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Britain is on the brink of leaving the European Union and Boris Johnson finds himself on the front line. On all sides he faces forces that work against him day and night to weaken his position as Prime Minister and hamper his efforts to take Britain out of the European Union.
Boris Johnson’s speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester may well be a defining moment in his ‘Battle for Brexit’. He has to unite a broken party, inspire a disillusioned nation and send a strong message that will thunder its way across the political chambers of Europe. The question is, will he manage?
Boris Johnson is a strong speaker in a weak position, and this is unquestionably the most important speech of his political career. Not only is it his first party conference speech as Prime Minister, but it is also in a time of political unrest the likes of which Britain hasn’t seen in a long time. His party is in disarray with 21 sacked MPs, the supreme court has declared his prorogation unlawful, the former attorney general suggested he might get sacked by the queen, people are estimating he won’t last the week, he hasn’t won a single vote in Parliament and to make matters worse he has just been accused of sexual misconduct by a journalist.
No Prime Minister has ever been in a weaker position. Unlike Theresa May’s Party conference speech last year, Boris Johnson can’t dance his way onto the stage to an ABBA song in a pathetic attempt to shift the headlines from content his speech. Short of staging a heart attack on camera, I don’t see how the Prime Minister can wiggle his way out of this one.
So, what chances are there of Boris Johnson actually managing to survive this Party Conference speech? In the past, Boris has sort of just depended on his posh accent and charisma to bumble his way through awkward situations. He often applies a rhetorical device called periphrasis. Periphrasis is when a speaker uses unnecessarily complicated and convoluted language in order to confuse people while at the same time seeming effortlessly eloquent and clever (it is a bit like the linguistic equivalent of the Emperor’s new clothes). While the bumbling lion act might have worked for Boris when he was Mayor of London, recent events have made clear that it doesn’t work anymore.
Boris Johnson is leading the United Kingdom on a merry march into the political unknown, and if he wants to convince people to follow him, he needs to start acting and sounding like a leader – the time has come for the bumbling lion to roar!
So what can we expect from Boris Johnson’s speech?
Every speech needs to have a clear objective in mind. You need to ask yourself: what do I want to happen as a result of this speech? Boris Johnson’s objective is likely going to be to show the world that he is capable of leading the country and delivering Brexit. The question is: how can he do this?
In order to do this speech Boris will need to work on his ethos. Ethos is essentially a fancy Greek word for your credibility (how your audience view you). If your audience think you are weak, show them you are strong; if your audience think you are confused, show them you are clear; if your audience think you are disingenuous, prove to them that you are not.
I think it is safe to say that Boris Johnson’s credibility isn’t at best these days. He has been accused of lying to the Queen, his Brexit Bus figure was a lie, and people aren’t even sure if he genuinely believes in Brexit – he even famously wrote a pro-EU article before deciding what position he was going to take in the referendum.
Given all of the above, Boris has a very weakened ethos. He needs to strengthen it by showing people that he has a clear and realistic vision for post-Brexit Britain. One should expect a lot of his speech to be him talking about himself and his values as part of an attempt to regain some of that lost credibility.
As well as his ethos I imagine that he will also use a rhetorical device called energeia. Energeia is simply when a speaker presents a visually powerful image. He needs to present the country with a beautiful image of what post-Brexit Britain will look like and he needs to make it look convincing. He needs to talk about jobs, the economy and present this vision as being a new golden age for Britain. It is often the case that when a speaker presents a ‘golden age’ style picture to an audience, even if it is an impossible one, people are happy to believe them. Francis Bacon said that “Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.” There will be many Brexiteers out there who will be desperate to believe what they prefer to be true – and I can see Boris Johnson playing to that desperation and using energeia to paint a picture of what they want to see. The question is: will anyone believe him? I suppose that all depends on how convincingly he manages to deliver this dream.
The Prime Minister is in a very weak position and this speech could be his opportunity to regain some of his credibility and bolster the morale of his broken party. On the whole, it is not looking promising for Boris Johnson who is currently on route to becoming the least successful Prime Minister that this country has ever seen.
Worse comes to worst, he could always pretend to have a heart attack on stage…
Published by The Cambridge Speechwriters
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2 thoughts on “Boris Johnson’s Party Conference Speech: why it’s important and what to expect”
Renée Broekmeulen says:
Hi Guy,
Interesting analysis; I think I will forward it to my students! We talked about ethos yesterday and next week we will tackle rhetorical devices.
The Cambridge Speechwriters says:
Amazing! Don’t forget that my blog has lots of content on a whole host of rhetorical devices! Here is a link to my post on ethos from last year: https://cambridgespeechwriter.com/2017/07/19/defence-against-the-dark-arts-elusive-ethos/
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Borodin, Pogrebnyak and Pynzar remembered youth on the anniversary of “Hands up”
Celebrities and their husbands are lit at a concert of the popular group, which on Friday and Saturday celebrated its 20th anniversary in Moscow. They were in complete awe of the performances of “Hands up” and expressed gratitude to Sergey Zhukov, who was able to get them back in the 90s.
On 4 and 5 November in the capital Crocus City Hall was held a concert dedicated to the anniversary of the group “Hands up”. Popular musical band celebrated its 20th anniversary. On the occasion of important dates Sergei Zhukov sang such well-known and many beloved songs as “Student”, “Alyosha”, “wasted”, “Other lips”, “Oh”, “Dance”, “Baby mine,” “He kisses you” and many others. On Saturday evening away to the fiery hits came Kurban Omarov and Ksenia Borodina, Darya and Sergey Pynzar, and Maria and Pavel Pogrebnyak. Celebrities danced a lot, had fun and sang along with the soloist of the “Hands up”.
Sergei Zhukov earned three million fans
“I remember walking to the metro station “Youth” to buy there magazine Cool because there’s an article about my favorite band “Hands up”. And I went after them in other cities for concerts… I’m a fan of this group, I love “Hands up”! And every song is a return to the past, youth and the, at that time, the important points. The first tears, the first experiences… Thanks to Sergey Zhukov, a return to the past, when we were very young. 90s- the best years of youth” — shared Ksenia Borodina in Instagram.
Subscribers presenter also fell in love with the “Hands up”. “We also yesterday had their fill of dancing in earnest, thought I would lose voice”, “It’s just a bomb, at the first sound of their songs I have goosebumps”, “We sing and dance”, “Great, me too all of their music you know by heart”, “the Class, I remembered the youth, so much emotion”, “Lighter”, “the girls danced to them at school “Fall ball”, “Thanks for these videos, right nostalgia”, “Where’s my 15 years,” wrote the followers Borodina in the comments to her posts.
It is also worth noting that some of the songs Borodina and her friends sang together, than has delighted his fans. So, Ksenia and Daria and Sergey Pynzar decided to perform the song “love me Love”, which gave the guests of the evening — the band “dirty rotten scoundrels”. “What beautiful, I really like you”, “So nice to see you”, “Guys, well done, I guess, yesterday was a blast”, “Super”, — shared his opinion of the followers of the stars.
By the way, Crocus City Hall also visited sister Olga Buzova Anna. The girl was delighted with the performances of “Hands up.” “Incredible emotions, the coolest concert. Thanks to my Oksanochka that pulled me out. Shouted, sang, tired of dancing. Waiting for the next anniversary,” — commented on it on Instagram.
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Rose McGowan was allowed to destroy their unborn children
The star of the show “Charmed” rose McGowan gave permission for the destruction of her unborn children.
The actress, who recently separated from her husband, Davy Diteyl allowed to destroy the frozen embryos, which for two years was kept in kryzanowska.
According to rose, such a step, she decided, because he did not want to have children with her ex-husband. Because the embryos that were created from biological material pair, it is no longer needed.
Recently, rose made a difficult confession. 43-year-old actress the social network said that in the past was raped by a famous Hollywood producer. The name of her abuser she chose not to call.
In recognition of the McGowan pushed gaining online flashmob #WhyWomenDontReport when women use to talk about sexual violence.
“The lawyer told me that since I was filmed in explicit scenes in the movie, I will never win such a case against the head of the Studio. This was known in Hollywood and in the media, I was convicted of it, and my abuser continued to flatter. And then my ex sold him our film for distribution”, — stated in the message rose.
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Mihail Mihaylov
Mihail Mihaylov was born in 1987 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. After studying the violin, he began singing lessons at the age of sixteen. He graduated from the National Music Academy of Sofia ‘Prof. Pantcho Vladigerov’, where he studied with Prof. Ivanka Ninova. Mihaylov has attended masterclasses with Christina Angelakova and Anna Tomowa-Sintow.
Mihail made his opera début during his studies at the age of twenty-two when he played the part of Count Almaviva in Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. He also appeared in other bel canto tenor roles: as Edward Milford in La Cambiale di Matrimonio and as Ernesto in Don Pasquale.
Following his graduation from the Academy Mihaylov played Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Beppe in Donizetti’s Rita, Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata, Duca di Mantova in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff , Count Camille de Rosillon in Lehár’s The Merry Widow, Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, in most Bulgarian opera houses.
Since 2012 the young tenor is a regular guest soloist of the Sofia Philharmonic where he gained his oratorio experience with the tenor solos in Mozart’s Missa da requiem, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Messe de Requiem, and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. In 2013 he made his UK début, performing in Verdi’s Requiem at Royal Festival Hall in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. At the end of 2013, Mihaylov took part in a Verdi/Puccini Gala Concert with the Munich Symphony Orchestra. In 2013, 2014 and 2015 he performed at “Klassik auf der Burg” and Herrenchiemsee Festspiele in “Ariadne auf Naxos” as Bacchus and in “Manon Lescaut” as Edmondo; at „Klassik am See” in “La Traviata” as Alfredo and in “Rigoletto” as Duca di Mantova.
In 2014 Mihaylov went on a recital tour in Osaka, Japan and in 2015 took part in concerts with the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra. Mihail Mihaylov holds a second prize from the IV International Competition for Chamber Music “Richard Strauss” (Sofia, Bulgaria, 2015) as well as the special prize for a song by a modern Austrian composer. In 2015 he won the Grand prix at the International Song Competition for Russian romances “Balkanskaya romansiyada (Sofia, Bulgaria)”. He further has numerous recordings with the Bulgarian National Television and Bulgarian National Radio, as well as live-stream websites.
August 2018 saw the young tenor’s brilliant Swiss debut as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème at the Opera Festival Munot Schaffhausen, in a new production by Philippe de Bros with Wiktor Bockman conducting.
Mihaylov’s 2018/2019 season features performances throught Eastern Europe, Germany and Japan.
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Universities With Sound Engineering Degrees
MICAH MCDUNNIGAN
Recording professional songs isn't as simple as getting together your band members, a microphone and something to record the music. Though this may be the method aspiring bands use to cut their albums, sound engineers configure equipment and manipulate the recorded sound to produce the best sound for the final track. A number of universities offer degrees to learn this trade.
Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington
Texas State University, San Marcos
1 Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University offers a bachelor's degree in sound production. The program prepares students for jobs as producers and engineers in the recording industry. The school's facilities include five full recording studios, an electronic music lab, a digital audio lab and a post-production studio. The school says it offers students access to experts in every aspect of the sound production and engineering industry, as well as industry-standard tools and programs such as SoundScan T, Reason and Digital Performer.
2 Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University
The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University offers both a Bachelor of Music degree in recording arts and sciences and a Master of Arts in audio sciences. Students applying for the Master of Arts in audio sciences need to have undergraduate degrees in physics, electrical engineering, audio technology or music. Regardless of major, applicants need to have at least one year of physics, one year of calculus and one year of audio fundamentals as an undergraduate.
3 Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington
The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington, offers both an Associate of Science and a Bachelor of Science degree in recording arts. The program advertises that it emphasizes hands-on experience for the students, with everyone spending significant amounts of time in recording studios. Over four years, the program estimates that students will clock more than 1,000 studio hours. Juniors and seniors have to opportunity to work as producers and engineers on university-sponsored recording projects.
4 Texas State University, San Marcos
Texas State University, San Marcos, offers a Bachelor of Science degree in sound recording technology. Students have access to several computer labs, digital editing equipment, electronic music labs and audio labs. Students work on projects typical for professional sound engineers in both the university setting and in commercial recording sessions.
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3 Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University - Bloomington: Recording Arts Department
4 Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University -- Bloomington: Contact Us
5 Texas State University -- San Marcos: Bachelor of Science Degree
Micah McDunnigan has been writing on politics and technology since 2007. He has written technology pieces and political op-eds for a variety of student organizations and blogs. McDunnigan earned a Bachelor of Arts in international relations from the University of California, Davis.
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Debby Jenkins and Rich Martinez
Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily; Senior Vice President Multifamily Production and Sales at Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac continued a run of impressive growth last year, hitting another record in loan purchasing of more than $78 billion as mandated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and it registered as the largest capital provider for multifamily housing in the country.
Its growth included the expansion of its securitization platform. There was $75.5 billion worth of Freddie securitizations, including $61.5 billion in K-Deals (a type of Freddie Mac securitization product structured to offer guaranteed senior and interest-only classes) — Jenkins helped develop the underwriting platform for the K-Deals in 2008 — $6.9 billion in small-balance deals and $4 billion in PC (Participation Certificate) issuance.
What more is left to do but to expand further in support of the market you serve.
For the five quarter period starting in the fourth quarter of 2019, Freddie had been armed with more than $100 billion in loan purchasing power approved by FHFA — another record — with a goal to direct a little over 37 percent of that to support mission-driven affordable housing.
That’s quite a leap in its overall loan purchasing power and underscores the government’s posture when it comes to affordable housing, given that Freddie set a record only doing $10.1 billion in targeted affordable (TAH) for rent-restricted properties last year, which was a 25 percent jump from the previous record it set in 2018.
Separate from TAH is mission-driven, and Freddie has reported that it expects to even surpass the FHFA target this year. Mission-driven accounted for 39 percent of its loan volume last year—up from 34 percent in 2018.
Its 2020 story is of course weighed down by COVID-19, which vaulted the GSEs into their natural roles of supporting the housing finance markets. Relief was provided to protect borrowers and renters, and provisions were included in new deals to provide some padding amid the downturn.
According to Jenkins, Freddie never really fell behind its mapped pipeline and is on track to hit its $100 billion cap this year.
The crisis has made communication between the shop and its lenders, borrowers and renters even more paramount, and Rich Martinez said this is made easier via the “strategic location of our nine satellite offices and four regional locations, plus our frequent visits to all the markets we serve. The COVID-19 virus has required us to virtually connect more frequently with our Optigo lenders and borrowers to obtain that local market knowledge.”
In the last year, the agency CMBS market is up more than 17 percent compared to non-agency, which is down around 25 percent. In times of stress, Freddie and its counterparts execute.
They’ve gained more market share as other private lenders have moved to the sidelines. And amid the muck of a crisis, J.P.Morgan Chase was recently tapped by Freddie to advise it in its push to eventually exit federal conservatorship, a sign that one of the country’s largest and most important financial institutions is inching closer to entering the public market.—M.B.
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AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRIAL DIST. LODGE 727 v. CAMPBELL, 337 U.S. 521 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 333
ALCOA S. S. CO. v. UNITED STATES, 338 U.S. 421 (1949) December 19, 1949 No. 271
ALGOMA PLYWOOD & VENEER CO. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BD., 336 U.S. 301 (1949) March 7, 1949 No. 216
AYRSHIRE COLLIERIES CORP. v. US, 335 U.S. 573 (1949) January 3, 1949 No. 25
BLACK DIAMOND S. S. CORP. v. ROBERT STEWART & SONS, 336 U.S. 386 (1949) March 14, 1949 No. 121
BOYD v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN R. CO., 338 U.S. 263 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 17
BRINEGAR v. US, 338 U.S. 160 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 12
BROOKS v. UNITED STATES, 337 U.S. 49 (1949) May 16, 1949 No. 388
BROWN v. WESTERN R. OF ALABAMA, 338 U.S. 294 (1949) November 21, 1949 No. 43
C.I.R. v. WODEHOUSE, 337 U.S. 369 (1949) June 13, 1949 No. 84
CALLAWAY v. BENTON, 336 U.S. 132 (1949) February 7, 1949 No. 21
CARTER v. ATLANTA & ST. A. B. R. CO., 338 U.S. 430 (1949) December 19, 1949 No. 23
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. P. & P.R. CO. v. ACME FAST FREIGHT, 336 U.S. 465 (1949) April 4, 1949 No. 65
CHRISTOFFEL v. UNITED STATES, 338 U.S. 84 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 528
CITY OF MORGANTOWN, W. VA. v. ROYAL INS. CO., 337 U.S. 254 (1949) June 6, 1949 No. 396
CITY OF NEW YORK v. SAPER, 336 U.S. 328 (1949) March 7, 1949 No. 168
COHEN v. BENEFICIAL INDUS. LOAN CORP., 337 U.S. 541 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 442
COLE v. ARKANSAS, 338 U.S. 345 (1949) December 5, 1949 No. 62
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR REL. BD., 338 U.S. 355 (1949) December 5, 1949 No. 47
COMMISSIONER v. CONNELLY, 338 U.S. 258 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 57
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. CULBERTSON, 337 U.S. 733 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 313
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. JACOBSON, 336 U.S. 28 (1949) January 17, 1949 No. 32
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE v. PHIPPS, 336 U.S. 410 (1949) March 14, 1949 No. 83
CORAY v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO., 335 U.S. 520 (1949) January 3, 1949 No. 54
COSMOPOLITAN SHIPPING CO. v. MCALLISTER, 337 U.S. 783 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 351
DANIEL v. FAMILY SECURITY LIFE INS. CO., 336 U.S. 220 (1949) February 28, 1949 No. 297
DEFENSE SUPPLIES CORP. v. LAWRENCE WAREHOUSE CO., 336 U.S. 631 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 298
EISLER v. UNITED STATES, 338 U.S. 189 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 255
EMPRESA SIDERURGICA v. COUNTY OF MERCED, 337 U.S. 154 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 327
EX PARTE COLLETT, 337 U.S. 55 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 206M
FARMERS RESERVOIR & IRRIGATION CO. v. MCCOMB, 337 U.S. 755 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 128
FARRELL v. U. S., 336 U.S. 511 (1949) April 4, 1949 No. 267
FAULKNER v. GIBBS, 338 U.S. 267 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 19
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COM'N v. WJR, THE GOODWILL STATION, 337 U.S. 265 (1949) June 6, 1949 No. 495
FEDERAL POWER COM'N v. INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO., 336 U.S. 577 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 109
FEDERAL POWER COM'N v. PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE CO., 337 U.S. 498 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 558
FINK v. SHEPARD S.S. CO., 337 U.S. 810 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 360
FISHER v. PACE, 336 U.S. 155 (1949) February 7, 1949 No. 45
FOLEY BROS. v. FILARDO, 336 U.S. 281 (1949) March 7, 1949 No. 91
FOUNTAIN v. FILSON, 336 U.S. 681 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 542
GIBBS v. BURKE, 337 U.S. 773 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 418
GIBONEY v. EMPIRE STORAGE & ICE CO., 336 U.S. 490 (1949) April 4, 1949 No. 182
GOGGIN v. DIVISION OF LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OF CAL., 336 U.S. 118 (1949) January 31, 1949 No. 35
GRAHAM v. BROTHERHOOD OF FIREMEN, 338 U.S. 232 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 16
GRAVER TANK & MFG. CO. v. LINDE AIR PRODUCTS CO., 336 U.S. 271 (1949) February 28, 1949 No. 184
GRAVER TANK AND MFG. CO. v. LINDE AIR PRODUCTS COMPANY, 340 U.S. 845 (1949) October 1, 1949
GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES, 336 U.S. 704 (1949) April 25, 1949 No. 417
H. P. HOOD & SONS v. DU MOND, 336 U.S. 525 (1949) April 4, 1949 No. 92
HARRIS v. SOUTH CAROLINA, 338 U.S. 68 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 76
HENSLEE v. UNION PLANTERS NAT. BANK & TRUST CO., 335 U.S. 595 (1949) January 3, 1949 No. 90
HUBSCH v. US, 338 U.S. 440 (1949) December 19, 1949 No. 379
HUMPHREY v. SMITH, 336 U.S. 695 (1949) April 25, 1949 No. 457
HYNES v. GRIMES PACKING CO., 337 U.S. 86 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 24
ILLINOIS v. INDIANA, 338 U.S. 856 (1949) October 24, 1949
IN RE MUHLBAUER, 336 U.S. 964 (1949) May 2, 1949 No. 452
INTERSTATE OIL PIPE LINE CO. v. STONE, 337 U.S. 662 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 287
JOY OIL CO. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MICHIGAN, 337 U.S. 286 (1949) June 13, 1949 No. 223
JUNGERSEN v. OSTBY & BARTON CO., 335 U.S. 560 (1949) January 3, 1949 No. 748
KILPATRICK v. TEXAS & P. RY. CO., 337 U.S. 75 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 233
KIMBALL LAUNDRY CO. v. UNITED STATES, 338 U.S. 1 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 63
KINGSLAND v. DORSEY, 338 U.S. 318 (1949) November 21, 1949 No. 53
KLAPPROTT v. UNITED STATES, 335 U.S. 601 (1949) January 17, 1949 No. 42
KOVACS v. COOPER, 336 U.S. 77 (1949) January 31, 1949 No. 430
KRULEWITCH v. UNITED STATES, 336 U.S. 440 (1949) March 28, 1949 No. 143
LA CROSSE TEL. CORP. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BD., 336 U.S. 18 (1949) January 17, 1949 No. 38
LARSON v. DOMESTIC & FOREIGN COMMERCE CORPORATION, 337 U.S. 682 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 31
LAWSON v. SUWANEE FRUIT & S.S. CO., 336 U.S. 198 (1949) February 14, 1949 No. 56
LEIMAN v. GUTTMAN, 336 U.S. 1 (1949) January 17, 1949 No. 88
LINCOLN UNION v. NORTHWESTERN CO., 335 U.S. 525 (1949) January 3, 1949 No. 47
LUSTIG v. UNITED STATES, 338 U.S. 74 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 1389
MANUFACTURERS TRUST CO. v. BECKER, 338 U.S. 304 (1949) November 21, 1949 No. 55
MATTER OF ELECTRIC POWER & LIGHT CORP., 337 U.S. 903 (1949) May 16, 1949 No. 610
MCCOMB v. JACKSONVILLE PAPER CO., 336 U.S. 187 (1949) February 14, 1949 No. 110
MCGRATH v. MANUFACTURERS TRUST CO., 338 U.S. 241 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 11
NATIONAL CARBIDE CORP. v. COMMISSIONER OF INT. REV., 336 U.S. 422 (1949) March 28, 1949 No. 151
NATIONAL LABOR REL. BD. v. CROMPTON-HIGHLAND MILLS, INC., 337 U.S. 217 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 197
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. PITTSBURGH S.S. CO., 337 U.S. 656 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 258
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. STOWE SPINNING CO., 336 U.S. 226 (1949) February 28, 1949 No. 46
NATIONAL MUT. INS. CO. OF DIST. OF COL. v. TIDEWATER TRANSFER CO., 337 U.S. 582 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 29
NYE & NISSEN v. UNITED STATES, 336 U.S. 613 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 228
O'DONNELL v. ELGIN, J. & E. RY. CO., 338 U.S. 384 (1949) December 12, 1949 No. 56
OAKLEY v. LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO., 338 U.S. 278 (1949) November 14, 1949 No. 28
OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION v. TEXAS CO., 336 U.S. 342 (1949) March 7, 1949 No. 40
OTT v. MISSISSIPPI VAL. BARGE LINE CO., 336 U.S. 169 (1949) February 7, 1949 No. 244
PARKER v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, 338 U.S. 327 (1949) December 5, 1949 No. 49
PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. ZOOK, 336 U.S. 725 (1949) April 25, 1949 No. 355
PROPPER v. CLARK, 337 U.S. 472 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 390
RAGAN v. MERCHANTS TRANSFER & WAREHOUSE CO., 337 U.S. 530 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 522
RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, INC. v. NEW YORK, 336 U.S. 106 (1949) January 31, 1949 No. 51
REILLY v. PINKUS, 338 U.S. 269 (1949) November 14, 1949 No. 31
REYNOLDS v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO., 336 U.S. 207 (1949) February 14, 1949 No. 234
RICE v. RICE, 336 U.S. 674 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 117
ROTH v. DELANO, 338 U.S. 226 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 24
S. E. C. v. CENTRAL-ILLINOIS CORP., 338 U.S. 96 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 226
SMITH v. UNITED STATES, 337 U.S. 137 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 292
SPIEGEL'S ESTATE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 335 U.S. 701 (1949) January 17, 1949 No. 4477
SPIEGEL'S ESTATE v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE., 335 U.S. 632 (1949) January 17, 1949 No. 753
STAINBACK v. MO HOCK KE LOK PO, 336 U.S. 368 (1949) March 14, 1949 No. 474
STANDARD OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES, 337 U.S. 293 (1949) June 13, 1949 No. 279
TERMINIELLO v. CITY OF CHICAGO, 337 U.S. 1 (1949) May 16, 1949 No. 272
TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR v. CIVIL AERONAUTICS BD., 336 U.S. 601 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 387
TREICHLER v. WISCONSIN, 338 U.S. 251 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 20
TURNER v. PENNSYLVANIA, 338 U.S. 62 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 107
U. A. W. v. WISCONSIN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BD., 336 U.S. 245 (1949) February 28, 1949 No. 14
U. S. v. URBUTEIT, 336 U.S. 804 (1949) May 2, 1949 No. 640
U. S. v. WALLACE & TIERNAN CO., 336 U.S. 793 (1949) May 2, 1949 No. 416
U. S. v. WOMEN'S SPORTSWEAR MFG. ASS'N, 336 U.S. 460 (1949) March 28, 1949 No. 37
US EX REL. JOHNSON v. SHAUGHNESSY, 336 U.S. 806 (1949) May 9, 1949 No. 506
UNITED STATES v. YELLOW CAB CO., 338 U.S. 338 (1949) December 5, 1949 No. 22
UNION NAT. BANK OF WICHITA, KAN. v. LAMB, 337 U.S. 38 (1949) May 16, 1949 No. 500
UNITED STATES EX REL. HIRSHBERG v. COOKE, 336 U.S. 210 (1949) February 28, 1949 No. 231
UNITED STATES v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., 338 U.S. 366 (1949) December 12, 1949 No. 35
UNITED STATES v. CAPITAL TRANSIT CO., 338 U.S. 286 (1949) November 14, 1949 No. 40
UNITED STATES v. CORS, 337 U.S. 325 (1949) June 13, 1949 No. 132
UNITED STATES v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, 337 U.S. 426 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 330
UNITED STATES v. JONES, 336 U.S. 641 (1949) April 18, 1949 No. 135
UNITED STATES v. KNIGHT, 336 U.S. 505 (1949) April 4, 1949 No. 406
UNITED STATES v. NATIONAL CITY LINES, 337 U.S. 78 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 269
UNITED STATES v. PENN FOUNDRY & MFG. CO., 337 U.S. 198 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 253
UNITED STATES v. SPELAR, 338 U.S. 217 (1949) November 7, 1949 No. 42
UNITED STATES v. TORONTO, HAMILTON & BUFFALO NAV. CO., 338 U.S. 396 (1949) December 12, 1949 No. 39
UNITED STATES v. WITTEK, 337 U.S. 346 (1949) June 13, 1949 No. 473
URIE v. THOMPSON, 337 U.S. 163 (1949) May 31, 1949 No. 129
WADE v. HUNTER, 336 U.S. 684 (1949) April 25, 1949 No. 427
WATTS v. STATE OF IND., 338 U.S. 49 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 610
WEADE v. DICHMANN, WRIGHT & PUGH, 337 U.S. 801 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 179
WHEELING STEEL CORP. v. GLANDER, 337 U.S. 562 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 447
WILKERSON v. MCCARTHY, 336 U.S. 53 (1949) January 31, 1949 No. 53
WILLIAMS v. PEOPLE OF STATE OF NEW YORK, 337 U.S. 241 (1949) June 6, 1949 No. 671
WILMETTE PARK DIST. v. CAMPBELL, 338 U.S. 411 (1949) December 12, 1949 No. 75
WISCONSIN ELEC. POWER CO. v. US, 336 U.S. 176 (1949) February 14, 1949 No. 237
WOLF v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLO., 338 U.S. 25 (1949) June 27, 1949 No. 17
WOODS v. INTERSTATE REALTY CO., 337 U.S. 535 (1949) June 20, 1949 No. 442
YOUNG v. RAGEN, 337 U.S. 235 (1949) June 6, 1949 No. 50
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Amazing Grace - Acknowledgements and Introduction
Chapter One: The Face at The Window
Chapter Two: The Lost Boys and Girls
Chapter Three: Another Window Opens on Strange Connections
Chapter Four: Dead Babies and Iron Skillets
Chapter Five: Jane Eyre Redux
Chapter Six: Violets and Bulls in the Graveyard
Chapter Seven: Trapezes and Dog Days
Chapter Eight: The Farm
Chapter Nine: The Stand Off
Chapter Ten: Shrinks and Rebels or Being Fifteen is an Awkward State
Chapter Eleven: Graveyards, Psychopaths, Psychics, and Meetings on the Bridge
Chapter Twelve: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Chapter Thirteen: Oysters on the Half Shell
Chapter Fourteen: Pearls in the Oyster
Chapter Fifteen: Blitzkrieg
Chapter Sixteen: Dances with Sunlight
Chapter Seventeen: Mirror! Mirror! On the Wall...
Chapter Eighteen: The Wolf and the Dove
Chapter Nineteen: The World's Most Beautiful Baby
Chapter Twenty: Minks and Turkey Basters
Chapter Twenty-one: Parties, Mosquitoes, Hives, Hypnosis and Fishing Boats
Chapter Twenty-two: The Devil in the Details
Chapter Twenty-three: In The Forest
Chapter Twenty-four: The Poisoned Apple
Chapter Twenty-five: The Boat Ride to Damascus
Chapter Twenty-six: Another Face at the Window
Chapter Twenty-seven: The Noah Syndrome or The Lost Love
Chapter Twenty-eight: The Ark in Montana
Chapter Twenty-nine: The Dream
Chapter Thirty: A Knight in Armor
Chapter Thirty-one: The Cleft in the Rock
Chapter Thirty-two: Moving to Montana
Chapter Thirty-three: Synchronicity City
Chapter Thirty-four: That's Hollywood!
Chapter Thirty-five: The Crane Dance
Chapter Thirty-six: Hailing the Universe
Chapter Thirty-seven: Missing Child, Missing Time
Chapter Thirty-eight: Flying Black Boomerangs
Chapter Thirty-nine: Flying Black Boomerangs Redux
Chapter Forty: Aliens, Demons and Vampires
Chapter Forty-one: Aunt Clara
Chapter Forty-two: Green Slime
Chapter Forty-three: Hungry Aliens, Stinky Demons, and the Return of Keith
Chapter Forty-four: Comets and Cassiopaeans
Comets and Catastrophes
Fire And Ice: The Day After Tomorrow
Climate Change Swindlers and the Political Agenda
Forget About Global Warming: We're One Step From Extinction!
The Younger Dryas Impact Event and the Cycles of Cosmic Catastrophes - Climate Scientists Awakening
Majesterium and the Tipping Point
The Golden Age, Psychopathy and the Sixth Extinction
New Light on the Black Death: The Cosmic Connection
The Hazard to Civilization from Fireballs and Comets
Wars, Pestilence and Witches
Thirty Years of Cults and Comets
Comet Biela and Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
Tunguska, the Horns of the Moon and Evolution
Letters From the Edge
Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets: Damages, Disasters, Injuries, Deaths, and Very Close Calls
Cosmic Turkey Shoot
Impact Hazards on a Populated Earth?
Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline
Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline - Introduction
JFK: The Debris of History
The Gladiator: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Bushes and the Lost King
Sim City and John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy and All Those "isms"
John F. Kennedy, J. Edgar Hoover, Organized Crime and the Global Village
John F. Kennedy and the Psychopathology of Politics
John F. Kennedy and the Pigs of War
John F. Kennedy and the Titans
John F. Kennedy, Oil, and the War on Terror
John F. Kennedy, The Secret Service and Rich, Fascist Texans
John F. Kennedy and the Monolithic and Ruthless Conspiracy
Jupiter Nostradamus Edgar Cayce and the Return of the Mongols
Jupiter, Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and the Return of the Mongols Part 1
Jupiter, Nostradamus, Edgar Cayce, and the Return of the Mongols Part 10
The Cassiopaean "Hit" List
The Cs Hit List 01: Prophecy, Prediction, and Portents of Things to Come
The Cs Hit List 02: Space and Weather Science Gone Wild
The Cs Hit List 03: History Is Bunk
The Cs Hit List 04: Nature, Nurture, and My Monkey Genes
The Cs Hit List 05: Dr. Greenbaum and the Manchurian Candidates
The Cs Hit List 06: Let's Do the Planetary Twist to the Tune of the Brothers Heliopolis
The Cs Hit List 07: Sun Star Companion, Singing Stones and Smoking Visions
The Cs Hit List 08: Of Oracles and Conspiracies: TWA 800, 9/11, H1N1, and VISA
The Cs Hit List 09: DNA, Rational Design and the Origins of Life
The Grail Quest and the Destiny of Man
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man I
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part II: The Terror of History
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part III: Time
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part III-Time, cont.
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part III-2: Time, cont.
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part IV: Machiavelli and the ETs
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part V: The Chalice and the Blade
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part VI: A View of History from Us in the Future
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part VII: The Nordic Covenant and the Coral Castle
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part VIII: Oak Island and the Shepherds of Arcadia
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part IX: Alchemy and St. Germain
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part X: The Fulcanelli Phenomenon
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part XI: Rennes-le-chateau and the Accursed Treasure
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part XII: The Priory of Sion
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part XIII: Visa to Magonia
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part XIV: The Shepherds of Arcadia Reprise
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part XV: Jesus: The Man and the Myth
The Grail Quest and The Destiny of Man: Part XVI: The Crucifixion: The Big Lie
The Wave Volume 1
The Wave Chapter 1: Riding The Wave
The Wave Chapter 2: Multi-Dimensional Soul Essences
The Wave Chapter 3: Dorothy and The Frog Prince Meet Flight 19 in Oz or, "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore!"
The Wave Chapter 4: The Cassiopaeans Get Taken Out of the Closet and Go for a "Test Drive"
The Wave Chapter 5: Perpendicular Realities, Tesseracts, and Other Odd Phenomena
The Wave Chapter 6: Animal Psychology or That which was A, will be A. That which was not-A, will be not-A. Everything was and will be either A or not-A.
The Wave Chapter 7: Balloons, Anti-balloons and Fireworks or Laura Falls Into the Pit and Ark Comes to the Rescue
The Wave Chapter 8: Everywhere You Look, There Is the Face of God
The Wave Chapter 9: The Beast of Gévaudan, Spring-Heeled Jack, Mothman, And Other Dimensional Window Fallers
The Wave Chapter 10: The Truth Is Out There, But Trust No One!
The Wave Chapter 11: Roses Grow Best In Manure
The Wave Chapter 12: All There Is Is Lessons
The Wave Chapter 13: All There Is Is Lessons (Some Further Remarks)
The Wave Chapter 14: All There Is Is Lessons, or Candy Will Ruin Your Teeth
The Wave Chapter 15: All There Is Is Lessons, or He Hideth My Soul in the Cleft of the Rock
The Wave Chapter 16: All There Is Is Lessons, or Laura Finds Reiki and Ends Up in the Soup... Pea Soup, That Is
The Wave Chapter 17: All There Is Is Lessons, or Wandering Around in Third Density Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
The Wave Chapter 18: All There Is Is Lessons, or A Trip to "Alligator Alley"
The Wave Chapter 19: All There Is Is Lessons, or Dr. Greenbaum and the Soul Hackers
The Wave Chapter 20: Black Lightning Strikes... or Marjoe Gortner Meets Ted Patrick
The Wave Chapter 21: Roswell Revisited or Shades of the X-Files
The Wave Chapter 22: The Nexus Seven Meet the Cassiopaeans
The Wave Chapter 23: Lucifer and the Pot of Gold or The Quest for the Holy Grail of No Anticipation
The Wave Chapter 24: The Bacchantes Meet Apollo At Stonehenge And Play The Third Man Theme
The Wave Chapter 25: A Walk In Nature Among The Names of God Where We Have An Interview With the Vampire And Discover a Cosmic Egg
The Wave Chapter 26: The Tree of Life
The Wave Chapter 27: Stripped to the Bone The Shamanic Initiation Of The Knighted Ones: Technicians of Ecstasy
The Wave Chapter 28: Technicians of Ecstasy: The Shamanic Initiation Of The Knighted Ones Part 1
The Wave Chapter 29: The 3-5 Code: The Journey From Jerusalem To Oak Island Via the Pyrenees
The Wave Chapter 30: Grape Wine In a Mason Jar: Jesus, Di and Dodi Take Off From the Denver Airport In Winter to Rain Contrails Upon Our Heads
The Wave Chapter 31: The Priory of Sion and The Shepherds of Arcadia
The Wave: Chapter 32 Torah, Kaballah, And When I Dream…
The Wave Volume 5/6
The Wave Chapter 33: Introduction
The Wave Chapter 34: The Channel
The Wave Chapter 35: A Strange Interlude
The Wave Chapter 36: A Vile Superstition
The Wave Chapter 37: Critical Channeling
The Wave Chapter 38: The Feminine Vampire
The Wave Chapter 39: The Court of Seven
The Wave Chapter 40: Secret Agents From Alpha 1
The Wave Chapter 41: The Realm of Archetypes
The Wave Chapter 42: The Tradition
The Wave Chapter 43: The Head of Bran
The Wave Chapter 44: The Crane Dance
The Wave Chapter 45: The Gulf Breeze
The Wave Chapter 46: The Theological Reality
The Wave Chapter 47: Semiotics and The Content Plane
The Wave Chapter 48: The Juvenile Dictionary
The Wave Chapter 49: Frequency Resonance Vibration
The Wave Chapter 50: Shifts in the Matrix
The Wave Chapter 51: The Psychomantium
The Wave Chapter 52: The Cryptogeographic Being
The Wave Chapter 53: Strange Birds
The Wave Chapter 54: Glimpses of Other Realities
The Wave Chapter 55: Albert Einstein, Free Energy and the Strange Deaths of Morris K. Jessup and Stefan Marinov
The Wave Chapter 56
: Intolerance, Cruelty, and the Economics of Intelligence
The Wave Chapter 57: It's Just Economics
The Wave Chapter 58: Alien Reaction Machines
The Wave Chapter 59: An Encounter with the Unicorn
The Wave Chapter 60: The Unicorn's Closet
The Wave Chapter 61: Ira's Inner Cesspool
The Wave Chapter 62: Secret Games at Princeton
The Wave Chapter 63: Murdering the Feminine
The Wave Chapter 64: Crossing the Threshold
The Wave Chapter 65: The Way of the Fool
The Wave Chapter 66: The Zelator
The Wave Chapter 67: Food for the Moon and the Burning House
The Wave Chapter 68: As Above, So Below
The Wave Chapter 69: The Whirlpool of Charybdis, the Sirens and the Navigator
The Wave Chapter 70: You Take the High Road and I’ll Take the Low Road and I’ll Be in Scotland Afore Ye!
The Wave Chapter 71: If I Speak in the Tongues of Men and Angels or, Jaguars: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Love and Complex Systems
The Wave Chapter 72: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Love and Complex Systems: Debugging the Universe
Truth or Lies
Truth or Lies Part 1
Who Wrote The Bible
The Ark of the Covenant and The Temple of Solomon
The House of David
The First Torah and the First Temple
The Tribe of Dan
Egyptian Chronology: I'm My Own Grandpa!
Moses and Aaron
9-11 alchemy aliens Amazing Grace Bible Cassiopaeaen Experiment Cassiopaeans Cass Transcripts channeling Christianity CIA COINTELPRO comets conspiracy destiny of man Fulcanelli grail quest gurdjieff High Strangeness history hyperdimensional reality Laura Knight-Jadczyk Ponerology psychopath psychopaths psychopathy religion Rockefeller Foundation The Grail UFO
Answers to Questions From Readers
Laura Answers Questions from Readers: Cassiopaea in Russia
Transient Passengers
Flight 990, Mars Probe, Contrails and Weather Anomalies, Montaukees, Ong's Hat, Philip K. Dick, and other Curiosities
Diet and Health Questions and Can Smoking be Good for You?
Enlightenment and Ascension
Channeling and Alien Abduction
Channeling and Exorcism Part 1
Reincarnation Part 1
SRT and Channeling
The Case For The UFO
The Whirling Dervishes
The Lost Gospel: The Book of Q and Christian Origins by Burton L. Mack
The Stargate Conspiracy
Richard Dolan's "UFOs and the National Security State" - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Political Ponerology: A Science on The Nature of Evil adjusted for Political Purposes
The Haunted Universe by D. Scott Rogo
Ancient Israel, Religious Delusions and Growing Up
Stan Gooch's "Cities of Dreams"
Cometary Showers, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
Binary Stars: Does our Sun have a Dark Companion?
The Voice of Reason During Millennial Madness
Has Nibiru/Planet X Been Sighted? Part 2
Is the World Coming to an End? Not necessarily - but the future doesn't look bright!
Will the World End on Thursday?
The Floyd Void or, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and assorted Prophetic Considerations
Meteor Clue To End of Middle East Civilisations Found
94% - Dave McGowan, Hurricane Katrina, Peak Oil and the Cassiopaeans
Comet Elenin Update!
Earthquake Axis Shift - Is the West Coast of the U.S. Next?
Witches, Comets and Planetary Cataclysms
Fallout Around the Breakfast Table
Comet Elenin: Harbinger of What?
Witches, Comets, and Planetary Cataclysms
Disclosure and Comets
All For One and One For All
Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax
The Hope
On Radiometric Dating
Companion Stars and Cometary Showers: Doomsday?
The Nature of Punctuational Crises and the Spenglerian Model of Civilization
A Survey of Channeling
Abortion, Psychopaths and Mother Love
Abovetopsecret: Ethics and Google Bombs
Abovetopsecret.com, Project Serpo Psy-ops, and the Pentagon's Flying Fish.
Al Gore and the Monolithic and Ruthless Conspiracy
Alex Jones and 911 Scholars: The Parable of the Good Shepherd
Alien Abduction, Demonic Possession, and The Legend of The Vampire
Aliens and Cosmic COINTELPRO
Aliens Don't Like to Eat People That Smoke!
America: Who Is Responsible?
America's Nervous Breakdown
Amir Peretz and The Faith Based School of Politics
Anti-semitism, British Academia and the Israel Lobby
Beware The Ides of April: Cho Seung-hui and the Mosaic Distinction
Big Lies, Small Lies, Brazen Lies
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Burton Mack and 9-11
Chaos and Consent: Working Towards the Fuhrer
Chemtrails? Contrails? Strange Skies
Comments on the Pentagon Strike
Condoleezza Pregnant: Giving Birth to Monster
Critical Notes on Val Valerian
Crocodile Condi vs Baby Babs Boxer
Darkness Over Tibet - Part 1
Did Nostradamus Predict 9-11 and WWIII?
Eíriú-Eolas Breathing and Meditation Program
Enochian Aliens? Agents of Cosmic COINTELPRO and The Stargate Conspiracy?
Four and a Half Years
Freedom of Association, Smoking and Psychopathy
From the Fire Comes Light Part 1
From Where I Sit: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
George W. Bush: A Cancer on the Body Politic
Happy New World
Hasbara, Shmuel Rosner and the Israel Factor
How to Spot COINTELPRO Agents
Indecent Haste... Hypocrisy, Saddam and Stoning Satan
Internet Free Speech Under Threat! Eric Pepin - Higher Balance Institute Sue QFG for 4.47 Million Over SOTT Forum Comments!
Is Cassiopaea a Cult, or under attack by COINTELPRO AGENTS?
Is Mel Gibson a modern day Suetonius?
Karl Rove's Rewriting of History is Nothing New - Hopefully, there will be another Procopius to Write About the Neocons
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: The Wally-World of Wickedness!
Laura Knight-Jadczyk Interview on BBC Radio
Let's All Light Up!
Living in Truth
Making Sense of Political Complexity
Montalk.net Disclaimer
My Mother Will Never Dance Again...
Mysterious Smoke Rings or When is a Cloud not a Cloud?
O.H. KRLL, Val Valerian, the Cassiopaeans and other mysterious beings...
Official Culture in America: A Natural State of Psychopathy?
Organic Portals Part 1
Paris Under the Nazis - New York Under the Neocons - The Darker Context
Paul Craig Roberts sez "We Are All Prisoners Now"
Picknett and Prince on the Cassiopaeans
Post-Election Reality Check
Protocols of the Pathocrats
Reader's Comments on "Adventures with Cassiopaeans"
Ross Institute: COINTELPRO or Agent of Mossad?
Schwaller de Lubicz and the Fourth Reich Part 2
Signs of the Times Attacked by Abovetopsecret.com Psy-ops!
Smokescreens, Snowjobs and Long Knives
SOTT-Cassiopaea: Anti-Cult, Anti-Defamation and Psychopath Free Zone
Stupid Is as Stupid Does
Supplement to the St. Pete Times Article: "The Exorcist in Love"
Tales From The Crypt: The Mummy Returns to Bring Religious War
Terrorism and the Three Sillies
The Beast of Revelation and His Empire
The Body Snatchers
The Companions Devoted to Liberty
The Destruction of the 911 Truth Movement
The Gift of the Magi to the Elect - A Christmas Essay
The Man Behind the Curtain - Operation Pincer Memorandum
The Most Dangerous Cult in The World
The Most Dangerous Idea in the World
The Mystic vs. Hitler
The Politics of History
The Trick of the Psychopath's Trade: Make Us Believe that Evil Comes from Others
The True Identity of Fulcanelli and The Da Vinci Code
To Bee or not to Be
Transmarginal Inhibition
Truth Is Public Property
Truth, Lies, Reality
Ultra-terrestrials and 9/11
Underwater and Undgerground Bases: SOTT Interview with Richard Sauder
V is for Vendetta, COINTELPRO and the Alternative Media
War Crimes and Conscience
WAR?
Where Troy Once Stood: The Mystery of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey Revealed
Will the REAL "Dr. Grant Gartrel(l)" please stand up?
World Cup Zidane - Materazzi : Italy's Shameful Win
Albert Einstein, Free Energy and The Strange Deaths of Morris K. Jessup and Stefan Marinov
Chemical Hallucinations, Mind Control, and Dr. Jose Delgado
Cosmic Spam: "We are contacting you for a mutually beneficial transaction..."
Evidence That a Frozen Fish Didn't Impact the Pentagon on 9/11- and Neither Did a Boeing 757
HAARP and The Canary in the Mine
Mahmoud Ahmad and The Secret Cult of 9-11
Mass Mind Control
MOSSAD and Moving Companies: Masterminds of Global Terrorism?
The Inquisition and the Origins of Fascism and Mind Control
The New Pearl Harbor Who Benefits?
William Milton Cooper Killed in Entrapment
Word Control = Thought Control = World Control
Dossier 9-11 and After
The Global Game of Survivor: America's Next Four Years
The Mossad Happy Dance
World Trade Center Terrorist Attack: Those who Do Not Learn From History Are Doomed to Repeat It
HAARP, Weather, Roswell Rods, 4th Density Battles & Bleedthrough and 7th Density
Discernment Or Machiavelli and the ETs Part 1
Discernment Or Machiavelli and the ETs Part 2 - The World Inside the Devil
Gnosticism and the Christian Myth
Questions About Ascension
Shocks and Signs of The Times
Stalking or Precis on The Good and The Evil
Supernovae: Vehicle of Ascension?
The Cult of the Plausible Lie
The Way Out is the Way In
Why You Don't Create Your Own Reality - an antidote to fatuous New Age paradigms
Born from the Ashes and Blood Part 1
Christianity or Machiavelli and The ETs
Cosquer - The Cave Beneath the Sea
Hoagland, Hyperdimensions, Space and Time
Judaism and Christianity - Two Thousand Years of Lies - 60 Years of State Terrorism
St Malachy and The Toil of the Sun
The Genesis of Evil on a Macrosocial Scale
Knowledge and Being
A Course in Knowledge and Being, Part 1
New Age COINTELPRO
Swerdlow Controlled via Satellite? or "reductio ad absurdum"
NWO & Global Elite
666 - The Mark of the Beast?
The Denver Airport Material
The Denver Airport Material Image Catalog
The Greenbaum Speech
Our Haunted Planet
Crop Circles Catalog
EgyptAir Flight 990, Sacred Geometry, Y2K, Origins of the Tarot, Schools of Ascension and other Disinformation
Flying Black Boomerangs and Clapham Wood
Monsters: Chicken Man, Demons, and Ica Skulls
The Chilbolton Crop Circle and The Cassiopaeans on Crop Circles
The High Strangeness of Dimensions, and the Process of Alien Abduction
Psychopathy Studies
A basic hypothesis of Psychopathy: Excerpts From The Mask of Sanity, by Hervey Cleckley, 5th edition
A Structural Theory of Narcissism and Psychopathy
Discussion of Psychopathy Traits: Excerpts From The Mask of Sanity, by Hervey Cleckley, 5th edition
Eight Ways to Spot Emotional Manipulation
How Psychopaths View Their World
Psychopath vs. Antisocial Personality Disorder and Sociopathy
Psychopaths in Sheep's Clothing: An Excerpt from the book In Sheep's Clothing By George K. Simon
The Inner Landscape of the Psychopath
The Psychopath - The Mask of Sanity
The Psychopath as Physician: Excerpt from The Mask of Sanity by Hervey Cleckley, M.D.
The Psychopath In History: Excerpts From "The Mask of Sanity" by Hervey M. Cleckley
What Is a Psychopath?
The UFO Phenomenon
A handbill circulated on November 21, 1963 In Dallas, Texas, one day before the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
On November 21st, 1963, 44 years ago today, the 1,035th day of John F. Kennedy’s tenure as President, he asked the Congress for $95.7 million in supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1964. He also asked his economic advisers to prepare a “War on Poverty” program for 1964. Then, President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy departed for a two-day trip to Texas. It was to be his last full day on Earth.
At the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas he gave a talk in which he reminisced: “Frank O’Connor, the Irish writer, tells in one of his books how, as a boy, he and his friends would make their way across the countryside, and when they came to an orchard wall that seemed too high and too doubtful to permit their voyage to continue, they took off their hats and tossed them over the wall — and then they had no choice but to follow them… This Nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it.”
And he predicted, “When some meet here in 1990 they will look back on what we did and say that we made the right and wise decisions. ‘Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions,’ the Bible tells us, and ‘where there is no vision, the people perish.'” (Remarks at Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center, San Antonio, Texas , November 21, 1963)
Later, President Kennedy made brief remarks to the League of United Latin American Citizens at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas following which he attended a dinner honoring Representative Albert Thomas, Houston, Texas.
Yesterday, we talked about Oil and Oilmen; today, we want to look at Texans, keeping always in mind that George W. Bush is a transplanted Texan, and he and his father have both been “Oilmen.” After that, we’ll look at the Secret Service, the men who were supposed to protect the President. From Farewell America:
The myth of the indispensable man must be broken if our country is to survive. – Haroldson Lafayette Hunt
The Panhandle State owes more to oil than it does to the Alamo. Texas didn’t really come into its own until oil gushed forth from the swamps of Beaumont on January 10, 1901. Fed by more than 100,000 barrels a day from the Spindletop well, (1) a lake of oil formed which was soon consumed by fire. Spindletop set off a second Gold Rush. The area was overrun by prospectors, the oil field was plundered, and the price of oil fluctuated wildly. At first, Rockefeller ignored the Texas strike.
But after Standard Oil of New Jersey was broken up in 1911, Standard Oil of Indiana bought up Humble, thereby becoming the largest producer in Texas, while Socony took over Magnolia. By 1930, the American oil empire was controlled by 20 big companies which seemed destined for eternal prosperity. But on October 9, 1930, a stubborn prospector named “Dad” Joiner struck oil at 3,000 feet in East Texas. He had discovered the richest oil field in the United States. Forty miles long and 2 to 5 miles wide, its reserves have been estimated at one and a half billion tons. By the time Standard and the other big companies arrived on the scene, thousands of prospectors were drilling away on tens of thousands of rural and urban plots. It was the most ruinous waste in the history of oil, and just at the start of the Depression the bottom dropped out of the market.
Standard, Gulf, Texaco and Shell managed to regain control with the help of the federal government. Laws were voted by the states, concessions were closed down by force, and the Connally law on “black oil” put a stop to illegal production in East Texas. When the basin had been pumped dry, production quotas were established and order prevailed. Some independent producers managed to survive, but they were obliged to comply with the rules set by the Big Four, who tolerated them because their greater production costs enabled the larger companies to keep prices high and increase profits.
Thirty years later, in 1963, Texas accounted for half the proven oil reserves on American soil. With 95,000 active oil wells owned by 6,500 oil companies (of the 12,325 in the United States), it constituted a key position for the big corporations, for it controlled production in the neighboring states of Louisiana and Oklahoma (65% of the American total), and therefore prices.
Six companies control 80% of Texas oil production. Humble produces 15% and refines 30% of this total. These giants command not only the oil, but also the sulfur and natural gas markets, and consequently real estate, transportation facilities, power, water, and banks throughout the state.
Even without oil, Texas would be one of the richest states in the Union. One hundred times larger than Delaware, five times larger than New York, four times larger than Missouri, three times larger than Minnesota, twice as large as Montana, it covers 100,000 square miles more than the state of California, and each of its 254 counties is bigger than the state of Rhode Island. There are 227,000 ranches in Texas, and the King Ranch covers more territory than Switzerland. Texas raises 10 million head of cattle and provides one-quarter of the rice, one-third of the cotton, and half of all the synthetic rubber consumed in the United States. In 1963 the state had a population of 10,228,000, including one million Negroes and one million ‘Wetbacks’.
The Second World War turned Texas into an industrial state. Thanks to the Cold War, its industries expanded five times faster than those of the rest of the nation. This industrial expansion reached a climax in 1963, when General Dynamics of Fort Worth was awarded the TFX fighter plane contract. The fantastic development of smaller firms such as Texas Instruments is directly linked to the war in Vietnam.(2)
Texas offers these industries lower taxes, cheap labor (poor whites, Negroes and Wetbacks), restrictive labor legislation (the union shop is prohibited by state law), and its outstanding natural resources in oil, natural gas, and sulfur.(3) The federal government is one of the state’s principal benefactors. Texas ranks second in the nation in terms of federal aid, with $3.9 billion in 1960-61, or 20.1% of the total state revenue.(4) The wealthiest of the wealthy states, Texas in 1960 had 53% more federal employees and received 65% more federal aid than the average American state.(5) Washington’s favors touched every sector of the economy. Texas, with the most extensive highway system (constructed with federal funds) in the country,(6) received the largest amount of federal aid for paralyzed children, and the highest subsidies for flood prevention.
But not all the inhabitants of Texas share in this munificence. In 1963, the state of Texas spent only $282.46 per person on social welfare (education, health, hospitals, public welfare), as compared to the national average of $343.64 per inhabitant (a difference of 18%). In the field of education, Texas ranked third in the nation in terms of federal aid per inhabitant, and 31st in terms of expenditures. It ranked first in terms of federal aid for child welfare, and 44th in terms of expenditures. It was second in the nation in terms of federal aid for the aged, and 40th in terms of expenditures. Nor does Texas neglect only its people. In 1963 it received more federal aid for experimental agricultural stations than any other state in the union, but ranked 47th in terms of the amount spent on improvements in cattle breeding.
There is little indication that the people of Texas merit such favoritism. Their state is first in the nation in terms of murder and armed robbery, and second for rape. Texas is the realm of intolerance. It calls itself Democratic, but for the past 25 years it has elected Republicans or would-be Democrats. It claims to be progressive, but only 15% of its 2.5 million non-agricultural workers are unionized, and since 1954 a fine of $20,000 and 20 years in prison punishes membership in the Communist Party. In 1952, Governor Allan Shrivers even tried to obtain the death penalty for this “crime.”
Texas sees nothing wrong with prescribing the death penalty for a political opinion, but it protects the right to commit homicide. It is the paradise of murder, and even of murder for thrills.
The name “Texas” comes from the Indian “Tejas,” meaning “Friendship,” which is also the state motto. In 1879 Harper’s Bazaar wrote, “In the past 12 years there have been 300 murders in Texas, and only 11 death sentences.” Since then, Texans have done even better. In 1960 there were 1,080 murders in Texas, and 5 death sentences.
Moreover, Texas has its own definition of murder. Only 3 of the 254 counties in Texas require a coroner’s examination in the case of sudden or suspicious death. The 251 others leave it to the Justice of the Peace (7) to determine the cause of death. A verdict of death due to natural causes has been known to coincide with the discovery of a bullet in the body of the deceased. The FBI estimates that the number of murders actually committed in Texas is several times the official figure. Between 5,000 and 10,000 deaths occur every year in Texas because of brutality, greed, or just because.(8)
One hundred and thirty-two counties in Texas are prohibitonist, another form of intolerance that satisfies the puritanism of its inhabitants and the interests of the business community. One out of every 12 Texans — 800,000 in all — is illiterate, the highest percentage in the nation.Texas delivers fewer high school diplomas than the poorest state in the union, Mississippi.(9) It ranks third in the nation in terms of the number of registered automobiles, but only 36th in terms of insurance coverage.
Backwards, intolerant, and irresponsible, Texas lifts its soul only towards God, if one is to judge from the number of its churches.There are more than 1,000 churches in Dallas alone. Waco (100,000 inhabitants} has 122, Midland (68,000 inhabitants} 82, and Tyler (50,000 inhabitants) 94.(10) Evangelist Billy Graham is popular in Texas, and playboys are frowned upon.
Texans never tire of looking at money. The center of attraction at the Dallas Petroleum Club is a long ebony table inlaid with coins from all over the world. The homes of Highland Park, University Park, and River Oak are decorated with Cezannes and Renoirs (many of them fakes), but they rarely contain books. Texans don’t read, with the possible exception of the Sunday papers. Unlike other American cities, Texas cities don’t have bookstores. There is a second-hand bookstore in Dallas, but it is in the suburbs. The other bookstores are run by the churches. On the other hand, Dallas has an opera, a Museum of Contemporary Art, and 700 garden clubs. Texans like flowers.
Texas has 1,128 banks, more than any other state in the Union,(11) but despite its wealth, the total income of the inhabitants of Texas falls well below that of many other states.(12) An oligarchic state if there ever was one, Texas is nevertheless first in the nation in terms of the number of personal incomes exceeding $1 million a year. Four-fifths of these millionaires are oilmen.
In this state of nabobs and beggars, where whole regions are still without electricity and where hundreds of thousands of people sleep out of doors, corruption is an institution, professional witnesses are a dime a dozen, and if you dial a certain number you can hear a recorded anti-Semitic diatribe.
Such a privileged state has to have influence in Washington. It has had, since before Roosevelt. In 1947, Harry Truman modified the law providing for the succession to the Presidency in favor of Texan Sam Rayburn, making the House Majority Leader the third most important person in the country. Eisenhower, born in Tyler, Texas, faced a Congress led by House Majority Leader Rayburn, a Texan, and Senate majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, another Texan. But despite the special favors, all the federal aid, and the federal employees paid by Washington, the state treasury has often verged on bankruptcy. In 1959, Texas even paid its employees with rubber checks. Once again, the federal government was obliged to bailout the richest state in the union. In 1961, while it was still young and naive, the Kennedy Administration tried to enforce the payment of the federal tax on business transactions in Texas. No Texan could remember this law ever having been enforced. Texas, the state that fortune smiled upon, lay outside the frontiers of America. What did it want with the New Frontier?
Texas is a separate way of life. The oil industry controls the government, the politics, and the social life of the state.(13) Its contribution to the economy is so important, and its influence so widespread, that it can make or break a project. The independent producers wield as much, if not more, power than the Presidents of the major oil companies, and because their fortunes are generally the result of personal success and their base of operations less far-flung, they are also more aggressive. They are thus far more vulnerable to any attack on the privileges of the oil industry, and in particular to any change in the laws that govern it.
It has been estimated that there are more than 500 millionaires living in Houston, and probably as many in Dallas. The income of the twenty richest independent oil producers put together would be enough to cover the state budget.
Texas, which doesn’t know the meaning of income tax, has no more idea of what a constitution should be. The Texas Constitution dates back to 1876. Consequently, the state government has no power to deal with the abuses of its inhabitants. The state legislature meets only once every two years. Its members are paid $10 a day for a period of 120 days. If the session is prolonged beyond that limit, their pay is halved. As a result, most state congressmen are either lawyers representing their clients at Austin or students glad for a chance to make a little extra money. For that matter, poor students and teachers interested in politics are especially well regarded by the real proprietors of the state. The oilmen finance the studies of a certain number of gifted and deserving students, and if they are elected to the state legislature they are rewarded with land leases, stocks, and allowances enabling them to devote themselves to the service of their country. The oilmen have little difficulty in getting their candidates elected to office — they control the press, radio and television. Their influence over the police and judicial authorities is such that only the most insignificant criminal and civil cases, and those in which they have no interests at stake, are ever bought to court.
One of the most eminent figures in Texas and the oil industry appeared one day in the Cokesbury Bookstore, a Methodist bookshop in Dallas, to autograph a book that he had published himself. This man rates only seven lines in Who’s Who: “Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, oil producer; Vandalia, Ill.; ed. pub. Schs; m. Lynda Bunker (died May 7, 1955); married 2nd Ruth Ray Weight, December 1957. Oil producer, Hunt Oil Co. Established Facts Forum, a foundation producing radio and TV programs relating to nat. issues. Democrat. Address: 4009 W. Lawther Dr., Dallas.”
Seven lines isn’t much for a man who was, in 1963, and probably will be until he dies, the richest man in the world, (14) with a fortune conservatively estimated at $4 billion. When you get into those kind of figures, you are no longer talking about wealth, but about power.
The book that the richest man in the world had come to autograph was called Alpaca, undoubtedly after the llama-like South American ruminant of the same name so noted for its resistance. Alpaca is Hunt’s Bible. It describes a mythical new nation where income taxes are limited to 25%, and where every citizen is accorded a number of votes in direct proportion to his income-tax bracket.(15)
Hunt was accompanied by his second wife and his two stepdaughters, and the little girls — Helen, 11, and Sewannee, 10 — sang a little song:
How much is that book in the window?
The one that says all the smart things.
I do hope to learn all it brings.
The one which my Popsy wrote.
You can buy it without signing a note.
Alpaca! Fifty cents!(16)
Hunt is a hard man to figure out. Few journalists have even tried. The real personality of this Puritan who was 74 in 1963 lies hidden behind a few cautious descriptions:
“As rich as Croesus, as shrewd as a riverboat gambler, as tight as a new pair of shoes . . .”
“He thinks communism started in this country when the government took over distribution of the mail . . .”
“If he had more flair and imagination, if he were not basically such a damned hick, he could be one of the most dangerous men in America.”
For gifted psychologist Hugh Hefner, Hunt is “an irritating enigma.”
“No one, not even his own family, professes to understand him; no one, not even the partners he’s made rich, seems to have any idea what drove him to amass his vast fortune; and no one, not even Hunt himself, seems able to explain just what he is trying to accomplish in the political arena.”(17)
Hunt is the incarnation of Texas, but he was born into a prosperous family in Illinois. He left home at 15 with a pack on his back and worked for a time as a lumberjack. At 22, he took his inheritance of a few thousand dollars and set out for Arkansas, where in 1912 he bought plantation land that hadn’t overflowed for 35 years. That year and the next, it overflowed. The following year World War I broke out and the price of cotton dropped to 5 cents a pound. Hunt was ruined.
1918 brought a big land boom, and Hunt sold his plantation and bought more land. Three years later, he headed for an oil strike in El Dorado, Arkansas and began trading in leases. He drilled a few wells in the West Smackover fields and soon owned a hundred wells in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. In 1930 he went to East Texas and bought the famous Dad Joiner well, the Number One Daisy Bradford, which the big oil companies had disregarded. Before the Second World War, Hunt had made his first billion, mostly in oil, and re-invested it not only in oil and natural gas, but also in a multitude of other undertakings integrated vertically or horizontally, or completely diversified.
Hunt is the nation’s biggest farmer. His business interests cover five continents and run from drugs to real estate, cotton, cattle, and timber. It has been estimated that “the Hunt assets are equal to those of such corporate complexes as General Electric.”(18) Hunt owns and controls companies the names of which have never been associated with his.(19) His name does not appear on the list of the 500 largest international corporations, although he is probably among the top five. The Hunt Oil Company (incorporated in Delaware in 1934) owns producing properties in Texas, Louisiana, North Dakota, and 9 more states, as well as undeveloped acreage in 18 other states, including Alaska. Hunt is behind a multitude of independent oil companies such as Placid Oil, the Hunt Petroleum Corp., and Placid International Oil, Ltd. (incorporated in 1958 in Delaware), with offices and activities in Australia, the Netherlands, Lebanon, England, and 17 other countries.
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt has neither stockholders nor board of directors. He owns 85 to 90% of the shares in all of his companies.(20) (His family owns the rest.) This 200 lb. six-footer is a latecomer to politics. Until he was 60, he occupied himself with drilling his wells and building his empire. He likes to describe himself as “a registered Democrat who often votes Republican.” The last President of whom he approved was Calvin Coolidge. He calls Franklin D. Roosevelt “the first President to institute the struggle of class against class.” Roosevelt also recognized the Soviet Union, thus bearing, in his view, the responsibility for “the surrender of hundreds of millions of people into Communist domination.” He violently attacks the “myth of the indispensable man” created by Franklin D. Roosevelt and reclaimed by Kennedy. “This myth must be broken if our country is to survive,” he has been quoted as saying. For him, the principal arms of the “Indispensable Man” of the Sixties were “Communism” and “taxes.” Communism and taxes, it must be said, are the keys to the mind and activities of Haroldson Lafayette Hunt.
“The United States have been in charge of the world since World War Two, during which time the Communists have taken into domination one third of the world’s population.
“Communist activities in the United States are criminal and can be spoken of along with other criminal offenses.”
“All services to the public should be abolished in favor of personal enterprise where they can be more efficiently and economically performed.”
Hunt condemns the “strange persons with a twisted education who would prefer to be defeated.” He also attacks federal welfare programs for “harming the general public and giving some persons and groups an advantage over others.” He dismisses Social Security as “thousands of frivolous projects.” He declares, “People who have wealth should use it wisely, in a way that will do society the most good. They should be careful that in making supposedly charitable gifts, their money will not be used to destroy or impair the American system and promote atheism.”
For Hunt, Kennedy’s assault on the tax privileges enjoyed by the oil industry were “criminal offenses” against “the American system. Depletion allowances are necessary for irreplaceable resources. The increased net income for the Government from their elimination would finance the Government 3 or 4 days per year . . .” he declares, adding, “We are losing the right to keep a fair share of the money we earn and a fair share of the profits we make.”
Hunt’s letterhead describes him as an “operator.”(21) He considers himself one of the best poker players in the country, and he probably is. He has always placed his reliance on competent technicians. His personal bodyguard is made up of former FBI agents. Years ago he acquired the habit of acting through intermediaries. He has his own intelligence network, and his decisions are carried out by a powerful general staff. His business interests are so extensive that he subsidizes (along with other important oilmen) most of the influential men in Congress, men like Lyndon Johnson. Hunt was one of the financial backers of Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose deputy Roy Cohn attracted his attention and has since worked for him on several occasions.
Hunt is the most powerful American propagandist of the Far Right. In 1951 he financed “Facts Forum,” a series of radio and television programs which was later replaced by “Life Line,” a one-sided series of 15-minute radio broadcasts carried daily on 409 stations throughout the country. His propaganda campaign costs him $2 million a year and is financed by companies that he owns, or on which he is in a position to exert pressure. (22)
Hunt’s brand of anti-Communism has found support in the military camp. In 1952, Hunt supported the “MacArthur for President” campaign, and he has called MacArthur “truly the man of this century.” He was also impressed by the MacArthur-trained group of strategists. (23) He once declared, “We should do whatever our generals advise us to do.”
Beginning in 1952, several influential military men, flattered by Hunt’s attention and conscious of his power, acquired the habit of consulting and confiding in him. Thus General George C. Kenney (born in 1889), former Commanding General of the Strategic Air Command, who retired from the Air Force in 1951, told him of his personal plan for knocking out Russia’s nuclear capacity, based on the strategy of a preventive strike. General Albert C. Wedemeyer (born in 1897), author of the “Wedemeyer Reports” and an active member of the John Birch Society, (24) retired from the Army in 1951, (25) and Admiral James Van Fleet (born in 1892 and retired from the Navy in 1953) (26) were among the specialists consulted by Hunt, who shared their passion for strategy and extermination. The advent of Kennedy and McNamara created a stir among the military, and there were many retirements and dismissals.
The leader of this warrior clan was General Edwin A. Walker (born in 1909), a Texan who returned to Dallas after leaving the Army and contacted H. L. Hunt. Then, with the support of the John Birchers, (27) the Minutemen, and several of his former subordinates in the US forces in Germany, he launched an extremist and militarist campaign. Robert A. Surrey, Walker’s “associate,” had the financial backing of Hunt’s companies. In 1962 ex-General Walker ran for Governor of Texas but was defeated by John Connally, whereupon he plunged headlong into a campaign of politico-economic action. By the winter of 1962-63, plans were being made for a preventive strike.
Hunt is the Big Man in Texas, the Giant, the richest and the stingiest, (28) the most powerful and the most solitary of the oilmen. He has always shied away from the other Texas and Louisiana oil producers, men like Michel Halbouty, Ray Hubbard, R. E. Smith, Algur H. Meadows, J ake Hamon, Kay Kimbell, O. C. Harper, C. V. Lyman, J. P. Gibbins, Ted Wiener, Thomas W. Blake, John W. Mecom, Billy Byars and Morgan Davis, but they have interests in common. Only the solidarity of the oil industry and, in some cases, fear kept certain habitues of the Fort Worth Petroleum Club, the Bayou and International Clubs in Houston, the Club Imperial, the Cipango Club and the Public Affairs Luncheon Club of Dallas from talking in the months and weeks preceding November 22. Instead, they let matters take their course.
The opinions and the aversions of obstinate old men often lead to excesses. Embittered puritan potentates frightened to see their lives drawing to an end are an even greater danger. Representatives Bruce Alger and Joe Pool stopped up their ears. In the streets of Texas, “Knock Out the Kennedys” stickers were already appearing on bumpers and windshields. Hunt liked to say, “It is through weakness — not strength — that we lose esteem in the world.”
FAST FORWARD: At 12:23 on November 22, from his office on the 7th floor of the Mercantile Building, Haroldson Lafayette Hunt watched John Kennedy ride towards Dealey Plaza, where fate awaited him at 12:30. A few minutes later, escorted by six men in two cars, Hunt left the center of Dallas without even stopping by his house.
At that very moment; General Walker was in a plane between New Orleans and Shreveport. He joined Mr. Hunt in one of his secret hideaways across the Mexican border. There they remained for a month, protected by personal guards, under the impassive eyes of the FBI. It was not until Christmas that Hunt, Walker and their party returned to Dallas.
In February, 1964, Elgin E. Crull, Dallas City Manager, declared, “The vast majority of people in Dallas were affected by the murder of the President as they would have been by a sudden, violent death in their own family.” But he added, “When life resumed its regular rhythm, there was general agreement that the actions of two maverick gunmen — the alleged assassin and his slayer — would not impede the dynamic growth of Big D.”
See also: Halliburton Is Houston’s’ Greater Hermann Goering Werke’ for details on the relationship between H. L. Hunt, Halliburton, Brown & Root and Permindex, the company with which Guy Bannister – accused by Jim Garrison of being involved in the plot to assassinate John F. Kennedy – was associated.
According to the Nomenclature of an Assassination Cabal manuscript written under the nom de plume “William Torbitt,” both Halliburton and George and Herman Brown were among the principal financiers of Permindex, along with Jean de Menil, mob lawyer Roy Cohn, Dallas oilman H.L. Hunt, and others.
The Vice President and his neo-con allies such as Defense Secretary Donald Rumseld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, et al., are agents of a power which is committed to eliminating the principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, in favor of a global bankers’ dictatorship. This same oligarchic power, acting through merchant banks like Lazard Freres and Rothschild and other financial institutions, controls a large swath of Wall Street and corporate America, including Halliburton. Halliburton’s power does not flow from Cheney, but from Cheney’s backers, the Synarchist bankers. Cheney’s policy toward the people of Iraq is the same as Halliburton’s policy toward its asbestos claimants, and the same as Goering’s policy toward the people in the Nazi work camps.
Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Makes You Free) read the sign over the entrance to Auschwitz. It was an example of Goering’s “big lie” tactic in action. The Cheney cabal’s pronouncements that we must accept police-state tactics in our own nation and pre-emptive strikes against other nations in the name of freedom, rings just as false. Hermann Goering would be proud. …
Halliburton also has strong intelligence ties, notably through the presence on its board from 1977 through 2000 of the King Ranch’s Anne Armstrong, who chaired the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) from 1981 until 1990, in addition to a stint as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, and her long-standing role as chairman of the executive committee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a powerful Washington think-tank.
Armstrong’s successor as Halliburton’s top spook is Ray Hunt, one of five Dresser directors to join the Halliburton board. Hunt, the son of reputed Permindex funder H.L. Hunt, was appointed to the PFIAB by President George W. Bush in October 2001. Oilman Hunt is also a trustee of the CSIS and a director of the King Ranch, suggesting that Hunt is taking the retiring Armstrong’s spot in a long-standing Texas intelligence network. Hunt is also a trustee of the George Bush Presidential Library and a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
See: Top-secret cronies Bush has stacked his foreign advisory board with his Texas business pals, who stand to profit from access to CIA and military intelligence.
November 17, 2005 | No discussion of cronyism in the Bush administration would be complete without talking about PFIAB, short for the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. George W. Bush’s latest appointments to the PFIAB, which advises the president on how various intelligence agencies are performing, represent a who’s who of the Halliburton-Texas Rangers-oil business crony club that made Bush into a millionaire and helped propel him into the White House. …
Created in 1956 by President Dwight Eisenhower, the PFIAB is designed — according to the White House press release — to give the president “objective, expert advice.” In an ideal world, the PFIAB members would analyze the intelligence they get and give the president their unvarnished opinions about the relative merits of the different agencies and the work they are doing. PFIAB members are granted access to America’s most secret secrets, known as SCI, for Sensitive Compartmented Information. Members of PFIAB have security clearances that are among the highest in the U.S. government. They have access to intelligence that is unavailable to most members of Congress. They are privy to intelligence from the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the military intelligence agencies and others.
Everything that members do as part of PFIAB is done in secrecy. None of the information that they discuss or view is available to the public. They are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. And unlike other public servants who work for the president, there is no public disclosure of the PFIAB members’ financial interests. …
For Bush, it appears that campaign cash counts far more than expertise. And few backers have given Bush’s campaigns more cash than Ray Hunt, son of the legendary Dallas billionaire bigamist oilman H.L. Hunt. PFIAB membership is a plum position for Hunt, who raised about $100,000 for Bush during the 2000 campaign and also served as the finance chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Hunt’s position at PFIAB may benefit a familiar entity in the Bush crony network: Halliburton, which is doing billions of dollars’ worth of reconstruction and logistics work for the U.S. government in Iraq and on the Gulf Coast. Hunt sits on Halliburton’s board of directors. He got his spot on the Halliburton board in 1998 while Dick Cheney was running the company. As soon as Hunt got on the Halliburton board, he was put on its compensation committee, where he helped determine Cheney’s pay. Indeed, in 1998, Hunt’s committee decided that Cheney deserved a bonus of $1.1 million and restricted stock awards of $1.5 million on top of his regular salary of $1.18 million.
Hunt has been on the PFIAB since 2001. Presumably, months ahead of everyone else, he had access to intelligence indicating that the Bush administration was going to invade Iraq — information that could have been of value to certain oil service companies with operations in the Middle East…. the decision to appoint Hunt [and other cronies] is part of the “familiar pattern that we’ve seen so often with this administration: The president’s pals and supporters are esteemed more highly than those who have genuine competence.” He continues: “These people aren’t the best and the brightest. They are the best connected. And the quality of our government suffers as a result.”
If they are to conquer, prophets must have attentive partisans to protect them from the tumult. (Mohammed)
The decision had been made, the money raised. The political visionaries made way for the politicians.(1) It was time to make plans. It isn’t enough to want to kill the President. There is also the Secret Service to think about. The Presidential assistants were prepared to affront political obstacles, but their “grace and their airy flanerie” (2) had shielded them from the brutal side of American life. Innocent of violence and ignorant of hate, they failed to see the danger. Only Daniel P. Moynihan, a former longshoreman, had some idea of such things. Of all the Cabinet officials, only Bob Kennedy knew the risks of the Presidency. But he couldn’t be behind his brother every minute of the day.
Kennedy himself did little to discourage them. He was tolerant, he liked people, and he had a firm belief in his destiny. His boisterous sophisticated cronies were barely conscious of the feelings aroused by the President’s revolutionary action, and they paid little heed to his protection. Ken O’Donnell, who was in charge of the White House staff, had authority not only over the personnel, but also over the Secret Service. He could transfer or fire anyone he wanted, and he had the power, to introduce reforms. He was also in charge of the President’s trips.
O’Donnell is the soul of integrity, and, as he liked to say, he would have given his life for the President. He would have done better to protect him. It is surprising to realize that this man, chosen by Kennedy for his intellectual ability, acted without thinking. As he said one day to Jerry Behn, in his mind, “politics and protection don’t mix.” He was mistaken. It is a difficult and dangerous combination, but it is possible.
O’Donnell, though an excellent administrator, was a weak man, and he was unsure of himself. This became evident after the President’s death at Parkland Hospital when, as the highest-ranking White House official present with the exception of President Johnson, he proved himself incapable of doing anything more than “standing off to one side and eyeing the medical examiner icily” when the latter opposed the removal of President Kennedy’s body. It became all the more evident when, after behaving rudely towards the new President during the plane trip back to Washington (which was perhaps his right), he agreed to serve on his staff. It was he who kicked up such a fuss, only the day after the assassination, about a Boston funeral, proving once and for all that John Kennedy was for him more a friend than a President. He was so happy to have such a man as a friend that he gave too little thought to his enemies. We know how much these words may hurt Ken O’Donnell, and how unjust they may appear, but we imagine that O’Donnell must be blaming himself.
The 56 Secret Service agents assigned to the White House detail were under the authority of the Treasury Department, but the responsible official, Assistant Treasury Secretary Robert Wallace, left the everyday direction of the Service to James Rowley, a mediocre civil servant. Gerald Behn, head of the White House Secret Service detail, lacked the necessary intelligence and qualifications for the job.
Three Presidents before Kennedy had been assassinated (Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley), and four others (Jackson, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt and Truman) had escaped assassination. This record, unequaled in any other stable republic, should have inspired the Secret Service to extra vigilance. Margaret Truman’s overzealous bodyguards caused trouble in Sweden, which has some of the toughest policemen in the world. Eisenhower’s trips abroad were meticulously organized. But since the advent of television, the protection of the President on American soil had become a difficult job. So that the public could see the President, his bodyguards were banished from the running-boards of the Presidential car. At first they ran alongside it; later they rode on the back bumper. But nobody tried to kill Eisenhower during his two terms in office, and the Secret Service relaxed. Its relaxation was doubly dangerous, for the illusion remained that the President was well-protected.
It is difficult, of course, to protect an active President, and it is impossible to protect him completely during his public appearances. But there are ways to reduce the risk, and there are certain rules which are applied by Presidential security forces throughout the world, be it in France, the USSR, or Bolivia. The protection of the President witnin the United States(3) presents a special problem. The Secret Service is obliged to cooperate with the local police, which are sometimes incompetent or unreliable, and can even, as in Dallas, be dangerous.(4) But a Presidential security force should be able to rise to the challenge. The guerrilla warfare specialists who organized the Dallas ambush were amazed to discover that Kennedy’s Secret Service worked like a troop of boy scouts.
Since its creation following the assassination of McKinley in 1901, the Secret Service had degenerated into a myth and a sinecure. In the first place, it wasn’t secret. O’Donnell used Secret Service agents as errand boys, and at airport stops they handed out souvenirs to the crowds.(5) They all dressed alike in blue suits with white shirts and striped ties, and during Presidential trips they each wore an identical badge. The insignia for the Texas trip was known three weeks in advance: double white bars on a red background.
Several members of the White House detail were not qualified for their jobs. Their average age was 40, and as in the Senate the highest positions were awarded on the basis of seniority. Bill Greer, the driver of the Presidential Lincoln, was 54 and had 35 years’ experience, enough to lull anybody’s reflexes. After O’Donnell and perhaps Kellerman (the agent who rode in the front of the President’s car in Dallas), Greer bears a heavy responsibility for the success of the assassination. We shall explain why a little later.
Finally, the Secret Service lacked direction. A security force must follow certain procedures and apply certain regulations without exception. The White House agents had no real leader. During Roosevelt’s term in office, Frank J. Wilson ruled with authority, but the Secret Service chiefs who succeeded him were nothing but mediocre bureaucrats.
The White House agents had two sessions a year on a Washington firing range, but they practiced only target shooting like any amateur. Their reflexes were never tested. At any rate, a security agent’s gun is of secondary importance. Generally, he has no time to shoot. His job is to anticipate an attempt on the President’s life. Soviet security agents, for instance, have narrowly defined responsibilities. In official motorcades, one agent watches the windows on the first floor, another those on the second, another the spectators in the front row, still another the people standing alone, another the local policemen and a sixth the soldiers lining the road. Every time a Soviet official travels, his security agents run down a checklist of security precautions. No detail is omitted, and there are no exceptions. The same is true in France for the protection of President De Gaulle.(6)
Lawson, the Secret Service advance man in Dallas, let the local authorities show him around the city, and his report reached the White House only the day before the President’s departure. A secretary whose married boss is planning an amorous weekend in Miami takes more precautions than Ken O’Donnell did for John Kennedy in Texas. Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963 was about as heavily guarded as the Grand Canyon on a winter day, and Robert Kennedy’s bodyguards showed little more vigilance on June 5, 1968. Of course, as the Warren Commission Report points out, “the limited effectiveness of the Secret Service make it impossible to watch hundreds of buildings and thousands of windows.” That, however, is not the problem.
There is a standard procedure for assuring the security of a motorcade traversing a city. As Superintendent Ducret, the man responsible for President De Gaulle’s security, describes it: “Of course, it is impossible to watch everything and occupy everything along the President’s route. But it can be assumed that occupied office or apartment buildings are relatively safe. A potential assassin might, of course, try to enter one of these buildings, but he would be at the mercy of a witness. Serious conspirators will rarely take such a risk.
“On the other hand, all unoccupied buildings, administrative buildings outside of working hours, warehouses, building sites, and naturally all bridges, walls, and vacant lots that would be ideal for an ambush must not only be watched, but actually occupied by forces placed directly under the supervision of the Presidential security division.”
Surrounded by five buildings(7) and a great deal of open ground, Dealey Plaza was the most dangerous spot on President Kennedy’s route, but a few men would have sufficed to guard it effectively.
A representative of the Committee followed the President’s trips at the end of September through Wisconsin, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, Utah, Oregon, Nevada and California. Apparently the Committee planned to assassinate Kennedy, first in Chicago and then in Florida the week before his trip to Texas, but both times the Secret Service was alerted. The Chicago trip was canceled, and special precautions were taken in Miami (the President used a helicopter). The Committee would have preferred to act in Florida, but it had its doubts about the reliability of the Florida state police and the Tampa and Miami police departments, and the operation was postponed until Dallas on November 22.(8)
On November 21, the two men in charge of the ambush observed the Kennedy motorcade in Houston. In Texas, as in Utah, the Secret Service was entirely dependent upon the local police. Not only did the agents behave on these trips as if they were members of the party; they were always one step ahead. At 12:30 pm, seconds before the assassination, agent Emory Roberts jotted in his shift report, “12:35 pm, the President arrived at the Trade Mart.” The Secret Service was already thinking ahead to tomorrow, when Kennedy was to visit Lyndon Johnson on his ranch.
Every time the President travels, the Protective Research Section (9) makes a security check of the area. The PRS had reservations about the Florida trip because of the large number of Cuban refugees and the rumors of an assassination attempt, but it issued no warning about Texas. The Secret Service, therefore, took no special precautions. The security measures taken in Dallas were the same as those in effect in New York, Palm Beach, Tampa, Miami, Houston and Fort Worth. The Secret Service could count on the reinforcement of its 28 agents in Texas, including 5 based in Dallas. Eight agents were assigned to guard the Trade Mart, but there were none at all at Dealey Plaza. The Secret Service was so unconcerned about the Texas trip that it even left its chief behind. At the time of the assassination, Jerry Behn was dining in a Washington restaurant. Roy Kellerman, who took his place at Dallas, proved so incompetent that at Parkland Hospital his men started taking orders from agent Emory Roberts. Later, during the flight back to Washington, Rufus Youngblood took over. These men had traveled 200,000 miles with the President. Somewhere along the line, they had neglected the first rule of security: they had lost their reflexes.
When the first shot rang out at Dealey Plaza, agent Clint Hill, who was later decorated, was the first to move, and it took him 7 or 8 seconds to react. In eight seconds, the average sprinter can cover 80 yards. Yet “Halfback,” the back-up car in which Hill was riding, was almost touching the Presidential limousine, and neither vehicle was traveling more than 12 miles an hour.(10)
Kennedy’s Secret Service agents apparently had no idea of the importance of a second in an assassination attempt. Agent Hickey, riding in Halfback, had an AR-15 automatic rifle on his lap, but it took him two seconds to load it and get ready to fire. In two seconds a modern bullet travels more than a mile.
The organizers of the ambush knew, of course, that the Secret Service was inefficient, but they had never imagined that their reflexes were that slow, and they had laid their plans in the assumption that Kennedy’s agents would react immediately. The tactical and ballistic aspects of the operation, which we shall examine later, were based on a hypothetical operating time of three seconds. This was the estimated reaction time of Kennedy’s bodyguards. But the President’s driver could have reduced it even more. The President’s car was a Lincoln with a souped-up engine specially designed for rapid accelerations, and we shall see later how speed affects the accuracy of a gunman.
On November 18 in Tampa, the President ordered the two Secret Service agents off the back bumper of his car. The men from the Committee noted this change, which persisted at Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston, but they maintained their original plan, which took into account the possibility of instantaneous intervention by the bodyguards.
The blame must be laid not so much on the Secret Service agents as on their chiefs, and on the White House assistant responsible for the President’s security. We have cited only their most glaring errors, but there were others — less important perhaps, but characteristic of their lack of discipline, such as their drinking on duty. (11) Abraham Bolden, the only Negro in the Presidential bodyguard, asked to testify before the Warren Commission on the subject of some of these accusations, but the Committee refused to hear him. Later, he was fired from the Secret Service on grounds of professional incompetence.(12)
The Secret Service was guilty of negligence, as the highly respected Wall Street Journal commented. But its agents were professionals, and they recognized the work of other professionals. They were the first in the President’s entourage to realize that the assassination was a well organized plot. They discussed it among themselves at Parkland Hospital and later during the plane ride back to Washington. They mentioned it in their personal reports to Secret Service Chief James Rowley that night. Ten hours after the assassination, Rowley knew that there had been three gunmen, and perhaps four, at Dallas that day, and later on the telephone Jerry Behn remarked to Forrest Sorrels (head of the Dallas Secret Service), “It’s a plot.” “Of course,” was Sorrel’s reply. Robert Kennedy, who had already interrogated Kellerman, learned that evening from Rowley that the Secret Service believed the President had been the victim of a powerful organization.
President Kennedy was dead, but the Secret Service was never officially inculpated. There were several staff changes in the White House detail, but two agents, Youngblood and Hill, were decorated. Because it reinforced its thesis, the Warren Commission blamed the Presidential guards, but a soldier is worth no more than his commanding officer, and the heads of the Secret Service were not worth much.
As for Ken O’Donnell, ex-captain of the Harvard rugby team, at Dallas he was up against a team that played rough.
NOTES: Texans
1. Discovered by the Dalmatian engineer Luchich. His associates Galey and Guffey eased him out and formed a partnership with the richest man in Western Pennsylvania, Andrew W. Mellon. Other petroleum properties near Spindletop were ceded to certain Texas politicians in exchange for their support, in particular to former Governor Jim Hogg. This concession gave birth to the Texas Company. Spindletop was also the birthplace of American Shell. After a time, Andrew Mellon eased out Guffey and reorganized his company under the name of Gulf Oil.
2. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 1968 (UPI) — President Johnson’s home state of Texas, which only a few years ago ranked seventh among states getting prime defense contracts, now has nosed out New York for no. 2 spot, Pentagon showed today.
California still holds along lead in first place, but its percentage of total contract awards during the fiscal year that ended last June 30 has now slipped to 17.9. Texas got 9.5 percent of the contracts and New York 8.7 percent.
During fiscal 1966, the percentages were: California 18.3, New York 8.9, and Texas 7.2. And as recently as 1962, the percentages for the three were: California 23.9, New York 10.7, and Texas 4.0, with Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Ohio ahead of Texas that year.
But Texas has moved up steadily since Mr. Johnson moved into the White House, thanks in large part to the controversial F-111 fighter-bomber (formerly the TFX).
Nearly a third of the contracts Texas received during fiscal 1967 — just under $1.2 billion worth — were for the F-111, which is being produced by General Dynamics Corp. at Fort Worth.
3. Texas is the fifth state in the nation in terms of population (after New York, California, Pennsylvania, and Illinois), but it is by far the richest in terms of natural resources. In 1963, the mineral production of Texas totaled $4,413,084,000.
Texas accounts for 35% of the crude oil and 42% of the natural gas produced in the United States. Louisiana, whose petroleum resources are exploited in large part by companies based in Texas, produced $2,662,061,000 worth of mineral products. The combined oil production of Texas and Louisiana equals 35% of the national total.
4. This percentage was only 12.7% for the state of New York, and 10. I% for the state of Illinois, despite their poorer natural resources.
5. Texas (10,228,000 inhabitants and a revenue of $21,451 billion in 1963) had in 1964 121,376 federal employees, 24 times more than the state of Wyoming (339,000 inhabitants and a revenue of $834 million, and 5,175 federal employees), and 17 times more than the state of Nevada (389,000 inhabitants, $1,246 million in revenue, and 7,039 federal employees). Ohio, with a population and revenue comparable to Texas (10,000,000 inhabitants and $25,164 billion) had only 88,785 federal employees. As for Delaware (480,000 inhabitants), it had only 3,624 federal employees, more than 40 times fewer than Texas, for there is a certain minimum of personnel required by any administrative infrastructure.
Statistics concerning the increase in federal employees per state since 1939 provide a further illustration of the favoritism shown the state of Texas:
Total federal employees
Texas 1939: 29,818
1960: 112,647 (increase of 380%)
Wyoming 1939: 3,335
1960: 4,695 (increase of 140%)
Nevada 1939: 3,053
New York 1939: 97,155
6. 17,744 miles. California has 9,653 miles of highways, New York 10.700. Illinois 10,995.
7. In Texas, the Justice of the Peace is an elected magistrate, and not, as in the East, a minor functionary.
8. In the city of Dallas alone, there were 120 “official” murders in 1960, and 810 “accidents.”
9. Texas ranks 39th in the nation in terms of the amount spent on education.
High school graduates in 1963: Texas — 0.8% ; Mississippi — 1%
High school students in 1964: Texas — 6% ; Mississippi — 10%
10. The population of Texas is 80% Protestant, 19% Catholic, and 1% Jewish.
11. The state of Illinois has 1,030 banks, New York 479, and California 200.
Incomes Texas ranks in the nation
less than $2,000 13th
$2,000 to $3,000 17th
$7,000 to $9,000 33rd
$10,000 and over 30th
13. Nevertheless, there is a strong opposition to the oil interests in Texas. It is made up of people who are more interested in the good of their country than the state of their pocketbooks, and who are more American than Texan, together with a certain number of progressive labor leaders. But this opposition comprises only one-third of the voters.
14. Contrary to the statistics published by Fortune in March 1968, which place John Paul Getty and Howard Hughes at the top of the list.
15. Hunt has written three other books of the same type: Fabians Fight Freedom, Why Not Speak? and Hunt for Truth. He also writes a daily and weekly newspaper column.
16. Bainbridge, The Super-Americans.
17. Playboy, 1966.
18. The assets of General Electric, the fourth largest American corporation, equaled $4,851, 718,000 in 1966, or one-third of the assets of Standard Oil of New Jersey, the largest corporation in the world, more than Standard Oil of California, and half again as much as American Shell or Standard of Indiana.
19. The man who is probably the richest oil producer after Hunt, Roy Cullen of Quintana Petroleum, has only about a million dollars.
20. The Dallas headquarters of Placid Oil are located at 2500 First National Bank Building. H. L. H. Products are located at 700 Mercantile Bank Building, but most of Hunt’s businesses are grouped at 1401 Elm Street: Hunt Oil Co., Hunt Petroleum Corp., Hunt Caroline Trust Estate, Hunt H. L., Hunt H. L. Jr., Hunt Hassie Trust, Hunt International Petroleum Company, Hunt Lamar, Hunt Lamar Trust Estate, Hunt Margaret Trust Estate, Hunt N. B., Hunt Nelson Bunker, Hunt W. H., Hunt William Herbert Trust Estate, etc.
21. Described by the Internal Revenue Service as a person “who holds the management and exploitation rights and is responsible for production costs.”
22. Not only the Placid Oil Corp. of Shreveport, but Baker Oil Tools (Dallas and California), the Harry W. Bass Drilling Co. (Dallas), the Empire Drilling Co. (Dallas), the Mid-Continent Supply Co., United Tools, the Hudson Engineering- Corp., the Nation and Geophysical Co., the New Seven Falls Co., and the First City National Bank of Dallas.
23. Which included former Generals like Courtney Whitney and Bonner Fellows, and also certain of their disciples, such as the brilliant Lawrence Bunker.
24. Texas had as many as ten John Birch Society chapters, mainly in Dallas and Houston.
25. Commander of the China Theater (1944-46), Chief of Staff of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, then Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Combat Operations (1947-48).
26. Commander of the US Naval Forces in Korea (1948-50).
27. Of which he, like General Wedemeyer, was a member.
28. Hunt lives modestly, buys ready-made suits, drives his own standard-make cars, dislikes private planes, cuts his own hair, and carries his lunch to work in a brown paper bag.
NOTES: Secret Service
1. We estimate the cost of the preparation, the assassination itself and the post-assassination clean-up at between $5 and $10 million. Contributions varied between $10,000 and $500,000, and there were about 100 beneficiaries.
2. Manchester, Death of a President.
3. When the President travels abroad, the police of the host country are responsible for his security. In general, they take greater precautions than those taken in the United States.
4. The California and New York police are considered relatively reliable.
5. Secret Service agents are less qualified on the average than FBI agents. They earn between $600 and $1,000 a month, considerably less (even with overtime pay) than J. Edgar Hoover’s men.
6. The security officers charged with the protection of President De Gaulle even take the precaution of photographing the VIPs received by him or who are in contact with him, for example at the VIP Waiting Room at Orly Airport. The crowds lining the streets during a parade are also photographed at vital spots before he passes, and if De Gaulle stops and approaches the crowd, a camera follows his every move. Later, these photographs are carefully studied.
Whenever De Gaulle travels by car, he is protected by 47 motorcycle policemen spread out in rows. Several police cars precede and follow the Presidential vehicle, and the car immediately following the President contains a sharpshooter and a photographer equipped with an automatic Japanese camera similar to a Robot. When de Gaulle makes shorter, routine trips, he is protected by a smaller force of 8 motorcycle policemen who surround the car.
There were only 4 motorcycle policemen at Dallas and all were following President Kennedy’s car, making them totally ineffective. The role of a motorcycle policeman in this case is (1) to make it difficult to fire at the President from a crowd, and (2) to stop anyone who tries from approaching the car . During a parade along the Champs Elysees in Paris, a woman somehow managed to climb over the barriers and started towards De Gaulle’s car. She was carrying a bouquet of flowers and was completely harmless, but the policeman who was supposed to be watching the barriers at that point lost his job.
7. The Texas School Book Depository, the Dal-Tex Building, the Dallas County Records Building, the Criminal Courts, and the Old Court House.
8. The Committee was also probably trying to throw the Secret Service off the scent.
9. The Protective Research Section, headed by Robert I. Bouck, had 65 offices across the country and 50,000 files on people who had threatened the President. Between November 1961 and November 1963, it investigated 34 Texas residents and opened 115 other files on Texans. On November 8, 1963, the PRS spent ten minutes inspecting Dallas.
10. Clint Hill reached the back of the President’s car 2.6 seconds after the final shot. The shooting lasted about 7 seconds. At least twelve seconds elapsed between the first shot and the instant when Hill was in a position to cover the President’s body. Vice-President Johnson was covered by agent Youngblood in less than three seconds.
11. Several Secret Service agents were notorious alcoholics. The regulations stipulate that any Secret Service agent found drinking on duty will be fired forthwith, and when the President is traveling, his agents are on duty 24 hours a day. But they were so little concerned about Texas that four of them In the President’s party sat and drank in a Fort Worth bar until the wee hours of the morning on the day of the assassination. A century earlier, President Lincoln’s bodyguard had sneaked off for a drink when Booth entered the Presidential box at Ford’s Theatre.
12. In 1967, Mr. Bolden was being held at the federal medical center in Springfield, Mo.
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Robert Elmer Allison
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Missing From Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Medical Conditions Allison suffered from depression at the time of his disappearance.
Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Brown hair. Allison wears glasses. His nickname is Bobby. At the time of his disappearance, he was a heavy smoker; he would smoke two or three packs of cigarettes a day.
Allison was last seen at Tri-River Fleeting in Bethel Park near the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 21, 1994. He was employed there on towboat on the Ohio River. Allison left work that day intent on going to a bar in west Pittsburgh. He left the boat on foot, headed towards Patriaglia's junkyard, and has never been heard from again.
All of Allison's possessions, including his clothes, money, cigarettes and television set, were found on the boat. His estranged wife stated he would never have gone anywhere without his cigarettes. He also left behind a baby daughter. His case remains unsolved.
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Her silver and blue 1987 Honda Civic Del Sol with the California license plate number 3CSA999 was discovered abandoned in Victorville, California on April 25, a week after she was last seen. There were no signs of foul play in or around the vehicle and no personal belongings inside, except Arbell's curling iron. The car was in drivable condition, but its license plate and vehicle identification number had been removed.
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Jesse Schell’s morning lecture to touch on entertainment, education and VR video gaming
by Brian Contreras on June 26, 2017 2.6K views
For a medium with the word “game” in their name, video games aren’t just about having fun; they can also be powerful tools for education, exploration and empathy.
At least that’s what , CEO of the eponymous video game development company Schell Games, would say.
At 10:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Amphitheater, Schell will speak as part of Week One’s “Invention”-themed morning lecture series. As a distinguished professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Entertainment Technology Center and a former top Disney Imagineer, he knows firsthand the potentially transformative power of video games.
“In the realm of education, video games have a lot of power that traditional educational media doesn’t necessarily have,” Schell said. “They’re a much better way to learn.”
But these claims don’t just exist in the abstract; Schell backs up his rhetoric with the concrete innovation manifest in his work.
Since its inception in 2002, Schell Games has become a major player in the game development industry. Touting itself online as “the largest and most successful game development company in Pennsylvania,” Schell Games has pioneered the combination of entertainment and education in its medium of choice.
The company’s output includes explicitly educational games as well as ones that mix self-improvement in with more conventional fun. Some are aimed at younger audiences, such as “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood” (a multigame collection developed with PBS Kids and The Fred Rogers Company) and “Pixie Hollow” (a massive multiplayer online game built around the Disney Fairies franchise). Others have broader appeal across age groups, such as the Space Western adventure game “Orion Trail.”
“We reach a real breadth of audiences,” Schell said. “We make games for very young children, ages 2 to 5, and as well we make games for adults and just about everybody.”
But Schell and his company aren’t just passive members of the game development industry. Schell Games is also at the cutting edge of emerging video game technologies.
The company’s innovation is evident in some of the its more recent output. The educational 3-D puzzle app “Water Bears,” for instance, combines the flexibility and accessibility of phone-based mobile gaming with hands-on learning about “Systems Thinking concepts,” a mode of thought that emphasizes holistic problem solving.
Perhaps even more forward-looking is Schell Games’ work in the area of virtual reality, or VR, gaming. Taking advantage of new technologies like the Oculus Rift (a VR headset that surrounds the wearer with a simulated 3-D environment in which they can look around, move and interact), Schell and his team have been able to immerse players in virtual worlds with a degree of realism far beyond that possible with earlier hardware.
According to Schell, VR is only just beginning to play the enormous role in art and education that it will eventually have. When the age-old power of storytelling manifests through this emerging technology, he predicts it will allow for an unprecedented depth of user engagement.
“I can tell you what it’s like to visit Iceland, but it’s much better if I can actually give you the feeling of being there,” he said.
For Schell, better hardware isn’t just a shiny new toy with which to make traditional video game concepts more entertaining. These technological developments are all tools employed in the name of creating a more impactful user experience.
“The key is always to come back to, ‘Well, what problem does this solve?’,” Schell said. “And it’s not really solving the problem if … it’s just technology for the sake of technology.”
For instance, several of Schell Games’ VR projects have more explicitly educational aims, using the new technology to give students hands-on training to which they might not otherwise have access. One, “SuperChem VR,” situates players in a virtual chemistry lab where they can practice safe lab practices without the risks and costs of getting such training in an actual physical lab space.
Schell acknowledges there’s always the threat that a project like “SuperChem VR” will treat the incorporation of VR into traditional learning methods as an end-all-be-all to current problems with the way teaching is done. But he pushes back against the notion that “SuperChem VR” and its ilk use this new technology as a gimmick. He is careful to always ask his development team, “What problem are we solving?” before creating a new game or simulator.
That intent is clear in “SuperChem VR.” By putting chemical experimentation into a virtual context, Schell said, “the safety issue is completely solved, the issue of supplies is completely solved, and this means that students can experiment 10 times more and learn 10 times faster.”
Named one of the Top 100 Young Innovators in 2004 by MIT’s Technology Review, and the recipient of multiple awards from the likes of Carnegie Science Center and the CREATE Festival for his inventive entrepreneurship, Schell knows what he’s talking about when it comes to the importance of being an intellectual pioneer.
“One of the things we often say in the game industry is that every successful game is a mixture of something familiar and something novel,” Schell said. “Finding that kind of connection to the familiar is something really essential in the process of invention and innovation.”
Chautauqua Institution’s Week One theme of “Invention” asks whether “we (are) in the last age of American invention,” but to Schell, there is still far more to be explored, at least in his field.
Although he’s hesitant to make any concrete predictions for what the industry would like in five, 10, or even 25 years, he pegged “the rise of artificial intelligence” as an impending advancement that will fundamentally change the way humans interact with games. In particular, he said the ability for video games characters to not only speak but also intelligently listen to players would be a seismic shift in the way people think about storytelling.
Paraphrasing the researcher Chris Swain, Schell said “games will become the literature of the 21st century.”
“To be able to actually have a conversation with the characters in a story, and be part of that story at the same time; that has to be a more powerful experience than the traditional way that we engage with stories,” Schell said.
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Bradley R. Smith
Bradley R. Smith was born in Los Angeles on February 18, 1930. At 18 he joined the army and in 1951 served with the infantry in Korea where he was twice wounded. After three decades of a variety of professional activities, it suddenly hit him: In 1979 he read a leaflet by Professor Robert Faurisson, "The Problem of the Gas Chambers." Then, Arthur Butz’s The Hoax of the Twentieth Century …
The Revisionist
The Elephant(s) in the Room
By Bradley R. Smith
This document is part of a periodical (The Revisionist).
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Most of us understand that it is unwise to draw a connection between the Israeli/Palestinian tragedy, 9/11, Afghanistan, and the U.S. administration's war against Iraq. The common understanding is that to suggest such a connection publicly, and in many contexts privately, is to risk being condemned as an anti-Semite. This fear is perfectly well founded. You will be. No one wants to be accused of stupidity, or of committing a thought crime either one.
"It is the proverbial elephant in the room. Everybody sees it, no one mentions it," as Michael Kingsley has it in Slate.[1] The elephant in the room is Israel, and the influence that Israeli and American Zionists represent in the Bush administration. Mr. Bush is the fellow who said on national television that yes, he believes Sharon, the butcher of Beirut-not to go on about it-is a "man of peace." The way that Saddam is "evil," I would suppose. Whatever works.
While Kinsley and a few other journalists are willing to mention the fact that there is, indeed, an Elephant in the War Room, it doesn't occur to them-let's give them the benefit of the doubt that it doesn't occur to them-that the paternity of the beast in question might be of some interest to their readers. Who sired it, for example? Who suckled it until it found its present immensity? Who among us is dedicated to cleaning and feeding this unwieldy and dangerous pet? How has it grown to become the unlikely creature upon which even the values of American culture rest?
That fact is, there is more than one Elephant in the War Room. Behind the one that is visible yet goes unnoticed, is the Mother of all Elephants-in-the-Room-the mother that protects her calf, encourages him, assures him that no one will ever question what he is doing, and will go on feeding and nurturing him forever until the final catastrophe reveals itself-the flood of war, retaliation, blood, and weapons of mass destruction. Who is she?
Her name is Holocaust. She is the living heart of memory and sentimentality upon which all acts by her overgrown calf are given moral legitimacy. On that very rare occasion when the calf is questioned about his contempt for Arabs, his brutality, or his greed for Palestinian land, he raises his great flop of an ear for his mother's counsel. Without moving from the shadows, she extends her sinuous trunk and through it whispers to her son: "Take the conversation back to the ovens of Auschwitz, my darling. Take it back to Auschwitz, my darling boy."
It isn't that the big lug had forgotten what had always worked so well in the past. Like every bull calf with a powerful parent, he wanted to be reassured. When you have on your conscience what this beast has on its conscience, reassurance is always in order. Of course, he would never forget Auschwitz. Auschwitz was never out of his thoughts. Auschwitz was beautiful. Auschwitz was like a wonderful dream. Rolling logs, taking people for rides to Yad Vashem, grabbing Palestinian land, trampling whoever got in his way, or cheerfully switching his short, ferocious tale among the glasses at cocktail parties in Tel Aviv and Washington, Auschwitz was always there, the perfect cover. Auschwitz was like a magic blanket, thrown over his huge haunch, assuring him that while he would continue to be seen by everyone, he would continue to be ignored by everyone.
Like the Michael Kinsleys. □
Mel Gibson is producing a movie about what we know about the crucifixion of Christ. What we believe we know about it. Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center is worried. He appears to be afraid that Gibson, a traditionalist Catholic, might portray with some accuracy the role that Jews played in the execution of Jesus. Further, Hier is worried that Gibson might imply that all Jews everywhere are responsible for the death of Jesus. Still, the rabbi exhibits a civilized restraint.
"Obviously, no one has seen "The Passion" and I certainly have no problem with Mel Gibson's right to believe as he sees fit or make any movie he wants to."
But then there is the matter of Mel's father, Hutton Gibson. The old man (he's 84) is a radical conspiracy theorist who argues that there is a growing tradition of "anti-popes" in the Vatican, that it could be a Masonic plot backed by "the Jews," and rejects the assertion that Al Qaeda hijackers had anything to do with the attacks on the World Trade towers.
I have nothing to say about any of that. However...
In the interview published in the New York Times Magazine,[2] Hutton dismissed "historical accounts that six million Jews were exterminated. 'Go ask any undertaker or the guy who operates the crematorium what it takes to get rid of a dead body,' he said. 'It takes one liter of petrol and 20 minutes. Now, six million?'" He went on to assert that "...there were more [Jews] after the war than before."
And "'The entire catastrophe was manufactured,' said Hutton, 'as part of an arrangement between Hitler and 'financiers' to move Jews out of Germany. Hitler 'had this deal where he was supposed to make it rough on them so they would all get out and migrate to Israel because they needed people there to fight the Arabs,' he said."[3]
It's clear than that Mel Gibson has a handful with his father. I'm not saying that the old man is right or wrong about any of it, except that he is in the ballpark about the "six million" nonsense and the cremations. No cigar, but it's a start, especially when you're eighty-four.
When it comes to the old man, Rabbi Marvin Hier has a sudden change of heart about people having "the right to believe as they see fit." When asked about the remarks of Hutton Gibson in the NYT Magazine article Rabbi Hier said: "To bigots and anti-Semites, no amount of evidence or scientific proof is ever enough. In their world only hate matters."
Scientific evidence? There we go! That's more like the Rabbi Hier I'm familiar with. This is about the Holocaust! The Gibson's have their true beliefs, and the rabbi has his. No more civilized chat about the elder Gibson's "right to believe as he sees fit." If he doubts what Rabbi Hier believes is true about gas chambers and cremations, the old man is going down. He's a "hater." To hell with the right to disagree! This is the Holocaust!
For those curious about "scientific" evidence, or lack of it, for gas chambers see: Samuel Crowell, "Technique and Operation of German Anti-Gas Shelters in WWII: A Refutation of J.C. Pressac's Criminal Traces."[4]
That's one problem with believing the sacred stories-any of them. The Holocaust story is merely the sacred story of religious and secular Jews alike, among others. That's why you can't question it-it's sacred. There's no wriggle room inside a sacred story. Inside there, there is only room for the certainty of true belief, and the pleasure that that certainty brings to the true believer. Anything that breaks into that sacred place is a danger to that pleasure. The danger is that what is believed to be certain might be exposed as doubtful, even false. That's where certainty ends, that's where pleasure ends, and where pain and anger begin.
The threat, the fear that true belief has failed him and might fail him again, is the source of the Rabbi's anguish, his anger, and his desperation. Like all modern philo-Semites in America, he has put aside the jawbone of the ass (no pun intended) to wield slander as a destroyer of reputations, create thought criminals, and make taboo any kind of open debate on his own sacred story.
Okay. In the interests of full disclosure-the pun was intended.
For myself, I have no problem with issues of certainty and true belief. I'm uncertain about everything, while I believe in nothing. I do have prejudices. I desire many things. Looking for pleasure in all the wrong places. □
Regime Change. War can be a distraction, even when you are not a part of it. The immense drama of the events, the life and death issues for hundreds of thousands, questions of tyranny and liberty. This morning I hear our people beginning to emphasize "liberating the Iraqi people" rather than regime change. I like the change of emphasis. It doesn't take much to make me happy. Regime change can lead to the liberation of a people, or it can lead to something else. In 1948 there was a regime change in Palestine in favor of the Jews of Europe. Who did it liberate?
Regime change in Palestine led to war, the mass transfer of land from Palestinians to Jews, the confiscation of Palestinian real property in favor of Jews, and the creation of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees. It led to successive wars, the movement to found Jewish settlements on Arab land that does not belong to Jews, the creation of armed Palestinian guerilla groups to fight the "invader", and a growing hostility to Israel, Jews, and the Americans who pay for everything, all over the Arab and then the Muslim worlds.
So there is regime change, and there is regime change. Imagine if there had been a rhetoric about "liberating the Palestinian people" in 1948 rather than the cant about the coming regime change from an Arab one to one organized by Jews. Everything in that part of the world today would be different. We do not know what would have gone on without the Israeli state squatting in the middle of an Arab world, but it would be different. Jews would be living under Arab administrations, where Jews had lived comfortably for centuries, and the U.S. administration might well have had to look elsewhere to find someone to liberate.
Rhetoric about liberating the Palestinian people was not on the table. All the rhetoric was about how the European Jews had been exterminated in gas chambers by Nazis and thus had the right to initiate regime change in Palestine. No matter that that charge of unique monstrosity against the Germans was never proven, but simply taken judicial notice of by the Nuremberg court, on the evidence of "eyewitnesses," many of whom have since been shown to have been fools or liars. You are not supposed to say this. It's taboo. Truth has no role in the world of taboo. Truth is no defense against breaking a taboo.
When the Americans finish with Iraq, or begin the process of being finished with Iraq, the issue of the victimization of Palestinian Arabs by Israeli Jews will still be there, festering. Israeli contempt for the Palestinians, U.S. funding for whatever Israelis want, or want to do, the anger of Arab and Muslim radicals in response, it will all be there then, just as it is now. Can't talk about it. After the Germans exterminated the European Jews, they swarmed (forgetting for the moment that they had just been "exterminated") into Palestine and grabbed the biggest part it for themselves. The violence they precipitated has never ended. There is no reason to think that it is going to end any time soon. They had the right take what they wanted. They had been exterminated.
Can't talk about it. □
Since 1980, Bradley R. Smith was fascinated by the taboo surrounding the 'Holocaust,' which is protecting this historical issue from a free exchange of ideas even in "open societies." Between 1986 and 1991, Smith developed the Media Project for Institute for Historical Review. In 1987, he self-published his Confessions of a Holocaust Revisionist and co-founded the Committee For Open Debate on the Holocaust (CODOH). In 1991, Smith launched his "Campus Project," that is, running advertisements in student papers at colleges and universities around the USA calling for open debate on specific issues regarding the Holocaust story. In 1996, CODOH.com went online, which was the biggest revisionist website for many years. In 1999, Smith founded The Revisionist, which was taken over by Castle Hill Publishers end of 2002. In 2003, he self-published his second book Break His Bones. Smith writes editorials similar to those published here, which he posts on his blog.
[1] http://slate.msn.com/id/2073093
[2] www.nytimes.com/2003/03/09/magazine/09GIBSON.html
[3] See http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/030903_nw_gibson.html
[4] www.codoh.com/incon/inconpressac.html
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Author(s): Bradley R. Smith
Title: The Elephant(s) in the Room
Sources: The Revisionist 1(2) (2003), pp. 122f.
First posted on CODOH: June 15, 2012, 7 p.m.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Refuses To Address Recall Effort, Called “California Coup,” During Press Conference
L.A.’s Covid Catastrophe: 70 People Being Treated In A 29-Bed Emergency Department; Black Community Hit Hard As County Virus Deaths Cross 9,000
By Tom Tapp
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Highlighting the devastating impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Black communities, the CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Los Angeles revealed on Tuesday that the small medical center is overloaded with patients, with 70 people being treated in a 29-bed emergency department.
“The African-American community is being disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, and we are seeing that in South Los Angeles…and we’re also seeing that inside of the hospital,” Dr. Elaine Batchlor said during a Covered California video conference urging Black residents to get insured and get vaccinated when the shots become available to the general public.
“We have more COVID patients now than hospitals that are three to four times larger than we are,” Batchlor said. “The testing site on our campus, has a COVID positivity rate of 25%, versus 12 to 13% countywide. We’re a small community hospital, 131 beds, and we have already exceeded our surge capacity. We started this morning with 206 patients in our 131-bed hospital, and 70 patients in the emergency department — that is a 29-bed emergency department.”
California Covid-19 Update: Newsom's Lockdown May Be Working; Daily New Case Numbers 40% Lower; Down For 5th Straight Day
Los Angeles County at large reported another 88 coronavirus-related deaths, along with 12,954 newly-confirmed cases of Covid-19. The new deaths have pushed the county’s cumulative death toll from the virus past the 9,000 mark. The number of people hospitalized in the county is now officially 5,866, although the state estimate for the county tops 6,000. L.A. County has experienced more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in the past two weeks.
L.A. had 5,866 people with Covid-19 hospitalized on Tuesday, 20% whom are in the ICU. The number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 was again at a new high. The daily hospitalization count increased more than 2,700 daily patients from two weeks ago, when the number of people hospitalized with Covid-19 was 3,113.
Peter Lee, director of Covered California, also stressed the impact of the pandemic on the Black community, saying 70% of Black Americans know someone who has died or been hospitalized because of COVID, compared to 60% of Latinos and 50% of whites.
“The COVID pandemic is hitting the African-American community harder than any other community,” Lee said. “Now the good news is, the vaccines are now with us, but most of us will not be getting those vaccines until 2021. There’s also reason for concern. Black Americans — only 40% say they’d take a vaccine right now. That is well below the rates of other communities. About 80% of Asian communities say they’d likely take a vaccine, 60% of Hispanics and whites.”
Lee, Batchlor and other medical experts urged residents not to hesitate being vaccinated.
“When the vaccine is available, and it’s been proven safe and effective, which the vaccines out there have been, take the vaccine,” Lee said.
Dr. David Carlisle, president/CEO of the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, said all communities of color should take the virus seriously and not hesitate to get vaccinated.
“COVID-19 has spread like wildfire through communities of color, particularly the African-American communities, particularly Latino communities, and also other communities of color,” he said. “When you look at the numbers…they’re quite clear. Latinos are 2.7 times more likely to test positive. Among African-Americans, everyone that I talked to personally knows somebody who’s died from COVID-19. That is a huge burden to bear.”
He compared the vaccine to wearing a seat belt in a car crash, calling it a critical means of defense.
“These vaccines offer hope where for so many months there was none,” Carlisle said. “We hope that we can use the vaccines to eliminate COVID-19 and drive down these infection rates, but in order to do this, people have to take the vaccines.”
City News Service contributed to this report.
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Tag: public value
How to help the network effect
Following my recent post considering BBC public value in the online world I was asked to write a piece for the BBC’s internal staff paper ariel. Here it is:
Front cover of ariel
IF YOU READ the BBC’s internet blog you will know that we are considering the use of OpenID, an interesting though widely misunderstood, technology that could benefit everyone using the web by extending the generative nature of the web.
Technologies such as OpenID and it’s sister technology OAuth and, techniques such as Linked Data provide benefits that the BBC should be helping the web at large to adopt.
It might seem a bit geeky and not something that most people get right now, but then almost nobody gets Transport Layer Security either but I’m pleased that hasn’t stopped my bank implementing it; most people don’t understand HTTP but we all use it. The BBC, could help foster the adoption of these technologies for the benefit of the web at large by adopting them, by promoting best practice and by actively engaging in their development.
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the web, has proposed a set of simple rules ‘to do the web right’ to achieve a semantically interlinked web of resources, accessible to man and machine. These rules are know as Linked Data.
But how does following these principles help the BBC? And how does that help the web at large? How does it add public value? The short answer is it provides a platform that allows others to build upon and provides our audience with a more coherent user experience.
If data is unconnected (as most of bbc.co.uk is) it is likely that those websites and the journeys across them will be incoherent. The web’s power comes from being interconnected. The value of any piece of content online is greatly enhanced if it is interconnected. This is due to the network effect, the classic example being the telephone. The more people who own a telephone, the more valuable each telephone becomes. Adding a telephone to a network makes every other telephone more useful. Adding semantically meaningful links to the web adds context and allows others to discover more information.
For example, by building bbc.co.uk/programmes and bbc.co.uk/music/beta in this fashion the new artist pages will become more useful by being joined to programmes – directly linking artist pages to those episodes that feature that artist. And the network effect goes both ways. Linking artists to programmes makes the programme pages more valuable – because there is more context, more discovery and more serendipity. The network effect really explodes once programmes and music are joined to the rest of the web.
The BBC has a role beyond its business needs because it can help create public value around useful technologies – and around its content for others to benefit.
By Tom Scottin BBC, BBC Programmes, Linked Data, OAuth, OpenID, Semantic web, Technology, Work 21 October 2008 8 January 2009 490 Words6 Comments
BBC public value in the online world
The BBC is an interesting organisation – it isn’t motivated by profit and unlike other public service broadcasters, elsewhere in the world, it is very much part of the country’s mainstream broadcast entertainment ecosystem. Indeed Stephen Fry has suggested that this mix of out and out public service broadcasting, more mainstream programming and stuff somewhere in the middle is vital if public service broadcasting is to have meaning. Stephen argues that if you want people to find and value public service programmes, then it needs to be part of a broader entertainment offering.
In the broadcast world the BBC has a clear (albeit, in some quarters, controversial) public service role and a clear and well developed modus operandi. That’s not to say that it might not or indeed should not change, but rather to say that right now the consensus is it’s doing the right thing, in the right way. But in the online space I don’t think things are as clear, even though the public purposes for all platforms are the same, namely:
Sustaining citizenship and civil society
Promoting education and learning
Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence
Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities
Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK
Delivering to the public the benefit of emerging communications technologies and services
One reason the Web is different from broadcast media is because it’s so new and so fluid. The web is not yet 20 years old and it is still evolving at a phenomenal rate, both in terms of technologies and in terms of its application. This means that, with the web, one needs to deal with both the technology and the content. Treating the two separately or assuming that the platform is sorted – in the way one can do with traditional media – is impossible or at least a foolish mistake.
Clearly, from a content perspective there is much the BBC could and indeed is doing on the web – much as it does in the broadcast space. But because there is something very special about the Web the BBC could also be adding real value over and above its content offering. It seems to me that there are at least two additional, distinct areas where the BBC could add public value. Firstly, through its size, the power of its brand and its non-commercial status, it could help with the adoption of technologies that benefit the Web population at large; and secondly by helping to semantically link up parts of the web.
Last week Zac posted an article about the recent OpenID Foundation Content Provider Advisory Committee which the BBC hosted. Unfortunately OpenID is a widely misunderstood piece of technology, partially I suspect because people have got so use to the email+password per site paradigm, and partially because the name OpenID doesn’t really help people grok what it’s about. But that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t provide real benefit to people using the web.
As I’ve discussed previously emails are for contacting people not for identifying them. Using emails for identification means the affordance is the wrong way round – I can send you an email but I can’t see who you are, what you’ve said about yourself nor who’s in your social graph. In the real world this would be a bit like handing over a scrap of paper with your home address or telephone number on it as a means of identification. You wouldn’t do that, so why do it online?
As Zac points out, OpenID has yet to hit the mainstream – it’s still the preserve of Generation @. But if, as I do, you believe that technologies such as OpenID and OAuth provide genuine end user benefits then it is something that the BBC should be helping everyone else to adopt.
Sure it might seem a bit geeky and not something that most people get right now but then almost nobody gets transport layer security either but I’m pleased it hasn’t stop my bank implementing it; most people don’t understand HTTP but we all use it. The BBC, could help foster the adoption of these technologies for the benefit of the web at large by, for example, adopting these technologies itself, by promoting best practice and by actively engaging in their development.
Tim Berners-Lee has put forward four simple rules to do the web right:
Use URIs to identify things on the web as resources
Use HTTP so people can dereference them
Provide information about the resource when it is dereferenced
Include onward links so people can discover more things
If you follow these rules what you get is a highly interlinked web of resources – where each resource is linked to other resources that are contextually/semantically relevant. And if you also provide those resources in machine readable formats (as we have done with programmes and music) then you provide a platform that allows others to reuse your data.
Unfortunately it appears that there is a nasty habit developing on the web whereby websites aren’t doing this and instead are only linking to themselves.
Follow Jay’s link and you come to a story that indeed doesn’t have any outbound links, except to other Times stories. Now, I understand the value of linking to other articles on your own site — everyone does it — but to do so exclusively is a small tear in the fabric of the web, a small tear that will grow much larger if it remains unchecked.
That’s bad for users. But how does following the Linking Open Data principles help the BBC? And more importantly how does that help the web at large? How does it add public value?
If data is unconnected it is very likely that those websites and journeys across the web will be incoherent. The web’s power comes from interconnected data. Publishing a web page or any other piece of content online is useful but if its interconnected with other resources then its value is greatly enhanced. This is due to the Network Effect. The classic example of the Network Effect is the telephone. The more people that own a telephone, the more valuable each telephone is becomes.
One consequence of the network effect is that the addition of a node by one individual indirectly benefits others who are also part of the network, so in the telephone example, adding a telephone to a network makes every other telephones more useful. On the web adding semantically meaningful links adds context to the page you are reading and allows you to discover other resources and read more information about a given subject.
For example, by building bbc.co.uk/programmes and bbc.co.uk/music/beta in this fashion our new artist pages will become much more useful by being joined to programmes – directly linking to those programmes that feature that artist. And of course the network effect goes both ways; it goes all ways. Linking artists to programmes also makes the programme pages more valuable – because there is now more context, more discovery and more serendipity. And that’s just within the BBC.
By joining BBC data, in this fashion, with the rest of the web the Network Effect is magnified yet further. That does benefit to the BBC, but it also benefits the web at large and that is important. The BBC has a role that transcends its business needs – it can help create public value around its content for others to benefit from (assuming, of course, there remains one, non-discriminatory, free and open internet).
By Tom Scottin BBC, Linked Data, OAuth, OpenID, Technology 7 October 2008 8 January 2009 1,262 Words5 Comments
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Reverses Signs of Aging
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment may be a practical method for slowing down the hands of time. At its foundation, aging represents a progressive loss of physiological capacity, researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Shamir Medical Center in Israel explained in the journal Aging.1
The biological deterioration leads to impaired functions and increased vulnerability to diseases, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and others.
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT), the Aging study suggests, may target two cellular hallmarks of aging — shortening of telomeres and cellular senescence, or the loss of a cell’s ability to divide and grow — thereby reversing signs of the aging process in humans.2
Sixty Hyperbaric Oxygen Sessions Slow Down Aging
The research team has been exploring the benefits of exposure to high-pressure oxygen at different concentrations inside a pressure chamber for years, with studies showing such treatments improved stroke, brain injury and brain function that was damaged by aging.3
The current study looked at hyperbaric oxygen treatment on healthy adults aged 64 and over to determine its effects on the normal aging process at a cellular level.
Thirty-five subjects were exposed to a series of 60 hyperbaric oxygen sessions over a 90-day period. Blood samples, which were analyzed for immune cells, were collected before, during and after the treatments. Two exciting results were found:4
Telomeres at the end of chromosomes grew longer instead of shorter, at a rate of 20% to 38% depending on the type of cell
Senescent cells decreased significantly, by 11% to 37% depending on cell type
In a Tel Aviv University news release, study author Dr. Shai Efrati of the university’s Sackler School of Medicine, explained:
“Today telomere shortening is considered the ‘Holy Grail’ of the biology of aging. Researchers around the world are trying to develop pharmacological and environmental interventions that enable telomere elongation. Our HBOT protocol was able to achieve this, proving that the aging process can in fact be reversed at the basic cellular-molecular level.”
Telomeres and Cellular Senescence: Keys to Aging?
Telomeres are repetitive nucleotide sequences at the end of each chromosome. Sometimes compared to the plastic tip on a shoelace, telomeres help protect DNA, preserving chromosome stability and preventing “molecular contact with neighboring chromosomes.”5
Evidence suggests telomere length may predict morbidity and mortality, with shorter telomeres linked to an increased risk of premature death,6 but the link is controversial.
“This uncertainty is actually due to a kaleidoscope of biological and technical factors, including preanalytical issues (e.g., sample matrix), poor standardization of techniques used for their assessment, and dependence of telomere structure upon genetics, epigenetics, environment and behavioral attitudes, which may be present at a variable extent in various physiological or pathological conditions,” researchers wrote in the Annals of Translational Medicine.7
Still, despite the controversy, telomere shortening has been associated with a 23% higher risk of all-cause death, along with increased risk of certain cancers, including glioma, neuroblastoma, ovarian, endometrial, lung, kidney, bladder, skin and testicular.8
Telomere shortening is also said to represent a “major measurable molecular characteristic of aging of cells in vitro and in vivo,” which may have developed as a mechanism to protect against tumors in long-lived species.9
Dr. Amir Hadanny, chief medical research officer of the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at the Shamir Medical Center, an author of the featured study, added that lifestyle modifications and intense exercise have previously been found to slow telomere shortening, but HBOT appears to be another viable option:10
“In our study, only three months of HBOT were able to elongate telomeres at rates far beyond any currently available interventions or lifestyle modifications. With this pioneering study, we have opened a door for further research on the cellular impact of HBOT and its potential for reversing the aging process.”
Cellular senescence is also known to play a role in cellular aging, and the accumulation of senescent cells is believed to be an integral part of the aging process, even potentially acting as a causal factor in age-related disease.11
Research is underway to develop therapeutic strategies to interfere with cellular senescence, including eliminating senescent cells,12 and HBOT has emerged as one potential strategy.
Not Necessarily a Clear-Cut Fountain of Youth
It’s important to take the study’s limitations into account when evaluating whether HBOT is truly a fountain of youth, as the researchers imply. It was a small study, which means the results should be replicated in a larger sample of subjects.
Also, as mentioned, the use of telomere length as a marker for aging is in itself controversial. The study also measured telomere length on immune cells called T cells, which may fluctuate depending on a number of environmental conditions, such as exercise.
It’s a positive sign that HBOT also decreased cellular senescence in T cells, but as noted by Steve Hill, who serves on the board of directors for LEAF, a nonprofit promoting increased healthy human lifespan:13
“The problem with interpreting these results as rejuvenation or age reversal is that T cells are a poor choice of cell type to use for this kind of thing due to their highly dynamic nature. Unfortunately, they are a popular cell type to use in these sorts of studies, due to the ease of collection from the bloodstream.
These particular immune cells can have large variance in their telomere length based on the demand for cellular replication at that particular time.
T cell populations replicate rapidly in the face of pathogens, and with each replication, the telomeres shorten, meaning that telomere lengths can vary in these cell populations from day to day. Infection and other environmental factors can play a key role in the status of T cell telomeres, and this is why they are not overly useful as aging biomarkers.”
This isn’t to say that HBOT isn’t useful, as other experts agree HBOT can have significant benefits for longevity. One of the reasons I’m fascinated by HBOT, in particular, is because of its ability to improve mitochondrial function.14 However, it should be viewed as one component of healthy aging, not necessarily a magic bullet that will stop it in its tracks.
How Does Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Work?
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HBOT has long been used as a treatment for decompression sickness that can occur among scuba divers. When you sit in a hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber, you breathe air that has two to three times greater air pressure than normal, which allows your lungs to absorb more oxygen.
This, in turn, increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, which is transported throughout your body, fighting pathogenic bacteria and stimulating the release of healing growth factors and stem cells.15
In my interview in the video above with Dr. Jason Sonners, a chiropractor who has worked with HBOT for over 12 years, he explains that oxygen can be viewed as a nutrient. Your body needs it to carry out its regular functions and, when tissue is injured, it needs even more oxygen for healing.16
Most healthy individuals have somewhere between 96% and 98% oxygen in their hemoglobin, which means your capacity to increase your oxygen level is between 2% and 4%, were you to breathe medical-grade oxygen, for instance. However, you can increase your oxygen level far beyond that if your body is under pressure. According to Sonners:
“Two main laws govern how that works: Boyle’s Law and Henry’s Law. Basically, as you take a gas and exert pressure on it, you make the size of that gas take up less space. As a result of that pressure, you can then dissolve that gas into a liquid.
An easy example is a can of seltzer. They’re using carbon dioxide and water. But basically, you can pressurize that can, so you can put carbon dioxide into that can. As a result of that pressurization, you can dissolve molecules of carbon dioxide into the water.
In the hyperbaric version of that, we’re using oxygen, and the can is the chamber. But as a result of dumping excess oxygen inside that chamber, you can dissolve that into the liquid of your body … directly into the tissue and the plasma of your blood.
The oxygen in your blood is carried by hemoglobin. The plasma that carries your red blood cells that holds the hemoglobin normally does not carry oxygen. We rely wholly on red blood cell oxygen-carrying capacity. But inside the chamber, you could literally bypass the red blood cell oxygen-carrying capacity altogether, and you can absorb oxygen directly into the plasma and tissue of the body.”
HBOT Fights Mitochondrial and Oxidative Stresses, COVID-19
HBOT can be used to help speed healing of any inflammatory condition, and it’s known to facilitate wound healing and cell survival.
A small study involving 10 healthy men also revealed that a single 45-minute HBOT session reduced levels of metabolic stress-related biomarkers, including attenuating mitochondrial and oxidative stresses and relieving metabolic burdens, which suggests it may be useful for treating metabolic diseases.17
The fact that HBOT protects against mitochondrial dysfunction18 is a major benefit, considering most chronic and degenerative diseases involve mitochondrial dysfunction. Unfortunately, conventional medicine still reserves HBOT for a limited number of conditions, such as certain brain injuries and serious wounds, as well as the following:19
Severe anemia
Brain abscess
Bubbles of air in your blood vessels
Crushing injury
Deafness, sudden
Decompression sickness
Infection of skin or bone that causes tissue death
Nonhealing wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcer
Radiation injury
Skin graft at risk of tissue death
Vision loss, sudden
In the U.S., there are only 14 conditions for which insurance will pay for HBOT, whereas there are up to 100 approved indications for HBOT internationally, according to Sonners.
From my perspective, it’s medically reprehensible and inexcusable for a doctor to not treat patients with diabetic neuropathy, infections in the distal extremities or peripheral vascular disease with HBOT, as it will in most cases prevent the need for amputation. Other conditions that may benefit from HBOT include:
All autoimmune conditions
Neurological conditions, including concussion, traumatic brain injury, dementia and post-stroke
Musculoskeletal injuries, including broken bones, disk herniations, and torn muscles and tendons
Any condition involving mitochondrial dysfunction
Any condition involving damaged microcirculation or that can benefit from capillary growth
Chronic infections such as Lyme disease, and subacute infections that cause damage over time
Cancer co-management — As noted by Sonners, researchers are looking at HBOT in cancer treatments in a number of different ways. For example, doing it may allow you to use less radiation or chemo and still get the same outcome. Or, it may allow the patient to tolerate higher amounts of radiation by speeding the healing between sessions. A third avenue of investigation is the use of HBOT in isolation.
HBOT is also showing promise for treating COVID-19 via a number of beneficial effects, including reversing hypoxia, reducing inflammation in the lungs, increasing viricidal reactive oxygen species, upregulating HIF-increasing host defense peptides and reducing proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-6.20
Typically, hospitals will only provide HBOT if you have one of the 14 approved indications. If you’re interested in HBOT for other medical or longevity purposes, you’ll need to look into the private sector for treatment. The International Hyperbaric Association21 (IHA) and Hyperbaric Medical International22 (HMI) are two organizations that may direct you to more local centers.
You can also learn more on HBOTusa.com, which is Sonner’s primary education website where you can find a list of treated conditions, research, the benefits of HBOT in athletics, testimonials and much more.
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Creating a More Certain Standard for Enhanced Patent Damages by Requiring Egregiousness as an Element in the Section 284 Analysis
by Brian Barnes
According to 35 U.S.C. § 284, district courts have the power to “increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed” by the jury in patent infringement cases where willful infringement occurred. Following the recent Supreme Court decision in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., it is now less clear how courts are to go about deciding whether to exercise this power. Halo established that the decision lies within the discretion of the district court judge, but declined to give a more concrete standard than urging the judge to “take into account the particular circumstances of each case” and only increase damages in “egregious cases typified by willful misconduct.” This Note proposes a new standard that is consistent with the Halo framework that will bring more certainty to enhanced damages decisions.
Under this Note’s proposed standard, before an award of enhanced damages can be made, the jury must find that infringement was willful, and the judge must find that the infringement was egregious under the standards established by the Federal Circuit. The egregiousness of the infringement is an explicit element that must be established before enhanced damages can be awarded. After these two elements are satisfied, the judge would have the discretion to award enhanced damages depending on the circumstances of the case. The egregiousness element is a mixed question of fact and law, so factual determinations made by the lower court are subject to clear error review and the overall legal determination of egregiousness is subject to de novo review by the Federal Circuit. This proposed standard would allow the Federal Circuit to reduce the uncertainty left by Halo , making it clear that egregiousness is required for every award of enhanced damages and providing a framework of specific factors district courts should weigh in making that determination.
Brian Barnes, Creating a More Certain Standard for Enhanced Patent Damages by Requiring Egregiousness as an Element in the Section 284 Analysis, 67 Duke L.J. 615-649 (2017)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dlj/vol67/iss3/3
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$2M from angel donor helps Edmonton toddler receive life-saving treatment
Darcy Seaton CTV News Edmonton
@DarcySeatonCTV Contact
Published Thursday, December 3, 2020 5:03PM MST
EDMONTON -- It was July 17 and Kaysen Martin’s second birthday had come and gone.
A day that had more significance than just adding another candle to the cake. It was also the deadline for Kaysen’s family to raise $2.8 million for a one-time gene therapy treatment to combat a rare disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA 1).
Fast forward four-and-a-half months.
An “angel donor” donated the remaining $2 million Kaysen needed to receive the therapy drug Zolgensma to treat the disease that affects the muscles used for lung support, swallowing, and crawling.
A post shared by Kaysen Martin (@kaysensquest)
“It was a huge sigh of relief,” Kaysen’s mom, Lana Bernardin, told CTV News Edmonton. “It did take longer and, you know, it was complicated, but at the end of the day, we’re here, it’s done, (the drug) is in him and that’s all that matters.”
His family raised hundreds of thousands of dollars before the July 17 deadline thanks to community, and celebrity, donations.
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds donated $5,000 to the cause while Edmonton-born actor Nathan Fillion put out a call for help on Twitter.
Hey. Here’s one of those things where people need your help. Just a baby. Just a dollar. Just a retweet. Let’s see what we can do. https://t.co/4NjHJ2qmIL
— Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) July 9, 2020
“To be able to come forward today and say that this has happened, we made it happen as a community is like amazing,” said Bernardin.
Which means adding more candles on Kaysen’s birthday cakes for years to come.
An Alberta boy, Kaysen Martin, underwent the Zolgensma gene-replacement therapy in December after an anonymous donor contributed $2 million to his family's fundraising campaign. At the time, the treatment made by Novartis was not approved by Health Canada. (Photo provided.)
Family of Edmonton toddler with rare disease asking for $2.8M drug to be funded by Alberta
16,000 chip in for toddler’s life-changing gene-therapy treatment
'I need something to move forward,' says Edmonton mom waiting for approval for son's life-saving treatment
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Sawant Hails Historic Ban on Seattle Police Use of Chemical Weapons, Chokeholds
Councilmember Kshama Sawant FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday June 15, 2020 Contact:Dana Robinson Slote, Council Communications, 206-423-3220
‘Our mass protest movement, led by young people of color, deserves all the credit for winning Seattle’s historic ban on chemical weapons, chokeholds’ SEATTLE – Councilmember Kshama Sawant (District 3, Central Seattle), chair of the Council’s Sustainability and Renters Rights Committee, issued this statement today after Seattle City Council unanimously adopted two ordinances she sponsored – banning police use of chemical weapons and other so-called “crowd control” devices and banning the police use of chokeholds: “Our movement against racism and police violence made history today with the City Council’s passage of the permanent bans on the police use of chemical weapons and other so-called ‘crowd control’ weapons, and on police chokeholds. “Today, Seattle becomes the first US city to take these violent weapons out of the hands of police. But let’s be clear: Our victory today was not a result of of enlightenment by the political establishment, but because of the thousands of ordinary people – led by young people, especially young people of color – who have marched in the streets (facing down horrific police violence), organized, spoken up at City Council meetings, and fought for systemic change. “Our mass protest movement deserves all the credit for winning Seattle’s historic ban on chemical weapons and chokeholds. If in the last few weeks you marched, rallied, organized, testified, or otherwise fought for Black Lives Matter and against police violence, then today’s victory is your victory. “Our movement had to overcome significant resistance from the political establishment, who even during today’s debate were trying to water down the legislation, add in a huge loophole, or delay passage of the legislation. “For many years, Seattle residents, especially from Black and brown communities, have been painfully aware of the systemic police violence in our city. Today’s movement victory is historic, but it’s only a start. It won’t stop police from terrorizing our communities, young people, and peaceful protesters. We have to move forward from today to build our movement to defund the Seattle Police Department, to end police violence and brutality, and to fully demilitarize the police. “This year, the Seattle Police Department budget is a staggering $409 million – fully 27 percent of the city’s discretionary spending. I was the only councilmember last fall to vote against this appalling budget decision. My office has begun discussions with community activists, organizers, affordable housing developers, young Black and brown leaders, clergy, and others around cutting the police budget by at least 50 percent. In the next two weeks, my office will be fighting alongside the movement to bring forward our legislation to defund the police by at least 50 percent.”
Posted: June 15th, 2020 under Councilmember Sawant, News Releases, Sawant.
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Carnival Takes Delivery of First Mega Cruise Ship
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It was a big day for Carnival Cruise Line as they officially took delivery of their newest ship, Mardi Gras, early Friday morning. Even as they were marking the occasion, they were preparing to begin work on her sister ship, Carnival Celebration.
Mardi Gras’ stunning atrium is just about ready to welcome guests.
Why This Is A Very Big Deal
If the folks at Carnival — not to mention their many fans — seem excited, it’s because this particular ship is a game-changer for the line. Many of the concepts introduced on board are brand new for Carnival. From the atrium to several restaurants and, of course, that much-buzzed-about roller coaster, Mardi Gras is designed to turn the expectations of longtime Carnival cruisers on their ear while also helping to bring in those all-important new-to-cruise folks.
The ship’s captain, Giuseppe Giusa, pictured at the Fortune Teller Bar, another first-for-Carnival venue.
“We have been working tirelessly this year to get to this exciting day to take delivery of this beautiful ship,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, “and the team at Meyer Turku has been an outstanding partner throughout this process. I can not wait for our guests and crew to see and experience Mardi Gras.”
And just like that, the ship was transferred from the shipyard to Carnival.
This day has without doubt been hard-won, given that the worldwide health crisis led to several delays in the ship’s delivery, which also meant delays in her initial sailings. But if absence makes the heart grow fonder, anticipation makes the heart beat faster, as evidenced by the level of excitement that has surrounded every step of the megaship’s development.
From the moment plans for Mardi Gras were announced, Carnival fans — and the entire industry — sat up and took note. The Bolt roller coaster, which will zoom high above the ship’s top deck, got the vast majority of the attention where mainstream media coverage was concerned, but there will be far more on board than simply the thrill ride.
For example, this is the first Carnival ship which will be divided into “zones,” each of which offer something different to guests. Restaurant wise, the ship will feature the line’s first partnership with celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse as well as a restaurant conceived of by their very own Chief Fun Officer, Shaquille O’Neal. There will also be a new restaurant from master chef Rudi Sodamin and of course, will continue their longtime partnership with Guy Fieri.
Thursday’s delivery puts the ship one day closer to completion.
Elsewhere, Mardi Gras will introduce an entirely new concept in atriums with a breathtaking three-deck space featuring floor-to-ceiling windows which will offer incredible views even as the area serves various functions depending on the time of day one visits.
The ship — which will be the first in North America to be powered by liquefied natural gas — will play host to 5,200 guests who will be housed in 2,600 staterooms as well as 180 suites, including some of the largest and most stunning ever seen on a Carnival ship.
The cruise line is so convinced their devoted followers will love this ship that they’re already looking to expand the fleet with a sister. “Next,” says Duffy, “we will work on the development of her sister ship, Carnival Celebration, which arrives in 2022 and has sold very well since inventory opened in October.”
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2CD: S&M2, the live set from Metallica & The San Francisco Symphony is the concert event of the year! S&M2 features 20 songs (over 2.5 hours of music) from the two-night event that opened San Francisco’s new Chase Center, with many Metallica fan favorites and 2 unique classical songs chosen by San Francisco Symphony Musical Director Michael Tilson Thomas. S&M2 has newly re-mixed and remastered audio for a whole new sound from the original theatrical run in October 2019. The 2CD set includes two CDs and a 36-page booklet featuring photos from the show by Anton Corbijn.
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony’s September 6 & 8, 2019 S&M2 concerts were historic on multiple levels: They served as the grand opening of San Francisco’s Chase Center, reunited the band and Symphony for the first time since the 1999 performances captured on the Grammy-winning S&M album, and featured the first-ever symphonic renditions of songs written and released since those original S&M shows.
The sold out shows were rapturously received by the 40,000 fans who traveled from nearly 70 countries, as well as the media: Rolling Stone raved “the group proved that anything was possible,” Variety noted an atmosphere “buzzing with excitement,” while the Mercury News witnessed "a concert that fans will be talking about for decades to come,” and Consequence of Sound hailed "a true celebration of Metallica and their musical prowess.”
Label: BLACKENED RECORDINGS
S&M2 [2CD]
Artist: Metallica
CD - CD
Vinyl - 4LP
DVD - DVD
1. The Ecstasy of Gold (Live)
2. The Call of Ktulu (Live)
3. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live)
4. The Day That Never Comes (Live)
5. The Memory Remains (Live)
6. Confusion (Live)
7. Moth Into Flame (Live)
8. The Outlaw Torn (Live)
9. No Leaf Clover (Live)
10. Halo on Fire (Live)
1. Intro to Scythian Suite (Live)
2. Scythian Suite, Opus 20 II: The Enemy God And The Dance Of The Dark Spirits (Live)
3. Intro to The Iron Foundry (Live)
4. The Iron Foundry, Opus 19 (Live)
5. The Unforgiven III (Live)
6. All Within My Hands (Live)
7. (Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth (Live)
8. Wherever I May Roam (Live)
9. One (Live)
10. Master of Puppets (Live)
11. Nothing Else Matters (Live)
12. Enter Sandman (Live)
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Mass Gothic - I've Tortured You Long Enough
Mass Gothic
I've Tortured You Long Enough
31st August 2018 / CD, LP & Tape / Sub Pop
CDLP - Loser EditionLPTape Format:
CD - £2.99LP - Loser Edition - £15.99LP - £21.99Tape - £7.99 Variant:
'I've Tortured You Long Enough' is the tongue-in-cheek title of Mass Gothic's second album.
Husband/wife duo Noel Heroux and Jessica Zambri have always dipped in and out of each other's creative spaces, advising on their respective outputs and supporting one another. But, until this record, they had never completely committed to doing an entire album as a duo, sharing an equal load. The result is a record packed with the tension, chaos and beauty of a fluid and cathartic two-way conversation. In a universe that increasingly threatens our abilities to communicate and coexist, their creative union isn't just inspired but important.
When Heroux put out Mass Gothic’s 2016 debut, following the end of his prior band, Hooray for Earth, he did so as a solo entity. Plagued by insecurities and anxieties, Heroux wasn't ready to deal with putting his trust and confidence into another shared project. So what changed? He can't exactly pinpoint when the phrase 'I've tortured you long enough' came to him, but it became a mantra, almost a premonition. He had tortured his own psyche long enough, and was particularly in need of forcing himself out of his comfort zone and letting go of that prior stubbornness.
And the phrase has a broader application, too. “It covers so many bases but it's taken on extra meaning in the past couple of years when everybody is at each other's throats, frustrated and confused all the time,” Heroux explains. Heroux and Zambri wrote 'I’ve Tortured You Long Enough' while bouncing around the country without a place to call home. From working in a rented cabin in upstate New York, to living out of a car with a duffel bag of clothes, to crashing with their co-producer Josh Ascalon in LA, to ditching a mixed version of the album and rerecording the whole thing, the band worked tirelessly while their lives were totally in flux. “Maybe we wouldn't have been able to do it if we were anchored at home. We were forced into it. Jess was trying to open me up and if we could have just sat on a couch and thrown on the TV it probably wouldn't have worked.”
The album was ultimately recorded in Brooklyn with Rick Kwan, and Chris Coady mixed the record and Heba Kadry mastered it. The final product recalls the frantic energy of Animal Collective and the celestial torch-bearing of Bat for Lashes, and reveals a remarkable arc. It begins from a place of uncertainty, disquiet, and self-doubt, and concludes with the comfort in knowing that you can be both independent and successful in a relationship.
+ Loser Edition LP is pressed on MINT green coloured vinyl.
+ Includes download too.
Dark Window
J.Z.O.K.
Keep On Dying
How I Love You
The Goad
Format /CD, LP & Tape
Released /31st August 2018
Catalogue / SPCD1244
Artist / Mass Gothic
Label /Sub Pop
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In the spotlight > International Domestic Workers Day – essential work too long undervalued
by EFFAT2 | Jun 16, 2020 | In the spotlight, News & Media, Press release
International Domestic Workers Day – essential work too long undervalued
On International Domestic Workers Day 2020, trade unions and allied domestic workers’ groups are foregrounding the essential, but often undervalued or overlooked efforts of domestic workers in Europe and across the globe. No workers have been immune to the coronavirus crisis, but domestic workers have taken particular strain.
EFFAT estimates that there are approximately 2.6 million domestic workers in the Europe, more than half of whom are working undeclared. The nature of their work – in private homes – has left domestic workers incredibly vulnerable to both the direct health risks of COVID-19, and the financial side-effects of lockdown and social distancing imposed by states. Most clearly, it has presented many domestic workers with an inescapable choice: their income or their health!
Although the situation has improved, large numbers of domestic workers still lack adequate personal protective equipment (PPE). While the prevalence of non-standard forms of employment in the sector has left many domestic workers outside the cover of the job retention or income support schemes developed in response to the pandemic.
At the start of April 2020, EFFAT sought to address these issues in a Joint Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Personal and Household Services (PHS) issued in cooperation with the European Federation for Family Employment and Home Care, the European Federation for Services to Individuals, and UNI-Europa, and supported by the International Domestic Workers’ Federation. This statement put forward a range of proposals to tackle the health and financial challenges associated with the COVID-19 outbreak, from adequate provision of PPE and access to sick leave, to the extension of existing financial and employment support measures (including the right to apply for temporary economic unemployment or short-time work) and deferred payment of social security contributions and taxes.
Further, because about 70% of all domestic workers in Europe have no contract at all – and thus no social protections – EFFAT and its affiliates are pushing for the regularisation of undocumented domestic workers as well as more stringent measures to prevent informal employment.
Domestic work is work. And domestic workers’ labour rights must be respected – including the right to work without fear of sexual harassment and violence. EFFAT is calling on governments worldwide to ratify ILO Convention 189 as a baseline for labour standards in the sector, and follow the example of Uruguay and ratify ILO Convention 190 on violence and harassment.
Commenting on the occasion of International Domestic Workers Day, EFFAT General Secretary, Kristjan Bragason, said:
“Every June 16th, we are reminded to stand together and support domestic workers in their efforts to organise and to fight for their rights as workers. EFFAT stands with you.
“This year, we draw attention to the impacts of coronavirus, which has without doubt made things worse for domestic workers. At the same time, it is also important to remember that COVID-19 is not the root cause of many of the problems afflicting the sector.
“It is not acceptable that in one of the richest regions in the world we allow domestic workers to be paid below a living wage, to be excluded from existing social protection schemes and sometimes fall prey to modern slavery.
“Nor is it acceptable that the injustices of the sector affect mostly women and migrant workers, who make up the vast majority of the PHS workforce.
“Migrant domestic workers have been especially vulnerable during the coronavirus crisis, as residence permits are often linked to employment. And the risks for undocumented migrant domestic workers without access to income compensation or social protections – even in the event of illness or dismissal – need no explanation.
“That’s why, today, EFFAT reaffirms its commitment to the collective struggle for domestic workers’ rights.”
For more than 10 years, EFFAT has been intensifying its support for domestic workers in Europe. Since the EFFAT Congress in November 2019, this engagement has been manifested in the new EFFAT Statutes, the EFFAT Political Framework 2020-2024, and the EFFAT Action Plan 2020-2021. For example, there is to be an annual sector assembly for domestic workers, in addition to the existing general assemblies for the other EFFAT sectors.
Press contact: Steve Gilmore – [email protected]
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Post Malone Shows He’s Here to Stay
In his third studio album, “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” the 24-year-old proves his unconventional nature
The Come Up Show
THE EVERGREEN MUSICIAN: In this 2017 photo, Post Malone sings at The Come Up Show. The artist has proven that he can evolve as a musician, Gurgen Sahakyan writes in his review.
Gurgen Sahakyan, Staff Writer
Post Malone is not an average musician in today’s industry. With his face tattoos and lyrics influenced by his rockstar lifestyle, he is labeled a rapper. However, his music goes much deeper than his image. Post Malone, within the past two years, has become one of, if not the biggest musician in the United States. In his third studio album, “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” the 24-year-old proves his unconventional nature.
The album, influenced by the musical genres of hip hop, pop, R&B, rock, and country, has managed to land at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, all while producing the largest first-week streams of any album released thus far in 2019.
The 18-song project begins with its title track, “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” sets the spirit of the album as a whole. In this body of work, Post discusses the toxic depression that comes with the Hollywood lifestyle. He talks about how relationships can be staged and filled with unimportant encounters, and with a lack of privacy for the famous.
“It seems like dying young is an honor, but who’d be at my funeral? I wonder,” Post sings, as he mentions the fact that drug use for the younger generation of artists and consumers has been praised. In fact, it has become a major cause in the deaths of young artists like Mac Miller and Lil Peep.
He questions relationships, and if those around him are genuine enough to show up to his funeral, as mentioned above. He wraps up the song with a message that his home, Hollywood, is falling apart.
Perhaps the most anticipated song of the album, “Take What You Want,” features rapper Travis Scott and rockstar Ozzy Osbourne. With different worlds of hip hop and rock colliding, the song instantly went viral and hit top numbers across platforms.
Osbourne beautifully delivers a dramatic rock-like start to the song, which then transitions into Post’s verse, in which he sings, “All I ever asked is for the truth / you showed your tongue and it was forked in two / your venom was lethal, I almost believed you.”
Here, he uses the representation of a snake to compare to his former girlfriend, whose lies had a negative effect on him mentally. As the song continues, the artists point out key factors of failing relationships, until Travis Scott shifts the attention into a different approach to relationships. This Houston artist raps about the lifestyle of enjoying himself with many women around. The song comes to an end with an emotional electric guitar segment performed by Andrew Watt.
Post Malone continues on the album with very high quality, emotional and melodic songs, such as his mega-hits, “Sunflower” and “Goodbyes,” featuring Atlanta rapper Young Thug. The album is finished off with his hit single, “Wow,” which was released in late December of 2018.
“Wow” gives a different message than the rest of the project. With lines like, “You was talkin’ sh-t in the beginning, back when I was feelin’ more forgiving,” and “Hunnid bands in my pocket it’s on me,” the New York artist speaks about the hate and negativity he faced at the beginning of his career. Despite all the hate, he has become a top-selling, wealthy artist.
It seems that Post decided to finish his emotional project by reflecting how despite its negatives, Hollywood has birthed his career and changed his life for the better.
With the groundbreaking accomplishments this album has achieved, Post Malone has gotten one step closer to the history books. With his debut album “Stoney,” breaking Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” record for most weeks spent in the top 10 of the hip-hop/R&B albums chart with 77 weeks, to breaking the Beatles’ record for most simultaneous top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 9, it is evident that Post Malone is an evergreen musician. Especially if he continues to produce such high-quality albums like his first three.
Gurgen Sahakyan can be reached at [email protected]
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EP Minerals LLC Announces Major Advances in Diatomite Materials Science and Products
EP Minerals announced today that it has developed a new test method and a full range of new diatomite filtration products. The company has filed several patent applications related to these inventions.
Scott Palm, vice president of strategy and innovation, said, “The crystalline silica content has an impact on the properties of our products and has been of interest to a number of our customers for some time. Diatomite products are almost unique among mineral products, in that diatomite ores actually contain little or no crystalline silica, and most of the crystalline silica in our products is formed during our manufacturing process. We now understand how to precisely control the mineralogy of diatomite as it changes during thermal processing."
Gregg Jones, EP Minerals' president said, “We are committed to bringing new, cutting-edge technologies to our customers. Our recent advances in the materials science of diatomite are exciting. We shall soon introduce a large number of new products, which we expect to be of strong interest to customers."
EP Minerals' new test method is the subject of a currently pending patent application PCT/US16/37830 that is owned by EP Minerals, LLC. EP Minerals, LLC also owns related patent applications directed to diatomite products, namely, PCT/US16/37816 and PCT/US16/37826, and biogenic silica/expanded perlite composite products, namely, PCT/US15/065572.
The new test method is shown below.
EP Minerals' New Test Method
There are distinguishing characteristics between opal-C (and/or opal-CT) and cristobalite that can be measured, albeit not always precisely. Opals always contain some water existing as internal or attached silanol groups, while cristobalite is anhydrous. Thus, it is possible to perform a “loss on ignition test" to see if water of hydration exists in a sample. Such a test should be carried out at high temperature (for example 980°C- 1200°C) for a sufficient time (at least 1 hour) so that chemically-bound water has a chance to disassociate and volatilize. Precise measurement of sample mass (to the nearest 0.1mg) before and after this treatment allows quantification of volatiles, including the water of hydration, with a resolution to better than 0.01%. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) method C571 provides a suitable protocol for determination of loss on ignition of samples comprising diatomite. Samples that are determined to contain measurable (generally over 0.1 wt%) loss on ignition have the potential to be opal-C (and/or opal-CT).
Bulk powder XRD can also be used to differentiate between opal-C and α-cristobalite. The diffraction pattern of cristobalite contains sharp Bragg's peaks, most notably at 22.02°, 36.17°, 31.50°, and 28.49° 2ᶿ. The diffraction pattern of opal-C (and/or opal-CT) is less well-defined as compared to cristobalite, with broader and fewer peaks that may be indicative of radial scattering and not true Bragg's peaks. The locations of the primary and secondary peaks are similar to that of cristobalite, but the peaks at 31.50° and 28.49° 2ᶿ are missing or very poorly developed. To summarize, the opal-C (and/or opal-CT) diffraction pattern differs from that of α-cristobalite in the following ways: the primary peak (22°) and the secondary peak (36°) are at higher d-spacing (lower 2θ angle), there is a broader primary peak for opal-C (and/or opal-CT) as measured using the “Full Width at Half Maximum" (FWHM) statistic, opal-C (and/or opal-CT) has poorly-defined peaks at 31.50° and 28.49° 2θ, and a much more significant amorphous background.
Differentiating opal-C from β-cristobalite using XRD is more difficult. However, Chao and Lu demonstrated that by grinding samples of β-cristobalite with alumina content less than 10 wt% to fine particle size, most of the β-cristobalite is inverted to the α-cristobalite phase with corresponding XRD pattern peak shifts. This does not occur when diatomite products comprising opal-C (and/or opal-CT) are finely ground and then analyzed using XRD – there is no peak shift. As a matter of standard practice with diatomite, all samples should be finely milled prior to bulk powder X-ray Diffraction analysis.
Where differentiation based just on XRD pattern is difficult, Miles et al. advocate a twenty-four-hour thermal treatment of the sample at very high temperature (1050 °C). Theoretically, opal-C will de-hydrate and re-crystallize as cristobalite. Diffraction peaks will become sharper, more intense, and will shift. Sharper diffraction peaks are indicative of increasing long-range molecular order (larger crystallite size).Increasing peak intensity indicates an increasing quantity of the crystalline phase represented by the peak. A shift in peak location indicates a change in crystal structure with associated increase or reduction in d-spacing. If cristobalite is present in the original sample, the diffraction pattern will not change significantly. The potential problem with this technique is where a sample is comprised of individual particles, some of which could be opaline and others of which could be composed of cristobalite. Heating of such a sample would convert the opaline phase to cristobalite but not affect the cristobalite, and not much of an argument can subsequently be made that cristobalite was not also present in the original sample.
Another problem exists with the chemical dissolution techniques of Miles, Hillier, and others. Hillier et al. successfully demonstrated the efficacy of a sodium hydroxide digest in determining whether various clay samples contained opaline phases or cristobalite. NaOH is capable of dissolving all forms of silica but requires more contact time for the crystalline varieties in comparison to the opals. When used on diatomite samples (natural, straight-calcined, and flux-calcined), Hillier's method was not found to entirely remove the opaline phases, including opal-A. This is most likely because diatomite particles are coated with chemically-resistant precipitates in the natural state (such as limonite), iron oxides when straight-calcined, and a sodium-rich vitreous or glass-like phase when flux-calcined. While extending the NaOH contact time does increase the dissolution of the opaline phases, results can be inconsistent between diatomaceous product samples produced using varying processes and from different raw materials.
One relatively simple way to confirm the absence of cristobalite within a sample is to spike the sample (add a known amount of) with cristobalite standard reference material (i.e. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standard Reference Material 1879A), run XRD analysis on the spiked sample and then compare the original un-spiked sample diffraction pattern with the spiked sample pattern. If the spiked sample diffraction pattern simply increases the intensity of the primary and secondary peaks but does not show a position shift or show additional peaks, then the original sample most likely contains cristobalite. If the primary peak shifts, broadens or resolves into two separate peaks, and secondary peaks appear or become much better defined, then opal-C (and/or opal-CT) and not cristobalite is present in the original sample.
In summary, to determine whether a sample of a product that includes diatomite contains cristobalite or opal-C (and/or opal-CT) then to quantify the opal-C (and/or opal-CT) and/or crystalline silica content involves a number of steps according to the method referred to as the “EP Method", (may also be referred to as the LH Method).
First, it is determined whether the sample contains water of hydration via high-temperature loss on ignition (LOI) testing. A representative split of the sample (previously dried) is obtained, and loss on ignition testing is performed on the split (i.e., ASTM C571). If the LOI is < 0.1%, then the phases present are not opaline.If it is > 0.1%, then there is a chance that opaline phases are present.
Second, bulk powder X-ray Diffraction is performed, and the resulting (first) diffraction pattern inspected. Another representative split (dry) of the sample is milled prior to XRD.Milling contact surfaces should be compatible with no chance for crystalline silica contamination. The milled split should be at least 99% minus 400 mesh (37um) prior to XRD. The resulting diffraction pattern is analyzed for the presence or absence of opal-C (and/or opal-CT) and cristobalite. The diffraction pattern may also be analyzed for the presence or absence of other crystalline silica phases (for example, quartz and tridymite). As discussed, the opal-C (and/or opal-CT) diffraction pattern differs from that of α-cristobalite in the following ways: the primary peak (22°) and the secondary peak (36°) are at higher d-spacing (4.06 to 4.11 for the primary peak as opposed to 4.02 to 4.04 for well-ordered cristobalite), there is a broader primary peak for opal-C (and/or opal-CT) as measured using the “Full Width at Half Maximum" (FWHM) statistic (usually > 0.35), opal-C (and/or opal-CT) has poorly-defined peaks at 31.50° and 28.49° 2θ, and a much more significant amorphous background.
If the diffraction pattern is questionable with regard to whether opal-C (and/or opal-CT) and/or cristobalite is present, then according to the EP Method a second XRD analysis is performed to determine whether opal-C (and/or opal-CT) and/or cristobalite is present. This time, the analysis is performed on another representative portion of the sample spiked with cristobalite standard reference material (NIST 1879a). A (representative) third split of the sample is obtained and then spiked with cristobalite standard reference material (NIST 1879A). After co-milling and dispersion of the standard within the sample, XRD is performed on the third split. The resulting diffraction pattern is analyzed. If the original sample comprises opal-C (and/or opal-CT), the cristobalite spike significantly modifies the original diffraction pattern with additional peaks identifiable at 22.02° and 36.17° 2θ, along with more prominent peaks at 31.50° and 28.49° 2θ. If the original sample comprises cristobalite, then addition of the cristobalite spike only results in increased peak intensity and no other significant change from the first diffraction pattern. Figures 1 and 2 show the diffraction patterns of spiked samples. Figure 1 shows the pattern of a sample comprising opal-C, and figure 2 shows the pattern of a sample comprising cristobalite.
Figure 1: Flux-calcined DE with and without 5% 1879a Spike showing Opal-C
Figure 2: Flux-calcined DE with 28% 1879a Spike showing Cristobalite
Quantifying the opal-C (and/or opal-CT) content of a diatomite sample can be complicated as its diffraction pattern is a combination of broad peaks and amorphous background, and diatomite products often contain other x-ray amorphous phases in addition to opal. According to the EP Method, an estimate of the quantity is obtained by treating the opal-C peaks of the first diffraction pattern as if they are cristobalite and quantifying against cristobalite standards such as NIST 1879a. This method of quantification of opal-C (and/or opal-CT), which we call the XRD Method, will usually underestimate the opal-C (and/or opal-CT) content but is effective for a number of purposes, such as manufacturing quality control. Alternatively, a measure may be obtained by heating a representative split of the sample at very high temperature (e.g., 1050 °C) for an extended period of 24 to 48 hours until that heated portion is fully dehydrated. This completely dehydrates opaline phases and forms cristobalite (reduces amorphous background component). XRD analysis is then performed on the dehydrated split and the cristobalite in the resulting diffraction pattern can be quantified against the cristobalite standards to give an estimate of original opal-C (and/or opal-CT) content. As long as additional flux is not added prior to heating the selected split, and the temperature is kept below 1400 °C, any quartz present in the sample split will not be converted to cristobalite.
If it is determined by the EP Method that cristobalite is present, the cristobalite seen in the (first) diffraction pattern may be compared to its respective standard (for example NIST 1879a) for quantification of the content, or be quantified through the use of an internal standard (such as corundum) and applicable relative intensity ratios. In the case where there is both opal-C (or opal-CT) and cristobalite present, and the primary peak of the opal-C (or opal-CT) cannot be differentiated or de-convoluted from that of cristobalite, the opal-C (or opal-CT) and cristobalite are quantified as one phase and reported as cristobalite. The quantity of cristobalite thus reported will be higher than the actual quantity in the sample.
Bulk powder XRD equipment and instrumental parameters are not expressly fixed, but should provide good resolution and sufficient counts for quantification. EP Minerals' internal analyses are performed using a Siemens® D5000 diffractometer controlled with MDI™ Datascan5 software, with CuKα radiation, sample spinning, graphite monochromator, and scintillation detector. Power settings were at 50KV and 36mA, with step size at 0.04° and 4 seconds per step.JADE™ (2010) software was used for analyses of XRD scans. Sample preparation included SPEX® milling in zirconia vials with zirconia grinding media.
Chao, Chin-Hsiao, Lu, Hong-Yang, 2002, “Stress-induced β to α-cristobalite phase transformation in (Na2O + Al2O3)-codoped silica", Materials Science and Engineering, A328, 267-276.
J.M. Elzea, I.E. Odom, W.J. Miles, “Distinguishing well-ordered opal-CT and opal-C from high-temperature cristobalite by x-ray diffraction", Anal. Chim. Acta 286 (1994) 107-116.
Hillier, S., and D.G. Lumsdon. “Distinguishing opaline silica from cristobalite in bentonites: a practical procedure and perspective based on NaOH dissolution," Clay Minerals (2008) 43, 477-486.
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Mumps hits Eagle River High School
February 5, 2018 Jenni Hunting 2017-2018 0
Last Friday, Ms. Charles, the school nurse, told a student that he had contracted the mumps. Since then, Eagle River High School has seen two more cases, and other schools have had even more reports of the highly contagious viral infection. The mumps has been festering in Anchorage since late last year, with over 70 confirmed cases in the city and its surrounding areas. Though it is easily preventable by vaccination, cases of the mumps have been reported in every school in the district. The infection is spread by coughing and sneezing, as well as the sharing of food or drinks, and contact with contaminated surfaces.
Symptoms of the mumps are easily recognizable—including swollen cheeks and jaw, fever, and muscle aches—but they can take over two weeks to present themselves. A person who is infected can spread the disease before they even know they have it. That is why administrators are asking that everyone be cautious in the current situation. Ms. Charles advises the usual health policy: washing hands regularly, covering the mouth when coughing or sneezing, and staying home when sick. She also encourages getting healthy amounts of sleep, drinking water, and eating well to boost the immune system. Another recommendation, and possibly the most important one, is for students to check their vaccination status, and update their shots if needed.
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Jenni Hunting is a senior at ERHS and this year's Editor in Chief of The Howl. She has been in Alaska for four years as one of Eagle River's many military-dependent students. Her main interest is in Student Life and Arts reporting.
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Problem 3011. Self-similarity 2 - Every third term
Submitted on 25 Dec 2019 by David Hill
seq = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 1, 3, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 0, 4, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 3, 3, 0, 0, 2, 1, 4, 2, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 1, 2, 0, 3, 0, 4, 0, 2, 2, 1, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 1, 2, 1, 4, 7, 2, 5, 9, 1, 10, 19, 4, 13, 22, 7, 16, 25, 2, 11, 20, 5, 14, 23, 8, 17, 26, 1, 28, 55, 10, 37, 64, 19, 46, 73, 4, 31, 58, 13, 40, 67, 22, 49, 76, 7, 34, 61, 16, 43, 70, 25, 52, 79, 2, 29, 56, 11, 38, 65, 20, 47, 74, 5, 32, 59, 14, 41, 68, 23, 50, 77, 8, 35, 62, 17, 44, 71]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 1, 1, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 1, 2, 1, 11, 12, 2, 12, 22, 1, 11, 12, 11, 12, 112, 12, 112, 122, 2, 12, 22, 12, 112, 122, 22, 122, 222, 1, 11, 12, 11, 111, 112, 12, 112, 122, 11, 111, 112, 111, 1111, 1112, 112, 1112, 1122, 12, 112, 122, 112, 1112, 1122, 122, 1122, 1222, 2, 12, 22, 12, 112]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 1, 4, 1, 2, 5, 4, 5, 8, 1, 2, 5, 1, 3, 6, 5, 6, 9, 4, 5, 8, 5, 6, 9, 8, 9, 12, 1, 2, 5, 2, 3, 6, 5, 6, 9, 2, 3, 6, 3, 4, 7, 6, 7, 10, 5, 6, 9, 6, 7, 10, 9, 10, 13, 4, 5, 8, 5, 6, 9, 8, 9, 12, 5, 6, 9, 6, 7]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 12, 36, 12, 84, 72, 36, 96, 180, 12, 216, 180, 84, 168, 288, 72, 372, 216, 36, 240, 504, 96, 432, 288, 180, 372, 504, 12, 672, 360, 216, 384, 756, 144, 648, 576, 84, 456, 720, 168, 1080, 504, 288, 528, 1008, 72, 864, 576, 372, 684, 1116, 216, 1176, 648, 36]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 2, 3, 2, 4, 6, 3, 6, 9, 2, 4, 6, 4, 8, 12, 6, 12, 18, 3, 6, 9, 6, 12, 18, 9, 18, 27, 2, 4, 6, 4, 8, 12, 6, 12, 18, 4, 8, 12, 8, 16, 24, 12, 24, 36, 6, 12, 18, 12, 24, 36, 18, 36, 54, 3, 6, 9, 6, 12, 18, 9, 18, 27, 6, 12, 18, 12, 24, 36, 18, 36, 54, 9, 18, 27, 18, 36, 54, 27, 54]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 8, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 8, 9, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 1, 3, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7, 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 8, 5, 7, 9, 5, 7, 9]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [ 1, 2, 0, 2, 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 0, 6, 4, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 12, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 4, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 6, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 4, 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 2, 12, 0, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 6, 0]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 3, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3, 3, 6, 9, 6, 6, 3, 9, 3]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 2, 0, 2, 6, 0, 0, 6, 4, 2, 4, 12, 6, 4, 8, 0, 10, 0, 0, 16, 8, 6, 4, 12, 4, 14, 8, 2, 34, 12, 4, 16, 40, 12, 12, 48, 6, 28, 8, 4, 44, 24, 8, 16, 44, 0, 12, 24, 10, 58, 16, 0, 28, 36, 0, 24, 100, 16, 16, 48, 8, 28, 16, 6, 62]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 2, 0, 2, 6, 0, 0, 4, 0, 2, 0, 0, 6, 6, 4, 0, 10, 12, 0, 4, 8, 4, 4, 0, 0, 14, 8, 2, 12, 12, 0, 4, 8, 0, 8, 0, 6, 4, 4, 6, 8, 24, 4, 16, 8, 0, 8, 0, 10, 18, 8, 12, 34, 12, 0, 24, 44, 4, 8, 24, 8, 28, 12, 4, 46, 48, 4, 28, 36, 0, 16]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 2, 5, 8, 1, 3, 5, 4, 13, 14, 5, 14, 17, 2, 5, 8, 5, 14, 17, 8, 17, 26, 1, 4, 5, 4, 13, 14, 5, 14, 17, 4, 13, 14, 13, 40, 41, 14, 41, 44, 5, 14, 17, 14, 41, 44, 17, 44, 53, 2, 5, 8, 5, 14, 17, 8, 17, 26, 5, 14, 17, 14, 41, 44, 17, 44, 53, 8, 17, 26, 17, 44, 53, 26, 53, 80]; tf_corr = 0; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 4, 4, 4, 20, 24, 4, 32, 52, 4, 24, 48, 20, 56, 32, 24, 116, 72, 4, 80, 120, 32, 48, 96, 52, 124, 56, 4, 160, 120, 24, 128, 244, 48, 72, 192, 20, 152, 80, 56, 312, 168, 32, 176, 240, 24, 96, 192, 116, 228, 124, 72, 280, 216, 4, 288, 416, 80, 120, 240, 120, 248, 128, 32, 500]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [0, 1, 2, 1, 11, 12, 2, 12, 22, 1, 11, 12, 11, 111, 112, 12, 112, 122, 2, 12, 22, 12, 112, 122, 22, 122, 222, 1, 11, 12, 11, 111, 112, 12, 112, 122, 11, 111, 112, 111, 1111, 1112, 112, 1112, 1122, 12, 112, 122, 112, 1112, 1122, 122, 1122, 1222, 2, 12, 22, 12, 112]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
seq = [1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 12, 4, 4, 4, 4, 12, 4, 4, 12, 4, 12, 4, 12, 4, 4, 12, 4, 4, 4, 4, 20, 12, 4, 4, 12, 12, 4, 4, 4, 12, 12, 4, 12, 4, 12, 12, 12, 4, 4, 4, 12, 4, 4, 4, 4, 20, 12, 12, 12, 4, 12, 4, 4, 12, 4, 12, 12, 4, 4, 4, 36, 4, 4, 12, 4, 12, 4, 4, 12, 12, 20, 4, 4, 12, 4, 12, 4, 12, 4, 4, 36]; tf_corr = 1; assert(isequal(self_similarity_2(seq),tf_corr))
Given a 4x4 matrix, swap the two middle columns
Special matrix
Is this triangle right-angled?
Pattern Recognition 2 - Known Unit Length, Various Array Length (including cell arrays)
Divisible by 9
Not square-free number sequence
Sphenic number sequence
Twin Primes
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Oral-History:Walter Karplus
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About Walter Karplus
Walter Karplus (1927-2001) was born in Vienna, Austria. After becoming a U.S. citizen he served in the U.S. Navy and was educated at Cornell University (B.E.E., 1949), the University of California, Berkeley (M.S., 1951), and the University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1955). Karplus became a UCLA faculty member in 1955; in the 1970s, he was instrumental in the university’s establishment of its computer science department. His administrative service at UCLA included terms as department chair and interim dean. Professor Karplus was a Life Fellow of the IEEE and served as President of the IEEE Neural Networks Council (1995-1996), promoting this group’s 2001 evolution into the Neural Networks Society.
Conducted as part of a project on the National Science Foundation's support for computer science, this telephone interview explores the roles of NSF funding in Karplus’ research. Karplus received frequent NSF grants between 1965 and 1972; by the 1980s he was relying on industrial rather than NSF funding. In 1961, Karplus began using computers to solve partial differential equations. With NSF sponsorship and industrial collaborations, he applied this approach to model air pollution, water resources, space vehicles, power distribution systems, and nuclear reactors. Partial Differential Equation Language (PDEL), the software package he assembled for equation solving, was used by national laboratories, private companies, and universities. During the later years of his NSF sponsorship, Karplus focused on system identification problems, or the modeling of real-world systems, such as underground water reservoirs, using their physical properties.
In this interview, Karplus details his combination of analog and digital technologies to design efficient networks. Although Karplus ended his analog work in the late 1960s, his analog subroutines concept influenced 1990s models of artificial neural (brain) networks. He considers the NSF’s goal of funding research, as defined against development, and explains the influence of this policy on his own balance of computer science with engineering and aerospace industry collaborations. He describes the NSF application process and explains his personal transition from NSF to industrial funding. At the conclusion of the interview, Karplus summarizes the impact of his research, particularly in the area of hybrid digital and analog computing.
About the Interview
WALTER KARPLUS: An Interview Conducted by Andrew Goldstein, IEEE History Center, 26 July 1991
Interview #114 for the IEEE History Center, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineeringEngineers, Inc.
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Walter Karplus, an oral history conducted in 1991 by Andrew Goldstein, IEEE History Center, Hoboken, NJ, USA.
INTERVIEW: Walter Karplus
INTERVIEWER: Andrew Goldstein
PLACE: Telephone Interview
Research and NSF funding summary, 1960s-1970s
Karplus:
Goldstein:
Hello. Are you free now?
Yes. This is a good time.
Let me just remind you of our project. We're working on a history of the National Science Foundation. We want part of that history to contain a discussion of some of the research that was done under NSF support. And looking over the grant lists we saw your name and we thought-- I would like to discuss the work you were doing under the NSF. You received grants regularly from 1965 through 1972.
Can you just give me, beginning with a general description of the work you were doing?
My work in general, and I guess my NSF support, started in 1961. This support continued in a continuous sequence of about twelve years in the general area of using computers for the solution of partial differential equations, in particular the mathematical models that characterize physical systems. Over the years I worked with air pollution, water resources, and a variety of other things. But they all had the common denominator that they were fundamental equations of classical physics. But the solution of these equations holds particular computational difficulties.
I see. So, it was numerical analysis work?
Yes. It's at the interface of numerical analysis and computer engineering because the problems I chose were always too computationally intensive. They were too time consuming for conventional computers. We were looking for ultimate schemes. Back when I started, I was just coming out of my analog days. I had started off in analog computing and introduced the notion of using analog subroutines in digital computer programs. Thus, at certain points in the computation, the digital computer would assign certain time consuming tasks to a special purpose network that I had built.
Analog and digital computing
So the electronics were analog electronics?
It was called the DSDT system (for Discrete Space, Discrete Time). It was used in a number of ways. And, just recently people have begun referring to it again.
And then the results from the analog segment would be digitized and fed back into the computer for later?
That's right. A large network of resistors receiving input in the form of voltage and then currents, relaxed almost instantaneously to what amounts to the solution of the Kirchhoff’s Law equations that govern the system. If the network is correctly set up those equations are analogous, that is they're similar term by term to the digital model that they're trying to solve. So, you have essentially a network that does the job much more rapidly.
I see. So you would design circuits that simulated the behavior of the equations that you were interested in?
Yes. Although, in fact, the circuits were general purpose in the sense that a large class of equations could be handled by the same network.
So would there be a different network for each problem? Or did every problem require several different networks?
The problems of physics fall into broad categories. Elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic equations. For instance, parabolic equations are heat transfer problems. They also characterize diffusion of a pollutant in the atmosphere. Almost every area of physics has some parabolic equations.
Well, anyway, that was the early work. Gradually I evolved into other aspects of modeling and simulating distributed parameter systems characterized by partial differential equations. For a while, I was interested in techniques of solving these problems by pure digital techniques and designed a variety of simulation languages. Those are software packages to facilitate the solution of certain problems, particularly those of interest to engineers, more accessible or user-friendly. Like FORTRAN makes it easier to solve mathematical problems. So using my language you could, in a very compact form, describe the equations in the systems.
Applications; aerospace industry
Now had you moved on to a different set of problems? Or were these largely the same problems that you had?
When I say largely the same, those are the problems of mathematical physics.
The solution of parabolic or elliptical equations?
They cover all the application areas.
So there weren't specific problems that were motivating your research? Because they had general application?
Right. Although I always worked on applications in interesting areas.
What areas were these? And what suggested them to you?
Well, in Los Angeles we're at the heart of the aerospace industry, and I had close contact with aerospace companies. So I was frequently stimulated by interactions with them. Often, my students were part-time employees of companies, like Hughes, TRW, Lockheed and the like. The same is true, to some extent, of NASA. I worked a long time in the cockpit flight simulator field.
Did you receive any funding from the corporations whose problems you were working on?
Well, I had several contracts with NASA. The corporations not so much. IBM gave us a lot of hardware. That was important. I don't recall the aerospace companies directly providing money.
NSF funding
I know the NSF was supplying money. Were you also receiving money from the Department of Defense or the AEC?
No. NASA.
Just NASA?
Well, there was also the Office of Water Resources Research. And a few others. It was just by coincidence that I happened not to go after DOD sponsorship.
I see. Was NSF money relatively easy to come by? Did you have a tough time persuading them to sponsor your research?
Well, if you get on the escalator, you do what you have to stay on. I worked hard to get the initial grants. And then I ran with the pack, essentially. So the renewals kept coming. Each would be for two or three years but, each one was a separate, peer-reviewed proposal.
I see. Perhaps in the early days they specified hardware, whereas in the later days it was your time or the time of research assistants or graduate students? Is that accurate?
It was always a major part.
Being people minded.
So even in the beginning when you were working more with hardware that was a minor component?
Well, maybe not minor. But hardware you could always somehow get a good deal from companies.
Software solving partial differential equations, PDEL
I see. You said that you assembled several software packages for the solution of these partial differential equations. What were the names of the packages? How widely were they distributed?
Let's see. One was called PDEL, Partial Differential Equation Language. We sent it to a few people and then a small software company here took over its distribution. And I know it also went to several national laboratories, some private companies and of course, universities.
Collaborations in mathematics and applications
Who were some of your collaborators during the years?
Do you mean the names of professors that worked with me?
Yes. Did you work closely with people who were more mathematically oriented for solution methodologies for these?
From time to time, yes. I worked with people in the math department. But I think my primary collaboration was with people in application areas, like civil engineers interested in underground water reservoirs.
And, aerospace engineers.
I was talking not long ago with David Young, who seems to have been doing related work. He was working on iterative solutions for the partial differential equations that derive from oil recovery and reservoirs.
He's at the University of Texas, right?
He's much more of a mathematician than I am. He's an applied mathematician. I'm really more of an engineer, who uses math.
NSF definitions of research
I see. As you were working on the software packages, did you feel you were still in engineering? Had you felt that you had been drifting over towards computer science, or software design?
With National Science Foundation sponsorship, almost from the beginning there were problems about "What is research?" and "Is engineering research?" And the NSF Program monitors were always under pressure to justify that what they were doing was really research rather than a sort of development that industry should be doing.
So I always try to wear the mantle of the computer sciences, even as I worked in the application areas
Analog approach and artificial neural networks
You say there's recently been a revival of interest in your approach, in your analog approach. Can you site some examples?
Well, one of the hot areas in computer science is now artificial neural networks, networks that are modeled on the brain. Now these, in reality, are all analog. At least today all the neural networks are analog. So, we're back to having analog networks. So, the concept, that I introduced, of analog subroutines was sort of revived. A couple of people I know referenced my work and then called me up about it.
All right. Who, for instance?
John Caulfield, in Alabama.
Right. Back in the '60s, what caused you to start to wind down the analog work and focus more directly on software packages? Did you feel that your simulations were better?
No. I just saw how the wind was blowing. An important part of our function here is to educate students, to send them out in the world with a bag of tricks to help them get jobs, and do well. Companies were looking for people trained in more all-digital simulation rather than in analog or hybrid simulation. So while I never really lost my fascination for analog, I moved on.
You mentioned a few specific applications; you said air pollution was one. Can you name any others? Things you said perhaps for the aerospace industry?
I mentioned flight simulation. It was something that I did for many years. I worked on nuclear reactor simulation a lot. I looked at the thermo-hydraulic transients in the nuclear reactors, meaning the cooling water temperature and pressure.
Now those results, I would think, would be of great interest to either utilities or the AEC?
When you would work on a system, what would become of it? Would you develop something and sell it to a client?
No. Usually my output was technical papers.
I don't recall ever trying to sell something, although I moonlight as a consultant. But that's not really the research that gets sold. It's the expertise that I've learned and acquired during my research.
There's also electrical power networks, power distribution systems. In the Apollo program there was training for the dynamics of space vehicles, and the control of space vehicles. There was an application there. I did mention aquifers, underground water reservoirs?
That was a major application. You know, I could if you like, I could mail you my curriculum vitae, which has over a hundred papers.
Oh, that might be useful. I'll be expecting it. You may have touched on this just before, but these specific problems, were you aware that they demanded treatment? Or did you consult with someone who brought them to your attention?
Well, I circulated around quite a bit at conferences and in the industry. So one way or another they came to me.
Were you attracted to a problem because of its urgency, because an idea of how to attack it occurred to you?
Yes. (I hate to sound like I had a solution looking for a problem.) But for the techniques that I developed, there are some other phases that we haven't talked about yet, that lend themselves to the treatment of certain problems and not others. My ears were always open for good applications for the techniques that we were working on.
System identification problems; underground water reservoirs
When you say other phases we haven't talked about, what do you mean?
Okay. After the simulation languages, for a number of years, I guess, until the end of my support from NSF, I was interested in the system identification problems. Which is, how do you make a model of a system that exists in the real world? In particular how do you derive the parameters? For example, if you have an underground water reservoir, and you would like to predict how the water level will rise or fall over the years, you need to describe the physical properties of the ground, of the geologic strata that make up that reservoir.
But that information is not directly accessible to you, as a rule. So you must infer those from observations of the system. You may watch the water level. Let's say you observe fifty wells for several years. And from those observations you try to infer what is a probable mathematical model of the system.
It's called an Inverse Problem. It's a tough problem that does not have a unique solution. And some of the techniques that we developed were particularly applicable for that.
Would you would test the different models?
You might say that. Its called validation of the model. You would use the model to predict something that was not used in designing the model. And in that way, you would test it.
So these were actual physical reservoirs that you were trying to model. Can you think of the locations of some of them?
In the Los Angeles area. We had nine aquifers within the Los Angeles city limits. And Los Angeles is a very arid place. So our water control district is always interested in these models, as were others from all over the world.
Digital computing; NSF application process
And this was strictly digital, this work?
I've done nothing analog, since the late '60s.
Now you said that one of your motivations for switching from analog to digital work was sensitivity to the needs of the graduate students. I wonder also whether the NSF encouraged that switch. Were they more interested in supporting work in digital computing?
Well, I never had the feeling that they were pushing me in any direction. It was really more of what the reviewers would say. You would send a proposal to NSF, they would select five reviewers and each reviewers gives a grade. And if the average grade is above a certain threshold then you would get money. So if you go too far afield, you run afoul of this review process.
Now, to some extent, the project director at NSF has your fate in his hands by the way he picks the reviewers. But just to answer your question, I did not get the impression that NSF was pushing me in one way or another. But there was a general push to accent science and research as distinguished from overly practical applications.
Right. One other question I'm wondering about, these aquifers in LA or elsewhere in the world, you would create the models but, do you have any sense of what became of your results.
Really, my output was methodology rather than the specific numbers. I provided tools that other people then used to do what they wanted to do.
So you weren't working closely with the utilities or water managers?
No. Only in the sense that I tried to make my models applicable and relevant.
Transition from NSF to industrial funding, 1970s-1980s
I see. And then you say that phase took you through to the end of your NSF support. Did you change research topics or find an alternate funding source?
Yes, there were a number of funding sources, but I guess I got older and older and my contemporaries were all moving elsewhere and the available money became smaller and smaller, and the criticism more and more arch.
And, in fact, at just about that time the computer science department, of which I was chairman, got a very big NSF grant, in the multi-million dollars.
For facilities?
Yes, it was for facilities. But that also made a lot of other things happen. So I was not that hungry.
So you ceased applying?
Right. And then starting with the '80s, industrial money became easier to get. And the state of California developed a number of programs. So, all in all, I guess it became less and less interesting for me to get financial increments from NSF.
Research significance; hybrid computing
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I see. If I could ask you to describe the impact of your work, how would you do that? Or perhaps even its forebears, the work that you built on. I'd like to, when I write about your research, try to locate it in a continuum of development.
I would say that I was one of the pioneers of hybrid computing, the interaction of analog and digital computing, and maybe one of the three, maybe four, most influential people in that area. I would say that the digital simulation languages attracted comment, but did not have all that much impact. The method for system identification that I've described, and in fact we're still working in that general area now, using neural nets, have stimulated a lot of other people to do things. Now that's as far as methodology is concerned. As far as applications to specific areas are concerned, I think I've had a impact on a number of projects in the aerospace industry within NASA.
I see. When you say you were one of the three or four pioneers and leading figures in digital analog hybridization, who else worked in that area?
Granino, Korn, George Bekey, and Robert Howe.
And where are they? Do you know?
Howe is at University of Michigan. Bekey is at University of Southern California. Korn is at University of Arizona.
Thank you. This has been very helpful. And I look forward to getting your cv. I want to offer you an opportunity to characterize your work for the NSF, or offer any other statements you feel would be useful.
I would love to read over what you write before you submit it.
Oh, certainly. Well, thank you for talking to me.
[End of interview]
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Software & software engineering
1 About Walter Karplus
2 About the Interview
3 Copyright Statement
4.1 Research and NSF funding summary, 1960s-1970s
4.2 Analog and digital computing
4.3 Applications; aerospace industry
4.4 NSF funding
4.5 Software solving partial differential equations, PDEL
4.6 Collaborations in mathematics and applications
4.7 NSF definitions of research
4.8 Analog approach and artificial neural networks
4.9 Research applications
4.10 System identification problems; underground water reservoirs
4.11 Digital computing; NSF application process
4.12 Transition from NSF to industrial funding, 1970s-1980s
4.13 Research significance; hybrid computing
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Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931–1989)
Stainless steel on granite
9 m × 7 m × 18 m (29.5 ft × 22.9 ft × 59 ft)
Sæbraut, Reykjavík, Iceland
The Sun Voyager (Icelandic: Sólfar) is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat, or an ode to the Sun. The artist intended it to convey the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.
2 Concept
In 1986, the district association of the west part of the city funded a competition for a new outdoor sculpture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the city of Reykjavík. Jón Gunnar's Sun Voyager won the competition, and the aluminium model (42.5 cm × 88 cm × 36 cm, 16.7 in × 34.6 in × 14.2 in) was presented to the city for enlargement. The full-sized Sun Voyager was eventually unveiled on Sæbraut on the birthday of the city of Reykjavík, August 18, 1990.
The work is constructed of quality stainless steel and stands on a circle of granite slabs surrounded by so-called “town-hall concrete”. It was constructed in accordance with Jón Gunnar's enlarged full-scale drawing of Sun Voyager and was overseen by Jón Gunnar's assistant, the artist Kristinn E. Hrafnsson. The engineering of the sculpture was supervised by the technologist, Sigurjón Yngvason, in close cooperation with Jón Gunnar himself, the building itself was carried out by Reynir Hjálmtýsson and his assistant.
Concept[edit]
In an interview published in the newspaper Þjóðviljinn on 11 June 1987, Jón Gunnar describes the genesis of the work as being part of the Scandinavian art project, Experimental Environment, which conducted various artistic experiments in Iceland, Denmark and other places in the 1980s:[1]
In May 1985, a group of artists, members of the Scandinavian art project, Experimental Environment, gathered to take part in the Saari-Vala Environmental Art Action in Bockholm, Finland. There I experienced a sense of the history of the origins of Icelanders, something which is also related in the present exhibition at the Nordic House in Reykjavík.
I had an uncanny feeling that I had been on this island before, when travelling on my way from Mongolia to Iceland, hundreds of years ago.
As you know, there have been speculations that the Icelanders as a race originated in Mongolia. I have discovered the history of their migration to Iceland, which runs as follows: Many centuries ago, a mighty warlord, let’s say it was Alexander the Great, was living in the centre of the known world. He dispatched his bravest and most experienced warriors, along with some women, scribes and other followers, on an exploratory expedition to the cardinal directions, the north, west, south, and east, in order to discover and conquer new, unknown territories. Those who headed east followed the rising sun until they reached the steppes of Mongolia. There they settled down and lived in comfort. Those scribes who accompanied the warriors were expected to document the expedition for the king. Several centuries later, when the documents written by the scribes eventually came to be examined, the people discovered that they had another fatherland in the west. They therefore decided to gather together their belongings and head back west towards the setting sun. We followed the sun for days and years, walking, riding and sailing. We enriched our experience and our determination grew in strength as our journey progressed, and we recorded everything that we saw and experienced. I remember endless pine forests, mountains and waterfalls, lakes, islands, rivers and seas before we eventually reached the ocean. We then constructed huge ships and sailed on westwards towards the setting sun.
As a result of this vivid experience of my participation in this expedition while on the island of Bockholm in the Finnish archipelago, I carved a picture of a sun ship into a granite rock by the sea. The sun ship symbolizes the promise of new, undiscovered territory. It is also being exhibited here at the Nordic House, made of aluminium.
Location[edit]
There has been some dispute about the eventual location of Sun Voyager on Sæbraut in Reykjavík. Some people have complained that the ship does not face west, towards the setting Sun in accordance with the concept behind it. The original intention had been for Sun Voyager to be situated in the west part of Reykjavík, for obvious reasons. Jón Gunnar's original idea had been for the ship to be placed on Landakot hill, the prow facing the centre of Reykjavík and the stern to Christ the King Cathedral (Icelandic: Landakotskirkja). Another possibility was that it could be placed by the harbour in the centre of Reykjavík on a specially constructed base. The coastline by Ánanaust nonetheless eventually came to be Jón Gunnar's preferred location for the ship. Unfortunately, changes in the town planning for Reykjavík came to rule out this location. In the end, the final decision was taken (with Jón Gunnar's consent) that Sun Voyager should be located on Sæbraut on a small headland (which the artist jokingly called Jónsnes: Jón's Peninsula). Jón Gunnar was well aware that when bolted to its platform, Sun Voyager would be facing north, but felt that that made little difference when it came down to it.
Sun Voyager was built in accordance with the artist's hand-drawn full-scale plan. Its irregular form with the ever-flowing lines and poetic movement which are a distinctive feature of so many of his works make it seem as if the ship is floating on air. It reaches out into space in such a way that the sea, the sky and the mind of the observer become part of the work as a whole. As a result, Sun Voyager has the unique quality of being able to carry each and every observer to wherever his/her mind takes him/her. Few of Jón Gunnar's works have a simple obvious interpretation. As he stated himself, all works of art should convey a message that transcends the work itself. It is the observer who bears the eventual responsibility for interpreting the works in his/her own way, thus becoming a participant in the overall creation of the work. Jón Gunnar's works frequently make such demands on the observers, giving them the opportunity to discover new truths as a result of their experience.
Icelandic art
A display of some of Jón Gunnar's artwork – UMM
Jón Gunnar Árnason, Hugarorka og sólstafir. National Gallery of Iceland, 1994.
SÚM 1965-1972. Reykjavik Art Museum, 1989.
Íslensk list: 16 íslenskir myndlistarmenn. Hildur, 1981.
Íslensk listasaga, frá síðari hluta 19. aldar til upphafs 21. aldar. National Gallery of Iceland and Forlagið, 2011.
^ Interview with Jón Gunnar Árnason. "Sól, hnífar, skip", Þjóðviljinn, 11 July 1987
Coordinates: 64°8′51.35″N 21°55′20.32″W / 64.1475972°N 21.9223111°W / 64.1475972; -21.9223111
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Zalman Grinberg
Kaunas, Russian Empire
August 8, 1983 (1983-08-09) (aged 70)
Mineola, New York, USA
Zalman Grinberg (September 4, 1912 – August 8, 1983) was a medical doctor who served as the chairman for the Central Committee of Liberated Jews in the American sector of Germany and Austria after World War II.
Zalman Grinberg was born on September 4, 1912 in Lithuania.[1] He was educated as a medical doctor with a specialty in radiology. He was imprisoned in the concentration camp at Dachau.[1]
Shortly after the war, he found himself near the monastery of St. Ottilien.[1] There, managed to set up a hospital at the monastery, recruiting nurses and physicians among the concentration camp survivors.[1]
Subsequently, he was appointed to the Central Committee ("ZK"), which was seated in Munich.[1] He moved to Israel and became the director of the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1955, where he became a psychiatrist.[1]
He was married to Eva Klein. They had three sons, Yair, Moshe and Raffi.[1]
Death[edit]
He died in Mineola, New York.[1]
^ a b c d e f g h i Dr. Zalman Grinberg Is Dead; Aided Death-Camp Survivors, The New York Times, August 9, 1983
WorldCat Identities: viaf-4294157040170767040001
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Europe > Britain and Ireland > United Kingdom > England > South East England > Hampshire > Eastleigh
2.1 By train
2.2 By taxi
2.3 By bus
2.4 By plane
2.5 By car
3.1 By foot
3.2 By bike
The Point, Eastleigh
Eastleigh is a town in Hampshire that sits between Winchester and Southampton. The town has a long history associated with the railways, being the site of a large railway works that at one time was the major employer in the area.
The Borough of Eastleigh contains many small villages and hamlets, with Chandler's Ford to the north, Bishopstoke, Fair Oak and Horton Heath to the east.
Perhaps the best-known piece of history associated with Eastleigh is that it is the home of the Spitfire (World War II fighter plane, designed by R. J. Mitchell). The aircraft was built, designed and first flown from what is now Southampton Airport, which is in Eastleigh. Southampton Airport was claimed to have been sunk by the German Air Force during the Second World War! During its military service, it was known as HMS Raven, and this name was announced by the German propaganda machine as a successfully sunk ship of the Royal Navy!
The town also boasts a link to one of the UK's best known comics, Benny Hill. Indeed it was his work as a milkman in the town that spawned his well known "Ernie - the fastest milkman in the west" tune. The cartoon character 'Jane' and musician Heinz Burt are both connected with the borough.
Since the late 20th century, it has become a bit of a dormitory town, in that it has become home to many people who live here, but work elsewhere. This is mainly due to the good transport links of the M3 and M27 motorways and Southampton Airport - with direct flights to much of the UK and many points within Europe.
In 2006, Eastleigh was named as the ninth best place to live in the UK by the Channel 4 television programme The Best and Worst Places to Live 2006. The abundance of jobs and the excellent transport links were named as some of the primary reasons for this award. Nearby Winchester was named the best place to live in the UK by the same programme.
Bishopstoke is just one of the many small villages and hamlets in the borough of Eastleigh in Hampshire, England.
It has a history which stretches back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is featured in Domesday Book and has long links with Winchester Cathedral and its bishops. King John signed charters here during his visits in 1205 and 1207. William Gilbert, the novelist father of W.S. Gilbert, is stated to have been born here in 1804. During the reign of Queen Victoria Dean Garnier's garden is said to have rivalled that at Chiswick. In the early 1940s part of the village had its milk delivered by Benny Hill, who became a popular comedian after the war.
Bordering the River Itchen with a unique riverside frontage, the Angler's public house & restaurant is a favourite stopping off point for ramblers using the Itchen Way.
Chandler's Ford has a long history associated with the railways, being the site of a large railway works that at one time was the major employer in the area. The population of Chandler's Ford is now over 20,000 and still growing.
By train[edit]
50.9694-1.34941 Eastleigh railway station. Very good rail links, being on the main line between Weymouth and London. A service to London runs between half an hour to an hour. Local rail connections to nearby towns are described at Three Rivers Rail
Frequent rail services to Eastleigh station from Southampton, Winchester, Portsmouth, Basingstoke & London. Fast services from Bournemouth/Poole, the Midlands, Scotland & London are available to Southampton Parkway station to the south. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9503-1.36342 Southampton Airport Parkway railway station.
50.9831-1.38443 Chandler's Ford Station. On the main line between Weymouth and London. A service to London runs between half an hour to an hour. A train that runs from Romsey to Totton, which also stops at Eastleigh, Southampton Airport Parkway and Southampton Central, stops at the station. (updated Dec 2020)
By taxi[edit]
50.9681-1.32631 Galaxy Cars, ☏ +44 2382 182786. Local taxis in Eastleigh and private hire service. (updated Dec 2020)
By bus[edit]
Regular bus services to Southampton, Romsey, Winchester and areas in the surrounding borough. National Express coaches runs services through the town centre.
By plane[edit]
50.9503-1.35674 Southampton Airport (SOU IATA). Regular services from many airports across the British Isles, but very few from further afield. (updated Dec 2020)
By car[edit]
Eastleigh is also the end point of the M3 connecting the South Coast via the M27 with the rest of the country's motorway network.
Approximate travel times:
London (1.5 hours)
Birmingham (2.5 hours)
50°57′59″N 1°21′8″W
Map of Eastleigh
By foot[edit]
Eastleigh town centre is very small and can easily be travelled on foot. It takes less than ten minutes to traverse. Eastleigh does have a large residential sprawl a-joined in the North and West known as Boyatt Wood. There are regular buses and travel time on foot to the opposite end of Boyatt Wood is only 25 minutes.
Bishopstoke is a one mile walk along Bishopstoke Road or a short taxi ride. Alternatively catch a bus from the bus station in the town centre to "The Mill" stop which is at the centre of the village and close to Riverside and the river Itchen.
By bike[edit]
50.9682-1.35381 Eastleigh Museum, High Street, ☏ +44 2380 643026. Tu-Sa. It has files covering Bishopstoke's long history. Light refreshments are available & special exhibitions are staged on a regular basis. (updated Dec 2020)
50.975-1.33642 St Mary's Church, at the lower end of Church Road, Bishopstoke. John "Billious" Bale medieval rector, writer & playwright preached his infamous sermons here. Samuel Sewall, a judge in the Salem Witch Trials was baptised here. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9932-1.27773 Marwell Zoological Park, Colden Common (On the B2177. Accessible by road or by Stagecoach bus 69 (4 buses on Su only)), ☏ +44 7626 943163. Apr-Oct: daily 10AM-6PM; Nov-Mar: daily 10AM-4PM; last admission 90 minutes before close; closed Dec 25th. The park has over 200 rare and endangered species of animals. The Marwell Preservation Trust is dedicated to conservation and increased knowledge of all living creatures. £11.50 adult; £9.50 senior or student; £8 child. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9554-1.3641 Lakeside Country Park, Wide Ln,, ☏ +44 2380 617882. An area of land left behind by the gravel extraction for the M27. The three large holes are now flooded and provide a very pleasant green belt between Southampton and Eastleigh. Fishing, walking and bird watching are all possible at the site, as well as a miniature railway that runs during School holidays. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9664-1.35132 Vue Cinemas, Swan Centre. 9-screen cinema. (updated Jun 2016)
50.967-1.35373 Hollywood Bowl Eastleigh, Swan Centre. A 20-lane bowling alley, run by AMF. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9052-1.38574 Itchen Way. Ramblers can use to reach other locations along the valley of the river Itchen including Allbrook (home of Mary Beale, the artist, during the late 1660s) Brambridge (home of Maria Fitzherbert in the mid 1700s), Shawford, St Cross & Winchester. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9698-1.35565 The Point (Arts centre), Leigh Road (not far from Eastleigh town centre), ☏ +44 2380 652333. A variety of stage and film productions throughout the year. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9456-1.33996 Itchen Valley Country Park, Allington Ln, West End, Southampton (approx. 2 miles south of Bishopstoke, can be accessed by car via Allington Lane, Fair Oak to the east of the village or walkers may use the Itchen Way which adjoins the western edge of the village). (updated Dec 2020)
50.9718-1.33797 Bishopstoke Players, Memorial Hall. If your visit coincides with the staging of a performance by the talented Bishopstoke Players and you book early enough, you are in for a treat. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9949-1.37338 Hiltingbury Lakes. About 17 acres of water, woodland and wildlife. Here you can enjoy walking, fishing or just watching the wildlife. (updated Dec 2020)
The town centre consists of two streets (High Street and Market Street) and the Swan Centre shopping centre which sits at the end of the two. Many national chains are represented as are independent shops. The main supermarket in the town centre is Tesco, which is attached to the Swan Centre. There is also a Sainsbury's, but there is a giant Asda 'Hypermarket' in nearby Chandlers' Ford, and an out of town retail park alongside the M27 near Hedge End. There is a market in the town centre twice a week.
Most tastes are catered for in Eastleigh. In the town centre, Ghandi's and the Great Moghul are very well respected Indian restaurants. The Peking Phoenix is one of the best Chinese restaurants in the area. There is an Italian restaurant, Nashaa's, cafés, sandwich shops, and the usual array of chain outlets and various takeaways. Most pubs in the town centre also have food menus.
There is an array of Chinese takeaways, Indian takeaways and fish and chip shops in Chandler's Ford.
50.9716-1.33791 The Angler's Inn, 17 Riverside, Bishopstoke, ☏ +44 2380 612995. Parking available. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9693-1.33682 Toby Carvery Bishopstoke (The River Inn), Bishopstoke. Parking available. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9644-1.32233 The Welcome Inn, 154 Fair Oak Rd,. Parking available. (updated Dec 2020)
There are many pubs in the Town Centre catering for all tastes. Pubs in the Town Centre include The Wagon Works (formerly The Tavern), Stones and The Station (formerly The Litten Tree). The Good Companions, The Grantham Arms and The Chamberlayne Arms are all within walking distance.
If alcohol is not for you, there is Costa Coffee in High Street or Boswells in the Swan Centre.
50.9714-1.36911 Holiday Inn Southampton-Eastleigh, Leigh Rd (M3,jct13), ☏ +44 8719 429075. (updated Dec 2020)
50.9728-1.37362 Premier Travel Inn, 117-119 Leigh Rd, SO50 9YX, ☏ +44 8715 278994. (updated Dec 2020)
Southampton five miles to the south has several cinemas and theatres.
Why not use the area as a base for exploring southern Hampshire? There is much to see at and around Winchester, Romsey, Bursledon, Netley and Hamble, not forgetting the New Forest. The area is well served with motorways although these should be avoided at peak commuting times.
Routes through Eastleigh
Southampton ← S N → Winchester → London
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No, Lovebugs Were Not Created by Scientists
Entomology Today May 12, 2014 2 Comments
By Richard Levine
I was recently in Sarasota, Florida and got to see the beginning of the summer swarm of lovebugs (Plecia nearctica). I also got to hear some locals tell me lots of “facts” about them that just aren’t true, so let’s set the record straight right now.
MYTH # 1 — Lovebugs were created by scientists in the lab, and then they escaped.
I heard this from a waiter at a local restaurant. This rumor has been around for decades, but it’s not true. As University of Florida entomologist Dr. Norm Leppla explains in the following video, “They came to Florida just after World War II, we think, pretty much by themselves from Yucatan.”
In fact, I later learned that the insects that were swarming at the restaurant weren’t even lovebugs. Instead, they were similar looking insects called Dilophus sayi that lack the red dots seen on lovebugs. Sarasota’s Herald Tribune recently ran an article about it called “Lovebugs are back, or are they?”
MYTH # 2 — Lovebugs eat mosquitoes.
This was part of MYTH # 1, the story being that scientists were trying to create an insect that would eat mosquitoes. As much as I wish it were true, lovebugs DO NOT eat mosquitoes. In fact, adults do not eat at all, and the larvae feed on decaying plant matter.
MYTH # 3 — Lovebugs have no natural enemies, and no other insects will eat them.
I recently received a call from a guy who lives south of Daytona who was shocked to see some kind of insect eating lovebugs on his porch. A family member told him that this was unheard of, since everyone knows nothing eats lovebugs, so they decided to call me here at the headquarters of the Entomological Society of America. I asked if he could send me a photo, which he did, and it turned out to be an assassin bug nymph, a voracious hunter. I’m sure praying mantises and other insect predators would be happy to dine on them as well, and lovebug larvae have been found in the gizzards of robins and quail.
MYTH # 4 — Lovebug body fluids are acidic.
Lovebugs actually ARE attracted to heat and exhaust fumes, which is why Floridians see so many of them on their windshields and grills, and they really can cause damage to your paint job if they are not washed off quickly. However, as Dr. Leppla says in the video above, “They aren’t acid and they aren’t basic, they’re fairly neutral. What causes the problem is leaving those [lovebugs] on the car until the sun and the heat and perhaps microorganisms cause them to be damaging. The trick is to get them off your car as soon as possible.”
MYTH # 5 — Lovebugs are bugs.
Well, yes, if by “bugs” you mean any creepy-crawly thing, such as insects, spiders, millipedes, etc. But in the entomological world, lovebugs are not considered to be “true bugs” in the order Hemiptera. Instead, they are actually flies in the order Diptera.
– Common Myths About Lovebugs, Florida Folklore
– Fact Or Fiction? The Truth About Those Pesky Lovebugs
– University of Florida Lovebug Information Page
– Lovebugs in Florida
– Living With Lovebugs
Richard Levine
Richard Levine is Communications Program Manager at the Entomological Society of America and editor of the Entomology Today Blog.
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Derek Rellow says:
Heh. At least you don’t have to do this on a daily basis like I do sometimes (I live in Orlando, FL). Good work!
love this theory thx for the help
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The 2010 United States Census and Congressional Reapportionment
(event) by Glowing Fish Tue Jan 04 2011 at 19:10:17
Every ten years, the United States of America conducts a census. This census collects many different pieces of information, and the data that can be mined from the census is multifaceted and fascinating. However, the main purpose of the census, as put forward in the United States Constitution, is to apportion seats in the United States House of Representatives based on each states population. This also determines the amount of electoral votes each state gets in presidential elections.
After the census mails out its forms, and then goes door to door to get responses from people who failed to return their forms, it puts all its information into a big computer, which eventually spits out a long piece of ticker tape displaying the total population of each state. (I am guessing on that last part.) Although the actual tallying of census data was at one time very time consuming in human and later computer labor, I imagine that in the 21st century, when we have computers designed to find the value of pi to several trillion places, the actual tallying of the populations of the states is probably a fairly trivial job. The census was taken in the spring and summer of 2010, and the results were available by December 2010. There had been many guesses about which states gained and lost seats based on population projections, and they turned out to be mostly accurate.
The Gainers
Texas: Texas gained four congressional seats, which even by Texan standards, is a big gain in congressional seats. In the past 50 years, only California and Florida have gained that many seats after a census. Texas now has a total of 36 seats, and 38 electoral votes.
Florida: Along with California and Texas, Florida has been a steadily growing state since after the end of World War II, and this year is no exception. Florida gains a relatively modest two congressional seats, bringing it to a total of 27 seats, and 29 electoral votes.
Georgia: Georgia gained one seat, moving to 14 seats and 16 electoral votes.
South Carolina: Although not a perennial gainer, South Carolina gained a seat this census, moving up to 7 seats and 9 electoral votes.
Utah: Gained one seat, moving to 4 seats and 6 electoral votes.
Arizona: Gained a seat, moving to 8 seats and 10 electoral votes.
Nevada: Nevada was actually the greatest gainer in the terms of its percentage in population, moving up 35% since the 2000 Census. Nevada gained one seat, moving to 4 seats and 6 electoral votes.
Washington gained a seat, going to 10 seats and 12 electoral votes.
And, the states who lost seats, told in a somewhat briefer format:
New York went from 29 to 27 seats.
Ohio went from 18 to 16 seats.
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana all lost a seat.
And, conspicuously not moving at all is California, a state that since 1930 has gained seats. California appears to have reached the right side of its sigma curve, at least for the present. Although California is still gaining population, it is not doing so at a rate greater than the country as a whole.
The facts being laid out, a bit of commentary should be added. The trend since the end of World War II has been that the Northeast and Midwest lost seats, while the South and West gained seats. This census was no exception, with the only exception to that being Louisiana, a southern state that lost population after Hurricane Katrina. This was again something that most population predictions had guessed at, although the exact details were sometimes a bit off (for example, North Carolina and Oregon were both possibilities to gain seats, something they both missed.
One result of this population shift is that states that tend to vote more conservatively will gain seats, while liberal states will lose seats. The conventional wisdom is that this reapportionment will therefore favor the Republican Party. There are several nuances in this view, however. For one thing, in the electoral college, some of the gainers were not as firmly conservative as they once were. Florida is the epitome of a swing state, and Washington is a safe Democratic state. Nevada and Arizona are also somewhat disputed territory. However, on the whole, the big gains in Texas and the losses across the Middle Atlantic mean that the Democratic Party has lost a net of about 10 electoral votes.
However, the reapportionment also effects congressional districts, as well as electoral votes, and this might be a gain for the Democratic Party. Although Texas is a conservative state overall, much of the gain in population has been in Hispanic areas that are much more likely to vote Democratic. It could also be the case in Georgia, Florida and Arizona that the population growth has been in urban areas that are more likely to vote Democratic. It is also the case that while Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio are mostly Democratic, the population loss is in conservative, rural area. Of course, this also depends on redistricting, where each state draws up the boundaries for its congressional districts. This process is perhaps the most complicated and frankly, corrupt part of the American political system, and will not be completed until some time in 2012.
On balance, the reapportionment probably favors the Republican Party, but in a way that is so slight that it will probably be drowned out by other, larger demographic trends, or about the specific issues and personalities of politicians.
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Custom «Pro-Choice» Essay Paper
Custom «Pro-Choice» Essay Paper essay
Pro-choice can be defined as the legal and ethical right that a woman should have, to control her fertility and the freedom to continue or terminate her pregnancy. This consists of the guarantee of reproductive rights, which includes access to sexual education; right to safe and legal abortion, contraception, and fertility treatments; and lawful protection from forced abortion.
To be "pro-choice" is to maintain that women have total authority with respect to their own reproductive systems as long as they do not fail the autonomy of others. A comprehensive pro-choice position confirms that all of the following must remain under law: i.e. Celibacy and abstinence ,usage of contraception methods, urgent contraception usage, abortion-only in the first two trimesters of pregnancy ; and childbirth .In certain countries like the United States, the pro-choice position is conceived as "pro-abortion." But the fact is that the main goal of the pro-choice organization is to make sure that all choices remain legal. The pro-life and pro-choice movements mainly come into conflict on the problem of abortion. The pro-life movement strongly claims that even non-viable, undeveloped life of a fetus is sacred and must be legally under the protection of government. Abortion, as per this model, is not at all lawful, and they strongly recommend against practicing it widely on an illegal basis. But on the other hand the pro-choice movement points out that in situations where personhood of the fetus cannot be proven, for example in the case of pregnancies prior to the point of viability, the government does not have the legal right to stand against a woman's right to decide whether or not to carry on with her pregnancy (Speckhard, 1987).
People and several firms who support these positions consist of the pro-choice movement. The right to live is the fundamental right of all human beings. Anti-abortion policies generally prevent the women folk from access to comprehensive sex education and contraception, thus increasing, not decreasing, the need for abortion. For example several Irish women used to visit the United Kingdom for abortions since abortions were illegal in Ireland, and in Belgium before abortion was legalized, the Belgian women used to travel to France to make these abortions possible. Also abortion is a last resort and only way out in a number of scenarios where many doctors think abortion is a necessary option (Speckhard, 1987). If we analyzes these situations we may find that those were the women and some times teen-agers who were raped, or a lady where her health or life or that of the fetus is at complete risk, or the mother is a carrier of dangerous and transmittable diseases like AIDS. Some pro-choice moderates, who would otherwise be willing to accept certain restrictions on abortion, feel that political dramas usually compels them to oppose any such restrictions, as they could be used as a simple and smooth ride towards the abolishment of all kinds of abortions. Pro choice is expected to empower women to make informed choices (Saltenberger, 1982).
Pro-choice insists that whether or not to continue with a pregnancy is a strictly personal choice, as it involves a woman's body, personal health, and future. Pro-choice maintains that both the mother's and children's lives are better when abortions are legal, thus preventing the poor woman from going to desperate lengths to obtain illegal abortions. In several situations where illegal abortions had taken place cases have been reported where the women had fallen victims of doctors who raped them or demanded huge amounts of money from them to perform those abortions illegally.
In a wider sense, pro-choice is another term for individual liberty, reproductive freedom, and birth rights. It does not mean killing a child out of lame excuses or misusing the law. We see an ever increasing rate of teenage pregnancies or illegal abortions taking place especially in this century as compared to previous centuries where families and spiritual systems formed the backbone of the society. The only way out of problems is not making abortions illegal all at once. What we need is the abolishment of scenarios that makes pregnancies illegal. The root cause lies in the heart and minds of this degenerates society. Earlier people used to go for abortion only in very peculiar situations(as mentioned above).Making abortions illegal or shouting against pro-choice campaigns is not the solution for the innumerable number of illegal pregnancies taking place in this society. What is lacking in the society is a spiritual enlightenment which needs to be built from the roots. Today people find their enlightenment in sex, drugs, gambling, booze, riches, pornography and several vile things. What caused all this degeneration!!? Pro-choice cannot be considered bad as such or a huge enemy of human race. It is the individuals who misuse these rights (Reardon, 1987).
Abortions were made legal because there were situations where no other solutions were feasible like in situations mentioned above. In many cases men forced women to perform abortion when they found that the woman is carrying their child by illegal means. They never wanted to marry the lady or accept the responsibilities. But the ethical question of killing a life is present in all cases. What we need is not the abolishment of entire pro-choice centers (Reardon, 1987). What we need is a morally responsible generation and godly people who know what is right and what is wrong. A morally right generation will never have to complain about illegal pregnancies or emotional disintegration. Pro-choice only makes abortions legal just to avoid the huge mishaps that may happen if abortions were made illegal. Pro-choice was meant to help desperate women whose lives were in danger due to health risks or other unavoidable situations, but we can see that now a days lots of career woman find lame excuses for killing their healthy fetus babies just to follow their career or to avoid responsibilities which is of course wrong. These women need to understand that life is a God given gift and it cannot be stopped to fulfill ones own selfish desires or to live a stylish lifestyle befitting the values of this world. In addition to this several pro-choice websites mention the dangers of abortion as: Heavy bleeding, strange issues in future pregnancy, Becoming sterile, Needing a Hysterectomy, Not completing the job, irrecoverable infection, breast cancer development, psychological traumas and even Death. In short not even pro-choice organizations advice abortions at any cost. It is a personal choice. But to make that choice or not is up to a woman to decide. The pro-choice movement argues that in cases where human personhood cannot be proven, e.g. in pregnancies prior to the point of viability, the government does not have the right to impede a woman's right to decide whether or not to continue a pregnancy. At this point pro-choice raises an ethical question. No one wants to kill a little fetus unless for valid reasons. The misuse of another life for the sake of freedom and selfishness of the mother is plane cruelty. Pro-choice can be considered only in worst case scenarios. It cannot be used as a weapon for hi-fi freak morally degenerated lifestyle seen today’s society. Certainly, not all abortions are pressured. The word "choice" is usually used when speaking of abortion. This means that actual choices are available and accessible, perhaps even implying that the pregnant woman is informed of their choices during informed-consent counseling. But we find that in several cases people are not given proper counseling before abortion. This is a totally wrong thing. In religious books we find that women are to remain at home and raise their children. In this modernized feminist society woman are in a rat race with their men counter parts to make money and more money. In this busy life they have no time o look after their babies and leave them in day care with strangers and feel no regrets about it. They kill their babies to pursue their career and make more money. The morally degenerated society pursue sexual pleasures above everything else which ends up in illegal unwanted pregnancies that we see today everywhere. Millions of babies are killed in the world just because they are illegal or because their moms do not have time or willingness to take responsibility of their babies. They make the face of pro-choice cruel. The feminist movement had misused pro–choice to the maximum extent possible. It is now at a phase where its noble cause is long forgotten (Zekman & Warrick, 1978).
To sum it all if one believes in an immortal soul that is implanted at the moment of conception, and if personhood is determined by the presence of that immortal soul, then there is no difference, in effect, between eradicating a week-old fetus or killing a living, breathing human being(Baehr,1990). All human beings whether they are in pro-choice or pro-life movements do not want an innocent human being(even if it is a week old ) to be killed under any circumstances but we need to understand that in certain situations abortion is the only feasible solution. No one wants a woman to abort her baby at any cost, unless she decides it by herself. But the choice is all left to that woman. We should make a difference in the process of that thought. No woman should kill a baby in her womb for any lame reasons. Making pro-choice a weapon for own selfish fulfillment is obviously wrong. Law is made to help human beings, but as we see world wide people misuse these laws for their own pleasures which makes the entire pro-choice movement totally cruel and inhuman.
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EXPRESS INFORMER > News & Politics > Negro Leagues recognized as official major leagues, stats to be added to MLB records
Negro Leagues recognized as official major leagues, stats to be added to MLB records
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The move comes during the centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues, which showcased stars such as Josh Gibson — considered one of the best hitters in the history of the game — and Leroy “Satchel” Paige, a pitching legend who made his big league debut in 1948 at the age of 42.
The historic recognition coincided with the Cleveland baseball club’s decision this week to remove “Indians” from its name as US corporate brands reexamine their use of racist caricatures and stereotypical names.
“All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game’s best players, innovations and triumphs against a backdrop of injustice,” MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred Jr. said in a statement.
“We are now grateful to count the players of the Negro Leagues where they belong: as Major Leaguers within the official historical record.”
MLB said it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the games history” by elevating the status of the Negro Leagues — which consisted of seven leagues and about 3,400 players from 1920 to 1948.
The decline of the Negro Leagues began when Jackie Robinson became MLB’s first Black player with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
In 1969, the Special Committee on Baseball Records did not include the Negro Leagues among six “Major Leagues” it identified since 1876.
“It is MLB’s view that the Committee’s 1969 omission of the Negro Leagues from consideration was clearly an error that demands today’s designation,” MLB said.
“The perceived deficiencies of the Negro Leagues’ structure and scheduling were born of MLB’s exclusionary practices, and denying them Major League status has been a double penalty, much like that exacted of Hall of Fame candidates prior to Satchel Paige’s induction in 1971,” John Thorn, the official historian of Major League Baseball, said in a statement.
“Granting MLB status to the Negro Leagues a century after their founding is profoundly gratifying.”
MLB said it has begun a review, along with the Elias Sports Bureau, to “determine the full scope” of the major league “designation’s ramifications on statistics and records.” The bureau is the official statistician of Major League Baseball.
“MLB and Elias will work with historians and other experts in the field to evaluate the relevant issues and reach conclusions upon the completion of that process,” the statement said.
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EXPRESS INFORMER > News & Politics > Silent Melania Trump plods toward end of her husband’s tumultuous term
Silent Melania Trump plods toward end of her husband’s tumultuous term
January 14, 2021 Express Informer
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“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” tweeted Trump via his official account, which no longer exists.
Many inside the White House were hearing the President’s thoughts on this important and historic issue definitively for the first time — including his wife, according to a senior White House staffer.
Until that tweet, the White House staffer said, Melania Trump was not 100% sure she would be going to Biden’s inauguration, or wouldn’t be.
“It’s not the first time she has learned what he was doing because he tweeted it before he told her,” said the source, who downplayed the significance of the first lady being delivered news about what is ostensibly her schedule too, based on Trump’s mood that particular day.
The staffer, like many, was clear that the event with the tweet did not solicit their sympathy for the first lady.
“She’s part of this. She can be silent, but she’s part of this,” the source said.
“This” being the recent activities of the President, the denial of his loss, the complicity of inciting inflamed supporters with lies and conspiracy theories, and the abject abdication of an official role. The outgoing first lady hasn’t done anything of significance as the weeks of her tenure come to a close. She hasn’t established an office for continuing her platform in the post-White House years, according to a source familiar with her activities. Nor has she helped with the onboarding of incoming first lady Jill Biden — with whom she has still not made contact, the source said.
The only thing Trump has done, besides pack the White House, work on photo albums of her time as first lady and oversee photo shoots of a rug and decorative items, is make a convoluted statement about the events of last Wednesday, five days after they occurred.
“There’s never been any first lady as stubborn and defiant as Melania Trump,” says Kate Andersen Brower, author of “First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies.” “I think she’s digging in. I think she has channeled her husband’s fury and is obviously not interested in playing the traditional role of a first lady who, in times of crisis, seeks to unite and soothe the country.”
Instead, she has stood by the President, something she hasn’t always done before in times of turmoil. In her Monday morning statement, Trump did not mention her husband’s name, nor did she indicate he should receive an iota of responsibility for the insurrection.
Instead, she appeared to lift parts of old statements and speeches into this new one, and added in a paragraph painting herself as a victim of a former staff member’s continued criticism. Trump’s reclusive manner has, at times, churned up public curiosity about just how aligned she is with the President, particularly when he’s being criticized. Her hand swats, steely eyed visage and frequent outbursts of independent opinion crafted a possible scenario for critics of her husband that perhaps she was not like him, or even, did not like him.
But if the last few weeks have proven anything, it is that she is more aligned with the President than most would assume.
“She understands her husband and what he stands for, and it simply does not bother her,” said Brower. “She is not a victim and she will not leave the White House apologizing for her husband’s behavior.”
Trump ‘not sad to be leaving’
As the President publicly railed against the election, fraudulently claiming it was rigged and clinging to the false hope of staying in the White House, his wife was packing up their things to move out, say multiple sources who have observed Trump’s activities since late November.
The first lady is now more than halfway done with the job of shipping belongings either to Mar-a-Lago or to storage, having bit-by-bit overseen the moveout for weeks. The residence staff has had to help with the semi-clandestine operation, facilitating packing logistics without raising the ire of the President, who truly believed he would be staying put.
The residence staff stay on in their roles, many through several administrations. It does not matter who the President is, it matters only they represent the American presidency.
“They are the most patriotic people I’ve ever met,” said Brower, whose first book was “The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.” “They have been going ahead with the move, but they had to do some of it undercover because they do not want to upset (President) Trump.”
Melania Trump’s expediency in getting packed and ready to go also signals her desire to be done with Washington and the last four years of dramatic highs and lows.
“(Melania Trump) is not sad to be leaving,” said one White House official with knowledge of Trump’s mood.
That’s one place she differs from her husband — he wants desperately to stay, she’s cool with going.
“Pat Nixon is the most recent example I can think of of a first lady who compares at all to Melania Trump,” said Brower, but perhaps only in circumstance, not action.
“As Watergate raged on, Pat Nixon spent lots of time sequestered in her room alone in the Residence. Butlers brought her breakfast and often she would only drink the coffee. People around her grew concerned about her health because it was obvious that Watergate was taking a toll and she was losing weight,” the author said.
Bucking tradition
Those who have been around Trump in the last two weeks have not noted a demeanor shift to isolation and sadness, in fact it was Trump’s lack of emotional connectivity to the terrifying riots that unfolded live on television, and her lack of desire to issue an immediate response or condemn the violence in real time, that prompted two of her longest staffers to submit their resignations effective immediately, sources said.
“Usually the first lady of a one-term president comes to his side publicly. President Ford served less than a full term and Betty Ford actually stepped in to read his concession letter to Carter when he lost in 1976,” Brower said.
On Wednesday, an announcement was made that Blair House, the historic official guest house of the White House where several Presidents (including Trump) have stayed overnight before their swearing-in, would welcome Biden to stay as well. CNN has previously reported Biden, without an invitation yet extended to him by the President and first lady for Blair House, intended to stay at a hotel on Inauguration eve.
But the invitation was not sent at Melania Trump’s insistence.
“She had nothing to do with it,” said the staffer. The invitation may have read “White House,” but it was issued via the State Department, whose Office of the Chief of Protocol oversees Blair House’s management.
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Rita Rose Gagne Bio, Age, Height, Husband, Family, Networth And Wiki
By Dangerous Avenger On Sep 30, 2020
Rita Rose Gagne Biography
Rita Rose Gagne English Lawyer who serves as the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of the Hammerson plc a position she was appointed in September 2020. Prior to her appointment she most recently served as president of growth markets at the global real estate company Ivanhoé Cambridge where she had responsibility for 7.6 billion pounds of real estate assets across the Asia Pacific and Latin America.
She joined the company in 2006 and held various roles from executive vice president of global strategy, portfolio management, and investment funds at Ivanhoé Cambridge to senior vice president, legal affairs, and general counsel at Société immobilière Trans-Québec (SITQ).
Rita Rose Gagne Age|Birthday
Rose Gagne is 50 years old as of this writing.
Risa is a very discreet character who likes to keep information regarding her personal life away from the public eye. She has not openly revealed when and where she was born thus her Birthdate is unknown.
Rita Rose Gagne Height
Rita stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Rita Rose Gagne Education
For her education, she attended McGill-HEC Montreal where she got her MBA. After her college days, she has enjoyed a rather successful career and has worked in property markets across the world, including the UK, France, and Germany, and her expertise spans across various asset classes and mixed-use assets, including residential, retail, office, and logistics.
Rita Rose Gagne Husband
Rita does not only reveal details regarding her love life. It is not known if she is married single or in a relationship.
Rita Rose Gagne Ivanhoe Cambridge
At Ivanhoe Cambridge Gagne was president of growth markets ad was personally in charge of 7.6 billion pounds of real estate assets across the Asia Pacific and Latin America. Since joining the company in 20065 she had held a variety of roles from executive vice president of global strategy, portfolio management, and investment funds at Ivanhoé Cambridge to senior vice president, legal affairs, and general counsel at Société immobilière Trans-Québec (SITQ).
Gagné was most recently president of growth markets at the global real estate company Ivanhoé Cambridge where she had responsibility for 7.6 billion pounds of real estate assets across the Asia Pacific and Latin America. She joined Ivanhoé Cambridge in 2006 and held a variety of roles from the senior vice president, legal affairs, and general counsel at Société immobilière Trans-Québec (SITQ) to executive vice president of global strategy, portfolio management, and investment funds at Ivanhoé Cambridge.
Rita Rose Gagne Salary
As new CEO she has not openly revealed how much she is being paid.
Rita Rose Gagne Ivanhoe Networth
Rose is a very hardworking woman who has an estimated net worth of $ 20 Million or more.
Rita Rose CEO|Hammerson plc
The company Hammerson recently announced that they had appointed Rita-Rose Gagné as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director. SDhje replaces David Atkins who will serve as CEO until she arrives. She will take up her new role before the end of the year. Chair of the board Robert Noel said that he was excited that Rita-Rose will join Hammerson as their next CEO. She has an excellent track record in international real estate investment, building high-quality teams, developing strategic partnerships, execution, and delivering results.”
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The Bone People, Keri Hulme, Penguin, 1987 (c1983), ISBN 0-14-008922-5, $7.95, 445pp.
This book had been in my Alexandria Digital Literature recommendations list for what seems like forever. When it first showed up, I thought it was a fantasy novel by a new author, but as I did some research into the title, I found out that, while that description is somewhat true, it also is misleading. For one, the fantasy elements are there, but they are definitely in the back seat (well, actually, I think they may be in the trunk). And Keri Hulme is definitely a new author (as far as I can tell, this is her only book), but she won numerous awards for this book, including the 1985 Booker Prize. (As yet another aside, I find that I may have to look into these Booker Prize winners–this is the second winner, the first being Byatt’s Possession, that I’ve liked.)
Set in New Zealand, the book concerns three characters: a 1/8th Maori woman who is independently wealthy from having won the lottery and is content to stay in a tower that she has constructed and disavow contact with the townfolk; a Maori man with a bit of a drinking problem, but a lot of family in the area; and a young mute boy, who has been adopted by the man and who adopts the woman. It’s a love triangle, yes, but this is one case of very tough love (to say too much more would give it away). There are secrets and lies herein.
I liked this book a lot, but I’m not ecstatic about it. I think this may be because the revelations here are not new to me (although I would not characterize them as “old hat”). I’ve seen some of these surprise techniques used already in books like Iain M. Banks’ The Wasp Factory and Jonathan Carroll’s From the Teeth of Angels. However, for me to compare this book to those two indicates some of its appeal for me. I also thought it was overlong, taking a bit too much of a leisurely pace in its unfolding of events. The strange formatting wherein some of the character’s thoughts are expressed through indented paragraphs is inconsistent, and annoyed my sense of construction.
Finally, I think I also would have been aided by some knowledge of Maori culture and New Zealand fauna before reading this book. In its constant use of animals and language that I was unfamiliar with, it resembled a genre work, and I was able to move through this without difficulty, but I think I would have had a more worthwhile experience had I been able to subsume more of the unknown.
[Finished May 1999]
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State Dept Spox: U/S Sherman has superhuman abilities in diplomacy, no/no costume
November 6, 2014 By domani spero in Appointments, Foreign Affairs, Huh? News, John F. Kerry, Leadership and Management, Org Life, Realities of the FS, Retirement, Secretary of State, State Department, Top Ranks Tags: Bil Burns, Daily Press Briefing, Deputy Secretary of State, Jennifer R. Psaki, Wendy Sherman
— Domani Spero
A bunch of back and forth during the Nov. 3 Daily Press Briefing on U/S Sherman being dual-hatted as “D” and “P,” who is also one of the top eyeballers of the ongoing Iran negotiation. This is the official word, and the State Department spokesperson never did offer an understandable reason why despite the agency being previously informed that Bill Burns was leaving, and the fact that his retirement was twice postponed, no successor is exactly ready to be publicly announced at this point. Excerpt below:
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QUESTION: — and the announcement that was just made about Ambassador Sherman taking over, at least temporarily, as deputy. Does the President or does the Secretary intend to have a permanent – someone nominated and confirmed by the Senate to take over from retired Deputy Burns?
MS. PSAKI: Yes.
QUESTION: So not necessarily her?
MS. PSAKI: Well, I’m not going to get ahead of any process or speak about personnel from here, which should come as no surprise, unless we’re ready to make an announcement.
QUESTION: Okay, I didn’t ask that.
MS. PSAKI: Okay.
QUESTION: I just asked if this means that she is going to be eventually nominated, or is anyone going to be eventually nominated to take over that position?
MS. PSAKI: This means that Under Secretary Sherman will be the acting Deputy Secretary of State. There is every intention to nominate a —
QUESTION: Okay. Which may or may not be her?
MS. PSAKI: Correct.
QUESTION: All right. And then how long does one stay – I mean, doing two jobs, both of which are pretty big, is not exactly the easiest thing in the world to do, nor the most efficient, probably. I’m not taking anything away from her skill, but I mean, being the number two and the number three at the same time, it will be taxing, to say the least. So do you have any idea about how long it will be before either she is nominated and someone else takes over as number three, or a new permanent number two is nominated and she can go back to only dealing with the under secretary job?
MS. PSAKI: I don’t have a prediction on timing. I will just say that the fact that she was named Acting Deputy Secretary of State just reflects the Secretary’s trust in her, the trust of the building, the trust of the President, and obviously, her wealth of experience on a range of issues. So —
QUESTION: Jen, isn’t it just a time-space —
MS. PSAKI: — of anyone, she can certainly handle it.
QUESTION: But that’s a time – it’s just about a time-space continuum. I mean, Deputy Secretary Burns had a full portfolio and Under Secretary Sherman has a full portfolio. So just to Matt’s point, I mean, how long can this Department run on one person being the kind of Secretary’s second and third in command?
MS. PSAKI: Well, obviously, you all know Under Secretary Sherman. She has superhuman abilities in diplomacy and obviously, I’m not going to get ahead of a personnel process or the timing on that.
QUESTION: Can I ask a process —
QUESTION: She has superhuman abilities? (Laughter.) Does she wear a costume too? (Laughter.)
MS. PSAKI: She does not. She is a very talented and experienced diplomat. That was – I was kidding.
QUESTION: It’s not about her diplomatic skills.
QUESTION: But can you assure us that she is not going to be taking her eye off the Iran nuclear ball?
MS. PSAKI: I can assure you. And as you also all know, Deputy Secretary Burns, Senior Advisor Jake Sullivan, and there are a couple of others who are very involved in the Iran negotiations as well.
QUESTION: There’s something I don’t understand about this, Jen, and I realize this is – that it’s the White House that nominates, but Secretary – Deputy Secretary Burns, his departure, first of all, it came as no secret. The President had to talk him into staying and the Secretary did.
MS. PSAKI: Twice, yes. Mm-hmm.
QUESTION: Right. Second, you guys put out an announcement, I think it was six months ago, explicitly stating that he was going to be leaving in October. It would be one thing if the Administration had nominated somebody and the Senate was sitting on it, as it has so many other of your nominees. But it just – it doesn’t make sense to me why, when you knew he was leaving, you had at a minimum six months’ public notice about the date that he was leaving, why it was – has not been possible to come up with a plausible candidate and put them forward.
MS. PSAKI: Well, I don’t think it’s a reflection of not being able to come up with a plausible candidate. In fact, there are many talented candidates, and obviously —
QUESTION: Why haven’t they been nominated then?
MS. PSAKI: — there is a process that works through the interagency, as you know, that is not just the State Department. I’m not in a position to give you any more details on that process.
QUESTION: I didn’t think that presidential nominations were an interagency process. I thought it was the White House that decided who the President would nominate.
MS. PSAKI: We work with the White House. Obviously, the Secretary has a great deal of input as well.
QUESTION: Yeah, but I mean it’s – but it does make – like, why isn’t someone ready to be nominated? I mean, why does – I think Arshad’s question is: Why is the process only starting now? I mean —
MS. PSAKI: I wouldn’t take it as a reflection of that. There’s an on – been an ongoing process.
QUESTION: For six months?
MS. PSAKI: We’re not in a position – I’m not going to detail for you when that process started.
QUESTION: My question is, well, why isn’t the process over by now given that you’ve known about this for half a year?
MS. PSAKI: I would just assure you that we have somebody who is very capable who will be in this position as acting deputy, and when we have an announcement to make, we’ll make the announcement.
QUESTION: Would you say that the – not – I won’t – I don’t want to use the word delay, but the reason that a nomination rather than a – the reason that there was a designation as an acting instead of a nomination as a permanent is because vetting of the potential candidates is still going on?
MS. PSAKI: I’m just not going to outline it any further.
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The Black Mob Minneapolis Violence Videos That Will Shock Viewers
Janna Brock August 27, 2013
The black mob Minneapolis violence has gotten out of control. It’s not an adult mob doing the taunting and abusing. This time, children are the props, the ones doing the abusing. They are the new black mob in training. And what viewers will see in this video is shocking.
Is anyone believing what they are seeing? This is the black mob in action. And this is surely the most traumatizing video because it involves children. Black children taunting a three year old white girl. They’re the militia in training, the ones waiting in the wings to start the cycle of violence that is taking over every major city in this country. But no one is talking about it. To speak of the black mob is to speak of racism.
Chicago is ablaze with black mob violence. A police officer had his skull bashed in with a baseball bat on Saturday by a black mob in Chicago. Right now, he’s lying in a hospital bed. Will he survive? Hopefully. Will he regain normalcy? It is too early to tell.
But the black mob Minneapolis tale is more sinister. Children in training, following the lead of adults. In this video, four black children surround a white girl and taunt and slap her. If she had been seriously hurt by one of the children, no one would come to her rescue. And she could easily have been severely hurt.
This is the new America. This video was posted on Facebook this weekend under the title, “When white people piss black people off.”
No the title is not a misprint. It’s the real deal. This title in reference to a three year old toddler on a tricycle.
There is no question this is youth indoctrination. In many ways this akin to Hitler youth indoctrination. Teach young Aryans to hate Jews. In this case, teach black toddlers and pre-teens to hate little white children who are barely old enough to go to preschool.
The black girls, who are twice as big as the white child, say to her, “Stop spying on us,” shouts one. “You ugly.” And then the two girls proceed to grab her wrists to slap herself in the face with her own hands. As if this isn’t cruel enough. And naturally she cries because it hurts and she’s only three years old. She’s surrounded by older girls and they are twice her size.
But it doesn’t stop there. Older boys enter the picture, clearly knowing they are being filmed. The boy filming yells, “Stop hitting yourself.” This doesn’t stop the girls from taunting her. Then a ten year old boy says he’s going to beat the little girl up. He doesn’t, but instead asks to see the video.
After a cut in the action, the video picks up with the little white girl now standing on the lawn. The two black girls approach, with one instructing the other: “Hit her hard. Hit her in the head like this.” And the do just that.
After more taunting from the black girls, the video ended. But once it hit Facebook, the boy who filmed it, identified as 12 year old Ray Wright, wrote, “I (am going) to jail,” he wrote on his now deleted Facebook account, captured at PatDollard.com. “Somebody snitched. I’m (going) to kill them.”
These are children. And none of their identities are known, except for the boy filming or any other real information about them. Where exactly are they? They are in Minneapolis, but that’s about it.
However, another more sinister picture is presents itself when it is learned that the mother of the young man who filmed the incident, had a picture of himself on Facebook with a loaded gun. Ray Wright is a 12-year old child. His mother, Ranika Wills, denied her son’s involvement.
“It’s a joke, he’s just a kid,” said the mother.
Except it isn’t a joke. This is real. Children as young as three years old are involved in black mob violence now. How young is too young and when will this senseless violence end? Our culture is dying for hate and for nothing. And white people can’t speak up because it’s racist. Our leaders say it’s so. This is indoctrination at it’s worst and most deadly. This is American white privilege in action. Hate breeds hate. And decades of dancing around the death trap of political correctness have brought us to where we are today. This is a video of a taped conversation with Ray Wright’s mother. Watch it and weep for the souls of young people.
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Atlanta & Washington, DC (October 25, 2007) - Today, FOCUS, LLC, a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced they represented Advanced Control Systems (ACS) in its recent acquisition by EFACEC.
“EFACEC purchased ACS because of its technological capabilities and loyal customer base in North America, which aligns with EFACEC’s strategic growth plan,” said George Shea, regional managing partner of FOCUS. “The ACS acquisition is a solid FOCUS success story where we were able to connect a thriving middle market company with a global organization seeking to strengthen its own international reach.”
Portugal-based EFACEC is a leading supplier of automation systems and infrastructure solutions to the global energy and transport sectors. EFACEC employs more than 2,500 people in 60 countries worldwide generating revenue in excess of $600 million.
Founded in 1975, ACS is a provider of smart grid automation and software solutions for electric utilities. Since its inception, ACS has delivered more than 500 systems to more than 250 utilities worldwide.
The sale of ACS to EFACEC comes on the heels of two recent international deals orchestrated by FOCUS: Dunn Solutions Group to Cranes Software, based in India; and AGC Engineering to Alfa Laval, based in Sweden.
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Journalism today – the best of times, the worst of times
On June 30, 2019 July 10, 2019 By Michael KirkeIn Culture MattersLeave a comment
You might say, paraphrasing Dickens, it is the best of times and it is the worst of times.
Freedom of expression, the freedom to speak your mind and let your voice be heard is one of the great goods in the firmament of good things available to the human race. We have never had greater potential to enjoy this freedom – airwaves open, the facility which social media platforms gives us. There is nothing stopping anyone who wants to put his or her thoughts out there for public consumption if they have the flare and inclination to do so. Well, almost nothing.
And yet, something terrible has gone wrong. Abuse of that most precious of treasures given to mankind, truth itself, is one thing. But the abuse of each other through that freedom is even worse. We are doing untold damage to the very fabric of culture and our civilization. Citizen journalism liberates us. It also can and does enslave us to our own viciousness.
Journalism is a rather inexact term. Looked at in its simplest historical manifestation, it is a service to society, a very necessary one. Try this definition: it is a service providing a daily report to a population on events of interest, and/or consequence, going on around them, but about which, without that reporting, they would know little or nothing.
Under that umbrella a huge variety of activity goes on. Controversy or some other elemental thing – humour, love, anger – has to be in the daily mix which draws us to read, listen to or watch news and commentary on news. There is nothing wrong with that. Probably the first news story ever printed was objected to by someone somewhere. Isn’t one of the definitions of news “that which somebody, somewhere, wants to suppress”? These elemental things are part of the life-blood of journalism.
Broadly there are two divisions. There is straight news reporting of the facts and there is commentary on those facts and their supposed implications.
All of this activity, until recently, was subject to what we knew as editorial scrutiny. Such scrutiny followed principles and there were standards which justice demanded and charity suggested, and which society generally expected.
From the very start, the provision of this service, like many others offered to society, operated in a marketplace and market forces influenced the form and content in response to the cultural character and interests of targeted readerships. That’s how we got the broadsheets, the tabloids, or as some would say, the “quality” press and the “gutter” press. For the most part, the partnership worked well.
But that model now looks shattered. It is almost as though the French Revolution has eventually upturned the fourth estate as it had done to the first, second and third estates in 1789. The hegemony of what we call “legacy” media is now a diminished thing. The media marketplace is in turmoil and a kind of anarchy is now let loose upon the world in the shape of the internet and the wild untamed flood of information, misinformation, and unrestrained personal abuse it has unleashed. The instruments for communication now at our disposal are fast becoming weapons of destruction. Watch a few episodes of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror and you will at the very least feel a little uneasy.
But that is not our only problem. Even if we managed to use well the freedom which our advanced technology gives us, we still have another issue to face. What else has happened that is threatening our well-being? It is that the service journalism should be offering us has collapsed into partisan politics. How and why did this happen?
American commentator and academic, Victor Davis Hanson, in an American context, says:
There still exists a physical media in the sense of airing current events. But it is not journalism as we once understood the disinterested reporting of the news. Journalism is now dead. The media lives on.
Reporters today believe that their coverage serves higher agendas of social justice, identity politics, “equality” and diversity. To the degree a news account is expanded or ignored, praised or blasted, depends on its supposed utility to the effort to fundamentally transform the country into something unlike its founding.
To some degree what has happened, and what is corrosive, is that the polarisation which is making our political life so worrying, is also doing the same for our journalism. In a Marxist sense everything has now become political. Everything is filtered through a political spectrum and must be seen to be correct by the only measure for correctness which is acceptable, political correctness. It is a new totalitarianism.
Actors are no longer artists, they are politicians. Celebrities are no longer happy to be celebrated for what they do. They are campaigners in some political cause. Business corporations don’t just do business anymore. They legitimately make their voices heard in economic matters but that is not enough, they insist on exercising real power in determining social policies. Academia is now, for the most part, irredeemably Marxist in its thinking. Journalism is mired in the same ideology. All this is a gross abuse of power and influence. There is no important issue in the politics of our time about which big money and big egos will not now weigh in with their considerable power to have their say – and in many cases subvert the democratically expressed will of the people. They do this openly and shamelessly as though it were their right. Who knows what they do behind closed doors? Journalists, equally shamelessly, collude with all this.
These are all elites with power, unelected, but using that power to effect social change regardless of the will of the people. This is profoundly and worryingly undemocratic. Those outside these Gnostic elites are the new plebs, now being denigrated as populists, the enemies of progress. Elitists view the “ordinary” people as, well, Hilary Clinton said it all, “deplorables”. Ordinary people do not know, cannot know of themselves, what is good for them, what is right or what is wrong. They need to be looked after by those who really know what true progress is.
The fears of these elites are like the fears of the patricians of ancient Rome in the face of the demands of the plebeians, or the Gnostics of the early Christian era for whom simple faith was not sufficient; their special exclusive knowledge was necessary for salvation. The fears of these elites are like the fears of those who opposed universal male franchise in the 19th century, or those who opposed the vote for women in the early twentieth. Now we have them again. Each age seems to have to deal with this virus.
Journalists and journalism should stand apart from these elites, critiquing their rationale – or lack of rationale, for that lack is at the heart of the problem. Roland Barthes, in a different context, wrote of the dangers of received wisdom being accepted uncritically and being built into the foundations of our culture and our civilization: “If we collect all such knowledge, all such vulgarisms, we create a monster, and this monster is ideology.”
Series three of Stranger Things premiers this month. It is a fable which may have more to say about this monster than we think. The purity and innocence of the young heroines and heroes of this fable confront the monstrosity threatening Hawkins, Indiana. When journalism as a profession restores its integrity and its commitment to its historic mission, it may do the same.
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The Calais Jungle: It’s Baaaack!
Posted on December 31, 2016 by Baron Bodissey
Back in October the French authorities ordered the dismantling of the “Jungle” migrant camp near Calais. The camp was duly razed and its inhabitants dispersed, but the “refugees” didn’t abandon hope of getting through the Chunnel to Britain — they just relocated to other spots nearby.
Many thanks to Ava Lon for translating this article from François de Souche:
Calais: two months later, camps reappear and migrants return in greater and greater numbers
Migrants — mostly returning from reception and guidance centers to which they had been conducted after the dismantling of the “Jungle” — are building new, more discreet camps under very precarious conditions.
Several hundred illegal immigrants returned to Calais some two months after the dismantling of the “Jungle” at the end of last October, says The Independent. According to the British newspaper, they are housed in six camps in rural areas away from major roads, in makeshift huts — and their number has been steadily increasing in the last few days.
Many of them are minors whose asylum applications have been rejected by the British government: after being diverted into reception and orientation centers (CAOs), they decided to cross to France to try their luck again in Calais.
“There are more and more people coming back, and just this week, there are dozens of them who have arrived; It can only continue and accelerate,” says Julien Muller, volunteer of the association Terre d’errance, who intervenes in one of these “secret camps” located in Norrent-Fontes, 43 miles from Calais. About 130 people live there, and even though it has in reality existed since 2008, it is only since the dismantling of the “Jungle” that it began to grow.
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20 thoughts on “The Calais Jungle: It’s Baaaack!”
DeriKuk on December 31, 2016 at 8:56 pm said:
Where were they going to go . . . Detroit?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WNvZPDqSzQ
maria_dee on December 31, 2016 at 9:02 pm said:
Read your history. This has all happened before and the solution to the problem is how much does Europe value itself? That question also applies to America.
No culture or civilization can protect itself if it lets “everyone” in. Back in my day, my parents were questioned before being allowed in and then they had to take a citizenship test to become citizens. We COULD go back to that, if we had the b*lls and the nerve. It might make the country more civilized again, you know.
Rob on January 1, 2017 at 4:17 am said:
Totally agree, but in a world that no longer respects the notion of what a “country” is, at least in the doomed West, it’s no surprise they’re suddenly letting anyone in.
Peter35 on January 1, 2017 at 3:31 pm said:
There’s only one crowd I would NEVER let in, given the choice, and they are for all practical purposes the only crowd being let in.
Moreover, they are the only crowd on the planet whose ‘holy’ book demands they either convert us to their murderous faith or slaughter us, yet they are ‘our friends’ and must be welcomed!
The insanity continues.
Rob on January 2, 2017 at 1:56 pm said:
I can’t bear reading the news anymore, it feels like reading a daily report from some asylum.
the thought offender on December 31, 2016 at 9:50 pm said:
The solution is found in Edward G. Robinson’s last screen appearance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVqBTg5L6WU
Mark H on January 2, 2017 at 4:04 pm said:
Great film, but I don’t think (spoiler alert) we’re anywhere near cannibalism yet!
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress on December 31, 2016 at 10:42 pm said:
The language used to describe the situation; migrants, illegal immigrants, minors, people, etc., is a major part of the problem. By using such language instead of calling a spade a spade, tbe discussion is framed in such a way as to make it extremely difficult to address the problem as it should be addressed. Imagine, for example, if these criminals were instead referred to as criminals, foreign invaders, freeloaders, possible terrorists, or suspected or future rapists. The range of acceptable means to deal with the problem would be far greater were the issue framed to the public in such a manner.
The choice of language used is deliberate, and illustrates that the media, their owners, and the influence peddlers behind the scenes have decided such an invasion is desired. We should guard against using the language of the media when discussing the situation or what to do about it. We pull our own punches when we do so, and our opinions would have far more weight amongst the undecided when we accurately describe these criminals and invaders as what they are.
MSW on January 3, 2017 at 9:24 am said:
What I resent is the article using the term, ‘mainly minors’. They are not sodding minors. They are adults, pure and simple. Our government in the UK told us they were taking in children from the camp, yet, when you look at them, you can see they are adults, thus leaving the real kids behind. Now we learn they lied. Well duh’ of course, muslims lie and deceive all the time, the quran tells them to.
Of course it’s back. Moving people around doesn’t resolve the root problem of it all. How long til they finally figure out the best solution is to not let so many people in?
Sarony on January 1, 2017 at 5:08 am said:
As an addendum to the Calais story, you may remember that in spite of protests the UK government did a deal with France to accept a large number (unknown) of child migrants from the Jungle which was being broken up. I pause here just to remind everyone that France is not at war and, therefore, a safe country. Off went the UK Home(land) Office officials to assess the claims of these children. They refused to make dental or bone checks , deemed to be against the children’s human rights but used their eyesight to establish their ages. Well, they must have been Mr. Magoo vision.
In October the first children began to arrive in the UK. It was obvious to everyone who saw the pictures of the grinning migrants that they were well over the age of 18. The Home Office issued vehement denials, put up screens at the arrivals point in London, and supplied blankets to completely cover the children. They were then dispersed around the country into the care of social services.
Guess, what? A Freedom of Information request by the Daily Mail newspaper published today has revealed that no migrant claiming to be a child and who arrived from Calais, or by any other route, is under 18. But they have made it, courtesy of the government [persons of lesser intelligence] and will never be deported. That’s why Calais is filling up again.
maria_dee on January 1, 2017 at 8:15 am said:
Moon, I completely agree.
Jeff E. on January 1, 2017 at 1:20 pm said:
The only positive result of the mass Muslim migration is that the Western Hemisphere will become even richer.
In what?
Nobody knows.
In the number of raped women and children, number of heads missing, number of women and children in full covering, not allowed out without a male, hands and feet missing, stoning women to death, burning people to death, flogging…. sex slaves.. no music, no dancing, singing, no theatre, cinema, no sunbathing.. your whole way of life gone. Is that the ‘richer’ you mean?
Anonymous on January 1, 2017 at 3:55 pm said:
The UK has created this monster of a problem by being so lucrative on the welfare front ,spending millions on having documents printed in many different languages and generally pandering to anyone that isn’t British ,you certainly don’t see this happening in France (maybe that’s why they don’t want to live here ?!) .
Love on January 2, 2017 at 11:31 am said:
Have any of you people SEEN what’s left of where “these people” fled? Where the he’ll is your humanity and compassion?
Is this sarcasm?
You do realise […] that most of these men coming over here are not from war-torn countries? They are economic migrants trying it on who will not work, but expect everything to be paid for and provided free. They are an invasion force, nothing more.
Where […] are all the women, children and elderly???
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Thoughts for April 24 from Fr Willie Doyle
April 24, 2019 PK Saints, Virtues
St Fidelis of Sigmaringen
I have long had the feeling that, since the world is growing so rapidly worse and worse and God has lost His hold, as it were, upon the hearts of men, He is looking all the more earnestly and anxiously for big things from those who are faithful to Him still. He cannot, perhaps, gather a large army round His standard, but He wants every one in it to be a hero, absolutely and lovingly devoted to Him.
COMMENT: Today is the feast of St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, a Capuchin Franciscan who was martyred on this day in 1622.
St Fidelis had been a successful lawyer, but like St Alphonsus of Liguori after him, he became disillusioned with the law and felt called to the religious life. As a Capuchin priest he was renowned for his charity and care for the poor, working tirelessly to assist those suffering from the plague. He was also a devoted missionary who worked for the reunification of Christendom during the Catholic Reformation. It was in the course of these efforts that St Fidelis was killed out of hatred for the Faith by a band of men. As he was being killed, he prayed that they would be forgiven and when they encouraged him to renounce the Catholic Faith he declared that he had come to extirpate their heresy and not to embrace it. Some of those involved in his death subsequently converted to Catholicism as a result of his witness.
I’m sure that St Fidelis, who lived in the early 17th Century, would have agreed with Fr Doyle’s assessment three hundred years later that the “world is growing so rapidly worse and worse”. The division of Christianity in the West was a shattering event for those who lived through it.
If we fast forward three hundred years to Fr Doyle’s time we see a gradual weakening of moral values. Dangerous, atheistic philosophies were growing popular, subtly undermining the faith of ordinary people. In the year of Fr Doyle’s death, this philosophy of atheistic materialism made a breakthrough in Russia with devastating consequences for many millions of people for decades to come.
Every age has its crises, and it always seems that the world is indeed growing worse and worse. But yet, God still IS. The Holy Spirit is still at work, calling forth heroes who will be lovingly devoted to Him. In the 16th and 17th Centuries, He raised up great saints like St Fidelis and so many others of that golden era 9including the early Jesuits) who would work for the reform, unification and extension of the Church. We can see the same divine call for heroes, right up to the time of Fr Doyle, and indeed up to our own day.
And what of our own day? Yes, it is true that the world seems to have grown steadily worse and worse. This is so even here in Ireland where those who express Christian values are publicly mocked and made a laughing stock. All across the West, there is a flight, not just from Faith, but also from reason and common sense. Yet, God still calls for heroes who are devoted to Him. We have no excuse. If we have been born in this era of crisis it is because this is where God has placed us in order to work out our salvation and to save souls in the midst of the concrete circumstances of our lives and cultures. It has always been this way, for every age has its errors that, to borrow St Fidelis’ famous phrase, need to be extirpated rather than embraced.
Let us therefore serve God with generosity in whatever place and circumstance He has placed us. Let us never lose hope, even if the world seems to be growing steadily worse and worse. Let us remember the example of the saints, who never despaired despite the unfavourable cultures in which they laboured.
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UNANZ reception
Rau rangatira e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Naumai haere mai rā ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Kia ora tātou katoa.
Distinguished guests warm greetings to you all, and welcome to Government House Wellington.
I specifically acknowledge HE Caroline Chretein, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Dr Graham Hassall and Robert Mackay, National President and National Secretary of the UNANZ, respectively; Sally Wu, UN Youth National President; Dame Laurie Salas, Life Member and former President of UNANZ; and John Allen, Secretary and Chief Executive of MFAT.
It is my great pleasure to welcome you all to Government House to celebrate – albeit a few days early - United Nations Day.
As Patron of the United Nations Association of New Zealand I am keen to assist in promoting a greater understanding of the work of the United Nations. This year, the work of the Association and Government House coincide, one of the themes for my work is peace.
Tonight, we can celebrate the fact that my generation, unlike the two before me, have not had to serve our country in major world wars. We can be thankful for the contribution the United Nations has made to the achievement of that outcome.
For those who might question the UN’s continued relevance, one need only look at the challenges that confront us, which cross national borders and demand a global response. The UN clearly provides the best opportunities to pursue multilateral solutions to complex, transnational, global issues.
Today is an opportunity to reflect on New Zealand’s contribution to the United Nations, from our days as a founding member, when we contributed towards the writing of the UN Charter, and the key values promoted by this country: fairness, inclusion, independence, collaboration, compassion and integrity.
Many New Zealanders have given distinguished service to the UN, in the maintenance of peace, security and good around the globe. We have done that as peacekeepers, as diplomats, and in the delivery of a broad range of UN programmes.
Our contributions in peace-keeping have enhanced perceptions of us as a committed global citizen. Our defence and police personnel have served the interests of international peace and security by responding to crises, supporting political transitions and helping to support fragile states.
I am honoured to have worked for the UN in peace-keeping in Southern Lebanon, during its 50th Anniversary year. In May, I visited the United Nations, and met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. I took the opportunity to meet permanent representatives of 25 countries that contribute to United Nations Peacekeeping Missions. I also delivered New Zealand’s position statement at the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
New Zealanders will continue to play their part in UN endeavours. Our most senior New Zealander at the UN, Helen Clark has exercised tremendous influence through her role as Administrator of the UN Development Programme.
As the world’s security, economic, social and humanitarian issues become more complex, as we are confronted with new challenges, New Zealand‘s role and contributions will need to adapt to meet them. However, as things change, we need to hold fast to the Principles that underpin the UN, and our own actions.
It is 20 years since a regrettable failure of the UN peace resolution processes which resulted in genocide in Rwanda. New Zealand’s connection was our Permanent Representative at the UN, Colin Keating, who later was a Board member of UNANZ.
In 1994, Keating, as President of the Security Council, tried in vain to get support from its permanent members for a strengthened peace-keeping force in Rwanda. One million Rwandans subsequently lost their lives.
It’s small comfort to be on the right side of history. However, Keating’s efforts have not been forgotten. In 2010, he was awarded Rwanda’s Campaign against Genocide Medal for his efforts to recognise and stem the violence, and Rwanda’s permanent representative to the United Nations conveyed his appreciation to me this year. It is a testament to Ambassador Keating’s character that he apologised for the failure of the Security Council to act in time in 1994, when he addressed the UN earlier this year.
It is all too easy to focus on failures like Rwanda. It is important to not overlook instances where the UN has made a positive impact – in places like Sierra Leone, Burundi, Timor-Leste, Haiti and Kosovo.
It is also important that we acknowledge and celebrate the many other areas where the UN makes a positive difference. The UN’s Millenial Goals align with a theme I have chosen as a focus of my work for my five-year term. Our rangatahi –aligns well with improving educational, social and health outcomes, particularly for women and children. Advocating for, and supporting, young people is the right path to take for more prosperous and stable communities in New Zealand and around the globe.
As 2015 approaches and the Millenium Goals come up for renewal, no doubt UNANZ members will be considering what the next challenges should be. It was interesting to see the UN is casting its net widely to gauge opinion around the world. This includes the ‘vote my world 2015’ webpage which allows individuals from anywhere on the globe to have their say.
What next for New Zealand in the United Nations? Our bid for a non-permanent seat on the Security Council has reflected on the last time we were on the Council, 20 years ago. Then, New Zealand confirmed its reputation for standing up for principle, while showing a willingness to develop partnerships and build bridges between opposing camps. I consider that to be an expectation of the 145 member states that gave us their vote last Friday morning, at 3.20 am New Zealand time.
This evening, we can celebrate a wonderful result to a ten-year campaign by New Zealand governments, supported by politicians across the divide, and our very capable diplomatic service.
New Zealand now has an opportunity to influence the UN’s responses to a range of security issues. I am sure you will join me in wishing our Permanent Representative, Hon Jim McLay, the very best as he takes on this crucial and significant responsibility.
The UN speaks to our connectedness in our contemporary world. When we reflect on its efficacy, I would observe that the UN has mana. Its mana has been bestowed by the deeds and ideals imparted in its founding. Its mana has been earned by each and every event and individual associated with it. And, the UN’s status has added to the mana of individuals and events acting in its name. The UN is the preeminent multi-lateral organisation for peace, security and good. And those who work for it are decent. I close by saluting you all for your association with the United Nations.
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Our Memoir, Gourd Girlsjoel2017-02-04T03:12:05+00:00
A Memoir by Priscilla Wilson, with 75 pictures and 224 pages.
Now available on Amazon Kindle for $3.00.
Gourd Girls is Priscilla Wilson’s richly told memoir of her 30-year business and personal partnership with Janice Lymburner. It is the story of two girls barely out of college who, through good karma and the kindness of others, wind up creating a life that allows them to live simply, artisticall and on their own terms. Short on money but full of love for each other and their desire to live and work together, Priscilla sets out to revive an old art, gourd carving,while Janice continues to teach and bring in a small but steady income. Priscilla’s account of the trials and errors involved in gourd farming and collecting is at once hilarious and poignant. As the women battle bad soil, unfamiliar machinery and a lack of knowledge about farming in general, the Mount Yonah community comes forward to help “the girls” hang on and make their business a success. With pageantry and good humor, Priscilla and Janice host harvesting parties, invent wacky gourd displays and share their home and hearts with neighbors and folks just passing through. But life wasn’t always fun and games for the pair, who struggled for years with fear of coming out of the closet, at a time when many people in larger and more liberal areas of the country would not. Not knowing what would happen, but with trust in their community and a willingness to accept the consequences, the couple’s desire to live authentically finally helps them stop hiding. Gourd Girls is an inspiring memoir, frankly told and generously packed with anecdotes about life in rural northeast Georgia. It will be a welcome addition to public library collections in Georgia.
Teresa Pacheco, Georgia Library Quarterly
Gourd Girls by Priscilla Wilson is the story of Janice Lymburner and Priscilla Wilson, two young women whose decision to begin a business soon came to be their most favored pastime. Readers will follow the two girls as they are discovering themselves and their knack for the unexpected, giving Gourd Girls a great and powerful intimacy as the community, their families, and their friends join the girls to create an inspiring unity amidst such an unlikely business as the growing and selling of gourds. A remarkable tale in its vividly written in familiar story telling narrative style, Gourd Girls is very strongly recommended reading for anyone who aspires to have a business of their own one day.
Whether this book catches your eye because it’s about the struggles and romance of making a living as a craft artist in a rural area, or because it’s about two women who love each other, you’ll find it well worth reading. My strongest impression is of the integrity and spiritual strength of the author and her partner. Sometimes it’s a bit sad, reading the book, to see them deliberately turn away from a choice that would probably prove lucrative. (This happens at several points in the story.) Instead, they always choose what keeps their spirit most alive. This–and their deep love for nature and each other–is a great gift from the book. So do I recommend it? Yes, of course!
Catherine J. Morgan
Gourd Girls came in the mail from a friend who told me that because it was self-published it is hard to find in mainstream bookstores. It is a lovely book in every way, and I’m delighted to see it is now available on Amazon. The writing style is straightforward and engaging. There’s a nice mix of narrative about becoming entrepreneurs, creative and spiritual growth, and dealing with the uncomfortable-ness of an alternative lifestyle in a rural mountain area. There’s also a good bit of hilarity and an infectious appreciation of what “foolishness” can do to lighten our burdens. I think you will like this book as much as I did.
You’ll laugh; you’ll cry; but mostly you’ll LOVE the gourd girls! You’ll delight to discover the playful spirit author Priscilla Wilson and her partner, Janice Lymburner, bring to everything they do, even as they struggle with financial, social and political issues. Engrossing, well-written, and straight from the heart, this is a fine memoir.
Lyn Hopper
The parallel stories of her struggle to live life to the fullest, both in her life and her life’s work, are portrayed with honesty, humor, and sadness. You travel these twin journeys with her and her life partner Janice Lymburner and find yourself laughing with them as they learn the ropes of hoeing and gourd gathering and running a business as such delightful greenhorns, who are open to the lessons and generousity of their neighbors, friends, and some wacky strangers who all seem to become lifelong partners in the gourd life, as they call it. She also shares the sheer joy of life with her true love and the pain and fear of years in the closet.
“I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It inspires and instructs and makes human the whole public debate on gay marriage and rights. It is a beautiful book.”
Melissa Fossberg
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Santaris announces Strategic Alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb
Hørsholm, Denmark / San Diego, California — Santaris Pharma A/S, a privately held biopharmaceutical company announced a worldwide strategic alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) to develop novel medicines using Santaris Pharma’s proprietary Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) Drug Platform.
Under the terms of the agreement, Santaris Pharma will receive an upfront payment of $10 million, up to $90 million in potential milestone payments per product and funding of ongoing discovery and research activities. In addition, Santaris Pharma will be eligible to receive royalties on the worldwide sales of all medicines arising from the alliance.
About Santaris Pharma A/S
Santaris Pharma A/S is a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of RNA-targeted therapies. The company’s research and development activities focus on infectious diseases and cardiometabolic disorders, while partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies include a range of therapeutic areas including cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious and inflammatory diseases, and rare genetic disorders. The company has strategic partnerships with miRagen Therapeutics, Shire PLC, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Enzon Pharmaceuticals. Santaris Pharma A/S, founded in 2003, is headquartered in Denmark with operations in the United States.
Please visit www.santaris.com for more information.
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Home Singer Female Kylie Minogue Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Kylie Minogue Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics
Kylie Ann Minogue
Kylie, The Princess of Pop
Kylie Minogue posing for the official calendar 2015.
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
South Coogee, New South Wales, Australia
Chelsea, London, England
With her younger sister Dannii, Kylie went to Canterbury Primary School and then completed her schooling from Camberwell High School, Melbourne, Australia.
Singer, songwriter, actress, record and film producer, fashion designer, showgirl, author and entrepreneur
Father – Ronald Charles (Accountant)
Mother – Carol Ann (nee Jones) (Former dancer from Maesteg, Wales)
Siblings – Brendan (Younger Brother, news cameraman in Australia), Dannii Minogue (Younger Sister, pop singer and television host)
Others – Denis Jones (Maternal Grandfather), Millie Jones (Maternal Grandmother)
Kylie is signed with agencies –
Roc Nation (USA)
Parlophone (UK)
In Demand Talent Spirit Artists
Her manager is Terry Blamey
Pop, pop rock, dance-pop, synthpop, electronic, and nu-disco
PWL, Deconstruction, BMG, Parlophone, EMI, Mushroom, Festival Mushroom, Warner Music Australia, Capitol Records, Astralwerks, Warner Bros., Geffen
5 ft or 152 cm
Kylie Minogue dated –
Jason Donovan (1984-1989) – Kylie started dating her Neighbours (soap opera) co-star, Jason Donovan in 1984. They got along for around five years and separated in 1989.
Michael Hutchence (1989-1991) – After that, Kylie started dating the lead singer of INXS (Australian rock band), Michael Hutchence in 1989. But the duo parted their ways in 1991. Though, they remained close friends until Hutchence’s death in 1997.
Lenny Kravitz (1991) – After splitting with Michael Hutchence, Kylie had a short-lived affair with Lenny Kravitz (American rock singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and an actor) during the year 1991.
Zane O’Donnell (1993) – Later on, in 1993, Kylie had a fling with South African businessman Zane O’Donnell.
Prince Albert (1993) – Kylie first met “Prince Albert of Monaco” when she was invited by him as a personal guest at “World Music Award” in Monte Carlo in 1991. They again met in 1992 during the same event. But, in 1993 she had a fling with him.
Evan Dando (1994) – Kylie then had a brief affair with American singer and musician Evan Dando in 1994.
Jean-Claude Van Damme (1994) – In the 1994 action film Street Fighter, Kylie co-starred with actor Jean-Claude Van Damme. The two of them started seeing each other in May 1994 and soon after few months in August 1994, they parted ways.
Nick Cave (1995-1996) – Though, Kylie and Nick Cave (Australian musician, songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor) were RUMORed about being in a relationship during 1995 to 1996, yet the two of them never admitted that.
Stephane Sednaoui (1997-1998) – After that rumored relationship having ended, Kylie started dating the French photographer Stephane Sednaoui in 1997. Later in 1998, the duo got separated.
Pauly Shore (1997) – She, then dated Pauly Shore (Comedian, actor) for about six months in 1997. The pair was cast together in Biodome (American comedy film, 1996). Pauly later stated in an interview that after Kylie, he has not been able to find a girlfriend like her.
Tim Jeffries (1998) – Kylie then went on dating the Britain’s multi-millionaire heir, Tim Jeffries in 1998, and that was too for a shorter while.
James Gooding (1998-2001) – She then turned to British model James Gooding, having started dating in 1998. The couple had a three-year-long relationship. Going around all those years, they ended their troubled relationship in 2001.
Michael Di Nuzzo (November 1998-May 1999) – Kylie and Michael worked in the cult film Sample People, which was Michael’s debut film. During that time, they were reportedly having 6 months affair while Kylie was in a relationship with James Gooding.
Rupert Penry-Jones (1999) – Kylie and Rupert Penry-Jones (British actor) starred together in Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Barbados in 1999. The duo had a nine-month-long affair at that time.
Jay Kay (2003) – In 2003, Kylie had a fling with Jay Kay, the lead singer of British funk band “Jamiroquai.”
Olivier Martinez (July 2003-February 2007) – Kylie met Olivier Martinez (French actor) during the Grammy awards ceremony in 2000. But, they commenced dating each other in July 2003. They were together when Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. The couple separated in 2007 amid the rumors of Martinez dating someone else.
David Tennant (2007) – This was Kylie’s another rumored relationship that was talked about. Kylie and David Tennant’s (Scottish actor) dating was an encounter in late 2007 while filming for the BBC production Doctor Who (British science-fiction television program) episode “Voyage of the Damned.”
Andres Velencoso Segura (October 2008-October 2013) – Kylie’s this relationship with Andres Segura (Spanish Model) could be counted as a serious and longer one, unlike her previous ones. She started dating Andres Segura in late 2008. Segura was even spotted with a tattoo bearing Kylie’s name. The couple got engaged in May 2009 but in late 2013, they ended their relationship.
Mathew Horne (2009) – In 2009, she was RUMORed to have had a fling with British actor, Mathew Horne.
Chris Martin (2015) – In June 2015, Kylie was RUMORed to have had a fling with Coldplay singer, Chris Martin. They were spotted walking arm-in-arm late night near Buckingham Palace.
Joshua Sasse (2015-2017) – In 2015, Kylie started dating British actor, Joshua Sasse. She publicly confirmed her relationship in November 2015. In February 2016, their engagement news started surfacing on the Internet. But, by February 2017, it was all over and they had called off their engagement.
Prince Andrew (2017) – A member of the British Royal family, Prince Andrew quietly dated Minogue for some time in 2017. The news about their dating had started coming in April 2017.
Paul Solomons (2018-Present) – In July 2018, Kylie confirmed about her relationship with Paul Solomons who was the creative director at British GQ and GQ Style magazine at the time. She shared an Instagram picture of the two kissing on the rooftop of a building at New York.
Kylie Minogue and Andres Velencoso in Roberto Cavalli at the amfAR Gala 2013 in Cannes.
She bears Irish ancestry from her father and welsh ancestry through her mother.
Hourglass shaped body
Her costumes and appearance
Kylie Minogue performs at the Echo Arena in Liverpool in September 2014.
5 (US) or 35.5 (EU)
TV Commercials – Coca-Cola (1990), Pepsi Cola (2000), Eurostar (2001), her own fragrance “Showtime”(2008) and Lexus cars, UK (2011).
Print Ads – H&M Lingerie (1998), Ford Street Ka (2002), Tour diamonds (2008).
A born catholic, Kylie is very spiritual in terms of her beliefs. She follows the teachings and theories of Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism too.
Her albums, Kylie (debut album, 1988), Fever (2001), Enjoy Yourself (1989), Rhythm of Love (1990), and Put Yourself in My Place (1994).
Some of her singles gained much attention including, “The Loco-Motion,” “Especially for You,” “Better the Devil You Know,” Can’t Get You Out of My Head,” “Confide in Me,” “Spinning Around,” “Slow,” “2 Hearts,” “All The Lovers” and many more.
First Single
The Loco-motion released in 1987.
It peaked at #1 in many countries including Australia, Canada, and Ireland. It was certified as 3x Platinum in Australia.
First Music Album
Kylie Minogue made her debut with the album Kylie released on July 4, 1988 via PWL. She was able to sell 6 million copies of the album worldwide with 2.1 million copies just in the UK. The album contained 10 tracks giving it a total length of over 35 minutes.
The album ranked at #1 in UK and New Zealand, #2 in Australia, #8 in Germany and likewise.
It was certified as 6x Platinum in Australia.
She made her debut with the movie The Delinquents (1989) for her role as Lola Lovell.
Since her childhood, she had appeared in small roles in soap operas like The Sullivans and Skyways. She then appeared in a lead role in the soap opera Neighbours from 1986 to 1988.
Kylie gave her first television singing performance on the show Young Talent Time (a weekly musical program) in 1985.
She believes in an active lifestyle, which caters as the main factor for her staying in balance. She takes her diet very cautiously and has low glycemic foods. For her hourglass-shaped body, she does Pilates and other varied exercises. Her workout session extends from 30 to 60 minutes.
Kylie Minogue Favorite Things
Color – Depends on the day and mood
Drink – Coffee
Number – Doesn’t have any
Singles (from Dannii’s albums) – Put the Needle on It, I Begin to Wonder, This Is It
Books – Immortality, by Milan Kundera
Song – A Sunday Kind Of Love by Etta James
Source – Guardian, IMDb
Kylie Minogue in the official calendar 2015.
Kylie Minogue Facts
She grew up in Surrey Hills, Melbourne.
In 1988, she became the first person who won four “Logie Awards” in one event.
She was voted the 15th greatest pop culture icon of all time in a UK poll.
Kylie was voted as the best-dressed female in 2001 by the readers of Heat magazine (UK).
Minogue got the honor of being appointed as a “Chevalier” (knight) of the “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the French Government, the junior grade of France’s highest cultural honor, for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture.
In 2002, she received the “Showbusiness Personality of the Year Award” at The Variety Club of Great Britain.
She has been nominated six times for “Best International Female” at The Brit Awards in 1989, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. She won the award in 2002.
She was also nominated for Best International Female and Best Musical Website (for www.kylie.com) at the French 2004 NRJ Awards in Cannes, France.
Kylie has performed at 2000 summer Olympic games.
In 2001, she was placed at #1 place in the “Sexiest Celebrity in the World” list by UK’s Heat Magazine.
She attended the Royal Premiere of Moulin Rouge (2001) along with ‘Prince Charles‘, Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.
Kylie was awarded the “Prestigious Woman Of the Year Award” at the 2002 Elle Style Awards.
In 2003, she launched her own lingerie range called Love Kylie.
For her work in raising awareness for breast cancer, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom.
At the age of 36, Kylie Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer on May 17, 2005, and went through surgery on May 21, 2005, and then chemotherapy was done soon after that. After her diagnosis of breast cancer, the then Australian Prime Minister John Howard issued a statement in her support.
She won “Grammy” (Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording) in 2004 for her song “Come into My World.”
Kylie launched her first fragrance Darling in November 2006 and afterward, she has released 10 fragrances of her own until December 2014.
Kylie’s bronze statue was unveiled in November 2007 at Waterfront City, Melbourne Docklands.
Minogue has released her own collection of clothing on her website.
In 2012, her own video game Kylie Sing and Dance was released.
Kylie along with her sister Dannii Minogue broke the record as the most successful sisters’ duo ever on the British charts.
Kylie was ranked at 14th place among “The World’s 100 Sexiest Females” list by “FHM” magazine in Europe in the past.
She had been listed as “The Second Greatest Female Artist Of All Time” by music channel VH1.
Visit her official website @ www.kylie.com.
Hear more from Kylie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Last.fm, Google+, YouTube, Tumblr, and iTunes.
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Kylie is so perfect and flawless!!! She is the best!!!! Love her!!!
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Flawless, you say? Kids height is a hugh flaw. It looks good in heels or in tv, but in real…..
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Kylie is flawless. Point.
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Seth MacFarlane & Emilia Clarke Break Up: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
By Mufsin Mahbub
Updated Mar 21, 2013 at 1:01pm
The winter storm has passed, and so has the love between Seth MacFarlane and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke.
After over six months of dating, the lovebirds have called it quits, according to E! Online. Here’s what you should know about their relationship and breakup.
1. Distance Was the Main Factor
A source told E! News that the couple’s lack of spending time together was due to their work locations on opposite sides of the globe. “They are no longer dating,” a source told the site. “It was really a location challenge. She has been in Europe shooting Game of Thrones and he is based in California, so it was hard to make it work despite the distance.”
2. The Two First Met at an HBO Afterparty
The couple had some good times, starting with the day they first met, which was last September. The 39-year-old Family Guy creator and the 25-year-old actress met at an HBO Emmy afterparty at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. The two were spotted cozying up to each other having a few drinks and having some fun. The couple also came together at the Golden Globes afterparty last January, according to Deadline.
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3. They Plan to Remain Friends
Despite the inevitable breakup, the two stars are on good terms. “They have remained friends,” a source told E! News. The two neither denied nor confirmed their relationship, according to Gossip Cop. In November 2012, MacFarlane even described himself as single on his Twitter page, saying that, “Though I’m a single guy, I’m trying to get in some marriage practice by resenting my cat’s purchases.”
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4. MacFarlane Was Linked to Other Actresses in the Past
Before dating Emilia Clarke, MacFarlane also had a fling with a few other actresses. Besides that fake hook-up at the Oscars with Sally Field, Seth was linked with stars like Eliza Dushku and Alexis Knapp, based on a report from Celebrity-Gossip.
5. They Are Busy With Other Projects
Besides working on Family Guy and American Dad, the funnyman is also working on his next feature film A Million Ways to Die in the West as well as his live-action sitcom Dads. He even confirmed that the film has already begun production on his Twitter page Tuesday when he tweeted, “In pre-production for A Million Ways To Die in the West. My horse hasn’t kicked me yet, but he did say he hates Family Guy past season 3.”
Clarke has almost finished wrapping up her shoots on Game of Thrones and has also been seen recently on Broadway playing the lead in the stage adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Published Mar 21, 2013 at 1:01pm
5 Fast Facts, Celebrities, Emilia Clarke, Game Of Thrones, Relationships, Seth MacFarlane
The funnyman and the Game of Thrones beauty part ways.
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The Annual Flower Trial Garden is a devoted horticultural research garden on the campus of Fort Collins' Colorado State University, open to the public throughout the year near the campus' Center for the Arts. The garden strives to serve as a trial space for the performance of annual plant cultivars in the region's high-altitude Rocky Mountain environmental conditions, with primary annual plantings on display between late May and mid-October. Plant varieties are grouped by genus and arranged by color, with more than 1,000 different cultivars typically on display each year. In addition to the main annual showcase, the garden also presented an annual pansy display, which is planted in fall and on display through the early spring. Perennials cultivated by the garden are also on display year-round across the street from the garden facility.
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre provides a unique natural landscape in which to listen to live music. Surrounded by and created from the incredible red sandstone monoliths from which it gets its name, the park offers a world-class line-up of musicians during concert season, from late spring to fall, the Film on the Rocks program and yoga sessions. You can walk around the stage and explore trails throughout the park.
Buffalo Bill gained famed during his buffalo-hunting days, but he later went on to run a popular Wild West Show, drawing in big names like Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull. He died here in Colorado at Lookout Mountain, and Buffalo Bill’s Museum was built here to commemorate him. See his firearms and Native American artifacts, or learn more at Golden Buffalo Bill Days, a true celebration of the Wild West festival in the historic town of Golden.
The Bishop Castle regularly hosts private special events throughout the year. Schools are welcome to use the Castle’s facilities for educational purposes. Also, people are welcome to use the Bishop Castle as the location for their wedding ceremony. Although wedding ceremonies can be held at the Castle, people are not allowed to hold receptions or any other party similar to a reception at the Bishop Castle.
Opera Colorado is Denver's premiere world-class opera company, presenting fine opera performances each season since 1981 at the city's Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The company mounts two full-scale opera performances each season in November and May, focusing on classics such as Verdi's La Traviata and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. An annual winter chamber performance is also presented, highlighting a new or contemporary opera work in a more intimate theater setting. Other performances throughout the year include recitals, panel discussions, and artist meet-and-greet events. Educational programming at the company reaches more than 45,000 participants each year, including in-school outreach programming. Opera guests can enjoy on-site dining at Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House, with bar drinks and snacks offered within the theater's lobby spaces before shows and during intermissions.
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad starts in Antonito, Colorado, and runs all the way through to Chama, New Mexico, spanning a track of 64 miles. Take a trip back in time on this old fashioned, narrow gauge heritage railroad and enjoy the countryside as you pass through it. You’ll have a front seat view of Toltec Gorge, the inspiration for the name of this railroad.
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Floating Weeds (1959)
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Directed by Yasujiro Ozu Floating Weeds is a melodrama about a man whose ill-conceived but well-intentioned lie catches up to him. He is Komajuro, the leader of a small, struggling acting troupe as it arrives in a seaside village in which resides a former mistress, Oyoshi, and adult son, Kiyoshi. Komajuro is immensely proud of … Continue reading Floating Weeds (1959)
Directed by Steven Knight Serenity might just be bad. At least if you take it at face value it's certainly bonkers, however I think there's something under the surface here about the film noir genre as a whole, it's construction, absurdity and the degree to which such worlds and characters are almost parodies of our … Continue reading Serenity (2019)
The Only Son (1936)
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu A young man, Ryosuke, receives a surprise visit from his mother, Tsune, in Ozu's The Only Son. Their visit lasts a quiet couple of days in Tokyo, and through strained pleasantries she learns for the first time that he is married and has a son. A night school teacher, he is quietly ashamed of … Continue reading The Only Son (1936)
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Directed by Joe Berlinger Alright so Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile claims to present a new angle on the Ted Bundy story, a perspective through the eyes of his girlfriend, Liz (Lily Collins)... and yet she's hardly a character in the movie. It is instead focused on Bundy (Zac Efron) himself, specifically his charged charisma. … Continue reading Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
Directed by Ishirô Honda Director Ishirō Honda said, "If Godzilla had been a dinosaur or some other animal, he would have been killed by just one cannonball. But if he were equal to an atomic bomb, we wouldn't know what to do. So, I took the characteristics of an atomic bomb and applied them to Godzilla." … Continue reading Godzilla (1954)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Directed by Peter Greenaway The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & her Lover is a theatrical movie which takes place almost entirely within the large, ornate London restaurant owned by mobster Albert Spica (Michael Gambon, aka Albus Dumbledore). He eats there every night with his wife Georgina (Helen Mirren) and a group of his thugs … Continue reading The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Directed by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack King Kong is a marvel of a film. Sure just about every aspect of the film has become dated, from the stop motion to the rear projection screens to the racist imagery of a tribal population that sacrifices women to the monster known as Kong, and yet … Continue reading King Kong (1933)
Super Dark Times (2017)
Directed by Kevin Phillips There's something unsettling about your teenage years, at least while you're in them. There have been many a film made about such a time, seen through a nostalgic lens, but Super Dark Times is not one of those films. It's highly in the moment, moving with every dramatic whim perceived by its … Continue reading Super Dark Times (2017)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Directed by Leni Riefenstahl I feel like I'm doing an act of service when I call this film boring, which it is. But it's important, very important, and it's influential. It's a fascinating historical document and certainly a spectacle, but it's also just so boring. It's a propaganda film, of course, about Adolf Hitler and … Continue reading Triumph of the Will (1935)
Tomorrowland (2015)
Directed by Brad Bird You know how sometimes we read stuff off the internet and then parrot it back as our own opinion? Or maybe it's a movie, a podcast, a book or really anything else. It could just be what you overhear someone say. It's like there's a subject on which you have no … Continue reading Tomorrowland (2015)
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Practice Relating to Rule 38. Attacks against Cultural Property
The Report on the Practice of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia describes the armed conflict in Croatia as being characterized by the mass destruction of cultural, historical and religious objects and by violations of existing norms by both sides. According to the report, the Chief of General Staff of the Yugoslav People’s Army (YPA) insisted that attacks on cultural and other protected property such as churches and historical monuments were prohibited. Furthermore, the report asserts the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s view that Article 16 of the 1977 Additional Protocol II already enjoys customary law status. It maintains that, for this reason, the parties to the conflict between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Croatia did not deal with the question of cultural property in their agreements on the application of IHL as they deemed it to be superfluous.
Report on the Practice of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1997, Chapter 4.3.
In the Legality of Use of Force cases in 1999, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia initiated proceedings before the ICJ against ten NATO member States (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and United States) on the ground, inter alia, that:
by taking part in destroying or damaging monasteries, monuments of culture, [the respective States had] acted against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in breach of [their] obligation not to commit any act of hostility directed against historical monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute cultural or spiritual heritage of people.
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of, Applications instituting proceedings submitted to the ICJ, Legality of Use of Force cases (Yugoslavia v. Belgium; Yugoslavia v. Canada; Yugoslavia v. France; Yugoslavia v. Germany; Yugoslavia v. Italy; Yugoslavia v. Netherlands; Yugoslavia v. Portugal; Yugoslavia v. Spain; Yugoslavia v. United Kingdom; Yugoslavia v. United States of America), 29 April 1999.
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Stars of Left Plan Anti-Alito Press Briefings
Robert Bluey
An assortment of left-wing activists will gather this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to outline their opposition to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
Two separate press conferences are planned. The first will feature Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women; E. Faye Williams, president of the National Congress of Black Women; and Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.
The second brings together Ralph Neas, president of People For the American Way; Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice; Seth Rosenthal, legal director of Alliance for Justice; and Elliot Mincberg, legal director of People For the American Way. The two groups will release their “final, comprehensive reports” about Alito.
Our very own Amanda Carpenter will be at both events and reporting on the left’s activities. Check back soon for full coverage.
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Written By Robert Bluey
Mr. Bluey, a contributing editor to Human Events, is director of the Center for Media & Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation. He maintains a blog at RobertBluey.com.
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Give it a Brake: The 10 Speediest States in America
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Consider the swiftness with which we’ve come from a fledgling, newly independent nation to a global superpower. Or that hallmark of U.S. dining culture: “fast food.” Or, of course, how quickly and recklessly we drive, from sea to shining sea.
But speeding puts all drivers, behind the wheel or not, at great risk: the most recent data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that in the year 2017, speeding significantly contributed to 26 percent of motor vehicle crash deaths.
And while there’s a whole laundry list of excuses that you could use to get out of a speeding ticket (“I was late for work!” “I have a doctor’s appointment!” “I’m normally a careful driver!”), law enforcement is focused on keeping you, and the roads you drive on, safe. Most of the time, no matter the location or circumstance, you’ll be slapped with a ticket—and a fine. Plus, getting a speeding ticket isn’t only a bureaucratic bother and a financial hit. It could also impact your insurance premium. Your insurance provider might take your speeding citation to mean you’re a risky driver and hit you with higher rates at your next renewal.
Some states see a higher number of speeding offenders as a share of their driving population, for any collection of reasons: stringent speeding laws, geographic particularities, or just something in the water. For the second year in a row, the data scientists at Insurify determined the top 10 fastest states in the nation, based on per-capita speeding ticket offenses from the past seven years.
Here’s what they found.
Need for speed. Upon analyzing current speed limits in all fifty states, Insurify’s data team found that none of the top 10 speediest states mandate the highest speed limits for any category of road in any given state. For instance, South Dakota’s urban interstate speed limit is 80 mph, but South Dakota drivers did not cause their state to crack the top 10. The same goes for Montana and Nevada, which mandate 80 mph on rural interstate roads. All states in the top 10 possess fairly middling speed limits, with some (like Hawaii, which has the lowest rural interstate speed limits in the country) boasting pretty tight driving restrictions.
Not out in full force? Perhaps contrary to popular assumption, our data scientists did not find a significant relationship between the proportion of full-time law enforcement within a state’s population and the rate of speeding offenses. In fact, there was a weak negative correlation between these variables, suggesting that relative size of police presence in any given state—including highway patrol—somewhat inversely corresponds with rates of speed violations. Explanations for high rates of speeding can’t necessarily be pegged on those who enforce state law.
A sparser police presence. This stat might support the insight above. All states listed in the top 10 below rank outside the top 15 for number of full-time law enforcement per 1,000 people.
The data scientists at Insurify, an auto insurance quotes comparison website, collected data from their database of over 1.6 million car insurance applications, which ask questions about users’ past seven years of driving history, vehicle type, and other relevant information. They ranked each state in the U.S. by reported speeding citations per capita and thereby determined the top 10 states with the highest percentage of speedy drivers. Additional data on statewide speed limits (in miles per hour) and full-time law enforcement employment numbers come from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 2017 data, respectively.
The following states have the highest percentage of speeding violations in America:
Percentage of drivers reporting speeding violations: 15.0%
State speed limits
Rural interstates: 75
Urban interstates: 70
Other limited access roads: 70
Other roads: 65
Number of full-time law enforcement officers: 3,345 (1.96 officers per 1,000 pop.)
Nebraska’s sprawling roads traverse the Plains, but hitting the pedal to the metal on these thoroughfares is practically begging for a citation. Nebraska’s speeding fines can range anywhere from $10 (for going less than 5 mph over the mandated speed limit) to $600 (for going 35 or more mph over the limit in a construction or a school crossing zone).
9. Idaho
Rural interstates: 75; 80 on specified segments of road; 70 for trucks
Urban interstates: 75; 80 on specified segments of road; 65 for trucks
Idaho possesses the lowest number of officers per 1,000 people on this list. Of course, it’s not a state that’s known for its population density. But the state nevertheless takes speeding offenses seriously: Idaho employs an “absolute” speed limit law, meaning that one (!) mile per hour over the limit is not a minor overestimation—it’s a law violation.
Hawaii has had its share of infrastructure trouble, including the fourth-highest percentage of rural roads in poor condition among all U.S. states. Add to its roadway woes a major issue with speeding. The Aloha State is noted for its bucolic countryside speedways, but with scenic views come stricter speed limit rules. Rural and urban interstate speed limits cap at only 60 miles per hour; these speeds can be set by county ordinance or the state’s director of transportation rather than state law.
Number of full-time law enforcement officers: 12,870 (2.23 officers per 1,000 pop.)
Wisconsin drivers, be warned: your state knows you have an issue with violating speed limits. The state’s Department of Transportation website admits that speeding is a statewide issue, and provides some sobering stats to boot. The state handed down around 142,000 speeding convictions in 2014. Ticket fines range anywhere from $200 to $800 in this state—a steep price to pay if you’re just trying to buy a wheel of cheese.
6. Wyoming
Rural interstates: 75; 80 on specified segments of road
Urban interstates: 75; 80 on specified segments of road
Although it’s the least populous state in the Union, Wyoming ranks high for speeding offenses. Perhaps there’s not much endemic to the Cowboy State that contributes to this trend, however. Tourists and visitors make up a large swath of speeding offenders. Wyoming Highway Patrol is notorious for slapping fines on out-of-state speeders, and major traffic from migrating drivers hoping to catch a Wyoming-sky glimpse of the solar eclipse in August 2017 was the latest major traffic event in the state’s history.
Along with Idaho and Wyoming, North Dakota’s rural and urban interstate speed limits are the highest on this list. Its relatively high number of full-time officers per capita also proves interesting, given the state’s low population.
4. Ohio
Ohio’s recent license reinstatement amnesty initiative might prove to help those who have undergone driver’s license suspension for any number of driving or non-driving offenses. However, speeding remains a minor enough offense that even repeat instances usually don’t warrant a suspension. Fines and fees will vary by county, so the price tag for getting caught speeding could range across hundreds of dollars.
3. Virginia
Any driving in Virginia that exceeds 80 miles per hour, or 20 miles per hour over the limit, is classified as reckless driving: a charge that can lead to a hefty fine (up to $2,500), license suspension, or even jail time. And don’t expect to pay a speeding fine easily if you’re an out-of-state driver: you’ll be charged with a crime and have to appear in Virginia court. Since the rural interstate speed limit in Virginia is 70 miles per hour, going just 11 over that speed limit could spell disaster—especially if you’re just passing through. As for native Virginians, their own recklessness has led to this state’s placement at #3 nationally.
The highest-ranking Midwestern state on this list, Iowa sees over 1 in 6 drivers get faced with a speeding ticket. Iowa somewhat notoriously also adds a 35 percent surcharge to almost all enforcement-related fines, including speeding violations. Together with court costs and insurance premium hikes, there’s a good chance that those 16.9 percent of Iowa drivers have experienced some serious financial misfortune.
1. South Carolina
Coming in at #1 is the Palmetto State. While South Carolina has typical state speed limits, its drivers seem all too eager to exceed them. S.C. also boasts the highest number of law enforcement officers per 1,000 people on this list. At a 17 percent (nearly 1 in 5) rate of speeding violations among drivers, South Carolinians have much to answer for—and pay for in fees.
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25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp
30 December 2020 Asia Pacific, World News 0 Views
Politically, it was a perilous situation for both men.
As its trade war with China escalated, the Trump administration had all but eliminated a public health partnership with Beijing that had begun after the debacle of SARS and was intended to help prevent potential pandemics. By pulling out, current and former agency officials say, Washington cut itself off from potential intelligence about the virus, and lost a chance to work with China against it.
Under the partnership, teams of American doctors were stationed in China and, over time, helped train more than 2,500 Chinese public health staff. More than 15 traveled to the United States for training, as well.
“Our trainees,” the Americans called them.
One of the American doctors was stationed inside the Chinese C.D.C., building ties with trainees bound for posts across the country, and socializing with Chinese doctors.
“You are in a position to gain extremely important information,” said Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, a former agency director who helped set up the arrangement, “particularly on a threatening new disease.”
In a review of 10 years of partnership, doctors on both sides argued that it had helped prevent potential pandemics, such as avian flu, which first appeared in the southern province of Guangdong. China let U.S. epidemiologists join the response and sent scientists to America for training, a partnership that continued as recently as 2017, when a newly virulent strain spread to other countries and killed more than 600 people.
“We worked shoulder to shoulder with the China C.D.C.,” recalled Dr. Tom Frieden, the head of the U.S. agency under President Barack Obama. With further spread and the wrong mutation, Dr. Frieden added, “It could have been a pandemic.”
Another American program in the country — called Predict — sought to spot dangerous pathogens in animals, particularly coronaviruses, before they could leap to humans. One of the labs it worked with was in Wuhan.
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Why We Turned to PBS: 50 Reasons Over 50 Years
13 October 2020 Arts 3 Views
I had never really seen live music before. A neighbor used to have parties where a mariachi band would play, and I saw Michael Jackson when I was 5 years old, but that was really it. Seeing blues on “A.C.L.,” just down the highway from where we lived outside of Austin, my eyes opened up. It gave me a greater appreciation of where I was from, and it showed me something outside of school — pep rallies and football games, that whole thing.
One day, when I was about 21, I walked past [the executive producer] Terry Lickona in Austin. He said, “Hey, Gary! When are you going to play my show?” I was like, “Man, I’ve been waiting for you to ask me that question for a decade!” The first time I walked onstage [in 2007], I got emotional. There’s no feeling like it. The idea that there is this TV show where you can get a real, intimate, honest, raw performance — you just can’t really beat that. It captures a kind of energy exchange that makes you feel like you’re there. As a kid, I felt like I was there, and it changed my whole life.
Gary Clark Jr., a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist, first played “Austin City Limits” in 2007. Interview by Reggie Ugwu.
10. When tuxedos and arias became an unlikely sensation.
The boyish star tenor José Carreras was just 40 and at the pinnacle of his career when he was diagnosed with leukemia in the mid-1980s. But he beat the odds and survived. To welcome him back to performance, make money for his cancer foundation and celebrate the 1990 World Cup finals, his colleagues Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti sang an outdoor concert with him at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. The three tuxedoed Mediterranean gentlemen, belting arias, pop hits and Neapolitan songs at the top of their lungs while dripping with sweat, were an unlikely sensation, and the combo spent the ’90s doing over 30 of the shows. The easy-listening pablum was eaten up on PBS telecasts and as best-selling records, and became the defining operatic (or pseudo-operatic) phenomenon of the past 30 years. Zachary Woolfe
The Power of Myth and Bill Moyers
11. A professor, a mantra and a galaxy far, far away.
“Follow your bliss”: This piece of wisdom was familiar to students who flocked to the classes of Joseph Campbell, a beloved literature professor at Sarah Lawrence College. “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth,” Bill Moyers’s six-part series, which aired in 1988, turned it into a (sometimes misunderstood) cultural mantra. “The Hero With a Thousand Faces,” Campbell’s 1949 study of comparative mythology, already had fans among the counterculture, including George Lucas, who has cited it as a foundational text for “Star Wars.” But the show made the professor, who died before the show aired, into a mainstream hero and Moyers, who had returned to PBS after a 10-year run at CBS, into television’s leading explorer of the Big Questions. Jennifer Schuessler
12. Come for the painting lesson. Stay for Bob.
In 1994, the talk show host Phil Donahue asked Bob Ross to “say out loud your work will never hang in a museum.” “Well, maybe it will,” Ross replied, though museums were not of course the point: On “The Joy of Painting” anyone could be an artist. The conceit was simple: Paint a picture in 26 minutes. The shows were taped in one sitting — a sunset, some clouds, a mighty mountain, and, in the last moment, a big pine. It made for mesmerizing television, then and now. The show ran for 11 seasons between 1983 and 1994, and in 2015 became a viral sensation on the streaming platform Twitch, where it met an entirely new audience, previously unfamiliar with the calming scrape of a palette knife or the comforts of Ross’s soothing voice. “There are no mistakes,” he assured viewers, “only happy accidents.” In March 2019, 24 years after his death, several of Ross’s paintings became part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Alicia DeSantis
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DHS EXTENDS THE VALIDITY OF TPS AND TPS DOCUMENTATION FOR BENEFICIARIES FROM EL SALVADOR, HAITI, HONDURAS, NEPAL, NICARAGUA & SUDAN
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a Federal Register notice extending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and the validity of TPS-related documentation for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan.
The notice automatically extends through Oct. 4, 2021, the validity of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); Forms I-797, Notice of Action; and Forms I-94, Arrival/Departure Record (collectively, TPS-related documentation) for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for these six countries. The notice also sets forth procedures necessary for nationals of these six countries (or aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in these countries) to apply for EADs if they wish.
This notice ensures continued compliance with the orders issued by the federal district courts in the Ramos v. Nielsen, Bhattarai v. Nielsen, and Saget v. Trump lawsuits that require DHS to maintain the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan, as well as the TPS and TPS-related documentation for eligible affected beneficiaries.
• The TPS designations for El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Sudan will remain in effect, as required by the Ramos district court order, so long as the preliminary injunction remains in effect. Although a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction on Sept. 14, 2020, no directive has been issued to the district court, thus the injunction remains in effect.
• The TPS designation for Haiti will remain in effect, as required by the preliminary injunction orders in both Ramos and Saget, so long as either of those preliminary injunctions remains in effect.
• The TPS designations for Honduras and Nepal will remain in effect so long as the Bhattarai order staying proceedings and approving the parties’ stipulated agreements continues in effect.
Federal Court Rules Against the Elimination of OPT
Judge Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has issued a summary judgment order upholding the Department of Homeland Security’s post-graduate Optional Practical Training (OPT) programs. The ruling comes in response to a 2016 lawsuit filed by Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), which claimed in part that the 2016 STEM OPT rule was issued in excess of DHS’s statutory authority.
A detailed decision outlining Judge Walton’s reasons for ruling in favor of DHS without a full trial will be issued within 60 days. The plaintiffs are expected to appeal.
The case is Washington Alliance of Tech Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security et al. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The district court’s decision is part of a years-long litigation effort spearheaded by WashTech in opposition to OPT programs for foreign graduates.
In 2014, the technology union lodged its first challenge, focusing on the 2008 STEM OPT rule, which provided 17-months of additional practical training to foreign graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math. In that challenge, the district court ruled that DHS had the authority to create the STEM OPT program, but failed to meet its notice and comment obligations when it published the regulation in 2008. Though the court vacated the 2008 rule, it stayed its ruling in order to give DHS time to meets its rulemaking obligations and minimize hardship to F-1 students and employers.
DHS complied with the court's ruling by proposing the current STEM OPT regulation in 2016 and meeting its notice and comment obligations. The new rule, which took effect in May 2016, increased STEM OPT extensions from 17-months to 24-months.
Immediately after the current rule took effect, WashTech filed the latest lawsuit, which has been ongoing for over four years. Though the Trump Administration, which is critical of practical training programs, has defended the 2016 rule in court, the current litigation was bolstered by three trade associations which were permitted to intervene in the lawsuit. Through their filings, the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Information Technology Industry Council provided a strong defense of the rule and its promulgation as well as details about how practical trainings programs benefit the U.S. educational system and economy.
The district court’s decision ensures the OPT and STEM OPT programs will remain in place for now. WashTech, however, is expected to appeal the ruling once the full written decision is issued by Judge Walton.
Outside of the litigation, there still remains some threat to practical training programs from the Trump administration. The administration’s Spring Regulatory Agenda reflects plans to propose further restrictions on the OPT and STEM OPT programs by the end of December. However, time is running short on the agency’s ability to finalize a rule by the end of President Trump’s term in office.
Federal District Court Sets Aside New Rules Affecting H-1B Visas
A federal district court in California has set aside two new immigration regulations that were promulgated on a fast track by the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Homeland Security (DHS) in early October. Ruling on summary judgment, the court found that the agencies did not have good cause to bypass notice and comment rulemaking procedures in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act. This ruling immediately invalidates the rules; however, the government is expected to appeal the decision in an expedited manner. The case is U.S. Chamber of Commerce et al. v. DHS (20-cv-07331).
The court’s decision comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and other trade groups and universities challenging the government’s October 8, 2020 release of DOL and DHS companion rules targeting employment-based immigration, and particularly the H-1B program. The rules were issued as interim final regulations, meaning they could take effect before public comments are considered. The agencies justified expedited review and implementation of the rules on the grounds that a fast track was necessary to support U.S. workers amid the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The DOL rule took effect immediately on October 8 and the DHS rule was slated to take effect 60 days after publication, on December 7.
The DOL rule restructured the prevailing wage system for H-1B, E-3, and H-1B1 nonimmigrant cases and the PERM labor certification program, resulting in significantly higher government prevailing wage minimums for foreign professional workers. The companion DHS rule, which was set to take effect on December 7, introduced stricter eligibility criteria for H-1B specialty occupations, placed new restrictions on the placement of H-1B workers at third-party worksites, and reinstated evidentiary policies that had been rescinded earlier this year, among other changes.
The court’s ruling is immediately effective, though a speedy government appeal could affect implementation of the decision. It is also unknown what approach DOL may take to the prevailing wage determinations that have been issued since October 8 under the new rule.
Regardless of the outcome of an appeal, agencies could take administrative steps to reissue the regulations in the remaining weeks of the Trump Administration.
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Public Charge Remains in Place After Seventh Circuit Stays Lower Court Decision
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has put the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) public charge rule back in effect by placing an administrative stay on a November 2 lower court ruling blocking the rule. The case is Cook County et al. v Wolf et al.
On November 2, a federal district court in Illinois vacated the public charge regulation nationwide on the basis that the rule violates the Administrative Procedures Act (APA). DHS appealed the decision quickly and requested the lower court decision be halted while the appeal moves forward. The appeals court granted this request and therefore, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) may implement the public charge rule until another order of the Seventh Circuit or another court states otherwise.
Currently adjustment of status applications and nonimmigrant extension and change of status applications must continue to be submitted with public charge forms and documentation.
Is the issue still being litigated?
The public charge rule is being challenged in several separate ongoing lawsuits. There could continue to be a back and forth on USCIS authority to implement the rule. Further, if the outcome of these lawsuits results in disagreement among Circuit Courts of Appeal on the rule’s legality, the cases may reach the U.S. Supreme Court for a final decision.
Separately, the State Department remains barred from enforcing its public charge regulation, which is applicable to foreign nationals applying for visas from outside of the United States.
PREMIUM PROCESSING FEE HAS INCREASED
Today USCIS announced that it will increase premium processing fees beginning on Monday, October 19, 2020, as included in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, which was signed into law on September 30, 2020.
Fees will increase from $1,440 to $2,500 for benefit requests that are already eligible for premium processing services through the Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, except for H-2B and R-1 petitions. Those petitions will see an increase from $1,440 to $1,500.
Any Form I-907 that is postmarked on or after October 19, 2020, must include the new fee amount. Any filings that are postmarked on or after October 19, 2020, that include the incorrect premium processing fee, will see the Form I-907 rejected and the fee returned. Filings sent by courier services such as UPS, Fed Ex, and DHL, the postmark date will be the date included on the courier receipt.
NEW REGULATIONS AFFECTING H-1B VISAS AND PREVAILING WAGES
A new Department of Labor regulation, which took effect October 8, significantly lifts prevailing wages for the H-1B, E-3, H-1B1 and PERM programs.
A second regulation issued by the Department of Homeland Security will tighten the criteria for the H-1B program by revising key H-1B definitions like “specialty occupation,” limiting third-party placement H-1B validity to one year increments, and reimplementing contract and itinerary requirements that had been rescinded earlier this year, among other changes. This rule is to take effect December 7, 2020.
BREAKING NEWS: H, J, & L VISAS ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSULAR PROCESSING
On October 1, 2020, a Federal Court in California granted a preliminary injunction barring the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State (US Embassies and Consulates abroad) to refuse processing of all H, J & L visas.
This means that any foreign worker, whose employer was part of the lawsuit, who is currently outside of the US, and seeks a H-2, H-1B, H-4, J-1, J-2, L-1A and L-1B visa can now schedule a nonimmigrant visa appointment at a US Embassy and Consulate, without having to apply for a National Interest Exemption, and obtain a visa (provided the person satisfies all the requirements established by the Immigration and Nationality Act).
DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY WINNERS ARE SHIELDED FROM BAN
On September 4, 2020, a D.C. federal judge on Friday temporarily barred the Trump administration from applying its visa ban to foreign citizens who won green cards in the Diversity Visa lottery, finding that the U.S. Department of State's refusal to process their visas is likely illegal.
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta said the federal government had "unreasonably delayed processing" of green cards won by a group of lottery winners and their relatives, who had found themselves unable to secure visas to move to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's travel restrictions.
The order came down in five consolidated lawsuits targeting Trump's April and June proclamations barring certain foreign citizens seeking green cards and work visas from abroad from entering the U.S. The plaintiffs — a group of over 1,000 American citizens with overseas relatives, U.S.-based employers, diversity lottery winners and foreign nationals with approved petitions for temporary worker visas — had argued that Trump had overstepped his authority when he blocked them from entering the U.S.
Judge Mehta was unconvinced that the proclamations were unconstitutional.
His decision deferred to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 ruling in Trump v. Hawaii , where the justices upheld Trump's previous travel ban against foreigners from a handful of countries. By upholding the ban — which immigration advocates decried as a "Muslim ban" — the high court held that the president may block foreigners from entering the U.S. if he finds that their entry is "detrimental to the interests of the United States."
"Diversity visa lottery winners are people who have come to this nation, like millions before, to seek a better life for themselves and their families, and to pursue the American Dream. They do not deserve to be caricatured as common criminals, or to be used as a political wedge issue," Judge Mehta wrote. "But for the same reasons that the court in Trump v. Hawaii rejected a similar challenge based on purported religious animus, the court does so here, too."
When Trump set the April travel restrictions, he said they were in response to high unemployment within the U.S., and he "amplified" that reasoning in the June ban, Judge Mehta said.
The plaintiffs pushed back against Trump's rationale and provided evidence that new immigrants wouldn't displace American workers, according to court filings. But "however persuasive" those arguments were in a policy forum, the courts are "decidedly constrained," the judge said.
"If the president were to act on 'plainly false pretenses,' as plaintiffs fear, Congress possesses ample powers to right that wrong. The scope of judicial review is circumscribed," he said.
However, Judge Mehta was swayed by claims that the State Department unlawfully halted progress on the foreign citizens' applications based on Trump's orders. Though the orders will prevent the applicants from entering the U.S. through the end of the year, they don't prevent the State Department from issuing visas. Therefore, the individuals argued that the State Department had enacted its own "no visa policy" outside the normal rulemaking processes, according to the order.
The government argued there was no secret policy suspending the applications, but Judge Mehta saw otherwise.
"Defendants, through a cluster of guidance documents, cables and directives, have ordered consular offices and embassies to cease processing and issuing visas for otherwise qualified applicants," he wrote. "That is paradigmatic final agency action."
Further, the State Department had provided "no justification" for why it had suspended visa processing, the judge said. In the case of the lottery winners, the State Department had also failed to explain why it had stopped work on their visas. If the lottery winners don't receive their visas by Sept. 30, immigration law dictates that they lose the visas entirely.
The State Department can't "effectively extinguish" this year's lottery program "by simply sitting on its hands letting all pending diversity visa applications time out," the judge said.
Though Judge Mehta ordered relief for the diversity lottery winners, he declined to do so for the other visa seekers, including those requesting work visas and green cards through family members.
The other visa seekers were "likely" to win on their claims against the State Department, but the court couldn't order relief for them, the judge said.
"The family-visa plaintiffs identify vast harms stemming from being separated from their family members," the judge said. "The court has no doubt that this separation has been devastating ... but this harm would continue to flow from the proclamations' ban on entry, even if the court were to grant relief."
The judge ordered the government to update the court on Sept. 25 on how many diversity visas have yet to be issued. The court will reconsider during that briefing whether to order the State Department to reserve any unprocessed diversity visas for the next year, the order said.
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Biography:Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an American-Danish actor, poet, musician, photographer and painter. He made his film debut in Peter Weir's 1985 thriller Witness, and subsequently appeared in many notable films of the 1990s, including The Indian Runner (1991), Carlito's Way (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), G.I. Jane (1997), A Perfect Murder (1998), and A Walk on the Moon (1999). Mortensen made his major breakthrough in 2001 with the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings. In 2005, Mortensen won critical acclaim for David Cronenberg's crime thriller A History of Violence. Two years later, another Cronenberg film Eastern Promises (2007) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Other well-received films in recent years have included Appaloosa (2008) and the 2009 film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road. Aside from acting, his other artistic pursuits include fine arts, photography, poetry, and music. In 2002, he founded the Perceval Press to publish the works of little-known artists and authors. Mortensen is politically active. He campaigned for Dennis Kucinich in the 2008 United States presidential election, and later endorsed Barack Obama for President. Mortensen has one son from his previous marriage to musician Exene Cervenka. Description above from the Wikipedia article Viggo Mortensen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Viggo Mortensen Movies
The Reflecting Skin
American Yakuza
Gospel According to Harry
Everybody Has a Plan
The Indian Runner
Far from Men
Unabomb
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Angels & Atom Bombs
A Perfect Murder
The Passion of Darkly Noon
Ruby Cairo
Reclaiming the Blade
My Brother's Gun
Too Commercial for Cannes
The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled
Ringers - Lord of the Fans
Salvation!
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
Albino Alligator
Cameras in Middle-Earth
From Book to Script: Finding the Story
The People Speak
The Battle for Helm's Deep Is Over...
Music for Middle-Earth
Fresh Horses
Warriors of the Third Age
The Young Americans
Psycho Path
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-Earth
Quest for the Ring
Home of the Horse Lords
From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter
J.R.R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle-Earth
The Road Goes Ever On...
The Portrait of a Lady
The Fellowship of the Cast
Big-atures
Floundering
J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-Earth
The Passing of an Age
Designing Middle-Earth
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'
Slacker Uprising
From Book to Script
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History List Friday!
Ranking the Most Important Constitutional Amendments (post-Bill of Rights)
December 4, 2009 — jamieumbc
For today’s History List, I look at the lesser known amendments to our constitution that were ratified after the Bill of Rights. (Everyone knows the 1st and 5th amendments, but what about the 23rd?) I rank them as to how important they are today, not necessarily how important they were at the moment they were ratified.
And away we go:
1. 13th Amendment – Ratified almost immediately after the end of the Civil War, this abolished slavery in the United States, removing America’s original sin and fundamentally changing the nation’s character. Without this, the United States would have lacked the moral gravitas to act as a force for civil rights around the world.
2. 14th Amendment – Makes the citizenship of former slaves part of the constitution, removing any potential legal challenges or clever legislative devices to deny the benefits of freedom to those formerly held as slaves. This amendment was largely a reaction to the attempts of Southern states to so restrict the movements and activities of African-Americans as to return them to something very much like slavery.
3. 15th Amendment – Makes it unconstitutional to restrict voting based on race. Another Reconstruction amendment codifying the rights of former slaves.
4. 19th Amendment – Makes it unconstitutional to restrict voting based on gender. Giving women the right to vote took until 1920 – fifty years after African-Americans got the vote. (More info here, courtesy of Ana’s intrepid research: https://www.yourlawyer.com/library/19th-amendment-womens-suffrage-movement)
5. 24th Amendment – Another voting rights act, this time making it unconstitutional to compel voters to pay a tax in order to vote. These “poll taxes” were applied to Southern blacks as a way to discourage their voting. This amendment wasn’t passed until 1964, almost 100 years after the Civil War.
6. 16th Amendment – Allows a federal income tax. We may hate it, but this is how the massive machine that is our government gets paid for.
7. 12th Amendment – In the election of 1800 Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, running mates in the Presidential election, tied in electoral votes. (In those days, vote-getter #1 became President, while the runner-up became Vice-President.) The contest went to the House of Representatives, where Burr almost wrested the presidency from Jefferson. This amendment straightened out the process, making it clear to electors who was running for President and who was running for Vice President.
8. 17th Amendment – United States Senators used to be selected by state legislatures. This amendment elects them by a direct vote of the people.
9. 21st Amendment – repeals the 18th amendment (prohibition of alcohol), ending the gangster era and bringing drunkards out of closet.
10. 22nd Amendment- Ratified in 1951 as a response to Franklin Roosevelt being elected four times, this amendment restricts the President to two terms of office. This amendment had the unintentional effect of making every two-term president a “lame duck,” with limited power and influence. In reality, a president has a term and a half to get his agenda passed, after that, forget about it.
11. 25th Amendment – Clarified the order of Presidential succession. Here it is, in case you were wondering:
Currently Held By
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
Attorney General Eric Holder
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
12. 26th Amendment – In 1971, the voting age was dropped to 18, immediately causing millions of young Americans to ignore it.
13. 11th Amendment – Prevents states from being sued by citizens. Can you imagine how hopelessly clogged our court system would be if you could sue the government?
14. 23rd Amendment – In 1961, the voters of Washington, D.C. finally got included in the Electoral College. Democrats have been thankful ever since.
15. 27th Amendment – This amendment, which was only ratified in 1992, says that any Congressional pay raise (or decrease) cannot take effect until the next Congress is seated. In 1873, Congress tried to give themselves a 50% pay raise, backdated to the beginning of their terms! This ruse failed when the public caught wind of it.
16. 20th Amendment – Presidents used to be sworn in on March 4th, but with travel being much faster than it was in Washington’s day, this amendment changed the date to January 20, with Congress being sworn in on January 3.
17. 18th Amendment – (Prohibition of alcohol) This amendment tried to legislate morality and failed, giving rise to an era of speakeasies, gangsters and classic movies about speakeasies and gangsters. The 21st Amendment repealed it.
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Full Video Transcript of AL PUNTO Segment with Host Jorge Ramos and Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Posted in Latino, Latino Rebels, Leadership, Politics, Puerto Rico, tagged Al Punto, Being Latino, Jorge Ramos, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, LATISM, Luis Fortuño, Luis Gutiérrez, Pedro Pierluisi, Politics, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Univision on March 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The following is a full English transcript of the AL PUNTO March 13, 2011 segment between host Jorge Ramos and Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner and pro-statehooder Perdo Pierluisi.
JR: What is happening in Puerto Rico? On this very same program Congressman Luis Gutiérrez announced that the island was in danger of losing its “fiber of democracy” and also said that for the first time in 30 years the police had entered the University of Puerto Rico and that young students were beaten. The Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Perdo Pierluisi criticized Guitérrez and said that it was not fair to make comparisons between the protests against the Egyptian dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak and the protests against the Governor of the island Luis Fortuño. The Commissioner joins us right now via satellite from Washington, DC. Thanks for being with us.
PP: Good morning, Jorge, and good morning to the entire Hispanic community in the United States.
JR: Commissioner, I saw the images. I saw the Puerto Rican police beat the students. I saw the repression at the University of Puerto Rico. How can you justify this?
PP: Really, in the case of Puerto Rico, it is not different from other protests that we have seen of students when they confront increases in tuition. We saw it in the state of California in March of last year, thousands of students, hundreds of arrests, in cities such as Oakland, Sacramento, and in other cities in California. We saw it in Great Britain during November of last year when thousands of students suddenly, there were even fires, arrests, wounded…
JR: Yes, but in Puerto Rico…
PP: It’s sad.
JR: Commissioner, but how would you explain the violence of the police against Puerto Rican students? How can you justify this?
PP: No, well, there were isolated incidents that I saw myself where maybe there was use of excessive force by the police in managing these demonstrations and each time that happens in Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico we have the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of Puerto Rico, two legal systems—the federal one and the state one—that focus on responding and attending to the concerns of civil rights violations for all Puerto Ricans, including students…
A University of Puerto Rico student beaten by police and security forces
JR: The problem is that this doesn’t appear to be isolated in nature…
PP: In the case of Puerto Rico…
JR: They don’t appear to be isolated in nature…
PP: Yes, they were.
JR: The ACLU is talking about an investigation about possible violations of human rights. The spokesperson for the Division of Civil Rights for the federal Justice Department of the United States said that investigation is still pending from the year 2008 due to excessive force, actual unconstitutional events by the police of a discriminatory nature. These don’t appear to be isolated incidents.
PP: Well, once again, in cities like Los Angeles, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, the United States Justice Department has conducted similar investigations and they were completed with decrees and orders. In the case of Puerto Rico, as you state yourself, that comes from 2008 and it’s possible that they investigate particular incidents y recommend improvements in the way we mobilize the members of the Puerto Rican police force in a way that, well, they are pre-, that for example, when one of these police members exceeds because then measures are enforced so that this conduct does not repeat itself or they get kicked out of the police force. But Puerto Rico can be an example of democracy for the rest of the world. In Puerto Rico, we have, civil rights are respected, we have exemplary elections every four years. And to compare Puerto Rico with totalitarian and dictatorial regimes is nonsense, an insult to the Puerto Rican people.
JR: Commissioner, actually, Luis Gutiérrez, Congressman Luis Gutiérrez said the following on this program. Let’s listen to him:
Congressman Luis Gutiérrez
LG: But to see these attacks against the basic human and civil rights of the Puerto Rican people, if I don’t speak out, I am an accomplice and I permit that what is happening right now continues. They cannot continue with impunity destroying the fiber of democracy in Puerto Rico.
JR: This is something very different from what you are telling us, Commissioner. For Congressman Gutiérrez, democracy is at risk right now in Puerto Rico.
PP: That is completely false. It is really nonsense. In Puerto Rico we have exemplary elections. 80% of all Puerto Ricans votes every four years. And we have, like I said, two Constitutions, two legal systems, a Puerto Rican human rights commission, plus the federal one that protect the rights of our people. And it is clear that in the latest protests from the students, there was aggression against the university’s chancellor. And when what the police does, when there is no other alternative, well, you call the police to intervene and I am the first to note that if I saw the use of excessive force, I will condemn it. One thing is to denounce any incident where there is excessive use of force, it is another thing to come out and paint Puerto Rico as if it were a dictatorship like the one we have seen in Egypt for the last thirty years.
JR: I understand the differences, Commissioner.
PP: That is unsustainable.
JR: I understand the differences, but if there is not an environment of repression, if there is not an environment against the freedom of expression, why then was the President of the Puerto Rican Bar Association jailed?
PP: Oh, no, that is something totally different and separate…
JR: I understand, but that is the environment of life in Puerto Rico, what happened there?
PP: No, but let’s talk about that case in particular. There we are talking about a case that is in the United States courts and not Puerto Rico’s. It reached the 1st Circuit of Appeals of the United States. It’s a case that has to do with a lawsuit brought by a group of lawyers that became a class action suit from lawyers against that Bar Association and the federal judge, who was nominated by the President of the United States, that, that made that decision to order the jailing of the President of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, what he did was when they didn’t pay, the Bar Association refuses to pay and the President refuses to pay a $10,000 fine that the judge imposes on him for not following the orders of the federal court then it proceeds to this…
JR: But why put him in jail?
PP: Incarceration.
JR: But why put him in jail? You can’t have a dialogue with him?
PP: That is a decision of the federal judge, the court of the United States in Puerto Rico. It has nothing to do with the student protests, it has nothing do with the environment on the island…
Governor Luis Fortuño
JR: I understand, but this event occurred after a law was signed by the very own Governor, that is what I am referring to. Commissioner, do you think there is an environment of unrest in Puerto Rico? The Governor, during his campaign, clearly said that he wouldn’t fire public employees and at this moment at least 26,000 public employees have been fired, this is a, the Governor broke his promise, is there not unrest on the island for this also?
PP: No, look, in Puerto Rico this is what happened: in Puerto Rico Governor Fortuño inherited a government that was completely bankrupt, discredited in the finance markets in all of the United States and only after two years of reconstructing the government, put the house in order, the same houses that evaluate the credit of all the governments in the United States are giving him very positive grades saying that what is being profiled is a promising future in Puerto Rico…
JR: But…
PP: The environment in Puerto Rico is an environment of change. As to the employees who were fired, the exact number is 12,505 and we are seeing that other states that are having financial crises…
PP: They are proceeding to do the same thing because they have no alternative.
JR: But the Governor broke a promise because he did fire employees in the first place and you say that there is a promising future. The statistics that I have, tell a different story. In 2009, there was an unemployment rate of 13.3% and now the unemployment rate is at 15.9%. That doesn’t sound promising.
PP: Well, if we talk about the promise, it is very different to talk about a promise when one, well, the Governor made the promise, he does it under a premise. When he arrives to govern, he realizes that there is no…
JR: But you have to complete the promise…
PP: Money to pay for the first salaries…
JR: You have to complete the promise…
PP: Of public employees in fifteen, it was, impossible, impossible to complete the promise because the government didn’t have the money to pay…
JR: Then he shouldn’t have made the promise then.
PP: To make the first biweekly payment.
JR: If the politician doesn’t want to complete the promise, then why make it?
PP: When he does it… When he does it, he doesn’t understand the enormous financial crisis that he discovered when he came to the Fortaleza, when he came to govern. So then when it comes to the future, Puerto Rico has had more than five years under economic recession, but now we are starting to see how the economy is starting to experience a revival, finally. So that is why we are talking about, that we are seeing, the ship right itself again. This hasn’t been easy. What occurred to Governor Fortuño hasn’t occurred to any other Governor of Puerto Rico since the Great Depression. In other words, the important thing is that it maintains, that this gets evaluated in the given context. And so we will be having elections next year and once again our people will demonstrate that we do know about democracy and we do know how to choose our governor.
JR: Commissioner, thank you for being with us and thank you for answering all of our questions.
PP: Thank you, Jorge. Good morning to everyone.
JR: Thank you.
VIDEO: Univision’s Jorge Ramos Grills Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi on AL PUNTO
Posted in Latino, Latino Rebels, Leadership, Politics, tagged Al Punto, Being Latino, Jorge Ramos, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, latinos in social media, LATISM, Leadership, Luis Fortuño, Luis Gutiérrez, Pedro Pierluisi, Politics, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Univision on March 14, 2011| 29 Comments »
Major props to Jorge Ramos and the producers of Univision’s AL PUNTO show, perhaps the best Spanish-language public affairs programming in the United States. After having US Rep. Luis Gutiérrez on the show a few weeks ago to discuss his very public and passionate criticism of the human rights crisis occurring in Puerto Rico under the leadership of Republican and pro-statehood Governor Luis Fortuño, the veteran Ramos interviewed Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, a non-voting member of Congress and the island’s top political leader in Washington DC.
What follows is a video of the segment:
We have provided a brief summary synopsis (full transcript to follow tomorrow) of the exchange between Ramos and Pierluisi. In short, Pierluisi did a very ineffective job in addressing Ramos’ very pointed questions, and has only left more open questions regarding the crisis on the island. It seems to be politics as usual from Fortuño’s administration, where the strategy is to deflect the hard questions and try to put a positive spin that, according to Ramos, does not truly reflect the reality of the island right now.
Here are some highlights from the video:
When asked about the very vivid violent images of Puerto Rican police repressing and abusing university students, Pierluisi deflects the question by reverting to other student protests, such as those in California and Britain. He admits that there were “isolated incidents” where Puerto Rican police “possibly” overstepped their bounds as officers. He refers to the “two constitutions” of the island, that of the United States and of Puerto Rico, that protect human right abuses.
Ramos proceeds to call out Pierluisi’s description of “isolated events” by referring to the recent reports by the ACLU and the US government that suggest human rights violations in Puerto Rico have been raised since 2008. Pierluisi responds by referring to other cases in the United States and says that there could be a recommendation that these alleged violations in Puerto Rico would get addressed and acted upon.
Pierluisi quickly brushes that criticism aside by moving on his spin message by saying: “But Puerto Rico can be an example of true democracy for the rest of the world. In Puerto Rico, civil rights are respected. We have exemplary elections every four years. And to compare Puerto Rico with totalitarian regimes is nonsense, an insult to the Puerto Rican people.”
When Ramos shows Pierluisi the video of Gutiérrez attacking the Fortuño administration and then asks if democracy was under crisis in Puerto Rico, Pierluisi says: “That is completely false. It is really nonsense. In Puerto Rico we have exemplary elections. 80% of the electorate votes every four years. And we also have two Constitutions, two legal systems, a Puerto Rican human rights commission, and a federal commission that protect the rights of our people. And it is clear that in the latest protests from the students, there was aggression against the university’s chancellor. And when what the police does, where there is no other alternative, well, you call the police to intervene and I am the first to note that if I saw the use of excessive force, I will condemn it. One thing is to denounce any incident where there is excessive use of force, it is another thing to come out and paint Puerto Rico as if it were a dictatorship like the one we have seen in Egypt for the last thirty years.”
Ramos then follows up by asking that if there is no atmosphere of repression on the island, why then did the head of the Puerto Rican Bar Association get jailed? Pierluisi claims that the incident was completely different from the student strikes and it is a federal case. He places political blame on the federal judge who was appointed by the President of the United States. At that point, Ramos stops him and asks, “If that is the case, why jail him? Why couldn’t you have a dialogue with him?” Pierluisi says that it is the federal judge who made the decision and not the Puerto Rican government. Ramos quickly counters that the law that jailed the lawyer was signed by Governor Fortuño.
Ramos moves the conversation to the feeling of crisis and concern on the island and asked Pierluisi directly: “The Governor, during his political campaign, clearly said that he would not fire public employees. But at this moment 26,000 public employees have been fired. Didn’t he break his promise? Is there a feeling of concern on the island right now?”
To this, Pierluisi responds: “In Puerto Rico, Governor Fortuño inherited a government that was completely bankrupt.” He then credited Fortuño for dramatically improving Puerto Rico’s financial rating, earning the praises of financial institutions that track this type of progress. Pierluisi says that Puerto Rico has a “promising future.” He also says that Puerto Rico is going through an “environment of change” and said that the actual number of public employees who were fired was exactly 12,505. He then notes that “other states” in the United States are actually now considering the same thing that Puerto Rico has already done.
Ramos then says: “But the Governor did indeed break a promise because he did fire public employees.” He then calls out Pierluisi’s claim of a “promising future” for Puerto Rico by saying that the 2009 unemployment rate on the island was 13.3% but is has now increased to 15.9% in 2010. Ramos then asks directly: “That doesn’t sound promising.”
After a pause by Pierluisi, the Resident Commissioner says: “Well, if we talk about the promise, it is very different to talk about a promise when one, well, the Governor made a promise, he makes a promise, under a premise. When he gets into the government, he finds out that there is no money to even pay for the first salary of public employees. The promise was impossible to keep because the government didn’t have any money.”
Ramos counters: “Then he shouldn’t have made the promise. If a politician couldn’t fulfill the promise, then why did he day it?”
Pierluisi then says: “When he made the promise, he didn’t know about the enormous fiscal crisis that he found once he arrived at La Fortaleza (the Governor’s residence), once he arrived to govern. And as to the future, for more than five years Puerto Rico has been in recession, but now we are finding out how the economy is starting to have a recovery.” Pierluisi says that the work was not easy and that Governor Fortuño was the first Puerto Rican governor since the Great Depression to have faced such a crisis.
Pierluisi closes with the following: “So we will be having elections next year and once again our people will demonstrate that we do know about democracy and we do know how to choose our governor.”
Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to Appear on AL PUNTO with Jorge Ramos
Posted in Latino, Latino Rebels, Politics, Puerto Rico, tagged Al Punto, Jorge Ramos, Latino, Latino in America, latinos, latinos in social media, LATISM, Luis Fortuño, Luis Gutiérrez, Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico, University of Puerto Rico, Univision on March 12, 2011| 2 Comments »
Coverage of the Massive Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan; Exclusive Interviews with Special Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) John Dodson, and Rene Jaquez about Operation “Fast and Furious”; Pedro Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico; and OllantaHumala, Peruvian Presidential Candidate, “Gana Perú”
Airing on Univision at 10 am ET/9 am CT /10 am Pacific; on Galavisión at 1 pm ET
For segments of the show and previous interviews, visit noticias.univision.com/al-punto.
Pedro Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico
For months the unrest at the University of Puerto Rico has made headlines. A few weeks ago Rep. Luis Gutiérrez came to Al Punto to denounce the controversial use of force by police dealing with the protestors and called it a violation of civil and human rights. This week, the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, who energetically disagreed with Gutiérrez’ statement, comes to Al Punto to say that there isn’t a civil rights crisis in Puerto Rico, despite techniques used by police. Why does he say Rep. Gutiérrez went too far and disrespected the people of Puerto Rico?
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Lincoln County Pioneer Families – Woods
By Kentucky Kindred Genealogical Research on August 19, 2018 • ( Leave a comment )
Interior Journal, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky
Lincoln County Pioneer Families
By H. W. Mills
Woods Family
The Woods family of Virginia and Kentucky descends from the immigrant, Michael Woods. Of him, Rev. Edgar Woods, in his History of Albemarle County, Virginia, states (page 351): ‘The first Woods who settled in Albemarle was Michael, who was born in the North of Ireland in 1684, and with his wife, Mary Campbell, and most of his children, came to this country sometime in the decade of 1720. Landing on the banks of the Delaware, he spent some years in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, thence ascended the Valley of Virginia, and crossed the Blue Ridge by Woods’ Gap in 1734. In 1737 he entered more than 1300 acres on Mechum’s River and Lickinghole, and the same day purchased 2000 acres patented two years before by Charles Hudson and situated on the head waters of Ivy Creek. It is believed he was the first settler in western Albemarle, and perhaps anywhere along the east foot of the Blue Ridge in Virginia. His home was near the mouth of Wood’s Gap. He died in 1762 and was interred in the family burying ground about a hundred yards from the dwelling. His tombstone was standing just after the Civil War, when it was broken to pieces and disappeared; but a fragment discovered a few years ago indicated the year of his birth. His will is on record, in which are mentioned three sons and three daughters, Archibald, John, William, Sarah the wife of Joseph Lapsley of Rockbridge, Hannah, the wife of William Wallace, and Margaret, the wife of Andrew Wallace.’
(It is said that Michael Woods, the immigrant, was son of John Woods of Scotland, and his wife, Elizabeth Worsopp, the latter a descendant of Sir Adam Lohos, Archbishop of Ireland. Tradition is that Mary Campbell, wife of Michael Woods, was of the Duke of Argyle line.)
Captain John Woods (son of Michael, the immigrant), was born February 19, 1712, and died October 14, 1791. He married Susanna Anderson, daughter of Rev. James Anderson, whom he knew as a child in Pennsylvania. Their children were as follows:
Michael Woods, married Esther Carothers; removed from Albemarle County to Nelson County, Virginia; children: William M., Mary (married Hugh Barclay); Susan (married Nathaniel Massie); John, James and Samuel.
James Woods (born 1748; died 1823), was an officer in the American Revolution. He married Mary Garland, daughter of James Garland of Albemarle County, and removed to Lincoln (now Garrard) County, Kentucky, where they reared a family of 12 children.
Susan Woods, married Daniel Miller, and removed to Kentucky.
Mary Woods, married John Reid.
Luty Woods (born February 29, 1752; died March 26, 1823, Garrard County, Kentucky) married on September 9, 1779, to Samuel Reid, born January 25, 1754; died November 26, 1835, in Garrard County, Kentucky. Their children: 1) Alexander; 2) Mary, 3) James; 4) Susanna; 5) John, born October 25, 1783, Hustonville, Kentucky, died there October 3, 1861; married April 10, 1810, Jane Murrell, born October 6, 1787; died September 15, 1850, daughter of Col. George Murrell, member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1799 and Kentucky Senate, 1813, and had issue: Amanda, James, George, Eliza, Sarah, Samuel, William and John. John Murrell, born November 16, 1823; died March 13, 1895, married Elizabeth Ann Devonshire Hays, born November 26, 1830; died December 18, 1911, and had issue: Frances, Dr. Hugh, James Campbell, Elizabeth and Mary.
(Authorities: Woods’ History of Albemarle County, Virginia; Morton’s History of Rockbridge County, Virginia; family notes from a descendant in Kansas; records from Miss Esther Burch, Stanford, Kentucky.)
More on the Wood’s family in the coming days.
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Opiate-Related Deaths in the US, 1999-2014
Visualization Data Sociology
Yesterday I had a conversation on Twitter with Josh Zumbrun that followed on from this tweet:
This is one of the most horrifying graphics I've ever seen:https://t.co/wM0VJZn0Wg pic.twitter.com/qaUaNFtRPl
— Josh Zumbrun (@JoshZumbrun) September 28, 2016
The striking maps he linked to tracked the rise in deaths due to drug-related overdoses over the past 15 years, caused in large part to the surge in use of heroin and synthetic opiates. The details are in the WSJ report on the problem.
In our conversation, I said I thought that a series of choropleth maps might not be the best way to show these (real, and serious) trends, more or less for the reasons I’ve given before. County-level choropleth maps of the US tend to track first the size of the local population and secondarily the percent of the population that’s African-American. Coupled with the fact that a number of very large US counties are very sparsely populated, especially West of the Mississippi, the result can be a map that gives the wrong impression. In this case, a casual reader might think, for example, that the problem was especially serious in the desert southwest in comparison to many other parts of the country, though obviously something serious is happening in the Appalachians, the coastal Deep South, and Florida. To be fair, the fact that there are four maps showing change over time partially mitigates the usual problems with county-level choropleths, because you have some relative change to compare within regions. So it’s not as if this is a terrible way to show the data.
Still, it’s not the only way. I went and pulled the CDC WONDER time series for deaths where the underlying cause is opiate-related overdose or poisoning, but at the state level for all years between 1999 and 2014 inclusive. I divided the states into their census regions and plotted the time series for each state (the dotted lines), as well as the regional trend (the solid lines). Here are the results.
Opiate-related Deaths in the US by State and Census Region, 1999-2014.
(Click or touch the plot for a larger version. A PDF is available as well.)
The plots bring out much of the overall story that’s in the maps, but also shift the emphasis a bit. The unit of analysis is the state rather than the county, so you can see more clearly what’s happening in the Northeast. In particular you can see the climbing numbers in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachussetts, and Connecticut. These states are all smaller in area than any of the ten largest Western counties, many of which have fewer than a hundred thousand people living in them (and some of which have fewer than ten thousand inhabitants). There aren’t many measures where these states do substantially worse than half of the South, as is the case here. You can also see the state-level differences in the West (e.g. between Arizona, on the one hand, and New Mexico or Utah on the other), and the astonishingly rapid rise in West Virginia’s death rate. Elsewhere in the South, while the maps show a lot going on in the coastal Deep South and also in Florida, the state-level trends suggest that this is must be quite locally concentrated. While Florida looks pretty terrible on the maps, in the time-series it’s in the lower half of the distribution. One final thing that the time-series plots bring out quite well, I think, is the diverging trajectories of various states within regions. There’s a lot more variance at the end of the series than at the beginning, especially in the Northeast, Midwest, and South.
There are other ways that the data could profitably be sliced geographically, most obviously by urban vs rural status. In any case, I present this here not to say “Here’s the best way to do it”, but rather just to show an alternative way of looking at the same trends.
The code and data for the figures are available on GitHub.
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Vintage ‘Price Is Right’ Episodes Are Streaming 24/7 on Pluto TV
Nostalgic game show lovers, come on down: Your prayers have been answered. Now you can watch vintage episodes of The Price Is Right 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Plus: They’re totally free.
That’s because The Price Is Right now has its own dedicated channel on Pluto TV, the streaming service and app that offers viewers a massive array of ad-supporting streaming channels. They have their own versions of cable channels like MTV or AMC, sports and news channels, a wide variety of movies you can watch live or on demand, and channels devoted to a single show aired endlessly unto eternity. Those channels include Beverly Hills, 90210, Star Trek, Deal or No Deal, Mystery Science Theater 3000 — and now, The Price Is Right.
Note that the channel is called “The Price Is Right: The Barker Years” — so Drew Carey fans need not apply. Instead, you get classic Price Is Right goodness from the game show’s heyday — the episode on as I write these words is so old Bob Barker, who hosted the show from 1972 to 2007, actually has brown hair. I watched The Price Is Right constantly as a kid in the 1980s — it was the go-to show to watch when you were at home sick from school — and I don’t even remember a time when Bob Barker had brown hair. So these shows are really vintage.
Pluto has also added QVC, HSN, Showtime Selects, and a Home For the Holidays channel with holiday cooking recipes. But c’mon: Would you rather watch holiday cooking recipes or would you rather watch Plinko? That’s what I thought.
Gallery — The Craziest Blu-rays and DVD Sets:
Source: Vintage ‘Price Is Right’ Episodes Are Streaming 24/7 on Pluto TV
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Manuchehr Mohammadi honored by UNESCO for “outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film,”
Posted on March 5, 2014 by socialinform
Iranian film The Painting Pool’s producer Manuchehr Mohammadi has been honored by UNESCO during a ceremony held in the capital city of Tehran.
The Painting Pool won the UNESCO Award for “outstanding contribution to the promotion and preservation of cultural diversity through film,” the APSA jury had earlier commented on the film at the award ceremony in Brisbane in December 2013.
APSA is endorsed by UNESCO, with which it shares a common goal of fostering cultural diversity and promoting mutual understanding, dialogue and peace.
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Member Highlight: April Odom's journey from medical assistant to nurse practitioner and business owner
April Odom participated in a medical assistant program in high school, and her plan was always to go into nursing.
But then, as it often does, life happened.
Odom had a baby and her career took a wandering road. For six years, she worked as a pharmacy technician. Then she went back to school. Odom was one of 40 students accepted to Malcolm X’s ADN program. She earned her CNA while in nursing school and worked in an in-patient rehabilitation unit. She stayed with the unit when she graduated from Malcolm X in 2008 and worked as a registered nurse.
Odom describes that unit as a shining example of what diversity in the nursing workforce should look like. “Because we were a rehabilitation unit, we collaborated with professionals from a variety of other professions. Beyond that, the unit itself was small but so diverse. We had people from different specialties as well as different backgrounds, nationalities and interests. We were able to learn from one another, collaborate, and take advantage of one another’s different backgrounds and perspectives. Together, that allowed us to take care of the whole patient.”
Mentorship helped her reach higher
Odom had a mentor on the rehab unit, and that mentor encouraged her to continue her education. She went on to earn her bachelor’s degree in nursing online from Jacksonville University, and then went straight on to earn her Master’s in Nursing at Lewis University.
Odom graduated as a nurse practitioner in 2016. After a year spent working in family practice, she opened a business: Physicals Plus, Health and Wellness.
“In the beginning, I continued working full-time and operated the business part-time. Now, it’s more like full-time, full-time,” Odom laughs. “We do health promotion, vitamin therapy, physicals, disease prevention, lifestyle-based weight management and provide house calls to the senior population. Eventually, the goal is to have a full-service family practice clinic with collaboration with multiple specialties and providers.”
Odom credits ISAPN as part of what inspired her to start her own business. “I joined while in NP school after my professor showed a video about being a member. At the time, all I knew was my own tight-knit unit, and I wanted to get out of my comfort zone.”
The opportunities are unlimited
Now, Odom serves as ISAPN’s Vice President.
To others considering becoming an APRN or an ISAPN member, Odom says, “Don’t even hesitate. The opportunities you will have, the things you can do, the places you can go, are unlimited. ISAPN brings you to the forefront of the profession, and APRNs are filling the gaps in access to care. We need you.”“ISAPN has helped me grow and has taught me that together, we are a force. ISAPN fought for and achieved full practice authority for APRNs in Illinois amongst other legislative accomplishments. Being a member has shown me how when we come together, we can make change. Beyond that, being a member has connected me to a network of like-minded professionals from so many different backgrounds. That diversity of ideas and professional support empowered me to reach higher. I started as a medical assistant student and climbed every rung of this ladder one step at a time. Now, I own my own business.”
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Is the facility at Qusayr, Syria an underground nuclear facility? Public Evidence remains inconclusive
by David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian
Lede and Commentary
The Institute decided to revisit a series of claims made in a 2015 Der Spiegel report regarding the Qusayr site in Syria, including that the site could be the location of an underground nuclear reactor or uranium enrichment facility, or could contain nuclear fuel from Syria’s destroyed Al Kibar nuclear reactor.1 Based on commercial satellite imagery, none of these claims could be confirmed, and the purpose of the site remains unknown. However, some imagery observations are consistent with Der Spiegel’s reporting. Although we fully understand the limitations and risks of the following approach, we believe that this site warrants inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), even though accomplishing such inspections may have to wait until the Syrian conflict ends. Any nuclear-related facility in Syria could involve considerable assistance from North Korea, given that Pyongyang provided extensive assistance in the construction of the Al Kibar reactor, which Israel destroyed in 2007. Israel’s recent decision to declassify that it had indeed destroyed this reactor also includes documents explaining that it had strong evidence of North Korean involvement in the reactor project.2 Israel’s action serves to highlight once again the lack of accounting for Syria’s past nuclear weapons program and the location of any assets remaining from that program. This includes possibly tens of metric tonnes of uranium fuel, and other equipment or materials associated with nuclear fuel fabrication and plutonium separation, that likely existed as key elements of the Al Kibar reactor project. Understanding North Korea’s role in Syria is also important as the United States weighs the prospects of negotiations with North Korea. The United States and its negotiating partners must keep in mind that any negotiation should include the achievement of verifiable commitments by North Korea not to undertake nuclear, chemical, or biological proliferation and not to spread the means to deliver them. It should also include longer term commitments by North Korea to explain and resolve the nature and extent of its nuclear cooperation with Syria and any other countries.
A recent United Nations Panel of Experts report on North Korea states that North Korea has shipped critical supplies to Syria that could be used in its chemical weapons program.3 North Korea has also provided extensive assistance to Syria’s ballistic missile program. A February 2018 report by Fox News indicates that Iran reportedly established another military base in Syria that includes missile storage.4 In the early 2000s, Syria and North Korea undertook significant nuclear cooperation. North Korea supplied Syria with a plutonium production reactor built at Al Kibar, as well as support staff and potentially other nuclear-related facilities and assistance. Syria took a number of steps to disguise from overhead satellites the site’s actual purpose.5 The reactor was well-hidden and camouflaged, including building it partially underground. The North Korean-built reactor was destroyed in 2007, by an Israeli airstrike.6 Syria has consistently denied that the Al Kibar site was a reactor, despite IAEA findings to the contrary. An enduring mystery, often reported on by the Institute for Science and International Security, is the fate of key remnants of the reactor project, such as stockpiles of natural uranium, fuel fabrication capabilities, and even possibly plutonium separation capabilities that may have remained in Syria and continue to pose a proliferation risk.7
With many reports of North Korea and Iran providing military, missile, chemical weapons, or nuclear assistance to Syria, the Institute decided to use commercial satellite imagery to look at a claim that was first publicly made by Der Spiegel in January 2015. Der Spiegel suggested the possibility of yet another hidden nuclear site in Syria: an underground nuclear-related site in Qusayr.8 The report has not been confirmed as of today, and the purpose of the site remains unknown.
Assessment of Der Spiegel Claims
Der Spiegel in 2015 made a series of claims regarding the Qusayr site, allegedly based on intelligence information. Many of the claims could not be confirmed or denied using public information, but some imagery observations are consistent with Der Spiegel’s reporting. Although we fully understand the limitations and risks of this approach, we believe that this site warrants inspection by the IAEA. Moreover, any negotiation with North Korea has to have, as a high priority, verifiable commitments by North Korea not to undertake nuclear, chemical, or biological proliferation and not to spread the means to deliver them.
Claim 1: There is an underground site at Qusayr.9 According to the report, construction began in 2009. No Google Earth imagery is available from those dates, but later commercial satellite imagery shows large amounts of excavated limestone earth (Figure 1, discussed below). The excavated material was transported away from the immediate vicinity of the central area and subsequently camouflaged, showing significant efforts to hide the underground site.
Claim 2: 8,000 fuel rods are stored at the underground site at Qusayr. This information could not be confirmed by the Institute, but the existence of natural uranium in Syria remains likely and a concern.
Claim 3: The site hosts a guard house and five additional buildings. This can be confirmed using satellite imagery (Figure 2, discussed below).
Claim 4: Three of the buildings conceal tunnel entrances. This could not be directly confirmed. However, three buildings are butted up directly against the hillside, consistent with such alleged underground access. The buildings have a size of approximately 25 x 15 meters.
Claim 5: The site is connected to a power grid. This could be confirmed using satellite imagery. Based on the size of the power poles, our estimate of the incoming powerline is about 11 to 33 Kilovolt Amperes (kVA).
Claim 6: A well connects the site with a nearby lake for water supply. The connection to the lake could not be confirmed, but the location of the well as labeled in a Der Spiegel graphic included with the story seems correct given that a probable mobile drill rig was imaged at that location in July 2012. The shape of a mobile drill rig is discernible on satellite imagery viewable on Google Earth (Figure 8, discussed below). Also, according to hydrological surveys, the site appears to be situated above a shallow but large volume aquifer.10 A reactor could be cooled using ground water, and this site appears to have adequate groundwater to do the cooling. Such a strategy, while unusual, would be consistent with Syrian efforts to suppress observable signatures, such as Syria did at the Al Kibar reactor. While somewhat speculative, one possibility that has not been adequately considered is that Syria could have employed, or at least intended to employ, ground water cooling using injection of the heated water back underground, and thus the reactor’s cooling system could be entirely hidden. Such a concept is not unprecedented, given the fact that the 20-megawatt thermal (MWth) SM1A reactor located at Fort Greely, Alaska, drew its cooling water from a deep well and recharged the condenser outlet back underground via a dry well.11
As for the purpose of the site, according to Der Spiegel, it has previously been identified as a Hezbollah conventional weapons storage facility. In 2012, IHS Jane’s identified it as a SCUD missile site. Based on the claims laid out above, Der Spiegel speculated that the site could be for a nuclear reactor or an enrichment facility. The Institute assesses the site as military-related and suspicious. Without further information on the power supply, the alleged connection to the lake or underground water supply, the means for water intake and discharge, ventilation system, security measures, size of the underground facility, and on-the-ground information from defectors or international inspectors, no firm conclusion can be drawn about potential nuclear-related activities at the site.
Commercial Satellite Imagery Analysis of Qusayr
Figure 1, a November 28, 2017 DigitalGlobe image acquired by the Institute, provides an overview of the underground facility and its environment. It shows unprecedented effort to camouflage the excavated white limestone spoil by dispersing it down the valley along terrain and geologic bedding contours, and subsequently covering the white limestone material with brown earth. The figure also shows the connection to the power grid (See claims 1 and 5 of Der Spiegel).
Figure 2 is a close-up image of the central site, showing three buildings reportedly hiding underground entrances and some of the site’s security measures (claim 3). While vehicles parked outside the underground entrance buildings indicate vehicular activity, the site itself has only changed slightly over the past four years. Using a Google Earth image from March 2014 for comparison (figures 3 and 4), changes occurred in the central area outside the underground entrance buildings, and vehicles are visible parked near the security checkpoint and the main Buildings.
It is unknown who may have dug the underground facility. However, North Korea is known to export its mining and excavation expertise to countries such as Syria. A recent Homs media report reveals another site in Syria where North Korea is alleged to have overseen the construction of an underground military base.12
Figure 5 shows a close-up of the security checkpoint in 2017. This checkpoint, and the outer security checkpoint labeled in figure 1, seem to be the only visible security measures. Notable is the lack of inner and outer security fencing around the whole site and the center facility. However, the Al Kibar reactor lacked a visible security boundary as well. Reducing the security footprint is a common method to better hide sensitive sites, as was exhibited at Al Kibar.
Figure 6 shows the environment in 3D terrain perspective in 2004, before the site was constructed. Qusayr is located in western Syria, very near to the Lebanese border. The fact that it seems to have been completely untouched by hostile action over the years (up to November 28, 2017, the date of the latest overhead image available to the Institute), regardless of the internal Syrian conflict, is curious for a clandestine nuclear site, given what happened to Al Kibar. However, this view assumes that Western intelligence agencies know what is inside the facility.
Figure 7, a September 13, 2011 Google Earth image, provides the 3D terrain perspective of Qusayr after the underground facility was constructed. It points out the camouflaging of excavated and dumped soil, and a possible air shaft location, as labeled in Der Spiegel’s graphic, which, if accurate, could provide an underground facility with ventilation.
It was also possible to identify a probable mobile drill rig in operation at the alleged well site in Google Earth imagery from July 2012 (see claim 6 and figure 8.) A chart from a hydrogeology research paper on Syria’s groundwater reserves in the Qusayr region is also included (figure 9).
Commercial satellite imagery does not provide any concrete information about the purpose of the site at Qusayr. While it could hold nuclear or nuclear-related materials and equipment, it could also serve other military purposes. A nuclear reactor located fully underground is not impossible, but it poses a huge engineering challenge and would likely require secret, on-going assistance from North Korea. Similarly, an enrichment plant would require extensive foreign assistance, likely from North Korea or possibly from Iran, since there is no available evidence of Syria buying the necessary equipment and materials from abroad. In any case, learning the purpose of this site should be a priority. A visit by the IAEA makes sense, even though accomplishing that may have to wait until the Syrian conflict ends.
Figure 1. A November 28, 2017 DigitalGlobe image provides an overview of the Qusayr facility.
Figure 2. A November 28, 2017 DigitalGlobe image provides an overview of the central area of the Qusayr site.
Figure 3. A March 18, 2014 Google Earth image provides an overview of what the central area looked like four years ago.
Figure 4. A March 18, 2014 Google Earth image shows the facility’s security checkpoint and two power poles providing a line connection to the Syrian power grid.
Figure 5. The facility’s security checkpoint, wellhead location, and the connection to a power grid in November 2017.
Figure 6. Qusayr is located in western Syria, very near to the Lebanon border.
Figure 7. An overview of the Qusayr facility in 3D perspective created using Google Earth.
Figure 8. The shape of a potential mobile drill rig is visible at the alleged wellhead location, in accord with the Der Spiegel report.
Figure 9. This cross-section diagram shows that Qusayr lies within a region having a “major” aquifer in limestone dating to the Middle Cretaceous period. The west-east cross-section is one of four in the report, but it is the one that is the closest to the Qusayr facility, and is also the most representative of the geology and hydrology of the Qusayr facility. The report states:
This hydrogeological cross-section is located in the upstream part of the Orontes River, where it flows in the Beqaa valley between the Mount Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. The system of Yammmouneh fault is visible in the Mount Lebanon, where it probably forms a preferential flow path for recharging the major Cretaceous and Jurassic aquifers. The Ain ez Zarqa spring, which spurts out in the bed of the Orontes Rivers, is present on this cross-section. This resurgence ensues from probable fractures allowing the flow of water from the middle Cretaceous through the Neogene formation. The middle-Cretaceous is saturated under the Beqaa; the groundwater level is located at the edge of the Neogene era. Overflow springs can occur when the groundwater level rises above the edges of the plain. The recharge of the middle-Cretaceous and Jurassic aquifers comes mainly from the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. Most of the precipitation falling on the Mount Lebanon flow towards the Mediterranean.
1. Erich Follath, “Assad’s Secret: Evidence Points to Syrian Push for Nuclear Weapons,” Der Spiegel, January 9, 2015, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/evidence-points-to-syria-still-working-on-a-nuclear-weapon-a-1012209.html↩
2. Stephen Farell, “Israel admits bombing suspected Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007, warns Iran,” Reuters. March 20, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-syria-nuclear/israel-admits-bombing-suspected-syrian-nuclear-reactor-in-2007-warns-iran-idUSKBN1GX09K; Judah Ari Gross, “Ending a decade of silence, Israel confirms it blew up Assad’s nuclear reactor,” The Times of Israel, March 21, 2018, https://www.timesofisrael.com/ending-a-decade-of-silence-israel-reveals-it-blew-up-assads-nuclear-reactor/ ↩
3. Michael Schwirtz, “U.N. Links North Korea to Syria’s Chemical Weapons Program,” The New York Times, February 27, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/world/asia/north-korea-syria-chemical-weapons-sanctions.html ↩
4. Jennifer Griffin and Lucas Tomlinson, “New Satellite Photos Show Iran Establishing Another Base in Syria,” Fox News, February 27, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-syria-nuclear/israel-admits-bombing-suspected-syrian-nuclear-reactor-in-2007-warns-iran-idUSKBN1GX09K; Judah Ari Gross, “Ending a decade of silence, Israel confirms it blew up Assad’s nuclear reactor,” The Times of Israel, March 21, 2018, https://www.timesofisrael.com/ending-a-decade-of-silence-israel-reveals-it-blew-up-assads-nuclear-reactor/ ↩
5. David Albright and Paul Brannan, “The Al Kibar Reactor: Extraordinary Camouflage, Troubling Implications,” Institute for Science and International Security, May 12, 2008, http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/SyriaReactorReport_12May2008.pdf ↩
6. Erich Follath and Holger Stark, “The Story of ‘Operation Orchard’ - How Israel Destroyed Syria’s Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor,” Der Spiegel, November 2, 2009http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-story-of-operation-orchard-how-israel-destroyed-syria-s-al-kibar-nuclear-reactor-a-658663.html ↩
7. David Albright and Robert Avagyan, “Syria’s Past, Secret Nuclear Program Poses Proliferation Risks,” Institute for Science and International Security, September 12, 2013, http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Marj_as_Sultan_12sept2013.pdf ↩
8. Erich Follath, “Assad’s Secret: Evidence Points to Syrian Push for Nuclear Weapons,” Der Spiegel, January 9, 2015, http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/evidence-points-to-syria-still-working-on-a-nuclear-weapon-a-1012209.html ↩
9. “According to intelligence agency analysis, construction of the facility began back in 2009. The work, their findings suggest, was disguised from the very beginning, with excavated sand being disposed of at various sites, apparently to make it more difficult for observers from above to tell how deeply they were digging,” Der Spiegel (2015), op. Cit. ↩
10. Myriam Saadé-Sbeih, François Zwahlen, Ahmed Haj Asaad, Raoul Gonzalez, Ronald Jaubert, “Groundwater flow in the Orontes River basin and the Syria–Lebanon water sharing agreement,” DIKTAS, Karst Without Boundaries Conference, June 11-15 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301322040_Groundwater_flow_in_the_Orontes_River_basin_and_the_Syria-Lebanon_water_sharing_agreement ↩
11. U.S. Army Engineer Reactors Group, Engineering Division, “Environmental Radiation Monitoring Plan for SM-1A Nuclear Power Plant Fort Greely, Alaska,” Fort Belvoir, VA, May 1971, http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/726323.pdf ↩
12. “Exclusive: North Korea runs underground military base near Assad’s hometown,” Zaman Al Wasl, March 6, 2018. https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/article/33363/ ↩
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The Psychology Department at Fairfield University invites applications for a full-time, visiting assistant professor position for the 2021-2022 academic year. While the area of expertise is open, we are specifically interested in candidates with teaching expertise and/or scholarly interests in social psychology, health psychology, and/or cultural psychology. Applicants must have a strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching. Applicants are expected to have completed a Ph.D. in psychology or a related field, but ABD candidates will also be considered. This appointment is contingent upon final budgetary approval. The teaching load is four courses each semester, including courses such as health psychology, cultural psychology, social psychology, psychological statistics, research methods, and general psychology. Although the position will primarily involve teaching at the undergraduate level, opportunities exist to teach in the department’s industrial/organizational...
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Epiphany Blessing
Fr. Olkowski visits homes of the faithful upon request to impart the Epiphany blessing over the lintel.
Enthronement to the Sacred Heart
Picture courtesy of Carina DeBakey
Enthronement to the Sacred Heart of Jesus was begun in France in 1907 by Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SSCC. He believed that in order to win souls for Christ and build a civilization of love, it must start with the evangelization of the family. One way to accomplish this goal is to enthrone the Sacred Heart of Jesus in one’s home. It is very simple act that will bring countless blessings to your family.
Much more than a blessing of a picture of Jesus for your home, it is the dedication of a person and family to the Divine Heart of Jesus, to live in union with Him by love, grace and obedience to His Commandments.
The Sacred Heart of Jesus enthronement ceremony was approved by Pope St. Pius X in 1908, and since then has enjoyed much success as homes all over the world have enthroned Jesus as their Lord and King.
For those families who are spiritually prepared to elevate their home to a higher state by formally enthroning the Sacred Heart in a prominent location, the Church offers a beautiful rite that is typically shared with friends and neighbors and followed by an appropriate feast and social gathering to celebrate. Contact Fr. Olkowski to make arrangement for your enthronement. The protocol for the enthronement is available here. Booklet options for the ceremonies are available here and here.
First Friday Devotions to the Sacred Heart
Following 8:15 a.m. mass on First Fridays, Fr. Olkowski leads the faithful in Devotions to the Sacred Heart that consist of the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and several other prayers.
Advent Wreath Blessing
Fr. Olkowski blessed Advent candles on the First Sunday of Advent.
The Rorate Caeli Mass is a traditional Advent devotion wherein the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary for Advent is offered just before dawn. The interplay of light and darkness speak to the meaning of Advent and the coming of the Light of the world.
The Mass takes its title, Rorate Caeli, from the first words of the Introit, which are from Isaiah 45:8:
Rorate, caeli, desuper, et nubes pluant justum, aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.
Drop down dew, ye heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the just: let the earth be opened and bud forth a Saviour.
It is a tradition to celebrate Rorate Masses in the early morning (before sunrise), accompanied by candle light in an otherwise dark church. It has a long tradition, especially in German-speaking areas. While it can be celebrated anytime in Advent, it is often held on a Saturday morning. Because it is a votive Mass in Mary’s honor, white vestments are worn instead of Advent violet. In the dimly lit setting, priests and faithful prepare to honor the Light of the world, Who is soon to be born, and offer praise to God for the gift of Our Lady.
As the Mass proceeds and sunrise approaches, the church becomes progressively brighter, illumined by the sun as our Faith is illumined by Christ. The readings and prayers of the Mass foretell the prophecy of the Virgin who would bear a Son called Emmanuel, and call on all to raise the gates of their hearts and their societies to let Christ the King enter; asking for the grace to receive eternal life by the merits of the Incarnation and saving Resurrection of Our Lord.
Our Latin Mass community celebrated our first annual Rorate Mass at 6 a.m. on the First Saturday of Advent 2019. It was the first time this beautiful tradition was celebrated at St. Joseph church in at least 45 years.
For Additional information on the Rorate Mass:
https://onepeterfive.com/rorate-caeli-mass-advent-tradition-honoring-lady/
https://liturgyguy.com/tag/rorate-caeli-mass/page/2/
Prayer before a Crucifix
Fr. Olkowski leads three of our Knights of the Altar (crucifer and two acolytes) in the traditional Way of the Cross by Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787) on select Fridays in Lent.
Picture courtesy of Mark O’Neill
The Rosary is prayed before each Sunday Mass, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Members of our community take turns leading us in this devotion to Mary.
Yearly in May, a May Crowning is held to honor Mary. At the May Crowning, children present flowers to Our Lady and a recent First Communicant crowns Mary. Click here to view the program from a past May Crowning.
Pilgrim Virgin of Fatima Home Visitation
The Latin Mass Community invites you to welcome into your home St. Joseph Church’s Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. You may sign up to have the statue in your home for a period of one month. For more information and to sign up, please CLICK HERE.
Rosary Rally
In October, a public rosary rally is organized by members of our Latin Mass community on behalf of America Needs Fatima, an apostolate of the TFP (Tradition, Family and Property). Other public rosaries occur locally throughout the year.
Picture courtesy of Brenda Asso
Public Square Rosary
In Reparation for the Sins Against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
“The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy.” —Our Lady to Saint Dominic
When: Saturdays on select months throughout the year
Where: Longs Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster, PA (Across from Wegman’s Shopping Center)
Time: 12 noon (Typically 30-40 minutes)
For questions contact Rosary Captains: Mark Asso or Brenda Asso
717- 293-1384 (Home)
On what started out as a rainy Saturday morning on September 14th, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, twenty two pilgrims journeyed to the Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in Fairfield for our first ever ladies’ pilgrimage. The pilgrimage began with High Mass offered by Fr. Olkowski with the angelic voices of the sisters singing Gregorian chant throughout the Mass. Pilgrims then had the opportunity to meet with five of the sisters in the speak room and ask questions to learn more about the Carmelite vocation while Fr. Olkowski also offered a talk about vocations in the temporary chapel. The rain ceased by lunchtime, offering the opportunity to picnic outside, followed by service projects for the sisters. Groups sewed bed sheets, weeded and planted a garden bed, and cleaned the farmhouse, which houses workers who are helping build the monastery.
A men’s pilgrimage is in the planning stages for late spring 2020 (probably after Easter) and the next women’s pilgrimage will be the autumn of 2020. Questions should be directed to our pilgrimage coordinator Kris Keck at krishan.keck@gmail.com. You can read an article about the Fairfield Carmelites here.
The annual Pilgrimage for Restoration — a traditional walking pilgrimage in the footsteps of the North American Martyrs, in the majestic Adirondacks of New York State in late September. Pilgrims walk from the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament at Lake George Village, NY to the Shrine of Our Lady’s Martyrs of New France at Auriesville, NY
Modeled on the pilgrimage to Chartres that takes place in France each year, the Pilgrimage for Restoration has enriched the faith of thousands of Catholics of all ages over the last 25 years. The Traditional Latin Mass is offered each day, and there are opportunities for confession, prayer, and fellowship with Catholics from around the country and around the world. Discounts are available for groups and families.
Each year, priests, seminarians and laymen undertake the Buckley March, an annual Traditional Latin Mass pilgrimage from Barnesville, Maryland to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Named after its founder, Father James Buckley, FSSP, the march is now over a decade old.
Several men and their sons from our Lancaster Latin Mass community have participated in this grueling, but spiritually rewarding event. Our Knights of the Altar Society servers joined their fathers for the march which has a strong component of promoting vocations to the priesthood. The boys are able to interact with priests and seminarians as they hike 20 miles each day singing songs, praying all the decades of the rosary and observing periods of silent contemplation.
The purpose of the march is to make reparation for our own sins and the sins of our nation, to beg God’s mercy upon us and to pray for the conversion of hearts.
There are different ways to participate in the march. Men and capable teenage boys (able to walk 20 miles each day) are invited for the entire march and stay at the campsites. Everyone else can join the last leg of the pilgrimage, which begins at the Georgetown Waterfront Park in D.C. for the final uphill march to the Bascilia.
The three-day march typically held in late May/early June comprises nearly 60 miles in total, following the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal route. The schedule begins with a sung Mass at St. Mary’s Church in Barnesville on the first morning and concludes with a Solemn High Mass at the Basilica in D.C. For additional information, visit the pilgrimage website: http://fsspdcpilgrimage.com/index.html
An EWTN News story about the March can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/MwA4fBgr6Ew
Following the reception of their First Holy Communion, children are invested in the brown scapular.
Sacramentals for Expectant Mothers
There are certain Sacramentals in the Roman Ritual through which we request God’s blessing that an expecting mother can have a safe delivery and also the grace of having her child baptized. Fr. Olkowski would be happy to provide the following to any expecting lady at her request. Please do not hesitate to ask.
Blessing of Expectant Mother
Can be given at any time during pregnancy
Candle in Honor of St. Raymond Nonnatus
To be taken home and burned, and especially when the time of delivery approaches.
St. Torellus Water
Special Holy Water which can be sprinkled, used to bless oneself, drunk, or used in small amounts in cooking.
Fr. Olkowski is happy to offer the Rite of Betrothal for any newly engaged couple. An article about this ancient custom can be found here. A program for the rite is found below.
BENEDICTION is a short exposition of the Blessed Sacrament for adoration by the faithful. Benediction began in the 14th century with the custom of exposing the Blessed Sacrament for reverence and adoration. By the 16th century, blessing with the Sacred Host was added. The rite usually consists of:
Exposing the Blessed Sacrament for reverence in a monstrance
Incensation
Singing the O Salutaris Hostia (O Saving Victim)
Incensation during the singing of Tantum Ergo (Down in Adoration Falling)
The Priest wearing the humeral veil makes the Sign of the Cross over the people with the Blessed Sacrament in the monstrance.
Recitation of the Divine Praises
Replacement of the Blessed Sacrament in the Tabernacle during the recessional.
Please note: Whenever a rite such as benediction or a procession or any other separate event from Holy Mass takes place following Mass, the rubrics call for the Final Blessing and Last Gospel to be omitted and the servers immediately prepare the altar with the twelve candles on either side of the tabernacle while the priest removes his chasuble and replaces it with a cope.
Benediction is permitted on Sundays, feast days, twice a week during Lent, at the Forty Hours Devotion, and every day during a parish mission and on other days designated by the Bishop. Our community celebrates Benediction on the third Sunday of each month.
Rosary Sunday
https://lancasterlatinmass.com/event/rosary-sunday/2021-10-03/
https://lancasterlatinmass.com/event/feast-of-christ-the-king-4/2021-10-31/
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The UAR report showing the work done with the scrum
The Argentine Rugby Union issued a report showing and detailing everything that has been done over the years to improve and train players and coaches regarding the scrum.
With a definite course to improve the scrum in terms of its drive, safety and training of the players, the Argentine Rugby Union has been following a meticulous path for several years. It started in 2016 with the creation of Safe Rugby, which is aimed at preserving the safety and health of the rugby player, working side by side transversally with all areas related to the game such as High Performance, Training, Development and Competition, Systems , Referato and Médica.
The Safe Rugby Program was created in 2016 with the purpose of preventing all kinds of injuries, with a special focus on catastrophic injuries and head trauma. In addition, it collaborates so that in all situations of the game, its protagonists know and carry out the skills, physical and technical in a correct way, respecting the principles that the Regulations of Rugby itself are concerned with highlighting in its prologue.
“The best thing that was achieved is that everyone today knows that you have to take care of yourself and your rival. It was necessary to make a cultural change, to talk again about loyalty and honesty in the scrum and in the game, ”says Nestor Galán, president of Rugby Seguro.
First-line accreditations
One of the steps taken on this path came with the implementation of First Line Accreditation (APL), a mandatory assessment that every competitive player (from M15 onwards) must perform to perform as a pillar or hooker. It is intended to certify the knowledge of the player who will perform in the positions on the front line. In addition, it seeks to generate an awareness for coaches and players about the importance of the physical integrity of each one and the continuous, irreplaceable and unalterable implementation of the values that identify rugby and its players, in particular emphasizing the importance of honesty and loyalty in the practice of the game.
“The main objective of Rugby Insurance is security in the game. Training is essential to create a safe context. We had to do progressive – evolutionary work because we see shortcomings that we needed to correct and improve in our grassroots rugby. Among other objectives, Rugby Seguro has the training and cultural change that this entails ”, says Alexis Padovani, responsible for the program Rugby Seguro.
In turn, the constant and silent work in this area had an important focus on raising awareness, developing talks throughout the country with the different actors such as Security Referents (chosen by each Union at the request of the UAR), trainers, leaders and players. In 2016, as part of this work, several measures were taken from the UAR and one of them was to limit the scrum’s push by one and a half meters. This resolution was endorsed by World Rugby and ran for all the competitive rugby of the Superior Divisions of the country. In addition, in each scrum that was carried out, the touch judges entered the field of play, to assist the referee in controlling the correct development of the formation. It is worth noting that, in youth rugby, the regulation indicates that you never push more than a meter and a half, not only in our country, but throughout the world.
Other measures taken in reference to the scrum were the establishment of the aggravated yellow card, the creation of the Safety and Scrum Referents, and the creation of the electronic card as an unprecedented security tool.
New goals for 2019
In 2019 with the aim of returning to the free push that our rugby had before 2016 and getting back in tune with the rest of world rugby, two paths were established to develop in the short, medium and long term. Rugby Seguro worked, first of all, on the modification of the regulations for Children’s Rugby, which in 2018 had its first test phase in five unions: Chubut, Cuyo, Tucumán, Cordobesa and URBA.
In the second instance, in the months following the first tests, comments and improvements were collected that were put into practice in an open trial throughout the country in 2019, and which later led to modifications that gave shape to the final regulation, approved at the National Children’s Rugby Congress held at the Hindu Club, in November of last year.
In the long term, the new Rules for Children’s Rugby is a key stage since it works a progressive scrum from the division of M8 to M12, proposing that, without defining positions, all the boys have the stimulus to push in the scrum with a correct body position, which also carries over to tackle and ruck.
Scrum in higher divisions
On the other hand, in line with the new objectives for 2019, in the short and medium term, focusing on youth rugby and higher divisions, the High Performance area held 23 scrum trainings during 2019, reaching all regions of the country, with the presence of scrum specialists and UAR national trainers: Mario Ledesma, Nicolás Fernández Miranda, Eduardo Fernández Gill, Ricardo Le Fort, Julio García and Galo Álvarez Quiñones. In this instance, 3,257 attendees were trained.
“When we started working with the trainings and visiting the different centers and academies across the country, what we wanted was to get closer to the clubs, share what we are doing and listen to the main needs of the coaches. It was essential to have these meetings because it allowed us to dialogue, align concepts and spill all the knowledge that the UAR Training structure has, ”says Mario Ledesma, Head Coach of Los Pumas.
For its part, in this 2020, the mandatory isolation did not stop the work and through virtual training, the Scrum 2020 Course was taught, by Alexis Padovani, Andrés Bordoy, Julio García, Ricardo Le Fort and Galo Álvarez Quiñones. This training reached the 25 Provincial Unions, totaling 929 attendees over 18 trainings.
Scrum benchmarks in Argentina
Another important aspect on the way to reach all the Unions, was the designation by each of its Scrum Referrer. All of them had their first face-to-face training on November 1 and 2 of last year at Hindú Club, under the orders of the following UAR educators: Sergio Abbate, Alexis Padovani, Eduardo Fernández Gill and Sergio Carossio. They, in addition to downloading content, evaluated the participants in their role as scrum trainers.
This group of referents will be in charge of evaluating on-court competitions and certifying one referent per club in their Union. They may do so if they are World Rugby Educators or, failing that, they must be accompanied by one of them to carry out the evaluation.
These club referents must have passed both instances of the Level 1 Scrum Course, online and in person, and then carry out a scrum training project. This implies the evaluation, analysis and subsequent development of the plan of each institution for the training of this training.
Level 1 Course – Scrum
The Level 1 Scrum Course was launched last year and its virtual stage can be held at the UAR Campus, which so far has 1912 approved people. Beyond those who seek to obtain full approval of the course, all those interested are invited to carry out this first stage, which will provide them with knowledge regarding the scrum methodology.
Marcelo Rodríguez, President of the UAR: “We have worked for almost four years together with all the Unions in an organic way and we have traveled the necessary path in order to achieve the objectives that we set ourselves to have a Safer Rugby throughout the country. Players’ health is paramount and we had to move forward decisively and understand that when injuries can be prevented, they are no longer accidents. The cultural change we are considering is beginning to take place and everyone has become aware of the meaning of the word security. We have returned to the foundations of our game talking about honesty and loyalty knowing that we have to take care of each other. ”
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LaunchPodcast
LY Podcast: Ep. 39: In-person to Online Networking Program with Melody Tholstrup
By Melissa AnzmanAugust 27, 2020August 31st, 2020No Comments
Welcome to episode 39 of the Launch Yourself podcast.
In This Episode
In today’s episode, Melody Tholstrup shares how she took her offline local networking and marketing program, to an online program during a COVID pivot. She shares how she tested it, how she runs it, and what the plan is now going forward. Along the way, she learned how to make it as simple as possible for people to join and learn all about marketing tactics to help them grow their own business.
She shares how she is able to teach marketing skills to brick and mortar local companies with a huge networking component, and pivot into an online community that has even further reach. All without worrying too much about the tech and components. Instead, she approached her online launch with a testing mindset, and started adjusting her offerings based on audience feedback and gaps she was seeing in her local (now online) market.
If you work with traditionally offline businesses, or your own business has a strong in-person component, Melody’s launch has some great nuggets of how to take what you’re already great at, and adjust it to scale even further than in-person only tends to allow.
Resources Mentioned
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Learn More About Melody Tholstrup
For over 30 years, Melody has worked in the marketing & advertising industry and has helped a wide variety of businesses learn how to navigate the many marketing choices available, while teaching them how to find the best strategies for their businesses.
Melody created MAP Marketing Accountability Partners Coaching Programs & Workshops specifically help overwhelmed entrepreneurs set AND achieve marketing goals that help them take their marketing to the next level of success.
Melody’s website
Find Melody online: Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
Melissa Anzman (00:00): This is the launch yourself podcast episode number 39 with Melody Tholstrup. For more information and show notes, go to launch yourself.co/ 39. Welcome to the launch yourself podcast. My name is Melissa Anzman. I'm a bestselling author and the CEO of two businesses, an employee experience company, and launch yourself where I help entrepreneurs diversify and scale their business by launching digital products each week, you'll hear mindblowing interviews where we peek behind the curtain of other people's launches, as well as actual tips and strategies that you can implement in your daily work life to create launches that actually make you money. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let's get started. I am so excited to have Melody Tholstrup on today's episode. Melody has been working in marketing and advertising for over 30 years, and she has helped a wide variety of businesses learn how to navigate the many marketing choices available while teaching them how to find the best strategies for their business.
Melissa Anzman (01:09): She created MAPthe marketing accountability partners, coaching programs, and workshops specifically designed to help overwhelmed entrepreneurs set and achieve their marketing goals and help them take their marketing to the next level of success. And in today's episode, we are going to talk about how COVID are really threw a wrench in her business plans, which is mainly, or I should say was mainly a localized networking business for entrepreneurs in her hometown. Instead, she was able to make an amazing pivot with her business and grow even bigger when the challenge of COVID hit. So this launch was an accidental launch, which, you know, I always love a good accidental launch, but it actually created an entirely new business opportunity for something she was already doing and loving. I think you're going to love today's episode. Let's dive right in Melody. I'm so excited to have you on the podcast today. Thank you so much for being on. Thank you for having me, Melissa. Of course. So give us a little bit of background about your business.
Melody Tholstrup (02:27): So my business, my size marketing launched in April of 2011 after I swore I'd never had my own business. I but I've worked in the marketing and advertising field for almost 30 years. And I've worked for some incredible places like aol.com, which is a website, a news website I've worked for ad agencies, worked in retail you know, worked in sales and I've also worked on the buying side for advertising and I just, our business closed in 2009 and I kind of fumbled around. And then in 2011, decided to start my business and was had clients, but no business. So I had to conform a business to take care of the clients that we had left. That said, please don't leave me. So I did, I've done that for it'll be 10 years next year. And and then 2017, I launched a mastermind program and coaching program, and I'm just so excited. I can't wait to get up every day to do what I do
Melissa Anzman (03:26): Love that. I love that. And tell us where you're located, because what you do is pretty localized, or I should say it was pretty localized. Where are you located?
Melody Tholstrup (03:35): So we're in Huntsville, Alabama, North, North, Alabama, where the home of NASA and one of the homes of NASA and Redstone arsenal, which is one of the largest military bases in the country, probably the world, as far as land mass and army base, but it's a very technology centered place for the South. We're very proud of it. And I love being here.
Melissa Anzman (03:56): Fantastic. I love giving that plug because there are so many places across the U S and the world, of course, that are these little gems, really great local business opportunities that we just don't think about. I love that you are sharing that because yours is one of them. So Melody, you know, here at launch yourself, it's all about that one launch that moment, that thing that you make a decision on
Melody Tholstrup (04:20): That product, whatever that is and how you either build it, grow it, make it bigger, or how you pivot. So with that in mind, which launched do you want to talk about today? So I'm very excited, even not because of, we had to zoom, we went online a few months ago, but because the coaching program that I had started locally, that I was really proud of, and it was starting to have legs and, and add people. It's a mastermind group, marketing mastermind group called map, but I took it virtual this summer. And it's been very exciting because I'm able to coach people from wherever and they can connect with these people like we have been doing locally. So it's a wonderful resource to have people share and vent and, and you know, reach their challenges together and share their celebrations together. And so I'm very excited about that.
Melissa Anzman (05:10): That's awesome. So tell us a little bit more about MAP as a whole, and then we'll get into why you decided to take it online or was maybe forced to
Melody Tholstrup (05:19): Yeah. And forced it by child to be flexible. Right. So map stands for marketing accountability partners. And again, I started that after having my consulting business because, and I was also coaching and a nonprofit called the catalyst for entrepreneurship. And let me just say another plug for Huntsville. We have one of the best in, at least in the I've seen and heard about in the South of us support for entrepreneurs. Every other business is an entrepreneur in this area. And it's very exciting. So I love being part of that community, but so I formed map acronym like NASA, you know, another acronym, but I formed a map because I wanted to get some of my single coaching clients whether they had been paid clients or whether I'd coached them at the nonprofit in a room together. So they could hear some of the solutions we were all discussing, cause it was a lot of the same challenges. So that's what map stands for. And I went from doing groups to also offering the one on one coaching, cause some people couldn't come to the mastermind group sessions. And now I have workshops that I've been teaching for the last few years under the mat brand as well.
Melissa Anzman (06:22): Awesome. So it sounds like an even better chamber of commerce than one could think about for entrepreneurs of just like sharing ideas, coming together, meeting new local entrepreneurs, maybe even sharing leads if applicable, but really a safe space to brainstorm, to decide what comes next to vent the frustrations of the rollercoaster that is entrepreneurship and so on. So talk a little bit about if you would, how you took this offline in person mastermind and how you had to pivot in our current landscape. So what did that look like? What were your thoughts? How did that happen?
Melody Tholstrup (07:05): So I was so geared up at the first of this year to have two groups and looking at maybe adding a third locally and when all this hit. And they, and I was also teaching these classes at the nonprofit. They said, we're going to start doing these virtually, do you mind trying teaching that? Cause we'd never done one of these virtually and I'm like, what? Okay. So I learned zoom really fast and, and had to navigate, you know, rooms of 15 to 20 people and, you know, go through this whole we have a two hour program that we do on being an entrepreneur. And I thought, well, shoot, if I can do this with these people, then why can't we? So I started just having my, all the mat, people who had ever been in my program just said, you know, on Mondays, we're just going to get together and just kind of stay in touch for free.
Melody Tholstrup (07:54): I didn't charge them a dime. I just wanted to stay engaged because I knew we were all having levels of freak out. And so I started doing that and seeing and inviting anybody to come, you know, that had been in the program before. So when I decided, okay, I think I can do this. You know, I've got my zoom paid account. And I looked out at my little set up my microphone, everything I thought, well, shit, we can just try this. And it's so exciting because I do have people that, that joined part of that that never would have met otherwise. So, and they've connected and they've shared ideas and they're supporting each other and their endeavors. And it's, I'm like, why did I wait so long to do this? But again, I like people. I like to be in front of people. I like to see people on the screen. I always tell my people, please put your camera on. I don't care what you look like. I just need to see your face. And I know that's hard, it's hard, but I just, I'm very excited about the possibilities of map going virtual this year.
Melissa Anzman (08:50): That's awesome. I love that. You were like, you know, let me try this pivot and let me do it with really low
Speaker 3 (08:56): Tax
Melody Tholstrup (08:56): Back, low cost, low barrier to entry. Just let's move it online. Let's try it out and see what works. Let's even do it on page to see if we can get it happening. So how is that now? A profit making product for you? So I had a structure before and and they would pay them. It's a 90 day program. And so they would pay for the 90 days. And within that 90 days each client, they get the two monthly group meetings every other week. And then they would get a one on one session with me. And that was given a lot of way because I love doing what I do. So when I went virtual, I kept the same format. They scale, I used square now to book, you know, people book whenever I have availability. So then I send them the zoom link.
Melody Tholstrup (09:42): We do our group meetings. I keep them short and sweet. I used to make them 90 minutes. Now they're just an hour. Cause it's like, we don't have to worry about sitting down and getting settled and everybody is just we're ready to go. And I, you know, I don't record unless I feel the need to, like, I teach the workshops and they're all invited to the workshops, but they do pay everybody pays for those, but they pay a lower rate because they're a member. So what I've done this year is I'm trying to make it a membership. So you can join either as a member of it, just the group, you can have the group and the coaching, or you can do just the coaching. Everybody gets the discounts on the workshops that I teach usually once a month. And and they can change whatever to whatever works for them.
Melody Tholstrup (10:22): So it's, it's still a learning curve for me, but I feel like I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for them to get all the help they need whenever they need it. Oh, I love it. It's so great because you're combining so many different types of digital products into really one. And I love that because you know, out there in the online marketing space, I'm going to use air quotes. The gurus, right, are like you have a membership site, is this, and you only do this in a membership and you only do this. If you're doing coaching and don't do coaching one on one coaching, isn't scalable and all those things. And you've really found a way to combine group coaching, one on one coaching training and a membership, all in one that works for you, but also is flexible enough for the people who want to work with you and for being really resilient in any type of environment.
Melody Tholstrup (11:15): Like we find ourselves in right now. And I think that's fantastic because a lot of entrepreneurs are not as agile or flexible to be able to do that. And their business models likely aren't either because they, you know, only do it this way or they only do it that way. So I love that. You've been able to take what really works for you in person and combine it with the best of what's available in the online space. Thank you. I'm excited about it. I'm I figured, you know, I don't know what's wrong until I've done it. Right. Just go with the flow. That sounds good. Everybody liked that. Let's try this. I love it. Yeah. I'm a tester myself. So me it's like, let me test
Melissa Anzman (11:54): It. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, but there's no harm in just sort of seeing if it's going to work or not and what to adjust. So I love that. So what, through this transformation, through this point,
Melody Tholstrup (12:04): What has worked really well for you better than you expected? I'm still kind of figuring that out, but, but what worked for me over the last year, just introducing people to the map process, without either giving it away or feeling like they have to chart, you know, pay a big sum of money right away is the workshop you kick off each quarter with a map, launch, a quarterly launch, and it's a workshop. So what I do is they pay a small price to join, to come to the workshop and they get the content. And there's some takeaways from that. At the end of that launch workshop, they get a preview of what map is like, they can apply their map, their a workshop fee toward their first months membership kind of like photographers do sometimes, you know, your sitting fee amount applied toward your photography purchase.
Melody Tholstrup (12:55): And so that has seemed to really help at least get more people in the door that might be interested. And so that's something I'm still working with because I feel like, you know, you might hear about map. You might know somebody who's been in map, you might have, you know, come to our workshop, but, but that feel like you need to have an actual, this is kind of what we do. Here's an overview. Here's how it works. You know, and I have people that are current members, usually in all of these at one point another saying, Hey, let me just tell you how it worked for me, plus the testimonials on my website. And so that way it's kind of a door opener. And then if they don't want to join, that's fine. They stay on my list. They can come to any workshops, pay the full price. And they, you know, have takeaways. They didn't come way into hand it. So
Melissa Anzman (13:41): That's fantastic. What kind of workshops do you do? Like does it run the gamut across entrepreneurship or is it specific to online marketing or in person marketing or what does that look like?
Melody Tholstrup (13:51): It's pretty much marketing related. I have found that people, especially my target, which is usually, you know, late, late thirties into their fifties and sixties, kind of second generation entrepreneurs, maybe they had a different job and decided to take that plunge. So there's a lot they don't know about not only just being an entrepreneur, but just marketing in general because they didn't have to learn. They were in the corporate space. And so I have literally held hands and say, okay, let's go through Canva. Let's learn about MailChimp. Let's learn about LinkedIn. I'm doing a workshop this Thursday and I think I have a couple of seats left cause I don't make it big cause I won't be want people to be able to interact. But it's going to be on digital marketing Mustangs. And we're going to cover a couple, two or three things that you need to know for sure.
Melody Tholstrup (14:36): On Google, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, email marketing. And there's one more, Oh, well let's say Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn. We don't cover Twitter. Google, YouTube and email marketing, maybe that's it. So we're but, but the bottom line is I try to give enough information that they felt like, okay, if I don't know anything, but what I learned today, I can at least move forward with the next thing. And, and the goal obviously is a lead generator because if you need extra help, come join us in map or come join me and let me help you. So that's how they usually work. Awesome.
Melissa Anzman (15:15): And as part of this either map as a whole or through this pivot, what hasn't worked, what, what sort of broke or what did you try that you're like, yeah, that, that did not go as planned. I don't want to do that ever again.
Melody Tholstrup (15:28): Oh, well, some days it feels like nothing's working.
Melissa Anzman (15:32): I hear you. Right? Like that's part of the fun.
Melody Tholstrup (15:36): Interesting. It was interesting when I did the free time. I did have some people kind of come and visit, you know, but I didn't get as much as I thought now, granted we were doing it the same time every week. So if that wasn't a good time for you, it wasn't a good time for you. And I didn't change it. I kinda got, I think I changed it one time and it's still, it was like with same people. So you kind of saw who was going to be committed and who wasn't. And most of those people are the ones that are in the pay group now. So I probably could have not given it away free for so long, but I was still figuring it out too. So I figured I just called it my beta test,
Melissa Anzman (16:15): The free beta, which is not recommended, but it worked for you in trying something out. So I like that.
Melody Tholstrup (16:22): Yeah. Free. I'm not always good. Free, free can be good for a time. But I tell my clients, my coaching clients and even the, my new entrepreneur coaching clients, I said, listen, it's better to charge a little bit of money. So they have skin in the game and then tell them what that's really valued at. You know, if I'm giving you an hour of my time, I could say, well, you know, I charged $175 an hour, but for you for this particular thing, because we're going to do this, you're going to get it for this rate. And that's kinda how I started from the very beginning. I love that.
Melissa Anzman (16:55): Tell me a little bit more about like the technology piece. Was there a learning curve for you to like use square, get payment? Like how did that work for you? Were you struggling with platforms at all? Or was it just sort of a, okay, let's try this and keep trying.
Melody Tholstrup (17:09): Well, it's interesting. I started out with square only because I had live workshops and I needed some way to trans do a transaction. Right. And once I discovered, and I think I discovered it last year, but I didn't use it as much, but the square booking appointments, I was like, man, this is easy. And it doesn't cost me anything that I can see, you know, I mean, I'm paying for whatever other services, but I was like, this is the bomb.com. So I started using that and putting my link from my website. Like if you want to build, I do offer a free strategy session just to again, get people in the door. But that again, it's linked to my square, you know, account and I'm like, this is awesome because I don't have to think about it. I get a text once I accepted, I send them a zoom link.
Melody Tholstrup (17:55): So yeah, if I can do it, anybody can figure this out. I love that. And so just a little background on square. So square is a little square. It's a little white square reader that most of us have seen at restaurants or places like that, where you swipe your card on that little reader, it's become advanced. Now you can stick your card in, but they've expanded what they do and provide. And I think that's a really missed technology tool for a lot of people because they just sort of think it's a square. I have, I have one as well, cause I sell books when I speak. And so it's just easy to take the money through the square reader, but you can also do. Timetrade like you're doing like you, you know, schedule time there, you can take recurring payments, all the things that you hadn't thought square can do.
Melody Tholstrup (18:44): They're really moving into that space really nicely. So I'm glad you're using them. It's not a technology we've actually talked about on the podcast before. So I appreciate it. I've just started my membership since it is a reoccurring thing. I've started it where you can do the reoccurring invoice or they can keep their credit card on file. And, and so again, I know QuickBooks, I do some things through QuickBooks, still for some clients, but that is really, I mean, they just have so many tools. I haven't probably explored all of them, but for the money it's been very cost effective. So absolutely. So what would you say is your biggest challenge as you look forward with the online version of map? Well you know, I, I do want to, my goal with map is never to have one big, huge group. My goal, if I could do it, the ideal scenario, I would have probably three to six groups a week of only 10 people, you know, per group, because again, the whole premise of it was never to have a big group.
Melody Tholstrup (19:47): The premise was we feel safe. We can talk, we can share and we're bonded. And then at some point workshops, whatever people come together, like my vision, I still have vision of doing a beach retreat and anybody wants to come down. We do some fun workshops, but we also just get away from our families. You know, that's another way to pay for the beach trip for me. And then are also just having, you know, group networking functions and things like that. And having a sticker that says I'm a Mac member and it's on every car and every, all my part, you know, the parking lots, wherever we go some day when we're in person. So but ultimately I want map to be a place where people feel safe and they, but they feel connected by the whole program. You know, they can go to a workshop and learn things.
Melody Tholstrup (20:30): They can go to their, their group meeting. They can come to a one on one session with me, they feel supported and they, if they have a question, if they have a challenge, they know somewhere in that process, they can find the answer. That's fantastic. What would your advice be for anybody in a similar situation, maybe they're doing an inlet or an input they were doing would say an in person mastermind or a meeting group or coaching session, and maybe they're struggling to figure out how to pivot or what's next or how to go online. What would your advice to be to them be, well, if you haven't ever been on a zoom call or a go to meeting or whatever, call with someone, who's, you know, it's alive thing. You know, if there's a networking opportunity or there's someplace where you can at least take part as a participant, do it, most of them are free now or very inexpensive take part, just take part and get used to the technology and, and, you know, putting things in the chat and, you know, just introducing yourself, you know, when now we have to have an elevator pitch in a different way, because not only do we say it in a group setting, even aligned, but we need to maybe be able to write it really quickly, you know, in a Facebook group or in a chat.
Melody Tholstrup (21:42): And so just participate in that. See how comfortable you feel with that. And then, you know, maybe do a trial of zoom or one of the tools. There's a tool called free conference call.com that I used when I first started this again, not knowing what I was doing and they just asked for donations, but it's a great tool and it has a lot of the same bells and whistles. And that's a great one to try to get your group online, just to have everybody feel comfortable, start with something casual, start with just a coffee meeting or a lunch, you know, just share kind of thing. You'll be surprised. And camera wise, I have an old computer with an old camera. It works fine. I did buy some speakers and a microphone from Amazon and one of those ring lights, I usually use sunlight more than anything.
Melody Tholstrup (22:26): I mean, you just kind of have to play with it, but yeah, I always say go to these free or very inexpensive networking opportunities with places and people, you know, get used to the technology and then try it for yourself. It's it's worth it. I love it. Do you foresee Matt being, or having an online component going forward or is this just sort of a stop gap for the current situation? Oh, no, no. I mean, I would love to still get in front of people and I think at some point I hope to do that, but no, I would love to. In fact, I was already considering before all this happened. Once I, you know, had been in on a zoom call, I thought, well, I'll just start a virtual group. And then my people here can be a part of that, but then I'll, you know, once we're done and we're back in person, I'll keep a virtual group or two or three virtual groups, you know, depending on, on the success. So now I, now that I've got this, I would never abandon it, but I do, I do like to still be in front of people. So my goal is to also go and speak, you know, in places and, and to speak and teach in other markets too. So, Oh, I remember those days.
Melody Tholstrup (23:37): Yeah. Like now they're all virtual, which is great. It's nice to be, have that virtual opportunity for sure. But I like that you, through this pivot and now a different future, maybe an expanded future for map and your product, and maybe, maybe it just got you there quicker, but now it's part of your business model, which I love. It's like such a good pivot in launch. Definitely. In fact, I had a coach a few months ago, maybe November and I had done a free call with him and he was part of some big global brand. And, and he said something about virtual like, Oh no, I'm not ready for that.
Melody Tholstrup (24:16): Right. The universe had a few different plans for you for all of us. That's very true. That's very true. So Melody, where can people find you online? So my website is my size marketing.com. That's still my, my parent umbrella. And then within that website or all the information about the map groups and the map coaching and the workshops and so forth, or if you just are interested in, in workshops, you can follow me on event bright because I've got a presence there and I usually have something posted every month and and I try to keep them very reasonably priced. And now that we're virtual, they're very easy and I record them. So I, if you paid for the spot, you can get them. And then I'm just on all social media platforms, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest under my size marketing or Melody Tholstrup.
Melody Tholstrup (25:03): Fantastic. And we'll of course include all of that in the show notes, Melody, it has been such a pleasure having you on the show today. I'm so excited to have met you and to share this amazing offline mastermind group caught like powwow type of business, all about marketing into an online space. I really appreciate you sharing all the ins and outs about it. Well, thank you so much. I've thoroughly enjoyed talking to meeting you, and I hope that I can have some help to any small business owner because we're, we feel alone sometimes, but we're not. And now that we're virtual, we don't have to be, we can, we can help each other any way we can
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Joseph D. Nosef III
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By Lethbridge Herald Obituaries on December 7, 2019.
Arthur “Art” Bodie
Arthur (Art) Bodie passed away peacefully at St. Michael’s Health Centre on Friday November 29th, 2019. A man with a heart as big as his presence, he will be deeply missed by his wife of 62 years, Jackie; his children, Doug (Doris), Mike (Shelley) David (Nancy) Lori (Lawrence) and Ron (Bambi); 13 grandchildren and 3 great- grandchildren, whom he loved dearly and teased mercilessly. He is also survived by his sister, Iris and brother, Gordon. He was pre -deceased by his parents, Jane and Joe; as well as his sister, Yvonne. Art was born at the homestead in Melville, Saskatchewan, where he attended school and worked the chores of the farm. He left the farm at 17 and headed West, eventually settling in Calgary in 1957, where he met the love of his life, Jackie. With Jackie at his side, there was no obstacle he couldn’t overcome. In 1967, they moved to Lethbridge, where they raised their five children instilling in them important life values. He enjoyed spending weekends camping and teaching them the “craft of golf”; he was very proud of each one of them. In their retirement years, Art and Jackie were ardent snowbirds, enjoying all of what Canada and the lower 48 had to offer, in particular, Arizona. It didn’t matter where they were, Art always made a friend. He enjoyed gatherings with friends and family and “there was always room for one more at his table”. The family would like to thank the caring staff and doctors of Lethbridge Regional Hospital, St. Michael’s Health Centre, and the nurses and staff at Lethbridge Home Care Services. At Art’s request, a private family gathering will be held at a later date.
Richard Chase
Mr. Richard Allen Chase, beloved husband of Alice Chase, passed away at the Chinook Regional Hospital on November 26, 2019. A Celebration of Richard’s life will be held at 11:00am, on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at the MCKILLOP UNITED CHURCH, 2329 15 Ave S, Lethbridge, Alberta, with Reverend Trevor Potter and Reverend Rebekah Eckert presiding. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice or to the Rocky Mountain Book Award (RMBA), c/o Box 42 Station Main, Lethbridge, Alberta T1V 3Y4, to assist in the continued promotion of quality Canadian children’s literature, a cause to which Richard was deeply committed. A private family Graveside Service will be held prior in the Mountain View Cemetery.
Grace Fix
Mrs. Grace Fix of Lethbridge, beloved wife of the late Mr. Ralph Fix, passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the age of 91 years. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00pm, on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610 – 4 STREET SOUTH, Lethbridge, Alberta. Over many years, Grace and Ralph faithfully supported charities in research of cancer treatments. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Grace’s memory to the Canadian Cancer Society, 317 10 Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 2M7, or a charity that may be dear to your own heart.
EMILY MARY HENDERSON, beloved wife of the late John Paul Henderson of Lethbridge, passed away peacefully at the Edith Cavell Care Centre on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the age of 104 years.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2405 – 12 Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, on Monday, December 9, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. with Father Albert Sayson celebrating.
If desired, memorial tributes may be made to Stars Air Ambulance (Box 570, Calgary, AB, T2E 8M7) or Assumption Catholic Women’s League (c/o All Saints Parish, 2405 – 12 Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB, T1K 0P4).
HILLSTEAD
It is with great sadness and grief that we announce the sudden passing of FERN HILLSTEAD at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge on Tuesday, November 26th, 2019, at the age of 76 years.
Fern is survived by Morris, her loving husband of 59 years, her daughters, Kelly Mantler of Lethbridge, Barbara (Bote) Miedema of Abbotsford, and Charlotte Bennett of Calgary; grandchildren and great-grandchildren Robin Bullock, Matt (Kaylie) Mantler and Aaliyah, Danelle Mantler and Seirah, Haley (Aaron) Wierenga and Patrick, Addison and Tanner. She also leaves to mourn, her sisters, Laura Larsen and LouVonne Skjerdal and many in-laws, nieces, and nephews – all special but too numerous to list. Fern was predeceased by her parents, Art and Cora Matters, in-laws Ted and Bessie Hillstead, twin sister Faye Friedrichsen, brother Lloyd Matters, sister Lorraine Neilsen, and other special family members.
Fern was born in Midale, Saskatchewan on October 4, 1943, just a minute or two before her twin sister, Faye, with whom she did everything. When Fern was nine, she suffered severe burns and had to be away from her family for months. She always said that separation from her twin was almost more agonizing than her injuries. The twins continued to do everything together and on July 23, 1960, they were married in a double ceremony. Fern and Morris and Faye and Pete had three children each within a five year period and we all spent much time together. Fern and Morris were in the oilfield service business and never did a young couple work harder. As Fern and Morris and the girls followed the opportunities in the oil field, they were able to live in quite a few places and became expert movers. Fern was a compassionate woman who always championed the underdog, pursued fairness to an exact degree and loved and lived for her family. Nana was often found playing with her grandchildren in the pantry with a flashlight, and later as technology advanced, with her great-grandchildren in the closet with an IPad. Nana always made sure everyone had the treats they liked at family gatherings and loved spending time with each of us.
The past three years have been hard on mom’s health with injuries, illness, and loss of stamina. Mom frequently expressed that she couldn’t have asked for any better care than what Morris provided to her every day and she was grateful to him for making her life easier. We thank the doctors and staff at the CRH ER and attending Paramedics for the excellent care and service provided to this much-loved mother, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. Over the past three years we have been to the ER many times and always found the help and support we and mom needed.
A celebration of Fern’s life will be held at CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME, 2825 – 32 Street South, Lethbridge, Alberta, on Saturday, December 14th at 11:00 A.M., with Rev. Pauline Bell officiating. A time of fellowship & refreshments will follow. A private interment will be held at Mountain View Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please feel free to contribute to a charity of your choice in Fern’s memory.
CHAD HORNBERGER
Mr. Chad Hornberger of Fort Macleod, AB., passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at the age of 42 years. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at the Fort Macleod & District Community Hall, 301-25th Street, Fort Macleod, AB.
HENRY DALE LOWRY, beloved husband of the late Arlene Passey Lowry, passed away in Cardston, AB on Thursday, December 5th, 2019 at the age of 91 years.
The Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, December 14th, 2019 at 11:00 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cardston Alberta Stake Centre (338 – 5 Ave East) in Cardston, AB.
Friends may meet the family on Saturday from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the service.
Interment in the Taylorville Cemetery.
Ross Allan McCune
February 13, 1934 – December 3, 2019
Ross passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at the age of 85 with his wife Addy by his side and surrounded by family. Ross grew up on a farm near Disley, Saskatchewan. At 15 years of age, he left the farm and went to work in Regina, first in the construction industry and then to the dairy industry where he worked for 40 years beginning in Regina, Saskatchewan, transferring to Lethbridge, Alberta and finishing his career in Calgary, Alberta. He met his wife Addy in Regina while he was delivering milk to her place of work. They were married in 1958 and would go on to be married for over 61 years. Ross loved to curl, play golf, go fishing, and in retirement was known to have a “friendly” game of Rummy every morning with Addy. Throughout his life he was also involved in the Elks Club, the Masons and The Shriners where he would go to numerous parades in North America and help raise money for the Shriners Hospitals. He was a loving and supportive father, grandfather and uncle traveling to watch his family no matter the activity – softball, football, baseball, track, soccer, triathlon, basketball, squash, curling, volleyball, piano recitals, or whatever they were involved in – he was there for them cheering them on. He was loved dearly by all who knew him. He was predeceased by his parents, John and Blanche McCune; brothers, Edward (Bernice), Gordon (Edna), Norman and Kenneth; sisters, Dorothy (Art and Joe), Margaret (Lionel), Edna (Chuck and Vestervig), Sadie (Vic) and Florence (William). He is lovingly missed by his wife, Addy; children, Pat (Fae) McCune, Kathy (Tobi) McCune, Karen (Russ) MacKay, and Nancy (Dave) McCune; grandchildren, Carly (Beau), Todd, Ben and Taylor; great-grandchildren Rex and Blake; and siblings, Myrtle Smith, Elsie (John) Collins, Roy (Angie) McCune and Gladys (Don) Grant; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. His family would like to thank the staff at Good Samaritan Society Park Meadows with a special thanks to the caregivers in Cottage 1. Flowers are gratefully declined. For those who wish, memorial donations may be made to Good Samaritan Society Park Meadows, 1511 15th Avenue N, Lethbridge, AB T1H 1W2. Cremation has been entrusted to Martin Brothers Funeral Chapels.
Colin Michael McDonald ‘Mike’ passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of December 3, 2019 after a brief but strong fight with cancer.
Mike is survived by his wife Wendy-Ann, their children and grandchildren: Rick (Trish) and grandson Caden, Sean (Chelsey), Tony and granddaughter Addisyn, Lanny (Laura) and granddaughter Lillian, Richard Victoria (Jason) and grandchildren Makenna, Jasper and Ashten, his mother Margret, brothers Chris Billy, John, sisters Pat and Jackie, his step mother May, brothers Tim, Danny, and Colin Jr and the many friends he leaves, behind. Mike was predeceased by his father Colin Sr., step-fahter Ken grandson Elijah, brother Richard as well as many other friends and family.
Please join us at the Christensen Salmon Generations Funeral Home, 703 13 Street North, on Tuesday December 10 at 2pm for Mike’s celebration of life. Flowers are welcome.
To send condolences, please visit http://www.generationsfh.ca
MOSER, ANNA
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of ANNA MOSER, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend; passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at the age of 93 at the Rockyview Hospital in Calgary.
A Funeral Service will be held at CORNERSTONE FUNERAL HOME, 2825 – 32 Street South, Lethbridge, on Saturday, December 7th at 11:00 A.M., with The Reverend Canon Erin Phillips officiating. Private interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Following the interment, a reception will be held at Cornerstone Funeral Home.
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Notes from the road: Columbus
April 15, 2014 turned out to be strange day to hold a concert in Columbus, Ohio. If you were lucky enough to have filed your taxes on time, you still had to contend with weather that went from 70 degrees to snow in 24 hours. Who better to assist with these conditions then the newly Hall of Fame-inducted E Street Band and their fearless leader?
Let’s get the formalities out of the way: Little Steven was not with us tonight, likely shooting a new season of Lilyhammer. Ms. Scialfa was not to be found, either, despite her wonderful return for a week of shows through the last one in Virginia Beach. We were left with 17 other extraordinarily talented musicians, more than enough to get the job done. Steve’s absence moves Nils to stage left with Garry, the latter bearing his new sunglasses look and singing backup more than he has in many years, while the former became an integral part of the show and delivered over and over again, like it was 1985.
Three big surprises of the night: two sign requests, “Blinded by the Light” and the extended ’78 version of “Prove it All Night,” and the main-set-closing “Light of Day.” A staple of previous tours, “Light of Day” rarely comes out these days, but this was a powerful reminder of just what a raucous blast it can be. As High Hopes has given us studio recordings of some previously live-only tracks, “Light of Day” feels worthy of that treatment, too.
About a third of the way into the show, Bruce poked fun at his infamous 2009 “Hello Ohio” greeting to a Michigan crowd, acknowledging that it hadn’t been his best night. No need for concern, as one fan says: “We’re Ohio — we thought it was hilarious that he called our rivals by our name.” But if Bruce had any lingering guilt over that one, he made up for it tonight, winning over the audience with such secret weapons as the new arrangement of “Johnny 99,” horns ablaze. There were few if any asses in seats.
Along with the rave-ups, there were also moments of weight and intensity: “Trapped,” with an extended intro; “American Skin (41 Shots),” lit up with the power and pathos of part-time E Streeter Tom Morello’s guitar; and a fine “Backstreets” to begin the encore.
A note about two performances that continue to evolve: Cindy Mizelle’s role in “Shackled and Drawn” gets better and better, and if this is possible, so does Morello’s “Tom Joad solo.” Just awesome. Cindy and Curtis King seem more prominent in general these days, perhaps making up for the missing backing vocals of both Steve and Patti.
The requisite group of exhilarated fans, a couple of whom had just graduated high school, adorned the stage for “Dancing in the Dark.” One was sweet enough to greet each and every member of the band personally — one of the nicest moments of a very nice night. Bruce and the band repaid the kindness by getting “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out” just right and wringing out every last drop of energy with “Shout.”
After the band filed off stage, Springsteen took a seat at a small pump organ, closing things out himself with a swirling, magical “Dream Baby Dream” to send everyone out into the unusually cold, snowy night. A strange day in Columbus, but a pretty darn successful E Street Band show — whether you finished your taxes or not.
– Gary Rubin Backstreets.com
See the full setlist from Columbus
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613 F. 2d 465 - Sullivan v. Fogg
613 F2d 465 Sullivan v. Fogg
Jose Luis SULLIVAN, Petitioner-Appellant,
Walter FOGG, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional
Facility, Respondent-Appellee.
Argued Nov. 14, 1979.
Steven Lloyd Barrett, New York City, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.
Edward G. Spell, Asst. Dist. Atty., New York City (Mario Merola, Dist. Atty. for Bronx County, Billie Manning, Asst. Dist. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for respondent-appellee.
Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and SMITH and OAKES, Circuit Judges.
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas P. Griesa, Judge, denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus of Jose Luis Sullivan, imprisoned after conviction on murder and weapons counts in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Bronx County. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
The appellant, Jose Luis Sullivan, was convicted in 1973 after a jury trial in New York Supreme Court, of two counts of murder and one count of illegal possession of a weapon. About one month after trial, a juror, Joseph Villanacci, complained to the Bronx District Attorney of harassment by "voices." Villanacci was brought before the trial court for questioning to determine whether he was competent during trial. Villanacci's testimony at this hearing seemed to indicate that he had been experiencing delusions or paranoid sensations during the trial. He said that he heard "vibrations" throughout the trial and that the vibrations were particularly intense in the jury room. He stated that "through these sounds I heard the voice, I heard my name" and "they were spying, they were spying maybe in favor of the defendant." He also stated that he had heard voices once before, while on jury duty in 1969 at a criminal trial resulting in conviction. Villanacci said that the voices had not influenced him in his verdict, and had not communicated anything unfavorable about the defendant, the witnesses or the attorneys.
The trial judge appointed a psychiatrist, Dr. Lubin, to examine Villanacci. Dr. Lubin examined Villanacci independently and made a written report to the court, which was incorporated into the record at the time of sentencing. Dr. Lubin's report stated that Villanacci had heard voices during trial telling him to "vote for the defendant" and that defendant was "not a murderer." It stated that "patient explained that he followed his logical judgment and voted 'guilty.' " Dr. Lubin's impression was that Villanacci had a "schizoid personality with paranoid features . . . vulnerable to a paranoid psychotic decompensation." However, Dr. Lubin concluded that Villanacci had been a competent juror:
He heard the voices but they did not influence him and his logic in evaluating the factors in the trial and coming to the conclusion that he did was quite sound. Although he heard the voices, he had not formulated them into a systematized delusion; i. e., he did not, in fact, come to a definite conclusion as to who his persecutors might be . . . . (H)e was competent to make a rational judgment on the merits of the case presented to him in the court.
The defendant had no opportunity to present the testimony of his own psychiatrist or to cross-examine Dr. Lubin about his conclusion. The court incorporated Dr. Lubin's written statement into the record and concluded that there was "no necessity for further inquiry, especially in view of the very clear statement made by Dr. Lubin by way of report to this court. . . ."
The conviction was affirmed by the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and the New York Court of Appeals; defendant's objection to the determination of competence was raised on appeal and rejected. Two judges in the Appellate Division panel dissented on various grounds, including the failure to afford defendant an opportunity to have his own psychiatrist examine Villanacci and to cross-examine Dr. Lubin. Sullivan applied for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court, which was denied. The court stated:
In the absence of an independent adjudication of incompetency of the juror in question close to the time of jury service, there is no occasion for disturbing a jury verdict because of a question of mental capacity. Moreover, there is no occasion to hold a hearing on the matter. United States v. Dioguardi, 492 F.2d 70, 80 (2d Cir. 1974), Cert. denied, 419 U.S. 829 (95 S.Ct. 49, 42 L.Ed.2d 53) (1975).
Sullivan contends on appeal that he was denied due process when the trial court failed to conduct a "full and fair hearing" on the issue of juror competence. He contends that although it might have been proper not to grant any hearing at all, once a further inquiry was ordered, the defendant should at least have been allowed to present his own witness and conduct a cross-examination.
Due process requires that jurors be sane and competent during trial. Peters v. Kiff, 407 U.S. 493, 501, 509, 92 S.Ct. 2163, 33 L.Ed.2d 83 (1972); Jordan v. Massachusetts, 225 U.S. 167, 32 S.Ct. 651, 56 L.Ed. 1038 (1912). Once a preliminary showing of incompetence or juror misconduct has been made there is a corresponding right to an inquiry into the relevant surrounding circumstances. Remmer v. United States, 347 U.S. 227, 74 S.Ct. 450, 98 L.Ed. 654 (1954) ("Remmer I"); see also United States ex rel. Owen v. McMann, 435 F.2d 813 (2d Cir. 1970), Cert. denied, 402 U.S. 906, 91 S.Ct. 1373, 28 L.Ed.2d 646 (1971). The questions involved here are: (1) How strong a preliminary showing must defendant make in order to trigger a hearing into juror competence? and (2) Once a sufficient showing is made, what sort of hearing is required?
Improper external influences such as jury tampering are presumptively prejudicial. Remmer I, supra, 374 U.S. at 229, 74 S.Ct. 450.1 A showing of "reasonable grounds" to believe that there has been tampering will trigger a post-verdict exploration of the "entire picture." Remmer v. United States, 350 U.S. 377, 379, 76 S.Ct. 425, 100 L.Ed. 435 (1956) ("Remmer II"); United States v. Moten, 582 F.2d 654, 664 (2d Cir. 1978). Where the allegations involve considerations internal to the jury deliberation process, such as juror insanity, this court has required "strong evidence that it is likely that the juror suffered from such incompetence" before ordering a post-verdict inquiry. United States v. Dioguardi, 492 F.2d 70, 78 (2d Cir. 1974). This high threshold is intended to avoid post-verdict harassment of jurors, preserve the finality of judgments, discourage meritless applications for post-verdict hearings, and reduce the likelihood of and temptation for jury tampering. McDonald v. Pless, 238 U.S. 264, 267-268, 35 S.Ct. 783, 59 L.Ed. 1300 (1915); Mattox v. United States, 146 U.S. 140, 148-149, 13 S.Ct. 50, 36 L.Ed. 917 (1892); United States v. Crosby, 294 F.2d 928, 950 (2d Cir. 1961), Cert. denied sub nom. Mittelman v. United States, 368 U.S. 984, 82 S.Ct. 599, 7 L.Ed.2d 523 (1962).
Here there was a sufficient showing of incompetence to justify, indeed to require, a further inquiry by the trial court. The unsolicited statements of the juror himself were strongly suggestive of incompetence during trial and deliberations. Although Villanacci stated that he was not influenced by the voices he heard, this statement should be discounted in light of the evidence of psychological instability which also emerged from Villanacci's statements. Moreover, a juror's statement that he remained impartial in the face of a potentially prejudicial influence is not conclusive. See Irvin v. Dowd, 366 U.S. 717, 81 S.Ct. 1639, 6 L.Ed.2d 751 (1961). United States v. Dioguardi, supra, is distinguishable. In Dioguardi, unlike this case, there was no evidence that the alleged feelings of clairvoyance and other psychic phenomena exhibited by the juror after trial were present during trial. In addition, the evidence in that case consisted of a letter written by the juror to the defendant. Here the juror's own statements indicated that the delusions occurred during trial, and there was ample justification for ordering a further inquiry.
We also find that, given that a hearing was required, it was not sufficient for the judge to obtain the written report of a psychiatrist, with nothing more. Sullivan should have been allowed to cross-examine Dr. Lubin about his conclusions regarding Villanacci's competence. The trial court has some discretion to determine the form of the hearing. United States v. Boscia, 573 F.2d 827, 831 (3rd Cir.), Cert. denied, 436 U.S. 911, 98 S.Ct. 2248, 56 L.Ed.2d 411 Reh. denied, 438 U.S. 908, 98 S.Ct. 3130, 57 L.Ed.2d 1152 (1978); Tillman v. United States, 406 F.2d 930, 938 (5th Cir. 1969); United States v. Miller, 381 F.2d 529, 539 (2d Cir. 1967); United States v. Flynn, 216 F.2d 354, 372 (2d Cir. 1954). Given the clear due process right to a sane and competent jury, however, such hearings may not completely ignore due process safeguards which are designed to promote thorough and accurate factfinding. If the post-verdict hearing is to be restricted, the restrictions must take into account the policies which underlie the reluctance to hold such hearings. See McDonald v. Pless, supra, 283 U.S. at 267-268, 35 S.Ct. 783. None of these policies militates against relief here. Finality of judgment is affected by any post-verdict inquiry; it is not specific to the problem here. Cross-examination of the psychiatrist in this case would not have increased and will not in any way increase the amount of juror harassment. The opportunity for tampering will not be enhanced.
The juror willingly submitted to Dr. Lubin's examination. An opportunity for cross-examination of Dr. Lubin will not at this time further concern Villanacci. On the other hand, another psychiatric examination of the juror at this late date would be of little, if any, value and would significantly increase the harassment.
Here there is a finding of serious mental illness coupled with an opinion that the juror was at the same time still competent to act on the case. Some opportunity to test by cross-examination the basis of the opinion in the light of the finding cannot fairly be denied. In light of the serious question as to the juror's competence, we think that due process requires at least the opportunity to test Dr. Lubin's opinion on cross-examination.
The judgment is reversed and the case remanded to the district court with instructions to grant the writ unless the state, within 60 days or such further time as may be fixed by the district court, reopens the hearing and provides an opportunity for cross-examination of Dr. Lubin or grants Sullivan a new trial.
Remmer I involved allegations that an attempt had been made to bribe a juror. The Court stated that:
(t)he trial court should not decide and take final action Ex parte on information such as was received in this case, but should determine the circumstances, the impact thereof upon the juror, and whether or not it was prejudicial, in a hearing with all interested parties permitted to participate.
Remmer v. United States, 347 U.S. 227, 229-230, 74 S.Ct. 450, 451, 98 L.Ed. 654 (1954). On remand, the district court held a hearing and found that the incident had been harmless. In Remmer v. United States, 350 U.S. 377, 76 S.Ct. 425, 100 L.Ed. 435 (1956) ("Remmer II"), the Court granted a new trial, stating that the hearing below had been too narrow in scope, and that "(i)t was the paucity of information relating to the entire situation coupled with the presumption which attaches to The kind of facts alleged by petitioner which, in our view, made manifest the need for a Full hearing." 350 U.S. at 379-380, 76 S.Ct. at 427 (emphasis added).
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Woody Guthrie, American radical
Kaufman, Will, author.
xxv, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Music in American life
Music in American life.
Awakenings -- Hard-hitting songs for hard-hit people -- Almanac days -- Union war -- Lonesome radical soul -- Long road to Peekskill -- The last free place in America -- Conclusion: The miners and the mill.
Although Joe Klein's Woody Guthrie and Ed Cray's Ramblin' Man capture Woody Guthrie's freewheeling personality and his empathy for the poor and downtrodden, Kaufman is the first to portray in detail Guthrie's commitment to political radicalism, especially communism. Drawing on previously unseen letters, song lyrics, essays, and interviews with family and friends, Kaufman traces Guthrie's involvement in the workers' movement and his development of protest songs. He portrays Guthrie as a committed and flawed human immersed in political complexity and harrowing personal struggle. Since most of the stories in Kaufman's appreciative portrait will be familiar to readers interested in Guthrie, it is best for those who know little about the singer to read first his autobiography, Bound for Glory, or as a next read after American Radical.
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967.
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967-Political and social views.
Folk singers -- United States -- Biography.
Radicals -- United States -- Biography.
Book 0357384 ML410.G978 K38 2011 Central Campus Library
Woody Guthrie, American Radical reclaims the politically radical profile of America's greatest balladeer. Although he achieved a host of national honors and adorns U.S. postage stamps, and although his song "This Land Is Your Land" is often considered the nation's second national anthem, Woody Guthrie committed his life to the radical struggle. Will Kaufman traces Guthrie's political awakening and activism throughout the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, the Civil Rights struggle, and the poison of McCarthyism. He examines Guthrie's role in the development of a workers' culture in the context of radical activism spearheaded by the Communist Party of the USA, the Popular Front, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Kaufman also establishes Guthrie's significance in the perpetuation of cultural front objectives into the era of the "New Left" and beyond, particularly through his influence on the American and international protest song movement. Utilizing a wealth of previously unseen archival materials such as letters, song lyrics, essays, personal reflections, photos, and other manuscripts, Woody Guthrie, American Radical introduces a heretofore unknown Woody Guthrie: the canny political strategist, fitful thinker, and cultural front activist practically buried in the general public's romantic celebration of the "Dust Bowl Troubadour." A portion of the royalties from the sales of this book will be donated to the Woody Guthrie Foundation.
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Tag Archives: The Babadook
My Week in Movies, 2017 Weeks 33-52
Posted on December 30, 2017 by jaycluitt
Oh jeez. It’s been… holy hell it’s been months. I’m sorry. Really I am. Things just got away from me and kept on going. That’s the past now though, let’s celebrate the here and now. If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to for the past half a year, well:
I designed, made, wrote instructions for and recorded a video of an origami Blade Runner unicorn for Total Film magazine, which can be seen here. I used to read Total Film a bunch growing up, so this was kind of a bucket list item, even if it wasn’t really in a movie capacity.
Built a Lego Millenium Falcon (the one from The Force Awakens, not the new giant one) and a Lego First Order Heavy Assault Walker.
Started watching E.R., and finished series 1 & 2
Met up with fellow LAMB friends from America and the UK – some for the first time – and found many snarky things to bond over
Archived a bunch of Lambcast shows, though still not up to date
Made 1,000 origami cranes
Spent a solid 10 hours making fudge
Spent a solid 6 hours making brownies
Watched a bunch of Harrison Ford movies
Planned an extended James Bond marathon
Failed to accomplish said James Bond marathon, instead just watched two movies over a period of a month
A new 1001 book came out and I’ve barely even looked at the new additions.
Became an uncle
Saw Jurassic Park on the big screen for the first time, at my first outdoor screening, and still found new details even after all these years.
Attended my first funeral (my partner’s grandfather passed away) and gave a reading at it, despite probably being the person there who knew him the least.
Attempted to write this post at least 26 times.
Visited Canada, specifically Victoria, Tofino and Vancouver, where we saw bears, whales, otters and raccoons, and I tried a bunch of new food including poutine (I know it’s just chips, cheese and gravy, but I really thought it’d be more than the sum of its parts), fish tacos and artichokes.
And oh yeah, I went and got married, no big deal. That’s what the cranes, fudge and brownies were for.
Anyway, in all that time I have also watched a bunch of movies, so let’s get down to business. Here’s everything I saw since the last one of these posts:
Posted in My Week in Movies | Tagged 10 Cloverfield Lane, A Perfect Getaway, Alien³, Allied, Altitude, Annie, Ant-Man, Baby Driver, Beethoven, Blade Runner 2049, Boy, Brick, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Clear and Present Danger, Clue, Colossal, Die Hard, Doctor Strange, Dunkirk, Eagle vs Shark, Earthquake, Ender's Game, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Finding Dory, Footloose, Frantic, Get Out, Gifted, Goldeneye, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Hamlet 2, Hidden Figures, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, In The Loop, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jungle Book, Jurassic Park, Justice League, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, Kingsman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Kong: Skull Island, Life, Little Evil, Live and Let Die, Logan Lucky, Looper, Loving, Mindhorn, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, Moana, Morning Glory, Moulin Rouge, Murder on the Orient Express, My Girl, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Never Been Kissed, Office Christmas Party, Point Break, Presumed Innocent, Prevenge, Queen of Katwe, Rough Night, Smokey and the Bandit, Split, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Storks, The Babadook, The Brothers Bloom, The Cabin in the Woods, The Death of Stalin, The Disaster Artist, The Founder, The House, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Lego Ninjago Movie, The Lookout, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Room, Their Finest, Thor, Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows, White House Down, World War Z, Zootropolis | 8 Replies
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2020: What Kind of Year Has It Been? Plus Plans for 2021
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Deep Blue Sea – The Podcast
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CM Vol.2 No.4 , December 2011
Mathematical Reasoning of Treatment Principle Based on “Yin Yang Wu Xing” Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine (II)
Yingshan Zhang
Abstract: By using mathematical reasoning, this paper demonstrates the treatment principle: “Do not treat a disease after it has occurred. But treat the disease before it will occur” (不治已病治未病) based on “Yin Yang Wu Xing” Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). We defined generalized relations and reasoning, introduced the concept of generalized steady multilateral systems, and discussed its energy properties. Later based on the treatment of TCM and treated the healthy body as a steady multilateral system, it has been proved that the treatment principle above is true. The kernel of this paper is the existence and reasoning of the non-compatibility relations in steady multilateral systems, and it accords with the oriental thinking model.
Keywords: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), “Yin Yang Wu Xing” Theory, Steady Multilateral Systems, Opposite Relations, Side-Effects, Medical and Drug Resistance Problem
Cite this paper: nullY. Zhang, "Mathematical Reasoning of Treatment Principle Based on “Yin Yang Wu Xing” Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine (II)," Chinese Medicine, Vol. 2 No. 4, 2011, pp. 158-170. doi: 10.4236/cm.2011.24026.
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The Craft Beer Business May Be Booming in Richmond, But One Key Ingredient is Hard to Find
by Karen Newton
Hops are king. The fragrant, conelike plant is a vital ingredient for flavoring beer, especially the hop-heavy craft brews dominating Richmond’s bar taps. But the rapid boom of the craft beer industry has left the crucial flavoring agent in short supply.
Breweries must purchase hops on futures contracts — buyers and sellers agree on a price for the product and its delivery before the crop is planted.
If a particular variety of beer unexpectedly takes off, there won’t be enough hops to meet demand when the crop is ready for harvest. And that’s when it gets difficult to find more hops to make up for contracted hops. Either the hops are unavailable, or they cost considerably more.
“For new breweries, finding the hot hops is extremely difficult since contracts have not yet been established,” says Chris Ray, co-founder of Center of the Universe Brewing Co. “Another issue is that if the farms have a bad crop year on a specific hop variety, even though you have the hop contracted for X number of pounds, you could very well get shorted, leaving you stranded at the end of the year unable to brew the beer that uses that hop variety.”
Virginia is working to become a player in the hops industry, but forces driving the U.S. and international market are affected by factors unrelated to Virginia, such as drought in the Pacific Northwest, record heat in Europe and a rise in demand here and in Asia and South America now that they’ve moved toward producing American-style beers.
Virginia is still a relative newcomer to the growing industry, with only about 50 to 100 acres statewide devoted to hops, according to Jonathan Staples of Black Hops Farm. It’s a labor-intensive business. It takes several years to establish plants and get new fields producing, so it’ll be a long time before in-state growers will be able to satisfy even a fraction of the rapidly growing in-state demand.
“A good analogy is grapes,” Staples says. “Virginia is now a big part of the U.S. wine market — and we make great wines — but it took the first growers a long, long time to get there since the initial years were spent learning what grew in our climate and soil, what our yields would be relative to the West Coast and building the market.”
Conditions to grow the industry include vigorous state support of agriculture, abundance of water, a strong farming community and proximity to large markets.
As home to so many top-rated breweries and talented brewers, the vibrant beer community hopes that as Virginia farms grow more hops, knowledge will increase, and growers will begin to get economies of scale that will ensure more price competition.
Allen Young of BSG Craftbrewing, a company that supplies the industry with ingredients and small equipment, sees efforts in that direction already with new acreage around the state and Black Hops Farm’s plans for a huge state-of-the-art hops processing facility in Loudoun County. Black Hops is investing nearly $1 million in the project and the state has given the county a $40,000 grant to accomplish the task, according to a statement from the governor’s office. Tellingly, brewers also are adapting to available varieties when a specific variety of hops sells out.
Larger craft breweries purchase hops in quantities that dwarf those of smaller operations, so their leftovers can be significant to breweries such as Center of the Universe.
“Craft breweries generally are helpful to others in the industry,” Ray says. “The only way to increase craft beer sales is working together. Trades, excess purchasing and advice are common. Usually those types of transactions occur when there’s a prior relationship between the breweries. Just last year, Stone [Brewing Co.] helped us out with some hops.”
And every little bit helps. “New startup brewers have the hardest time,” Young says. “So they must rely on the kindness of others — like Blanche DuBois in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’”
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News of the World | Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ as senior UK royals
- Friday, January 10, 2020 - 1 year ago No Comments 12,555 Views
The announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — aka the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — that they’re stepping back from being “senior” members of Britain’s Royal Family should have come as no great surprise to royal watchers who have watched the pair struggle in the glare of the spotlight over the past year.
Queen Elizabeth II’s grandson, Prince Harry, and his American actress wife, Meghan Markle, said they’ll “step back” from their roles as senior members of the royal family and “work to become financially independent.”
“We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honor our duty to the Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages,” the couple, known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, said in an emailed statement. “This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.”
The decision to step back from public life followed “many months of reflection and internal discussion,” the couple said, adding that they would share further details of their charitable venture “in due course.” Prince Harry isn’t in the direct line of succession to the throne, and is preceded by his father, Prince Charles, his brother Prince William, and William’s three children.
The move by the 35-year-old prince and his 38-year-old wife seeks to draw a line under what has been a fraught period for the couple. The U.K. tabloid press has been filled with negative stories about Markle since the couple’s marriage in 2018, leading her to take legal action against Associated Newspapers. On Oct. 1, Prince Harry issued a statement drawing a parallel between her treatment by the press and that of his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 while being pursued by photographers.
“My wife has become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press that wages campaigns against individuals with no thought to the consequences – ruthless campaign that has escalated over the past year, throughout her pregnancy and while raising our newborn son,” Harry said in his Oct. 1 statement. “I’ve seen what happens when someone I love is commoditized to the point that they are no longer treated or seen as a real person. I lost my mother, and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.”
In a sign of divisions within the Royal family, the Queen’s office issued a statement saying discussions with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex “are at an early stage.”
“We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through,” the statement said.
The couple’s ambition to become financially independent suggests they may stop drawing on public funds. At present, they’re paid from a mixture of money from the sovereign grant, which is an annual payment by the U.K. Treasury to the Royal Household, supplemented by revenues from the Duchy of Cornwall, the estate of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.
Prince Harry isn’t in the direct line of succession to the throne. He’s preceded by his father, Prince Charles; his brother, Prince William; and William’s three children.
According to some analysts, the public-speaking circuit is likely to come calling.
The pair could each get more than $100,000 per appearance, estimates Jeff Jacobson, co-founder of the Talent Bureau speaking agency. And Harry, 35, should be able to command nearly as much as former U.S. President Barack Obama, who can get about $500,000 a pop, he said.
“I would imagine they are going to start having these conversations ASAP, if they haven’t already,” said Jacobson, who has booked engagements for Steve Wozniak and Bob Woodward. “I suspect they will both get on the circuit, and it will be one of Harry’s primary revenue streams.”
There is some precedent for royals joining the speaking circuit. Queen Noor of Jordan has been a paid speaker for a long time. So has Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, who has served as a spokeswoman for WW International Inc., formerly known as Weight Watchers. MDT/Bloomberg
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Album Review: Peace and Reconciliation
Michael Hoppé
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Michael Hoppe’s Peace and Reconciliation is an album that offers us all a musical refuge from the fear and uncertainties of the present time - and for any time, really. When Hoppe’ recorded his Requiem in 2005, it was intended to be a demo of sorts for an eventual SATB choral arrangement. Two vocalists and an acoustic quintet performed the music along with Hoppe’ playing piano and keyboards. A masterpiece of contemporary classical music in its own right, the album was released in 2006. In the liner notes of this new album, Hoppe’ explains: “In 2018, as a result of an extraordinary family discovery, I went ahead and hired master arranger Richard Bronskill to arrange all eight movements of my Requiem, now titled Requiem for Peace & Reconciliation for an SATB choir with string quartet. But I still had no idea how I could have the piece performed, let alone, recorded. Until a miracle happened….” That miracle started to unfold in early 2019 when Hoppe’ was invited to perform at The Church of the Red Rocks in Sedona, AZ by Ryan Holder, the founding Artistic Director of the Sedona Academy of Chamber Singers and musical director for the church. Hoppe’ mentioned his newly-arranged Requiem and two other shorter SATB pieces he’d composed and asked if Holder would like to look them over. Not only did Holder want to perform all three works, he wanted to record them with his 40-voice choir and the Tetra String Quartet. Hoppe learned later that the whole recording session had been underwritten by two members of the congregation who had been longtime fans of his music. It’s an amazing story about an amazing album! (I’ll let you read the liner notes to discover what Hoppe’s “extraordinary family discovery” was, but I can assure you that it’s an equally compelling and poignant story.)
Dedicated to Hoppe’s parents, the first eight tracks are the Requiem itself. The order of the movements is the same as on the original album, but the playing times are different. As a choral work, the music sounds much different from the earlier recording which was done with two voices rather than forty. Both albums are breathtaking, but the newer recording is how Michael Hoppe has always envisioned the work, and he calls it “a dream come true.” The lyrics are sung in Latin (with English translations in the album’s liner notes). The last two pieces are “Safe To Port” and “I Am the Moon” (co-written with poet/lyricist David George). Although they are secular, they suit the album perfectly and bring it to a peaceful close.
I should mention that the CD package includes the story of how the recording came to be on two panels of the jacket as well as a 16-page booklet that tells the story of Hoppe’s discovery of a “dark secret” his family kept hidden until recently. The booklet also contains photos, the song lyrics, Hoppe’s bio, histories of the musicians and choir director, Hoppe’s discography, and an “in memoriam” section. It’s a beautiful package!
Michael Hoppe’ has been one of my very favorite artists for a long time now, and Peace and Reconciliation is one of his most beautiful as well as most personal albums to date. I give it my highest recommendation! It is available from Amazon and iTunes as well as the streaming sites.
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The Capitol is among the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world. The Senate and the House of Representatives have met here for more than two centuries. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended, and restored; today, it stands as a monument not only to its builders but also to the American people and their government. Whether you are here to get information about an upcoming visit, to involve yourself in the workings of the Senate and House of Representatives, or to be inspired by two centuries of art and architecture, this site will be a gateway to your Capitol experience. The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center is the newest addition to this historic complex. At nearly 580,000 square feet, the Visitor Center is the largest project in the Capitol's more than two-century history and is approximately three quarters the size of the Capitol itself. The entire facility is located underground on the east side of the Capitol so as not to detract from the appearance of the Capitol and the grounds designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1874.
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There are better things to see in DC (with less crowds and less hassle). Save this towards the end of the your list when visiting the area
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If you wanna visit, you should plan on being there right after it opens at 9AM, in order to avoid the crowds. Weekday mornings are better than weekends. Also, you can book a tour in advance online, or contact the office of your state Senator or Rep. Parking is a nightmare.
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This tour used to be better before they spent millions of dollars building a visitor center to deal with the multudinous crowds.
You do get to see the rotunda, and a lot of statues.
You don't get to see anything else.
Probably the worst national attraction in DC as far as time spent and things seen.
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Service providers to disabled “at a desperate point,” committee told
by Len Lazarick | Feb 5, 2015 | Governor, News | 5 |
O'Malley Chief of Staff John Griffin talks to advocates for disability support workers.
Photo above: Last March, advocates for those with developmental disabilities spoke to O’Malley chief of staff John Griffin. Ken Capone, mentioned in story below, is at far right.
By Len Lazarick
Community service providers to the developmentally disabled are “honestly at a desperate point” in continuing to operate, Laura Howell of the Maryland Association of Community Services told the Senate Budget Committee Thursday.
The state’s reimbursement for direct support staff “is the lowest that it has ever been,” Howell said. Gov. Martin O’Malley cut their reimbursement in this year’s budget in January, and that level was continued in Gov. Larry Hogan’s budget.
A few years ago, the rate was 69% above the minimum wage, now it is just 28% above the minimum wage for all staff, regardless of experience or length of service, Howell said.
These low-paid workers take care of over 25,000 people with a range of disabilities, some needing 24-hour care.
Howell said providers are discharging staff, closing group homes, lowering staffing ratios and cutting health insurance benefits.
Howell said her members tell her that the quality of staff is declining, and because of low wages, good staff members get trained and then go on to work for better pay in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
A 4% increase in the reimbursement rate was negotiated last year as part of a deal to increase the minimum wage for all workers in Maryland. That increase has now been cut in half.
“There are no more painless cuts left and this is a recipe for disaster,” Howell told the committee.
Troubled agency
The Developmental Disabilities Administration has been a troubled agency within the health department for years. In 2012, it was discovered that agency had left unspent $38 million despite having thousands of people on a waiting list for services.
The head of DDA, deputy secretary Bernie Simons, gave a brief overview of the status of the agency. Simons came to the agency from Missouri last April, and is the fourth DDA administrator in the last three years.
He said his biggest challenges are the restructuring of rates and replacement of a legacy information technology system that is 15 or 20 years old.
Service providers were previously paid in advance, and much of the accounting was still done on paper.
The agency’s budget is about $1 billion, with about $420 million in federal funds.
Senate Budget Chairman Ed Kasemeyer
Simons is also restructuring the agency functions in its headquarters and regional offices.
Ken Capone, public policy coordinator for People on the Go, a well-known advocate who uses a computerized text-to-voice generator to speak from his wheelchair, told the senators: “I worry about being able to hire and retain good staff.”
“We are displeased with the cut to the direct wage increase,” Capone said.
At the end of the brief hearing, Budget Chairman Ed Kasemeyer, who has helped the DDA beneficiaries in the past, told the witnesses, “We’ll do the best that we can do.”
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abby_adams on February 7, 2015 at 11:34 am
Along with the “troubles” experienced by this agency, wasn’t a part of the alcohol tax increase “supposed” to help fund this agency at least for a short period of time? As I remember the amount that the DDA ultimately was allocated wasn’t exactly the amount originally touted in ads supporting the increases. Yet here we are again. Even after the mismanagement of returning millions of federal $$ earmarked for the care of these individuals? The DDA needs more $$. OK, but not without management accountability. As an agency within the Health Dept, where is the oversight from that department? Taxpayers don’t begrudge the providers a decent wage, nor do we want these people neglected. But where is the concern from those in charge other than when it’s time to beg for more money?
Dale McNamee on February 6, 2015 at 7:14 pm
From the article: ” The Developmental Disabilities Administration has been a troubled agency within the health department for years. In 2012, it was discovered that agency had left unspent $38 million despite having thousands of people on a waiting list for services.”
Since this is the case… Why wasn’t the problems corrected earlier ? It was mentioned that the agency has a $1 billion dollar budget… Apparently they don’t have a good finance person handling the funds… 15-20 year old computer systems ? Again, why weren’t the systems upgraded over the past few years ? Who made the decisions ? And having 3 directors in 4 years doesn’t help…
Again, where was the oversight of this agency ?
The answer is not more money, but good budgeting and honest handling of the funds so that the providers can get a fair wage for the responsibilities they have and the clients that they take care of can get better care…
I totally agree. We’ve spent millions of taxpayer dollars on a hapless Health Exchange but this agency is still using a 20 year old system?
Because nobody was watching, nobody at all !!!
And with a $1 billion budget, some money could have been spent on upgrading PC systems, but… PC’s bought in “bulk” are very cheap…
I used to work in the computer arena, and I saw the same things at almost every government (Federal,State,County, & Municipal) offices… The private sector was very up to date… Makes you wonder…
But, then again this is typical of the type of people who infest the government… And they probably get bonuses for this…
Vidi on February 6, 2015 at 7:35 am
By not “shortchanging” our teachers, should we shortchange the service providers of our developmentally disabled? The message our State sends to its citizens is its treatment of the most vulnerable amongst us. The power of the teachers unions versus those who are powerless! Who will our politicians pick?
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February 3, 2017 | By Mike
Anthony Munoz: Eyes on the Goal
By David Faust
Anthony Munoz grew up east of Los Angeles, California, where he excelled at football, basketball, and baseball. At the University of Southern California he earned All-American honors and led the Trojans to the NCAA football National Championship in 1978. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals as the third overall pick in the first round of the 1980 NFL draft, and quickly became one of the league’s premier offensive linemen.
During his 13-year career, Anthony was selected to play in 11 consecutive Pro Bowls and was named NFL Offensive Lineman of the Year multiple times. Battling through a number of injuries that could have ended his career, he started all but 1 of 186 straight games from 1980 to 1990. In 1991 Munoz was honored as NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year, and in 1998 he was enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. He and his wife, DeDe, have been married for 38 years.
Anthony sat down with me to talk about football, family, and faith.
What was life like for you growing up?
Anthony: I never met my dad. He was in and out of prison. I have two older brothers and two younger sisters. Mom raised the five of us by herself, working two or three jobs. We didn’t have a lot financially, but we had a lot of support and encouragement. Because Mom worked so much, we had to learn how to clean the house, cook, and wash clothes. We never had a car. We rode bicycles a lot.
At what point did you realize God had blessed you with unique athletic ability?
Anthony: When I was about 7 or 8. Baseball was my first love. I was big for my age and was already very competitive. They couldn’t start the games until the coach showed my birth certificate to prove my age because I was so big. My childhood dream was to be a Major League Baseball player. I played in high school, mostly third base, and I pitched. But at 6-foot 6-inches and 280 pounds by my junior year in high school, it looked like the football uniforms were going to fit a little better! I always wanted to go to USC, and they offered me the opportunity to play both baseball and football.
What advice would you give to a young person about athletics?
Anthony: If you play, don’t quit any team. Give it everything you have, just like you do in class. Be dedicated. Compete, but have fun. You’ve got to enjoy it. You’re going to learn a lot about yourself and about other people.
What life lessons did you learn from playing football?
Anthony: It’s not about being a tough guy. It’s about being disciplined physically and mentally. I learned that I could take myself beyond the threshold of where I thought I could go in my weight lifting and conditioning. Every year as I got older, I stepped up the intensity of my preseason conditioning.
I learned to be on time. I still do that n ow. I learned that if you need to be somewhere at a certain time, you get up a little earlier so you can be there ahead of time.
I learned how to complete tasks and how to work together with my teammates. Black, white, brown—whatever your cultural or socioeconomic background, you could work together for the same goal.
I learned the importance of remaining teachable and coachable. During my twelfth and thirteenth year in the NFL, I was still learning. I’ve seen guys get to the point where they say, “Don’t worry about it, Coach, I’ve got it.” The slippery slope starts right away and they start to decline. You have to be able to accept constructive criticism and correct what you are doing wrong.
Left tackle is a difficult position on the football field. What are some challenges of playing in the offensive line?
Anthony: The amount of knowledge you have to gain. You have to know the playbook, the quarterback’s audibles, the line calls, and the defenses. You have to be able to make quick adjustments depending on what’s going on. You also need the mental capability of forgetting quickly. If you give up a sack, you cannot let that stick with you for more than a play because it will affect the way you play. You need a short memory.
You endured a number of injuries throughout your career. What did you learn from dealing with pain and hardship?
Anthony: Injury is part of the game. It’s going to happen. Three out of my four years at USC I was under the knife. I’ve had 15 or 16 football-related surgeries. But after missing more than half of my college games because of injuries, I didn’t miss a pro game until week 14 of my eleventh year. There were questions about my durability, so that motivated me. That’s why you have to do your preparation, conditioning, and weight training.
You have to learn to overcome adversity. I’ve met a lot of successful people, and I can’t remember one who hasn’t gone through some tough times and obstacles. I learned from my mom and from my mentors to work hard and never give up.
You played in some big games, including the 1980 Rose Bowl and two Super Bowls (in 1982 and 1989). What was it like to play under the national spotlight?
Anthony: Crowd size, TV—that didn’t bother me. There were 95,000 people at my first college game. I was excited. It was what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I welcomed the opportunities and I wanted the biggest challenge. Your first workout during the off-season, you’re thinking, “I want to be in the playoffs and the Super Bowl.” Only two teams out of the entire league get to be there. When players say, “It’s just a regular game,” don’t believe it. The Super Bowl isn’t a regular game, but once you get into it, you just play.
What do you consider the greatest highlight of your athletic career?
Anthony: Since I was an offensive lineman who rarely got to handle the football, it would have to be the first touchdown pass I caught on a tackle-eligible play. It tied the game against the Cleveland Browns, and I caught the pass from a rookie quarterback, Boomer Esaison. [Altogether Anthony caught four touchdown passes during his NFL career.]
How do you integrate your Christian faith with athletics?
Anthony: My wife DeDe and I got involved in Bible studies during our last couple years of college. After I was drafted and started playing in the NFL, God showed me that worship isn’t just about Sunday morning. Colossians 3:23 says, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord.” I incorporated my faith into football in my preparation, my intensity, and my performance. I wanted it all to be for his glory. Football is meant to be played physically—to dominate the guy across from you. Since God gave me that gift, it was my goal to make every single play a worship performance.
I decided to take someone or something in my life and thank God for it in every game. It was natural for me to lift up my mom and see every play as a worship performance for the glory of God, and do it to honor my mom. But the games could get very intense, and I needed a couple of focal points. I drank a lot of water during the games, so I chose the water jug and the cross bar on the goal post. Every time I took a drink of water or looked at the cross bar, they reminded me, “Lord, I’m playing for you.”
Now that your playing days in the NFL are over, how do you spend your time?
Anthony: Football gives me an instant connection with young people. I started the Anthony Munoz Foundation to impact youth mentally, physically, and spiritually. The Foundation gives us a chance to mentor young people, hold character camps, and provide scholarships to help young people go to college the way others helped me.
For more information about the Anthony Munoz Foundation go to www.munozfoundation.org. Also, view a 7-minute TED Talk by Anthony called “Move Forward.”
David Faust serves as the Associate Minister at East 91st Street Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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The Man Who Made The Public Opinion Poll
George Gallup brought us one step closer to measuring the world
Ryan Fan
The grave of George H. Gallup at Princeton Cemetary — Tony Fischer, Wikipedia Commons
After our most recent presidential election underestimated support for Donald Trump in the polls, again, I’ve been skeptical of polling, but I am curious about the history of it.
In 1948, TIME called George Gallup the “Babe Ruth of the polling profession.” Gallup is the father of the now famous Gallup Poll which uses statistics and science to drive polling. Lily Rothman at TIME would say that Gallup was, at the end of the day, “driven…by his faith in numbers and a desire to measure the world.”
Gallup was born on November 18, 1901, and grew up raised by dairy farmers in Iowa. He was known as “Ted” and would deliver milk as his job as a teenager, and would later start a high school newspaper. Along with being an active member of the newspaper, Gallup played football. Gallup went to college at the University of Iowa and was a part of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity. There, he also played football and edited for the school newspaper.
Gallup would earn a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph. D. from the University of Iowa from 1923 to 1929. He then served for two years as the head of the Department of Journalism at Drake University until 1931. He would serve in academia teaching journalism and advertising for a couple of years until he formed the American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup Poll) in 1935.
According to Lily Rothman at TIME, Gallup liked to predict who and figure out who would actually read the newspaper. To do that, Gallup started taking out the crossword puzzles in certain weeks, and seeing how many people complained about it. When someone confronted Gallup, Gallup started asking people what they liked about the newspaper and what they didn’t like about the newspaper.
It’s important to note the Gallup poll wasn’t only used for elections — it predicted so much more. Gallup wanted to see if he could use his strategy for predicting the 1932 Presidential Election. He also wanted to see if his strategy would work by incorporating science into political surveys for his mother-in-law, who was running as Secretary of State in Iowa.
His mother-in-law won, as Gallup predicted correctly. According to a TIME report in 1932, Gallup became convinced predicting toothpaste and politics were the same, and the existing poll at the time was run by a newspaper called The Literary Digest. Gallup would soon challenge it. In 1935, Gallup started the American Institute of Public Opinion, which started the Gallup Poll.
The Digest had a very biased way of conducting its polls — it mailed out millions of postcards based on telephone and auto registration lists. As a result, it failed to take into account many low-income voters who weren’t on those lists, and who had bought into the hype surrounding the New Deal. In the 1936 election between Alf Landon and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Literary Digest predicted Landon would receive 56% of the vote —but FDR won by a landslide (62% of the vote), leaving a 19% sampling error for the Digest, the largest ever sampling error for a public opinion poll.
The Literary Digest’s mistake would make a lesson for the University of Pennsylvania math department: avoiding selection bias and nonresponse bias. The Digest had a list slanted towards middle and upper-class voters. Gallup correctly predicted, through polling, that FDR would win the 1936 Presidential Election.
“By 1948, the Gallup Poll organization — officially called the American Institute of Public Opinion — operated in a dozen countries, influencing everything from the titles of Hollywood movies to Book-of-the-Month Club picks, in addition to its political predictions. By its sheer omnipresence (the Gallup Poll released data to newspapers a whopping four days a week) Gallup became synonymous with polling,” Rothman said.
Of course, the Gallup poll was not perfect. In 1948, the Gallup poll was among many to make the worst polling failure in American history when it predicted Thomas Dewey would win over Harry Truman in a landslide.
It turns out predicting voter turnout and behavior is significantly more difficult than predicting what kind of toothpaste people like.
In 1958, Gallup combined his organization, the American Institute of Public Opinion with the British Institute of Public Opinion. It would be called The Gallup Organization, which still obviously operates today. Gallup also worked with Elmo Roper, another pollster, to establish the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University. He archived the data for the institution to make sure people could study the history of public opinion.
Over time, Gallup gained more credence and influence in the public opinion polling industry. According to the Roper Center, the Gallup Poll had surveyed 1 in 9 Americans over the age of 19 by 1975. They also were able to ask questions beyond just policy issues, asking about religious beliefs, consumer preferences, and political ideology to make more comprehensive data.
Prominent politicians saw Gallup as an asset. In the 1960s, George Romney, John F. Kennedy, and Nelson Rockefeller consulted Gallup for their presidential campaigns. He started doing private polls for candidates he was working with and became criticized for doing so. In the words of the Roper Center:
“Some charg[ed] that Gallup’s organization was using these private polls to influence candidates.”
Gallup then stopped doing private polls for politicians and has tried to take a nonpartisan stance.
“In the years since, Gallup’s polls have had a significant impact in both the public and private sphere. Gallup Polls have given politicians data on public support of policy measures, helped corporations decide how to best market their products, and provided sociologists with insight into what America does with its leisure time,” the Roper Center said.
Gallup died in 1984 of a heart attack, but he achieved his life mission. He always wanted to capture public opinion on a variety of topics. He thought that by knowing how Americans thought and believed, many of society’s problems can be solved. I think he achieved his life mission.
I have been a huge skeptic about polls for the past week or so, but also the past four years. But what would life be like without polls? I can’t deny that reading public opinion polls gives a sense of connectedness. If 65% of Americans agree with me on my favorite ice cream flavor, I feel like I’m in good company. At least I know I’m not crazy for thinking and believing what I do on a variety of issues.
But polling certainly is a touchy profession. Predicting human behavior will always come with a heavy amount of uncertainty. And it’s always adapting to account for its biases, as it did after the Literary Digest poll in 1936 or the widespread polling error in the 1948 Presidential Election, or its miscalculations in the 2016 Presidential Election and our most recent 2020 Presidential Election.
For me, polling is a great tool and indicator of opinion and attitudes. But it is just an indicator — should never dictate opinion and behavior. I wrote previously that polling showing your side is ahead in an election by a landslide should never lead to complacency. Public opinion isn’t going away any time soon — society relies on it too much, but it
So no matter what you might think of Gallup’s polling and his organization, you can’t deny that George Gallup changed the world, and brought us one step closer to measuring it.
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5000 suicides a year are likely caused by schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
SUMMARY: Suicide accounts for approximately 29,000 deaths each year in the United States. Two different methods of analysis both suggest that at least 5,000 of the individuals who commit suicide have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder at the time of their suicide. Other studies indicate that most of these individuals were not receiving adequate psychiatric treatment at the time of their death. It is concluded that adequate psychiatric treatment could save up to 5,000 lives per year. Robins E. Psychosis and suicide. Biological Psychiatry 1986;21:665–672.
10-13% of individuals with schizophrenia and 15% of individuals with bipolar disorder kill themselves.
•A 1992 survey of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder reported that 19 percent had threatened or attempted suicide within the previous year.
Steinwachs DM, Kasper J, Skinner E. Family Perspectives on Meeting the Needs Ffor Care of Severely Mentally Ill Relatives: A National Survey (Baltimore: School of Public Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1992).
•The Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) study reported that 28 percent of individuals with schizophrenia had attempted suicide.
Robins LN, Regier DA. Psychiatric Disorders in America (New York: Free Press, 1991), p. 50.
•Estimates of the completed suicide rate for individuals with schizophrenia range from 10 to 13 percent.
Caldwell C, Gottesman I. Schizophrenics kill themselves too: a review of risk factors for suicide. Schizophrenia Bulletin 1990;16:571–-589.
•This rate is at least four times higher than similar studies from the period from 1913 to 1940, suggesting that the suicide rate has risen markedly since massive deinstitutionalization began.
Stephens J, Richard P, McHugh PR. Suicide in patients hospitalized for schizophrenia: 1913-1940. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 1999;187:10–14.
•Estimates of the completed suicide rate for individuals with bipolar disorder are approximately 15 percent. Between 25 and 50 percent attempt suicide at least once.
Goodwin FK, Jamison KR. Manic-Depressive Illness (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990), p. 230.
•A reevaluation of studies of suicide and mental disorders concluded that many of the previous studies were methodologically flawed. It estimated that approximately 5 percent of individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder commit suicide, and that the suicide rate for individuals with severe psychiatric disorders is 7 to 10 times the rate in the general population.
Tanney BL. Psychiatric diagnoses and suicidal acts, in Maris RW, Berman AL, Silverman MM (eds), Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology (New York: Guilford Press, 2000), pp. 311–341.
•In France 3,470 individuals with schizophrenia were followed for 10 years. There were 141 suicides, or 4 percent of the patients, during the 10-year period. The authors calculated that the risk of suicide “was approximately 16 times higher than that of the general population.”
Limosin F, Loze J-Y, Philippe A et al. Ten-year prospective follow-up study of the mortality by suicide in schizophrenic patients. Schizophrenia Research 2007;94:23–28.
•Incidence studies of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder suggest that there are approximately 110,000 new cases of these diseases (combined) each year in the United States. If the completed suicide rate for individuals with these diseases is approximately 5 percent, that would mean that approximately 5,000 individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder commit suicide each year in the United States.
What percentage of individuals who commit suicide had schizophrenia or bipolar disorder at the time they committed suicide?
This asks the same question as #1 above but asks it in a different way.
•The total number of suicide deaths in the United States in 1999 was 29,199. There were also 16,899 homicides in the United States, so suicides outnumbered homicides 5 to 3.
•The only major study of psychosis and suicide was done in St. Louis, 1956–1957. During one year, 134 individuals committed suicide, and 19 percent of them had symptoms of psychosis (mostly delusions) in the month preceding their suicide. This percentage should be considered to be conservative, since the study was carried out prior to massive deinstitutionalization, when most of the most seriously mentally ill individuals were still hospitalized and thus less able to commit suicide.
Robins E. Psychosis and suicide. Biological Psychiatry 1986;21:665–672.
•If that percentage, admittedly conservative, was true in 1999, then 19 percent of the 29,199 completed suicides, or 5,548 individuals who committed suicide in 1999, were psychotic at the time they committed suicide.
•The conclusions reached by both sets of analysis are thus consistent:
At least 5,000 individuals who commit suicide each year are psychotic at the time of their suicide.
Is there a relationship between suicide in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders and their failure to receive treatment?
There are suggestions in several research studies that suicide is much more likely to occur in those individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder who are not being adequately treated or not being treated at all:
•A study of 92 individuals with schizophrenia who committed suicide reported that 78 percent of them “were in the active phase” of their illness, with many symptoms, at the time of the suicide.
Heilä H, Isometsä ET, Henriksson MM et al. Suicide and schizophrenia: a nationwide psychological autopsy study on age- and sex-specific clinical characteristics of 92 suicide victims with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 1997;154:1235–1242.
•A study of individuals with schizophrenia who made serious suicide attempts reported that 81 percent of them had “positive psychotic symptoms at the time of attempting suicide.”
Nieto E, Vieta E, Gastó C et al. Suicide attempts of high medical seriousness in schizophrenic patients. Comprehensive Psychiatry 1992; 33:384–387.
•A study of 187 individuals with schizophrenia who attempted or committed suicide reported that “two positive symptoms (suspiciousness and delusions) were more severe among successful suicides.”
Fenton W, McGlashan TH, Victor BJ et al. Symptoms, subtype, and suicidality in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry 1997;154:199–204.
•In a study of suicide among psychiatric patients, it was reported that “42 of the 59 patients (71.1%) who were depressed in their last episode [of hospitalization] were not receiving adequate antidepressant or lithium carbonate medication at the time of suicide.”
Roy A. Risk factors for suicide in psychiatric patients. Archives of General Psychiatry 1982;39:1089–1095.
* A study in Kentucky found that only 2 of 28 individuals with schizophrenia who committed suicide had evidence in their blood of having taken antipsychotic medication. Thus, 93 percent of them were not being treated. Shields LBE, Hunsaker DM, Hunsaker JC III. Schizophrenia and suicide: a 10-year review of Kentucky Medical Examiner cases. Journal of Forensic Sciences 2007;52:930–937.
•A case control study of 149 individuals (70 percent diagnosed with schizophrenia or major affective disorder) who committed suicide within five years of psychiatric hospitalization compared with 149 individuals who did not reported that “the main finding . . . is that suicides in people with mental illness were associated with reductions in care at the final service contact before death.” The reductions included lowering the dose of medication, less supervision, and reduced frequency of appointments.
Appleby L, Dennehy JA, Thomas CS et al. Aftercare and clinical characteristics of people with mental illness who commit suicide: a case-control study. Lancet 1999;353:1397–1400.
•A case control study of 63 individuals with schizophrenia who committed suicide and 63 individuals with schizophrenia who did not reported that “there were seven times as many patients who did not comply with treatment in the suicide group as there were in the control group.”
De Hert M, McKenzie K, Peuskens J. Risk factors for suicide in young people suffering from schizophrenia: a long-term follow-up study. Schizophrenia Research 2001;47:127–134.
•Studies have suggested that some medications, especially clozapine and lithium, may decrease the incidence of suicide among individuals with severe psychiatric disorders.
Tondo L, Baldessarini RJ, Hennen J. Lithium and suicide risk in bipolar disorder. Primary Psychiatry 1999;6:51–56.
Müller-Oerlinghausen B. Arguments for the specificity of the antisuicidal effect of lithium. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2001;251(suppl):1172–1175.
•A study from Germany using a case-control methodology compared 27 inpatients with schizophrenia and 24 inpatients with affective psychoses, all of whom suicided, with their matched inpatient case controls who did not suicide. Among those with schizophrenia, 4 of the individuals who suicided were not taking antipsychotic medication compared with none of the case controls (p = 0.055). Among those with affective psychoses, 7 of the individuals who suicided were not taking mood stabilizers or antidepressants compared with 2 of the case controls (p = 0.06). The authors concluded that there is “a significantly increased risk” of suicide when medications are not used.
Gaertner I, Gilot C, Heidrich P et al. A case control study on psychopharmacotherapy before suicide committed by 61 psychiatric inpatients. Pharmacopsychiatry 2002;35: 37–43.
•A Swiss 34-year follow-up study of 158 individuals with bipolar disorder reported that 18 of them (11 percent) had committed suicide. The suicide rate was more than twice as high among patients who had not been treated compared with those who had been treated (p = 0.04), a difference the authors called “spectacular.”
Angst F, Stassen HH, Clayton PJ et al. Mortality of patients with mood disorders: follow-up over 34-38 years. Journal of Affective Disorders 2002;68:167–181.
Science News December 6, 2010
People with severe mental illness 12 times more likely to commit suicide
People with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, are 12 times more likely to commit suicide than average, according to research released today by King’s Health Partners.
The research found that the rate of suicide was highest in the first year following diagnosis (12 times national average) and that high risk persisted ? remaining four times greater than the general population ten years after diagnosis, a time when there may be less intense clinical monitoring of risk. Neither the risk of suicide nor the long-term risk of suicide, as compared to the general population, have been studied and measured in this way before. And the findings show that doctors must always remain vigilant when assessing a patient’s risk of suicide regardless of time since first diagnosis.
A key aim of the study was to challenge the widely held view that “10-15% of people suffering psychotic disorders are likely to commit suicide”¹. This study shows that these figures, largely derived from research in the 1970s, are misleading as they use crude measurement techniques² and do not accurately measure risk over a lifetime. Today’s findings indicate a lower overall risk, but more persistent danger of suicide among this patient group over a lifetime.
Dr Rina Dutta, MRC Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, King’s Health Partners, said: “It’s well known that people who commit suicide often suffer serious mental health problems, but it’s surprising that the risk they face remains so high ten years or more after first diagnosis. Putting a figure on it like this helps doctors to understand the extent of risk some of their patients face.”
The research studied a group of almost 3,000 patients in the UK (London, Nottingham and Dumfries and Galloway) who suffered their first psychotic illness between 1965 and 2004. The patients were traced after an average follow-up time of 11.5 years and their death certificates were analysed. People with psychotic disorders experience disturbed thoughts, feelings, mood and behaviours. Psychotic conditions tend to strike when people are young and affect one in 50 of the UK population.
King’s Health Partners (KHP) is a major collaboration between three of the country’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts – Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley, and one of the world’s leading research universities, King’s College London. KHP is one of only five Academic Health Science Centres (AHSC) in the UK. The objective of AHSCs is to break down barriers so that world-class research finds its way more swiftly, effectively and systematically to improve healthcare services for patients. Currently, research findings tend to take a long time to trickle down to benefit patients.
Reassessing the Long-term Risk of Suicide after a First Episode of Psychosis is published in the US journal Archives of General Psychiatry on Monday 6 December 2010.
This study was funded by the Medical Research Council, London, UK, as well as by grants from the British Medical Association, Psychiatry Research Trust, London, UK and the Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government.
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Just because traveling this summer might look a bit unusual doesn’t mean people stopped bookmarking Airbnbs for their wish lists. In many countries around the world, Airbnbs are still up and running and will soon be welcoming international visitors.
In a statement, Airbnb said, “While lockdown still prohibits us from holidaying beyond our own four walls, there’s nothing to stop us dreaming about the incredible places we’ll travel to once it’s safe to do so — and lots of people across the globe have been using Airbnb to do just that.”
The home-sharing giant just revealed its most wish-listed homes around the world between March 11 and May 4, 2020. The list makes it pretty obvious that just because people are grounded, they’re still daydreaming about a treehouse vacation or an epic Iceland getaway.
10. Marrakesh, Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco
One of the most authentic ways for visitors to experience Morocco is by staying in Dar Ahwach. “The best way of traveling,” the listing states, “of knowing a country and people, is to share their way of life. By living in DAR AHWACH in the traditional and typical housing environment of the medina, you enter into the heart of the Moroccan ancestral culture.” The house comes complete with a pond, terrace, and easy access to the local medina.
9. Oia, Greece
This cave house was initially used by regional craftsmen. Its architecture is defined by local techniques and antique furniture, making it one of the most traditional Airbnbs in Greece. Its most defining feature is the cave room — an old cistern transformed into a bedroom. Every room in this quirky abode has its own distinct character, which evokes Greece’s unique architectural past.
8. Akureyri, Iceland
Iceland is set to become one of the first countries welcoming tourists this summer, so you might want to make special note of this cabin in Akureyri. This modern take on rural cabin life offers visitors solitude, a view of Akureyri’s bay, and the opportunity to truly commune with nature. From the cabin, you can hike to Sulur, the nearby mountain, or even take a horseback riding tour of the countryside. In the winter, it’s the perfect place from which to view the northern lights.
7. Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California
Sure, you could fork over $20 million for your own LA mansion, or you could just rent this Airbnb for a weekend and get a taste of the high life. Located close to Downtown LA and Hollywood, this private pool house has high ceilings, an open layout, and oriental-inspired decor, as well as access to a pool and spa.
6. Balian Beach, Bali, Selemadeg Barat, Indonesia
If you close your eyes and imagine heaven, chances are it looks something like this treehouse in Bali. The Balian Treehouse has a private pool, panoramic countryside views, and is just a few steps from the beach. The nearby village is within walking distance, but you can also rent a sightseeing bike to give you greater access to the island.
5. Orondo, Washington, United States
No, it’s not New Zealand. It’s just Washington. This Hobbit-hole-inspired dwelling is nestled in the Columbia River Gorge mountainside. Its iconic round doorway will make you think you’re in Middle Earth, and the “Underground Hygge” home doesn’t sacrifice comfort for rustic simplicity, either. It sleeps six, is equipped with modern amenities, and you won’t have to worry about 13 dwarves dragging you off to the Lonely Mountain.
4. Selat, Bali, Indonesia
Bali is no stranger to this list. The Indonesian island is often considered the perfect affordable beach escape for world travelers, and this eco-friendly villa is no exception. Tucked away in the mountains of the Gunung Agung volcano, and situated among the rice fields, this house is the ideal relaxing getaway for those eager for some peace and quiet.
3. Santorini, Greece
When you dream of a Greek island getaway, you’re probably dreaming about Santorini. The Hector Cave House was carved into the caldera cliff over 250 years ago and was originally used as a wine cellar. Now, it’s a family-owned complex consisting of three different properties that host travelers from all around the world. The house has its own plunge pool, a private veranda for outside dining, and, of course, scenic views of the Mediterranean.
2. Governador Celso Ramos, Santa Catarina, Brazil
This house is located in a quiet natural park, with panoramic views of the ocean and direct access to the main beach, as well as a private beach. If you’re lucky, you might see dolphins and whales breeding off the coast. It also has floor-to-ceiling windows, smart interiors, and sleeps eight people.
1. Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia
This luxury villa in Bali has 360-degree views of the Indian Ocean. It sits in an elevated position in one of the few untouched parts of the island, located in the relaxing area of Sanglung. The villa sleeps eight people and comes equipped with an infinity pool and its own staff and security.
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Sally M. Promey (Center Director) is Professor of American Studies and Professor of Religion and Visual Culture at Yale University where she is also Deputy Director of the Institute of Sacred Music. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Religious Studies and an affiliation with the Department of History of Art. She convenes the Sensory Cultures of Religion Research Group. Prior to arriving in New Haven, she was chair and professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, where she taught for fifteen years. Her many publications include two award-winning books, Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent’s Triumph of Religion at the Boston Public Library (Princeton University Press, 1999; American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion) and Spiritual Spectacles: Vision and Image in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Shakerism (Indiana University Press, 1993; Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art). Most recently she is co-editor, with Leigh Eric Schmidt, of American Religious Liberalism (Indiana University Press, 2012); and editor of Sensational Religion: Sensory Cultures in Material Practice (Yale University Press, forthcoming 2014). Promey is recipient of numerous grants and fellowships including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a residential fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, two Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowships (1993 and 2003) at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for University Teachers. She serves on the editorial boards of Material Religion and Images: A Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture, is an editorial advisor to American Art, and a member of the advisory committee of the Center for Historic American Visual Culture at the American Antiquarian Society. Her research explores sensory, material, and spatial practices of American religion. Studies of the public display of religion, the material manifestations of scriptural metaphor, and the co-constitutive histories of Western religious and artistic modernities number among her current projects.
Sally M. Promey is a member of:
Project Cycle I - Sensational Religion, Project Cycle II - Material Economies of Religion in the Americas: Arts, Objects, Spaces, Mediations, Editorial Board, MAVCOR Site Team
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Music Video - ‘You Can't Know Me’
STRIP DOWN - You Can't Know Me
Strip Down - You Can't Know me http://www.stripdownmusic.com/you-cant-know-me/4594332056 Director: Elie Gregory Artistic Director: Daniel Stetich http://dani...
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Shot in just one take – a new music video for the single, ‘You Can’t Know Me’ features an intimate portrait of Berlin-based electro-pop artist, Strip Down. The artist is unmasked from a sea of colour: baring themselves in an expression of vulnerability and strength. This landmark release will be the first publicly available recording featuring their voice since their transition began over 2 years ago. Marking a new chapter in their career, the raw and unapologetic exposure represents not just a release from imposed gender norms – but acknowledges the stains they leave behind.
The DIY, self concepted and directed video was shot in Strip Down's own bedroom (in front of a black blanket!) and was produced on a budget of less than 100 bucks with the help of friends - cinematographer Hannah Robinson and co-director Daniel Stetich. Together, they took an unfiltered approach to the video, filmed in reverse, as they explored the themes of identity, honesty and acceptance. The colour themes in this video are no accident - they are symbolic of the release that Strip Down felt throughout their physical transition and the complications that they found their own identity (non-binary trans-masculine) has in society.
British composer/producer Elie Gregory launched the project 'Strip Down' in 2012, whilst still presenting as female. Rapidly gaining attention, they appeared on the cover of Berlin’s legendary queer monthly Siegessäule Magazine, performed at much-loved Berlin venues ://about blank, Schwuz, and more. A collaboration with Canadian Filmmaker Patrick T.Lo resulted in the edgy music video for the track “Chez Moi” that went on to win the audience vote in its category at the Berlin Music Video Awards.
When starting their physical transition, Elie was ready to give up the project Strip Down as they were unsure if the effects of T their voice would result in them not being able to sing their own songs anymore. In fact, they found that the opposite happened. As they grew more comfortable with themselves and their own voice singing felt more authentic and became much more enjoyable. Elie then decided to revisit old tracks that had been abandoned and reproduce an album of songs featuring both their past and present voices - often singing an octave apart. Strip Down was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the pop funding body Musicboard Berlin to finish the album which they are planning to release late summer 2018.
Strip Down admits that although the this music video for the single 'You Can't Know Me' is extremely relevant and important to them, the song "isn't their favourite song on the album" - so make sure you follow, like and subscribe to Strip Down to make sure you don't miss the next releases and awesome music videos to come!
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March 30, 2010 by mhasegawa
The Martini
I grew up with parents that drank martinis – made with gin. I still drink them as does my 91 year old mother. I love that scene in “The Thin Man” with Nora and the 7 martinis lined up in front of her and Nick giving the bartender lessons in making the perfect one. I was very happy to hear this story last weekend on NPR.
Can you imagine James Bond asking for a chocolate butterscotch martini? Or an apple martini, lemon drop martini or prickly pear martini?
Unlikely for the suave superspy.
A martini is certainly more than a drink. It’s long been an embodiment of style and sophistication — and it’s popular again. It’s often served with this sort of unorthodox twist.
Putting a drink in a long-stemmed V-shaped glass does not make it a martini. A martini is this: gin and dry vermouth. And maybe an olive or two. Or a twist of lemon peel. It is ice cold and crystal clear, never green or pink. I don’t begrudge anyone a chocolate-flavored vodka drink. Just don’t call it a martini.
I’m not quite a purist: I like mine on the rocks. And I’m lucky to have married a man who learned to make a martini at the Ritz. We did invent the “Dice-K” (substitute sake for vermouth) in honor of Daisuke Matsuzaka’s first season as a Red Sox pitcher. But I still stick with gin – Plymouth gin.
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Massachusetts Politics and Health Care or Mitt, Scott and Rachel
This Luckovich cartoon is a good picture of Massachusetts politics after health care reform. You could swap Romney for Scott Brown is it would almost be the same.
Joan Vennochi’s column in the Boston Globe last week provides a good summary of the dilemma faced by Romney and Brown.
WHEN YOU dance to the right with the one who brung you, you can end up with two left feet.
Two Massachusetts Republicans — US Senator Scott Brown and former Governor Mitt Romney — are in that awkward state.
Brown won election as an independent who happened to belong to the Republican Party. He’s quickly learning that in Washington, the “R’’ next to your name means your soul belongs to the GOP.
Brown paused for an instant before promising to vote against the Democrats’ historic health care package. That slight hesitation was enough to enrage conservatives who are already suspicious about his core beliefs.
No wonder he has to raise money by raising the specter of Rachel Maddow! (more on that later)
Brown’s campaign rallying cry — that he would be the 41st vote against health care reform — never made much sense. As a Massachusetts lawmaker, Brown voted for the health care reform package that was spearheaded by Romney and became the model for the federal law that President Obama just signed.
Brown never really explained how he could rail against a measure he once supported. Then, again, neither did Romney. He now sounds slightly unhinged as he attacks Obamacare, which is, after all, based on Romneycare. Right after the House vote, Romney condemned Obama as having “betrayed his oath to the nation.’’ Yesterday, his political action committee announced a new program, dubbed “Prescription for Repeal’’ to support conservative candidates who will repeal “the worst aspects of Obamacare.’’
The Republican problem is they wanted President Obama to fail so badly (and were conviced he would never pass any type of health care reform) they dug themselves into a corner.
Brown and especially Romney should have known better. But they seized the path to the right as the best route to political victory. In the end, it could be the road to political defeat.
Brown will have to decide whether he belongs to the people of Massachusetts or to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and assorted Tea Party activists. He was attacked from the right when he joined the Democratic majority and backed a Senate jobs bill, and the attacks will continue.
To win reelection, he must be the independent he promised to be. Yet, conservatives will become incensed each time he strays from the party line, and even when he doesn’t. Some blame Brown for the passage of health care reform on the grounds that his election forced Democrats to go for it even without 60 Senate votes. That’s unfair, but that’s raw, partisan politics.
As for Romney, when he ran for president in 2008, he twisted and turned into a flip-flopper to a degree that severely undercut his credibility on the national stage. Still, based on past history, he was well-positioned to become his party’s nominee in 2012. The Republican nomination generally goes to a loser from the previous election cycle. Despite myriad weaknesses, that’s what happened with John McCain.
Now, to play in the Republican primary world, Romney has to do the mother of all flip-flops on health care reform. It’s hard to imagine how he does it, but if he succeeds, where does that leave him in a general election? Forget about two left feet. With his clumsy dance, he will have waltzed himself off the cliff.
If memory serves me, we just finished electing Scott Brown to 3 years in the Senate, but he is already trying to raise funds from his friends on the right by raising the specter of that scary Rachel Maddow running against him. And Rachel is trying to use this to raise her profile and ratings. It was good theater for a while. And even though a number of commentors in the Boston Globe seem disposed to a Maddow run (according to a Tweet I glimpsed on Boston.com), I think is was just theater for her. Brown, however is in a different position. Even Newsweek is weighing in. Liz White posted last week.
The fake 2012 Massachusetts senatorial race between newly elected Sen. Scott Brown and MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is really heating up—er, sort of.
Earlier this week Brown sent a fundraising letter to supporters all over the country claiming the “political machine” in Massachusetts was vetting “liberal MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow” to oppose him in the state’s election in 2012. Maddow quickly fired back, announcing that she had no plan to run for office while denouncing Brown for making up the story just to raise money. On Friday, Maddow approved a full-page ad in The Boston Globe to make her plans known to Brown’s constituents.
It really says something that two years in advance and a few months after what GOP supporters called his “Massachusetts Miracle” election, Brown is already worried about competition, even if it is just to bring in more money. As the first Republican to be elected for Senate in Massachusetts in 40 years and a with no vote on the health-care-reform bill—not to mention his more moderate tendencies could turn off the far right—he could face a tough reelection campaign. The rumor of Maddow’s run might be false, but it’s clear Brown’s fear of the next election isn’t.
Hey Scott, why don’t you take Rachel up on her offer to come on her show? I don’t think she will ask you any thing too hard – just why you were for health care reform before you were against it. And what exactly is the difference between the Massachusetts bill and the National one? Easy stuff like that.
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Out of the wreckage that is my bracket, I still have four teams alive. Duke, Baylor, Kentucky and West Virginia.
Starting with the teams left I will predict the final four will be Kansas State, Tennessee, Kentucky and Duke. Duke will beat Kansas State and Tennessee will beat Kentucky . After that I have no clue. But if Duke wins it all, expect Reggie Love to give President Obama an earful.
Don’t take any of this to the bank – I picked Duke – Kansas in the final. I have to say that I miss Northern Iowa even if I never thought they would beat Kansas. And what ever happened to BYU?
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Bipartisan book buyer?
After his speech on health care in Iowa, President Obama stopped at a bookstore. – an independent bookstore, Prairie Lights to browse and pick on some books for the kids.
I love this picture of the President holding books by Karl Rove and Mitt Romney taken by Doug Mills of the New York Times.
The accompanying story in the Times by Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports some very amusing dialogue between Robert Gibbs and the President. Here are some exerpts. (This is based in part on reporting by the pool reporter.)
A few minutes later POTUS stepped up to the cash register with two books in his hands: “Journey to the River Sea” by Eva Ibbotson and “The Secret of Zoom” by Lynne Jonell for his daughters.
Obama pulled out five $20 bills to pay for the two books. Your pooler couldn’t hear the exact price but the two books didn’t cost that much.
Obama also bought a book for Gibbs, who was holding a large Star Wars pop-up book for his six-year-old son, Ethan.
“It’s a little expensive, sir,” Gibbs said to his boss as he handed it over.
POTUS showed the book to pool as the cashier rang it up for $37.44.
“I can handle it,” Obama said as Gibbs suggested he pay. “It’s for keeping his dad away for too many hours a day.”
“I need more books than that, sir,” Gibbs remarked.
Then after he left Prairie Lights
Nothing for Mrs. Obama?” Bloomberg’s Ed Chen asked.Obama paused to think for a second. “Thanks for getting me in trouble,” he replied.
We know that Obama used to visit a neighborhood bookstore in Chicago often. I’m glad to see he still likes bookstores as they are among my favorite places. And I never heard of another President who carried cash. Obama buys shave ice in Hawaii, burgers in D.C. and now books in Iowa. I also wonder how many copies of the books he bought will now be sold. I know I will look into them for the grands. Can we get the Obama girls to write some reviews?
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After Health Care Reform Passage – Threats of Violence
Before the House even completed its work on passage of the Senate Bill and then the Reconciliation Bill, the ugliness had begun to escalate.
OK, so VP Biden kinda embarrassed the President with an F-bomb, but that was small potatoes compared with the racial remarks aimed at black Congressmen, the anti-gay shouts at Barney Frank, and a Congressman shouting “baby killer” at Bart Stupak (one of the most anti-abortion members of Congress) over the weekend. And it is certainly insignificant compared to what has happened since.
Bob Herbert titled his New York Times column “An Absence of Class.” I think he was being too kind. But what he says rings very true.
A group of lowlifes at a Tea Party rally in Columbus, Ohio, last week taunted and humiliated a man who was sitting on the ground with a sign that said he had Parkinson’s disease. The disgusting behavior was captured on a widely circulated videotape. One of the Tea Party protesters leaned over the man and sneered: “If you’re looking for a handout, you’re in the wrong end of town.”
Another threw money at the man, first one bill and then another, and said contemptuously, “I’ll pay for this guy. Here you go. Start a pot.”
In Washington on Saturday, opponents of the health care legislation spit on a black congressman and shouted racial slurs at two others, including John Lewis, one of the great heroes of the civil rights movement. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, was taunted because he is gay.
At some point, we have to decide as a country that we just can’t have this: We can’t allow ourselves to remain silent as foaming-at-the-mouth protesters scream the vilest of epithets at members of Congress — epithets that The Times will not allow me to repeat here.
It is 2010, which means it is way past time for decent Americans to rise up against this kind of garbage, to fight it aggressively wherever it appears. And it is time for every American of good will to hold the Republican Party accountable for its role in tolerating, shielding and encouraging foul, mean-spirited and bigoted behavior in its ranks and among its strongest supporters.
The G.O.P. poisons the political atmosphere and then has the gall to complain about an absence of bipartisanship.
The toxic clouds that are the inevitable result of the fear and the bitter conflicts so relentlessly stoked by the Republican Party — think blacks against whites, gays versus straights, and a whole range of folks against immigrants — tend to obscure the tremendous damage that the party’s policies have inflicted on the country. If people are arguing over immigrants or abortion or whether gays should be allowed to marry, they’re not calling the G.O.P. to account for (to take just one example) the horribly destructive policy of cutting taxes while the nation was fighting two wars.
If you’re all fired up about Republican-inspired tales of Democrats planning to send grandma to some death chamber, you’ll never get to the G.O.P.’s war against the right of ordinary workers to organize and negotiate in their own best interests — a war that has diminished living standards for working people for decades.
Herbert wrote that on Tuesday. Tonight I went to Politico.com. The first headline was: “Hoyer: Members are at Risk”. Then there are these: “Slaughter, Stupak receive death threats” and “Cut gas lines at Perriello’s brother’s home probed.”
Will the Republican leadership speak out or will they be content with John Boehner’s statement as reported in the Washington Post.
House Republican Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said the violence is unacceptable.
“I know many Americans are angry over this health-care bill, and that Washington Democrats just aren’t listening,” Boehner said Wednesday on FoxNews Channel. “But, as I’ve said, violence and threats are unacceptable. That’s not the American way. We need to take that anger and channel it into positive change. Call your congressman, go out and register people to vote, go volunteer on a political campaign, make your voice heard — but let’s do it the right way.”
I hope that law enforcement can successfully do their jobs. Republican leaders need to go further by condemning other Republican leaders like Michael Steele and Sarah Palin. Again from the Post
“When people start talking in the rhetoric of putting people on ‘firing lines,’ . . . or they put a target on their faces, with cross hairs,” Hoyer said at a news conference, “that activity ought to be unacceptable in our democracy. . . . That’s wrong. ”
Hoyer appeared to be referring to Republican Party Chairman Michael S. Steele‘s comment in a recent interview that Pelosi is on a “firing line” and to a map posted Tuesday on Sarah Palin‘s Facebook page, which marked with a gunsight districts of House Democrats she plans to campaign against.
I’m not overly concerned about the law suits against the bill, but I am very worried that someone will succeed at doing real violence to a member of Congress or to the President himself. I am also afraid the the violent speech and the actual violence will escalate as the polls show increasing approval of the bill and the Senate finally passes the reconciliation bill and it is signed by the President.
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Waterloo?
Two links to Republican reaction (pre and post) to the Health Care Reform Bill.
First, Kent Jones’ video from the Rachel Maddow Show in which he collects the comments from various Republican’s about the bill. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/35994753#35994753
Second, here is from Republican David Frum
Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s.
It’s hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster. Conservatives may cheer themselves that they’ll compensate for today’s expected vote with a big win in the November 2010 elections. But:
(1) It’s a good bet that conservatives are over-optimistic about November – by then the economy will have improved and the immediate goodies in the healthcare bill will be reaching key voting blocs.
(2) So what? Legislative majorities come and go. This healthcare bill is forever. A win in November is very poor compensation for this debacle now.
So far, I think a lot of conservatives will agree with me. Now comes the hard lesson:
A huge part of the blame for today’s disaster attaches to conservatives and Republicans ourselves.
At the beginning of this process we made a strategic decision: unlike, say, Democrats in 2001 when President Bush proposed his first tax cut, we would make no deal with the administration. No negotiations, no compromise, nothing. We were going for all the marbles. This would be Obama’s Waterloo – just as healthcare was Clinton’s in 1994.
Only, the hardliners overlooked a few key facts: Obama was elected with 53% of the vote, not Clinton’s 42%. The liberal block within the Democratic congressional caucus is bigger and stronger than it was in 1993-94. And of course the Democrats also remember their history, and also remember the consequences of their 1994 failure.
This time, when we went for all the marbles, we ended with none.
So who should really be singing the old Stonewall Jackson Song (written by Marijohn Wilkin and John D. Loudermill?
Waterloo, Waterloo
Where will you meet your Waterloo
Every puppy has its day
Everybody has to pay
Everybody has to meet his Waterloo
Now old Adam was the first in history
With an apple he was tempted and deceived
Just for spite the devil made him take a bite
And that’s where old Adam met his Waterloo
Little General Napoleon of France
Tried to conquer the world but lost his pants
Met defeat known as Bonaparte’s retreat
And that’s when Napoleon met his Waterloo
Now a feller whose darling proved untrue
Took her life but he lost his too
Now he swings where the little birdie sings
And that’s where Tom Dooley met his Waterloo
Only time will tell, but right now I think it is the Republican Tea Party.
Posted in 2010 Election, Congress, Health Care Reform, Politics | Tagged David Frum, Democrats, Health Care, Kent Jones, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, Republicans, Stonewall Jackson, Waterloo | Leave a comment
Women and Health Care Reform
The House has passed both the Senate bill and “fixes” for reconciliation. Both by more than the minimum number of votes. Lindsay Beyerstein wrote today in the Nation
Last night, the House of Representatives passed comprehensive health care reform after more than a year of fierce debate. The sweeping legislation will extend coverage to 32 million Americans, curb the worst abuses of the private insurance industry, and attempt to contain spiraling health care costs.
The main bill passed the House by a vote 219 to 212, after which the House approved a package of changes to the Senate bill by a vote of 220 to 211. On Tuesday, President Barack Obama will sign the main bill into law. Then, the Senate will incorporate the House-approved changes through filibuster-proof budget reconciliation, perhaps as early as this week.
What role did women play in passage? Beyerstein explains
As tea party protests raged outside, it seemed as if abortion might derail health reform. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) insisted that he had the votes to kill the bill. At the last minute, Stupak was placated with an executive order from the president reiterating that the health care reform would not fund elective abortions.
The executive order is a red herring. It won’t impose any further restrictions, it just restates the status quo. Mike Lillis posted a copy of the order at the Washington Independent. The president might as well have reiterated a ban on federal funds for vajazzling. Health care reform was never going to fund vajazzling or abortion, but if Stupak finds the repetition soothing, so be it.
The chair of the pro-choice caucus, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) acquiesced to the Stupak compromise, describing the overall bill as a “strong foundation,” according to John Tomasic of the Colorado Independent. Pro-choice groups will be angry, but realistically, the executive order was the best possible outcome. For a while, it looked like Democrats were going to have to make substantive concessions to Stupak. In the end, he flipped his vote for a presidential proclamation of the status quo.
In a last ditch effort to derail reform, the Republicans tried to reinsert Stupak’s strict anti-abortion language into the reconciliation package. The Republicans were trying to poison the reconciliation bill in order to threaten its chances in the Senate, explains Mike Lillis of the Washington Independent. The gambit failed. When Stupak rose to speak against the motion, he was shouted down by Republican representatives. One unidentified member called Stupak a “baby killer.”
Women who want to repeal the Hyde Amendment (and I’m one of them) are split. Should health care reform have been the vehicle for repeal? Anyone who thinks it is appropriate is mistaken. I’m with the pro-choice women in Congress who voted for reform. I know that NOW and NARAL are upset that the President and Congress are “ignoring” women and “eroding” the right to choose. I don’t see it that way. As far as I’m concerned, I agree with Lindsay: nothing has changed and if Bart needed cover to vote for the bill he got it. We kept the status quo and Bart got to be called a “baby killer” and vote for the bill. Millions of women will have access to health care and being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing condition.
But I’m with Katha Pollitt. Women need something.
The way I see it, the Democratic Party and the Obama administration owe supporters of women’s rights a huge payback for cooperating on its signature issue.
Her list of suggestions includes full funding for Title X, passage of paycheck fairness, confront maternal mortality, pass CEDAW, and fully fund the Violence Against Women Act. Not a bad list. It is hard to pick which should come first, but I would fund the Violence Against Women Act and passing CEDAW. Pollit says about CEDAW
Pass CEDAW. Jimmy Carter signed it back in 1980, but the United States is one of a handful of countries that have not ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The others? Sudan, Somalia, Iran and a few Pacific islands. Despite the fact that Congress has burdened CEDAW with no fewer than eleven reservations, nearly all of which were placed there by Jesse Helms to please Concerned Women for America and other antifeminist and Christian groups, it still hasn’t come to a vote. So pass it, already–and Helms is dead, so dump the reservations. Don’t have the votes? Vote on it anyway. American women should know which senators think we should have fewer human rights than women in nearly every other democratic country in the world.
I don’t think repeal of the Hyde Amendment is in the cards anytime soon, but I do think we should get everything on Katha’s list.
Posted in Congress, Health Care Reform, Politics, Women's Rights | Tagged Bart Stupak, CEDAW, Health Care, Hyde Amendment, Katha Pollitt, Pro-Choice | Leave a comment
Waiting for the House to vote
8:30 pm Sunday, March 21. I’ve been watching C-Span and MSNBC and listening to the debate. It is clear that the Democrats now have more than enough votes to pass the bill (Be grateful Stephen Lynch, maybe the fallout won’t be quite so bad.), but it is not clear that I will make it to the end. A sad occassion for this political junkie!
Some observation. First, although I don’t know why he needed confirmation what is clearly in the Senate Bill, Representative Stupak has gotten President Obama to agree to issue an Executive Order affirming that the Hyde Amendment will apply to this Health Care Reform bill. I think these two reactions as reported in the New York Times Prescription blog tell the story.
Travel notes from Senator Charles Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Finance Committee who ultimately balked at the Finance bill put forward in his chamber. Tonight, Senator Grassley tweets: “Flying bk DC Sun aftrnoon instead of Mon morn to get ahead of curve on Health/Stupak move “shocked”me I thought his stance wld hv kild bill.” In case you’re not accustomed to Mr. Grassley’s tweets or abbreviations (as well as some of ours in that 140-character limit), the Iowa senator is indicating that he’s shocked that Mr. Stupak would decide to vote for the health-care bill. Mr. Grassley anticipated that Mr. Stupak’s stance against abortion would’ve killed the bill.
Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, has also issued a statement on the president’s decision to sign an executive order (designed to explicitly prohibit using federal funds for abortions).
We regret that a pro-choice president of a pro-choice nation was forced to sign an Executive Order that further codifies the proposed anti-choice language in the health care reform bill, originally proposed by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. What the president’s executive order did not do is include the complete and total ban on private health insurance coverage for abortion that Congressman Bart Stupak (D–MI) had insisted upon. So while we regret that this proposed Executive Order has given the imprimatur of the president to Senator Nelson’s language, we are grateful that it does not include the Stupak abortion ban.“
So whatever Representative Stupak’s motivations, it has all worked out. Even though I ultimately agree with Nita Lowey.
Representative Nita Lowey, Democrat of New York, issued this statement a little while ago, reflecting the rather torn views some abortion-rights lawmakers had toward their opponents on this issue. Ms. Lowey’s statement:
“As a lifelong advocate for freedom of choice and affordable health care for all Americans, I find it outrageous that health insurance reform was held hostage in an effort to restrict women’s reproductive rights.
“The underlying health insurance reform bill contains objectionable language requiring insured women to write a check for general health insurance and a separate check for “abortion rider,” going far beyond current and continued policy preventing federal funding for abortion services.
“Although the final bill language is disappointing, the bottom line is millions more American women will receive basic care to stay healthy and prevent unintended pregnancies.”
Which brings me to the agument the Republicans are making over and over again: This bill takes away your choice. And unfortunately enough American’s seem to believe them to make the polls negative. However, they do, like Senator Grassley, want to control women and make the decisions for us. They don’t seem to mind insurance companies making health care decisions and rationing health care. They don’t worry about going to the VA which is definately government run health care. I’m sorry, I just don’t get it.
But, despite all the unhappiness about the abortion language from NOW and others who were much more negative than Planned Parenthood, the bill will pass with between 218 and 222 votes.
Posted in Congress, Health Care Reform, Politics, Women's Rights | Tagged Abortion Rights, Bart Stupak, Health Care, President Obama, Republicans | 1 Comment
Sunday morning health care and basketball
I’m like about 90% of the country (including the President) waking up to find out that Kansas really did lose. I watched the game, but still hoped it would be different this morning. Yesterday was a disaster for my bracket: I lost both Kansas and BYU from my final four and the only reason I haven’t lost Duke and Kentucky is they haven’t had their games yet. March Madness a few years ago was like this: upset after upset. Great games, but hell on one’s picks. At this point, I’m just watching to see what happens next.
And we are also watching health care to see what happens next. The Republican/Tea Party folks must know they are going to lose. Yesterday they showed their true colors. The story in the Washington Post by Paul Kane begins
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said that racial epithets were hurled at them Saturday by angry protesters who had gathered at the Capitol to protest health-care legislation, and one congressman said he was spit upon. The most high-profile openly gay congressman, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), was heckled with anti-gay chants.
Republican members of Congress addressed the crowd both before and after the incident. Where were they to control their followers?
Democratic leaders and their aides said they were outraged by the day’s behavior. “I have heard things today that I have not heard since March 15, 1960, when I was marching to get off the back of the bus,” said House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking black official in Congress.
Between race (I believe that the opposition to anything proposed by President Obama and the wanting to see him fail is simply because the Republicans can’t stomach having a black man in the White House.) and abortion (The opposition to a woman’s right to choose stems, I think, from a deep seeded belief that women are incapable of having their own religious convictions or of making a rational decision), I worry what happens during the fall campaigns.
So I have to turn to Paul Krugman’s column earlier this week to remind myself what we are trying to do.
So this seems like a good time to revisit the reasons we need this reform, imperfect as it is.
As it happens, Reuters published an investigative report this week that powerfully illustrates the vileness of our current system. The report concerns the insurer Fortis, now part of Assurant Health, which turns out to have had a systematic policy of revoking its clients’ policies when they got sick. In particular, according to the Reuters report, it targeted every single policyholder who contracted H.I.V., looking for any excuse, no matter how flimsy, for cancellation. In the case that brought all this to light, Assurant Health used an obviously misdated handwritten note by a nurse, who wrote “2001” instead of “2002,” to claim that the infection was a pre-existing condition that the client had failed to declare, and revoked his policy.
This was illegal, and the company must have known it: the South Carolina Supreme Court, after upholding a decision granting large damages to the wronged policyholder, concluded that the company had been systematically concealing its actions when withdrawing coverage, not just in this case, but across the board.
But this is much more than a law enforcement issue. For one thing, it’s an example those who castigate President Obama for “demonizing” insurance companies should consider. The truth, widely documented, is that behavior like Assurant Health’s is widespread for a simple reason: it pays. A House committee estimated that Assurant made $150 million in profits between 2003 and 2007 by canceling coverage of people who thought they had insurance, a sum that dwarfs the fine the court imposed in this particular case. It’s not demonizing insurers to describe what they actually do.
Beyond that, this is a story that could happen only in America. In every other advanced nation, insurance coverage is available to everyone regardless of medical history. Our system is unique in its cruelty.
And one more thing: employment-based health insurance, which is already regulated in a way that mostly prevents this kind of abuse, is unraveling. Less than half of workers at small businesses were covered last year, down from 58 percent a decade ago. This means that in the absence of reform, an ever-growing number of Americans will be at the mercy of the likes of Assurant Health.
So what’s the answer? Americans overwhelmingly favor guaranteeing coverage to those with pre-existing conditions — but you can’t do that without pursuing broad-based reform. To make insurance affordable, you have to keep currently healthy people in the risk pool, which means requiring that everyone or almost everyone buy coverage. You can’t do that without financial aid to lower-income Americans so that they can pay the premiums. So you end up with a tripartite policy: elimination of medical discrimination, mandated coverage, and premium subsidies.
Or to put it another way, you end up with something like the health care plan Mitt Romney introduced in Massachusetts in 2006, and the very similar plan the House either will or won’t pass in the next few days. Comprehensive reform is the only way forward.
Krugman concludes
Can you imagine a better reform? Sure. If Harry Truman had managed to add health care to Social Security back in 1947, we’d have a better, cheaper system than the one whose fate now hangs in the balance. But an ideal plan isn’t on the table. And what is on the table, ready to go, is legislation that is fiscally responsible, takes major steps toward dealing with rising health care costs, and would make us a better, fairer, more decent nation.
All it will take to make this happen is for a handful of on-the-fence House members to do the right thing. Here’s hoping.
Are you rethinking your position Stephen Lynch? And what about you, Rick Boucher in Virginia? Do either of you really want to be the vote that kills Health Care Reform?
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One day before the House votes on health care
It is Saturday afternoon. The Tar Heels won their NIT game, my NCAA bracket is doing so-so. and the Sox won. There is a lot going on including the all important countdown to 216 votes in the House.
A couple of things have happened. President Obama has made his “remember why you are a Democrat” speech (or maybe it is live up to Abe Lincoln) before the House Democratic Caucus. There are sufficient votes in the Senate for the bill as it will be amended by the House and it looks like Nancy Pelosi will get to 216 sometime before tomorrow’s votes if she is not already there. The picture and the quotes that follow are from the New York Times Prescriptions blog.
“You have a chance to make good on the promises you made,” Mr. Obama said. “This is one of those moments. This is one of those times where you can honestly say to yourself: ‘Doggone it, this is exactly why I came here. This is why I got into politics. This is why I got into public service. This is why I made these sacrifices.’ ”
“Every single one of you have made that promise not just to your constituents but to yourself,” he added. “This is the time to make good on this promise.”
He had opened his speech by quoting Lincoln
“I am not bound to win but I am bound to be true,” he said.
I have to believe that once the bill is passed and signed and benefits begin to kick in there will be support for the bill. I really liked the President’s characterization of the the Republican’s trying to get Democrats to vote no.
“I notice that there has been a lot of friendly advice offered all across town,” he said. “Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Karl Rove — they are all warning you of the horrendous impact if you support this legislation.”
He continued, “Now, it could be that they are suddenly having a change of heart, and they are deeply concerned about their democratic friends. They are giving you the best possible advice in order to ensure that Nancy Pelosi remains speaker and Harry Reid remains leader and all of you keep your seats — that’s a possibility.”
Mr. Obama chuckled at himself, and lawmakers in the audience laughed.
“But it may also be possible that they realize that after health reform passes and I sign that legislation into law, it’s going to be a little harder to mischaracterize what this legislation has been all about,” he said.
So with all this, what is going on the Representative Stephen Lynch? Lynch represents the part of Boston not represented by my Rep, Mike Capuano, who is voting “yes”. Lynch has announced that he is voting “no” because the bill does not do enough to control the cost of insurance. There is a lot of pressure on him by the local unions, include SEIU of which I am a member. According to the Boston Globe
More than 20 Massachusetts labor leaders made a last-ditch appeal to US Representative Stephen F. Lynch late yesterday, urging him to “do the right thing’’ and vote for a national health care overhaul.
In a letter delivered to Lynch’s South Boston office, the group suggested a vote against the bill would damage his standing with their membership.
Lynch, a former president of Ironworkers Local 7, declared Thursday that he will vote against the health care bill. He said the current bill does not do enough to force insurance companies to reduce costs.
“Congressman, we will not be able to explain to the working women and men of our union why you voted against their interests,’’ the letter states. “We have stood together time and time again and you have made an enormous difference.’’
“It takes courage to make history,’’ they wrote. “We know that you have always had the courage to do the right thing — national health reform is the right thing for Massachusetts families. Please stand with us once again and do the right thing.’’
It looks like he will join Senator Scott Brown in being the two “no” votes from Massachusetts.
Another Republican objection disappeared this afternoon when the House Rules committee decided against “deeming” and will now hold two votes. As explained in the Washington Post
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said the House will take three votes on Sunday: first, on a resolution that will set the terms of debate; second, on a package of amendments to the Senate bill that have been demanded by House members; and third, on the Senate bill itself.
Van Hollen, who has been working on the issue with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said House leaders concluded that that order — approving the amendments before approving the Senate bill — makes clear that the House intends to modify the Senate bill and not approve the Senate bill itself.
“We believe this is a better process,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said of the vote strategy. “We determined we could do this. . . . We believe we have the votes.”
This is all possible because Senator Reid has done his head count and has the votes to pass the reconciled bill.
I think we will know who the 216 votes will be by tomorrow morning.
And before I retire to watch basketball (do you believe that St. Mary’s beat Villanova?! ) here is a link to the amendments the House will be making to the Senate bill.
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No. 2 McDonogh dominates in a 3-1 win over top-ranked Curley
Casey Settleman celebrated his Senior Day with his 20th goal of the season, igniting McDonogh to a 3-1 win over No. 1 Archbishop Curley.
by Gary Adornato
From start to finish, the McDonogh boys soccer team was at the top of its game, Wednesday afternoon in Owings Mills, as the second-ranked Eagles outworked No. 1 Archbishop Curley at nearly every turn. The Eagles were physically aggressive, taking the action to Curley and disrupting the Friars usual technical superiority to capture a 3-1 Senior Day victory that vaults McDonogh into a first-place tie with the Friars in the MIAA A Conference.
Much of the first half was played at an even pace, but it was clear early that Curley was struggling to connect with its intricate passing game, which fuels the team’s lethal offensive attack. The Friars did not respond to McDonogh’s physicality and steadily wore down on what was a gorgeous fall afternoon.
As the first half progressed, McDonogh’s confidence grew and the Eagles ultimately broke out on top, in the 25th minute, on the 20th goal of the season by the Eagles’ senior star Casey Settleman.
The goal was initiated by a free kick volley ball from junior Andrew Privett that was knocked down in the box by senior Aiden Welsh. Settleman, on the left side of the box, went low to put a side-winding right-footed strike on the ball, ripping it into the back of the net for a 1-0 Eagles’ lead.
“That’s usually where I am positioned on free kicks, the knock down just in case we don’t get a header on goal,” said Settleman, who has led the McDonogh offense all season. “It just fell to me and I put it away. It was big to get off to a fast start.”
As big as that score was, the Eagles really put Curley on its heels with their second score, which came in the final minute of the first half.
McDonogh sophomore Mason Christian won a 50-50 ball from Curley’s Adrian Avaellaneda, as the two collided hard in the air. Avaellaneda fell to the turf, while Christian gathered the ball off to his right and sent a wicked diagonal shot across the box which crashed into the net, inside the left post, with 49-second left in the half.
Curley played its best soccer of the day in the first 10 minutes of the second half and nearly broke through with at the 29:42 mark when Anthony Dragisics’ sliding shot was partially blocked but still heading for the goal, only to be headed over the cage by Welsh, at the last. The Friars, however, kept up the heat and finally scored, 23 seconds later, when Nick Richardson fed Brandon Knapp, cutting McDonogh’s lead to 2-1.
At that point it was anyone’s game, but McDonogh never rattled. The Eagles kept their foot on the gas, and got a third goal in the 73rd minute when junior Sean Nolan burried a big shot. Nolan found himself in open space with the ball, 16-yards out, spun and triggered a shot that virtually iced it.
As the clock wound down, it was McDonogh that was still the more aggressive team, creating several other excellent opportunities and, more importantly, limiting Curley’s chances to respond.
“Coach always says the best senior class usually wins the championship and we think we have the best senior class,” said Settleman. “We came out firing on our Senior Day at home against the best team in the state and we knew we wanted to get the one seed. We dominated and we deserved it.”
Indeed the victory by the Eagles put them in control of their own destiny in the chase for the top seed. McDonogh (16-2 overall) and Curley (16-2-1) are both 12-2 in the league and with 36 points they sit just two points in front of third-place Mount St. Joseph, which defeated Calvert Hall, 1-0, on Wednesday. Should both teams win their final two games, McDonogh would own the tie-break advantage.
McDonogh plays its final two games on the road, Friday at St. Joe and at Archbishop Spalding, next Wednesday. A win at St. Joe would give the Eagles a season-sweep of the Gaels, with whom Curley split, and that would be the tie-breaker. Curley plays Gilman at home on Saturday, before closing at Calvert Hall. St. Joe only has one game left. To advance into one of the top two seeds, it needs to beat McDonogh and see either McDonogh or Curley lose both their final two games.
According to McDonogh coach Brandon Quaranta, the Eagles responded to Curley’s push with their best soccer of the day.
“For the quality of the two teams, I would say the first 40 minutes was a little scrappy both ways,” said Quaranta. “Especially the first 20, neither team really had a hold of the ball. There was a lot of tackling, a lot of 50-50’s, but we kept doing the work. The second half we played well and what I was most proud of was when they got the goal and the 2-1. At that point, against a quality team like that, you can start saying, ‘oh no,’ and you almost wait for the second one. If we would have done that they probably would have got the second goal and then the third and we would have lost. Instead we played our best soccer at that point. We jumped on the front foot and scored the third and went for more. The second half, overall, may have been our best half of the year.”
As for the Friars, who had several players hobbling by game’s end, it is time to lick their wounds and regroup for their playoff push.
“I’d like to say we have to have a short memory, but we have to compete more,” said Curley coach Barry Stitz. “Hats off to them. They played well and pressed us. We got rattled when things got a little hectic. The key would have been, when we weren’t playing well offensively and holding the ball, not to give up goals, and we gave up two goals off of set pieces, and when you fall behind against good teams, like we did at St. Joe and here, it’s hard to come back.
“I told each of the kids, it’s not me that can make them want to win. We’ve got a great team. We’ve got a lot of experience and we’re in a position where we can win a championship this year. But, they also have to understand that it’s not going to be easy and we’ve got to do better than we did today.”
NO. 2 MCDONOGH 3, NO. 1 ARCHBISHOP CURLEY 1
AC 0 1 — 1
MCD 2 1 — 3
GOALS: AC-Brandon Knapp; MCD-Casey Settleman, Mason Christian, Sean Nolan.
ASSISTS: AC-Nick Richardson; MCD-Aiden Welsh.
SAVES: AC-Nathan Wdzieczkowski 5; MCD-Kieran Baskett 2.
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Tyler Perry Working On Safe Way to Reopen Atlanta Studios
April 25, 2020 Beanny 0 Comments
Tyler Perry isn’t jumping to reopen his 330-acre Atlanta studio complex, but we’ve learned he’s working on a really unique, interesting and safe way to shoot TV shows there during the coronavirus pandemic.
Studio sources tell TMZ, Tyler has a plan he’s currently running up the flagpole with his studio execs, and it goes like this. Productions that shoot at his facility would have the cast and crew check in on the first day of filming. Everyone would be tested, and everyone who tests negative would be invited on the lot, where they will live during the entire production.
As for where they’d live, well, there’s plenty of options. The facility used to be an army base, and there are 141 barracks on-site — all usable. There are also 40 historic houses that are habitable. In addition, Tyler built around 30 houses on the lot for various productions, and they’re all functional. And, we’re told if the idea takes off he’d erect some pre-fab hotels.
The cast and crew can use all the facilities, including a gym, a bar and restaurants. A hospital building was built for one of the shows, and we’re told Tyler believes it can become functional enough and he’s thinking of bringing a doctor and nurse on board.
We’re told Tyler would first reopen just with his productions — 6 tv shows strong. Each show takes about 2 1/2 weeks to film an episode, so the cast and crew would show up for just shy of 3 weeks, go home for a week and then come back and do it again. They’d also get extra pay for dealing with the circumstances.
There are still open issues. What do you do with day players and extras? What happens if there are family medical needs that require a cast or crew member to leave?
We’re told Tyler’s checking to make sure there are no unions or other issues, but it sounds like a super-creative way of dealing with both the virus and the economy.
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MintLife Blog > Trends > The Psychology Behind Keeping Up With the Joneses
The Psychology Behind Keeping Up With the Joneses
January 23, 2013 / Craig Guillot
Everyone overspends a little and splurges on occasion. But for many, “keeping up with the Joneses” becomes an overwhelming obsession that can lead to financial ruin.
Regardless of how much one makes, if they spend beyond their income, their finances will eventually fall into a downward spiral.
Keeping Up with the Jonses happens to everyone from ordinary Americans to even the rich and famous who declare bankruptcy and lose their homes to foreclosure.
Financial psychologists say the drive to splurge and keep up with the Joneses is rooted more in psychology than a lack of financial skills. Animal brain thinking, the need to fill a void or the desire to simply impress, can drive people to irrationally overspend on material items.
Keeping up with the pack
According to the Country Financial Security Index, more than half of those surveyed said they spent more than they make at least occasionally on a monthly basis.
Nine percent of respondents said their lifestyle is more than they can afford and 21% said their monthly spending exceeds their income at least half of the year.
Of those who spend beyond their income, 36% said they dip into savings to meet financial goals while 22% said they relied on credit cards.
Buying material things to impress others is also frequently referred to as “conspicuous consumption.”
The term was originally coined in 1899 by sociologist and author Thorstein Veblen to describe the behavioral characteristics of the nouveau riche who used their public consumption of goods and services as a way to manifest their social power and prestige.
Back then, you either had money or you didn’t. But today, credit cards, home equity loans and loose lending arrangements make it relatively easy for consumers at any income level to spend money they don’t have.
Brad Klontz, Psy.D, CFP(R), a financial psychologist and Director of H&R Block Dollars & Sense, says the “animal brain” often takes over when it comes to money and comparing ourselves to those around us.
Subconsciously, humans look at those around them for confirmation of their social and economic status. In the modern world, those signals come in the form of houses, cars, clothes, jewelry and material possessions.
Whereas a peacock fluffs his feathers and a lion flaunts his mane, humans flaunt their material possessions.
“It makes no rational sense but the animal brain tells us to think in terms of survival and it’s a terrible idea to be left behind. The slowest runner misses out lunch or becomes lunch,” says Klontz. “People think they need these things.”
Wealth signals
Psychologists frequently refer to these items as “wealth signals.” They’re essentially displayed to indicate that the owner of the item has wealth, power or some kind of higher social status.
Sonya Britt, Assistant Professor and Program Director of Personal Financial Planning at Kansas State University, says it’s hard to avoid all of today’s wealth signals that indicate what we should strive for, how we should be living or what we should be buying.
In the past, we may have only been aware of what our neighbors had, but today, we’re constantly bombarded with wealth signals on television, the web and social media. Subconsciously, we want to display those signals ourselves.
“It’s a problem that is getting worse because we are going to continue to see what we should be buying,” says Britt.
Psychological problems = money problems
Most psychologists and financial advisors agree that severe overspending and conspicuous consumption is more about psychology than a lack of financial skills. Britt says it can often be traced back to underlining physiological stress, which causes the consumer to think with a “fight or flight” mentality.
Combine that with the need to keep up with the herd and some people will just spend even if they know what they’re doing is bad for their finances. “Others indulge themselves with luxury material items due to low-self esteem,” says Britt.
“You can educate a person all you want but it all goes back to those [underlying psychological issues.] That part of the brain just shuts off. They are simply incapable of realizing how spending all that money is not good for their future,” says Britt.
Mari Adam of Adam Financial Associates in Boca Raton, Fla., says she sees overspending in as much as 30% of her clients.
Regardless of how much they are saving and what kind of investments they are choosing, Adam says their finances are negatively impacted when they’re spending beyond their means. She says it can be an “addiction” for many.
“For a lot of people, what they buy and what they have is tangled up in their identity. Overspending is usually a psychological problem that manifests itself as a money problem,” says Adam.
There are other psychological aspects that further contribute to the problem. Steve Lewit, CEO of Wealth Financial Group in Buffalo Grove, Ill., says he often sees what is called the “ratchet effect.” It’s where people ramp up their spending over time and are psychologically not capable of scaling back their lifestyle.
“Expenses go up a lot easier than they go down. It’s just very hard for some people to stop spending. They want that lifestyle and feel they need it even though they know they can’t afford it,” says Lewit.
The bill will come due someday
The biggest problem with keeping up with the Joneses is that people who live beyond their means almost always make up the difference by incurring debt or failing to save.
“In either case, the bill will eventually come due at some point down the road,” says Adam. It may happen as bankruptcy, foreclosure, a mountain of credit card debt or as a penniless and destitute existence in your golden years.
Ironically, Britt says those who try to live the high life at the expense of savings or by incurring debt actually decrease their chances of ever attaining that lifestyle. Overspending and conspicuous consumption provides short-term rewards with long-term prices to pay.
“They want to move up to a different social class but I don’t think they realize they are doing exactly the opposite and preventing that from happening,” says Britt.
Klontz says most obsessive overspenders won’t change their ways until something bad happens, whether that’s running out of money, bankruptcy, foreclosure or the loss of their job.
Klontz says the recent recession was a “wake up call” for many Americans, forcing them to save more and think twice about incurring debt.
“Unfortunately, it usually takes some kind of crisis for people to wake up and change their behavior,” says Klontz.
Craig Guillot is a business and personal finance writer from New Orleans. He covers insurance, investing, real estate, retirement and debt. His work has appeared in such publications and web sites as Entrepreneur, CNNMoney.com, CNBC.com, Bankrate.com and Investor’s Business Daily. He is the author of “Stuff About Money: No BS Financial Advice for Regular People.”
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