.
"You made the contribution to Sen. Reid's campaign voluntarily?" Savarese asked.
"Yes," Dangler said, adding that Whittemore was involved in fund-raising for political campaigns on a regular basis.
Brad Mamer, Whittemore's former CEO of the Wingfield company, testified that he wrote a check to Reid's campaign in March, 2007 after receiving a "gift" from Whittemore. Mamer said he worked for Wingfield for 17 years and was a loyal friend of Whittemore's.
Under questioning by Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Myhre, Mamer said he and his wife each wrote checks to Reid for $4,600 on March 27, 2007. On that same day, Whittemore gave Mamer a check for $10,000.
"Why did you write this?" Myhre asked.
"Mr. Whittemore had asked me to consider making a contribution to the Friends of Harry Reid, which I decided to do," Mamer said. He said Whittemore told him the maximum amount he could give was $4,600.
"Why did you write it on that date," Myhre asked.
"He said he was collecting contributions that same day," Mamer said, adding that the $10,000 was considered by him to be a gift.
"Did you ask him why you were getting a gift?" Myhre asked.
Mamer said Whittemore told him he wanted to thank Mamer for all of his help and his hard work.
"Shortly after he said he was collecting contributions for the Reid campaign," Mamer said, adding that he was a long-time Democrat and supported Reid.
"Were you thinking about making a contribution to the Reid campaign before he brought this up?" Myhre asked.
"No," Mamer said.
Hillerby takes the stand
Lobbyist and former Whittemore employee Michael Hillerby of Sparks testified that he is now director of legislative affairs for a law firm but was an executive vice president for Wingfield in 2006 for several years.
Hillerby said Whittemore called him into his office in March 2007 and handed him a check for $10,000. Hillerby said Whittemore said something like, "I have something for you. You've been doing a good job." Hillerby said it was near his one-year anniversary so it wasn't odd to hear that praise.
After receiving the check, Whittemore told Hillerby that said he was raising money for Harry Reid and asked him to join in.
"He said it was voluntary and said 'we'd love to have your support' and I said yes," Hillerby said.
On the same day he received Whittemore's check, Hillerby said he wrote a check to Reid for $4,600. His wife also wrote a check to Reid in the same amount, he said.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Myhre asked Hillerby how his wife reacted to Whittemore's request and Hillerby said he probably showed her the $10,000 check first.
"Would you have felt comfortable saying no to him?" Myhre asked. Hillerby said he felt he could have said no but didn't.
Hillerby turned in his checks to Whittemore's secretary to be sent to Reid's campaign.
3:25 p.m. update
After the noon break in the Harvey Whittemore campaign finance trial, three more former Wingfield Nevada Group employees said they contributed to Sen. Harry Reid in 2007 and then were given checks from Whittemore that covered the donations.
But some of them had trouble remembering the details around the contributions and funds received from Whittemore. Two of the Wingfield chief financial officers remembered writing checks to Reid but they couldn't remember who asked them to write them.
James England, a chief financial officer for the southern portion of Wingfield said he recalls being told to write a $4,600 check to the Reid campaign but can't remember who gave him that instruction.
He then received a $5,000 check from Whittemore on the same day he wrote his check to Reid. He said the check was a "gift" from Whittemore. He said he referred to it as a gift because he "hadn't done anything to earn it."
"In my mind I couldn't have written that $4,600 check without receive some money back," he said.
Eric Olshan, a prosecutor with the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice asked Dangler if he had expected to make a contribution to Reid when he went to work that morning and he said he had no such plans.
James Scott Harris, the chief financial officer for Wingfield, said he and his wife gave $4,600 to the Friends of Harry Reid on March 27, 2007. Harris testified that he did not recall whose idea it was to make the contributions or who instructed him to make the checks out.
He said he only remembered that "somebody instructed me to do it." He said he was not coerced or intimidated into writing the check.
Besides covering the contribution, "the only other reason would be a bonus or a gift," he said when asked why he would have been given a $10,000 check.
He also confirmed that he had made a $10,000 contribution to the Jim Gibbons for governor campaign and was also given a check from Whittemore that covered that cost.
Whittemore lawyer Justin Bustos asked Harris whether Whittemore was politically active and Harris said he was and believed he "knew almost everybody" including Sen. Reid.
He said he made the contribution because someone asked him to but he also confirmed that he believed that contributing to Reid was good for the company.
Follow updates on www.rgj.com and on Twitter @marthabellisle
12:40 p.m. update
After the former Wingfield Nevada Group CEO testified in the Harvey Whittemore campaign finance trial, a former analyst who worked on company permits was called to the stand.
Terry Reynolds said he was called into Whittemore's office at the Resort at Red Hawk in Sparks on March 27, 2007 for a 5-minute meeting.
"Well to be real frank, I was concerned about my position, my job at that time," Reynolds said. "All of the senior staff were writing the checks. I didn't want to stand out and say I didn't want to do that so I wrote the check."
10:35 a.m. update
Harvey Whittemore's former personal secretary at the Wingfield Nevada Group was back on the witness stand today – the first full day of testimony in his federal campaign finance trial.
Second-up was Brad Mamer, Whittemore's former CEO of the Wingfield company. He testified that he wrote a check to Sen. Harry Reid's campaign in March, 2007 after receiving a "gift" from Whittemore.
Whittemore is charged with using conduits to make illegal contributions to Reid.
Roxanne Doyle said she worked for Whittemore at offices located at the Resort at Red Hawk in Sparks from 2006 to 2009. Yesterday she testified that Whittemore asked her to make campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid in 2007. He gave her a $10,000 bonus to cover her check and one from her husband, she said.
Doyle also testified yesterday that she mailed a pile of checks from various employees to the Reid campaign in March 2007 that totaled $138,000.
Today, she began answering questions from Whittemore's lawyer Dominic Gentile. He asked Doyle to clarify the circumstances of her contribution.
"Mr. Whittemore did not demand of you that you make a contribution to Sen. Harry Reid, did he?" Gentile asked.
"No," she said. She said she considered the bonuses she received from Whittemore to be personal gifts because they were from him and not the company. The $10,000 check was not for work she performed, but was a personal bonus, she said.
"Once it got into your account it was yours?" Gentile asked.
"Correct," she said.
After she received the $10,000 check from Whittemore, "if you had not written the check to Friends of Harry Reid, would you expect to be fired? Disciplined?" Gentile asked.
"No I did not expect to be fired," she said. "I would expect to be spoken to."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Myhre followed up with Doyle by asking if she would have had enough money in her account to cover her $4,600 contribution to Reid if she had not received a check from Whittemore and she said no.
"I didn't have the funds to make that contribution," she said.
Mamer took the stand and testified that he worked for Wingfield for 17 years and was a loyal friend of Whittemore's.
Under questioning by Myhre, Mamer said he and his wife each wrote checks to Reid for $4,600 on March 27, 2007. On that same day, Whittemore gave Mamer a check for $10,000.
Earlier in the morning, Doyle said she had authorization to send checks from Whittemore's personal banking account. She said she sometimes sent money to his children when their personal bank accounts were low on funds. A woman from the Bank of America sometimes called Doyle to let her know that Whittemore's children needed money, she testified.
As his secretary, Doyle said took calls for Whittemore sometimes from Reid but also from other elected officials, politicians, lobbyists, a man who wanted to start a basketball team in Reno and many others.
Doyle also said she kept a file labeled "political contributions."
"I would put letters from people asking for contributions, copies of checks that Harvey had made as contributions and letters from politicians thanking him for making contributions," she said.
She also said there was another political contributions file that was kept in his office before she took her position in 2006 but it was filed away and replaced with her new file.
On Wednesday, Gentile had told U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks that documents in boxes taken from Whittemore's office and then returned were missing from those boxes. He said they would help explain the "mechanism" Whittemore used for making contributions.
Lawyers for Whittemore's former Wingfield partners, Thomas and Albert Seeno Jr., have said that they returned all of the documents collected from that office.
Follow trial updates at www.rgj.com and on Twitter @marthabellisle
Thursday morning update:
The first full day of testimony in the Harvey Whittemore campaign finance trial begins today with the former lobbyist's personal secretary.
Roxanne Doyle of Sparks was the first witness called yesterday after the prosecutor and Whittemore's lawyer gave their opening statements. She'll still be on the stand when the trial begins at 8:30 a.m.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Myhre told jurors that Whittemore promised U.S. Sen. Harry Reid during a lunch in February 2007 that he would raise $150,000 for the senator's 2010 re-election bid.
But when Whittemore had not met the goal by the end of March 2007, Myhre said Whittemore decided to break the law instead of breaking his promise to his friend. After Whittemore's secretary sent checks totaling $138,000 to the Friends of Harry Reid campaign, Reid sent Whittemore a thank-you note, Myhre said.
But Whittemore's lawyer, Dominic Gentile, said his client was a hard-worker who was well-connected with political candidates and public officials. He was happy to use his influence to help with fund-raising, Gentile said.
But Whittemore never would have asked his cherished family and employees to break the law, Gentile said.
Doyle testified that Whittemore gave her a $10,000 bonus in March 2007 and asked her to contribute to Reid. She and her husband then wrote checks to Reid's campaign for $4,600 – the legal limit per person per candidate.
Gentile will continue questioning Doyle about her statements this morning.
It is expected that others who worked for Whittemore and wrote checks will be called throughout the day.
Wednesday night update:
The Harvey Whittemore federal trial stalled early Wednesday when his lawyers asked for extra time to review some newly acquired documents, but both sides gave their opening statements in the afternoon, and the prosecutor called his first witness.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Myhre described Whittemore as a wealthy man who could make people do whatever he wished, while his lawyer, Dominic Gentile, painted the former lobbyist and developer as a generous and kind employer and family member who helped people in need.
The trial continues Thursday with testimony from more former and current employees with the Wingfield Nevada Group — the company Whittemore ran with Thomas and Albert Seeno Jr. until their falling-out.
Documents found by the Seenos in Whittemore's office led to an FBI investigation and an indictment last June.
In 2007, Whittemore was a multimillionaire developer and lobbyist and was the go-to guy when a political candidate needed to raise funds, Myhre said in his opening statement.
On Feb. 19, 2007, Whittemore met with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., for lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas, and Reid told his friend that he had decided to run again in 2010, but his campaign was low on money, Myhre said. During that lunch, Whittemore made Reid a promise: He told Reid he would raise $150,000 by March 31, 2007, Myhre said.
"As time went by and as that deadline was approaching, Harvey Whittemore developed a problem," Myhre said. "He hadn't done anything to raise the money. There were no lavish receptions, none of the glitz and glamorous events one would expect to see to raise that substantial amount of money."
"As deadline approached, Harvey Whittemore had a choice," Myhre said. "He could call the Reid campaign and say, well, things have come up. I can't make the deadline. He could break his promise to Sen. Reid or he could choose to break the law."
"He chose to break the law."
To keep his promise, Myhre said, Whittemore gave money to 29 family members and employees and had them contribute the maximum amount allowed by law to Reid's campaign, Myhre said. That amount was $4,600.
"Four days before the March 31st deadline, the defendant made a choice," Myhre said. "He pulled out his checkbook. People who worked for him, people who depended on him. He wrote the checks to people who loved him, people who believed in him, people who trusted him, people who would not say no."
After Whittemore and his workers sent in more than $138,000, Reid sent Whittemore a note that said: "Dear Harvey. You are a man of your word." He called Whittemore "my friend today and for all tomorrows."
Gentile started his opening statement by showing the jury a photo of Whittemore's family and said that everyone close to him believed in Harvey, trusted him and relied on him. And Whittemore went out of his way to take care of everyone, Gentile said.
To find Whittemore guilty, "you will have to believe that he used his cherished employees. They did trust him. That he would use them and his children and his children's spouses and put them in harm's way and his grandchildren in harm's way knowingly and willfully to keep a promise to Harry Reid," Gentile said.
"The government won't prove that. They will never get over that hurdle."
Whittemore's family will come in and testify that it was their money; it was their choice to make the contributions to Reid, Gentile said.
Support for Reid
Whittemore supported Reid because Reid supported the Whittemore-Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease, a research facility created to find a cure for a disease suffered by Harvey and Annette's daughter, Andrea.
"From the very beginning, Harry Reid weighed in as a supporter of research into these diseases," Gentile said. So, since the early 1990s, the Whittemores supported Reid and other members of the Nevada congressional delegation who worked to obtain funds for the research.
"For that reason, it will come as no surprise that (Harvey) would want to keep his promise to Harry Reid," Gentile said.
But, he did nothing illegal to achieve that promise, Gentile said.
Donations to Reid
Once Gentile finished his statement, Myhre called his first witness.
Roxanne Doyle of Sparks said she worked for the Wingfield Nevada Group from 2005 to 2009 and was Whittemore's personal secretary starting in April 2006. She worked out of the Resort at Red Hawk offices in Sparks.
"In March 2007, were you asked to make a campaign contribution?" Myhre asked Doyle.
"I was," she said, adding that Whittemore asked her to give $4,600 to Sen. Reid's campaign. She said she also asked her husband to write a check for $4,600 to Friends of Harry Reid.
She said she mailed the two checks to the Reid campaign.
On March 27, 2007, she received a check from Whittemore in the amount of $10,000.
"Harvey gave the check to me on the same day I sent the checks to Sen. Reid," she said. The check was his personal account. She said she was familiar with his checkbook because she sometimes paid bills for Whittemore.
She said Whittemore told her that the money was a bonus. She said she had received small bonuses in the past, but nothing that large. She said she had not done any special duties to warrant such a large bonus.
"Were you contemplating making a campaign contribution to the Harry Reid campaign in the amount of $4,600 on March 27, 2007, before you received the $10,000?" Myhre said.
"I don't know," she said. "I don't know if it was before or after I received the check."
"Was it your idea or someone else's idea?" Myhre said. "What caused you to make the contribution?"
"I don't know how to answer that question," she said. "Harvey talked to me about writing the check, but I can't remember exactly what was said. I believe Harvey asked me to make a contribution."
"Why did you ask your husband to make a contribution?" Myhre asked.
"Because Harvey asked us to make the contribution," she said, adding that Whittemore would have told her to make the checks out for $4,600 each.
Doyle said they did not have enough money in their checking accounts to cover the two $4,600 checks, so she immediately deposited Whittemore's check.
In her position as his secretary, Doyle said she sometimes released checks from his personal account. She identified a list of $5,000 and $10,000 checks made out to workers at Red Hawk and Whittemore's family that she released.
Myhre also showed Doyle copies of checks, about four to a page, that were from many of the same individuals who received Whittemore checks. They were made out to Friends of Harry Reid. Each of the checks was for $4,600.
Doyle said she sent a package of those checks and a spreadsheet of donations on March 28, 2007, to Jake Perry with the Friends of Harry Reid. She said she sent the package via Federal Express. She said Whittemore asked her to send the package to Perry.
She also identified a file that contained campaign documents. Inside the file was a letter from Harry Reid to Whittemore thanking him and saying that he was a man of his word.
She said she recalls making contributions to other candidates, including members of the Sparks City Council and Jon Porter, a Republican U.S. House candidate.
She wrote a check in September 2007 for $5,000 to Porter but said she does not recall doing so. She said she would not have made that contribution on her own. Doyle also wrote a check on Sept. 28, 2007, from Whittemore's account to Scott Whittemore.
As Whittemore's secretary, Doyle said she kept track of his phone calls and messages. She would then email him copies of the pages of messages. One entry was on March 21, 2007. It was a message from Jake Perry. The message said: "Please call. H will know what he is calling about."
On March 27, 2007, she jotted down another message from Perry asking Whittemore to call.
Whittemore lawyer Dominic Gentile began questioning Doyle by asking about her new job at the Nevada Supreme Court. Doyle took a job with Justice Ron Parragari with Whittemore's blessing.
"Would you consider Harvey Whittemore to be your friend?" Gentile asked.
"Yes," she said.
"Would you commit a crime for him?" he asked.
"No," she said.
She said the entire time she worked for Whittemore, he was busy.
"Everywhere he went, he was working," she said.
She also said it was common for Whittemore to receive telephone calls and messages from elected officials or people running for office. The people who called included Dean Heller, Ross Miller, Dina Titus and Shelley Berkley, she said.
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Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision raises money for interactive, tactile sculpture
Josephine Johnson
For Do Savannah
Imagine being at a music festival — your favorite band is on stage, and you and your friends are in the jam. Then suddenly, everything goes black. The music plays on, but you can’t see.
That’s exactly what happened to Savannah resident Corey Brooks six years ago the first time he lost his vision.
But Brooks was lucky, not only did his vision partially return a few days later, he also got necessary training to live as a newly low-sighted person thanks to the Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision.
Through January, Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision is raising funds to build a tactile sculpture as an interactive centerpiece within their mobility-training sidewalk. The sculpture is collaboration between students at the center and a team of artists from the Telfair Museum.
Currently, Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision is accepting online donations through a Go Fund Me campaign.
The center serves as many as 400 students each year from 29 counties throughout southeast Georgia. They range in age from 2 to 100-years-old with varying degrees of vision capability.
“What each student learns depends on their individual goals,” said Leslie Eatherly, development director at the center. “Some have functioning vision and need help putting special apps on their phones for easier use. Other students need to learn new life skills to adjust for blindness.”
The center has a complete training kitchen where students learn strategies for preparing food, cooking, and washing dishes. Everything is by feel.
Students learn life hacks like putting rubber bands strategically around cans of the same thing. For example, green beans might have a rubber band at the top while peaches have a rubber band at the bottom of the can. Adhesive bump dots are also essential. Students put these on top every other number on their microwave so they have a tactile reference for each digit.
The mobility training class teaches students how to use a cane to get around on city streets and how to navigate Chatham Area Transit.
“That’s the scariest and hardest part for lots of people,” said Brooks. “If you’re newly blind or have lost a lot of your vision, it’s hard to get out of your house and only rely on a cane to get where you’re going.”
After a terrifying experience of loosing most of his sight at a concert, Brooks’ doctor referred him to the center in 2015. Two years later, he graduated and now mentors new students. He stays active in the center’s community, especially the art programs.
Recently some of their work, an exhibit of individual masks, hung at the Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. Soon they will work together again to make the tactile sculpture for the mobility training area.
“The sculpture is important because my peers and I are going to create it,” emphasized Brooks. “When we create, we start to believe all things are possible.”
Autumn Gary has been with the Telfair Museum’s therapeutic art program for more than five years, working with people with disabilities and facilitating the annual ‘I Have Marks to Make’ exhibit. She and her husband Josh team up to help bring the large sculpture to life. Gary finds awe and inspiration in how people who have lost their sight approach artistic expression.
“Working with the blind has stretched me in my capacity to feel and understand perceiving in new ways,” explained Gary. “Through their sensitivity, not only have I become more sensitive in how I align with my creative process but also in how I relate to and interact with all people and their range of abilities.”
To build the sculpture, students will use foam core to create shapes that tell something significant about their lives. Then, those shapes will be rendered in a computer program so they can be enlarged and cut from stainless steel. Autumn and Josh Gary will then weld them together.
“Once the shapes are cut and created in a foam core mock-up, that will give an idea of the structure,” Said artist and welder, Josh Gary. “But it’s equally important to be willing to let go of that idea and let other things happen because their approach is often so totally different. We want to honor that.”
Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision is aiming for a March 5 ribbon cutting on the completed sculpture. Lois Modell, executive director, considers it a valuable training training tool both during the process and after.
“It’s important for people with low or no vision to have community, and this project brings together a range of students,” explained Modell.
“At the end of the day, our purpose is to teach people how to be confident and independent within a safe and strong support network.”
Support the tactile sculpture here: charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/visions-a-tactile-monumental-sculpture
Learn more about Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision:
savannahcblv.org/
1141 Cornell Ave.; (912) 236-4473
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Bob Sipchen
Bob Sipchen spent much of his journalism career at the Los Angeles Times, where he served as a reporter, columnist and Sunday Opinion Editor and won, with Alex Raksin, a Pulitzer for editorial writing, shared in the paper’s Pulitzer for its team coverage of the Los Angeles riots and shared, as an editor, in the 2014 Pulitzer for coverage of the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California.
He was Editor-in-Chief of Sierra Magazine and Communications Director for the Sierra Club, America’s oldest, largest, and most effective grassroots environmental organization. He teaches journalism and communications in the Writing and Rhetoric Department at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and is the author of a non-fiction book on Southern California street gangs, Baby Insane and the Buddha (Doubleday, 1992),which the New York Times Book Review called “a lucid, cinematic read.” He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Pam and has three grown children.
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Navistar reports $184M loss this year
Business | Aug 28, 2016
Staying with the story
The Springfield News-Sun provides unmatched coverage of Navistar and other major employers in Clark and Champaign counties, including recent stories digging into how the truckmaker’s recent struggles and successes have affected workers in Clark County.
$50 million — Net loss in 4th quarter 2015
$184 million — Net loss for 2015 fiscal year
Navistar lost $184 million this year, but company leaders said Thursday they have seen improvement in the bottom line and expect that trend to continue as it looks to add hundreds of jobs in Springfield.
The lost is significantly less than last year, when it reported a net loss of $619 million.
Navistar is a significant employer in Clark County, with approximately 1,500 workers at its Springfield manufacturing plant, including management and contractors. And thousands of the company’s retirees live in the region.
The truckmaker cut costs this year, which accounted for much of the improvement, said Troy Clarke, Navistar’s president and CEO. The manufacturer’s goal is to become profitable again next year.
“We are building the best products we have ever built and we are winning back customers,” Clarke said during a conference call Thursday morning.
The truckmaker slashed its operational costs by more than $300 million this year. That includes spending less on materials and logistics, as well as lower manufacturing costs. Navistar also exited the foundry side of its business this year.
Earlier in the quarter, Navistar announced a joint agreement with GM to build medium-duty trucks at the Springfield site. That agreement is expected to bring at least 300 new jobs to Clark County, and about $12 million in investment at the plant. The new trucks are scheduled to go into production in 2018.
The company also reached a four-year agreement with members of the UAW Local 402 this year, which represents the majority of workers at the site.
Navistar plans to continue reducing costs as part of its effort to become profitable again next year, said Walter Borst, executive vice president and CFO for the company.
“We expect to take more than $200 million in additional costs out of our operations,” Borst said of 2016.
Those reductions will come from slashing material costs, improving manufacturing efficiency, structural cost improvements and restructuring the company’s Brazilian operations, Borst said. Navistar saw sales improve for medium-duty trucks and buses this year, but saw less demand for heavy trucks.
“Encouragingly, we are off to a good start on orders to be delivered in 2016,” Clarke said.
Despite many financial struggles related to an engine technology that failed to meet emissions standards, Navistar is in the best financial position its faced in years, said Vicki Bryan a senior high yield analyst for Gimme Credit.
The company has begun to recover sales from former customers, she said, and it has seen an increase in new contracts for products for the military, which should help stabilize revenue.
“Navistar has come a long way since its collapse in 2012 when it finally abandoned its colossally failed proprietary emissions system in all its legacy engines and trucks,” Bryan said. “Full recovery still is probably years away, and we doubt Navistar will re-emerge as a strong market leader, but it’s finally gaining traction with its new products and restoring profitability with drastically downsized operations.”
The company has shed its weakest assets and reinvented its product line with competitive products, she said.
“Navistar while not yet healthy is certainly transformed after three substantial management shakeups and three years of necessarily aggressive downsizing to slash costs and permanently reduce break even,” Bryan said.
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Action 2000 Windows Indispensable Studios Beat em up Indie
Standard anime-style brawling
The 2D fighting genre is not exactly one that is short on great titles, with the likes of the mighty Street Fighter franchise standing alongside the likes of Guilty Gear, Samurai Shodown and many others. Dogma is a little known release that mixes anime-style graphics into the usual formula to create a fighter which is less than spectacular but which is worth a few brief rounds. The game does stick to pretty much all the established conventions of the genre, pitting an array of colourful characters against each in one-on-one combat with the simple aim of knocking each other down via an extensive array of punches, kicks and special moves. Of course, each character has their own unique abilities, with some of them also having access to weapons. Only three modes of play are available, including the story one where you engage against all of the characters in turn, and single-player and two-player versus, where you simply take on either a computer controlled or human opponent. In most ways, Dogma really is very much an average fighter, with little to recommend it over other similar titles. Visually, it's a bit of a mixed bag and while the anime style may appeal to some, with its bright, cartoon-like sprites, the obsession with Japanese schoolgirls is hard to fathom and many of the characters do look very similar. The moves available are reasonably varied, if unspectacular, with the nine characters also handling quite differently and which does add some replay value. However, unless you have played every other 2D fighter out there, Dogma is going to be fairly near the bottom of the list when it comes to choosing a new one and there are better examples out there.
Games related to Dogma
Samurai Shodown 2 (1994)
Street Fighter (1988)
Mortal Kombat 4 (1998)
Guilty Gear Isuka (2004)
Fighters Kyodotai (2001)
Metal Blade (2001)
Dragonball Z Millennium (2000)
Gundam War 4 (1999)
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Toronto: Seven young singers selected for Canada’s biggest opera competition
After a months-long, nationwide search, seven talented young opera singers from across the country have been chosen to compete in the Canadian Opera Company’s ninth annual Ensemble Studio Competition on October 30, 2019 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. Finalists are competing for cash prizes, performance opportunities, and a chance to earn a coveted place in the COC Ensemble Studio, Canada’s top training program for young opera professionals.
The 2019 Ensemble Studio Competition finalists are: sopranos Kirsten LeBlanc (Moncton, NB), Midori Marsh (Cleveland, Ohio), and Charlotte Siegel (Toronto, ON); mezzo-soprano Sarah Bissonnette (Boucherville, QC); tenor Marcel d’Entremont (Merigomish, NS); bass-baritone Alex Halliday (St. John’s, NL); and bass Brenden Friesen (Langham, SK).
Finalists were selected by a panel of judges, who reviewed 109 applications and travelled to Calgary, Montreal and Toronto to hear 72 young artists in preliminary live auditions. The Ensemble Studio Competition opens up the final round of auditions to the public, where competitors sing one last aria for the judges, accompanied by the acclaimed COC Orchestra led by COC Music Director Johannes Debus. Canadian opera legend, Ben Heppner, returns to host the evening.
“The Ensemble Studio Competition is always one of the most exciting events of the season – for both the judges and the audience,” says COC General Director Alexander Neef, who also serves on the judging panel. “It’s a joy and a privilege to be part of a singer’s journey from the very beginning, which is why we open up this process to the wider community.”
Competition guests have a chance to vote for their favourite singer with the Audience Choice Award, valued at $1,500. The First Prize winner takes home $10,000, as well as the invaluable opportunity to perform at The Elora Festival, Ontario’s annual summer celebration of song. Second Prize is valued at $3,000 and Third Prize is $1,500. Finalists also compete for the CBC Music Young Artist Development Prize, a professional studio recording session provided by CBC Music that will be shared with listeners across Canada on CBC Music’s Saturday Afternoon at the Opera.
Joining the judges’ table for 2019 is Jeffrey Remedios; the president and CEO of Universal Music Canada is a long-standing champion of trailblazing artists, promoter of independent thinkers, and advocate of distinct voices in our rich culture. He also co-chairs this year’s Centre Stage Gala, which follows the competition, with his wife Lucia Remedios. Returning judges are: COC Director of Artistic Planning Roberto Mauro; COC Director of Access and Training Nina Draganić; Head of the COC Ensemble Studio Liz Upchurch; and Canadian soprano and the Ensemble Studio’s Head Vocal Consultant Wendy Nielsen, herself a graduate of the Ensemble Studio program. CBC Music Executive Producer, Alison Howard, will select the winner of the CBC Music Young Artist Development Prize.
All Ensemble Studio Competition attendees are treated to a complimentary cocktail reception, provided by The Cheese Boutique, when doors open at 5:30 p.m. The competition begins at 6:30 p.m. in R. Fraser Elliott Hall.
All proceeds from the competition and ensuing Centre Stage Gala directly support the COC Ensemble Studio.
Tickets for the Ensemble Studio Competition include cocktail reception and range from $35 (for patrons 30 years of age and younger, through Opera Under 30), to $50, $65 or $80. They are available online at coc.ca, by calling 416-363-8231, or in-person at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Box Office, located at 145 Queen St. W., Monday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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For the vast majority of orthodontic patients, wearing fixed appliances (commonly called braces) will be a major part of treatment — and those braces, for the most part, will be the familiar silvery-metal type. But while they're still quite popular, traditional-looking metal braces are no longer the only game in town! Let's have a look at some of the options available in orthodontic appliances.
First, we should distinguish between fixed and removable appliances. Fixed appliances like braces are attached to the teeth by metal bands or special cement. They aren't normally taken off until treatment is complete. Removable appliances, such as clear aligners, are typically worn some 22 hours per day, but may be easily taken off as needed. While clear aligners can be effective in treating mild to moderate orthodontic problems, fixed appliances are generally needed for more comprehensive treatment.
Typically made of high-grade stainless steel, traditional metal braces remain by far the most common type of fixed orthodontic appliances. They consist of metal bands that wrap around the molars in back, and smaller metal brackets that are cemented to the front surfaces of the other teeth. A thin, springy metal wire, running through the brackets, gently guides the teeth into a proper position. This archwire may be fixed to the brackets by flexible elastics, metal ties, or other types of clasps.
There are many good reasons why time-tested metal braces remain popular — because they offer a reliable, effective and economical treatment option. In contrast to the appliances of the past, today's braces are actually smaller, lighter, and more comfortable to wear. If you want a less traditional look, you may be able to choose colorful elastics for the brackets, or other modifications.
Clear ceramic braces are a new variation on the traditional system that provides a far less noticeable method of treatment. They use the same components as traditional braces — except that the brackets on the front side of the teeth are made of a translucent ceramic material that blends in with the tooth's natural color. This system has become a favorite for adults (including some well-known celebrities) because, unless you look closely, it's hard to notice they're there.
Several types of ceramic braces are currently available, and the technology is constantly improving. Their aesthetic appeal is undeniable... but there are a few tradeoffs. The ceramic brackets can be less durable than their metal counterparts; plus, while the brackets themselves don't stain, the elastic bands that attach them to the archwire do (however, these are generally changed each month.) Ceramic braces also cost more than metal — but for many people, the benefit of having an inconspicuous appliance outweighs the costs.
While ceramic braces certainly offer a less conspicuous look, there is still another system that allows fixed braces to be truly invisible. In some situations, special appliances called lingual braces can be placed on the tongue side of the teeth. They work the same way other metal braces do — but even though they're made of metal, they can't be seen, because they're hidden behind the teeth themselves!
Lingual braces aren't the proper treatment for every orthodontic condition. Special training is required to install them, and they're significantly more expensive than standard braces. They also generally require a bit more time for the wearer to get used to them, and they may slightly prolong treatment. But if you want the least visible type of fixed appliance — and if you're a candidate for this treatment option — then lingual braces may be just what you're looking for.
Moving Teeth with Orthodontics Moving teeth orthodontically is a fascinating process by which the bone that surrounds and supports teeth is gently forced to remodel itself. Orthodontics moves teeth with a careful manipulation of force that guide the teeth into a new, improved position and better equilibrium. Light, constant forces applied to the teeth allow them to move in a predictable manner and direction... Read Article
Clear Aligners for Teenagers Teens who regard traditional braces as restrictive, confining, and obstructive to their lifestyles now have another choice for orthodontic treatment: clear aligners. This advanced dental technology, originally geared toward adults, has recently evolved to treat a greater variety of bite problems in younger people. These improved orthodontic appliances can help teens function normally during a difficult phase of life... Read Article
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How do you like your revenge?
There's a saying: revenge is a dish best served cold. I tried to look up the origin of the phrase- and came to the conclusion that no-one knows. Still, it's a well-known and loved phrase: probably because we all daydream of getting back at people we think "done us wrong" - even if it's only daydreaming of being rich and famous and "they'll be sorry." And revenge is the plot of so many novels, films, and television shows from the Count of Monte Cristo to the Godfather to television soap opera by that name a few years ago. The espionage series by Daniel Silva with the Israeli spy, Gabriel Allon, has as its opening premise - the exacting of revenge against the terrorists who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics.
Whether the person seeking revenge is the villain or the hero depends on the perspective, the level of culpability of the person against whom revenge is sought, and whether the punishment fits the crime. For example, a young girl who is teased and embarrassed - who seeks revenge by socially humiliating the person who teased her - can probably remain the hero of the story. However, if that same young girl takes an ax and dismembers her teaser - we now have a completely different kind of story - one written by Stephen King, perhaps.
Generally, though, in fiction as in life, revenge is a losing proposition. Edmond Dantes starts out as a victim but becomes more an anti-hero than a hero - he gets his revenge but innocent people die along the way. And the exacting of revenge, no matter how justified, can be a blemish on a character.
So if you're a thriller writer and you want to use a revenge plot, be careful. It's a good motivator for a villain - I'm about to do an extensive re-write and edit of a book where the villain is seeking revenge. A villain seeking revenge for the betrayal of a friendship may still be a villain but at least he's understandable. If, however, your protagonist is seeking revenge - and you want him/her/they to remain sympathetic, the revenge has to be proportionate to the crime.
And in real life?
There's another saying: the best revenge is living well. Well maybe. But stand-up works too.. Alternatively, the best revenge may be sticking someone in your thriller novel - and making them the villain.
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt link
Revenge is best served cold because the best revenge requires planning and care - or you get caught - and it's very hard to plan when you're in a rage.
All which works well in fiction.
You're right about the proportionality of the crime and the punishment - and eye for an eye was, I read, the way of LIMITING extreme revenge to JUST something appropriate.
It may not seem enough, though, because consideration is always given to ALL the crime and the lifelong damage some crime causes.
The best revenge is WINNING.
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Scotland has got what it takes to be an independent country
by Olaf Stando
Independence is about the right of people in Scotland to decide their own future
Just like everyone else, we are entitled to get the governments we vote for. Yet for the majority of the past 60 years, Scotland has had repeated Tory governments at Westminster that the people of Scotland consistently rejected in the ballot box.
In an independent Scotland, never again would we have to put up with the likes of Tory governments, led by Boris Johnson or anyone else, that we overwhelmingly and repeatedly reject.
With independence, the democratic right to get the governments we vote for will be guaranteed.
And the government of an independent Scotland will be able to use the full range of economic powers available to all other countries.
How successful we are will, of course, depend on our efforts and the decisions we make.
But the evidence demonstrates the potential we have to build a more prosperous, fairer country.
We’re the ideal size
If you look at the OECD – the organisation of the world’s developed nations – seven of the ten richest countries in the world have populations of less than 10 million people, like Scotland.
If countries like Norway, Ireland and Denmark can do it – then why not Scotland?
And something else stands out too.
Independent countries our size also tend to have a happier, fairer and more equal society.
Scotland is a wealthy nation with a big economy
Scotland’s national income in 2019 was a huge £177 billion.
On a per head basis, that makes us wealthier than rich countries such as New Zealand, Japan and Italy.
Our manufacturing and export industry is flourishing, and as a member of the EU in our own right, we would be part of the European Single Market – which by population is around seven times the size of the UK.
We’re educated and talented
Scotland has some of the best universities in the world, and we’re proud to support students by enabling access to education based on the ability to learn, rather than the ability to pay.
What’s more, Scotland’s people are among the most highly educated in Europe.
47% have university, college, or vocational qualifications – 5% above the UK average, and 16% above the EU average.
We have extraordinary energy resources
There are still billions of barrels of oil left in the North Sea – with revenues that could be invested in a green transition for the benefit of future generations.
And as we move to that greener future, with a world-leading target of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2045, few countries on earth have our abundance of natural resources.
Scotland has up to 25 per cent of Europe’s tidal power potential, and 25 per cent of Europe’s offshore wind potential.
Scotland already generates over 90 per cent of its electricity from renewables, and our green energy research and innovation are internationally renowned.
We export high quality produce and goods
Our food and drink industry is an incredible success story – built on high quality produce, priding itself on its high environmental and consumer standards, and reaching every corner of the globe.
Scotland’s food and drink sector is worth around £15 billion – and Scotch whisky alone accounts for more than one-fifth of all UK food and drink exports.
We export more manufactured goods to the EU and those countries that the EU has a free trade deal with, than we do to the rest of the UK. In total, we export nearly £19 billion of manufactured goods to countries outside the UK.
And Scotland is the only UK nation to have internationally exported more goods than it has imported every year since records began – in fact, we export nearly double per head than the rest of the UK.
We are at the cutting edge of the industries of the future
70 satellites for the space industry were manufactured in Glasgow in 2019, more than in any other European city. In fact, Glasgow builds more satellites than anywhere else outside of California.
Our life sciences cluster is one of the biggest in Europe.
Scotland’s digital economy is creating around 13,000 highly paid jobs per year – and our flourishing digital industry is predicted to become the fastest growing industry in Scotland in the years ahead.
We’re big enough, rich enough and smart enough – even opponents of independence believe so
Scotland is one of Europe’s leading centres for professional services.
The size of our economy, our highly educated workforce, the abundance of natural resources, and cutting-edge innovation – with strengths in both manufacturing and services – all demonstrate that Scotland’s got what it takes to become a prosperous and thriving independent nation.
In fact, even opponents of independence believe that to be the case.
The former Prime Minister David Cameron said: “It would be wrong to suggest that Scotland could not be another such successful, independent country.”
The former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson said: “Actually, I believe Scotland is big enough, rich enough and good enough to be an independent country.”
🏴 Scotland has the talent, the resources and the creativity we need to make the most of our economic potential. But we also need the powers to invest in our economy and make that potential a reality. pic.twitter.com/dlKO8DpCnO
— Yes (@YesScot) August 28, 2020
Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands, or those of Boris Johnson?
The key question then is, who should be in charge of Scotland’s economic policy and resources?
The COVID crisis means a major economic rebuilding job will be required in every country across the world. Who can be trusted to undertake that re-building of Scotland’s economy to ensure a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society?
Should it be yet another Westminster government, like Boris Johnson’s, that Scotland has consistently rejected – or a government in Scotland, elected by the people who live here and equipped with the full powers of independence?
In an independent Scotland, we will have control of our economic policy and all levers at our disposal.
With our people, our resources and our values we too – like other independent nations our size – can be wealthier, fairer and happier.
💻 We’ve launched a new Yes campaigning platform.
🏴 Our movement stands on the shoulders of giants.
👨 👩 It’s time for independence. But only you can make it happen.
✍️ Sign up at https://t.co/1TBOd5pYT1 pic.twitter.com/3ZwKiBj0iq
— Yes (@YesScot) January 31, 2020
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Glory Glory! – Manchester United in the '90s – The Players' Stories
An insight into events at Manchester United during the 1990s as told through interviews with eleven of the famous names at the club during this era. Contains interviews with Andy Cole, Lee Sharpe, Eric Cantona, David May, Nicky Butt, Jesper Blomqvist, Paul Parker, Lee Martin, Jordi Cruyff, Gary Pallister and former Chairman, Martin Edwards. Published in 2009.
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The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) national steering committee has condemned the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party, and pledged to fight Keir Starmer's 'resurgent Blairism' - including at the ballot box next May.
At the same time, it welcomed new members to the coalition steering committee from the national executives of five different trade unions and the former Labour MP Chris Williamson, who was himself suspended in 2019 and prevented from defending his Derby North seat as a Labour candidate in last year's general election.
TUSC national chairperson Dave Nellist, also a parliamentary colleague of Jeremy Corbyn when he was an MP from 1983-1992, said: "The ruthless decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn is the clearest signal yet that under Keir Starmer's Labour, the interests of Britain's capitalist establishment will be in safe hands, if and when they decide to move on from Boris Johnson's inept premiership.
"TUSC wholeheartedly supported Jeremy's leadership of the Labour Party as an opportunity to achieve working-class socialist political representation on a mass basis. We adjusted our electoral activity in response, not standing candidates in either the 2017 or 2019 general elections.
Resumption of TUSC
"But our decision in September that we would resume contesting elections because of the new situation created by Starmer's leadership has been completely vindicated by subsequent events.
"Labour candidates standing in the elections next May - in Scotland, Wales, London and the English councils - who endorse Jeremy Corbyn's suspension while agreeing to implement austerity measures directed from the Tories in Westminster, cannot expect to be unchallenged. We will fight resurgent Blairism, including at the ballot box."
Jared Wood, a national executive committee member of the RMT transport workers' union, officially represented on the TUSC steering committee, said: "The RMT was the first trade union to declare its support for Jeremy Corbyn when he stood for leader in 2015 and, with 80,000 members, was the second biggest donor to both of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaigns, in 2015 and 2016, only behind the 1.4 million-member Unite union.
"His subsequent suspension by Keir Starmer shows that the opportunities for achieving working-class political representation within the Labour framework created by Jeremy's leadership are closing - just at the time we need a fighting political voice for workers to meet the deep economic and social crisis triggered by the Covid pandemic."
Chris Williamson said: "The Labour Party has been hijacked by establishment lackeys and no longer welcomes socialists within its ranks.
"We therefore need to build a new vehicle outside the Labour Party to offer a refuge for disgruntled members and others dissatisfied with the discredited political and economic status quo.
"The situation facing the country is dire, which requires us to work out how to cooperate on the left to establish a social movement throughout the land and a credible electoral alternative for voters."
TUSC was co-founded in 2010 by the late Bob Crow, the RMT transport workers' union leader. Along with the RMT, its national steering committee involves leading trade unionists from other unions together with the Socialist Party, the Resistance Movement, and independent socialists.
For interviews, and so forth, please email [email protected] or call Clive Heemskerk, the TUSC National Election Agent, on 020 8988 8773
Scottish TUSC to stand in the May 2021 parliamentary elections
A well-attended and inspiring online Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) conference took place on Saturday 7 November. There was unanimous support for a resolution to stand candidates as widely as possible in the May 2021 Scottish parliament elections.
Leah Ganley (Socialist Party Scotland and a GMB union branch committee member from the Highlands) chaired the conference.
Jim McFarlane - a member of the Unison executive and a branch secretary of Dundee City Unison, speaking in a personal capacity, pointed out that in local government, workers are facing attacks from both Scottish National Party and Labour councils. There was no difference in their consistent passing on of Tory austerity rather than standing up and setting legal, no-cuts budgets.
Michael Hogg, the Scottish regional secretary of the RMT and a former miner sacked in the 1984-85 miners' strike, said the recent announcement that miners sacked during the strike were to be pardoned in Scotland was an important victory, a result of decades of campaigning. He also highlighted current struggles that the RMT are involved in, like the Caledonian sleeper strike.
"TUSC stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the working class, unlike Labour and the SNP", he added.
David Semple, executive member of the Public and Commercial Services (PSC) union, speaking in a personal capacity, highlighted the unprecedented crisis with Covid-19 and the economic catastrophe in its wake.
PCS members, like all workers, are having to deal with bosses who are putting business and profit before workers' health and safety. The need for a fighting socialist alternative was ever more urgent.
A socialist Scotland
Lynda McEwan spoke on behalf of Socialist Party Scotland. Lynda pointed out that there is a majority for Scottish independence just now, especially among young people and the working class, but there is no majority for the continued rule of the millionaires and billionaires, whose profits have skyrocketed during the pandemic. "That's why we need to use the election campaign to fight for an independent socialist Scotland."
The final platform speaker was Gary Clark, branch secretary of the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) Scotland No.2 branch.
Gary brought solidarity greetings from his branch of 3,000 postal workers. CWU members have been at the forefront of the battle for health and safety during the pandemic. A socialist leadership for the trade union movement is vital at this time, in opposition to the drive for so-called national unity which has been followed by some trade union leaders.
There was a wide-ranging and enthusiastic discussion that saw a range of contributions about the need for a socialist election challenge for the Scottish elections in May 2021.
Philip Stott from the Scottish TUSC steering committee moved the resolution to stand as widely as possible in the 2021 elections, with a Scottish TUSC conference planned for early February to finalise a manifesto and candidates. It was agreed unanimously.
Read full report on socialistpartyscotland.org
Contact Scottish TUSC for more info via a message to the Facebook page or [email protected]
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Reve d'Or
Reve d'Or is a semi-custom motor yacht launched in 2011 by Sanlorenzo, in Italy and most recently refitted in 2017.
Established in Viareggio, Italy in 1958, Sanlorenzo offers clients custom-made steel, aluminium and fibreglass superyachts from 19 to over 50 metres in length.
Reve d'Or measures 46.00 feet in length, with a max draft of 2.60 feet and a beam of 9.30 feet. She has a gross tonnage of 499 tonnes.
Reve d'Or has a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure.
Her exterior design is by Sanlorenzo.
Her interior design is by Studio Massari.
Reve d'Or also features naval architecture by Sanlorenzo.
Reve d'Or is a semi-custom Sanlorenzo 44 Steel model.
Performance and Capabilities
Reve d'Or has a top speed of 17.00 knots and a cruising speed of 13.00 knots. She is powered by 2 3508b diesel engines and uses a twin screw propulsion system
Reve d'Or has a top speed of 17.00 knots and a cruising speed of 13.00 knots. She is powered by 2 3508b diesel engines and uses a twin screw propulsion system.
Reve d'Or has a fuel capacity of 60,000 litres, and a water capacity of 17,000 litres.
Reve d'Or accommodates up to 12 guests in 6 cabins. She also houses room for up to 9 crew members.
Reve d'Or has a hull NB of 46 Steel / 107.
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Perry 'battled against' sitcoms after Friends
Updated / Thursday, 29 May 2014 13:37
Matthew Perry with former Friends' co-star Courteney Cox
Matthew Perry has admitted that he fought a ten-year battle to resist stereotype casting and a return to studio sitcoms.
The 44-year-old became a global star while playing Chandler Bing on the hit comedy Friends but has yet to repeat that level of success.
Perry subsequently led the cast in three new shows - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Mr Sunshine and Go On - but all were cancelled after just a single season.
Next year he will star in a reboot of 1970s’ comedy The Odd Couple, and he told Broadcast: “I thought it was time to be in front of a studio audience once again.
“I've battled against it for ten years and finally decided that's what I really like doing and it's what I'm best at, so doing The Odd Couple was the dream."
Perry will play unkempt sports journalist Oscar Madison in the new adaptation of Neil Simon's classic play about two divorced pals sharing an apartment.
Walter Matthau played the Oscar Madison role in the film version of the play while Jack Klugman took over the mantle for the original TV series, which ran for five hugely successful seasons in the early 1970s.
“It's important to be able to play a creative part as well,” Perry added. “To be able to watch over things and not just be a talking head on a TV show was important to me.”
Here are the classic opening credits and theme tune for The Odd Couple:
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Andrea Pickard, Planner with Central Saanich, sits on a bench and enjoys the view of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church. Don Denton photography
Walking the Crossroads of Central Saanich History
From pub to church, examining local historical landmarks
Story by Hans Tammemagi
Many say the soul of a community is its church, but the beating pulse is the local tavern. This certainly seemed true for the Prairie Inn— prominently located on the intersection of Mount Newton Cross Road and East Saanich Road in Saanichton—for though I visited midweek, business was brisk.
Andrea Pickard, a friend interested in local history, and I were sitting at the well-worn bar, studying a pamphlet that described a Heritage Walk along Mount Newton Cross Road. Keen to learn about Central Saanich’s past, we were at the tour’s first designated stop. There was one catch: the brochure was more than three decades old. Was it still current? What would we find?
We chatted with the barkeeper, who explained that the pub was built in 1859 for Henry Simpson, an early pioneer in the area. Called the Tavern, it was one of the first pubs in the province. The Tavern burned down in 1893 and was rebuilt as the Prairie Inn.
Pouring us an ale, the bartender listed the inn’s many historic achievements.
“If you don’t count the brief stoppage while it was rebuilt, this is the oldest continuously operating pub in British Columbia.”
“Furthermore,” he continued proudly, “we started brewing beer — the bestseller was Olde Tavern Ale — in 1985, as [one of the] first brewpubs on Vancouver Island.”
Sadly, the brewery part of the operation was discontinued more than 25 years ago. But later, we learned that in 1974 the Prairie Inn received the province’s first official designation as a “neighbourhood pub.” We sipped our ale in reverence, happy to be in such historic surroundings.
The Prairie Inn, open since 1859. Don Denton photography
As we started westward along Mount Newton Cross Road, we read from our notes that Henry Simpson, the original owner of the Prairie Inn, was one of the first pioneers in this area. He ran a large farm and was a prime initiator of the annual Saanich Fair, even donating five acres of land to get it started. As we were to learn later, he was a flamboyant gent, who dabbled in many exciting businesses.
After a few hundred metres, we were immersed in rich farming land; the agricultural character of the landscape was clearly evident.
Glancing at our literature as we strolled, we learned that the original inhabitants of this area were the Saanich First Nations, who lived off the bounty of the land and sea. They considered Mount Newton, which rises on the north side of the road, as a sacred mountain.
The earliest settlers were of British background and were (or became) farmers, drawn by the fertile soil and availability of land. As we meandered by, we gazed at one of the first, still-standing homes in the district, the Lidgate cabin, built in 1858.
In 1864, the early pioneer homes here led to the creation of Mount Newton Cross Road, the very road we were striding along, connecting East and West Saanich roads.
Heading west, we entered the Rose Farm property, which was established circa 1890. Now the thriving Mount Newton Seed Orchard, nothing remains of the original buildings except a stone creamery and barn, built of massive hand-hewn timbers in 1907. Bags of evergreen cones formed neat piles against the barn.
Proceeding, we discovered that two of the heritage houses marked on the brochure were no longer in existence. Several other properties were private and we could only catch glimpses of old homes through bushes from the roadside.
Bannockburn, built by William Thomson, is the oldest surviving house on the crossroad. Private and well set back, it was not easily visible. However, a large brown sign announced, “Bannockburn/1189 Mt. Newton X Rd./Est. 1855.”
The historic Bannockburn property is marked with this sign, visible from the road. Don Denton photography
We entered the quiet, serene grounds of St. Stephen’s Anglican Church and Cemetery through an elegant white picket fence. St. Stephen’s was founded in 1862 after William Thomson gifted five acres for the building of a church and school. Consecrated in 1868, it is the oldest church in the province, used continuously since built and on its original site. Now a heritage site, the simple white wooden building with a bell tower above the entrance porch is gracefully surrounded by oak trees and tombstones.
Inside, Andrea and I sat on a pew in the sombre duskiness and admired a large, stained-glass window at the front. The deep, rich wood forming the walls and ceiling consists of California redwood, rather than the local Douglas fir. I bowed my head and thought of the many, many generations who have worshipped here.
We completed the tour at Mount Newton Cottage, circa 1893, on the corner of West Saanich Road, and then returned to the Prairie Inn.
In the late 1890s, the Victoria-Sidney railway, the wood-burning train dubbed the Cordwood by locals, ran right in front of the inn. Imagining we were thirsty, disembarking passengers, we re-entered the building.
Between servings, the bartender continued his description of Henry Simpson, who not only tended a 300-acre farm and ran the Prairie Inn, but also operated a post office and was a contractor. Simpson’s most unusual business, however, was renting horses for the trip to Victoria. If the rider was not returning to Saanichton, he had to take the horse to a livery, buy it a meal and water, and then turn it loose. According to legend, the horse always came home by itself!
Andrea and I raised our gasses and toasted Central Saanich’s long and colourful history.
For more of Hans Tammemagi’s travel writing and photography check his website here.
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Kodi (formerly XBMC) is a free and open-source media player software application developed by the XBMC Foundation, a non-profit technology consortium.[5] Kodi is available for multiple operating systems and hardware platforms, with a software 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls. It allows users to play and view most streaming media, such as videos, music, podcasts, and videos from the internet, as well as all common digital media files from local and network storage media.[6]
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The software was created as an independently developed homebrew media player application named Xbox Media Center (abbreviated as XBMC) for the first-generation Xbox game console,[6][12][13] and was later made available under the name XBMC as a native application for Android, Linux, BSD, macOS, iOS, and Microsoft Windows-based operating systems.[14] It is also available as a standalone version referred to as Kodibuntu.[15][16][17]
Because of its open source and cross-platform nature, with its core code written in C++ (ANSI standard), modified versions of Kodi/XBMC together with a JeOS have been used as a software appliance suite or software framework in a variety of devices including smart TVs, set-top boxes, digital signage, hotel television systems, network connected media players and embedded systems based on armhf platform like Raspberry Pi. Derivative applications such as MediaPortal, Plex, ToFu, Voddler, and Horizon TV have been spun off from XBMC or Kodi.[18][19][20][21][22]
On 1 August 2014, it was announced that starting with version 14, XBMC would be renamed Kodi.[23] On 10 November 2015 the KODI trademark was registered by the XBMC Foundation.[24]
Kodi supports most common audio, video, and image formats, playlists, audio visualizations, slideshows, weather forecasts reporting, and third-party plugins. It is network-capable (internet and home network shares). Unlike other media center applications such as Windows Media Center, MediaPortal and MythTV, Kodi does not include its own internal digital TV-tuner code for Live TV or DVR/PVR recording functionality, as instead it acts as a unified DVR/PVR front-end with an EPG TV-Guide GUI interface which, via a common API interface, abstracts and supports multiple back-ends via PVR client add-ons from third parties, with those running either locally on the same machine or over the network.[10][18][19][25][26][27]
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Kodi's source code is distributed as open source under the GNU General Public License (GPL),[25] it is governed by the tax-exempt registered non-profit US organization, XBMC Foundation, and is owned and developed by a global free software community of unpaid volunteers.[29][30]
Even though the original XBMC project no longer develops or supports XBMC for the Xbox, XBMC on the Xbox is still available via the third-party developer spin-off project "XBMC4Xbox", which forked the Xbox version of the software and completely took over the development and support of XBMC for the old Xbox. The ending of Xbox support by the original project was also the reason that it was renamed "XBMC" from the old "Xbox Media Center" name, and why it later was renamed "Kodi".[31][32][33][34] The Xbox version of XBMC had the ability to launch console games, and homebrew applications such as emulators. Since the XBMC for Xbox version was never distributed, endorsed, or supported by Microsoft, it always required a modchip or softmod exploit to run on the Xbox game-console.
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India & the triangular actors
India, China and Russia have emerged as three nations whose geopolitical strengths are to be reckoned with in the global power structure. International theoreticians..
India, China and Russia have emerged as three nations whose geopolitical strengths are to be reckoned with in the global power structure.
International theoreticians sometimes note that triangular interactions between nations are quite simple. They would argue that the ancient adage – Enemy of my enemy is my friend. However, in the international reality of the triangle in question (India, China and Russia), everything is much more complicated and involves many nuanced factors.
At the Synergia Conclave – Security 360, Alexander Nagorny, former Chief Editor of TASS agency, Moscow, Ambassador PS Raghavan, Convener, National Security Advisory Board and RK Radhakrishnan, Associate Editor, Frontline discussed these nuances at in-depth.
Russia and India have shared strategic, military, economic and diplomatic relations for years. The Indo-Russian Intergovernmental Commission is one of the largest comprehensive governmental mechanisms that India has with any country. However, the 1960s was a testing time for the two, as Russia started getting closer to Pakistan. After the 1965 India-Pakistan war, Russia reduced its support to India on the Kashmir issue. Moreover, Russia's recent military exercises in Pakistan at the Khyber Pass in spite of the terrorist attack in Uri caused major dismay to India.
India’s contemporary relationship with China began in 1950. Between 1960 and 1987, India and China have been involved in three major military conflicts. A bilateral relationship has since been established yet both nations have often been pitted against one another as they are two of the fastest growing economies in the world. The two countries have never completely resolved their border problems and Chinese troops have reportedly infringed upon the Indian territory over the years.
China and Russia share a long land border demarcated in 1991, and they signed a Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001. The two countries enjoy close partnerships in terms of military, economics and politics. They also support one another in numerous global issues.
At Synergia Conclave – Security 360, Alexander Nagorny, former Chief Editor of TASS agency, Moscow, Ambassador PS Raghavan, Convener of National Security Advisory Board and RK Radhakrishnan, Associate Editor of Frontline discussed the nuances of the triangular actors in-depth.
Mr. R.K Radhakrishnan shared his thoughts on the topic by stating that there is a consistency in foreign policy in that Russia has not been seen for a long time. He also reflected upon the changes we have been seeing due to recent political developments in the US. Mr. Radhakrishnan pointed out that on the Chinese front, the country has been making advancements to expand in new ways – citing the Doklam issue, and the Hambantota airport takeover by China in Sri Lanka. Commenting on what seems to be the strategic focus by China, the senior journalist pointed out that India would need to rethink their agenda in these circumstances. “You obviously need a different architecture to look at the Indo-Japan corridor”, he said, adding that it was good that Prime Minister Modi is attending the Shangri La Dialogue.
Alexander Nagorny began by stating that there is nothing more important than China- American relations because of reasons like ideologies, totalitarian state and so on tend to penetrate into political areas. China’s military policy to encircle China from different positions – would probably make the US explore relations between India and China to their advantage.
Coming to the triangular situation, he said that this situation developed in the 30s and 40s. He said that the Chinese Politburo is not unified and added that it was clear after the 19th Congress in China that there were two big groups striking a balance in China – one is of the Prime Minister who is America oriented and the other of the maritime provinces. However, Xi Jinping, he said, is thinking of longer perspectives. Speaking about the strategy of the One Belt One Road, Nagorny pointed out that this was China making a global proposal, not focusing on all the countries in the world, but at the countries which are situated on their borders. He stated that China does understand the importance of India and they should come to India again to talk about this issue.
Ambassador P.S. Raghavan admitted that the subject was vast, and proceeded to touch upon a few elements of the topic. He said the nature of the relationship between India and China would oscillate since both sides continued to play the games that seem advantageous to them. If you look at what is causing a certain degree of restraint in China, it is the element of unpredictability of the US economy, he said. He said since the annexation or accession of Crimea by Russia, there has been acrimony between Western countries and Russia. This has resulted in the strengthening of the Russia – China partnership; something of great concern to India is the level of military technology transfer that has taken place between these two countries, particularly over the last three years. “I think Europe and Asia need to ponder more about this Russia-China strategic axis,” said Mr. Raghavan. He said we are heading to an unimaginable situation in the region, because of the US – Russia standoff.
Our assessment is that the US-dominated unipolar world has rapidly eroded with its protracted and unproductive military adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the emerging new world order, India, China, and Russia will play pivotal roles in global geopolitics. The relationship shared by these three nations with each other will also determine on how the global power structure will exist in the 21st century.
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NASA Transfers X-37 Project to DARPA
By Brian Berger 15 September 2004
WASHINGTON -- NASA has transferred its X-37 technology demonstration program to the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which plans to go ahead with atmospheric drop tests of the prototype space plane next year.
NASA spokesman Michael Braukus said Sept. 15 the U.S. space agency would remain involved in the X-37 program, but that DARPA would now be running the show.
Braukus had told Space News on Sept. 13 that the X-37 program had been transferred to another U.S. government agency but that NASA could not disclose that agency's identity for reasons of national security. Braukus said on Sept. 15 that he had since been given permission to identify DARPA as X-37's new government sponsor.
DARPA spokeswoman Jan Walker could not immediately confirm the defense organization's takeover of the X-37 program.
News that lead responsibility for the X-37 program was changing hands was first reported by the Desert News, a newspaper covering Mojave, Calif., and surrounding areas. The newspaper also reported that the X-37 would be carried aloft for next year's drop tests by the White Knight, the Scaled Composites-built aircraft that carried SpaceShipOne aloft in June for its historic manned suborbital space shot.
Braukus said Scaled Composites would be involved in the X-37 approach and landing demonstrations next year, but could not say whether the Mojave-based company would be using the White Knight or some other aircraft. The B-52 aircraft that NASA normally uses for such drop tests would not be used, a decision made by the agency now in charge of the X-37 program, he said. "The cost analysis favored Scaled Composites," Braukus said.
Scaled Composites spokeswoman Kay LeFebvre would not confirm the company's involvement in the planned dropped tests and referred questions about the White Knight's role in the X-37 program to American Mojave Aerospace Ventures. That company, a Paul Allen and Burt Rutan partnership that owns SpaceShipOne and its carrier aircraft, recently announced that it would make its first official try for the $10 million Ansari X-Prize Sept. 29.
A telephone call placed to Jeff Johnson at American Mojave Aerospace Ventures was not immediately returned.
NASA's involvement in the X-37 dates back to 1998, when the project was selected as the first of a planned series of flight demonstrators dubbed Future X. At the time, NASA agreed to share the X-37's projected $173 million cost with Boeing and the U.S. Air Force. After the Air Force announced in 2001 that it would stop funding the project, NASA told Boeing that the company would have to submit a new proposal for the X-37 to be eligible for additional funding.
After persistent prodding from U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), NASA in 2002 awarded Boeing a $301 million contract for two X-37 vehicles instead of one. One of those vehicles would conduct a series of drop tests within the atmosphere, paving the way for the flight of the orbit and re-entry vehicle in 2006.
But NASA directed Boeing in late 2003 to throttle back on development of the orbit and re-entry vehicle and has since directed Boeing to stop work on that part of the program altogether. X-37 was dealt a further setback earlier this year when a NASA review concluded that the program was not a good fit with the agency's new space exploration agenda.
Braukus said an orbital X-37 flight remains on hold but the atmospheric tests are back on track now that NASA has a new partner willing to take the lead on the program. Braukus said NASA has spent $325 million on the program to date.
Boeing spokesman Ed Meme said Sept. 13 that the X-37 program is no longer managed by Boeing NASA Systems and is now under the purview of Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems. Eric Warren, a spokesman for Boeing's El Segundo, Calif.-based operations, could not immediately identify the government agency now in charge of X-37.
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Fred backs Solskjaer but admits Man Utd are 'not doing as well' as they should be
The Brazilian has played down the significance of the Red Devils’ win over Chelsea, insisting their league form has not been good enough
Manchester United midfielder Fred is adamant that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is doing a good job at Old Trafford, but is aware that the team has failed to live up to expectations once again this season.
The Red Devils are currently sitting seventh in the Premier League standings, three points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea and a whopping 38 behind runaway leaders Liverpool.
A 2-0 victory over the Blues at Stamford Bridge on Monday boosted United’s chances of Champions League qualification, but their 2019-20 campaign has been dogged by inconsistency.
Solskjaer has overseen victories over Chelsea, Manchester City, Leicester and Tottenham, while also becoming the only manager to take any points from Liverpool, but United’s success against the top six has been undermined by their efforts against the lesser clubs.
Fred admits United are are “not doing as well” as they should be, and hopes to start delivering silverware to an expectant fanbase once again in the near future.
“Being highlighted now is very good, but there is the other side and unfortunately the team is not [doing] as well as it could be,” he told UOL Esporte. “We wanted to compete for the lead with Liverpool, but we are below Chelsea [and] Tottenham.
“It is part of football and we need to know how to deal with it and raise our heads, because we have a very high-quality team.
“You have to be charged [to deal with pressure] because it is a gigantic team. When things don’t work out, it is logical that the fans will talk. And it’s up to us to deal with the pressure off the pitch.
“The crowd got used to seeing many titles due to the size of United and they want those moments again. They are right and they must always want it.”
Fred went on to describe Solskjaer as a “teacher” and talked up how “important” the Norwegian has been behind the scenes amid constant speculation over his future at the Theatre of Dreams.
“Solskjaer is our teacher and does a good job,” said the Brazil international. “He is young and growing every day. He learned a lot and will grow as a coach and person.
“It is up to the board to decide, we do not have the power to decide on this. But he is very nice, he is an extraordinary person, he talks a lot, he has a playful side and he is always smiling.
“The day to day is great and he is very important for the team, as he was as a player in the history of the club.”
One man whose contribution to United’s cause has been significantly restricted this term is Paul Pogba, who underwent surgery on a niggling ankle issue in January.
It is not yet known when the Frenchman will return to action, and he continues to be linked with a move away from the club amid reported interest from Real Madrid and Juventus.
Fred acknowledges Pogba’s larger than life personality draws negative press at times, but insists the midfielder is a “hard-working guy” who still has a lot to offer the team.
“He’s a great person and a great player,” Fred added. “On a daily basis we [are] together a lot. He’s a good guy and we try to bring him closer to United.
“Unfortunately, he was injured a lot this season, but he can still help a lot. Needless to say, he is a great player. May he recover quickly, because he is a world champion and being 100 per cent will help us a lot.
“We feel bad because of the injury. His way of being does not change the good person and the great player he is. He’s a very hard-working guy, who struggles to get back soon.
“He has his personality, but that shouldn’t get in the way of any analysis.”
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This is not just a Jewish story … it’s a Humanities story!
The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story
Described by Oprah Winfrey as a pioneer in the field of Psychology, Dr. Edith Eger, at the beautiful age of 92, is still teaching people how to use their pain to help them heal. “We have that possibility within us, to find meaning in suffering,” said Dr. Eger. Using her formal education as clinical psychologist and her own heroic story as a Holocaust survivor, she teaches people how to harness the power of choice to free themselves from past traumas and move forward in forgiveness. “You cannot heal what you don’t feel! Give yourself permission to go through the feelings and stages of grief and come to the aftermath of forgiveness,” Eger says.
Two years ago, Dr. Eger wrote her first book, THE CHOICE: Embrace the Possible. Now translated in multiple languages, and a New York Times international best seller, the book has been described as a tool for healing. Her astonishing story and inspiring message is one that speaks to all of us: “We have the capacity to hate and the capacity to love. Which one we reach for,” Dr. Eger says, “is up to us.” Specializing in treating patients with post-traumatic stress syndrome, she developed what she calls Choice Therapy – choosing Compassion, Humor, Optimism, Intuition, Curiosity and self-Expression. “Auschwitz gave me a tremendous gift in some ways, I can guide people to have resilience and perseverance,” said Dr. Eger.
At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was pulled from a pile of corpses when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945.
Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Thirty-five years after the war ended, she returned to Auschwitz and was finally able to fully heal and forgive the one person she’d been unable to forgive—herself.
Edie weaves her remarkable personal journey with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom. The Choice is a life-changing book that will provide hope and comfort to generations of readers.
Looking to the past to create inclusion and acceptance for all
The Holocaust Education Film Foundation, founded in 2017, produces first-person narrative documentaries of Holocaust Survivors with the goal of fighting antisemitism and social injustice, and to ensure the lessons of the past are never forgotten. Further, to battle what has now become a widespread renewal of hate and injustice in our world today.
Dr. Edith Eva Eger is the subject of the Foundation’s most recent full-length documentary (approximately 48-70 minutes), which is more than an oral history interview. The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story is the first program from the Foundation and strategic partner The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, which will include the development of Lesson Plans and Teacher Guides suitable for middle and high school classrooms. These tools will help teachers contextualize Dr. Eger’s story within the broader history of World War II and the Holocaust in a meaningful way for their students. The educational materials will contain classroom-ready lesson plans adapted to satisfy the Common Core standards. A digital and physical distribution network will ensure everyone has access to these programs. The goal is to allow Dr. Eger’s story to seamlessly fit into any classroom in the US!
These lesson plans will be available for online distribution, as well as in a published format. Materials will include:
Overview of the Holocaust and how Dr. Eger’s story fits within this larger context.
Common Core standards met by this program for Social Studies, ELA, and other pertinent subject areas.
Overview of Dr. Eger’s life story with corresponding relevant educational materials.
Chapter focusing on Eger’s central message and the way in which her story can inform our world today.
Help us fight antisemitism and hate
Though the extraordinary on-camera interviews with Dr. Eger were completed in early December, the next phase of editing the documentary and creating the lesson plans and teacher tools must happen now. The sooner we complete this initiative, the sooner we can impact the DFW area classrooms, as well as ones across this country!
Please support this project by making a tax deductible donation and let us know if we may acknowledge your contribution in the film and on the educational materials. You may use a credit or debit card, wire transfer, stock or simply mail a check. 100% of revenue goes back to Holocaust Education… in the case of The Dr. Edith Eva Eger Story, proceeds will be directed to The Butterfly Project.
Holocaust Education Film Foundation has established the Holocaust Education Film Foundation Fund in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, a 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions to the Fund are fully tax deductible as allowable by law.
The Holocaust Education Film Foundation was established to build an international, interactive online community one Holocaust Survivor Story at a time; ensuring we “Never Forget.” We produce and distribute personal and impactful television documentaries featuring the lives of Holocaust Survivors, as told in their own words or through the recollections of direct descendants.
The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice exists to give voice to the voiceless, and form community partnerships to create positive change. We draw on history to guide our way as we advocate for those who need a spark of hope to lead them out of despair. In every instance where people have had to overcome unspeakable acts of violence, discrimination, and persecution, hope has led the way. Hope for peace, for love, and for equality.
The Butterfly Project is a call to action through education, the arts and memorial making. It uses the lessons of the Holocaust to educate about the dangers of hatred and bigotry and cultivates empathy and social responsibility. Participants paint ceramic butterflies that are permanently displayed as symbols of resilience and hope, with the goal of creating 1.5 million butterflies around the world—one for each child who perished in the Holocaust, and honoring the survivors.
The Butterfly ProjectTHE CHOICE: Embrace the PossibleThe Dr. Edith Eva Eger StoryThe Holocaust Education Film FoundationThe Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice
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Novel Therapies in Head and Neck Cancer: Beyond the Horizon
Author : Maie A. St. John,No hee Park
Summary : Novel Therapies in Head and Neck Cancer: Beyond the Horizon, Volume Twelve, provides a high-level synthesis of the latest treatments and outcomes relating to head and neck cancer. Chemotherapy and immunotherapy for those cancer types are rapidly evolving, and an updated source based on the expertise of internationally renowned researchers is necessary. This book discusses the outcome of recent trials using chemotherapy, novel approaches for HPV+ SCCA, cases in which immunotherapy is more likely to be successful, and precision medicine based on target therapies. Additionally, new approaches for rare diseases in head and neck and novel drug delivery platforms are presented. This book will be a very useful source so that students, scientists and clinicians who can be facile with the data, build on what is known, and continue to offer cutting-edge, validated therapies to all patients. Covers new chemotherapy trials, specifically on HPV and non-HPV related cancer types Discusses the application of immunotherapy to treat rare types of head and neck cancer Presents updated information on targeted therapies, specifically focusing on skin cancer in the region
pH-Interfering Agents as Chemosensitizers in Cancer Therapy
Author : Claudiu Supuran,Simone Carradori
Summary : pH Interfering Agents as Chemosensitizers In Cancer Therapy, Volume Thirteen, provides a detailed overview of the chemosensitizers for the treatment of cancer spanning from biochemical and structural features to pharmacology and drug-design, including technological applications. The book is structured with innovative outlines and a distinction between experimental and clinical results. The continuous discovery and assessment of the role played by old/new synthetic drugs, natural compounds and technological applications has led to the urgent need of classification in terms of biological activity, mechanism of action, clinical outcomes, cancer cell lines sensible to the treatment, and potentialities to better orient research in this field. Moreover, all the aspects relevant for medicinal chemistry (drug design, structure-activity relationships, permeability data, cytotoxicity, appropriate statistical procedures, and molecular modeling studies) are strictly considered. Presents a broad view of the topic according to a medicinal chemistry-based approach beyond syntheses and biological assays, focusing on SAR studies, chemoinformatic, drug targeting and molecular modeling Explains the mechanism of action of the chemosensitizers by means of schemes and figures to facilitate comprehension Discusses novel targets to explore new possibilities that enhance research in the field
Overcoming Ovarian Cancer Chemoresistance
Author : Goli Samimi,Christina Annunziata
Summary : Overcoming Ovarian Cancer Chemoresistance presents non-overlapping review chapters that discuss the state of the field in overcoming chemoresistance of ovarian cancer and treatment options before and following recurrence, considering the genetic makeup of the ovarian cancer patient and her tumor. With the uptake of both germline and somatic gene testing, clinicians can obtain a more comprehensive understanding of ovarian tumors and this book provides information to link the genetic makeup of a tumor (or patient) with the best available treatment. The book discusses topics such as strategies to fight chemo-resistance in ovarian cancer, circulating DNA as a monitor of response, BRCA mutations, ovarian cancer stem cells, immunotherapy and vaccines. Additionally, it brings a list of promising agents at clinical and pre-clinical stage that will impact the treatment in the near future. This book is a valuable source for cancer researchers, oncologists and several members of biomedical field who need to understand how to battle chemoresistance in ovarian cancer. Provides a comprehensive view of both biological and genetic determinants of resistance, as well as technical approaches to monitor response Discusses genetic reversions as a unique alteration and a new field of study Includes a chapter on upcoming and promising agents that are in the pre-clinical and early clinical space, to set the stage for future directions in the field
Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome ALK Resistance in Cancer
Author : Luc Friboulet
Summary : Therapeutic Strategies to Overcome ALK Resistance in Cancer, Volume 13, presents current strategies to improve and prolong clinical benefit in ALK driven cancers. Most patients with ALK-driven cancer are sensitive to tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy, but resistance invariably develops. This book discusses topics such as structure and function of ALK, ALK rearranged lung cancer, resistance mechanisms to ALK TKI tumors, and novel therapeutic strategies to enhance crizotinib anti-tumor efficacy in ALCL. Additionally, it encompasses information on drug combinations to enhance ALK TKI anti-tumor efficacy in neuroblastoma and future perspectives in the field. This book is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, clinicians and several members of biomedical field who need to understand more about how to fight ALK resistance in cancer treatment. Explains the biology of ALK RTK, focusing on its tissue expression, structure and functionality Presents an overview of current treatments and the benefits of ALK TKI in lung and other cancer types, such as ALCL, neuroblastoma and inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor Encompasses information on systemic treatments other than TKI, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy and antiangiogenic agents in ALK-driven NSCLC
Biological Mechanisms and the Advancing Approaches to Overcoming Cancer Drug Resistance
Author : Andrew Freywald,Franco Vizeacoumar
Summary : Biological Mechanisms and the Advancing Approaches to Overcoming Cancer Drug Resistance, Volume 12, discusses new approaches that are being undertaken to counteract tumor plasticity, understand and tackle the interactions with the microenvironment, and disrupt the rewiring of malignant cells or bypass biological mechanism of resistance by using targeted radionuclide therapies. This book provides a unique opportunity to the reader to understand the fundamental causes of drug resistance and how different approaches are applied. It is a one-stop-shop to understand why it is so difficult to treat cancer, and why only a very few patients respond to therapy and a significant portion develop resistance. Despite a rapid development of more effective anti-cancer drugs and combination therapies, cancer remains the leading cause of lethality in the developed world. The main reason for this is the ability of heterogeneous subpopulations of tumor cells interacting with constantly evolving tumor microenvironment to resist elimination and eventually, trigger cancer relapse. In this book, experts review current concepts explaining molecular and biological mechanisms of cancer drug resistance and discussing advancing approaches for overcoming these therapeutic challenges. Provides the most updated knowledge on the mechanisms of cancer drug resistance and the emerging therapeutic approaches reviewed by experts in the field Brings detailed analyses of most important recently reported developments related to drug resistance and their relevance to overcoming it in cancer patients Discusses in-depth molecular mechanisms and novel concepts of cancer resistance to conventional and advanced therapies
Author : John Frederick Ensley,Silvio Gutkind,John A. Jacobs,Scott Lippman
Summary : By detailing experimental and basic research, from premalignancy to fully invasive tumors, this book has wide applicability to all human carcinomas. No other group of human cancers is better positioned for the application of recently developed novel and targeted therapies, and this book uniquely presents the unusual opportunities tumors of the head and neck provide for clinical, translational, and basic science research. Cutting-edge and experimental treatment approaches are presented, along with future strategies and an evaluation of emerging technologies. Presents a multi-disciplinary perspective from authorities in diverse fields Addresses state-of-the art approaches in cancer research as well as other scientific opportunities in this field Provides comprehensive yet easily comprehendible source of information
Pathology of the Head and Neck
Author : Antonio Cardesa,Pieter J. Slootweg,Nina Gale,Alessandro Franchi
Summary : This book provides a comprehensive description of the pathology of the head and neck region, concentrating especially on those pathologic entities that are unique to or characteristic of the head and neck. The new edition retains the ten chapters of the first edition, all updated and improved, and additionally contains seven entirely new chapters and a more detailed subject index. The number of illustrations has been substantially increased, and various lesions absent in the original edition have been included. Throughout, attention is paid to correlation of pathology with epidemiology, clinical features, pathogenesis, and molecular genetics. Differential diagnosis is addressed, and information is also provided on staging, prognosis, and therapy. The authors include foremost experts in the field, some of whom are senior members of the Working Group on Head and Neck Pathology of the European Society of Pathology.
AJCC Cancer Staging Manual
Author : Frederick L, Greene,David L. Page,Irvin D. Fleming,April G. Fritz,Charles M. Balch,Daniel G. Haller,Monica Morrow
Summary : The American Joint Committee on Cancer's Cancer Staging Manual is used by physicians throughout the world to diagnose cancer and determine the extent to which cancer has progressed. All of the TNM staging information included in this Sixth Edition is uniform between the AJCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer) and the UICC (International Union Against Cancer). In addition to the information found in the Handbook, the Manual provides standardized data forms for each anatomic site, which can be utilized as permanent patient records, enabling clinicians and cancer research scientists to maintain consistency in evaluating the efficacy of diagnosis and treatment. The CD-ROM packaged with each Manual contains printable copies of each of the book’s 45 Staging Forms.
Beyond the Horizon: The Frontier
Author : Peter Watt
Summary : "the home grown version of Wilbur Smith" The Sunday Age Beyond the Horizon continues the much-loved saga of the Duffys and Macintoshes, told with Peter Watt's trademark mastery of grand scope, family drama and enthralling adventure. It is 1918, a year when the War will end, but an even greater killer will arise. On the bloody fields of the Western Front and the battle-scarred desert plains of the Middle East, Tom and Matthew Duffy are facing the enemy. Even as they are trapped on the front lines, they must also find the courage to fight for the women they love when all hope is lost. Back in Australia, George Macintosh is outraged by the stipulations of his father's will that provide for his despised nephew, and is determined to eliminate any threats to his power. And in a sacred cave in the far Outback, old Wallarie foresees a tide of unspeakable death sweeping through his homeland. As all nations come to terms with the devastating consequences of the Great War, a new world will be born. But not everyone will live to see it. PRAISE FOR THE SERIES "A rousing and revealing yarn" Weekend Australian "the historical detail brings the ... 19th century to rip-roaring life" The Australian "Watt's fans love his work for its history, adventure and storytelling" Brisbane News
Protein Kinase Inhibitors as Sensitizing Agents for Chemotherapy
Summary : Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors as Sensitizing Agents for Chemotherapy, the fourth volume in the Cancer Sensitizing Agents for Chemotherapy Series, focuses on strategic combination therapies that involve a variety of tyrosine kinase inhibitors working together to overcome multi-drug resistance in cancer cells. The book discusses several tyrosine kinase inhibitors that have been used as sensitizing agents, such as EGFR, BCR-ABL, ALK and BRAF. In each chapter, readers will find comprehensive knowledge on the inhibitor and its action, including its biochemical, genetic, and molecular mechanisms' emphases. This book is a valuable source for oncologists, cancer researchers and those interested in applying new sensitizing agents to their research in clinical practice and in trials. Summarizes the sensitizing role of some tyrosine kinase inhibitors in existing research Brings recent findings in several cancer types, both experimental and clinically, with a particular emphases on underlying biochemical, genetic, and molecular mechanisms Provides an updated and comprehensive knowledge regarding the field of combinational cancer treatment
Coconut Head's Cancer Survival Guide
Author : Holly J. Bertone
Summary : Holly Bertone was diagnosed with breast cancer on her 39th birthday, and was engaged two days later. In 48 hours, those eight magic words, "You have breast cancer," and "Will you marry me?" converged to change her life forever. Follow Holly's year-long journey from diagnosis and engagement to being sick and bald on her wedding day. This is Holly's story as she battles breast cancer and struggles with overcoming the subsequent self-esteem issues. The writing is raw - you will get an uncensored view of breast cancer treatment and what it's really like. She uses humor and laughter to redefine beauty as she loses part of her breast, all of her hair, and is launched into early menopause. With pop culture references and her quirky sense of humor, Holly's heartwarming story of love and strength is encouragement for all women going through cancer treatment. A percentage of sales will go to Holly's favorite breast cancer charities.
Immunopathology and Immunomodulation
Author : Krassimir Metodiev
Summary : This book is a continuation of the efforts of InTech to expand the scientific know-how in the field of immunopathology and bring valuable updated information to medical professionals and researchers. It consists of chapters related to various approaches to investigate the unique role of the immune system in response to different clinical disorders. The international team of authors is the bonus of the book, reflecting the rapid development of immunology and new achievements in medical science. We firmly hope that the book will be an excellent manual and guideline for people dealing with biology, microbiology, immunology, virology, pharmacology, general and dental medicine, and health care, from students and postdocs to high-level specialists and university professors.
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Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges
Author : James A. Radosevich
Summary : This is a nearly complete collection of Chapters that provide an up to date overview of all aspects of Head and Neck cancer. It is written by professionals but is not only intended for other professionals, but students, patients, policy makers, etc. There are so many aspects to this group of diseases that even the most seasoned professional will learn something from having read this book.
DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy
Author : Lawrence C. Panasci,Moulay A. Alaoui-Jamali
Summary : A comprehensive review of the recent developments in DNA repair that have potential for translational and clinical applications. The authors explain in detail the various mechanisms by which cancer cells can circumvent anticancer therapy and limits its usefulness in patients. They also review the clinical impact of such novel inhibitors of DNA repair mechanisms as methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase. Also examined are inhibitors of other DNA repair enzymes such as PARP and DNA-PK, now under development and close to clinical trials. The book captures-for both cancer researchers and practicing oncologists dealing with hallmark "relapse" or "drug resistance" phenomena on a daily basis-the many exciting new uses of DNA repair inhibitors, either alone or in combination with anticancer therapies.
Author : Yann Martel
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Summary : #4 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written. The first Hugo Award winner for best novel in 1953. “One of the all-time classics of science fiction.”—Isaac Asimov “Bester's two superb books have stood the test of time. For nearly sixty years they’ve held their place on everybody’s list of the ten greatest sf novels” —Robert Silverberg In a world policed by telepaths, Ben Reich plans to commit a crime that hasn’t been heard of in 70 years: murder. That’s the only option left for Reich, whose company is losing a 10-year death struggle with rival D’Courtney Enterprises. Terrorized in his dreams by The Man With No Face and driven to the edge after D’Courtney refuses a merger offer, Reich murders his rival and bribes a high-ranking telepath to help him cover his tracks. But while police prefect Lincoln Powell knows Reich is guilty, his telepath's knowledge is a far cry from admissible evidence. Alfred Bester was among the first important authors of contemporary science fiction. His passionate novels of worldly adventure, high intellect, and tremendous verve, The Stars My Destination and the Hugo Award winning The Demolished Man, established Bester as a s.f. grandmaster, a reputation that was ratified by the Science Fiction Writers of America shortly before his death. Bester also was an acclaimed journalist for Holiday magazine, a reviewer for the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and even a writer for Superman.
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Countries start thinking about easing up on restrictions
Posted: Apr 8, 2020 / 04:22 PM CDT / Updated: Apr 8, 2020 / 08:46 PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Even as coronavirus deaths mount across Europe and New York, the U.S. and other countries are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of the restrictions designed to curb the scourge.
“To end the confinement, we’re not going to go from black to white; we’re going to go from black to gray,” top French epidemiologist Jean-François Delfraissy said in a radio interview.
At the same time, politicians and health officials warn that the crisis is far from over despite signs of progress, and a catastrophic second wave could hit if countries let down their guard too soon. Deaths, hospitalizations and new infections are leveling off in places like Italy and Spain, and even New York has seen encouraging signs amid the gloom.
“We are flattening the curve because we are rigorous about social distancing,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. “But it’s not a time to be complacent. It’s not a time to do anything different than we’ve been doing.”
In a sharp reminder of the danger, New York state on Wednesday recorded its highest one-day increase in deaths, 779, for an overall death toll of almost 6,300.
“The bad news is actually terrible,” Cuomo lamented. Still, the governor said that hospitalizations are decreasing and that many of those now dying fell ill in the outbreak’s earlier stages.
In other developments:
— Stocks shot 3.4% higher on Wall Street amid the encouraging signs about the outbreak’s trajectory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 780 points.
— U.S. researchers opened another safety test of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine, this one using a skin-deep shot instead of the usual deeper jab. A different vaccine candidate began safety testing in people last month in Seattle.
— British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care but was improving and sitting up in bed, authorities said.
— Saudi Arabian officials announced that the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen will begin a cease-fire starting Thursday. They said the two-week truce was in response to U.N. calls to halt hostilities around the world amid the epidemic.
In China, the lockdown of Wuhan, the industrial city of 11 million where the global pandemic began, was lifted after 76 days, allowing people to come and go.
Wuhan residents will have to use a smartphone app showing that they are healthy and have not been in recent contact with anyone confirmed to have the virus. Schools remain closed, people are still checked for fever when they enter buildings and masks are strongly encouraged.
In the U.S., with over 14,000 deaths and 400,000 infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was considering changing self-isolation guidelines to make it easier for those exposed to someone with the virus to return to work if they have no symptoms.
Under the proposed guidance, aimed at workers in critical fields, such people would be allowed back on the job if they take their temperature twice a day and wear a mask, said a person who was familiar with the draft but was not authorized to discuss it and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-diseases expert, said that the Trump administration has been working on plans to eventually reopen the country amid “glimmers of hope” that social distancing is working to stop the virus’s spread.
“That doesn’t mean we’re going to do it right now,” he said on Fox News. “But it means we need to be prepared to ease into that. And there’s a lot of activity going on.”
Vice President Mike Pence warned that Philadelphia was emerging as a potential hot spot and urged its residents to heed social distancing guidelines. Pence said he spoke to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and said that Pittsburgh was also being monitored for a possible rise in cases.
The U.S. is also seeing hot spots in such places as Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Chicago, Detroit and Colorado. The New York metropolitan area, which includes northern New Jersey, Long Island and lower Connecticut, accounts for about half of all virus deaths in the U.S.
In Europe, Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is expected to announce in the coming days how long the country’s lockdown will remain in place amid expectations that some restrictions could be eased. Discussions are focused first on opening more of the country’s industries.
Proposals being floated in Italy include the issuing of immunity certificates, which would require antibody blood tests, and allowing younger workers to return first, as they are less vulnerable to the virus.
Italy, the hardest-hit country, recorded its biggest one-day jump yet in people counted as recovered and had its smallest one-day increase in deaths in more than a month. Nearly 18,000 have died there.
In Spain, which has tallied more than 14,000 dead, Budget Minister María Jesús Montero said Spaniards will progressively regain their “normal life” from April 26 onwards but warned that the “de-escalation” of the lockdown will be “very orderly to avoid a return to the contagion.”
The government has been tight-lipped about what measures could be in place once the confinement is relaxed, stressing that they will be dictated by experts
Without giving specifics, French authorities have likewise begun to speak openly of planning the end of the country’s confinement period, which is set to expire April 15 but will be extended, according to the president’s office. The virus has claimed more than 10,000 lives in France.
Earlier this week, Austria and the Czech Republic jumped out ahead of other European countries and announced plans to relax some restrictions.
Starting Thursday, Czech stores selling construction materials, hobby supplies and bicycles will be allowed to reopen. Only grocery stores, pharmacies and garden stores are up and running. The reopened businesses will have to offer customers disinfectant and disposable gloves and enforce social distancing.
Austria will begin reopening small shops, hardware stores and garden centers on Tuesday, and shopping malls and hair salons could follow two weeks later. People will have to wear face masks.
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said authorities will watch carefully and will “pull the emergency brake” if the virus makes a comeback.
British government officials, beset with a rising death toll of more than 7,000, said there is little chance the nationwide lockdown there will be eased when its current period ends next week.
The desire to get back to normal is driven in part by the damage to world economies.
The Bank of France said the French economy has entered recession, with an estimated 6% drop in the first quarter compared with the previous three months, while Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse, is also facing a deep recession. Expert said its economy will shrink 4.2% this year.
Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, could contract by a record 25% this quarter, the highest since gross domestic product began to be tracked in 1955.
Worldwide, 1.5 million people have been confirmed infected and around 90,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. The true numbers are almost certainly much higher, because of limited testing, different rules for counting the dead and concealment by some governments.
For most, the virus causes mild to moderate symptoms such as fever and cough. But for some older adults and the infirm, it can cause pneumonia and death. Over 300,000 people have recovered.
by Bret Vetter / Jan 15, 2021
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL)— When it comes to property assessed clean energy programs, or PACE, Wichita County Judge Woody Gossom said there are a lot of upsides.
"What we are talking are buildings that need conservation on them. Or there's energy water could be a new roof anything that is going to cut down on utilities or carbon emission," Gossom said.
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL)— Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said this week he will send cities, counties, transit systems, and special purpose taxing districts $783.2 million dollars in local sales tax allocations for January.
That's 2.6 percent more than in January 2020.
by Latoya Fondren / Jan 15, 2021
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL)— WFISD reported on updated student and staff COVID-19 cases from multiple schools across the district.
As of Friday, January 15, there are 33 active student cases and 7 active staff cases bringing the total number of cases in the school district to 40.
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How War Horse Skips Over the Greatest Moral Drama of WWI
The film had a disappointing night at the Oscars. It also leaves out the anti-war history of World War I.
—By Adam Hochschild
Mon Feb. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PST
Submitted by: Michael
Photo: www.warhorsemovie.com
This story first appeared at the TomDispatch website.
Audio of Adam Hochschild above
Well in advance of the 2014 centennial of the beginning of “the war to end all wars,” the First World War is suddenly everywhere in our lives. Stephen Spielberg’s War Horse opened on 2,376 movie screens and has collected six Oscar nominations, while the hugely successful play it’s based on is still packing in the crowds in New York City and a second production is being readied to tour the country.
In addition, the must-watch TV soap opera of the last two months, Downton Abbey, has just concluded its season on an unexpected kiss. In seven episodes, its upstairs-downstairs world of forbidden love and dynastic troubles took American viewers from mid-war, 1916, beyond the Armistice, with the venerable Abbey itself turned into a convalescent hospital for wounded troops. Other dramas about the 1914-18 war are on the way, among them an HBO-BBC miniseries based on Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End quartet of novels and a TV adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’s novel Birdsong from an NBC-backed production company.
In truth, there’s nothing new in this. Filmmakers and novelists have long been fascinated by the way the optimistic, sunlit, pre-1914 Europe of emperors in plumed helmets and hussars on parade so quickly turned into a mass slaughterhouse on an unprecedented scale. And there are good reasons to look at the First World War carefully and closely.
After all, it was responsible for the deaths of some 9 million soldiers and an even larger number of civilians. It helped ignite the Armenian genocide and the Russian Revolution, left large swaths of Europe in smoldering ruins, and remade the world for the worse in almost every conceivable way—above all, by laying the groundwork for a second and even more deadly, even more global war.
There are good reasons as well for us to be particularly haunted by what happened in those war years to the country that figures in all four of these film and TV productions: Britain. In 1914, that nation was at the apex of glory, the unquestioned global superpower, ruling over the largest empire the world had ever seen. Four and a half years later its national debt had increased tenfold, more than 720,000 British soldiers were dead, and hundreds of thousands more seriously wounded, many of them missing arms, legs, eyes, genitals.
The toll fell particularly heavily on the educated classes that supplied the young lieutenants and captains who led their troops out of the trenches and into murderous machine-gun fire. To give but a single stunning example, of the men who graduated from Oxford in 1913, 31 percent were killed.
“Swept Away in a Red Blast of Hate”
Yet curiously, for all the spectacle of boy and horse, thundering cavalry charges, muddy trenches, and wartime love and loss, the makers of War Horse, Downton Abbey, and—I have no doubt—the similar productions we’ll soon be watching largely skip over the greatest moral drama of those years of conflict, one that continues to echo in our own time of costly and needless wars. They do so by leaving out part of the cast of characters of that moment. The First World War was not just a battle between rival armies, but also a powerful, if one-sided, battle between those who assumed the war was a noble crusade and those who thought it absolute madness.
The war’s opponents went to jail in many countries. There were more than 500 conscientious objectors imprisoned in the United States in those years, for example, plus others jailed for speaking out against joining the conflict. Eugene V. Debs had known prison from his time as a railway union leader, but he spent far longer behind bars—more than two years—for urging American men to resist the draft. Convicted of sedition, he was still in his cell at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta in November 1920 when, long after the war ended, he received nearly a million votes as the Socialist candidate for President.
One American protest against the war turned to tragedy when, in 1917, Oklahoma police arrested nearly 500 draft resisters—white, black, and Native American—taking part in what they called the Green Corn Rebellion against “a rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.” Three were killed and many injured.
War resisters were also thrown in jail in Germany and Russia. But the country with the largest and best organized anti-war movement—and here’s where the creators of those film and TV costume dramas so beloved by Anglophile American audiences miss a crucial opportunity—was Britain.
The main reason opposition to the war proved relatively strong there was simple enough: In 1914, the island nation had not been attacked. German invaders marched into France and Belgium, but Germany hoped Britain would stay out of the war. And so did some Britons. When their country joined the fighting on the grounds that Germany had violated Belgian neutrality, a vocal minority continued to insist that jumping into a quarrel among other countries was a disastrous mistake.
Keir Hardie was a prominent early war opponent. A trade union leader and Member of Parliament, he had, by the age of 21, already spent half his life as a coal miner and he never went to school. Nonetheless, he became one of the great orators of the age, mesmerizing crowds with his eloquence, his piercing, heavy-browed eyes, and a striking red beard. Crushed with despair that millions of Europe’s working men were slaughtering one another rather than making common cause in fighting for their rights, his beard white, he died in 1915, still in his 50s.
Among those who bravely challenged the war fever, whose rallies were often violently broken up by the police or patriotic mobs, was well-known radical feminist Charlotte Despard. Her younger brother, amazingly, was Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the Western Front for the first year and a half of the war. A similarly riven family was the famous Pankhurst clan of suffragettes: Sylvia Pankhurst became an outspoken opponent of the conflict, while her sister Christabel was from the beginning a fervent drum beater for the war effort. They not only stopped speaking to each other, but published rival newspapers that regularly attacked the other’s work.
Britain’s leading investigative journalist, Edmund Dene Morel, and its most famous philosopher, Bertrand Russell, were both passionate war critics. “This war is trivial, for all its vastness,” Russell wrote. “No great principle is at stake, no great human purpose is involved on either side.” He was appalled to see his fellow citizens “swept away in a red blast of hate.”
He wrote with remarkable candor about how difficult it was to go against the current of the national war fever “when the whole nation is in a state of violent collective excitement. As much effort was required to avoid sharing this excitement as would have been needed to stand out against the extreme of hunger or sexual passion, and there was the same feeling of going against instinct.”
Both Russell and Morel spent six months in prison for their beliefs. Morel served his term at hard labor, carrying 100-pound slabs of jute to the prison workshop while subsisting on a bare-bones diet during a frigid winter when prison furnaces were last in line for the nation’s scarce supply of coal.
Women like Violet Tillard went to jail as well. She worked for an anti-war newspaper banned in 1918 and was imprisoned for refusing to reveal the location of its clandestine printing press. And among the unsung heroines of that anti-war moment was Emily Hobhouse, who secretly traveled through neutral Switzerland to Berlin, met the German foreign minister, talked over possible peace terms, and then returned to England to try to do the same with the British government. Its officials dismissed her as a lone-wolf eccentric, but in a conflict that killed some 20 million people, she was the sole human being who journeyed from one side to the other and back again in search of peace.
Why We Know More About War Than Peace
By the war’s end, more than 20,000 British men had defied the draft and, as a matter of principle, many also refused the alternative service prescribed for conscientious objectors, like ambulance driving at the front or working in a war industry. More than 6,000 of them were put behind bars—up to that moment the largest number of people ever imprisoned for political reasons in a Western democracy.
There was nothing easy about any of this. Draft refusers were mocked and jeered (mobs threw rotten eggs at them when given the chance), jailed under harsh conditions, and lost the right to vote for five years. But with war’s end, in a devastated country mourning its losses and wondering what could possibly justify that four-year slaughter, many people came to feel differently about the resisters. More than a half-dozen were eventually elected to the House of Commons, and the journalist Morel became the Labour Party’s chief parliamentary spokesperson on foreign affairs. Thirty years after the Armistice, a trade unionist named Arthur Creech Jones, who had spent two and a half years in prison as a war resister, was appointed to the British cabinet.
The bravery of such men and women in speaking their minds on one of the great questions of the age cost them dearly: in public scorn, prison terms, divided families, lost friends and jobs. And yet they are largely forgotten today at a moment when resistance to pointless wars should be celebrated. Instead we almost always tend to celebrate those who fight wars—win or lose—rather than those who oppose them.
It’s not just the films and TV shows we watch, but the monuments and museums we build. No wonder, as General Omar Bradley once said, that we “know more about war than we know about peace.” We tend to think of wars as occasions for heroism, and in a narrow, simple sense they can be. But a larger heroism, sorely lacking in Washington this last decade, lies in daring to think through whether a war is worth fighting at all. In looking for lessons in wars past, there’s a much deeper story to be told than that of a boy and his horse.
Adam Hochschild is the author of King Leopold’s Ghost and Bury the Chains, among other works. His latest bestselling book, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), focuses on the anti-war critics of World War I. Now available in paperback, it is a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. To listen to Timothy MacBain’s latest Tomcast audio interview in which Hochschild discusses the largely untold stories of those in England who opposed involvement in World War I and the message they offer for our own time, click here, or download it to your iPod here.
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‘Two different hells’: Mainland offers little respite for refugees in Greece
‘After all these years that we were advocating for people moving from the islands, I’m very sceptical.’
Eric Reidy
Freelance journalist and regular TNH contributor
Asylum seekers wait outside the Moria processing centre on the Greek island of Lesvos. (Eric Reidy/TNH)
Arash Hampay arrived in Greece in 2016, escaping persecution in Iran and crossing the Aegean Sea from the Turkish coast. After spending 18 months in Moria camp on the island of Lesvos, he now lives in the capital, Athens, where he works with homeless asylum seekers.
“It is two different hells,” Hampay, now a registered refugee and activist, said, referring to the struggles people face in both places.
Greece’s right-wing government, which took office in July, has promised to move 20,000 asylum seekers from the islands to mainland Greece by early 2020 as a solution to the drastic overcrowding in island reception centres, following an uptick in refugee arrivals this summer.
Since the beginning of October, when the government announced its plans, around 9,500 people have been transported to the mainland, sparking anti-refugee protests in northern Greece, where some of the asylum seekers have been sent.
Over the same time period, more than 17,500 people have arrived from Turkey, and the overcrowding has only grown worse on the islands, which are currently holding around 38,800 asylum seekers.
“[The] mainland is totally unprepared to receive people.”
Refugee advocates and rights groups have long called for people to be moved to mainland Greece as a solution to the dire humanitarian situation that develops every year as new people arrive and pile up on top of those already housed in inadequate island facilities. But many are now growing doubtful about whether transfer to the mainland is actually a solution.
“After all these years that we were advocating for people moving from the islands, I’m very sceptical… if the place that [the government is] taking them is really [suitable] for people,” said Efi Latsoudi, from the NGO Refugee Support Aegean (RSA). “[The] mainland is totally unprepared to receive people.”
Since 2016, Greek authorities have periodically implemented transfer programmes to try to decongest the crowded island facilities. But those efforts have been hampered by a shortage of available housing on the mainland, poor planning, and an ad hoc approach that has neglected to address the underlying fact that the implementation of the EU-Turkey deal, signed in March 2016 to curb migration, requires asylum seekers and migrants to be contained on the islands, according to a report by RSA.
For people who are transferred, the camps and other accommodations on the mainland are sometimes little better than the reception centres on the islands, and while often not as visible, refugees on the mainland still face a long ordeal.
Isolated and with little official support, many struggle to navigate the Greek asylum process, slip into homelessness, or attempt to leave the country illegally for other parts of Europe. Those who stay and end up receiving protection are often ill-prepared to integrate into Greek society and struggle to see a path forward.
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Eric Reidy/TNH
The Malakasa refugee camp outside Athens where a brawl in 2018 led to the death of a Syrian refugee.
Floods and fights
Last August, Atheer, an Iraqi refugee in his late 30s, was transferred from the island of Leros to Malakasa refugee camp, about 40 kilometres outside Athens, as part of an effort to decongest the islands. Malakasa sits on the premises of a Greek military outpost in a windswept valley between green mountains. There’s a railway station within walking distance, and the train can get residents of the camp to Athens city centre in about an hour. Other than that, there’s almost nothing else around.
The camp on Leros was better than Malakasa, according to Atheer. The workers in charge of it treated people well; there were buses that took the residents to schools where they could learn Greek and where children could continue their education. Also, the camp was safe.
Malakasa was overcrowded and poorly equipped when Atheer arrived and soon flooded after a summer rain. Residents protested and tensions flared in the poor conditions.
At the end of September, two months after Atheer arrived, a fight broke out between Afghans and Syrians in the camp, and a Syrian refugee was killed. After being struck on the head, the 31-year-old man stumbled to the door of Atheer’s trailer and lay on the floor bleeding. “The first two hours he was alive,” said Taha, an Iraqi refugee who shares the trailer with Atheer. But four hours passed before emergency medical services and police arrived on the scene. By that time, the man had died.
After the fight and death, most of the Arabs in Malakasa were moved to another camp. But Atheer, Taha, and a handful of others stayed behind because the other camp was even further away from Athens.
“We had to continue our procedures,” Atheer said, explaining that this required travelling into the city for appointments at various government offices. Moving further away would have made their lives more difficult than they already were.
Homeless, living on the streets
The events in Malakasa are an extreme example of problems that can arise in isolated, overcrowded camps where people are made to live in dismal conditions as a result of the Greek authorities’ approach to dealing with refugee arrivals. Some camps have good facilities and service provision. And even in ones that don’t, fights and violence on the level seen in Malakasa don't necessarily occur.
But in general, “[the camps] are usually overcrowded”, Latsoudi from RSA said. “There are a lot of camps [that] are very remote from residential areas; isolated. There are camps with tents and no facilities,” she added.
The roughly 70,000 refugees and asylum seekers currently on the Greek mainland primarily arrived in one of three ways: by crossing the land border between Turkey and northern Greece; being transferred from the islands; or leaving the islands irregularly before receiving a decision on their asylum application. No matter how they reach the mainland, the biggest problem is finding shelter, according to Hampay, the Iranian refugee activist.
Asylum seekers who cross the land border or leave the islands irregularly have to register their claims before they can receive housing or financial assistance, but that process can take months. And people transferred from the islands and placed in poorly equipped camps hours away from the nearest town or city sometimes choose to leave the government-provided accommodation. In both cases, people often end up homeless, living in the streets, or in squats, which the Greek government has been closing down.
“A lot of people are just walking 24 hours in the street,” Hampay said. “They just search in the street where they can find clothes; where they can find free food.”
“There’s a very serious consequence to [the lack of support],” said Panos Alexakis, a volunteer in Athens. “A lot of people resort to survival sex,” he added, as well other desperate measures, such as begging, hawking merchandise on the street, or drug-dealing.
Long wait for asylum claims
For those who are able to register, the Greek asylum procedure can take years to complete.
Panagiota Kanellopoulou, a lawyer with the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR), a legal aid organisation, said she is currently seeing people whose dates for the first interview in the asylum process are scheduled for 2022 and 2023. After the first interview, those people will have to wait again for a decision and then to receive their papers.
“There are a lot of people who are trying to leave the country irregularly because their goal is another European country and they do not have the patience – it’s perfectly logical – to wait three years to get a decision,” Kanellopoulou said. “So they try their luck and try to cross the borders illegally.”
People who wait out the Greek asylum process, like Atheer and Taha, often end up languishing in an uneasy limbo. More than a year after the incident in Malakasa, the walls inside their trailer are still smudged with charcoal dust from the police investigation into the death, and Taha and Atheer are isolated and wary of their surroundings. “We sit inside and don’t go out,” Atheer said. “The situation isn’t good. There are problems.”
The two men have both been in Greece since 2017 and were recently granted refugee status. But finally receiving refugee status has brought a new challenge: they will soon be told to leave Malakasa and will have to figure out how to take care of themselves, something they’re ill-prepared to do.
“You leave your country because you’re afraid you’ll be killed by the difficulties there. You come here and die from hunger. In both cases it’s the same outcome.”
As legal residents of Greece, they are no longer receiving the 150-euro-per-month stipend provided to refugees by the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, and have no idea how to start looking for a job in a still weak Greek economy – especially since neither of them speak Greek because the lessons offered in Malakasa were taught in Afghan languages, not Arabic. “I don’t want money. I want to go to school [to learn Greek],” Atheer said.
“They give me my papers and tell me to go take care of myself,” Taha continued. “I’m supposed to go sleep in the street and become an addict?”
Success against the odds
Against this bleak backdrop, there are some success stories.
Zohair Ashoori just turned 19 years old. He left Afghanistan alone almost four years ago, when he was 15 years old, and arrived in Greece in March 2016, just as borders were closing along the land route used by refugees to reach northern Europe.
“My plan was first to move to England… to study. Unfortunately, I can’t get there. That’s why I stayed here,” Zohair explained. “I thought, okay, I am staying here so I have to do something instead of wasting my time.”
Still, it took Zohair almost a year after reaching Greece to land on his feet. Along the way, he slept rough in a makeshift refugee camp in the port close to Athens, was exploited as an agriculture worker on a farm, and spent close to two months in prison. “Life is full of problems… [but] you have to keep going,” he said.
Eventually, with the help of civil society organisations and volunteers he befriended, Zohair entered a shelter for unaccompanied minors and was able to complete his high school diploma. Now, he’s in his first year of a two-year vocational programme training to become a nurse. “First, I was looking [to be an] astronaut, but here it’s so difficult with this language,” he said, referring to Greek.
“I know that it’s hard for young [people] to live here in Greece without their family,” Zohair added. “But make yourself strong and think for the brightness of your future.”
“He’s an exception. Wow. He’s an exception,” Alexakis, the volunteer, said when he heard Zohair’s story. “One out of a hundred.”
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Musician to bring native presence
Hasselbeck, Roxane
Northern Kentucky University’s director of Native American Studies hopes to break down cultural barriers by bringing award-winning Cherokee singer and songwriter, Michael Jacobs, to Greaves Concert Hall.
The First Nations Student organization, a co-sponsor of the event, wants to bring awareness of the American Indian presence on campus, highlight their diverse history and cultures, and work with the community.
“Hopefully this [concert] will also help to increase awareness in First Nations Student Organization,” said Daniel Roberts, First Nations president. “What I think is important about bringing Jacobs to NKU is that it is allowing the Native American voice and spirit to be heard on this campus.”
Jacobs has received several awards for his music including the 2006 Indian Summer Music Award in the Spiritual category, and Native American Music Award (NAMMY) for Best Independent Recording in 2003 and 2004.
“It’s always an honor to be recognized by fans or your peers for doing good work,” Jacobs said. “While I don’t make music for the awards, it’s one way I know I’m succeeding in making that connection with people.”
Jacobs has been singing since he was 6 years old and has played guitar for more than 30 years. He also plays the cedar flute, harmonica and drum, incorporating a mix of American Indian music, pop, rock and folk into his compositions. He writes about life from an American Indian perspective that he believes anyone can relate to. The director of Native American studies and sponsor of First Nations Organization, Dr. Ken Tankersley (also of Cherokee background), describes Jacobs music as “contemporary and spiritual; a little Bob Dylan, a little Neal Young.”
“I’m trying to be unique, but accessible,” Jacobs said. “I try to write songs that are “catchy” without being trite or predictable.”
Tankersley arranged for Jacobs to play at NKU in November 2005, where the singer received the first standing ovation of his “They Come Dancing” tour. This year, with the help of his cousins, Tankersley is using the money he made teaching a summer class to fund the concert as his gift to NKU students, faculty and staff.
“I think one, or more, or all of his songs will connect to people in the audience, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds,” Tankersley said.
“I’ve found that people get whatever they need from my music,” Jacobs said. “That may sound cryptic, but it’s the truth. The songs speak to people where they are in the context of their lives. It took me a while to get used to that, because in the beginning I wanted them to get exactly what I meant- what the songs meant to me. But what the songs mean to me and what they mean to the audience can be very different things. I’m all right with that now.”
“In the native community we talk about the drum as the heartbeat,” Tankersley said. “The heartbeat of mother earth is in his music– you’ll hear it.”
Tankersley said a lot of American Indian students attend NKU: Comanche, Cherokee, Shawnee, Northern Cheyenne and others. NKU offers the only Native American studies program in Kentucky and throughout the Ohio Valley region.
“Often so many people have a euro-centric perspective,” Tankersley said. “[They think] if it’s not European, it’s not good. I hope that students will come away saying, ‘Wow, I really like this. I didn’t think I would like it,’ and embrace cultural diversity.”
Jacobs now resides in Milwaukee, Wis., and plans to continue making the best music he can for as long as possible. Music clips from the compact discs “Sacred Nation,” “They Come Dancing” and “The Journey” are available online at http://www.sacrednation.com/sn_music.htm.
The First Nations Student Organization and the departments of sociology, anthropology, philosophy and music are sponsoring the performance. The event begins at 7 p.m., Sept. 22 with a pre-show from Sky Hawk Drum, presenting traditional native drum and dance. Jacobs will then perform at 8 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Dayán Viciedo Net Worth 2018: What is this baseball player worth?
Dayán Viciedo is a pro baseball player who plays Outfielder/First baseman for the Chunichi Dragons as # 66. Viciedo was born on March 10, 1989, in Remedios, Cuba, Cuba. This page will take a closer look at Dayán Viciedo’s net worth.
Dayán Viciedo Career, Earnings
Viciedo bats Right and throws Right. Viciedo debuted in the MLB on June 20, 2010 for the Chicago White Sox, as well as for the NPB on March 26, 2016 for the Chunichi Dragons. In all, Viciedo played for the Chicago White Sox, and Chunichi Dragons.
Some of Viciedo’s most prominent statistics in the MLB included a Batting average stat of .254, a Home runs stat of 66, and a Run batted in stat of 211. In the NPB, Viciedo’s most prominent statistics included a Batting average stat of.263, a Home runs stat of 40, and a Runs batted in stat of 106.
Dayán Viciedo Net Worth 2018
Dayán Viciedo was last under contract in 2014, according to USA Today, with a 1 (2014) year package worth $3 million. Over the years, Viciedo earned $2 million in 2011, $3 million in 2012, $3 million in 2013, and $3 million in 2014.
Player annual pay can range widely. In the MLB, the average player earns approximately $3 million per year. Top players can get $25 million or more every year, and lower paid players make $1 million or less.
Dayán Viciedo net worth: soccer/football salary distribution
Outside the MLB, most contracts pay less than $10,000 a year. Salient facts from Wikipedia about the contracts signed by Dayán Viciedo include:
“The contract included a $4 million signing bonus, and paid $1 million in 2009, $1.25 million in 2010 and 2011, as well as $2.5 million in 2012.”
So what is baseball player Dayán Viciedo’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Dayán Viciedo’s net worth as of 2018 is: $10 million
Want to see some related net worth articles? Check out these: Ron Samford, Paul Maloy, Jimmy Barthmaier, Frank House, Ray Coleman, Mike Rivera, Bert Niehoff, Cody Cillo, Ron Samford, Ted Blankenship, and Matt Wagner.
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‘Heads need to roll’: Five years after Mount Polley mine disaster, prospect of charges stirs hope for justice
By Ainslie CruickshankStar Vancouver
Thu., July 4, 2019timer4 min. read
VANCOUVER—It’s been almost five years since 25 million cubic metres of tainted water and debris poured into fish-bearing waters in British Columbia, and those who bore witness are cautiously optimistic that charges could finally be laid.
On Aug. 4, 2014 the tailings dam at Imperial Metal’s Mount Polley mine breached, and 10,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools of waste rushed into Polley Lake and Hazeltine Creek, flowing from there into Quesnel Lake. The area is about 100 km northeast of Williams Lake by road.
It was one of the largest mining disasters in Canadian history. The company has faced no charges so far.
“Heads need to roll over Mount Polley,” said Bev Sellars, a former chief of the Xat’sull First Nation, which was affected by the disaster.
“A message needs to be sent to all resource extractors that things have to change. I mean, we’re in dire straights here.”
Imperial Metals did not immediately respond to Star Vancouver’s request for comment.
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Four years since Mount Polley mine disaster and no charges
A joint federal and provincial task force has finished its investigation into the disaster. Now, the decision to lay charges is in the hands of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada.
The prosecution service is facing an Aug. 4 deadline — exactly five years since the spill — to lay summary charges under the Fisheries Act.
“We’re cautiously hopeful that Imperial Metals will finally be held accountable for this disaster,” said Kai Nagata, energy and democracy director with the B.C. environmental organization Dogwood, in an email on Wednesday.
“Tens of thousands of British Columbians and people across Canada wrote letters and signed petitions to (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) and Minister (Jonathan) Wilkinson demanding that he not let the deadline expire.”
However, an Environment and Climate Change Canada spokesperson told Star Vancouver last year that there are no time limits to lay a more serious charge for an indictable offence.
Meanwhile, the professional governing body Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia is working to schedule disciplinary hearings for three engineers in relation to the Mount Polley breach. An independent expert engineering panel that investigated the breach found major concerns with the design of the tailings dam.
To date, the largest penalty for an environmental offence in Canada was issued in December 2014 after Bloom Lake General Partner Limited pleaded guilty to 45 charges under the Fisheries Act.
The charges related to a number of incidents at the Bloom Lake mine site in Quebec, including a tailings dam breach that saw 200,000 cubic metres of waste released into fish-bearing waters. The company was ordered to pay $7.5 million in penalties.
Over the last few years, Sellars worried at times that nothing would be done about the much larger tailings spill at the Mount Polley mine. When Sellars brought private charges against the company and the BC Prosecution Service stayed them, she was “really worried.”
“If Mount Polley gets away with it, then other mining companies are going to take note,” she said.
Research is still underway to fully understand the consequences of the mine disaster for the ecosystems affected. One study published in the journal Scientific Reports found differences between the bacteria in sediments from areas of Quesnel Lake that were disturbed by the disaster and bacteria in areas that weren’t affected.
Some people no longer drink water from Quesnel Lake, Sellars said.
Jacinda Mack, another member of the Xat’sull First Nation, told the Star last summer that many people have stopped fishing from the Quesnel system, even though Interior Health said the fish are safe to consume. Sellars said she refused to eat fish from nearby waterways even before the spill for fear of pollution.
“We need justice. Something needs to be done,” said Christine McLean, a member of the Concerned Citizens of Quesnel Lake. The group is currently appealing a 2017 permit that allows the mine to discharge wastewater into the lake.
Michael Goehring, the CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia, said regulation of the mining sector was strengthened significantly in the wake of Mount Polley. Earlier this year, for instance, the province announced additional resources to increase mine inspections.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources added that the province is also working on an updated mine security policy to ensure there is enough funding available to reclaim mines at the end of their life.
But Goehring warned “there’s a fine balance with that increased regulatory oversight and competitiveness of the sector” and urged the province to consider competitiveness with any new regulations it may be contemplating.
Calvin Sandborn, the legal director of the Environmental Law Centre at the University of Victoria, condemned the “terribly weak” laws regulating the mining sector in B.C.
“Mining has the capacity to do tremendous damage,” Sandborn said.
“There are some pretty serious consequences if you don’t get it right, and British Columbia is far from getting it right.”
Ainslie Cruickshank is a Vancouver-based reporter covering the environment. Follow her on Twitter: @ainscruickshank
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Innocent-Spouse Defense Against Assessments on a Joint Return
Individual Income Taxation
Editor: Albert B. Ellentuck, Esq.
Married taxpayers filing a joint income tax return have joint and several liability for the tax, and the IRS will look to both taxpayers for payment. However, Sec. 6015 provides two potential sources of relief to spouses and former spouses facing joint and several liability problems. Also, a third escape hatch for overall “equitable relief” is also provided if, considering all the facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to hold a taxpayer liable for any unpaid tax or deficiency. The innocent-spouse provisions apply only to taxes imposed by subtitle A of the Code, which generally includes income tax, the alternative minimum tax, self-employment taxes, and presumably the 3.8% net investment income tax, plus any related interest or penalties (Regs. Sec. 1.6015-1(a)(3)). Payroll taxes on household employees are not subject to the relief provisions.
The rules are found in Sec. 6015. Sec. 6015(b) provides a general relief rule available to all joint filers, including those who are still married. This is commonly referred to as traditional relief. The second form of relief is provided by Sec. 6015(c), which is available to joint filers who, at the time an election is filed, are divorced or legally separated from the other party to the joint return in question or have lived apart from the other party for the preceding 12 months. This is sometimes referred to as the separate liability election. To benefit from either provision, the taxpayer wanting relief (the electing individual) must make an election within two years of the commencement of IRS collection activity. The election is made by timely filing Form 8857, Request for Innocent Spouse Relief .
Traditional Relief for an Innocent Spouse
The general relief rule under Sec. 6015(b) is available to electing joint filers when there is a tax understatement attributable to erroneous items of the other party if the electing individual establishes that he or she did not know of the understatement and had no reason to know of the understatement. The general test of whether a spouse had actual knowledge or reason to know of the understatement is whether the spouse directly participated in the understatement or whether a reasonable person in the spouse’s circumstances when the return was filed could be expected to know of the understatement (Shea, 780 F.2d 561 (6th Cir. 1986)). In addition, it must be shown that it would be inequitable to hold the electing individual responsible for the understatement after considering all the facts and circumstances (Sec. 6015(b)(1)(D)).
Although courts do not agree, the extent of the duty to investigate a transaction has been analyzed by reference to standards virtually identical to those discussed in regard to the granting of equitable relief and whether it would be fair to hold the alleged innocent spouse liable. Some of these factors include:
Changes in standards of living or levels of income as a result of the transaction in question;
The sophistication, education, and level of experience of the spouse seeking relief;
The involvement of the allegedly innocent spouse in the business or financial affairs of the family; and
The degree to which the other spouse has been evasive or deceitful about finances or the transaction.
The general relief rule under Sec. 6015(b) can also extend to what might be called semi-innocent individuals (those who have some knowledge of an understatement as long as they did not know and had no reason to know the full extent of the understatement). In this case, a semi-innocent joint filer can make the Sec. 6015(b) election and receive relief for the unknown portion of the tax understatement caused by the other party (Sec. 6015(b)(2)).
Separate Liability Election
Under the Sec. 6015(c) election, the liability of the electing individual for a joint return understatement cannot exceed the amount determined to be the separate liability of that person. In essence, the separate liability of each joint filer is determined by allocating income and deduction amounts as if separate returns were filed (but without considering any of the deduction or credit disallowances that would apply if separate returns were actually filed) (Sec. 6015(d)).
However, this election does not apply to tax understatements (or portions thereof) caused by the other party about which the electing individual had actual knowledge at the time of signing the joint return (Sec. 6015(c)(3)). Such understatements remain subject to the joint and several liability rule. The IRS has the burden of proving the taxpayer had such knowledge. And, as mentioned previously, the election is available only if, when the election is filed, the spouses are divorced or legally separated or are not members of the same household at any time during the preceding 12 months.
Regs. Sec. 1.6015-3 provides insight into relevant phrases such as “not members of the same household” and “actual knowledge” of the erroneous item, which the regulation discusses at some length. Such knowledge means knowledge of the receipt or expenditure, not the proper tax treatment of the item or whether it was reported on the return. A spouse could have actual knowledge of an item without necessarily knowing its source. Joint ownership of property that is the source of the item is specifically discussed as indicative of knowledge of the item.
Generally, income and deductions for this purpose are allocated to the spouse who is the source of the particular item. Therefore, earned income is allocated to the spouse who earned the income; investment income is allocated in proportion to title ownership of the asset generating the income; personal deductions are allocated equally unless proven to be paid from one party’s assets; income taxes withheld are allocated to the spouse from whose income they were withheld; and estimated tax payments are allocated to the spouse who paid them (or split equally if payments were made jointly). See Chief Counsel Notice N(35)000-170 for further instructions on these allocation rules.
Sec. 6015(c)(4) provides that the electing spouse’s portion of any deficiency is increased by the value of any disqualified assets, which are assets transferred to the electing spouse by the other spouse with the principal purpose of avoiding tax. If the property was transferred other than by a divorce instrument and was made within one year prior to when the IRS sent its first notice of proposed deficiency, there is a rebuttable presumption that the transfer was made to avoid tax.
Planning tip: The Sec. 6015(b) election provides more complete liability protection, but its availability may be doubtful in many cases. Therefore, if the joint filer is divorced or separated, it appears both the Secs. 6015(b) and (c) elections should be made (Sec. 6015(a)(2) explicitly allows taxpayers to make both elections when they qualify to do so). If the Sec. 6015(b) election fails, the Sec. 6015(c) election limits the spouse’s exposure.
Equitable Relief
If relief is not available under Sec. 6015(b) or (c), Sec. 6015(f) authorizes the IRS to grant relief if, considering all the facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to hold a taxpayer liable for any unpaid tax or deficiency. Notice 2012-8 provides guidance to taxpayers seeking equitable relief under Sec. 6015(f) by providing seven threshold conditions that must be satisfied to be considered for this relief and a list of positive and negative factors to be considered in determining whether it would be inequitable to hold an individual liable for a deficiency or unpaid liability. Some of the factors to be considered are economic hardship, abuse, financial control, lack of knowledge of the deficiency, and efforts to comply with the law.
The timing for benefiting from the equitable-relief innocent-spouse provision is different from the other two innocent-spouse relief provisions. Taxpayers seeking traditional relief under Sec. 6015(b) or relief under the separate liability election of Sec. 6015(c) must make an election within two years of the commencement of IRS collection activity. However, the timing for taxpayers seeking equitable relief under Sec. 6015(f) depends on whether the taxpayer is seeking relief from a balance due or seeking a credit or refund (Notices 2011-70 and 2012-8):
Relief from a balance due: The request for relief from a balance due must be filed within the time period the IRS has to collect the tax (i.e., 10 years from the assessment date, subject to any extensions that may have occurred).
Seeking a credit or refund: The request generally must be filed within the later of three years after the date the original return was filed or within two years after the tax was paid (subject to special rules for taxpayers in a federally declared disaster area or physical or mental incapacity).
Closing Thought
Innocent-spouse relief is continually evolving through the court system. The courts are constantly ruling on what does and does not constitute innocent-spouse relief. Practitioners should review relevant case law to find possible cases with similar facts to a particular client situation.
This case study has been adapted from PPC’s Guide to Tax Planning for High Income Individuals, 14th Edition, by Anthony J. DeChellis, Patrick L. Young, James D. Van Grevenhof, and Delia D. Groat, published by Thomson Tax & Accounting, Fort Worth, Texas, 2013 (800-323-8724; ppc.thomson.com).
EditorNotes
Albert Ellentuck is of counsel with King & Nordlinger LLP in Arlington, Va.
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A Deep Learning Tutorial: From Perceptrons to Deep Networks
Ivan Vasilev
Ivan is an enthusiastic senior developer with an entrepreneurial spirit. His primary focuses are in Java, JavaScript and Machine Learning.
Read the Spanish version of this article translated by Marisela Ordaz
In recent years, there’s been a resurgence in the field of Artificial Intelligence. It’s spread beyond the academic world with major players like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook creating their own research teams and making some impressive acquisitions.
Some this can be attributed to the abundance of raw data generated by social network users, much of which needs to be analyzed, the rise of advanced data science solutions, as well as to the cheap computational power available via GPGPUs.
But beyond these phenomena, this resurgence has been powered in no small part by a new trend in AI, specifically in machine learning, known as “Deep Learning”. In this tutorial, I’ll introduce you to the key concepts and algorithms behind deep learning, beginning with the simplest unit of composition and building to the concepts of machine learning in Java.
(For full disclosure: I’m also the author of a Java deep learning library, available here, and the examples in this article are implemented using the above library. If you like it, you can support it by giving it a star on GitHub, for which I would be grateful. Usage instructions are available on the homepage.)
A Thirty Second Tutorial on Machine Learning
In case you’re not familiar, check out this introduction to machine learning:
The general procedure is as follows:
We have some algorithm that’s given a handful of labeled examples, say 10 images of dogs with the label 1 (“Dog”) and 10 images of other things with the label 0 (“Not dog”)—note that we’re mainly sticking to supervised, binary classification for this post.
The algorithm “learns” to identify images of dogs and, when fed a new image, hopes to produce the correct label (1 if it’s an image of a dog, and 0 otherwise).
This setting is incredibly general: your data could be symptoms and your labels illnesses; or your data could be images of handwritten characters and your labels the actual characters they represent.
Perceptrons: Early Deep Learning Algorithms
One of the earliest supervised training algorithms is that of the perceptron, a basic neural network building block.
Say we have n points in the plane, labeled ‘0’ and ‘1’. We’re given a new point and we want to guess its label (this is akin to the “Dog” and “Not dog” scenario above). How do we do it?
One approach might be to look at the closest neighbor and return that point’s label. But a slightly more intelligent way of going about it would be to pick a line that best separates the labeled data and use that as your classifier.
In this case, each piece of input data would be represented as a vector x = (x_1, x_2) and our function would be something like “‘0’ if below the line, ‘1’ if above”.
To represent this mathematically, let our separator be defined by a vector of weights w and a vertical offset (or bias) b. Then, our function would combine the inputs and weights with a weighted sum transfer function:
The result of this transfer function would then be fed into an activation function to produce a labeling. In the example above, our activation function was a threshold cutoff (e.g., 1 if greater than some value):
Training the Perceptron
The training of the perceptron consists of feeding it multiple training samples and calculating the output for each of them. After each sample, the weights w are adjusted in such a way so as to minimize the output error, defined as the difference between the desired (target) and the actual outputs. There are other error functions, like the mean square error, but the basic principle of training remains the same.
Single Perceptron Drawbacks
The single perceptron approach to deep learning has one major drawback: it can only learn linearly separable functions. How major is this drawback? Take XOR, a relatively simple function, and notice that it can’t be classified by a linear separator (notice the failed attempt, below):
To address this problem, we’ll need to use a multilayer perceptron, also known as feedforward neural network: in effect, we’ll compose a bunch of these perceptrons together to create a more powerful mechanism for learning.
Feedforward Neural Networks for Deep Learning
A neural network is really just a composition of perceptrons, connected in different ways and operating on different activation functions.
For starters, we’ll look at the feedforward neural network, which has the following properties:
An input, output, and one or more hidden layers. The figure above shows a network with a 3-unit input layer, 4-unit hidden layer and an output layer with 2 units (the terms units and neurons are interchangeable).
Each unit is a single perceptron like the one described above.
The units of the input layer serve as inputs for the units of the hidden layer, while the hidden layer units are inputs to the output layer.
Each connection between two neurons has a weight w (similar to the perceptron weights).
Each unit of layer t is typically connected to every unit of the previous layer t - 1 (although you could disconnect them by setting their weight to 0).
To process input data, you “clamp” the input vector to the input layer, setting the values of the vector as “outputs” for each of the input units. In this particular case, the network can process a 3-dimensional input vector (because of the 3 input units). For example, if your input vector is [7, 1, 2], then you’d set the output of the top input unit to 7, the middle unit to 1, and so on. These values are then propagated forward to the hidden units using the weighted sum transfer function for each hidden unit (hence the term forward propagation), which in turn calculate their outputs (activation function).
The output layer calculates it’s outputs in the same way as the hidden layer. The result of the output layer is the output of the network.
Beyond Linearity
What if each of our perceptrons is only allowed to use a linear activation function? Then, the final output of our network will still be some linear function of the inputs, just adjusted with a ton of different weights that it’s collected throughout the network. In other words, a linear composition of a bunch of linear functions is still just a linear function. If we’re restricted to linear activation functions, then the feedforward neural network is no more powerful than the perceptron, no matter how many layers it has.
A linear composition of a bunch of linear functions is still just a linear function, so most neural networks use non-linear activation functions.
Because of this, most neural networks use non-linear activation functions like the logistic, tanh, binary or rectifier. Without them the network can only learn functions which are linear combinations of its inputs.
Training Perceptrons
The most common deep learning algorithm for supervised training of the multilayer perceptrons is known as backpropagation. The basic procedure:
A training sample is presented and propagated forward through the network.
The output error is calculated, typically the mean squared error:
Where t is the target value and y is the actual network output. Other error calculations are also acceptable, but the MSE is a good choice.
Network error is minimized using a method called stochastic gradient descent.
Gradient descent is universal, but in the case of neural networks, this would be a graph of the training error as a function of the input parameters. The optimal value for each weight is that at which the error achieves a global minimum. During the training phase, the weights are updated in small steps (after each training sample or a mini-batch of several samples) in such a way that they are always trying to reach the global minimum—but this is no easy task, as you often end up in local minima, like the one on the right. For example, if the weight has a value of 0.6, it needs to be changed towards 0.4.
This figure represents the simplest case, that in which error depends on a single parameter. However, network error depends on every network weight and the error function is much, much more complex.
Thankfully, backpropagation provides a method for updating each weight between two neurons with respect to the output error. The derivation itself is quite complicated, but the weight update for a given node has the following (simple) form:
Where E is the output error, and w_i is the weight of input i to the neuron.
Essentially, the goal is to move in the direction of the gradient with respect to weight i. The key term is, of course, the derivative of the error, which isn’t always easy to calculate: how would you find this derivative for a random weight of a random hidden node in the middle of a large network?
The answer: through backpropagation. The errors are first calculated at the output units where the formula is quite simple (based on the difference between the target and predicted values), and then propagated back through the network in a clever fashion, allowing us to efficiently update our weights during training and (hopefully) reach a minimum.
Hidden Layer
The hidden layer is of particular interest. By the universal approximation theorem, a single hidden layer network with a finite number of neurons can be trained to approximate an arbitrarily random function. In other words, a single hidden layer is powerful enough to learn any function. That said, we often learn better in practice with multiple hidden layers (i.e., deeper nets).
The hidden layer is where the network stores it's internal abstract representation of the training data.
The hidden layer is where the network stores it’s internal abstract representation of the training data, similar to the way that a human brain (greatly simplified analogy) has an internal representation of the real world. Going forward in the tutorial, we’ll look at different ways to play around with the hidden layer.
An Example Network
You can see a simple (4-2-3 layer) feedforward neural network that classifies the IRIS dataset implemented in Java here through the testMLPSigmoidBP method. The dataset contains three classes of iris plants with features like sepal length, petal length, etc. The network is provided 50 samples per class. The features are clamped to the input units, while each output unit corresponds to a single class of the dataset: “1/0/0” indicates that the plant is of class Setosa, “0/1/0” indicates Versicolour, and “0/0/1” indicates Virginica). The classification error is 2/150 (i.e., it misclassifies 2 samples out of 150).
The Problem with Large Networks
A neural network can have more than one hidden layer: in that case, the higher layers are “building” new abstractions on top of previous layers. And as we mentioned before, you can often learn better in-practice with larger networks.
However, increasing the number of hidden layers leads to two known issues:
Vanishing gradients: as we add more and more hidden layers, backpropagation becomes less and less useful in passing information to the lower layers. In effect, as information is passed back, the gradients begin to vanish and become small relative to the weights of the networks.
Overfitting: perhaps the central problem in machine learning. Briefly, overfitting describes the phenomenon of fitting the training data too closely, maybe with hypotheses that are too complex. In such a case, your learner ends up fitting the training data really well, but will perform much, much more poorly on real examples.
Let’s look at some deep learning algorithms to address these issues.
Autoencoders
Most introductory machine learning classes tend to stop with feedforward neural networks. But the space of possible nets is far richer—so let’s continue.
An autoencoder is typically a feedforward neural network which aims to learn a compressed, distributed representation (encoding) of a dataset.
Conceptually, the network is trained to “recreate” the input, i.e., the input and the target data are the same. In other words: you’re trying to output the same thing you were input, but compressed in some way. This is a confusing approach, so let’s look at an example.
Compressing the Input: Grayscale Images
Say that the training data consists of 28x28 grayscale images and the value of each pixel is clamped to one input layer neuron (i.e., the input layer will have 784 neurons). Then, the output layer would have the same number of units (784) as the input layer and the target value for each output unit would be the grayscale value of one pixel of the image.
The intuition behind this architecture is that the network will not learn a “mapping” between the training data and its labels, but will instead learn the internal structure and features of the data itself. (Because of this, the hidden layer is also called feature detector.) Usually, the number of hidden units is smaller than the input/output layers, which forces the network to learn only the most important features and achieves a dimensionality reduction.
We want a few small nodes in the middle to learn the data at a conceptual level, producing a compact representation.
In effect, we want a few small nodes in the middle to really learn the data at a conceptual level, producing a compact representation that in some way captures the core features of our input.
Flu Illness
To further demonstrate autoencoders, let’s look at one more application.
In this case, we’ll use a simple dataset consisting of flu symptoms (credit to this blog post for the idea). If you’re interested, the code for this example can be found in the testAEBackpropagation method.
Here’s how the data set breaks down:
There are six binary input features.
The first three are symptoms of the illness. For example, 1 0 0 0 0 0 indicates that this patient has a high temperature, while 0 1 0 0 0 0 indicates coughing, 1 1 0 0 0 0 indicates coughing and high temperature, etc.
The final three features are “counter” symptoms; when a patient has one of these, it’s less likely that he or she is sick. For example, 0 0 0 1 0 0 indicates that this patient has a flu vaccine. It’s possible to have combinations of the two sets of features: 0 1 0 1 0 0 indicates a vaccines patient with a cough, and so forth.
We’ll consider a patient to be sick when he or she has at least two of the first three features and healthy if he or she has at least two of the second three (with ties breaking in favor of the healthy patients), e.g.:
111000, 101000, 110000, 011000, 011100 = sick
000111, 001110, 000101, 000011, 000110 = healthy
We’ll train an autoencoder (using backpropagation) with six input and six output units, but only two hidden units.
After several hundred iterations, we observe that when each of the “sick” samples is presented to the machine learning network, one of the two the hidden units (the same unit for each “sick” sample) always exhibits a higher activation value than the other. On the contrary, when a “healthy” sample is presented, the other hidden unit has a higher activation.
Going Back to Machine Learning
Essentially, our two hidden units have learned a compact representation of the flu symptom data set. To see how this relates to learning, we return to the problem of overfitting. By training our net to learn a compact representation of the data, we’re favoring a simpler representation rather than a highly complex hypothesis that overfits the training data.
In a way, by favoring these simpler representations, we’re attempting to learn the data in a truer sense.
Restricted Boltzmann Machines
The next logical step is to look at a Restricted Boltzmann machines (RBM), a generative stochastic neural network that can learn a probability distribution over its set of inputs.
RBMs are composed of a hidden, visible, and bias layer. Unlike the feedforward networks, the connections between the visible and hidden layers are undirected (the values can be propagated in both the visible-to-hidden and hidden-to-visible directions) and fully connected (each unit from a given layer is connected to each unit in the next—if we allowed any unit in any layer to connect to any other layer, then we’d have a Boltzmann (rather than a restricted Boltzmann) machine).
The standard RBM has binary hidden and visible units: that is, the unit activation is 0 or 1 under a Bernoulli distribution, but there are variants with other non-linearities.
While researchers have known about RBMs for some time now, the recent introduction of the contrastive divergence unsupervised training algorithm has renewed interest.
Contrastive Divergence
The single-step contrastive divergence algorithm (CD-1) works like this:
Positive phase:
An input sample v is clamped to the input layer.
v is propagated to the hidden layer in a similar manner to the feedforward networks. The result of the hidden layer activations is h.
Negative phase:
Propagate h back to the visible layer with result v’ (the connections between the visible and hidden layers are undirected and thus allow movement in both directions).
Propagate the new v’ back to the hidden layer with activations result h’.
Weight update:
Where a is the learning rate and v, v’, h, h’, and w are vectors.
The intuition behind the algorithm is that the positive phase (h given v) reflects the network’s internal representation of the real world data. Meanwhile, the negative phase represents an attempt to recreate the data based on this internal representation (v’ given h). The main goal is for the generated data to be as close as possible to the real world and this is reflected in the weight update formula.
In other words, the net has some perception of how the input data can be represented, so it tries to reproduce the data based on this perception. If its reproduction isn’t close enough to reality, it makes an adjustment and tries again.
Returning to the Flu
To demonstrate contrastive divergence, we’ll use the same symptoms data set as before. The test network is an RBM with six visible and two hidden units. We’ll train the network using contrastive divergence with the symptoms v clamped to the visible layer. During testing, the symptoms are again presented to the visible layer; then, the data is propagated to the hidden layer. The hidden units represent the sick/healthy state, a very similar architecture to the autoencoder (propagating data from the visible to the hidden layer).
After several hundred iterations, we can observe the same result as with autoencoders: one of the hidden units has a higher activation value when any of the “sick” samples is presented, while the other is always more active for the “healthy” samples.
You can see this example in action in the testContrastiveDivergence method.
We’ve now demonstrated that the hidden layers of autoencoders and RBMs act as effective feature detectors; but it’s rare that we can use these features directly. In fact, the data set above is more an exception than a rule. Instead, we need to find some way to use these detected features indirectly.
Luckily, it was discovered that these structures can be stacked to form deep networks. These networks can be trained greedily, one layer at a time, to help to overcome the vanishing gradient and overfitting problems associated with classic backpropagation.
The resulting structures are often quite powerful, producing impressive results. Take, for example, Google’s famous “cat” paper in which they use special kind of deep autoencoders to “learn” human and cat face detection based on unlabeled data.
Stacked Autoencoders
As the name suggests, this network consists of multiple stacked autoencoders.
The hidden layer of autoencoder t acts as an input layer to autoencoder t + 1. The input layer of the first autoencoder is the input layer for the whole network. The greedy layer-wise training procedure works like this:
Train the first autoencoder (t=1, or the red connections in the figure above, but with an additional output layer) individually using the backpropagation method with all available training data.
Train the second autoencoder t=2 (green connections). Since the input layer for t=2 is the hidden layer of t=1 we are no longer interested in the output layer of t=1 and we remove it from the network. Training begins by clamping an input sample to the input layer of t=1, which is propagated forward to the output layer of t=2. Next, the weights (input-hidden and hidden-output) of t=2 are updated using backpropagation. t=2 uses all the training samples, similar to t=1.
Repeat the previous procedure for all the layers (i.e., remove the output layer of the previous autoencoder, replace it with yet another autoencoder, and train with back propagation).
Steps 1-3 are called pre-training and leave the weights properly initialized. However, there’s no mapping between the input data and the output labels. For example, if the network is trained to recognize images of handwritten digits it’s still not possible to map the units from the last feature detector (i.e., the hidden layer of the last autoencoder) to the digit type of the image. In that case, the most common solution is to add one or more fully connected layer(s) to the last layer (blue connections). The whole network can now be viewed as a multilayer perceptron and is trained using backpropagation (this step is also called fine-tuning).
Stacked auto encoders, then, are all about providing an effective pre-training method for initializing the weights of a network, leaving you with a complex, multi-layer perceptron that’s ready to train (or fine-tune).
Deep Belief Networks
As with autoencoders, we can also stack Boltzmann machines to create a class known as deep belief networks (DBNs).
In this case, the hidden layer of RBM t acts as a visible layer for RBM t+1. The input layer of the first RBM is the input layer for the whole network, and the greedy layer-wise pre-training works like this:
Train the first RBM t=1 using contrastive divergence with all the training samples.
Train the second RBM t=2. Since the visible layer for t=2 is the hidden layer of t=1, training begins by clamping the input sample to the visible layer of t=1, which is propagated forward to the hidden layer of t=1. This data then serves to initiate contrastive divergence training for t=2.
Repeat the previous procedure for all the layers.
Similar to the stacked autoencoders, after pre-training the network can be extended by connecting one or more fully connected layers to the final RBM hidden layer. This forms a multi-layer perceptron which can then be fine tuned using backpropagation.
This procedure is akin to that of stacked autoencoders, but with the autoencoders replaced by RBMs and backpropagation replaced with the contrastive divergence algorithm.
(Note: for more on constructing and training stacked autoencoders or deep belief networks, check out the sample code here.)
Convolutional Networks
As a final deep learning architecture, let’s take a look at convolutional networks, a particularly interesting and special class of feedforward networks that are very well-suited to image recognition.
Image via DeepLearning.net
Before we look at the actual structure of convolutional networks, we first define an image filter, or a square region with associated weights. A filter is applied across an entire input image, and you will often apply multiple filters. For example, you could apply four 6x6 filters to a given input image. Then, the output pixel with coordinates 1,1 is the weighted sum of a 6x6 square of input pixels with top left corner 1,1 and the weights of the filter (which is also 6x6 square). Output pixel 2,1 is the result of input square with top left corner 2,1 and so on.
With that covered, these networks are defined by the following properties:
Convolutional layers apply a number of filters to the input. For example, the first convolutional layer of the image could have four 6x6 filters. The result of one filter applied across the image is called feature map (FM) and the number feature maps is equal to the number of filters. If the previous layer is also convolutional, the filters are applied across all of it’s FMs with different weights, so each input FM is connected to each output FM. The intuition behind the shared weights across the image is that the features will be detected regardless of their location, while the multiplicity of filters allows each of them to detect different set of features.
Subsampling layers reduce the size of the input. For example, if the input consists of a 32x32 image and the layer has a subsampling region of 2x2, the output value would be a 16x16 image, which means that 4 pixels (each 2x2 square) of the input image are combined into a single output pixel. There are multiple ways to subsample, but the most popular are max pooling, average pooling, and stochastic pooling.
The last subsampling (or convolutional) layer is usually connected to one or more fully connected layers, the last of which represents the target data.
Training is performed using modified backpropagation that takes the subsampling layers into account and updates the convolutional filter weights based on all values to which that filter is applied.
You can see several examples of convolutional networks trained (with backpropagation) on the MNIST data set (grayscale images of handwritten letters) here, specifically in the the testLeNet* methods (I would recommend testLeNetTiny2 as it achieves a low error rate of about 2% in a relatively short period of time). There’s also a nice JavaScript visualization of a similar network here.
Now that we’ve covered the most common neural network variants, I thought I’d write a bit about the challenges posed during implementation of these deep learning structures.
Broadly speaking, my goal in creating a Deep Learning library was (and still is) to build a neural network-based framework that satisfied the following criteria:
A common architecture that is able to represent diverse models (all the variants on neural networks that we’ve seen above, for example).
The ability to use diverse training algorithms (back propagation, contrastive divergence, etc.).
Decent performance.
To satisfy these requirements, I took a tiered (or modular) approach to the design of the software.
NeuralNetworkImpl is the base class for all neural network models.
Each network contains a set of layers.
Each layer has a list of connections, where a connection is a link between two layers such that the network is a directed acyclic graph.
This structure is agile enough to be used for classic feedforward networks, as well as for RBMs and more complex architectures like ImageNet.
It also allows a layer to be part of more than one network. For example, the layers in a Deep Belief Network are also layers in their corresponding RBMs.
In addition, this architecture allows a DBN to be viewed as a list of stacked RBMs during the pre-training phase and a feedforward network during the fine-tuning phase, which is both intuitively nice and programmatically convenient.
Data Propagation
The next module takes care of propagating data through the network, a two-step process:
Determine the order of the layers. For example, to get the results from a multilayer perceptron, the data is “clamped” to the input layer (hence, this is the first layer to be calculated) and propagated all the way to the output layer. In order to update the weights during backpropagation, the output error has to be propagated through every layer in breadth-first order, starting from the output layer. This is achieved using various implementations of LayerOrderStrategy, which takes advantage of the graph structure of the network, employing different graph traversal methods. Some examples include the breadth-first strategy and the targeting of a specific layer. The order is actually determined by the connections between the layers, so the strategies return an ordered list of connections.
Calculate the activation value. Each layer has an associated ConnectionCalculator which takes it’s list of connections (from the previous step) and input values (from other layers) and calculates the resulting activation. For example, in a simple sigmoidal feedforward network, the hidden layer’s ConnectionCalculator takes the values of the input and bias layers (which are, respectively, the input data and an array of 1s) and the weights between the units (in case of fully connected layers, the weights are actually stored in a FullyConnected connection as a Matrix), calculates the weighted sum, and feeds the result into the sigmoid function. The connection calculators implement a variety of transfer (e.g., weighted sum, convolutional) and activation (e.g., logistic and tanh for multilayer perceptron, binary for RBM) functions. Most of them can be executed on a GPU using Aparapi and usable with mini-batch training.
GPU Computation with Aparapi
As I mentioned earlier, one of the reasons that neural networks have made a resurgence in recent years is that their training methods are highly conducive to parallelism, allowing you to speed up training significantly with the use of a GPGPU. In this case, I chose to work with the Aparapi library to add GPU support.
Aparapi imposes some important restrictions on the connection calculators:
Only one-dimensional arrays (and variables) of primitive data types are allowed.
Only member-methods of the Aparapi Kernel class itself are allowed to be called from the GPU executable code.
As such, most of the data (weights, input, and output arrays) is stored in Matrix instances, which use one-dimensional float arrays internally. All Aparapi connection calculators use either AparapiWeightedSum (for fully connected layers and weighted sum input functions), AparapiSubsampling2D (for subsampling layers), or AparapiConv2D (for convolutional layers). Some of these limitations can be overcome with the introduction of Heterogeneous System Architecture. Aparapi also allows to run the same code on both CPU and GPU.
The training module implements various training algorithms. It relies on the previous two modules. For example, BackPropagationTrainer (all the trainers are using the Trainer base class) uses feedforward layer calculator for the feedforward phase and a special breadth-first layer calculator for propagating the error and updating the weights.
My latest work is on Java 8 support and some other improvements, will soon be merged into master.
The aim of this Java deep learning tutorial was to give you a brief introduction to the field of deep learning algorithms, beginning with the most basic unit of composition (the perceptron) and progressing through various effective and popular architectures, like that of the restricted Boltzmann machine.
The ideas behind neural networks have been around for a long time; but today, you can’t step foot in the machine learning community without hearing about deep networks or some other take on deep learning. Hype shouldn’t be mistaken for justification, but with the advances of GPGPU computing and the impressive progress made by researchers like Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Yann LeCun and Andrew Ng, the field certainly shows a lot of promise. There’s no better time to get familiar and get involved like the present.
Appendix: Resources
If you’re interested in learning more, I found the following resources quite helpful during my work:
DeepLearning.net: a portal for all things deep learning. It has some nice tutorials, software library and a great reading list.
An active Google+ community.
Two very good courses: Machine Learning and Neural Networks for Machine Learning, both offered on Coursera.
The Stanford neural networks tutorial.
Related: Schooling Flappy Bird: A Reinforcement Learning Tutorial
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superb article. I have one question here. We know the input and output layers with number of nodes but how would we decide on number of hidden layers and number nodes in the hidden layers.
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Thanks very much for writing this - this is the best concise intro to this subject that I've come across. You should print up some T-Shirts ;)
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A great article. I am the original inventor/coder/designer of Aparapi. Great to see it being used for deep learning.
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Nice article. I really liked it reading. I have on comment though ... In section Feedforward Neural Networks you mentioned that example network can process 3-dimensional input vector. I think you should write you can proces vector with length 3, because vectors are 1D. It's probably just a Typo;)
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Bede Jarrett: A Model of Religious Obedience
By Br Bede Mullens, O.P. | Bede Jarrett, the founder of Blackfriars, Oxford, can be an example to us all of how to entrust ourselves into the Lord's loving hands.
Bede Jarrett is probably best known for having founded the present-day Oxford Blackfriars: a portrait of him hangs in our refectory. He was clothed in the habit in 1898 and died in March 1934. Of those thirty-six years in Dominican life, he was twenty years pretty much continuously in office, first as prior of London (two years) then for an exceptional four terms as prior provincial between 1916 and 1932, at the end of which he was all of one month relieved of duties before being installed as prior of the Oxford community. No rest for the wicked, they say, and it may be true enough; only there seems little spare for the righteous.
It might seem odd, to appeal to a man who spent most of his life a religious superior for a model of religious obedience. After all, obedience surely means doing what you’re told; and superiors tell other people what to do – right? Say that to a religious superior, and you might find it’s not so straightforward. But Bede is outstanding as a man who could really sympathise with those under authority. A number of letters survive in which he counsels and consoles brothers and priests in the Order who disliked their situation or had received unwelcome assignations: a man sent to the parishes, who had imagined for himself a future in the academy; a homesick missionary; struggling novices. Bede’s replies have two hallmarks. First, he tries to offer in each case a cogent point-of-view from the superior’s side. The Rule of St Augustine (ch. 7), which we follow, points out that ready obedience is an act of mercy to one’s superiors; certainly, toward the end of his life Bede would have felt this very keenly. Over this more human(e) rationale, however, he expounds consistently and from deep conviction a theological groundwork for making sense of obedience.
To the would-be academic priest, he writes in one letter that two things above all ought to be stressed in preaching and spiritual direction “at the present moment” (the date is 1932, but it may well still be the case): “(a) the presence of God everywhere; (b) the will of God governing everything.” In a word, the classical Christian doctrine of providence. God did not just bring the world into being, and let it be; every moment He sustains it in being, is present to it, and every moment he directs it to its consummation, makes it present to Himself. A great many things may occur, to our lights, purposelessly or for the frustration of good intentions. But a true believer in providence, will trust that all things – even wicked things, even sin – come to pass, at the last, for the good. Bede was forcibly struck by Julian of Norwich’s teaching on the matter: “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
God is never out of control. And He has a perfect knowledge of each one of his creatures: He knows each one of us more deeply and more intimately than we each know ourselves, every single human in this profound way. What is distasteful to me may take place really for my good, or the good of another that I know not. Analogously, Bede points out to the reluctant missionary, he as his provincial could perceive talents and aptitude for the South African situation that the priest himself could not see. The superior had a more comprehensive vision: acquaintance with the priest in question and an awareness of what was needed in South Africa. Even provincials may get it wrong, yet God has a perspective that is not at all narrow and not at all fallible.
He treats the relationship of superior and subordinate as an image of that between creature and provident Creator. This is because in submitting oneself to another human’s authority, one is really submitting to God’s own good will. Bede expressed both these insights with great simplicity when (quite unwelcomely) elected prior of Oxford. After so long serving the province, he really needed a period of rest: there can be no doubt that it was exhaustion as much as anything which made him so weak in his final illness, and caused him to succumb to an early death; he had already been suffering a variety of physical ailments over the preceding four years. Nevertheless, on hearing of his election, Bede wrote to his successor as provincial, Bernard Delaney, as follows: “As you can guess it is certainly not what I wanted. I had hoped for other things. However since it is your wish that I should ultimately accept it, I can do so knowing that it must be right for me to do so. As for the rest it must be as God wills.”
The letters we have cited were written toward the end of or even after his provincialate. The aspiration, at least, to such a foundational trust in divine providence is evident in communications from twenty-three years earlier, 1909, when Bede was a young priest recently assigned to work in the London parish. This had meant effectively the cessation of his own incipient academic career. One letter, written to his close friend and contemporary in the Order, Jerome Rigby, describes how “revoltful” he felt against the varied menial tasks imposed upon him. In fact, he hints that he has considered even leaving the Order. “Then God sends me a thought of physical premotion [a doctrine closely aligned with that of divine providence], the all powerful, all-pervading Will – and I have peace and am ready to bear with it all.” In time, he willingly took on a great deal of work in the parish that even fell outside his obligations, though it came his way. He was chaplain to the parish Scouts’ group, for instance, but effectively became the Scout leader as well: so recalled the boys in later life. (He won a special reputation for his terrifying ghost stories around the campfire.)
The young priest’s fitful thoughts settled over the years into a determined attitude. As a superior, Bede may not often have found himself at the receiving end of direct commands; he certainly found himself at the receiving end of whatever designs Providence had in store. We remember Bede as a hugely important and successful provincial, and with good reason. On the other hand, if one reckons what he actually achieved against his ambitions and aspirations – well, a different picture emerges. He had great missionary fervour, and drew up and began to implement plans to establish a mission in different parts of India on three separate occasions; all fell flat. Persia, too, occupied his attention in each of his terms as provincial – to no avail. Of all his missionary ventures, real or aspirational, only one, that to South Africa, can really be called a success; there he managed to set up a house in Johannesburg and bought a property which would become a priory in Stellenbosch. That repeated failures did not dim his desire to accomplish good things is shown by the redoubling of missionary efforts in each of his terms.
What is in our power to accomplish are good intents, Bede insisted, not necessarily their fulfilment. “We are free in our hearts and wills, not in our lives. There we are at the mercy of odd accidents which are neither odd nor accidental but God’s declared Will thro’ His Providence.” In the end, Bede’s understanding of Providence leads him to the Cross. The Will that we glimpse but dimly through the vagaries of our lives, is the Will and work that our Lord himself came to accomplish. The frequent pain of it comes not from cruelty on God’s part – rather, from our own confusion and the limitation of our perspective. Of course, life can be cruel, even tragic. But God has His purpose. Our readiness to obey, be it in fulfilling the commands of a superior or taking the flack life itself seems to throw at us, is the mark of our trust in Him.
Bede comments on those pregnant words, “Into your hands Lord, I commend my spirit”:
“His hand are strong and powerful hands and we can confidently rest there…they are not only the hands of power, and not only the hands of wisdom, but of love, and it is only when we leave all things in his hands that we find complete serenity; and then a great peace shall come into our souls.”
The image is taken from a portrait of Bede Jarrett which hangs in the refectory of Blackfriars, Oxford.
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Daragh commented on 14-Jan-2020 09:28 AM
Excellent. He was a great role model and practiced what he preached.
Robert Tickle commented on 19-Jan-2020 07:48 PM
Brother Bede, thankyou for this profound and helpful reflection.
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Admiral Nimitz State Historical Park
This National museum is located in Fredericksburg, TX and is the boyhood home of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet during WWII. The museum is on a 6 acre site also includes the Nimitz Hotel which has the Nimitz Museum inside. It describes the boyhood and naval career as well as the evolution of the old hotel.
Charles Nimitz built the Nimitz Hotel in 1852 and deeded it to his son Charles H Nimitz Jr. in 1906. The hotel had it's own saloon and brewery, a ballroom that was also a theater, a smokehouse and a bath house. In it's time, people such as William Porter, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee stayed as a guest. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989.
The Admiral Nimitz Foundation was started in 1964, to open a museum in honor of Fredericksburg's native Charles Nimitz. The hotel that his grandfather owned was restored to it's original designand renamed the Admiral Nimitz Museum in 1968. In 2000, it was renamed the Admiral Nimitz State Historical Site and it dedicated to the Pacific Theater battles of WWII. On May 8, 1976, it celebrated it's 130th Anniversary of the founding of Fredericksburg and the Japanese gifted them with the Japanese Garden of Peace.
At the museum, the outdoor Plaza of the Presidents was dedicated on September 2, 1995 which was the 50th Anniversary of the surrender of the Japanese to the USS Missouri.
In 1991, George H. W. Bush cut the ribbon for the $3 million gallery bearing it's name. Bush made a statement saying " terrifying experiences " of war helped him to become a man . " I have often wondered why me , why was I spared when others died ". Lastly, on Dec. 7, 2009, the museum had a re-opening expanding the George H. W. Bush Gallery and putting the Nimitz Education and Research Center.
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Mountaineer Soldier Statue
In response to the dedication of a statue honoring Clarksburg, West Virginia native and Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson at the old State Capitol in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, veterans of the Union Army received an equivalent statue sculpted by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown in 1912. The bronze statue depicts a pro-Union citizen militiaman carrying a flag and musket, while the two reliefs on the base depict Mountaineer home life. Colonel William Seymour Edwards, former speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates was instrumental in the erection of the statue.
The Mountaineer Soldier statue.
The Mountaineer Soldier statue is located on the northeast corner of the West Virginia State Capitol. It was unveiled at the old State Capitol on Capitol Street in downtown Charleston on December 10, 1912. The guiding force for this monument was Col. William Seymour Edwards, speaker of the WV House of Delegates in the 1890s. Edwards personally helped raise funds for the project. The Mountaineer Statue was a symbol of the men of Western Virginia who volunteered and formed themselves into Home Guards to respond to President Lincoln's call to arms in 1861. By their actions, they helped to save Western Virginia for the Union. The base of the monument states: "Erected to commemorate the valor of those who on April 15, 1861, in instant response to the first call of Abraham Lincoln formed themselves into the intrepid Home Guards who held in check unaided the forces of Wise, and Lee, and Jackson, until the federal armies came..."
It took sculptor Henry K Bush-Brown two years to find the model and three years to actually sculpt the statue. Bush-Brown modeled the statue after Ellis Hamrick, a mountaineer from Webster County, West Virginia. Col. William Seymour Edwards sent Hamrick to Washington to model for the statue. The statue was originally modeled after one of Hamrick's brothers, but the brother passed away during the creation of the statue. As a result, Ellis Hamrick was chosen as the model. The eight-foot monument was dedicated by Colonel Edwards "To the hallowed memories of the brave men and devoted women who saved West Virginia to the Union."
The statue is over a century old, and it has been restored by the Save Outdoor Sculpture (SOS!) program. The program is a collaborative project with Heritage Preservation and the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art. Moisture damage and corrosion affected the statue, and the restoration included mending those damages and repairing the bronze patina and stone base.
Dick, and Debbie. "West Virginia Capitol (Mountaineer Soldier Statue), Charleston, WV - 2104-09-05." September 6, 2014, Accessed July 2, 2019. http://www.dickndebbietravels.com/?attachment_id=20497.
Sibray, David. Memory of the mountaineer lives on at W.Va. capitol statue. West Virginia Explorer. May 06, 2018. Accessed July 01, 2019. https://wvexplorer.com/2018/05/06/mountaineer-lives-on-wv-statue/.
Wallace, Jim. A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State. The History Press, 2012.
Wallace, Jim, A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State. The History Press, 2012. Cohen, Stan, and Richard Andre, Capitols of West Virginia: A Pictorial History. Charleston, WV: Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1989.
Work to Begin next week to restore two State Capitol sculptures. West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture, and History. Accessed July 01, 2019. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/statuerenov.html.
A History of the West Virginia Capitol: The House of State by Jim Wallace
West Virginia and the Civil War: Mountaineers Are Always Free by Mark A. Snell
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Civil War Charleston
A short driving tour of Charleston's Civil War highlights, including some of West Virginia's most important personalities and memorials, plus landmarks in the Battle of Charleston. Learn about Colonel George S. Patton, grandfather of the famous World War II general! Learn about the Union garrison commanded by Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, future U.S. President! Charleston changed hands several times during the war, so there's plenty of Civil War history to see here.
Discover U.S. 60: The Midland Trail
Originating first as a buffalo trail adopted by Native Americans for east-west tavel, today the Midland Trail remains an important route of travel across West Virginia.
West Virginia State Capitol Complex Walking Tour
This walking tour gives detailed explanations to each building and monument on the West Virginia State Capitol Complex.
Charleston State Capitol Sculptures
This tour explores the various sculptures on Charleston's Capitol Complex grounds. Works include military memorials, civic monuments, and artistic embellishments. This tour draws heavily from a tour by Charleston's Office of Public Art and was made with the office's cooperation. To learn more visit: http://publicartcharleston.org/.
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Tom Brokaw on Confronting His Mortality, and Why He ‘Thinks the World’ of Lester Holt
In a candid interview, the NBC News icon talks about the aftermath of Brian Williams, his battle against blood cancer, and his hope for a ‘swift’ death.
Lloyd Grove
Updated Apr. 14, 2017 10:20AM ET / Published Jul. 08, 2015 1:00PM ET
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We all know that life is finite, but Tom Brokaw has received a sobering estimate of just how finite his own life will be.
When he was informed two years ago that he has multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that ravages the bone marrow, his doctors told him that although the average lifespan with the disease is five years, he could very well last for another eight—meaning that, optimistically, he has six years left on the planet.
“The conceit of an anchorman is we never think we’re going to die, I suppose,” the NBC News icon tells me. “When I was diagnosed, I was 73 at the time. Now I’m 75. I’m in what I call ‘The Mortality Zone.’ ”
Brokaw’s latest book, A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope, is a moving, informative and deeply personal chronicle of his journey into that Mortality Zone and his sometimes-defiant acceptance of the new normal in his life.
“I’m in remission, and the numbers [from his regular lab tests) continue to hold,” he says from the Brokaw family ranch in south-central Montana, nestled on the West Boulder River, near the Absaroka Mountains.
“This disease is incurable but it’s highly treatable, and the advances they’re making are very, very heartening.”
Brokaw predicts that a cure eventually will be discovered, but probably not during his lifetime.
Meanwhile, he’s in physical therapy for his badly weakened spine, so that he can continue biking the roads, hiking the hills and swimming the streams of his beloved Montana.
Brokaw says he’s on a low-dosage regimen of chemotherapy that requires him to take 15 pills each and every day.
“That’ll be the case, is my guess, for the rest of my life,” he says, describing how Meredith Brokaw, a former Miss South Dakota and his wife of 53 years, “has been my tough cop,” making sure he faithfully downs the meds, while Goldie Nicholas—“a wonderful woman who’s worked for us for 35 years”—carefully reads the instructions and places the different pills in the appropriate compartments in his pill organizer.
“When I travel I take a more abbreviated form in the case with me,” Brokaw says. “I was fishing down in Wyoming with a bunch of pals a few weeks ago, and I told them I was the only one who got up in the morning and took eight pills that cost $500 apiece.” (Later, Brokaw clarified that only one of his pills has that heart-stopping pricetag.)
The astronomical cost of his meds is due to “the crazy pricing of our health-care system,” he explains.
Luckily, Brokaw, who has worked for NBC since 1966, enjoys Cadillac benefits that date back to the network’s ownership by RCA, before General Electric and Comcast—“so I don’t pay remotely that amount out of pocket.”
Addressing his sense of life’s fragility and its ultimate destination, Brokaw recalls the passing four years ago of his nearly 94-year-old mother, Jean.
“She told me, ‘You know, Tom, I’ve lived long enough, and it’s not as much fun as it used to be.’ And she spent the last year of her life pretty much confined to bed. She wound down slowly and died peacefully, and that’s the kind of reality I’m now thinking about.”
Has Brokaw considered how he would like to go?
“No!” he answers with a chuckle. “No, I haven’t. What I don’t want to do is be hooked up to tubes…and when the time comes, I hope it comes pretty swiftly, so it doesn’t put my family through a lot of agony. I think you’ve known me long enough to know that I live a pretty vital lifestyle.”
When I first met him in 1974, Brokaw was the rising star of NBC News—the regular Saturday anchor of the Nightly News broadcast and frequent substitute for the legendary John Chancellor—and I was a wise-ass college kid, lucky to have snagged a summer job as a lowly desk assistant at 30 Rock.
While I chain-smoked Camel filterless cigarettes (once accidentally setting fire to some wire copy in a trash can), Tom was a health-conscious fitness nut, regularly jogging through Central Park during his weekly visits from the Washington bureau, where he was NBC’s White House correspondent during the last gasp of Richard Nixon’s presidency.
Four decades later—with a spectacular, award-winning career under his belt, including 22 years as the news division’s lead anchor, a series of best-selling books about World War II’s “Greatest Generation,” and the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented last year by Barack Obama—Brokaw keeps busy as a special correspondent for NBC News, providing pieces for Dateline and the Today show, among other pursuits.
He occupies what he proudly calls “maybe the best office in the building, a corner office on the fifth floor,” and he’s viewed by colleagues as a sort of paterfamilias and corporate conscience.
He was an especially influential player during the Brian Williams fiasco, in which Brokaw’s successor for the past decade lost his anchor chair over tall tales about his adventures in journalism.
“It’s time to move on,” Brokaw says, by way of deflecting my questions about the messy episode and his reported role in answering requests for advice from higher-ups at NBC Universal and its parent company, Comcast, on how it might be fixed.
“I’m really not commenting on it, except to say there’s now been a resolution,” Brokaw says. “My whole concentration at the moment is on Lester Holt, who I think the world of, and keeping Nightly at the top of its game.”
Brokaw adds: “We have a terrific staff of people around the world, and that’s my real concentration at the moment. Brian has now gone public, and he has a new assignment [as a live breaking news anchor on MSNBC and, occasionally, as needed, on NBC]. We have to move on…Listen, these are all private conversations and I don’t want to go beyond that.”
When I press him to be more forthcoming, Brokaw laughs and says: “I’ve been on both sides of this equation for a long time. I know how persistent you are, but you’re not gonna win this one.”
Brokaw is not a man to fold under questioning, as his book makes clear, with hard-to-read accounts of how he attempted to meet his professional and social commitments, sometime imprudently, while enduring an excruciating level of pain that most mortals would find devastating.
“I don’t like to play the macho card, but I grew up in a working-class family and a working-class culture,” says Brokaw, a South Dakota native whose father helped build dams for the Army Corps of Engineers. “The motto was ‘Never complain,’ and, physiologically, I have a high threshold for pain.”
That proved to be a disadvantage, however, when Brokaw’s doctors tried to monitor his level of discomfort from the disease and he consistently underestimated it, prompting his wife and their eldest daughter Jennifer—who happens to be a physician and was his indispensible patient-advocate—to make sure everyone understood the true intensity of his suffering.
“I wasn’t trying to be falsely machismo,” Brokaw says, “that’s just the nature of who I am and how I was raised.”
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Abraham Justified by Faith (Phil Johnson)
Galatians 3:6-9 | Sunday, January 6, 2013 | Code: 2013-01-06-PJ
This morning and next week we're going to consider Abraham's faith through a New Testament lens, starting at Galatians 3:6. We'll try to cover about four verses this morning, and then next week we'll look at verses 10-14.
Paul is finished with the personal and experiential argument he was making in the first five verses of Galatians 3, and now he takes up a biblical and doctrinal argument that he will pursue all the way through verse 7 of chapter 4. It's an argument based on the book of Genesis and the Abrahamic covenantCwith a particular focus on the record of Abraham's justification in Genesis 15.
And this biblical and theological argument is the very heart of the message of this epistle. So chapter 3, verse 6 marks the start of the most important and essential argument in the whole epistle. Paul is about to make a really long argument that goes through the middle of chapter 4. Fortunately, the portion we're looking at today is a pretty simple argument that is easy to grasp.
One thing you'll immediately notice about this passage (especially if you're reading from the NASB) is that these verses are filled with quotations from the Old Testament. The NASB puts Old Testament quotations in all caps, and there are six of them in the span of eight verses. Paul quotes six distinct Old Testament texts: verse 6—Genesis 15:6; verse 8—Genesis 12:3; verse 10—Deuteronomy 27:26; verse 11—Habakkuk 2:4; verse 12—Leviticus 18:5 (or Ezekiel 20:11—both of those texts say the same thing); and verse 13—Deuteronomy 21:23.
Paul quotes those verses and weaves them together to explain the relationship of faith and justification; to prove that justification is by faith alone; and to prove the impossibility of earning any part of our salvation by obedience to the law.
He is writing, of course, to refute an error that was threatening to destroy the churches of Galatia. False teachers (the Judaizers) were telling them that certain Jewish ceremonial laws were essential to salvation. The test issue was circumcision, but the Judaizers clearly also wanted Gentile converts to observe the dietary restrictions, laws about ceremonial cleansing, and a host of other symbolic features from the law of Moses. In short, they were teaching that you couldn't be a Christian unless you lived like an Old Testament Jew.
And the Galatians were being led astray by the error, pursuing justification by works rather than faith. Paul writes this epistle to set them straight.
And our text, starting at verse 6, is a pivotal point in Paul's epistle to the Galatians. Here is where he makes the key point of the whole epistle, and he does it by going back to Abraham. This passage is a classic example of how Paul handled Scripture, how he did theology, and how he understood the history of redemption. I hope to get you to look at this passage perhaps a little more closely than you ever have before.
First some context. In Galatians 2:12, Paul refers to the false teachers as "the circumcision party." These guys were lobbying for the church to adopt the Old Covenant sign of circumcision. The same group is mentioned in Acts 15:1, where Luke writes, "Some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, 'Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.'" Acts 15:5 connects this doctrine with "some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees" So the Judaizers were led by a group of men who had been schooled all their lives in the doctrine of the Pharisees. They had professed conversion to Christ, and now they were trying to impose Pharisaical doctrine on the whole church. Paul, who was himself a former Pharisee, understood the deadly spiritual danger of that kind of legalism—how it undermines faith. So he devoted himself to refuting their error. That's what this whole epistle is about.
The Judaizers undoubtedly believed they were making a sound biblical argument. They reasoned that since the gospel is the fulfillment and the final revelation of a promise that was first made to Abraham, all the terms of the Abrahamic Covenant ought to apply to all Christians. It seemed like a simple point. They were essentially saying that you can't be a real Christian unless you also become a Jew, because Christianity is Jewish. The gospel is the fulfillment of the original promises God made to Abraham, and he was the father of the Jewish nation. So if you want in on those promises, you need to become Jewish.
Paul responded by saying that's a damnable false gospel, because it obscures the perfect freedom of grace, and it eliminates the central principle of the gospel—which is the truth that faith (not any kind of work or ritual, but faith alone) is the instrument of justification.
We're not saved by any works we perform—not even the ceremonial works God Himself commanded under Old Testament law. Those things served a purpose in the Old Testament, but only as symbols that pointed the way to faith. Under the New Covenant all the Jewish symbols and ceremonies are obsolete, because they were fulfilled by Christ—and they should never be imposed on believers from Gentile cultures. Because if a Gentile has trusted Christ, he is a member of the New Covenant by faith alone, and the symbols of membership in the Old Covenant (which was a Jewish Covenant) are irrelevant. Try to import those Old-Covenant symbols into the New Covenant, and you pervert the gospel itself, which is only about faith in Christ.
So Paul is writing this epistle to urge believers in the Galatian churches not to be influenced by the Judaizers, not to embrace them as brethren, and not to compromise the purity of the gospel by blending Pharisaical legalism with the simple truth they had heard from the apostle Paul.
What made the Judaizers so dangerous is that they seemed like genuine Christians. Not everything they taught was wrong. They began with a few premises that were true and sound and biblical. It is true, for example, that Christianity has Jewish roots. As Jesus Himself told the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:22, "Salvation is from the Jews." Paul himself points out in Romans 3:2 that historically, the Jews have enjoyed every spiritual advantage throughout all of redemptive history, because they "were entrusted with the oracles of God."
It is also absolutely true that there is an important thread of unbroken continuity between the very first hint of a salvation-promise to Abraham in Genesis 12 and the unfolding of the gospel in the first century. Christ is the Seed who was promised in the Abrahamic Covenant. In that sense, Christianity is Jewish, and the gospel also represents the fulfillment of the salvation-promises given in the Abrahamic Covenant, including the repeated promise that "in [Abraham and his seed] all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
But the Judaizers were completely wrong in their application of those truths. They were too concerned with the external and symbolic features of the law, and not concerned enough with the real truth that lay at the heart of the Abrahamic Covenant. They were (like all Pharisees) too concerned with the appearance of things and not concerned enough with what really matters. By trying to drag the church back under the legal requirements of the Old Covenant, they were missing the greater truth of the New Covenant. Paul was right to condemn them in the strongest possible language. Their teaching did undermine the gospel at the most important point. It wasn't just a minor error on an issue that didn't matter to the salvation of a soul.
Now in Galatian 2, we see that the apostle Paul understood what a serious threat the Judaizer-doctrine was to Gentile believers long before any other apostle. In chapters 1-2, he describes the history of his conversion and his long battle against this pseudo-Christian brand of Pharisaism. Chapter 2 suggests that for a while, there was tension between him and the leaders of the church in Jerusalem, until he met with them and explained his position. At the end of chapter 2, he describes how he once even had to confront Peter publicly and rebuke him in front of everyone, because Peter was compromising with men who were peddling this kind of error.
Then at the start of chapter 3 Paul rebukes the Galatians themselves by reminding them of their own experience. They came to Christ by faith alone. Faith in Christ had revolutionized their lives. Why would they now want to depart from living their lives in the power of the Holy Spirit and by faith alone in order to adopt a system of outdated ordinances and ceremonies? And Paul fires a series of questions at them, culminating in verse 5: "Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?" The sense of that question is captured best, I think, in the New International Version: "[Did] God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe[d] the law, or because you believe[d] what you heard?"
Now, notice: verse 6 is a sentence fragment. It's an extension of the question Paul asked in verse 5. The question prompts the thought of Abraham, and Paul suddenly changes, mid-sentence to a whole new line of argument. Forget Paul's experience. Forget the Galatians' experience. As decisive as those arguments are, there's a still more powerful argument yet to come: What does the Scripture say?
So the end of Paul's sentence is an appeal to the text of Genesis 15:6: "Just as Abraham 'believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.'"
In a few minutes, I'll have you turn to Genesis 15:6 and look at that verse in its original context, but first let me point out that this is one of the key texts in Paul's theology, if not his very favorite verse in all the Old Testament. Just about every time Paul mounts a major defense of the doctrine of justification by faith, he refers to Genesis 15:6 either by quoting it or by alluding to it.
It's safe to say Paul's whole theology is grounded in a principle we first meet in Genesis 15:6—the principle of imputation. Bear that word in mind—imputation. It's an important one—really a key word whenever you talk about the principle of justification. You hear me use that word or one of its derivatives almost every week. If you're not sure what it means, hang on, and we'll talk about it.
But first, I mentioned that Paul goes to Genesis 15:6 a lot. He quotes it, for example, in Romans 4:3. He builds a major argument about justification by faith on that text there in Romans 4. (Starting in Romans 4:3 and going through verse 22. So most of Romans 4 is essentially a commentary on the same verse from Genesis that Paul quotes here in Galatians 3:6.) Same verse from Genesis, but in Romans 4 Paul makes a whole different theological argument from the one he is about to give us here in Galatians 3—even though in both passages he is defending roughly the same point about the doctrine of justification by faith. In Romans 4, Paul's point is that Abraham was justified years before God commanded him to be circumcised. It's a point about which came first—Abraham's justification, or his circumcision. Here, Paul is making the point that justification by faith itself is not a new doctrine; it's always been the central point of biblical soteriology. He has another point to make as well. We'll come back to this. Hang on.
By the way, Genesis 15:6 is also cited in James 2:23 to make a completely different point there. James quotes the verse to make the point that even though good works are not instruments of justification, practical righteousness is still the natural and inevitable fruit of justifying faith.
So Genesis 15:6 is an important text about a vital doctrine, and it's one of the most closely-dissected texts from the Old Testament in the New Testament. That one verse is quoted in three separate contexts to make at least three distinct points about doctrine of justification by faith.
Watch what Paul is doing here, and I think we can learn something from his methodology. He starts with a quotation from Genesis 15:6, and that's the anchor for the point he is making. But he isn't reluctant to grab truths from other contexts and apply them to the point as well. In verse 8 he quotes from Genesis 12:3, an earlier promise to Abraham. And in verse 10 he quotes from Deuteronomy 27:26, a text that comes from the time of Moses. This is a classic systematic approach to making an argument, and the fact that Paul did theology this way is proof this is a valid way to understand Scripture.
Now, bear that in mind as we work through this passage. Here's how Paul's argument is constructed, and then I'll read the whole passage so you can see it: He starts by quoting Genesis 15:6, and with that as his starting point, he makes three foundational truths about the gospel. One is that Abraham was justified by faith alone. The second is that Abraham's true children are those who share his faith, not necessarily those in his genealogical line. And the third is that the gospel itself was contained in embryonic form in the promise of the Abrahamic covenant.
We'll go over those again in detail, because those are basically the points of my outline this morning, but first let me read the passage (vv. 6-9):
. . . just as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness"?
7 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Now, let's follow the logic of Paul's argument here. He goes back to this simple statement from Genesis 15 about Abraham's justification, and he uses it to make three doctrinal and biblical points about justification by faith. The first is—
1. A Point about the Instrument of Justification
Paul's primary argument with the Judaizers was a dispute about whether faith alone is a sufficient instrument of justification, or whether some work, or ritual, or sacrament, or ceremony is also essential to salvation.
Now, I don't know of anyone these days who teaches precisely the same error as the Judaizers. I've never heard of any sect that calls itself Christian that tries to enforce the ritual of circumcision on converts.
But the principle that lies behind this error is alive and well. There are lots of Christian and quasi-Christian sects that teach baptism is a prerequisite to justification. In effect, they make baptism the instrument of justification. Roman Catholicism teaches explicitly that baptism and the other sacraments are instrumental in justification. Many of the Campbellite sects that call themselves Churches of Christ likewise teach that baptism is an essential prerequisite for justification. Their teaching in effect suggests that faith alone is not a sufficient instrument for justification. Paul's argument here demolishes their system, too.
Here's how they typically argue: They point to verses in the New Testament that speak of baptism for the remission of sin and conclude that baptism is necessary in order to be justified.
The Judaizers made a similar mistake. They had plenty of texts in Scripture where circumcision was commanded, and they cited those as proof texts for their position. Paul in effect sets sound systematic doctrine against their selective proof-texting and actually makes his case that way.
It's possible, by the way, to discern a lot about the Judaizers' doctrine just by looking at the way Paul dismantles their error. Paul was a great defender of the faith, so it's safe to assume that he is dealing with their strongest arguments. You can piece together their argument by paying attention to the ideas Paul refutes. And it's significant, I think, that he goes straight to the case of Abraham.
Remember, Paul is writing to a mostly Gentile audience. These were people who had grown up pagan, and if the same thing was true about them that Paul said of the Corinthians (in 1 Corinthians 1:26), there were "not many . . . wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish [and] what is weak in the world." So these weren't scholars of world religions. What did these converted pagans know about Abraham?
But Paul brings up the subject of Abraham as if they were intimately familiar with the story. Paul doesn't need to fill in any blanks for them. He just deals with Abraham as if they already knew all about him.
So where did these Gentiles learn so much about Abraham? I think it's safe to surmise that the Judaizers had taught them enough about Abraham to make them practically experts in the story of his life.
And that makes perfect sense. The first time circumcision is mentioned in Scripture is in Genesis 17, in connection with the life of Abraham. In fact, there's little doubt that Genesis 17 was the Judaizers' favorite go-to passage, because it contained one of the key proof-texts for their position.
Turn there, and let's take a look at it. Keep a bookmark here in Galatians, because we need to come back, but I want you to see what I think was their key passage, and then we'll look at the text Paul says is even more decisive.
First, Genesis 17. This is where God changes Abraham's name from Abram and formalizes the covenant by instituting the sign of circumcision. That's what the whole chapter is about.
Now, look especially at verses 10-14:
This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
12 He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring,
13 both he who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money, shall surely be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant.
14 Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.".
Now, let's imagine for a moment that we are Gentiles in one of the Galatian churches, confronted for the first time with the Judaizers' doctrine. Consider their argument.
In the first place, this passage makes clear that circumcision was instituted by God Himself as the sign of the Abrahamic covenant. This is not Moses' Law; circumcision was an ordinance that was established many generations earlier, as the sign of God's covenant with Abraham. This was the pivotal covenant where the promise of salvation and the promise of the Messiah are first formally included.
The Abrahamic covenant was given in several stages across the middle chapters of Genesis—starting with Genesis 12, the precise point where Abraham becomes the key person in the narrative. So Abraham's whole life is dominated by this covenant God made with him. God kept making him promises, then the Lord would later renew and expand those promises again and again, and the whole covenant finally culminates in the words of Genesis 22:18: "And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." (In Galatians 3:16, Paul cites that verse and says that "Abraham's Seed" is a reference to Christ. And the promise of blessing for all the nations of the earth entails a promise of salvation. Keep that in mind, because that promise plays a vital role in Paul's argument.)
But the Judaizers themselves taught that the Abrahamic Covenant was pivotal. They were absolutely right about that. They would have even agreed with Paul that "the Seed of Abraham" was a reference to Christ and the promise of blessing was the promise of salvation.
So consider the strength of their argument: They would point out that God Himself instituted circumcision. He imposed it on all Abraham's household and all his descendants—no exceptions. The instructions were specific about how and when it was to be done. And the requirement even applied (v. 12) to "any foreigner who is not of your offspring."
In fact, verse 14 demands that any Jew or stranger living in Israel who remains uncircumcised is to be cut off from his people.
So this was a serious issue, and a the Old Testament makes a major point of it. If time permitted, I would show you several incidents where God expressed His severe displeasure and even threatened punishment against anyone within Israel who remained uncircumcised—including Exodus 4:24, where the Lord threatened to kill Moses because Moses had left his own son uncircumcised.
And the Judaizers also could have pointed out that the rite of circumcision even preceded Moses' law. Again, this was not something instituted during the Mosaic economy that pertained only to Moses' law. Circumcision was the symbol of the Abrahamic covenant, and it was explicitly upheld and carried through the Mosaic covenant as well. So the rite of circumcision had a long history that went back to the dawn of the Jewish nation. Belief that circumcision was the mark of God's true people was deeply ingrained in the Jewish culture, and from a purely human perspective, it's easy to see why the Judaizers taught what they did. They believed they had biblical support for it. They had what they considered an insurmountable proof text.
It's easy, also, from a human perspective, to see why the Galatians were so confused by this. With so much biblical support for the practice of circumcision, and most of them novice believers. Assuming (as I believe) that the Judaizers were Pharisees who had entered the church, it was hard to answer this much Old Testament scholarship.
Paul was a scholar, too, and I think it is highly significant that he didn't answer the Judaizers in typical scholarly fashion. He doesn't quote other scholarly authorities who are on his side. He doesn't come against the Judaizers with deep philosophical arguments and arcane doctrinal terms that only other scholars would understand.
Notice, he doesn't even answer the Judaizers directly. He doesn't offer to dialogue with them. He doesn't congratulate them on whatever they got right before offering a different perspective on one or two points he wishes they would reconsider. It's crystal-clear that he has already written them off, and he is writing to the Galatians about them.
He also makes all his arguments with plain truth, common-sense logic, and biblical arguments so simple that anyone can understand him. A typical scholar might accuse Paul of dismissing his opponents' arguments too easily. But Paul wasn't trying to win the Judaizers to his point of view; he was writing as a pastor trying to protect his flock from grievous wolves.
Look at Paul's argument: He doesn't start in Genesis 17, where the Judaizers started. He goes back two chapters and some fourteen years earlier in the life of Abraham. Genesis 15:6. Turn there now.
This is one of those times when the Lord was renewing His promise to Abraham. The earliest covenant promise had come years before. (By the way, his name was still Abram at this point, but for the sake of simplicity, I'll call him "Abraham," because that's what Paul does.) Abraham has just returned from rescuing Lot at the battle of the kings in Genesis 14, where he met Melchizedek. And in chapter 15, the Lord comes to him and renews the covenant promise: Verse 5: "He brought him outside and said, 'Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.' Then he said to him, 'So shall your offspring be.' And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness."
Notice: it doesn't say Abraham performed an act of righteousness. It doesn't say he achieved righteousness or that he was righteous. It says righteousness was reckoned to him. God justified him. That's precisely what it means. God counted him righteousness—and it uses an expression that speaks of a legal reckoning—or a calculation like you would make on an accounting ledger.
That, by the way, is what we mean by imputation. I mentioned the word earlier and said I would define it. There it is. Imputation is a legal reckoning where guilt or righteousness is put to a person's account. In other words, God declared Abraham righteous, not because of anything righteous he did, but simply because God graciously credited righteousness to Abraham's account. He imputed righteousness to him.
Now, in Romans 4, where Paul cites this same verse, he makes a major point of the timing. Abraham was justified 14 years before he was circumcised, so circumcision could not be the instrumental cause of his justification. Romans 4:9-11 "We say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised." If Abraham was justified before being circumcised, circumcision could not be instrumental in his justification. That's a negative argument based on logical inference.
Here, Paul's argument is slightly different. It's a positive argument based on what the text actually states: Abraham's faith was the instrumental cause of his justification. Faith is the only reason given by the text for Abraham's justification.
So that's Paul's first point here: Genesis 15:6 says faith was the instrument of his justification. It's a simple, plain, straightforward point from the text itself.
Now, again, we know from Romans 4 that Paul could have developed the point even more by showing that Abraham's justification was affirmed at least 14 years before he was circumcised. But he doesn't even bother making that argument here, because it doesn't speak directly to the confusion of the Galatians. No doubt some of the Judaizers would have stipulated that sometimes justification comes before circumcision, but they still insisted that the Gentiles needed to go ahead and get circumcised, the way Abraham did.
And Paul seems to want to keep the argument as simple as possible. Besides, the real issue with the Galatians was about whether circumcision was necessary at all. So he just makes his point from the text: Abraham believed God, and he was justified.
That's Paul's first point. Here's a second one. It's—
2. A Point about the Scope of the Covenant
Paul want to underscore the truth that the salvation promised in the Abrahamic covenant is not automatically inherited by physical descent. A right standing with God is not a birthright. It is not an ethnic or national privilege.
And this is a brilliant, two-pronged argument. First of all, Paul gives them a dogmatic principle (v. 7): "Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham." The true, spiritual descendants of Abraham are not those who inherit his genes, but those who share his faith. The verb is an imperative, by the way: "Know this." You're not a true heir of Abraham unless you share his faith. And if you share his faith, you're his spiritual descendant, even if you descended from some other ancestor.
Now this idea is not an invention of the Apostle Paul. It was implied in the Old Testament, in several ways. The Old Testament made clear, for example, that circumcision was a symbol for heart-cleansing (You'll find that principle spelled out in Deuteronomy 10:16 and Jeremiah 4:4). Circumcision meant nothing if you still had a hard heart and a stiff neck.
Also, in Hosea 1:9-10, the prophet warned Israel that God would cast them off as His people and graft in others, so that "in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' it shall be said to them, '[You are] Children of the living God.'"
Furthermore, this was a major theme of the preaching of John the Baptist. In Matthew 3, when a bunch of Pharisees came to be baptized and John the Baptist called them vipers and sent them away, telling them to bring the fruits of their repentance, the next verse (Matthew 3:9) says this: "And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham." You can't claim Abraham's legacy unless you share his faith.
Jesus said the same thing. In John 8, He's preaching to some Jews who followed Him and to some degree it says they believed in Him—meaning they apparently knew He was the true Messiah, and He says (John 8:31), "'If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'
They answered him, 'We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, "You will become free"?'" And Jesus then launched into a discourse about what it means to be a true son of Abraham. It culminates in this (v. 37): "I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you." Note the word "offspring." He acknowledges that they are Abraham's physical descendants, even as he declares them spiritually disqualified.
So they press it in verse 39: "They answered him, 'Abraham is our father.'"
This time Jesus uses a different word: "children." Second half of verse 39: "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did." He makes a clear distinction between Abraham's offspring and Abraham's true children. The real children of Abraham are those who share his faith.
By the way, this is a common theme in Paul's teaching. We looked at it when we studied Romans 4 several years ago. Romans 4:12 says Abraham is "the father of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised." And Romans 2:28-29: "No one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God."
We don't really have time to review it in any more detail this morning. But understand that throughout his teaching, Paul makes this stark dichotomy between Abraham's physical descendants and His spiritual children, and he consistently teaches that only the spiritual children are saved.
That, by the way, is the very lesson that is so often lost in the doctrine of infant baptism. But we'll leave that discussion for another time.
I said this is a two-pronged argument about the scope of the covenant. The first part of it is this dogmatic statement that echoes the teaching of Christ and John the Baptist before Him—the only true heirs of Abraham are those who share his faith. And all true believers are Abraham's children whether they descended from him or not.
Here's the second facet of the argument. Back to Galatians 3. Verse 8: "And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all the nations be blessed.'"
He's back now to an explicit statement of Scripture. This, by the way, is a direct quotation from Genesis 12:3, which is the very first promise of the Abrahamic covenant: "I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Here's the point: From the very beginning, the Abrahamic covenant had a provision of blessing for the Gentiles. It was the subtlest of hints, but there it was—all the nations (the Gentiles) would inherit a blessing through Abraham. The promise of blessing that drove the whole covenant was never exclusive for Jews only. And since the rite of circumcision was a specific sign that distinguished Abraham's immediate offspring, here's a blessing in the Abrahamic covenant that clearly is not limited to those who were circumcised.
That's a pretty definitive refutation of the Judaizers' doctrine. Paul is saying, in essence, that they have limited their understanding of the Abrahamic covenant to an overly-narrow context. You cannot isolate Genesis 17 and hang everything on that; you have to see the covenant in the larger context of all Scripture. And when you look at the covenant through that wide-angle lens, you see that it was never meant to exclude Gentiles.
Now, Paul is going to develop this further in the upcoming verses, and we'll see some of that next week. But before we move away from this text, I want you to take note of a third point Paul makes almost in passing. He has made a point about the instrument of justification. He followed that with a point about the scope of the covenant. Now notice that he also makes—
3. A Point about the History of the Gospel
Look at verse 8 again: "And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, 'In you shall all the nations be blessed.'"
A lot of important doctrine rides on that phrase in the middle of verse 8: "God . . . preached the gospel to Abraham." Paul is saying that the promises of the Abrahamic covenant contained the whole gospel message in embryo. And if you think about it, that's absolutely true. All the essential elements of the gospel were there, not spelled out explicitly, but implied, and hinted at, and concealed in mysterious promises.
Who, for example, was the Seed of Abraham in whom all the nations should be blessed? Paul says in verse 16 that was a reference to Christ, who was not only the Messiah of Israel but also the Savior of the world. Abraham couldn't have known the full meaning of that, but the essence of the promise was nevertheless there.
The fact that salvation is wholly by God's grace was also clear. The Abrahamic promise was given unconditionally, and when God formally ratified the covenant in 15, just after we're told Abraham was justified by faith, verse 12 says the Lord caused a deep sleep to fall on Abraham and God passed through the parts of the sacrificial animal alone, signifying that this was a covenant of pure grace. God was pledging Himself to Abraham, and no requirement whatsoever was made of Abraham when the covenant was ratified.
This was the gospel promise in its initial, incipient stage. It wasn't yet completely clear, but Abraham believed it. And there's a hint in the words of Jesus that Abraham must have had some rudimentary knowledge that everything depended on a Deliverer who would come. Because Jesus said in John 8:56, "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad."
Now, Paul will go on from here and develop this argument about Abraham. In chapter four, he makes a major contrast between Old and New Covenants, showing how they differ. Here in chapter 3, however, is emphasis is on the continuity of justification by faith across all the covenants. He is expressly arguing that there has only ever been one plan of salvation in the economy of God. By going back to the promise of the Abrahamic Covenant here and referring to its grace promises as "the gospel," He's making the point that one promise of salvation ties all the covenants together. The message gets fuller as each new covenant unfolds, but the way of salvation never changes.
Even when the law was given at Sinai, that did not overthrow the promise of salvation by grace through faith that goes back to Abraham and even before him. There is one thread of redemption running through all the covenants. It is unveiled and made clear with the coming of the New Covenant, but it's really the same gospel that was preached in embryo to Abraham.
And above all, Abraham was justified by faith alone. His justification is the model for justification in every dispensation. It is by grace alone, through faith alone, wrought by Christ alone. And that, Paul says, is why the Judaizers' doctrine was deadly and dangerous. By trying to mingle the gracious promise of salvation by grace with the harsh demands of the law, they destroyed grace and nullified the heart of the gospel in the process.
That's is no minor discrepancy. It's a whole different gospel. He sums up with the words of verse 9: "So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith."
You don't get in on the covenant promise of salvation by following the rituals of the Old Covenant system. The entryway to salvation is by faith alone in Christ, who fulfilled on our behalf everything God requires for justification. Faith alone. If you try to gain justification by any other means, you have corrupted the simplicity of the gospel and you need to repent of that and trust Jesus Christ alone. "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."
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'He's learned nothing': Zuckerberg floats crowdsourcing Facebook fact-checks
As site grapples with flood of fake news, former Snopes editor says CEO’s crowdsourcing comments show he has ‘learned nothing’
Mark Zuckerberg made the comments as part of a new series of public conversations. Photograph: Gérard Julien/AFP/Getty Images
Sam Levin and Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco
Last modified on Wed 20 Feb 2019 20.09 EST
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he is considering crowdsourcing as a new model for Facebook’s third-party factchecking partnerships.
In the first of a series of public conversations, Zuckerberg praised the efforts of factcheckers who partnered with Facebook following the 2016 presidential election as a bulwark against the flood of misinformation and fake news that was overtaking the site’s News Feed.
“The issue here is there aren’t enough of them,” he said. “There just aren’t a lot of factcheckers.”
He continued: “I think that the real thing that we want to try to get to over time is more of a crowdsourced model where people, it’s not that people are trusting some sort, some basic set of experts who are accredited but are in some kind of lofty institution somewhere else. It’s like do you trust? Like if you get enough data points from within the community of people reasonably looking at something and assessing it over time, then the question is: can you compound that together into something that is a strong enough signal that we can then use that?”
Facebook has faced intense scrutiny from journalists who have argued that the site is failing to stop the spread of misinformation and has not been transparent about its efforts to factcheck content.
'ZuckTalks': Facebook founder's 2019 personal challenge is to host public discussions
Brooke Binkowski, the former managing editor of Snopes, a factchecking site that previously partnered with Facebook, said Zuckerberg’s comments signaled that he “has learned nothing at all”.
“You can’t apply an open-source model to factchecking and journalism,” she said. “You have to have experts. You can’t just have Joe Schmo who thinks that the New York Times is a liberal rag, just because Trump says it’s the enemy of the people.”
Binkowski, who has long been critical of Facebook’s factchecking partnership with news organizations, noted that there were countless examples of the failures of crowdsourced reporting, such as Twitter and Reddit users misidentifying the suspect in the Boston marathon bombing, leading to harassment of an innocent family.
Zuckerberg emphasized that he was not “announcing a new program”, but was instead describing the “general direction” that he wants to pursue.
Zuckerberg’s remarks were the first installment of his “personal challenge” for 2019, for which he plans to “host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society”. The Facebook chief noted at the time of his announcement that the discussions would be difficult because they would require him to “put myself out there more than I’ve been comfortable with” in the past.
Perhaps. But the first outing did not require him to stray far afield: the Harvard dropout appears to have enjoyed a cozy classroom conversation with the Harvard law professor Jonathan Zittrain.
Zittrain notably called on Zuckerberg to adopt a new stance toward user data – that of an “information fiduciary” – in a New York Times op-ed published a few days before Zuckerberg testified in Congress about the Cambridge Analytica fiasco. Such an approach would require Facebook to constrain its actions according to what is in the best interest of its users, rather than based on what is technologically possible and legally permissible.
'They don't care': Facebook factchecking in disarray as journalists push to cut ties
But as Zuckerberg made clear in the conversation, Facebook has a tendency to extrapolate from its popularity that its business is in the best interest of people, despite whatever the latest scandal of the day may suggest.
“Our own self-image of ourselves and what we’re doing is that we’re acting as fiduciaries and trying to build the best services for people,” he said.
Some levity occurred during a discussion of encryption, when Zuckerberg appeared to forget one of his own company’s product lines.
“Messaging is like people’s living room, right, and I think we, you know, we definitely don’t, I think, want a society where there’s a camera in everyone’s living room,” he said.
After Zittrain reminded him of the Facebook Portal, an Alexa-enabled video tablet that Facebook debuted in October, the CEO laughed and noted that Portal uses encryption.
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H. Srikanth is Professor in the Department of Political Science in the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Three Streams in the Anti-CAA Movement
H. Srikanth
Updated: 21 Jan 2020 Issue: February 7, 2020
Reading from the Constitution and holding up the national flag have been emblematic of the protests around the country: Here a the Tricolour along a fence near Jamia Millia Islamia| Twitter
The protestors in the north-east, the Muslim community and a vast number of agitating students are all united against the CAA. But there are differences among them that they must be sensitive to; they must show unity lest the ruling regime divides them.
While enacting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) government and those supporting the regime did not expect that there would be a strong public reaction to the law. The Government was aware of the discontent in the north-eastern states, but assumed that the exemptions and concessions incorporated in the December 2019 version of the Citizenship Amendment Bill would mollify opposition to the Act to a considerable extent. It tried to project the Act as non-communal, meant only to offer citizenship and not to deprive citizenship to anyone.
Various sections – students, youth, women, intellectuals, minorities, tribals, dalits and even people belonging to upper castes and middle/upper middle classes – have come out in large numbers against the communal and divisive intent of the CAA.
Still, once the link between the apparently benign humanitarian gesture of the CAA and the declared political objective of identifying “foreigners” through a nation-wide National Register of Citizens (NRC) became apparent, people refused to remain silent spectators. Contrary to the regime’s expectations, the resistance to the CAA was not confined to the north-east, it spread to all parts of the country.
Based on their location, political compulsions and ideological stand, the communities and groups of people opposing the CAA can be classified into three streams. For a fair and comprehensive understanding of the nature and prospects of the anti-CAA movement, we need to understand the motives, objectives and dynamics of these three important streams that have enabled the anti-CAA movement to assume an all-India character.
The ‘Native’/‘Indigenous’ in the North-east
The initial opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Bill came from the north-eastern states, from civil society organisations representing the interest of what can be called the ‘native’ or ‘indigenous’ peoples, i.e., all plains and hills peoples who claim to belong to the region and are not post-19th century migrants. These organisations had opposed the CAB in its earlier January 2019 avatar and then when it was re-introduced in Parliament in December 2019. They believe that the CAA legitimises the presence of foreigners living in the north-eastern states and facilitates the entry of migrants from Bangladesh into the entire region. They refuse to buy the BJP’s communal argument that the CAA would help increase the population of the Hindus in the region and help the states fight the entry of illegal Bangladeshi Muslim migrants into the states. For them, all immigrants from Bangladesh – both Hindus and Muslims – pose a threat to their culture, resources and identity.
This fear goes back decades, indeed centuries. During the colonial period, the British in their own colonial interest, encouraged immigration of thousands of Muslim peasants from East Bengal into Assam. The Sylhet referendum that followed Partition and the Bangladesh War of Independence also led to an immigration of large numbers of non-Assamese speaking people into Assam. In Tripura the indigenous tribals were reduced to a minority after the inflow of refugees and migrants from what was first East Pakistan and then Bangladesh.
Assam witnessed a powerful anti-foreigner movement in the late 1970s when students and youth organisations led a massive agitation demanding detection and deportation of all foreigners. The agitation ended in 1985 with the Assam Accord that set 1971 as the cut-off year for identification of migrants from abroad (Bangladesh). In contrast, the CAA proposes December 31, 2014 as the cut-off date for granting citizenship to non-Muslim migrants/refugees. If the CAA is implemented, all Hindu migrants who entered Assam after 1971 will also get citizenship. Hence, the Assamese people who find the CAA contradicting Clause 5.8 of the Assam Accord are up against the CAA.
Anti-CAA protest organised by artists of Assam at Chandmari, Guwahati | Ankur J. Dewri (Wikimedia)
Apart from the Assamese organisations like the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), many other organisations representing the plain tribes and the hill tribes in the north-eastern states also share the view that granting citizenship to thousands of illegal migrants will have an adverse effect on the ifuture of the original inhabitants of the states. Hence, they have come out against the BJP government in Delhi and have criticised even the regional parties and state governments that directly and indirectly supported the CAB and enabled it to become law.
By excluding the Hill States and the Sixth Schedule areas from the CAA and by promising an Inner Line Permit raj to Manipur, the central government was able to reduce the intensity of the movement in some north-eastern states. However, even now in all the states in the region there is an outpouring of public sympathy for the anti-CAA movement in Assam.
Unlike the anti-CAA movement in the rest of India which has taken a stand against the NRC as well, the indigenous civil society organisations in the north-eastern states fear the CAA, but they are not in principle against the NRC.
While all indigenous civil society organisations are united in their opposition to the CAA, it should be noted that they are not against the NRC. In fact, it was because of demands by the AASU and other organisations that Assam was put through the NRC exercise under the supervision of the Supreme Court. The final outcome of the NRC process, however, did not satisfy those who had demanded it. Contrary to the belief that several crores of Bangladeshis had settled down in Assam, the NRC Report identified a little over 19 lakhs as “foreigners”. Dissatisfied with the outcome, some of the Assamese organisations that had supported the NRC exercise began talking about a fresh NRC. The demand for another NRC received instant support from the BJP government in Assam, which was embarrassed to find that the majority of those who were left out of the NRC list were Hindus, the party’s vote bank.
Though the NRC exercise did not satisfy anyone in Assam, different indigenous civil society organisations in north-eastern states have been demanding a similar exercise in their states. The passing of the CAA in a way gave an impetus for native civil society organisations in Meghalaya to renew their demand for introduction of the ILP system in the state.
Unlike the anti-CAA movement in the rest of India which has taken a stand against the NRC as well, the indigenous civil society organisations in the north-eastern states fear the CAA, but they are not in principle against the NRC. The exercise in Assam did make people aware of the difficulties that people had to go through during the NRC process, but still many seem to entertain the belief that if the exercise is conducted properly, it would help in protecting the interests of those who consider themselves the original inhabitants of the north-east.
Outside the north-east, many religious minorities, especially Muslim students and youth, have taken to the streets to protest against the CAA. Their opposition first found expression in Jamia Millia University in Delhi and spread to the Aligarh Muslim University and other minority educational institutions. Subsequently, other sections of the community – especially women – also came out against the CAA and NRC. The Muslims’ upsurge emanates not only from the perception that the CAA is discriminatory, but also out of the fear that the CAA is a prelude to an NRC, wherein they would be forced to prove their identity as citizens of India. The Muslims as a community have little faith in the current central government or the ruling party leaders who openly appease Hindu communalism, declaring themselves as followers of the Hindutva.
In the name of fighting what they call “pseudo-secularism”, the ruling dispensation at the Centre and in some states has been giving a free hand to different fringe elements to harass and humiliate the Muslim community in the name of cow protection or fighting ‘Love Jihad’. Moves like banning and criminalising Triple Talaq, renaming of towns and the Supreme Court decision on Ayodhya have also contributed to a sense of alienation among the Muslim community.
Women-led protest against CAA/NRC at Shaheen Bagh, Delhi | Twitter
It is therefore natural for the Muslims to view the CAA and NRC as attempts by Hindutva forces to strengthen majoritarian rule and make all Muslims look like foreigners, irrespective of whether they are citizens India or not. This anguish is expressed openly in the movement against the CAA and NRC.
While the protests and demonstrations by the Muslims have remained peaceful in most places, their dissent attracted brutal repression from the state police in Uttar Pradesh and in Mangalore (Karnataka).
Although the Muslims were the first minority community to go public against the CAA, similar fears and concerns have been shared by the Christian community as well, in spite of the fact that the Act talks of giving citizenship to the persecuted Christians. Naturally the Christian community in north-eastern states and also in other parts of India are coming out in large numbers as part of the anti-CAA movement.
The Citizen Opposition of ‘Liberals’, ‘Left’ and Others
Since 2014 there has been consistent political campaign by the BJP and its allied organisations to attack any and all opposition, as 'anti-national', or 'left' (supposed to be a form of abuse) or 'liberal' (another term of abuse). Using the corporate media and the IT cells of the ruling regime that have a strong influence on social media, efforts are made to deride and malign the students, intellectuals and even those without any strong political beliefs who are agitating against the regime in power as ‘sickular’, ‘libtards’, ‘Pak supporters’, ‘urban Naxals’ and members of the so-called ‘tukde-tukde’ gang.
The regime assumed that this opposition could be isolated as they seem confined only to some universities like the Jawaharlal Nehru University, University of Hyderabad and Jadavpur University. But contrary to this belief, lakhs of students and youth – many with no association with left organisations – have been protesting against the CAA and NRC, rising above communal and caste considerations.
The students from different central and state universities and also from the elite IIMs and IITs have come out against police brutality and in support of the students of Jamia Millia, Aligarh and elsewhere.
Students of Savitribai Phule Pune University protesting against CAA/NRC | SPPU Student's Union (Twitter)
Inspired by the participation of the students and youth, many other liberal and secular minded citizens from different walks of life have participated in the anti-CAA/NRC movement. These sections have stood in support of Muslims and condemned the divisive and discriminatory politics that is destroying the 'Idea of India' as a secular and democratic republic.
Seeing in the government moves a threat to the values enshrined in the Indian Constitution, the citizen groups, comprising many shades of political opinion (leftists, liberals or just citizens concerned about the CAA/NRC) have asserted their secular credentials and have demanded equality of the minorities and the migrant population. They have exposed the inconsistencies in the statements of the ruling party leaders and by effectively mobilising the intellectual resources available to them, they have been able to outsmart the corporate media channels supporting the ruling regime. They have neutralised the Hindutva onslaught by using alternative media channels. They have appealed for a peaceful civil disobedience movement against the political regime with a unity of all sections of people.
The consistent and uncompromising resistance of these three streams against the CAA and two of them against the NRC has compelled the opposition parties to express support for the movement. Some political parties like the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Janata Dal (U) in Bihar, Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and the YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh which supported the CAB in Lok Sabha have started demanding a rethink on the National Population Register exercise (a precursor to the NRC) in their states. Even some BJP allies like the Akali Dal have advocated inclusion of Muslims in the CAA.
While appreciating the contributions of these three streams in expanding the social base of the agitation, one should not ignore the differences and contradictions between the groups. It needs to be acknowledged that although all of them are fighting against the CAA, each stream has its own rationale and logic for its opposition.
While the civil society organisations in the north-east oppose the CAA as they feel it will lead to greater immigration into their states, the opposition of the Muslim community to the CAA stems from their fear of the NRC which they feel would be used to declare them as foreigners or second-class citizens in India. The other heterogeneous groups of citizens worried about the CAA/NRC, including the leftists and liberals, see in such legislation the impending danger of fascism and consolidation of majoritarian rule in the country.
The future of the anti-CAA movement depends on how each of these streams opposing the CAA understands and appreciates the concerns of the others and makes necessary adjustments to ensure the unity of all those opposed to the Act.
Although the interests of all the three streams have merged and coincided at this historic moment, there is every possibility that the ruling regime will use the differences and contradictions to divide them and play one against the other. Efforts are on to appease the north-eastern states, suppress the Muslim assertion and vilify the general opposition as 'libtard' and the like.
The future of the anti-CAA movement depends on how each of these streams opposing the CAA understands and appreciates the concerns of the others and makes necessary adjustments to ensure the unity of all those opposed to the Act. The liberals and left should be sensitive to the fears of the civil society groups in the north-east and not dismiss them as imaginary. They must ensure that their general concern for the plight of the stateless citizens does not clash with the interests of the peoples of the north-east.
On their part, the civil society organisations in the north-east should also come out of the xenophobia that makes them view even the poor hapless migrants and refugees as exploiters and unconsciously back the divisive politics of the ruling classes. Similarly, while sympathising with the Muslims’ outburst, it is essential to ensure that their sense of alienation does not make them turn to the communal organisations that only exploit their fears and lead them towards self-destructive violent politics. This would then give an opportunity to the ruling regime to separate the Muslims from the rest of the Indian population by labelling them as anti-nationals and terrorists.
The resolution of differences through continuous dialogue would help in strengthening the unity of the three streams and strengthen the movement against majoritarianism in the country.
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George Will: The price of moral grandstanding
By George F. Will
George F. Will
Columnist covering politics and domestic and foreign affairs
Politics becomes amusing when liberalism becomes theatrical with high-minded gestures. Chicago’s government, which is not normally known for elevated thinking, is feeling so morally upright and financially flush that it proposes to rise above the banal business of maximizing the value of its employees’ and retirees’ pension fund assets. Although seven funds have cumulative unfunded liabilities of $25 billion, Chicago will sacrifice the growth of those assets to the striking of a political pose so pure it is untainted by practicality.
Emulating New York and California, two deep-blue states with mammoth unfunded pension liabilities, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) has hectored a $5 billion pension fund into divesting its holdings in companies that manufacture firearms. Now he is urging two large banks to deny financing to such companies “that profit from gun violence.” TD Bank provides a $60 million credit line to Smith & Wesson, and Bank of America provides a $25 million line to Sturm, Ruger & Co.
Chicago’s current and retired public employees might wish the city had invested more in both companies. Barack Obama, for whom Emanuel was chief of staff, has become a potent gun salesman because of suspicions that he wants to make gun ownership more difficult. Since he was inaugurated four years ago, there have been 65 million requests for background checks of gun purchasers. Four years ago, the price of Smith & Wesson stock was $2.45. Last week it was $8.76, up 258 percent. Four years ago, the price of Sturm Ruger stock was $6.46. Last week it was $51.09, up 691 percent. The Wall Street Journal reports that even before “a $1.2 billion balloon payment for pensions comes due” in 2015, “Chicago’s pension funds, which are projected to run dry by the end of the decade, are scraping the bottoms of their barrels.”
Nevertheless, liberals are feeling good about themselves — the usual point of liberalism — because New York state’s public pension fund and California’s fund for teachers have, the New York Times says, “frozen or divested” gun holdings, and Calpers, the fund for other California public employees, may join this gesture jamboree this month. All this is being compared to the use of divestment to pressure South Africa to dismantle apartheid in the 1980s. Well.
Apartheid was a wicked practice. Guns are legal products in America, legally sold under federal, state and local regulations. Most of the guns sold to Americans are made by Americans. Americans have a right — a constitutional right — to own guns, and 47 percent of U.S. households exercise that portion of the Bill of Rights by possessing at least one firearm.
For Emanuel to say that gun makers “profit from gun violence” is as sensible as saying automobile manufacturers “profit from highway carnage” — which, by the way, kills more Americans than guns do. Emanuel, who is more intelligent than he sounds (just as many think Wagner’s music is better than it sounds), must know that not one fewer gun will be made, sold or misused because Chicago is wagging its finger at banks.
Moral grandstanding, however, offers steady work, and the Chronicle of Higher Education reports a new front in “the battle against climate change”: “Student groups at almost 200 colleges and universities are calling on boards of trustees to divest their colleges’ holdings in large fossil-fuel companies.” Of course, not one share of those companies’ stock will go unsold because academia is so righteous. Others will profit handsomely from such holdings and from being complicit in supplying what the world needs. Fossil fuels, the basis of modern life, supply 82 percent of U.S. energy, and it is projected that they will supply 78 percent of the global increase in energy demand between 2009 and 2035, by which time the number of cars and trucks on the planet will have doubled to 1.7 billion.
Institutions of higher education will, presumably, warn donors that their endowments will be wielded in support of the political agenda du jour, which might include divesting from any company having anything to do with corn, source of the sweetener in many of the sodas that make some people fat and New York’s mayor cranky. Or anything to do with red meat, sugar, salt, trans fats, chickens not lovingly raised . . . .
Liberal ethicists may decide that the only virtuous investments are in electric cars. The Obama administration says that 1 million will be sold by 2015. Maybe 70,000 have been so far. Just imagine how pension funds will prosper by betting on the next 930,000.
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George F. Will George F. Will writes a twice-weekly column on politics and domestic and foreign affairs. He began his column with The Post in 1974, and he received the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977. His latest book, "The Conservative Sensibility," was released in June 2019. Follow
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About CESSMIR
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Gert Vermeulen
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Department of criminology, criminal law and social law
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Website: http://www.ugent.be/re/cssr/en
Email: Gert.Vermeulen@Ugent.Be@UGent.be
Research themes: Policy & Law | Identity | People 'on the move'
Gert Vermeulen is full professor of (European and international) criminal law and director of the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (IRCP) (www.ircp.org). He is also extraordinary professor of international evidence law at Maastricht University, and Privacy Commissioner at the Belgian Privacy Commission, member of the Europol JSB, the SIS II SCG and the EU Article 29 subgroup on Borders, Travel and Law Enforcement. He is general director publications and executive committee member of the International Association of Penal Law. His scholarly and research expertise is mainly in the areas of European and international criminal law and policy, organised crime, terrorism, trafficking in human beings, migrant smuggling, fundamental rights and data protection. He has published widely in these and other areas and has acted as a (research) consultant or ad hoc expert for the European Commission, various EU Presidencies, the Council of Europe, the OSCE and the UN.
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Property peril as prices soar
By Anthony Hilton for MailOnline
WITH the Nationwide Building Society today reporting that house prices are rising at 17.9%, it seems almost certain that it must all end in tears. Indeed, if there is one depressing aspect about the British psyche, it is that success in controlling inflation in the past decade has so conspicuously failed to dampen our enthusiasm for paying silly money for houses in the belief that there will always be someone even sillier to sell them to.
Should we be nervous? Deputy Governor of the Bank of England David Clementi said the other day that there was no great need to worry about house prices despite signs that the boom was running out of control, because mortgage interest payments still accounted for only 8% of personal disposable income against 15% just before the 1990 crash. He was, however, quickly reprimanded in a letter to the Financial Times earlier this month from Cambridge economist Professor Wynne Godley - the same Wynne Godley who led the famous economists' revolt against the policies of Margaret Thatcher in a letter to The Times more than 20 years ago.
Godley says first that if inflation is taken into account, the real cost of mortgage payments is pretty well the same now as it was then and second that capital repayments - paying off the loan, not the interest - add another four points to the total cost. Those who say there is nothing to worry about are being dangerously complacent, he says.
Today, most people seem to be siding with Godley in believing that the housing boom could indeed cause problems. Ignoring it as the Bank has seems a bit like US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan complaining about irrational exuberance in the stock market and then doing nothing to stop the dotcom boom running out of control.
DIY solution
WHILE the British have normally got the better of the French on the battlefield, the roles are reversed when it comes to business. There is something about the French way of running things that we can't quite fathom. At best, British entrepreneurs realise this and steer well clear. At worst, they pretend we are all on the same side then wonder why they get taken to the cleaners.
We provide the expertise and the money to build Concorde and the French end up owning Airbus. We lay an electricity cable under the Channel but the flow of power is always from them to us. British water, transport and electricity utilities are firmly in French hands, but we own none of theirs.
It is the way of the world. Which is why the attempt by B&Q's parent company Kingfisher to take over French DIY chain Castorama seems certain to end in disaster. If Kingfisher wins it will have had to overpay and be left with a business gutted of its management. If it loses, the Castorama board could make it regret its impertinence.
There is still a way out, however. Kingfisher could seek to persuade the French to buy its 55% stake in Castorama rather than try to get hold of the 45% it does not already own. If Kingfisher believes its offer of 67p a share for Castorama is fair - which the French dispute - it could call their bluff by offering to sell them its holding at that price.
Alternatively, it could invite the French to put a higher value on Castorama shares, provided Kingfisher has the right to choose whether it wishes to be a buyer or a seller at the new level. This is unlikely to happen but it is something Kingfisher's non-executive directors should advocate for the sake of Kingfisher shareholders.
The company is in a hole and the first law of holes, as Denis (now Lord) Healey famously said, is to stop digging when you're in one. The current strategy to buy Castorama does not do that - it simply gets Kingfisher's bosses in over their heads.
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Jordan Peele's 'Us' is scary, smart and blood-curdling
Joe Gross, Austin American-Statesman
Jordan Peele just can’t help himself. After the horror movie roots of his debut “Get Out” ended up being overtaken by its brilliant socio-political themes, Peele swore his next one would be a straight-up horror movie.
Which, no question, the excellent “Us” is -- your blood will curdle, there will be yelling at the screen.
But, like “Get Out,” it’s a lot more. Also like “Get Out,” it demands to be seen more than once.
It is 1986 in Santa Cruz, Calif. A young girl named Adelaide (Madison Curry) is at a beach front amusement park with her parents when she wanders off into an abandoned-looking house of mirrors. And then...something happens.
Whatever that something was, it haunts Adelaide to this day. This is where the movie picks up about 30 years later. Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong’o) is driving with her husband Gabe (Winston Duke) and young children Jason (Evan Alex) and Zora (Shahadi Wright-Joseph) to her childhood beach house. Gabe wants to go to the local amusement park, Adelaide most definitely does not -- she is still traumatized by whatever happened there. They meet old friends (Elisabeth Moss and Tim Heidecker) and have a decent time. (Whomever cut the film’s trailers did a bang-up job both revealing and mixing up information.)
That night, however, the family is menaced by a family of doppelgangers, all dressed in red jumpsuits. Each actor plays the horrifying “shadow” version of themselves. Nyong’o, talking in a genuinely chilling croak, speaks for the four invaders, noting that they have lived “tethered” to their counterparts and, well, it’s payback time. “Us” then shifts into a home invasion movie, yes, but as we move further from the house itself, everything gets weirder and weirder. This is not a safe ride.
Everyone is rock solid as his or her counterpart, but Nyong’o does a dazzling job with both parts -- her Adelaide is scared and tough, her tethered counterpart is here for holy vengeance.
Mixing Cronenberg, Hitchcock and yes, a lot of “Twilight Zone” (a reboot of which Peele is helming), “Us” mixes rather direct allegories (“Us and “U.S.” do look awfully similar) with a mess of images that seems designed to provoke vigorous post-view debate. (I am still trying to figure out all the stuff with the rabbits.)
And yes, it’s absolutely as smart as “Get Out.” Peele has said he knows exactly what, for him, the movie is about, but he tried hard to construct a film that folks could project their own meanings upon. It’s hard to escape the “we have met the enemy and he is us” of it all, but the film offers a few paths to getting there.
Oh, and just to save you the time, because it does come up in “Us,” Jeremiah 11:11 (King James Version) says, ” Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.”
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The house from 'Full House' is on the market for nearly $6 million
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In the mid 1980s before all eyes were glued to cell phone screens, families would sit in front of the television to watch child-friendly sitcoms before bedtime. Like The Wonder Years, Who’s the Boss? and The Facts of Life, a big favorite was Full House, which aired on ABC from 1987 through 1995. The setting for Full House was San Francisco revolving around sportscaster dad turned morning talk show host Danny Tanner, whose wife had died and left him with a pre-teen daughter and toddler twin daughters. Needing help with the children, Danny’s brother-in-law Jesse and stand-up comic friend Joey moved in as roommates to help out. Their comedic antics took place in their television home, which was a lovely 1882 Victorian in Lower Pacific Heights. This house, that was chosen out of many possible candidates for the program, has just come on the market and is priced at $5.99 million.
The creator and former executive producer for the sitcom, Jeff Franklin, purchased the house in 2016 for around $4 million and immediately restored the exterior to the way it looked in the sitcom with light gray paint, white trim and red front door, as fans of the program continue to stop and take photos of the home. When looking for the right spot to appear in the series, Jeff told The Hollywood Reporter, "I wanted the family to live in one of those classic Victorian homes. For some reason, that one jumped out at me. There were lots of candidates but that was the winner."
The 2,985-square-foot, four-bedroom, four-bath classic Victorian, originally built by architect Charles Hinkel Lewis, has undergone a complete 21st-century redo. Under the guidance of starchitect Richard Landry, architecturally significant details have been preserved such as the ornate moldings, high ceilings and Corinthian columns. Updates include reconfiguring into an open floor plan, adding skylights, wide-plank hardwood floors and contemporary tiled bathrooms. The kitchen was transformed with Calcutta Oro marble, Viking appliances and bright blue paint.
The fan-popular Victorian house representing the home of the Tanner family in the 1980’s sitcom Full House, which boosted the careers of John Stamos and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, is now for sale priced at $5.99 million. Listing agents are Rachel Swann of The Agency, Beverly Hills and Cindy Ambuehl of Compass, Los Angeles.
This story originally appeared on TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Photos courtesy The Agency / TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
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Micro 3D printing mined for future 5G mobile connections - 3D Printing Industry
5G, the future of mobile communications, ultra-fast video streaming and autonomous car radar, is seeking precision 3D printing methods for its circuitry.
In a University of Birmingham project set for completion at the end of 2018, two contenders from across the industry have been singled out as potential industrial partners for circuit production.
Now, with a further £743.4 thousand from the British Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the researchers have entered into a further threes years of investigation, in partnership with leading industry stakeholders, including BAE Systems, UK manufacturer Elite Antennas Ltd. and Samsung.
The outcomes of these projects are industry-focused, and tipped to place the UK at the center of developments in “Millimeter-wave Antennas and Components for Future Mobile Broadband Networks” also known as “MILLIBAN.”
Illustration of a mmWave cellular network (after “Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications”, T. S. Rappaport, et al., 2014 Prentice Hall) Image via University of Birmingham
A multimillion opportunity
For the past three years Professor Michael Lancaster has been the principal investigator of a project which sought to identify micromachining techniques for making circuitry suitable for for use in terahertz (“tremendously high frequency”) communications. Facilitated by over £1 million in funding from the EPSRC, the first stage of this project is set for completion in December 2018.
In the course of this project, Professor Lancaster and colleagues at the University of Birmingham have published 10 papers detailing different approaches for circuit microfabrication. With authors working at Rutherford Appleton Laborator (RAL) and Jaguar Land Rover, capable of implementing the technology in earth observations and car radar.
Still, the team are looking for cutting edge micro 3D printing technologies that fit the brief. Speaking to The Engineer Professor Lancaster explained, “As the devices go up in frequency these components get more difficult to make […] We’re looking for the best companies around the world who can print things very accurately.”
Reportedly, researchers have narrowed down their options to two companies: 3D MicroPrint and SWISSto12.
3D MicroPrint and Swissto12
The product of a co-operation between leading 3D printer manufacturer EOS and laser micromachining company 3D-Micromac, 3D MicroPrint was founded in Chemnitz, Germany, in 2013. The company specializes in the development and sale of Micro Laser Sintering technology through machines and services. Like its big brother, laser sintering, Micro Laser Sintering is a metal 3D printing method that relies on a powdered feedstock. To achieve finer quality prints, the technique simply relies on a smaller laser spot size, and a finer powder feed.
SWISSto12, the second company identified by Professor Lancaster. is based in Ecublens, Switzerland. Its patented technology, based in 3D printing, is designed especially for radio frequency applications combines both metal and polymer feedstocks. The process is ISO certified, and has earned the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the EU’s Horizon 2020 project.
What is MILLIBAN?
One of the next steps for Professor Lancaster and colleagues is a further ESPRC funded project titled MILLIBAN.
MILLIBAN (Not to be confused with former British Labour party leader Ed Miliband) focuses on the development of devices that exploit bandwidths between 30 Ghz and 300 Ghz, known as the extremely high frequency (EHF) range, a step ahead of terahertz. Due to nature of this bandwidth, though fast, these waves only have a range of 1 km, making them challenging for the transmission of data. As such, EHF is presently underexploited by the telecommunications industry, and a great deal of effort is being applied to figure out how to make use of the waves, through things such as MILLIBAN.
The University of Birmingham’s MILLIBAN project is led by Dr. Alexandros Feresidis, with Professor Lancaster and Professor Peter Gardner, listed as co-investigators. The project has been running since April 2017, and will receive funding for the next two years before it must be reviewed.
While the project remains a technology-agnostic pursuit, according to the MILLIBAN grant application form, “We will develop new paradigms in antenna design leading to breakthroughs in the analogue beamforming performance. This will be based on innovative enabling material technology along with state of the art microfabrication processes building on heritage at the applicants’ institutions.”
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Osteopetrosis Symptoms and Treatment
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Osteopetrosis is a bone disease that causes bones to be too dense, and this abnormality can lead to easily broken bones. Osteopetrosis causes special bone cells called osteoclasts to function abnormally. Normally, osteoclasts break down old bone tissue as new bone tissue grows. For people with osteopetrosis, the osteoclasts do not break down the old bone tissue. This bone buildup causes bones to overgrow. In the head and spine, this overgrowth puts pressure on nerves and causes neurological problems. In the bones where bone marrow usually forms, the overgrowth can crowd out the bone marrow.
There are multiple types of osteopetrosis, which are described based on the type of genetic inheritance. These include autosomal dominant osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive osteopetrosis, and intermediate autosomal osteopetrosis. Each type can vary in the severity of the condition.
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Autosomal Dominant Osteopetrosis (ADO)
Originally called Albers-Schonberg disease after the German radiologist who first described it, this form of osteopetrosis is the mildest type and is usually diagnosed in adults between 20 and 40 years old. Some people may not have any noticeable symptoms. Adults with osteopetrosis who develop symptoms may have frequent bone fractures that don’t heal well. Bone infections (osteomyelitis), pain, degenerative arthritis, and headaches may also occur.
ADO is the most common form of osteopetrosis. Approximately one in 20,000 people have this form of the condition. People with ADO only inherit one copy of the gene, meaning it came from only one parent (known as autosomal dominant inheritance). Those diagnosed with osteopetrosis have a 50% chance of passing the condition on to their children.
Autosomal Recessive Osteopetrosis (ARO)
ARO, also known as malignant infantile osteopetrosis, is the most severe form of osteopetrosis. Infants with ARO have extremely brittle bones (the consistency of which has been compared to sticks of chalk) which break easily. During the birth process, the baby’s shoulder bones may break.
Malignant infantile osteopetrosis is usually apparent at birth. Children with malignant infantile osteopetrosis may develop blood problems such as anemia (low number of red blood cells) and thrombocytopenia (low number of platelets in the blood). Other symptoms include:
Low levels of calcium (which can cause seizures)
Pressure on the optic nerve in the brain (leading to visual impairment or blindness)
Frequent bone fractures
This form of osteopetrosis is rare, affecting 1 in 250,000 people. The condition occurs when both parents have an abnormal gene that is passed to the child (called autosomal recessive inheritance). The parents do not have the disorder, even though they carry the gene. Each child they have has a 1 in 4 chance of being born with ARO. Left untreated, the average lifespan for children with ARO is less than ten years.
Intermediate Autosomal Osteopetrosis (IAO)
Intermediate autosomal osteopetrosis is another rare form of osteopetrosis. Only a few cases of the condition have been reported. IAO can be inherited from one or both parents, and typically becomes apparent during childhood. Children with IAO may have an increased risk of bone fracture, as well as anemia. Children with IAO typically do not have the life-threatening bone marrow abnormalities that children with ARO have. However, some children may develop abnormal calcium deposits in their brain, leading to intellectual disabilities. The condition is also linked to renal tubular acidosis, a type of kidney disease.
OL-EDA-ID
In extremely rare cases, osteopetrosis can be inherited through the X chromosome. This is known as OL-EDA-ID, an abbreviation of the symptoms the condition causes—osteopetrosis, lymphedema (abnormal swelling), anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (a condition affecting the skin, hair, teeth, and sweat glands), and immunodeficiency. People with OL-EDA-ID are prone to severe, recurrent infections.
Both the adult and childhood forms of osteopetrosis may benefit from Actimmune injections. Actimmune (interferon gamma-1b) delays the progression of malignant infantile osteopetrosis because it causes an increase in bone resorption (breakdown of old bone tissue) and in red blood cell production.
A bone marrow transplant can provide a cure for select cases of malignant infantile osteopetrosis. Bone marrow transplant has many risks, but the major benefit of improving longer term survival can outweigh the risks in select cases.
Other treatments include nutrition, prednisone (helps improve the blood cell count), and physical and occupational therapy.
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Ali, Muhammad (subject)
Original photograph of Muhammad Ali, circa 1990s
N.p.: N.p., 1990. Vintage photograph of Muhammad Ali with documentary filmmaker and producer Lindsey Clennell, circa early 1990s. With a holograph notation on the verso identifying the subjects. In articles about Ali from 1988 and 1989, both the "New York Times" and "Washington Post" quote Clennell, and the "Times" mentions his traveling with Ali on a world tour. Clennell's website lists him as the director and producer of a ten part documentary series "Muhammad Ali, the Whole Story," filmed in various locations around the world in 1988-1990, although it does not appear the series was released, and is not be confused with 1996's "Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story," originally broadcast on TNT. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches with wide horizontal margins. Near Fine.
Bookseller: Royal Books, Inc. [United States]
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Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill
I received a number of emails from constituents ahead of the second reading of Geoffrey Robinson MP’s Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill, which took place in the Commons on Friday 23rd February.
I agree that more needs to be done to ensure that as many people as possible in the UK receive the transplant they require and I therefore fully support the move for an opt-out system in England. Transplants save and improve quality of life and currently there are around 6,500 people waiting for an organ transplant across the UK.
An opt-out system has already been introduced in Wales and the Scottish Government has also announced its intention bring forward similar legislation following a public consultation in which 82% of respondents supported the move.
In December last year, the Department of Health and Social Care launched a consultation on its proposals to change the legal default on consent for organ and tissue donation to opt-out. I am pleased that the Government is allowing anyone with a view to take part in the consultation, which will run until 6 March 2018.
More widely, I believe that medical and healthcare professionals must be involved in the process of designing any changes to the system. It is also important that the Government works closely with community groups to ensure that cultural and religious views are considered before any change is introduced.
I am pleased to report that the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Bill passed its second reading and will now proceed to committee stage.
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Immunological mechanisms of inflammation and cancer (Group leader: Prof. Sebastian Zeissig, MD)
Research in the laboratory focuses on the immunological mechanisms of inflammation and tumor development in the intestine and the liver, with particular interest in translational research focusing on monogenic forms of inflammatory bowel disease and the role of inflammation in cancer development.
Microbiota, Inflammation, and Cancer
Chronic inflammation is a risk factor for the development of cancer and many prominent examples of this association exist in the gastrointestinal tract. This includes associations between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer (CRC), Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer, Hepatitis B and C virus infections and hepatocellular cancer (HCC) as well as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and HCC. Of note, in many of these examples, inflammation is clinically inapparent, restricted to the respective tissue and dependent on microbial organisms. In line with the principles, we could recently demonstrate that not only sporadic CRCs but also adenomas as their benign predecessor lesions are associated with disruption of the intestinal barrier and translocation of bacteria into host tissue (Peuker,…,Zeissig, Nat. Med. 2016). This is associated with the activation of inflammatory pathways in the intestinal epithelium, such as the pathway of calcineurin and nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), which promotes tumor growth through support of tumor stem cell survival and proliferation. The observation that such pathways are activated early in the process of tumor development suggests that targeting of microbial elements or downstream molecular mediators may provide efficacy in the prevention of tumor development, which is currently being investigated in the lab. Moreover, we explore whether similar pathways are active in other diseases associated with barrier dysfunction, such as liver cirrhosis, and similarly promote tumor development in these organs.
Monogenetic forms of inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of disorders characterized by chronic intestinal inflammation. In the vast
majority of IBD patients, intestinal inflammation occurs through a complex and incompletely understood interplay of genetic and environmental factors. However, we and others have recently identified forms of mono- or oligogenic forms of IBD, in which one or few genetic defects are sufficient to promote intestinal inflammation (Zeissig Y, Gut 2014; Zeissig S, Gut 2014). Patients with monogenic IBD often present with early-onset disease manifesting during early childhood and exhibit severe and often treatment-refractory intestinal and systemic inflammation. The identification of a genetic etiology in some of these IBD patients not only provided significant insight into the pathophysiology of IBD, but also opened new opportunities for personalized treatment of these patients. This translational research agenda is pursued in close collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics (Prof. Dr. Berner, Prof. Dr. Schütz, Dr. Y.Zeißig) and the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology (IKMB) Kiel (Prof. Dr. Schreiber, Prof. Dr.
Franke). Genetic screening is offered to patients with early onset and/or familial IBD.
Lipid Antigens in immunity
Natural killer T (NKT) cells are an unconventional subset of T cells that responds to CD1d-restricted presentation of self and foreign lipid antigens and is associated with immediate innate-like effects on NK, T, and B cells thereby shaping and orchestrating immune responses. NKT cells are critical for antimicrobial immunity and genetic defects in lipid antigen presentation are associated with primary immunodeficiency in humans. However, recent studies have revealed that NKT cells are not only contributing to protective immunity but also play central roles in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory disorders. Thus, it was shown that ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), is characterized by NKT cell-dependent intestinal inflammation. Similarly, recent studies have revealed that NKT cells are centrally involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and infectious hepatitis.
In our recent work investigating the role of lipid antigens and NKT cells in intestinal and hepatic immunity, we could demonstrate that hepatocytes and intestinal epithelial cells can present lipid antigens via the non-classical MHC class I molecule CD1d to natural killer T cells thus providing the basis for protection from infectious hepatitis as well as intestinal inflammation (Zeissig et al., Nat. Med. 2012; Olszak et al., Nature 2014). Furthermore, this work revealed an essential role of the commensal microbiota and microbiota-derived lipid antigens in the control of homeostasis at mucosal surfaces and demonstrated that primary defects in lipid antigen presentation are associated with immunodeficiency in humans (An et al., Cell 2014; Olszak et al., Science 2012; Zeissig et al., J. Clin. Invest.; Zeissig et al., Nat. Immunol. 2014). Current work in the laboratory is focused on the identification of lipid antigens which link metabolism and immunity in the liver and the intestine (Melum et al., Nat. Immunol. 2019).
Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Zeissig, M.D.
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What are the Effects of Sexual Harassment?
Bethney Foster
The effects of sexual harassment are often similar to those experienced by victims of other types of sexual assault. Sexual harassment is any type of unwanted sexual advance or sexual behavior by one person toward another. Victims of sexual harassment can suffer psychological, financial, and physical effects.
Insomnia can be caused by sexual harassment.
The intensity of the abuse and the length of time over which it occurred are often factors in what affects how the victim feels. The support the victim receives by superiors and co-workers as well as family and friends may play a role in how dire the effects of the abuse are. A victim who finds that those around her support her may not experience the devastating effects felt by a victim who suffers retaliation.
The victim of sexual harassment might become the subject of office gossip.
Many victims of sexual harassment find their work performance suffers. Moreover, the effects of sexual harassment may damage the victim’s career if the harassment took place in the workplace. Victims may miss more work to avoid the abuse or because of illness brought on by the stress of the abuse. There may be retaliation by the abuser or others in the workplace. The victim may also find herself the victim of office gossip.
Sexual harassment may cause emotional issues in a relationship.
In some instances, the victim will lose her job as a result of sexual harassment, bringing with it financial loss. The victim may also find that she has lost connections within her field. Those with whom she worked and those in her field may distance themselves from her.
At any workplace, it's essential that all employees feel that sexual harassment claims will be dealt with fairly, promptly, and without retaliation.
The victim may suffer from psychological effects of sexual harassment. Anxiety attacks, insomnia, and loss of self-esteem are common. Even more seriously, some victims of sexual harassment may have post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, or thoughts of suicide.
Inappropriate and unwanted touching is sexual harassment.
Physically, the effects of sexual harassment can be high blood pressure, headaches, and gastrointestinal disorders. The victim may develop sexual dysfunctions and have overall problems with intimacy. Eating disorders, including weight loss or weight gain, can also be effects of sexual harassment.
Studies indicate that nearly a third of women say they have been the victims of sexual harassment in the workplace. Of those women, more than half say they took no action to report the abuse. In most instances, the women reported that the harasser was either their supervisor or a higher-ranking employee.
Victims who are recovering from the effects of sexual harassment may find help with a support group, counselor, or therapist. Many victims of sexual harassment seek to isolate themselves from other people. Family members and friends can help the victim recover by helping her to avoid this tendency.
Sexual harassment can have a lasting emotional impact.
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What Are the Different Types of Harassment of Women?
MrsPramm
@pleonasm - Self esteem is only one facet of the harm that sexual harassment can do. I had a friend who was constantly sexually harassed and she was just terrified to walk outside by herself. I've had other friends who got unwanted advances from people they barely knew and who wouldn't take no for an answer and they were stressed to the point where they couldn't sleep.
The effects of sexual harassment can be quite severe and that's why it's illegal, or should be illegal in most places.
pleonasm
@Mor - I've never experienced sexual harassment at work, but I have definitely experienced forms of sexual harassment in day to day life and it always disgusts me more than anything else. I've had a man grab my buttocks as I was walking out of a hospital (from visiting someone). There is no world in which I would believe that was my fault. That was the fault of him entirely and aside from the fact that I was revolted by the action, I don't think it affected my self esteem.
People can be willing to brush sexual harassment at work off as being something that can't possibly be that traumatizing, because it's usually only words or small gestures, but when you consider how long the harassment can go on, I think in some ways it can even be worse than a direct assault.
I've lived in an environment where I constantly felt afraid and was made to feel like that was my own fault and it can completely sap your spirit and build up your stress levels, even without a sexual component. I can't even imagine how scarring it must be when that aspect is included.
And you just can't get away from it. If you have people dependent on your job, there's no way for you to quit, or even complain, without assurance you won't be fired.
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Senate candidate: God at work when rape leads to pregnancy
Updated: 5:29 PM EDT Oct 24, 2012
Duane Pohlman
Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock says when a woman is impregnated during a rape, "it's something God intended."
A controversial comment about abortion, made at an Indiana debate involving U.S. Senate candidates is now at the center of a political firestorm.Republican candidate Richard Mourdock said he opposes abortion even when the pregnancy is the result of rape, and Tuesday night stated, "That it is something God intended to happen."Mourdock is standing by his comment, even though it is drawing heavy criticism, even at the top.President Barack Obama's campaign condemned the comments as fellow Republican Mitt Romney began to distance himself from Mourdock.On Wednesday, Mourdock faced reporters for the first time since the debate, telling them his comments have been twisted."I am a much more humble person this morning because so many people mistook, twisted, came to misunderstand the points that I was trying to make," said Mourdock said Wednesday."I struggled with it for a long time, but I came to realize that life is a gift from God and I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something God intended to happen," Mourdock said during Tuesday night's debate.The comment made during a debate televised by WFYI-TV instantly caught fire in social media and drew sharp criticism from the Obama campaign, which called the remarks "outrageous and demeaning to women."Meanwhile, Mourdock's Democratic opponent, Joe Donnelly, who has a pro-life platform, called Mourdock's comment "shocking.""I absolutely abhor violence. I abhor any kind of sexual violence. I abhor rape," said Donnelly.As Mourdock defended his position, he tried to clarify it, insisting he was referring to life, not the rape itself, when he stated that it was something God intended."To twist and to suggest that somehow I was saying God approves of rape is the wrong thing because it was not what I was saying. It certainly is not what I intended. Again, if anyone came away with that, then I apologize that they were able to make that interpretation from my less-than-articulate use of words," said Mourdock.Whether it was stated inarticulately, or as Mourdock claims is just being twisted, the controversial statement made by a Republican in a major race has already stirred new talk from Democrats about re-igniting the "war on women" theme, which could play a major role in the final days of many campaigns across the country, including the race for the White House.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. —
A controversial comment about abortion, made at an Indiana debate involving U.S. Senate candidates is now at the center of a political firestorm.
Republican candidate Richard Mourdock said he opposes abortion even when the pregnancy is the result of rape, and Tuesday night stated, "That it is something God intended to happen."
Mourdock is standing by his comment, even though it is drawing heavy criticism, even at the top.
President Barack Obama's campaign condemned the comments as fellow Republican Mitt Romney began to distance himself from Mourdock.
On Wednesday, Mourdock faced reporters for the first time since the debate, telling them his comments have been twisted.
"I am a much more humble person this morning because so many people mistook, twisted, came to misunderstand the points that I was trying to make," said Mourdock said Wednesday.
"I struggled with it for a long time, but I came to realize that life is a gift from God and I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something God intended to happen," Mourdock said during Tuesday night's debate.
The comment made during a debate televised by WFYI-TV instantly caught fire in social media and drew sharp criticism from the Obama campaign, which called the remarks "outrageous and demeaning to women."
Meanwhile, Mourdock's Democratic opponent, Joe Donnelly, who has a pro-life platform, called Mourdock's comment "shocking."
"I absolutely abhor violence. I abhor any kind of sexual violence. I abhor rape," said Donnelly.
As Mourdock defended his position, he tried to clarify it, insisting he was referring to life, not the rape itself, when he stated that it was something God intended.
"To twist and to suggest that somehow I was saying God approves of rape is the wrong thing because it was not what I was saying. It certainly is not what I intended. Again, if anyone came away with that, then I apologize that they were able to make that interpretation from my less-than-articulate use of words," said Mourdock.
Whether it was stated inarticulately, or as Mourdock claims is just being twisted, the controversial statement made by a Republican in a major race has already stirred new talk from Democrats about re-igniting the "war on women" theme, which could play a major role in the final days of many campaigns across the country, including the race for the White House.
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(L-R) Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Director Espen Sandberg, actors Brenton Thwaites, Geoffrey Rush, Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom, Kaya Scodelario and Director Joachim Ronning at the Premiere of Disneys and Jerry Bruckheimer Films Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA with Johnny Depp as the one-and-only Captain Jack in a rollicking new tale of the high seas infused with the elements of fantasy, humor and action that have resulted in an international phenomenon for the past 13 years. May 18, 2017 in Hollywood, California.
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OpinionNEW WORLD DISORDER
Globalist entities that are dens of sex abuse
Exclusive: Megan Toombs Kinard notes women's claims at climate talks, Peace Corps
By Megan Toombs Kinard
Revelations of sexual abuse and harassment are being printed a mile a minute, and it's all utterly depraved and terrible. But outside of my horror at the hurt experienced by victims, and the impunity with which abusers have continued their reigns of terror, my brain just keeps saying, "Well, duh."
Surely no one was surprised with the Harvey Weinstein "bombshell." And surely no one is surprised at the term "casting couch" and what that means for attractive women and – let's be real – attractive young men and boys. It's horrible. It's disgusting. And it's totally unsurprising.
Kudos to those making the world acknowledge what most people already knew.
Sexual harassment, abuse and rape are alive and well in this world. Those with power often abuse it, and in places like Hollywood, where morality is utterly ignored, that abuse is rampant.
But it isn't just Hollywood. Sexual harassment and abuse are everywhere – and it's important to acknowledge that it's not just women being abused. And it's not just in places like Hollywood.
Harassment and abuse exist in places of altruistic ideologues like the Peace Corps.
Rachel Lu recently wrote an article in National Review about her time of service, and how it was the only place where she expected to receive a bag of condoms every time she checked in for a conference.
As Lu puts it, "Libertinism was a convenient solution to one managerial problem: the need to prevent American testosterone from spilling over into an international incident. It didn't exactly make for a pleasant professional environment for a young woman."
I would think not.
And as the Bonn climate talks are currently ongoing, now is a good time to mention a revelation (that is surely not very revelatory to anyone who thinks about it) of the sexual harassment and abuse that goes on during climate negotiations.
This week two women, Farhana Yamin and Meera Ghani, wrote in Climate Change News about their experiences within the climate movement and the persistent, endemic culture of trivialization, harassment and abuse of women.
Read their articles. The stories they tell are disturbing and shameful.
But sadly unsurprising.
Millions of people look up to these august groups, these famous Hollywood elites, the Peace Corp and the U.N.. And instead of being the role models they claim to be, they have marginalized their more vulnerable members, allowed abuse, turned a blind eye and done nothing.
The hypocrisy is nauseating.
In Hollywood, elites claim moral superiority all the time in the media. Just think of their horror at Donald Trump's sexist comments. They lambast people with opposing viewpoints, claim to support the rights of women and give millions of dollars to charity. And yet when evil is in their midst, they ignore it. They cover it up. And they have done so for years.
The Peace Corps is supposed to be a light to the world, not a den of sexual immorality and abuse. The government itself is promoting sexual promiscuity, creating an environment hostile to women, and I'm sure also to men who do not wish to participate in that type of behavior.
And yet, I'm still not really surprised. Evil people are everywhere, and they will abuse their power if good people stay silent.
And then we have maybe the most hypocritical of all. The United Nations, and even worse, the U.N.'s climate conferences.
These people are claiming to save the world, after all!
"The damage from climate change is catastrophic," they say – and they are going to save us all.
Oh, and, by the way, while they're at it they'll abuse, harass and mistreat the women with whom they work.
What hypocrisy!
But why should we expect anything less from people who support women's "rights" to murder their own children and who support forced sterilization and abortion in the name of population control?
The hypocrisy is real. The horrors are real. And people have known this goes on for years. Even the outrage is hypocritical.
But hypocritical or not, now is the time to take that outrage and turn it to good.
We must take a stand against this vile behavior.
If you see abuse going on around you, do something about it. Victims often can't stand up for themselves. Don't sit in silence any longer. Don't role your eyes. Don't be complicit. Do something – if illegal, inform the authorities, if inappropriate, say so, and in either case urge the victim to do likewise, though always remembering to keep the victim's safety in mind.
Megan Toombs Kinard is director of communications for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation and editor of EarthRisingBlog.com. You can follow her on Twitter @MeganToombs.
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What is the definition of 'character'?
Bill Federer remembers words of wisdom from right-thinking people through history
By Bill Federer
On Nov. 18, 1992, the New York Times printed Mississippi Governor Kirk Fordice's statement: "The less we emphasize the Christian religion the further we fall into the abyss of poor character and chaos in the United States of America."
Jefferson acknowledged the "best support" of good government was the "liberty to worship our Creator," as he stated to Captain John Thomas of the Newhope Baptist Church, Nov. 18, 1807: "Among the most inestimable of our blessings is that ... of liberty to worship our Creator in the way we think most agreeable in His will; a liberty deemed in other countries incompatible with good government and yet proved by our experience to be its best support."
This sentiment was echoed by one of the most popular preachers in America during the Civil War era, Henry Ward Beecher, whose sister, Harriett Beecher Stowe, wrote the anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1852.
Pastor of Brooklyn's Plymouth Church, Henry Ward Beecher stated Nov. 18, 1869: "In the unity of the nation ... we hope much from religion; very little from sectarian churches; much from the Spirit of God blessing the Truth of his Word to the hearts of individual men; much from the individual men that are nobler than their sect; much from free men whose adhesion to forms and ceremonies is the least part of their existence; much from religion as it exists in its higher forms in individual nature and in public sentiment; very little from dogmas; very little from theology as such. ..."
Henry Ward Beecher concluded: "Let us implore the God of our fathers, by his own wise providence, to save us from our wanton passions, from impertinent egotism, from pride, arrogance, cruelty, and sensual lusts, that as a nation we may show forth His praise in all the earth."
A similar view was shared by President Chester Arthur, who died Nov. 18, 1886. The son of a Baptist minister from Ireland, Chester Arthur was an abolitionist lawyer who defended the rights of African-Americans, then served as the Union's Inspector General during the Civil War.
As the 21st president, Chester Arthur stated Oct. 25, 1882: "The blessings demanding our gratitude are numerous and varied ... for ... moral education of our youth; for the influence upon the conscience of a restraining and transforming religion ... for these and for many other blessings we should give thanks. ... I do recommend ... that the people, ceasing from their daily labors ... draw near to the throne of Almighty God, offering to Him praise and gratitude for the manifold goodness which He has vouchsafed to us."
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On Nov. 18, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated in Savannah, Georgia: "We are celebrating the planting of the Colony of Georgia ... which had its roots in religious teachings and religious liberty, a State in which the first Sunday School was established. ... Let me ... read to you a very short passage from ... a great son of a great Georgia mother, Theodore Roosevelt. He said: 'Spiritually and ethically we must strive to bring about clean living and right thinking. We appreciate that the things of the body are important; but we appreciate also that the things of the soul are immeasurably more important.'"
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr., was born Nov. 18, 1957: A college and pro football player, J.C. Watts was a youth minister before being elected in 1994 as a U.S. Congressman. As the House Conference Chairman, J.C. Watts responded to the president's 1997 state of the union address: "I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Martin Luther King, to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking."
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What It's Like to Be Married to a Sex Addict
How I discovered his secret—and how we worked through it together.
By Sophie Jaffe as told to Zahra Barnes
Sophie Jaffe
When Sophie Jaffe, 31, first met her husband Adi, 38, they had an immediate connection. Years later, their relationship almost fell apart when she discovered a web of lies that concealed the truth: Adi was a sex addict, and he needed help. Here, Sophie explains how she came to terms with the issue that threatened to end their relationship—and how it made them a stronger couple in the end.
The Beginning of Our Love Story
My husband and I met at UCLA in 2005. He was in his first year as a Ph.D. student, and I was in my third year of undergrad school. We took the same neuroscience course, began studying together, and both started crushing on each other. I made sure to get in his study group, he would always walk me to my next class, and we were constantly texting. Things moved pretty quickly; we were instantly infatuated with each other and didn't want to be apart once we met. Before we'd even officially started dating, he told me he used to be addicted to meth. He'd gone to jail and rehab, and it seemed to be an issue he had truly dealt with and overcome. To me, that was inspiring and hopeful.
Then, two years into our relationship, Adi cheated on me.
He'd met someone at the gym and hung out with her several times, then slept with her once. He was honest with me about it, and I broke up with him on the spot. I traveled to Guatemala, Cambodia, and Thailand, volunteered as a yoga and English teacher for children, and did a ton of soul-searching. Almost a year after we'd broken up, when I was traveling in Thailand, he wrote me a letter that read, "I saw this quote: 'What would you do if you knew you could not fail?' Even though it's cheesy, I would do everything in my power to get you back and prove to you I'm the one for you. I love you. Tell me if I should go away forever or if I have a chance."
Receiving this unexpected letter confirmed my suspicion that even though I was enjoying my freedom and adventures, I really missed Adi. We talked and came to the understanding that if we got back together, we'd go to therapy; after all, we didn't want to get back together after a year of being apart, then have him cheat again. We needed serious help from a third party who was trained for these situations. We stuck to our agreement and started seeing a therapist soon after we were engaged.
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Discovering Adi's Sex Addiction
When we were engaged, I still didn't fully trust Adi, so I would look at his phone sometimes. (I know—not the healthiest habit, but it's true.) One day, we were on our way to temple, and I found inappropriate text messages between him and other women. He was saying things like how he wanted to hook up with them and exactly what he wanted to do to them. When I found the text messages, he fell apart. He didn't want to lose me, and that was the first time he told me, "I think I'm a sex addict." Apparently, every time we'd gotten into an argument, while I was off crying or being upset, hewould go off and text other women to feel validated.
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Adi started going to Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings five days a week, and we started seeing therapists on our own in addition to the one we'd been seeing together. The New Year's Day after we got married, I found out I was pregnant with our first child. Then, around Valentine's Day, I found Adi's whole secret world.
Adi had an account on Ashley Madison, a website for married people who want to cheat on their spouses. He was using a secret name and e-mail account to exchange sexy letters and nude photos with people. He was almost relieved when I found it because all his secrets were finally out, but I was like, "How much can I handle? How can I believe anything he says when it keeps getting worse?" He swore he wasn’t actually meeting up with women for sex, but why would I believe him? We were only four months into our marriage, and I took my ring off.
Adi decided to go to an outpatient rehab program for sex addiction. He would have done inpatient, but to be honest, we just couldn't afford it since he was a Ph.D. student and I was just starting my wellness business, Philosophie. He did that outpatient program for multiple hours three to four days a week and was still seeing a private therapist. Something about seeing him do so much to work on himself made feel like perhaps we still had a chance. We found a support group, which turned out to be incredibly healing thing for me. Every Sunday night, we would get together with other couples dealing with sex addiction, have dinner, then a meeting. It was a very wholesome, kind, loving environment that clicked for both of us. There were all these couples with amazing relationships, and I realized I wasn't alone and that we could hopefully get through it.
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Mending Our Relationship
That first year of our marriage was the most transformational for us. I was pregnant, we weren't having sex, and he was doing so much work on himself. I was working on myself, too. When I first found out about all the sexting back when we were engaged, I looked at it as Adi having a problem he needed to fix on his own. I didn't think of it as my issue, too. Once you get married, you take on the other person's problems—all of them. The minute I started looking at Adi's addiction as my problem as much as it was his, that's when everything transformed. We really had to go back to basics. He couldn't be friends with girls, go out with his friends and drink, or basically meet up with anyone except me. We did work in so many different ways, like yoga, mindfulness, couples therapy, and talk therapy. All of these practices helped us figure out what our problems really were, what was missing from his life, and what characteristic made him want to fill that space with sexual attention. At its core, his sex addiction was an escape from intimacy.
Adi's parents had never really said they loved him while he was growing up. We say it 10 times a day to each other and our kids, but his mom and dad didn't do that. So when he felt uncomfortable in intimate situations—not just with me, but in life—he would turn to an escape. For a long time, when he was a dealer and an addict, it was drugs. Then, he went to jail and rehab and had become sober, and he started turning to women instead. It was less about actually hooking up with any of them and more about the intrigue, the process of the chase, and the validation of a woman wanting him.
Now that we've done all this work of setting boundaries, going to therapy, and him going to rehab, we're more intimate than ever. I have not a single grain of fear for the future of our relationship. Every day, I trust him more. I never look at his phone, and we no longer need those really strict boundaries of him not having female friends or going out with coworkers. I do think he's recovered, but it's not like it never happened. It's still something we talk about. I'm not hiding, and neither is he.
We're also very honest with our family and friends about it. At first, most of my family turned him into the enemy when they found out, but when I explained that we had a plan and that I believed in him, they slowly but surely came around. Most of my friends have been endlessly supportive, and I've separated myself from the ones who thought he was just a weak cheater. You have to create your tribe, and this experience helped me realize who was really on my side.
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Our Life Together Now
Sex addiction is different from other addictions because you can't just take sex away forever and be sober. We're in a dynamic, intimate, loving relationship, and our sex life is very balanced and healthy. Sometimes we have sex three or four times a week; other times just once. (During his addiction period, we only had sex once or twice a month.) We love each other, we're so into each other, we've been through all this stuff, and it's better than it's ever been because of that trust. Before, if Adi would have ever suggested trying anything different, my mind would immediately have gone into this horrible downward spiral of insecurity and wondering why he wanted to do it. Now, that's not where my mind goes first. Instead, I just think that my husband wants to try something new with me.
Adi was seeking validation in risqué ways with women outside of our relationship. After all the work he did with therapy, group sessions, and understanding that intimacy issues were at the root of his sex addiction, he doesn't need validation as much in the first place. It's definitely improved, and what he still needs, he gets from me and our relationship—beyond sex, I express my appreciation for him and what he does for our family as a way of providing that.
We've been married for almost six years, and a lot of people ask why I didn't just leave. I could have and probably would have, but I saw a willingness to change in Adi. It wasn't just the talk, it was the walk that followed it. One of the most inspiring things about this man is that he was a drug addict and dealer who went to jail, got out, and turned his life around. He went to one of the best Ph.D. programs for psychology and is now helping the world as an addiction specialist. I couldn't want anything more from my partner and the father of my children than him bowing down to that humble, vulnerable side of having made a mistake but knowing he needed to change and grow. It took two years of honest, hard, exhausting, grueling work, but we came out on the other side.
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Sophie Jaffe is a Los Angeles-based health and wellness expert who is certified as a raw food chef and yoga teacher. She founded her company and wellness brand, Philosophie, with the goal of making it easier, more inspiring, and more delicious for everyone—from kids to adults—to attain optimal health and radiant wellness.
When Sophie isn’t crafting revolutionary products from the world's most potent superfoods, she is sharing her insights on how to live a life full of unbounded energy, balance, and love on the Philosophie blog and savoring every moment with her children, Kai and Leo, her loving husband, Adi, and hyperactive dog, Lucca.
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Trooper wants confession in child porn case tossed
WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan State Police trooper charged with possessing and distributing child pornography is asking a judge to throw out his confession.
Devin Wilson was charged in May 2018 after investigators from his own department’s computer crimes unit started looking into his activities. Police say they received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
On Tuesday afternoon, Wilson appeared in Newaygo County Circuit Court for a motion hearing during which he asked the judge to throw out his confession, arguing it should not be admitted as evidence.
The judge ordered an evidentiary hearing scheduled on the matter. The prosecutor told the court she was prepared to call six witnesses to testify. Wilson’s defense attorney David Dodge said he was prepared to call two witnesses.
It wasn’t immediately clear on what grounds Wilson was challenging the confession’s admissibility. Prosecutors say police read Wilson his Miranda Rights before he agreed to speak with officers.
A lawyer from the Michigan attorney general’s office is handling the prosecution of the case because of Wilson’s position as a trooper.
After his arrest, Wilson was placed on unpaid suspension while the case moved through the court system.
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Third-Gen Sprinter Van to Focus on Mobility, Connectivity
December 4, 2017 • by Paul Clinton
One of four dashboards offered on the 2018 Sprinter. Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz.
The 2018 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter will add a gasoline engine, optional factory telematics offering, and more than 1,000 configurations to provide a "holistic mobility solution" when it debuts in February, the head of the company's van division told journalists in Stuttgart, Germany.
Mercedes-Benz is launching the third generation of its Sprinter that was first introduced in the U.S. 1995 and updated in 2010.
"The Sprinter is the flagship of our commercial fleet and embodies our approach toward an integrated system solution," said Volker Mornhinweg, head of Mercedes-Benz Vans. "Comprehensive industry-specific know-how, a vehicle that is adaptable to different transport requirements, and innovative networking services add up to a fully-integrated product offering."
Mornhinweg's van unit provided general information about the new full-size van at Sprinter Innovation Campus, an event that focused on six aspects of the vehicle, including its versatility, possible electrification, telematics capabilities, and features suited for grocery delivery, passenger hauling, and service fleets.
The 2018 Sprinter will provide plenty of versatility with its three wheelbases, four body lengths, three roof heights, four engine powers, and four dashboards. Commercial buyers can also configue many of the interior features such as the van's storage compartments, cupholders, head unit, and climate controls. All models will offer push-button start.
Mercedes-Benz is also shifting the van's drive train to a front-wheel orientation — the van now offers standard rear-wheel drive or a 4x4 option — to lower the load floor to help drivers load cargo. The move will eliminate the prop shaft.
Mercedes-Benz hopes to offer a battery-electric model now known as eSprinter in the U.S., as well as an all-electric eVito (the mid-size van known as the Metris in the U.S.), but the "demand has to be there," Mornhinweg said.
When the 2018 Sprinter arrives in late 2018 or early 2019, Mercedes will offer a manufacturer telematics system known as Mercedes Pro that will provide fleet managers a cloud-based vehicle management tool, telematics data served to a mobile app, cargo monitoring, a digital key, and Linux-based vehicle platform that's designed to encourage third-party vehicle apps. Mercedes-Benz began offering the product in September for used Sprinter vans.
Volker Mornhinweg said Mercedes-Benz hopes to offer a battery-electric model in the U.S. Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz.
The company considered partnering with an aftermarket telematics provider such as Verizon Telematics to offer the telematics product, but elected to retain control of Sprinter data.
"We decided it would be better to do it by ourself because we have control of the solution," Mornhinweg said. "We thought it would be better to have it under one umbrella, our umbrella."
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Intelligence Alert: Kazakhstan Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions
In Kazakhstan, authorities continue to ease or tighten localized restrictions in response to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) activity as of Oct. 21. In Nur-Sultan, persons over the age of 65 are prohibited from visiting libraries, theaters, and museums. Public events, sporting events, weddings, and mass rallies are banned. Additionally, to reduce rush-hour demand, public transport operating hours will be extended to 0600-2300, and will not operate on Sundays. In Almaty, catering establishments may only operate 0800-2200 and may not seat more than 30 patrons. Shopping centers may not exceed 20-percent capacity. Grocery stores may remain open until 2200, while other retailers must close by 1800, and may not exceed 20-percent capacity. Public transport will not operate on Sundays. Public events, including weddings, may not exceed 10 participants. Recreational and cultural facilities, such as cinemas, nightclubs, and bowling alleys, may not operate on weekends.
Quarantine measures were previously extended until Oct. 26 in Shymkent. Under the quarantine regime, markets and fairs may only operate 0600-1800, and indoor markets may not operate on weekends and public holidays. However, playgrounds and food courts in the city may now open. Stricter measures have also been introduced in North Kazakhstan Region. Indoor markets, retailers, shopping centers, catering establishments, leisure facilities, and numerous other nonessential businesses must close on holidays and weekends. Public transport is suspended on holidays and weekends. Finally, persons are prohibited from entering or exiting the cities of Bulayevo, Mamlyutka, and Yavlenka; inter-city and regional public transport services have been suspended.
Authorities continue to maintain international travel restrictions. However, flights with several countries have resumed, including Belarus, Egypt, Germany, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan, though capacity is likely to be limited. Authorities announced a reduction in flights with Germany, the UAE, Belarus, and Ukraine from Oct. 24; the exact reduction level is unclear. Most arrivals, including Kazakh nationals, must provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hours before their arrival in Kazakhstan. These restrictions do not apply to diplomats, aircrews, train crews, ship crews, and cross-border workers; however, freight truck drivers must now provide a negative test. Returning Kazakh nationals who do not produce a negative test upon arrival will be tested and placed in quarantine for at least two days; symptomatic individuals will be hospitalized, while asymptomatic individuals must self-isolate for a further 12 days.
Public transportation and nonessential businesses are operating in much of Kazakhstan, including shopping centers, retailers, covered markets, salons, and restaurants; all establishments must operate at reduced capacity, enforce social distancing, and provide hand sanitizer. Residents may exercise in groups of no more than five people. Authorities continue to recommend that establishments allow employees to work from home. Residents must wear protective facemasks and practice social distancing at all times while in public. Additionally, persons over 65 years of age are not permitted to leave their accommodation except in an emergency.
The restrictive measures taken by Kazakhstan are similar to actions taken by other governments in the region in response to the spread of COVID-19. COVID-19 is a viral respiratory disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (previously known as 2019-nCoV). Symptoms occur 1-14 days following exposure (average of 3-7 days). These symptoms include fever, fatigue, cough, difficulty breathing, sometimes worsening to pneumonia and kidney failure - especially in those with underlying medical conditions.
Check access requirements if traveling to major cities, minimize movement within any quarantined zones; allow additional time for travel. Reconfirm all flights and business appointments. Follow all official directives. Abide by national health and safety measures. Liaise with trusted contacts for further updates and guidance. Ensure contingency plans account for further disruptive measures or extensions of current restrictions. Prepare for freight delivery disruptions. Consider delaying or detouring goods. Maintain contact with your diplomatic representation.
Emphasize basic health precautions, especially frequent handwashing with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer if soap and water are unavailable. Practice good coughing/sneezing etiquette (i.e., covering coughs and sneezes with a disposable tissue, maintaining distance from others, and washing hands). There is no evidence that the influenza vaccine, antibiotics, or antiviral medications will prevent this disease, highlighting the importance of diligent basic health precautions.
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The Bushwhackers to be announced for the Hall of Fame tonight on Raw
Talking to New Zealand-based Stuff.co.nz website, The Bushwhackers revealed that they will be going in the WWE Hall of Fame with the announcement being made tonight during Monday Night Raw. Luke Williams and Butch Miller will be joining Randy Savage, Rikishi, and Schwarzenegger so far in the class of 2015.
Williams and Miller started as The Kiwi Sheepherders at NWA New Zealand and also worked for Stampede Wrestling in Canada and the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico. The two eventually moved their separate ways in 1981 and Butch was replaced by Jonathan Boyd to form the New Sheepherders but Miller returned in 1983.
The wrestled for several promotions throughout the 80s including Bill Watts’ UWF, WWC, Championship Wrestling from Florida, New Japan Pro Wrestling and the NWA. In 1989 they made their WWE debut as The Bushwhackers, transforming their style to somewhat of a comedy, licking fans and each other. The two remained with the WWE till 1996.
Throughout their WWE careers, the two had feuds with Rhythm and Blues, Bolsheviks, Rougeau Brothers, Natural Disasters, Nasty Boys, Beverly Brothers, and others.
The tag team never won a WWE title however they enjoyed big success as the Sheepherders winning multiple titles at different wrestling promotions.
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Free medical clinic in Spartanburg needs more volunteer doctors
St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic said its earliest appointment for a new patient isn't until mid-January
Nolan Blair
CAROL: NOLAN BLAIR JOINS US LIVE IN PART, TO SHARE THE CALL TO DOCTORS. >> The Reporter: MICHAEL AND CAROL, ST. LUKE'S FREE MEDICAL CLINIC HOPES MORE AREA DOCTORS WILL BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME HERE AT THE CLINIC. >> I WOULD SAY WE'RE RUNNING A MARATHON RIGHT NOW. WE'RE VERY, VERY BUSY. >> The Reporter: MANAGER OF SUPPORT SERVICES, ERIKA BROWN, SAYS 2020 HAS BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR THE CLINIC, BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. >> WE HAVE BEEN GETTI AN INFLUX OF CALLS, SO MANY FOLKS HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOST THEIR JOBS AND LOST THEIR INSURANCE. >> The Reporter: BROWN NOTES THAT THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT FOR A NEW PATIENT AT ST. LUKE'S FREE MEDICAL CLINIC ISN'T UNTIL MID JANUARY. >> THE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY IS GREAT. AND AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PATIENTS ARE REQUIRING THIS TYPE OF CARE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITHOUT HAVING HEALTH INSURANCE. >> The Reporter: NOW THE CLINIC IS LOOKING FOR DOCTORS TO VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES, TO HELP DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. >> WE RELY VERY HEAVILY ON VOLUNTEER DOCTORS HERE, TO HELP US MAINTAIN THE CLINICS. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO RAMP UP O CAPACITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR THESE FOLKS. >> IF WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY AND KEEP THEM HEALTHIER, WE NEED HANDS HERE. WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP US O. >> The Reporter: AND THIS CLINIC OFFERS FREE PRIMA CARE AND SPECIALTY CARE. I'M TOLD THAT PATIENTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO GET THEIR MEDICATIONS FOR FREE AT THE CLINIC. FOR NOW, LIVE IN SPARTANBURG, NOLAN B
A free medical clinic in Spartanburg says it is in need of more volunteer doctors.St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic said its earliest appointment for a new patient isn't until mid-January. "I'd say we're running a marathon right now, I mean, we're very, very busy," said Erica Brown, manager of support services at St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic. Brown said 2020 has been a busy year because of the coronavirus pandemic. She said she has talked with several people who have lost their jobs and health insurance. Brown said she still receives an influx of calls daily for new patient enrollments. "The need in the community is great, again, we are seeing more and more patients that require this type of care, health care," said Dr. Maria Gacha, a volunteer doctor. "They have been left in the middle of nowhere without having health insurance."Now, the clinic is hoping more doctors will volunteer their services to help during this hectic time. "We rely very heavily on volunteer doctors here to help us maintain the clinics," Brown said. "But really we're just trying to ramp up our capacity to provide services for these folks."
SPARTANBURG, S.C. —
A free medical clinic in Spartanburg says it is in need of more volunteer doctors.
St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic said its earliest appointment for a new patient isn't until mid-January.
"I'd say we're running a marathon right now, I mean, we're very, very busy," said Erica Brown, manager of support services at St. Luke's Free Medical Clinic.
Brown said 2020 has been a busy year because of the coronavirus pandemic. She said she has talked with several people who have lost their jobs and health insurance. Brown said she still receives an influx of calls daily for new patient enrollments.
"The need in the community is great, again, we are seeing more and more patients that require this type of care, health care," said Dr. Maria Gacha, a volunteer doctor. "They have been left in the middle of nowhere without having health insurance."
Now, the clinic is hoping more doctors will volunteer their services to help during this hectic time.
"We rely very heavily on volunteer doctors here to help us maintain the clinics," Brown said. "But really we're just trying to ramp up our capacity to provide services for these folks."
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Category:Municipalities Of The Philippines
1,489 Municipalities in the Philippines
The philippines is divided into Regions, Provinces, Cities, Municipalities, and Barangays.
Below is a list of municipalities listed in Alphabetical Order.
To get the list of municipalities within each province, go to the Province page.
The Philippine Government defines a municipality as "a political corporate body which is endowed with the facilities of a municipal corporation, exercised by and through the municipal government in conformity with law. It is a subsidiary of the province which consists of a number of barangays within its territorial boundaries, one of which is the seat of government found at the town proper (poblacion)".
One very important factor to remember is that MUNICIPALITIES are not classified as CITIES. The list of cities in the Philippines will continue to increase as municipalities later become cities.
As municipalities become cities the number of municipalities will diminish. However, as municipalities can reduce in number they may also increase in number. The number of municipalities may increase as Municipalities or Provinces get subdivided.
A municipality must qualify to be classified as a city.
Help develop this municipality site: Cabatuan, Iloilo.
The presidents of the Philippines haven't shown any respect for the Barangay system. Not a single president so far has honored the name of the barangay where the Malacañang Palace is located in. Will the 16th president (Duterte) be the first to start respecting the barangay system? So far he hasn't. As citizens, you can ask the president to do so. You can also help update the barangay pages in two ways: (1) by sending your information or pictures via email to franklin_maletsky@yahoo.com, (2) by messaging your information or pictures via Facebook.
Click on the letter to go to the first letter of the Municipality's name:
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Ragay, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Rajah Buayan, Maguindanao, Philippines
Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines
Ramon, Isabela, Philippines
Ramos, Tarlac, Philippines
Rapu-Rapu, Albay, Philippines
Real, Quezon, Philippines
Reina Mercedes, Isabela, Philippines
Remedios T. Romualdez Agusan del Norte Philippines
Riverside, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
Rizal, Cagayan, Philippines
Rizal, Kalinga, Philippines
Rizal, Laguna, Philippines
Rizal, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
Rizal, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Rizal, Palawan, Philippines
Rizal, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines
Romblon, Romblon, Philippines
Ronda Cebu Philippines
Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippines
Rosario Agusan del Sur Philippines
Rosario, Batangas, Philippines
Rosario, Cavite, Philippines
Rosario, La Union, Philippines
Rosario, Northern Samar, Philippines
Rosario, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
Roseller T. Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines
Roxas, Isabela, Philippines
Roxas, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines
Roxas, Palawan, Philippines
Sabangan, Mountain Province, Philippines
Sablan, Benguet, Philippines
Sablayan, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
Sabtang, Batanes, Philippines
Sadanga, Mountain Province, Philippines
Sagada, Mountain Province, Philippines
Sagay, Camiguin, Philippines
Sagbayan, Bohol, Philippines
Saguday, Quirino, Philippines
Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Sagñay, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte, Philippines
Salay, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Salcedo, Eastern Samar, Philippines
Salcedo, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Sallapadan, Abra, Philippines
Salug, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Salvador, Lanao del Norte, Philippines
Samal, Bataan, Philippines
Samboan Cebu Philippines
Sampaguita Village, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
Sampaloc, Quezon, Philippines
San Agustin, Isabela, Philippines
San Agustin, Romblon, Philippines
San Agustin, Surigao del Sur, Philippines
San Andres, Catanduanes, Philippines
San Andres, Quezon, Philippines
San Andres, Romblon, Philippines
San Antonio, Northern Samar, Philippines
San Antonio, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
San Antonio, Quezon, Philippines
San Antonio, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
San Antonio, Zambales, Philippines
San Benito, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
San Clemente, Tarlac, Philippines
San Dionisio, Iloilo, Philippines
San Emilio, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
San Enrique, Iloilo, Philippines
San Enrique, Negros Occidental, Philippines
San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
San Fabian, Pangasinan, Philippines
San Felipe, Zambales, Philippines
San Fernando Cebu Philippines
San Fernando, Bukidnon, Philippines
San Fernando, Camarines Sur, Philippines
San Fernando, Masbate, Philippines
San Fernando, Romblon, Philippines
San Francisco Agusan del Sur Philippines
San Francisco Cebu Philippines
San Francisco, Quezon, Philippines
San Francisco, Southern Leyte, Philippines
San Francisco, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
San Gabriel, La Union, Philippines
San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines
San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines
San Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
San Isidro Davao del Norte Philippines
San Isidro Davao Oriental Philippines
San Isidro, Abra, Philippines
San Isidro, Bohol, Philippines
San Isidro, Isabela, Philippines
San Isidro, Leyte, Philippines
San Isidro, Northern Samar, Philippines
San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
San Isidro, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
San Jacinto, Masbate, Philippines
San Jacinto, Pangasinan, Philippines
San Joaquin, Iloilo, Philippines
San Jorge, Samar, Philippines
San Jose De Buan, Samar, Philippines
San Jose, Antique, Philippines
San Jose, Batangas, Philippines
San Jose, Camarines Sur, Philippines
San Jose, Dinagat Islands, Philippines
San Jose, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
San Jose, Negros Oriental, Philippines
San Jose, Northern Samar, Philippines
San Jose, Romblon, Philippines
San Jose, Tarlac, Philippines
San Juan, Abra, Philippines
San Juan, Batangas, Philippines
San Juan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
San Juan, La Union, Philippines
San Juan, Siquijor, Philippines
San Juan, Southern Leyte, Philippines
San Julian, Eastern Samar, Philippines
San Larenzo Ruiz, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
San Leonardo, Nueva Ecija, Philippines
San Lorenzo Ruiz, Camarines Norte, Philippines
San Lorenzo, Guimaras, Philippines
San Luis Agusan del Sur Philippines
San Luis, Aurora, Philippines
San Luis, Batangas, Philippines
San Luis, Pampanga, Philippines
San Manuel, Isabela, Philippines
San Manuel, Pangasinan, Philippines
San Manuel, Tarlac, Philippines
San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines
San Mariano, Isabela, Philippines
San Mateo, Isabela, Philippines
San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines
San Miguel, Bohol Philippines
San Miguel, Bulacan, Philippines
San Miguel, Catanduanes, Philippines
San Miguel, Iloilo, Philippines
San Miguel, Leyte, Philippines
San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, Philippines
San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines
San Narciso, Quezon, Philippines
San Narciso, Zambales, Philippines
San Nicolas, Batangas, Philippines
San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
San Nicolas, Pangasinan, Philippines
San Pablo, Isabela, Philippines
San Pablo, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines
San Pascual, Batangas, Philippines
San Pascual, Masbate, Philippines
San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
San Policarpo, Eastern Samar, Philippines
San Quintin, Abra, Philippines
San Quintin, Pangasinan, Philippines
San Rafael, Bulacan, Philippines
San Rafael, Iloilo, Philippines
San Remigio Cebu Philippines
San Remigio, Antique, Philippines
San Ricardo, Southern Leyte, Philippines
San Roque, Northern Samar, Philippines
San Roque, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
San Sebastian, Samar, Philippines
San Simon, Pampanga, Philippines
San Teodoro, Mindoro Oriental, Philippines
San Vicente, Camarines Norte, Philippines
San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
San Vicente, Northern Samar, Philippines
San Vicente, Palawan, Philippines
San Vicente, San Pedro, Laguna, Philippines
Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan, Philippines
Santa Ana, Cagayan, Philippines
Santa Ana, Pampanga, Philippines
Santa Barbara, Iloilo, Philippines
Santa Barbara, Pangasinan, Philippines
Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Phlippines
Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines
Santa Cruz, Marinduque, Philippines
Santa Cruz, Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
Santa Cruz, Zambales, Philippines
Santa Elena, Camarines Norte, Philippines
Santa Fe Cebu Philippines
Santa Fe, Leyte, Philippines
Santa Fe, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
Santa Fe, Romblon, Philippines
Santa Ignacia, Tarlac, Philippines
Santa Josefa Agusan del Sur Philippines
Santa Lucia, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon, Philippines
Santa Marcela, Apayao, Philippines
Santa Margarita, Samar, Philippines
Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
Santa Maria, Davao del Sur, Phlippines
Santa Maria, Davao Occidental, Philippines
Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Santa Maria, Isabela, Philippines
Santa Maria, Laguna, Philippines
Santa Maria, Pangasinan, Philippines
Santa Maria, Romblon, Philippines
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Jon Gold Thu, 01/22/2015 - 5:20pm
You Can’t Point A Finger At Saudi Arabia, And Not Have 5 Fingers Pointing Back To The U.S.
Proxy Wars
Jon Gold
For this article, I’m going to skip the partnerships between the CIA, Saudi Arabia, and the Pakistani ISI during the Afghanistan/Russia War to support the Mujahideen against the Soviet Union. Instead, I’m going to move past that time, and into the 90’s where a lot of interesting things took place.
Jon Gold's blog
loose nuke Fri, 03/23/2012 - 12:21pm
Benjamin Franklin, Rolling Over In His Grave by Bill Bergman
Bill Bergman
boilingfrogspost
Covert Operations
m1 aggregate
Richard Blee
The amount of U.S. currency circulating outside banks rose sharply in July/August 2001. The growth ran into the billions of dollars, and was concentrated in $100 bills. These large-scale currency movements matter for anyone who cares about learning the truth about 9/11.
Under money laundering and other laws, assets can be frozen and seized in the banking system. Knowing this, parties concerned that their assets might be frozen or otherwise at risk after 9/11 would have had an incentive to liquidate securities and banking accounts beforehand, and withdraw their money in difficult-to-trace ways. This could have happened in U.S. banking and securities accounts, as well as accounts denominated in U.S. dollars outside the United States. Finding the parties responsible for large-scale withdrawals of currency before 9/11 could help identify people aware of, if not responsible for, those events.
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loose nuke Sat, 09/05/2009 - 11:05pm
Taliban's Bombs Came From US, Not Iran
cia propaganda
dod propaganda
war on iran
Gall, hypocrisy, disinformation, war mongering
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KI05Ak02.html
Middle East - Sep 5, 2009
By Gareth Porter
WASHINGTON - In support of the official United States assertion that Iran is arming its sworn enemy, the Taliban, the head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Dennis Blair, has cited a statement by a Taliban commander last year attributing military success against North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces to Iranian military assistance.
But the Taliban commander's claim is contradicted by evidence from the US Defense Department, Canadian forces in Afghanistan and the Taliban themselves that the increased damage to NATO tanks by Taliban forces has come from anti-tank mines provided by the United States to the jihadi movement against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
loose nuke Sat, 08/22/2009 - 11:36am
Exclusive Interview with FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
marc grossman
http://www.hairenik.com/weekly/2009/08/21/exclusive-interview-with-fbi-whistleblower-sibel-edmonds/
By Khatchig Mouradian • on August 21, 2009 •
On April 23, 2007, I sat down in Washington, D.C. with FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds for an extensive interview, which was published in the Armenian Weekly and on ZNet and widely circulated.
On Aug. 18, 2009, I conducted a follow-up phone interview with Edmonds, who was visiting New Zealand. The interview is an overview of what has transpired in her case since 2007, with emphasis on her deposition in the Schmidt vs. Krikorian case in Ohio earlier this month.
loose nuke Sun, 08/09/2009 - 5:51pm
Sibel Edmonds Deposition: Deep Corruption Beneath the Surface
I went to the Sibel Edmonds deposition and shot video of the Q&A sessions outside; click the link for hyperlinks and 24" video:
http://my.nowpublic.com/world/sibel-edmonds-deposition-deep-corruption-beneath-surface
By Erik Larson
Aug 8, 2009, Sibel Edmonds gave a sworn deposition in which she testified to her knowledge of treasonous crimes and corruption involving current and former members of Congress and State and Defense Dept. officials. Given the nature of the deposition, the lines of questioning focused on Turkish espionage and services obtained through bribery and blackmail by Turkish officials and proxies. However, Edmonds has previously disclosed that the corruption involving U.S. officials also includes money laundering, trafficking in drugs, arms and nuclear secrets, U.S. support for Bin Laden/Al Qaeda, and obstruction of FBI investigations related to 9/11, before and after the attacks; she said these things came up “briefly” during the deposition. Edmonds learned of these things from wiretaps she listened to while working as a translator for the FBI in 2001-2002.
Video coverage from VelvetRevolution.us and BradBlog.com
SnowCrash Wed, 08/05/2009 - 10:28pm
MI5 officer visited Morocco three times while Binyam Mohamed was tortured
Binyam Mohamed
Clinton; Hillary
Davis; David
Milliband; David
(Updated with further developments from Democracy Now. Essentially, the Obama administration is threatening the security of British citizens to prevent disclosure of torture crimes; a less roundabout way to describe it would be that the White House is "threatening with increased risk of mass murder by ending intelligence sharing" -- SnowCrash)
British Lawmaker David Davis Challenges US Threats to Suppress Evidence of CIA Torture
Democracy Now, August 5, 2009
A British court heard evidence last week that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to prevent the disclosure of details regarding the CIA’s role in the alleged torture of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed. We hear from conservative British parliamentarian David Davis about the Obama administration’s attempts to suppress evidence in this case.
MI5 officer visited Morocco three times while Binyam Mohamed was 'tortured'
SnowCrash's blog
Mekt_Ranzz Tue, 05/08/2007 - 9:33am
Hey Bill, How Many Fox Viewers Think Saddam Had Something to do With 9/11?
Hey Bill, How Many Fox Viewers Think Saddam Had Something to do With 9/11? - huffingtonpost.com
Yesterday, Bill O'Reilly was in a lather over a Rasmussen Poll that found 22% of American voters (35% of Democrats) who believe President Bush knew about 9/11 before it happened.
It was "madness," I tellya. "Madness," declared the no-spinster. How could this have happened? It could only be one thing. Well, actually a couple things that are behind pretty much anything Bill finds an opposing point of view....
THE EVIL DEMAGOGUES OF THE FAR LEFT
....or who Bill knows as George Soros, the bastard who funded dissidents fighting to end communist rule in the Soviet Union. It is Soros, says Bill, who funds the hateful, smear-sites, which Bill knows as Mediamatters.org - the "notorious" media oversight website which provides unedited transcripts and sound of many of Bill's comments for free. Free and unedited, y'hear! How damn un-American can you get?!
Mekt_Ranzz Mon, 04/02/2007 - 9:56am
A Heroic Woman
Rick Overton
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VIN CIPOLLA and FREDERICK ISEMAN
Art and the City: Advocacy / Philanthropy
25 September 2014 | 19:00
Location: 4 rue de Chevreuse, Paris, 6e
Mr. Cipolla is President and Mr. Iseman Vice Chair of the Municipal Art Society of New York. They are arts advocates and philanthropists, sharing the conviction that the arts are integral players in communities, building resilience and serving as a catalyst for redevelopment, investment and sustainability. Since its founding in 1893, MAS has fought for intelligent urban design, planning, and preservation, and put the arts at the core of its work.
Vin Cipolla has served as Chairman, President and CEO across private and public organizations and most recently, with renowned designer and architect David Rockwell, has formed RGV, an incubator and venture company focused on design-driven businesses. In 2009, he became President of the Municipal Art Society of New York, and later founded the MAS Summit for New York City, now the city’s leading annual urban design conference. He also co-founded the Alliance for a New Penn Station, founded the Committee for Urban Entrepreneurship, and served as President and CEO of the National Park Foundation, a Presidential appointment.
Frederick Iseman is Chairman and CEO of CI Capital Partners LLC, which he founded in 1993, and Chairman of CI Capital Partners’ portfolio companies in various industries. A board member of the International Rescue Committee and a member of the Yale University Council, he also sits on the Advisory Board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Other board positions include the Metropolitan Opera, Municipal Art Society of New York, Carnegie Hall, and the Chairman’s Council of MoMA. His writing has appeared in major publications and been anthologized in The Inquiring Reader.
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Mark Montgomery rejoins Lesley soccer as assistant coach
Posted: Apr 04, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Lesley University men's soccer team has welcomed back one of their most distinguished former players to become an assistant coach for the upcoming Fall 2008 season.
Mark Montgomery, the former captain of the men's soccer team, will join the team in the fall as an assistant coach to help lead the squad in the third season of the program's existence.
The Lynx will be moving to the New England Collegiate Conference in the fall with their sights set on advancing further in the conference championships than they did this past year. In 2007, Lesley reached the playoffs for the first time but lost in their quarterfinal game. The team will look to Montgomery's coaching and leadership to succeed in their new conference.
During his playing days at Lesley, Montgomery earned All-Conference and All-Academic honors as he helped lead the team into the playoffs.
Montgomery holds several soccer coaching qualifications including 1st 4Sport Level 2 Certificate, Psychology for Soccer (Level 1) and Certificate in Coaching Disable Soccer Players. Mark has worked extensively with youth & adult teams in England and the United States, so the move from player to coach is a natural progression.
Head Coach Paul Vasconcelos commented on the addition of Montgomery to an already stellar coaching staff, "Monty was a great leader on the field and he is a great addition to our staff. We are excited about having a Lesley alumnus on staff."
The Lynx will kick off their fall season on August 30 against Lancaster Bible College as they look to improve on upon their 2007 record of 7-10-1 (3-6-0 NAC).
To learn more about the Lesley University men's soccer team, please visit their website.
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The Beginning of Spring, by Penelope Fitzgerald (Mariner Books, 1988)
Reviewed by Steve Harris
Over the last year or so, I've read a number of Penelope Fitzgerald's novels. Each novel is a marvel of perfection: perfect sentences, clarity, believable characters, realistic historical settings. “The Beginning of Spring” is more of the same, and is perhaps my favorite Fitzgerald book to date. In the novel, Fitzgerald appears to be paying homage to her Tolstoyan roots, with a cast of English characters living in Moscow on the eve of the First Wold War. The novel opens with printer Frank Reid discovering that his wife, Nellie, has left him. Frank is the ultimate rational man, who juggles the care of his three children, along with running his print shop, amidst a variety of Russian figures, and all their idiosyncracies. But Frank has to some extent gone “native,” and negotiates himself through the shoals of bribing police officials, ranting students, and flaming dancing bears. It is the mystical side of Holy Rus he seems to be missing. His book keeper, Selwyn Crane (a follower of Tolstoy) has also gone native, but to a much deeper degree, adopting the role of wandering holy man. His counsels to Frank smack of Alec Guinness as Jedi wise man, but with a shameful secret. While Frank sends daily letters Nellie, via his brother-in-law in England, Crane, introduces a potential new governess in the strange and beautiful Lisa Ivanova, to take the place of his missing wife.
Fitzgerald likes to introduce the absurdity of love into her novels in a way that is very similar to Iris Murdoch (but without the mythological trappings), and she likes to place Love within historical contexts, usually with the role of the sexes as historically understood. The marriage between Frank and Nellie may not have been one of love, but it is one of need. Fitzgerald is at her wry best when she has Frank and Nellie making love on the eve of their wedding. Nellie is upset that she will go to the altar without the knowledge that the women of the town always say they wish they “knew” before going to the altar. As they both stand before the wedding bed, Nellie looks with disgust at the various underthings she will have to wear:
On the white bed some white draper's goods have been laid out, and they turn out to be petticoat, a chemise, drawers and corsets.
“I'm not wearing these. I've given up wearing them. From now on I'm going to go about unbraced, like Arts and Crafts women.”
“Well, it's always beaten me how women can stand them,” said Frank.
“Don't think I'm going to pay for them, though. They can go back to Gage's.”
“They make ridges on the flesh, you know, even with a patent fastener. You'll find I don't have any ridges.”
She began to undress. “I'm twenty-six.”
“You keep telling me that, Nellie.”
Frank attends to the details of daily living without a wife, but the quiet presence of Lisa begins to unnerve him. Whereas Nellie was all nervous energy, unsure of herself in a rapidly changing world, Lisa has a stillness and calm about her that at times seems somewhat bovine. But the children like her, and so does Frank. When Nellie's brother visits, Frank finally blurts out his love for Lisa. The effect is much like ice breaking free, or shoots thrusting up from the earth. The play off of the Tolstoy novel “Resurrection” is deliberate here. But Crane's hopes for Frank, and Lisa, are more for a harmony that is both spiritual and physical. And Frank, as rational man, can do little better than pawing at Lisa's breasts, as he struggles with his own emotions. Lisa, submissive, but timeless, is made love to, before leaving with the children for the family dacha at Lent. It is there that the oldest child Dolly accompanies Lisa into a birch forest to observe one of the more lovely and beautiful scenes I've read in some time: human figures embracing birch trees by the moonlight, and the hint of some sort of understanding link that exists between Lisa and these tree folk. In the end, things turn out all right, at least in the temporary sense, but one is aware of the coming storm, and that lives will never be the same. But there is a consolation that Dolly, who used to be praised for her level-headedness, now calls herself Darya. Perhaps a spiritual seed from the east has been planted in the western soul, just before the Guns of August, 1914.
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The struggle for independence in Mozambique by Eduardo Mondlane, April 1963
THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE - Page 7.
union was made agreed with the terms proposed, an ad hoc committee
was elected and entrusted with the responsibility of carrying on work
until the first congress of the new organization. These were: Eduardo
Chivambo Mondlane, who was elected national president; Uria Simango,
vice-president; David Mabunda, secretary-general; Matthew Mmole,
treasurer; Paul Gumane, deputy secretary-general; Leo Milas, publicity
secretary, and four other people holding supporting positions.
It may be appropriate at this stage to give a brief description of my background as president of FRELIMO in the context of
my present functions in the movement. I was born in southern Mozambique in the Gaza district, which lies on both sides of the Limpopo
basin. My father was a leader of a section of southern Mozambique
known as Khambane, which is part of the Tsonga peoples described by
the great Swiss anthropologist, Philippe A. Junod, in his The Life
of a South African Tribe. I v/as the last child of his third and last
wife. Early in my life I joined my elder brothers in herding cattle,
sheep and goats like most young men in my country. My father died
v/hen I was very young. Therefore, I v/as brought up by my mothers and
my elder brothers. When about 10 years of age, my genetic mother insisted that I attend a local government school because, she argued,
the old world of my father was on its way out, and it would be wiser
if I prepared myself for the new world. I began learning to read and
write and to speak Portuguese in the government rudimentary school of
Manjacaze in 1931. Then two years later I tranferred to a mission
school nearer my residence. On finishing rudimentary education in
1936, I was taken to the capital city of Lourenco Marques, v/here I
continued my education until I obtained the primary school certificate. This was the highest educational achievement allowed an African
in Mozambique. But not being satisfied with it, I decided to continue in one way or another. So I enrolled at an agricultural school
for dry farming. Two years later I completed the courses given and
returned to the Gaza area, where I taught dry farming to the people
of the Manjacaze region for two years. While I was taking agricultural training, I learned some English privately. In 1944, I received a scholarship to study in a high school in the northern
Transvaal, where in 1947 I obtained the Matriculation Certificate of
the South African Joint Matriculation Board. This enabled me to
enter Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Studies in Johannesburg in 1948.
However, soon after entering Hofmeyr School, I was offered a private
scholarship to enter the 7/itwatersrand University at Milner Park,
Johannesburg to continue my studies in the social science.
In 1949 the Nationalist Government, under Dr. Daniel F.
Malan, refused to renew my permit as a foreign student, obviously
because I was a black student in a v/hite university. On returning
to Mozambique in October 1949? the Portuguese government had me
arrested for investigation. At that time I had organized an African
students association v/hich drew its members from the few African
secondary, commercial and technical school students of Mozambique.
The government thought the organization was really a political group,
camouflaging as a social and academic, group. They arrested as many
of the members of that organization as they could, and investigated
them to determine what relationship there was between my expulsion
from South Africa and the activities of the organization. After
three days and nights of constant questioning, in v/hich the police
covered every phase of my student life in South Africa, they drew
up a report tc the attorney general of the Portuguese Republic of
Lisbon. A few months later the attorney general issued an analysis
of the report with his office's conclusion, v/hich ran generally this
way: (a) that I v/as politically a threat to the colony, but that
since there was nothing definite about my past history they could
not prefer charges against me; (b) that I had been infected with a
Communist virus, which might affect others, especially the young
people who were members of my association; (c) that I had an embryonic spirit of black nationalism which should be uprooted as soon
Title The struggle for independence in Mozambique by Eduardo Mondlane, April 1963
Description Addendum from April 1963 to the essay by Eduardo Mondlane (March1963) about the struggle for independence in Mozambique. Contents: Early contacts with Portugal (p. 1); Portuguese conquer coastal city states and the interior (p. 1); Economic exploitation (p. 3); Rebirth of nationalism (p. 4); The national liberation movement (p. 5); Unity under FRELIMO (p. 9); Programme of FRELIMO (p. 10).
Creator Mondlane, Eduardo C.
Full text THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN MOZAMBIQUE - Page 7. union was made agreed with the terms proposed, an ad hoc committee was elected and entrusted with the responsibility of carrying on work until the first congress of the new organization. These were: Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane, who was elected national president; Uria Simango, vice-president; David Mabunda, secretary-general; Matthew Mmole, treasurer; Paul Gumane, deputy secretary-general; Leo Milas, publicity secretary, and four other people holding supporting positions. It may be appropriate at this stage to give a brief description of my background as president of FRELIMO in the context of my present functions in the movement. I was born in southern Mozambique in the Gaza district, which lies on both sides of the Limpopo basin. My father was a leader of a section of southern Mozambique known as Khambane, which is part of the Tsonga peoples described by the great Swiss anthropologist, Philippe A. Junod, in his The Life of a South African Tribe. I v/as the last child of his third and last wife. Early in my life I joined my elder brothers in herding cattle, sheep and goats like most young men in my country. My father died v/hen I was very young. Therefore, I v/as brought up by my mothers and my elder brothers. When about 10 years of age, my genetic mother insisted that I attend a local government school because, she argued, the old world of my father was on its way out, and it would be wiser if I prepared myself for the new world. I began learning to read and write and to speak Portuguese in the government rudimentary school of Manjacaze in 1931. Then two years later I tranferred to a mission school nearer my residence. On finishing rudimentary education in 1936, I was taken to the capital city of Lourenco Marques, v/here I continued my education until I obtained the primary school certificate. This was the highest educational achievement allowed an African in Mozambique. But not being satisfied with it, I decided to continue in one way or another. So I enrolled at an agricultural school for dry farming. Two years later I completed the courses given and returned to the Gaza area, where I taught dry farming to the people of the Manjacaze region for two years. While I was taking agricultural training, I learned some English privately. In 1944, I received a scholarship to study in a high school in the northern Transvaal, where in 1947 I obtained the Matriculation Certificate of the South African Joint Matriculation Board. This enabled me to enter Jan H. Hofmeyr School of Social Studies in Johannesburg in 1948. However, soon after entering Hofmeyr School, I was offered a private scholarship to enter the 7/itwatersrand University at Milner Park, Johannesburg to continue my studies in the social science. In 1949 the Nationalist Government, under Dr. Daniel F. Malan, refused to renew my permit as a foreign student, obviously because I was a black student in a v/hite university. On returning to Mozambique in October 1949? the Portuguese government had me arrested for investigation. At that time I had organized an African students association v/hich drew its members from the few African secondary, commercial and technical school students of Mozambique. The government thought the organization was really a political group, camouflaging as a social and academic, group. They arrested as many of the members of that organization as they could, and investigated them to determine what relationship there was between my expulsion from South Africa and the activities of the organization. After three days and nights of constant questioning, in v/hich the police covered every phase of my student life in South Africa, they drew up a report tc the attorney general of the Portuguese Republic of Lisbon. A few months later the attorney general issued an analysis of the report with his office's conclusion, v/hich ran generally this way: (a) that I v/as politically a threat to the colony, but that since there was nothing definite about my past history they could not prefer charges against me; (b) that I had been infected with a Communist virus, which might affect others, especially the young people who were members of my association; (c) that I had an embryonic spirit of black nationalism which should be uprooted as soon
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Category: Hockey
Kate Smith and “God Bless America”
Dear Sports Fan,
What’s the story with Kate Smith and “God Bless America? Why are people all up in arms about this?
Dear Alex,
You’re absolutely right to ask and I’d be happy to explain as best I can. In fact, I’ve wanted to write about this since I first saw her name in the news, because this story is a perfect intersection of sports, politics, and history, all of which are of great interest to me. I’m going to tackle this as a series of short questions and answers. Some of the questions may seem like exaggerations of how people might react to this news, but I guarantee you, they are not. They are based on a survey of opinion articles on the story. Here are just a few of the headlines:
If We Cancel Kate Smith, We Must Cancel The New York Yankees
The banishing of Kate Smith isn’t ‘sensitive’ — it’s ridiculous
Yankees’ Kate Smith ban could lead to the breakup of America itself
Who is Kate Smith?
Kate Smith was a hit singer in the 1930s and 40s who had popular radio and later television shows. At her peak, she was one of the most famous people in the country. She remained a celebrity through the 1970s. She was strongly associated with patriotism – having popularized the Irving Berlin song, “God Bless America” and helped to sell war bonds during World War II.
What is her sports connection?
Smith became connected to the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team in the late 1960s – early 1970s. According to NBC Sports, a member of the Philadelphia Flyer’s organization was reacting to fans being unhappy with the playing of the national anthem before games during the 1969 season in the context of the Vietnam War and the reinstatement of the draft. He “stumbled across” a recording of Kate Smith singing “God Bless America” from the 1930s and decided to try it instead of the anthem. It became a tradition in Philadelphia, in part because the team seemed to play better in games when it was substituted for the National Anthem — they won 19 of their first 21 games when Kate Smith’s recording was played.
The team invited Smith to sing the song in person, which she did on several occasions, the most memorable of which was during a Stanley Cup gam against the Boston Bruins in 1974, which the Flyers won. Here’s one of her live performances:
The tradition continued after her death in 1986.
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, many Major League Baseball teams began using Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” during their seventh inning stretches. (The seventh inning stretch is a slightly longer break between the first half of the inning and the second half which usually has a musical accompaniment.) The New York Yankees kept this new tradition up longer than other teams.
Why is she in the news now?
Both teams have recently stopped using Smith’s recording after an “email from a fan alerted them” that Smith had also recorded at least two racist songs. The Flyers have also covered up a statue of Smith that stood outside their stadium.
The teams’ decisions have sparked a slew of reactions among fans and in media, the majority of which (or at least the most vocal of which) defend Smith and ridicule the teams for their decisions.
What were the songs she recorded and were they really racist?
The two songs cited were “Pickaninny Heaven” and “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” and yes, they are really racist. The word “pickaninny” itself is a racial slur and the song, “Pickaninny Heaven” traffics in stereotypes about black culture. “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” is the far more insidious of the two songs. It espouses the idea that black people were born for the express purpose of serving white people, not only as manual laborers and entertainers but also as moral examples and encourages black people to accept their lot in life.
But this was the 1930s. Everyone was racist! Also, “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” was satire and the black singer, Paul Robeson performed it.
Not everyone was racist in the 1930s. Some people definitely were though and there was conflict, just like all other times in American history. In the specific context of the 1930s though, you had black people being disproportionately affected by the Great Depression, a rise in lynchings, a continuation of Jim Crow, and the rise of fascism with its fake-genetics racism. Songs, like the two in question, that perpetuate the myth of racial difference and inferiority were not simply a reflection of the times but also purposely racist in the context of the time.
The idea that “That’s Why Darkies Were Born” was intended as satire at the time has been circulating in the current news cycle. I can’t find the source of this, nor can I find anything to support it. Paul Robeson, a black singer and social and political activist (and Rutgers football star), whose civil rights credentials are unquestionable, did perform the song but that doesn’t prove anything. His rendition sounds to me as though it is filled with deep pathos, not satire; that by applying his magnificent voice and presence to the song, he’s challenging audiences, “are you sure you believe that black people are inferior?” or at least making the point, “it’s really sad that so many people think black people are inferior.” Even if the song were truly satirical and Robeson’s performance was satirical, the same would not be true of a white woman performing the song. Not all comedy works if you sub out the comedian.
Okay fine, but isn’t this an overreaction?
An overreaction? It’s definitely a quick reaction. The teams involved have changed their behavior soon after learning about the questionable behavior. I can think of three possible reasons for the quick reaction.
Sports teams are now run by people committed to social justice and always doing the right thing regardless of the bottom line.
Sports teams are scared of being shamed by their fans.
The two teams in question were getting sick of their connection to Kate Smith and were looking for a reason to ditch her rendition of God Bless America.
Which do you think is most likely? I think we can toss out #1 immediately. The people who run sports teams are still interested in winning and making money; not necessarily in that order. #3 is possible. Playing a recording of God Bless America from over 80 years ago firmly ties your team to a nostalgic appreciation of the past. In the era of social media, teams might feel like ditching that for a more contemporary vibe but not be sure how to do it on their own.
#2 is definitely my choice though. The era of #metoo was directly proceeded by the era of tearing down confederate monuments and of revisiting public tributes to past figures in general. The engine powering all of this is a powerful anger that should scare any organization as reliant on good will and consumer interaction as a sports team.
So, it’s a quick reaction, but is it an overreaction? It’s hard to judge that if you’re not a person who is offended by something. How do you judge how badly someone is offended? Luckily for us, we can mostly look at the other side of the equation: how important is it to play Kate Smith’s “God Bless America” at sporting events? The answer to that is pretty easy – it’s not that important!
But this is historical revisionism! You can’t just rewrite the past.
Yah, historical revisionism is bad. It’s way better to find a way of telling a story of the past that is inclusive of the incorrect ways people have told that same story. The best example I know of an organization doing this is the Natural History Museum in NYC. That said, the Flyers and the Yankees are not history museums. They don’t have an obligation to correct the historical record. They do have an obligation not to offend current fans.
Well, I’m a current fan and I feel offended by the destruction of a beloved tradition.
Good. If the only things we lose because of our culture’s greater understanding of more diverse historical and lived experiences are painless to lose, then we are not evaluating things deeply enough.
I just wish people would keep politics out of sports. Sports is a refuge from politics.
Nonsense – use of Kate Smith’s “God Bless America” at sporting events has always been political. The Flyers first subbed it in for the National Anthem because of the context of the Vietnam War and political divisions within their fanbase. The Yankees started using it after the attacks of September 11, 2001; a political response to a political act. Politics are inextricably combined with all of our activities and that certainly includes our sports!
Ezra Fischer
Author Ezra FischerPosted on May 2, 2019 May 2, 2019 Categories Baseball, Following Sports, HockeyTags baseball, general sports, hockey, politics, race
How to sound smart during the Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey
The biggest story of 2018 Olympic Ice Hockey is the decision of the National Hockey League (the NHL is the American men’s professional ice hockey league, widely considered the best in the world) not to allow its professionals to take part in the games. While knowing that story may get you in the door, it won’t help you very much once the games begin. Here’s a detail to watch which will keep you interested and sounding like an insider: in addition to watching the puck, watch the line changes.
This post is one in a series of posts about the Winter Olympics that arm the casual viewer with a single tactic to sound smart while watching each event. Focusing on these details may also make your viewing experience more enjoyable!
Hockey is the most exhausting team sport in the world. Even the best ice hockey players in the world simply cannot play for more than about a minute at a time. Unlike football, play in ice hockey doesn’t stop and start frequently to conveniently allow for substitutions. Tired ice hockey players need to find a moment when sprinting to their team’s bench to be replaced by a teammate won’t hurt their team. The best time for a line change (when two or three teammates all go to the bench and are replaced by teammates) is when your team has the puck or has dumped it way behind the other team into their defensive zone where it’s going to take them a little while to fetch it.
Being aware of line changes may seem like a small thing or perhaps even a little boring but they can be quite dramatic. A bad line change often results in a scoring chance against the team that made the bad change. In a low-scoring game, one or two bad line changes can be enough to decide who wins and who loses. A good line change is sometimes the result of one player, already exhausted, pushing herself through her exhaustion to allow her teammates to get off the ice.
A veteran ice-hockey fan has an imaginary clock in his or her head that counts from each line change up to around 35 seconds. At 35 seconds you start getting curious about how your team will manage to change lines. At 40 seconds, the tension begins to mount. At 45, you are actively rooting for your team to get the puck into a good line change position. At 50, you are starting to panic and at 55 you’ve started to scream at the television. Make it to 60 seconds and you’re usually depressed over the goal your team just let in.
As a bonus, there is also a potential penalty associated with line changes called Too Many Men on the Ice (note that some women’s leagues use this language and some call it Too Many Players on the Ice). This penalty is called when a line change has gone so disastrously wrong that a team ends up with, you guessed it, too many players on the ice! It’s a near unforgivable offense in hockey because it costs a team two minutes playing with one fewer player on the ice than the other team. During normal play, this almost never happens, but in pressure situations, when players are tired and stressed, it does happen. If you have gotten used to watching the line changes, you will catch this and be the first person at your viewing party yelling about it.
Author Ezra FischerPosted on February 8, 2018 Categories Hockey, OlympicsTags hockey, ice hockey, olympics, winter olympics
Why do sports fans like injuries? Are they evil?
My partner seems to really enjoy when an athlete gets hurt playing their sport. Usually it’s when it’s an opponent but sometimes even a player on the team he roots for. What’s up with that? Why do sports fans like injuries? Are they evil?
Dear Violet,
I’ve been thinking about this question a lot over the past couple of weeks, since the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs started. Even though I’ve been a hockey fan for over twenty years now, the intensity, violence, and sheer excitement of the playoffs surprises me every year. Injuries are one of the most noticeable ways in which the playoff games differ from the regular season games. Hockey playoffs are set up as best four game out of seven series between two teams. During the course of one of these playoff series, the injury rate for players seems to approach 100%. Just off the top of my head, from the series I was following most closely, I can think of countless times when players got hit in the face with sticks or with the puck, injuries resulting from players blocking shots and taking the puck off a unpadded or insufficiently padded area, twisted knees, and crunched shoulders. And of course, the dreaded specter of concussions looms over hockey as it does every collision sport.
All of these things happen during regular season hockey games but not nearly as often as they do during the playoffs. Your question begs me to consider my love for the playoffs and their higher rate of injury — am I a masochist? or is there another reason for enjoying seeing other people get hurt?
Over the years on this blog, I’ve suggested that one of the primary and primal reasons why people love watching sports is because they enjoy watching other people do things they absolutely could never do themselves. In this case, I think there’s another similar rationale that comes into play. People love watching sports because they enjoy watching other people do things they absolutely would never do themselves. The thrill of watching other people in danger and the admiration of our sport heroes courage are palpable. A hockey player who slides in front of a 100 mph slap shot, risking broken bones, smashed teeth, or worse simply to prevent his goalie from needing to make a save is doing something as unthinkable to most sports fans as LeBron James dunking a basketball or Bryce Harper hitting a home run. The distance between us and the hockey player is simply mental, not physical. Hockey injuries are a visual reminder of the mental distance between NHL players and normal fans.
The other aspect of enjoying injuries, especially in hockey, is that they, and how quickly hockey players return to play from suffering them, are a testament to how much hockey players care about winning. Sports fans live with the constant nagging fear that in the entire ecosystem of sports, they care more than the owners, coaches, general managers, players, and media members. It’s okay to be the person who cares the most about something, but when you care the most and have the least control over the outcome of something, you’re generally the rube. The way that hockey players play in the playoffs — recklessly, relentlessly, and despite injury — shows that they care just as much as the fans.
So, the next time your partner gets excited by blood dripping onto the ice, just know that he sees that as a sign that his passion is matched by the players he roots for and that he is admiring someone for doing something he would never, ever do.
Author Ezra FischerPosted on April 26, 2016 Categories Hockey, Understanding SportsTags fans, hockey, injuries, nhlLeave a comment on Why do sports fans like injuries? Are they evil?
What's the difference between a major and minor penalty in hockey?
What’s the difference between a major and a minor penalty in hockey? Is it just how long the penalty is?
Dear Amber,
Ice hockey has one of the most colorful ways of penalizing players for misdeeds on the ice. The guilty player is sent to sit, alone, on the other side of the ice from their teammates, in a little glass-enclosed prison called the penalty box. While they are there, their team (usually) has to play a player (basically everyone, even in women’s hockey, says “a man down” but we’ll use the more egalitarian “player”) down. Duration is one difference between a major and a minor penalty in hockey, but it’s not the only one. There are actually a few more key types of penalties in hockey: minor, double minor, major, and a confusing category that includes misconducts, game misconducts, and match penalties. In this post, we’ll run through each type of penalty and its consequences.
What is a minor penalty in hockey?
The minor penalty is by far the most common penalty in hockey. It’s given for infractions like tripping, obstruction, goalie interference, and the less violent forms of cross-checking, high sticking, boarding, etc. A minor penalty sends a player to the penalty box for two minutes. During that time, her team will play with a four player unit on the ice called a penalty killing unit, while the other team plays with five players on an offensive-minded power play unit. If a goal is scored by the team with the extra player, during the two minute penalty, the rest of the penalty time is negated and the teams return to even strength — five against five. If another player on the same team commits a penalty while his teammate is still serving a two minute minor, that player joins his teammate in the penalty box and their team plays two players down. The resulting 5-3 power play often results in a goal. If the goal is scored during the 5-3, only the first player to commit the penalty leaves the box, and when play resumes, there will still be a 5-4 penalty.
What is a double-minor penalty in hockey?
A double-minor is exactly what it sounds like — two minor penalties assessed to a single player. This could be for two separate acts. For example, a player could be called for tripping, feel as though it was the result of a dive, get angry at the player who he thinks dove, start a scuffle with that player, and be assessed an additional minor penalty for roughing. The result would be a double-minor: two minutes for tripping and two minutes for roughing. More common is a double-minor assessed for a single act whose violence merits more than two minutes of penalty time. Double-minors are relatively rare and the majority of them are for a single offense: high sticking. High sticking, when one player’s stick hits another player above the shoulders not as part of the follow-through from a shot, is a two minute, minor penalty… unless the player who got hit with the stick bleeds. In that case, it’s a double-minor. This is why you’ll often see a ref go over to examine the player who took the stick in the head or face. Fans of that team will often be rooting for blood to appear. It’s a weird rule. A double-minor behaves like two independent minor penalties, one after another. If a goal is scored during the first two minutes, whatever time is left on that penalty is forgiven and the second two-minute penalty will begin as soon as play resumes. If a goal is scored during the second two minutes, the rest of that penalty is wiped out and the player leaves the penalty box.
What is a major penalty in hockey?
A major penalty is generally one given for a violent infraction with intent. Most are more serious versions of minor penalties. For example, cross-checking, boarding, elbowing, charging, may all be given in minor form or as a major. A major penalty comes with five minutes of penalty time. Five minutes is a lot, but there’s another reason that major penalties are so punitive. Major penalties can never be wiped out by a power play goal. Unlike in a minor or double-minor, when the team with the extra player scores during a major penalty, the penalty continues. No matter how many goals the other team scores, they continue to play with a numerical advantage until the five minutes are up. A major penalty is the one given for fighting, but because fighting always involves two players equally, the two major penalties cancel each other out. Although the two players involved do have to sit in the penalty box, their teams are allowed to continue playing five on five as they would otherwise do.
What are misconduct, game misconduct, and match penalties?
These three forms of penalty are a little complicated but they’re basically all given to players who do dumb shit on the ice. Their primary purpose is to get a player off the ice for either ten minutes (the misconduct) or the rest of the game (game misconduct and match penalty). None of them result in a power play but they’re often given in conjunction with a minor or major penalty. For example, a player who throws a particularly dangerous elbow may be given a major and a match penalty. Both the game misconduct and match penalty result in throwing a player out for the rest of the game but they have different implications for fines and suspensions after the fact. All three types of penalties are relatively rare, but you will see them if you keep watching hockey for long enough.
Hopefully this gives you a sense of how the major (no pun intended) forms of penalties work in hockey. The primary difference between them is duration, but what happens when a goal is scored during the resulting power play is another important factor.
Author Ezra FischerPosted on November 4, 2015 Categories Hockey, Understanding SportsTags hockey, nhl, penalties, rulesLeave a comment on What's the difference between a major and minor penalty in hockey?
How does a snap shot work in hockey?
How does a snap shot work in ice hockey? Can you describe how it works and when or why a player would choose to use it?
Dear Pat,
There are three main kinds of shots in ice hockey: the slap shot, the snap shot, and the wrist shot. Each shot has its own technique and is distinguishable when watching hockey on TV or in person. Each shot has advantages and disadvantages and is appropriate for different situations. In this post, we’ll describe the most commonly used shot in today’s National Hockey League, the snap shot. You’ll learn how to identify it when you see it, when and what it’s used for, and even how to do it if you find yourself with a hockey stick in your hands.
The snap shot is a hybrid shot which combines the best features of the slap shot and wrist shot together in a single unstoppable combination. As we described in the post on wrist shots, the wrist shot is the quickest to get off because it requires no windup and the most accurate because it’s done in a single, fluid motion where the puck never leaves the blade of the stick. As we described in our post about slap shots, the slap shot is the most powerful shot in hockey — it can send a puck flying through the air at over 100 miles per hour. The snap shot steals elements from both shots. You can understand the snap shot as a slap shot but without most of the wind-up or as an abbreviated wrist shot. Take a look at one good example:
The clearest advantage of a snap shot is that it takes virtually no preparation to take. You can move into the snap shot motion equally well from stick handling or immediately from a pass. The snap shot doesn’t have the wind-up of a slap shot or the fluid but long motion of the wrist shot. This makes it much harder for goalies or defenders to block. Curtailing the wind-up also robs the other team of vital information about the direction of the shot. The snap shot takes advantage of the flexibility of modern hockey sticks but also allows a player to aim quite accurately.
If you want to work on taking a snap shot yourself, start with a slap shot or a wrist shot, whichever you’re more comfortable with. If you choose slap shot, take a smaller and smaller wind-up until you’re barely moving your stick back from the puck before propelling it forward and into a shooting motion. Once you’re there, raise your bottom hand up six inches to a foot on the shaft of the stick and add an extra flick of your bottom wrist right after your stick comes in contact with the puck. If you’re more comfortable starting with a wrist shot, practice leaving the puck still on the ice as you do the first half of the sweeping motion of the shot. It will feel like you’re picking the puck up in the middle of the wrist shot motion. Now add some extra oomph to the shot by slapping the puck when you first make contact.
Author Ezra FischerPosted on October 23, 2015 Categories Hockey, Understanding SportsTags definitions, hockey, nhl, shotsLeave a comment on How does a snap shot work in hockey?
How does a wrist shot work in hockey?
How does a wrist shot work in ice hockey? Can you describe how it works and when or why a player would choose to use it?
Dear Greg,
There are three main kinds of shots in ice hockey: the slap shot, the snap shot, and the wrist shot. Each shot has its own technique and is distinguishable when watching hockey on TV or in person. Each shot has advantages and disadvantages and is appropriate for different situations. In this post, we’ll describe the wrist shot. You’ll learn how to identify it when you see it, when and what it’s used for, and even how to do it if you find yourself with a hockey stick in your hands.
The wrist shot is the quiet killer in hockey. Although it’s no longer the most common shot in hockey, it still has a lot of advantages over its more bombastic cousins, the slap shot and snap shot. It’s easy to identify a wrist shot because it’s usually the one you don’t see! For a professional player, the transition between simply skating with the puck and taking a wrist shot is seamless to the point of invisibility. If you look closely, you may notice a player position the puck slightly farther out to the side or even slightly behind them right before they move into the wrist shot motion. From this position, the player flicks the puck forward in a single, smooth motion.
Most of the power of a wrist shot comes from a shift in weight from one leg to the other – the leg farthest from the goal to the one closest – that’s also neigh impossible to see. In the follow through after the shot, a player’s stick may come up to about waist-high. The puck moves fluidly throughout a wrist shot from being on the ice but not in touch with the stick, to touching the tip of the stick, to sliding backwards along the blade. The puck will slide back on the blade only to around the midpoint of the curve, at which point, the players movement begins to sling-shot the puck forward. It’s called a wrist shot because a player’s lower hand will turn over during the shot, using the wrist to flick the puck at toward the goal. Take a look at NHL player Alex Steen score on a wrist shot here:
The biggest advantage of the wrist shot is that goalies and defenders have as hard a time identifying one as we do in the audience. A wrist shot gets the puck moving towards the net with no fanfare. Although it’s the slowest of the three major shots in the air, the suddenness with which a hockey player can take a wrist shot often makes it the best option. It also requires very little commitment from the shooting player. If she sees a teammate in a better position to shoot, it’s relatively easy to change the wrist shot to a pass. If the shot is blocked or the puck stolen, a player who has chosen a wrist shot should be able to recover and play defense with less difficulty than a player who may be off-balance after a slap shot gone wrong. The wrist shot is also the easiest to aim for experts and, because the puck never looses contact with the stick, for beginners as well.
The wrist shot is the easiest shot to practice at home. Take a hockey stick and a tennis ball and find a wall with no windows nearby! Put the tennis ball about two feet to your forehand side (right if you’re right-handed, left if you’re a lefty) and about six inches behind your feet. In a single motion, slide the ball forward, allow it to settle on the middle of the curve of your stick, and then shoot it forward by lifting the stick while turning your bottom wrist quickly up. You should get a nice, fluid shot. If not, it may help to move the ball back and forward a bit while it’s at your side and start the motion at the end of a backwards roll. Once you’ve got it down with a tennis ball, try it with a puck. It will be much harder to lift off the ground that way, but it is possible.
Author Ezra FischerPosted on October 14, 2015 Categories Hockey, Understanding SportsTags definitions, hockey, nhl, shotsLeave a comment on How does a wrist shot work in hockey?
How does a slap shot work in ice hockey?
How does a slap shot work in ice hockey? Can you describe how it works and when or why a player would choose to use it?
Dear Marie,
There are three main kinds of shots in ice hockey: the slap shot, the snap shot, and the wrist shot. Each shot has its own technique and is distinguishable when watching hockey on TV or in person. Each shot has advantages and disadvantages and is appropriate for different situations. In this post, we’ll describe hockey’s most iconic shot, the slap shot. You’ll learn how to identify it when you see it, when and what it’s used for, and even how to do it if you find yourself with a hockey stick in your hands.
The slap shot is perhaps the most iconic image people have of a hockey shot. A player winds up for it, bringing their stick up almost vertically behind them before using all their muscles to swing it down. Instead of hitting the puck directly, as you might expect, in a slap shot, the stick makes contact with the ice a few inches behind the puck. When this happens, the stick actually bends with the blade of the stick forced backwards by the impenetrability of the ice. As the stick’s forward motion continues, the blade releases from the ice, getting an extra bit of speed by springing forward just as it connects with the puck. The result is a powerful shot, the most powerful in hockey. As you can see in this .gif from a “hardest shot competition” in last year’s NHL All Star game, slap shots can travel over 100 miles per hour!
The clearest advantage of a slap shot is speed. Ironically, the disadvantage is also speed. Although the slap shot propels the puck faster than any other shot, it also takes the longest time to execute. In today’s NHL, it’s rare for a player to have enough time to wind up and release a slap shot before a defender has hit them, stolen the puck from them, or slid into a position to block the shot. Even if a player does have time to get a slap shot off, they aren’t particularly deceptive. If a goalie has time to set up in position to save a slap shot, they’ll probably be able to do so. The times when a slap shot are most effective are when a player can execute the process before the defense knows they’re going to be in a position to shoot. This usually means one of the shooter’s teammates has the puck and passes it to the shooter as he’s setting up to shoot. This type of slap shot, directly from a pass, is called a one-timer. It has an added element of difficulty because the shooter must time and position their shot to strike a moving puck but when it works it’s almost unstoppable.
If you want to work on taking a slap shot yourself, your best bet is to start on solid ground. With shoes on pavement, a slap shot is no harder than swinging a golf club. It’s on ice that things get tricky. You must be able to swing your stick and torque your body with great force without losing your balance. Practice it incrementally, starting with a small windup and working up to a full one. You’ll know you’ve gone too fast when you find yourself sitting on the ice without having moved the puck at all. Another note for beginners — unless you’re freakishly strong, don’t try to do the trick the pros do to get extra speed by hitting the ice first. You’re probably not stronger than your stick, so instead of it bending, your body will take the brunt of the ice’s impact. Ouch!
Author Ezra FischerPosted on October 14, 2015 Categories Hockey, Understanding SportsTags definitions, hockey, nhl, shotsLeave a comment on How does a slap shot work in ice hockey?
What is a hockey assist?
I was playing basketball the other day and one of my teammates complimented me on a “nice hockey assist.” I know that an assist is the pass right before someone makes a shot. What is a hockey assist?
Dear Conrad,
A hockey assist refers to a pass that led to a pass that led to a goal or basket. It’s called a hockey assist because hockey is the only one of the major sports to credit players for it in basic official statistics. A hockey player who passes the puck to a teammate who scores is given an assist. A hockey player who passes the puck to a teammate who passes the puck to a teammate who scores is also credited with an assist. To distinguish the two types of assists, the first one is called a primary assist and the other is called a secondary assist. What the hockey world calls a secondary assist, the rest of the world calls a “hockey assist.”
Every sport has a historical group of simple statistics which defined how casual fans and even insiders thought about players for a long time. Examining the statistics can also tell us something about the culture of the sport. In hockey, one of those basic statistics was points, calculated by adding all of that player’s goals and assists. This is perhaps simplest way to judge a player’s worth. In a player’s cumulative season or career point total, a secondary assist counts just as much as a primary one. From this, we can intuit that hockey values teamwork and spreads out credit for achievements more than most sports. This rings true considering some of hockey’s other traditions, like putting the name of every player from the championship team on the Stanley Cup, hockey’s ultimate trophy.
The hockey assist is not without its critics. In fact, a quick google search reveals people who call it a lie, pointless, and less sense than almost any other rule in sports. People need to chill out. The statistical revolution has come to every major sport and has completely revolutionized the way players are evaluated within teams. No team worth its salt is going to make player decisions on statistics as fundamental as assists or points. Furthermore, as people have become more savvy about looking for meaningful statistics in other sports, the hockey assist received some serious consideration. Here’s a great blog post by Kevin Yeung for SB Nation’s Memphis Grizzlies blog, Grizzly Bear Blues, in which he explores the hockey assist in a basketball context. It’s worth a read if you’re interested in learning more about the value of your basketball hockey assist!
Author Ezra FischerPosted on October 8, 2015 Categories Basketball, Hockey, Understanding SportsTags basketball, definitions, hockey, statistics, statsLeave a comment on What is a hockey assist?
For women's sports to thrive, look beyond the World Cup
So far, the women’s 2015 World Cup has been a great success. Sure, it’s had its sore spots: the cringe-inducing spectacle of people playing soccer on artificial turf that literally melts their cleats and burns their feet; the lackluster performance of the United States team so far; the mostly empty stadiums for some Round of 16 games; but overall, it’s been a great time for soccer and women’s sports in general. The games have been fast, exciting, and as a whole, quite competitive. There have been viewing parties all over the country, from bars and living rooms to town squares and outside city halls. Even President Obama got into the act, showing support for the U.S. team.
Good luck Team USA – make us proud out there! #OneNationOneTeam pic.twitter.com/btu3dRXPbr
— President Obama (@POTUS) June 22, 2015
One way that you can tell that women’s sports has hit the jackpot of popular support with this World Cup is by noting how quickly and vociferously opponents of equality in sport get shouted down in the media. Early this week, Sports Illustrated’s Andy Benoit provided an example when he tweeted his belief that women’s sports in general are not worth watching. As you might expect, Benoit was roundly condemned for his tweet. He was mocked by former Saturday Night Live actors Amy Poehler and Seth Myers (who themselves were good-naturedly mocked by Fox Sports 1’s Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole). His contention that women’s sports are not worth watching was debunked by innumerable columnists around the country, my favorite of which was Will Leitch in Sports on Earth who argued that anyone who thinks women’s sports are boring, are in fact, boring themselves:
People like Benoit toss out these justifications for not watching women’s sports out of some sort of faux sports purity, like he’s really just out to watch the pinnacle of athletic achievement every night, like anything less than the “best” and the “fastest” and the “strongest” is somehow a waste of one’s time. But this isn’t why we watch sports at all; we watch because every game we watch, we have a chance to see something we’ve never seen before. Dismissing that out of hand isn’t a way of demanding the highest quality performance every game (as if that’s something that could be done anyway); it’s a way of confirming your preexisting biases. It also devalues the actual athleticism on display, and the amount of work it required of everyone to get there.
Although the reaction against Benoit’s comment suggests that he was voicing a fringe, minority opinion, he was not. His attitude towards women’s sports is quite mainstream. Benoit simply made the mistake of speaking out against women’s sports during the World Cup, one of women’s sports two or three most popular events at a time when it’s never been more popular. If you think anything he said was new, you should watch this bitingly ironic video the Norwegian national team made before the World Cup began:
Negative attitudes like the ones the Norwegian team mocked in their video are all too common in the sports world and are relatively safe to voice during the 45 months out of every 48 when a World Cup or Olympics is not going on. This is bad for elite female athletes, it’s bad for people who love watching sports, it’s bad for girls who aspire to be athletes and their parents. I actually can’t think of anyone it is good for. It’s bad for everyone. Unfortunately, as popular as events like the World Cup and Olympics are, they can’t solve the problem because they only come around once every four years. To solve the gender inequalities in sports, a more consistent, permanent force is needed.
Tanya Wheeless, a former executive of the professional basketball teams, the Phoenix Mercury and Suns, wrote recently about the challenge of sustaining interest in women’s sports beyond the World Cup in Time magazine. She suggests that the critical variable in equalizing the opportunities and rewards provided by sports to women is investment:
What if the likes of Nike, Adidas, Coke, and Gatorade spent as much promoting female athletes as they did men? What if women’s leagues had the same marketing budget as men’s leagues? What if the National Women’s Soccer League got as much airtime in the U.S. as the English Premier League?
Naysayers will say all of that would happen if the interest were there. I say, increase promotion and the interest will follow. It’s the difference between having a market and creating one.
Wheeless could not be more right. The future of women’s sports must be bolstered by strong professional leagues. Professional leagues provide opportunities for athletes to get the training and experience they need to become world class. Without strong professional leagues, athletes are left making gut-wrenching decisions, like that of Noora Raty, perhaps the best women’s hockey goalie in the world, who retired at 24 for financial reasons, or Monica Quinteros, the 26 year-old Ecuadorian soccer player who left her job as a gym teacher to play in this year’s World Cup. You think they might have stuck with their sports if they could have made a living doing so? Yeah, so do I.
We don’t need to leave it to “Nike, Adidas, Coke, and Gatorade.” We can do something about this ourselves. We can contribute to equality and the success of women’s sports by becoming a fan of an existing women’s professional team. That’s exactly what I aim to do with the local professional women’s soccer team, the Boston Breakers. I’ve been to one game so far this year and it was a lot of fun. Held in a Harvard University complex convenient to most of the greater Boston area, Breakers games provide high-quality soccer in a thoroughly enjoyable atmosphere. I’m going again this Sunday when the Breakers take on the Western New York Flash at 5 p.m. Tickets are available and affordable. Join me!
There’s really no excuse to continue watching only male sports. There are successful women’s basketball and soccer leagues: the WNBA and NWSL, and later this year, a brand new professional women’s ice hockey league, the NWHL will begin. The WNBA is carried on television by the ESPN family of channels and you can buy streaming access to all the games for only $15. The NWSL goes a step further and puts all of its games on Youtube for free! If you’re reading this post now, you can watch those games. So join me, over the next year and more, in supporting women’s sports by putting our eyes and our wallets were our mouths are!
Author Ezra FischerPosted on June 26, 2015 Categories Basketball, Following Sports, General Sports, Hockey, Olympics, Soccer, Understanding SportsTags basketball, culture, hockey, media, soccer, women's sports, world cupLeave a comment on For women's sports to thrive, look beyond the World Cup
Why don't hockey teams announce injuries like football?
Have you been watching the Stanley Cup Finals this year? I’m curious about the Tampa Bay Lightning goalie. He’s obviously injured but no one will say how. All they say is that he has a “lower body injury.” Why don’t hockey teams announce injuries like football?
Dear Meredith,
I have seen some of the Stanley Cup Finals this year. They’ve been exciting! Among the most suspenseful parts of the series has been watching Ben Bishop try to play through whatever injury he has. During Game Two, he was forced out of the game twice. He made it through Game Three despite seemingly struggling to move side to side or get back up to his feet from the ground. He sat out Game Four completely and watched his backup, Andrei Vasilevskiy, play only moderately well in a loss. At the time of writing this post, his status for Game Five, tonight, is still unknown. Equally unknown is what, exactly, is wrong with him.
Information about injuries to hockey players is usually hard to come by. That’s never more true than during the playoffs. Since 2008, teams have not been required to give the media or the league any information about player injures although they are required not to release misleading information. Most of the time, teams do give out some information. The “lower body injury” language that you referred to in your question is a hockey classic. “Lower body” or “upper body” is all we normally get. Sometimes, as is the case with Bishop, teams don’t even specify the hemisphere of the injury. The only thing the Tampa Bay Lightning have officially said about Bishop is that he has an “unspecified injury.”
Theoretically, the reason for this stonewalling is to protect the injured player. It’s commonly thought that if an opposing team knows that Player A’s left knee is hurt or her right arm, they will target that specific spot for extra abuse in the form of legal checks or illegally thrown elbows or slashing sticks. There could also be tactical considerations. Some injuries limit what a player can do on the ice — maybe a player with in injured wrist will have trouble lifting the puck on shots. If that news gets out there, the opposing goalie will know to concentrate on covering the bottom of the net.
Of course, with the availability and malleability of video these days, every play of every game can be dissected from any number of angles. If a player gets hurt in a game, it’s usually going to be obvious what limb or joint is the injured body part. Even when that is the case, most teams continue the upper body/lower body charade. I’ve seen obvious injures, like when a player blocks a shot with his left foot and then limps off the ice. What then, could be the point of classifying that injury as a “lower body injury” instead of a “left foot injury.”
In cases where the injury is obvious, the obfuscation can only be for one of three reasons:
As security theater. I don’t think players are dumb enough to believe that if their coach doesn’t tell the media the nature of an obvious injury, no one will know what it is, but it probably still makes them happier than hearing their coach talk about it.
It’s a way to create and maintain a team identity. Taking a stand against the media is a classic page in every coach’s book for creating a sense of team.
It’s easier. Instead of talking about the obvious injuries and going mute when a non-obvious injury happens, it’s just easier to say nothing about everything all the time.
The only reason we expect teams to go public with the nature of injuries is that the National Football League requires their teams to do so. Why? Is it for the enjoyment of fans? Not really. It’s all about gambling. Sports books cannot and will not set lines if they don’t know whether an important player will play in an upcoming game. Forcing teams to release injury information facilitates sports betting which always has been and continues to be one of the big drivers of attention to sports. Even though the NFL refuses to endorse gambling on their sport, their policy on injury information suggests otherwise. Betting on hockey is big business but it’s not nearly as big as football betting is, and perhaps the NHL doesn’t feel quite the same pressure to pander to the gambling industry.
Thanks for the question,
Author Ezra FischerPosted on June 13, 2015 Categories Hockey, Understanding SportsTags hockey, injuries, mediaLeave a comment on Why don't hockey teams announce injuries like football?
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Myth Olympic Games
Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum Vaduz, Liechtenstein, July 2016 - January 2017For thousands of years, sport animated the life of the ancients. Sport was an essential element in the lives of the ancient Greeks and Romans when numerous sports flourished and aroused popular enthusiasm, just like today.
What do we know about sport in those times? When and where did the Olympic Games start? Was it really in 776 BCE when the first athletic games in honour of Zeus were held at Olympia? What sports were played? What did victory mean to the ancient athletes? Above all, what relationships still exist between the Games of the past and those of modern times? These questions and others are addressed in this dynamic exhibition that compares and contrasts the origins of the Olympic Games with the Modern Games, resumed again in 1896 due to the efforts of the French Baron, Pierre De Coubertin. Highlighting the relations of continuity and innovation between ancient and modern, the sports that enthral us today are examined.
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Fortingall Roots - Graveyard, Church, Yew Tree
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Fortingall Parish Church
There is a long history of religious activity associated with Fortingall and its surroundings (see ‘History’). A Celtic hand bell, first recorded in the manse in 1881 and fragments of four early medieval cross-slabs point to ancient origins. In addition to the cross-slabs. there are several cross-incised stones in the burial-ground. These finds evidently imply an early Christian site of some significance and aerial photography has revealed that the church stands roughly at the centre of a large rectilinear enclosure, perhaps the vallum of a monastery.
Following the Reformation in 1560, Scottish churches, especially in the country, were simple structures which reflected the puritanical spirit of the times. They were typically long, narrow and low with a door and windows in the south wall, a bare earth floor and no seating. To this basic ‘preaching box’ in Fortingall, a belfry was added in 1768 (and can now be seen in the churchyard). Around 1850 a north extension and three galleries were added along with a raised wooden floor and, on the west gable, a small vestry.
The church itself has been rebuilt a number of times. Photographs from September 1884 show a much more modest structure with the 1768 bellcote on the west gable (Erskine Beveridge Collection http://canmore.org.uk/collection/747849).
The New Church
The present appearance of the Church is due almost entirely to the influence of Sir Donald Currie. By the end of the 19th century the building was in a poor state of repair with particular concern about the roof. In 1899, Dunn and Watson drew up plans for its renovation and modernisation but these were rejected in favour of a completely new building which they designed in MacLaren style. Built to the highest standards by John McNaughton of Aberfeldy – mainly at the expense of Sir Donald Currie – it was formally handed over to the Heritors on 23rd September 1902.
The architects designed a larger, simple Scots Gothic church of nave and chancel, with a re-creation of the original bellcote on the chancel arch. MacLaren’s plans for the village incorporated elements of Scottish medieval buildings and the church displays some of these – it is harled and has crow-stepped gables. Dunn and Watson incorporated some of the fabric of the earlier church on this medieval site. The simple building consists of a chancel and nave with a south porch. The bellcote towards the east end of the church is in 18th Century style and reproduces the design of the one on the earlier church. The Arts and Crafts interior is of the highest quality with all the original fixtures and fittings, including an open barrel vaulted timber roof. On the inside, the walls are sandstone, with oak panelling . The roof is of hand-worked oak timbers in an open barrel-vault. The pews and other furnishings are also of oak, as is the chancel screen, designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, which, along with stone tablets of the Lord’s Prayer and Ten Commandments were erected as a memorial to Sir Donald Currie by his family in 1913.
Details were recorded by the Threatened Building Survey prior to a programme of restoration, which included the relocation of the 1768 bellcote. The church forms an important element in the unique estate village of Fortingall.
On a window-ledge on the north side of the nave is the bell from the previous church. It was cast in 1765 by Johannes Specht of Rotterdam who also made bells for Paisley Abbey and Portsoy Parish church. In a niche behind the pulpit there was until 2018 a quadrangular hand-bell made of iron coated with bronze probably dating from the 7th Century. While it may or may not have belonged to St Adamnan, it is of a type common in Ireland and used by missionaries of the Columban church from Iona. A similar bell can be seen in Glenlyon church.
Pictish Stones
Fragments of Pictish cross-slabs discovered during demolition of the old church in 1901 were mounted in the chancel in 2002. Although
sadly broken up, the stones retain crisp carving as a result of protection from the elements for many centuries (at least three of the stones
were found in the walls of the old church). The stones, dating from around 800 AD, do not include Pictish symbols but are decorated
with interlacing, key patterns and triquetra knots. On the back of one stone are parts of robed figures, perhaps clerical and consistent with an early monastic site. The stone on the north wall behind the pulpit is made up of three linked, equal-armed, ringed crosses: it is very rare type – the only similar slab is in St Andrew’s cathedral.
The slabs are all of a fine grey sandstone which is not local and may have come from Strathmore where similar Pictish cross-slabs were produced and can be seen at Meigle. Common design features suggest that the Fortingall stones were carved by a single school of masons if not by the same craftsman.
Fortingall Parish
In 1585 the parishes of Glenlyon and Kinloch Rannoch were joined to Fortingall to form an area of almost 300 square miles. In 1845 Glenlyon and Kinloch Rannoch separated; and following the Disruption of 1843 and the founding of the Free Church, there were two churches in Fortingall for about a hundred years. In 1954, Glenlyon was again linked to Fortingall and since 1980 the two have formed a single parish. For a short time they shared a minister with the parish of Dull and Weem, but since 1990 Fortingall and Glenlyon has formed a single linked charge with the Lochtayside parishes of Kenmore and Lawers. Originally the parish was almost entirely Gaelic speaking; 100 years ago Gaelic was the first language of about 75% of the people of Fortingall, but it has now been replaced almost entirely by English.
The graveyard lies mainly on the south and west sides of the church as seen in the satellite photograph (Microsoft Bing).
. To the north west is the ‘Currie enclosure’ named for the family of Sir Donald Currie whose memorial in the form of a free-standing cross stands in the enclosure. On the south west side is the ‘Chesthill enclosure’ containing the 1768 bellcote. Beyond the graveyard wall is the War Memorial.
Behind the porch is a large stone font of primitive form. Until 1901, it was situated within the church and used for baptism. Early medieval fonts of this type are common in this area with other examples in Fearnan, Killin and Dull.
Standing against the south wall of the church, is a stone with a simple incised cross probably of 7th Century date. Such slabs are common in Ireland and in the ancient Scottish Kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll suggesting that it was created by early missionaries from Iona. Until 2002 this stone formed the threshold at the Kirkyard gate and still bears the mark of the iron gatepost. Next to it is an early medieval slab deeply incised with three crosses. In the kirkyard are several such slabs which appear to have been a local peculiarity.
The armorial stone set into the south wall of the church is the gravestone of ‘James Ross, Minister at this Kirk…’ who died in 1636 and was buried in the old church.
To the east of the church is the somewhat neglected burial ground of the Campbells of Glenlyon. Robert Campbell (1632-1696) was notorious as the commander of the government troops at the massacre of Glencoe.
Peter Heyes
Source Acknowledgements
The text has been adapted from a booklet titled Fortingall Kirk and Village (2015) whose main contributors were Dr. G. Stark and Mr. N. Hooper. Additional material is from https://canmore.org.uk/site/24964/fortingall-parish-church#804959, the ‘RCAHMS Excursion Guide 2004’, RCAHMS (STG), 2002; https://canmore.org.uk/site/24964/fortingall-parish-church and from http://taylyonchurches.org.uk/fortingall-church/.
The images of the interior of Fortingall church were taken in 2002; both are from Canmore (http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1036531 and http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1017089)
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Conflict Resolution | Europe
An intermediate solution to the Kosovo conflict
The formation of a Confederation with international military presence
Posted by , 9th January 2008
Finding a solution to the future of Kosovo that satisfies the Serbs and the Albanian-Kosovars is proving to be a difficult task; perhaps the alternative could at one stage be the creation of a Confederation between Serbia and Kosovo, which is still its province; it would not be an optimal situation for either of the parties, but it could be an intermediate route towards the final, peaceful solution to the conflict.
(From Barcelona) KOSOVO REPRESENTS THE LAST PIECE of the complex ex-Yugoslavian puzzle that needs to be put into place. The bloody Balkan wars of the 90’s, including the one which pit Serbia against Kosovar guerrillas of the UÇK (Kosovo Liberation Army, in its original Albanese initials) reached their climax with NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, the posterior Resolution 1244 and the multinational force mission in the territory. From this point on, the situation has been presided over by the UN Security Council with the Finnish diplomat Ahtisaari put in charge so as to propose a political solution to the conflict. The result has been a plan of action presented in 2007 which, in short, proposes independence for Kosovo under international supervision.
“The most desirable process would be to channel the topic through the UN Security Council with an agreed upon solution that Russia would not oppose. But it does not seem very possible”
Let’s remember that 92 percent of the population of Kosovo is Albanian-Kosovar, predominantly Muslim, and, as opposed to other ex-Yugoslavian territories, is not very mixed with the Serbian minority. But let’s also keep in mind that many Serbians not only consider Kosovo a part of its territory, but also a central element of Serbia’s cultural, historical and national references.
As expected, the Serbian government, with Russia’s consent, has not accepted the terms of Ahtisaari’s proposal. And Russia can use its veto power in the Security Council if the topic comes up again. It does not seem like Serbia is willing to go any further than associated asymmetric state status within its borders for Kosovo. As such, it looks like the situation has come to a standstill.
POSSIBLE ROUTES
The recent elections for the Kosovar Parliament have given a clear advantage to the PDK, a party headed by Hashim Thaçi, ex leader of the UÇK and a clear defender of independence. However, its capacity for action is not quite independent of the final stance of the international players, basically the EU and above all, the United States. It will be very difficult for the Kosovar government to undertake any strategy without being able to count on that international support.
“One possible route, less drastic in character for both sides, would be to establish a Confederation between Kosovo and Serbia by means of a common organ”
The most desirable process would be to channel the topic through the UN Security Council with an agreed upon solution that Russia would not oppose. But it does not seem very possible. Another strategy is to ignore the Council and legitimize Kosovo’s independence with Resolution 1244, which was established after the war of 1999, as a starting point. This would entail legal problems, but it is already known that these types of obstacles can be overcome with agreements between the principal players. But there could be other by-products if this route is adopted. For example, it is not out of the question that Serbia would look for instability outside of Kosovo (Bosnia-Herzegovina), aside from being able to decide to expel the Kosovars living in Serbian territory. And, above all, Russia’s final action, after its drastic position in opposition to the NATO deployment, must be seen.
One possible route, less drastic in character for both sides, would be to establish a Confederation between Kosovo and Serbia by means of a common organ with joint representatives between both entities, and with representatives of the international community (from the EU o the UN). The responsibilities of this organ should be very reduced (for example, some international politics aspects, border defense, also of Kosovo’s new borders, with the participation of international forces) while in regards everything else each entity would be completely independent, including a possible process of admission to the EU.
SERBIA-KOSOVO CONFEDERATION?
Comparative politics show the tendency of confederations to stop existing in such form. These either tend to evolve in the direction of a federation (very unlikely in this case) or towards a definitive separation of the entities. Confederations are not usually terminal-states, but are instead halts in processes that evolve towards more stable solutions. But, in the case of a confederate solution I think that any common organ should be joint (composed of an equal number of Kosovar and Serbian representatives), aside from having a similar number of members from the international community.
It would allow Kosovo to consolidate itself as a player on the international stage and avoid a rupture that Serbia and Russia would view as traumatic during this time. The Confederation should have rules stipulating that in the upcoming years (let’s say around 2015) closer ties between the two entities be established by consensus, a separation like the one established for Montenegro in 2006 take place, or the Confederation be prolonged.
This would not be an optimal situation for neither Kosovo’s nor Serbia’s leaders, but it could be a key step towards the conflict’s final, peaceful solution. In the case of bipolar conflicts (Palestine-Israel) the presence of a third pole seems to be absolutely necessary to arrive at a solution. Some lax confederate clauses could be part of this process.
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Interesting idea. However, as the author reckons, at this point in time, it does not look plausible since the situation is heading to a showdown, while Kosovo is on the edge of declaring independence, in coordination with Brussels and the US. Plus, and above all, the position of the parties are just impossible to reconcile -no matter how desirable agreement would be and how many more times the negotiation process is extended.
Plus, it does not seem very clear the specifics of the proposed confederation (how to balance the said Kosovo´s new borders with the sovereign Serbian borders -a red line for Serbs, notwithstanding its present merely fictional character; the powers of the entities and those of the international representatives, etc).
It would seem to me that the Ahtisaari Plan would guarantee the main pros of the idea above: international supervision, protracted in time, in order to protect the rights of the Serbian minority and guarantee the implementation of Rule of Law benchmarks in the future state of Kosovo; international military protection to deter outburst of hostilities by extremists of both sides, and so forth.
Furthermore, the main powers intend to implement precisely these parts of the Ahtisaari Plan in the coming months/years.
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Tag Archives: refugees
Over the last month we’ve spent a lot of time in northern India, especially in the cities of Leh (in Ladakh) and McLeod Ganj (in Himachal Pradesh). These areas are home to many thousands of Tibetan refugees who escaped persecution by the Chinese and have been granted asylum in India.
China began to send people into Tibet in 1949, soon after the World War II, under the guise of providing assistance to this remote nation. Until this time Tibet was a sovereign mountain kingdom, whose geography and leadership kept it generally isolated from the rest of the world. Tibet was politically naïve and accepted Chinese assistance grudgingly until it became obvious that China had intentions to colonize. For China, the country of Tibet was a huge new land area rich in mineral resources into which they could expand. Tibet was hopelessly unequipped to repel the invaders, and in 1959 Tibet’s religious and political leader, the Dalai Lama, was forced to escape over the border into India. Since then over 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed. Move than 250,000 Tibetans came to India at that time or in the period since then. They escape through the Himalayan mountains, usually in winter when snow, cold, and elevation make it difficult for Chinese troops to seal the border. The combination of the natural elements and border patrols make this a life threatening journey.
Here’s a picture of the Dalai Lama – yes, I took it! (Another story…)
McLeod Ganj is the home of the Tibetan government in exile, and they have a parliament that meets twice a year there. It is also the temporary home of the Dalai Lama, until he can once again return to Potala Palace in Lhasa. This year is the 50th anniversary of Tibetan exile. For many years cries of “Free Tibet” were heard in the Western World, but this cause has recently lost both momentum and fashionability, particularly as the Chinese have become a world economic powerhouse and other countries are hesitant to challenge them over human rights abuses.
Since they occupied Tibet, China has actively pursued their policy of “cultural revolution”. They have destroyed over 700 ancient Tibetan monasteries and Buddhist temples, including their libraries and works of art. Tibetan people were forced to change their customs, including personal things like cutting their long hair, and others as petty as switching from their traditional wooden bowls and spoons to another style. There has been a massive movement of Chinese citizens into Tibet so that now there are more Chinese in Lhasa than Tibetans. This dilutes the Tibetan population, watering down its culture and influence.
It is true that the Chinese have invested heavily in Tibet, building factories and schools, but these are Chinese factories and schools, and people who work or study there do so in a Chinese fashion (e.g. speaking the Chinese language, learning Chinese and not Tibetan history, etc.) Tibetans are subjected to strong prejudice making it difficult to find work, do business, or even go shopping, further encouraging them to suppress their language and traditional culture. Tibetan Buddhism, once the cornerstone of everything in Tibet, is no longer pervasive throughout society. Tibetans are under heavy government surveillance, and are regularly thrown into prison for being suspected of subversion, thereby suppressing even peaceful protest.
The combination of these things is resulting in the cultural genocide of the Tibetan people.
Here is an outrageous example of the vindictiveness of China’s control. Tibetans, like Hindus and Sikhs, believe in reincarnation, namely that after a person dies, he or she is reincarnated into the body of a newborn child. Given this, important people like the Dalai Lama can be identified in their next life after a long and complicated search process. The current Dalai Lama is in his fourteenth reincarnation. The Panchen Lama, the second highest Lama in Tibetan Buddhism, is in his tenth reincarnation and was born in 1989 in Tibet. He and the Dalai Lama have worked closely for centuries, with the Panchen Lama providing leadership during the period when the Dalai Lama dies, is reincarnated, and grows up. In 1995 the Panchen Lama was identified and confirmed by the Dalai Lama. Soon afterwards he and his family disappeared. The Chinese, in an effort to exercise control over Tibetan Buddhists and the Dalai Lama, took him away, and if he is still alive, are denying him the training in Buddhist philosophy that is necessary for him to resume the important and sacred position he has held in his nine previous lives. At the age of six, he became the world’s youngest political prisoner.
Here are some Tibetan Buddhist monks in India, including a group of novices.
While in McLeod Ganj, we volunteered in conversation classes with several people who had escaped from Tibet. Patrick met with a young man who had been in India for a few years. He is one of eighteen brothers and sisters. His brother and sister are both in prison in Tibet – he for raising a Tibetan flag, and she for communicating with her brother in India, the young man Patrick spoke with. They talked about a range of subjects, including some difficult ones that Patrick raised like, “Do you think that Tibetans can ever evict the Chinese without fighting?” His answer was surprising and appeared to demonstrate a much deeper understanding. He said that both Tibetans and Chinese wanted the same thing, “Happiness”. Patrick was surprised to hear that he intended to return to Tibet, and that he’d already tried once. His reasoning was that if the Tibetans departed, soon there would be no Tibet left to return to. People needed to stay there to maintain their culture and traditional way of life, to say nothing of their claim to their ancient land.
Diane met with two Tibetan Buddhist nuns, Lamdon (38) and Ngawang, both with shaved heads and wearing burgundy robes, and a young woman Sonam who shared a room with them. At first Diane was apprehensive, because she didn’t know what she was going to talk about for two hours with people who had come from extremely different cultures and had painful pasts. Initially the conversation started off with simple things like “Where are you from?”, “How long have you been traveling?”, etc. Lamdon did most of the talking, but her English wasn’t very good. Sonam shared a room with the two nuns, spoke better English and would bridge the communication gap for the nuns when needed. They made tea on an electric cook top that they had in their room.
Lamdon told the story of how she came to McLeod Ganj. After a brief show trial where she had no representation, Lamdon went to prison for two years in Tibet for being involved in a political protest. In prison she was beaten and her blood harvested. Prisoners in China undergo forced blood donations because rates of voluntary donation are low in China. When Diane heard this she started to cry, then Lamdon started to cry and got up and left the room. Ngawang told Diane, “Don’t cry” and offered her a tissue. Diane asked if the Lamdon would be OK, and she nodded. Diane was concerned that Lamdon felt that she had to tell her story, causing her re-live horrific past experiences. Eventually Lamdon returned and continued. After prison, she became a nun and studied in Tibet for two years. She decided to leave and walk to Nepal when the Chinese destroyed the monastery where she lived. Her family is all still in Tibet.
Sonam came to India with her aunt using a Chinese passport, something that most Tibetans cannot obtain. They are a people without citizenship. Their country no longer controls any territory and is not recognized by many other governments, to appease the Chinese. India offers them refugee status, but they are not Indian citizens. Sonam’s uncle is in prison in Tibet for making the film “Leaving Fear Behind” (www.leavingfearbehind.com)
The nuns both seemed genuinely pleased that Diane spent time with them, thanked her for coming, and asked her to come back again.
Speaking with Tibetan refugees directly affected by the theft of their country, systematic destruction of their culture, and mistreatment by the Chinese had a great impact on us. Surprisingly, like the young man Patrick spoke with, the
women didn’t appear to harbour malice toward the Chinese. In an amazingly Buddhist perspective, their outlook was of patience and empathy.
This entry was posted in Travel and tagged 1949, Asia, Buddhist, China, Chinese, cultural revolution, Dalai Lama, illegal, India, invasion, Ladakh, Leh, McLeod Ganj, monk, occupation, Panchen Lama, refugee, refugees, Tibet, Tibetan, travel on September 15, 2009 by dreambigliveboldly.
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Tag Archives: Shimla
We arrived in Shimla on a ‘toy train’. This is the name given to India’s narrow gauge railways. Our train went from Kalka, a one hour bus ride from Chandigarh, to the hill station of Shimla, in the province of Himachal Pradesh. It took about six hours to cover the 90 kilometers up the steep foothills of the Himalaya, so this is not a fast way to travel. This train line, a wonder of engineering when it was opened in 1903, has over 900 bridges (all built of stone arches), 103 tunnels, and constant turns as it switchbacks up the mountains. At over a kilometer, the longest tunnel took us three minutes and twenty seconds to traverse. The train is so small that there are no doors between compartments, necessitating the elimination of both conductors and food service, but the frequent stops allow passengers to hop off the train for refreshments.
Shimla used to be the summer capital of India. The entire colonial government moved here from Delhi for more than six months each year, in order to beat the heat on the lowland plains. At 2206 meters of elevation (about 7000 feet, or the peak of Blackcomb mountain), it remains comfortably cool even during the North Indian summer. It is often clouded, with mist rolling in from the surrounding hills. For us, it was a welcome change after the blistering heat of Rajasthan and the noise and intensity of Delhi.
Shimla spreads a long way across a ridge, and extends down the slopes of the neighbouring hills. There is scarcely a flat spot anywhere, and the hills gave us some much needed exercise. Shimla is a terrific place. No cars are allowed in the center of the city. Smoking and spitting in public, even outdoors, are both illegal and there are foot police everywhere to enforce this.
Shimla, like Rishikesh, is a popular tourist destination for Indian people. Aside from being cool in summer, it has a variety of old colonial buildings, and a lot of hotels and shops catering to tourists. One afternoon we walked five kilometers down the ridge to the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, which was previously the Viceregal Lodge. The British Viceroy used this building, which resembles Hogwart’s school, primarily to entertain guests. Every stone was carted up the mountain eight kilometers on the backs of donkeys. Although there are thirty scholars currently in residence, we did receive a brief tour of the interior, which consisted primarily of the grand lobby (clad in Burma teak), and a room full of pictures of dignitaries who have visited the building. This lodge is where the partition agreement was signed that created both Pakistan and India from the former British colony.
We spent a lot of time at a restaurant called “Indian Coffee House”, which, much to Diane’s delight, served real brewed coffee for 12.5 Rupees a cup (about 30 cents Canadian). We also managed to try out one of the tourist food outlets.
We walked up the hill to the Jakhu temple, which is dedicated to the Hindu God Hanuman (the monkey god). The pathway up to the temple is plagued with many real monkeys, who are quick to attack anyone carrying food. Of course, there are ‘monkey food’ sellers along the way, with a troop of monkeys waiting just up the trail to set upon anyone who is carrying anything resembling food. The local people usually carry a stick to fend off the monkeys, and we brought one just in case, which wasn’t needed because we weren’t silly enough to carry food through a gauntlet of marauding primates.
The trail to the temple was steep, like the middle section of the Grouse Grind. What was vaguely satisfying is that the city council has erected a signpost at the bottom of the trail indicating various ascent times by age group and corresponding fitness levels. People aged 30 to 50 who are fit should take less than 45 minutes for the climb. We did it in 23 minutes (not that we’re competitive or anything). This sounds impressive until you realize that most Indian people don’t exercise, and most are doing the walk in flip-flops.
This entry was posted in Travel and tagged Asia, Himachal Pradesh, India, Jakhu, Shimla, toy train, travel, Viceregal, Viceroy on August 12, 2009 by dreambigliveboldly.
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A wedding ceremony performed by a religious or fraternal body is not a necessary element for a legal marriage. This system was formally abolished with the 1947 revision of Japanese family law under the influence of the allied occupation authorities, and Japanese society began a transition to a more Americanized nuclear family system.
Some of us were so dizzy we could not even walk, and lay in our berths in a dull stupor, unable to remember our own names, not to mention those of our new husbands. Some of us clutched our stomachs and prayed out loud to Kannon, the goddess of mercy-Where are you? And often, in the middle of the night, we were jolted awake by a violent swell and for a brief moment we had no idea where we were, or why our beds would not stop moving, or why our hearts were pounding with such dread. Earthquake was the first thought that usually came to our minds.
First comes the ritual of purification, then the vows, then the bride and groom exchange sake in the san san ku do ceremony that unites http://polarisworld.com.my/2020/07/17/what-the-in-crowd-wont-let-you-know-about-japanese-brides/ them and their two families. The ceremony closes with symbolic offerings of small tree twigs, called sakaki, which are given to God.
Illegitimate children were eligible for half the inheritance of legitimate ones until a court ruling in 2013. According to a summary of surveys by Japan’s Gender Equality Bureau in 2006, 33.2% of wives and 17.4% of husbands have experienced either threats, physical violence, or rape, more than 10% of women repeatedly.
While the nine sailors who died in the attack were quickly lionized by the Japanese government as Kyūgunshin (“The Nine War Heroes”), the news of Sakamaki’s capture, which had been publicized in U.S. news broadcasts, was kept secret. Even after the war, however, he received recriminating correspondence from those who despised him for not sacrificing his own life. By late 1941, many observers believed that hostilities between the U.S. and Japan were imminent. A Gallup poll just before the attack on Pearl Harbor found that 52% of Americans expected war with Japan, 27% did not, and 21% had no opinion. While U.S. Pacific bases and facilities had been placed on alert on many occasions, U.S. officials doubted Pearl Harbor would be the first target; instead, they expected the Philippines would be attacked first.
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The bride and groom drink sake, three times each, from three different-sized cups, call sakazuki. In ancient times, Japanese weddings were celebrated around a low dining table with neighbors and relatives. Over the centuries, they started to hold weddings at shrines, hotels, and ceremony halls.
Lévi-Strauss held that women were always exchanged for some “prestation” which could either be other women or labor and material goods.
Groups like the Kachin exhibiting matrilateral cross-cousin marriage do not exchange women in circular structures; where such structures do exist they are unstable.
Sailer believes that because families practicing cousin marriage are more related to one another than otherwise, their feelings of family loyalty tend to be unusually intense, fostering nepotism.
Leach agreed but added that prestations could also take the form of intangible assets like “prestige” or “status” that might belong to either wife-givers or wife-takers.
Predictions that cousin marriage would decline during the late 20th century in areas where it is preferential appear to have been largely incorrect.
Under Leach’s model, in systems where this form of marriage segregates descent groups into wife-givers and wife-takers, the social status of the two categories also cannot be determined by a priori arguments.
One reason for this is that in many regions, cousin marriage is not merely a cultural tradition, but is also judged to offer significant social and economic benefits.
Research among Arabs and worldwide has indicated that consanguinity could have an effect on some reproductive health parameters such as postnatal mortality and rates of congenital malformations. In some cultures and communities, cousin marriages are considered ideal and are actively encouraged and expected; in others, they are seen as incestuous and are subject to social stigma and taboo. Cousin marriage was historically practised by indigenous cultures in Australia, North America, South America, and Polynesia. Different religions have ranged from prohibiting up to sixth cousins from marrying to freely allowing first cousin marriage .
Japanese women are usually petite and slim, with shiny black or brown hair and mostly brown eyes. Japanese women look younger than their actual ages might suggest.
In the United States, by contrast, the divorce rate decreased between 1980 and 2012. There are about 1.8 divorces per 1,000 people in Japan, compared to 3.2 divorces per 1,000 people in the United States. Shinobu Miwa, a 45-year-old single mother, found her job as a part-time secretary through a government program called Hello Work designed to help the hard-to-employ enter the workforce.
Japanese law requires all foreigners who marry in Japan to prepare a sworn Affidavit of Competency to Marry, affirming they’re legally free to marry, from their own country’s embassy or consulate in Japan. The embassy will typically charge a fee for the affidavit and require proof of dissolution of any prior marriages. In general, this should be conducted within two months of the marriage registration date.
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This summer I noticed that a hornet queen was starting to build a nest right outside our front door. As it was still very small, I grabbed a lighter and a screwdriver and took care of it myself. My Japanese wife was utterly shocked that I would do such a thing; she would have called the city office as a matter of course. Conversely, even after 15 years in Japan and 3 years of marriage, I just discovered last week that Japanese households don’t have communal chopsticks but everyone has their own pair. I talked about this with my Japanese wife and she said something like “I’ve been putting up with it this whole time”.
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21 Sebring News
The green flag waves on 2021 in an unofficial manner this weekend at Sebring International Raceway, where the fifth Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour season begins.
The race weekend, of course, comes one week after the first U.S. Majors Tour of the year at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Those two events have traditionally paired up on back-to-back weeks to open the year, providing an intense jump on the season for locals and an escape from the cold and snow that many are facing further north.
Sebring itself is one of the most recognizable tracks in the country. The 17-turn, 3.74-mile layout is built on the site of a World War II-era airport, part of which remains active for small aircraft. The long front straight is a part of the original runway, complete with concrete pavement that has led the professional racers who annually compete in the 12 Hours of Sebring to coin the term “Respect The Bumps.”
Nonetheless, the tooth-rattling trip around the lightning-fast circuit is a favorite of SCCA members – as evidenced by the 338 entries listed at press time.
Championship Quality and Quantity
When we last saw the top-of-the-line SCCA road racers, it was at the 2020 SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America. On Friday of that week, the Spec Miata field put on an absolutely epic show, complete with finesse and brute force combined on a bed of Hoosiers, with Preston Pardus coming out on top with his second gold medal.
If that thriller was supposed to be a culmination of something, the message didn’t come through. At press time, 66 Spec Miatas are on the Sebring entry list. That includes two-thirds of the Runoffs podium, three of the top-five finishers, and half of the top 10.
Any drivers to watch list begins with Preston Pardus, who took the top spot in that 2020 race before packing up for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race on the Charlotte Roval that same weekend. Former Touring 2 National Champion Rob Hines was thrilled with his Runoffs podium and bronze medal, but will that taste and the experience gained in Spec Miata bring even more success beginning at Sebring?
Brian Henderson ran in the lead pack for the entirety of the Runoffs race and was bumped back in the final corners to miss the podium by just one spot – but drove from the rear of the field to third in his stint of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge TCR race at Sebring last November, so he knows the track well. Todd Buras topped the Runoffs field in 2019 and has had a long career of success, plus the ability to race close to home and with the added power of a warm batch of Krispy Kreme donuts. And if there is a Spec Miata race with a large field, expect to notice Danny Steyn pushing into the front of the field.
In total, four former Spec Miata National Champions (Pardus, Buras, Elivan Goulart and Jim Drago) and eight SCCA National Champions (add Hines, Steyn, Broderick Bauguess and Nick Leverone to the class champs) will line up on grid. It’s true at any Super Tour, but podium finishes at Sebring in Spec Miata will be earned, not given.
A Worthy B-Spec Challenge
One developing story line that will be worth rooting for all season long is the B-Spec community’s personal efforts, which ringleader Frank Schwartz has dubbed “51 in ’21.” After an admittedly slow start to the class history, the front-wheel drive hatchbacks have spawned a cult-following of racers who prove that you don’t have to watch the fastest cars to see some spectacular racing.
The 51 in ’21 goal is an ambitious, yet achievable, effort to get a field of 51 cars at the 2021 SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. For context, 25 cars ran at the 2020 Runoffs; for additional context, an impressive 21 are on the entry list for Sebring.
So how confident is the B-Spec community in their ability to pull off what would be a spectacular leap in attendance? According to Schwartz, 58 drivers, including three father-son duos, a father-daughter duo, and a husband and wife team, have tentatively committed to the October event.
Listen in Live
The Hoosier Super Tour radio team is back again in 2021. The familiar voices from the Performance Motorsports Network return once again for live play-by-play and insight for those not about to make the event, live on the enhanced timing and scoring feed at SCCA.com.
More information on the 2021 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA Super Tour at Sebring can be found on the event page here.
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Our Lady of the Rocks, is also the name of the church which is located on the island of the same name. Gospa od Skrpjela, Our Lady of the Rocks is a manmade island which was formed by many sailors in hundreds of years. The church and the island have a great cultural and historical importance for the locals. The island can be visited by boat departing from the coastal cities of Montenegro.
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Sveti Djordje is a natural island off the coast of Perast on the Bay of Kotor. On the island there is the monastery of Sveti Djordje dating back to the 12th century and the old graveyard for the nobles of Perast. Tourists are not allowed to go on the island. The island is also known as the island of the dead because of the graveyard.
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Sveti Stefan is an islet, on which there’s a resort hotel and the Villa Milocer, operated by the international group of Aman Resorts since 2009. Once an island, now connected to the main land by a narrow manmade road. Sveti Stefan is located 6 km / 3.7 miles of Budva between the villages Przno and Sveti Stefan. The resort hotel on the island has 50 rooms and 8 grand suites in the Villa Milocer.
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Island Mamula, known as Lastavica, is located at the entrance of the bay between Lustica and Herceg Novi, near Zanjic Beach. The fort on the island which covers almost 90% of the area, was built in 1853 by Austro-Hungarian admiral Lazar Mamula to prevent the enemies to enter the Bay of Kotor. After 1942, the fort was turned into a concentration camp during the period of Mussolini. It was the time when torture and cruelty took 150 lives.
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The Russian foreign Ministry: about postponement of the beginning of the ceasefire in Syria is out of the question
MOSCOW, February 25. About the postponement of the beginning of the ceasefire in Syria. This was stated by Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov.
On 25 February, the website of “Komsomolskaya Pravda” published a copy of the application form, which the commanders of the Syrian opposition groups must sign when they join a ceasefire. As the date for the cessation of hostilities in the document marked March 1. In particular, from that day, signing the statement by a field commander is obligated “to stop the fighting against the Syrian army and to stop using (against her) artillery and other weapons”. For its part, the document States that the Syrian army since March 1, will also cease hostilities in the area, which is controlled by this detachment field commander.
On 22 February, the presidents of Russia and USA Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama issued a statement on ceasefire in Syria on February 27. Both sides undertook to influence him close to the political forces in the country to achieve a truce. The truce does not apply to groups deemed terrorist by the UN, such as the “Islamic state” and “dzhebhat EN-Nusra” (both organizations are banned in Russia).
“No, fighting should be stopped from 00:00 (01:00 GMT) on 27 February,” he said, commenting on media reports about a possible postponement of the start of the ceasefire on 1 March.
Joint statement of the Russian Federation and the United States: a ceasefire in Syria will begin on February 27
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The Reform movement in Judaism is a historic and on-going religious and social movement that originated in the early nineteenth century in Europe.[1] The term is used by two widely read and frequently cited historians of the movement: David Philipson and Michael Meyer. Philipson wrote The Reform movement in Judaism (1903, 1931) covering the movement from its beginnings up until 1930. Meyer wrote Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaism (1978). Meyer's book, the first general history of the movement since Philipson, updates Philipson's coverage to reflect modern concerns with bias and to extend the history of the movement up to the 1970s.[2]
Throughout its history, Jewish beliefs and practices in the reform movement have undergone dynamic changes and innovations. Due to its origins in Enlightenment-era Germany, the reform movement has eyed traditional Jewish beliefs through the lens of liberal thought, such as autonomy, modernity, universalism, and the historical-philosophical critique of religion. The reform movement in Judaism challenged many traditionalist Jewish doctrines, adapted or eliminated practices, and introduced its own theological and communal innovations.
Whether in support or reaction, some Ashkenazi Jewish denominations can trace their intellectual and organization origins to this critical time in Jewish history.[3][4]
1 The nineteenth century
1.2 Beyond Germany
2 The Twentieth Century
3 The emergence of Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism
4 Orthodoxy and the Reform movement in Judaism
4.1 Criticism and interchange
4.2 Organizational identity
Main article: German Reform movement (Judaism)
In response to the Haskalah, Enlightenment, and Jewish Emancipation, reform-minded thinkers within German Jewry, such as Israel Jacobson, Abraham Geiger, Samuel Holdheim and Leopold Zunz, sought to change Jewish belief and practice. Initially, the reformers did not call for a separate organizational structure. They convened synods but did not formally establish independent organizations or a rabbinical body. However, reform efforts shifted after the German state permitted the establishment of separate organizational structures in the Jewish community, including congregations. During the 1840s and 1850s, separate reform congregations were set up in two major centers of the German Jewry, Frankfurt and Berlin. No other separatist reform congregations were established for decades in Germany and key reformers, including Geiger, did not serve in these separate synagogues. The movement did take the significant step, in 1870, to create a rabbinical seminary and research center known as the Hochschule für die Wissenschaft des Judentums.
Beyond Germany
In Denmark, controversial Reform movement efforts were undertaken by Mendel Levin Nathanson and Isaac Noah Mannheimer. The dispute was sparked by a reform confirmation service in 1817. Meyer states:"... the Copenhagen community remained divided between unbending traditionalists and Jewish minimalists. ... Among the reformers were highly assimilated families, including that of Nathanson, whose hold on Judaism was so weak that it could not prevent apostasy in the next generation.[5]
In Austria, Vienna was introduced to the Reform movement through Isaac Noah Mannheimer, who left Copenhagen in 1821 and found in Vienna that "the Jewish elite mingled freely with highly placed Gentiles," gained sometimes great wealth, yet whose 135 families were barely tolerated by the empire. This elite built a large, high status new Temple and recruited Mannheimer. Since Mannheimer was "known as a man who in Denmark had expressed patently reformist views," the Temple and its community sought to dampen reform and called it "restoration" instead.[6]
Around the same time, reform efforts in North America started to emerge, but with none of the governmental opposition and regulation facing their European counterparts. The principle that government must be neutral concerning religion, as reflected in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, allowed for the Reform movement to blossom differently overseas. In addition, North America lacked rabbis of any kind, Orthodox or reformist.[7] In 1825, lay members of Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina founded the Reformed Society of Israelites as a breakaway ground seeking mild reforms.[8] In America, while the Charleston effort "was only slightly influenced by the German model," this soon changed: "the classical Reform ideology in America was almost fully developed in Europe and transplanted to the United States."[9]
In Hungary, a supporter of Geiger and of the Hamburg Temple emerged as an influential thinker and leader: Aaron Chorin (1766–1844). Chorin "served as a valuable authority for the German Reformers" and, albeit from Hungary, was "one of the movement's pioneers." A talmudic scholar, Chorin was traditional at first but then "began to deviate from the norm." He changed the kashrut requirements, condemned kabbalah, instituted some of the earliest changes in the alenu prayer practice, and abolished amulets and the kol nidre prayer of Yom Kippur. According to Meyer, "Chorin was a reformer on the basis of Haskalah, not historical development. With his rabbinic training, he wrote Jewish law responsa to permit train travel and organ playing on Shabbat.[10] And Chorin was not the only Hungarian reformer.
In Budapest, there were "less thoroughgoing religious reformers" who were inspired by the reform Temple in Vienna. Budapest reformers, in turn, "moderate reforms" were undertaken in various cities and outreach efforts were made to various German rabbis, including Zacharias Frankel, widely seen as the pioneer of Conservative Judaism.[11] Ignaz Einhorn, a Hungarian-born rabbi, "put forward a program based neither on halakhic reform nor on 'Mosaic' Judaism – in fact not on a reform of historical Judaism at all, but on an alternative kind of Judaism called 'Reform.' Though Einhorn said little which had not already been expressed by Holdheim, nowhere previously had the principles and program of a radical Reform Judaism been formulated as clearly."[12] Einhorn sought to abolish the ceremonial element of Judaism and retain its faith and morality. Says Meyer, "Very much like Zacharias Frankel, Einhorn found his authority in what he called 'the religious consciousness of the people' except that here the people (Volk) consisted of the most acculturated among the Jews, those most rooted in the present." Einhorn permitted mixed marriages, ended circumcision, shifted his congregation's Shabbat worship to Sundays and, "sounding a note that would be heard often thereafter in American Reform Judaism, was recognized simply by his idea of God and the moral dicta on which he acts."[13]
Out of these multi-faceted Continental European reform developments, there arose a variety of thinkers who, like Ignaz Einhorn, anticipated or participated in reform elsewhere. For instance, after leaving Germany, a rabbi was appointed for a brief stint in Budapest who proved instrumental to reform both in Europe and America: David Einhorn, unrelated to Ignaz, David Einhorn was a "talented radical who would later become a leading figure in American Reform."[14] Indeed, Einhorn had participated in the controversial Frankfurt assembly and his "Reform philosophy had crystallized" in Europe.[15]
In Great Britain, reform efforts were sparked by efforts to change the liturgy at London's Bevis Marks, as had been done with the Hamburg Temple. Despite some initial reforms in 1836, further alterations were rebuffed in 1839. in requested the introduction of such alterations and modifications as were in the line of the changes introduced in the Reform synagogue in Hamburg and other places. The British reformers established an independent congregation, the West London Synagogue of British Jews, on 15 April 1840. The West London Synagogue reformers paved the way for the modern British reform movement, the Movement for Reform Judaism. In 1856, Act of Parliament was passed to allow the minister of the West London Synagogue of British Jews to register marriage ceremonies. This act established the full autonomy of the congregation and ensured its equality before the law with the Orthodox congregations.
Across the Atlantic, by 1873 sufficient Reform congregations had emerged to organize as the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC). Shortly after, in 1875, the Hebrew Union College was establish to improve the quality of rabbis in the US.
As in Europe, there were significant disagreements among the reformers over the role of tradition. In 1883 a banquet was planned to celebrate the first graduating class of rabbis from Hebrew Union College. The more radical element planned the banquet with a menu containing shrimp. Soon after this banquet, known as the Trefa Banquet, intensified the conflict between the radical and conservative reformers.[16] The conflict further intensified in 1885 when a fierce debate broke out between Kaufmann Kohler and Alexander Kohut over the nature of reform.
In response to debate, Kohler called a conference of reform-minded rabbis in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Isaac Mayer Wise, the rabbinical head of Hebrew Union College, presided over the conference. The conference produced the Pittsburgh Platform. This platform was highly controversial and an organizational split between those more and less conservative.[17] In 1887 a separate rabbinical school, the Jewish Theological Seminary was founded. In 1889, the more liberal rabbis organized under the banner of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
At the start of the twentieth century, the European reform movement gained new steam organizationally. In Germany, rabbis and followers organized under the banner of Liberal Judaism. Meanwhile, inspired largely by Claude Montefiore, Lily Montagu spearheaded reform efforts in Great Britain. Around 1902, following liturgical changes and debates, they formed the Jewish Religious Union in London. Liberal Judaism steadily gained adherents after the founding in 1911 of the Liberal Jewish synagogue, the first of more than thirty Liberal congregations in the UK.
At the same time, reform-minded French Jews established the Union Liberale Israelite, which was criticized as a revolutionary schism.[18]
In 1926, representatives from the U.S. and Europe convened the first international conference for the Reform movement in Judaism and formed World Union for Progressive Judaism.[19] With British and then American leadership, the WUPJ spread the reform movement to many countries, most notably Israel, to which the WUPJ headquarters were relocated.
In the United States, the Reform movement grew significantly through the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and its affiliates. In 1922, Reform Rabbi Stephen S. Wise established the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, which merged with Hebrew Union College in 1950. Other centers were opened in Los Angeles (1954) and Jerusalem (1963).
On policy matters, the American Reform movement has had a number of official platforms. The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). The CCAR rewrote its principles in 1976 with its Centenary Perspective and rewrote them again in the 1999 as A Statement of Principles for Reform Judaism. According to the CCAR, personal autonomy still has precedence over these platforms. In 1983, the Central Conference of American Rabbis took one of its most controversial stands and formally affirmed that a Jewish identity can be passed down through either the mother or the father, if the child is raised with a Jewish identity.
The emergence of Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism
Historians of Conservative Judaism trace its intellectual origins to thinkers like Zacharias Frankel, who held a religious middle ground between German Reformers and Orthodoxy. Institutionally, the Conservative movement in the US developed in reaction to reforms. For instance, a group of rabbis split with the Reform movement due to the controversial Pittsburgh Platform.[17] In 1887, they founded a separate rabbinical school, the Jewish Theological Seminary and, in 1901, Conservative rabbis organized as the Rabbinical Assembly and by 1913 their congregations banded together under the banner of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
From the Conservative movement, another liberal, non-orthodox Judaism approach was created by Mordecai Kaplan. Initially, Mordecai Kaplan was deeply opposed to the formation of yet another American Jewish denomination. In 1955, the Reconstructionist Fellowship of Congregations was formed. This organization allowed reconstructionist congregations to share common concerns but required members to be dual affiliated with either the US Reform or Conservative movement. In 1961 the dual affiliation requirement was dropped and Reconstructionist Judaism became a full fledged fourth denomination on the American scene.[20] After building its own rabbinical seminary and congregational presence, the Reconstructionists eventually affiliated[21] in the 1990s with the World Union of Progressive Judaism.
Orthodoxy and the Reform movement in Judaism
Historians, such as Jacob Katz, David Ellenson and Shmuel Feiner, see the co-emergence of the non-Orthodox and Orthodox movements as a gradual, dialectical process. This dialectical dynamic is dominated largely by controversy and conflict, of both an intellectual and organizational character, yet mixed as well with intermittent measures of cooperation, dialogue, and personnel exchange. In addition, both movements went through a gradual process of identity formation and ideological differentiation—primarily during the 19th century, yet continuing to this day.
Criticism and interchange
Since the very beginnings of the movement, reformers and traditionalists have often been strongly critical of one another.
Reformers often felt traditionalists were encouraging secularization and assimilation by creating an identity that Jews could not relate to or be nurtured by. They accused traditionalists of being irrational or intellectually naive in rejecting what modern textual criticism, historiography, psychology, anthropology, and sociology had to say about Jewish history and peoplehood.
Traditionalists often argued on behalf of tradition making much the same claims: that reformers were creating a meaningless Jewish identity that encouraged assimilation and failed to nurture the Jewish spirit. They accused reformers of dishonoring Torah, and even God in their pursuit of the modern.
Yet despite this interchange between Traditional and Reform, there has from time to time been a positive flow of ideas between the communities. Many of the early reformers had a rich knowledge of Jewish text and tradition to draw on, a knowledge nurtured by years spent studying in traditional yeshivas.
When Western modes of university study began to dominate the educational landscape of the reformers, they soon found themselves with a generation of educators who knew a great deal about modern scholarship and very little about the historic content of Judaism. In recent years non-orthodox Judaisms have turned to the traditional yeshiva or bet-midrash model, and even imported Orthodox teachers to help them maintain the connection to tradition. Thus the US conservative movement has its Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem and both the New York and Jerusalem school of HUC sponsor part-time batei-midrash.
There has been a similar flow in the other direction as well. Modern Orthodoxy still maintains a traditional approach to Halakhah, but has been increasingly comfortable with the study techniques pioneered by the Wissenschaft des Judentums school. Some of the products of that school are found today on almost every yeshiva desk, even those that reject the historical critical method: among them the Aramaic dictionary of Marcus Jastrow and the concordance of Avraham Even-Shoshan.
Organizational identity
Elements of Orthodoxy developed their cohesive identity in reaction to the Reform movement in Judaism.[4]
In the United States, reformers took control of several synagogue boards, prompting Orthodox members to separate and form new congregations. For example, in Charleston, South Carolina, the first reform synagogue in the United States, in 1839, the cantor of Beth Elohim asked the congregation for an organ. Traditionalists opposed the proposal and when the congregation supported the proposal, the traditionalists left and formed their own congregation, Shearith Israel.[22]
In the United Kingdom, Orthodox congregations maintained control of state sponsored religion and reformers were forced to separate and form their own communities.
Also in the United Kingdom, the
Leo Baeck, Essence of Judaism
Bernfeld, Simon. Toldot ha-reformatsiyon ha-datit be-Yiśrael (Hebrew) Warsaw: Ahiasaf, 5660, 1900.
W. Gunther Plaut. The Rise of Reform Judaism: A Sourcebook of its European Origins. New York: World Union for Progressive Judaism, 1963.
David B. Ruderman and Teaching Company. Jewish intellectual history. The great courses. Chantilly, VA: Teaching Co., 2002.
Schreiber, Emanuel (1852–1932) Reformed Judaism and its pioneers: a contribution to its history Spokane, Washington: Spokane Printing Co., 1892. Note: One of the first English histories of the reform movement in Judaism, this book covers Moses Mendelssohn, David Friedlaender, Israel Jacobsohn, Aaron Chorin, Gotthold Salomon, Abraham Kohn, Samuel Holdheim, Leopold Loew and Abraham Geiger.
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Iran Press Watch Documenting the Persecution of the Bahai Community in Iran
About Iran Press Watch
Statement of Support by Writers and Journalists from Kurdistan
February 18, 2009 , editor , 14 Comments
Editor’s Note: Iran Press Watch is pleased to share the following informed statement of support by writers and journalists from Kurdistan. The Kurdistan region, covering land in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey, is victim to long-running separatist conflicts in which thousands of lives have been lost. Under such circumstances, the statement in support of Iranian Baha’is is a sign of courage, selflessness and humanity. Iran Press Watch recognizes that we are living through a major turning point in the emancipation of the Baha’i Faith in Iran. There is no longer a conspiracy of silence about the Faith, maintained through coercion against those who would publicly appreciate the nonviolence, inclusive principles, and spiritual ideals of the Baha’i community.
The Universal House of Justice
Human-rights Activist Groups in Iran
Human-rights Observer Groups across the Globe
Secretary General of the United Nations
With boundless greetings,
Reports from the Islamic Republic’s news agencies and other non-official sources indicate that that the Leadership Council of the Islamic Republic has issued a defamatory circular letter to Intelligence, Security, Military and Disciplinary forces throughout the country in which it has reintroduced such old clichés as referring to the Baha’i Faith as “the wayward sect of Baha’ism”, “being associated with Zionism” and the “necessity of reacting harshly against the followers of Baha” – demonstrating its firm intent to gird up its tyrannical resolve to design and execute a systematic crime against humanity and against the followers of the Baha’i Faith in Iran. This is also evidenced by the letter of the nation’s Prosecutor-General to the Ministry of Intelligence.
Fundamentally, reference to any religious group in the world with a particular following as a “wayward sect” is not only unbefitting of our humanity, but the expression is now so undermined and outdated that any reference to it in any context quickly brings to mind the dark ages, the medieval period, the inquisition, the rule of religious deceit and taking advantage of the effects of religion on humans through misinterpretation and misrepresentation of lofty religious truths by a number of deceitful individuals clothed in the garment of leadership and spirituality.
Our first question is: Who has granted permission to the lords of bloodshed, murder and crime to attribute from the hogwash of their petrified, backward minds to any other religious, national, ethnical or political group such phrases as “wayward sect”, “satanic faction”, “arms of despotisms”, “allies”, “mercenaries”, “agents of espionage”, etc., and to hurl accusations against other schools of thought, against followers of such heterodoxies, against supporters of peace, freedom and democracy, and against those who resist following a grotesque and dead ideology by the name of the Islamic Republic.
Having accepted diversity and pluralism, the present-day mind undoubtedly accepts and values all dimensions of thought – national, religious, linguistic, political, cultural and social backgrounds – only within the overarching concept of humanity and as human beings.
Having accepted this reality, it will then recognize all other related details and hold itself responsible for observing and safeguarding the material and spiritual rights of groups with diverse belief, national, religious, linguistic, cultural and social backgrounds.
The world of today is a world that challenges any sort of oppression against any group of people belonging to any school of thought, nation, religion, language, culture or society. It accepts thinking differently – along with diversity – as an obvious and fundamental principle; and while defining its parameters, guides the efforts of human rights foundations, activists, writers, intellectuals, journalists and even governmental disciplines to respect others even in light of differences of thought and opinion.
The recent communiqué from the Leadership Council and the nation’s Prosecutor-General to the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic indicating the necessity for dealing harshly with the Baha’i Faith and attributing to it the baseless and unfounded accusation of association with the international Zionism demonstrates that, unable to design a plot on the immense scale of international conspiracies and fearful of subjects which might induce a crisis among different Iranian groups, and in order to cover up an imminent crisis in the disintegration of its regime, the Islamic Republic has once again – as it has attempted many times before – chosen the policy of concocting a pretence of conspiracy and suppression of the supposed conspirators and has targeted the followers of the Baha’i Faith for its purposes.
We, writers and journalists from Kurdistan in adherence to our humanitarian responsibilities, wish to inform the people of Kurdistan in general, and in particular those who live in Iran, of the reality that the Baha’i Holy Places and the World Centre of the Baha’i Faith were established 80 years prior to the formation of the State of Israel and during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the two cities of Haifa and ‘Akka; that the Founder of the Baha’i Faith – an independent religion with its own exclusive order – was exiled to that land by the order of the Iranian rulers of the time; that there is no relationship between Zionism, in a political sense, and Baha’ism with its religious foundations; and that we wish to announce our unconditional support for Kurdish Baha’is, for non-Kurdish Baha’is living in Kurdistan, for the nearly 350 thousand Baha’is living in Iran (and constituting the largest religious minority in the country), and for over six million Baha’is living across the globe bringing this religion to recognition as the second most widespread religion on earth.
While condemning the government’s decisions, in the midst of the collapse of the Islamic Republic, to consider it necessary to clash with the followers of Baha in Iran, we announce our readiness – both by means of the pen as well as by more forceful action – to erase this recurring shame; and we earnestly expect the human-rights organizations and foundations of the world, as well as political groups and parties in Kurdistan and other ethnic groups in Iran, to leave no stone unturned in announcing official statements condemning this excessive scrutiny of beliefs, this design for the suppression of the friends of peace and fellowship (the people of Baha), and this neo-holocaust.
A group of writers and journalists from Kurdistan
Validity of signatures has been ascertained and they have been archived for security reasons.
[Published in Persian on 16 February 2009 at: http://komala.eu/kurdi/?p=562]
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European Union releases statement
Irish Politicians, Doctors and Experts Call on Iranian Authorities to Cease Arrest and Imprisonment of Their Bahá’í Citizens.
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Amnesty International’s Annual Report on Human Rights Violations in Iran
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Call for The Support of Democratic Movement of the People of Iran – Berlin to Collectively Sign in Support of the Rights of Baha’i Citizens in Iran
Akhtar
These people, our Kurd sisters and brothers, are the embodiments of bravery. Who would dare living in Iran today and making such a courageous statement? I don’t know them, but whoever they are they have my greatest respect to my last breath. May their lives be blessed with confirmations from the Kingdom of God!
This is proud moment for us in the history of humanity when one persecuted group stands for another. Kurds were one of the first to open their homes to Baha’is when the mob burned 90+ Baha’i homes in Azerbaijan. They took Baha’is in and gave them refuge. They have always practiced honor and integrity. With gratitude …
Maryam Manteghi
I am a Baha’i and my grandfather was a Kurd. He was not a Baha’i but I feel very proud today that his people have stood up in this extraordinary way. I commend them.
May God bless these Kurdish friends.
Their example will be remembered and cherished by future generations.
Becky Hillman
This is one of the most phenomenally moving letters I have ever read. May God forever bless and protect the writers of this letter and all the Kurdish peoples.
Dan LaBerge
I am a Canadian Bahai .
Thank you , authors of this letter .
Justice will be served in the next life if not in this one .
I simply LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Kurds.
Thank you for this wonderful statement.
The statement by the Kurdish Press was shared with my Baha’i community last night, which gathered to say prayers for the seven prisoners. Many of my community members have themselves experienced persecution, imprisonment, and torture before fleeing Iran.
Hearing the Kurdish statement was an amazing ray of hope for them.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Margie D. Bulkin
I am a 5th generation American Baha’i. My great great grandmother, embraced the Baha’i teachings while living in Los Angeles in 1912. She was a woman free to choose, practice, and promote her faith. I am the beneficiary of her convictions. I am so moved by the outspoken and eloquent truths that this letter proposes in defense of the Baha’is who have stood courageously in the face of persecution in Iran for over 150 years.
Jeanne Farr
The honor deserved by these courageous Kurdish Iraninans will fall on all Kurds, around the world. It seems this is not the first time we have seen such selfless support from our Kurdish friends. God bless their souls.
“Once arrived at the Persian frontier, Jamshid and Muhammad-‘Ali were handed over to Kurdish chiefs to be sent on to Tihran. The Kurdish chiefs could see that the prisoners were innocent men, kindly and well-disposed, who had fallen a prey to their enemies. Instead of dispatching them to the capital, they set them free. Joyfully, the two hastened away on foot, went back to Bahá’u’lláh and found a home close by Him in the Most Great Prison.”
(Abdu’l-Baha, Memorials of the Faithful, p. 120)
Well is it with that learned man whose head is adorned with the crown of justice, and whose body glorieth in the ornament of honesty.
(Abdu’l-Baha, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 45)
Nazenine Khabirpour
I am ever so grateful to our kurdish brothers and sisters.
May God blees you.
Niaz
I am one of the translators of Iran Press Watch into Spanish and I’ve just had the great honour and privilege of translating this impressive statement. As a Baha’i and as a human being, I feel impelled to express my deepest gratitude to the authors of such a brave, sincere, and touching statement. You are, from now on, included in my list of most admired heroes.
I totally agree with Niaz.
We are privileged to be witnesses of such a phenomental flow of declarations and statements of heartfelt support, pouring in one upon another in such a short span of time from governments, parliaments, NGOs, Institutes, ethnic and other groups, both from Iran and abroad.
Hadn’t the Iranian Judiciary decided to release the news of the trial of the seven Bahá’í leaders, the plight of the long-suffering Bahá’í community wouldn’t have reached the whole world.
The long-awaited emancipation of the Bahá’í Faith in Iran is drawing near.
God is Glorious.
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Criteria: Candidates must be currently enrolled in a graduate or doctoral program or have received a degree in the calendar year for which nominations are taking place. Nominations should highlight specific examples of the candidate’s contributions and impact. Preference is given to members of NECPA and/or ACPA.
Purpose: The Emerging Professional of the Year award recognizes a new professional (0-5 years) distinguishing themselves who has demonstrated commitment to the field of higher education through noticeable contributions and innovation in their work at their home institution and/or professional organizations.
Criteria: Candidates should be employed at an institution of higher education within the first five years of professional experience since the completion of a master’s degree. Nominations should highlight specific examples of the candidate’s contributions and impact. Preference is given to members of NECPA and/or ACPA.
Purpose: The Accomplished Leader of the Year award recognizes a mid-level professional (5+ years) who has demonstrated commitment to the field of higher education through noticeable contributions and innovation in their work at their home institution and/or professional organizations.
Criteria: Candidates should have more than 5 years of professional experience, but should not currently hold a senior-level role. Nominations should highlight specific examples of the candidate’s contributions and impact. Preference is given to members of NECPA and/or ACPA.
Purpose: The Pillar of Mentorship award recognizes a senior-level professional who has shown an exceptional commitment to the field of Higher Education. This individual’s service and leadership in the student affairs profession has made significant contributions to colleagues, peers, and students at their home institution and beyond.
Criteria: Candidates should be employed at an institution of higher education with at least ten years of professional experience and currently hold a senior-level role. Nominations should highlight specific examples of the candidate’s contributions and impact. These examples may include but are not limited to: publications, presentations, research, education, and mentorship.
Purpose: The Innovative Programming of the Year award recognizes an innovative and/or outstanding program that was either developed or reimagined within the past two years and has had a significant impact on the program’s community.
Criteria: Nominated programs must have taken place within the past year. Programs will be evaluated on creativity and innovation of program design; alignment with institutional, divisional, departmental, or position goals and outcomes; achievement of outcomes of the program; and institutional collaboration.
Purpose: The Contribution to Knowledge award recognizes an individual or group for an outstanding contribution to higher education knowledge creation
Criteria: Candidates for the Contribution to Knowledge award will be evaluated based on an example of scholarly contribution (could include: masters, doctoral, or post-doc level research projects, teaching statements, grant applications, published work, or professional presentations), that demonstrate the nominees’ dedication to impacting and advancing the field of higher education.
Purpose: The Spectacular Service to NECPA award recognizes a member of NECPA who has served the organization within the past year in an outstanding capacity.
Criteria: Candidates for the Spectacular Service to NECPA award must be current members of NECPA and have made significant contributions to the organization within the past year. Nominations for current board members are not eligible for consideration.
Purpose: The President’s Award is an ad hoc award to recognize an individual or organization who has significantly impacted NECPA.
Criteria: Recipients of the President’s Award have provided significant support or service to the New England College Personnel Association. The timeline for consideration is not limited. Contributions made as an elected or appointed board member, committee chair or member, or as a general member are eligible for consideration.
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