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Alejandro Salamanca Rodriguez
Researcher at the department of History and Civilization
Madrid, 1992.
1st year HEC researcher.
Previously, MA in Migration Studies and MSc in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (as well as three years working as an English teacher, tour guide, and freelance writer)
My doctoral research project focuses on migration in the Western Mediterranean between 1860 and 1912. My idea is to look at two different communities (Spanish and Moroccans) in three different cities: Tangiers, Melilla and Oran.
I am also working on a book (to be published in 2022/23) about transatlantic migration in the 18th century. It is a microhistory of a Spanish ship with Dutch flag and multinational crew that travelled between Cádiz and Veracruz in 1747.
Outside Academia, I am the main author of a public history project on the history of the Middle East for non-specialized Spanish-speaking audiences (website: https://desvelandooriente.com/).
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Mind your Maker
"fides quaerens intellectum"
What it’s about.
Evangelicals and the Virgin Mary
Evangelicals and the Mother of God
by Timothy George
Copyright (c) 2007 First Things (February 2007).
It is time for evangelicals to recover a fully biblical appreciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her role in the history of salvation-and to do so precisely as evangelicals. The question, of course, is how to do that. Can the evangelical reengagement with the wider Christian tradition include a place for Mary? Can we, without forsaking any of the evangelical essentials, including the great solas of the Reformation, echo Elizabeth’s acclamation, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” (Luke 1:42), or resonate with the Spirit-filled maid of the Magnificat: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed” (Luke 1:46-48)?
Certainly, there is growing evidence of fascination with Mary among evangelical Protestants. Many evangelicals, including a number of Southern Baptists, have begun to observe the liturgical season of Advent, which has led them to ponder more deeply the role of Mary in the history of salvation. In December 2004, I wrote for Christianity Today on “The Blessed Evangelical Mary,” which drew a strong, mostly positive response. Evangelical scholars have begun to write books about Mary, with two volumes, Tim Perry’s Mary for Evangelicals and Scot McKnight’s The Real Mary, appearing just this past year.
At a popular level, The Nativity Story, a movie that premiered at the Vatican, was strongly promoted among evangelicals. Over the holidays, many Christian radio stations played the beautiful “Breath of Heaven,” in which Mary sings, “I have traveled many moonless nights, cold and weary with a babe inside, and I wonder what I’ve done. Holy Father you have come, and chosen me now to carry your Son.” At the theological level, the study group known as Evangelicals and Catholics Together, having produced an earlier document on the communion of saints, has now taken up the theme of the Virgin Mary, with special attention to how she is portrayed in the Bible.
For all this positive interest in Mary among evangelicals, however, both Marian dogma and Marian devotion remain contentious, church-dividing issues. In a recent dialogue with a Catholic friend, one evangelical remarked, “If you were to ask me to give my three best reasons why I’m not a Catholic, I’d simply say ?Mary, Mary, and Mary.’” It seems to many evangelicals that Catholic preoccupation with Mary obscures the preeminence and sole salvific sufficiency of Jesus Christ and thus leads many people away from rather than to the Savior himself. Good Catholics know, of course, that Mary is not the object of worship or the kind of adoration given only to God (latria), but rather of veneration (doulia), albeit of a special kind (hyperdoulia). But this distinction often seems to get lost at the local level.
Such concerns are not alleviated by the campaign of some Catholics a few years ago to have Mary officially recognized, perhaps even with another infallible dogma, as mediatrix of grace and co-redemptrix with Christ himself. Orthodox Catholics interpret such Marian titles in a way that they believe leaves intact the unique role of Jesus Christ as the mediator between God and man. No Protestant theologian could make this point more clearly than Vatican II: “No creature could ever be counted along with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer . . . the Church does not hesitate to profess the subordinate role of Mary.” Still, the very fact of the campaign points to the difference between the ways Catholics and Protestants feel about the Blessed Virgin.
So why should evangelicals participate in and celebrate the Marian moment that seems to be upon us? The answer is: Precisely because they are evangelicals, that is, gospel people and Bible people. Mary has a pivotal and irreducible place in the Bible, and evangelicals must reclaim this aspect of biblical teaching if we are to be faithful to the whole counsel of God. When it comes to the gospel, Mary cannot be shunted aside or relegated to the affectionate obscurity of the annual Christmas pageant. In the New Testament, she is not only the mother of the redeemer but also the first one to whom the gospel was proclaimed and, in turn, the first one to proclaim it to others. Mary is named a “herald” of God’s good news. We cannot ignore the messenger, because the message she tells is about the salvation of the world.
Evangelical retrieval of a proper biblical theology of Mary will give attention to five explicit aspects of her calling and ministry: Mary as the daughter of Israel, as the virgin mother of Jesus, as Theotokos, as the ?handmaiden of the Word, and as the mother of the Church. Consider Mary’s first title, Daughter of Israel. Mary stands, along with John the Baptist, at a unique point of intersection in the biblical narrative between the Old and the New Covenants. When Mary cradles the baby Jesus in the Temple in the presence of Anna and Simeon, we see brought together the advent of the Lord’s messiah, and the long-promised and long-prepared-for “consolation of Israel.” The holy family is portrayed as part of a wider community, namely “all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem” (Luke 2:38).
Mary appears in the infancy narratives as the culmination of a prophetic lineage of pious mothers: Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah-together with Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth, who appear in the Matthean genealogy. There is a sense in which any of them could have been the mother of the messiah. According to one interpretation of Genesis 4:1, when Eve exclaims at the birth of Cain, “I have gotten a man from the Lord,” she supposes that her first-born son was already the fulfillment of the prophecy of Genesis 3:15, the seed of the woman who would bruise the head of the serpent.
But Mary as the handmaiden of the Lord, chosen to give birth to the messiah, is more than the culminating figure among the mothers of Israel. As the Daughter of Zion, she is the kairotic representative of the eschatological and redeemed people of God: Israel itself. George Knight and Max Thurian, as well as a number of Catholic exegetes, have pointed to numerous Old Testament texts in which Israel is personified as a woman: See Isaiah 62:11, for example, “Say to the daughter of Zion, behold, your salvation comes” and Lamentations 2:13, “O daughter of Jerusalem . . . O virgin daughter of Zion.” Several verses depict the daughter of Zion in labor: “Writhe and groan, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail” (Micah 4:10) and “For I heard a cry as of a woman in travail, anguish as of one bringing forth her first child, the cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath” (Jeremiah 4:31).
It is this kind of typological reading that allowed the early Church, from Justin Martyr and Irenaeus onward, to depict Mary as the new Eve, the one through whose obedience the disobedience of the first Eve was reversed. The image of Mary in the New Testament is inseparable from its Old Testament antecedents, without which we are left with not only a reductionist view of Mary but also of Christ.
And yet, in the Old Testament, Israel is portrayed as both a virgin daughter and an unfaithful bride. “Like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you have been unfaithful to me, O house of Israel,” declares the Lord. “Return, faithless people, for I am your husband. I will choose you . . . and bring you to Zion” (Jeremiah 2:20 and 3:14). It is hard to relate this theme to Mary, immaculately conceived and sinless from birth, but there are hints in the gospels of a Mary who, as David Steinmetz put it, “does not understand what God’s purposes are, who intervenes when she ought to keep silent, who interferes and tries to thwart the purpose of God, who pleads the ties of filial affection when she should learn faith.”
We hear echoes of this in the way the irritation passages are interpreted in the early Church. Hilary of Poitiers, for example, takes John 1:11, together with Mark 3:31-34 (and its parallel in Matthew 12), where Mary and Jesus’ brothers are portrayed as “standing outside” while they send someone else in to call for Jesus, and says, “But because he came to his own and his own did not receive him, in his mother and brothers the synagogue and the Jews are prefigured abstaining from going in to and approaching him.” If Hilary is right, Mary is shown here outside the messianic community, indeed as one who participates in deliberate rejection of Jesus. Tertullian offers a similar interpretation in both De Carne Christi and Adversus ?Marcionem.
Without pressing the image of Mary as the prototype of the synagogue, can we say that Mary is not only the obedient handmaiden of the Lord but also both faithful and faithless, obedient and interfering, perceptive and opaque, simul iustus et peccator, just and sinful alike? Interpreted in this light, Mary not only fulfills a more inclusive typology of Israel in the Old Testament, but she also prefigures the Church that is both the spotless Bride of Christ by virtue of God’s unmerited grace and, simul et semper, the company of pilgrim sinners that must pray everyday, “Forgive us our sins.”
The second common title of Mary is Virgin Mother. The doctrine of the virgin birth emerged in America as one of the badges of evangelical orthodoxy during the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy. J. Gresham Machen, professor at Princeton and later founding president of Westminster Theological Seminary, published in 1930 a major treatise on the virgin birth of Christ. Machen was concerned to support the ancient Christian conception against the anti-supernaturalistic views set forth at a popular level by Harry Emerson Fosdick and supported in academic circles by scholars at the University of Chicago and elsewhere.
Though he was a straitlaced Presbyterian and could never be accused of “cozying up to Rome,” Machen rightly recognized that evangelicals had much more in common with Catholicism on this than they did with what he disdainfully called that “totally foreign religion-liberalism.” “Let it never be forgotten,” he wrote, “that the virgin birth is an integral part of the New Testament witness about Christ, and that that witness is strongest when it is taken as it stands. . . . The blessed story of the miracle in the virgin’s womb is intrinsic to the good news of the Gospel. Only one Jesus is presented in the Word of God; and that Jesus did not come into the world by ordinary generation, but was conceived in the womb of the virgin by the Holy Ghost.” Machen did not go so far as some in claiming that no one could be a Christian without believing in the virgin birth. He recognized that the biblical accounts may not have been known in some circles of earliest Christianity. But while one might conceivably be a Christian without affirming the virgin birth, there could be no true Christianity among those who denied it.
The virgin birth continued to be a celebrated point of difference between mainline Protestants and their more conservative counterparts during the neo-evangelical renaissance after World War II. In 1958, Christian Century published an editorial denying the historicity of the virgin birth: The virgin birth, the editorial said, presents Jesus as some kind of tertium quid, half God and half man. In reply, the Lutheran theologian Arthur Carl Piepkorn snapped: “To account so materially, so biologically, so cellularly for the uniqueness of Jesus is to land dead center on what is precisely not the point.” Such disdain for Jesus’ “miracle of entrance,” as Karl Barth called it, obviously belonged to the trajectory of theological liberalism, from Schleiermacher through D.F. Strauss to Paul Tillich, who wrote in the first volume of his Systematic Theology: “Apollo has no revelatory significance for Christians; the virgin mother Mary reveals nothing to Protestantism.”
For all their fervent advocacy of this doctrine, evangelicals may have missed two important aspects of this teaching. Modern evangelical preoccupation with the virgin birth arose in the context of post-Enlightenment skepticism and reductionism: Evangelicals were concerned to defend the miraculous character of the virgin birth because they saw it undergirding the deity of Jesus Christ. The prominence of the virgin birth teaching among the Apostolic Fathers, however, arose from a different Christological concern: as an affirmation of the true humanity and genuine historicity of the Son of God. “Away with that lowly manger, those dirty swaddling clothes,” Marcion had cried. Against all docetism and anti-materialism, Ignatius of Antioch declared in one of the early creedal expressions of the Christian faith that Jesus was “truly born, truly lived, truly died.” The adverb resounds like a gong through the writings of the second century.
It is also a fair criticism to note that, in their strong defense of the virgin birth, evangelicals have been more concerned with Mary’s virginity than with her maternity. Mary was not merely the point of Christ’s entrance into the world-the channel through which he passed as water flows through a pipe. She was ever the mother who cared for the physical needs of Jesus the boy. She was the one who nursed him at her breast and who nurtured and taught him the ways of the Lord. Doubtless she was the one who taught him to memorize the Psalms and to pray, even as he grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and others (Luke 2:52).
This emphasis on the full humanity of the mother of Jesus is in keeping with the evangelical reticence about the debates over the parturition of Mary. To be sure, there is nothing theologically difficult about affirming Mary’s perpetual virginity. This venerable tradition, first given dogmatic sanction at the fifth ecumenical council in 553, was affirmed by Luther, Zwingli, and Calvin during the Reformation (though Calvin was more agnostic about this belief than the other two Reformers).
More difficult is the claim for the inviolate virginity of Mary in partu: the virgin birth in a precise sense. Not only does this belief stem from a post-canonical writing, the Protoevangelium of James, but it also seems to undermine the anti-docetic emphasis of the doctrine. This is especially true when it is said that Mary gave birth to Jesus without pain. If indeed the virgin mother of God is the link that unites Christ and humanity, it is hard to see why the virginal conception of Jesus, attested by Scripture, should entail an anesthetized delivery. While Cardinal Newman was surely right to say that God could have spared the mother of the messiah the pains of child-bearing, there is no sound biblical reason for assuming God did so. Indeed, if the woman of the apocalypse in Revelation 12 harks back to Mary, then the opposite seems to be the case, for there we are told that this woman “was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth” (Revelation 12:2).
The third title of Mary to consider is Theotokos, the “God-Bearer,” a title for Mary as the Mother of God. Evangelicals can and should join Catholics in celebrating the Virgin Mary this way. In the Reformation, Calvin (unlike Luther and Zwingli) balked at the title Mother of God but not at the doctrinal truth it was intended to convey. Barth, however, was faithful to the deepest intention of Reformed Christology when he acknowledged that Mother of God is “sensible, permissible, and necessary as an auxiliary Christological proposition.”
Although the conceptual genesis of Theotokos is very early-Ignatius of Antioch can say “Our God, Jesus Christ, was carried in Mary’s womb” (Ephesians 18:2), the debates leading up to the Council of Ephesus were not concerned in the first instance with the status of Mary but rather with the unity of divinity and humanity in her son. The Church was right to reject Nestorius’ preferred title for Mary, Christotokos, “mother of Christ,” as an inadequate description of Mary’s role in the mystery of the Incarnation. We are not at liberty to construct a merely human Christ, cut off from the reality of his entire person. Then-cardinal Ratzinger aptly sums up this important point in the development of doctrine:
The Christological affirmation of God’s Incarnation in Christ becomes necessarily a Marian affirmation, as de facto it was from the beginning. Conversely: only when it touches Mary and becomes Mariology is Christology itself as radical as the faith of the Church requires. The appearance of a truly Marian awareness serves as the touchstone indicating whether or not the Christological substance is fully present. Nestorianism involves the fabrication of a Christology from which the nativity and the mother are removed, a Christology without Mariological consequences. Precisely this operation, which surgically removes God so far from man that nativity and maternity-all of corporeality-remain in a different sphere, indicated unambiguously to the Christian consciousness that the discussion no longer concerned incarnation (becoming flesh), that the ?center of Christ’s mystery was endangered, if not already destroyed. Thus in Mariology Christology was defended.
There is another dimension of Theotokos, however, that touches evangelical sensibilities. Some forty years ago, Heiko A. Oberman published an important article, using the research of Bishop Paulus Rusch of Innsbruck, in which he argued that the negative Nestorian reaction to Theotokos was initially a response to heretical groups who claimed that Mary was the mother of God not only according to the humanity of Christ but also according to the divinity of Christ, in the same way as there are mothers of gods in pagan religions. Epiphanius of Salamis attested the existence of such heretical groups, one of which he located in Palestine: a community of women who made circular cakes and offered them to the Virgin Mary, whom they had come to look upon as a deity. (This group was called the Collyridians, after the shape of the cakes in their ritual.)
Thus, according to Oberman and Rusch, in rightly opposing an exaggerated, heretical Mariolotry, Nestorius himself unwittingly fell into Christological heresy. This may be a more charitable reading of Nestorius than the facts warrant, but it points to a continuing concern of Protestants: Granted the legitimacy of doctrinal development, including the Christological clarification that led to the councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon, where are the checks against exalting the Virgin so high that her son is obscured? Another biblical title for Mary is Handmaiden. Through the Middle Ages-by application of the Anselmian rule that “one should ascribe to Mary so much purity that more than that one cannot possibly imagine except for God”-Mary came more and more to assume an inflated soteriological significance. Thus, Mary, as mater misericordia, was sometimes claimed to rule the kingdom of mercy while Christ, in the famous pose of judge on the rainbow, reigned in the kingdom of truth and justice as iudex vivorum et mortuorum.
In this schema, Mary became, as Bernard of Clairvaux put it, “a mediator with the Mediator.” Or, as Anselm has it, “She pleads with the Son on behalf of the sons.” This led to a view of Mary as co-redemptrix, a term that became popular in the fifteenth century, through images of Mary as placating her stern son with milk from her breasts. (This was one reason why Mary’s milk, preserved in vials throughout the reliquaries of Europe, was so highly valued. Luther was shown some of Mary’s milk on his trip to Rome in 1510.)
The Protestant Reformers vehemently protested against the “abominable idolatry” of medieval Mariology. Exaggerated devotion, the Reformers held, does not praise the virgin mother of God but slanders her by making her into an idol. Perhaps nowhere is the Protestant reaction to Marian excess more cogently put than in Philip Melanchthon’s “Apology of the Augsburg Confession” of 1530: “Some of us have seen a certain monastic theologian . . . urge this prayer upon a dying man, ?Mother of grace, protect us from the enemy and receive us in the hour of death.’ Granted that blessed Mary prays for the church, does she receive souls in death, does she overcome death, does she give life? What does Christ do if Mary does all this? . . . The fact of the matter is that in popular estimation the blessed virgin has replaced Christ.” Mary, as Hugh Latimer was to put it, was not to be seen as “a Saviouress.” Yet there was also a positive devotion to Mary among the Reformers. Both Zwingli and Bullinger defended the Ave Maria not as a prayer to Mary but as an expression of praise in honor of her. Calvin too refers to Mary as “the treasurer of grace,” the one who kept faith as a deposit and through whom we have received this precious gift from God. In Luther’s 1521 commentary on the Magnificat, Mary is the embodiment of God’s unmerited grace. She is magnified above all creatures, and yet it is her humility, lowliness, and indeed nothingness (nichtigkeit) that is notable. However, Mary is called blessed not because of her virginity or even her humility “but for this one thing alone, that God regarded her. That is to give all the glory to God as completely as it can be done . . . not she is praised thereby, but God’s grace toward her.” “I am only the workshop (fabrica) in which God operates,” Luther has Mary say.
Mary’s significance for Luther is twofold. Mary is the person and place where God has chosen to enter most deeply into the human story. And Mary is also the one who hears the Word of God-fides ex auditu, the one who responds in faith and thus is justified by faith alone. Mary was a disciple before she was a mother, for had she not believed, she would not have conceived. Mary is the object of God’s gracious predestination, and this divine choice is the source of both her blessedness and her fertility. At this point Barth is fully in line with the Reformation message when he declares (against Rudolph Bultmann) that redemption is wrought by Christ “outside of us, without us, and even against us” and yet, because this is true, also for us and even in us. As the embodiment of sola gratia and sola fide, Mary should be highly extolled in evangelical theology and worship.
So why is this not the case? Why do evangelicals remember the Reformation critique of Marian excess but not the positive appraisal of Mary’s indispensable role in God’s salvific work? One element is the pruning effect of the scriptural principle. Luther closed his commentary on the Magnificat with a prayer of intercession addressed to the Virgin Mary. But already in Zwingli’s Sixty-Seven Articles of 1523, it was claimed that, because Christ is our only mediator, no mediators other than Christ are needed beyond this life. Luther too gave up Marian intercession when he could find no explicit scriptural warrant for it in the Bible.
Beyond the theological constraints of a biblical religion, however, there was also what might be called an ecclesiological hardening of the arteries within the Protestant and evangelical traditions. To be an evangelical meant not to be a Roman Catholic. To worship Jesus meant not to honor Mary, even if such honor were biblically grounded and liturgically chaste.
In some quarters of the evangelical world, the loss of catholicity was marked by a disdain for creedal Christianity. Thus, in 1742, when the Philadelphia Baptist Association published a confession of faith and asked the churches for their approval, those who rejected it could think of nothing nastier to say than to call it a new Virgin Mary: “We need no such virgin Mary to come between us and God.” In time, of course, some evangelicals not only abandoned the virgin Mary but the Holy Trinity as well. This was especially true in England, where nearly the entire denomination of General or Arminian Baptists converted to Unitarianism. In the context of this development, it is astounding to come across a remarkable book published in 1886 by A. Stewart Walsh and introduced by the popular evangelical preacher T. DeWitt Talmage. Called Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus, it reads like a Harlequin romance of Mary’s life: a paeon of praise to motherhood, with a highly fictionalized account of Mary as the chief exemplar. Near the end of this fanciful tome, however, there is this plea for a proper evangelical recognition of Mary: “But this only, and surely, here I know, no friend of the divine Son can dethrone Him by honoring her, aright; indeed, as He Himself did. It was of Him she spoke when exclaiming: ?My soul doth rejoice in God my Savior!’ Can one truly honor Him and despise and ignore the woman who gave Him human birth? Can one have His mind and forget her for whom love was uppermost to Him in His supreme last hours? Can one honor her aright, and yet dethrone the Son whom she enthroned, she bore Him, then lived for Him. She ?honored herself in bearing Him, and was His mother, His teacher and His disciple. He revered her, she ?worshiped Him.”
Yet another title of Mary is Mother of the Church. At Vatican II there was heated debate on whether to prepare a separate document on Mary, but by a close vote the decision was made to treat Mary in the context of ecclesiology.
Is there a sense in which evangelicals, too, can speak of Mary as mater ecclesiae? The New Testament portrays Mary as among the last at the cross and the first in the upper room. She is thus a bridging figure between the close of his earthly ministry and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the Pentecostal birth of the Church. It is particularly Mary at the foot of the cross that speaks to the reality of the Church. When all the disciples had fled in fear, Mary remained true to Christ and his word. Her fidelity showed that the true faith could be preserved in one sole individual, and thus Mary became the mother of the true remnant Church.
The other scriptural text in which Mary emerges as the Mother of the Church is the apocalyptic vision of Revelation 12. Here the woman who gives birth to a son is harassed and pursued by the dragon. As Luther wrote, “If, then, a person desires to draw the Church as he sees her, he will picture her as a deformed and poor girl sitting in an unsafe forest in the midst of hungry lions, bears, wolves, and boars, nay, deadly serpents; in the midst of infuriated men who set sword, fire, and water in motion in order to kill her and wipe her from the face of the earth.” In God’s sight, the Church is pure, holy, unspotted-the Dove of God-but in the eyes of the world it bears the form of a servant. It is, like its bridegroom, Christ, “hacked to pieces, marked with scratches, despised, crucified, mocked” (Isa. 53:2-3). Mary speaks to the pilgrim Church, which today is also increasingly the persecuted Church.
Perhaps we should ask what Catholics, without ceasing to be Catholics, can learn from evangelicals about Mary. Certainly we should ask what evangelicals, without ceasing to be evangelicals, can learn from Catholics about Mary. If Catholics need to be called away from the excesses of Marian devotion to a stricter fidelity to the biblical witness, evangelicals should reexamine their negative attitudes toward Mary, many of which derive from anti-Catholic bias rather than sound biblical theology. They need to ask themselves, as the Groupe des Dombes suggested, “whether their too frequent silences about Mary are not prejudicial to their relationship with Jesus Christ.”
Can there be a proper place for Mary in the prayer and devotional life of evangelicals? The early Protestant Reformers of the sixteenth century thought so. Evangelicals do not pray to Mary, but we can learn to pray like Mary and with Mary-with Mary and all the saints. Evangelicals can join with all Christians in a prayer like this: “And now we give you thanks, Heavenly Father, because in choosing the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of your Son, you exalted the little ones and the lowly. Your angel greeted her as highly favored; and with all generations we call her blessed and with her we rejoice and we magnify your holy name.”
Timothy George, an ordained minister in the Southern Baptist Convention, is the dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University and a member of the First Things editorial board.
Author MyMPosted on March 31, 2007 March 31, 2007 Categories Evangelicalism, RC doctrine, Scripture, The BVM
2 thoughts on “Evangelicals and the Virgin Mary”
Lisa Lindsey says:
What a wonderful article! I am a Catholic, and the prayer you composed at the end of your essay sounds exactly like a prayer said at any Catholic liturgy celebrating a Marian feast. Prayers are always directed TO the heavenly Father, and close with “Through Jesus Christ, our Lord.” Formal liturgical prayers are never directed to Mary or any saint, but rather, thank the Father for their gifts and Christlike examples.
Aside from Catholic dogmas such as the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception, I think all Bible-based Christians can admire Mary’s faith. I think we can even admit she was “special.” When God chose her to be the mother of His Son, He was not just looking for a “place to park” for nine months. This was not “rent-a-womb.” God had a design for Mary not only in the cave of Bethlehem, but also at the wedding at Cana, and at the foot of the Cross, and in the upper room at Pentecost where she supported the infant Church with her presence and her prayer. Like Elizabeth who called Mary “blessed”, any Christian who claims to be “Spirit led” need not worry that their praise of Mary displeases God.
I just want to say again how delighted I was with your thoughts and observations. You bring to the fore many excellent points. God bless you!
Sincerely in Christ,
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Thankfully attitudes towards mental health have moved on since the 90s, but unfortunately there can still be a stigma that prevents some sufferers from seeking help. This will only change when we talk openly about mental health and spread awareness to everyone.
Alex Rigler - Recipient of Roger Parkinson Award 2020
Alex is inspirational, and such a dedicated and passionate ambassador for Mental Health Awareness. She is aways ready to listen to anyone who wants to talk. She has a calming effect on people and makes them feel at ease and very welcoming when they attend the group for the first time. She does a huge amount in the community not only with her volunteering for MHT but her work with Grapevine. She always has time for people and fitted in to the MHT Mantra ‘Caring for Everyone’s Wellbeing. She is amazing at bringing people together and became a valued support for the administration team and also producing the monthly newsletter. She initiated a Walk and Talk in Southam and now commits weekly to the Walk and Talk in Leamington. She was a huge support to everyone during lockdown sometimes contributing to 3 zoom calls a week. She brings so much to the group from her commitment to her caring kind and compassionate nature. She is most definitely a worthy recipient of this award and we hope that she will continue her amazing work in the future.
Jason Hemming - Recipient of the Roger Parkinson Award 2019
Jason helps others through being open about his own personal struggles and isn’t afraid to talk about mental health.
Jason started volunteering at the beginning of 2019 and is a great role model for Mental Health Together not only for all the time and effort he puts into the group, but for bravely putting himself forward in a predominately female group.
MHT has always struggled to encourage men to attend the events and activities and when Jason decided to be a volunteer, we recognised this brave act as we know that men find it more difficult to talk. To have Jason in the group as a role model is just fantastic!
Jason finds solace in drawing and organised his first Together Activity 'Crafty Bits and Glitz, Drawing with Jase’ back in June 2019. The activity was well received and everyone that attended enjoyed the therapeutic effect that drawing had on their mental wellbeing.
Jason also got back into running and this has really helped his mental health. He is now a member of the running club Spa Striders and you often see him running at Park Run. He really has found a love for running, entering many running events and forever chasing a new PB!
It is well known that Karen Parkinson’s father took his own life in 1991 and for years before he suffered in silence with depression. Karen was made to keep silent about how he died for many years. Recently Jason hosted an event just for Men “Break the Silence’. The event was attended by 8 men (most of whom had not been to an MHT event before). Hopefully it will be the first of many similar events in our endeavour to encourage more men to open up and join Mental Health Together.
So, Jason Hemming the Roger Parkinson Award 2019 is awarded to you for all your hard work, support and commitment for mental health awareness. We are all so proud of you and it’s a privilege to give you this award!
Well Done Jason!
Raphaelle Miller - Recipient of the Roger Parkinson Award 2018
The Roger Parkinson Award was awarded on World Mental Health Day 2018 and Mental Health Together's first anniversary to R aphaelle Miller.
Raphaelle is a Together Volunteer and was very humble about receiving this award, but is so deserving of the award for all the work she does not only for mental health awareness, but also for all the work she does in the community.
Raphaelle is an inspiring caring person who gives up so much of her time to help others, always putting others first. Raphaelle supported MHT right from the start through the difficult times of setting it up, her support and commitment is invaluable.
From the beginning Raphaelle came to the walk and talks, and was supportive of the Together Events. Then, when Together Activities were set up, she was there with all her ideas for bringing people and communities together and she was the first to set up her crochet and cuppa activity, where she taught a group her crocheting skills.
Raphaelle is very passionate about zero waste and recycling, so when we decided to set up the Repair Cafe this was right up her street. She now has a fully functional Repair Cafe at the Sydni Centre in Leamington. There is so much you could say about this special lady who is so worthy of The Roger Parkinson Award.
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Covid-19: Reminder to communities about importance of continuing to social distance
29.05.20 - Merseyside
Merseyside Police is this weekend continuing to remind local communities of the importance of social distancing to ensure their safety and the safety of others.
Since some lockdown restrictions were lifted two weeks ago people have been able to spend more time outdoors and can visit parks and open spaces. As a result we have seen our parks, beaches and open spaces get busier.
The public is reminded that the government guidance remains in place this weekend that people can only spend time with one member of another household, provided it is outdoors, on a one-to-one basis and that they adhere to strict social distancing guidelines at all times.
Officers will be on patrol in all areas and the force will continue to target criminality and antisocial behaviour. It will also be targeting those who flagrantly flout the government guidance.
Superintendent Jonathan Davies said: “We understand how difficult the past few months have been for lots of people and thanks must be given to those who have continued to stick by the government guidance around leaving home and socially distancing.
“With the government announcing further relaxations of the guidelines, and particularly with the current warm weather, I know people will be tempted to get outside. This is a reminder that the rules on spending time with only one other person from another household remains in place this weekend.
“The rules are there for your own safety and the safety of others and to ensure that people aren’t put at unnecessary risk and everyone can enjoy spending time outside.
“Our advice would be to stay at home wherever possible but where journeys are being made people should avoid using public transport, other than for essential journeys, and make any journeys by cycling, walking or driving in a private vehicle. People also should check in advance of visiting places like National Parks and beaches to make sure they are prepared for visitors.”
Supt Davies added: “As with previous weekends during the lockdown, we will be out and about reminding people why restrictions are in place and encouraging the public to do the right thing and keep social distancing. We also have powers to enforce the legislation, with fines starting at £100.
"We will also work closely with the Coastguard and local authorities to monitor our coasts and open spaces and continue to proactively police our road networks to ensure people are keeping to the speed limit; not driving under the influence of drink or drugs, not using their mobile phone whilst driving and wearing their seatbelts.
“It has been a challenging time for everyone, and as we move into a new phase of the national response to this pandemic, it is absolutely vital that we keep going to ensure we can all return to some degree of normality as soon as possible."
Merseyside's Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy added: "This weekend, enjoy the sunshine but remember the NHS, our ambulance staff, police and fire fighters and all of our essential frontline workers continue to strive to protect us from this deadly virus.
"Please think about them, be careful, stay safe and don't take risks that might spread the virus."
Commissioner commits to supporting those suffering mental ill health
Merseyside Police hosts Facebook watch party for Safer Streets project
PCC and Force unite with partners to mark International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers
Wishing you a happy and peaceful Christmas
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Florida Governor Ron Desantis Says It ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’ To Close Gyms
Filed Under:Coronavirus, Gyms, Local TV, Miami News, Ron DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday said he is not closing gyms because he thinks people who go to them are “even less at risk for the coronavirus” because they are staying healthy and working out.
“I think taking that option away for people to be healthy just doesn’t make sense,” the Republican governor said during a news conference in Apopka.
“I think most people who are going to the gyms are in the low-risk groups, and I think what they are doing is making them even less at risk of the coronavirus. So, I don’t think it would make sense to close them.”
The governor’s comment came after a reporter asked him about an unpublished document prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force that recommended Florida and 17 other states in “red zones” should roll back reopening measures amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
The July 14 document, obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom, said bars and gyms should be closed in “red zone” states.
A “red zone” refers to a location that recorded more than 100 new cases per 100,000 population last week, or a positivity rate above 10 percent.
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“Florida had 308 new cases per 100,00 population in the past week, compared to a national average of 119 per 100,000,” according to the document.
DeSantis told reporters he was not shutting down gyms because he said the state has not “had a lot of problems with that.” He added that if people are under age 50 and in good shape, they have a “very, very, low likelihood of ending up in significant conditions as a result of the coronavirus.”
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My WonderLit Version of Jack and the Beanstalk
by Michelle Tocher | Mar 21, 2016
Happy Spring, dear readers! I’m posting my “wonderlit” version of Jack and the Beanstalk, which is based on the original 1820 version from Scotland. It’s the story that I worked with when I created the WonderLit course and it’s still very alive in me. I’ve attached the original story at the end of my version so that you can see how, through the WonderLit process, a story gets infused with new life. The illustrations that look professional are by Linda Hendry. And the other illustrations are mine.
Jack’s Beanstalk Story
In the beginning, we were livin’ on the farm, and things weren’t going so well. There was nothin’ to eat, and the cow had stopped givin’ us milk. I was tired all the time and Mama was always scoldin’ me and callin’ me a ‘lazy no good for nothing.’
A dark cloud hung over the sky, but it never did rain and I never did cry, neither. Sometimes I talked to Daisy the cow. She was my only friend, an’ it didn’t matter to me that she didn’t give us no milk. How could she when she had so little hay?
Then one day my Mama told me to take the cow to the butcher. We needed to sell her for money. There was nothin’ left in the cupboards to eat.
I didn’t want to take Daisy to town but I promised her that I would come an’ get her just as soon as I could figure out how to get some money.
The butcher was a big man with a bad temper and he scared me, standin’ there with his cleaver—scared me so much I could hardly speak.
“What have you done to this cow?” he roared. “She’s not worth anything to me, she’s nothin’ more than a sack of bones. I won’t give you beans for her. Come to think of it—take these.”
He stuck his hand in the pocket of his bloodied apron, an’ he pulled out some beans. They were every different size and color, the most interesting beans I ever did see. I couldn’t wait to plant ’em.
When I came home, I showed Mama the beans. I thought she’d be happy but she got so mad, she kicked the beans outta my hand and they flew out the window.
I went to bed with no supper that night, and then I did cry. I looked out at Mother Moon risin’ up under the clouds of the sky an’ I said, “Take me with you Mother Moon. I’m lazy and good for nothin’ and it’s my fault Mama’s sick and we’re poor. I wish I could be a big man, but I’m not, not inside or out.”
I went to sleep, and the next thing I knew, I was wakin’ up. I didn’t know where I was ’cause there was somethin’ wavin’ at me through the window. It had a green body and flat green hands. “Howdy, Jack. Come on outside,” the green man said. I thought I must have died, and then I opened my eyes all the way, and blinked, an’ sat up straight. Outside the window, there was somethin’ growin’, bigger than anythin’ I ever did see!
Where did the corn come from? That was my first thought. And then I realized that it weren’t a cornstalk I was lookin’ at. It was a beanstalk! I rubbed my eyes. No way. I must be dreamin’. But I weren’t dreamin’. It was for real. There was a beanstalk growin’ outside my window, and not just one. There was a whole group of them growin’ ’round one another, and up into the sky. I pulled on my trousers and ran outside. I couldn’t see to the top of the beanstalk, but what I could see was that it was makin’ a ladder for me to climb! The leaves were wavin’ at me and sayin’, “Come on up, Jack. You can climb me. Here’s a way up.”
I fergot I was tired and hungry, that’s fer sure! I thought, Mama was wrong. Those WERE magic beans the butcher gave to me. The way I look at it, any seed’s got magic in it, but standin’ under those leaves that were waving at me like elephants’ ears, I was more amazed than I’ve ever been in my entire life. And the beanstalk was sayin’, “You’re right to believe in magic, Jack. Now, climb aboard!”
Just before I set out to climb, I went to the house to tell Mama where I was going.
She put on her housecoat and came runnin’ outside. I figgered I had better get goin’ an’ I started on up.
“The stalks are firm, Mama, I’ll be fine.”
“No, you won’t. You come down off that thing before you kill yourself, Jack.”
I ignored her. She yelled at me then. “You listen to me, young man. Come down off that beanstalk right this instant!”
“I have to see what’s up there, Ma. Bye!”
She started cryin’ an’ makin’ a huge racket. “How can you do this to your poor mother? How can you leave me alone down here to starve?”
I climbed higher and higher. I had to keep my eyes on the stalks ’cause if I fell now, I’d hurt myself.
She kept yellin’ about how I didn’t understand what I was doing. She sounded real scared, but I had to shut my ears.
I climbed for a long time, and I had to take lots of rests ’cause I didn’t have any food in my belly. When I got to the top I stepped onto a dark cloud that looked like a desert. Nothin’ growin’ up there at all. If this was heaven, maybe we were better off down on the ground.
I sat on a rock to catch my breath. A feeling of weakness took me over. And I started to think maybe I should go down. I was pretty disappointed after all my effort.
Then I saw this pretty lady come walkin’ towards me. I got to my feet, thinkin’, okay, now, things are lookin’ up! She was dressed in fancy clothes and she carried a stick with a golden peacock on the end. The peacock was alive and cryin’ somethin’ awful, like a baby in the crib.
“Hey, Jack,” she says.
“Hey there yourself. How do you know my name?”
“Oh, I know everything about you, Jack. I’m a fairy,” she says. “And I know about your father, too. Your Mama ever tell you about your father?”
“No, she won’t talk to me about that,” I says.
“Of course she won’t. Well, I know everything about him and I’ll tell you the whole story, only you’ve gotta do exactly what I tell you to do.”
“What if I don’t?”
She wrinkled up her nose and she said, “Well then you’ll be destroyed. And your Mama, too.”
Destroyed? I thought, holy cow, this fairy weren’t nearly charmin’ as she looked.
But I sure did want to know about my Daddy. I’d asked Mama about him hundreds of times, but she never told me anythin’. All she’d say is, “The past is the past and let’s keep it there, Jack. Now you go clean out the barn like I told you to. How many times do I have to repeat myself?”
I steadied myself on the spongy cloud. “Okay, if you know something about my Daddy, you had better tell me.”
The fairy pointed to some kind of dark shadow loomin’ out of the mist of the clouds. “See that big mansion over there? It’s the house of a giant, Jack, and that giant murdered your father. You want to know how?”
Then she went on to tell me a whole big story. She said my Daddy was a kind man, and he had a lot of money. He was always holding parties for his friends, and helpin’ people out when they were down on their luck. One day a giant an’ his wife came to the door, an’ the giant said that they’d lost everything in a fire. My Daddy took pity on them and let them come and live with him and Mama.
It occurred to me that my Daddy must have had giant house to house a giant. Or maybe he had to do renovations. I had to push the thoughts aside, though, because the fairy talked so sharp and fast.
One day, a big storm came in off the sea, and the giant ran into the house. He said ships were gettin’ wrecked an’ people needed rescue. All hands on deck! The servants ran outside to help with the rescue operation. Only Daddy remained in the house, along with Mama, who was holdin’ me ’cause I was just a baby. When my Daddy came into the kitchen, the giant was waitin’ for him. He stuck a dagger into my Daddy’s back an’ murdered him in cold blood.
Mama heard him cry out, an’ she ran into the kitchen with me in her arms. When she saw my Daddy lyin’ dead in a pool of blood, she fainted. When she came to, the giant was standin’ over us. He said, “I’ll spare your life if you never breathe a word about what happened to your husband. If you do, I’ll come back, and worse will happen to you AND your son.”
The fairy said that Mama ran from the house with me in her arms, and she kept on runnin’ until we got as far away as we could from that giant.
Then the giant got his wife to help him fill two large chests, one with gold and the other with silver. They carried them outside and the giant set fire to the house.
“How do you know all this?” I asked.
The fairy swung her wand, makin’ a half-loop in the air. “I know because I was your father’s guardian,” she said.
“Nice job you did guardin’ him. Where were you when he got murdered?”
She sniffed the air. “Let’s just say I was…otherwise occupied.”
“How?” I demanded.
She gave me a dead cold look. “Water under the bridge, Jack, but if you must know, I broke the law. It wasn’t much more than a misdemeanor but I was suspended by the Fairy King for a period of time, which means that I wasn’t able to protect your father on that particular day.”
I was shocked. “My Daddy got murdered because of you?”
“Settle down, Jack. I’m back now. My powers were restored on the day you went to sell your mother’s cow. When I saw how poor you were, I took you under my protection.”
“I don’t need your protection!” I shouted. I’d heard enough. I turned to go back down the beanstalk.
The fairy blocked my way. “Why did you think you accepted the beans from the butcher in the first place?”
“A voice in your head told you to take ’em, and that was me.”
“No it wasn’t!”
“And by my power the beanstalk grew.…”
“That’s crap!”
“I even inspired you to climb it.”
I was too furious to speak. I pushed her aside and started down the beanstalk to put an end to this nonsense.
“Now you have to do what you promised, Jack. You are the one who’s been appointed to punish the giant.” She clipped me on the top of my head with her peacock wand, and the peacock yowled again, like it had been bonked instead of me. I stayed put.
“You must avenge the death of your father. If you don’t, the giant will destroy you.”
“How am I supposed to do that?”
“You’ve got to get into the giant’s house and take back the money he carried off from your father. Also, you gotta take back two important curiosities that he stole from the fairies.
“And, finally, you are not to say a word to your mother about any of this. Not until you see me again.”
The fairy turned away and headed off into the mist. “How am I supposed to get into the giant’s house?” I shouted. But she just kept on goin,’ swingin’ her wand and her hips. Then she looked over her shoulder and said, “Do exactly what I tell you, Jack, and you’ll have my protection. If you don’t, you ‘ll die.”
“It wasn’t even my fault!” I shouted as she disappeared into the smoky gloom.
I set off to the giant’s house. I figured that if the fairy was gonna protect me, I could do this thing. I knocked on the door and a big ol’ woman came to answer it. She was four times my size. She had a round fruit face that looked swollen as if she’d been cryin’. Or maybe she put in too much effort to get to the door. When she saw me, she lowered her big self down and looked at me with two little pins of light in her blue eyes.
I said, “I’m real poor and hungry, too. Do you think you might have a morsel of bread?”
“What are you doin’ here, child?” she said. “My husband’s a flesh eater, and he likes human meat best. Don’t you know that? He’ll walk fifty miles to eat a little feller like you.”
“I’d be scared if I weren’t so hungry,” I whined. I wasn’t lying, neither.
“Oh, your poor child, look at you. Nothin’ on your bones. Come on in, and lemme see what I can find fer you.”
I followed her into the house. The living room was very big, but there weren’t any furniture in it.
As we were passin’ through, I heard men moanin’. I looked down a hall and saw prisoners trapped in a cell. They were just like Daisy, waitin’ for the butcher’s block! I swear I saw the figure of Death sitting down there at the end of the hall. What if the giant’s wife put ME in a pie?
Well, turns out, she didn’t put me in a pie, she gave me some. Sat me down and assured me it weren’t filled with anythin’ but chicken.
Then we heard the giant comin’ in. She got up an’ opened the oven door. “Git in there, now, quick!”
I hid in the dark, warm stove while the giant ate his supper. He was complainin’ about the poor harvest down below and the fact that there wasn’t nothin’ left worth stealin’. Then he said, “Bring me my hen.”
I heard the hen cluckin’ and squawkin’, an’ I thought he was gonna kill her for fun. But he just said: “Lay!”
Then he said: “Lay again!” Then he said: “Even these golden eggs are gettin’ smaller. You stop layin’ big eggs for me and I’ll stop you layin’ for once and for all.” “Cuck-a-cluck CLA!” the hen cried. Poor creature. Must be one of the fairies’ curiosities ’cause I never heard of a golden egg-layin’ hen!
Soon after, the giant fell asleep. I peeked out of the oven door. The giant’s wife had left the room. I took my chance and bolted. Grabbed the hen from the table an’ ran like the wind.
I got down the beanstalk, and ran into the house to show Mama what I got. “Where did you get that from?” she asked.
“Fairies, Mama. There’s a good fairy up there in heaven. But we’ve got to hide the hen, okay? Don’t let anyone see her, ever.”
“You don’t have to tell me twice, Jack!” She put her down in the cellar, and the hen was so happy down there in the dark coolness that she laid one golden egg after another, and never did need any forceful threats.
I waited for the giant to come down after me, but he didn’t. It occurred to me that even if he found the top of the beanstalk in all those clouds, it wouldn’t be strong enough to hold him.
I waited a couple of months, and when I got up my courage, I told my Mama I was goin’ back up agin’. I decided to dress like a girl so the giant’s wife wouldn’t recognize me as the boy who stole her golden hen.
Mama didn’t want me goin’ back up there. “I don’t want you taking things from the fairies,” she said.
“I ain’t gonna take nothin’. I just want to go up and pretend I’m a girl fairy so that I can go to the dances with all the other fairies.” She didn’t know what to say to that.
I put on my Mama’s dress, and up I went.
The giant’s wife opened the door. I said I was all alone and I had no Mama. She couldn’t help herself, she said, “Oh, you poor child.” But then she thought again. “I’m sorry, I can’t let you in. You’re gonna have to go somewhere else.” She didn’t look so good and I could distinctly see that she had the yellow remains of a black eye.
“Why? I don’t know where to go,” I said with tears in my eyes.
“‘Cause not too long ago I let a boy into the house, an’ he turned out to be a thief,” she said. “My husband was not happy about that.”
I could see by the bruises on her bare arms that he wasn’t. I cried some more, and this time the tears were real.
She said, “When’s the last time you had somethin’ to eat?” I said, “I don’t remember,” an’ she let me in.
This time when the giant came home, she hid me in the lumber closet so I wouldn’t get my dress dirty.
I stayed as quiet as a stick of timber. The giant’s wife gave her husband a big tankard of ale, and then another one after that, along with a big hearty stew. Then the giant said he wanted to count his money.
His wife dragged in two heavy bags, one full of silver and the other full of gold, and he passed the time countin’ coins and drinkin’ ale till he fell asleep. I heard his head bang on the table.
I waited till he started to snore. His wife left the room and I sprang outta the closet. I grabbed the bags and started to drag ’em out. Then the dog woke up from under the table and started barkin’. I hadn’t figgered on the dog!
I let go of the bags, grabbed a bone from the table, and threw it at him. He was happy. Then I hauled the bags out.
I got to the beanstalk an’ emptied out the money so all the coins fell to the ground. Then I climbed down.
Mama was amazed. Money rainin’ down from the heavens!
She said she had been sick with fear that I might not ever come back from heaven.
She wanted to know how I got all that money. “You gotta tell me if you’re stealing stuff, Jack,” she said. I put my arms around her and said everythin’ would be alright. It weren’t stolen, just compensation for all we’d been through. “Well you should cut that beanstalk down, NOW,” she said. “We don’t need nothin’ more from the fairies.”
“I gotta go back up, just one more time,” I said. “Not right away, but I do have to go back eventually. I have to thank the fairies.”
Meanwhile, now that we got my Daddy’s money back, we could start doin’ some repairs on the farm.
A year went by, and then another, and then I knew I had to go up and get that last curiosity. The beanstalk was growin’ stronger, jest like me, strong enough to support the giant if he came down after me.
On a midsummer day, I got up before dawn and dressed myself in a black suit. I put on some spectacles, and got myself a black bag. I put a jar of ointment in there that Mama used on burns and stings. Then I went up the beanstalk while she was still sleepin’.
When I got to the door, the giant’s wife was lookin’ pretty bad. Her neck and face were bruised from the blows she’d taken from her husband. I was right in thinkin’ she would need a doctor.
I said, “Did you call a doctor?”
I was taller now, past sixteen, an’ I had a deep voice, too. She let me in an’ we sat at the kitchen table. I asked her to tell me what was ailin’ her. She said that all her money had been stolen, and then the prisoners had escaped, an’ her husband had nearly killed her.
I was about to give her the ointment when the giant came home.
She stuffed me into the oven, which weren’t easy ’cause I had grown a couple of feet since the last time she tried that.
The giant said he could smell a human in the house. He got all riled up at the thought that she’d brought him some human flesh. She said she didn’t know what he was talkin’ about. There was only pork in the larder. She brought him a pork pie.
“I damn well know the difference between a pig and a human,” he snarled.
He went stalkin’ around openin’ cupboards and bangin’ drawers, lookin’ for the source of the smell. He looked into the lumber closet and when he lifted the pot cover on the oven, I’d never been so scared. He stuck his hand down the hole, an’ felt around. I was sure I was a goner.
His wife said, “Come on, dear. Have your ale. You’ve had a hard day. There, there.” She talked to him like he was a baby. His hand went limp an’ he drew it out. Went over to the table an’ I heard him slurpin’ and gulpin’. He ate his pie like a pig with his face in the trough. The food and the drink made him dozy, an’ he said, “Bring me my harp, woman. I could do with some music.”
“Of course, I’ll get it for you, right away, dear.” She was back in a moment, sayin’, “There, there, you go. I know how much you love your harp, dear….”
“Play!” he bellowed. And just as if the harp were its own musician, it began to play the sweetest music you ever heard. I thought, Fairy music. The last curiosity!
A little while passed and I had to shake my head to keep my own self awake because the music would make a hive of bees fall asleep. Then I heard the giant’s head crash onto the table. Wait for it, Jack, wait, I told myself, and then, when the cupboards were shakin’ with his snorin’, I crept out of the oven. This time the giant’s wife was there. I said, “Sorry, but I gotta do this.” I grabbed the harp an’ ran. It stopped playin’ and the giant woke to the silence. “Who’s there?” he roared. He was so drunk that he could hardly stand from the table. I tore outta the house with the giant reelin’ after me. I could hear him shoutin’, “I’ll wring your neck you little—!” (Well, I ain’t gonna say all the terrible words he had for “thief.”)
I got to the beanstalk, shoved the harp in my bag, and slid down—fast as a stone drops from the sky.
I ran to the house for the ax on the wood pile. I could hear the giant comin’ down the beanstalk, roarin’ like thunder. The beanstalk were crackin’ and swayin’ up there in the clouds. I started hackin’ away at the stalks—they were real tough. Then, all of a sudden, the whole plant broke and came down under the giant’s weight. He crashed into my Mama’s vegetable garden and landed on his head. I can still hear the crack of his neck. It’s the best and the worst sound I ever heard.
I knew he was dead, but still, I wasn’t sure. I wondered, Can giants come back to life agin? Mama came runnin’ out of the house, and when she saw the giant lyin’ across the cornfield with his skull cracked open and bleedin’ into her turnip patch, she let out a yelp like I never heard before. Then she grabbed me and cried, “Jack, do you know who that is? Oh Jack, oh, my darlin’ Jack! Your father would be so proud! He would be so proud!” and she danced me around the garden like I weighed no more than a scarecrow.
Suddenly a rod of bright light shone down from the sky, an’ there was the fairy, standin’ before us with her peacock wand.
Mama hid behind me ’cause she ain’t never seen a fairy. The fairy stuck out her hand and said, “Harp, please.” I pulled the harp from my bag an’ gave it to her. “Well done, Jack,” she said. “Now be a dutiful son to your mother, and follow your father’s good example.”
She said it like she were readin’ her lines from a book, and I thought to myself, You are one green fairy.
I expected her to be on her way, but she stood there, cocking her head this way and that as if she were sittin’ on a nest.
That’s when I remembered the hen in the cellar. I went in, fetched her, and handed her over to the fairy. She tucked the hen under her arm, while my Mama stood speechless, gazin’ at the fairy with eyes as big as plums.
Now the fairy spoke to Mama. She said: “It’s over now. Your son has avenged the tragic death of his father.” Then she shot back up into the heavens on the rod of light that was shinin’ in the place where the beanstalk used to be. Mama started weeping tears that flowed down her cheeks like waterfalls, and she didn’t stop cryin’ for the rest of the day and well into the night.
When news got out around the village that the giant was dead, everybody came out to the farm to see him with their own eyes. The men buried the giant in the field, and everybody knew his body would make good crops for years to come.
As for me, well you can see I’m as wealthy as my father was in his day, only I’m different than my father. I don’t let just anybody in through the door. Giants, among all people, oughta be able to build their own houses. That’s what the giant’s wife has been doin’ ever since she sank to the ground. She’s been buildin’ her own house an’ helpin’ everybody else out every way she can. If you ask her what she’s buildin’, she’d tell you it’s trust. All she ever wanted from the time she was a little giant girl was to have the trust of her friends, but she never did learn how to build it. Now we’re all pretty happy to have her around. I’d say the world needs more giants like her. Friendly ones, livin’ on the ground.
ORIGINAL VERSION: JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
from The History of Jack and the Bean-stalk (and Michael Scott), Glasgow: Francis Orr & Sons, (1820)
In days of yore, there lived a widow who had a son, named Jack. Being an only child, he was too much indulged, and became so extravagant and careless, that he wasted the property which his mother possessed, until at last there remained only a cow, the chief support of her and her son.
One day the poor woman, with tears in her eyes, said to Jack, “O, you wicked child, by your ungrateful course in life, you have brought me to beggary in my old age: Cruel boy! I have not money to buy even a bit of bread, and we must now sell the cow. I am grieved to part with her, but I cannot see you starve.”
Jack felt somewhat remorse, but having less affection for the cow than his mother had, he drove her to the nearest market town, where he met a butcher, who made a very curious offer for her.
“Your cow,” said he, “you young prodigal dog! is worth nothing; you have starved her until she would disgrace the shambles; and, as to milk, no wonder that you and your mother have been starving while you were depending upon that supply. One ill turn deserves another, and receives it just as surely as one good turn deserves another. But you shall not take back the cow to perish with hunger. I have got some beans in my pocket; they are the oddest I ever saw, not one of them being, either in colour or shape, like another; if you will take them in exchange for the cow, you may have them.”
The silly boy could not conceal the pleasure he felt at the offer. The bargain was struck, and the cow exchanged for a few paltry beans. Jack made the best of his way home, calling to his mother, before he reached the house, thinking to surprise her. When she saw the beans, and heard Jack’s story, her patience quite forsook her; she kicked the beans away in a passion; they flew in all directions—some were scattered in the garden. Not having anything to eat, they both went supperless to bed.
Jack awoke early in the morning, and seeing something uncommon in the garden, soon discovered that some of the beans had taken root, and sprung up surprisingly; the stalks were of great thickness, and had so entwined, that they formed a ladder, nearly like a chain in appearance.
Looking upwards he could not discern the top; it appeared to be lost in the clouds. He tried the bean stalks, found them firm and not to be shaken. He quickly formed the resolution of climbing to the top, to seek his fortune, and ran to communicate his intention to his mother, not doubting but she would be equally pleased with himself. She declared he should not go: said it would break her heart if he did—entreated and threatened, but all in vain Jack set out, and after climbing for some hours, reached the top of the bean stalk quite fatigued. Looking around, he found himself in a strange country. It appeared to be a desert, quite barren; not a tree, shrub, house, or living creature to be seen.
Jack seated himself upon a stone, and thought of his mother: he reflected with sorrow on his disobedience in climbing the bean-stalk against her will, and concluded that he must die of hunger.
However, he walked on, hoping to see a house, where he might beg something to eat and drink. Presently a handsome young woman appeared at a distance. As she approached, Jack could not help admiring how beautiful she looked: she was dressed in the most elegant manner, and had a white wand in her hand, on the top of which was a peacock of pure gold. While Jack was looking with the greatest surprise at this charming female, with a smile of the most bewitching sweetness, she inquired how he came there? Jack told how he had climbed up the bean-stalk. She asked him if he recollected his father? He answered that he did not; and added, that he had inquired of his mother, who or where his father was, but that she avoided answering him, and even seemed afraid of speaking, as if there was some secret connected with his father’s history.
The lady replied, “I will reveal the whole story; your mother must not. But, before I begin, I require a solemn promise, on your part, to do what I command. I am a fairy, and if you do not perform exactly what I desire, you will be destroyed.” Jack promised to obey her injunctions, and the fairy thus addressed him:
“Your father was a rich and benevolent man; he was good to the poor, and constantly relieving them; he never let a day pass without doing good to some person. On one particular day in the week he kept open house, and invited those who were reduced and had lived well. He always sat at the table with them himself, and did all he could to render his guests comfortable. The servants were all happy, and greatly attached to their master and mistress. Such a man was soon known and talked of. A giant lived a great many miles off, who was altogether as wicked as your father was good: he was envious, covetous, and cruel, but had the art of concealing those vices.
“Hearing your father spoken of, he formed the design of becoming acquainted with him, hoping to ingratiate himself into your father’s favour. He removed quickly into your neighbourhood, caused it to be reported that he had lost all he possessed by an earthquake, and found it difficult to escape with his life; his wife was with him. Your father believed his story, and pitied him; he gave him apartments in his own house, and caused him and his wife to be treated hospitably, little imagining that the giant was meditating a horrid return for all his favours.
“Things went on in this way for some time; the giant becoming daily more impatient to put his plan into execution. At last an opportunity presented itself. Your father’s house was at some distance from the sea-shore, but the giant, standing on a hill one stormy day, observed some ships in distress off the rocks; he hastened to your father, and requested that he would send all the people he could spare to relieve the mariners.
“While the servants were all employed upon this service, the giant dispatched your father, by stabbing him with a dagger. You were then only three months old, and your mother, upon discovering what had happened, fainted, but still clasping you in her arms. The giant, who intended to murder both of you, having found her in that state, for a short time repented of the dreadful crime he had committed, and granted your mother and you your lives, but only upon condition that she should never inform you who your father was, nor answer any questions concerning him; assuring her, that, if she did, he would certainly put both of you to death in the most cruel manner. Your mother took you in her arms, and fled as quickly as possible. Having gained your father’s confidence, he knew where to find all his treasure. He and his wife soon carried off two large chests, filled with gold, which they could not have done unless they had been giants, and, having set the house on fire in several places, when the servants returned, it was burned quite down to the ground.
“Your poor mother wandered with you a great many miles from this scene of desolation; fear added to her haste; she settled in the cottage where you were brought up, and it was entirely owing to her fear of the giant that she never mentioned your father to you.
“I became your father’s guardian at his birth; but fairies have laws to which they are subject as well as mortals. A short time before the giant went to your father’s, I transgressed; my punishment was a suspension of power for a limited time—an unfortunate circumstance, as it totally prevented my succouring your father.
“The day on which you met the butcher, as you went to sell your mother’s cow, my power was restored; and, as I had been told by Oberon, the King of the Fairies, how dreadful were the consequences to your father of my single error, I resolved to take you under my protection, and to be more circumspect in future. It was I who secretly prompted you to take the beans in exchange for the cow.
“By my power the bean-stalk grew to so great a height, and formed a ladder. I need not add, that I inspired you with a strong desire to ascend the ladder.
“The giant now lives in this country; you are the person appointed to punish him for all his wickedness. You will have dangers and difficulties to encounter, but you must persevere in avenging the death of your father, or you will not prosper in any of your undertakings, but be always miserable.
“As to the giant’s possessions, you may seize on all you can, for every thing he has belongs either to you or to me; for you must know, that, not satisfied with the gold he carried off from your father, he broke into my house, and stole the two greatest curiosities ever possessed even by a fairy, and would have killed me as he did your father, if it could have been possible to kill a fairy. One thing I desire—do not let your mother know you are acquainted with your father’s history till you see me again.
“Go along the direct road; you will soon see the house where your cruel enemy lives. While you do as I order you, I will protect and guard you; but, remember, if you disobey my commands a most dreadful punishment awaits you.”
When the fairy had concluded, she disappeared, leaving Jack to pursue his journey. He walked on till after sunset, when, to his great joy, he espied a large mansion. A plain looking woman was at the door; he accosted her, begging her to give him a morsel of bread and a night’s lodging. She expressed the greatest surprise at seeing him; and said it was quite uncommon to see a human being near their house, for it was well known that her husband was a large and powerful giant, and that he would never eat anything but human flesh, if he possibly could get it; that he did not think anything of walking fifty miles to procure it.
This account greatly terrified Jack, but he still hoped to elude the giant, and therefore he again entreated the woman to take him in for one night only, and hide him where she thought proper. The woman at last suffered herself to be persuaded, for although she had assisted in the murder of Jack’s father, and in stealing the gold, she was of a compassionate and generous disposition, and took him into the house.
First, they entered a fine large hall, magnificently furnished; they then passed through several spacious rooms, all in the same style of grandeur. A long gallery was next; it was very dark, just light enough to show that, instead of a wall on one side, there was a grating of iron, which parted off a dismal dungeon, whence issued the groans of those poor victims whom the cruel giant reserved in confinement for his own voracious appetite.
Poor Jack was half dead with fear, and would have given the world to have been with his mother again, for he now began to fear that he should never see her more, and gave himself up for lost; he even mistrusted the giant’s wife, and thought she had let him into the house for no other purpose than to lock him up among the unfortunate people in the dungeon.
At the farther end of the gallery there was a spacious kitchen, and a fire was burning in the grate. The good woman bade Jack sit down, and gave him plenty to eat and drink. Jack, not seeing any thing here to make him uncomfortable, soon forgot his fear, and was beginning to enjoy himself, when he was aroused by a loud knocking at the door, which made the whole house shake; the giant’s wife ran to secure him in the oven, and then went to let her husband in.
Jack heard him accost her in a voice like thunder, saying “Wife, I smell fresh meat.”
“Oh! my dear,” replied she, “it’s only the people in the dungeon.” The giant appeared to believe her, and walked into the kitchen, where poor Jack lay concealed, shaking with fear, and trembling in every limb.
At last, the monster seated himself by the fireside, whilst his wife prepared supper. By degrees Jack took courage to look at the giant through a small crevice: he was quite astonished to see what an amazing quantity he devoured, and thought he never would have done eating and drinking. When supper was ended, the giant desired his wife to bring him his hen, which was one of the curiosities he had stolen from the fairy. A very beautiful hen was brought, and placed on the table before him. Jack’s curiosity was very great to see what would happen. He observed that every time the giant said, “Lay!” the hen laid an egg of solid gold.
The giant amused himself a long time with his hen, meanwhile his wife went to bed. At length the giant fell asleep by the fireside, and snored like the roaring of a cannon. At daybreak, Jack, finding the giant still asleep, crept softly out of his hiding-place, seized the hen, and ran off with her.
He easily found the way to the bean-stalk, and descended it more quickly than he expected. His mother was overjoyed to see him; for she concluded he had come to some shocking end. Jack was impatient to show his hen so his mother could see how valuable it was.
“And now, mother,” said Jack, “I have brought home that which will quickly make us rich, and I hope to make you some amends for the affliction I have caused you through any idleness and extravagance.”
The hen produced as many golden eggs as they desired: and so they became possessed of immense riches.
For some months, Jack and his mother lived very happily together; but he, recollecting the fairy’s commands, and fearing that, if he delayed to avenge his father’s death, she would put her threats into execution, longed to climb the bean-stalk again and pay the giant another visit. Jack was, however, afraid to mention it to his mother, being well assured that she would endeavour to prevent his going. However, one day he told her boldly that he must take a journey up the bean-stalk. She begged and prayed him not to think of it; she told him that the giant’s wife would certainly know him again, and that the giant would desire nothing better than to get him into his power, that he might put him to a cruel death, in order to be revenged for the loss of his hen.
Jack resolved to go at all events; for, being a very clever fellow, although a very idle one, he had no great dread of the giant, concluding, that although he was a cannibal, he must be a very stupid fellow not to have regained his hen, it being just as easy to come down the stupendous bean-stalk as to ascend it. Jack, therefore, had a dress made, not exactly invisible, like that of his illustrious namesake, the Giant-killer, but one which so disguised him, that even “The mother that him bore/Would not have known her child.”
In a few mornings after this, he rose very early, changed his complexion, and unperceived by any one, climbed the bean-stalk a second time. He was greatly fatigued when he reached the top, and very hungry, for, with his usual thoughtlessness, he forgot to take a piece of bread in his pocket.
Here we are inclined to remark, that as he had neither bread nor bacon, he must in his progress have met with a good supply of beans. But perhaps he never thought of this resource.
Having rested some time, he pursued his journey to the giant’s mansion. He reached it late in the evening; the woman was at the door as before. Jack addressed her, telling her a pitiful tale, and requesting that she would give him some victuals and drink, and also a night’s lodging.
She told him (what he knew before very well) about her husband’s being a powerful and cruel giant; and also that she one night admitted a poor, hungry, friendless boy, who was half dead with travelling; that the little ungrateful fellow had stolen one of the giant’s treasures; and ever since that her husband had used her very cruelly, and continually upbraided her with being the cause of his loss. But at last she consented, and took him into the kitchen, where, after he had done eating and drinking, she hid him in an old lumber closet. The giant returned at the usual time and walked in so heavily, that the house was shaken to the foundation. He seated himself by the fire, and soon after exclaimed, “Wife, I smell fresh meat.” The wife replied, “It was the crows, which had brought a piece of raw meat, and left it on the top of the house.” The giant was very ill-tempered and impatient, continually crying for his supper, like little Tom Tucker, and complaining of the loss of his wonderful hen, which we verily believe he would have eaten, disregarding the treasures which she produced. Jack therefore rejoiced that he had not only got possession of the hen, but had in all probability saved her precious life.
The giant’s wife at last set supper on the table, and when he had eaten till he was satisfied, he said to her, “I must have something to amuse me—either my bags of money or my harp.” Jack, as before, peeped out of his hiding-place, and presently his wife brought two bags into the room, one filled with gold, the other with silver. They were both placed before the giant, who began reprimanding his wife for staying so long. She replied, trembling with fear, that the bags were so heavy, that she could scarcely lift them and adding, that she had nearly fainted, owing to their weight.
The giant took his bags, and began to count their contents. First the bag which contained the silver was emptied, and the contents placed on the table. Jack viewed the glittering heaps with delight, and most heartily wished the contents in his own possession. The giant (little thinking he was so narrowly watched) reckoned the silver over several times: and having satisfied himself that all was safe, put it into the bag again, which he made very secure.
The other bag was opened next, and the gold pieces placed on the table. If Jack was pleased at the sight of the silver, how much more delighted must he have felt when he saw such a heap of glittering gold?
When the giant had counted over the gold till he was tired, he put it up, if possible, more secure than he had put up the silver before; he then fell back on the chair by the fireside, and fell asleep. He snored so loud, that Jack compared the noise to the roaring of the sea in a high wind when the tide is coming in. At last, Jack being certain that he was asleep, stole out of his hiding-place, and approached the giant, in order to carry off the two bags of money; but, just as he laid his hand upon one of the bags, a little dog, which he had not perceived before, started from under the giant’s chair, and barked at Jack most furiously, who now gave himself up for lost. But Jack, recollecting that the giant had left the bones which he had picked at supper, threw one to the dog, who instantly seized it, and took it into the lumber closet which Jack had just left.
Finding himself delivered from a noisy and troublesome enemy, and seeing the giant did not awake, Jack seized the bags, and throwing them over his shoulders, ran out of the kitchen. He reached the door in safety, and found it quite daylight.
Jack was overjoyed when he found himself near the bean-stalk, although much incommoded with the weight of the money bags, he soon reached the bottom, and immediately ran to seek his mother. He was greatly shocked on finding her apparently dying, and could scarcely hear his own reflections, knowing himself to be the cause. On being informed of Jack’s safe return, his mother gradually recovered. Jack presented her his two valuable bags; and they lived as happily and comfortably as ever.
For three years, notwithstanding the comforts Jack enjoyed, his mind dwelt continually upon the bean-stalk; for the fairy’s menaces were ever present to his mind, and prevented him from being happy. It was in vain he endeavoured to amuse himself; he became thoughtful, and would rise at the dawn of day, and view the bean-stalk for hours together.
His inclination at length growing too powerful for him, he began to make secret preparations for his journey, and, on the longest day, arose as soon as it was light, ascended the bean-stalk, and reached the top. He arrived at the giant’s mansion in the evening, and found his wife standing, as usual, at the door. Jack had disguised himself so completely, that she did not appear to have the least recollection of him, however, when he pleaded hunger and poverty in order to gain admittance, he found it very difficult indeed to persuade her. At last, he prevailed and was concealed in the oven.
When the giant returned, he said, as upon the former occasions, “I smell fresh meat!” But Jack felt quite composed, as he had said so before, and had been soon satisfied; however, the giant started up suddenly, and notwithstanding all his wife could say, he searched all around the room. Jack was ready to die with fear, wishing himself at home; the giant approached the oven, and put his hand into it, Jack thought his death was certain.
The giant at last gave up the search and ate a hearty supper. When he had finished, he commanded his wife to fetch down his harp. Jack peeped as he had done before, and saw the most beautiful harp that could be imagined; it was placed by the giant on the table who said, “Play!” and it instantly played of its own accord, without being touched. The music was very fine: Jack was delighted, and felt more anxious to get the harp into his possession than either of the former treasures.
The music soon lulled the giant into a sound sleep. This, therefore, was the time to carry off the harp. As the giant appeared to be in a more profound sleep than usual, Jack soon determined, got out of the oven, and seized the harp. The harp had also been stolen by the giant from the fairy.
The giant suddenly awoke, and tried to pursue him, but he had drunk so much that he could hardly stand. Jack ran as fast as he could; in a little time the giant recovered sufficiently to walk slowly, or rather to reel after him. Had he been sober, he must have overtaken Jack instantly; but, as he then was, Jack contrived to be first at the top of the bean-stalk. The giant called after him in a voice like thunder, and sometimes was very near him.
The moment Jack got down the bean-stalk, he ran for the hatchet. Just at that instant the giant was beginning to descend, but Jack with his hatchet cut the bean stalk close off at the root, which made the giant fall headlong into the garden, and the fall killed him.
At this instant the fairy appeared. She charged Jack to be dutiful to his mother, and to follow his father’s good example, which was the only way to be happy. She then disappeared, after recovering her hen and her harp, which Jack gave to her most thankfully, having acquired great riches, and revenged the tragical death of his father.
jack wen on January 12, 2018 at 3:34 pm
Jack is a villain who murders the giant and stole a lot of riches and shall be sent to prison for the rest of his life
Michelle Tocher on January 12, 2018 at 9:54 pm
Hi Jack, I can understand your sympathy with the giant in the classic Jack in the Beanstalk story because Jack comes off as a thief. But in this one, Jack learns that his father was murdered by the giant and that the giant stole the family fortune. A bit of a different twist.
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Disney’s live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ gets release date
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Disney has announced the release date for its live-action retelling of “Beauty and the Beast.”
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film will debut on March 17, 2017.
Emma Watson will star as Bell in the film, with Dan Stevens playing the Prince/Beast.
The film will be directed by Bill Condon (“Gods and Monsters,” the final two “Twilight” films).
The original “Beauty and the Beast,” from 1991, was the first animated feature to be nominated for a best picture Oscar.
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A reading guide to Reliance Jio, the most important tech company in the world
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Over the past three months, Jio has raised over $15.5 billion from a cohort of investors that include prominent financial institutions like KKR and Silver Lake Partners, massive sovereign wealth funds like Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and some of the biggest names in tech including Facebook.
The recent deals have cemented Mukesh Ambani’s ambition to make his oil-to-retails giant Reliance Industries (India’s most valuable firm) a top homegrown internet giant.
On Friday, he said he plans to publicly list Reliance Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail, the largest retail chain in the country — also controlled by him — in the next five years.
As Reliance Jio Platforms, which has become the India’s top telecom operator with over 388 million subscribers in less than four years, continues its funding spree, at Extra Crunch we are doubling down on our focus on covering everything Jio from here and out.
As we’ve attempted to get up to speed on the company, we’ve compiled a supplemental list of resources and readings that we believe are particularly helpful for learning the story of Jio, which remains a mysterious firm to many.
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In the Alps and the Arctic, experts confirm the presence of plastic in snow
Over the past several years, microplastic particles have repeatedly been detected in seawater, drinking water, and even in animals. But these minute particles are also transported by the atmosphere and subsequently washed out of the air, especially by snow — and even in such remote regions as the Arctic and the Alps. This was demonstrated in a study conducted by experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute and a Swiss colleague, recently published in the journal Science Advances.
The fact that our oceans are full of plastic litter has by now become common knowledge: year after year, several million tonnes of plastic litter find their way into rivers, coastal waters, and even the Arctic deep sea. Thanks to the motion of waves, and even more to UV radiation from the sun, the litter is gradually broken down into smaller and smaller fragments — referred to as microplastic. This microplastic can be found in marine sediment, in seawater, and in marine organisms that inadvertently ingest it. In comparison, there has been little research to date on whether, and if so, to what extent, microplastic particles are transported by the atmosphere. Only a handful of works are available, e.g. from researchers who were able to confirm the particles’ presence in the Pyrenees and near major urban centres in France and China.
A team of experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) has now found that microplastic particles can apparently be transported over tremendous distances by the atmosphere and are later washed out of the air by precipitation, particularly snow. As the team led by Dr Melanie Bergmann and Dr Gunnar Gerdts report in the journal Science Advances, the analyses they conducted on snow samples from Helgoland, Bavaria, Bremen, the Swiss Alps and the Arctic confirm that the snow at all sites contained high concentrations of microplastic — even in remote reaches of the Arctic, on the island Svalbard, and in snow on drifting ice floes. “It’s readily apparent that the majority of the microplastic in the snow comes from the air,” says Melanie Bergmann. Her hypothesis is supported by past research conducted on grains of pollen, in which experts confirmed that pollen from the middle latitudes is transported by the air to the Arctic. These grains are roughly the same size as the microplastic particles; similarly, dust from the Sahara can cover distances of 3,500 km or more, reaching the northeast Atlantic.
The AWI researchers found the highest concentration in samples gathered near a rural road in Bavaria — 154,000 particles per litre. Even the snow in the Arctic contained up to 14,400 particles per litre. The types of plastic found also varied greatly between sampling sites: in the Arctic, the researchers chiefly found nitrile rubber, acrylates and paint, which are used in a host of applications. Given its resistance to various types of fuel and broad temperature range, nitrile rubber is often used in gaskets and hoses. Paints containing plastic are used in several different areas, e.g. to coat the surfaces of buildings, ships, cars and offshore oil rigs. Near the rural road in Bavaria, the samples especially contained various types of rubber, which is used in countless applications, such as automotive tires.
One intriguing aspect of the AWI study: the microplastic concentrations found are considerably higher than those in studies conducted by other researchers, e.g. on dust deposits. According to Gunnar Gerdts, this could be due to one of two reasons: “First of all, snow is extremely efficient when it comes to washing microplastic out of the atmosphere. Secondly, it could be due to the infrared spectroscopy we used, which allowed us to detect even the smallest particles — down to a size of only 11 micrometres.” Gerdts and his colleagues melt the snow and pour the meltwater through a filter; the residue trapped in the filter is then examined with an infrared microscope. Depending on the type of plastic, different wavelengths of the infrared light are absorbed and reflected; in this way, an optical fingerprint can be used to determine what type of plastic they’ve found.
Whereas other experts sort out microplastic from their samples by hand under the microscope, which can easily cause some particles to be overlooked, Gerdts uses his infrared microscope to test all of the residue, ensuring that he and his team hardly miss a thing. “We’ve automated and standardised the technique so as to rule out the errors that can creep in when manual analysis is used.” As such, it’s hardly surprising that the analyses conducted at the AWI yielded especially high particle concentrations.
In light of the meteorological realities, the AWI experts are convinced that a major portion of the microplastic in Europe, and even more so in the Arctic, comes from the atmosphere and snow. According to Melanie Bergmann: “This additional transport route could also explain the high amounts of microplastic that we’ve found in the Arctic sea ice and the deep sea in previous studies.”
Lastly, there’s another key question that motivates her work. “To date there are virtually no studies investigating the extent to which human beings are subject to microplastic contamination.” In addition, most research has focused on how animals or human beings absorb microplastic from what they eat. As Bergmann explains: “But once we’ve determined that large quantities of microplastic can also be transported by the air, it naturally raises the question as to whether and how much plastic we’re inhaling. Older findings from medical research offer promising points of departure for work in this direction.” Yet another aspect that warrants a closer look in the future.
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August 2, 2016 Topic: Politics Region: Americas Tags: United StatesCongressParliamentDemocracyUnited Kingdom
The presidency is the problem.
by Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Given the tortuous manner in which the American political system has been functioning the past decade, can a case be made for the United States to switch over to a different sort of democratic political system? While the sacrosanct status of the U.S. Constitution makes any formal change unlikely, it is still interesting to speculate over whether or not a parliamentary system would be more suitable for the United States, as well as for other countries with presidential systems.
A parliamentary system of government is preferable to a presidential system. Parliamentary systems are common throughout much of Europe, South Asia and many former British colonies. Parliamentary systems are characterized by executives, usually called prime ministers, who derive their legitimacy from an assembly or legislature, usually called a parliament, after the “mother of parliaments,” in Britain. The executive is the head of government and is usually a member of the legislature and also held accountable to that legislature. The executive is thus separate from the head of state, who is usually a ceremonial monarch or president. On the other hand, in presidential systems, the head of government is also the head of state and is in charge of an executive branch that is separate, and elected separately, from the legislative branch. The United States and most countries in Latin America, as well as Russia feature this type of system. The executive in this systems tends to have great power. The concept underlying this system is the separation of powers that played a major role in American constitutional thinking.
While both presidential and parliamentary forms of government tend to yield two-party systems, this phenomenon is much more complete in presidential systems, especially in the United States, where third parties have almost negligible influence. As a result, in the United States, parties that are a conglomerate of various different groups and interests form. We have seen how ridiculous this seems in the latest 2016 election cycle, with both the Republican and Democratic parties exhibiting factions so mutually antagonistic, that in most other countries, they would be composed of separate parties—for example, the Ted Cruz and Donald Trump factions of the Republican Party and the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton factions of the Democratic Party. A recent illustration from the Economist demonstrates this beautifully.
What would America’s presidential election look like under a parliamentary system? pic.twitter.com/s72Bw0nxmw
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 14, 2016
The fact that a prime minister is held accountable to the legislature is a very good thing for governance. First, it means that the executive and his or her government are of a like mind with the majority of legislators, because prime ministers come from the party with a majority of seats in the parliament, usually. The gridlock evident in the United States, where the president is of a different party than the majority of Congress, is far less likely in a parliamentary system.
While James Madison explains in the Federalist Papers No.47 that this is so the different branches of government can check each other’s power, Walter Bagehot provides an alternative argument in favor of the fusion of powers in his classic The English Constitution:
“If the persons who have to do the work are not the same as those who have to make laws, there will be a controversy between two sets of persons. The tax-imposers are sure to quarrel with tax-requirers. The executive is crippled by not getting the laws it needs, and the legislature is spoiled by having to act without responsibility; the executive becomes unfit for its name since it cannot execute what it decides on: the legislature is demoralized by liberty, by taking decisions of which others (and not itself) will suffer the effects.”
Another benefit of the parliamentary system is its flexibility in terms of replacing leaders who have failed to perform, since prime ministers are just technically members of parliament chosen to lead the government, and a new prime minister from the ruling party can readily be chosen without major shuffling. This happened in 2016 when David Cameron stepped down in the United Kingdom; he was replaced by Theresa May, from his own party without much fanfare. On the other hand, a U.S. president cannot so easily step down unless the conditions were drastic. The population is usually stuck with whoever was elected, for four years.
Parliamentary systems are less fixed in duration, and elections for new parliaments can be called when circumstances change, rather than the ironclad rules for elections every two, four and six years found in the U.S. constitution. Good prime ministers and governments can last for as long as they are popular and necessary. Parliamentary systems also allow power to be distributed among many groups and parties.
Parliamentary governance is especially beneficial for a multiethnic state because it allows the members of cabinet and important positions to be distributed among the various members of parliament whereas in a presidential system, the winner and his/her supporters generally take all the important positions, even if they win by one vote (winner takes all), leaving the loser out of government for several years. In a parliamentary system, winners and losers and less clearly defined because various permutations of ruling coalitions are possible. For this reason, I’ve advocated that a country like Afghanistan, which has a presidential system, become a parliamentary system; it already has an awkward power-sharing agreement between the winner and loser of its previous election that makes such a move seem reasonable. Tensions between various factions would be minimized in the cabinet of a parliamentary system that distributes power between various factions.
Although parliamentary systems can thus seem less stable than presidential ones, they are held together by the fact that their heads of state provide an element of stability not found in presidential systems. Since the head of government is the head of state in a presidential system, he or she cannot be a neutral political player. For example, President Obama cannot be a neutral political figure in the same way Queen Elizabeth II is. He is an elected figure from a major political party, and as such, he campaigns for his party. This is inherently polarizing. The separation between the parts of government that wield power and those that play a symbolic role is referred to by Bagehot as the difference between the dignified and efficient parts of government. The purpose of the dignified part, whether the person heading it is a monarch or a president or something else altogether, is to separate the part of government that is symbolic and worthy of reverence from the taint of dirty political work or failure. This preserves the basic structure, or “soul” of the state from the ever-changing tides of politics. Even a dictatorial regime such as Mussolini’s or the military in imperial Japan could not completely overtake the state because of the existence of a revered, dignified part of the government.
Presidential systems by their nature are majoritarian because in each system, a single leader is elected with a mandate from the majority of the state's population. As a result, presidential systems also trend toward autocracy, because the leader can plausibly claim he is doing the will of the people. As Vox pointed out, the late Yale political scientist Juan Linz observed in a 1990 essay that “aside from the United States, only Chile has managed a century and a half of relatively undisturbed constitutional continuity under presidential government—but Chilean democracy broke down in the 1970s.”
Therefore, as this election cycle demonstrates, there is much to be said for democracies to be structured as parliamentary rather than presidential ones. Institutional change in the United States is wishful thinking. Theoretically, however, without constitutional changes, some moves can be made in that direction. For example, the speaker of the House could became a prime minister of sorts, elected by the majority of the House, and take executive decisions if the president is willing to serve as a sort of ceremonial rubber stamp. This is, of course, unlikely. But if gridlock continues and the United States continues to have elections like the present one, in a few decades, a strong case can be made for major constitutional restructuring.
Akhilesh Pillalamarri is an international relations analyst, editor and writer, who contributes to the Diplomat and the National Interest. He received his Master of Arts in Security Studies from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he concentrated in international security. You can follow him at his Twitter handle @akhipill.
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Colossal Napoleonic French Ensign hidden for 100 years is going back on display
by Richard Moss, 10-04-17 Post
The Ensign of Le Généreux.
Norwich Castle Museum is preserving for display a vast Napoleonic Tricolor captured in 1800 after the Battle of the Nile
This vast Tricolour is a Napoleonic-era ensign captured from the French warship Le Généreux by Captain Sir Edward Berry in February 1800.
A remarkable survivor from the Trafalgar-era, when sea battles were fought in sailing wooden warships, the ensign measures 16 metres by 8.3 metres and was given as a gift to the city of Norwich by Captain Berry and Admiral Lord Nelson immediately after its capture. But due to its fragile nature it has not been on display for more than 100 years.
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Norfolk Museum Service is now conserving the fragile flag and crowdfunding to raise just £5,000 towards the £40,000 cost of putting it back on display for a new Nelson-themed exhibition, Nelson and Norfolk, opening on July 29 at Norwich Castle.
The story of the ensign’s capture from Le Généreux is the stuff of naval legend. Le Généreux was one of only two ships of the line from the French fleet to escape the 1798 Battle of the Nile, the victory that sealed Nelson’s reputation as England’s greatest maritime hero.
A few days after the battle, the French ship succeeded in capturing the smaller British ship, HMS Leander, which was transporting Nelson’s flag captain, Edward Berry, carrying the dispatches from the Battle.
Berry had a reputation as a fighter and for a time was one of Nelson’s most trusted captains. The great admiral who had famously lost his right arm during the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797, once referred to Berry as his “right hand”.
The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, End of the Action, 1799 by Thomas Whitcombe
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
But on this occasion his fighting skills were no match for the larger French ship. The fierce encounter, in which Berry himself was wounded in his right arm by a piece of flying skull, ended in the British captain’s capture and he didn’t make it back to England until December 1789, by which time news of the Battle of the Nile had spread across the nation. When he returned to his native Norwich, Berry was welcomed as a hero.
Le Généreux, meanwhile, was still at large and went on to elude the British navy in the Mediterranean for a further 18 months until running into Captain Berry once again in February 1800.
The flag was last displayed for the Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1905
This time Berry, in command of a larger ship, HMS Foudroyant, had the upper hand and succeeded in capturing Le Généreux. The French ship’s Tricolour Ensign was ‘struck’ – removed from the flagpole at the rear of the ship – indicating that she was no longer in battle.
The immediate dispatch of the Ensign after its capture to the City of Norwich by Captain Berry and Lord Nelson, who was born in Norfolk, reinforced their affection for the county and showed a keen awareness of the powerful role that gift-giving played in the creation of reputation and sustaining a legacy.
Duly placed on display in the medieval splendour of St Andrews’ Hall, it was draped around the west window of the friary as an emblem of Nelson’s esteem for his birth county.
It was then kept on display until 1897 when it was placed in Norwich Castle Keep for the 1905 Centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. It has not been publicly displayed since then.
The Ensign of Le Généreux – conservation cleaning
Photographed at St Andrew’s Hall, Norwich in October 2016
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The Ensign was the second trophy sent home to Norwich. In February 1797, a mere 12 days after the Battle of Cape St Vincent, Nelson wrote to the Lord Mayor of Norwich offering the sword of Spanish Rear Admiral Winthuysen, which had been surrendered after the capture of the San Josef.
The sword will also be included in the exhibition Nelson & Norfolk together with other treasures from the period such as the black velvet drape from Nelson’s funeral car, the coat he wore at the Battle of the Nile and scraps of British ensign and sail cloth from the Battle of Trafalgar.
But it is the flag – dating to the era when national flags fluttered amidst the chaos and cannon smoke to identify friend and foe – that is the undisputed star object.
Experts believe the ensign to be one of the earliest Tricolours in existence.
A team of conservators and volunteers have been working round the clock to clean, dye and add a new backing in readiness for the new display. The ensign has survived its long period in storage remarkably well with the blue, white and red colours clearly visible and contemporaneous patches and repairs showing its eventful history.
The meticulous and careful cleaning has also revealed some exciting finds – including a nail hammered through the rope, which would have been used to ‘nail the colours to the mast’, fragments of wood, likely to be splinters from battle-damaged ships, and traces of gunpowder.
Experts also believe the ensign to be one of the earliest Tricolours in existence. The design of the Tricolour as we know it today with the order of colours from left to right running blue, white and red was officially adopted on 15th February 1794.
The ensign installed at that point is quite possibly the same one, which went on to be present in 1798 at the Battle of the Nile and was then captured by Captain Berry in February 1800. If so it could be the world’s oldest surviving Tricolour.
As for Berry, he went on to command HMS Agamemnon at the Battle of Trafalgar, which he survived – unlike his mentor Nelson. In 1814 bought a house in Norwich and by 1821 had attained the rank of Rear Admiral. He died at his residence in Bath in 1831.
The exhibition presents some of the most extraordinary and potent objects connected to Nelson, from his boyhood in Norfolk to his death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Take a closer look at some of the artefacts in the slider below:
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Nelson & Norfolk, Saturday July 29 2017 to Sunday October 1 2017 at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
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One of the city's most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Now a museum and art gallery, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages. The entire collection of this museum is a Designated…
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Oliver W. Hill, Jr. Oral History Interview
Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
Interview of
Dr. Hill, Oliver White Jr., American, born 1949
Interviewed by
Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
Hill, Oliver White Sr., American, 1907 - 2007
Howard University, American, founded 1867
Marshall, Thurgood, American, 1908 - 1993
Houston, Charles Hamilton, American, 1895 - 1951
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., American, founded 1940
Virginia State University, American, founded 1882
Moses, Robert Parris, American, born 1935
Algebra Project, American, founded 1982
The oral history consists of five digital files: 2011.174.102.1a, 2011.174.102.1b, 2011.174.102.1c, 2011.174.102.1d, and 2011.174.102.1e.
Oliver W. Hill, Jr., Ph.D. discusses his father, civil rights lawyer Oliver Hill. He explains his father's childhood and education in Roanoke, Virginia, how he ended up at Howard University in the 1920s, where he was in the same class as Justice Thurgood Marshall and studied law under Charles Hamilton Houston. In the 1930s Oliver Hill, Sr. reunited with both of them to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which was focused on challenging segregation laws. Hill, Jr. describes his own experience as a black student integrating a white school in Richmond, Virginia, attending Howard University, becoming a psychology professor at Virginia State University, and working with Bob Moses on the Algebra Project. He also discusses the education of African American children, school reform, and student testing.
LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0102
Petersburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Roanoke, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Civil Rights History Project
Media Arts-Film and Video
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HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
U.S. History, 1919-1933
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
2011.174.102.1a-e
© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
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NOTE: Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu.
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About The Laurel
Laurel, daphni, bay, and laurus Nobilis are all names given to the same tree whose small dark berries release a potent oil which was commonly used in ancient Greek and Arabic medicine as a natural disinfectant thanks to its anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Later humanity began distilling oils to produce medical alcohol as we know it today.
The laurel tree can be found throughout the Mediterranean, colonizing coastal shores and bringing together the essence of the sun and salt with its rich, eucalyptus-fresh fragrance. Not only does laurel add flavor to soups, but it has also been recognized and used as a strong medicinal plant for thousands of years. Its oil promotes circulation and is an anti-inflammatory agent.
Since the dawn of civilization, laurel has been perceived as a “noble” plant and its oil as a “magic” oil. Old stories speak the glories of famous women, like Cleopatra and Queen Zenobia, who used laurel oil to keep their hairy shiny and how laurel leaf smoke was used to enhance magic formulas and purify the body. The laurel tree has been admired since antiquity, occupying a semi-mystical position in Greek life and mythology. And, as at the end of battles, a laurel leaf was placed on the brow of the winner of the Olympic Games as a symbol of victory and glory, which gave origin to the expression “winning one’s laurels”. Not only athletes and warriors were worthy of laurel. Laurel was also placed on the heads of poets and even Zeus, the chief Greek god, was always crowned with laurel. Those are just a few examples among many demonstrating the importance of the plant. As a modern example, the word “baccalaureate” (from which bachelor derives) means “laurel berry”.
The burning of laurel leaves was commonly thought to purify, bless, and protect spaces from negative influences — a practice that can still be observed during religious and spiritual occasions today. Bay, as laurel is also known, was generally thought to sharpen the mind, however, excessive use could cause changes of consciousness. Moreover, the Oracle of Delphi, sitting in her sanctum, would munch a few leaves before she began to give her prophecies.
Today, it is known that laurel has a strong anti-inflammatory effect and that its fragrance is concentration-enhancing. It is also said to promote patience and self-control and is, therefore, known as a “diplomatic agent”.
Bay leaves are also a common flavoring, especially in Mediterranean cuisine, where it is used in soups, stews, sauces, pickles, and many fish dishes. French cooking cannot be conceived of without a trace of laurel, which is also one of the main ingredients in the “bouquet garni”.
Leaves and berries of the wild-grown plant have been chiefly used in the past and are still used today is dried form or processed into an oil.
THE ORIGIN OF THE BAY TREE
Western Asia is pinpointed as the origin of this evergreen plant. From there it spread throughout the entire Mediterranean region and to other parts of Europe. This shrub is also found in the mountainous north-west of North American, where it found its home in parts of the the moist forests.
It is unclear where its botanical name, Laurus, comes from, but its name in ancient Greek, “daphne”, shows a clear connection to the mth of the nymph, Daphne, who turns into a bay tree. The nymph begs her father to transform her body, which he then enchants into a tree. The reason for her request is to escape continuous harassment from Apollo who has fallen in desperate love with her after being struck by Eros’ (Cupid’s) arrow. After Daphne turned into a laurel, Apollo, filled with grief, began to wear a wreath of bay leaves as a sign of his unrequited love.
This legend has produced some of the finest Greek sculptures of the nymph, being half laurel. Additionally, the names give to the bay tree in Hebrew, Turkish, Albanian, Bulgarian and Romanian are notably similar to the name used in old and new Greek (“daphne”/”dafni”) and thus all make reference to the Greek myth about this nymph.
The laurel shrub thrives best in lime and nutrient-rich soil; preferring a sunny spot to grow, but being sensitive to strong winds and frost.
Under natural conditions, the plant may grow to be 12m high and 10m wide. Its leaves are hard, leathery and curled at the edge. When the leaves are rubbed or broken they give off a fragrance that is particular to the laurel.
The laurel is a dioecious plant, meaning that each plant has only female or only male flowers. It blooms in spring, often around mid-April and has white to yellowish blossoms. However, berries are produced exclusively by female plants. The olive-like fruit grows in clusters, is black to blue in colour with one large pit in the center, and is harvested in autumn (November to mid-December). Since only the female plants produce berries, the yield of fruit is quite low.
THE PRODUCTION OF LAUREL OIL
Laurel oil (oleum lauri) is made from the berries of the female shrub. The process of oil extraction is complicated and done by hand, following a traditional procedure that has been passed down from one generation to the next.
The first step is to harvest the berries from the wild shrubs by hand. In order to release the precious oil, which is hidden in the fruit’s pit, the berries are heated in a very small amount of water — as little as possible–. This heating causes the pits shell to break so that the oil is set free. This particular moment can be recognized due to the sound made by the pits splitting open. In order to collect the laurel oil, a large amount of water has to be added to the berries right as the oil is released. The recently released laurel oil settles on the surface of the water from which it is collected. The oil has a thick texture and is dark green to brown in colour.
The yields are not very high with 10kg of fruit producing only 600-1000 ml of oil. This is what increases the value of laurel oil.
PROPERTIES OF LAUREL OIL
Laurel oil has an intense fragrance that is reminiscent of eucalyptus. It has various effects on the human body including stimulation of blood circulation and wound healing, in addition to its exhilarant, anticonvulsant, digestive and diuretic properties.
Due to its olfactory intensity, it is also used as a repellent against insects and some parasites. Additionally, the oil is used to free the airways and strengthen the immune system.
The purifying effect, which has been attributed to laurel oil for thousands of years, still holds true today. The natural oil is said to have a strong antiseptic effect and is often used in cases of fungal infection and superficial inflammation. Even eczema can be treated with this noble oil that cleans and heals the damaged skin in a natural way.
Laurel oil is also used for medicinal purposes. It can be found in use for bruises, sprains, hematomas and rheumatic issues. Also, it is very helpful for aching joints and muscles.
Moreover, laurel oil has a notable impact when used as an ingredient in cosmetics with which hyperfunction of the sebaceous glands can be regulated. Thanks to its balancing character as well as its anti-inflammatory abilities, laurel oil helps treat blemished skin and acne. Dandruff may also be diminished by the inhibition of sebum overproduction. Additionally, the oil’s general enhancement of blood circulation acts positively on dandruff reduction.
The bay tree is glorious and extensive in its applications. With its versatile benefits, it is an old-fashioned, yet undoubtedly modern personal care product. Indulge and crown your body with laurel for a healthy and nourishing experience.
The Laurel Crown
The Greek and Roman warriors used to rub their wounds and injuries in battles with laurel branches to cleanse them and insure that they would not become inflamed. Afterwards when the battle had reached its end, the surviving warriors would twist their laurel branch and place it over their heads for the journey home to their loved ones. From there the laurel branch became a sign of victory, glory, health, and eventually it became the symbol for the Olympic games. This origin inspired us here at Noble to incorporate the laurel branch as part of our logo as a sign of authentic natural health and beauty
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Staff psychologist Weiyang Xie wins grant to improve mental health in the Asian community
by Natalie Davis Miller, NDWorks
When University Counseling Center (UCC) Staff Psychologist Weiyang Xie, Ph.D., HSPP, alongside three outside collaborators with the national grassroots non-profit organization United Chinese Americans, submitted a grant to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), they never thought they would get it due to the high competitiveness of the applicant pool. In fact, they began to console and encourage each other for next year’s application after they submitted the application. Xie was floored when she actually became the finalist. The $432,000 RWJF Clinical Scholars grant, covering a three-year period, will not only give Xie and her collaborators the opportunity to help the Asian community in the U.S., it will also develop Xie and her collaborators as leaders themselves.
Xie’s role with the grant will be to serve as a consulting psychologist for the national United Chinese Americans Youth Mental Health program. She and her collaborators will develop and implement a three-year project to increase mental health awareness, decrease mental health stigma and improve help-seeking attitudes that decrease suicide risk among Asian immigrant families.
Xie and her team’s proposal, Breaking Silences in the Model Minority: A national intervention to increase mental health awareness and decrease stigma in Asian immigrant families, is a national project that will focus on helping Asian American children, young adults (e.g., Asian American college students) and their families.
The project will specifically include:
developing psychoeducational information for students, families and community
organizing conversations to promote communications between parents and students
creating culturally informed bilingual parenting education program
developing youth and parents leadership councils
holding webinars focusing on community effort in promoting mental health
launching mental health-focused social media effort
developing a sustainability plan including creating a pipeline for future professionals dedicated to community services.
As an only child and an immigrant, Xie came to the U.S. 12 years ago from China for graduate study. She obtained her master’s degree and Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Minnesota. She began working at Notre Dame as a staff psychologist in 2015 at the UCC.
Xie’s primary role as a psychologist at the UCC is to provide clinical services to treat clients (college students) with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and provide suicide intervention/prevention. Her position at ND also focuses on building skills such as time management, emotional regulation and executive functioning to help students build psychological well-being and resilience.
Notre Dame has many Asian American and Asian international students. Xie hopes the project will also benefit these students on our campus. The program will work on the individual level, focusing on the destigmatization of mental health problems and education about mental illness, and suicide prevention; the familial level focusing on improving evidence-based parenting practices, and at the community level focusing on connecting key stakeholders, targeting geographically distributed areas with large populations of immigrant families and creating a national infrastructure to help coordinate efforts and ensure sustainability.
Xie also provides outreach and works with Notre Dame International and other departments to collaborate on programs for international students.“I have a special passion for working with international students. In addition to doing clinical services with them, I also provide workshops such as a workshop on how to deal with racism, microaggression and xenophobia, and I facilitate groups, such as dealing with cultural adjustment, social isolation, effective communication and any issue unique to them.”
“Usually Asian Americans are perceived as the uniformly well-educated racial group with high professional success, and Asian Americans are assumed to be exemplary high-achievers with few or even no psychological challenges,” describes Xie. “But actually a lot of research and studies have shown that Asian American students have a higher rate of suicidal thoughts and attempts than almost all other racial/ethnic groups, but much lower rates of psychiatric diagnoses and treatment.”
Xie says her personal experience allows her to see the struggles of immigrants, especially Chinese immigrant families. “Helping immigrant families and helping international students navigate the system and overcome the barriers is one thing I am passionate about,” she said.
Additionally, the grant will benefit the recipients themselves, in this case Xie and her collaborators — two psychiatrists and a clinical nurse, volunteers with the non-profit organization United Chinese Americans Youth Mental Health program and Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness at Massachusetts General Hospital.
As recipients, the collaborators will benefit from leadership development through the grant. “The mission of the Clinical Scholars program is to equip the health providers from every discipline with leadership tools centered in equity, diversity and inclusion to transform their careers and the health of their communities,” explained Xie.
“We are going to lead and collaborate across sectors, disciplines and settings, and design and implement real-world projects. The Clinical Scholars program will teach recipients to develop high level leadership skills — mentoring, coaching and developing curriculum, and a deep understanding of the root concepts of a health inequity. We’ll learn how to frame issues and field public will to solve the issues and become part of a national network of diverse leaders,” said Xie.
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Boys and Girls: Join the Club
Club members receiving homework help in Burlington, Vt.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America count 4,000 community-based clubs serving more than 4 million young people through membership and community outreach. They provide a safe place to spend time during non-school hours and the summer as an alternative to the streets or being home alone—a place to play, have fun and learn.
Boys & Girls Clubs began in New England, when in 1860 three women in Hartford, Conn, organized the first club because they believed “boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative.” Nearly 50 years later, several Boys Clubs decided to affiliate and the Federated Boys Clubs was formed in Boston with 53 member organizations. In 1990, the group’s name was changed to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) sees New England’s Boys & Girls Clubs as key potential partners to instill college aspirations and preparation among the young people who participate in activities at the venerable community organization. N.H. state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro and Burlington, Vt. lawyer Michael Wool (with an assist from Boys & Girls Club of Burlington Executive Director Mary Alice McKenzie), are two NEBHE board members who are passionate champions of the organization. They take a closer look at the challenges and innovations at two New England Boys & Girls Clubs: Boys & Girls Club of Manchester, N.H. and Boys & Girls Club of Burlington, Vt.
Vital in New Hampshire
Lou D’Allesandro
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America are a vital asset to our nation’s youth. New Hampshire’s own Boys & Girls Club of Manchester is one of the organization’s 53 original agencies, incorporated in 1907 as a private, nonprofit serving youth from ages 6 to 18.
The clubs seek to reach out to all youth, with special concern given to those most in need. They provide programs and services that inspire and enable members to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring individuals. A program staff of 12 full-time youth development professionals works directly with the children, providing help with homework, computer instruction, conflict resolution education, peer pressure resistance training and a variety of other programs and activities. Providing the children with this safe place to learn and grow and giving them the opportunity to develop these ongoing relationships with caring adult professionals enables them to develop strong character and skills that will help them succeed in the future. Nearly 2,500 members were served by the Boys & Girls Club of Manchester during the 2010-11 school year.
The core programs offered by the clubs are divided into five areas: Character and Leadership Development; Education and Career Development; Health and Life Skills; The Arts, and Sports; and Fitness and Recreation.
The Character and Leadership Development program empowers youth to support and influence their club and community, sustain relationships with others, develop a positive self-image and respect their own and others’ cultural identities.
The Education and Career Development program enables youth to become proficient in fundamental educational disciplines, apply learning to everyday situations and embrace technology. The Power Hour Program and Homework Helpers are two examples of programs that encourage education and career development.
In 2005, the club initiated a Building Better Lives Capital Endowment Campaign with the goal of expanding and renovating the main clubhouse. The initiative was made successful, in large part, by a $1 million donation from actor Adam Sandler. Sandler, a Manchester native and former member of the Boys & Girls Club, said he had many fond memories of his time spent at the club. This money was especially crucial to the organization as it helped it launch fundraising efforts for the expansion project. The significance of Sandler’s donation is that he never forgot where he came from and the difference the Boys & Girls Club made in his life. His is just one example of how the Manchester Boys & Girls Club makes a lasting impact on the lives of the children it serves.
In addition to its main clubhouse, the Manchester Boys & Girls Club also includes two successful afterschool programs located at two of the city’s elementary schools. The afterschool sites operate Monday through Friday until 6 p.m. The main clubhouse is open Monday through Thursday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and until 10 p.m. on Fridays, providing young people with a safe environment in which to engage in a variety of activities.
The new design of the facility allows the club to offer a new delivery-of-service format with more program structure. This helps in tracking individual member program participation, which will help determine the impact the club is having on its members. Education and academic success is a large part of this initiative. The club now offers a half-hour mandatory homework time each day for all members. It also offers special homework help and tutoring for those members who need extra support. The club tracks its members’ progress and issues progress report cards.
It is an ongoing challenge to instill the importance of education among our youth. The programs offered by the Boys & Girls Club seek to do just that. Education is essential in gaining the knowledge and skills to succeed in a continually changing and competitive world. Those who are taught to value education at an early age are most likely to seek a higher education in the future. An important aspect of building hope and opportunity among our youth is the discussion of what education can do as we mature and move ahead. At the Boys & Girls Club, children learn the importance of higher education while developing the skills, confidence and hope they need to pursue their goals.
A hard-working mentor who is invested in the future of our children is a truly invaluable resource. The knowledge that can be gained at this organization can lead to infinite opportunities for our youth. As the U.S. continues to evolve, the importance of education is intensified. As President John F. Kennedy said, “Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.” The work that the Manchester Boys & Girls Club does to prepare its members for higher education is key to offering the young people an opportunity to achieve the American dream. Strengthening the correlation between boys and girls clubs and higher education will only enhance this opportunity as we all strive for a better future.
Knowing How to Go in Burlington
Michael Wool and Mary Alice McKenzie
Board members of the Boys & Girls Club in Burlington, Vt., in 2005-06 took an unflinching look around our club’s neighborhood and honestly concluded that as a community we were all failing the children most in need of our help. The club’s board members recognized that it is wonderful to keep kids safe and provide them with healthy and fun programs during the afterschool hours. However, have we really done right by these children if they are not ultimately succeeding in becoming self-supporting adults?
What we saw was that the children who were coming to the club were children of former Boys & Girls Club kids and they were experiencing lives that were economically worse than their parents’ lives had been. In short, we acknowledged that the generational poverty that had always existed in our neighborhoods had significantly deepened.
As we analyzed the situation further, we discovered that a very small percentage of our club kids attended any postsecondary education after graduating from high school. There were other reasons for the worsening poverty in the families but the lack of adequate education was a common theme. Currently, 40% of our club kids identify themselves as other than Caucasian. In the neighborhoods we serve there are 19 different languages spoken. We have children from Somalia, Sudan, Nepal, Bhutan, Turkey, Iraq and many other countries. The diversity of our club kids is much different from the diversity of Vermont. Burlington is the site of a Refugee Resettlement Office and therefore we have a much higher percentage of New American children than the rest of the State. The board decided that the Boys & Girls Club could play a critical role in helping our club kids prepare for and commit to accessing postsecondary education or training so that they too could better participate in the American Dream. As a result, our “Know How To Go” program was born.
We realized some successes with Know How To Go. We help numerous club kids access college. However we learned many hard lessons along the way. We learned that starting our program at the 6th grade level was way too late. By the time we started talking with kids in the 6th grade about their plans for the future, too many of them were already so alienated from education that it was impossible to effectively re-engage them. We also learned that by the time they had reached 6th grade, many of the kids had experienced academic failure to such an extent that they entered the 6th grade with the expectations that they would fail. We also learned that many of our children were not learning about the importance of homework while they were in the K through 5th grades and when they entered 6th grades they could not compete with their better-prepared peers.
We also learned that even if our kids graduated from high school with grades adequate to be accepted into college, these kids could not handle college level work so they became overwhelmed and dropped out. The bottom line was that we learned that if we were to be serious about this effort we needed to raise serious and sustainable funds, we needed to dedicate more resources to hiring educationally qualified staff, we needed to retool our program to begin at the earliest age we serve kids and we needed to forge relationships with schools and teachers.
We spent a year redesigning our program and in fall 2011 we introduced our new educational effort: the Boys & Girls Club Early Promise Program. Our Early Promise Program begins at the kindergarten level and follows club kids through the grades and into postsecondary education. Our program includes homework help for all club kids, intensive tutoring through Sylvan Learning Centers, a less intensive but equally important Reading Buddies effort with the help of many college students and mentors, and small group tutoring conducted by club staff who are also licensed teachers.
We also have a very strong partnership with the Vermont State College System (VSC) and with St. Michael’s College. The VSC is an active participant in helping us find the appropriate higher education venue for our club kids who graduate from high school. We also work very closely with the colleges on helping club kids easily access all the remedial help available so that they can better develop the academic skill they need in order to perform college-level work. St. Michael’s is helping us on two important aspects of our Early Promise Program. The St. Michael’s Education Department is developing a curriculum design that includes incorporating their education students into our Early Promise Program. In addition, St. Michael’s is helping us collect, organize and analyze our data so that our program is credible and useful as we learn more about how to help low-income children rise above the poverty level through effective education.
We know our efforts are in their infancy. We know that we will need to constantly reassess our program in order to get the results we want for our children. We recognize that breaking the cycle of poverty through education is a long-term goal that is hard to achieve. However, we are every bit as passionate about helping our children succeed against so many odds as we were when we embarked on this journey. Perhaps we are even more passionate now that we have witnessed first-hand how many obstacles are thrown in front our children by the well-intentioned but increasingly disenfranchising system of public education that our children experience. One thing we know for sure is that every one of our children matters, and we are absolutely committed to doing whatever it takes to help them achieve the education needed for a self-sustaining life in the America of today.
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The Language of Butterflies
Author(s): Wendy Williams
An enthralling look at one of the world's most beautiful and resilient animals, and the role they play in our ecosystem Butterflies are beloved across the globe, adorning gardens, parks and zoos. Their feats are staggering - monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres each year. They are smarter than we think - some species have learned to fool ants into taking care of them. Their beauty has led many to obsession - lepidopterists (butterfly-seekers) have died in search of particular species, frenzied and driven mad in the pursuit of colour. What draws us to these creatures so intensely? Why do they live so briefly? How do they get their colours? Science journalist Wendy Williams investigates butterflies across the globe, their habitats and those dedicated to studying them. She examines the ancient partnership between butterflies and humans, and the ways we depend on them today - from a bellwether on climate change to a source of life-saving medical technology. For lovers of Sy Montgomery's The Soul of an Octopusand Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees, this melodious book reveals the inner lives of these special creatures and shows why they continue to fascinate us. Touching, eye-opening and profound, it is a love letter to these vanishing species, and a celebration of the beauty and joy they bring to our world.
For lovers of Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees, this beautifully written book illuminates the inner lives of butterflies and shows why they continue to fascinate us.
Wendy Williams is a science journalist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Horse- The Epic History of Our Noble Companion. Through her long career she has traversed many African countries, walked the fields and forests of Europe, and explored North American mountains and prairies. She lives in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Publisher : Schwartz Publishing Pty, Limited
Imprint : Black Inc.
Author : Wendy Williams
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Author(s): Bryan Washington
Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese-American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson's a Black day care teacher, and they've been together for a few years - good years - but now they're not sure why they're still a couple. There's the sex, sure, and the meals Mike cooks for Benson, and, well, they love each other.
But when Mike finds out his estranged father is dying is Osaka just as his acerbic Japanese mother, Mitsuko, arrives in Texas for a visit, Mike picks up and flies across the world to say goodbye. In Japan he undergoes an extraordinary transformation, discovering the truth about his family and his past. Back home, Mitsuko and Benson are stuck living together as unconventional roommates, an absurd domestic situation that ends up meaning more to each of them than they ever could have predicted. Without Mike's immediate pull, Benson begins to push outwards, realising he might just know what he wants out of life and have the goods to get it.
Both men will change in ways that will either make them stronger together, or fracture everything they've ever known. And just maybe they'll all be okay in the end. Memorial is a funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love.
The debut novel from a rising literary star: a funny, sexy, sensual examination of two young men falling in and out of love.
Bryan Washington has written for the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Paris Review, Boston Review, Tin House, One Story, GQ, FADER, The Awl, and Catapult. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Publisher : Atlantic Books, Limited
Imprint : Atlantic Books
Author : Bryan Washington
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BISHOP AGUER SPEAKS OUT
“Viri probati? A grave rift in the Church”
Viri probati and deaconesses? “The Synod was disconcerting, the consequence of progressive ideology in the Church”. German schism? “Rome should intervene before it's too late, they're making scandalous plans”. Abuse of the clergy? “In the dioceses there are actual lobbies of gay priests”. Pachamama? “A pope like Leo the Great would never have allowed such aberration”. There's a bishop who speaks out openly and unreservedly about the crisis factors that grip the Church. He is Hector Aguer, Argentine archbishop who in this interview with the Daily Compass denounces all the consequences of post-Council over-progressivism.
Viri probati and the German Church at risk of schism. There is a bishop who speaks out and who is not afraid to say things as they are: “It is a road incompatible with tradition, which is creating a serious rift in the Latin Church”. Speaking on the other side of the ocean is Hector Aguer, Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata. Argentinean from Buenos Aires, 76 years old, theologian, in his country Aguer conducts an intense influential activity in which he denounces the moral crisis of the contemporary world and does not hesitate to warn the Church against progressive drifts. In this interview with the Daily Compass, Aguer addresses the main crisis factors that are leading the Church towards a latent schism: from the ordination of viri probati to the schismatic efforts of the German Church, topics of great current interest given the end of the first part of the German Synod and the gossip about the Pope's apostolic exhortation at the conclusion of the Amazon Synod.
Your Excellency, the Synod of Amazonia dealt with viri probati and deaconesses. What would happen if the Pope were to give the go-ahead?The Amazon Synod was, in my opinion, a disconcerting event. The question of viri probati and deaconesses was raised long ago. With regard to the former, Cardinal Sarah, in his latest book, suggests a solution: to send priests from other regions of the continent to cover the shortages in that particular area. I believe that this gesture of ecclesiastical communion, which invites us to support the needs of the ecclesial Body, is perfectly feasible. With regard to the second: the promotion of women, in progress in the current culture – many “buts” should be added to this “promotion” – leads many to even consider the feasibility of a female priesthood. In the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, the Lutheran hostess was a female bishop. I think that if Rome approved both these proposals of the Synod, there would be a serious split with the tradition of the Latin Church. These proposals are incompatible with that tradition: they are inspired by a “progressive” theology, developed over several decades. They do not respond to real needs, but to ideological positions. False solutions for false problems.
The Synod of the German Church is taking place. Do you fear the risk of schism?
In the German Church, for decades, theological programmes have been developing in contrast to the Catholic tradition. On the other hand, extraordinary theologians have flourished. Suffice it to mention one: Josef Ratzinger. And I would add his disciple, Gerhard Muller. I believe that the work of Karl Rahner has given a typical profile to German Catholic thought, cultivating doubt and relativism. In this way, a different climate has been created compared to the Latin world, involving an independence that displays traits of separation. The question of schism does not imply an explicit formulation: it can be an immanent, undeclared schism. The important thing is how faith is “felt”, how it is manifested in ecclesial life and with what intellectual instruments it is formulated. Various historical traumas also have their influence, such as the one created by Luther in the 16th century, the Protestant liberal theology of the late 19th century, and the development of a scientific biblical exegesis, which have projected themselves, in one way or another, into the Catholic world as a whole. I hope that in the Synod, the originality of Germany will manifest itself in such a way as to enrich the Katolike and that it will not detach itself from this Totality. A schism implies a collapse of charity, of ecclesiastical agape, inspired, in general, by doctrinal errors that jeopardise the homogeneous continuity of tradition. As Saint Vincent of Lerino said several centuries ago, the development or evolution of doctrine must proceed in eodem scilicet dogmate, eodem sensu, eodem que sententia. Some proposals already made by the Synod are simply scandalous; in my opinion, Rome should intervene before it is too late. Since the “German Church” would like to continue to be part of the Church of Christ, of the true Church and not of a “modern” imitation, which panders to the German Catholics of today, who are becoming fewer and fewer. And they are becoming fewer because of post-Council over-progressivism.
On the subject of abuse, Benedict XVI denounced the bad theology that has generated the bad conduct of priests and bishops. Is there a gay agenda that aims to condition the Church?
The problem set out in the question is very serious. In many dioceses there is a substantial number of priests with homosexual tendencies; it is well known that they usually meet in a kind of lobby, covering for each other and counting on obtaining prominent positions. It is no surprise if the same thing happens in Rome. The Magisterium of John Paul II and Benedict XVI has clearly indicated theological deviations in dogmas and morals. In this second area, I note that in many places, in preaching and catechesis, there is no mention of the commandments of God's law, contained in the Torah of Israel, which Jesus commented on and explained in the Sermon on the Mount and which is widely stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. On the sixth commandment, moreover, there is absolute silence. And this is not just a random remark: I have come across it in my academic and pastoral experience. Worse still, the metaphysical concept of nature is forgotten or set aside, as is the existence of objective and universally valid precepts corresponding to truly human behaviour. Moreover, a distorted notion of freedom, conceived in subjective and relativistic terms, has been spreading; many people do not admit that certain acts are intrinsically wrong because of their content. The perversion of abuse is correlated with the flaws I have spoken of: their cause is a lack of training and a decline of will in the experience of celibacy. There is a very clear protocol that does not allow the concealment or tolerance of such crimes that cause great harm to the Church and are endorsed by the mass media to denigrate the Church itself and cast a shadow of suspicion on all priests, when it is known that at least 80% of these criminal acts take place within the families of the victims or those close to them. Pope Ratzinger has distinguished himself by his clear and firm position on this painful issue.
As a Latin American bishop, who also knows the indigenous peoples, what do you think of Pachamama in the Vatican? Is there the risk of a fascination with idolatry, while the Mass instead loses the sacred?
Indeed, this curious paradox has occurred: the liturgy has been damaged by profanation and the abolition of solemnity and beauty; there are even bishops who argue that there should be no distinction between sacred and profane, and act accordingly. On the other hand, attempts are being made to promote unregulated cults, such as that of Gauchito Gil or of Difunta Correa, which count devotees among the population, among whom there is great religious ignorance. In the case of the Pachamama, many try to justify this cult by exploiting the Church's interest in caring for the land. The least that can be said is that these attempts are highly ambiguous and generate confusion. Pachamama in the Vatican? I imagine what the Fathers of the Church, Augustine, and Popes like Leo and Gregory the Great would think: they would never allow such aberration. This is the opportunity to recall a very curious case, that of the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, a missionary in China in the 16th century. To facilitate the acceptance of Christ by the natives, in front of the cross that he invited them to venerate, he placed an image of Buddha. An example of “mental restriction” in action.
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The Fusion of Physical and Digital Worlds Reinvents Beauty Brick-and-mortar Retailing, Kline Shows
julio 31, 2017 The Fusion of Physical and Digital Worlds Reinvents Beauty Brick-and-mortar Retailing, Kline Shows2017-07-31T12:09:00+00:00 New Jersey
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — With hundreds of new doors opening in various formats, the expanding cosmetics specialty and vertically integrated stores, such as Ulta, Sephora, Bluemercury, NYX, Kiko Milano, and e.l.f., which have grown at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 19% over the past five years, now account for an estimated 20% of total beauty market sales, finds Kline’s just-published Beauty Retailing USA: Channel Analysis and Opportunities report.
«While traditional department stores experience declining traffic and store closures, brick-and-mortar is not a dying breed, but a rising phenomenon of specialty retailers and vertically integrated stores that set trends, provide open-sell environments, offer solution-based approaches in digital formats, and enhance the overall consumer experience,» comments Naira Aslanian, the study’s project manager.
Bluemercury has made headlines in recent weeks, opening its digitally-enhanced flagship location in New York City, with plans to open 40 more stores by the end of the year. In 2017, Sephora opens its largest store in North America in New York, and a few days ago its smallest 2,000 square foot freestanding concept store, Sephora Studio, opens in Boston. This concept is one step towards creating more curated and digital experiences for consumers in the real world. Alongside digital tools, increasingly demanding younger generations require one-on-one services, including 15-minute facials and 45-minute makeovers that drive consumers seeking a spa-like experience into stores.
Vertically-oriented boutique beauty stores, such as NYX, e.l.f., and Kiko Milano, are conquering local malls as these fast-growing newcomers offer unique concepts targeted to younger consumers at lower price points. These brands are increasingly offering digital enhancements, such as NYX’s iPads that help create different looks with beauty influencers/vloggers walking consumers through the replication while in store. Enhancing a customer’s experience with a brand is one of the key reasons for the incredible growth of these free-standing beauty stores, finds Kline’s Boutique Beauty Retailers: Channel Analysis and Opportunities.
Department stores, however, are not giving up. They’re mimicking tactics applied by successful multi-brands specialty stores to draw more traction. In early 2017, Bloomingdale’s launches the first Knockout Beauty boutique composed of prestige brands with a natural/organic slant. Nordstrom’s beauty area continues to evolve, bringing in brands with limited distribution. Nordstrom also adds beauty concierges in remodeled locations to help guide consumers across brands, showcasing the top products in each beauty category. Neiman Marcus launches its Memory Mirrors to help consumers remember the steps and products used during the in-store makeover.
A different type of revival is evident in the person-to-person segment of the direct sales channel. Previously characterized by powerhouses like Avon and Mary Kay, this segment has seen the rise of new stars that offer targeted, results-driven products, as well as the utilization of social media platforms and millennial sales associates. Players such as Rodan + Fields, Younique, Beautycounter, Ever Skincare, and Monat are the new generation of social selling brands that will have a high impact on the segment. The proof of this growing trend is Coty’s acquisition of a 60% stake in Younique in early 2017, desiring to tap into this new genre of social media-oriented person-to-person sales.
To learn about key findings for the dramatically evolving beauty retailing landscape in the United States, REGISTER for our Technology’s Impact on the Beauty Shopping Experience webinar taking place on Wednesday, August 2, 2017.
Beauty Retailing USA: Channel Analysis and Opportunities is comprehensive analysis of the complex environment for retailing cosmetics and toiletries in the United States. With detailed channel and retailer profiles, this research provides a clear view of the challenging and ever-changing retail landscape specific to beauty and personal care products.
About Kline
Kline is a worldwide consulting and research firm dedicated to providing the kind of insight and knowledge that helps companies find a clear path to success. The firm has served the management consulting and market research needs of organizations in the agrochemicals, chemicals, materials, energy, life sciences, and consumer products industries for nearly 60 years. For more information, visit www.KlineGroup.com.
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Stewarding Our Planet's Resources the focus of first Strategic Plan forum
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Stewarding our Planet's Resources will be the topic of the first in a series of public forums focused on implementing the University’s long-range Strategic Plan. The forum will take place Monday (Jan. 23), and faculty, staff and students from across the University are invited to participate, either in person or via livestream.
Strategic Plan Forum: Stewarding Our Planet's Resources
Stewarding Our Planet's Resources will be the focus of the first in a series of forums focused on the University's Strategic Plan. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate either in person or via livestream.
To watch via livestream, go to: http://strategicplan.psu.edu/events/. Community members also can participate by sending questions or comments to strategicplan@psu.edu or by tweeting, using the hashtag #PSUplan.
Stewarding our Planet’s Resources will take place 1-2:30 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room, Student Community Center, at Penn State Greater Allegheny.
“By hosting the first forum, Penn State Greater Allegheny is honored to help kick off this series of five discussions of our Strategic Plan’s thematic priorities," said Andrew Egan, chancellor and chief academic officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny. "Our forums will provide us with a significant opportunity for inclusive engagement that will help drive us toward the University’s vision.”
Ideas for consideration at the first forum include:
Pennsylvania 2050: How can the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania address its food, energy and water needs in a sustainable way by the year 2050?
Research Re-Imagined: How do we discover comprehensive solutions through research in targeted areas related to food, energy, water and the changing climate?
Penn State Outreach and Impact: How can we build the human capacity necessary to address challenges related to food, energy and water?
The forum will provide an overview of the subcommittee’s process, a description of the ideas under consideration and time for discussion.
“Food, energy and water are important issues at Penn State, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and around the world. We’d love to hear thoughts and feedback on potential strategies for the University to address these issues,” said Lara Fowler, senior lecturer with Penn State Law and assistant director for Outreach and Engagement with Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) and co-chair of the subcommittee focused on this forum’s topic.
The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the Office of Planning and Assessment are co-hosting the forums. For more information, go to: strategicplan.psu.edu.
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CAA’s Rob Light ’78 to Speak Sept. 3
Friday, August 28, 2015, By Erica Blust
The Bandier Program will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 3, by Rob Light ’78, head of the music department, a partner, and managing director of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a leading entertainment and sports agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Nashville and Beijing. Light is also a member of the University’s Board of Trustees.
Rob Light
The lecture, which is free and open to the University community, will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium (Room 007), located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. It is presented as part of the Bandier Program’s Soyars Leadership Lecture Series.
Under Light’s leadership, CAA’s music department represents many of the world’s most popular and talented musical artists and comedians. Light oversees all of CAA’s music agents, providing strategic counsel on concert tours and event bookings worldwide, as well as advising clients on their overall career development.
Following six years at International Creative Management, Light joined CAA in 1984. He was named head of the music department in 1998 and appointed to CAA’s management board in 2001. Under his visionary leadership, Light has led the department’s expansion into London, which marked the first time a full-service agency established an international presence; Nashville; and New York City, helping CAA become the pre-eminent talent agency for musicians and comedians in the U.S. and abroad. A market share leader, CAA represents more of the top 100 touring artists than the next four competitors combined and books more theater and arena comedy acts worldwide than any other agency. CAA’s music clients cross every genre, from pop, rock and country to urban, Latin and electronic dance music, as well as comedy.
Respected throughout the industry for his innovative deal structures and his ability to foresee and adapt to changes in the business environment, Light has led CAA’s music department to new heights by implementing an integrated services model that leverages CAA’s expansive and deep resources within the department and across the agency. This interdepartmental approach has taken clients into soundtracks, theater, feature films, television, documentaries, sponsorship, endorsement and licensing.
Under Light’s guidance, CAA was the first to hire a full-time marketing team to create and capitalize on strategic opportunities for CAA clients, working with managers, labels and local promoters on ticketing and digital marketing, among other initiatives. CAA also customizes sponsorship opportunities that bridge a brand’s marketing objectives and its clients’ needs to create a unique experience for the fan. Further enhancing artists’ brands and their connection with fans, CAA’s in-house team of licensing and endorsement experts develop new creative and commercial opportunities across a broad spectrum of business areas, including apparel, footwear, fragrance, beauty and more.
Light and his team have also been instrumental in building and creating many of the most successful themed music festivals in the last decade, including Vans’ Warped Tour, the Uproar Festival and the Mayhem Tour.
Light was honored as Agent of the Year in trade publications Pollstar and Performance Magazine in 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001 and 2003. The CAA music department has been awarded Agency of the Year by Pollstar for 12 consecutive years and Booking Agency of the Year by Billboard for six of the past eight years. In addition, Light was ranked no. 9 in Billboard’s 2013 Power 100 feature. He was the 2004 Children’s Choice Award recipient from the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Project and was recently honored by City of Hope with the Spirit of Life Award.
Light is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in film and television. Married with five children, he is a board member for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Communities in Schools and the Tiger Woods Foundation.
For more information, contact David Rezak, director of the Bandier Program, at 315-443-3280 or dmrezak@syr.edu.
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China: Journalist Zhang Zhan jailed for Wuhan COVID-19 reports – Business Insider – Business Insider
Zhang Zhan, 37, was convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” by a People’s Court in Shanghai.
Citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, 37, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for her work reporting on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan, China.
She was convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a “broadly defined” charge “often used by police to stifle dissent,” according to the South China Morning Post.
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A Chinese court sentenced a citizen-journalist to four years in prison on Monday for her work reporting from Wuhan during the coronavirus outbreak’s early days.
Zhang Zhan, 37, was convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” by the Pudong New Area People’s Court in Shanghai, according to the Associated Press.
The South China Morning Post explained that the charge is “broadly defined” and “often used by police to stifle dissent.” Zhan was given just a year shy of the maximum sentence for the charge.
The AP reports that Zhan traveled to Wuhan in February to report on how the outbreak was impacting the city.
—UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) December 28, 2020
During her time in Wuhan, Zhan posted short video clips to YouTube, including interviews with Wuhan residents and footage of hospitals, a crematorium, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to Reuters.
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“We raised her case with the authorities throughout 2020 as an example of the excessive clampdown on freedom of expression linked to COVID-19 & continue to call for her release,” the tweet said.
“I don’t understand. All she did was say a few true words, and for that, she got four years,” Zhang’s mother, Shao Wenxia, told Reuters after her sentencing on Monday.
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“When I met her days ago, her hands were tied to the waist and a nasogastric tube was inserted in her nose,” he said.
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In Indonesia, Largest-Ever Confiscation of Illegal Manta Ray Parts by Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries
WCS’s Wildlife Crimes Unit Assists Ministry in Bust
Arrest marks latest enforcement action of Indonesia’s recent national protection of manta rays
Indonesia operates largest known shark and ray fisheries on earth
NEW YORK (November 12, 2014) – The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia and the WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society’s) Wildlife Crimes Unit announced the largest confiscation of illegal manta ray parts as part of a major enforcement action against illegal trade of sharks and rays in Indonesia, home to the largest shark fisheries on earth.
The most recent arrest, which took place Friday, November 7th, yielded the largest number of confiscated manta gill plates ever for Indonesia, involving a shipment of 103 kg (227 pounds) of gill plates. The arrest took place in suspect’s Shr’s house near Pengambengan Negara fisheries landing area in Bali.
The recent enforcement action follows three arrests earlier this month and in October involving illegal trade of manta ray meat and gill plates, sawfish snouts, and sea turtle meat.
Under Indonesian law, trafficking manta rays, their parts and by products is punishable with a penalty of 6 years maximum imprisonment and a maximum fine of USD $125,000; while for sea turtles and sawfish, the penalty is a maximum 5 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of USD $10,000.
“Today we have managed to thwart the illegal trading of a protected species which is part of world’s charismatic species diversity and nature’s heritage,” said Indonesia’s new Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Susu Pudjiastuti. “MMAF will continue the public campaign until all related stakeholders including fishermen and traders received clear information on the regulation.”
Joe Walston, WCS Vice President of Field Conservation, said: “This largest-ever confiscation of manta ray parts is showing the world that Indonesia is serious about enforcing this new law to protect this species from wildlife trafficking. We commend our partners in making these arrests.”
Reef (Manta alfredi) and oceanic (Manta birostris) manta rays are large, long-lived, plankton-eating cartilaginous fishes, relatives of sharks. Oceanic mantas can reach up to 7 meters (23 feet) in length from wing-tip to wing-tip, weigh over 2 tons, and live for at least 20 years. They have very low reproductive rates, giving birth to only one live pup every two years. A growing tourism trade based upon manta-watching is estimated to be worth $140 million annually, with Indonesia as one of the top-ten destinations.
Manta rays are increasingly targeted for their gill plates, the pre-branchial appendages that filter the plankton on which they feed. These gill plates are in demand in Chinese markets for use in a health tonic that is not recognized in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). One kilo of manta gill plates can fetch $250-$500 in China, and the total trade is worth $30 million annually. This growing trade is driving dramatic increases in largely unregulated manta fisheries that have depleted or are depleting manta populations. Both species are listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global threatened species list.
In February 2014, the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), with technical input from a coalition of conservation organizations, including Conservation International (CI), the Manta Trust, and WCS, banned the hunting and trade of manta rays throughout the total area of the country (6 million square kilometers or 2.3 million square miles).
The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries claimed that the state loss from illegal trade of manta gill plates trade is up to USD 20,000. However, the loss for marine ecotourism reached USD 615.7 million. It is assumed that the number of gill plates from the evidence is equal with up to 85 live manta rays that have at least a 40 years life span. A live manta ray will contribute USD 7.9 million towards marine ecotourism during its lifetime.
WCS’s Wildlife Crimes Unit operates in Indonesia to provide data and technical advice to law enforcement agencies to support the investigation and prosecution of wildlife crimes. The Unit’s most recent success was assisting the Government of Indonesia’s smashing of a tiger poaching ring earlier this year.
WCS’s Wildlife Crimes Unit is supported by the Save Our Species Fund. Save Our Species is a joint initiative of the Global Environment Facility, IUCN and the World Bank. A fundamental goal is to ensure the long-term survival and well being of threatened species and their critical habitats for biodiversity conservation. WCS’s Wildlife Crimes Unit is also supported by the Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service multinational species conservation funds. WCS’s marine conservation work in Indonesia has been made possible through the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation also supported Conservation International with the policy process that led to the decision by the Government of Indonesia to protect Manta rays in February 2014.
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune Review. Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon in Earthy, Lovely One-Night Stand
New York Theater June 5, 2019 Leave a comment
In its ultimately lovely if overlong Broadway revival, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” begins with loud grunting and shrieking, amid glimpses of breasts and buttocks in the dim light of a dingy tenement apartment, as Audra McDonald as Frankie and Michael Shannon as Johnny go at it on her fold-out bed. Immediately after they’ve finished having sex, Johnny tells Frankie a long anecdote about farting, and then Frankie retreats to the bathroom, keeping the door open and visibly sitting on the toilet.
This is how playwright Terrence McNally in this 1987 play introduces us to the story of two ordinary middle aged people who are hooking up for the first time. They are a waitress and a short order cook, co-workers who barely know one another; Frankie expects this to be no more than a one-night stand that won’t even last the whole night. But the unusually graphic earthiness of the opening seems to be director Arin Arbus’s attempt to co-opt one of the two criticisms that this production seemed likely to receive. The director at the get-go is downplaying the inherent glamour of her two performers, who are not in the least bit ordinary
Since one way that Shannon and McDonald are extraordinary is in their acting, it’s hard to get into high dudgeon over their grace and good looks. If ex-model Charlize Theron could play a monstrously ugly serial killer, surely the beautiful Audra McDonald can play a character who has what the script describes as “striking but not conventional good looks.” No, Audra McDonald is not Kathy Bates, who originated the role of Frankie — but neither was Michelle Pfeiffer, who portrayed Frankie to Al Pacino’s Johnny in the 1991 movie.
In the old, popular song, Frankie shoots Johnny for two-timing her. But McNally’s play is full of a different kind of music — Bach, Scriabin, Shostakovich , Wagner and Debussy, author of the classic composition that is the second half of the play’s title. These pieces are playing successively on the radio, which is turned to a classical music station, as the two joke and laugh together; make small talk; reluctantly reveal sadnesses in their pasts and their sense of failure in the present; express their wants and their worries… reveal their personalities.
Those personalities don’t immediately mesh. Although they find they have much superficially in common — both turn out to be from Allentown, Pennsylvania, both lost their mothers at the age of seven — what they want is different. Johnny wants them to fall in love, get married and have children. Frankie, unnerved by his weird rush into romance, tells Johnny to leave her apartment at 3 a.m.. He refuses. She threatens to call the police. He tells her to go ahead: “They’ll make me leave but I’ll be right back. That’s a very handy fire escape.”
This scene plays out as more creepy in 2019 than it probably did in 1987. There are several other moments in the play that buttress the notion that Johnny is just speechifying here to be dramatic. (At one point, for example, Frankie points to a neighboring window, and describes how the husband is abusive; Johnny is repulsed.) Nevertheless, the scene where he all but threatens her feels like a misstep, and probably could have been cut without discernible loss or damage to the whole. Indeed, in general, “Frankie and Johnny” might have worked better as a 90-minute one-act play. Still, even at its full two hours (plus intermission) over two acts, the play has enough humor, delicate pathos, specificity of detail and psychological complexity to showcase McNally’s skills as a dramatist. There is some careful craft in “Frankie and Johnny,” especially in the presence of the music, which literally underscores McNally’s heartwarming, romantic message. By learning about their ordinary lives while listening to the sublime beauty of the music, we get the point that the ordinary can be sublime; As the music plays and the full moon shines through the dirty blinds, Frankie and Johnny both seem to understand that even longtime “losers” can be ennobled by beauty, and have a chance at love.
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.
Broadhurst Theater
Written by Terrence McNally; Directed by Arin Arbus. Scenic design by Riccardo Hernandez, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair, wig and makeup design by J. Jared Janas. Featuring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon.
Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes, including one intermission.
Frankie and Johnny is on stage through August 25, 2019
Update: Frankie and Johnny will now close on July 28, 2019
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The Argidius Foundation and the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Announce Prize of One Million Euros
NEW YORK—September 29, 2014 — The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and the Argidius Foundation—a charitable foundation promoting businesses as a way to mitigate poverty—have announced an award of one million euros ($1.27 million) to Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), an impact investment group dedicated to African small and growing businesses. The award was part of the first Argidius-ANDE Finance Challenge (AAFC).
Sponsored by the Argidius Foundation and launched in spring 2012, the AAFC called for innovative solutions to help fill the financing gap for emerging market start-ups. I&P was selected from among five pilot projects. Each project, focusing on at least one of the following target countries—Burkina Faso, Guatemala, Honduras, Mali, Moldova or Nicaragua—was awarded a grant of 200,000 euros to conduct an extensive pilot program, during which ANDE provided ongoing guidance.
A grand prize of one million euros is now being awarded to I&P for demonstrating the potential to achieve the greatest impact through both replication and scale.
I&P has created a local equity investment vehicle and supporting infrastructure designed for small and growing businesses (SGBs) in Burkina Faso and modeled after a proven example in Niger. During the AAFC pilot phase, I&P built a strong management team, offering coaching and technical assistance support to entrepreneurs. I&P also raised 1.34 million euros from 12 investors, 77 percent of which is African private capital. I&P aims to build on this experience and structure an equity investment industry dedicated to SGBs in Africa through a network of 10 vehicles in 10 countries, thus replicating the fund across the region. I&P will continue to offer critical technical assistance to its investee businesses as well as capital, in addition to building a network, enabling those businesses to learn from one another.
An expert committee of SGB sector finance professionals selected the winner based on the clarity, feasibility, capacity, expected impact and replicability of the proposed solution.
“All five pilot programs offered promising solutions to help unlock capital for the missing middle,” said Nicholas Colloff, executive director of Argidius Foundation. “What the selection committee found most impressive about I&P was its vision and ability to implement a proven investment model in very difficult business environments,” added Randall Kempner, executive director of ANDE.
The announcement was made at the ANDE annual conference, which is being held in Glen Cove from September 29 to October 1, 2014. The event is an annual gathering of more than 200 senior-level executives of ANDE member organizations, including leading investors, capacity development providers, foundations, banks, corporations, development finance institutions and research institutions from around the globe. This year Cathy Clark, co-author of the upcoming book The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism (Jossey-Bass; October 13) and lead faculty member at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, will speak with Anne Field, award-winning writer on entrepreneurship and a Forbes contributor, during an evening reception on September 30.
For more information, please follow the conference conversation on Twitter at @AspenANDE and via the hashtag #ANDE2014.
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) is a global network of organizations that propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets. ANDE members provide critical financial, educational, and business support services to small and growing businesses (SGBs) based on the conviction that SGBs will create jobs, stimulate long-term economic growth, and produce environmental and social benefits. Ultimately, ANDE believes that SGBs can help lift countries out of poverty. ANDE is part of the Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization. For more information please visit www.aspeninstitute.org/ande.
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Malick // Fire & Water by kogononada
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A Letter to Mom: Reflections on Water and Terrence Malick
By Nich L. Perez
The Pacific Ocean is in front me as I put these words together. And the sound of the waves is like a mantra that brings me a bit of that serenity and nostalgia that I have always been accustomed to. I’m still thinking about that night, Mom, after your second day of Chemo. The morphine wasn’t really working. To escape the nagging pain, we decided to screen Terence Malick’s 1998, Thin Red Line. But you were insistent that the 1978, Days of Heaven, was always going to be your favorite Malick film, since his later ones (at least the ones you have seen) have become too intellectually bourgeois for your taste. However, you always enjoyed the convergence of complexities, brilliance and simplicity in the representation of Malick’s characters and relationships, and that was what fascinated you about the film, considering your immigrant and educational backgrounds. Other than that, you always claimed that Dad looked like the young Richard Gere when he was younger, and to which I sadly and violently complained, “Too bad, I didn’t get that part of his genes.” You laughed, and we had a good sleepless night together.
Mom, ten months after you passed, Mr. Malick released another film entitled, The Tree of Life. This was six years after The New World; you know, the one about Pocahontas and John Smith. A shocker, right? And he’s made four more films after that, and another one is coming next year about a conscientious objector who refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. We thought that this reclusive Rhodes Scholar and filmmaker would keep his mysterious philosophical persona and would wait for another ten years to pen and direct another film. Perhaps the Palme d'Or in 2011 woke him up. Though I have to say that The Tree of Life is an avant-garde cinematic prayer with the usual Malick meditative narrative structure, which is deeply philosophical and poetic. The film took me to the creation of the universe, to the exploration of a mother’s love and the core of a family; grace and meaning all strategically edited together like a dance. I’m sure you would love it. The constant search for meaning in the non-diegetic whispers of these characters as they battle through the complicated nature of existence and of being human were quite apparent in the dialectic of Malick’s frames, scenes and sequences. And this is the only Malick film so far that has dinosaurs! Yes, mom, dinosaurs, but not the Jurassic Park kind.
A year ago, I encountered this academic and filmmaker, kogonada, and he has made some brilliant video essays on our favorite films and filmmakers. His first feature-length film called, Columbus was a profoundly beautiful but subtle meditation on relationships and life’s priorities brought in by the combination of delicate performances, intelligent dialogue and the homage to avant-garde architecture. A visual poetry as I usually say. And the man was writing his dissertation on the films of Yasujirō Ozu, so the stars aligned for me when I saw his work. I remember our tatami meditations on Ozo’s work and the notion that I would be too busy like Kōichi in Tokyo Story, to spend time with my parents when I get older. But here I am, still writing to you.
kogonada made a short video essay five years ago, Malick // Fire & Water. And he writes:
“Of all the recurring signatures of Malick, his use of fire and water might be the most telling, in part because there’s a significant shift between early Malick (Badlands & Days of Heaven) and later Malick (The Thin Red Line, The New World, The Tree of Life & To the Wonder). Early Malick favors fire. Later Malick favors water. In To the Wonder, Malick forgoes fire altogether for the first time in his career. Water reigns.”
I figured you’d love this analysis. The contrast between fire and water. What is interesting is that as Malick gets older (he celebrates his 75th this November), he lets the water take reign, as if the fire has been extinguished. As you know, I always found refuge in the water; Dad used to say that but now I am saying it as I get older. After your funeral, wherever I traveled, I always made sure I visited the sea, the lake, the river, or any body of water in these places that I went to, so that I could quietly sit, write, or just be. You taught me that. There is something about its fluidity and beauty, and how it hits the light when the sun is rising or setting. And it could be scary when it gets dark, or when the tumultuous winds transform its waves into a storm. But as a surfer, there is that certain excitement when the surf is high. After patiently waiting for that certain wave, it comes to me and I revel into its magnificence with my board. Such a divine experience, as if the moment on that water brings me closer to what I was meant to do on this earth. Just like Malick’s later films, the use of water is a paradigm shift for the characters as part of a visual poetry that creates and seeks a liquid profundity. There are quite a few scenes in his films that deliberately use water to visualize concepts like grace, faith and meaning, from his Episcopalian background perhaps. John Izod and Joanna Dovalis describe a scene by the beach in The Tree of Life, when the O’Brien family are gathered after sequences of loss and despair.
“I give him to you. I give you my son.”
Mrs. O’Brien, powerfully portrayed by Jessica Chastain, lost her son, and the heaven-like setting near the water becomes a place of reunion, a place of hope –
“A beautiful mask (emblematic of the discarded persona) sink through the water, a dying to the old self' (195).
Apologies for the nerdy quote, but I’m just trying to prove something, Mom. It seems as if these characters have found their ultimate identity as they wash themselves out of their old selves, cleansed by the water that is so ubiquitous and deep. The reunion of these characters by the water releases them as the moment and space wash away that grief that became the cosmic enmity that was pushed by death. Mrs. O’Brien persisted; she carried the burden of grief undyingly as a mother, not letting go of her son. In the end, she lets the water reign. I remember you in this character, recalling the lines of Jack, played by Sean Penn, the grown up son who reflects on the brother he lost and the mother who taught him how to love:
“You spoke to me through her. You spoke to me through the sky. The trees. Before I knew I loved you. Believed in you. When did you first touch my heart?”
Jack addresses God as Malick explores the relationship with the divine, as expressed in a maternal archetype and in the nature of his narrative space. A divine line that clashes with his humanity, which is somewhat a consistent inner monologue of his characters in the later Malick films. Malick doesn’t really give answers to these perennial questions, but he lets the water become not just a symbol but a baptism of acceptance and transformation, from birth to death. I don’t want to get too theosophical on you, Mom, but this is my take on Malick. I would probably take on the same path if we talk about Ozu or Kieślowski, but the water makes so much sense when it comes to Malick.
The beach. I’m thinking about that beach in the Philippines where we used to visit when I was younger. I used to sit with my cup of coffee on the banks of white sand in the early hours of the morning, allowing ideas to coagulate and sift through the complexities of life. I proposed to Irene near those waters, remember? And I remember throwing my engagement ring to the same waters when she and I broke up; I stopped going there after that. So, there is something sacred and devastating about these waters, just like Malick’s way of molding the beginning and end of life through the indexicality of water.
I know you haven’t seen his recent films but as koganoda reminds us that Malick
“forgoes fire altogether for the first time of his career.”
Water. It is in To the Wonder that he explores love in faith in the story of a couple as they struggle with their marriage, fused with the story of a priest who struggles with his own faith. And these characters find some sort of redemption, not like the Andy Dufrense liberation from Shawshank Prison, but a liberation from themselves as they become more self-aware and at peace with who they are in relation to the world. With the final sequence, of course, culminating near the waters of Mont Saint-Michel, where you and Dad had a romantic evening, the water once again is ubiquitous, cleansing and empowering. Malick’s characters are always in this perennial search and constant rumination, and they either find that sense of clarity, of transformation or of unity in their dance or refraction of water in a pool, in the sea, or in a watering hole on top of a hill. This is quite evident in his next films after that, Knights of Cups in 2015 and Song to Song in 2017. And as always, each of the character of these films are constantly evoking the poetry for love, of loss, for healing, of meaning . . . for life. And as always, when they find a sliver of what they long for or what they have lost, the water and light visually connect them to it. (I’ll write you another letter about light soon.) I watched his last film again, Song to Song, the other day on my flight back to LA. Faye, the character played by Rooney Mara, receives this epiphany about the love she has experienced with BV, Ryan Gosling’s character, after dealing with complications of their love affairs and betrayal.
Faye’s final words were etched in my memory with the beautiful cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki:
“You want to go back to a simple life. I want the same. Let nothing come between us. Ever. This. Only this.”
She whispers like an epistolary as the characters wash each other in water and light, bathing themselves in forgiveness and love despite the blemishes of their humanity.
In 2010, after your battle with cancer, I went back to this place in the Philippines because it was there that you wanted to be buried. On the day of your funeral, I went back to the shore. A cup of black coffee on my hand and my surfboard on the other. 5:17 am. I waited for the sunrise. I remembered that around this time, the surf was always high and I thought I could catch a few waves to drown my grief. But there were zero waves, Mom. I sat on the sand, chugging the last few drops of coffee, crying inconsolably. I realized that this place has changed; I have changed. And as the sun was about to rise, the sadder I became.
I complained to God, “Why?” like Mrs. O’Brien after her son died in The Tree of Life:
“Was I false to you? Lord? Why? Where were you?”
I waited, sitting on my board, my tears disappearing into the calm waters. Not even a gust of wind, agitated, I decided to head back and finish writing your eulogy.
All of sudden, three dolphins jumped several times in front of me, as if dancing with the first few rays of the sun. That moment was enough to fill the emptiness, Mom, like the waters in Malick’s films. I smiled and swam back to the shore.
As Ian Bradley puts it in his book, Water: A Spiritual History:
“Covering roughly almost 70% of the earth’s surface and making up a similar proportion of the human body, it is essential to life in all its forms and is at both the start and heart of the evolutionary chain.” All religions use water not just as a mere ritual but as a constant reminder and even as a tool for the journey of what is next to come. Perhaps the Hindus are right, that we were once part of the Ultimate Reality, the Brahman; we were meant to go back to the divine once were done fulfilling our purpose. We return to the water. Perhaps water is also a path to this spiritual evolution as expressed in Malick’s cinema. And perhaps I will see you again, by the water.
I look forward to our next movie, Mom. You are always missed.
Nicholai
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PRB Projects 2.3 Billion More People on Earth by 2050
August 27, 2018 by Asianet Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The world population will reach 9.9 billion by 2050, up 2.3 billion or 29 percent from an estimated 7.6 billion people now, according to projections by Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in its 2018World Population Data Sheet released today.
The world population will also continue to age over time, albeit with variations by country. By midcentury,16 percent of the world population will be ages 65 and older, up from 9 percent now. The percentage of people in this age bracket in the world’s more-developed countries will reach 27 percent, up from 18 percent now, while the percentage of adults ages 65 an older in less-developed countries will double to 14 percent.
Changing age structures—or the share of the total population in each age group—will influence countries’ economic trajectories and how they allocate resources to ensure that all generations can thrive. These themes are explored in the 2018 Data Sheet‘s analytical features.
PRB estimates the 2018 worldwide total fertility rate (TFR, or average births per woman over their lifetime) at 2.4; the global TFR has been declining for the past few decades but it remains high enough to generate continued population growth. The three countries with the highest TFRs are Niger (7.2), Chad (6.4), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6.3), while the lowest TFRs are in South Korea (1.1), Singapore (1.2) and Taiwan (1.2).
PRB projects Africa’s population to more than double to 2.6 billion by 2050 and account for 58 percent of the global population increase by that date. The number of people in Asia is projected to rise about 717 million to 5.3 billion, while Europe (which includes all of Russia) would see a decline in population from 746 million to 730 million. The Americas population is projected to increase from 1 billion now to 1.2 billion, and Oceania (which includes Australia and New Zealand) is seen rising from 41 million to 64 million.
PRB has produced its widely referenced World PopulationData Sheet (www.worldpopdata.org) annually since 1962.
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I’m a bit too excited about this video game
On April 3, 2011 By Jeff
Originally posted on jeffshelman.com on Jan. 5, 2011
I arrived at the office on Tuesday morning, logged into Twitter and one of the first things I saw was ESPN.com golf writer Jason Sobel tweeting how Augusta National Golf Club was going to be in the new Tiger Woods 12 video game.
I was stunned. And amazed. And thrilled.
It was a few hours later, when my friend Ryan tweeted:
“How many nights will @jeffshelman be camping out at Best Buy to get this copy of Tiger Woods 2012 w/Augusta National?”
I’m not sure that I’m going to camp out (though I won’t completely rule it out), but I will be getting the game.
I realize that I’m closing in on 40. But I am awfully excited about this development. Probably too excited.
I am not a huge gamer. I had a ColecoVision when I was a kid (to you youngsters, Google it and then laugh at the primitive video game culture of the 80s), but after that I didn’t play for a long time.
It was only about four or five years ago when I took some fantasy football winnings (thanks to all those NFL writers who let a non-expert win) and bought an Xbox 360.
I pretty much play sports games. Tiger Woods 07 or 08 was the first game I bought and I’ve purchased every version since then. I’ve several NBA games (both EA and 2K), I had one NHL game, a couple of MLB games, two NCAA Football games and the last two FIFA games. I’m not big on shoot-em-up games, but I do love playing a game or two and seeing what I can do.
That said, the Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise was getting a little boring. There were small tweaks each year and some new courses, but the year-to-year changes were pretty small. Putting has improved greatly since the first game I purchased and the distances that the ball goes isn’t nearly as unrealistic as before (back when every par 4 became driver-wedge and every par 5 was reachable in two). Even though I like the Ryder Cup format on the newest game, I haven’t played it all that much.
But the Augusta feature is very exciting. I thought Hazeltine National Golf Club being added to the game for TW10 was very cool as I worked there in college for a while and have probably played the course 75 times. It was so cool that I wrote a freelance piece for the Star Tribune about Hazeltine being in the game. But this is a whole different level.
In April 2009, I attended a Masters practice round and it is one of the coolest things I’ve done. I walked every hole and wanted to get a great sense of the elevation change, the crazy movement in the greens, how little rough there is out there and the like.
I get that people might not like that ANGC is totally a good-old-boys kind of place or don’t like the stuffiness of the Masters, but the golf course is super cool.
Just like when Hazeltine joined the game, when Target Field was available on MLB2K10 and TCF Bank Stadium being part of NCAA Football 11, there is no question that I will buy Tiger Woods 12 on March 29, the day it is released. The only real question is whether I get it on a midnight store opening at GameStop, whether I buy it at lunch or whether I get it on my way home from work.
Assuming that we don’t get to play real golf here in the Twin Cities again in March (doubtful considering the amount of snowcover we have now), this game will certainly help get me through the end of winter.
If you can’t get enough, here is Bubba Watson playing a demo of the game. And here is Sobel talking about the game and touching on why ANGC is finally participating.
I don’t think I’m alone in this. There was much Twitter buzz on the topic yesterday and there was a pretty good-sized thread on Golf Club Atlas about the game.
I guess this means that I need to dust off my copy of TW11 and get practicing. March 29, after all, isn’t that far off.
UPDATE: Golfweek checks in with an interesting story featuring a little more background on how the game was made, etc. Worth a click.
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IN THE MATTER OF MORRIS P. FAIR, JR. (two cases)
In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: February 27, 2017 S17Y0815. S17Y0816. IN THE MATTER OF MORRIS P. FAIR, JR. (two cases) PER CURIAM. These disciplinary matters are before the Court on the report and recommendation of the Special Master, LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, recommending that the Court disbar Morris P. Fair, Jr. (State Bar No. 581019). The State Bar filed formal complaints in State Disciplinary Board (“SDB”) Docket Nos. 6829 and 6830 charging Fair, who has been a member of the Bar since 2000, with violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.16 (a), 1.16 (d), 5.5 (a), and 8.1 (a). See Bar Rule 4-102 (d). The maximum sanction for a violation of Rules 1.2, 1.3, 5.5 (a), and 8.1 (a) is disbarment, and the maximum sanction for a violation of Rules 1.4 and 1.16 is a public reprimand. After Fair failed to file an answer within thirty days of service, the State Bar moved for default judgment in both matters, and Fair did not file a response. The Special Master awarded default judgment and filed a Report containing specific findings of fact and conclusions of law. As to SDB Docket No. 6829, the Special Master found the following facts, as deemed admitted by virtue of Fair’s default: that a client retained Fair in 2008 regarding claims in a construction dispute; that Fair failed to terminate his representation of the client when he was on interim suspension from June 3, 2008 to July 18, 2008, and again when he was suspended from July 24, 2010 to January 7, 2013, nunc pro tunc to October 3, 2011; that Fair failed to file timely responses to discovery requests, failed to respond to opposing counsel’s motion to compel discovery responses, failed to promptly provide discovery responses despite the trial court’s order granting the opposing parties’ motion to compel, and failed to respond to the opposing parties’ motion to dismiss; that the trial court granted the opposing parties’ motion for sanctions on October 2, 2012, striking Fair’s client’s complaint and prohibiting him from defending the opposing parties’ counterclaim regarding breach of contract; that Fair failed to return the client’s documents or video recordings after withdrawing as attorney of record; that the trial court awarded $28,195 in attorney fees to the opposing parties; and that Fair failed to reasonably consult with the client despite the client’s repeated requests to communicate with Fair, failed to keep the client 2 reasonably informed about the status of the client’s case, and failed to promptly respond to the client’s requests to communicate. Based on these facts, the Special Master concluded that Fair violated Rules 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.16 (a), 1.16 (d), and 5.5 (a) through his conduct in SDB Docket No. 6829. As to SDB Docket No. 6830, the Special Master found the following facts, as deemed admitted by virtue of Fair’s default: that a client paid Fair approximately $1,500 to represent him in a criminal case; that Fair did not act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing the client; that the client repeatedly requested to communicate with Fair but that Fair failed to keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the client’s case and failed to promptly respond to the client’s requests to communicate; that Fair ceased his representation of the client without informing the client that he had ceased the representation or that he intended to withdraw and without filing a motion to withdraw from the case; that Fair did not provide the client file to the client in a timely manner; that the assistant of the trial judge e-mailed Fair to inform him that he was counsel of record in the client’s case and should appear in court and that Fair replied that he filed a motion to withdraw and that the client filed a Bar complaint; that Fair did not refund the client’s money; and that in his responses 3 to the State Bar, Fair wrote that he filed a motion to withdraw from representing the client when that was not true. Based on these facts, the Special Master concluded that Fair violated Rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.16 (d) and 8.1 (a) in his representation of the client in SDB Docket No. 6830. In aggravation of discipline, the Special Master noted that Fair has prior disciplinary offenses, including formal letters of admonition in 2010 and 2015; his indefinite suspension in 2010,1 which was lifted in 2013, nunc pro tunc to October 3, 2011; and his two interim suspensions in 2008 and 2015, respectively. The Special Master also noted that pursuant to Bar Rule 4-103, a finding of a third or subsequent disciplinary infraction, shall, in and of itself, constitute discretionary grounds for suspension or disbarment. The Special Master further found these additional aggravating factors: pattern of misconduct, multiple offenses, and substantial experience in the practice of law. She found no mitigating factors. The Special Master recommends that Fair be disbarred for his violations of Rules 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.16 (a), 1.16 (d), 5.5 (a), and 8.1 (a). 1 Fair initially was disbarred, but this Court granted his motion for reconsideration, see S10Y1025 (July 27, 2010), and subsequently accepted his petition for voluntary discipline and imposed the indefinite suspension with conditions for reinstatement. See In the Matter of Fair, 288 Ga. 17 (701 SE2d 160) (2010). 4 Having reviewed the record, we conclude that disbarment is the appropriate sanction in these matters. See In the Matter of Hayes, 291 Ga. 90 (727 SE2d 498) (2012) (disbarment appropriate when attorney abandoned client’s legal matter by failing to respond to motion for summary judgment, which was subsequently granted; failing to inform client that the motion for summary judgment had been filed; failing to reasonably communicate with client; and failing to keep the client reasonably informed about the status of her case); In the Matter of Weathington, 289 Ga. 19 (709 SE2d 262) (2011) (disbarment appropriate when attorney failed to communicate with, abandoned, and caused harm to client in one matter and in another matter, failed to communicate with and discuss potential conflict of interest with clients and failed to properly and competently prepare for trial). Accordingly, the name of Morris P. Fair hereby is removed from the rolls of attorneys authorized to practice law in the State of Georgia. Fair is reminded of his duties under Bar Rule 4-219 (c). Disbarred. 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Associate Director, Legal Clinic
Karla McKanders directs the Immigration Practice Clinic and teaches Refugee and Immigration Law. Her work has taken her throughout the U.S. and abroad teaching and researching the efficacy of legal institutions charged with processing migrants and refugees. In 2011, she received a Fulbright grant to lecture in Morocco. Before joining Vanderbilt’s law faculty, Professor McKanders was a tenured associate professor of Law at University of Tennessee College of Law. During the 2016 – 2017 academic year, she was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Howard University School of Law, where she directed the Civil Rights Clinic. Before she joined the law faculty at the University of Tennessee, she was a clinical teaching fellow at Villanova University School of Law in the Clinic for Asylum Refugee and Emigrant Services. Professor McKanders serves on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration Advisory Committee.
Professor McKanders was a law clerk for Judge Damon J. Keith with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit after earning her law degree at Duke University and undergraduate degree at Spelman College. She has been cited as an authority on immigration and refugee law by such media outlets as Reuters, ABC News and Al-Jazeera.
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“The Subnational Response: Local Intervention in Immigration Policy and Enforcement,” in Compassionate Migration and Regional Policy in the Americas, Palgrave McMillan, 2017 (Steven W. Bender and William F. Arrocha, eds.)
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“Refugee Reception and Perception: U.S. Detention Camps and German Welcome Centers,” 40 Fordham International Law Journal 523 (2017) (with Valeria E. Gomez)
"Immigration Enforcement and the Fugitive Slave Acts: Exploring Their Similarities," 61.4 Catholic Law Review 921 (2012)
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"Federal Preemption and Immigrants' Rights," 3 Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy 333 (2013)
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IN THE NEWS - July 13, 2002: AIDS Conference - 2002-07-12
Broadcast: July 13, 2002
This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program, IN THE NEWS.
A new report says that the disease AIDS will cause a sharp drop in life expectancy in fifty-one countries by the year Two-Thousand-Ten. A study by the United States Census Bureau was released during the International AIDS Conference this week in Barcelona, Spain. Experts say several nations are losing one-hundred years of progress in extending the length of life of their citizens.
AIDS has killed more than twenty-million people around the world. Experts say about forty-million people are infected with H-I-V, the virus that causes AIDS. More than six-million people are infected in Asian countries. Most of them live in India, China and Indonesia. AIDS is also spreading quickly in Russia, Latin America and the Caribbean. But Africa has been hardest hit by the disease. Almost thirty-million people are infected with the virus.
Seven countries in southern Africa now have life expectancies of less than forty years. For example, in Botswana, life expectancy is thirty-nine years. By Two-Thousand-Ten, it could be less than twenty-seven years. Mozambique is expected to have a similar reduction in life expectancy. Lives would also be shortened in other southern African countries. Without AIDS, officials say the average life expectancy in southern Africa by Two-Thousand-Ten would have been about seventy years.
There are also many more babies dying from AIDS in southern Africa. Researchers say that in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia, more babies will die from AIDS by Two-Thousand-Ten than from all other causes.
American Census Bureau official Karen Stanecki says there soon will be more deaths than births in southern African countries because of AIDS. She says as adults die, millions of children will grow up without parents.
A United Nations report says about thirteen-million children have already lost one or both parents to AIDS in eighty-eight countries. Most of these orphans live in southern African countries. The report estimates that there will be at least twenty-five million AIDS orphans by Two-Thousand-Ten.
Some non-governmental organizations say that number is far too low. They say there will be almost one-hundred-million orphans by Two-Thousand-Ten.
Carol Bellamy is the director of the United Nations Children’s Fund. She says AIDS orphans face many problems, even if they are not infected. They are often mistreated by the communities, forced out of school, and sometimes become targets for illegal activities. She says girls are the group most at risk.
AIDS officials say ten-thousand-million dollars is needed each year for research, treatment and care for people with AIDS. Yet, they say wealthy nations have agreed to pay less than one-third of that amount.
This VOA Special English IN THE NEWS was written by Cynthia Kirk in Barcelona. This is Bob Doughty.
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Scientists Find Large Amounts of Precious Metals in Wastewater
Swiss flushes gold and silver into sewer
In recent months, stories about sewers getting clogged have made international headlines. For example, a so-called "fatberg," a mass of grease and diapers, clogged London's sewers.
A new study has found stranger materials in a wastewater system: large amounts of rare and precious metals.
Researchers examined 64 wastewater treatment centers across Switzerland. A government press release says it was the first study on trace elements in wastewater in an industrialized country.
The researchers found 3000 kg of silver and 43 kilograms of gold in effluent and sludge from the centers. The value of the materials was somewhere around $3.1 million dollars.
The silver and gold were in the form of tiny particles. The researchers said the particles were most likely released during manufacturing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, or watches.
Bas Vriens is one of the researchers. "You hear stories about an angry man or woman throwing jewelry down the toilet, but we didn't find any rings, unfortunately," he said.
"The levels of gold and silver were very small, in the micrograms, or even nanograms, but when you add them up it's pretty substantial."
The researchers also found large amounts of rare earth minerals.
The level of metal concentrations did not violate Swiss laws. They were removed before the water entered the drinking water system.
Vriens cautioned people against trying to find precious metals in drinking water. "It wouldn't make sense for people to boil their tap water to recover gold or silver because it has already been filtered out before it re-enters the drinking water supply," Vriens said.
I'm John Russell.
John Revill reported on this story for Reuters. John Russell adapted it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
clog – v. to slowly form a block in (something, such as a pipe or street) so that things cannot move through quickly or easily
diaper – n. a piece of cloth or other material that is placed between a baby's legs and fastened around the waist to hold body waste
grease – n. an oily substance
trace – n. a very small amount of something
effluent – n. liquid (such as sewage or industrial chemicals) that is released as waste
sludge – n. a soft, thick material that is produced in various industrial processes (such as in the treatment of sewage)
toilet – n. a large bowl attached to a pipe that is used for getting rid of bodily waste and then flushed with water
unfortunately – adv. used to say that something bad or unlucky has happened
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Applegate Trail
History of the Southern Route
Applegate Trail is the common name of a new wagon road to the Willamette Valley which was a southern alternative to the Oregon Trail along the Columbia. It was located in 1846 by an exploring party in which two Applegate brothers played a leading role.
Three Applegate brothers came to Oregon as a part of the great migration of 1843—Charles, Lindsay, and Jesse. The three Applegate brothers had prosperous farms in western Missouri until the depression of 1839 hit the western frontier hard. In 1842 Jesse sold a boat load of bacon for $100 to a riverboat captain to be used as fuel for his steamboat. The curing salt alone had cost him $150. Jesse said “This state of things created much discontent and restlessness among a people who had for many generations been nomadic, and had been taught by example of their ancestors to seek a better home in a ‘new country’ as a sure way of bettering their condition.”
After making the difficult crossing of the continent to Oregon in 1843 the Applegates still had to face their greatest challenge: the Columbia River. In 1843 the Oregon Trail for all practical purposes ended at Fort Walla Walla and to get to Fort Vancouver and the Willamette Valley you had to traverse the Columbia River. The Applegate brothers spent several days in late October building flat boats and finally on the morning of November 1 loaded their families and possessions onto the boats, leaving the cattle and wagons behind at the fort. On November 6, near The Dalles, one of the boats drifted to the opposite side of the river, was caught in a whirlpool, upended and Jesse’s nine year old son, Edward Bates, and Lindsay’s nine year old son, Warren, along with an old family friend were lost to the river. Lindsay vowed that as soon as the families were settled and time could be spared they would look for another way into Oregon so other families could avoid such a tragedy.
The Columbia River route would claim more lives in ’44 and in 1845 an entire family drowned while attempting to travel down the Columbia to Fort Vancouver. This last event Jesse would later state “aroused the whole community to the necessity of finding a remedy for an evil so distressing and calamitous.”
In 1845 Sam Barlow and Joel Palmer scouted out an alternate route around Mt. Hood that would become the Barlow Road. The Barlow Road was safer than the Columbia, but all who took it vowed it was the worst stretch of the entire Oregon Trail and it was a toll road. Others, including Stephen Meek and Elijah White, attempted to find a safer way into Oregon with little success.
James Polk was elected president in 1845 and declared in his inaugural address that it was his duty “to assert and maintain by all constitutional means the rights of the United States to that portion of our territory which lies beyond the Rocky Mountains.” This call alarmed the British and they placed a ship-of –war, H.M.S. Modeste, at the mouth of the Columbia and sent spies in to see if the Americans could defend themselves. All Americans in Oregon knew well how easy it would be for the British to block any assistance coming from the United States along the Columbia and through the Cascades. A southern route not under the control of the British suddenly took on more importance. By the spring of 1846, George Abernathy, Oregon’s provisional governor, was lobbing for an exploring party to locate a southern route into Oregon that would avoid the British controlled forts of the Oregon Trail.
On May 15 a group of fifteen men under the leadership of General Cornelius Gilliam and including Levi Scott, his son John, William Parker (Cynthia Applegate’s brother) David Goff and Moses “Black” Harris set out to look for a southern route into Oregon. The Applegate brothers were not a part of Gilliam’s group. The explorers proceeded down the old trappers trail to a spot near modern day Monroe where they crossed over the valley toward Spencer Butte and on east into the Cascades. When they did not find a suitable route over the mountains they came back to Spencer Butte and turned south. Shortly after they came upon an Indian trial crossing the Calapooya Mountains into the Umpqua Valley, Gilliam left the group and returned home. The group continued on down the old California trail to a spot near modern day Oakland where they decided there were too few of them to succeed at the task before them. Levi Scott would later write, “We had no guide nor leader, and our party was without any organization. In starting out we had overlooked the important principal that an organized plan, with a head and leader is essential to the success of almost every undertaking.” Levi Scott let it be known if a new company was formed he wanted to be a part of it. Nate Ford stated in the Oregon Spectator that he felt the route laid out by the May explorers was the start of a practical wagon road leading to the south.
It is at this point that Jesse and Lindsay Applegate stepped forward and formed a new company. Jesse was elected captain of the new company and eleven of the men from the Gilliam expedition joined, including Levi Scott, David Goff and Moses Black Harris. About half -way into the expedition Levi Scott and David Goff were elected to share in the leadership role alongside of Jesse.
Jesse went at once to the Hudson’s Bay Company to ask if they had any maps that covered the area south of the settlement. He was given a map drawn by Peter Skene Ogden in 1826-1827 that proved to be very accurate in the areas where Ogden had actually traveled. Jesse also obtained a copy of John C. Fremont’s journal from his Topographical Expedition through Oregon in 1843. From this journal he learned that a straight line between a point slightly south of the head of the Rogue River Valley and a point on the Bear River on the California Trail south of Fort Hall approximated the forty-second parallel. This line now forms the southern boundaries of Oregon and Idaho. The road explorers intentions was to go south to the Rogue River Valley and head east sticking as close to the forty-second parallel as the topography of the land would allow.
Following the route of the May explorers, the new South Road Expedition, encountered few problems until they arrived in the Umpqua Mountain area north of modern day Canyonville. There they met a Mr. Hess coming up from California who told them there was a canyon ahead of them that you could not get a horse through much less a wagon, they might as well turn around and go home. They went on and attempted to go into the canyon from the north end but brush, downed trees, and rocks soon forced them up the canyon walls where they traveled some ten to twelve miles along the ridge before they came back to the valley floor at the south end of the canyon. They all went into the canyon from the south end and agreed that with some work a road suitable for wagons could be made through the canyon as long as the little creek that wound its way back and forth on the valley floor remained in its banks. The uniqueness of this mountain was described in the Way Bill, printed in the Oregon Spectator: “You go over other mountains, this one you go through.”
They continued on over Sexton Mountain, across the Rogue River Valley, over the Cascades into the Klamath basin, around Tule and Goose Lake where the terrain began to force them more and more to the south into northern California. They discovered the magnificent High Rock Canyon in northern Nevada and beyond it the Black Rock Desert and finally on to the California Trail where they headed north east towards Fort Hall. It was decided at this point that Jesse Applegate, Moses Harris, David Goth, Henry Bogus and John Owens would go on to Fort Hall to replenish supplies and perhaps turn some of that years pioneers onto the new trail. Jesse arrived at Fort Hall on August 8th and soon he convinced a number of people to try the new route. Both Goth and Harris made contact with wagon masters they had know before and convinced them to turn their charges toward the new trail. According to John D. Unruh Jr. in his book The Plains Across about 100 wagons and five hundred people turned onto the new trail.
Once all had gathered at the trailhead, near Imlay, Nevada, it was decided that Levi Scott and David Goth would stay with the wagons and Jesse, Lindsay and all the rest of the road explorers, plus a few young men from the wagon train, would go ahead of the wagons and build a road passable by wagons. At Goff’s spring, near Clear Lake, Jesse left a note for Levi Scott saying he was returning to the settlements to try to put together a relief train for the struggling emigrants. He left someone in charge of the work crew, probably Lindsay, but they too would head to the settlement within a week. This would later cause great condemnation for Jesse Applegate because Levi Scott and the emigrants themselves had to make the trail passable for wagons from this point on, delaying their progress. Levi Scott would later write that for much of the return trip, each morning he had to go ahead, search out the route, and then help make the road passable before the wagons could follow.
The wagon train was often spread out over twenty miles or more, causing more delay and Levi Scott managed to get the lead wagons to Canyon Creek Canyon south of Canyonville in late October. Scott’s description, “and I must say dreadful canyon, where we really could go no further without having made a road through this formidable gorge. I spent two days in a fruitless endeavor to get a party to go with me….Finally I emphatically called the company to attention, and told them that I was going through the next morning….If no one would go with me…..I should go home, “I will not stay, idly, here and see you all perish, because you will not put forth an effort to help yourself.”
Finally on the morning of October 26, 1846 the lead wagons started into the canyon and on October 27 it began to rain and will pour rain for at least the next seven days; this same storm will catch the Donner Party in the mountains in California. All who passed through Canyon Creek in 1846 suffered great loss; seven died in the canyon, and many more would have died without the relief trains that were coming down the trail to meet them. Several relief trains were organized, including one by the Applegate’s, and the largest one was led by Thomas Holt who had arrived in Oregon in 1844.
Jesse Quinn Thornton and his wife Nancy were among those who lost most of their worldly possessions on the Southern Route of 1846—“having at various times upon the journey thrown away my property, I had little reaming save…the most valuable part of our wardrobe. We passed many wagons that had been abandoned by their owners…” and later Thornton described the road builders, the Applegate’s in particular, as “outlaws and banditti who during many years infested the Florida reefs.” Thornton’s controversy with the Applegates over the new South Road would be carried out in the Oregon Spectator for almost a year and he is the first to refer to the new trail as “the damnable Applegate road”.
Levi Scott led a smaller group over the new southern route in 1847 and they arrived in the settlement in good shape and ahead of those who used the original Oregon Trail that year. The trail was heavily used in 1848 when about three-quarters of the men in Oregon followed it to the Tule Lake area and then turned onto the new Lassen Cutoff to the American River and the gold rush of ‘49. Over time it was used by those coming from the east and planning to settle in the Klamath Valley, or the beautiful Rogue River Valley. It is now I-5, the major north- south route through Oregon.
The name “Applegate Trail” is a source of disagreement even after all these years: some feel it should be called The South Road as the original explorers did, some feel it should be the Scott-Applegate Road because Levi Scott stayed with the wagons and led a second group over the trail the next year. Walter Meacham, director of the Oregon Council of the American Pioneer Trails Association, seemed to cement the title of Applegate Trial with the publication of a booklet he entitled Applegate Trail in 1946. In 1992 the U.S. Congress officially designated the trail the Applegate Trail, an offshoot of the California Trail and a part of the National Historic Trails system.
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Judgment Day #Vote!
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It is November 6 in the East Coast. After almost two billion dollars, 17 months campaigning, torturous commercials, debates, speeches, this election is finally coming to a close. It has been daunting, tiresome, disgusting with each side proclaiming its best but in the end, the voters will decide, their voices will be heard. May the best candidate win!
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No Words!
The news many have been waiting for. Good riddance!
Almost ten years later…
The announcement from President Obama!
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
It was nearly 10 years ago that a bright September day was darkened by the worst attack on the American people in our history. The images of 9/11 are seared into our national memory — hijacked planes cutting through a cloudless September sky; the Twin Towers collapsing to the ground; black smoke billowing up from the Pentagon; the wreckage of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the actions of heroic citizens saved even more heartbreak and destruction.
And yet we know that the worst images are those that were unseen to the world. The empty seat at the dinner table. Children who were forced to grow up without their mother or their father. Parents who would never know the feeling of their child’s embrace. Nearly 3,000 citizens taken from us, leaving a gaping hole in our hearts.
On September 11, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand, and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other, and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.
We were also united in our resolve to protect our nation and to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice. We quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al Qaeda — an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe. And so we went to war against al Qaeda to protect our citizens, our friends, and our allies.
Over the last 10 years, thanks to the tireless and heroic work of our military and our counterterrorism professionals, we’ve made great strides in that effort. We’ve disrupted terrorist attacks and strengthened our homeland defense. In Afghanistan, we removed the Taliban government, which had given bin Laden and al Qaeda safe haven and support. And around the globe, we worked with our friends and allies to capture or kill scores of al Qaeda terrorists, including several who were a part of the 9/11 plot.
Yet Osama bin Laden avoided capture and escaped across the Afghan border into Pakistan. Meanwhile, al Qaeda continued to operate from along that border and operate through its affiliates across the world.
And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as we continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.
Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by our intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden. It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground. I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan. And finally, last week, I determined that we had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.
Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. A small team of Americans carried out the operation with extraordinary courage and capability. No Americans were harmed. They took care to avoid civilian casualties. After a firefight, they killed Osama bin Laden and took custody of his body.
For over two decades, bin Laden has been al Qaeda’s leader and symbol, and has continued to plot attacks against our country and our friends and allies. The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat al Qaeda.
Yet his death does not mark the end of our effort. There’s no doubt that al Qaeda will continue to pursue attacks against us. We must –- and we will — remain vigilant at home and abroad.
As we do, we must also reaffirm that the United States is not –- and never will be -– at war with Islam. I’ve made clear, just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader; he was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, al Qaeda has slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity.
Over the years, I’ve repeatedly made clear that we would take action within Pakistan if we knew where bin Laden was. That is what we’ve done. But it’s important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding. Indeed, bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan as well, and ordered attacks against the Pakistani people.
Tonight, I called President Zardari, and my team has also spoken with their Pakistani counterparts. They agree that this is a good and historic day for both of our nations. And going forward, it is essential that Pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al Qaeda and its affiliates.
The American people did not choose this fight. It came to our shores, and started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens. After nearly 10 years of service, struggle, and sacrifice, we know well the costs of war. These efforts weigh on me every time I, as Commander-in-Chief, have to sign a letter to a family that has lost a loved one, or look into the eyes of a service member who’s been gravely wounded.
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies. We will be true to the values that make us who we are. And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al Qaeda’s terror: Justice has been done.
Tonight, we give thanks to the countless intelligence and counterterrorism professionals who’ve worked tirelessly to achieve this outcome. The American people do not see their work, nor know their names. But tonight, they feel the satisfaction of their work and the result of their pursuit of justice.
We give thanks for the men who carried out this operation, for they exemplify the professionalism, patriotism, and unparalleled courage of those who serve our country. And they are part of a generation that has borne the heaviest share of the burden since that September day.
Finally, let me say to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11 that we have never forgotten your loss, nor wavered in our commitment to see that we do whatever it takes to prevent another attack on our shores.
And tonight, let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. I know that it has, at times, frayed. Yet today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people.
The cause of securing our country is not complete. But tonight, we are once again reminded that America can do whatever we set our mind to. That is the story of our history, whether it’s the pursuit of prosperity for our people, or the struggle for equality for all our citizens; our commitment to stand up for our values abroad, and our sacrifices to make the world a safer place.
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Thank you. May God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
How The Mayor Was Fired
March 30, 2011 March 30, 2011 / ludlumdrive / Leave a comment
On March 15, Miami-Dade voters fired Mayor Carlos Alvarez over pay hikes and tax increase. The revolt was led by moderate members of his own party and spearheaded by a recall campaign launched in October by billionaire businessman Norman Braman after the Mayor successfully pushed for a property tax-rate increase to help close the budget gap.
What complicated things more, was the fact that the Mayor gave pay hikes to top staffers, used tax payers money to fund the new Florida Marlins stadium and also pushed for labor contracts with employee unions that included pay hikes for most county workers this year, all that while trying to balance the budget.
The Mayor tried to fend off the coup d’etat twice by filing suit to block the recall to no avail. In the end, he was defeated by nine of every 10 voters.
Good or bad, it was democracy in action. In many countries, government embezzles, bribes from its people and stay in power forever and ever. If you don’t like it, make it work, find solutions, take control.
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Derek Teague Band
About Derek Teague Band
Derek Teague Band is a fresh sound and new project that has really accelerated in a short time. They were able to record their first EP with Producer Sylvia Massy of RadioStar Studios in N. California. Sylvia Produced bands like TOOL, Black Crowes, Johnny Cash, Prince, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty plus several more. Some of the musicians in DTB have toured across Russia, The West Coast and all over the state of Texas and surrounding states. Some have shared the stage with many nationally known acts. They have also played in large events such as South By Southwest and the Buddy Holly Music Fest. There's a passion and a mutual interest behind the bond these musicians have constructed and it is the music and only the music behind the force that drives them.
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The Anti-Dumping Agreement and Developing Countries: An Introduction
Aradhna Aggarwal
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195689273.001.0001
Economics and Finance, International
This book explores the genesis and evolution of the Anti-dumping Agreement (ADA) from the perspective of the developing countries. It also outlines the evolution of the legal provisions in the ... More
This book explores the genesis and evolution of the Anti-dumping Agreement (ADA) from the perspective of the developing countries. It also outlines the evolution of the legal provisions in the existing agreement and the current ADA in a non-technical manner from a developing country viewpoint. The use of anti-dumping in developed and developing countries in a comparative framework is explained. It then deals with various economic and non-economic justifications of anti-dumping use. The wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) anti-dumping code are reported. It finally indicates the suggestions regarding the proposals that these countries need to focus on in the current round of negotiations. It is mentioned that the Agreement and its implementation both are heavily biased against the developing countries.Less
The Anti-Dumping Agreement and Developing Countries : An Introduction
Published in print: 2007-08-09
This book explores the genesis and evolution of the Anti-dumping Agreement (ADA) from the perspective of the developing countries. It also outlines the evolution of the legal provisions in the existing agreement and the current ADA in a non-technical manner from a developing country viewpoint. The use of anti-dumping in developed and developing countries in a comparative framework is explained. It then deals with various economic and non-economic justifications of anti-dumping use. The wide-ranging proposals for the reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO) anti-dumping code are reported. It finally indicates the suggestions regarding the proposals that these countries need to focus on in the current round of negotiations. It is mentioned that the Agreement and its implementation both are heavily biased against the developing countries.
Keywords: Anti-dumping Agreement, legal provisions, developed countries, developing countries, World Trade Organization
Carbon-Energy Taxation: Lessons from Europe
Mikael Skou Andersen and Paul Ekins (eds)
Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare, International
When taxes are introduced on carbon and energy, and the revenue is used to reduce other taxes, will a positive effect be achieved both for the environment and for the economy? In 1990, Finland was ... More
When taxes are introduced on carbon and energy, and the revenue is used to reduce other taxes, will a positive effect be achieved both for the environment and for the economy? In 1990, Finland was the first country that introduced a tax on CO2. Later, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Slovenia, Germany, and the UK followed suit with tax reforms that shifted taxation from labour to carbon and energy. Over the years, CO2 and energy taxes have gradually been raised, so that in Europe taxes of more than 25 billion EUR a year have been shifted. In this book, these experiences with carbon‐energy taxation, along with tax‐shifting programmes lowering other taxes, are examined in detail. Availability of unique and original data, including sector‐specific energy prices and taxes, as well as the use of advanced statistical techniques, such as co‐integration analysis and panel‐regression techniques along with the time‐series‐estimated macro‐economic model – Energy–Environment–Economy model for Europe (E3ME), makes this analysis truly comprehensive. Results of the analysis show that even though the taxes implemented have been relatively modest, they have, in the countries examined, contributed to a reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases of up to 7 per cent, while for five of the countries a small increase in economic activity is recorded as a result of the tax‐shifting, with other impacts separated out. Due to concerns for competitiveness, the largest industrial emitters of greenhouse gases within Europe continue to benefit from exemptions from the carbon‐energy taxation schemes, as outside Europe there are major emitters without any economic penalties attached to greenhouse gas emissions. On basis of the lessons from carbon‐energy taxation learned in Europe, the editors of the book indicate how carbon‐energy taxation could usefully be combined with emissions trading, and they discuss how the recommendations from IPCC for a gradually escalating carbon price could be accomplished while preventing carbon leakage.Less
Carbon-Energy Taxation : Lessons from Europe
When taxes are introduced on carbon and energy, and the revenue is used to reduce other taxes, will a positive effect be achieved both for the environment and for the economy? In 1990, Finland was the first country that introduced a tax on CO2. Later, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Slovenia, Germany, and the UK followed suit with tax reforms that shifted taxation from labour to carbon and energy. Over the years, CO2 and energy taxes have gradually been raised, so that in Europe taxes of more than 25 billion EUR a year have been shifted. In this book, these experiences with carbon‐energy taxation, along with tax‐shifting programmes lowering other taxes, are examined in detail. Availability of unique and original data, including sector‐specific energy prices and taxes, as well as the use of advanced statistical techniques, such as co‐integration analysis and panel‐regression techniques along with the time‐series‐estimated macro‐economic model – Energy–Environment–Economy model for Europe (E3ME), makes this analysis truly comprehensive. Results of the analysis show that even though the taxes implemented have been relatively modest, they have, in the countries examined, contributed to a reduction in the emissions of greenhouse gases of up to 7 per cent, while for five of the countries a small increase in economic activity is recorded as a result of the tax‐shifting, with other impacts separated out. Due to concerns for competitiveness, the largest industrial emitters of greenhouse gases within Europe continue to benefit from exemptions from the carbon‐energy taxation schemes, as outside Europe there are major emitters without any economic penalties attached to greenhouse gas emissions. On basis of the lessons from carbon‐energy taxation learned in Europe, the editors of the book indicate how carbon‐energy taxation could usefully be combined with emissions trading, and they discuss how the recommendations from IPCC for a gradually escalating carbon price could be accomplished while preventing carbon leakage.
Keywords: taxation policy, competitiveness, carbon‐energy taxation, energy‐intensive industries, CO2
The Changing Distribution of Earnings in OECD Countries
A.B. Atkinson
Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental, International
This book is about how much people earn and why the distribution of earnings has been changing over time. The gap between the top and bottom in the United States has widened significantly since 1980. ... More
This book is about how much people earn and why the distribution of earnings has been changing over time. The gap between the top and bottom in the United States has widened significantly since 1980. Why has this happened? Is it due to new technologies? What is the role of globalization? Are there historical precedents? The book begins with the ‘race’ between technology and education, and shows that continuing technical progress does not necessarily imply a continuing rise in dispersion. It then examines the experience of twenty OECD countries over the 20th century, material presented in the form of twenty country case studies. The book breaks new ground in assembling data on the distribution of individual earnings covering much of the 20th century and drawing on a variety of under-exploited sources. The findings overturn a number of widely-held beliefs. It is not the earnings of the low paid that have been most affected by the recent changes; widening is largely due to what is happening at the top. The recent rise in earnings dispersion is not unprecedented, but should be seen as part of a longer-run history of successive compression and expansion of earnings differences.Less
This book is about how much people earn and why the distribution of earnings has been changing over time. The gap between the top and bottom in the United States has widened significantly since 1980. Why has this happened? Is it due to new technologies? What is the role of globalization? Are there historical precedents? The book begins with the ‘race’ between technology and education, and shows that continuing technical progress does not necessarily imply a continuing rise in dispersion. It then examines the experience of twenty OECD countries over the 20th century, material presented in the form of twenty country case studies. The book breaks new ground in assembling data on the distribution of individual earnings covering much of the 20th century and drawing on a variety of under-exploited sources. The findings overturn a number of widely-held beliefs. It is not the earnings of the low paid that have been most affected by the recent changes; widening is largely due to what is happening at the top. The recent rise in earnings dispersion is not unprecedented, but should be seen as part of a longer-run history of successive compression and expansion of earnings differences.
Keywords: distribution of earnings, globalization, technology, education, OECD, earnings dispersion
Changing Governance of Local Economies: Responses of European Local Production Systems
Colin Crouch, Patrick Le Galès, Carlo Trigilia, and Helmut Voelzkow (eds)
10.1093/0199259402.001.0001
This book features case studies on national patterns of local production systems, focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. It is divided into ... More
This book features case studies on national patterns of local production systems, focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. It is divided into three parts. Part I analyses the two cases that dominated the initial, 1980s industrial district literature: Emilia-Romagna and Baden Wurttemberg; and the machinery industry. Part II focuses on pre-crisis, large-firm, Fordist specialization. Part III presents examples of new industries where SME clusters are important: the biopharmaceutical industries around Oxford, the media sector in Cologne, information technology in Pisa, and computer technologies in Grenoble.Less
Changing Governance of Local Economies : Responses of European Local Production Systems
This book features case studies on national patterns of local production systems, focusing on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. It is divided into three parts. Part I analyses the two cases that dominated the initial, 1980s industrial district literature: Emilia-Romagna and Baden Wurttemberg; and the machinery industry. Part II focuses on pre-crisis, large-firm, Fordist specialization. Part III presents examples of new industries where SME clusters are important: the biopharmaceutical industries around Oxford, the media sector in Cologne, information technology in Pisa, and computer technologies in Grenoble.
Keywords: SMEs, local production systems, France, Germany, Italy, UK, case studies, governance
Children of Austerity: Impact of the Great Recession on Child Poverty in Rich Countries
Bea Cantillon, Yekaterina Chzhen, Sudhanshu Handa, and Brian Nolan (eds)
10.1093/oso/9780198797968.001.0001
The 2008 financial crisis triggered the worst global recession since the Great Depression. Many OECD countries responded to the crisis by reducing social spending. Through eleven diverse country case ... More
The 2008 financial crisis triggered the worst global recession since the Great Depression. Many OECD countries responded to the crisis by reducing social spending. Through eleven diverse country case studies (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States), this volume describes the evolution of child poverty and material well-being during the crisis, and links these outcomes with the responses by governments. The analysis underlines that countries with fragmented social protection systems were less able to protect the incomes of households with children at the time when unemployment soared. In contrast, countries with more comprehensive social protection cushioned the impact of the crisis on households with children, especially if they had implemented fiscal stimulus packages at the onset of the crisis. Although the macroeconomic ‘shock’ itself and the starting positions differed greatly across countries, while the responses by governments covered a very wide range of policy levers and varied with their circumstances, cuts in social spending and tax increases often played a major role in the impact that the crisis had on the living standards of families and children.Less
Children of Austerity : Impact of the Great Recession on Child Poverty in Rich Countries
The 2008 financial crisis triggered the worst global recession since the Great Depression. Many OECD countries responded to the crisis by reducing social spending. Through eleven diverse country case studies (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States), this volume describes the evolution of child poverty and material well-being during the crisis, and links these outcomes with the responses by governments. The analysis underlines that countries with fragmented social protection systems were less able to protect the incomes of households with children at the time when unemployment soared. In contrast, countries with more comprehensive social protection cushioned the impact of the crisis on households with children, especially if they had implemented fiscal stimulus packages at the onset of the crisis. Although the macroeconomic ‘shock’ itself and the starting positions differed greatly across countries, while the responses by governments covered a very wide range of policy levers and varied with their circumstances, cuts in social spending and tax increases often played a major role in the impact that the crisis had on the living standards of families and children.
Keywords: children, poverty, economic crisis, Great Recession, material deprivation, unemployment, social spending
China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain
Jon R. Lindsay, Tai Ming Cheung, and Derek S. Reveron (eds)
Chinese cyber espionage is commonly portrayed in the West as a major threat to economic and national security. From China’s perspective, the United States poses a major cyberthreat to other countries ... More
Chinese cyber espionage is commonly portrayed in the West as a major threat to economic and national security. From China’s perspective, the United States poses a major cyberthreat to other countries because of its outsized influence over the Internet, willingness to use cyber weapons against its adversaries, and exploitation of major firms like Microsoft and Google for intelligence. Mistrust and confusion have complicated Internet politics on both sides of the Pacific. To get beyond the hype, an understanding of China and cybersecurity requires a combination of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This book brings a balance of technical, political, economic, legal, and strategic analysis by authors from China, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Even though the contributors to this volume do not always agree with one another—an important point in itself—they reveal underlying political and economic dynamics that will remain relevant even as new facts and opinions emerge in a fast-changing domain. This volume contributes substantively to our understanding of China and cybersecurity, both complex topics on their own, by exploring how China’s domestic political and economic system shapes its cyber activities. The collaboration also stands as an example of how Chinese and Western experts can work together to improve trust and understanding in an area of great mutual concern.Less
China and Cybersecurity : Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain
Chinese cyber espionage is commonly portrayed in the West as a major threat to economic and national security. From China’s perspective, the United States poses a major cyberthreat to other countries because of its outsized influence over the Internet, willingness to use cyber weapons against its adversaries, and exploitation of major firms like Microsoft and Google for intelligence. Mistrust and confusion have complicated Internet politics on both sides of the Pacific. To get beyond the hype, an understanding of China and cybersecurity requires a combination of international and interdisciplinary perspectives. This book brings a balance of technical, political, economic, legal, and strategic analysis by authors from China, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Even though the contributors to this volume do not always agree with one another—an important point in itself—they reveal underlying political and economic dynamics that will remain relevant even as new facts and opinions emerge in a fast-changing domain. This volume contributes substantively to our understanding of China and cybersecurity, both complex topics on their own, by exploring how China’s domestic political and economic system shapes its cyber activities. The collaboration also stands as an example of how Chinese and Western experts can work together to improve trust and understanding in an area of great mutual concern.
Keywords: China, cybersecurity, espionage, Internet politics, interdisciplinary perspectives
China-Africa and an Economic Transformation
Arkebe Oqubay and Justin Yifu Lin (eds)
Economics and Finance, International, Development, Growth, and Environmental
Progress in Africa’s economic growth in the new millennium has been uneven across countries, and has not translated into structural transformation. The same can be said about the evolving ... More
Progress in Africa’s economic growth in the new millennium has been uneven across countries, and has not translated into structural transformation. The same can be said about the evolving China–Africa economic relations. Although economic ties between China and Africa have made a positive contribution, the impact of this dynamic engagement has been uneven, shaped by variations in strategic approach, policy ownership, and implementation capacity among African governments. As China undergoes major economic rebalancing to upgrade to an innovation-driven economy, this is bound to affect China–Africa relations, offering both opportunities and challenges. Authored by leading scholars on Africa, China, and China–Africa relations, this volume brings together stimulating and thought-provoking perspectives, and deeper analyses on the evolving China–Africa relations. Focusing on Africa’s economic development, the volume looks at core areas of structural transformation: productive investment and industrialization, international trade, infrastructure development, and financing. China–Africa relations are considered in the context of the global division of labour and power, and the particular role of both China and the continent of Africa in the evolving global hierarchy. This volume seeks to fill the gap in the existing literature, steer policy and scholarly debate on the progress and trajectory of China–Africa cooperation, and analyse China’s development path as a source of learning for Africa.Less
Progress in Africa’s economic growth in the new millennium has been uneven across countries, and has not translated into structural transformation. The same can be said about the evolving China–Africa economic relations. Although economic ties between China and Africa have made a positive contribution, the impact of this dynamic engagement has been uneven, shaped by variations in strategic approach, policy ownership, and implementation capacity among African governments. As China undergoes major economic rebalancing to upgrade to an innovation-driven economy, this is bound to affect China–Africa relations, offering both opportunities and challenges. Authored by leading scholars on Africa, China, and China–Africa relations, this volume brings together stimulating and thought-provoking perspectives, and deeper analyses on the evolving China–Africa relations. Focusing on Africa’s economic development, the volume looks at core areas of structural transformation: productive investment and industrialization, international trade, infrastructure development, and financing. China–Africa relations are considered in the context of the global division of labour and power, and the particular role of both China and the continent of Africa in the evolving global hierarchy. This volume seeks to fill the gap in the existing literature, steer policy and scholarly debate on the progress and trajectory of China–Africa cooperation, and analyse China’s development path as a source of learning for Africa.
Keywords: China, Africa, China–Africa cooperation, economic transformation, structural transformation, economic ties, industrialization, global division of labour
China’s Technological Catch-Up Strategy: Industrial Development, Energy Efficiency, and CO2 Emissions
Michael T. Rock and Michael Toman
Economics and Finance, South and East Asia, International
Since 1978 China has been remarkably successful in reducing the CO2 intensity of GDP and industry. The book shows how China’s industrial and technology policies affecting four energy-intensive ... More
Since 1978 China has been remarkably successful in reducing the CO2 intensity of GDP and industry. The book shows how China’s industrial and technology policies affecting four energy-intensive industries—aluminum, cement, iron and steel, and paper—have transformed industrial structure within these industries and technological capabilities within enterprises in these industries, and how both types of changes have put each of these industries on substantially lower CO2 emissions trajectories. These conclusions are demonstrated through four lines of analysis. The first is several detailed enterprise-level case studies to document the link between enterprise-level investments in technological learning and CO2 intensity. The second is econometric analysis using a KLEM-type model of energy intensity and a large database of enterprises to formally test the hypothesis that enterprises’ own investments in technology learning contributed to lower energy intensities. Third is a comparison of China’s experience in one industry, cement, to that industry in Indonesia, where concern for technological catch-up and energy efficiency has been less pressing. Finally, the book provides industry-wide estimates of CO2 savings from specific technological innovations in each of the four industries and compares them to a business-as-usual scenario. The estimates show that CO2 emissions in these four industries were 45% lower than they would have been in the absence of the technological changes identified. If these CO2 savings had not occurred, the world’s CO2 emissions would have been 10% higher in 2010.Less
China’s Technological Catch-Up Strategy : Industrial Development, Energy Efficiency, and CO2 Emissions
Michael T. RockMichael Toman
Since 1978 China has been remarkably successful in reducing the CO2 intensity of GDP and industry. The book shows how China’s industrial and technology policies affecting four energy-intensive industries—aluminum, cement, iron and steel, and paper—have transformed industrial structure within these industries and technological capabilities within enterprises in these industries, and how both types of changes have put each of these industries on substantially lower CO2 emissions trajectories. These conclusions are demonstrated through four lines of analysis. The first is several detailed enterprise-level case studies to document the link between enterprise-level investments in technological learning and CO2 intensity. The second is econometric analysis using a KLEM-type model of energy intensity and a large database of enterprises to formally test the hypothesis that enterprises’ own investments in technology learning contributed to lower energy intensities. Third is a comparison of China’s experience in one industry, cement, to that industry in Indonesia, where concern for technological catch-up and energy efficiency has been less pressing. Finally, the book provides industry-wide estimates of CO2 savings from specific technological innovations in each of the four industries and compares them to a business-as-usual scenario. The estimates show that CO2 emissions in these four industries were 45% lower than they would have been in the absence of the technological changes identified. If these CO2 savings had not occurred, the world’s CO2 emissions would have been 10% higher in 2010.
Keywords: China, CO2 intensity, energy-intensive industries, technological learning, CO2 savings
Competition Policy in the EU: Fifty Years on from the Treaty of Rome
Xavier Vives (ed.)
The book takes stock and looks ahead on the development and implementation of competition policy in the European Union (EU) fifty years after the Treaty of Rome. Competition policy has emerged as a ... More
The book takes stock and looks ahead on the development and implementation of competition policy in the European Union (EU) fifty years after the Treaty of Rome. Competition policy has emerged as a key policy in the EU, since today there is consensus that competition is the driving force for economic efficiency and the welfare of citizens. In this period, merger control has been introduced (in 1989) and reformed (in 2004); case law has established Articles 81 and 82 as fundamental tools to control and prevent anti-competitive behavior; state aid control has consolidated and evolved towards a more economic approach; and the authority of the EC and the judicial review of the Court of First Instance (CFI) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are firmly established. The book provides an account of the more economic approach to competition policy and reflects the main areas of interest, learning, open issues, and progress in the area: the design of competition policy institutions; the evolution of the implementation of competition policy and its convergence or divergence with US practice; restrictive practices, cartels, abuse of dominance, merger control, state aids, the interaction of competition policy, and regulation; and studies its application to telecoms, banking, and energy sectors. All the chapters are covered by top specialists combining theoretical with practical knowledge and discussing the economic underpinnings of the application of the law and the main cases.Less
Competition Policy in the EU : Fifty Years on from the Treaty of Rome
The book takes stock and looks ahead on the development and implementation of competition policy in the European Union (EU) fifty years after the Treaty of Rome. Competition policy has emerged as a key policy in the EU, since today there is consensus that competition is the driving force for economic efficiency and the welfare of citizens. In this period, merger control has been introduced (in 1989) and reformed (in 2004); case law has established Articles 81 and 82 as fundamental tools to control and prevent anti-competitive behavior; state aid control has consolidated and evolved towards a more economic approach; and the authority of the EC and the judicial review of the Court of First Instance (CFI) and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are firmly established. The book provides an account of the more economic approach to competition policy and reflects the main areas of interest, learning, open issues, and progress in the area: the design of competition policy institutions; the evolution of the implementation of competition policy and its convergence or divergence with US practice; restrictive practices, cartels, abuse of dominance, merger control, state aids, the interaction of competition policy, and regulation; and studies its application to telecoms, banking, and energy sectors. All the chapters are covered by top specialists combining theoretical with practical knowledge and discussing the economic underpinnings of the application of the law and the main cases.
Keywords: European Union, EU, Treaty of Rome, economic efficiency, anti-competitive behavior, state aid control, cartels, merger control, regulation
The Concrete Euro: Implementing Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
Paul Mercier and Francesco Papadia (eds)
Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics, International
This book gives an analytical account of the technology for the monetary policy implementation of the European Central Bank. The issue is looked at from different perspectives, corresponding to ... More
This book gives an analytical account of the technology for the monetary policy implementation of the European Central Bank. The issue is looked at from different perspectives, corresponding to different chapters. The first chapter addresses the issue from a theoretical point of view, taking both a positive and a normative approach and considering both normal and stressed conditions. The stabilization of a short-term rate of interest in normal conditions and the countering of liquidity risk in a financial crisis are considered the objectives of monetary policy implementation. The approach in the second chapter is historical, presenting a narrative of the creation of the framework for the implementation of monetary policy in the euro area. The analysis turns to empirical tools in the third chapter, where the experience of actually working with the technology for monetary policy implementation is dealt with. Finally a forward-looking approach is taken in the last, short chapter, which attempts to identify the future challenges of monetary policy implementation. Each chapter, except for the fourth, is written by different authors but both the editors and the authors have strived to present an organic analysis of the issue in which the different approaches complement each other. The book is by no means an official account, but could definitely not have been written had the authors not been so closely associated with the implementation of monetary policy in the euro area.Less
The Concrete Euro : Implementing Monetary Policy in the Euro Area
This book gives an analytical account of the technology for the monetary policy implementation of the European Central Bank. The issue is looked at from different perspectives, corresponding to different chapters. The first chapter addresses the issue from a theoretical point of view, taking both a positive and a normative approach and considering both normal and stressed conditions. The stabilization of a short-term rate of interest in normal conditions and the countering of liquidity risk in a financial crisis are considered the objectives of monetary policy implementation. The approach in the second chapter is historical, presenting a narrative of the creation of the framework for the implementation of monetary policy in the euro area. The analysis turns to empirical tools in the third chapter, where the experience of actually working with the technology for monetary policy implementation is dealt with. Finally a forward-looking approach is taken in the last, short chapter, which attempts to identify the future challenges of monetary policy implementation. Each chapter, except for the fourth, is written by different authors but both the editors and the authors have strived to present an organic analysis of the issue in which the different approaches complement each other. The book is by no means an official account, but could definitely not have been written had the authors not been so closely associated with the implementation of monetary policy in the euro area.
Keywords: monetary policy, euro area, European Central Bank, short-term rate, liquidity risk, financial crisis
Cracking the China Conundrum: Why Conventional Economic Wisdom is Often Wrong
Yukon Huang
China is an abnormal economic power. No country has grown so rapidly for so long and in such an extreme manner. Media coverage has soared because China’s rise is now challenging the world’s balance ... More
China is an abnormal economic power. No country has grown so rapidly for so long and in such an extreme manner. Media coverage has soared because China’s rise is now challenging the world’s balance of power. Yet one is as likely to read about a possible financial crisis as its emergence as the world’s largest economy. But much of the analysis is flawed, as are many of the policy prescriptions. China’s unbalanced growth, for example, is seen as a risk but in reality is a virtue. Its soaring debt levels are perceived as signaling a financial collapse but can also be interpreted as evidence of financial deepening. Its trade and foreign investment initiatives are blamed for exacerbating America’s economic decline, even though there is little connection between the two. The factors that have influenced broader concerns, such as corruption and political liberalization, are often misunderstood. And Beijing’s foreign policies in Asia need to be deciphered and dealt with differently if there is to be any hope of moderating geopolitical tensions with the United States and its regional allies. Explaining why there is such extreme variation in views and why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong is the theme of this book. Observers see China’s rise through multiple lenses. Geopolitical differences in values and mistrust is part of the explanation, but differing analytical frameworks, along with China’s size and complexity, are the major reasons. Understanding these differences is critical to forging more constructive relations between China and the rest of the world.Less
Cracking the China Conundrum : Why Conventional Economic Wisdom is Often Wrong
China is an abnormal economic power. No country has grown so rapidly for so long and in such an extreme manner. Media coverage has soared because China’s rise is now challenging the world’s balance of power. Yet one is as likely to read about a possible financial crisis as its emergence as the world’s largest economy. But much of the analysis is flawed, as are many of the policy prescriptions. China’s unbalanced growth, for example, is seen as a risk but in reality is a virtue. Its soaring debt levels are perceived as signaling a financial collapse but can also be interpreted as evidence of financial deepening. Its trade and foreign investment initiatives are blamed for exacerbating America’s economic decline, even though there is little connection between the two. The factors that have influenced broader concerns, such as corruption and political liberalization, are often misunderstood. And Beijing’s foreign policies in Asia need to be deciphered and dealt with differently if there is to be any hope of moderating geopolitical tensions with the United States and its regional allies. Explaining why there is such extreme variation in views and why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong is the theme of this book. Observers see China’s rise through multiple lenses. Geopolitical differences in values and mistrust is part of the explanation, but differing analytical frameworks, along with China’s size and complexity, are the major reasons. Understanding these differences is critical to forging more constructive relations between China and the rest of the world.
Keywords: China’s rise, unbalanced growth, financial crisis, geopolitical tensions, trade, foreign investment, corruption, political liberalization, balance of power
Cracking the Emerging Markets Enigma
G. Andrew Karolyi
This book develops a new practical framework to delineate and measure the fundamental risks of investing in emerging markets. In so doing, it defines clearly what an emerging market represents: ... More
This book develops a new practical framework to delineate and measure the fundamental risks of investing in emerging markets. In so doing, it defines clearly what an emerging market represents: namely, an undercapitalized and thus not-fully realized growth opportunity with complexities. These complexities are what inhibit global investors from helping to remedy the undercapitalization problem and they reflect institutional fragility that stems from market capacity constraints, operational inefficiencies, foreign investibility restrictions, corporate opacity, limits to legal protections, and political instability. The book’s practical aspect stems from the creation of standardized indexes associated with each of these fundamental risks that are built applying well-known statistical techniques to data from hundreds of rigorous academic research studies and publicly available sources on relevant country attributes. To validate the practical usefulness of these indexes of fundamental risks in emerging markets, the book offers out-of-sample forecast evidence for emerging-market portfolio holdings of global investors and even for portfolio flows during 2013, when an announced shift in US Federal Reserve policies inspired significant global portfolio outflows from many emerging markets.Less
This book develops a new practical framework to delineate and measure the fundamental risks of investing in emerging markets. In so doing, it defines clearly what an emerging market represents: namely, an undercapitalized and thus not-fully realized growth opportunity with complexities. These complexities are what inhibit global investors from helping to remedy the undercapitalization problem and they reflect institutional fragility that stems from market capacity constraints, operational inefficiencies, foreign investibility restrictions, corporate opacity, limits to legal protections, and political instability. The book’s practical aspect stems from the creation of standardized indexes associated with each of these fundamental risks that are built applying well-known statistical techniques to data from hundreds of rigorous academic research studies and publicly available sources on relevant country attributes. To validate the practical usefulness of these indexes of fundamental risks in emerging markets, the book offers out-of-sample forecast evidence for emerging-market portfolio holdings of global investors and even for portfolio flows during 2013, when an announced shift in US Federal Reserve policies inspired significant global portfolio outflows from many emerging markets.
Keywords: emerging markets, operational inefficiencies, governance, legal protections, investability restrictions, political instability
Yann Algan, Alberto Bisin, Alan Manning, and Thierry Verdier (eds)
The concepts of cultural diversity and cultural identity are at the forefront of the political debate in many western societies. In Europe, the discussion is stimulated by the political pressures ... More
The concepts of cultural diversity and cultural identity are at the forefront of the political debate in many western societies. In Europe, the discussion is stimulated by the political pressures associated with immigration flows, which are increasing in many European countries. The imperatives that current immigration trends impose on European democracies bring to light a number of issues that need to be addressed. What are the patterns and dynamics of cultural integration? How do they differ across immigrants of different ethnic groups and religious faiths? How do they differ across host societies? What are the implications and consequences for market outcomes and public policy? Which kind of institutional contexts are more or less likely to accommodate the cultural integration of immigrants? All these questions are crucial for policy makers and await answers. This book aims to provide a stepping stone to the debate. Taking an economic perspective, this edited book presents a current, comparative picture of the process of cultural integration of immigrants across Europe. It documents the main economic debates on the causes and consequences of cultural integration of immigrants, and provides detailed descriptions of the cultural and economic integration process in seven main European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It also compares the European context with the integration of immigrants in the United States.Less
The concepts of cultural diversity and cultural identity are at the forefront of the political debate in many western societies. In Europe, the discussion is stimulated by the political pressures associated with immigration flows, which are increasing in many European countries. The imperatives that current immigration trends impose on European democracies bring to light a number of issues that need to be addressed. What are the patterns and dynamics of cultural integration? How do they differ across immigrants of different ethnic groups and religious faiths? How do they differ across host societies? What are the implications and consequences for market outcomes and public policy? Which kind of institutional contexts are more or less likely to accommodate the cultural integration of immigrants? All these questions are crucial for policy makers and await answers. This book aims to provide a stepping stone to the debate. Taking an economic perspective, this edited book presents a current, comparative picture of the process of cultural integration of immigrants across Europe. It documents the main economic debates on the causes and consequences of cultural integration of immigrants, and provides detailed descriptions of the cultural and economic integration process in seven main European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It also compares the European context with the integration of immigrants in the United States.
Keywords: immigration, integration of immigrants, cultural integration, economic integration, European models of integration
The Customs Union Issue
Jacob Viner
Paul Oslington (ed.)
10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199756124.001.0001
This text was originally published in 1950 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It sets the framework for the contemporary debate over the benefits or otherwise of preferential trading ... More
This text was originally published in 1950 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It sets the framework for the contemporary debate over the benefits or otherwise of preferential trading agreements such as the European Union, NAFTA, and APEC. The book developed the concepts of trade creation and diversion in this work as the author pioneered the analysis of the global politics of trade agreements. This revival of this classic work includes an introduction that places this book in the context of the author's intellectual development and the economic and political situation of the post-WWII world. The introduction also traces the reception of the work and discusses its continuing relevance for international economists, political scientists, and historians.Less
This text was originally published in 1950 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. It sets the framework for the contemporary debate over the benefits or otherwise of preferential trading agreements such as the European Union, NAFTA, and APEC. The book developed the concepts of trade creation and diversion in this work as the author pioneered the analysis of the global politics of trade agreements. This revival of this classic work includes an introduction that places this book in the context of the author's intellectual development and the economic and political situation of the post-WWII world. The introduction also traces the reception of the work and discusses its continuing relevance for international economists, political scientists, and historians.
Keywords: preferential trading agreements, European Union, APEC, NAFTA, global politics, international economics
The Dollarization Debate
Dominick Salvatore, James W. Dean, and Thomas D. Willett (eds)
This book presents a compilation of papers that explore the dollarization debate. The prevailing view is that all exchange rate regimes have benefits and costs, which will vary across countries. The ... More
This book presents a compilation of papers that explore the dollarization debate. The prevailing view is that all exchange rate regimes have benefits and costs, which will vary across countries. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents a general analysis of the dollarization debate. Part II focuses on the political economy. Part III looks into the dollarization debate in North America. Part IV considers the case for dollarization in Latin America.Less
This book presents a compilation of papers that explore the dollarization debate. The prevailing view is that all exchange rate regimes have benefits and costs, which will vary across countries. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents a general analysis of the dollarization debate. Part II focuses on the political economy. Part III looks into the dollarization debate in North America. Part IV considers the case for dollarization in Latin America.
Keywords: dollarization, exchange rate regime, currency
Charles H. Anderton and Jurgen Brauer (eds)
Genocide has received extensive scholarly, policy, and practitioner attention. Missing is the contribution of economists to understand and prevent such atrocities. This book—the first of its ... More
Genocide has received extensive scholarly, policy, and practitioner attention. Missing is the contribution of economists to understand and prevent such atrocities. This book—the first of its kind—assembles contributions by forty-one accomplished scholars to examine economic aspects of genocides, other mass atrocities, and their prevention. The book’s twenty-eight chapters include numerous case studies (e.g., California’s Yana people, Australia’s Aborigines peoples, Stalin’s killing of Ukrainians, Belarus, the Holocaust, Rwanda, DR Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, Colombia, Mexico’s drug wars, and the targeting of suspects during the Vietnam War); probing literature reviews; novel work based on country-specific datasets; and intriguing perspectives on demographic, gendered, and economic-class aspects of genocides. Replete with research- and policy-relevant findings, new insights are derived from microeconomics, macroeconomics, behavioral economics, law and economics, political economy, development economics, industrial organization, and identity economics. Analytical approaches include constrained optimization theory, game theory, and sophisticated statistical work in data mining, econometrics, and forecasting. A foremost finding of the book concerns atrocity architects’ purposeful, strategic use of violence, including how they manipulate nonrational proclivities among ordinary people to sway their participation in mass murder. Further, the book shows how well-intended prevention efforts can backfire and increase violence, wrong postgenocide design can reinforce exclusion of vulnerable peoples, and businesses can become complicit in genocide. Along with the importance of healthy economic opportunities for genocide prevention, the book shows why new genocide prevention laws and institutions must be based on reformulated incentives that consider insights from law and economics, behavioral economics, and collective action economics.Less
Genocide has received extensive scholarly, policy, and practitioner attention. Missing is the contribution of economists to understand and prevent such atrocities. This book—the first of its kind—assembles contributions by forty-one accomplished scholars to examine economic aspects of genocides, other mass atrocities, and their prevention. The book’s twenty-eight chapters include numerous case studies (e.g., California’s Yana people, Australia’s Aborigines peoples, Stalin’s killing of Ukrainians, Belarus, the Holocaust, Rwanda, DR Congo, Indonesia, Pakistan, Colombia, Mexico’s drug wars, and the targeting of suspects during the Vietnam War); probing literature reviews; novel work based on country-specific datasets; and intriguing perspectives on demographic, gendered, and economic-class aspects of genocides. Replete with research- and policy-relevant findings, new insights are derived from microeconomics, macroeconomics, behavioral economics, law and economics, political economy, development economics, industrial organization, and identity economics. Analytical approaches include constrained optimization theory, game theory, and sophisticated statistical work in data mining, econometrics, and forecasting. A foremost finding of the book concerns atrocity architects’ purposeful, strategic use of violence, including how they manipulate nonrational proclivities among ordinary people to sway their participation in mass murder. Further, the book shows how well-intended prevention efforts can backfire and increase violence, wrong postgenocide design can reinforce exclusion of vulnerable peoples, and businesses can become complicit in genocide. Along with the importance of healthy economic opportunities for genocide prevention, the book shows why new genocide prevention laws and institutions must be based on reformulated incentives that consider insights from law and economics, behavioral economics, and collective action economics.
Keywords: genocide, mass atrocity, constrained optimization, game theory, genocide prevention, case studies
The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence
Luis Bértola and José Antonio Ocampo
Economics and Finance, Economic History, International
Latin America is attracting increasing interest due to the strong economic performance of the last decade and to the political changes that are taking place. This book gives a unique, comprehensive, ... More
Latin America is attracting increasing interest due to the strong economic performance of the last decade and to the political changes that are taking place. This book gives a unique, comprehensive, and up to date view of Latin America economic development over the two centuries since Independence. It considers Latin American economies within the wider context of the international economy, and covers economic growth, international trade, capital flows, and trends in inequality and human development. With chapters that cover different eras, it traces the major developments of Latin American countries and offers a novel and coherent interpretation of the economic history of the region. It combines a wealth of original research, new perspectives, and empirical information to provide a synthesis of the growing literature that both complements and extends previous studies.Less
Luis BértolaJosé Antonio Ocampo
Latin America is attracting increasing interest due to the strong economic performance of the last decade and to the political changes that are taking place. This book gives a unique, comprehensive, and up to date view of Latin America economic development over the two centuries since Independence. It considers Latin American economies within the wider context of the international economy, and covers economic growth, international trade, capital flows, and trends in inequality and human development. With chapters that cover different eras, it traces the major developments of Latin American countries and offers a novel and coherent interpretation of the economic history of the region. It combines a wealth of original research, new perspectives, and empirical information to provide a synthesis of the growing literature that both complements and extends previous studies.
Keywords: Latin America, economic growth, international trade, capital flows, inequality, human development
Economic Elites, Crises, and Democracy: Alternatives Beyond Neoliberal Capitalism
Andres Solimano
The book examines critical issues of contemporary capitalism and identifies the basis for progressive reforms in the direction of greater economic democracy, in both the developed and developing ... More
The book examines critical issues of contemporary capitalism and identifies the basis for progressive reforms in the direction of greater economic democracy, in both the developed and developing countries. The first part focuses on the rise of economic elites and the super-rich in countries such as the US, UK, France, Continental Europe, Russia, China, Brazil, India, Latin American countries, and emerging economies, the evolving nature of entrepreneurship, the corporation’s technostructure, and the fragmentation of the middle class and marginalization of labor under neoliberal capitalism. The second part deals with financial crises, examining concrete episodes of crisis from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries in the core and periphery of the world economy. It also reviews some alternative theories to explain their causes and consequences, and considers “austerity policies,” in Europe as costly approaches to dealing with financial crises. The third part examines patterns of international mobility—of entrepreneurs, capital, knowledge elites, and labor—along with the rise of global social movements and diasporas in advanced and developing nations. Part four examines the concept, modalities, and applications of economic democracy, both in history and currently, to reform twenty-first-century global and national capitalism and highlights area of application of economic democracy regarding employees participation in the workplace, the democratization in the access to productive wealth, voice of labor in austerity programs, and fair distribution of the rents of natural resources. The book also cautions on the disruptive effects of austerity in Europe and the limits of a “neoliberal solution” to the crisis focused on dismantling the welfare state and undertake widespread privatization and stress the need to reform institutions such as the IMF and Central Banks.Less
Economic Elites, Crises, and Democracy : Alternatives Beyond Neoliberal Capitalism
The book examines critical issues of contemporary capitalism and identifies the basis for progressive reforms in the direction of greater economic democracy, in both the developed and developing countries. The first part focuses on the rise of economic elites and the super-rich in countries such as the US, UK, France, Continental Europe, Russia, China, Brazil, India, Latin American countries, and emerging economies, the evolving nature of entrepreneurship, the corporation’s technostructure, and the fragmentation of the middle class and marginalization of labor under neoliberal capitalism. The second part deals with financial crises, examining concrete episodes of crisis from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries in the core and periphery of the world economy. It also reviews some alternative theories to explain their causes and consequences, and considers “austerity policies,” in Europe as costly approaches to dealing with financial crises. The third part examines patterns of international mobility—of entrepreneurs, capital, knowledge elites, and labor—along with the rise of global social movements and diasporas in advanced and developing nations. Part four examines the concept, modalities, and applications of economic democracy, both in history and currently, to reform twenty-first-century global and national capitalism and highlights area of application of economic democracy regarding employees participation in the workplace, the democratization in the access to productive wealth, voice of labor in austerity programs, and fair distribution of the rents of natural resources. The book also cautions on the disruptive effects of austerity in Europe and the limits of a “neoliberal solution” to the crisis focused on dismantling the welfare state and undertake widespread privatization and stress the need to reform institutions such as the IMF and Central Banks.
Keywords: economic elites, financial crisis, economic democracy, capitalism, neoliberalism, diasporas, social movements
Economic Inequality and News Media: Discourse, Power, and Redistribution
Andrea Grisold and Paschal Preston (eds)
Despite the rediscovery of the inequality topic by economists and other social scientists in recent times, relatively little is known about how economic inequality is mediated to the wider public. ... More
Despite the rediscovery of the inequality topic by economists and other social scientists in recent times, relatively little is known about how economic inequality is mediated to the wider public. That is precisely where this book steps in: it examines how mainstream news media discuss, respond to, and engage with such important trends. The book addresses significant ‘blind spots’ in the two disciplinary areas most related to this book—political economy and media/journalism studies. Firstly, key issues related to economic inequalities tend to be neglected in media and journalism studies field. Secondly, mainstream economics have paid relatively little attention to the evolving scope and role of mediated communication.Less
Economic Inequality and News Media : Discourse, Power, and Redistribution
Despite the rediscovery of the inequality topic by economists and other social scientists in recent times, relatively little is known about how economic inequality is mediated to the wider public. That is precisely where this book steps in: it examines how mainstream news media discuss, respond to, and engage with such important trends. The book addresses significant ‘blind spots’ in the two disciplinary areas most related to this book—political economy and media/journalism studies. Firstly, key issues related to economic inequalities tend to be neglected in media and journalism studies field. Secondly, mainstream economics have paid relatively little attention to the evolving scope and role of mediated communication.
Keywords: economic inequality, media and inequality, redistribution policies, news media and economic affairs, wealth taxes, economic journalism, critical discourse analysis, significant silences, journalism and inequality, discourse and power, transdisciplinary research, meritocracy, mediated public sphere
Economics: Volume 2: India and the International Economy
Jayati Ghosh (ed.)
This three-volume collection of studies commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) explores a set of themes and issues that have been the focus of debate in selected areas ... More
This three-volume collection of studies commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) explores a set of themes and issues that have been the focus of debate in selected areas of economics in India. The second volume provides a comprehensive analysis of India’s economic integration with the global economy through trade, investment, and finance, and its implications for domestic economic processes and outcomes. It looks closely at the different industrial sectors and at the changing patterns of India’s engagement with the structures governing the global economy as well as with its trade and investment partners. While India’s increasing share in global trade and the growing inflow of foreign investments are important indicators of the country’s integration with the rest of the world, the essays in this volume also provide the other side of the story—that of the loss of policy independence and increased sensitivity to external shocks.Less
Economics : Volume 2: India and the International Economy
This three-volume collection of studies commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) explores a set of themes and issues that have been the focus of debate in selected areas of economics in India. The second volume provides a comprehensive analysis of India’s economic integration with the global economy through trade, investment, and finance, and its implications for domestic economic processes and outcomes. It looks closely at the different industrial sectors and at the changing patterns of India’s engagement with the structures governing the global economy as well as with its trade and investment partners. While India’s increasing share in global trade and the growing inflow of foreign investments are important indicators of the country’s integration with the rest of the world, the essays in this volume also provide the other side of the story—that of the loss of policy independence and increased sensitivity to external shocks.
Keywords: India, international trade, global economy, policy, international investment, structural change, production structures, employment, economic globalization
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The first edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary appeared in 1949, aiming to provide “an authoritative one-volume guide to all aspects of the ancient world.” But what is “the ancient world”? In post-war Europe, the answer may have been relatively clear: classical Greece and republican Rome could still be seen as the cultural roots of a continental civilization now deeply riven by conflict. Although OCD1 aspired to being (and in many ways was) a work of disinterested scholarship, it was also of its time, an attempt to condense all that was perceived to be ennobling into one volume.
The subsequent 70 years have changed all of that. It is now much less certain what “the ancient world” is or was: chronologically, spatially, demographically, culturally. The latest edition, a fully digital OCD (hereafter OCD5), remains focused on Mediterranean culture between (broadly) the second millennium BCE and the mid-first millennium CE, with an inevitable emphasis upon Greece and Rome (the best-attested ancient cultures anywhere, but especially in the Mediterranean). Yet you will also find in OCD5 articles on Egyptian, near eastern, and Phoenician culture; on the reception of ancient material; on prehistoric Greece and Rome, for which archaeology and science have massively expanded our understanding; on early Christian and Byzantine culture. The range of “the classical” has massively expanded too: gone is the primary emphasis on the literature of “the canon” (or at least “the canon” as it was understood in the 1940s). For example, OCD5 contains, for the first time, substantial entries on major later Greek poets like Eudocia and pseudo-Oppian. At the same time, however, we are currently undertaking a thoroughgoing overhaul of our provision in more central areas, since this is of course where most of our traffic takes place (you can expect big changes here). Perhaps most significantly of all, OCD5 reflects the huge methodological changes that have taken place in our discipline(s) since the 1940s. We now have articles on feminism, metalepsis, “the self” in Greek and Latin literature, the cognitive anthropology of ancient religion … and there is much more to come.
Even the concept of a “dictionary” is no longer the same. OCD5 exists solely online. This means that we can do a number of things. First, we can provide more substantial articles, without the restriction of space. Although we put a premium on concision and lucidity, we can now aim to offer articles with the heft and authority of, for example, the old Pauly-Wissowa. Second, we can update whenever we need to: bibliographies can be redrafted, conclusions can be reassessed in the light of new findings, and any errors that (di avertant) slip through can be amended. OCD5 is the first major reference work for the ancient world that will be a truly living resource. Finally, we can include links to all sorts of other digital resources: images, texts, websites. This means not just that OCD5 offers easy navigation between platforms; it also makes it a more democratic, open venture. Our articles do not simply asseverate authoritatively from the heights of academic authority: they also offer readers the opportunity to check out the evidence bases and explore for themselves. This is a lesson that we have learned from the worlds of blogging and social media: users nowadays do not simply want to be told; they want to be guided towards the resources that they can then think about for themselves.
These are grand ambitions, and only time will tell if we can achieve them. OCD5 will always be a process, and never an état achevé: unlike printed books, it will keep growing, and no doubt in directions that are impossible to predict at the present. We do – I mean this sincerely – welcome and value the reactions of our users: if there is any content that you would like to see included, updated, corrected, or even removed, please do let me know. Although OCD remains deeply rooted in scholarly expertise, we would also like it to be open to the public, and indeed contributing to public discussion. To this end, we shall also be expanding our free content.
It is hard not to feel over-awed by the scale of the project ahead. But one thing can be counted on: the international community of ancient world scholars, students, and enthusiasts are unparalleled in their energy, enthusiasm, intellectual alacrity, and (not least!) obsession with detail. For whatever else OCD5 is or will be, it is fundamentally a collaborative venture, and rich testimony not just to the ongoing vitality of ancient world studies in the period that has elapsed since OCD1, but also to our ever-increasing reliance on complex, intersecting networks of hyper-specialized expertise. Whether our own individual interests lie primarily in numismatics, critical race theory, bronze-age genetics, or all of the above, we are stronger when we collaborate; and more than anything else, OCD5 aims to reflect and nurture that interdependence.
Tim Whitmarsh, Editor in Chief
A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture
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Pentucket Profile • May 27, 2020 • https://pentucketnews.com/8488/senior-articles/senior-feature-cam-piecewicz/
Senior Feature: Cam Piecewicz
Photo Source: Provided by Cam Piecewicz
Aidan Rich, Copy Editor
Cam is a graduating senior at Pentucket.
Cam is a three season athlete. She ran cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track all four years of high school. She was elected captain for all three, and the team won the League Sportsmanship Award during indoor track this year.
In addition to athletics, Cam participated in other activities and groups while at Pentucket. She was on the prom committee and she was also a Peer Mentor for two years. Cam also was a member of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) for three years.
Cam said that she is “going to miss so much about Pentucket.” She notes that she will especially miss her friends and teachers, giving shoutouts to Ms. Costello, Mrs. Beaton, Mrs. Chory, and Ms. Cromwell. She also will miss her coaches that she has also had as teachers, saying that she will miss “spending time in school and out of school with them.”
In her spare time, Cam works at Cafe Sarina in Georgetown, scooping ice cream. She also volunteers her time at the Merrimac Public Library once a week, as well as at road races and at the Unified Track and Field Special Olympics.
When asked about memories at Pentucket, Cam said, “There are just too many to name!” Some of her fondest memories include running with her teammates, bus rides, long days at meets, lunch with her friends, and hitting the top of the stop sign after finishing a run. She also added that “winning Spirit Week was pretty fabulous as well.”
In the fall, Cam will attend Penn State University to study Elementary and Early Childhood Education in hopes of becoming an elementary school teacher.
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Builder's 'goons' disrupt flat buyers' meet (Prathemesh Galaxy)
20 Jan 2009 • 2 min read
Roana Maria Costa, TNN
MUMBAI: Several people who trusted a builder with their life savings have been left in the cold four years after their “dream home” was scheduled to be ready.
Construction work stopped in 2003, but still, the buyers continued to look for ways to get their house built. However on Sunday, as 125 of them were holding a meeting, the builder’s henchmen allegedly barged in and disrupted the discussion. Following that, the buyers lodged a complaint with the Powai police against the builder.
Advocate Sachin Matre, representing Sailee Developers, owned by Mangesh Sawant from Borivil, said the buyers tried to forcefully take over the land on Sunday. “On Sunday morning, 20-25 members of the association came to the site and tried to take over the plot,” he said. According to him, the builder did not get any henchmen. “These buyers had got goons.”
Mhatre added, “The construction could not continue following a dispute over the ownership of the land. There was one more claimant of the property and the matter has been pending in the high court. The court has ordered a status quo. If the buyers want to develop it they should go to the court and not harrass us.”
According to an officer from the Powai police station, they had to take steps as security measures. “We rounded up a few men following a complaint from the buyers’ association. However, no case has been registered.” The police have also asked the buyers to inform them before holding the next meeting.
Sawant had collected money from buyers in 2001, offering them flats and commercial spaces in his project at Powai. The building, Prathemesh Galaxy, was supposed to house 350 flats and 97 shops. The 25-storey building was also supposed to have three wings. However, the project was abandoned mid-way.
V Appukuttan, one of the buyers, said, “Most of the buyers were residents of Powai. We were supposed to get occupation in 2004. Many senior citizens even had to take loans. We booked the flat as prices were not too high at that time. A two BHK appartment came for Rs 15 lakh to Rs 17 lakh.”
By the end of 2003, construction work came to a halt, one of the buyers said. After that, they formed an association, Prathemesh Galaxy Members Welfare Association and Appukuttan was made the joint secretary. However, not all the buyers were willing to keep their money at stake – 35 of them cancelled their deals and collected the deposit back from the builder. “In 2007, when the association wrote to the builder, he said he had entered into a partnership with Chandiwala Enterprises and had even put up signboards of the effect at the site.” Appukuttan said.
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The 10-point plan to save Mithi
Water conservationist and Magsaysay Award Winner, Rajendra Singh, who was in Mumbai last week to talk about the Mithi, lists some of the steps that can be taken to revive the river The sources of the Mithi River-Powai and Virar Lakes-should be kept
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Nostalgia in Gaming – The Cure or the Curse
Nostalgia is one of the biggest trends in the modern video gaming world. You only need to look as far as a release schedule to see sequels of games that have been running for years on end, and even games that have been re-imagined and reintroduced into the realms of gaming.
Nintendo is a company that beats the nostalgia drum quite heavily and with repeated fashion. Look at their top games line-up and you’ll see the likes of Mario and Zelda rearing their heads to cast their gaze over you and your wallet.
Nintendo has gotten it right for the most part. While a large portion of their games may come from the same universe, not many of them are absolute carbon copy or re-imaginations of older titles. Quite a few of them can stand on their own as solid examples of video games.
The Psychology of Nostalgia
Behind the nostalgia that you may feel while gaming is a rather sound psychological principle. It’s a mix of both positive and negative emotions that arise when thinking back to meaningful events. Media content is a trigger for nostalgia that can help people feel better about themselves and get rid of that solitary feeling.
Nostalgia can promote mental health and well-being. This especially true when teaming up with the same characters from before. These relationships, while social and complex, allow players to see these characters as extensions of themselves or members of their social circle.
Defining Nostalgia in Gaming
It’s a difficult task to look at nostalgic gaming because there’s no real answer as to how the games make people feel or indeed, what guides them towards these games. But you don’t need to look into too much depth to see why the games are defined as such.
The Final Fantasy series is one of the biggest inclusions, despite the games having advanced in terms of both graphics and gameplay. The newer games don’t feel much like the older ones at all. The stories have very little to do with each other (save for the remakes), but there is usually a common thread that lies within the games. The developers throw continuity out of the window in favor of the title to generate the feelings of nostalgia and sell games.
So, while you have to sort through the feelings that are generated by such titles, there are some new games that came out recently that spark the feelings of nostalgia, but still, in their own rights, are amazing games. Titles such as Cuphead and Undertale are two that strike an immediate spark. Both of the games have been designed to, either purposefully or accidentally, spark the feeling.
True Nostalgia
The truest form of nostalgia in every sense of the word is bringing back the games of old. Looking back through consoles like the SNES and even the Sega Mega Drive, we saw a bunch of games that defined the industry as a whole. Where would games be without the influences of characters like Sonic and Link? How would games be different today if it weren’t for the button mashing of the first fighting games, or chopping down multiple enemies in Golden Axe?
Looking back to the late 1970s, Oregon Trail is a game that few played, but many know about because of its meme power. The game was supposed to be a form of edutainment, teaching people about the settlers across the old west. It was able to teach you that every decision you make is probably the wrong one and will kill you without any fear of hurting your feelings. You’ll die of dysentery multiple times, and it’s as simple as that.
Going back to play the game now is a waste of time for most gamers. The game looks terrible is awkward to play. Its soundtrack is pretty shocking, to say the least and it has almost no replay-ability for the sake of being boring and repetitive.
Something like Ultima 7 was a game of true nostalgia. Had you sunk many hours into it when it was first launched, you’d understand everything about Britannia. The music as you entered Lord British’s castle, the way you and your companion Iolo had discussions over ale in the tavern, and even feeling sad for Spark, after seeing his father’s gruesome death. The game conjured up emotions, told weaved tales, had amazing music and was a genre-defining game that pushed the limits of technology at the time.
Opening the game now is a little different. It may be that technology plays a big part in why games cannot be felt the same way anymore. Games seem dated, clunky and obtuse. With gamers playing on huge monitors, and the type of gameplay and graphics we’re now accustomed too, those games of old can only do what they can to conjure up images of fun and joy from your youth.
Nostalgia isn’t always a saving grace though, as Duke Nukem Forever proved. Trying to relive the glory days in the world of first-person shooting, Duke Nukem Forever failed in every single avenue possible and was a mere shadow of the success of what Duke Nukem 3D was… Or was it?
Do we remember those games so fondly because they were that good or just because there were so few to choose from? Looking back at some of the more popular games that were available, they did seem to be rather difficult by comparison. Games wouldn’t last a mere 4-6 hours of gameplay. People would put months into games from the Mega Man series, constantly trying to best their enemies. Even games as new as Baldur’s Gate would boast upwards of 40 hours of gameplay.
The nostalgia of the gaming industry may be less about how good were the games we played, but more about the time spent in a world of fiction, enjoying the experience that lay out before us.
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Protoformalpha Gaming Leave a comment October 19, 2019 4 Minutes
It’s not so much about the story but the presentation of it. Similarly, the level of involvement makes for a more immersive experience. Naturally, a player *can* choose a more casual play approach, but, I do not recommend it.
Apart from Omikron: The Nomad Soul (which encompassed many different sub-genres), Quantic Dreams affairs much like the point and clicks of yore, are often backed by story and a certain cinematic pizazz to it all. A common moniker for such experiences: “interactive movie”. More recently, Telltale had had great success with their Walking Dead series, especially given that they had been multiplatform. As of late, Quantic Dream has focused more on console exclusivity for their IP. Very few of their games came out on PC and even so only in the very recent year with some announced upcoming on the Epic Games Store. One of the very first games I played from this developer was, of course, Omikron, but the one I liked the most and actually finished back then was Fahrenheit, more than a decade ago. Americans will know it as “Indigo Prophecy”, a name which I didn’t quite like but that is just one opinion…
Nevertheless, watching a movie is one thing, participating is another. There is a level of emotional engagement involved in choosing words, actions, reactions of a character and changing the story. Netflix tried to incorporate this in their movie “Bandersnatch”. Although it made less noise than I expected, I believe it was a first success nonetheless. There is an amazing amount of work gone into such stories. How often have you watched a movie and groaned at a specific character’s choice and wished you could just tell the idiot to “look out!” or do something else? Netflix has created a precedent in the movie industry. Even in gaming, not many apart from and David Cage’s Quantic Dream dare tackle this beast.
Imagine: for a specific scene you need to shoot as perfectly as possible a specific course of actions and consequences, action and reaction from multiple characters. Then, you have to go back and *reshoot* for alternatives. The handy flowchart in Detroit easily illustrates what his entails for one episode. Every node has to be mapped out, breaching out to different outcomes and each means extra work for the actors, the film crew, the writers, the graphic artists etc. When you sit and think about it, it is grueling and difficult work. It gives a whole different perspective on the 40 and so dollars I paid for it. Quantic Dream did not twiddle their thumbs and just “land” the game on our laps.
Detroit: Become Human is not entirely grounding breaking in its narrative. It takes concepts, which were the core of “I, Robot” by Asimov and puts a certain modern or “realist” spin on it. XXX, the undertones of slavery and the parallels to the segregation of the black population/ the apartheid are vibrantly evident. To go farther into this, I would recommend actually playing through in a less casual way. At the same time, there is the surprising fact that in many cases, which I shall not disclose, playing a character to the best of their persona will not be what you, as a player, desire. Needs and goals can clash. Going fully into “X” person’s character and M.O. may be detrimental to another. I should have expected this but I did not. It felt so much like playing a movie that I forgot characters you play can die if your choices, with them or with others, lead there. At the same time, I found out though that not all NPC deaths are immutable. It is not impossible to find ways to “save” them or keep them alive for as long as can be. Hint: always check the flowchart to guess what could be feasible.
All in all, Detroit: Become Human is an enjoyable experience for lovers of story-heavy games and choose-your-own-adventure books. Much of the important moments of the narrative are based upon the given characters own agency. Nevertheless, you as the player shape that agency to some extent, as well as other characters’ opinion of them. This simple fact makes the story last longer in my own mind. This is especially true given the parallels I can draw to the android plight as a person of color whose race has gone through what they are going.
Note: There is a Quantic Dream Collection out since the release of Detroit which includes also Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls. It is a good deal for those who have never played any of those games before. Quantic Dream Collection – PlayStation 4
Protoformalpha Gaming 1 Comment May 15, 2019 May 15, 2019 3 Minutes
The release of Resident Evil 2 back in the day was a landmark moment for many gamers of my generation. Back then, lines weren’t quite so drawn between who gamed X or Y platform. We each had diverse consoles, Sega was still in the race with the greatly underrated Dreamcast released the same year. It was all a big melting pot of sharing games and consoles. Like many of my peers at the time, I only owned one console but bought many games for all the home devices on the market. We’d share around both our games and devices, to the enjoyment of all. Even playing single player games like Resident Evil 1 was a community effort where we all sat down and played. It was a great support system especially after experiences the jump scares, alone, at night. You just wish you had your buds next to you for support.
Incidentally, I remember my troubles during the PS1 era. I was adequately a big N follower (I still am but as maniacally). I did not have a Sony console and would not have one until the end of the PS2’s life cycle, during the peak of the PS3. Playing games such as RE mean leaving the borrowed console powered on and restarting entire levels after death because I did not have a memory card. This was resolved soon enough and I made it a point thereafter to always obtain every means of saving games possible for whatever console came out. I did not have the devices but you can bet I had their cards somehow. All of which was defeated once consoles started shipping with internal hard drives.
RE2 was difficult back then, like many games of the time. It was more than a question of the clunky controls (yes, we all remember the characters were actually two-legged panzers…), but the sheer level of unforgivingly slim margin for error. Furthermore, it was quite scary in a way we did not expect. It wasn’t the first “horror” game I played. But it was the first one on consoles for me, and it went to lengths I did not expect for a home medium which is usually rather colorful. I would expect this on most of my PC games but not here. Side note: I was for a very long time 80% PC gamer with 20% left for exclusives on consoles that may interest me.
Resident Evil 2 in 2019 is all of that…..times 10.
I am glad to see that most reviews also agree with this and it is not unexpected. Technology in the past gave us the best version of RE2 that it could. Technology in 2019 just gave us the means to play the RE2 that we, gamers, deserve. It’s a great start for those who never played the classic version. But, in my opinion, those who grew up with RE, like me, will enjoy this the most. This is not a review, it is an opinion and a bit of advice to go play it.
Now, excuse me while I go pray to the universe that someone does Silent Hill 2 at least half as good a service by remaking it to THIS stellar quality.
Protoformalpha Gaming Leave a comment May 7, 2019 May 7, 2019 2 Minutes
New year, new us? Although immensely cliche, it is not uncommon to secretly feel this way at the transition to a new year. “2019 will be a decisive year!”. Every year is decisive. The end of a year is the metric by which we gauge our evolution, comparing to past periods. Every year is decisive in that our actions determine whether we stagnate or move forward. Moving forward can be at breakneck speed or slow as hell. Nevertheless, we strive to keep moving no matter what.
Lately, time has not been on our side: new baby, more work… We started a Patreon page to help fuel our platform. This will also allow co-authors to give more time to their creative endeavors. The time of madly moonlighting on ten jobs to support our passions should come soon. We will be posting free versions of the Kindle exclusive book “Irrévocablement liées” (link). Our patrons will also get the translated English version as soon as it comes out during the year. The first, patrons only, short story is out. We’re having the idea of running a sort of poll to get the community choosing directions for the protagonist’s future challenges. That will depend on how many backers we get along the year.
So, 2019 is here and now! We plan to have a blast this year together, and hopefully, with all of you!
Protoformalpha Musings Leave a comment April 15, 2019 April 15, 2019 1 Minute
Opinion on Starlink: Battle for Atlas
About now some of you interested in gaming have heard about “Starlink: Battle for Atlas”. Given the price point of entry, a lot of regular gamers will want to try it out in digital or physical versions just for the sake its genre mash-up. As put by a few YouTubers, quite rapidly after release, this game should have been called Starfox’s No Man’s Skylanders. Obviously from the name, one can easily deduce what trifecta? it seems to heavily inspire on.
Ubisoft may have stricken gold with this in all forms. There is most prominently the physicality of the regular (non-digital) versions of the game. All console base versions come with a physical ship and a pilot, except for the Nintendo Switch version which comes with Starfox as a pilot along with his trusted Airwing ship and another pilot from the game’s story. This is all well known at this time and been covered by games media. Consequently, for those who rather dislike digital versions of games, they will necessarily try out the toys even if they never were quite fans of such things. Heck, some people may discover they like actually having a physical ship on their controller to maneuver the ship on screen. And let’s not forget the compulsive collectors… As a result, a percentage of buyers will end up purchasing an upgraded weapon or extra ship/pilot pack and what will this add up to? Bundles of cash for Ubisoft!
By now, from reviews and videos, a lot has been said concerning the gameplay etc. As a reminder, whatever version of the software you opt to buy, this is and remains the most Starfox game ever, even for those who do not have the Switch version ; it is also the No Man’s Sky we were promised on day one as well as a great Skylanders type of game (toys to life). Which explains the long moniker used to create the new title lol. Controls are satisfying for me, although it can take a while to remember Starfox strategies from my old days, they are important in order to easily survive.
I have to point out, if it weren’t obvious to some, how Ubisoft is doing an amazing support of the Big N of late. They even have the very latest Assassin’s Creed on the Switch, albeit in streaming version only. Sure, it’s only in Japan for now, but even if it never makes it to the West, the fact that it was *done* anywhere at all is amazing. We already saw during the 1st year of the Switch how surprisingly good Kingdom Battle was. It was a true Rabbids game (those guys are nuts!) and a true Nintendo game with an Xcom framework. One does begin to see the mash-up trend does one not?
Ubisoft showed well how certain games can translate “well” to the platform and how AAA Third Party games don’t need to be just ports of past iterations. And now, with this new IP, they have made a multiplatform game where the best version in terms of content(both digital AND physical) happens to be on the Nintendo Switch.
The other versions are great in terms of technical performance since they are on much stronger platforms. Nevertheless, having both a PS4 and a Switch, it was a no-brainer for me as to which version of Starlink would be worth my money. Starfox means something to me. It was the very first game I possessed on the N64 and one of those out of which I got the most enjoyment with my friends (split-screen battles!). With all the extra dedicated story content, seeing the characters in a space exploration action-adventure is awesome. Without them, without the related exclusive content, Starlink still feels like an open-galaxy (see the wordplay there?) Starfox without humanoid animals.
Ubisoft is on a roll with the Switch. I actually feel like trying the newest Assassin’s Creed although I had sworn them off after AC: Unity. There is hope that the company has taken a form I can like again. Needless to say, Starlink BfA is one game I highly recommend to at least try. I have completed so far the entire main story as well as the Starfox content. There is still much to do such as completely scanning the fauna and flora, getting rid of Outlaw bases (I annihilated the dreadnoughts as soon as I could though). It’s just too bad there doesn’t seem to be a demo available. It would be so much more beneficial to the publisher in my opinion. At least half those who would’ve experienced the demo would surely buy it( by the way, it’s almost half off the price at the moment at most retailers).
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WWE Smackdown results, 2013 television events
February 8, 2013 Smackdown results
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
Taped (Feb 5, 2013)
TV rating
Smackdown #703
Special event details
2 hr episode
The February 8, 2013 Edition of Smackdown is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's Smackdown brand, which took place on February 5, 2013 at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida.
4.1 Big Show screamed ‘double standard
4.2 Cody Rhodes v Kofi Kingston
4.3 The Great Khali v Titus O'Neil
4.4 The Big Show v Kane
4.5 Jack Swagger v Justin Gabriel
4.6 Tensai v Drew McIntyre
4.7 Antonio Cesaro v Sin Cara
4.8 Mark Henry v Randy Orton
On an explosive SmackDown, several former World Heavyweight Champions battled to impress the powers-that-be in the hopes that they might join Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton in the World Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contender's Elimination Chamber Match at the upcoming pay-per-view of the same name. Plus, not even a suspension could keep World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio from bringing some color into Big Show's life.
An emotionally driven Big Show opened SmackDown, claiming the recent treatment he had endured was completely unacceptable — a byproduct of being, in his opinion, unpopular. He said that when a Superstar was popular — like Alberto Del Rio — he could do whatever they wanted to.
The giant insisted he simply couldn't understand the WWE Universe. Either he was getting called a “bully” for fighting Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez or a “coward” for hanging back in his hotel room to conduct his business. In contrast, he saw World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio being cheered for attacking him in his hotel room on Raw.
Regardless, The World's Largest Athlete insisted the World Title would once again be his at WWE Elimination Chamber.
Show went on to say SmackDown General Manager Booker T was largely to blame for the “double standard” he was experiencing, claiming the head of the blue brand was jealous of him. Scoffing at Del Rio's suspension, Big Show suggested that Booker may have helped his attacker get his room information in the first place.
Denying the claims of the World Title No. 1 contender, Booker advised the enormous Superstar to worry instead about his huge SmackDown contest: Big Show vs. Kane!
Before his match with “The Wildcat,” Cody Rhodes commented on embarking once again on his singles career — warning that if Kofi Kingston was looking to get in the way of that, he'd better think again.
In a fierce match that followed, Kofi would nearly put Rhodes away with a high-crossbody off the top rope. But moments after Kingston escaped the near-fall, Rhodes grounded his high-flying opponent on the apron with the Disaster Kick, setting up the Cross Rhodes for the big victory.
The grandson of a plumber is definitely back in singles competition and back in a big way!
Already in the Elimination Chamber Match in nine days, an enthusiastic Bryan talked of joining The Big Red Monster at ringside as the masked Superstar attempted to impress his way into the dreaded structure. But Kane made it clear that he preferred the sounds of silence to the submission specialist's help.
One of the greatest WWE Champions of all time — who held the illustrious title for 2,803 days in a single reign — Bruno Sammartino will finally be part of the WWE Hall of Fame!
With Booker T and Teddy Long keeping a close eye on The Great Khali for possible Elimination Chamber consideration, the former World Heavyweight Champion took the fight to Titus O’Neil.
But moments after putting down one-half of The Prime Time Players for the three-count, another former World Heavyweight Champion, Mark Henry, emerged. After hurling Titus into the ring barrier like a ragdoll, The World's Strongest Man engaged The Punjabi Giant. While Khali attempted to hit the Punjabi Plunge, Henry broke free — showing incredible strength as he executed The World's Strongest Slam on the enormous competitor as if he was a cruiserweight.
Mark Henry then addressed the WWE Universe. And on his first night back on SmackDown, The World's Strongest Man declared that The Hall of Pain has reopened! Listing its latest victims — which now included not only Khali and Titus, but also Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan and Sin Cara after his attack on Raw — he left few questions of his destructive intentions. Henry stated that all of the destruction was the fault of Booker T for not including him to be a candidate for the upcoming Elimination Chamber Match. The former World Champion declared that he was not to be overlooked and demanded an explanation from the GM or he would destroy the entire SmackDown roster.
Henry told Booker that if there was no room in the Elimination Chamber for him, he'd injure enough Superstars to make room himself. Though it seemed the head of SmackDown might be backed in the corner for a split second, he quickly pulled a rabbit out of his hat. Thinking on his feet, the five-time WCW Champion made the executive decision that if Henry could beat Randy Orton — who was already in the Chamber — he would earn a place in it as well.
Prior to his match against Kane, The World's Largest Athlete was seen admonishing his bus driver for various things. As he walked away, it was revealed that suspended World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio had been watching the whole thing.
With Booker T and Teddy Long looking on, The World's Largest Athlete entered the ring, looking to play spoiler as The Big Red Monster attempted to impress his way in the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender's Elimination Chamber Match at the upcoming pay-per-view.
Ultimately, the giant would triumph in the absolute battle of the titans that followed with the KO Punch. Big Show's mood quickly shot back into pure exasperation, though, when Alberto Del Rio appeared on the TitanTron. The World Heavyweight Champion revealed that he had made friends with his No. 1 contender's disgruntled bus driver, inviting Big Show to come see the exciting changes he had made to his bus.
When the enraged giant stomped his way back to the parking area, he discovered that all of the back tires on his bus were gone! Then, as he stood there trying to get a grasp on the situation, Del Rio dropped a bucket of orange paint all over The World's Largest Athlete and his super-sized ride from above — leaving the giant fuming as he and Rodriguez drove off, grinning ear to ear.
Looking to show Booker T and Teddy Long how “A Real American” could take what he wanted — namely a spot in the upcoming Elimination Chamber Match — Jack Swagger locked horns with Justin Gabriel. After grabbing his opponent's leg mid-flight to ground the highflier literally, the aggressive Swagger proceeded to make him tap out to the “Patriot Act” ankle lock.
Thanks to involvement of 3MB, a dominant Tensai was denied a pinfall on Drew McIntyre. Nevertheless, the interference did earn him the win over his air-guitar-playing adversary by disqualification.
When 3MB continued their treacherous three-on-one assault after the bell, Brodus Clay busted onto the scene, helping Tensai to send the would-be rockers packing. And once The Funkadactyls joined them both in the ring, a reluctant Tensai was slowly persuaded to get funky right along with them.
After recent troubles with Ryback, an American flag–waving Antonio Cesaro looked to take out his frustrations on Sin Cara. And despite an out-right flurry of offense from his masked opponent, a devastating uppercut by Cesaro — as Sin Cara was leaping off the top rope — set the United States Champion up to deliver the Neutralizer for the victory.
Moments later, Cesaro interrupted The Miz — just as The Awesome One was giving an interview regarding the attack by Brock Lesnar on “Miz TV” Monday. The former WWE Champion attacked the disruptive United States Champion, sparking a backstage altercation that only ended when a series of referees pulled the two Superstars off each other.
Competing on SmackDown for the first time since April 27, 2012, a furious Mark Henry battled Randy Orton, with major Elimination Chamber implications hanging in the balance. If The World's Strongest Man could overcome The Viper, he, too, would be added to the dreaded structure of calamity — and with it, a possible opportunity to challenge the World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania.
And in the height of the brutal encounter — truly suited to be a prelude for the excruciating match that will take place in nine days —Orton's attempt to hit the RKO was quickly countered with absolute power. Henry smashed the nine-time World Champion into the corner with the force of a freight train, before hitting his second World's Strongest Slam of the night to overcome WWE's Apex Predator and take a place in the Elimination Chamber!
Dark Match: Bo Dallas defeated Corey Graves
Cody Rhodes defeated Kofi Kingston (3:31)
The Great Khali (w/ Hornswoggle & Natalya) defeated Titus O'Neil (1:33)
The Big Show defeated Kane (4:09)
Jack Swagger defeated Justin Gabriel (2:30)
Tensai defeated Drew McIntyre (w/ Heath Slater & Jinder Mahal) by DQ (1:12)
Antonio Cesaro defeated Sin Cara (2:20)
Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton (4:36)
Ryan Tran
John Cone
Scott Armstrong
Chad Patton
Darrick Moore
Big Show screamed ‘double standard
Cody Rhodes v Kofi Kingston
The Great Khali v Titus O'Neil
The Big Show v Kane
Jack Swagger v Justin Gabriel
Tensai v Drew McIntyre
Antonio Cesaro v Sin Cara
Mark Henry v Randy Orton
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Home > Statement by Trout Unlimited on the Obama Administration’s Announcement of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Development Strategy
Statement by Trout Unlimited on the Obama Administration’s Announcement of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Development Strategy
Contact: Erin Mooney, National Press Secretary
(703) 284-9408, emooney@tu.org
Statement by Trout Unlimited on the Obama Administration's Announcement of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Development Strategy
President Obama and Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar announced a strategy today for balancing the development and protection of the country's Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The plan is designed to strengthen the nation's energy security and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
The Administration calls for developing oil and gas resources in new areas, such as the Eastern Gulf of Mexico; increasing oil and gas exploration and environmental assessment in frontier areas, such as the Arctic Ocean and the Mid- and South Atlantic Ocean; and protecting key ocean habitats, such as the west coast of the U.S. and Alaska's Bristol Bay, one of the world's largest salmon producing regions. The strategy will guide the Interior Department's current 2007-2012 offshore oil and gas leasing program, as well as the new 2012-2017 program that the department is proposing.
"TU appreciates the Obama Administration's clear concern for protecting marine habitats that are vital to sustaining our valuable salmon and steelhead fisheries on the west coast and in Alaska," said Chris Wood, TU's President and CEO.
"We expect that today's decision to spur offshore production in some areas will allow the Administration to implement long-overdue and sorely needed reforms to balance fish and wildlife habitat and hunting and angling opportunities against oil and gas development on publicly owned lands and waters," Wood said.
TU, working with many key allies, has been a leader in protecting the headwaters of Bristol Bay from the potentially devastating Pebble mine. TU views today's announcement as a good step toward conserving the entire Bristol Bay ecosystem, ensuring that the salmon life cycle is sustained, from the headwaters to the sea. However, the announcement does not fully protect the Bristol Bay watershed because it does not affect large-scale mining projects such as the proposed Pebble mine.
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ROMANIA, 1989
Romania saw the year’s final revolution, and the region’s only violent transfer of power, as the country’s ruthless dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, responded to public protests with brutal force. The unrest began on December 10 with a small demonstration in the city of Timisoara, where members of Romania’s Hungarian community gathered in support of their pastor, Lazlo Tokes, who was persecuted by Romanian authorities. As the protests quickly grew, so did the protesters’ demands, with thousands of people beginning to shout “freedom” in the streets. As Tokes once recalled, "The crowd forgot the initial reason for their resistance, and in general terms they opposed the regime itself."
On December 17, police and security forces turned their guns on the protesters, killing approximately 100 and unleashing anarchy. Ceausescu addressed an enormous crowd in Bucharest on December 21 in a televised display that captured his failure to grasp that change had seized the country and his reign of terror was over. Romania shocked the world on Christmas day, when Ceausescu and his wife Elena, who had fled the country, were brought back to Bucharest and executed by firing squad. A National Salvation Front led by a coalition of dissidents, military officers, and second-tier Communist officials pronounced Romania free.
In the years leading up to 1989, RFE had a larger audience in Romania than in any other Eastern European country. This was partly due to the suspension of jamming in Romania in 1963, but it was also a reflection of the Service’s content, including the emphasis it placed on connecting Romanians at home and in the diaspora – a practice that elicited the fury of the Ceausescu regime. The Service registered a weekly audience of over 60 percent of the adult population during the revolution, the culmination of decades of dangerous and unflinching work by its journalists that the regime acknowledged with savage, retaliatory attacks.
The Romanian Service first reported on the protests in Timisoara on December 18 using a recording by a German tourist, although it missed the opportunity to break the news because of the company’s two-source verification rule. In the protests’ initial days, it relied heavily on witness reports and Western sources based in Munich, New York, Budapest, and Rome, including such renowned journalists as Monica Lovinescu in Paris. Once the protests moved to Bucharest, “[…] the whole editorial policies were changed because of the high speed of the processes. We started broadcasting live, without scripts,” recalled Liviu Tofan, the Service’s news director at the time.
In addition to reporting events, the Service helped audiences brutalized by years of terror to understand the meaning of “freedom” and “democracy.” It aired open letters and interviews with dissidents, while calling for restraint. It directed special programs to the country’s military and security forces reminding them of their professional duty not to turn their weapons against civilians, and provided examples of armies elsewhere in the region that renounced the use of force. RFE received reports from soldiers who listened to these broadcasts, and has been widely credited with helping to avert greater violence during those revolutionary days.
Source: Data from the RFE/RL East European Audience and Opinion Research traveler surveys, as published in Cold War Broadcasting: Impact on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: A Collection of Studies and Documents (CEU Press, 2010) co-editor with R. Eugene Parta, pp. 142-144.
RFE Live Broadcast from Timisoara, Romania
Romania’s Revolution, Then And Now
'Finally, We Called It Christmas Again': My Role In Romania's Revolution
Monica Lovinescu: A ‘Lifeline’ To Listeners In Ceausescu’s Romania
Romania's Revolution: A Graphic Novel
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An Introduction to International Money and Finance pp 91-126 | Cite as
The Foreign Exchange Market, Exchange Rate Determination and Exchange Rate Systems
There are almost as many currencies in the world as there are countries. Not all the latter, however, are independent and, therefore, not all are members of the United Nations, or the International Monetary Fund which had a membership of 181 at the end of April 1996. Two examples of countries which are not independent but have their own currencies are Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands.1 At the same time there are several independent states that use the same currency. For example, the CFA franc is issued by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and is the common currency in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D’Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo. The Eastern Caribbean dollar which is issued by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is used in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Anguilla and Montserrat are not independent states. In certain countries (for example, Panama and the Bahamas) the US dollar circulates side by side with the local medium.
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Posted on Monday, Jul. 13, 2020 at 5:54 pm
Today we released this week’s data snapshot. If you’re new to the data snapshot, we publish a weekly summary of the status for each of our metrics (you can find past issues on our data and metrics page). We have a few notes for this week’s issue:
We are now including demographic data for the new cases in this 14-day period.
We are showing the percent of all people tested, cases, and hospitalizations by race and ethnicity during the 14 days, and how those percentages compare to that particular demographic’s overall percentage of the Dane County population. Hispanic or Latinx people who tested positive made up 14% of cases and 22% of hospitalizations while accounting for just 6% of the population, and Black people made up 8% of cases and 19% of hospitalizations, and account for 6% of the population. Additionally, people in the 20-29 age group made up the vast majority of cases: 54% of cases were in this age group; the next largest was age 30-39 at 13% of cases.
Our average number of cases per day went up again, and percent positive tests remained yellow.
The number of cases per day metric was red in the last data snapshot, and it remained red during this 14-day period. Cases per day ranged from 42 to 144, with an average of 98 cases per day. An average of 5.5% of tests were positive during this period. We are still waiting on reports from the last three days of this period, as positive tests that show up in our system are prioritized and processed by our staff more quickly than the negative. We expect the percent positivity to decrease when we receive these remaining reports (see page 3 in the snapshot for more information).
From June 27 through July 10, 1,378 people tested positive for COVID-19 in Dane County. As of this morning, 933 have had complete interviews. Here’s what we know about these cases:
Of all 1,378 cases, 864 (63%) were tested at community testing sites (842 at the Alliant Energy Center)
Of all 1,378 cases, 712 (52%) were young adults between the ages of 18-25
Of 933 people fully interviewed so far, 437 (47%) reported attending a gathering or party with people outside of their household.
Of 933 people fully interviewed so far, 302 (32%) were associated with a cluster: 183 from bars and restaurants, 40 from other workplaces, 32 from college-aged housing (including sororities, fraternities, near-campus apartments), 28 from gyms, 12 from congregate facilities, and 7 from childcare facilities.
There are signs the rate of spread may be decreasing. The “R” number estimates the rate of spread of a disease in a community. It represents the number of people who will be infected by a single individual who has an infection. For Dane County, R is calculated using a calculator produced by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The R number on June 27 was 1.51, the highest of the epidemic. On July 10, it was 1.09. CDC considers:
An R of 0.33 a “rapid decrease”
An R of 0.8 a “slow decrease”
An R of 1.2 a “slow increase”
An R of 1.8 a “rapid increase”
The lab timeliness and contact tracing metric is still red.
As we reported last week, lab timeliness and contact tracing are combined into one metric because we can only start tracing once we receive a lab report. The metric remained red. The Fourth of July holiday fell during this period which added an additional barrier; people took longer returning our calls over the holiday weekend.
Tying together the measures of lab processing time and time to contact positive cases gives us insight into how quickly we can isolate infection and stop it from spreading
Keep in mind this metric is asking a lot of our lab, healthcare, and public health systems: a person has to be tested, the sample has to be transported to the lab, the lab has to test the sample and input the results in the state database, our team has to collect and process the result and call the person who tested positive, and the person who tested positive has to answer their phone when we call. For this metric to turn green, that all needs to happen within 48 hours for 85% of cases.
We currently have 67 people conducting contact tracing, and 27 people supporting contact tracing work, and we are continuing to expand capabilities by hiring more.
The measure for community spread got better and went from red to yellow.
In last week’s snapshot, the community spread metric was red and 33% of cases who tested positive didn’t know where they could have gotten COVID-19. This number is now 28%, which turned it yellow. This number needs to be under 20% to be green. 62% of cases who were interviewed reported having close contact with another confirmed COVID case. It’s important to keep social circles small – 15% of cases who were interviewed were asymptomatic or presymptomatic, so anyone could be unknowingly spreading COVID if they are coming into close contact with others.
It’s critically important for folks to keep following public health recommendations, including staying home when you’re sick or feel off, wearing a mask when out, staying six feet from people you don’t live with, avoiding gatherings and parties, and basic hygiene like covering coughs and sneezes and washing your hands often. See our website for more tips.
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What Would Airbnb's Expansion to Long-Term Rentals Mean for Renters?
The short-term rental company may be poised to make an even bigger impact on how renters find and stay in their next home.
By Devon Thorsby Editor, Real EstateApril 14, 2017, at 12:39 p.m.
Backlit apartment building against dramatic sky(Getty Images)
For the U.S. rental market, the last decade or so has been a major turning point, as millions have turned to leasing as opposed to owning a home. But while the housing market in most major cities has largely recovered from the Great Recession, homeownership remains low. In fact, the number of Americans owning a home is near its lowest level in 52 years at just 63.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Property managers and landlords have been forced to evolve quickly to not only meet demand for rental units – which still outweighs supply in most markets – but to also offer advanced amenities and create unique marketing methods to draw would-be homeowners into rental spaces instead.
As with homebuying, the majority of renters start hunting for their next home online – whether it’s a simple Google search or using a site or app that lists available apartments and rooms such as Zillow Rentals, Apartments.com and Craigslist. The move to online rental marketing has been a necessary and major shift for the rental industry – as consumers expect to find information online, they also seek real-time availabilities and a wider selection of apartments and homes to inquire about.
[Read: The 10 Best Apps for Finding Your Next Apartment.]
But rumor of popular vacation and short-term rental site Airbnb entering the long-term lease market could trigger another change for the industry. In March, Bloomberg reported that anonymous sources confirmed Airbnb has enlisted McKinsey & Co. to research the long-term rental industry for potential expansion into that sector.
At the time of Bloomberg’s report on March 17, the short-term rental company declined to comment on the topic. “Examining different parts of the market is standard operating procedure, and we don’t have any announcements to make,” Airbnb spokesman Nick Papas told Bloomberg in March.
This week, Papas reiterated to U.S. News that Airbnb has no announcements or further information on any possible expansion.
While the majority of Airbnb's listings are for short-term stays, the company currently offers listings for reservations on a more long-term basis, more than 28 nights, that allows for spaces to be booked at a monthly rate. These monthly stays, which guests can rent for up to six months, may be a sublet or simple extended stay option, but they can be characterized differently depending on how a host or property owner reports the income and use of the space to local and state government.
Airbnb’s short-term rental platform has certainly disrupted the hotel industry, while also highlighting areas of the greater rental industry that can evolve to better meet consumer needs, says Jamie Gorski, chief marketing officer for The Bozzuto Group, a real estate development and construction company headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland.
“[Airbnb] came to address what our customers want today,” Gorski says, speaking particularly to the flexibility an Airbnb stay offers and a greater feeling of cost control for consumers.
[See: 8 Apartment Amenities You Didn't Know You Needed.]
If long-term leases became a part of the Airbnb platform as it currently stands, it’s likely formal property management companies would advertise available apartments and homes for rent on the site, similar to how many apartment leasing offices post available units on Craigslist’s housing boards, in order to reach their desired audience.
A big part of Airbnb’s appeal for potential hosts is that regular consumers can make money renting out space to visitors without necessarily being a real estate investor. But in the leasing industry, apartment listing sites such as Zillow Rentals, Apartments.com and RENTCafé are primarily made up of industry professionals who market availabilities. Even more market transparency, combined with the small-time landlords, might help drive down rates for renters – or at least provide another source for viewing a complete range of rental rates and available spaces.
The rental living industry has already begun taking cues from short-term rental companies like Airbnb and VRBO with flexible living communities. Gorski points to WeLive in New York City and Arlington, Virginia – a collaboration by Vornado Realty Trust and office developer WeWork – as a rental community that offers a similar flexibility and convenience to what you might find during Airbnb stays, with furnished spaces, utilities already set up and month-to-month stay options.
“These are offshoots in our industry based on what’s happening with Airbnb, and finding different product types to sort of accommodate some of those customer wants,” she says.
Property managers, landlords and HOAs have expressed concerns over short-term rental listing sites advertised by individuals in the past. One of the major concerns is that guests coming onto the property haven’t been vetted by the property management the same way other residents have been. Lisa Trosien, president of ApartmentExpert.com and a multifamily educator and consultant, says those concerns may keep some rental professionals apprehensive about working with a site like Airbnb for a long-term lease option as well, unless a similar tenant-screening process can be done through the site.
“You have to think about the comfort and, to a degree, the safety of the people that you already have leased your apartment homes to,” Trosien says. Renters who have gone through the credit and background checks to rent an apartment may not feel comfortable living next door to a tenant that didn't go through the same screening.
[Read: What New Fair Housing Guidelines Could Mean for You.]
Landlords and property managers have to pay particularly close attention to fair housing laws that prohibit discrimination in renting to tenants of federally protected classes. An amateur landlord may be ignorant of necessary compliance, and Trosien notes it could be trickier than some may think to ensure renters are getting the same fair treatment required of professionals in the industry.
“It might be more difficult than people are currently anticipating,” she says.
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Jim Painter
Jim Painter earned a BS in nutrition from Southern Illinois University, an MS from Oklahoma State University, and a PhD from the University of Illinois. Jim has been a registered dietitian since 1980 and has served as the director of nutrition research for the California Raisin Marketing Board, and as a nutrition adviser for businesses and organizations including Sun-Maid Growers of California , Paramount Farms Wonderful Pistachios, and the National Dairy Council. He has also served on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Healthier Diet Business Committee and the AHA Eat Right Task Force. He is currently a member of the American Society for Nutrition and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is a former member of the Society for Nutrition Education.
He taught nutrition at the University of Illinois during the 1990s and chaired the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University until 2013. He is currently a professor emeritus at Eastern Illinois University and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas.
His current research interests include reducing risk of heart disease through phytonutrient and dietary intervention, controlling weight through mindful eating and stealthy calorie intake restriction, and developing delicious dishes made with whole foods that are low in added sugar and high in nutrients.
Jim has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and presentations to his credit and has authored the textbooks The Art of Nutritional Cooking and Nutrition You Can Use. His latest book, Let’s Eat Mindfully!, is designed for the lay person to use as a tool to consume less by changing the dining environment.
He and his wife Rosemary spend their time split between South Padre Island, Texas, and Champaign, Illinois, where their two sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren reside.
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Artis Real Estate Investment Trust Announces Reconstitution of Board Committees and Reduction of Board Fees
December 1, 2020 By NewsWire Tagged With: TSX:AX.UN
WINNIPEG, MB, Dec. 1, 2020 /CNW/ – Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (“Artis” or the “REIT”) (TSX: AX.UN) announced today that the Board of Trustees of Artis (the “Board“) has unanimously approved the appointment of Samir Manji as Chairman of the Board, a reduction in Board fees, and changes to the Board committees, all effective immediately.
“It is a privilege to lead the newly reconstituted Board comprised of exceptionally well qualified and experienced individuals,” said Samir Manji, Chairman of the Board. “Each of our trustees â both continuing and new â are fully committed to working hard to maximize value on behalf of all unitholders. We have confirmed the composition of the various Board committees to ensure a smooth transition and seamless governance and oversight and look forward to supporting and working with the entire team at Artis. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank all members of senior management. They have welcomed us to Artis and have committed to work in a collaborative and unified manner through this transition.”
Pursuant to Sandpiper Group’s (“Sandpiper“) 5-step action plan for Artis, the Board has approved a 25% reduction in trustee fees. Samir Manji has voluntarily chosen to not receive any Board fees. The Board has also authorized Sandpiper to lead the 100-day review that Sandpiper previously communicated to unitholders.
The new Board committee assignments are as follows:
Mike Shaikh (Chair)
Aida Tammer
Lauren Zucker
Ben Rodney (Chair)
Lis Wigmore
Samir Manji (ex-officio)
Governance and Compensation
Lis Wigmore (Chair)
Heather-Anne Irwin
The new Board consists of the following seven individuals:
Existing Board members:
Mr. Ben Rodney
Ms. Lauren Zucker
Ms. Heather-Anne Irwin
Mr. Samir Manji
Mr. Mike Shaikh
Ms. Aida Tammer
Ms. Lis Wigmore
Biographies of the five new trustees follow:
Ms. Heather-Anne Irwin had a 17-year career on Bay Street, covering equity capital markets, debt capital markets and investment banking. Ms. Irwin was instrumental in the InnVest REIT activism and ultimate sale in 2018. She has very strong financial acumen with experience serving on Audit Committees as well as Risk Management, Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. Ms. Irwin is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Securities Institute Research Foundation, Academic Director, Master of Financial Risk Management and Adjunct Professor of Finance at Rotman School of Management, Director of the Ontario Finance Authority, advisory member of Sionna Investment Management, and serves on the Independent Review Committee of Starlight Investment Capital. She is the founding President of and advisor to Women in Capital Markets.
Mr. Samir Manji brings broad private and public company experience with a focus on real estate and capital markets. Mr. Manji founded and successfully sold Amica Senior Lifestyles (formerly Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.) (TSX:ACC) in 2015 to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. He is the Founder and CEO of Sandpiper Group, a real estate private equity form with a strong emphasis on value creation through rigorous due diligence, and constructive and collaborative engagement. Mr. Manji has been involved in over $3 billion in hospitality, seniors housing and multi-family residential real estate transactions. He currently serves on the board of Extendicare Inc. (TSX:EXE) and is a former trustee of Granite REIT (TSX:GRT.UN).
Mr. Mike Shaikh, CPA, CA brings extensive public and private board experience and experience in finance, oil and gas operations and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Shaikh is previously Director of the Alberta Securities Commission and Chair of the Calgary Police Commission. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, CA having run an accounting practice for over 30 years. Mr. Shaikh served as director of Amica Senior Lifestyles Inc. (formerly Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.), Spyglass Resources Corp., Hawk Exploration Ltd., Provident Energy Trust, and has served as chair of numerous audit committees, as a member of numerous compensation and corporate governance committees, special committees, and investment committees, and as lead director on several boards.
Ms. Aida Tammer, CFA, ICD.D brings over 30 years of experience in the capital markets, corporate governance, and real estate investment space, having advised on numerous REIT IPO and M&A transactions, debt and equity offerings and property trades totaling over $30 billion. Ms. Tammer held senior positions with CIBC World Markets (1998-2009). She has vast board experience in the Canadian REIT sector, serving on the board of Agellan Commercial REIT, Tricon Residential Inc. (formerly Tricon Capital Group) and Healthlease Properties REIT. Ms Tammer has strong financial acumen and has served on several audit committees and has served as compensation, nominating and corporate governance committee chair. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Ms. Lis Wigmore, ICD.D brings over 30 years of real estate experience and governance expertise. She is a Partner with Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., an independent investment firm with over $3.5 billion of assets under management. Ms. Wigmore has a proven track record of strategic leadership, operational efficiency and value creation having served on the special committee of Pure Industrial REIT which negotiated a sale to Blackstone (with a 27% premium to NAV). She is also on the Board, and Chair of Governance, for Pinchin Ltd. Ms. Wigmore is a former trustee of Pure Industrial REIT and Invesque Inc. and has senior leadership experience in operations and corporate strategy (as COO of Ipc US REIT and with Reichmann International). She holds a Chartered Director designation and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Artis is a diversified Canadian real estate investment trust investing primarily in industrial and office properties in select markets in Canada and the United States. Since 2004, Artis has executed an aggressive but disciplined growth strategy, building a portfolio of commercial properties which, as of September 30, 2020, comprised approximately 23.8 million square feet of leasable area. Artis is focused on growing its industrial portfolio through strategic development projects in its target markets.
The Toronto Stock Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
SOURCE Artis Real Estate Investment Trust
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The 2000 Census showed that Garfield County had a population of 4,735 people. This represented 0.21% of the total population of Utah, making it the state's 25th most populous county (out of 29 counties).
From the Census Estimates for 2009<1>, Garfield had a population of 4,625 people. This is a decrease of 2.32% since the 2000 Census.
The following table shows the recent changes in population. Other than 2000, the population counts have been estimated by the Census Bureau.
Year Population Change
Since 2000 Year-to-Year Change
2010 5,172 +9.23% +11.83% since 2009
2009 4,625 -2.32% +0.54% since 2008
2005 4,339 -8.36% -0.46% since 2004
2004 4,359 -7.94% -2.2% since 2003
2000 4,735 The Last Census
Garfield County had 2,767 Housing Units<2> at the time of the 2000 Census.
The 2000 Census shows that Garfield County has a total area<3> of 5,208 square miles [13,489 km²]. Of this total, only a minor amount of that area is covered by water (33.98 square miles [88 km²]).
Using the above population and land area values, Garfield County had a population density of 0.92 people per square mile [0.35 people/km²], making it the state's 29th most densely populated county (out of 29 counties).
US Census QuickFacts
The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information that are called QuickFacts. A QuickFact that is specific to Garfield County is available. The QuickFact also contains a comparison between Garfield and the state of Utah.
Click here for the Garfield County QuickFact (QF-49017).
Below are some of the communities that are located in Garfield County:
Community Census
QuickFact Population
(2009 Est) Population
(2000 Census) Change in
Below are the counties that adjoin and form the boundaries of Garfield County. A link to their specific Census QuickFact has been provided.
County Census
QuickFact Direction Population
(2009 Est.) Population
Beaver QF-49001 NW 6,267 6,005 4.36%
Iron QF-49021 W 45,280 33,779 34.05%
Kane QF-49025 SW 6,601 6,046 9.18%
Piute QF-49031 N 1,431 1,435 -0.28%
San Juan QF-49037 E 15,049 14,413 4.41%
Wayne QF-49055 NE 2,601 2,509 3.67%
About Utah
Visit our Community Index for Utah
Census QuickFact for Garfield County
<1> On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2000 Census and the next count will be for the 2010 Census.
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<2> A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live (whether occupied or temporarily vacant), such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway).
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CD Review: Hoodoo Gurus “Purity of Essence”
Post author By Bill Sullivan
I’ve been a big fan of Australia’s Hoodoo Gurus ever since they released “Stoneage Romeos” in 1984. While the Gurus were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2007, they never got the recognition they deserved in the US. Throughout the 80s, they’ve released some phenomenal records, “Blow Your Cool” being my favorite. They stayed strong in the 90s, especially with “Crank”. “Mach Schau” was a treat for fans in 2004, but we’ve been waiting 6 long years for the ninth record, “Purity of Essence”.
“Purity of Essence” finds the Gurus in fine form – still rocking with melodic vocal hooks and sweet guitar licks after all these years – and the distinctive vocals of lead singer Dave Faulkner sound just as good as they did in 1984. The boys waste no time grabbing your attention with a trademark rocker, “Crackin’ Up”. The party continues with the powerpop gem, “A Few Home Truths”, then ventures into ballad territory with “Are You Sleeping?” The best ballad the Gurus have done is “I Was The One” from “Blow Your Cool”, but “Are You Sleeping?” is a close second – beautiful song. But in case you did fall asleep, you’ll be jolted out of your slumber with the energetic and brassy “Burnt Orange”. The soul-inspired and wonderfully catchy “I Hope You’re Happy” and the haunting “Ashamed of Me” round out the better half of the record. We’ve waited six years, so the band gives us 16 tracks – an over an hour of new music…but honestly I could have done without the final third of the CD. The bottom end of the record is good, but the songs aren’t as instantly memorable, with exception of “1968”.
“Purity of Essence” shows that a band going on 30 years of age still has all the energy of their younger counterparts…and plenty to say in new songs to grace the musical landscape. Yet another jewel in the Gurus’ crown.
iPOD-worthy: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 15
Hoodoo Gurus on MySpace. Official site.
Tags Hoodoo Gurus, Purity of Essence
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Paul Harris Fellow/Society
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DGE Steve Kuhn, Sycamore Rotary Club
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Steve became a member of the Sycamore Rotary Club in 1997 and was the club president in 2004-05. He has served as the Assistant Governor in Area II for three years and as AG Coordinator in 2014-15. Steve has served as the chairman of the District Youth Protection Committee and the District Vision Facilitation Committee. He was on the District Nominating Committee for three years and was the chair for two of those years.
Steve retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1990 with the rank of major after serving 27 years. A graduate of the University of Nebraska, he has been a physician assistant for more than 40 years and is a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. He has been employed by Kishwaukee Medical Associates of Sycamore sin 1990 and retired from full practice in November 2014, although he has continued to provide coverage as needed since then. He served on the DeKalb County Board of Health for seven years and as the president for the last two. He has been an adult Boy Scout leader for 35 years, currently serving as the Eagle Board of Review for his district.
Steve lives in Sycamore with his wife, Jan. They have three married children and seven grandchildren. Hobbies include bike riding, antiquing and ancestry development. And he continues to work on his golf game.
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Origins and Development of a Modern Ukrainian National Literature: The Role of Genre - USFA
Achilli, Alessandro (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
Pavlyshyn, Marko (Chief Investigator (CI))
Ukrainian Studies
What role do the foundational kinds of literature – poetry, drama and prose – as well as their many subgenres play in literary history? The question is complex and important for an understanding of culture as one of the significant forces that motivate social change. In the case of the cultures of nations asserting themselves against colonial domination and shaping national audiences and national public opinion, the issue is especially salient. Yet Ukrainian literary historians, though they have devoted much attention to the connection between literature and society, invoking various theoretical models in order to do so, have paid little attention to the role of genre in organising and structuring this connection.
It is this scholarly blind spot that Achilli and Pavlyshyn hope to illuminate. To help them do so they are seeking funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to enable the involvement of international colleagues in their project. The core of the project, however, is the work to be carried out by Achilli and Pavlyshyn themselves, and it is salary support for the research component of their endeavours that is sought under this application, together with the costs associated with Achilli’s and Pavlyshyn’s conducting research (travel for research purposes, teaching relief, research assistance, consumables, and space).
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Greece: The Refugee Camp of Moria Burns as State Repression Intensifies
In the following report from Greece, anarchists describe the burning of the refugee camp, Moria, and the response countrywide, as well as the latest chapter in other struggles against state repression on a variety of fronts.
This update is adapted from RadioFragmata’s monthly contribution to the “Bad News Report” podcast. You can also read our reports from May, June, July, and August.
Another month, another report on the situation here in Greece. There has been no pause in the repression of the state, nor any peace for the marginalized and excluded. Another historic squat has been evicted, the economic despair many already face is becoming generalized, society drifts towards the right at the guidance of state and corporate media, and the largest concentration camp housing migrants in all of Europe has been engulfed in flames, displacing thousands.
As in the rest of the world, each morning brings new concerns, new disasters, new forms of precarity. We share the following information in the pursuit of a relentless and borderless solidarity.
-Radio Fragmata, September 2020
Refugees demonstrating after the burning of Moria. “Azadi!” Freedom!
Moria Burns—The Greek State Plays Victim
The refugee camp Moria on the island of Lesvos has burned down.
The state claims this was the result of demonstrations by desperate people inside the camp reacting to new measures the police had opportunistically declared in response to an inevitable and now unavoidable outbreak of COVID-19 inside the camp. Some 35 cases have been made public as of early September; considering the intense overcrowding of the camp, the number should be assumed to be much higher. Some wonder whether nearby fascists took the opportunity to set fires under the cover of the refugees’ protests. It is certain that some of the villagers wanted those fleeing the flames to burn alive, as they pushed those who tried to flee to the nearby village of Mytilene back towards the blaze.
If the government’s claim that the fire started from the demonstrations is correct, we can understand this as an act of desperation on the part of individuals protesting against an unbearable situation. Out of all the concentration camps where refugees are contained on islands near Turkey or out of the view of the public on mainland Greece, Moria is by far the most famous, both for its size and for the severity of the conditions. Moria housed over 13,000 refugees, though it was designed for only around 3000. It is a symbol of the racism and dehumanizing policies of exclusion that comprise the basis of modern Europe.
It was inevitable that COVID-19 would enter Moria. Imposing additional restrictions on the already forcibly isolated and controlled camp brought an already dire situation to the brink. Now thousands are going hungry without shelter, including many children. Facing fascist and police violence, they find themselves in an even worse situation than before.
https://twitter.com/DunyaCollective/status/1303648750989082625
In some ways, the New Democracy administration has used the Moria camp to claim that the EU has failed Greece in the so-called “refugee crisis” dating back to 2015. At the same time, the administration has used the camp to fan the flames of xenophobia, framing the conditions in the camp and the desperation of those who occupy it as self-inflicted. The state shifts between these narratives according to what is politically expedient.
Fascists and their “patriotic” allies will rally around the fire, blaming those inside the camp, and the state will use the disaster to demand more funding from the European Union. The only positive element of this story is that Moria is gone. Moria couldn’t have gotten any worse. It was a concentration camp. Now the world is paying more attention to a camp that was already infamous for its heinous conditions. While misery is especially visible now in the ruins of Moria, we hope that the former residents will somehow find better conditions and that the international attention this has drawn will deter the Greek state from intensifying the attacks on refugees and immigrants described in our prior reports. Many have survived Moria thanks to grassroots efforts and solidarity campaigns that have nothing to do with the state. The state has channeled much of the funds allocated for refugee support to benefit the civil and business elite and the companies they profit from.
Today, as the corporate media disparages the survivors, homeless refugees are scattered around the edges of the ruins of Moria, with many seen sleeping in cemeteries, one of the few places they can find peace from police and fascists. Riot police have been sent in. State officials intend to deal with this humanitarian and health crisis by imposing “law and order,” encouraging refugees to give up and flee back where they came from or detaining and containing them with police procedures intended to push the situation out of sight rather than improve matters for those who are suffering.
The plight of refugees and immigrants in Greece is dire; refer to our prior reports for information on previous chapters in this struggle. The Lesvos Mutual Aid Network has called for support:
“If you are in need, or if you are interested in supporting us in any way you can contact us by phone: 6948580322 (+Whatsapp) or by e-mail: lesvos_network@protonmail.com.”
The “Other Man Social Kitchen Free Food For Everyone” project has also gone to Lesvos to cook for those displaced by the fire. You can donate to them here.
Anarchists, the excluded, and the exploited must all stand together against the state and Eurocentric racism. When refugee and asylum laws were created in international court in Geneva in 1951 in response to World War II, the state couldn’t have anticipated that these would force Europe, the United States, or the “First World” in general to have to accept those escaping the suffering of the so-called “Third World.” The fascist reaction to these laws exposes the inherent hypocrisy and conditional nature of First World Neoliberal philosophies. Whether New Democracy plays victim or pursues populism via xenophobia, their true position regarding the plight of these desperate people is clear in the statement of Adonis Georgiadis, the minister of development and investment and the vice president of New Democracy, in response to the fire. The refugees should “get up and leave. We did not invite them here, they should leave.”
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Resistance from the refugees in Lesvos and solidarity efforts from broader revolutionary movements has become substantial. The situation is developing.
Demonstrations have spontaneously erupted near the capital of Lesvos. Thousands of people took to the streets of Athens on September 11, and various solidarity efforts are occurring across Greece. A local anti-fascist demonstration took place on Lesvos on September 11, only to be brutally attacked and tear gassed by riot police. Nineteen people were arrested, many with injuries. The people of Moria are refusing to forfeit their dignity as they face attacks by fascist locals, an imported brigade of riot police, and threats of deportation and or disappearance. Alleged “humanitarian” efforts by the state have continued with the “law and order” approach, going so far as to prevent the military from distributing food to punish the houseless refugees for making demands and demonstrating. Fascists have acted parallel to police by attacking mutual aid support efforts—smashing the windows of cars bringing aid or threatening and assaulting individuals coming to help the refugees.
Some locals are also fighting some state efforts to build another concentration camp on the island. Some of them do not have a problem with refugees, per se, but rather with the state’s use of the land to build a concentration camp. However, it is hard with so much happening to distinguish the intentions of every actor. Many refugees are not only without resources and support, but also face manipulation by the police and “humanitarian” agencies, potentially forcing many into accepting potential deportation or loss of status as a result of confusion, disinformation, and desperation. While France and Germany have agreed to take some of the minors, European politicians have approached this disaster as a mere political debate rather than the dire situation that it is.
We say “Bye Moria! No more First and Third World!”
For updates on the situation in Lesvos, start here.
The wreckage of Moria.
The evictions continue. The most recent target was the historic Rosa Nera squat on the island of Crete.
Rosa Nera was a gigantic squat overlooking the sea in the tourist destination of Chania in Crete. It served as a venue for concerts, educational events, political organizing, and various other activities typical of a revolutionary social center. Occupied for 16 years, it was notorious for its beautiful location and size. The state presumably carried out the eviction in September in order to send a message to the squats still holding ground across Greece. Solidarity demonstrations immediately broke out across Crete, drawing 1500 the day of the eviction. An occupation of City Hall followed, as well as interventions at the local offices of property managers and solidarity demonstrations across the island of Crete and throughout Greece.
Simultaneous solidarity actions for the recently evicted Terra Incognita squat in Thessaloniki have also been occurring, with thousands of people attending rallies across the country for both of these historic squats and all squats evicted since New Democracy called for the liquidation of all occupations following their accession to power in 2019.
Comradres attempting to rebuild Libertatia, a squat burnt by fascists in Thessaloniki.
These squats have served as our movement’s infrastructure. They offer places to organize, but they also function as medical centers, gyms, mutual aid and social resource bases, and martial arts studios. While the assaults of the state are dealing powerful blows, the hearts that gave life to this infrastructure continue beating with revolutionary desire, and the courage that helped to create it remains.
Recently, one of the last remaining squats in Exarchia, K-Vox, was targeted with gunfire. At the beginning of September, someone shot eight bullets into the squat while people were inside; fortunately, they didn’t strike anyone. Those inside reported that they could hear the bullets whizzing by their heads. This occurred shortly after the the vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse murdered two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shooting has not been claimed, but it is reasonable to imagine it could be a local fascist inspired by QANON or 5G or COVID-19 conspiracy theories, as American fascists are influencing the Greek right.
As a consequence of the influence of the church, misogyny has long been a rarely-questioned norm in Greek society. Sexual assault, abuse, and even femicide have been rampant for years. A movement is emerging to break this silence. The COVID-19 lockdown led to an increase in acknowledged domestic abuse, and the lifting of the restrictions has correlated with a spike in sexual assaults.
A project mapping and tracking instances of rape, assault, and misogyny is online here. We do not encourage using Facebook as a platform, but projects like this are important and should be supported and replicated by whatever means are available.
More and more people are speaking up to break the silence about sexual assault. An employee of a ship attempted to sexually assault a 25-year-old-woman en route to Santorini island for a vacation in front of her daughter. He apologized to the courts and the judge gave him a fine of one thousand euros and released him pending a trial that may or may not happen, depending on whether his case re-enters the spotlight. On the island of Ikaria, some men have been beaten following an attempt to sexually assault a woman. This woman now fears for her safety as police are coming to her investigating the beating, rather than the assault they attempted to perpetrate.
On the television show “Big Brother,” a contestant was heard giggling on a live-stream of the sitcom with his fellow contestants as he states that “I go with one chick every day ‘to empty my pocket,’ (ejaculate) otherwise there is rape.” Neither the sitcom nor the channel flinched until there was public outcry about the incident. The individual who said this has since been removed from the show; however, as occurred in response to Trump’s infamous hot-mic leak, many other misogynists came to his defense, claiming that his reference to rape was a harmless joke, or, as they say in the United States, “locker room talk.” There is no attempt by the powers that be to challenge the normalcy of rape and the patriarchy that persists. Any attempt to appear politically correct is precisely political and nothing more than this.
Another man has been sentenced for tossing gasoline on several women in 2018. The girl who was murdered following a dispute with her cop boyfriend in Trikala last month, described in our last report, has disappeared from the headlines as police endeavor to shape the narrative. Yet women are continuing to speak up, publicizing and doxxing sexual assaulters, and, as mentioned above, some perpetrators have been beaten. Vandalism of Orthodox Christian churches and graffiti and banners against patriarchy and the culture of rape can be seen across the country as well.
In the city of Patras, some people carried out a noteworthy action in response to the sexual assaults and abuse perpetrated by a particular guard still working at the Petrouralli detention center for migrants in Athens. On the night of Monday, August 24, a group attacked a regional asylum office with red paint balls, littering the area with leaflets against the culture of rape by police inside detention centers and spray-painting a slogan across the facade of the building: “Cops and rapists, keep your hands off immigrants!”
Prison and Repression
Costas Sakkas and Giannis Dimitrakis face trial on September 16 for allegedly attempting to expropriate a Piraeus Bank ATM in Thessaloniki. The trial of four comrades arrested during the eviction of the anarchist squat known as Gare in 2017 will continue on September 18. The defendants have passionately declared that they will not compromise or cooperate with the state.
The Greek state continues to implement new pre-trial restrictions, preventing individuals from visiting Exarchia or associating with “political” individuals as pre-trial measures. As mentioned in a prior report, four anarchists arrested on conspiracy charges stand accused of being part of a group allegedly known as “comrades.” The state is claiming that these comrades are responsible for dozens of actions claimed by the anonymous signature “comrades.” These individuals are trying to battle pre-trial restrictions of movement and association. A call for solidarity is online here.
Prison authorities continue to take advantage of COVID-19 to restrict the rights of prisoners, disrupting or halting visitation and furlough and limiting or suspending consultations with lawyers. Food and clothing transport have been severely disrupted. Measures in sanitation and hygiene remain as bad as they were prior to the pandemic. As cited in our prior reports, the virus has only provided an excuse for further punishment of those already facing the daily misery of prison.
The Petrouralli immigrant detention facility in Athens continues to be a nightmare for undocumented prisoners facing deportation. You can read a statement from a prisoner held there regarding the everyday life conditions here.
As repression intensifies, public demonstrations are legally banned, and squatted social centers are constantly threatened with eviction, revolutionary movements are forced to adapt and take cover in the night.
Since the asylum of universities has been lifted, private security contractors and police have collaborated to supervise university campuses and rid them of the freedom previously enjoyed on Greek campuses. In response, a communiqué claimed responsibility for an arson targeting a car belonging to the company “My Services” on August 24:
“On August 24, we attacked a vehicle belonging to the security company “My Services” that has coordinated security efforts with the police on university grounds. We broke into their car and set it on fire, destroying it completely. This company is one of the largest of its kind and is owned by a well-known mobster named Makris. Regardless of its mafia ties, this does not prevent the state and universities from cooperating with them via a two-million euro per year publicly funded security contract […]
Based on the latest leaks, also the announcements of Chrysochoidis (Minister of Civil Protection), there is a plan by security companies to expand their operations. Plans to increase security on campuses, further collaborate with police in training and supervision, and change existing laws in order to arm security personnel at universities. There is also a proposal to create an electronic card entry system in order to identify people, share information with the state regarding activity on campuses, and further suppress the presence of revolutionary activity and organizing at universities.”
-Anarchists
A vehicle belonging to a Turkish diplomat was set ablaze in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Thursday, August 27. The action occurred in a neighborhood that houses multiple foreign embassies, communicating a will to strike regardless of the immense security obstacles in such an area. The action was declared to be in solidarity with Ebru Timtik, who passed away inside one of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s prisons after a 238-day hunger strike. A communiqué for the action also expressed solidarity with the Terra Incognita squat. Its release appears to have been timed to coincide with the international days of solidarity with political prisoners the Anarchist Black Cross announced for August 23-28.
From the communiqué:
“We take responsibility for the arson of a diplomatic vehicle on Ioanni Varvaki Street in Thessaloniki, in the early hours of Thursday, August 27. We call on all the world of struggle to turn the call of International Solidarity with political prisoners into a fiery flame of aggression, that will unite our struggles of rebellion across the earth. In light of this call, we took this action in response to the murder of another hunger striker by the fascist state of Erdoğan in Turkey. Ebru Timtik passed away on August 27, after 238 days of a hunger strike, demanding a fair trial.
Every step of state repression is a call for war.
Every loss is an occasion for new waves of attack.
Solidarity with the occupation of Terra Incognita and those who fight to the end against injustice.”
-Angry squats
Late in the night on August 30, the personal car of Stefanos Tsonakidis, a well-known fascist in Patras, was destroyed by arson while it was parked in front of his home. Stefanos used to be a member of the fascist group Golden Dawn, and has now joined an even more fascistic splinter group of Golden Dawn created by notorious Neo-Nazi Ilias Kasidiaris. This action was claimed by “Anti-Fascist Action,” sending a message that there is no safe space for fascism in Greece.
Exarchia and Public Space
Little has changed in Exarchia since our last report. Police continue to run rampant in the streets, harassing women, anyone with brown skin, and those who look “alternative” or queer—though with the end of the summer, the return of people to the streets as businesses re-open has hindered some of this harassment and abuse. Delta and riot police attacks continue on any organizing in public space for non-business reasons or in order to benefit the movement. One sees more police in uniform in Exarchia than anywhere else in the city. Fortunately, Airbnb has taken a big hit from COVID-19, though business owners and real estate developers are betting on a big boom after the pandemic eases. Unfortunately, this means that foreign businessmen and local elites have maintained their property holdings in the center of Athens as long term assets, continuing to charge absurdly high rents that do not reflect local wages.
In the context of the ongoing struggle for control of Exarchia, it’s worth reporting a case in which one person faced and won a trial.
Elias Gionis is a local artist and queer activist. Before the formal police occupation, which intensified during the COVID-19 lockdown, it was mafia and drug dealers harassing woman and LGBTQ people. Now that many of them have moved elsewhere or become more discreet in collaboration with the police, the police have taken their place. In fact, police were the first ones to push drug dealers and addicts into Exarchia in order to discredit the neighborhood’s reputation as a police-free zone.
Elias Gionis was walking around Exarchia when Delta police harassed him. Elias responded, verbally defending himself. Being used to silence in response to their threats, as many residing in Exarchia live in fear of their state-sanctioned beatings and arrests, the Delta police arrested him. He faced trial and the risk of prison time simply for verbally defending himself against their homophobic abuse. Fortunately, the charges were dropped in early September.
A statement from Elias:
“The police are arbitrary against the citizens because they have the freedom to be. When you are attacked by a citizen, you are taught to call the police to protect you. When the police attack you, then they charge you to protect yourself. What would happen if I was not a well-known activist, if I was a weak child without a lawyer, without financial ability, and without a family to support me, especially if I was someone who did not have a family that supported me knowing I was gay? Just as we hear every day that a homosexual has been attacked, we must begin to hear that a police officer has heard a response. To give strength to the other children who may have once been wronged or to know how to react, if it happens to them in the future.”
You can read more about Elias’s case here.
Graffiti from a demonstration in solidarity with a Pakistani citizen who was shot and killed on the Greek border after living in Greece for some time.
As mentioned in prior reports, environmental conflicts are escalating as the government seeks to make up for the loss of tourist money. In the region of Pelion, the state has began expanding its attempts to take control of water supplies in the biologically diverse mountain region. In concert with other community assemblies in the region, such as the one in Stagiates, the village of Drakia has established a popular assembly to stop the privatization and exploitation of natural water sources. Villagers have blocked developers from the DEYAMB group, which maintains water and sewage systems serving the nearby city of Volos. DEYAMNB plans to bring in police; many anticipate a long-term struggle like the one seen in nearby Stagiates. Popular assemblies in villages across the region have given broader strength to a movement to defend the land against developers and business elites.
Meanwhile, the struggle against industrial trash burning continues in Volos, with a large banner action against the plant. There are also protests against the development of wind turbines, with blockades set up on the island of Tinos. The state has stationed police in villages and on islands to counter popular resistance, in order to halt traffic to escort industrial machinery or to lock down entire regions for the sake of destroying mountaintops before any resistance can emerge.
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As on the West Coast of the United States, fires also continue to blaze, likely caused by a combination of climate change and Greek developers seeking to evade regulations governing building structures. Regardless of who is responsible, capitalism is at the root of these disasters. As the climate crisis worsens, we can expect an increase in tragic ecological events—and hopefully a parallel growth of resistance to them.
Moria on fire. From the West Coast of the United States to the wildfires in Greece and the fire that destroyed Moria, we are going to see more and more refugees. How we treat others in those straits will determine how others later treat us.
The Anniversary of Pavlos Fyssas’s Murder
September 18 marks seven years since Neo-Nazis from Golden Dawn murdered anti-fascist musician Pavlos Fyssas. Since then, the only justice we have seen addressing his murder was the anonymous killing of two fascist members of Golden Dawn and the broader street movement of anti-fascist resistance. The state continues to play games in their courts, shifting the urgency of the prosecution according to media attention. However, a verdict is expected on October 7.
Fascists have gotten on the bandwagon of global conspiracy theories. Golden Dawn and other Greek Neo-Nazi groups have been challenging COVID-19 restrictions, spreading nonsense about 5G, and taking other cues from their American and German counterparts. Scuffles are taking place in the streets. On the other side, anti-fascists found the leader of Golden Dawn and attacked him with water bottles while he was vacationing. As the administration escalates repression, we expect a much more intense future of fighting the efforts of fascists in Greece.
Pavlos Fyssas.
Graffiti memorializing Pavlos Fyssas by his stage name as an MC, Killah P.
The Delivery Union
The Greek delivery union has been specifically attacked for organizing events. Wolt and E-food, Greek versions of Seamless or Uber Eats have made inroads into the country. This is a sign of further automation in Greece, a consequence of the “modernization” of the Greek economy. The gig economy is not widely understood here yet, but apps such as BEAT (Greek Uber for taxis) and Airbnb have set precedents for its expansion. These services will complicate the lives of delivery workers; it is much harder to confront an invisible boss when a worker has been wronged.
Oil Exploration and Military Games
While the economy has shrunk exponentially due to measures to control COVID-19, the Greek state was able to to find 2.5 billion euros to ramp up its military in response to the recent conflict in the Mediterranean. As cited in past reports, the heads of state of Turkey and Greece are both taking advantage of the heightened tensions around oil drilling in the Mediterranean. Turkey is sending oil exploration ships into the Aegean Sea, which Greece claims is a violation of national sovereignty. Both countries are using this conflict over natural resources and maritime claims to fan the flames of national pride rooted in militaristic goals. Regardless of who is in the right according to international law, it is obvious why the rhetoric is escalating at a time when distractions are needed, as the reality of the post-pandemic economy in both countries sets in.
With that said, if the deal goes through that is planned by Greece, Cyprus, and Israel to drill in the Mediterranean and create a pipeline under the sea into mainland Greece and onward to Europe, it will without a doubt lead to deadly environmental disasters and social displacement. This situation will have disastrous effects on the people and land around the Aegean sea.
The President of the European Commission shaking hands with Greek border police.
As all this is unfolding, many people are fighting for the relief of their electrical bills and simply to keep their homes. The anarchist movement of Greece is facing a modernizing repression. “Quality of life” policing and a new status quo similar to the social control seen in northern Europe and the United States are both making their way to Greece as the authorities seek to reinvent a “Europeanized” Balkans.
The situation is bleak. However, our hearts are still here. Our bodies are still here. Our passion and desire remain, awaiting the next wave of insurrection. It is only a matter of time.
May the torch of insurrection and resistance be passed across the world through our borderless solidarity.
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Eloquent Distortion: The Southern Grotesque and Ideal Femininity in the works of Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, and Carson McCullers
Michelle M. Christovich, Scripps CollegeFollow
Cheryl Walker
John Peavoy
© 2013 Michelle M. Christovich
In this paper, I will examine works of Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, and Carson McCullers, three Southern women writers who wrote during the first half of the twentieth century. While these authors differ in a number of ways, each of them produced work that deals, often explicitly, with ideal Southern womanhood and the expectations this ideal places upon women. Additionally, each of these three authors uses the grotesque as a tool for examining ideal womanhood, most often represented through the ideal of the Southern Lady. This paper is concerned with analyzing the link between the grotesque and the ideal of the Southern Lady, specifically the ways in which O’Connor, Welty, and McCullers employ the grotesque as a tool for exposing the limiting and destructive nature of this ideal.
Christovich, Michelle M., "Eloquent Distortion: The Southern Grotesque and Ideal Femininity in the works of Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, and Carson McCullers" (2013). Scripps Senior Theses. 206.
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Computational method provides faster high-resolution mass spectrometry imaging
Credit: Courtesy the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
A new computational mass spectrometry imaging method enables researchers to achieve high mass resolution and high spatial resolution for biological samples while providing data sets exponentially faster.
Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology developed a subspace mass spectrometry imaging approach that accelerates the speed of data acquisition — without sacrificing the quality — by designing a model-based reconstruction strategy.
The technique, which was developed using animal models, could have important implications for many applications, including analytical chemistry and clinical studies, with results available at a fraction of the time. It also can detect a wide range of biomolecules — from small molecules such as neurotransmitters and amino acids to larger molecules such as lipids or peptides.
The paper “Accelerating Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry Imaging Using a Subspace Approach” was published in the Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry.
“Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance is a really powerful instrument, providing the highest mass resolution,” said Yuxuan Richard Xie, a bioengineering graduate student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who is first author on the paper. “But one disadvantage of FT-ICR is it’s very slow. So essentially, if people want to achieve a certain mass resolution, they have to wait days to acquire data sets. Our computational approach speeds up this acquisition process, potentially from one day to maybe one to two hours — basically a tenfold increase in data acquisition speed.”
“Our method is changing the way that we acquire the data,” Xie said. “Instead of acquiring mass spectra per pixel, the technique recognizes the redundancy in the high-dimensional imaging data and uses a low-dimensional subspace model to exploit this redundancy to reconstruct multispectral images from only a subset of the data.”
Xie collaborated with Fan Lam, an assistant professor of bioengineering, and Jonathan V. Sweedler, the James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry and the director of the School of Chemical Sciences, who are co-principal investigators on the paper. Daniel Castro, a graduate student in molecular and integrative physiology, also contributed.
“We have been using subspace models in our MRI and MR spectroscopic imaging work for a long time,” Lam said. “It is really nice to see that it also has great potentials for a different biochemical imaging modality.”
“The ability to acquire enhanced chemical information and the locations of the chemicals in a complex sample such as a section of a brain becomes enabling for our neurochemical research,” Sweedler said.
The subspace imaging concept was pioneered by Zhi-Pei Liang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and full-time Beckman faculty member, who is a world-leading expert in MRI and MRSI.
The research continues as researchers seek to apply the technique to 3D imaging. “(The approach) could have a much larger impact for the scientific community for 3D imaging of larger areas, such as the brain,” Xie said. “Because if we do 50 slices on FT-ICR, it would take weeks right now, but (with this technique) we can achieve decent coverage maybe within days.
“I believe that computational imaging, especially the data driven approach, is like a new shining star. It’s getting more and more powerful, and we should definitely utilize some of those techniques for chemical analysis of tissue through mass spectrometry imaging.”
Editor’s note: The paper “Accelerating Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry Imaging Using a Subspace Approach” is online at https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.0c00276.
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https://beckman.illinois.edu/about/news/article/2020/12/10/computational-method-provides-faster-high-resolution-mass-spectrometry-imaging
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Dr. Genova to study virtual reality job reentry training in traumatic brain injury
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research awarded a $599,103 grant to Helen Genova, Ph.D., of Kessler Foundation
Credit: Kessler Foundation
East Hanover, NJ. December 23, 2020. Helen Genova, PhD, received a $599,103 grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) for the three-year study, “Using virtual reality to improve job reentry in adults with traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.” Dr. Genova, principal investigator, is assistant director of the Center for Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation.
This study is the first to use this program in the population with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Dr. Genova will collaborate with the University of Michigan on this study. Her co-investigators at Kessler Foundation are Denise Krch, PhD, and Anthony Lequerica, PhD, from the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Research, and John O’Neill, PhD, director of the Center for Employment and Disability Research.
This study will assess the impact of a virtual reality job training program aimed at improving the social competency skills that people with moderate to severe brain injury need to engage successfully in the job reentry process.
The program was developed by SIMmersion LLC in partnership with Matthew J. Smith, PhD, associate professor at the University of Michigan, through funding provided by the National Institute of Mental Health. Dr. Smith found that after using the virtual reality job training program, employment outcomes improved for jobseekers with autism and schizophrenia, as well as young adults.
“This program offers the opportunity for individuals with traumatic brain injury to engage in social job skills. Because this program uses virtual reality, it allows for repeated practice in a virtual environment,” explained Dr. Genova, “enabling individuals to learn to manage the challenges of re-entering the workforce. We anticipate that jobseekers with traumatic brain injury will be able to improve their skills and increase their confidence,” she said, “resulting in better employment outcomes.”
Dr. Genova talks about applying this virtual reality tool to her research in this recent podcast: Fast Take: Applying Virtual Reality to Improve Job-reentry Skills in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury by Kessler Foundation
Funding: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research 90IFRE0031
Learn about ongoing brain injury studies at Kessler Foundation: https://kesslerfoundation.org/research/studies/traumatic-brain-injury
Contact our recruitment specialist at [email protected]
About Kessler Foundation
Kessler Foundation, a major nonprofit organization in the field of disability, is a global leader in rehabilitation research that seeks to improve cognition, mobility, and long-term outcomes–including employment — for people with neurological disabilities caused by diseases and injuries of the brain and spinal cord. Kessler Foundation leads the nation in funding innovative programs that expand employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
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Frugal science–a low-cost way to decontaminate PPE equipment
UD researchers develop scalable method to help address PPE supply chain issues, help hospitals with limited resources
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As the weather turns cooler and people move activities indoors, the number of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases being reported in the United States is rising. This mirrors COVID-19 activity already seen in Europe and elsewhere across the globe.
Meanwhile, supply-chain problems are likely to cause limited supplies of filtering facepiece respirators, such as N95 masks. Yet strategies to decontaminate personal protective equipment, or PPE, remain unresolved in many hospitals with limited resources, both in the United States and abroad.
University of Delaware researchers, led by biomedical engineer Jason Gleghorn, have devised a system for decontaminating N95 masks using off-the-shelf materials available at any hardware store combined with ultraviolet type C (UV-C) lights found in shuttered research laboratories.
The UD-developed method offers comparable decontamination to more expensive methods at an affordable cost of about $50 in materials.
“We focused on frugal science — how do you decontaminate PPE in a very simple way that is easily scalable for high throughput so that any health care facility can use it globally,” said Gleghorn, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at UD.
A simple solution
The project was inspired earlier this year by Rachel Gilbert, a doctoral candidate in the Gleghorn lab, after she learned that friends in the medical field were repeatedly donning the same N95 mask day after day.
“This is more widely known today, of course, thanks to media publicity around this issue, but it got me thinking,” said Gilbert.
She knew that UV-C light was routinely used for sterilization of various materials and equipment found in research labs. She wondered if this technique could be repurposed to decontaminate specialized masks, specifically for front line workers, in a low-cost, scalable way.
Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) has been validated as an effective method to decontaminate masks between use. UVGI systems are routinely used to decontaminate work environments and surgical suites, equipment and ambulances, but not all healthcare facilities have access to this expensive commercial sterilization equipment. That said, many UV-C bulbs are sitting idle in biosafety cabinets in university labs and research facilities that may be empty due to restrictions arising from the pandemic.
“Being able to provide something that can be on-site, as opposed to other methods that require surgical-suite UV systems costing tens of thousands of dollars or shipping masks out for decontamination and relying on them coming back in a timely manner, was important,” added Gilbert.
When she discussed the idea with Gleghorn, a former firefighter and critical care medic, he immediately agreed. Gilbert called the effort a “huge, collaborative team effort” with many lab members collectively reading the literature, figuring out a solution and then going to the hardware store and creating the setup in the peak of the pandemic in April, all while working from home.
It only took a few weeks to solve the problem and put the system together, but securing peer-review took longer.
“Peer-review is an important part of the process. And while we wish it could move faster, there is a reason that innovations are rigorously examined in the scientific community,” said Gleghorn. “We need to make sure the science is sound and the methods we develop are safe for people.”
Using basic resources
Now, more about how the method works.
Lay two N95 masks side-by-side and it is impossible to tell which mask, if either, is contaminated with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease COVID-19. It’s not like dirt, which you can see.
The system the research team constructed modifies common fluorescent light fixtures to hold and power the specialized UVGI light bulbs. That, in addition to specific light placement arrangements and tin foil covered cardboard for reflectors, creates multiple decontamination arrangements people can make. To confirm the UV-C lights were effective, the researchers did copious mathematical calculations and modeling to make sure the intensity of UV radiation that the repurposed lights emit was correct and the N95 masks received the correct UV exposure to decontaminate the masks.
The team developed freely downloadable build instructions in simple, easy-to-understand language with a lot of pictures and made them freely available on the Gleghorn lab website. The directions emphasize UV safety and focus on use in healthcare because of the need for specialized equipment, like a UV-C intensity meter. They also include precautions to measure UV-C intensity to ensure confidence the system is delivering the correct degree of UV intensity for enough time to decontaminate.
The detailed setup instructions include granular information, too, such as how far apart to space the masks for maximum effectiveness. This is critical because placing them too close together can create shadows that prevent comprehensive UV-C decontamination.
It is important to note that this is not an at-home device.
“You need proper personal protective equipment to work with UV light, which can disrupt DNA and pose safety concerns,” said Gilbert.
This disruptive feature, however, is exactly what makes the UV-C light useful for decontaminating PPE.
“The UV light causes the virus DNA to break up and become ineffective,” explained Gleghorn.
“So, the virus — that little spiky thing you’ve seen by now — might still stick to you, but the genetic material inside will be fragmented and will not have the correct machinery to replicate.”
The research team enlisted Kim Bothi, former global engineering director and now executive director of UD’s Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials, to help think through ways to scale the project. She, too, has firefighting and emergency medical technician experience, not to mention expertise in integrating new ideas across a global spectrum.
Bothi used her global expertise and relationships to recruit volunteers across the world to translate the build instructions into multiple languages with regional-specific information. So far, the directions have been translated in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and German. To-date, the build plans have been accessed over 1,060 times from users in 52 countries.
She also is working on a policy brief to share the research team’s method with Delaware’s congressional delegation. Additionally, Bothi is passing information along to colleagues working with the Kenya Medical Research Institute and in other nongovernmental organizations across the world.
“Like any other technology or innovation, our off-the-shelf decontamination method will only have impact if people are aware of it,” she said.
The researchers concede that mask re-use is not ideal, but they also recognize that not all hospitals or other patient care facilities are equipped with enough PPE to meet demand in a crisis, so first responders may be required to reuse masks in emergency situations.
This includes doctors, nurses and emergency response personnel, but also extends to staff behind-the-scenes who may be cleaning, disinfecting or preparing spaces for patient care. Beyond hospitals, PPE is worn in residential facilities and rural clinics around the globe that may have limited access to resources.
In a perfect world, Bothi would like to see academic and research institutions working hand-in-hand with hospital systems to collaboratively put these off-the-shelf systems in place where they are needed.
Kenya, for example, is a country in sub-Saharan Africa that has a fairly robust system for healthcare. Yet, the country is still facing incredible shortages of PPE just like here in the United States.
“The bigger benefit will be translating this to other areas of the world, where they don’t have the resources,” said Gleghorn.
The team published their method in a paper in the journal Global Health: Science and Practice.
Other co-authors on the work include Gleghorn’s multidisciplinary team of graduate students and staff whose fields of study range from biomedical engineering to biological sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, and chemical and biomolecular engineering. In addition to Gilbert (the paper’s lead author), the graduate student team includes Allyson M. Dang, Michael J. Donzati, Christine L. Hatem, Brielle Hayward-Piatkovskyi, Daniel J. Minahan, Katherine M. Nelson and Jasmine Shirazi. For more information about the decontamination system, visit the Gleghorn Lab website.
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Mel Gibson Was Hospitalized For Covid-19
Although he has since recovered, Braveheart and The Passion of the Christ filmmaker Mel Gibson was sick enough after contracting coronavirus that he was hospitalized in California for a full week. That’s according to People, who received this statement from Gibson’s publicist:
‘He tested positive in April and spent a week in the hospital,’ the star's rep told PEOPLE. ‘He was treated with the drug Remdesivir, while in the hospital, and has tested negative numerous times since then as well as positive for the antibodies.’
Gibson, who is 64 years old, has since made a “full recovery.” He is far from the first major Hollywood star to contract Covid-19 or to be hospitalized with the virus. Around the same time, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson were both hospitalized in Australia when they were sickened with Covid while Hanks was there shooting an Elvis Presley biopic for Baz Luhrmann. The couple have both recovered as well.
After Gibson’s hospital stay, he was back in the news in June when Winona Ryder gave an interview alleging the that he had made anti-Semitic remarks to her at a party years earlier. Gibson’s “representative” told Variety that story “100% untrue.” (Mel Gibson’s representatives appear to have very full workloads.)
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The Natural World of Winnie the Pooh
The tales of Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their merry bunch of friends playing at Poohsticks Bridge and The Floody Place are classic and beloved children's literature. In The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh, garden historian Kathryn Aalto reveals the real landscapes that inspired these imaginary tales.
This charming narrative, packed with Shepard's original illustrations as well as hundreds of new and historical photographs, first details the collaboration between A.A Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard, revealing the interplay between artist and writer. It then explores the specific places in Ashdown Forest that inspired The Hundred Acre Wood, the magical realm in which Pooh, Piglet and Eeyore live and play. The last section details the flora and fauna of Ashdown Forest and acts as an armchair visitor's guide to this enchanting place.
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Oz & Beyond: The Music of Harold Arlen, June 20 & 21, 2009
Oz & Beyond: The Music of Harold Arlen, The Plaza Theater
Orlando (Fla.)
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A program for the Orlando Gay Chorus' concert, "Oz &
Beyond: The Music of Harold Arlen", on June 20 &
21, 2009, at the Plaza Theater in Orlando, Florida. The program includes short biographies on the Artistic Director Jim Brown, the Assistant Artistic Director Jedediah C. Daiger, the Choreographer Claudia Asbury, Accompanist Sue Glerum, the ASL interpreters Eliezer Sierra and Debbie Drobney, program notes, an outline of the show's itinerary, a list of chorus members and contributors, and a history of GALA Choruses.
The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts and humanitarian organization, and part of the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) of Choruses. Founded on Valentines Day 1990, OGC is not only one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the United States at over 100 members, but they also boast four smaller ensembles that perform annual concerts, cabarets, and a host of community events, such as Come Out With Pride, Orlando Museum of Art’s Festival of Trees, and World AIDS Day memorial services. In 2017, the group performed at over 105 events, including 15 performances for the first anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub tragedy. Members come from all walks of life and all sexual and gender orientations, including straight allies. OGC lives by the motto “Singing the World to a Better Place” and strives to use music to change attitudes and build a stronger community.
Orlando Gay Chorus
Original 32-page colored program, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
ca.2009-06-20
Orlando Gay Chorus Collection, LGBTQ+ Collection, RICHES.
32-page program
The Plaza Theater, Orlando, Florida
Originally created and published by the Orlando Gay Chorus.
Copyright to this resource is held by Orlando Gay Chorus and is provided here by RICHES for educational purposes only.
Rodriguez, Sharon
University of Central Florida Special Collections
Ahlquist, Karen. Chorus and Community. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006.
Boedeker, Hal. "Orlando Gay Chorus marks 25 years." Orlando Sentinel, October 18, 2016. Accessed September 18, 2018. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/os-orlando-gay-chorus-25-years-20150611-story.html.
About OGC: History." Orlando Gay Chorus. 2018. Accessed September 18, 2018. https://orlandogaychorus.org/history/.
OGCPR048.pdf
Orlando Gay Chorus Collection
Ac-centchu-ate the Positive; Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea; Blues in the Night; Claudia Asbury; Come Rain or Come Shine; Debbie Drobney; Down with Love; Eliezer Sierra; Get Happy; GLBT; Harold Arlen; Hit the Road to Dreamland; I Had Myself a True Love; I Love a Parade; I Love to Sing-a; I've Got the World on a String; Jedediah C. Daiger; Jim Brown; LGBT; LGBTQ+; OGC; One for My Baby; Orlando Gay Chorus; Over the Rainbow; Oz & Beyond; Paul R. Ericson Memorial Fund; Stormy Weather; Sue Glerum; Sweet and Hot; That Man That Got Away; That Old Black Magic; The Plaza Theater; This Time the Dream's on Me; Wizard of Oz
Orlando Gay Chorus. “Oz & Beyond: The Music of Harold Arlen, June 20 & 21, 2009.” RICHES of Central Florida accessed January 17, 2021, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/10998.
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BREAKING: Massive Narcotics Bust At California/Mexico Border… This Is What We Call #MAGA
Posted By: Dino Porrazzo April 25, 2018
CBP Officers at Imperial Valley Ports Intercept Three Narcotic Smuggling Attempts worth over $1.2M
IMPERIAL VALLEY, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Andrade and Calexico West ports of entry intercepted attempts this weekend to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine valued over $1.2 million.
The first seizure occurred on Friday, April 20, at about 5:07 p.m., at the Andrade port of entry, when a CBP officer encountered an 81-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a gray 2000 Ford Expedition. The officer decided to refer both the driver and vehicle for further examination.
CBP officers conducted an intensive inspection that included the use of a canine unit. After the canine alerted to the vehicle, officers found 91 wrapped packages of methamphetamine hidden in various locations throughout the vehicle’s doors, gas tank, and spare tire. The weight of the narcotic was 108 pounds with a street value of approximately $270,000.
The driver, a resident of Yuma, Arizona, was arrested for the alleged narcotic smuggling attempt.
The second seizure occurred the next day, Saturday, April 21, at about 3:20 p.m., at the Andrade port when an officer encountered a 23-year-old male Mexican citizen in a white 2017 Renault Duster. During the inspection, a canine team alerted to the vehicle. Officers escorted both the driver and vehicle to secondary inspection.
During the secondary inspection, officers utilized a canine team and found 35 wrapped packages of methamphetamine and 26 packages of cocaine concealed inside a non-factory compartment in the cargo area of the vehicle.
The weight of the narcotic was 47 pounds of methamphetamine and 69 pounds of cocaine with a combined estimated street value of $892,500.
The driver, a resident of Los Algodones, Baja California, was arrested for the alleged narcotic smuggling attempt.
A few hours later, at about 10:07 p.m. at the Calexico West port of entry, a CBP officer encountered a 44-year-old male U.S. citizen driving a 1999 Dodge Dakota. The CBP officer referred the driver and vehicle to the secondary area.
Officers utilized the port’s imaging system and a canine team to search the vehicle. During their inspection, officers discovered 48 wrapped packages of methamphetamine concealed inside the quarter panels of the vehicle. The weight of the narcotic was 54 pounds with a street value of approximately $135,000.
All drivers were turned over to the custody of Homeland Security Investigation agents for further processing and were later transported to the Imperial County Jail where they currently await arraignment.
CBP seized the narcotics and vehicles.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation’s borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.
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AA: To Bond or Not to Bond:
Measure AA, the current Santa Monica College (SMC) bond measure, has generated a heated debate in the community. Although those in favor are, at least for the moment, in the clear majority, Measure AA is asking voters to approve $295 million; close scrutiny of both sides of the issue is clearly mandated.
SMC has qualified for major funding from the State for a replacement math and new science wing as well as upgrades to Corsair Stadium and various other improvements and enhancements to campus facilities. In order to receive said funding, SMC must match it. Thus, Measure AA, which will last up to 40 years at 12 percent interest. (More detailed information can be found on the SM City Clerk’s website.)
The Mirror spoke at length with Don Girard, Senior Director, Government Relations & Institutional Communications, and Phil Hendricks, a long-time SMC employee (payroll specialist) and the president for three years of the SMC Classified School Employees Association (CSEA). Mr. Girard supports the bond issue, while Mr. Hendricks is leading the charge to kill it. What follows are some of the key points currently being debated.
According to SMC, on average, Measure AA will cost Santa Monica renters $1.12 per month, and homeowners approximately $7.00 per month. Commercial property will also be taxed at the same rate as all other properties – $18 per month per $100,000 of assessed property value for the first year with a cap of $25 per month per $100,000 of assessed property value. Mr. Girard notes that the bond implementation does not begin across the board until 2010, by which time, “experts predict the economy will be in recovery.”
Mr. Hendricks does not particularly dispute these numbers, but claims that the tax rates will inflate after the first year. He is also concerned about “mom and pop” businesses that will feel the weight of the additional tax burden. Mr. Hendricks also asks why SMC has waited so many years to upgrade when, according to him, they have known for years that their facilities have been sub-par.
Supporters of the measure contend that the time has come for SMC to make the proposed improvements. At a recent City Council meeting, Dr. Louise Jaffe, who sits on the SMC Board of Trustees, noted: “It [Measure AA] is completing a process that began with master planning after the 1994 earthquake when the college was severely damaged. After Prop. 13 passed in 1978, local agencies were not allowed to pass local bonds. And there were no bonds passed for about 14 years then – and we passed Measure T for $23 million – so there basically [was] about 25 years, 24 years without local bonds.”
Mr. Hendricks counters that Proposition U in 2002 for $160 million and Proposition S in 2004 for $135 million have adequately filled SMC’s coffers and placed enough of a tax burden on the community.
Mr. Girard says that SM/Malibu residents currently pay 13 cents of each dollar spent for combined operation and facilities of the college. If Measure AA passes, that figure increases to 14 cents of each dollar. The rest of the college’s funding comes from outside sources: state funding, tuition by out-of-state students, state grants, student fees (parking, etc.), and donations.
Mr. Hendricks disagrees: “It’s a distortion of the facts, what they fail to mention is that the [state] tax money comes out of the pockets of the residents.”
Community College?
One of the more polarizing issues regarding the measure speaks to a larger issue regarding the nature and purpose of SMC, and community colleges (CCs) in general: who are these institutions meant to serve?
There are approximately 26,000 core (i.e., matriculated) students enrolled at SMC. There are thousands of other students who take adult and other extension or part-time classes. Mr. Girard cites an “unduplicated head count” of 8,000 students from Santa/Monica Malibu (5,000 from Santa Monica). “By definition a community college serves more than one school district,” notes Mr. Girard.
The California state average for a CC is one in 20 community members attend their local institution. The Pico Neighborhood averages one in 10, and Ocean/Sunset Parks combined average one in 11 enrolled at SMC. Also, two out of three families say that one or more family member has taken a class at SMC in the last five years.
No one can deny SMC’s ever-growing academic excellence. According to Mr. Girard, unlike other many other CCs, SMC offers a full first and second year program in all major subject areas. SMC also has the largest set of student counseling and special program services of any college in the state. A particular point of pride is a scholars program that accelerates students in their transfer objectives which now has over 1,000 students. On average, 95 percent of the students who complete the program transfer to the school of their choice.
But how does the college’s growing popularity with both local and out-of-state students affect the community?
Mr. Hendricks claims that apartment rents will shoot up and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District will suffer. Both these statements are somewhat misleading: Mr. Girard explained that SMC has no plans to raze local apartment buildings, and that they are indeed prohibited by law from doing do. Mr. Hendricks said that the influx of out-of-town students and the more frequent turnover of their rental units would decrease availability for local residents and drive prices up, although the price increases are, due to rent control laws, limited to those units only.
Measure AA also does not in any way directly impact SMMUSD’s funding. However, Mr. Hendricks believes that the money being raised by Measure AA should go to the District, because it is in greater need of the funding. (It should be noted that the SMMUSD Classroom Teachers Association, SMMUSD School District Board of Education, and SMMUSD Council of PTAs all support the measure.)
Regarding the traffic issue, the Big Blue Bus/SMC partnership has helped decrease traffic as noted in the recent Sustainability Report Card (Santa Monica Mirror, September 25). SMC has also worked diligently in terms of other sustainability issues, but the real point here is growth. Mr. Hendricks feels that SMC’s aggressive marketing campaign has led to an over-populated student body and problems such as parking and gridlock; he suggests that students would be equally well served by the other CCs in Los Angeles.
Who’s In, Who’s Out
Measure AA is supported by the majority of SMC employees: the Academic Senate voted 47–2 in favor, Classified Employees (service workers) 23–3, and the Faculty Union and Faculty Association both voted unanimously in favor. The Associated Students also voted unanimously to support AA. SMC also recently conducted a door-to-door survey of over 10,000 registered voters, and since May, 67 percent favor the measure.
The Santa Monica City Council voted in support of the bond, as did the Board of Directors of Santa Monicans for Renters Rights (unanimously). There are other supporters too numerous to mention here.
Hendricks feels that the huge network of support is mostly a matter of fearing the political fallout associated with rejecting an educational bond.
The only major community organization opposed to the measure is The Friends of Sunset Park neighborhood association. Girard notes, “They wish to say no to everything out of frustration…[with the traffic situation].”
Though many believe SMC will handle the expansion responsibly, others are concerned about traffic and overcrowding in the neighborhoods. The most critical concern in this harsh economic climate is whether taxpayers could use a hiatus from new bonding indebtedness, despite the two-year delay in the bond’s implementation. The voters will choose November 4.
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Interview With Edward Trayer — ‘Billy Bob Buttons’ Brings the Joy of Books to Children: Inspirational Indie Authors Podcast
Howard Lovy
Book Editorial Advice, Inspirational Indie Authors, Self-Publishing LIfe, Writing Advice
My guest this week is Edward Trayer, but many schoolchildren, parents, and teachers know him by the name Billy Bob Buttons. Edward went through a few incarnations before he settled on this persona, from a teacher to a pilot, but he found his life’s calling when he brought the joy of reading and writing to children.
Edward is also a fierce advocate for indie authors, launching an award that recognizes self-published authors in a way that does not just take their money.
So, here’s the story of Billy Bob Buttons.
Every week I interview a member of ALLi to talk about their writing and what inspires them, and why they are inspiring to other authors.
A few highlights from our interview:
On His Reading and Writing Workshops at Schools
It’s easier for me to connect with the children’s market because you can visit the schools, the children are there, you meet the children, you can work with them, you can help them with their writing. And at the same time, you can encourage them to buy my books, and they tell their parents, and the parents buy the books, and everyone’s happy. Everyone wins. The school is happy, the children are happy, I’m happy, parents are happy.
On Why he Launched the Wishing Shelf Awards
I entered a few awards, many years ago, and I was so disappointed. It wasn’t about not winning, although I was shortlisted for one and so on, but I was always amazed because it was just a money grab. They just wanted your money and they never really contacted you ever again, whether you did well or not.
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Read the Transcript of my Interview with ‘Billy Bob Buttons’
Howard Lovy: I’m Howard Lovy, and you’re listening to Inspirational Indie Authors. Every week I feature a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors to find out what inspires them and how they are an inspiration to other authors.
My guest this week is Edward Trayer, but many schoolchildren, parents, and teachers know him by the name Billy Bob Buttons.
Edward went through a few incarnations before he settled on this persona, from a teacher to a pilot. But he found his life’s calling when he brought the joy of reading and writing to children.
Edward Trayer: My name is Edward Trayer. I write children’s books under the pen name, Billy Bob Buttons, and I write young adult and adult books under the pen name, Hickory Crowl. I’m also the organizer of the Wishing Shelf Book Awards based over in the UK.
The first book I wrote was called, Felicity Brady and the Wizard’s Bookshop, and it’s still for sale today. It still sells pretty well, about a girl that finds a magic bookshop.
At the time, I was running my own bookshop, but I didn’t have any customers, so I thought I’d write a book. So, I sat down and wrote a paragraph. I didn’t plan anything, and that turned into a chapter, and then I started planning the story, and then I wrote that series of five books over about 10 years. And I did that as a part-time thing while I was teaching.
Howard Lovy: Edward taught around the world from England to Japan to New Zealand to the United States. Then he set up an antiquarian bookshop, which sold rare titles.
Edward Trayer: I had a bookshop and we sold a lot of quite rare books and often books that were just, you know, £1.95 paperbacks. We had all sorts in there.
It had an internet cafe, you know, back when you had to dial up the internet. You know those days when you dialed up and it took forever?
I had a little coffee shop in there as well, and it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it. I did have quite a lot of customers, but I did have a lot of downtime as well, and I really enjoyed writing. I mean, I had a good friend then, still do, called Alison, and she, sort of, came in with me on this book.
We wrote Felicity Brady and the Wizard’s Bookshop, and it became like a hobby, if you like, that I just did for pure love.
Back then, we’re talking 20-odd years ago, KDP and all the rest of it didn’t exist. Amazon was just getting going, but, you know, there was very little help for self-published authors. It was just a few vanity presses around that you could publish with in the US and the UK.
So, I just did it for the fun of writing this story that ended up this 70,000-word magical bookshop type story that came out of me. It was a lot of fun to write, but I published it a lot later on when the whole self-publishing thing took off.
Howard Lovy: So, Edward wrote the story, but his writing career wasn’t quite ready yet. He put his manuscript into his back pocket and went off in pursuit of adventure in the skies.
Edward Trayer: After the bookshop, I became a pilot, of all things, so I became a commercial pilot. Don’t ask me how that happened, I just did. I woke up one morning, had a major midlife crisis, and realized I was going to be a pilot. So, I spent three years, and way too much money, becoming a pilot, which I also enjoyed, and I was writing the whole time.
I was writing the Felicity Brady books as I was flying. And then I worked as a commercial pilot, for, it must be four years, five years, based in the UK.
I was a commercial pilot, but I flew for an aerial photography company. So, what we did was, we went up to about 5,000 feet, and we took lots of pictures of huge, huge factories that were for sale. And then, because they couldn’t take the pictures from the ground because they’d end up with just half a wall, so we’d go up really high, take these wonderful pictures and then the companies would sell these factories using these aerial photographs that we did, and it was a big business back then because Google Maps didn’t really exist. So, we did all that.
So, what I had to do was, I would take off in the morning and I would fly all over the UK. Stopping here, there, everywhere, taking pictures, going to the next site, taking pictures. Then I’d fly into, say Oxford airport, land, have lunch, take off, fly another five hours all over the place taking pictures, return to Manchester, land. So, it was really a fun thing to do. It was like a whole day job and you really enjoyed it.
At the end of it, you’d done like 10-hours flying, and it was very much hands-on flying. So, you know, there wasn’t any autopilot in these planes. So, it was quite exhausting, but it was a lot of fun.
Howard Lovy: So, with that bit of adventure out of his system, Edward Trayer decided to become a full-time writer of children’s books.
And the first thing he decided was that he was no longer Edward Trayer. Billy Bob Buttons was born.
Edward Trayer: Well, I needed a name that everyone would remember, and Billy Bob Buttons does a really good job when it comes to that.
So, I have a very different business model to most authors. I’m not a big fan of promoting myself on the internet because I think, when you’re selling your books on the internet, you can’t see the woods for the trees because there are so many books for sale, and going on Facebook and telling everyone to buy my book, buy my book, I personally don’t think that works.
So, what I do is, I visit the schools and I visited about 2,000 schools in the last 10 or 12 years, and I deliver literacy workshops at those schools. Now it does help that I’m an ex-English high school teacher, but I designed all these different workshops for schools.
So, I’d go into the school, I’d do my workshops, and I’d base the workshops around my books. I’d use my books as examples when teaching, planning or teaching how to develop a character, et cetera, et cetera. And then at the end of the day, we’d do a big book signing for the children and parents, and it works really well. It still works really well.
Howard Lovy: While Edward has dabbled in books for adults, he’s happiest when writing for and interacting with children.
Edward Trayer: I’ve always just been attracted to writing children’s books. I’ve always found them a lot more fun to write. I’ve written one adult book called Bewitcher, under the pen name, Hickory Crowl, and that’s a sort of horror murder mystery set in the 1600s during the plague in the UK, in England.
And I enjoyed writing that, but it’s a lot of work writing adult books. I mean, that took me near on five years to write. So, I do enjoy writing children’s books and also, it’s easier for me to connect with the children’s market, because you can visit the schools, the children are there, you meet the children, you can work with them, you can help them with their writing.
And at the same time, you can encourage them to buy my books, and they tell their parents, and the parents buy the books, and everyone’s happy. Everyone wins. The school is happy, the children are happy, I’m happy, parents are happy.
I’ve been to 2,000 schools, met 600 children per school, you know that’s, I don’t know what that is, is that 180,000 children I’ve met with over 20 years?
And I’ve sold hundreds of thousands of books, and unlike most authors, self-published authors, where the majority of the sales are eBooks, let’s say I’ve sold, I don’t know, a few hundred thousand, I would say 98% of those are paperbacks, not eBooks.
I’m not very good at putting morals in my books and I tend to write everything for every age group. So, I’ve written picture books for zero to six-year old’s and seven-year old’s. I’ve written magical fantasy. I’ve written mystery books, comedy, a lot of comedy, myths and legends, all sorts. So, I like to write different genres and different age groups. It keeps me fresh. I don’t like to just stick with one character, you know, having adventures over 25 books. I might do a trilogy, but I like to mix and match, it makes it more interesting for me and I think it makes it more interesting for the children.
But also, of course, when I go to a school and I do a book signing, if I have books for all different ages and all covering lots of different genres, then, of course, it’s a lot easier to sell the books because there’s a book for everybody.
Howard Lovy: What Billy Bob Buttons enjoys most about being a children’s author and visiting schools are the workshops he gives.
Edward Trayer: I designed 12-13 different workshops, and because I’m an ex-teacher, and having done this job for so long, I’m very comfortable in schools and working with kids. So, I enjoy giving the workshops and we do a big Q&A at the end with the kids and they ask the strangest questions you can imagine. And that’s always very interesting as well. So, it’s always a very good day. The teachers are always lovely, and then it’s nice to meet the parents in the day as well. So, it’s always a nice experience. There’s nothing really negative about an author visiting a school. It’s just all positive, you know, nothing can really go that terribly wrong, really.
Howard Lovy: So, Edward enjoys writing for children, working with them, and above all, being an indie author. A little while back, he noticed that there were a lot of awards that claim to recognize indie authors, but many of them are simply money grabs. Edward’s answer was to launch the Wishing Shelf Awards.
Edward Trayer: I entered a few awards, many years ago, and I was so disappointed. It wasn’t about not winning, although I was shortlisted for one and so on, but I was always amazed because it was just a money grab. They just wanted your money and they never really contacted you ever again, whether you did well or not.
And this was, you know, 15-odd years ago, and I remember I got this feedback from this award, I won’t say the name of it because it’s still going. It was, you know, 16-18 words long this feedback. And I was like, you didn’t even get the title right.
And I was like, they’re so poorly organized, the bar is so low, that I thought, you know, I’m going to set my own up, and that’s what I did. And I basically decided that I didn’t really have this, you know, panel of expert judges, so what I did was, I know a lot of big readers, so I got all the people I know that read books and said, do you want to be in my reading group for these books?
And then I spoke to all the headteachers at the schools I go to and said, you know, “can I send you books that are entered in the children’s categories and can your children read them and maybe write some feedback?”
And my friends and the reading groups, it’s grown hugely now, there’s like 60, 70, 80 of them. And the schools, we have about 130 children now, and they read the books and they give feedback to the authors and it’s really nice, it’s lovely.
The Wishing Shelf Book Awards is run not-for-profit.
So, what we do is, every penny or dollar that goes into the awards is used to run the awards or for prizes and so on and so on, and what happens is, we have a closed Facebook page, and then when authors enter the awards, they become a member of that page and then they help in running the award. So, all the authors can be involved in running the award.
So, they will suggest how we should spend the money. So, I will say, okay, we have a budget of this much money. You know, where should we use this money to market your books the best? So, we all sort of work together. So, I’m on first-name terms with, like, 7,000 different authors over the last 15 years.
Howard Lovy: Like everybody else, Edward is on lockdown now, but he’s with his family and is coping pretty well and, in fact, it’s a busy time for his Wishing Shelf Awards
Edward Trayer: Were pretty good. We have twins who are just turning 11, and Albert, who is a little boy who’s nine, and they’re pretty good kids and they’re getting a lot of work from their school and I try and work with them. My wife is brilliant with them as well, so that’s, that’s not too much of a problem. We do sport every afternoon. We go out and pretend to do the Olympics and all sorts. So that keeps me busy.
Writing is going pretty well. Now, I do know that a lot of writers find it difficult to write during this time because they got a lot of people running around and the stress of everything, and it’s hard to relax. But I’m not too bad. So, I’m pretty busy writing those books, but also, actually, the Wishing Shelf Book awards is very busy right now. Since the lockdown three weeks, four weeks ago, it’s been extremely busy.
So, I guess that a lot of authors have simply got time on their hands and they’re looking around and thinking, okay, well I’ve got this time, I can’t write, so I’m going to do some marketing. And they’re finding the book award. So, it has been very, very busy. So, I’ve been busy running that as well.
And the good thing is that all the readers in our reading groups are all stuck at home with nothing to do, and so we’ve been throwing loads of books at them, PDFs for them to read. So, we’re getting lots of feedback, which is the main thing we do.
So, unlike other awards, we give loads of feedback to the authors who enter, whether they win, or they don’t win.
If you recently finished a book or if you finished a book in the last two years and you’re interested in getting involved with the Wishing Shelf Book Awards because, you don’t really enter our awards you, you get involved. So yes, you’ll enter the book, but then you’ll join the Facebook page and you’ll be sort of mingling with all these thousands of authors. And if you want to get involved, then just go to our website, www.thewsa.co.uk or Google the “Wishing Shelf Book Awards” and get in touch and we’ll see if we can help you.
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Howard Lovy is an editor and writer with more than 30 years of experience in journalism, from newspapers to magazines specializing in business, science, and technology. He has spent the past few years guiding coverage of independent publishing, amplifying voices of the marginalized. Howard is also a book doctor who enjoys working with authors to get their work ready for publication.
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George Bush Sr. on Environment
President of the U.S., 1989-1993; Former Republican Rep. (TX)
1989: America will lose no wetlands on my watch
The stories will shock you. A nurse separated from her small child and sentenced to 87 months in prison for moving dirt on her own land.
Did an arrogant and armed "wetlands police" arrive with the election of President Obama? No, this rogue government agency's origins come from a seemingly responsible piece of legislation called the Clean Water Act. In 1989, President George H. W. Bush vowed that America would lose no "wetlands" under his watch (a vow he unfortunately kept better than his "no new taxes" pledge). Under the 1st President Bush, a government wetlands manual was created that essentially emboldened federal agents' power, allowing them to seek out and punish private property owners for doing nothing more than moving dry dirt on dry land. The federal government had--however erroneously, illogically, or nonsensically--defined these dry areas as "wetlands." It turns out that a wetlands is simply whatever an agency like the EPA says it is. Source: Government Bullies, by Rand Paul, p. xxvii , Sep 12, 2012
1990 Acid Rain trading program achieved its goals
Because the foundation for Clear Skies was the successful Acid Rain trading program advanced by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, we knew the technology to make these reductions was viable and affordable, and that it would not raise electricity costs for consumers. The timetables of Clear Skies achieved significant reductions that were reasonable, and the electric generating industry knew, from experience, that they could comply. Also, unlike most of our nation's environmental laws and regulations under the Clean Air Act, which have resulted in endless litigation, the Acid Rain program resulted in virtually no litigation and has achieved goals of substantial reductions in acid rain at less than the projected cost. Clear Skies similarly would have avoided that constant litigation. Source: The Greatest Hoax, by James Inhofe, p. 51 , Feb 28, 2012
Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund for New Orleans relief
New Orleans to provide young people with a way to help the city rebuild.
In the lower Ninth Ward, which was virtually wiped out by Katrina, volunteers turned the first new homes over to residents. The project was organized by ACORN When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, President George W. Bush asked his father and me to help raise private funds to supplement the government's efforts.
The Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund also helped create a new City Year branch Community Organizations for Reform Now), which also provided the financing with support from a California bank. ACORN works to empower low- and moderate-income people through the grassroots activism of more than 200,000 members in one hundred communities all over America. Source: Giving, by Bill Clinton, p. 10&45-5 , Sep 4, 2007
With Clinton, raised $14M for Asian tsunami reconstruction
Perhaps the most meaningful new-beginnings project I've ever participated in was the fundraising efforts with former President George H. W. Bush for the victims of the tsunami in southern Asia.
We tried to raise the overall level of America and put together a relatively small fund of about $1.4 million, out of which we financed the reconstruction of schools, health facilities, fishing boats, and other economic restoration efforts, and scholarships for students from Indonesia, by far the hardest-hit area, to study at Texas A&M and the University of Arkansas.
George and I got so excited by our tsunami work that we both wound up working on disasters two more years for U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan. I became the U.N. envoy for the tsunami restoration efforts; George did the same thing in Pakistan after the earthquake there. Source: Giving, by Bill Clinton, p.106-107 , Sep 4, 2007
1953 Zapata Petroleum: sunk 71 wells, not one dry
The Bush-Overby Oil Development Company bought and sold oil rights on land ADJACENT to tracts where someone was planning to drill. The idea was to make money on the anticipated increase in land values without actually doing any drilling of their own.
There was not that much money to be made that way, however, and George was impatient. So in 1953 he started Zapata Petroleum Corp. This new outfit would purchase actual leases in the hopes of finding oil. A total of $850,000, nearly half of it from Uncle Herbie, went to secure and drill on 8,000 acres. A year later they had sunk 71 wells, and not a single one had come up dry. Zapata, and George, had struck it rich, and there was no turning back.
Bush lore invests much in this tale. Yes, there was basic, hard, grunt work involved in researching the land, in studying geological surveys, lining up financing, and so on. But in the end, the success of the venture was a matter of good fortune. Source: America's Next Bush, by S.V. Date, p. 61 , Feb 15, 2007
Protect natural resources as hunter & outdoorsman
Bush took a much stronger stance on environmental protection than [Reagan]. Bush took note of environmental issues and attempted to find a true place for them in his administration. As a life-long hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman, Bush knew the importance of protecting America's natural resources. Both the Bush campaign and the Bush presidency proved that the political importance of the environmental movement was not dead within the Republican Party. Source: Cameron Lynch in W&M Env. Law Review, vol. 26 #1, p.223-224 , Jan 1, 2001
1988: Cited Gov. Dukakis' failure to clean up Boston Harbor
The 1988 Bush presidential campaign managed to turn the environmental issue around on Gov. Michael Dukakis during the 1988 cycle. Citing Dukakis' failure to protect Boston Harbor from pollution, Bush managed to establish himself as a more concerned environmentalist, as well as a candidate that would pursue sound environmental issues while in office.
When he arrived at the White House, Bush staked out aggressive policies in a number of environmental areas, including phasing out chlorofluorocarbons by the end of the century, protecting and developing clean air, and promoting a stable plan to initiate rapid reforestation of America's forest preserves. Bush appeared to champion environmental causes for the causes themselves, whereas previous Republican administrations appeared to have occasionally favored cost-benefit analysis.
Bush achieved some noted environmental successes by amending the Clean Air Act with the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 and the Oil Pollution Acts. Source: Cameron Lynch in W&M Env. Law Review, vol. 26 #1, p.224 , Jan 1, 2001
1991: Rejected requiring 25% recycling of incinerator waste
In Bush's major regulatory decision, one of the President's specially established environmental councils upheld Office of Information and Regulatory Affair's disapproval of a new source performance standard for incinerators that required recycling of 25% of waste streams. This decision proved specifically problematic, as the EPA had spent years developing this initiative and the Reagan OMB had previously cleared the policy. This decision negated some of the positive work Bush had done in the environmental areas & was interpreted as a resurgence of the kind of "anti-regulatory fervor that prevailed in the early days of the Reagan administration." Bush responded to these criticisms with frustration that bordered on anger. Additionally, Bush claimed that his battle with the environmental groups was one that he could never win because they were never willing to acknowledge any of his initiatives as successes. Source: Cameron Lynch in W&M Env. Law Review, vol. 26 #1, p.225 , Jan 1, 2001
Onerous environmental regulation will cause job loss
BUSH: [to Clinton]: One mistake [Clinton] has made is fuel efficiency standards at 40 to 45 miles a gallon will throw auto workers out of work. There's a pattern here of appealing to the auto workers and then trying to appeal to the spotted owl crowds or the extremes in the environmental movement.
CLINTON: Let's talk about fuel efficiency standards. They are now 27.5 miles per gallon per automobile fleet. We ought to have a goal of raising the fuel efficiency standards to 40 miles a gallon. We ought to have incentives to do it. It is good for America to improve fuel efficiency. We also ought to convert more vehicles to compressed natural gas. That's another way to improve the environment. Source: The Third Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate , Oct 19, 1992
Balance economy with environment
We were in the middle of trying to decide whether I should attend the UN Conference on Environment and Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro in June. Even though we knew the agenda would be liberal, I felt I should go and eventually did. I received a taped message, "Go to Brazil," from Olivia Newton-John and a group of other Hollywood celebrities.
A final decision will be made very soon. This is a very rough and ugly year as I am sure you know. I hope you will look over the attached pamphlet. I hope it conveys to you my fundamental and total commitment to sound environmental policy.
Everyone understands that there is a lot of economic hurt in our country today. People without jobs are hurting and those with jobs often wonder if they will have those jobs tomorrow. We must consider not only the critical environmental needs, but also the economic needs of so many American families. I am confident that both needs can be met--they must be met. Source: Letter from George Bush in All The Best, p.556 , Apr 16, 1992
Earth will be preserved by millions of small daily decisions
"If it's true, as some say, that we're all borrowing the earth from future generations, it's also true that the earth will be preserved by millions of small decisions made every day by every one of us. And they're the kind of small decisions that make a world of difference, whether it's recycling aluminum cans, conserving water, turning off a lightbulb, even just keeping the refrigerator door closed."
(Remarks at the Presidential Environmental Youth Awards, Old Executive Office Building, Room 450.) Source: Heartbeat, by Jim McGrath, p.128 , Nov 14, 1990
Look for common ground: economic growth & clean environment
I spoke the other day about wanting to broaden the consensus for defense, but that's not the only consensus that I would like to broaden. I want to broaden the consensus for a clean environment, and I believe doing that requires finding ways the environment without stifling the economy. During the campaign I noted that environmental action has too often been marked by confrontation among competing interests. Well, the fact is that more often than not there is common ground if the will make an effort to find it. Our great common desire is a better life for all Americans. And I believe that economic growth and a clean environment are both part of what all Americans understand a better life to mean. I also believe that t people are impatient for results. They won't accept excuses anymore. And they won't accept finger pointing. They want us to get all the sides together and find a way to achieve both their goals Source: Swearing-in Ceremony for EPA Administrator (APP) , Feb 8, 1989
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The order was to find a ford and to cross the river.
Nearly opposite the town is Wilton Castle, which defended the ford in the disturbed reign of Stephen, and suffered in the Civil Wars, being held for the Parliament and burned by the Royalists.
Its one hundred and fourteen plates by Ford truthfully represent one hundred and twenty-two of the mounted specimens obtained by the author in his explorations into the interior.
They tried to make their way forward to the opposite bank and, though there was a ford one third of a mile away, were proud that they were swimming and drowning in this river under the eyes of the man who sat on the log and was not even looking at what they were doing.
I'm sure Dad would have loved to see his old '65 Ford restored like that.
These are places where the mode of travelling or of transport is changed, such as seaports, river ports and railway termini, or natural resting-places, such as a ford, the foot of a steep ascent on a road, the entrance of a valley leading up from a plain into the mountains, or a crossing-place of roads or railways.'
If Alfred Nota in his blue Ford was really interested in following Dean, why had the con taken off like a scared rabbit as soon as Dean showed up?
After leaving the room, Hunter stopped by a green Ford with Pennsylvania license plates.
He accompanied them on foot as far as the bridge that could not be crossed, so that they had to go round by the ford, and he sent huntsmen to ride in front with lanterns.
Following his gaze, Cynthia saw the little green Ford coming up the drive.
But Higgins thinks it's a 1999 Ford Econoline cargo van.
Nothing had been stolen and after yesterday's encounter with the blue Ford, all agreed they had a line on the prime suspects.
Blackie had this old Ford, too, and he was teaching me to drive it.
He hurried to his rusty Ford and by the time he pulled out on Ocean View Avenue, the man was out of sight and out of mind.
Dean sped up to 80 miles an hour and turned across three lanes to an exit while the Ford tried vainly, but unsuccessfully, to follow.
The lines run: "Thou cheat'st us, Ford; mak'st one seem two by art: What is Love's Sacrifice but the Broken Heart ?"
Soult Passage of expected the passage of the Douro to be attempted the Douro, near its mouth, with fishing craft; but Wellesley, by May 12,1809, a daring surprise, crossed (May 12) close above Oporto, and also by a ford higher up. After some fighting Oporto was taken, and Soult driven back.
long from Kilchurn Castle to Ford, its breadth varying from a of a mile to 3 m.
It was by the ford opposite Fuenterrabia that the duke of Wellington, on the 8th of October 1813, successfully forced a passage into France in the face of an opposing army commanded by Marshal Soult.
There remain two other dramatic works, of very different kinds, in which Ford co-operated with other writers, the mask of The Sun's Darling (acted 1624, printed 1657), hardly to be placed in the first rank of early compositions, and The Witch of Edmonton (printed 1658, but probably acted about 1621), in which we see Ford as a joint writer with Dekker and Rowley of one of the most powerful domestic dramas of the English or any other stage.
Near Jelfa, in the Great Atlas, and at Mechera-Sfa (" ford of the flat stones"), a peninsula in the valley of the river Mina not far from Tiaret in the department of Oran, are vast numbers of megalithic monuments.
Within two months he was again in the field, and on the 14th of August he destroyed an English force under Bagnal at the Yellow Ford on the Blackwater.
Bernadotte, we have seen, had marched to Dornburg, or rather to a point overlooking the ford across the Saale at the village of that name, and reached there in ample time to intervene, on either field.
"As beautiful as it is," Dean said, "it feels more like a Harrison Ford movie than a travelogue."
He had red hair and drove a blue truck – I think maybe an old Ford, but it might have been a Chevy.
Then Henry Ford came along, followed by a host of others, and cars got better and better while getting less and less expensive.
A car was parked in front of me, an old Ford.
Ralph drove and I followed in the Ford.
We left an empty bottle by his car and tent and drove back in the Ford.
The hills rise, especially on the east coast, to a considerable elevation: the chief heights being in the North Andaman, Saddle Peak (2400 ft.); in the Middle Andaman, Mount Diavolo behind Cuthbert Bay (1678 ft.); in the South Andaman, Koiob (1505 ft.), Mount Harriet (1193 ft.) and the Cholunga range (1063 ft.); and in Rutland Island, Ford's Peak (1422 ft.).
Four years afterwards he made his first appearance as an author with an elegy called Fame's Memorial, or the Earl of Devonshire deceased, and dedicated to the widow of the earl (Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy, "coronized," to use Ford's expression, by King James in 1603 for his services in Ireland) - a lady who would have been no unfitting heroine for one of his own tragedies of lawless passion, the famous Penelope, formerly Lady Rich.
Yet at least one of Ford's plays (The Broken Heart, iii.
For in Ford's genius there was real refinement, except when the "suprasensually sensual" impulse or the humbler self-delusion referred to came into play.
Undoubtedly, the madness of the hero of this play of Ford's occasionally recalls Hamlet, while the heroine is one of the many, and at the same time one of the most pleasing, parallels to Viola.
But neither of them is a copy, as Friar Bonaventura in Ford's second play may be said to be a copy of Friar Lawrence, whose kindly pliability he disagreeably exaggerates, or as D'Avolos in Love's Sacrifice is clearly modelled on Iago.
Like this tragedy, The Broken Heart was probably founded upon some Italian or other novel of the day; but since in the latter instance there is nothing revolting in the main idea of the subject, the play commends itself as the most enjoyable, while, in respect of many excellences, an unsurpassed specimen of Ford's dramatic genius.
The complicated plot is constructed with greater skill than is usual with this dramatist, and the pathos of particular situations, and of the entire character of Penthea - a woman doomed to hopeless misery, but capable of seeking to obtain for her brother a happiness which his cruelty has condemned her to forego - has an intensity and a depth which are all Ford's own.
Gifford holds that Dekker's hand is perpetually traceable in the first three acts of The Sun's Darling, and through the whole of its comic part, but that the last two acts are mainly Ford's.
Ford, The Many-Sided Franklin (New York, 1899) and Franklin Bibliography (Brooklyn, 1889); E.
The earthworks, commanding a ford of the river, are apparently of very early date, and probably bore a castle from Norman times.
Oude Trecht or Old Ford, rendered in Latin documents Vetus Trajectum) is a city of great antiquity and much historic interest, especially as illustrating the growth of civic liberties during the middle ages.
The site of Jacksonville was called Cow Ford (a version of the Indian name, Wacca Pilatka), from the excellent ford of the St John's River, over which went the King's Road, a highway built by the English from St Augustine to the Georgia line.
Ford, History of the Origin of the Town of Clinton, Massachusetts, 1653-1865 (Clinton, 1896).
He reformed the administration of the state canals, making the Canal Commission non-partisan; he introduced the merit system into many of the subordinate offices of the state; and he vigorously urged the passage of and signed the Ford Franchise Act (1899), taxing corporation franchises.
Maastricht was originally the trajectus superior (upper ford), of the Romans, and was the seat of a bishop from 382 to 721.
Harrisburg was named in honour of John Harris, who, upon coming into this region to trade early in the 18th century, was attracted to the site as an easy place at which to ford the Susquehanna, and about 1726 settled here.
Ford's privately printed Bibliotheca Chaunciana (Brooklyn, N.
The name Knutsford (Cunetesford, Knotesford) is said to signify Cnut's ford, but there is no evidence of a settlement here previous to Domesday.
Ford (ibid., 1898); Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, Published during its Discussion by the People (Brooklyn, I888), edited by P. L.
Ford; Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (5th ad., 2 vols., Boston, 1891); James Kent, Commentaries on American Law (14th ad., 4 vols., ibid..
He conducted the cavalry action of Beverly Ford (17th March 1863) with skill and success.
In the earliest notices the town of Drogheda is called InverColpa or the Port of Colpa; the present name signifies "The Bridge over the Ford."
from the Steddfagurig inn, is Blaen Gwy (the point of the Wye), the course of the streamlet being traceable up to Pont-rhyd-galed (the hard ford bridge), some 4 m.
Others, like Ford's silicate of limestone, are practically lime mortars of excellent quality, which can be carved and cut like a sandstone of fine quality.
At Rossford (pop. about 400), a suburb, is the large plant of the Ford plate-glass works.
Its name was originally Magh Allo, that is, Plain of the Allo (the old name used by Spenser for this part of the river), and the ford was defended by a castle, built by the Desmonds, the ruins of which remain.
The name is connected with a ford over the Ravensbourne, a stream entering the Thames through Deptford Creek.
The Scots, however, crossed by a ford, and continued the pursuit of the enemy as far as Berwick.
SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784), English writer and lexicographer, was the son of Michael Johnson (1656-1731), bookseller and magistrate of Lichfield, who married in 1706 Sarah Ford (1669-1759).
Yet he ventured to publish an edition of Shakespeare, without having ever in his life, as far as can be discovered, read a single scene of Massinger, Ford, Dekker, Webster, Marlow, Beaumont or Fletcher.
On the evening of the 14th of April he attended Ford's theatre in Washington.
See George Ticknor Curtis, The Life of James Buchanan (2 vols., New York, 1883), the standard biography; Curtis, however, was a close personal and political friend, and his work is too eulogistic. More trustworthy, but at times unduly severe, is the account given by James Ford Rhodes in the first two volumes of his History of the United States since the Compromise of 1850 (New York, new edition, 1902 et seq.).
Through the efforts of Governor Thomas Ford (1800-1850) a movement to repudiate the state debt was defeated, and a plan was adopted by which the entire debt could be reduced without excessive taxation, and by 1880 practically the entire debt was extinguished.
1834 Joseph Duncan 1834-1838 Thomas Carlin 1838-1842 Thomas Ford 1842-1846 Augustus C. French.
Governor Thomas Ford's History of Illinois (Chicago, 1854), and Governor John Reynolds's My Own Times (1855), are contemporary sources for 1818-1846; they should be supplemented by N.
Its name is derived from Ath-na-riogh, the ford of kings; and it grew to importance after the AngloNorman invasion as the first town of the Burgs and Berminghams. The walls were erected in 1211 and the castle in 1238, and the remains of both are noteworthy.
The charming bronze statuettes of Onslow Ford, the most representative of which are in the Tate Gallery; the work of George Frampton, as seen in the Mitchell Memorial; and the beautiful bas-reliefs of W.
A form Ath-Firdia, however, is connected with the ancient story of the warrior Cuchullain of Ulster, who, while defending the ford against the men of Connaught, was forced to slay many with whom he was on friendly terms, and among them the warrior Firdia, whom he regarded with special affection.
It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government "(Writings, Ford ed., iv.
(Works, Ford ed., ix.
Leicester Ford (io vols., New York, 1892-1899); letters in Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, series 7, vol.
Both were erected to defend the ford of the Barrow.
Gathering a large and well-armed force, he took Norham and other castles in August 1513, spending some time at Ford Castle, where, according to report, he was engaged in an amorous intrigue with the wife of its owner.
He was Ford's lecturer in English history in 1 9 00, and became regius professor of modern history at Oxford in succession to F.
It was left to Krauss's Bosnians, after vain attempts to ford the river, to cross by the half-broken railway bridge at Cornino, on the evening of Nov.
The old Ford's Theatre, in which President Lincoln was assassinated, is on Tenth Street N.W.
Ford, Writings of Thomas Jefferson (to vols., New York, 1892-99); W.
C. Ford, Writings of George Washington (14 vols., ibid., 1889-93); W.
The texts of his writings, as published by Jared Sparks, have been so "edited" in these respects as to destroy their value as evidence; but the edition of Mr Worthington C. Ford restores the original texts.
C. Ford (14 vols., New York, 1889-1893).
Sparks's edition (12 vols., Boston, 1837) has in the main been superseded, though it contains some papers not included by Ford, and the Life, which comprises vol.
Ford's True George Washington (Philadelphia, 1896) and R.
Melons are to some extent exported, and peaches also; the musk-melons of the Arkansas valley (Rocky Ford Canteloups) being in demand all over the United States.
In front of the southern facade, which looks on to Khedive Avenue, is a bronze statue of General Gordon seated on a camel, a copy of the statue by Onslow Ford at Chatham, England.
The place was first settled about 1820, and was for several years known as Matson's Ford; in 1830 it was laid out as a town and received its present name, an Indian word meaning "pleasant valley."
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Throughout its course from its confluence with the Arghandab to the ford of Chahar Burjak, where it bends northward, the Helmund valley is a narrow green belt of fertility sunk in the midst of a wide alluvial desert, with many thriving villages interspersed amongst the remains of ancient cities, relics of Kaiani rule.
Once he was looking about for a ford, and sent Tze-lu to ask a man who was at work in a neighbouring field where it was.
With these words he resumed his hoe, and would give no information about the ford.
in 1594 Enniskillen castle was taken and the women and children flung into the river from its walls by order of Sir Richard Bingham, the English governor of Connaught, O'Donnell sent urgent messages to Tyrone for help; and while he himself hurried to Derry to withstand an invasion of Scots from the isles, Maguire defeated the English with heavy loss at Bellanabriska (The Ford of the Biscuits).
He devastated the country and returned to Tyrconnel with rich spoils; in the following year he shared in Tyrone's victory over the English at the Yellow Ford on the Blackwater; and in 1599 he defeated an attempt by the English under Sir Conyers Clifford, governor of Connaught, to succour O'Conor Sligo in Collooney castle, which O'Donnell captured, forcing Sligo to submission.
A discussion of this question may be found in a paper on the Araucarieae by Seward and Ford, published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London (1906).
(1899); Veitch, Manual of the Coniferae (London, 1900); Penhallow, " Anatomy of North American Coniferales," American Naturalist 0904); Engler and Pilger, Das Pflanzenreich, Taxaceae (1903); Seward and Ford, " The Araucarieae, recent and extinct," Phil.
It was originally called na Brodé (by the ford), and received the name of Bern, Berun or Verona in the 13th century, when it obtained the privileges of a city from the emperor Charles IV., who was specially attached to the place, calling it "Verona mea."
the vigorous assertion at last in word and in deed that the United States is a nation," says James Ford Rhodes, "for pointing out the way in which the authority of the Federal government might be exercised without infringing on the rights of the states, the gratitude of the American people is due to Jeremiah S.
Jenkins, Lives of the Governors of New York (Auburn, New York, 1851), and for his work as secretary of state, see James Ford Rhodes, History of the United States (vols.
POROS, or Poro ("the Ford"), an island off the east coast of the Morea, separated at its western extremity by only a narrow channel from the mainland at Troezen, and consisting of a mass of limestone rock and of a mass of trachyte connected by a slight sandy isthmus.
In the same year one John Ford for his services as a witch-finder was admitted a burgess along with Lord Kinghorne.
Tyrone more than held his own in the north, completely defeated Sir Henry Bagnal in the battle of the Yellow Ford (1598), invaded Munster, and ravaged the lands of Lord Barrymore, who had remained true to his allegiance.
For the Civil War and Reconstruction, see James Ford Rhodes, History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 (5 vols., New York, 1893-1904); James S.
Brown's Stephen Arnold Douglas (Boston, 1902), and an excellent review of his later life in James Ford Rhodes's History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 (New York, 1893-1906); also P. O.
Ford, Murrays Handbook for Spain (2 vols., London, 1906); and C. Baedeker, Spaiif and Portugal (Leipzig, 1908).
Ford, The Old Spanish Sibilants in Studies and Notes in Philology (Harvard University, Cambridge, Mals., 1900).
Owing to its position on the Border and also as the first ford of any consequence above Berwick, the town played a prominent part in Scottish history during many centuries.
Ford (1898); cf.
In a recently published paper Seward and Ford have given a general account of the Araucarieae, recent and extinct, to which reference may be made for further details as to the geological history of this ancient section of the Coniferales.
(1901, with bibliography; Seward and Ford, " The Araucarieae, recent and extinct," Phil.
I rode shotgun in an ancient Ford with a flag of Nigeria painted on the dashboard while Howie hung over the seat amid a month's supply of fast food wrappers and not a few empty beer cans.
I guess if I'm going to go under cover and snoop, I'd better get an old nondescript Chevy or Ford.
He had red hair and drove a blue truck – I think maybe an old Ford, but it might have been a Chevy.
And the end times were evoked by name in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film apocalypse Now.
It is a happy augury that it closes with Henry Ford in the foreground.
Current Production A 1993 Ford Escort station wagon, a modern automobile.
Paul Ford was a slightly balding gray haired American in his late forties.
He could make a biopic of Francis Ford Coppola.
Eddie Ford argues that it is an essentially bourgeois ideology, and presents a communist analysis.
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Ford added: " It's nice to be back at Saracens and there is a tremendous buzz around the place.
Luke Drozd Jonathan Geer - Essex Not a Burberry cap or a customized Ford Fiesta in sight thank christ.
In 1983 a new two-lane causeway was built to replace the South Ford bridge.
Press Complaints Commission He was junior counsel in Ford v PCC.
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dealership network is the face of the Ford brand at retail.
Our Verdict... Another action packed cracker from the ever dependable Harrison Ford.
Boris Ford, Baltimore, 1961 ), writes that the novel leaves the impression of a " general unselective distaste.
docklands community at the end of its life In James Street someone has torched a Ford.
Earlier Yaxley had emerged victorious from a high scoring quarter final which saw them defeat Ford Sports 5-3 at leading drove.
The course is led by Matt Ford, former editor of The Big Issue.
Broadside by pickup impreza ford escort drivers and their we all do.
His kinsman William Heron, of Ford, did fealty at the same time.
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Any crew crossing this ford should take extreme care.
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A broad stream which had been rippling along gently to the west crossed the road in a shallow ford.
The church of St John the Baptist stands close to the site of an ancient ford over the river.
Care is likely the lack of original henry ford are heart disease.
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David Harwood still holds a lap record in formula ford at Oulton Park.
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Echoes of the Dodge Charger and Ford Mustang are clearly evident in the masculine lines, with its sloping back and raised rear haunches.
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Vera is dating a young hustler named Ford, played by Fredrick Weller.
Obtaining an interlocutory injunction on behalf of Ford against a spare parts manufacturer.
junior counsel in Ford v PCC.
There's not very much rear legroom in the back either: any Ford Mondeo or Vauxhall Vectra will give you much more.
legroom in the back either: any Ford Mondeo or Vauxhall Vectra will give you much more.
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I suggest an adaptation of Henry Ford's famous courtroom maxim is appropriate - The future is bunk.
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oe parts also ensures compliance with Ford's rigorous safety standards.
A smaller offshoot, the pony car, still exists in the form of the Ford Mustang.
overlooked in favor of an all-out coupé in the mold of the Ford Capri.
R v pCC, ex p Anna Ford [2002] EMLR 5 (JR of PCC ).
As well as using hemp fuel for his Model T, Henry Ford used hemp plastics to build the body work.
President Gerald Ford in the 1970s even offered to sell him equipment which would allow Iran to extract plutonium from reactor fuel.
Itâs not printable Best sporting memory: Starting the Ford Motor Football team with Ken Brown in the early Seventies.
Tell that to the Jaguar workers in Coventry who are being thrown on the scrapheap by multinational profiteer Ford.
We are able to supply motorsport parts for R.S cosworth, sierra & escort, also for the ford racing puma.
qua v John Ford Morrison Solicitors these issues were considered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
During the '45 rebellion, the ford close by was defended by the Jacobites before being taken by Cumberland's government forces.
The chief and a small retinue met the Ford lorry at the outskirts.
Rhinoceros sanctuary proposed Plans are being prepared to set up a sanctuary for rhinoceros sanctuary proposed Plans are being prepared to set up a sanctuary for rhinoceros with the financial support of the American Ford Foundation.
The horse must be willing to ford rivers and cross bridges so it is wise to practice before you set off.
A bridge crosses the rivulet on the site of the ancient stone ford, which gave name to the village.
saunters down toward the ford to join his family.
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seised of the manor of Ford [History of Northumberland, vol.
shortened to make room for additional material when it was republished on Ford's death - the version used here.
The woman died after a white ford sierra collided with her on Castle Hill Road in Hindley.
Ford dismisses Kwik Fit report Ford today dismissed reports that it would have to dramatically slash its asking price for Kwik-Fit.
The 1956 Ford Victoria was equipped with a magnetic speedometer which was probably giving false speed reading due to the UFO's E-M effects.
Type: pressed steel monocoque Escort three-door hatchback shell with Ford RS bodykit including front spoiler and tailgate spoiler.
Classic Cars: Ford Mustang Ford's trusty steed took the world by storm in the 1960s.
cross the stream at a ford about 500 meters beyond the house.
Ford Fiesta ST: Easy tiger The new Fiesta ST's optional go-faster stripes are a good thing, argues Michael Booth.
NORAD, SIDA, the Dutch and Ford Foundation together provided 613 million taka in loans between 1986 and 1989.
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topsy-turvy match with Ben Ford.
Ford employees were reached through LaunchPad's partnership with EDAP, the Employe Development assistance Program run by the trade unions and management.
speed manual transaxle a ford product in position then he placed.
A relatively modern 1958 Ford flatbed truck with bunks cobbled from scrap steel hauled the necessarily short logs to the mill.
From the year 2000 to 2005, Ford has sold about 750,000 heavy-duty pickup trucks.
tutelary goddess to the ill-fated hero Cu Chulainn; she was the Faery Queen and the Washer at the Ford.
Kurosawa had himself been influenced by John Ford, but at least the flow was now two-way.
Women trade unionists at Ford's took the lead in demanding equal pay for equal work.
Significantly, they beat Ford 3-1 away in November, so may hold the upper hand psychologically.
Ford's failure to implement new technology threatens the vitality of America's auto industry, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
The other star of Stagecoach is Utah's breathtakingly beautiful Monument Valley, made famous by Ford here and in many later westerns.
The Alliance Party chief whip, Mr David Ford, yesterday welcomed the aims of the report.
This panegyric, which is accompanied by a series of epitaphs and is composed in a strain of fearless extravagance, was, as the author declares, written "unfee'd"; it shows that Ford sympathized, as Shakespeare himself is supposed to have done, with the "awkward fate" of the countess's brother, the earl of Essex.
Who the "flint-hearted Lycia" may be, to whom the poet seems to allude as his own disdainful mistress, is unknown; indeed, the record of Ford's private life is little better than a blank.
A play entitled An ill Beginning has a good End, brought on the stage as early as 1613 and attributed to Ford, was (if his) his earliest acted play; whether Sir Thomas Overbury's Life and untimely Death (1615) was a play is extremely doubtful; some lines of indignant regret by Ford on the same subject are still preserved.
Of the plays by Ford preserved to us the dates span little more than a decade - the earliest, The Lover's Melancholy, having been acted in 1628 and printed in 1629, the latest, The Lady's Trial, acted in 1638 and printed in 1639.
When writing The Lover's Melancholy, it would seem that Ford had not yet become fully aware of the bent of his own dramatic genius, although he was already master of his powers of poetic expression.
Ford by no means stood alone among English dramatists in his love of abnormal subjects; but few were so capable of treating them sympathetically, and yet without that reckless grossness or extravagance of expression which renders the morally repulsive aesthetically intolerable, or converts the horrible into the grotesque.
A wholly baseless anecdote, condensed into a stinging epigram by Endymion Porter, asserted that The Lover's Melancholy was stolen by Ford from Shakespeare's papers.
Already in this play Ford exhibits the singular force of his pathos; the despondent misery of the aged Meleander, and the sweetness of the last scene, in which his daughter comes back to him, alike go to the heart.
The translator prefixes to the version an eloquent appreciation of Ford's genius, especially in his portraits of women, whose fate it is to live "dans les tenebres, les craintes et les larmes."
The best edition of Ford is that by Gifford, with notes and introduction, revised with additions to both text and notes by Alexander Dyce (1869).
The probable sources of the various plays are discussed in Emil Koeppel's Quellenstudien zu den Dramen George Chapman' s, Philip Massinger's and John Ford's (1897).
The social position of Samuel's paternal grandfather, William Johnson, remains obscure; his mother was the daughter of Cornelius Ford, "a little Warwickshire Gent."
The two easiest routes from the Mediterranean, lying through the Orontes gorge and the Beilan Pass, converge in the plain of the Antioch Lake (Balük Geul or El Bahr) and are met there by (I) the road from the Amanic Gates (Baghche Pass) and western Commagene, which descends the valley of the Kara Su, (2) the roads from eastern Commagene and the Euphratean crossings at Samosata (Samsat) and Apamea Zeugma (Birejik), which descend the valleys of the Afrin and the Kuwaik, and (3) the road from the Euphratean ford at Thapsacus, which skirts the fringe of the Syrian steppe.
After securing his flank and rear by taking Norham, Wark and Eitel castles, he awaited the approach of Surrey's army at Ford castle, behind which lies Flodden Edge, a strong position, which he presently occupied.
New contrasts are formed by the juxtaposition of differently toned metals; or these with an inlay of haliotis shell, introduced by Alfred Gilbert; or of coloured wax, favoured by Onslow Ford; or enamelling, perfected by Professor von Herkomer; or stained ivory, pearls, or semi-precious stones.
From the Sassanian period we find an alpha- of tic and very legible character in use, derived from Sassanian an hiavi, and closely resembling the younger Pahlavi found in books, is I e oldest known manuscripts are of the 14th century All.3, thi Although the existence of the Zend language was known to the an ford scholar Thomas Hyde, the Frenchman Anquetil Duperron, r~ 0 went to the East Indiei~ in 1755 to visit the Parsee priests, was e.g - first to draw the attention of the learned world to the subject.
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It was originally called na Brodé (by the ford), and received the name of Bern, Berun or Verona in the 13th century, when it obtained the privileges of a city from the emperor Charles IV., who was specially attached to the place, calling it "Verona mea."
Some English strongholds, such as Alnwick, Chillingham, Ford and Naworth, have been modernized; others, like Norham, Wark and Warkworth, are picturesque ruins; but most of the Scottish fortresses have been demolished and their sites built over, or are now represented by grass-grown mounds.
(July 1905); Ford in Journal of Tropical Medicine (July 15, 1904); Korentchewsky in Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur (February 1905); Shiga: Osler and M'Crae's System of Medicine, vol.
The colonel of the Polish uhlans, a handsome old man, flushed and, fumbling in his speech from excitement, asked the aide-de-camp whether he would be permitted to swim the river with his uhlans instead of seeking a ford.
In the recent case Qua v John Ford Morrison Solicitors these issues were considered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
During the '45 rebellion, the ford close by was defended by the Jacobites before being taken by Cumberland 's government forces.
David Ford, regius professor of theology at Cambridge, wrote about ' the polyphonic abundance of God '.
Anna Nicole Smith checked herself into the Betty Ford rehab clinic.
Rhinoceros sanctuary proposed Plans are being prepared to set up a sanctuary for rhinoceros with the financial support of the American Ford Foundation.
Jacob, tired but happy, saunters down toward the ford to join his family.
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In 1350 Roger was declared to be seised of the manor of Ford [History of Northumberland, vol.
Ford Green Hall Ford Green Hall is a seventeenth century house complete with period garden.
Ford, Vauxhall, VW etc. need a good shafting for being boring !
The original interview was shortened to make room for additional material when it was republished on Ford 's death - the version used here.
The 1956 Ford Victoria was equipped with a magnetic speedometer which was probably giving false speed reading due to the UFO 's E-M effects.
Classic Cars: Ford Mustang Ford 's trusty steed took the world by storm in the 1960s.
Ford Fiesta ST: Easy tiger The new Fiesta ST 's optional go-faster stripes are a good thing, argues Michael Booth.
Meanwhile, first year student, Joel Hinds was involved in a topsy-turvy match with Ben Ford.
Involved was a Ford Ranger motor vehicle which was towing a trailer.
Ford employees were reached through LaunchPad 's partnership with EDAP, the Employe Development assistance Program run by the trade unions and management.
A Ford independent rear suspension system was also envisaged, with disk brakes all-round, plus an option to turbocharge the engine.
She was the tutelary Goddess to the ill-fated hero Cu Chulainn; she was the Faery Queen and the Washer at the Ford.
Women trade unionists at Ford 's took the lead in demanding equal pay for equal work.
All have a Ford based IRS set up, with the bodywork sprayed and seats upholstered in the color of your choice.
Ford 's failure to implement new technology threatens the vitality of America 's auto industry, putting thousands of jobs at risk.
The other star of Stagecoach is Utah 's breathtakingly beautiful Monument Valley, made famous by Ford here and in many later westerns.
Judy Ford Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 08:51 pm Does anyone have a workable definition of " research "?
Due to current high gas prices and other financial issues, many car makes like Chevy, Hyundai, Toyota, Ford and Honda are offering more aggressive pricing.
If you are looking at a new car, or a pre-owned vehicle, Ford Motor can provide financing to fit your car purchasing needs.
With special rates and incentives, this first-time buyers program can help you get a lease or finance a new or pre-owned Ford, Lincoln or Mercury car, truck, van, or SUV.
Contact your local Ford dealer to see exactly what these requirements are.
Mobility Financing - This program is used to help people with special needs get the proper equipment when purchasing a new Ford vehicle.
Piece of Mind - This Ford Motor program offers customers over the age of 62 the opportunity to lease or finance a new Ford vehicle without the worry of creating a financial concern for their family.
One of the first hybrid automobiles offered from domestic carmakers, the Ford Fusion Hybrid has quickly gained a loyal following in the hybrid car market.
Manufacturers such as Toyota, Ford and Mercury offer hybrid-model SUVs.
For mid-size hybrids we compared the Ford Fusion and the Nissan Altima.
Compared here are the Ford Escape and the Mazda Tribute.
Hybrid sales were increasing by February of 2009 with the growing popularity of the Honda Insight, Ford Fusion, and Toyota Prius, all offered at affordable prices utilizing both gas and electric engines that can travel good distances.
The larger size hybrids such as the Ford Escape, the Dodge Durango, and the Cadillac Escalade did not fare so well in early 2009 due to hefty price tags being purchased by households with higher incomes.
US automakers, on the other hand, other than the Ford Fusion and the soon to be released Chevrolet Volt, have kept prices higher without offering any more green technology than their foreign counterparts.
A Toyota Prius or Ford Fusion only takes four years for owners to recoup their investment.
Jackie Ford - Visit Jackie's blog, The Vegan Diet for information on foods for all vegans.
Packages include access to a fountain-filled garden for vow exchanges and use of a vintage Model A Ford for your getaway car.
Some companies even rent out classic "muscle" cars, like Ford Mustangs.
Two well-known treatment facilities are Hazelden, and the Betty Ford Center.
Two well-known treatment centers are the Hazelden Foundation and the Betty Ford Center.
Harrison Ford, born in 1942, is synonymous with two legendary characters: Han Solo from the Star Wars series, and Indiana Jones.
Of course Ford has starred in many other great films, including The Fugitive and Air Force One.
Harrison Ford is married to actor Calista Flockheart, and they have one adopted child together.
Ford also has four children from previous marriages.
Lindsay Lohan hit the ground running with a professional career at just three years of age when she worked for the Ford Modeling Agency.
There are two Harrison Ford stars on the Walk.
In October 2006, he voluntarily checked himself into the Betty Ford Center in Southern California for alcohol addiction.
Kidman stood at her husband's side during his recent stint at the Betty Ford Clinic.
Ripa made the leap to prime time television in 2003 when she was cast opposite Faith Ford (Murphy Brown) in the moderately popular show Hope and Faith.
Hope, played by Ford, was a married mom of three who lived in Cleveland, Ohio.
She posed nude for the February 2006 issue of Vanity Fair with Keira Knightley and fashion designer Tom Ford.
David's first car was a gift from his dad, a 1994 Ford Mustang.
He said he was about to give up when he won his biggest role to date - James "Sawyer" Ford on the ABC series Lost (2004).
From the ages of 10-13, he modeled with Ford Models for Calvin Klein, Macy's and Ralph Lauren.
The film, starring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett, will be released in 2008.
Dempsey's race car is a Ford Mustang, which has the ability to run at 170 miles per hour.
Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley - This pair posed for the cover of Vanity Fair in 2006, both in the buff, alongside fully dressed fashion designer Tom Ford.
Harrison Ford is one of the most well respected and revered actors in Hollywood.
Harrison Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Russian-Jewish mother and an Irish father.
Even though he was a poor student, Ford was accepted at Ripon College in Wisconsin and almost graduated with a Bachelor's degree in English.
Ford reportedly missed receiving his Bachelor's degree due to a serious bout of depression during his college career.
When speaking about his lack luster college career, Ford later stated, "The kindest word to describe my performance was Sloth."
Though he never graduated, it was at Ripon College where Harrison Ford met Mary Marquardt, a woman he would later make his wife, and first tried his hand at acting.
Harrison Ford and Mary Marquardt married in 1964, a few years later the couple welcomed their first child Benjamin, in 1967.
Ford continued to get steady work and was offered a small role in the Francis Ford Coppola blockbuster Apocalypse Now, where Ford met the woman who would be his second wife.
On the set of Apocalypse Now Harrison Ford met Melissa Mathison, Coppola's assistant at the time.
Although now it's impossible to imagine anyone but Harrison Ford as Han Solo, he wasn't George Lucas' first pick for the role.
Lucas and Ford knew each other from working together on another now classic film, American Graffiti.
Lucas was very impressed by the young actor's talents and asked Ford to come and read for the part of Han Solo, even though he originally had Kurt Russell, Christopher Walken and Nick Nolte in mind for the part.
Rumblings of a wedding have been going on for some time, but neither Ford nor Flockhart have confirmed such rumors.
His mother, Elise Ford, was an actress and his father, Robert Downey Sr., made his living as an independent film maker.
Richardson's husband, Liam Neeson, (most recently known for starring opposite Harrison Ford in Star Wars) was filming his next movie Chloe in Toronto when he heard the news.
Calista Flockhart and Harrison Ford - With the hit series Brothers and Sisters and Harrison Ford's deal for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the two earned around $70 million.
He has been a patient at the Betty Ford clinic due to alcoholism, and in 2007 a home video circulated on the internet depicting a drunken Hasselhoff laying on the floor shirtless, stammering and trying to eat a fast food cheeseburger.
After the 1980s and her film career slowed, she wrote an autobiography and was treated for alcohol dependence at the famous Betty Ford Center.
Though she took an extended break from the music business in the 1990s, those asking "Where is Lita Ford now?" will be thrilled to learn that she's back making music, touring, and embarking on a variety of other projects.
Carmelita Rosanna Ford was born on September 19, 1958, in London, England.
At age 11, Lita Ford expressed an interest in playing guitar.
Ford enjoyed the harder rock and roll that was gaining popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and it wasn't long before she joined a band.
Lita Ford joined The Runaways when she was 16, playing lead guitar.
Ford joined in late 1975, and stayed until the group split.
Lita Ford was played by Scout Taylor-Compton.
After The Runaways split in 1979, Lita Ford embarked on a solo career.
Though she toured extensively and made many television appearances, Ford didn't put out another album until 1988.
After releasing Black, Lita Ford decided to take a hiatus from her busy life in the music business.
This led to many fans wondering "Where is Lita Ford Now?"
Ford has stated that they had no access to television or even radio while on the island.
In 2008, Lita Ford decided to make a return to the rock and roll music that she loved so much.
Her husband co-wrote the songs, and their sound was much heavier than the music Ford had been doing prior to her hiatus.
A tour of Europe and North America followed the album release, and Ford also scheduled several appearances with the metal band Queensryche on their world tour.
Lita Ford can be found online at MySpace or her official website.
Harrison Ford enjoys the perks of his own collection of aircraft, which includes historic military planes and a variety of helicopters.
Action hero Harrison Ford, who made a name for himself in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series' of films, is one of the most well-known Jewish actors.
Her co-star on the series Hope and Faith, Faith Ford, convinced her to quit again.
Domestically, the record received critical reviews but not much public exposure despite the use of Molly's Chambers in a Volkswagen commercial and Red Morning Light in a Ford Focus commercial.
Say you're a Ford gal and your best friend is a Chevy lover.
Ford and John Pitcairn founded the company in 1883 in Creighton, Pennsylvania.
She began her modeling career in 1987, and throughout most of the 1990s, her agency Ford Models cited her as the top moneymaker in her division worldwide.
In 2006 she was signed at the Ford Company as a plus size model and now appears as the Lane Bryant model, modeling their line of Seven 7 jeans.
Crystal Renn was discovered in Mississippi and was signed by the Ford Company.
For more information, search for more tips online or contact a professional modeling agency with a plus size division, like the Ford 12+ Division or Dorothy Combs Models.
Current hybrids of this type are the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid.
Look for designers like Diesel, Emporio Armani, Gucci, Juicy Couture, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Boss, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford, Valentino, and more.
Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Dodge, Jeep, Lincoln (oh yes, the Navigator), Toyota, Lexus, Infiniti and Mitsubishi are all here.
If you don't own an arcade style racing game for the Xbox and want to sink your teeth into one, pick up Ford Mustang.
The game is merely Ford Racing except with Mustangs.
Unlike Ford Racing, this game is probably the most arcade racing game you will find on the Xbox.
And if thinking that Ford Mustang was arcade, you can compete in coin-op races which simulate you putting in a quarter.
Imagine you have a game that includes 55 magnificent Ford cars of the past and present.
Now imagine a bad racing game that includes 55 magnificent Ford cars of the past and present.
Congratulations, you've just thought of Ford Racing for Xbox.
Granted, this game only has Ford cars (you did get that from the title, didn't you?), but you delight in which cars they are.
Just think about it: a Model T versus the Ford Race Road Car.
In the Ford Racing 3 universe, that's where.
The coolest track in Ford Racing 3 is one that's based on Asian culture.
The game and car physics are deplorable in Ford Racing 3.
Ford Competition consists of 14 themed races that, when won, unlock Trophies, Vehicles, more tracks and race types.
Ford Challenge is a series of pre-chosen races and driving challenge that also open up trophies, cars, and more tracks.
The Ford Challenge lets you use any of the stuff you've unlocked to create your own set of races.
It's good for kids who want to play a racing game or for adult gamers looking for the nostalgia of the Ford era.
I mean, try winning a race on the Grand Valley Speedway in a Ford Model T.
Domestic and SUV enthusiasts can even get in on the action, with the inclusion of such vehicles as the Cadillac Escalade and Ford Mustang.
In the near future, strange alien attacks in Washington D.C. prompt a group called Trust to send in rookie agent Michael Ford to investigate.
In Gran Turismo 4, you can even drive "normal" cars like the Honda Civic and the Ford Focus if you prefer.
Try to find Francis Ford Coppola's Niebaum-Coppola in Rutherford.
Another big production from Francis Ford Coppola.
This is Francis Ford Coppola's winery in the landmark Inglenook Chateau.
The Ford Motor Company is an example of what went on with the automobile companies that formed before World War One.
In 1908, Henry Ford made the first Model T, and then in 1913 created a moving assembly line for mass producing automobiles which changed manufacturing and helped bring about the Industrial Revolution.
His Model T was the best selling car in the world, but other automobile manufacturers began surpassing Ford, producing cars with more features and in a variety of colors and styles.
Ford purchased the Lincoln Motor Company in 1925, therefore selling high-end cars too.
Like the vintage car period in general, Ford expanded and improved on earlier ideas.
Whether you desire a Ford Harley Davidson bed tent or one that will work with your Nissan truck, or any other type of truck, you will be able to purchase what you need for between $100 and $300.
As an analogy, Ford Motor Company is the company responsible for the Mustang.
It would not be accurate to refer to the company (Ford) as Mustang and this same line of thought can be applied to Research in Motion and BlackBerry.
Do you want the compact Honda Fit or do you want a Ford F-150 pickup truck?
Hairstylist Johnny Lavoy of Ford Models on YouTube has a fantastic tutorial on how to take short to medium hair and turn it into a long, gorgeous side ponytail with the use of extensions.
Students should solve real-world problems, not abstractions, in an interdisciplinary fashion that does not mimic a Henry Ford assembly line of classes limited to 40 minutes.
Many children have read about President Lincoln and his assassination in textbooks, but it can really come to life when they visit Ford's Theater in person.
North Beach has been home to a variety of personalities, including beat publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti and director Francis Ford Coppola.
Nikko has licenses to produce vehicles from Hummer, Ford, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler as well as specialty toys from movies like The Fast and the Furious.
The Ford Foundation awards funds in the areas of developing new ideas and strengthening organizations that reduce poverty and injustice and promoting democratic values, international cooperation and human achievement.
Examples of private foundations are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation and Kresge Foundation.
Their licensed lines of Chevrolet, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Ford Mustang, and Coca Cola, all perfectly illustrate the pioneering personality that is embraced by the American sprit.
In a pivotal scene, Indiana Jones, as played by Harrison Ford, is supposed to engage in a grueling fight against a man with a sword.
When it came time to shoot the scene, however, Ford was ill with a nasty cold and in no mood to shoot the multiple takes that the scene was sure to require.
Fans of westerns and war movies won't want to miss the John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection.
And for you Bela Lugosi and Winona Ryder fans, compare the 1931 Dracula with the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola's version.
Cimarron - Filmed in 1960, this classic western stars Glenn Ford, Anne Baxter, Maria Schell and Harry Morgan.
How the West Was Won - This epic western film stars John Ford, Henry Hathaway and George Marshall.
The latest film spurred rumors that it would be Harrison Ford's last role as the infamous Indy and that he will be passing the torch on to his young co-star Shia LaBeouf.
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull introduced Indiana Jones to a new generation, Harrison Ford and company began building its Indy fan base decades ago with Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Harrison Ford's first major blockbuster film was another enormously successful series, Star Wars, in which Ford played the role of Han Solo.
When first arriving in Hollywood, Ford, like most aspiring actors, struggled and eventually became a carpenter to help support his family.
Ford gained a reputation in Hollywood for his carpentry skills and George Lucas hired him to do kitchen cabinetry work.
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Did Lennon Pinch a Lick From a Coke Commercial For His Final Political Song?
December 13, 2012 · by solobeatles
When Lennon and Ono co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show for a week in January 1972, they brought in friends ranging from radical political figures to Chuck Berry. When Lennon performed “Imagine,” he made the comment, “Only people can save the world.” With “save” switched to “change,” the phrase would become the chorus for this MIND GAMES (1973) track and be printed on the album’s inner sleeve.
The ebullient melody reflects the hopeful little boy part of Lennon’s personality in the same vein as tunes like “I Should Have Known Better” and “Oh Yoko!” With its skipping, folk/R&B swing, it almost sounds like something that could have been sung by the Brady Bunch.
As Lennon was adept at finding inspiration for songs in commercials (i.e. “Good Morning, Good Morning”), it would be unsurprising to learn that “Only People” owed something to the famous “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” commercial from 1971, helmed by Medium Cool director Haskell Wexler.
The commercial made such a splash that the New Seekers (“Georgy Girl”) quickly released it as a hit single refashioned as “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing.” Coke allowed the proceeds to go to UNICEF.
(What do you think? Am I hearing things?)
“Only People” was certainly Lennon’s least threatening attempt to use pop to sway the masses. For the ultraconservatives who wrote books like The Beatles, LSD, and Communism, no doubt this would have struck them as one of Lennon’s most insidious propaganda pieces, refashioning a Coke commercial for socialism.
Bouncing back from Nixon’s 1972 landslide, Lennon commiserates with his fellow idealists. He concedes they’ve cried a lot of tears, but now they’re wiser and ready to start again. He throws in his usual feminist reminder that if man and woman work together they are unstoppable, and vows to resist the Pig Brother scene, conflating the “Big Brother” that had put him under surveillance and slang for the cops.
Whooping like a cheerleader before a clapping gospel chorus, Lennon finished his final political song. He and Ono would mirror their generation by abandoning activism, and by the end of the decade, Ono would transform herself into an economic wheeler dealer like the yuppies.
But while it would be easy to slam the sixties idealists for selling out, they had won the war against conformity and ended the Draft. The right to liberated sex without marriage, long hair, and freedom of expression and religion progressively melded with the mainstream throughout the decade. The ex-Beatles could look around at the new, freer world and know they had played a central part in changing it.
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A Day in the Life of Southall Black Sister’s Advocacy Team on the Forced Marriage Repatriation Service
We receive an email from the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) referring a case to our forced marriage repatriation service. A young British-Pakistani girl is due to arrive from Pakistan in two days. She is 17 years old and was taken abroad by her mother to be forced into a marriage. She had managed to contact the British Embassy while she was in Pakistan and they helped her to find safe accommodation at a local refuge. She wants to come back to the UK but is terrified that her father, who is still in the UK, will find her and kill her.
The case is allocated to an SBS advocate who contacts the FMU for further information: what time does her flight arrive? Does she have any clothes or money? What are her risk areas in the UK? Does she have any injuries and will she need medical or any other special needs assistance?
The FMU try to obtain as much information as possible but due to the time difference between the two countries, we can only gather limited information about her. An advocate arranges to meet her at Heathrow Airport, her flight arrives at 7:45am. We don’t know if any family members will be present and so arrange with security at the airport to ensure that she knows who we are.
The advocate meets her; she is young, frightened, wearing only flip flops on her feet. It’s raining outside and it’s cold. The advocate speaks to police officers at the Airport and they agree to escort her back to our centre. By this time, it’s already 9am. The advocate talks to her, befriends her and comforts her. She hasn’t eaten for several hours and she’s tired. She’s getting calls on her mobile from an unknown number and she is worried that her father knows she is back in the UK. The advocate gets her some food and warm clothes. She feels better but is still terrified. The advocate sits with her to find out more information about her background: what happened? how is she feeling? Is she frightened? Does she know where her parents are? Is there anyone else she is afraid of?
A second advocate starts looking for accommodation options by ringing round for women’s refuges to see if there are any spaces available that day. Some tell us no, others tell us to call back later; some say she is too young, others need more information. As an alternative, in case she cannot enter a refuge, we contact social services for assistance as we regard her as a vulnerable young person, but they tell us that she is not their responsibility; they want more information about her and want to know if she was involved with social services previously.
While the first advocate carries out a detailed risk and needs assessment of her circumstances, a social worker makes her way to our centre, having agreed to meet her. She tells us that she cannot help the girl because she is not from the area; she asks us if she wants to go back to her family. The girl is worried that her family may become involved, and so decides that she doesn’t want any support from social services. She explains that social services have been involved with her family from a young age as all of her siblings have been assaulted by their father. She is afraid that the social worker will send her back there. We reassure her and tell her that we will support her instead.
The second advocate continues contacting refuges and they have many questions: How will she get to us? Does she have any money? The refuge staff finish work at 5pm, will she be here before that? Is she entitled to welfare benefits?
It is now 3pm. One refuge agrees to take her and a sympathetic refuge worker agrees to stay back until she reaches there safely. The advocate accompanies her and puts the girl on a train to the refuge. We let the refuge know that she’s on the way. The advocate stays in touch with her to make sure she is safe on the train. At 6pm, we receive a phone call; she has arrived at the refuge. She is safe.
We stay in contact with her over the following days, the refuge worker tells us that she looks better; she has colour in her cheeks and is eating properly. We help her to instruct family lawyers to take out a Forced Marriage Protection Order against her parents which will protect her from any further attempts by her family to force into a marriage or to harass her and we attend her appointments with her to give her emotional and practical support so that she understands what the legal proceedings will involve. The order is served on her father in the UK; after that the calls from the unknown number stop.
We advise her to think about her options, what does she want to do? What are her interests? Where does she see herself? We encourage her to go back into education. The contact becomes less frequent over the following weeks; she has made new friends and found a new network of support. We hear from her after a few months, she is back in full time education. She is excited and happy. For the first time, it’s all about her. Because it’s her life and it’s her choice.
In the meantime, we continue to work with other girls or young women repatriated back to the UK. They receive advice, counseling and support and engage with our group therapy sessions. We guide them through the processes involved in getting permanent housing and welfare benefits. We support them to resolve any legal proceedings that they wish to initiate and obtain forced marriage protections orders and, if they are very young, we make applications for them to be made wards of court, which means that they are under the protection of the courts, particularly if they are high risk or social services do not provide adequate support. We help them to obtain a job, go back to school or college, or (re-)enter a university. We empower them to become independent, self confident and most of all, free from violence and abuse.
For advice and support call us on 0208 571 0800 or you can email us. You can also visit the Forced Marriage Unit website or call the unit on 00 44 (0)207 008 0151
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brain disease that is characterized as an acute inflammation of the brain with flu-like symptoms
Encephalitis is sudden inflammation (swelling) in the brain. It is usually caused by viruses, bacteria, or other pathogens. As the brain swells, it can get damaged when it gets crushed against the skull. Encephalitis can cause serious symptoms, like seizures and strokes, and can be fatal.[1] In 2013, encephalitis killed about 77,000 people in the world.[2]
1 Signs and symptoms
2.1 Viruses
2.2 Bacteria
2.3 Parasites
2.4 Autoimmune diseases
5 Prevention
Signs and symptomsEdit
Usually, adults with encephalitis have a fever that starts suddenly, a headache, confusion, and sometimes seizures. Younger children or infants may be irritable (easily upset), not want to eat, and have a fever. Usually, patients are either very tired or confused.[3]
A stiff neck is a sign that the person has either meningitis (inflammation of the meninges, which cover the brain) or meningoencephalitis (swelling of both the meninges and the brain).[4]
CausesEdit
VirusesEdit
Viral encephalitis can happen when a virus infects the brain. The most common causes are the rabies virus, Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV), the polio virus, and the measles virus.[5] Viral encephalitis can also be caused by a latent virus - a virus that hides from the body's immune system the brain's nerve cells. Two examples of viruses that cause latent infection are the varicella-zoster viruses, which can hide in the brain after causing chicken pox, and the herpes simplex virus.[6]
About 100 different viruses can infect the brain.[7] Other examples include West Nile virus, Chikungunya virus, and Japanese encephalitis virus.[8]
BacteriaEdit
Encephalitis can happen when a person gets a bacterial infection, like bacterial meningitis.[9] It can also be a complication of an infectious disease that a person already has, like syphilis. This is called "secondary encephalitis."[10]
Examples of other bacteria which can cause encephalitis are Staphylococcus aureus, which causes toxic shock syndrome; Bordetella pertussis, which causes pertussis (whooping cough); and types of Borellia bacteria, which cause Lyme disease.
ParasitesEdit
Some parasites can infect the brain, especially in people who have weak immune systems. Examples include Toxoplasma gondii, which causes toxoplasmosis; two parasites from the species Trypanosoma brucei, which cause African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness); and Plasmodium parasites, which cause malaria.
Autoimmune diseasesEdit
Autoimmune diseases can cause encephalitis if the body's immune system attacks the brain, the spinal cord, and their nerves. Two examples are autoimmune encephalitis and acute disseminated encephalitis. [11][12]
Illustration showing what happens during a lumbar puncture
DiagnosisEdit
Encephalitis can be diagnosed in a few different ways:[13]
An MRI (brain scan) can show brain swelling, and also show whether there are other brain problems causing a patient's symptoms
An EEG (a picture of the brain's electrical activity) will show signals that are not normal
A lumbar puncture (spinal tap) will show whether there is an infection in the cerebrospinal fluid (which bathes the brain and spinal cord)
Blood tests or urine tests may show whether a person has encephalitis, or if they have another illness instead
TreatmentEdit
Some treatments for encephalitis depend on the cause:[14]
Viral encephalitis is treated with anti-viral medications
Bacterial encephalitis is treated with antibiotic medications
Other treatments are "supportive" - they treat the symptoms of encephalitis. For example:[14][1]
Steroid medications are used to decrease swelling in the brain
Anticonvulsant medications can stop seizures
Sedative medications can help with restlessness and irritability
Acetaminophen can decrease fever and headache
Physical therapy and speech therapy can help if the person has trouble moving or speaking after their infection is gone
A child gets a polio vaccine
PreventionEdit
Vaccines have made encephalitis from some diseases much less common. These diseases include measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), polio, varicella (chicken pox), and pertussis (whooping cough).[14] There are also vaccines for rabies, bacterial meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and some other diseases that can cause encephalitis.[15]
People can protect themselves from diseases that are spread by insects, like Lyme disease and malaria, by avoiding insect bites. For example, they can use bug spray; wear long sleeves and long pants; sleep under a mosquito net; and make sure they have good window and door screens.[16]
↑ 1.0 1.1 "Meningitis and Encephalitis Fact Sheet". www.ninds.nih.gov. : National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ Naghavi M; Wang H; et al. 2014. "Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013". The Lancet. 385 (9963): 117–71. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61682-2. PMC 4340604. PMID 25530442. |access-date= requires |url= (help)CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
↑ "Symptoms of encephalitis". NHS Choices. National Health Service of the United Kingdom. December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ Shmaefsky, Brian; Babcock, Hilary (January 1, 2010). Meningitis. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438132167.
↑ Fisher DL; Defres S; et al. 2015. "Measles-induced encephalitis". QJM. 108 (3): 177–182. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcu113. PMID 24865261. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Rozenberg F; Deback C; et al. 2011. "Herpes simplex encephalitis: From virus to therapy". Infectious Disorders Drug Targets. 11 (3): 235–250. doi:10.2174/187152611795768088. PMID 21488834. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ van den Pol, AN 2009. "Viral infection leading to brain dysfunction: More prevalent than appreciated?". Neuron. Elsevier. 64 (1): 17–20. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2009.09.023. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
↑ Kennedy PGE 2004. "Viral Encephalitis: Causes, Differential Diagnosis, and Management". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 75 (suppl 1): i10–i15. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.034280. ISSN 1468-330X. PMC 1765650. PMID 14978145.
↑ Ashar, Bimal H.; Miller, Redonda G.; Sisson, Stephen D. (January 1, 2012). Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine Board Review: Certification and Recertification. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 1455706922.
↑ Hama K; Ishiguchi H; et al. 2008. "Neurosyphilis with Mesiotemporal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Abnormalities". Internal Medicine. 47 (20): 1813–1817. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0983. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Howes, David S. (October 12, 2015). "Encephalitis: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology". Medscape. WebMD LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ Armangue T; Petit-Pedro M; et al. 2012. "Autoimmune Encephalitis in Children". Journal of Child Neurology. 27 (11): 1460–1469. doi:10.1177/0883073812448838. ISSN 0883-0738. PMC 3705178. PMID 22935553. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "Encephalitis - Diagnosis". NHS Choices. National Health System of the United Kingdom. December 16, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Kaneshiro, Neil (August 30, 2014). "Encephalitis". MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. United States National Library of Medicine. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
↑ "Vaccines and Preventable Diseases". CDC.gov. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. September 3, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
↑ "West Nile Virus: Prevention & Control". CDC.gov. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. November 10, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
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Corvette Drivers Not Concerned by Reduced GTLM Season Grid
No. 4 Corvette drivers reckon GTLM field quality won’t drop despite fewer factory teams…
Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA
Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy are unconcerned by the prospect of a reduced GT Le Mans grid in this year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
The withdrawal of Porsche’s two-car factory program at the end of last year and uncertainty about whether BMW Team RLL will contest the upcoming season has left Corvette as the only manufacturer team currently confirmed for the full 2021 campaign.
Porsche will still be represented on the grid by a full-time privateer entry for WeatherTech Racing and Proton Competition, while Ferrari squad Risi Competizione has committed to this month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona season opener.
Although the full-season GTLM car count is set to be at its lowest figure since the post-merger IMSA championship launched in 2014, the drivers of the No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R are confident that the quality of the competition won’t be negatively affected.
“With this GT class, as always there are ebbs and flows,” Milner told Sportscar365.
“Some years we have nine or 10 cars racing, and some years we have less than that. At Corvette Racing, we enjoy the extra competition that we’ve had for years.
“Missing the factory Porsche team is not ideal, by any means. But it’s certainly no reason to look past the WeatherTech guys.
“There will still be some great drivers looking for race wins, and they’ll probably be going into the year feeling like an underdog in some ways, so they’ll be working extra hard to try to beat us.
“Daytona will be a big challenge, with the cars that are there. That’s our main focus for now.”
Tandy, who was a member of the CORE autosport Porsche factory team until the end of last year, echoed Milner’s sentiments and added that he believes GTLM’s high racing standard will be maintained even under the worst-case scenario of a three-car grid.
“It is what it is, at the end of the day,” said Tandy. “We’re still hoping that BMW will run the full season. This is a potential. But it only takes two cars to make a race.
“It’s great that WeatherTech and Proton have got together and are committed to the full season.
“You take the good years with the bad. I remember a couple of years back when the Fords and the Ferrari were there. It was the best GT racing in the world. Yes, this year there’s a car drop. But it’s not to say that it’ll lead to any less intense racing on the track.
“I’m looking forward to Daytona, for a start, where there’ll be a few good cars and lots of stuff with LMP3 being involved also. And then Sebring as well.
“And then past this, you’ve just got to look forward at what’s in front of you. It’s difficult to know what’s going to happen in the future.”
No. 4 Crew Pushing Teammates “As Much as We Can”
The outcome of the 2020 GTLM season, which saw Corvette’s No. 3 pairing of Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor win the drivers’ championship, has only served to motivate Milner and the No. 4 engineering crew heading into the C8.R’s second year.
Last season Milner and Oliver Gavin, who has been replaced in the lineup by Tandy, finished third in the standings with one victory while their teammates won five times.
“Those guys last year, both Jordan and Antonio, were very consistent,” said Milner.
“We saw sometimes at the start of races, those guys were very quick. It’s just lessons learned from last year, working with our engineer Chuck [Houghton] to try to understand what that was.
“It’s just understanding what some of those deficiencies were in some places, and what they were doing differently. We’ll be trying to find our own way as well, to try to find our own little tricks and secrets here and there.”
Milner, who is entering his 11th season as a Corvette Racing driver, added that the intra-team competition between the two crews has been a constant throughout the program and will continue regardless of which other teams and manufacturers are in GTLM.
“I would say that the inner team rivalry has grown over the years in many ways,” he said.
“We’ve seen in the past when it was just Corvette Racing in the GT1 class at that time, the racing was still pretty epic.
“Fundamentally, we almost have to race ourselves anyway. Both teams of drivers are pushing each other constantly [even] if we don’t have a ton of competition for the shorter races, so that we’re at the top of our game when we go to Daytona, Sebring or Petit Le Mans.
“So we’ll definitely be pushing to beat those No. 3 car guys as much as we can throughout the year, and certainly the Proton Porsche guys as well.”
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Badree: 'It could have been so much better if we had won'
Despite Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli laying a good foundation, RCB did not get enough runs on the board to give a fight to Mumbai Indians.
Bengaluru 14 April, 2017 23:41 IST
Badree said RCB was a bit under par with the bat. - Vivek Bendre
IPL-10’s first hat-trick man Samuel Badree was not celebrating for his exceptional feat as he was disappointed at his side Royal Challengers Bangalore’s defeat against Mumbai Indians in Bengaluru on Friday.
“Yeah, of course. It is a special day. It was a Good Friday. It was a Good Friday for me. Unfortunately, it was not a Good Friday for the team. I just think we did not have enough runs on board,” Badree told reporters at the post-match press conference.
“It is a nice feeling to get a hat-trick. To get three wickets in the Powerplay — normally teams chasing lose games but unfortunately it did not go our way tonight.
"Tremendous feeling to get a hat-trick but it could have been so much better if we had won,” said the leg-spinner who took the wickets of Parthiv Patel, Mitchell McClenaghan and Rohit Sharma in three successive deliveries in the third over of Mumbai’s run chase.
Despite Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli laying a good foundation, RCB did not get enough runs on the board to give a fight to Mumbai Indians, which rode to victory on the back of batting exploits of Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya.
“We had a good foundation, Chris at the beginning and Virat after that. But I just think we did not score enough runs. Credit needs to be given to Pollard and Krunal the way they batted with maturity,” said Badree.
On Pollard, Badree said, “Yeah, he got some balls in the arc and backed his strengths, which is down the ground. He batted with maturity. He showed a lot of guts and character and credit needs to be given to Krunal as well,” he added.
Asked what went wrong with RCB’s batting, Badree said the team was a bit under par with the bat as 160 to 170-odd runs would have been a better score on a pitch which was slow.
“It was the pitch, I think it was a bit slow. At the end of the day 142 was not special. I think we needed excess of 160. We looked at 160-170 at one stage, but did not capitalise on the start we got. All in all, we were a bit under-par with the bat,” said Badree.
Asked about Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma’s weakness against leg-spin, Badree said, “I don’t think we had any specific strategy against Rohit Sharma, it was about the conditions.”
He also said it was a tough decision to leave Shane Watson out and getting himself in because the management could have taken the decision keeping in mind drier conditions where spinners could be effective than the seamers.
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HomeBlog New Jersey gets 'smart' on drug offenses
New Jersey gets 'smart' on drug offenses
Category: Blog | 2011, criminal justice, Governor, incarceration, new jersey, Reform, victor | November 30, 2011 By Victor Pinho No comments yet
Earlier this week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced a sweeping change to the way in which the Garden State will handle non-violent drug offenders. Strapped for cash and looking for ways to cut costs where ever possible, the governor announced a comprehensive plan to help keep non-violent drug offenders out of the state’s already overcrowded jails. But this plan is driven by much more than just budgetary constraints and cutbacks. The governor also recognizes that running these types of offenders through the criminal justice system does nothing to make these individuals productive members of society. The consequences of New Jersey’s draconian drug policies are putting otherwise law-abiding citizens in jail. This practice is hurting the state’s poor and people of color the most. The majority of those incarcerated for non-violent drug offenses in New Jersey are black men. The status quo is only hurting their families and especially their children, as many of them rely on these men as the sole breadwinners in their family. These unintended consequences are costing the state even more. According to the Star-Ledger, the Governor’s initiative calls for:
Expanding the state’s Drug Court program, which allows those convicted of certain non-violent drug offenses to bypass incarceration by agreeing to a strict regimen of court appearances and drug or alcohol treatment and other recovery services to break the addiction.
The creation of the Task Force for Recidivism Reduction, which will coordinate the many treatment and re-entry programs across the state government to bolster re-entry efforts, as well as make recommendations to the governor on how to improve those programs.
An assessment of the effectiveness of all re-entry programs currently offered using a real-time recidivism database, which will allow officials to track individuals and the success of the programs they participate in. Using the data, the task force will identify programs that fail and suggest how resources could be better spent to improve recidivism rates.
Studies have shown, time and time again, that non-violent drug offenders who are sent to prison have a near 50% recidivism rate. That means that half of all those incarcerated for simple drug charges end up back in prison, costing the state millions. It seems that the governor has realized the message that Students for Sensible Drug Policy has been touting all along: education and empowerment are a more effective [and less costly] means of deterring drug use and crime. Incarceration only serves to exacerbate the ills of drug abuse. There is an old adage that says, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In other words, prevention is always cheaper than treating the symptoms of any disease. This is true for drug abuse, as well. And while the Governor’s plan isn’t perfect, it is far more progressive than what most other states are doing on this issue. “No governor, myself included, provided the level of attention and execution of policy to afford ex-offenders this opportunity,” former NJ Governor Jim McGreevey said. “And there’s almost no political dividend.” A Rutgers-Eagleton poll released today shows that a majority of NJ voters support the marijuana decriminalization efforts currently being spearheaded by Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Mercer) and SSDP. Six in 10 New Jerseyans believe pot penalties should be relaxed, half believe possession should not be penalized at all, and one third believe it should be legalized. The marijuana decriminalization movement is gaining steam in NJ, with 16 bipartisan co-sponsors in the assembly and a growing list of organizations endorsing the bill. Should the legislature put this bill on Christie’s desk, signing it could be the smartest criminal justice policy move this governor makes during his tenure. Back to top
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AWC Calls S.A.F.E Act Bogus Appeal for Bad Legislation
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Aug. 3, 2013 -- A bi-partisan group of senators and representatives has introduced the Safeguard American Food Exports Act (S.A.F.E. Act, H.R. 1094 / S. 541). Couched in the language of food safety yet without scientific evidence to support its claims, this measure would impose fines and prison time for anyone who sells, transports, imports or exports horses going to a humane, regulated horse processing facility.
The S.A.F.E. Act purports to defend the health interests of the consumer, claiming that horse meat is tainted by drugs and chemicals not found in other meat species. However, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has already established stringent inspection processes including testing capabilities and labeling requirements. FSIS can now differentiate species in meat products and has also adopted validated testing methods and sampling methods to detect residues of drugs and/or chemicals in equine tissues, and it will test for approximately 130 pesticides and veterinary drugs in horses being slaughtered.
The government’s own research runs counter to a new ban on processing: the Government Accounting Office’s Report to Congress details how the previous cessation of horse slaughter negatively impacted the welfare of horses in the United States, because, in addition to removing the established bottom valuation for horse sales (traditionally set by slaughter prices), no alternative was developed to support the care and costs of the unwanted horses that would otherwise go to processing. Based on 2012 figures of animals shipped for processing out of the country, that will amount to almost 160,000 horses annually; there are not nearly enough facilities in the U.S. to adequately care for these animals. Because of the prohibitions set by the S.A.F.E. Act, these animals will likely face abandonment or neglect, or surrender to overwhelmed “rescue” facilities, rather than the swift, humane ending experienced by other livestock processed for food.
The Animal Welfare Council offers a science-based position paper on these bills posted at www.animalwelfarecouncil.org; it is available to download and share with others. Rational horsemen and horsewomen and the general public with honest concern for the welfare of horses will want to read the report and embrace its talking points. This is a time-sensitive matter, and the Animal Welfare Council urges everyone to make an informed decision and contact their legislators today to urge them to vote against this measure.
The Animal Welfare Council is a non-profit, tax exempt 501(C)(3) organization established for charitable and educational purposes. Membership includes organizations and business entities who are actively involved in caring for animals in recreation, entertainment, sport and industry. For more information about the AWC, visit www.animalwelfarecouncil.org.
The Homes for Horses Coalition, Representing Equine Rescues and Sanctuaries across the Nation, Supports the Safeguard American Food Exports Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — MAR. 21, 2013 — The Homes for Horses Coalition, representing the nation’s horse rescue community, applauds the introduction of the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (S.
AVMA, AAEP Call for Passage of Horse Protection Act Amendment to Curb Soring
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Equine Practitioners issued a joint statement of support for H.R. 6388.
Legislation to Eliminate Soring Introduced in Senate
The American Horse Council (AHC) noted that there are now bills in both the House and Senate to amend the Horse Protection Act to eliminate soring.
Animal Welfare Groups Applaud Federal Legislation to Ban Horse Slaughter
The Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act would permanently ban horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the export of horses for slaughter abroad.
Federal Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Soring
AMERICAN HORSE COUNCIL — APR. 11, 2013 — Congressmen Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has introduced the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2013. The bill is intended to strengthen the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to prevent soring.
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Horse Therapy for Military Legislation Introduced in the US House
Representatives Michael Burgess (R-CA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced The Rehabilitative Therapy Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act of 2013 (H.R. 1705).
Horse Protection Act Amendments Introduced
AMERICAN HORSE COUNCIL — SEPT. 17, 2012 — On September 13, Congressmen Ed Whitfield (R-KY) and Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced the Horse Protection Amendments Act of 2012 (H.R. 6388) in the House of Representatives.
Robert Redford Calls For A Ban On Horse Slaughter
THE SACRAMENTO BEE — APR. 22, 2013 — The call to ban horse slaughter permanently has received much needed support from Robert Redford.
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OK, I’ll admit it: I’m having trouble letting go of 2007. Before Christmas, we ran a countdown of the top 10 local albums of the year. Below, I’ve included all the musical and cultural tidbits that didn’t fit that format, developments I couldn’t leave alone even as we’ve entered the New Year, a time I’d usually suggest should be free of year-end countdowns. But, lest we wallow too much in last year, I’ve run down local pop-cultural things to look out for in 2008, too.
Five welcome developments in local music (in no particular order):
1. Local rap’s continued obsession with Arkansas love. With fitted LR hats tipped high and No. 5 Razorback jerseys worn with pride, local rappers, in what’s becoming a firm tradition, couldn’t keep Arkansas out of their mouths in 2007. Rap has long been a provincial genre, with MCs and crews always ready to represent where they come from. But Arkansas rap’s propensity to show state pride must, in some ways, be born out of a feeling of being overlooked — a kind of righteous waving of the flag. No one captured that sentiment better in 2007 than Arkansas Bo’s “Arkansas Sound.” The song opens with a lyrical hook, which starts out, “They want to know what the Arkansas sound is, I tell them, shit, I don’t know, but it sounds like this…” The rest is unprintable herein; just imagine Bo raising his middle finger in defiance of anyone ready to dismiss Arkansas as a backwater or lump its talent into one catch-all category. Meanwhile, the 4X4 Crew went the sample route on its infectious single “Tell Yo Mama,” grabbing the “Arkansas” lyric from Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say,” and Grim Muzik released “Ridin’ in the A State,” a song as effervescent as anything in rap, a feel-good Southernized g-funk anthem for the summer. Concerts even got into the act. Over Thanksgiving weekend, rapper and producer Rockst*r hosted “Little Rock Luv,” a showcase of local talent that resurrected Razormack’s “Little Rock Luv” as its theme song (the event even merited a YouTube commercial). The show was a success. Jermain Taylor, who might be the most passionate A-state representer, even showed up.
2. Local music videos. Anyone can make a homemade music video. See, for example, the dozens of bedroom YouTube shorts of folks doing “Da Jumprope,” the local club hit of the year. Increasingly, though, more experts are jumping into the mix. Though they’d never be mistaken for something on BET or MTV, the best local videos lent an extra air of credibility to featured acts, even if it just demonstrated that those featured cared enough about their careers to spend a couple days and, often, a couple hundred bucks to make the video. Plus, most of what came out was pretty fun. The dudes with Deluxe36 made folks into corporate zombies for, appropriately enough, the Moving Front’s “Zombies.” Jordan Atwater and H.A.P.S. productions used about a dozen locations and all kinds of rap video cliches (most awesomely and hilariously, the girl sucking, lustfully, on a lollipop). Wood of Woodtainment Ent. had the hardcore rap clientele on lock, notably with “Booty Clap,” a posse cut that, as you might guess, mostly featured booties, shaking.
3. Online show posters. For years, musicians handy with Photoshop have been whipping up show posters to dot their Facebook and Myspace accounts. But last year, Paul Dellostritto stepped the game up in a major way. A web designer by trade, Dellostritto initially started making his lavish posters to support local music he liked. He’s since signed on with White Water Tavern to do all the venue’s shows, which often amounts to several a week. The web is the main gallery for his art (at www.myspace.com/whitewatertavern and www.dellostritto.com), but you’ll also find his posters hung around town. But not for long. Lately, folks have been snatching them for mementos.
4. Local compilations. 2007 was the year of the compilation. None pleased me more than Thick Syrup’s “Arkansas Compilation,” a survey of various strands of contemporary underground music. White dudes with guitars dominate, but within that niche there’s a wealth of diversity, a veritable who’s who of local rockers — the Good Fear, the Moving Front, Kevin Kerby, the American Princes, Tel Aviv — often with B-sides or unreleased tracks. Then there was “Again,” an electro burner from the obscure local duo Les Attaques from years back. There are 24 good reasons to buy the comp, but that track alone should justify the expense. Towncraft started as a documentary project to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Max Recordings and ended up a sweeping multimedia project, encompassing the last 20 years of local underground music. The second of the two-disc soundtrack covered territory similar to the “Arkansas Compilation,” but with little redundancy. The first, though, unearthed gems from the DIY era of the 1980s and 1990s, with groups like Chino Horde, Class of 1984, Substance and Five-O. On the rap side of things, the 4X4 crew released “Radio Ain’t Ready, Vol. 2,” an essential comp that covers a wide stretch of local hip-hop over the course of nearly 30 tracks. Just before the New Year, Localist magazine released “Local Access II,” a contemporary collection of intensely diverse local music. It’s available for free download on localistmagazine.com.
Here are six things we’re looking forward to in 2008 (in no particular order):
1. Arkansas Times Musicians’ Showcase. Yes, a shameless plug. But, really, I’m getting super-pumped for this year’s showcase. There are still details to be finalized, but it looks like this year we’ll have a steady group of judges from start to finish, all of whom are passionate music fans. Already, the slate of participants appears to be one of the strongest and most diverse in years. If you haven’t submitted your entry form, there’s still time. Monday, Jan. 14 is the entry deadline, and you can either fill out the form attached to the showcase ad in this week’s paper or sign up online at www.wordpress-237995-832720.cloudwaysapps.com/showcase. Winners get a main-stage spot at Riverfest, free studio time, loads of free promotion in the Times and more.
2. The Arkansas Tent at Riverfest. This year, Riverfest is introducing a special Arkansas Music Tent, where a diverse array of local acts and maybe a few national acts with local ties will play. Whereas in years past the biggest local acts would get stuck in marginal time-slots on main stages early in the day, the Arkansas Tent will host bands from 5 p.m. until late night. This is a great move for Arkansas’s biggest music festival. Bonus appeal: The tent will be situated near the fancy beer stand.
3. New albums. Here are four to anticipate. Arkansas’s biggest rock group next to Evanescence, the American Princes, will release “Other People” on Yep Roc Records on Feb. 19. Recorded in New York with Chuck Brody, who’s worked with everyone from the Wu-Tang Clan to Peter, Bjorn and John, the album is the first with third guitarist Will Boyd (Evanescence). Likely in February or March, the Good Fear will put out its long-in-the-making sophomore record, “Low Down Dirty Adventure,” on Max Recordings. If it’s even half as good as the band’s debut, it’ll be one of the local albums of the year. No release date has been set, but I’m breathless with anticipation for the debut album from Suga City, the best local rap group in town. Koch Records, a large national indie label that’s put out records from the Roots and Jadakiss, will release the album, which might be first local rap record to come out nationally. You can bet they’ll come with all they’ve got. We’ll have to wait almost a year for this last one, but 607’s “Christmas in Arkansas,” originally scheduled to be released this year, promises to be one of the wildest, weirdest holiday albums ever released. In the meantime, the local rapper is sure to put out at least three or four new albums, and in April he’ll be on CNN as part of a special on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
4. The Little Rock Film Festival. Last year’s inaugural festival was such a cultural boon to Little Rock. The programming was near perfect — a mix of incisive documentaries, indie features, local fare and even big-budget previews like “Knocked Up.” Couple that with scores of parties and filmmaker panel discussions and you’ve got the makings of one of the region’s strongest festivals. I can’t wait to see the line-up for next year. Mark your calendar: May 15-18.
5. Arkansas-connected TV and movies. HBO just started showing teaser trailers for “True Blood,” Alan Ball’s (“Six Feet Under”) adaptation of Magnolia-based writer Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire series. Anna Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse. In Ball’s hands, “True Blood” is apt to be downright Lynchian. Also coming to HBO, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason’s (“Evening Shade,” “Designing Women”) “12 Miles of Bad Road,” starring Lily Tomlin as the matriarch of a wealthy Texas family. Above all, I’m crossing off dates on my calendar in anticipation of this summer’s release of “Pineapple Express,” the first big-budget foray by Little Rock native David Gordon Green. It’s an action/comedy, stars Seth Rogen and James Franco as stoners and is produced by comedy it-man Judd Apatow. Early word is that it’s funnier than “Superbad.”
6. The continued rise of marginally famous Arkansans. Far from household names, three Arkansas natives established themselves as cult heroes in 2007. Might their trajectory send them into the mainstream in 2008? Probably not, but we’ll be watching closely. Glenwood, Ark. native Clark Duke made, with Michael Cerra (“Arrested Development,” “Superbad”), what New York magazine called the best web TV show of the year, “Clark and Michael.” Duke also started a band with former “Veronica Mars” star Kristen Bell. Fort Smith native Brad Neely made stupid-funny cartoon web videos for superdeluxe.com and became a contributing writer for “South Park.” Meanwhile, Little Rock native and Upright Citizens Brigade co-founder Matt Besser had a prominent role in Judd Apatow’s “Walk Hard” and appears to be on the verge of becoming a force in online comedy with the coming launch of UCB.com.
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Whether you are looking to open one restaurant or the Master Franchisee for a country, we like to get to know you first. After that who knows where the journey will end?.
The initial franchise fees depend on the size and potential for your country of interest and also whether you want to invest in a Country Master Franchise or a Development Agreement.
The initial investment to set up a Southern Fried Chicken outlet is different for every site and varies due to unit size, country to country and many outside factors. For this reason any figures are suggestions of what previous outlets have cost and must only be used as an assumption.
– The costs to build a Kiosk is in the region of £50,000 – £80,000.
– The costs to build a Food Court is in the region of £150,000 – £180,000.
– The costs to build a Take Away/Restaurant is in the region of £175,000 – £250,000.
– The costs to build a Drive Through Restaurant is in the region of £280,000 – £300,000.
However we would expect an applicant to have access to an investment of no less than £125,000 for a store set up, plus other funds for rent, lease deposit, build costs, working capital and training costs.
What support do you provide?
We support you from the signing of the Franchise Agreement – through to the restaurant opening and beyond. This includes support in the following processes:-
Site selection support
Outlet design and 3D’s
Equipment sourcing and specification
Training, split into multi layers, Pre-Opening, Opening, Post Opening , which has been refined over nearly 50 years.
Central supply of essential equipment, ingredients and packaging.
Local supply of fresh ingredients including chicken.
Opening and ongoing marketing advice and expertise
Enforcement of strict Brand standards giving the assurance of uniformity across the world.
Continual auditing (twice per year) and training of any needs highlighted in the audits.
Always available at the end of the phone to answer the simplest or most complex questions.
In effect we offer one of the most comprehensive packages available in Global Franchising.
How long does training take?
Initial Training is broken down into different areas of requirement and is for a minimum of 21 days in the location for the first outlet. Second and subsequent outlets will require between 7 and 10 days training by our trainers; the costs of time (charged at current daily rate), travel, subsistence and accommodation are chargeable to the franchisee. This training is conducted by fully qualified personnel and proves to be an invaluable part of the process.
What can I earn?
Like any business the forecast is exactly that, a forecast, and varies substantially between country and outlet. We would expect our franchisees to turnover a minimum of £500,000 in their first year and take approximately £100,000 net profit from a well–run restaurant. Large prime sites can expect to achieve in excess of £300,000 net profit on a turnover of £1.2 million.
What is the return on investment?
As quick as 6 months and usually within 3 years.
What is the royalty?
We charge a minimum monthly royalty fee of £650.00 with a percentage based on location and size of your restaurant.
What countries are you looking to enter?
Our current expansion plan is to broaden our brand penetration across the globe through a select group of Country Master Franchisees and Area Developers.
We have a number of Master Franchise partners across Africa and Europe, and we are looking to build on the substantial opportunity within both Africa and Europe.
Our second main area of focus is the great development potential for growth within both the Middle and Far East as these are upcoming areas with large populations and growing disposable income.
In simple terms we would like to open in every country.
What do I get for my money?
You get the rights to trade using the Southern Fried Chicken name and the know how that has taken nearly 50 years to build. The support that is expected from a family business, that still has the founders son at the helm, and is big enough to have the knowledge and expertise but small enough to listen to our individual franchisees. Use of our extensive manuals which cover everything from building the restaurant , the operation of the restaurant , the menu and how to produce each product through to marketing and health & safety.
In fact you get the comprehensive blueprint for you to establish a profitable business and we hold your hand to ensure the highest levels of product quality , food hygiene and customer service.
Who owns the business?
This is a privately owned business with the current management team as the shareholders. We are in a strong financial position and have excellent year-on-year results with reinvestment a key part of our future success.
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Records (documents) (83)
Art museums (95)
Museum buildings (46)
Folk music (43)
Food habits (40)
Arts and crafts movement (39)
Folk festivals (39)
Historical museums (39)
Museum finance (36)
Budget process (34)
Warshaw, Isadore (51)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival (42)
Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (42)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary (34)
Work and Industry, Division of, NMAH, SI (27)
Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of [former name], NMAH, SI. (23)
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America (18)
National Museum of American History. Office of the Director (16)
Smithsonian Institution (16)
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) (14)
Howard University (14)
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (14)
Washington, Booker T. (14)
History of Technology, Division of, NMAH, SI (13)
Kuniyoshi, Yasuo (11)
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) (11)
Calder, Alexander (10)
Evergood, Philip (10)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (10)
Whitney Museum of American Art (10)
Anacostia Community Museum (9)
Federal Art Project (9)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Planning, Management and Budget (9)
Transportation, Division of, NMAH, SI. (9)
Zorach, William (9)
Pueblo Indians (9)
Teton Indians (8)
Taos Indians (7)
Chiricahua Indians (6)
Oglala Indians (5)
Piegan Indians (5)
Potawatomi Indians (5)
Shoshoni Indians (5)
Tlingit Indians (5)
Arctic peoples (4)
Archives Center, National Museum of American History (358)
Query: United States National Museum. National Museum Building
1458 records — Page 10 of 146
National Air and Space Museum. Albert Einstein Planetarium
14 cu. ft. (14 record storage boxes)
Record Unit 356
This record unit consists of administrative records, such as reports, correspondence, and attendance records, in addition to records concerning each show, such as scripts, correspondence, and proposals. The actual audio and video tapes are in Record Unit 520. Material from the 1950s and 1960s concerns a proposed Washington Planetarium.
Audiotapes and Videotapes
39.64 cu. ft. (12 document boxes) (58 tall document boxes)
This collection consists of videotapes and audiotapes of Spacearium presentations.
United States Army Around the World Flight (1924) Collection
United States. Army. Air Service
3 Cubic feet (6 boxes)
NASM.XXXX.0152
This collection consists of correspondence, memos, newspaper articles and logbooks concerning the flight.
Frank A. Taylor Papers
Taylor, Frank A. (Frank Augustus), 1903-2007
5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes)
Accession 18-009
Frank A. Taylor (1903-2007) was a Curator of Engineering and Industries and an administrator at the Smithsonian. He was born in 1903 in Washington, D.C., where he grew up. Taylor began his career at the Smithsonian in 1922 as a Laboratory Apprentice in the Division of Mechanical Technology of the United States National Museum (USNM). After ...
National Air and Space Museum. Udvar-Hazy Planning
This accession consists of records documenting the planning of the Udvar-Hazy Center which opened to the public in December 2003. Much of the material concerns master planning, site selection, and relations with federal, state, and local governments. Materials consist of the subject files of Linda Neuman Ezell, Project Coordinator, including ...
NASM Files
National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
10.12 cu. ft. (18 document boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 16x20 box) (1 oversize folder)
These records consist of the official files of Michael Collins as director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 1971-1978. To a large extent, the files concern the planning and funding of the new NASM building, its construction, the preparation of exhibits, and the opening of the Museum on July 1, 1976. On day-to-day administrative ...
Curators' Annual Reports
49 cu. ft. (98 document boxes)
The administration of the United States National Museum required curators to submit regular reports on the activities of the departments, divisions, and sections. Prior to about 1900 these reports were often made monthly and semiannually as well as annually. The reports were traditionally submitted to the Director of the National Museum to ...
United States National Museum. Division of Plants
22.74 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (40 document boxes) (3 tall document boxes) (1 oversize folder)
These papers include official records that document the history of the USNH while Joseph Nelson Rose was assistant botanist at the United States Department of Agriculture (1888-1896), assistant and associate curator, USNH, United States National Museum (1896-1911), and the Division of Plants, USNM (1917-1928); also personal and official papers...
Audiovisual Records
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services
This accession consists of films depicting buildings, museum objects, and events at the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Many of the films show the construction of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and the installation of its aircraft. Other subjects include giant pandas at the National Zoological Park, construction of the Hirshhorn M...
Exhibition Records
National Museum of American History. Division of Armed Forces History
circa 1912-1965, 1990 and undated
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
This accession consists of records that primarily document Naval Division, Department of Armed Forces History, planning for the Hall of Naval History in the Museum of History and Technology; Division of History exhibition plans for naval artifacts in the Arts and Industries Building and the United States National Museum; and one file of r...
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New Louisville Open Data Policy Insists Open By Default is the Future
by Rebecca Williams
Oct 21, 2013 11:00 am
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the signing of an open data policy executive order in conjunction with his compelling talk at the 2013 Code for America Summit. In nonchalant cadence, the mayor announced his support for complete information disclosure by declaring, “It’s data, man.” What’s more is this was one of three open data policies signed into law over the last week, the others being California’s West Sacramento and Oakland policies. (For the complete view, see our map of growing policies here.)
The Louisville policy is unique in that hits many of the Sunlight Foundation’s Open Data Policy Guidelines rarely touched upon by others, including a strong “open by default” provision, and, like South Bend, IN, roots its basis for affecting the transparency of information disclosure firmly in legal precedent, in this case, the Kentucky Open Meetings and Open Records Act. Doing so further empowers it’s “open by default” status. The Louisville policy also provides a clear series of checks and balances to insure information is disclosed by calling for (1) the creation of a comprehensive inventory supported by the letter of the law itself (which we have only seen in the 2013 U.S. federal policy thus far — and which has not yet been implemented), (2) a yearly open data report, and (3) built-in review of the policy itself for the ever-changing information and technology landscape ahead. We have broken out the significance and mechanics of Louisville’s policy that support information disclosure further below.
It’s also important to note that Louisville, with a population of 253,128, is part of the growing trend of smaller cities embracing open data. Mayor Fischer articulated during the Code for America Summit how the mid-size Louisville and Jefferson County metropolis would serve as an example of open data and innovation to cities around the country during his keynote address:
Open By Default & the Kentucky Open Records Act
With the passing of this executive order, Louisville now has the only U.S. municipal policy that explicitly declares open data the “default” for how government electronic information will be formatted, stored, and available, a provision made stronger because it builds on the Kentucky Open Records Act. This combination implies that all information that is legally accessible now will be proactively disclosed online via Louisville’s open data portal (or future successor site). The policy’s relevant intent language states, “Louisville Metro Government will consider public information to be open by default and will proactively publish data and data containing information, consistent with the Kentucky Open Meetings and Open Records Act” and reinforces this intent by defining open data broadly to include all information legally accessible, specifically:
“Open Data” means any public record as defined by the Kentucky Open Records Act, which could be made available online using Open Format data, as well as best practice Open Data structures and formats when possible. Open Data is not information that is treated exempt under KRS 61.878 by Metro Government.
Moreover, Louisville’s definition of “Department” as “any Metro Government department, office, administrative unit, commission, board, advisory committee, or other division of Metro Government within the official jurisdiction of the executive branch” continues this broad stroke, indicating that a wide variety of government information that will now be rendered open by default and available online.
While we saw the federal government adopt a “open by default” standard in May of this year, and we have seen similar provisions in NYC’s tech standards, those applications have been less broad. In these earlier iterations, “open by default” applies to “datasets” (a finite pool of information) controlled by agencies, not the broader sphere of public records writ large that the Sunlight Foundation has called for in open data policies time and time again. Additionally, NYC’s open by default provision lives in the tech standards, rather than the letter of the law itself, amendable by NYC DOITT rather than city council and, by definition, therefore less secure.
Comprehensive Inventories & Open Data Reports & Built-in Review
In addition to Louisville’s broad application of “open data” to all legally public information, the Louisville open data executive order calls for “comprehensive inventories of information possessed and/or managed” by Metro Departments, similarly to the processes we have seen in New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Louisville takes this one step further, and like the implementation plan of the federal 2013 open data executive order, calls for designation of data that is “public,” and here, “not yet public.” The policy states in relevant part:
(B) Each Department’s Open Data catalogue will classify information holdings as currently “public” or “not yet public”; Departments will work with Metro Technology Services to develop strategies and timelines for publishing open data containing information in a way that is complete, reliable, and has a high level of detail.
It is unclear if Louisville’s inventory will provide more granularity than the recent inventory process conducted by New York City for their Open Data Plan (their plan to release all designated datasets controlled by city agencies by 2018), but it does appear to provide less granularity the forthcoming federal inventory (due November 1st of this year) that also lists agency datasets that will not be released, with the designations of: “Public,” “Restricted Public,” and “Non-Public.” These federal inventory designations were not included in the federal executive order, but were a topic of public debate in Project Open Data’s participatory policy guidance. As Sunlight has noted before, a truly comprehensive data listing would include identifying information that is not available for release as well as information that is.
Louisville’s policy also mandates an annual Open Data Report to be conducted by the Open Data Management Team, which will summarize and comment on the “state of” Open Data availability from the previous year and plan improvements for quality information disclosure for the following year. The first of these plans is scheduled to occur 180 days after the signing of this executive order. Louisville’s creation of an oversight authority and processes for managing data quality at the outset of the policy thoughtfully creates an ecosystem where hiccups in data disclosure can be identified, rerouted, and department players are held accountable.
Lastly, the Louisville policy provides built-in review: “In acknowledgment that technology changes rapidly, in the future, the Open Data Policy should be reviewed and considered for revisions or additions that will continue to position Metro Government as a leader on issues of openness, efficiency, and technical best practices” and reserves the right of the Open Data Management team to sculpt the specifics of their flexible “Open Format” definition (defined as “any widely accepted, nonproprietary, platform-independent, machine-readable method for formatting data, which permits automated processing of such data and is accessible to external search capabilities”) with the Open Data Management team reserving the authority to adopt prevailing open format. Louisville’s executive order is worded carefully to insure maximum information disclosure, flexibility for change in the future, and allows specific technical formatting specs (the means to the information disclosure ends) to be altered by the Open Data Management Team without a new executive order or future legislation to be drafted. Simply put, Louisville successfully places the information disclosure ends, procedure, and process in the letter of the law, while leaving the technical mechanics appropriately outside of the law.
See the full policy here and below:
While open data policies are increasing in rate (3 over the last week!), it is exciting to also see them increase in breadth and diversity. Sunlight is grateful to have played a small role via consultation on this policy. Louisville’s open data policy serves as an excellent example of thoughtful policy aimed at information disclosure, as well as innovation, for small to large governments alike.
Photo by Code for America
Tags: audits, audits and indexes, CfA Summit 2013, Code for America, data audits and indexes, data inventory, Greg Fischer, indexes, inventory, kentucky, local government transparency, local open data, local open government, Louisville, open by default, open cities, Open Data, open data guidelines, open data policy, open data policy analysis, open data policy guidelines, Open Gov, Public Records Act, state and local transparency, sunlight cities
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508 and ADA Compliance
What’s the Difference Between ADA Compliance and 508 Compliance?
What’s Involved in 508 Compliance?
LSVT implements all standard W3C “recommendations” and WCAG 2.0 in web development including the documented principles; Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust, so that industry standard tools (such as screen readers like JAWS) can parse and address content for users that have accessibility needs, as well as Closed Captions can be added to the video training modules. One specific alternative interpretation that we do not implement are extreme “abstractions” such that cover a wider content accessibility for people with specific disabilities, specifically; non-text content available in braille.
They’re pretty much the same, really. ADA is the Americans with Disabilities Act, and it refers to making all resources, both physical and digital, accessible to persons with disabilities. There’s no such thing as ADA Compliance when it comes to the web, it’s more about protecting a disabled persons’ civil rights.
508 Compliance by contrast is a set of standards created by the U.S. Government to apply to digital material. Officially, only government websites have to maintain compliance. However, most healthcare organizations and websites targeted to seniors make efforts to maintain compliance.
508 Compliance comes down to just a few core principles:
Keyboard vs. Mouse Use: All actions and interactions that a user can take on your site must also be accessible by using the keyboard. This means no mouse rollovers, no hover on commands that aren’t also accessible by using the keyboard only. It’s unclear at this time how this standard will impact swipe and pinch technology on mobile.
Providing Text Alternatives: All text that is accessible within images, video, or otherwise must also be available in text form. This is so that a screen reader can access exactly the same information on the page as a visual user. All video or image based content must provide a transcript.
Using screen readers: Tools for the visually impaired, like screen readers, must have indications when an interaction with the page is taking place. For example, if a drop down menu opens, the reader must indicate that the menu is open and tell how to close it. If an image is used on the page for something other than simple design, the alternative text associated with that image must describe the image.
Selecting contrast and color: You must maintain a highly readable contrast (specific percentages are provided) and any use of color must be defined for the screen reader. Colors must be “web safe” and no CSS commands should change the browser’s native display such that a screen reader cannot translate it.
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10 Undervalued Golden Age Mysteries
Posted on November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 by Martin Edwards
Anyone who enjoys classic crime is well aware of the merits of books like Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Anthony Berkeley’s The Poisoned Chocolates Case. But there are plenty of novels, by these authors and others, that in my opinion deserve to be much better known, and much better regarded. Quite a few of them are not conventional whodunits – and the point to keep in mind is the sheer variety of books that were actually written during the 1920s and 30s. Many of them were not remotely formulaic or cosy. Here are ten personal favourites by British writers which were published during the Golden Age of detective fiction.
Curtain – Agatha Christie. Perhaps this book was under-rated because it was published in 1975, not long before she died and at a time when the quality of her original fiction was in decline. But she wrote this one while still at the height of her powers. It wasn’t published back in the Golden Age simply because it was Poirot’s very last case. This story of a highly unorthodox serial killer is, however, quite creepy and brilliant.
Dead Mrs Stratton – Anthony Berkeley. Also known as Jumping Jenny, this is a case for Roger Sheringham, surely the most fallible of great detectives. Berkeley’s wit and flair for the ironic and macabre are on full display in this characteristically ingenious story.
Lonely Magdalen – Henry Wade. No Golden Age writer had a better understanding of the way in which the police actually work than Wade, and this book, his masterpiece, has been unaccountably ignored over the years. The structure is clever – an account of a police investigation into the murder of a prostitute is followed by a long flashback which traces the background to the crime, before the detectives finally close in on the killer. But are they looking for the right man?
The Documents in the Case – Dorothy L. Sayers and Robert Eustace. Perhaps because this is the only detective novel that Sayers ever wrote that didn’t feature Lord Peter Wimsey, it is too often overlooked. Sayers borrowed her narrative technique, involving multiple viewpoints, from Wilkie Collins, and wrote a bleak story (inspired by a real life crime) with a remarkably ambitious theme – the nature of life itself.
The Sweepstake Murders – J.J. Connington. During the Golden Age, few writers were as scrupulous about playing fair with the reader as Connington, but the ingenuity of his clueing ensured that in this book in particular the mystery remains intriguing to the end. A sweepstake win proves to be the catalyst for the series of cunningly contrived murders. But who is guilty?
Suicide Excepted – Cyril Hare. In real life Hare was a barrister who became a judge and his masterpiece, A Tragedy at Law, has been justly acclaimed. But this early novel, in which his series characters don’t appear, deserves to be better known. It’s clever and engaging and written in Hare’s customary smooth and highly readable style. It’s also perhaps the best-plotted of all his books.
My Own Murderer – Richard Hull. Hull was inspired by the books that Anthony Berkeley wrote under the name of Francis Iles to write a number of darkly ironic tales of murder-gone-wrong. This book, much admired in its day, but long neglected, is characteristically wry. It’s narrated by a lawyer who happens to have the same name (Richard Henry Sampson) as the author, a neat touch, but is his confidence in his own ability to evade the clutches of the law is misplaced?
Middle-Class Murder – Bruce Hamilton. The brother of the playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton was himself a talented crime writer whose work has mysteriously been overlooked by most critics. His left-wing views are evident in this novel, but the real strength of the story is the gripping way in which he recounts the misadventures of a would-be killer.
Poison in the Parish – Milward Kennedy. Kennedy, like Hull and Hamilton, was influenced by Francis Iles, and his books are similarly crammed with ironic twists of fate. This strangely obscure novel (never reprinted, so far as I know) boasts a highly unusual murder motive and is an English village mystery with a sting in the tail.
Birthday Party – C.H.B. Kitchin. Kitchin was an accomplished literary novelist whose occasional forays into detective fiction, with amateur detective Malcolm Warren, are all worth reading. This book, although reprinted recently, is less familiar. Kitchin makes use of multiple viewpoints (but in a very different way from The Documents in the Case) to tell a well-characterised story about a crime. Highly readable.
Martin Edwards’ latest novel, Gallows Court, was nominated for both the 2019 eDunnit award for best crime novel and the CWA Historical Dagger. He was recently honoured with the CWA Dagger in the Library for his body of work and has received the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Poirot awards, two Macavity awards, the CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Prize, and the CWA Short Story Dagger. He is consultant to the British Library’s Crime Classics, a former chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, and current President of the Detection Club. He has published eighteen novels including the Harry Devlin series and the Lake District Mysteries, nine non-fiction books and sixty short stories, and edited forty anthologies.
www.martinedwardsbooks.com
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Sunday 10.9.2016 New York Times Digest
1. The Lost Cultures of Whales
“We are not just losing specific whales that we have come to know as individuals; we are losing a way of life, a culture — the accumulated wisdom of generations on how to survive in the deep waters of the Caribbean Sea. They may have lived here for longer than we have walked upright.”
2. How U.S. Torture Left a Legacy of Damaged Minds
“After enduring agonizing treatment in secret C.I.A. prisons around the world or coercive practices at the military detention camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, dozens of detainees developed persistent mental health problems, according to previously undisclosed medical records, government documents and interviews with former prisoners and military and civilian doctors. Some emerged with the same symptoms as American prisoners of war who were brutalized decades earlier by some of the world’s cruelest regimes.”
3. When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas
“Climate change is hard to think about not only because it’s complex and politically contentious, not only because it’s cognitively almost impossible to keep in mind the intricate relationships that tie together an oil well in Venezuela, Siberian permafrost, Saudi F-15s bombing a Yemeni wedding, subsidence along the Jersey Shore, albedo effect near Kangerlussuaq, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the polar vortex, shampoo, California cattle, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, leukemia, plastic, paper, the Sixth Extinction, Zika, and the basic decisions we make every day, are forced to make every day, in a world we didn’t choose but were thrown into. No, it’s not just because it’s mind-bendingly difficult to connect the dots. Climate change is hard to think about because it’s depressing and scary.”
4. Shakespeare Explains the 2016 Election
“As the play conceives it, Richard’s villainy was readily apparent to everyone. There was no secret about his fathomless cynicism, cruelty and treacherousness, no glimpse of anything redeemable in him and no reason to believe that he could govern the country effectively.”
5. Among the Post-Liberals
“The liberal consensus seemed impressively resilient, even in the midst of elite misgovernment. 9/11 did not shake it meaningfully, nor did the Iraq war, and it seemed at first to weather the financial crisis as well. Now, though, there is suddenly resistance.”
6. Pets on Pot: The Newest Customer Base for Medical Marijuana
“Other animal lovers who have turned to cannabis-based products to alleviate a host of pet maladies, including seizures, inflammation, anxiety and pain, are reporting similar results. Although they have not been approved by regulators, marijuana-based treatments are being used not only for cats and dogs, but for pigs, horses and domesticated wild animals.”
7. Founder of Overheard LA, Which Pokes Fun at the City’s Pretensions, Is Unmasked
“A lot of the trends start here — hot Pilates, aura photography — and a lot of culture gets exported from here. Or anti-culture. People all over the world see the Kardashians in Calabasas, ‘The Price Is Right’ from the CBS studios on Beverly Boulevard. At the end of the day, they care about Los Angeles because it represents an ideal reality. It’s where the myths have been made for the last hundred years.”
8. Art Deco Los Angeles
“Some cities have a single architectural identity but Los Angeles is known for many. It was an incubator of the American Craftsman style, and it embraced Beaux-Arts, as well as Spanish Colonial Revival and Mayan Revival, which found a powerful advocate in Frank Lloyd Wright. But then Art Deco arrived and proliferated during the decades when movie studios became the cornerstone of an economy that had previously relied primarily on oil. It left a stunning cache of public buildings in its wake.”
9. H. W. Brands: By the Book
“Some years back it ran a piece in praise of short words, entirely in words of one syllable. The guiding principle of its style — simplify, then exaggerate — suits writers of polemics, operas and much else.”
10. They Deleted Their Kids: Stories Orbit Tech-Obsessed Lives
“The most disturbing stories about the future may be less about what could happen, given unforeseen circumstances, and more about what should happen given the way things are right now.”
11. The Populist Explosion Dissects the History of the Anti-Elite Worldview
“The difference is that right-wing populists accuse the elite of coddling an ever-shifting third group — immigrants, blacks, terrorists, welfare recipients or all of the above. This demagoguing of the scapegoat du jour is what gives right-wing populism its current potency, especially in Europe, which is facing more severe economic, immigration and terrorism problems than the United States.”
12. The Provocative Life of Judge Richard Posner
“In the past half-century there has been no figure more dominant or more controversial in American law than Posner. He has written more than 50 books, over 500 articles and nearly 3,000 majority opinions for his court. Not even Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. — to whom he is often compared — matches his productivity and range.”
13. In Exile With Don Quixote
“The defining experience of Cervantes’s life was the harrowing five years starting in 1575 that he spent in the dungeons of Algiers as a prisoner of the Barbary pirates. It was there, on the border of Islam and the West, that Cervantes came to appreciate the value of tolerance toward those who are radically different, and it was there he discovered that of all the goods men can aspire to, freedom is by far the greatest. While awaiting a ransom that his family could not pay, confronted with execution each time he attempted to escape, watching his fellow slaves tormented and impaled, he longed for a life without manacles. But once he returned to Spain, a crippled war veteran neglected by those who had sent him into conflict, he came to the conclusion that if we cannot heal the misfortunes that assail our bodies, we can, however, hold sway over how our soul responds to those sorrows.”
14. People and Technology
“All of this is wonderful, if you like your connections eclectic and your narrative discursive.”
15. Why Are Politicians So Obsessed With Manufacturing?
“This myopic focus on factory jobs distracts from another, simpler way to help working Americans: Improve the conditions of the work they actually do.”
16. Letter of Recommendation: The Life of Marshall Hodgson
“Born in 1922, he spent World War II as a conscientious objector in the Civilian Public Service before he made his way to academia. Legends circulated: He couldn’t eat a bun in a German cafe because there were hungry people outside; for a time, he subsisted on raw potatoes. He held tutorials while jogging briskly around the track. He wrote treatises, cranky or inspired, on grading policies, university housing, world federalism, civil rights. He read War and Peace to his wife, Phyllis, while she washed dishes. (‘Marshall didn’t think a university professor ought to wash dishes,’ she told me wryly — one grave mark against him.) Hodgson read and wrote furiously but published little. The Venture is the main offering, and even it was unfinished by his standards at the time of his death.”
17. Big Food Strikes Back
“In ways small and large, Obama left the distinct impression during the campaign that he grasped the food movement’s critique of the food system and shared its aspirations for reforming it. But aspirations are cheap — and naïveté can be expensive.”
18. Close to the Bone
“When picking among shrink-wrapped packages in the meat aisle of your local grocery, it’s remarkable how little information you’re provided about the steak, pork chop or chicken breast inside. The label tells you the particular cut, its weight and the price per pound, but store brands almost never give even basic information about how that animal was raised.”
19. Pie in the Sky
“Can frozen pizza really be expected to improve the health of the American public? And will anyone want to eat it if it does?”
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Podcast: Tech Policy in the Biden Admin & 117th Congress
by Adam Thierer on January 11, 2021 · 0 comments
I wanted to bring to your attention this Federalist Society podcast discussion I hosted a few weeks ago on, “Tech Policy Under the Biden Administration and 117th Congress.” I was joined by Jennifer Huddleston, Director of Technology & Innovation Policy at the American Action Forum, and Blake Reid, Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado Law School.
We discussed key policy debates – such as antitrust and “Big Tech,” online speech and Section 230, and the race to 5G – and considered how the new presidential administration and Congress might approach innovation and the tech industry in 2021 and beyond. Note: You might also want to check out this earlier essay by Jennifer on, “5 Tech Policy Topics to Follow in the Biden Administration and 117th Congress.”
The End of Permissionless Innovation?
[This article originally appeared at Discourse on January 6, 2021.]
Time magazine recently declared 2020 “The Worst Year Ever.” By historical standards that may be a bit of hyperbole. For America’s digital technology sector, however, that headline rings true. After a remarkable 25-year run that saw an explosion of innovation and the rapid ascent of a group of U.S. companies that became household names across the globe, politicians and pundits in 2020 declared the party over.
“We now are on the cusp of a new era of tech policy, one in which the policy catches up with the technology,” says Darrell M. West of the Brookings Institution in a recent essay, “The End of Permissionless Innovation.” West cites the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee’s October report on competition in digital markets—where it equates large tech firms with the “oil barons and railroad tycoons” of the Gilded Age—as the clearest sign that politicization of the internet and digital technology is accelerating.
It is hardly the only indication that America is set to abandon permissionless innovation and revisit the era of heavy-handed regulation for information and communication technology (ICT) markets. Equally significant is the growing bipartisan crusade against Section 230, the provision of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that shields “interactive computer services” from liability for information posted or published on their systems by users. No single policy has been more important to the flourishing of online speech or commerce than Sec. 230 because, without it, online platforms would be overwhelmed by regulation and lawsuits.
But now, long knives are coming out for the law, with plenty of politicians and academics calling for it to be gutted. Calls to reform or repeal Sec. 230 were once exclusively the province of left-leaning academics or policymakers, but this year it was conservatives in the White House, on Capitol Hill and at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) who became the leading cheerleaders for scaling back or eliminating the law. President Trump railed against Sec. 230 repeatedly on Twitter, and most recently vetoed the annual National Defense Authorization Act in part because Congress did not include a repeal of the law in the measure.
Meanwhile, conservative lawmakers in Congress such as Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz have used subpoenas, angry letters and heated hearings to hammer digital tech executives about their content moderation practices. Allegations of anti-conservative bias have motivated many of these efforts. Even Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas questioned the law in a recent opinion.
Other proposed regulatory interventions include calls for new national privacy laws, an “Algorithmic Accountability Act” to regulate artificial intelligence technologies, and a growing variety of industrial policy measures that would open the door to widespread meddling with various tech sectors. Some officials in the Trump administration even pushed for a nationalized 5G communications network in the name of competing with China.
This growing “techlash” signals a bipartisan “Back to the Future” moment, with the possibility of the U.S. reviving a regulatory playbook that many believed had been discarded in history’s dustbin. Although plenty of politicians and pundits are taking victory laps and giving each other high-fives over the impending end of the permissionless innovation era, it is worth considering what America will be losing if we once again apply old top-down, permission slip-oriented policies to the technology sector. Continue reading →
A Good Time to Re-Read Reagan’s Fairness Doctrine Veto
by Adam Thierer on October 17, 2020 · 0 comments
With many conservative policymakers and organizations taking a sudden pro-censorial turn and suggesting that government regulation of social media platforms is warranted, it’s a good time for them to re-read President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 veto of Fairness Doctrine legislation. Here’s the key line:
History has shown that the dangers of an overly timid or biased press cannot be averted through bureaucratic regulation, but only through the freedom and competition that the First Amendment sought to guarantee.
That wisdom is just as applicable today when some conservatives suggest that government intervention is needed to address what they regardless as “bias” or “unfair” treatment on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or whatever else. Ignoring the fact that such meddling would likely violate property rights and freedom of contract — principles that most conservatives say they hold dear — efforts to empower the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, or other regulators would be hugely misguided on First Amendment grounds.
President Reagan understood that there was a better way to approach these issues that was rooted in innovation and First Amendment protections. Here’s hoping that conservatives remember his sage advice. Read his entire veto message here.
“FCC’s O’Rielly on First Amendment & Fairness Doctrine Dangers“
“Sen. Hawley’s Radical, Paternalistic Plan to Remake the Internet“
“How Conservatives Came to Favor the Fairness Doctrine & Net Neutrality“
“Sen. Hawley’s Moral Panic Over Social Media“
“The White House Social Media Summit and the Return of ‘Regulation by Raised Eyebrow’“
“The Not-So-SMART Act“
“The Surprising Ideological Origins of Trump’s Communications Collectivism“
On Defining “Industrial Policy”
by Adam Thierer on September 3, 2020 · 0 comments
In his debut essay for the new Agglomerations blog, my former colleague Caleb Watney, now Director of Innovation Policy for the Progressive Policy Institute, seeks to better define a few important terms, including: technology policy, innovation policy, and industrial policy. In the end, however, he decides to basically dispense with the term “industry policy” because, when it comes to defining these terms, “it is useful to have a limiting principle and it’s unclear what the limiting principle is for industrial policy.”
I sympathize. Debates about industrial policy are frustrating and unproductive when people cannot even agree to the parameters of sensible discussion. But I don’t think we need to dispense with the term altogether. We just need to define it somewhat more narrowly to make sure it remains useful.
First, let’s consider how this exact same issue played out three decades ago. In the 1980s, many articles and books featured raging debates about the proper scope of industrial policy. I spent my early years as a policy analyst devouring all these books and essays because I originally wanted to be a trade policy analyst. And in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you could not be a trade policy analyst without confronting industrial policy arguments.
On Doctorow’s “Adversarial Interoperability”
by Adam Thierer on August 29, 2020 · 0 comments
Interoperability is a topic that has long been of interest to me. How networks, platforms, and devices work with each other–or sometimes fail to–is an important engineering, business, and policy issue. Back in 2012, I spilled out over 5,000 words on the topic when reviewing John Palfrey and Urs Gasser’s excellent book, Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems.
I’ve always struggled with the interoperability issues, however, and often avoided them became of the sheer complexity of it all. Some interesting recent essays by sci-fi author and digital activist Cory Doctorow remind me that I need to get back on top of the issue. His latest essay is a call-to-arms in favor of what he calls “adversarial interoperability.” “[T]hat’s when you create a new product or service that plugs into the existing ones without the permission of the companies that make them,” he says. “Think of third-party printer ink, alternative app stores, or independent repair shops that use compatible parts from rival manufacturers to fix your car or your phone or your tractor.”
Doctorow is a vociferous defender of expanded digital access rights of many flavors and his latest essays on interoperability expand upon his previous advocacy for open access and a general freedom to tinker. He does much of this work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which shares his commitment to expanded digital access and interoperability rights in various contexts.
I’m in league with Doctorow and EFF on some of these things, but also find myself thinking they go much too far in other ways. At root, their work and advocacy raise a profound question: should there be any general right to exclude on digital platforms? Although he doesn’t always come right out and say it, Doctorow’s work often seems like an outright rejection of any sort of property rights in networks or platforms. Generally speaking, he does not want the law to recognize any right for tech platforms to exclude using digital fences of any sort. Continue reading →
Symposium: Hirschman’s “Exit, Voice & Loyalty” at 50
This month’s Cato Unbound symposium features a conversation about the continuing relevance of Albert Hirschman’s Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States, fifty years after its publication. It was a slender by important book that has influenced scholars in many different fields over the past five decades. The Cato symposium features a discussion between me and three other scholars who have attempted to use Hirschman’s framework when thinking about modern social, political, and technological developments.
My lead essay considers how we might use Hirschman’s insights to consider how entrepreneurialism and innovative activities might be reconceptualized as types of voice and exit. Response essays by Mikayla Novak, Ilya Somin, and Max Borders broaden the discussion to highlight how to think about Hirschman’s framework in various contexts. And then I returned to the discussion this week with a response essay of my own attempting to tie those essays together and extend the discussion about how technological innovation might provide us with greater voice and exit options going forward. Each contributor offers important insights and illustrates the continuing importance of Hirschman’s book.
I encourage you to jump over to Cato Unbound to read the essays and join the conversations in the comments.
The Conservative Crack-Up Over the Fairness Doctrine & FCC Regulation
by Adam Thierer on August 8, 2020 · 0 comments
There is a war going on in the conservative movement over free speech issues and FCC Commissioner Mike O’Reilly just became a causality of that skirmish. Neil Chilson and I just posted a new essay about this over on the Federalist Society blog. As we note there:
Plenty of people claim to favor freedom of expression, but increasingly the First Amendment has more fair-weather friends than die-hard defenders. Michael O’Rielly, a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), found that out the hard way this week.
Last week, O’Rielly delivered an important speech before the Media Institute highlighting a variety of problematic myths about the First Amendment, as well as “a particularly ominous development in this space.” In a previous political era, O’Rielly’s remarks would have been mainstream conservative fare. But his well-worded warnings are timely with many Democrats and Republicans – including some in the White House – looking to resurrect analog-era speech mandates and let Big Government reassert control over speech decisions in the United States.
Shortly after delivering his remarks, the White House yanked O’Rielly’s nomination to be reappointed to the agency. It was a shocking development that was likely motivated by growing animosities between Republicans on the question of how much control the federal government–and the FCC in particular–should exercise over speech platforms, including platforms that the FCC has no authority to regulate.
For the 30 years that I have been covering media and technology policy, I’ve heard conservatives rail against the Fairness Doctrine, Net Neutrality and arbitrary Big Government only to see many of them now reverse suit and become the biggest defenders of these things as it pertains to speech controls and FCC regulation. It will certainly be interesting to see what a potential future Biden Administration does with the various new regulations that some in the GOP are seeking to impose. Continue reading →
Existential Risk & Emerging Technology Governance
“The world should think better about catastrophic and existential risks.” So says a new feature essay in The Economist. Indeed it should, and that includes existential risks associated with emerging technologies.
The primary focus of my research these days revolves around broad-based governance trends for emerging technologies. In particular, I have spent the last few years attempting to better understand how and why “soft law” techniques have been tapped to fill governance gaps. As I noted in this recent post compiling my recent writing on the topic;
soft law refers to informal, collaborative, and constantly evolving governance mechanisms that differ from hard law in that they lack the same degree of enforceability. Soft law builds upon and operates in the shadow of hard law. But soft law lacks the same degree of formality that hard law possess. Despite many shortcomings and criticisms, compared with hard law, soft law can be more rapidly and flexibly adapted to suit new circumstances and address complex technological governance challenges. This is why many regulatory agencies are tapping soft law methods to address shortcomings in the traditional hard law governance systems.
I argued in recent law review articles as well as my latest book, despite its imperfections, I believe that soft law has an important role to play in filling governance gaps that hard law struggles to address. But there are some instances where soft law simply will not cut it. Continue reading →
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Purchase A Tile
Honor Your Beloved Veteran
At the Florida Veterans Memorial Plaza
About Florida Veterans Memorial Plaza, Clearwater FL
The Tampa Bay Veterans Alliance, TBVA, is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization developed to provide the citizens of the Tampa Bay area communities an opportunity to show their appreciation to the veterans of the United States military services.
Florida Veterans Memorial Foundation
To establish a basis for honoring Veterans who served to preserve America’s freedom from WWII to the present.
Missing in Clearwater Region’s history has been the military recognition of Veterans since WWI. Given that there are 400,000 living Veterans in the region, and an untold number of deceased Veterans, Tampa Bay Veterans Alliance has formed this memorial Foundation to give long overdue tribute to this region’s history.
Therefore, our organization assumes responsibility to create, fund and develop this Tribute at Crest Lake Park in Clearwater. Each Statue will recognize a particular Service and will depict the combat uniform of the era: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and perhaps unique in the United States, Veterans of the “Cold War” period.
Building and sustaining funds come from the region’s community of Veterans and Friends, Neighborhood Associations, area Retailers, Corporations, Non-Profits and the City of Clearwater.
A legacy fund is established immediately for a) Surviving Spouses and b) Scholarships for advanced education and technical schools for veterans children.
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#41) Stacey Copeland
This week SportSpiel founder and co-host Alasdair Hooper writes about an athlete he describes as a pioneer, innovator and inspiration to all women.
Pave the way. Three words that sound so simple but can mean so much.
Those words can challenge prejudice, change society, alter stereotypes and make lives.
If you are looking for a walking, talking example of pave the way then thankfully we have one – boxer Stacey Copeland.
Last summer the 37-year-old caytoo athlete became the first British woman to win a Commonwealth boxing gold.
She grew up in a boxing mad family and, before she turned professional, she carved out a career in football playing for Doncaster Belles and the England U18s.
Women weren’t allowed to box then, you see.
But, as impressive as Stacey’s sporting accolades are, this isn’t a piece about Stacey the boxer or the footballer.
This is a piece about Stacey the pioneer, the innovator and the inspiration. She is the definition of pave the way.
It’s been about a year and a half since I first spoke to the Mancunian in an interview for SportSpiel but it was one of those conversations that has stuck with me ever since.
That was before the Commonwealth title and before she properly launched the ‘Pave the Way’ project.
On July 13th in Zimbabwe, I became the first British woman to win the Commonwealth title, but there was no belt. Through working with the CBC a women’s belt has now been introduced for female champions. And here it is. It’s been a long wait, but we finally have it!
PAVE THE WAY🌟 pic.twitter.com/E3gDKqu8mJ
— Stacey Copeland (@scopelandboxer) 17 December 2018
But it was clear from the off that inspiring the next generation through sport was the bedrock of who she was as a person.
“I don’t see being a role model as a responsibility, I see it as a privilege,” she said in that November 2017 interview.
“When I was a kid growing up I didn’t have those role models in football or boxing.
“Everyone I looked up to was male.
“I did get questioned a lot as a kid in school. They’d say ‘why do you want to be a boy?’
“I was called ‘shim’ and ‘shemale’ just because I did boxing and football, which were considered boys sports.
“I felt like a weirdo a lot of the time and would ask ‘what was wrong with me?’
“‘Why am I a boy trapped in a girl’s body, what’s the matter with me?’
“There was nothing wrong with me – I was just a girl who loved those sports.”
Stacey’s identity struggle is probably something a lot of children growing up can relate to.
Whether it’s through sport, or any other walk of life, society judges you – it’s almost programmed to.
When I was growing up, in school hockey was for girls and football was for boys.
The story is similar with netball (girls’ sport) and rugby (boys’ sport).
In terms of my own personal circumstances I turned to fencing, which isn’t necessarily for boys or for girls. But it sure as hell meant you were privately educated.
So, what I find particularly vital about Stacey’s message, and the entire ‘Pave the Way’ mission statement, is that it’s not about who you are.
It’s about who you want to be – regardless of gender, background, or what others will tell you.
“It took me a long time to realise I didn’t want to be Sugar Ray Leonard, who I loved, or Muhammad Ali or David Beckham or Ryan Giggs,” said Stacey.
“I loved all of those athletes, but I didn’t want to be like them because of the gender.
“I wanted to be a great footballer or boxer like them.
“There just weren’t female equivalents to look up to so I do feel really passionately about making sure that I’m visible and that I’m sending out a message to young girls.
“You can be whatever you want to be and, if they’re being told they can’t do something, then yes they can.
“I want to be an example for them, and that goes beyond just girls.
“There’s a lot of people who can relate to that kind of story, male, female or otherwise.
“If I can inspire others that’s my greatest privilege as a human being and an athlete.”
Looking to the present day and Stacey is one of the most prominent and important mouthpieces for women’s sport out there.
You will frequently find her giving talks to children, training with them in gyms or hosting her own radio show on BBC Radio Manchester.
But at the heart of everything those same themes come across, showcasing exactly what sport can do for people.
When you go against the grain in trying to change things for the better, some days are tough. But then there are times like these, where people support you, encourage you, and get behind you, and that makes all the tough times worth it. Thank you @NorthPowerWomen #NPWawards 🌟💪 pic.twitter.com/SyryCDsXrl
— Stacey Copeland (@scopelandboxer) 18 March 2019
“Sport is incredible at bringing about social change,” she told the Manchester Evening News in March 2019.
“From an early age, girls are repeatedly told they can’t do certain things because they’re girls.
“Women’s boxing is brilliant because it challenges society’s notions of femininity.
“That will fan out into society and that can only be a good thing.
“It’s really important for young girls and boys to know that whatever they love doing, it’s OK. Don’t let gender stereotypes define you.”
Category: Boxing, The 52Tags: BBC Radio Manchester, Boxing, caytoo, Commonwealth, David Beckham, Doncaster Rovers Belles FC, England, Fencing, football, Hockey, Manchester Evening News, Muhammad Ali, netball, Pave The Way, rugby, Ryan Giggs, SportSpiel, Stacey Copeland, Sugar Ray Leonard
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Leonard Bernstein – Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon & Decca 1
Leonard Bernstein was a musical titan of the 20th Century as a composer, a conductor and a communicator. This Limited Numbered Edition boxed set is the largest of DG’s suite of beautifully-conceived albums and sets marking the 2018 centenary of a remarkable human being and musical legends.
Leonard Bernstein unquestionably was one of the most astonishing and dazzling personalities in the world of classical music. He bestrode the musical scene in the second half of the 20th century like few others: As composer, conductor, pianist, but it as a great communicator – of music and through music – that every facet of his life and legacy is bound together. The love of music (and of humanity) he shared so passionately with his fellow musicians is audibly communicated to all of us today through the recordings in this limited edition 158-disc Anniversary set.
For the last decade of his life he recorded exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon, having also made several recordings for the label in the 1970s. Bernstein’s recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca capture an artist in the full flower of his creative power with deep mastery of the repertoire – and his performances with some of the world’s greatest orchestras reflect the most profound mutual respect, giving rise to one memorable performance after another.
121 CDs, 36 DVDs and 1 Blu-ray audio disc
100th Anniversary Limited Numbered Edition
Leonard Bernstein’s complete recordings for Deutsche Grammophon and Decca presented together for the first time with his video-taped performances on Unitel
Each album presented in original jackets
200-page book with extensive documentation
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Dissecting Donald Trump’s election fraud claims
Donald Trump speaking at a debate.
Cole Bekeritis and Andrew Nagus
As we all know Donald Trump did not take well to losing the election. Trump accused six states of election irregularities.
In Pennsylvania, Trump wanted to stop ballot counting, because there weren’t any Republican Party observers in the room. After it was determined that there was at least one observer in the room, a U.S. District Judge immediately denied the request. In Michigan, Trump was the heavy leader throughout the election process. Then Biden overtook Trump after a surge of absentee ballots. Trump alleged that there were some blunders in the ballot counts, but he couldn’t provide any significant evidence. Therefore, those allegations were dismissed.
In Georgia, Trump wanted the absentee ballots to be set aside. A poll worker said that he thought some absentee ballots were being mingled with non-absentee ballots. Two other poll workers said they saw no such mingling. The accusations were dismissed because there was no evidence that the elections board had done anything wrong.
In Arizona, Trump alleged that poll workers told voters to push a button to cast their ballot even after the machine had detected that the person may have voted for two or more candidates. Although the allegations may have some legitimacy to them, the total number of votes that would’ve been affected was 180. So, it would not have made any significant changes to the result.
In Nevada, Trump claimed that thousands of voters voted illegally. The claims were originally for 10,000 cases, but it was whittled down to just one. This one case didn’t amount to much, so they kept moving along. Also in Nevada Trump claimed 9,000 nonresidents had voted in Nevada. But it was presented that students, military personnel, and military spouses could vote while not actually residing in the state.
Finally in Wisconsin, Trump wanted a recount due to his .6% loss in the election. His campaign also thought there were some irregularities with the vote, but once again did not have any evidence of that being the case.
When asked in an interview if Joe Biden won the election fairly or not, Mr. Ames responded with “It became clear very early that they did not have enough evidence to impact the results – in fact there was little credible evidence presented. Based on the evidence, President-Elect Biden won the election fairly and without question.” Mr. Ames believed that Joe Biden won the election fairly due to the fact that while it may have seemed like there was a lot of evidence against Biden, very little of it was credible. In addition, when he was asked whether or not he thinks Trump had the right to make these claims, and whether this should be looked into further than it already has, he said “No, the President had no right to make those accusations without clear, unequivocal evidence. He was grasping at straws. To the extent that there were irregularities found, (in Detroit among other places), states should all review their procedures and replace policies and practices that leave any room for questions about the results of any election. The counting process should be as transparent as possible without violating voter privacy (i.e. the private ballot). The country needs to pull together some solid factual evidence, and some rational logic being applied will help.”
So after all the allegations and commotion Donald Trump caused after the election, it pretty much amounted to nothing. I think it’s safe to say that it was a giant waste of time.
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2020 Election: Harris Makes History
Are Masks Effective Against Coronavirus?
The Changing Holiday Season
Climate Change, the Water Ban and Ipswich Massachusetts
Ipswich High School vs. COVID-19
Fear in the Third World.
The Legacy of Alex Trebek
Parents Returning To Work, Students Learning From Home
Australian Wildfires- Millions Destroyed
The Impeachment of President Donald Trump
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Throwback Thursday: The Water Polo Kid
On December 10, 2020 December 12, 2020 By Tim ValentinoIn Throwback Thursday
I once told a student that most high schools don’t offer water polo as a sport because it’s too hard to get the horses out of the pool. When she said, “Really?” I replied, “Yes, and did you know the word ‘gullible’ isn’t in the dictionary?” She wasn’t too happy with me.
Her confusion was understandable, though, as water polo is largely unknown, despite the fact that it’s an Olympic sport. I can tell you firsthand, it’s exhausting. Players are constantly in motion, and you’re not allowed to touch the bottom of the pool, even if it’s shallow enough to do so. Fatigue sets in quickly. That’s why substitutions are made throughout the game, much like the line changes in hockey.
It’s a brutal sport, too. A lot happens under the water that the refs never see. That’s why you’re required to wear two swim suits and trim your nails for inspection before every match. It can get rough out there. I once took a shot during a co-ed league game and broke a girl’s nose doing it.
That’s not happening in the picture below. I’m only in 7th grade there and hadn’t hit my growth spurt yet. I wasn’t able to break anything with those arms, let alone somebody’s nose! Water polo was a great run-up to the swim season, so it helped keep us in shape.
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Ontario reports single-day spike in new COVID-19 cases
Ontario's top doctor 'did not lead' province's COVID-19 response, auditor finds
Colin D'Mello Queen's Park Bureau Chief and Videojournalist, CTV News Toronto
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Published Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:08AM EST Last Updated Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:37PM EST
QUEEN'S PARK -- Ontario’s chief medical officer of health “did not lead” the province’s response to COVID-19, Ontario’s auditor general has concluded in a scathing review of the Progressive Conservative government’s handling of the months-long health care crisis.
Bonnie Lysyk’s special report into the pandemic determined that Dr. David Williams “did not fully exercise his powers” under the Health Protections and Promotions Act, did not issue directives to local medical officers of health to ensure a consistent response, and did not issue directives on their behalf to Ontarians.
“For instance, it was the province, not the chief medical officer, that finally issued an emergency order in early October 2020 to require masking for the general public,” the auditor’s report states.
Lysyk’s report also concluded that Ontario was “slower and more reactive” compared to other provinces largely because the province “failed to act” on key lessons highlighted after the 2003 SARS outbreak – contributing to “fragmentation and inconsistencies” across the province.
“The SARS Commission’s final report identified taking preventative measures to protect the public’s health even in the absence of complete information and scientific certainty,” the report states. “Instead, we found systemic issues and delays in decision-making.”
Initial response
During the initial stages of the pandemic response, Emergency Management Ontario was undergoing a “significant changeover” in leadership and was dealing with outdated emergency plans and a lack of sufficient staff – prompting the hiring of an external consultant, at a cost of $1.6 million, to create a new COVID-19 structure.
The result was the COVID-19 Central Command Table, which convened its first meeting on April 11, weeks after Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency, shut down schools and imposed a lockdown across the province.
The auditor also discovered that pandemic command structure became “overly cumbersome,” growing from 21 people to 500 members and was not led by public health experts.
“Public Health Ontario played a diminished role in the province’s pandemic response,” the report states.
Involvement of chief medical officer of health
Despite playing a prominent public role in the pandemic response, including bi-weekly news conferences and appearances at Ford’s daily news conference, the auditor concluded Ontario’s chief medical officer of health did not lead the province’s response to COVID-19.
Williams, according to the auditor, did not chair meetings of the Health Command Table and saw his role “further reduced” in August, when the government branch responsible for COVID-19 response and co-ordination was transferred from his portfolio to another provincial bureaucrat.
During an interview with the auditor, Williams also said he “would not” issue directives to local public health units without first consulting with the Health Command Table and the Deputy Minister of Health.
The auditor also discovered several delays in decision-making:
Williams issued a memo on June 21“strongly recommending” that local medical officers of health issue their own directives to decrease the risk of transmission among migrant workers in the agri-food sector. The memo was issued eight weeks after the first farm outbreak, the report stated.
Williams and the ministry of health “did not acknowledge” community spread of COVID-19 until March 26, “despite strong evidence of community transmission” as early as Mar. 15.
An associate medical officer of health emailed Williams on Mar. 18 recommending mandatory masking of all long-term care workers but “no immediate province-wide action was taken.”
The auditor concluded that Williams “neither played a leadership role nor fully exercised his powers to ensure timely and consistent responses by local public health units and health care providers.”
Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, Lysyk said that it was clear Williams played "an advisory" role and that the decisions were being made by government officials.
"The command table was chaired by the Deputy Minister of Health, and sometimes when she wasn't there, it would have been chaired by Ontario Health. The recommendations from that would have went up to the coordination table, and that was chaired by the secretary of cabinet and the chief of staff to the premier.
"And then those recommendations would have gone to the cabinet and the premier."
Government’s involvement
The auditor’s report repeatedly highlights the role of the premier and his cabinet as the chief decision makers during the pandemic and noted that all COVID-19 command tables lacked “any decision making authority.”
The premier took a hands-on approach, even attending some of the command table video conferences, and took charge on the issue of universal masking to reduce community transmission.
“In some cases actions, such as requiring a mask mandate to be followed in each public health unit, were eventually executed by the premier and the cabinet,” the report stated.
Lysyk also said the Ford government’s “choice” of not giving Williams the lead role in the pandemic response was “unusual” and said the premier became the “key media spokesperson for COVID-19 in Ontario.”
“Local medical officers of health informed us that they were confused by provincial politicians delivering critical public health advice in place of the chief medical officer of health,” Lysyk said in her report.
The auditor noted that was in sharp contrast to other jurisdictions such as Alberta, British Columbia, and Manitoba where their chief medical officers of health were tasked with being the key spokesperson for the pandemic response.
Critics of the government have frequently asked whether the premier or the public health experts have been the driving force behind the pandemic response – even as they debate whether to extend Williams’s contract until September 2021.
“The question is not whether we want Dr. Williams as the chief medical officer or not. It is about how this government has mismanaged this pandemic and who is at the command table actually directing what’s going on in this province,” NDP MPP Doly Begum said.
Progressive Conservative MPP Robin Martin said Williams has been doing a “terrific job” during the pandemic and stressed the important of his recommendations.
“He does not let us tell him what to do. He gives his professional opinion and frankly, we’re stuck with it, because that’s his opinion. He’s a professional,” Martin said on Tuesday evening in the legislature.
The auditor general recommended giving the chief medical officer of health and Public Health Ontario a more prominent role in the pandemic response, including the power to chair key decision making meetings and leading the province’s public health surveillance.
In a response to the auditor, the Ministry of Health said Williams will continue to attend planning meetings “when agenda items require the expertise of the chief medical officer of health.”
The ministry it will consider the auditor’s recommendation to strengthen the role of the chief medical officer of heath when it resumes its overhaul of the health care system “once the COVID-19 pandemic is contained.”
‘Stick with the number crunching,’ government says
Ford defended Williams in his daily afternoon briefing on Wednesday and went as far as to say that the auditor general report “does nothing but undermine” the province’s health team.
“I have some serious, serious problems with this report. To say that Dr. Williams wasn't leading this response, it just isn't right,” he said. “I'll tell you, I won't stand for this. My friends, ultimately, as your elected premier, the buck stops with me. But Dr. Williams has been riding shotgun with me from day one.”
Ford went on to say that the independent officer of the legislature should “stick with the number crunching” and should not be offering recommendations on medical advice.
“To sit in the office and throw hand grenades at Dr. Williams and his team and the minister of health is totally unacceptable, totally unacceptable. Stick with looking for value for money, stick with the job that we hired you for,” the premier said.
“Don't start pretending you're a doctor or health professional, because I can tell you, you aren't. Stick with the numbers, stick with the number crunching.”
Speaking to reporters prior to the news conference, Health Minister Christine Elliott called the auditor general’s report disappointing and said there was a “mischaracterization of the province’s pandemic response.”
“The reality is that over the course of the pandemic there have been different views—different views among public health officials amongst the medical community amongst policymakers and of course the public,” she said.
“While we welcome certain other recommendations from the auditor general, many in areas where we were continuing to make improvements, we have different views on various aspects of her report. No jurisdiction is perfect.”
Elliott said there were a number of issues she tried to get Lysyk to alter before publishing the report, but “no changes were made.”
“We had an agreement to disagree about certain aspects of the report,” she said. “I would say one big area of where there was a disagreement on the facts was with respect to our initial response to the pandemic.”
As a government, we expect to be, and should be, held accountable for our actions and performance, especially in a crisis. However, today’s Auditor General report is in many respects a mischaracterization of the province’s pandemic response.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) November 25, 2020
Lysyk later told reporters that all items in her report were "vetted for factual accuracy" and signed off by various departments. She said that the pushback by the government was "unexpected" andreiterated that her report isn't a criticism, rather it is meant to help guide future decision-making.
"The intent is to make sure that the issues that have been highlighted get finally get addressed."
The health minister said that Williams did attend the command table meetings and offer recommendations, saying that she has “complete confidence” in his ability.
“I know that he has been a leader throughout,” she said.
Liberal leader Steven Del Duca said the report indicates that the premier “just can’t be trusted” and that his government did not listen to public health advice.
“(The report) was a complete indictment of Doug Ford’s incompetence in terms of completely dropping the ball with respect to Ontario’s COVID-19 response,” he told CTV News Channel.
“Doug Ford owes the people of Ontario an apology.”
Del Duca said the “scathing” report is not about Williams, but rather about the premier who has been the decision-maker throughout the pandemic.
In a news release issued Wednesday, the Liberals went on to say that the Progressive Conservative government has been “steadfast” in its support of the auditor general's findings for years and questioned why there is a disconnect now.
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New man at the helm
October 25, 2019 /in Turf Spotlight /by Admin
New man at the helm: The new Chair of the IOG is a man who is a believer in evolution not revolution and, such has been the strides taken by the Institute on the recent past, you can be sure that there wouldn’t be a need for any U turns or radical changes in approach under his stewardship.
David Carpenter has been a member of the IOG Board for nine years and played a key part in the move of Saltex from Windsor Racecourse north to the NEC in Birmingham and he has seen levels of professionalism across the board increase during his time involved.
“I certainly don’t think that I need to take anything by the scruff of the neck. I have every confidence in the rest of the Board and the Executive team and we have been working together as a group extremely well,” explained David, who can call on his vast and relevant experience from working for the Sports Council and the Lottery Fund.
“I’m not suddenly going to change direction unless there is good reason to do so.” That is not to say that David, who took over the reins from David Teasdale, is going to be passive. He is a deep thinker on the subject of groundsmanship and the issues that are inherent in an industry which rarely gets the credit it deserves.
“I am concerned about the lack of new people coming into the industry, both as volunteers and professionals and I’d certainly like to see more young people entering the profession.
I’d also like to see more women in grounds management and I’d like to see more black and ethnic minorities represented in our profession.
“Such is the lack of level of entry, we can’t afford to not have half the population as potential ground staff,” he said.
He is not overly concerned with the elite side of the industry in terms of surface quality, after all we have many of the finest grounds managers in the world. But at the community end of the industry which impacts most on the greatest number of people there are real issues that must be addressed.
GanTIP has already conclusively identified that natural pitches are not in good condition at community level but already Jason and his team have tackled and improved nearly
4,000 community football pitches. They are doing a great job.
“I do see a scenario where community facilities could actually get worse before they get better. Local authorities are not recruiting and we have to find other routes into the profession. A lot of the volunteers we do have are older people and they are not going to be around forever and we need new younger people to work alongside and eventually take over,”
“We also know that with a little more investment there is an opportunity to make significant improvement.”
On education and professional development David has some interesting views.
“It strikes me that grounds management is where sports coaching was 20 years ago. Then there was no structured pathway for coaching and coaching appointments were very random, particularly outside of perhaps football and cricket.
“The status of the coach was really quite low. As a result of a more structured approach and clear pathways that status is much higher and coaches now receive much more respect. I think that is possible for grounds management if we are able improve the pathway quite significantly.”
One of the ways in which this could be achieved is an education process for operations managers, such as Contract Managers, Bursars and Arena Managers, who are ultimately responsible for grounds management.
“I think this process will take much longer than my time as Chair but it is a very important aspect and one which requires significant input. It is ridiculous that so many sports rely on good surfaces yet groundsmen and women don’t have the same parallel standing as those carrying out other functions within the organisation.”
He does have another interesting idea, which he stresses is his own and not IOG policy.
“I’d like to see education for the volunteer side of the industry available on a free of charge basis. Obviously that would require sponsorship support and we would have to go to the respective sports councils or sport governing bodies to agree volunteer programmes but I do think it is something worth exploring.”
David is also well aware of the change to the role of many groundsmen and women at that elite end.
“Groudscare managers now have to be so flexible. Not only have they to prepare surfaces which are scrutinised on TV and often criticised by players, past and present – when often it is as a result of bad play not bad surfaces – and then have to move seamlessly into preparing a stadium for an arena concert.
“They are working incredibly long hours, late into the night, and sometimes overnight to ensure that concerns booked by the commercial department are a success. I don’t think there is enough recognition for how much effort goes into it all.”
David was appointed to the Board as an independent member nine years ago after he had carried out some consultancy work for the IOG’s Chief Executive Geoff Webb in 2005.
“I also did a study in 2007 in which I called groundsmanship the hidden profession. I was basically saying that there was great work being done and some really good people involved but that they didn’t really have any profile at all.
“In 2010 Geoff asked me to join the Board and I have been really pleased that I accepted his offer because it has been quite an eventful time over the last eight or nine years and the organisation has made really good progress.”
Much of that progress can be seen with the success of the move of Saltex to the NEC in Birmingham, a move that David was involved heavily.
“We agonised about it for quite a long time to be frank but we knew that Windsor was staring to fail and that the status quo was not going to work. We had to shake it up and do something, and we’ve had a successful four years so far.
“The key is for us to keep the Show fresh and innovative, introduce new things and new thinking and we will try to keep it going for strength to strength. Fortunately, we have some good thinkers around the table and people who feed in good ideas and Geoff himself is very good on that front.”
David was elected Chair at the IOG’s AGM in September and firmly believes that progress will be made.
“I feel that I am taking over at quite a good time with regard to where we’ve managed to get to but we must lift the bar higher. We must push forward. For example, we have just appointed an agency to work with us with the aim of lifting the profile of the industry. Their work will not be launched until next spring but we are working very hard behind the scenes with the agency and I see this as the next stage of our challenge.”
Life is full of challenges but if you have a carpenter at the heart of things you can be sure of stability and a well-constructed future.
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Introduction à The Narrow Gate
1. Secrets of Cymatics, DNA, and Egyptians
1. Les secrets de la cymatique, de l’ADN et des Égyptiens
2. Leylines: An Introduction
2. Les alignements de sites (Leylines) : Une introduction
3. Leylines: Part 2
3. Les alignements de sites (leylines) : partie 2
4. Obelisks and City Plans
4. Obélisques et plans de ville
5. Links to the Ancients
5. Liaisons aux anciens
6. Owls, Owls Everywhere
6. Des hiboux! Des hiboux partout!
7. Festivals of Fire
7. Festivals de feux
8. An Introduction to Synchronicity
8. Introduction à la synchronicité
9. Capitol Hill and Dollar Bills
9. Capitol Hill et les billets de dollars
10. Purple Haze, up in my brain
10. L’obsession du violet
11. Decoding today’s headline: Fort Myers shooting
11. Décoder la nouvelle du jour : la tuerie de Fort Myers
12. Templars Cross, Square and Compass, and The Night Owl
12. La croix des Templiers, l’équerre/le compas et le hibou de nuit
13. Magnetism: Tesla’s Key to the Universe
14. Crop Circles and Ancient Power Plants
15. Energy Weapons: Tesla’s Suppressed Technologies
16. The Torus and Ancient Cosmology
17. The Greatest Liars of All Time
18. Look Around, It Will Astound You
19. What Goes Around, Comes Around
20. You Spin Me Right Round Baby
21. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1/2)
23. Destined for Oblivion
24. Made in a Hollywood Basement
25. Exposing the Coming NWO Alien Deception
26. Gematria, Synchronicity, and Predictive Programming
27. The Stars Declare the Truth
34. Kill Your TV!
35. Butterflies and Rabbit Holes
36. The War On Your Mind
News By The Numbers
Introduction to News By The Numbers
2018 Super Bowl Halftime Show Decoded
“America’s Pastor” Billy Graham Exposed
February 24, 2018 February 26, 2018 / Richard Kallberg
This post thoroughly exposes the masonic agenda relating to the evangelical preacher known as Billy Graham, who died earlier this week.
Due to Billy Graham’s immense popularity in the “Christian” community this information isn’t exactly met with open ears, but it’s important that this material gets shared around, as it has the potential to alert church-going Christians to the agenda behind “Churchianity”.
As such, I hope this post will be a useful resource for you to share with others (especially through ‘Christian’ facebook groups) to wake them up to the realities of the agenda being fomented by “church leaders” around the world.
Please also let me know if there’s any information I’ve overlooked or that you think should be included, as I would gladly update this post with more information as appropriate.
Before we get started though, let me make a quick preface with some thoughts on why this post was written… 🙂
Originally I wasn’t planning on putting this post together, as much of what is included here is already presented in a facebook post I made.
However, Facebook decided to ban me for 7 days shortly after I posted this material (the very same day that another 3 day ban had ended no less), so I felt compelled to ensure that this information gets seen by as many as possible…
It went a little something like this:
Rather than playing it cool to lay low, I instead went “all guns blazing” right off the bat to expose their false prophet….
… which sealed my fate rather quickly…
That being the case, I decided to do what any self-respecting truther stuck in facebook jail would do… that is, to publish all the information that facebook apparently had an issue with all in one place, so as to make it even easier for this information to be shared far and wide (which I hope you will do after reading!). 🙂
This post is dedicated to the Thought Police, without who’s inspiration this post would not have been written. 😀
Censorship and tyrannical nazi’s aside, let’s get started!
This post is going to cover several facets of the evangelical preacher known as Billy Graham, who died earlier this week.
For those who are unfamiliar with him, here is a short introduction:
Billy Graham was without doubt hugely influential in shaping society spiritually; politically; socially; and culturally; and is commonly regarded as one of the most influential preachers of the 20th century.
Unbeknownst to many Billy Graham was a 33rd degree freemason, and as you will learn in this post, Billy Graham’s role as a church leader was to lead people towards the Roman Catholic Church and a One World Religion.
In that regard, his real motivations were not aligned with the bible itself, but with freemasonry and the agenda of the Roman Catholic Church.
That might sound crazy for some readers, but what you will see in this post is:
Evidence of Billy Graham being a freemason;
Evidence of his connection to the Vatican / Catholic Church;
Evidence that he was promoting a One World Religion;
Quotes from his book “Angels” where he promotes the false “alien” narrative;
Links between Billy Graham and MK Ultra; and
Numerical breakdown of his death, including 13, 33, 777, 9/11, 101, and Skull & Bones (using analysis similar to earlier work you can find on this website in the “News By The Numbers” menu in the header at the top of this page).
You Shall Know Him By His Fruit$$$
Billy Graham the Freemason
Connection to the Vatican
Involvement with MK Ultra
1. You Shall Know Him By His Fruits
In the blog post 36. The War On Your Mind, we discussed how psychological warfare is waged on the masses 24/7, and I briefly touched on how the National Council of Churches was founded shortly after the foundation of Tavistock Institute (an institution known as the nerve-center for the mass manipulation of human consciousness).
As it happens, Billy Graham’s ministry started just after the Tavistock Institute and CIA were formed:
1947: Tavistock Institute and the CIA formed.
1948: World Council of Churches formed.
1949: Billy Graham‘s ministry started.
1950: National Council of Churches founded.
Based on that, it would certainly seem as if Billy Graham was groomed for the role he would play, given how his rise coincided so perfectly with the establishment of the very organisations that have meticulously shaped the religious and cultural scene in both America and worldwide in the last century.
On a personal level, in his role as a church leader Billy Graham has accumulated a huge amount of wealth, being among the eight richest pastors in America, according to Time.com:
Now, without even digging any deeper it should already be pretty clear from the amount of wealth he has accrued who Billy Graham really serves… (and who he doesn’t serve)…
With 25 million earthly dollars stored up it’s pretty safe to say which master Billy Graham was serving…
“You shall know them by their fruit$$$$”…
There is MUCH more to be said, which we will get into below, but there are already clear signs that Billy Graham is EXACTLY the kind of false prophet the bible warns about…
Another clear example of Billy Graham hidden agenda with can be seen by his secretive involvement with freemasonry…
2. Billy Graham the Freemason
Though he never publicly acknowledged it, Billy Graham was a (33rd degree) freemason.
This is not a matter of opinion, because it is in fact stated very clearly in the freemasons’ own history book:
For those not aware, freemasonry is a secret society which claims to work for the betterment of mankind (in secret), but which in reality is responsible for much of the destruction and chaos we see around the world, hence the motto “Order Out of Chaos” (‘Ordo ab Chao’ in latin).
There are many masonic lodges, all of which fall under the umbrella of the Vatican and military Jesuit Order.
Freemasonry is very hierarchical, and accordingly the lower ranked masons are never shown the true picture of what is going on at the top levels. They are thus very easy to deceive – though most masons will tell you that they are aware of what is going on and that there’s nothing to worry about.
The deceptive nature of masonry is even clearly stated in the book written by infamous 33rd freemason Albert Pike called Morals & Dogma, which gets handed to every initiate of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry upon joining.
The same book makes it clear that freemasons serve Lucifer:
Another key masonic book, by 33rd degree mason Manly P. Hall also states this very clearly:
Some say that Lucifer is the “light bearer” and not the same entity as Satan, but the symbols on freemasonic regalia betray such claims…
Aleister Crowley was the most famous satanist of the 20th century, and here he is decorated in masonic outfits in a photo identifying the logo above as a symbol of baphomet.
That symbol is far from the only masonic symbol that parallels with satanism however…
Though most freemasons are doing so unwittingly, it should be very clear that freemasonry is in fact serving Satan.
If it wasn’t clear enough already, consider the words of Helena Blavatsky, who has been a huge influence on the New Age movement as well as freemasonry:
Getting back to Billy Graham…
Along with the fact that he was mentioned as being a freemason in the freemasons’ own history book above, his freemasonic ties are also exposed in other ways as well, notably by masonic hand gestures, as well as the company he kept:
Billy Graham was a close friend and “spiritual adviser” to numerous American Presidents, all of whom are 33rd degree freemasons…
As the saying goes…
And speaking of Billy Graham’s shady connections…
3. Connection to the Vatican
Going back to what we mentioned early with regards to Billy Graham and wealth…
As it happens, the richest institution on Earth is the Vatican…
Considering their mutual love of money it should come as no surprise that Billy Graham was very well connected to the Vatican as a servant of the Roman Catholic church:
As outlined in the article below, Billy Graham’s mission was to lure Christian’s away from the true teachings of the bible, and instead towards the apostate Roman Catholic Church.
As outlined here, Billy Graham’s son even spoke clearly of the close relationship between Billy and the Catholic church:
Billy Graham’s connection with the Roman Catholic church remained strong until his death.
Contrary to what Billy Graham promoted, this is what true Christian’s think of the Pope:
Ian Paisley preaching against Billy Graham and the Pope (3mins):
You can find further videos exposing Billy Graham’s work relating to the Catholic church here:
“Billy Graham Exposed
Did Billy Graham start a movement of apostate Protestant preachers bringing the protestant churches back to Rome? Was he a freemason? You decide!”
https://www.opdeepstate.com/2018/02/21/billy-graham-exposed/
We won’t go to much into this, but to give you a brief idea (if you are new to biblical prophecies), the rise of the apostate Roman Catholic church is prophesied in chapter 17 of the book of Revelation:
“And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet“…
“… and was adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls and had in her hand a golden cup“…
Pope Benedict XVI burns incense at the altar as he celebrates the “Cena Domini” mass, which includes a feet-washing ceremony, in St. John in Lateran Basilica in Rome, Thursday April 9, 2009. The feet-washing ceremony symbolizes humility and commemorates Jesus’ last supper with his 12 apostles on the evening before his Good Friday crucifixion. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
St.Peter’s Square, solemn mass for the funeral of the Pope John Paul II © 2005 Daniele La Malfa
Also, notice that Daniel prophesied a “5th age” where the kingdom of Iron (i.e. Rome/the Vatican) would be restored…
What has the 5th age got to do with Billy Graham and his death you ask?
The name “Billy Graham” encodes the number 101 in jewish gematria:
… and Billy died in “Montreat, NC”…
These numbers have to do with ENERGY and occult number magic, and Billy Graham was certainly a big part of the masonic magic show!
I’m sure you’re now dying to see some more numerology associated to Billy Graham, so next we’re gonna take a look under the hood to see what we find…
Ooops, wrong car. That one must belong to the Pope, seeing as he likes snakes so much…
Snakes and aside, let’s get into some numbers!
4. By the Numbers
Billy Graham’s role in the masonic show becomes abundantly clear when we further scrutinise gematria and numerology associated to him.
Before we go any further, if you are new to masonic numerology some of what you will see below may seem outlandish to you at first glance… however, I can assure you that numerology and gematria are very real things used by the occult and freemasons.
If you wish to see countless other examples of masonic numerology in previous events, false flags, deaths, and other “news” beyond what you can see below, please check out the rest of the posts in the “News By The Numbers” section of this site, which you can find in the menu at the top of this page (as shown in the picture below).
The Introduction to News By the Numbers page has also been written specifically to introduce readers to masonic numerology, though I do try to show symbolic meanings of numbers as appropriate throughout posts like this.
I’m going to highlight some gematria concerning the things highlighted in red here:
First, recall the importance of the number 33 in freemasonry:
Billy Graham’s full name is encoded with 33:
Billy was a “baptist”…
He was part of the “southern baptist convention”…
Billy’s wife “Ruth Graham”…
Billy was an “evangelist”…
“Evangelist”, like freemason and zionism…
As you saw earlier, “Billy Graham” also encodes 101, which is another important number in freemasonry, as shown below.
The location of his death also encodes 101…
Billy Graham wrote many books, but his two most famous ones – and the two listed on his wikipedia page sum to 101…
I won’t cover this in great depth but in a nutshell 101 represents Lucifer, or what Orwell calls “the worst thing in the world”…
It might be interesting for you to note that we often see this same numerology represented in movies, such as The Matrix:
Or the TV show V… (V = 5 in roman numerals). More on that later.
Billy Graham’s website is tied to 888, which has an interesting connection…
“Jesus” in greek gematria also equals 888.
Did I mention number magic?! 😀
(yes, “lol” is 101 as well 😀 )
To give you an idea of what is going on, this is subliminal word and number association. Or in other words, number magic. You could also call it the “casting of spells” using gematria.
Every word has numerical equivalents, and numbers have energy. By associating certain words to other words they effectively program people’s minds subconsciously to associate certain things with others.
This is why you see “billygraham.org” associated to 888 of “Iesous”/Jesus, as it attracts that energy.
Conversely, people who are blindly praising and worshipping Billy Graham – and the event of his death – which are associated to 33 and 101, will attract those energies.
Looking closer at Billy Graham’s given birthday and his death date also shows masonic numerology:
First of all, note the 7’s, and the 21, which is usually symbolic of 777…
Billy Graham hosted a couple of shows, called “Billy Graham Crusades”, and “Hour of Decision”…
Billy Graham was 99 years old when he died.
99 is a closely related to the 6 pointed star / cube of Saturn (Satan):
Note that this star is NOT “the star of David”, but is a Babylonian symbol associated to Remphan (Satan), as stated in the bible
Seems like Remphan was popular all over the place back in the day…
… and still TODAY!
Looking closer at Billy Graham’s age, he died aged 99 years old, and 3 months + 14 days.
Thus his day of death encodes pi, which is approximated as 3.14…
This is significant for two reasons:
Firstly, Pi relates to Skull & Bones in English gematria:
To briefly understand why Skull & Bones is important, first recall what Helena Blavatsky said…
Notice that this is exactly what is stated in Genesis 3:22…
Notice that the numbers on the Skull & Bones logo is 322.
A notable Skull & Bones initiate is George Bush, pictured below. Also recall that Billy Graham was the “spiritual adviser” to people like George Bush!
As you may have realized, numerology plays a central role in when freemasons pull off their events. Here are some examples.
The second reason why Pi is significant here, is because pi represents the circle… which is obviously a key symbol for freemasons given that their logo includes a compass (for drawing circles)…
In a nutshell, the circle (or the “O”) represents the Mark of the Beast, which is why we see Pope’s and Cardinals wearing circular hats on their heads:
You might also find it interesting to note another ‘special’ group of people who wear this circle hat too…
For those unaware, the modern day “Jews” are in fact NOT “Judeans”, nor do they have any ancestral relation to the tribe of “Judah”. Rather, they are Khazar’s who follow the babylonian Talmud rather than the bible, and who have hijacked the name “Israel” to falsely elevate themselves as “Gods chosen people” when they are not. But that’s another story for another day…
For anyone who wants to dig into this subject more for themselves though, a good place to start is by researching who the biblical “Edomites” are…
Anyways, reeling ourselves back in from that gigantic tangent, and getting back to pi and the circle, you can learn more about how the circle or “O” represents the Mark of the Beast in this video:
I realize that this numerology stuff might all seem very abstract, but the important thing to realise is that all of this numerology relates to ENERGIES and manifestation of SPIRITS, something which 33rd degree masons (like Billy Graham) are very skilled with!!
By pulling the plug on cult-figure’s like Billy Graham, the occultists are able to foster energies in the public consciousness that they can harness and release on specific days of the calendar, according to their will (or rather, the will of Satan, which the freemasons are unknowingly playing along with, thinking that they are on the right side).
Billy Graham’s involvement with the occult is not limited only to freemasonry, masonic numerology, and the Roman Catholic Church however, as he has also played a prominent role in mind control projects like MK Ultra…
5. Involvement with MK Ultra
Those of you who follow this blog will already know that Hollywood is very closely tied to MK Ultra mind control, as we covered this in 35. Butterflies and Rabbit Holes.
With that in mind, Billy Graham’s Hollywood celebrity status speaks volumes about the kind of work he was involved in…
Billy Graham’s celebrity status is such that he also appeared on the cover of Time magazine, not coincidentally including some demonic symbolism:
If you think this is a coincidence, note how prevalent this devil-horn symbolism is, particularly relating to which characters are chosen to appear with “devil horns”…
Anyone who appears on the cover of Time magazine and who is rewarded with a pentagram on the red carpet is clearly in the back pocket of the satanic elite who run Hollywood.
There are surely few things that encapsulate “the world” better than Hollywood, and Billy Graham’s celebrity status is a severe indictment of him according to scripture:
Now if Billy Graham’s ungodly life wasn’t clear enough, Billy Graham’s close ties with other institutions known for satanic practices and MK Ultra, such as Oral Roberts University, further exposes that fact…
Before we get more into the MK Ultra aspect, notice first that the logo of Oral Roberts University features the flame just above the word “spirit”, which is a typical symbol of the “light bearer”, who for freemasons is Lucifer.
In his book “The Illuminati formula used to create an undetectable total mind controlled slave“, Fritz Springmeier outlines the connection between Billy Graham and Oral Roberts University:
“Oral Roberts, 33° Freemason, helped into ministry by his masonic brother Billy Graham.
Oral Roberts has been seen by witnesses participating in SRA and Mind-control. Oral Roberts University and the charismatic movement is another important religious front. The Charismatic movement has been infiltrated by multiples since day-one. The history of the infiltration is extensive. Oral Roberts had cherokee blood, According to some things that Oral Roberts has said, some Christians think that he received his healing powers from an old Indian who healed him through indian shamanism when Oral was young.
At times, Oral does use the same methods that spirit mediums use to heal with. According to slaves who have been deprogrammed, they were in satanic rituals with Oral Roberts.
Christian ministers, who have participated in his ministry are saying that they have seen massive swindle in his healing ministry. His university is being used as a programming center. His basketball team at one time had Monarch slaves playing on it. We do not know if they still do.
Under the prayer tower is one of the programming sites. Billy Graham, a handler himself, helped launch Oral Roberts University, and is a friend of Oral Roberts. From the Illuminati’s point of view Tulsa is the Guardian City of Apollo. The City of Faith is to be the center for healing from AEsculapius, a demon related to Apollo.
While portraying themselves as Christians, infiltrators within the charismatic movement are carrying out satanic rituals to get demonic healing powers. Tulsa is one of, if the main center for the campaign to infiltrate Christianity via the Charismatic/Pentecostal movement with programmed multiples.”
It’s also interesting to note that MK Ultra officially begin the early 1950’s, which is exactly the same time Billy Graham was starting his “ministry”…
Needless to say, the fact that Tavistock, CIA, the church system, MK Ultra, and Billy Graham’s ministry were all founded in the same 3 year period is surely not a coincidence.
You can read more about Billy Graham’s work with MK Ultra here:
Billy Graham’s Active Role in Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA)
Below is also a 15 minute interview of a former MK Ultra victim who provides more insight and details into how the church system has been used for satanic rituals and MK Ultra mind control:
To understand the nature of Billy Graham’s role as a church leader and MK Ultra handler we’re now going to look at his role in the bigger picture.
6. One World Religion
Earlier we discussed Billy Graham’s connection to freemasonry, and the fact that his ministry started at the same time that the World Council of Churches was established.
The establishment of these organisations are not the ultimate goal in and of themselves however, but are geared towards steering the world towards a “New Age” / “5th age”… also commonly known as the New World Order…
The fact that “Secular” is the key word in the latin “New World Order” should tell you very clearly that the central aspect of the NWO is religious.
“Secular” is defined as “not subject to or bound by religious rule”… which can be interpreted as meaning “not bound by biblical laws”.
Accordingly, in the 1989 book on the NWO, A. Ralph Epperson wrote concerning the NWO that “religion will be outlawed and believers will be either eliminated or imprisoned”:
Also note what is expressed on the opposite side of the dollar bill, by the motto “E Pluribus Unum”:
This is why we are seeing the Pope leading the charge to “unite” all the world religions into one…
In other words:
From the many…
Pope Francis (front 3rd R) poses with religious leaders during a meeting at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano
… one:
In the words of David Spangler, who is considered to be one of the fouding figures of the modern New Age movement:
Now, shifting our focus back at Billy Graham, and with the above NWO ideology in mind, it becomes clear that he has played a key role in the push towards a New World Order.
Billy Graham’s own words show this to be the case as well, given that he often quoted directly out of the masonic book The Lost Keys of Freemasonry, by Manly P. Hall.
That sort of teaching, along with being obviously inspired by masonic doctrine, goes totally against what the bible says:
Billy Graham is quite clearly a false prophet who presented people with a version of Christianity that people want to hear, rather than the lessons that the bible actually teaches (lessons that actually challenge people to change their lives for the better).
In the words of Paul Washer:
Billy Graham was/is far from the only so-called “Christian” preacher aligned to Rome and their heretical teachings however, as the entire Church leadership is drowning in self-serving liars and hypocrites…
The modern “church” system led by these wolves is a system built upon lies and misinterpretations of the bible.
I won’t go into detail on that here to keep things brief, but you can learn what the problem with the “church” system is from some of the videos in this playlist, starting with the video below.
Another false teaching promoted by Billy Graham is the idea that a person can be “saved” simply by saying a prayer and asking Jesus into their heart, which is something you won’t find anywhere in scripture.
The text below is from this page where you can find further explanation of the subject.
In the words of non-worldly pastor Leonard Ravenhill:
Again, to be brief I won’t go into detail on that particular subject, but you can find more information about it in some of these videos:
Do You Honestly Believe That You Are Saved? JUST BECAUSE YOU PRAYED A PRAYER!? (9min)
The Sinner’s Prayer Satanic Deception EXPOSED !!! False Assurance (7min)
The Sinners Prayer is not Biblical – Part 1 (4min)
The Sinners Prayer is not Biblical – Part 2 (14min)
Here is an excellent hour long documentary exposing Billy Graham for his New Age doctrines that I’d recommend watching if anyone wants some more information on the subject:
Now, teaching people false doctrine through a church system that is diametrically opposed to what the bible actually teaches is a crucial aim for these corrupt wolves who call themselves “church leaders”.
This is because for the masses (including church-going Christians) to fall into the trap of accepting the One World Religion, they need to be unaware of what the bible actually teaches!
Now, looking at the NWO, the only way that the world will unite like this…
… is if there is an outside threat or a critical event that catalyses the world to unite.
In the words of David Rockefeller:
Ronald Reagan was even more explicit…
We discussed this “alien narrative” in this blog post, which is an important read for anyone who wishes to understand how Hollywood is being used to pre-program the masses to believe in the “alien” narrative.
This deception is one that can also be traced to Billy Graham, given that he has promoted the idea of aliens which are part of “Gods angelic host” in his book “Angels”, as you can see below.
Although he doesn’t explicitly state that aliens are real (by instead using language like “scientists think they can prove”… “writers have speculated”… “could very well be”… etc…), the seeds of deception are clearly being sown into the minds of the masses.
Any truthful Christian will be aware that the “extra-terrestrial” narrative is totally bogus (with true FE cosmology in mind), along with the knowledge that understanding Genesis 6:2-4 brings…
Lastly, it’s again intriguing to note the subliminal connection established by the occult between the name “Billy Graham”, 5th age, and the alien narrative that is going to be so central in bringing about the NWO:
And on that note,
I hope this post has exposed “America’s Pastor” Billy Graham, as well the corrupt church system he worked for.
To summarize the key points of what we’ve learned here, in this post you have seen that Billy Graham:
was a servant of money, not God’
was a freemason, and thus a servant of Lucifer (“the light bearer”);
served the Roman Catholic Church;
lived a worldly life, embracing his celebrity status in Hollywood;
worked closely with institutions involved in MK Ultra;
promoted false doctrine;
promoted the false “alien” narrative; and
promoted the One World Religion of the NWO.
You also saw how the story of “Billy Graham”‘s life was numerically encoded with masonic numerology, including 13, 33, 777, 9/11, 101, and Skull & Bones.
What is abundantly clear is that Billy Graham was far from a godly man, and that role he played a central role in leading millions of people towards the apostate Roman Catholic Church and the idea of a One World Religion.
Now, it’s easy to feel down-heartened and helpless when learning about the enormous system of deception relating to churches, which involves wolves in sheep’s clothing good people like Billy Graham.
With that in mind I want to leave you with some prophetic words from the last few chapters of the Book of Enoch, which outline very clearly that better times are ahead for those who stand in righteousness and truth… as well as what will happen to the liars and corrupt religious leaders of the NWO who have been vampiring themselves on mankind under the false pretext of being “Christians”…
Before I leave you with Enoch though, let us remember that our real enemy is not men like Billy Graham…
Those who willingly or unwittingly lead others astray like Billy Graham did will rightly be punished, but in the meantime it is important to keep sights on the real battle, which is not against men, but against rulers in high places…
Now for some Enoch 🙂
Chapter 103-105:
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Special thanks goes to Der Führer himself…
Over to the Führer himself for the final word…
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138 thoughts on ““America’s Pastor” Billy Graham Exposed”
John Queues
It’s the Jews, ya shill. If anybody is doing anything in the Catholic Church, it’s the Jews within.
1. MKULTRA was invented by Sidney Gottlieb, a jew.
2. Freemasonry is Judaism and it celebrates the idea of a new Solomon’s Temple (aka the “3rd” Jewish Temple) which is an outright rejection of Jesus who, in fact, created the 3rd Temple with his death, burial, and resurrection which established the Church, the true 3rd Temple (John 2:19, Matthew 27:63).
3. Gematria, which you seem to worship, is inherently Jewish.
4. The movie “The Matrix” which you seem to love, was created by 2 Jewish trannies.
5. Mark Zuckerberg is JEWISH.
6. Nazi’s, as you call them, burned books written by Jews, and they were the most vile, most detestable books imaginable, and the act of burning them is exactly what every Christian should do.
7. You’ve conflated a Jew, Mark Zuckerberg, with the act of silencing the masses which was not done by any German, but by Jews as they founded and spread Communism throughout Russia, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
8. Many P. Hall was initiated into JEWel Lodge No. 374, San Francisco.
9. You think Ashkenazi Jews are fake, but other Jews are real, but the day that they murdered Jesus is they day they ceased to exist. Soon after, they lost their temple, nation, city, sacrifices, and even their language. It died along with their covenant and today the language that all “Jews” use is derived from Greek and has no relationship to the original Hebrew in any manner. Jews do not exist. Only an ideology exists. All Biblical prophecy points to Jesus and the Church is Israel.
11. The Book of Enoch is Jewish fodder full of gnostic misdirection rejected as false doctrine, and it was never placed into the Biblical canon for a reason, and you’re a Jew.
12. You’re a Jew.
chemtrailssuck
Funny how so many ‘famous’ people are also 33 degree freemason Jabulon worshippers. Excellent article, very very detailed. Most people are suckered into thinking freemasonry is somehow ‘good’, but most are dupes. It’s scary how many people know relatives who are or were involved in FM. Most think that they’re a ‘charitable’ org which is a joke. Most get pissed if you mention that FM are evil, go figure, huh? LOL! Well most people can’t handle the truth. It is sad because most people are going to end up with the mark of the beast and go to the hot place because they can’t stand the painful truth. If more people would wake up then this stuff would be avoided. Except for Biblical Prophesy, we can’t avoid what is coming, just prepare for it spiritually. Trust God above all else!! Pray to our Lord Jesus Christ for help and deliverance from this evil that is coming closer and closer every day. Read you Bible.
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Forget the social network: Facebook is now a nightclub
by Anna Heim — in Shareables
If you think Facebook is only the name of a social network, think again: this is also how a Brazilian owner decided to call its nightclub, The Guardian reports.
According to the British newspaper, the club is located in the small and remote town of Epitaciolândia, at the frontier between Brazil and Bolivia. Here’s what it looks like from the outside, according to a local blogger:
As you can imagine, the name is not a coincidence, and confirms Facebook’s tremendous popularity all over the world, including in Brazil, where it has finally overtaken Google’s social network Orkut. With over 36 million Brazilian visitors, Facebook now has members all across the country – including in places like Epitaciolândia and its Bolivian neighbor city Cobija.
Thinking about it, social networks and nightclubs have a few things in common. “What we wanted to do was to build a nightclub with this concept, where people could come and share things with their friends, spend a cool night, sharing pictures, experiences and have fun,” its owner Humbert Camacho said to the Guardian.
However, it doesn’t seem the club will exploit its connection with the social network beyond its name, which is a shame; copying the Ibiza hotel which lets its clients update their Facebook status thanks to RFID wrist bands would have make things even more interesting.
Of course, this is something the club could include later on, but it remains to be seen for how long it will be able to operate under this name. Knowing that Facebook now has offices in Brazil, we wouldn’t be surprised if the club received a call from their lawyers at some point.
But in the meantime, “all that people in Epitaciolândia and Cobija are talking about is Facebook.”
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Review: Stolen Nights by Renee Harless
Title: Stolen Nights
Year of publication: Out today! I was kindly given a copy to read and review
The heroine: Baker Elle Sanderson
The hero: Business owner Jackson Divers
The blurb: Elle’s life seems like one struggle after the next.
She’s facing life after a divorce, learns that her ex-best friend is pregnant with her ex-husband’s baby, and the house she’s willed after her estranged father’s death comes with a catch.
When she thinks her life can’t get any more difficult, her neighbor seems determined to rile her up on a daily basis.
He’s gorgeous and looks like he’s walked off a movie set, but his attitude is enough to leave Elle feeling sour despite the tingles she feels when he’s around.
But one stolen kiss leads to a number of stolen nights blurring the line between hatred and love. Elle’s curse of bad luck may be taking a turn, or she could be facing her toughest obstacle yet – heartbreak.
Standalone or series: The first in the Stolen series, but can be read as a standalone
The review: Elle is thirty and at a crossroads in life – she’s just found out her husband, father of her two young children, has been cheating on her with her best friend, and said best friend is now pregnant. Elle and the ex are now embroiled in a messy divorce and she’s had to move her adorable kids, Noah and Kennedy, to a new house. Thankfully, she’s just inherited a house off her biological father, a man she never knew.
The house is lovely on the inside, but sorely needs some work on the outside. While wrangling kids and trying to arrange the house, she meets the next door neighbour, Jackson. He’s attractive but rude when they first meet, and she’s not impressed. They get into an argument about a fence that borders their properties, and then Elle joins the local gym, which happens to be owned by Jackson.
Once they start to get to know each other, they realised there’s an attraction there. It plays out over the book as Jackson finds he’s willing to consider settling down with a family, something he didn’t think would interest him prior to meeting Elle, and she finds she’s willing to take another chance on love.
While there was a lot to enjoy about this book – the romance, Elle’s kids, Jackson literally crawling through her window at night – there were quite a few things that really didn’t work for me.
*Elle continued to refer to Jackson as an asshole for the entire book, even after they’d started sleeping together. It grated, because he really wasn’t one.
*There was a comment about how Elle’s parents were disappointed she hadn’t been willing to support her ex and the new child on the way. Why would she?
*The ex turned up a couple of times, referring to Elle as his wife and seemingly wanting to rekindle the marriage. He has a pregnant mistress on the side and demanded Elle change their surnames to her maiden name, and took the kids off his insurance, but wants to rekindle the marriage?
*I didn’t understand why the mistress was referred to as Elle’s best friend when her lawyer friend, Sara, was clearly closer to her than the other woman had been.
*Elle had literally been separated for about a month when she started seeing Jackson. I know that some people are able to slide back into a relationship more quickly than others, but surely being cheated on, finding out the other woman is pregnant, being kicked out of the marital home, moving your two young children away from the only home they’ve ever known, and trying to start over would be draining for even the most resilient of women. Would she really be considering a new relationship so early on in the piece?
*Elle gets a last minute baking job for 160 pieces of pastries. She manages to fit all 160 pieces in her fridge (which must be enormous) and the CEO of the company they’re for turns up at her place at 4am to pick them up. Elle helps him pack the stuff into his car, and then… he hugs her. Huh? Why would a stranger whom she’s just met give her a lingering hug?
I wanted to like this book a whole lot more than I did, but it was a bit of a mixed bag for me. Alas.
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‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Avoids the Curse of the Prequel
Posted on October 17, 2017 by The Ultimate Rabbit
In a lot of ways, “Paranormal Activity 3” shouldn’t work. It’s the third movie in an astonishingly popular series which eventually replaced “Saw” as the official franchise for the month of October each year. The third in a trilogy is also when the series starts running out of creative juices and becomes bound by an increasingly worn out formula. Maybe it’s time to move on to the next big thing in horror, right? Not quite.
Despite the inescapable feeling of déjà vu, “Paranormal Activity 3” still has the power to scare and unnerve viewers, and I knew exactly what I was doing when I watched it at night. This one comes from the makers of “Catfish,” and they follow the familiar found footage setup to where nothing may be new, but they still generate a number of jump-out-of-your-seat moments which will freak out even the most jaded of moviegoers.
Whereas “Paranormal Activity 2” was a prequel and a sequel, this third movie is a flat-out prequel which takes place 18 years before the events of the original. Sisters Katie and Kristi, played by Katie Featherston and Sprague Grayden in the previous films, are seen here as children who live with their mother Julie (Lauren Bittner) and stepdad Dennis (Christopher Nicholas Smith). Things get weird, however, when Kristi gets an invisible friend named Toby, and strange occurrences develop in their home with increasing volatility.
Since this prequel takes place in 1988, the filmmakers get to work technology now seen as prehistoric as this was a time of video cameras and VHS tapes. Part of it serves as a needless reminder of how Betamax got its ass kicked years ago. While the technology is limited compared to what the characters had at their disposal in the previous films, this forces everyone here to get creative with what they have.
Once again, the man of the house (and it’s always the man) sets up a barrage of video cameras in various rooms to figure out what craziness is going on in order to put a stop to it. The only disadvantage is VHS tapes only allow for 6 hours of recording at the most. But somehow the spirits do make their appearance before the tape runs out which is rather convenient for everyone involved.
The one new thing in “Paranormal Activity 3” is how Dennis comes up with the idea of attaching one video camera to the base of a fan. As the camera veers from side to side, we have another reason to be tense about what we’re watching. Will there be something on the other side about to jump out at us? This quickly becomes a clever device which distinguishes this film from its predecessors.
“Paranormal Activity 3” does, however, get off to a shaky start. There were a bunch of cheap scares which, whether they worked or not, had me worrying this prequel would be overrun with them. While they provided the audience with a several good jolts, it made me wonder if the series was beginning to descend into self-parody. Once this happens, the series might as well end. Fortunately, things straighten out as the happenings inside the house become increasingly unrelenting in their viciousness.
There are many moments which had my hair standing on end. We see furniture moving around by itself, a character running into something not visible, and someone’s hair getting grabbed. “Paranormal Activity 3” may seem like business as usual, but this business is still producing terrifying moments just as things are beginning to look old. Like the previous entries, I’m not entirely sure how the filmmakers pulled off certain special effects (the one at the very end is very painful to witness), and I don’t want to know for fear of breaking the illusion.
I recently watched “The Thing” which was a prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 film. It reminded me of the problems with prequels in general as you know from the start who is going to live and die, and the suspense gets diluted as a result. The advantage “Paranormal Activity 3” has is, while we know the little girls will survive and live on in future installments, we aren’t sure what the fate of the adults will be. Katie and Kristi only reveal so much about what happened to them as children in the second film, so we are left to guess if any adults hanging around these kids will ever live to see tomorrow. Had the girls revealed the exact chronology of events, this prequel would have been screwed from the get go.
Many critics have voiced that they have had their fill of the “Paranormal Activity” films it, but the formula behind them still works very well and has me pinned to my seat. That invisible spirit can still scare the crap out of me, and it made me look forward to “Paranormal Activity 4.” Granted, Paramount Pictures and Oren Peli can only keep this franchise going for so long, but they have made it this far without losing any of the power which made the original so damn scary. Here’s hoping the filmmakers don’t trip over themselves in the future. We all know what happened to “Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows.”
By the way, you’ll never look at a Bloody Mary (the drink I mean) the same way after this prequel is over. Watch the movie and you’ll see what I mean.
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The Glenlivet 2003 First-Fill ex-Oloroso Sherry Butt
Just when things couldn’t possibly get any better we dropped a massive sherry bomb in the form of the first-ever official Glenlivet Single Sherry Butt to come to Australia, selected exclusively for The Whisky Club’s enjoyment.
Colour Deep rust
Nose Strong and sweet, the sherry influence is clear. More than a hint of toffee coated orange peel, raisins and warm spices, mingled with dark chocolate, cloves and butter.
Palate Packs a big spicy punch. Full bodied, thick and oily, rich with chocolate coated dark fruits, mixed with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and gooey toffee.
Finish Long and luxurious, the spicy finish will leave your mouth with a buttery feel, wanting more to the very end.
So just when things couldn’t possibly get any better we got Glenlivet’s legendary Master Distiller Alan Winchester to select an absolutely massive sherry cask exclusively for The Whisky Club’s enjoyment. He chose nothing less than a 2003 first-fill ex-Oloroso cask, the first of its kind to come to Australia and all the more special because it’s extremely rare to find The Glenlivet single sherry cask editions. This exclusive Add-in was a scarce opportunity for Members to savour the legendary Glenlivet in its most natural state – Single Cask, non-chill filtered, natural colour and at a whopping 60.1% ABV.
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Glenlivet's History
Known as ‘the single malt that started it all’, Glenlivet Distillery was established in 1824 by farmer George Smith and was the first distillery in the Speyside region to be licensed under the new Excise Act of 1823. As we’ve explored in previous months, due to unfavourable legislation Scotland was a hotbed of illegal distillation for much of the 18th and early 19th century but the Excise Act provided a sensible framework upon which to bring the small operators in from the black market and create a scalable industry that has subsequently grown in to the multi-billion dollar powerhouse that it is today.
But things weren’t easy for Smith in the early days, because people had grown wealthy trading whisky on the black market, and there was a feeling that once one distillery went clean the rest would have to follow, bringing an end to the status quo. Resentment and friction from his old colleagues became so bad that at one stage he had to carry two pistols with him for protection. Fortunately he survived and prospered, and in 1858 Glenlivet expanded to meet demand, and expanded again a few years later to meet up with the new Spey Rail line which gave Smith access to markets in England and the rapidly expanding British Empire. George Smith passed away in 1871 leaving the distillery in the capable hands of his son John Gordon Smith, who’d helped him establish the business, and his grandson George Smith Grant.
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and as Glenlivet’s reputation for quintessential light, fruity and floral Speyside malt grew, other local distilleries in the Livet Glen and beyond began to use the name Glenlivet, so much so that a joke from those days was that the name ‘Glenlivet’ meant ‘The Long Valley’ because so many distilleries were located there. Young George Smith Grant took them to court in 1881 and won the right to call his whiskies “The Glenlivet”, while only distilleries in the Livet Glen were allowed to use the hyphenated “- Glenlivet” in their names, a practice carried out until recently by neighbours Tamnavulin and Tomintoul.
Business continued to prosper and two more stills were added in 1897. Crucially, as with the other leading Scotch distilleries today, Glenlivet managed to survive both the Pattinson Crisis and the Great Depression. This put them in a fantastic position to capitalise on the end of prohibition in the USA where they are still in the top spot now. Glenlivet didn’t escape a mothballing during the Second World War however, by Government decree mind you, but by 1947 production levels were back to pre-war levels thanks to Britain’s post-war export drive to repay war debts. Overseas demand for Scotch made this an ideal export, and the distillery received preferential access to resources such as manpower, fuel and barley, despite ongoing bread rationing for the poor general population.
Glenlivet profited hugely from the 1950s Scotch boom and in 1953 merged with Glen Grant Distillery to form The Glenlivet and Glen Grant Distillers, Ltd. before a further merger with Hill Thomson & Co., Ltd. and Longmorn-Glenlivet Distilleries, Ltd. in 1970. They changed their name to Glenlivet Distillers Ltd in 1972 and were purchased by Canadian drinks and media company Seagram in 1977. Seagram sold their alcohol interests to Pernod Ricard and Diageo in 2000 with ownership of Glenlivet Distillers passing to Pernod Ricard, who later sold Glen Grant Distillery to Campari Group in 2005. By this time, thanks to careful stewardship from its owners, Glenlivet had become the second biggest selling single malt in the world and remained one of the world’s best known and loved whiskies.
As a testament to the distillery’s ongoing success none other than HRH The Prince of Wales opened a further extension in 2010. The addition of a mash tun, eight washbacks and six stills increased capacity by a whopping 75%. Today The Glenlivet is the best selling malt whisky in the USA and the fourth best selling in the UK. Glenlivet is also the world’s second best selling single malt whisky (after Glenfiddich at Number 1) with current sales at over 13.6 million bottles per annum. It’s widely regarded not only as the true embodiment of Speyside but also one of the greatest whiskies ever made.
The Glenlivet’s whiskies are noted above all others to best represent the modern Speyside style. In fact, George Smith’s greatest achievement, other than being the grandfather of the modern whisky industry, was creating a new style of whisky to become the house style of the entire Speyside region. He designed incredibly tall lantern shaped stills with wide necks that enabled the spirit to have maximum contact with the copper, while the height ensured that only the lightest vapour reached the top to condense and form a light, sweet, floral spirit with an estery character. This alternative to the heavy, dense and rich style of whisky produced in Speyside at the time proved to be hugely popular and remains so today.
The distillery’s 2010 expansion and refurbishment upgraded Glenlivet into one of the most modern distilleries in Speyside, featuring a vast Brigg’s mash tun, sixteen washbacks and a whopping fourteen stills with the capacity to produce a staggering 10.5 million litres a year. The stills continue to be made to the exact specifications of George’s original design as Glenlivet continues to produce the same signature style of single malt even after all these years.
The distillery draws water from Josie’s Well, supplemented by Blairfindy Well a short distance from the distillery, and malt comes from Crisp Malting in Portgordon. In terms of oak, The Glenlivet uses a mixture of traditional oak casks, American Oak ex-bourbon casks, ex-sherry, French Limousin oak and now ex-Cognac casks. Glenlivet has a well-stocked range that includes NAS, 12yo, 15yo, 18yo, 21yo, 25yo, 50yo, the cask-strength Nàdurra range and single cask range.
Distillery Facts
Origin: The Glenlivet Distillery
Ballindalloch Banffshire
AB37 9DB, Scotland, United Kingdom
Water Source: Josie’s Well
Washbacks: 16, Wood
Stills: 7 wash and 7 spirit
Capacity: 10,500,000 litres of alcohol per year
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‘This Is Us’ EP on Transracial Adoption, Kevin’s Worsening Addiction and a Pearson Wedding
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SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Most Disappointed Man,” the seventh episode of the second season of “This Is Us.”
The past and present day stories within episodes of NBC’s “This Is Us” always have thematic parallels to each other, but perhaps none has thus far been as poignant as in the seventh episode of the second season, “The Most Disappointed Man.”
The episode saw Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) hit a roadblock on the way to adopting Randall in an African-American judge (guest star Delroy Lindo), who thought the boy would be better off placed with a black family, while grown up Randall (Sterling K. Brown) found an obstacle of his own when he met Deja’s mother (Joy Brunson) and learned she planned to get out of jail and get her daughter back.
“We knew we always wanted to do a story in the area of the formal adoption of Randall because in the pilot they bring him home, and then we’re in the future, and we never really told the story of how he became, really, their child. Once we heard the opinion of the time, we knew we really wanted to dive in and explore it in that way,” executive producer Isaac Aptaker tells Variety.
Here, Aptaker talks Variety through working out the details of this episode, including the research done on both the adoption and foster care systems, what’s next for Randall and Deja’s mom, Kate (Chrissy Metz) finally planning a wedding, and Kevin’s (Justin Hartley) addiction.
What kind of research did you do in breaking the story about adoption decades ago?
It really came from the writer of the episode — Kay Oyegun — who came in and brought it to our attention that in 1972 the National Association of Black Social Workers published a statement very much against transracial adoption. So with Randall’s adoption in ’80 or ’81, less than a decade after this has been released, the Pearsons were doing something that at the time was considered very controversial — especially in the African-American community.
What did you learn about the foster care system today?
We’ve had a lot of people come in and talk to us about foster and fost-to-adopt, and what I think is really interesting about fost-to-adopt is the ultimate goal there is reunification with the birth parents. So you’re in this really tricky situation where you’re bringing a child in who, for one reason or another, the birth parents were found unsuitable for the time, and of course you’re probably falling in love with that kid and trying to give them a good home, but the ultimate goal there is that the birth parent or parents complete their treatment plan and get the child back. So there is competing, conflicting what you’re rooting for as a foster parent, and that’s something that I think is so interesting.
What does Randall’s journey look like now? Does he have to prepare himself to say good-bye, or will he fight harder to keep her even if her mother gets released?
Even in this episode we see that conflict within Randall. This whole episode is about them trying to decide how they feel about this woman — she’s so different from them, and she hasn’t been the best mother to Deja but obviously has so much love for her. So it’s a really, really tricky thing.
Randall did let Deja (Lyric Ross) speak to her mother on the phone, so will she be integrating back into Deja’s life in coming episodes?
Yeah, we have the actress — she’s so fantastic, and when she came in, she had the same sort of vocalisms as Lyric, who plays Deja, so as soon as we saw her, we said, “Oh my God, she’s amazing!” Our casting director did a great job matching. But yes, this is not the last you will see of her. It’s a story that’s going to play out over the next few episodes.
How did you come up with the scene with Randall and Deja’s mom? Telling someone how they should parent is not something to which most people are receptive.
It was a really tough scene to write, and we worked on many different rewrites of the scene. I think on our show it’s important that nobody is a full-on hero, nobody’s a full-on villain. We’re trying to examine the complexity of the situation, and for me, Sterling is so great in that scene, but by the end of it, you’re kind of like, “Whoa, Randall! I’m not so sure I totally agree with you.” You know where he’s coming from, but it’s like, “Whoa, dude, that’s her daughter, and she’s only been in your house a few weeks.” He kind of redeems himself in the next scene where he clearly had this off-camera change of heart. But it’s just a testament to both of those performances that in that three- or four-minute scene, Randall, who’s our guy, you’re able to just all of a sudden be like, “Maybe I’m on her side?” It’s not where you may expect to be.
Similarly, the audience has an emotional history with Jack and Rebecca and therefore is armed with reasons why they should be allowed to adopt Randall, but the judge has his own perspective on transracial adoption.
No one there is totally in the right or totally in the wrong. It’s just people from different points of view trying to understand each other. The judge has to make some points where you’re like, “Wow, I didn’t see it that way.”
Was there ever temptation to have either Jack or Rebecca respond to the judge to point out the flaws in the adoption system? Or would they have even known just how hard that system was?
I don’t think they’re necessarily super-educated in that way. You know, this is a time before the internet, and they can’t just Google and have all of the information at their fingertips as we can now. So they’re definitely as informed as they can be, but they made this decision on a whim, and it’s only been about a year now that they’ve had to learn about this, so they’re not coming at this as experts.
How did you come to cast Delroy Lindo and Sam Anderson in their respective judge roles? Was there ever a discussion about what it says to have the judge who helps William (Jermel Nakia) be a kind of white savior?
We talked about it a lot. We talked about what the races of the judges should be, and we ultimately decided that we’d have the two black judges in the one story and the white judge in the other. A lot of it was finding the actors, but also you want to be true to the reality of the world, and it felt like three black judges wasn’t necessarily what the make-up of the judicial system would have been in Pennsylvania at that time. So it was being true to the time and finding amazing people for the jobs.
Turning to Kate and Toby (Chris Sullivan), are they actually going to be moving toward having a wedding this season?
Yes, they’re definitely going to start picking up momentum, and in the back-half of the season, we’ll start really getting some real traction on that. We’re going to do a big, awesome Pearson wedding that will deliver on what everyone is hoping for and what that courthouse wedding couldn’t have possibly been.
Why did you feel it was important to give them some moments of tradition at this stage in their relationship?
It’s about Toby is such a romantic. He loves romantic comedies, and he sees in Kate a woman who deserves everything that she has ever wanted. So we were very mindful of making sure it wasn’t a story that Toby was throwing a wedding that Kate didn’t want on her. It was a case of your partner knowing you better than you know yourself. She just needed a little push from him to say, “Yes, that’s what I really want. Now let’s go for it.”
Is the pregnancy and wedding planning taking the forefront of Kate’s attention, or is music still a big part of her arc?
She’s a have-it-all kind of girl, so I don’t think it’s the case of one or the other. Their lives are going to get a little crazier with the pregnancy and the wedding, but we’re moving forward on all of those fronts, and the singing is getting traction for her, and I don’t think it’s going anywhere.
And with Kevin, how much was his speech to Sophie (Alexandra Breckenridge) just a method of pushing her away before she noticed just how troubled he is?
I think so much of it is about pushing her away. In a way, it mirrors the Kate story, who’s another character who just doesn’t feel worthy. He’s so cognizant of how he hurt her in the past — and how the first time around, he really destroyed her for quite awhile. And I think at this point, he’s pushing her away both to protect her and to protect his growing addiction because he thinks he’s bad news and doesn’t want to hurt her more. He doesn’t want to burden her with more of his drama.
Is this the end for them?
As we saw last year she forgave him for cheating on her and getting divorced, so they’ve come back from bigger obstacles from this. But I think it’s safe to say that for the immediate future, Kevin is not in a place where he should be in a relationship. For everybody’s best interest.
Without her in his life, and with his family so obviously dealing with their own things, is there anyone who can notice what’s going on with him?
You hope it’s Kate, but at the same time, she has the singing and the pregnancy and the marriage. We talked to a lot of people with addiction — particularly pill addiction — and they really are able to hide it from even their closest, closest friends and family members and significant others for such a long time. You saw Kate senses something’s off a little bit, but then she very very quickly accepted his excuses for it and goes back to her thing. He’s doing a very good job of hiding it.
“This Is Us” airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC.
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American troops arrive in Northern Ireland
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On 26th January 1942, Private First Class Milburn H Henke became the first American GI on European soil in World War Two but is this story all it seems?
On 10th January a convoy of American vessels departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Two weeks later, on 24th January, convoy NA-1 arrived at Lough Foyle, Co. Londonderry.
Two large transport craft full of US troops detached from the main convoy. On 26th January 1942, the Strathaird and the Chateau Thierry made for Belfast Lough and dropped anchor in Bangor Bay.
For smaller tenders left the docks in Belfast at the same time. The Canterbury, the Princess Maud, the Maid of Orleans and the Royal Daffodil arrived in Bangor to pick up their cargo. Soon they returned to Belfast’s Pollock Dock and Dufferin Dock laden with American troops.
A distinguished group awaited at Dufferin Dock. Mr JM Andrews (Prime Minister of Northern Ireland), The Duke of Abercorn (Governor of Northern Ireland), Sir Archibald Sinclair (Secretary of State for Air) stood alongside the heads of the armed services. This was a momentous occasion. This dockside in Belfast would see the official arrival of the first US troops to the European Theatre of Operations.
It was there the dignitaries extended an official greeting to Major General Russel P Hartle. Hartle was Acting Commander of the United States Army Northern Ireland Force (USANIF). The following year, the Duke of Abercorn unveiled a stone column commemorating the event. This still stands in the grounds of Belfast’s City Hall.
The first wave of US army troops arrived in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 26th January 1942. The event is commemorated still on a stone monument to the front of City Hall. Photo taken on 15th April 2016. Copyright Scott Edgar – World War Two Northern Ireland.
The arrival of Milburn H Henke
As the gangplank of one of the tenders lowered, the band of the Royal Ulster Rifles struck up The Star Spangled Banner. A young man smiled with some nerves as he stepped ashore. That man was Private First Class Milburn H Henke of Hutchinson, Minnesota, USA. Official reports would remember Henke as the first American GI to set foot on European soil.
This, of course, was untrue for several reasons. First, the tender vessels arriving at Pollock Dock had already offloaded their troops. Without pomp or ceremony, several hundred Americans had already landed. Several hundred uniformed GIs marched past the welcoming party as Private First Class Henke landed.
Unknown to most in January 1942, was that the American military had been operating in Northern Ireland for some time. It was no accident that this part of the United Kingdom saw the arrival of these convoys of American troops.
Since the fall of France, Northern Ireland had become vital for transatlantic movement. Allied shipping travelled around Ireland’s north coast. Defence was essential as the Battle of the Atlantic intensified.
In late December 1941, President Roosevelt hosted Winston Churchill in Washington, DC. There, the first phases of Operation Magnet were drawn up. One of the conclusions from this meeting was that US troops would take over defence of Northern Ireland. In effect, this was signing a deal that had been a long time in the making.
Months earlier, the United States of America was a neutral entity in World War Two. Despite neutrality, they wished to protect their American convoys and lend-lease agreements. If America was to enter the war they would need adequate air and sea bases from which to operate. Northern Ireland was the ideal location. In March 1941, Britain agreed to permit the USA use of naval bases in Londonderry and on Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh.
American bases established in Londonderry and Fermanagh
The US government was responsible for their construction. US contractors under the supervision of US engineers completed the work. In the event of America entering the conflict, these bases would operate under full United States control.
In June 1941, 362 American “technicians” arrived in secret and work commenced in Londonderry. They were of course military engineers rather than civilian and by October the number reached almost 1,000. In December 1941, the US entered World War Two. By then, work on the Northern Irish bases was almost complete.
Military camps sprung up across Londonderry at Lisahally, Beech Hill, Springtown and Clooney Park. A magazine was set up at Fincairn Glen and a field hospital at the border at Creevagh.
In the south-west of the country, Fermanagh readied itself for the arrival of the Americans too. Ely Lodge became a base, as did Killadeas. An ammunition depot was set up in Kiltierney Deer Park and a military hospital at Necarne Castle.
By the time Milburn H Henke stepped ashore in Belfast in January 1942, Northern Ireland was more than ready to welcome its American guests.
After The Battle No. 34 BBC Timelines Belfast Newsletter Belfast Telegraph
By Scott Edgar
Designer, developer, DJ, and writer from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Community Gaming Bill 2018
House of Origin: Legislative Council
The bill provides a framework for the regulation of gaming activities for community or charitable purposes. It seeks to ensure that the proceeds of permitted gaming activities go to the persons, purposes or organisations for which the activities are purported to be conducted. The bill applies to a number of types of gaming activities, including games of chance and the awarding of a prize by lot. The bill makes it an offence to fail to award a prize to the winner of a permitted gaming activity.
The bill was introduced and the Minister’s second reading speech delivered in the previous sitting week. Resumption of the debate on the second reading of the bill was the first item of Government business for the day. (See Hansard for a transcript of the debate) After a brief debate, the second reading was agreed to.
In the committee stage, the Greens moved several amendments to the bill, which sought to prohibit gaming activities for trade promotion purposes relating to liquor sales or involving liquor prizes. The Greens amendments drew the support of the Christian Democratic Party only and were negatived on the voices.
The third reading was agreed to and the bill forwarded to the Legislative Assembly for concurrence.
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
The bill amends the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 to simplify the dispute resolution process for injured workers.
In its March 2017 report, the Standing Committee on Law and Justice identified duplication and complexity in the current workers compensation scheme as matters requiring attention. It recommended that the Government consider establishing a one-stop shop for resolving workers compensation disputes. Following this, the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation commissioned research which confirmed the need for simplification.
The bill reestablishes the Workers Compensation Commission as the central dispute resolution body in the scheme. The bills also reforms the dispute resolution process relating to work capacity decisions by abolishing the complicated system of internal reviews, merit reviews and procedural reviews.
Debate on the second reading of the bill resumed on Tuesday (see Hansard for details of the debate). While supporting the bill, both the Opposition and the Greens were of the view that the bill should go further to reinstate various provisions which were removed from the legislation during the major 2012 reforms to the compensation scheme. The second reading was agreed to.
In the committee stage the Opposition moved six amendments which sought to change the definition of suitable employment, remove the restrictions on claiming for injuries sustained when travelling to and from work, and ensure that injured workers would continue to receive weekly payments after five years. While drawing the support of The Greens and the Animal Justice Party, the amendments were opposed by the Government and the Christian Democratic Party and were negatived, either on the voices or on divisions (16:19).
The third reading was agreed to and the bill was forwarded to the Legislative Assembly for concurrence.
Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Penalties and Other Sanctions) Bill
House of Origin: Legislative Assembly
The bill increases the maximum penalties for certain alcohol and other drug related driving offences and allows police to issue immediate licence suspension notices when a driver has committed an offence relating to novice range, special range or low range prescribed concentration of alcohol. The bill expands the mandatory alcohol interlock program to include more offences, and permits Roads and Maritime Services to require persons convicted of certain alcohol and other drug related driving offences to undertake education programs. Conduct that results in damage, disruption or obstruction to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and other major bridges and tunnels is an offence under the bill.
On 19 September 2018 the House agreed to a Selection of Bills Committee recommendation that the bill be referred to the Standing Committee on Law and Justice for inquiry and report at the conclusion of the bill’s second reading debate, but before the question that the House agree to the second reading was put. The report of the Law and Justice committee which was tabled on Tuesday morning included a recommendation that the Legislative Council ‘consider amendments in the committee stage that address stakeholder concerns raised in this inquiry’.
Later in the evening, when the question on the second reading of the bill was put, The Greens indicated their opposition to the bill by calling for a division, nevertheless the second reading was agreed to (31:5).
The Opposition, The Greens, the Animal Justice Party and the Christian Democratic Party all circulated amendments to the bill prior to the committee stage. Ultimately two amendments to the bill were agreed to: a Greens amendment concerning the definition of “drug” and a Christian Democratic Party amendment concerning the circumstances under which interlock exemption orders may be made by a court.
The third reading of the bill was agreed to and the bill was returned to the Legislative Assembly with amendments.
The following members spoke to the adjournment debate:
Mr Secord – Mr Craig Elliot
Mr Pearson – Animals and Children
Revd Nile – Nuclear Energy and Electricity Prices
Mr Franklin – Men’s Shed Week
Mr Veitch – Food Security
Mrs Maclaren-Jones – Granville Electorate Programs
See Hansard for details of the debate. (hyperlink to first fragment of adjournment)
In Committees – 21 to 25 September 2018
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UNICS Dominates Khimki In Top-Three Showdown
UNICS Kazan defeated Khimki Moscow Region at home, 73-58 (21-9, 17-15, 16-21, 19-13).
UNICS: Raymar Morgan (23 + 6 reb + 6 stl), Pierria Henry (13 + 6 ast)
Khimki: Malcolm Thomas (10 + 5 reb)
UNICS seized control of a huge top of the table clash from the opening tip, outscoring Khimki 16-0 in the first four minutes, and went on to win comfortably.
Khimki trailed UNICS by one game for second place entering the match-up and after a loss to Lokomotiv-Kuban at home earlier in the week was desperate to get back on track.
Instead, UNICS built on its huge win over CSKA with another elite victory and looks poised to secure the second seed in the postseason and possibly threaten Moscow for the regular season title.
Defense was the key for Kazan. The home team forced 26 turnovers, four more than any other team in the League this season and capitalized with a +14 in points off turnovers.
UNICS went up by as much as 20 midway through the 2nd quarter and never let the visitors get closer than eight the rest of the way.
Raymar Morgan led UNICS with 23 points, six rebounds and a season-best six steals.
The victory boosts Kazan’s record to 14-3, two games up on Lokomotiv-Kuban and Khimki (12-5) for second place.
10 – UNICS has won ten straight games at home. Kazan is the best home team in the League this season.
Khimki head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis: “I want to congratulate UNICS on a good win because I have nothing to say. The way Kazan grabbed the lead in the opening minutes and the way we started the game, we weren’t able to come back. Of course, they deserved to win. There’s nothing to say, about the game or anything else. It’s been a long time since I saw Khimki commit 26 turnovers. This is a EuroLeague team.”
UNICS head coach Dimitris Priftis: “Congratulations to the players and everyone at the club on the win. It’s obvious that we played really well today. We started very aggressively. To be fair, I’m not sure we maintained that level of effort, energy and discipline, but in the end we gave up less than 60 points. Not counting the games against Nizhny and Andorra, we got through a tough stretch in good shape. We have several days off now, then we’ll begin preparing for big games in the EuroCup and VTB United League.”
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Virginia Tech's first Giving Day draws over 5,000 gifts and more than $1.6 million /
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the official facts and figures for Virginia Tech’s first Giving Day.
The Hokie nation celebrated a historic milestone last month, kicking off a new annual tradition of giving to Virginia Tech.
Thousands of donors rallied to support the university on its first ever Giving Day, which began at noon on March 20 and ended at noon on March 21.
Virginia Tech received 5,283 gifts, both online and through other avenues, for a total of $1.62 million during the 24-hour online fundraising challenge. Participants made gifts ranging from $5 to $100,000, supporting 335 different areas of the university.
A total of 4,313 people made gifts on Giving Day and 1,429 were first-time donors. Of all participants, 2,799 were Virginia Tech alumni and 322 were students. More donors came from the Class of 2014 than any other.
“Virginia Tech’s first Giving Day was a tremendous success, and we are grateful for the generosity of thousands of Hokies who supported this important tradition,” said Charlie Phlegar, vice president for advancement at Virginia Tech. “When you give, you make a direct impact on the university’s future. We hope Giving Day continues to support a new era of philanthropy at Virginia Tech.”
Giving Day 2019 is planned for March 19, beginning at noon and ending at noon on March 20.
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There were dozens of challenge and match gift donors for the 24-hour period. They included Nancy Dye, who matched gifts of $25 or more to the Corps of Cadets, up to $1,063, a figure that equals the total number of cadets in the corps this past fall. In all, 189 gifts went to the Corps of Cadets Commandant's Priorities Annual Fund.
“I have the utmost respect for Gen. Randal Fullhart and the work that he does with the cadets, and a respect for the cadets for unselfishly being a part of something larger than themselves,” said Dye, who served on Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors from 2012 to 2016.
Dye also supports the Corps of Cadets because her son is an officer in the U.S. Army.
“We are very patriotic,” she said. “We are a military family. Certainly, Ut Prosim is what our family has always tried to embrace in our own lives.”
Virginia Tech's motto is Ut Prosim, Latin for That I May Serve.
Hokies in Blacksburg, across the country, and around the world supported Giving Day. They hailed from 48 states and nine countries, with the majority from Virginia. Donors' ages ranged from 20 to 93.
Susan Gill, Virginia Tech's director of new media, oversaw the campus-wide project, while PRISM, a student marketing and creative agency at the university, designed promotional materials.
Several students who are part of the iSupport Virginia Tech Student Giving Campaign manned tables on campus on March 19 and March 20 to spread the word about Giving Day. They asked passing students to spin a wheel to answer questions about philanthropy at Virginia Tech, and they gave away Giving Day T-shirts, candy, and stickers.
Jessica Wileman, a junior and a member of iSupport, talks with students about Giving Day and philanthropy.
Billy Lin, a Virginia Tech junior and a member of iSupport, has seen the benefit of philanthropy — it helped to fund much of his college education. Lin, a business information technology major, has received numerous scholarships while at Virginia Tech, along with financial aid.
“I know how important it [giving] is,” he said.
Also, to encourage student participation, members of the Senior Class Gift Campaign asked Hokie seniors to make a gift for Giving Day that also would count as their class gift. For the class gift and for Giving Day, students gave to specific areas of the university that are important to them.
“Since it’s so personalized, people are excited about giving their gifts,” said Dana Mouritzen, a Virginia Tech senior and chair of the Senior Class Gift Campaign. “I love giving back to something that means so much to me and that I can see grow.”
LaTron Brown, president of the Roanoke Valley chapter of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, was one of about 200 ambassadors who helped promote Giving Day. Brown even hosted a happy hour event for alumni on March 20 at Starr Hill Pilot Brewery & Side Stage in Roanoke, complete with laptops available for accessing the fundraising challenge website.
“Something I always say is ‘I did not spend four years at the university to just disappear,’” said Brown, a 2008 Virginia Tech graduate who lives in Salem, Virginia. “So much of the knowledge and skills that we use in our professional lives began at Virginia Tech. I want students to know that alumni are supporting them by giving back and affording them the opportunities that even I was able to partake. Many things are possible when alumni band together and give back.”
After all, giving back is essential to who Hokies are, Phlegar said.
“In the spirit of our university motto, That I May Serve, we hope that Giving Day will continue to engage our community each year,” he said.
Written by Jenny Kincaid Boone
Photos by Olivia Coleman
Video by J. Scott Parker
Albert Raboteau
Student Engagement and Campus Life
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network (Network Management Software) (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The bug was discovered 05/15/2019. The weakness was presented 05/16/2019 by Steven Seeley (mr_me) (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-1822 since 12/06/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/13/2020).
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 108339). See 135132, 135134, 135135 and 135136 for similar entries.
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