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Walter Terry papers
1913-1982 D
Overview Detailed description Printable (PDF) version Contact the division
Biographical/historical information
Scope and arrangement
Portions of this
collection are digitized.
Terry, Walter
(S) *MGZMD 167
80 linear feet (133 boxes)
The Walter Terry Papers, (S)*MGZMD 167. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Walter Terry was a dance critic for the New York Herald Tribune, the New York World Journal, and the Saturday Review. He also contributed a number of articles to other publications and he wrote several books on the subject of dance. Not only a writer, Terry was a juror for many dance competitions and he was speaker at many universities and public functions. The collection contains correspondence, artwork, personal and professional written material, photographs, ephemera, and oversized material.
Walter Terry (b. 1913 – d. 1982) was a prolific writer and dance critic. His interest in the performing arts began during his college years at the University of North Carolina, where he majored in drama and minored in music. In 1936, he was hired as a dance critic at the Boston Herald. His first assignment was to cover the activities at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, located in the Berkshires in Massachusetts. There he met and shared a friendship with the founder and artistic director Ted Shawn. Leaving the newspaper publication in 1939, Terry continued his contribution to the performing arts community. He began working for the New York Herald Tribune (until its demise in 1945), while he hosted the radio program, Invitation To Dance, and taught dance at Adelphi University. Although, he was drafted by the army in 1942, he continued to show his support for dance by teaching modern dance to Egyptian students at the American University in Cairo and lecturing on American dance to Allied forces. After his return from Egypt, Terry wrote many articles and several books on dance, while promoting the public’s understanding and interest on the subject. He taught dance at Southern Connecticut State College and Yale University, served as juror at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, spoke at a number of lectures, and even served as vice-president of the U.S. chapter of UNESCO’s International Dance Council. Also, Terry wrote columns for the Saturday Review and Dance Magazineand published twenty-two books on dance. Some of his most best known works are: Isadora Duncan: Her Life, Her Art, Her Legacy (1964), Ballet: A Pictorial History (1970), and Great Male Dancers of the Ballet (1978). Terry became artistic director at Jacob’s Pillow in 1972, but he was forced to resign after a dispute over finances. For his contribution to the dance world, Terry received numerous honors. In 1968 he received an honorary degree from Ricker College. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark knighted him in 1978 for his public support of Danish Ballet and the Danish choreographer August Bournonville. He was awarded the Capezio Dance Award in 1980. Terry died in 1982 after a brief illness.
The majority of the collection contains material relating to Walter Terry’s professional career as a writer. This includes written and photographic works, which encompass a large quantity of research material. The work is separated into four major categories: choreographers/dancers, dance companies/festivals, film and television, and history of dance. The papers demonstrate Terry’s intimate relationship with choreographers/dancers and dance companies/festivals. Most noteworthy are the papers of Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis, of whom Terry shared a lifelong friendship. These contain intimate diary entries by St. Denis with personal correspondence, which may give insight into the Shawn-St. Denis relationship. The professional correspondence between Shawn and Terry illustrate the success of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The collection also contains material on August Bournonville, the Danish choreographer, and the August Bournonville Centennial. Within the research material, there is a detailed biography of Bournonville with notes, and photographs. Terry’s love of dance is reflected in his professional papers. Although most of the lectures and laboratories are outlines, his notes on choreographers/dancers, dance movements, and other dance topics, illustrate the work Terry devoted to promoting dance in the United States. The collection also consists of personal and professional correspondence, ephemera, and Terry’s personal papers. Within these papers are Terry’s cryptography diploma, corporal appointment certificate, enlisted report and honorable discharge certificates from his service in World War II.
The Walter Terry papers are arranged in eight series:
Series I: Correspondence
1921 - 1982, undated
Walter Terry’s correspondence covers a large amount of professional material, particularly between choreographers, dancers, and dance companies. His most notable correspondents include Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Denis, and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. Within the files, there are many choreographers, dancers, dance companies, and many international correspondents that sought to promote dance in America. This series also contains correspondents to Terry from his mother, sister, brother, and friends of the family.
Series II: Personal Papers
4 Boxes
This series includes material relating to Terry’s childhood, college and army career. It contains certificates, diplomas, a diary, educational material, essays/stories, photographs, and reading materials. Within the series there can be found Terry’s grade school French and English grammar exams and stories, which illustrate his creative and imaginative style of writing. The photographs contain intimate family portraits, childhood portraits, and a picture of Terry in Egypt during WWII. There are 2 boxes of ephemeral material: a certificate and pin from the Sons of the Revolution and some leather wallets.
Series III: Professional Papers
Terry’s Professional Papers are sorted to showcase his work as an adjudicator, juror, lecturer, and teacher. Although most of the papers within this series are outlines in typescript, this series does illustrate the work Terry devoted to promoting dance to the community. He would often hold lectures at the 92nd Street Y with guest choreographers and dancers, such as Erik Bruhn, Alicia Markova, Maria Tallchief, and Igor Youskevitch. Most of these lectures would explore changes in dance forms in a question and answer format.
Series IV: Written Material
The Written Material series covers Terry’s career as a dance critic for the: New York Herald Tribune, the New York World Journal, and the Saturday Review, as well as his career as a freelance journalist and writer of many dance reference books. There includes a large amount of research material within the four sub-series categories: choreographers/dancers, dance companies/festivals, film & television, and history of dance. The research material contains biographies, clippings, notes, photographs, programs, and publicity material. Among his many papers, his work about Isadora Duncan is noteworthy. The materials relate to his non-fiction works are Isadora Duncan: Her Life, Her Art, Her Legacy and The Legacy of Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. There contains a journal by Dance Perspectives on her work, photographs, and even an historical record of the Elizabeth Duncan School.
Series V: Photographs
This series demonstrates one of three sources of reference material Terry kept for his use. The photographs are arranged similarly to the four sub-series under written material. The materials are in print, negative, and slide form. Among the choreographers & dancers sub-series are materials related to Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis, which contain rare photographs, as well as their early solo performances. Shawn’s collection contains portraits with Norma Gould, Hazel Wallack, and Martha Graham.
Series VI: General Research Material [unsorted]
The bulk of this series includes clippings and dance journals, which Terry used as reference material for his writing. The papers were separated from his written material and photographs, but served the same purpose as the research material found within series IV and V. Includes an appendix and a few bibliographies. The Materials related to the Danish ballet and the Danish choreographer August Bournonville are noteworthy mentions.
Series VII: Promotional Material
This series includes artwork, bulletins, posters, and programs.
Series VIII: Oversized Material
Separated into personal and professional sub-series, the oversized materials encompass several important dance materials. Most notable is the manuscript of Terry’s biography Alicia Alonzo and her Ballet Nacional de Cuba: An Illustrated Biography. There are also two original 19th century programs, some music scores, and several posters.
The Walter Terry Papers were donated to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division in 1979 by Walter Terry.
Processed by Shaneeza Aziz; Machine-readable finding aid created by Shaneeza Aziz.
Separated material
Reel Audio Tape, undated
An interview with Ted Shawn exists on two open reel audio tapes. The first part of the interview is on a 7" reel and the second part is on a 5" reel.
Bournonville, August, 1805-1879
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972
St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Dance critics -- United States -- 20th century
Dance critics
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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Edge of Tomorrow - Spoiler Blog
Now that you've hopefully seen Edge of Tomorrow, I'm going to discuss a few things that I couldn't really touch on in my spoiler-free review. If you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for? This is a movie meant to be seen on a big screen! Preferably in IMAX 3D if possible. I'm disappointed to report that the film hasn't performed particularly well at the box office, at least here in the United States where it's made roughly $90 million while it cost twice that amount to make. Overseas the movie has been a major hit, bringing that $90 million up to a total of $341 million in worldwide box office results. While the rest of the world still loves Tom Cruise, here in America is a different story. Most Americans have developed a severe dislike of Cruise, which I believe is pretty unjustified, but I guess that's just the way things go in Hollywood. Surely it must be hard to stay on top when the media world is so intent on bringing you down. As much as I want to run with this tangent, I'm going to stop myself and focus on the task at hand. I'll save my Tom Cruise rant for another day, but believe me, that storm is coming, and it's gonna make some waves!
*** Spoilers inbound! Straight ahead! ***
First I'd like to talk about those aliens. Man, were they cool, or what? I loved how convincingly deadly they were, and as far as I could tell, they were remarkably original too. It's so easy for aliens and monsters to fall into generic designs (See MUTO in Godzilla) but these ones really stood out as something special and new. Their movement and speed were superbly animated. You rarely get a good look at them, but it's because they're so fast, not because the director is deliberately hiding them from view (Again, MUTO in Godzilla). I liked the different classifications of the aliens which included the Alpha and Omega Mimics. Also, I really enjoyed the concept of having a hive-mind consciousness that was connected throughout these three different forms. I find it to be a fascinating sci-fi concept that was well-explored in the movie.
As I quickly mentioned in my review, the movie feels a lot like a video game. From the aliens and the mech suits to the whole saving-the-world concept. This is a movie that very well could have been made into a video game, although considering the difficulty level and Tom's Cruise lack of checkpoints, it would probably end up being the most tedious and torturous game ever created. I can't imagine all that many people would keep hitting the start button to continue after dying for the five-thousandth time, but if the game was as good as the movie, maybe a few of them would keep trying after all. I know I probably would, but I'm kind of a glutton for punishment. Now that I'm talking about this, I'm a little saddened that there's not a video game to go alongside the movie, but the odds of it being as good would be slim to none.
Speaking of video games, is it just me, or does Edge of Tomorrow make you realize that Emily Blunt would be the perfect choice for playing galactic bounty hunter Samus Aran in a Metroid movie? While I certainly don't expect Nintendo to turn the Metroid franchise into a film, I still find myself enthralled by the possibility. Her character Rita has got to be the coolest female alien butt-kicker since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the Alien series. Blunt added such a great intensity and ferocity to her performance. She managed to be an intimidating and awe-inspiring force. I'm glad they didn't reduce her to being your typical Hollywood damsel in distress. She's one bad mamma jamma from the moment we meet her up until her death. I would have never expected such a performance from her and I applaud her efforts.
What did you guys think about the ending? I thought it was freaking fantastic. I think it's a little confusing though. Time travel can be a tricky concept. Just to recap what happened, as Cage (Tom Cruise) is about to die, he absorbs the blood of the Omega that he killed with his bundle of grenades. This is just like he had done originally with the Alpha, which caused him to reset back to that same day whenever he died. However, as you recall, he lost that ability because of his blood transfusion. Although now, by taking in the blood of the more-powerful Omega, he's essentially becoming an Omega himself, which gives him full control over the ability to reset time. Thereby Tom Cruise has put an end to the war by killing the Omega Mimic which in turns kills all of the lesser Mimics since the Omega is basically their entire life-force. Then Tom's able to reset back to his arrival at the beginning of the film, except now the alien species is already wiped out, saving J-Squad and Rita from their deaths. Man, that's really complicated, isn't it? Totally cool, though!
Of course, there are some issues with it, which I'll briefly explore. For instance, how does the reset occur before the battle and yet still the Mimics are dead? Wouldn't they be brought back to life too? Is there something special about their death that prevents them from being able to resurrect through this reset? Did Cage have to go back in time just prior to his reset and kill the Omega at the Louvre single-handedly to make this possible? With the ability to reset to any point in time, it sure would be easier since he could give himself all the "checkpoints" he would need. Honestly, I don't have the answers. There are a million possibilities, and like I said, it's complicated. We don't know exactly how it all worked out, but we know he has the power to make it all possible, and that's enough for me. Truthfully, I don't think a clear explanation is needed to enjoy the ending. It worked for me. I also really loved that final moment when Cage goes and walks up to Rita, who has no idea of her part in any of this, and he smiles. I thought it was a wonderful way to end an amazingly epic movie.
Let me know what you thought about it! I love to hear what you think! Thanks for reading.
- 5 Minute Movie Guy
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Life for Lady Adelaide Bell was easier if she hid in her older sister's shadow--which worked until her sister got married. Even with thepressure of her socially ambitious mother, the last thing she expected was a marriage of convenience to save her previously spotless reputation.
Lord Trent Hawthorne couldn't be happier that he is not the duke in the family. He's free to manage his small estate and take his time discovering the life he wants to lead, which includes grand plans of wooing and falling in love with the woman of his choice. When he finds himself honor bound to marry a woman he doesn't know, his dream of a marriage like his parents' seems lost forever.
Already starting their marriage on shaky ground, can Adelaide and Trent's relationship survive the pressures of London society? AMAZON 3.5 STARS
Wow, I'm not exactly sure what to say about this book. The best thing to say is that I had mixed feelings. When I read the information about this book, I wasn't expecting the story to go in the direction it did when they had to get married. That was different. Awkward, yes you could feel it. The way Adelaide and Trent avoided each other and then when they saw each other you could feel the awkward tension.. Adelaide's mother was some piece of work. She's a user. Not of drugs but of people and especially of her youngest daughter Adelaide. All of her life, Adelaide was abandoned pretty much. She was invisible till needed, she'd even been left behind in stores and at church. She had to find her own way home, that's just sad. Helena was her older sister and everything on her mother's radar was about Helena. Both were incredibly shameless social climbers.
One of the things I liked how opposite Trent's family was. They were warm, real people who weren't afraid to welcome people and show affection. It wasn't very long before Adelaide realized she had found a real family, with Trent's. Each and every one of them was interesting and I enjoyed their interactions. Trent's older brother, Griffith held the title and he was a good, godly man. I liked how Trent went to him when he needed help. Although some of those meetings made me smile. And sometimes shake my head, Trent was a good man too but often clueless about a lot of things too. Still, I liked him and how he tried to overcome some of his resentment of his situation. He did waffle between trying to believe he's married and turning tail and running.
His way with his household staff was odd to say the least, but it was also funny at times. It also became another family of sorts to Adelaide too. One of the things that I really liked was that Trent had an unusual trigger, that caused him to feel tender towards Adelaide. He found her clothing mishaps endearing. He took it as far as looking for them and then he would tenderly correct it. He began to like her individuality as it would pop up every so often. That included her sometimes untamed hairdo and glasses, all which he thought suited her.
I guess the part that I didn't like was that for every step that made forward together, they ran backwards so much further. That went on for quite a while. A lot could have been solved if they had just talked to each other. But they were basically 2 strangers trying to learn how to communicate among other things. I feel Adelaide's sense of everything being thrown at her so quickly and she was trying to find her balance in an unfamiliar world. It took a while but it was interesting to see her begin to find her backbone.
All in all, although it wasn't my favorite book, it did have its moments.
And I really liked the eBook cover for this book; very attractive.
I received a copy of this book via Bethany House and I am giving my honest opinion of it.
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Allie Overstreet and her attorney, Weasel Curly, lose in federal court to Bill Windsor.
I’d like to thank one of my haters for providing me with copies of court orders issued on September 16, 2013 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Two federal judges issued orders that confirm that outrageous attempts to remove the case of Windsor v. Overstreet from Lafayette County Missouri court to federal court were nothing short of outrageous. I think it is safe to say that the federal judges in the Western District of Missouri are not part of the criminal racketeering enterprise composed of at least the federal judges in Georgia and DC. Thank you to apparently-honest Judges Gaitan and Whipple.
Weasel Curly was apparently hoping that all federal judges were part of the scheme to commit crimes against me. His only hope was to get the case illegally moved to federal court where it would disappear. But the law is so clear that I said a fifth grader could understand it, and Judge Whipple agreed. So, now things will get extremely hot in Lexington Missouri where Allie Overstreet and Weasel Curly must now face all types of contempt charges, sanctions, and much more.
Windsor: Denial of Injunction
Windsor: Remand Order – Case goes to Missouri State Court where it belonged
4-13-CV-00778-Plaintiffs-Certificate-of-Interested-Persons-2013-08-08
4-13-CV-00778-Plaintiffs-Motion-for-Remand-2013-08-08
4-13-CV-00778-Plaintiffs-Motion-for-Remand-2013-08-08-Exhibits
Executed Notice to Remove Notice of Electronic Filing-Notice of Removal
Executed Memo in Support of Motion to Reconsider and Revoke
Executed Motion to Reconsider and Revoke
Executed Response to Plf’s Motion to Remand
Executed Suggestions in Support of Def’s Response to Plaintiff’s Mot. to Remand
Exhibit A to Motion to Reconsider and Revoke Exhibit A to Response to Motion to Remand
Exhibit B to Motion to Reconsider and Revoke
Exhibit C to Motion to Reconsider and Revoke
Exhibit D to Motion to Reconsider and Revoke
Notice of Electronic Filing for Defendant’s Response to Plf’s Motion to Remand
4-13-CV-00778-Motion-for-Remand-Reply-to-Response-2013-08-26
4-13-CV-00778-Motion-for-Remand-Reply-to-Response-2013-08-26-Exhibit-A
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT-Certificate-of-Service 4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT-Exhibit-1
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT-Exhibit-2
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT-Exhibit-2-A
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT-Exhibit-2-B
4-13-MC-09008-Motion-for-Reconsideration-Reply-2013-08-29-AFFIDAVIT-Exhibit-2-Part-2
4-13-CV-00778-Defendants-Motion-for-Injunction-Reply-to-Response
Contact Bill Windsor at Bill@BillWindsor.com — www.LawlessAmerica.com — www.facebook.com/billwindsor1 — www.youtube.com/lawlessamerica — www.LawlessAmerica.org — www.twitter.com/lawlessamerica
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Bill Windsor begins issuing court-ordered subpoenas for Facebook, Cyberstalkers, and Other Kooks in Windsor v. Allie Overstreet.
RAMMING SPEED…MAJOR VICTORY FOR BILL WINDSOR IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY COURT IN LEXINGTON MISSOURI:
Judge Dennis Rolf granted my motion, and the Clerk of the Court is now issuing subpoenas for me to take depositions and obtain documents from non-parties in William M. Windsor v. Allie Overstreet and 1,000 John Does. I have been trying to get this for months. Now I’ve got it.
Now the cyberstalkers have really got something to look forward to. Facebook, Google, Yahoo, CraigsList, YouTube, MySpace, LinkedIn, and many others will be having subpoenas winging their way to them. And a whole host of individuals are being subpoenaed. American Mothers Political Party members, Joeys, would-be killers, and others.
I am beyond excited!
For more information and the latest updates, be sure to always check www.LawlessAmerica.org and www.AllieOverstreet.com.
William M. Windsor
nobodies@att.net
www.LawlessAmerica.org – blog site
www.LawlessAmerica.com
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Bill Windsor files a Response to yet another Motion to Dismiss by Allie Overstreet in the case of Windsor v. Overstreet. This is yet another frivolous motion. The law in Missouri is very clear. But I do appreciate the opportunity to educate Judge Rolf on the corruption that I experienced in federal court in Georgia. Honest judges will see exactly what happened there just from this one example of one violation of the rules and the law after another.
This Motion will be heard at 9:00 am on August 1 in Lafayette County Court in Lexingtom Missouri. Case No. 13LF-CV00461. Here is my Response in its entirety:
PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE
BY DEFENDANT ALLIE L. OVERSTREET
Comes Now, William M. Windsor (“WINDSOR” or “PLAINTIFF”) and files this PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE BY DEFENDANT ALLIE LORAINE YAGER OVERSTREET. PLAINTIFF shows the Court as follows:
On July 15, 2013, DEFENDANT ALLIE LORAINE YAGER OVERSTREET (“OVERSTREET”) filed a MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE.
On April 29, 2013, the Clerk of the Court docketed PLAINTIFF’S VERIFIED COMPLAINT.
On May 29, 2013, an attorney acting for OVERSTREET filed an ANSWER TO THE VERIFIED COMPLAINT, as shown on the Court’s Docket.
By filing an ANSWER 30 days after the VERIFIED COMPLAINT was filed but not filing a MOTION TO DISMISS until 78 days after the VERIFIED COMPLAINT was filed, OVERSTREET lost the right to seek a dismissal. “…a motion to dismiss is made before the filing of an answer….” (In re Marriage of Busch, 310 S.W.3d 253 (Mo.App. E.D. 04/27/2010).) Rule 55.27 provides that the filing of a motion to dismiss is to be before filing an answer. (State of Missouri v. Bonacker, 791 S.W.2d 494, (June 20, 1990).) Rule 55.27 says: “a motion making any of these defenses shall be made: (A) Within the time allowed for responding to the opposing party’s pleading….” 30 days was the time allowed, and 78 days was too late.
The PLAINTIFF did forget to send the letter from the federal judge when he sent the VERIFIED COMPLAINT for filing. The PLAINTIFF had set it aside, not knowing how it should be provided, since the Rules were clear about what was to be filed. When the PLAINTIFF realized that he had failed to put it in the envelope that was sent to the Clerk of the Court, he sent it to the Clerk of the Court and served it on each party by mail. OVERSTREET absolutely was sent a copy.
The mistake was discovered when the PLAINTIFF learned that OVERSTREET had been served by the Sheriff. The PLAINTIFF then immediately sent it to the Clerk and to the Defendants. This oversight should not be grounds to dismiss this action at all. It has not affected this matter in any way.
Counsel for OVERSTREET has again presented a lie to this Court in claiming OVERSTREET was not provided with a copy. That is a LIE.
The PLAINTIFF also takes the position that the order from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is void. Void orders have no effect. In this case, the void order was issued by a judge who did not have jurisdiction. The order is not signed, and it was not stamped and signed by the clerk of the court as required by federal law. The case was illegally removed from the Fulton County Georgia court to the federal court, so the federal court never obtained proper jurisdiction and failed to rule on WINDSOR’s motions in that regard. The case was on appeal, so the judge had lost all jurisdiction on matters such as this. The judge, Judge Thomas W. Thrash (“TWT”), was a defendant in the actions filed by WINDSOR, and he had no authority to serve as judge when WINDSOR filed a proper motion to have a judge from another district assigned the case. It is well-established that a judge may not rule on civil actions that involve him. WINDSOR was denied the right to answer the motion filed by the U.S. Attorney. WINDSOR was denied the right to submit documents into evidence. WINDSOR was denied the ability to testify. And there was absolutely no testimony at the short hearing or by affidavit from any of the Defendants in the civil action that WINDSOR had filed. WINDSOR asked TWT at the start of the short hearing whether he had already written an order deciding the motion before hearing a word from him. TWT got red-faced and refused to answer. At the conclusion of the short hearing, he turned to his left and read the order that he had already written. In anticipation, WINDSOR and several of his courtroom observers went straight to the Clerk’s Office where WINDSOR FILED an appeal. It was date stamped, and there are witnesses as to the time in addition to WINDSOR. The Clerk of the Federal District Court then falsified the docket by failing to show WINDSOR’s appeal filed until after the court order appeared for filing several hours later. And last but not least, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit outrageously did not allow WINDSOR to file his appeal brief. Windsor had sued every federal judge in Georgia for blatant corruption. Those judges were intent on doing whatever it took to stop WINDSOR. In a related matter, WINDSOR presented criminal charges against several of the judges to a Fulton County Georgia Grand Jury. His testimony was split over two days with a weekend in between. When WINDSOR returned to continue his testimony, he was met by three Fulton County Sheriff’s Deputies and the Chief Investigator for the Fulton County District Attorney (one of those WINDSOR was charging), and he was ordered out of the public courthouse and given a criminal trespass warning that he would be arrested if he ever returned. Law enforcement and the courts then failed to do anything to correct this crime that WINDSOR believes has a sentence of 10 years in prison.
TWT’s orders were, and are, void. The U.S. Supreme Court has stated that if a court is “without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void; and form no bar to a recovery sought, even prior to a reversal in opposition to them. They constitute no justification; and all persons concerned in executing such judgments or sentences, are considered, in law, as trespassers.” (Elliot v. Piersol, 1 Pet. 328, 340, 26 U.S. 328, 340 (1828).)
Fraud was committed in the removal of the case from the Fulton County Superior Court. This fraud means TWT did not have jurisdiction. TWT committed fraud upon the court as had the U.S. Attorney. This means TWT did not have subject matter jurisdiction. TWT did not follow mandatory statutory procedures. This means this Court did not have subject matter jurisdiction. TWT committed unlawful acts. This means TWT did not have subject matter jurisdiction. TWT violated due process. This means TWT did not have subject matter jurisdiction. TWT is part of a criminal racketeering enterprise. This means TWT did not have subject matter jurisdiction. TWT did not comply with the rules, the Code of Judicial Conduct, or the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This means TWT did not have subject matter jurisdiction.
Upon information and belief, TWT did not have a copy of his oath of office in his chambers. This means TWT did not have subject matter jurisdiction.
It is clear and well established law that a judge must first determine whether the judge has jurisdiction before hearing and ruling in any case. TWT failed to do so, and his so-called orders are void. (Adams v. State, No. 1:07-cv-2924-WSD-CCH (N.D.Ga. 03/05/2008).) (See Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env’t, 523 U.S. 83, 94 (1998); see also University of S. Ala. v. The Am. Tobacco Co., 168 F.3d 405, 410 (11th Cir. 1999) (“[O]nce a federal court determines that it is without subject matter jurisdiction, the court is powerless to continue.”). (Jean Dean v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, No. 2:10-cv-564-FtM-29SPC (M.D.Fla. 04/21/2011).) (Taylor v. Appleton, 30 F.3d 1365, 1366 (11th Cir. 1994).)
TWT demonstrated pervasive bias, and he lost jurisdiction when he failed to recuse himself. A study of pro se cases that TWT has handled reveals that TWT has a proven overwhelming bias against pro se plaintiffs. TWT has an “extra-judicial” bias against pro se parties. According to Windsor’s review of every case TWT has handled in his career using www.versuslaw.com, no pro se plaintiff has ever won in TWT’s court; 90% of pro se cases are dismissed, and 10% are defeated at summary judgment; no pro se plaintiff has ever received a jury trial
Failure to follow the mandatory requirements of the law is a further evidence of the appearance of partiality of TWT. This required recusal. “Disqualification is required if an objective observer would entertain reasonable questions about the judges impartiality. If a judge’s attitude or state of mind leads a detached observer to conclude that a fair and impartial hearing is unlikely, the judge must be disqualified.” (Liteky v. U.S., 114 S.Ct. 1147 (1994).) Rankin v. Howard (1980) 633 F.2d 844, cert den. Zeller v. Rankin, 101 S.Ct. 2020, 451 U.S. 939, 68 L.Ed 2d 326. When a judge knows that he lacks jurisdiction, or acts face of clearly statutes valid statutes expressly depriving him of jurisdiction, judicial immunity is lost. “When there is no jurisdiction, there can be no discretion, for discretion is incident to jurisdiction.” Piper v. Pearson, 2 Gray 120, cited in Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall 335, 20 L. Ed. 646 (1872).
TWT has committed treason. Whenever a judge acts where he/she does not have jurisdiction to act, the judge is engaged in an act or acts of treason. U.S. v. Will, 449 U.S. 200, 216, 101 S.Ct. 471, 66 L.Ed.2d 392, 406 (1980); Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. (6 Wheat) 264, 404, 5 L.Ed 257 (1821).
Amendment V of the U.S. Constitution provides: “No person shall be…deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law….” Article 1of the Georgia Constitution provides: “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property except by due process of law.” All of these rights have been violated. TWT has improperly foreclosed Windsor’s access to the court. TWT issued an injunction without giving Windsor the opportunity to be heard at a hearing. Procedural due process requires notice and an opportunity to be heard before any governmental deprivation of a property or liberty interest. (Zipperer v. City of Fort Myers, 41 F.3d 619, 623 (11th Cir. 1995).)
Meaningful access to the courts is a Constitutional right that has been denied by TWT, and this alleged order denies significant rights. (See Procup v. Strickland, 792 F.2d 1069, 1072 (11th Cir. 1986) (per curiam) (en banc); Christopher v. Harbury, 536 U.S. 403, 415 & n.12, 122 S.Ct. 2179, 2187 & n.12, 153 L.Ed.2d 413 (2002).)
There was no Show Cause order issued to Windsor as required by Eleventh Circuit law. Windsor did not have proper notice. Upon these findings and consistent with Eleventh Circuit law, this Court required Plaintiff to show cause within ten days… why a Martin-Trigona injunction should not be entered. (See Procup v. Strickland, 792 F.2d 1069 (11th Cir. 1986); Torres v. McCoun, No. 8:08-cv-1605-T-33MSS (M.D.Fla. 09/10/2008); Western Water Management, Inc. v. Brown, 40 F.3d 105, 109 (5th Cir. 1994).) [emphasis added.]
Every judge or government attorney takes an oath to support the U.S. Constitution. Whenever any judge violates the Constitution in the course of performing his/her duties, as TWT has, then he has defrauded not only the Plaintiff involved, but has also the government. TWT is paid to support the U.S. Constitution. By not supporting the Constitution, TWT is collecting monies for work not performed.
The orders issued by TWT are invalid. Orders have not been signed, issued under seal, or signed by the Clerk of the Court in violation of 28 U.S.C. 1691. The word “process” at 28 U.S.C. 1691 means a court order. See Middleton Paper Co. v. Rock River Paper Co., 19 F. 252 (C.C. W.D. Wisconsin 1884); Taylor v. U.S., 45 F. 531 (C.C. E.D. Tennessee 1891); U.S. v. Murphy, 82 F. 893 (DCUS Delaware 1897); Leas & McVitty v. Merriman, 132 F. 510 (C.C. W.D. Virginia 1904); U.S. v. Sharrock, 276 F. 30 (DCUS Montana 1921); In re Simon, 297 F. 942, 34 ALR 1404 (2nd Cir. 1924); Scanbe Mfg. Co. v. Tryon, 400 F.2d 598 (9th Cir. 1968); and Miles v. Gussin, 104 B.R. 553 (Bankruptcy D.C. 1989).
This is a case of the most overt bias imaginable. TWT has made absolutely false statements in his orders and has announced that he has reached a decision in the case without having any facts before him except Windsor’s.
The case was on appeal, and TWT had no jurisdiction to act at all. In the words of defendant Judge William S. Duffey: (“[A] federal district court and a federal court of appeals should not attempt to assert jurisdiction over a case simultaneously. The filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional significance–it confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.”). (Bryant v. Jones, No. 1:04-cv-2462-WSD (N.D.Ga. 01/10/2007).)
Windsor has many orders from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that provide that the civil action had been stayed and hundreds from federal courts everywhere. See Mahone v. Ray, 326 F.3d 1176, 1179 (11th Cir. 2003) and hundreds of others.
The PLAINTIFF contends that the alleged order issued by TWT is absolutely void. As a result, the PLAINTIFF was under no obligation to do anything in regard to the alleged order.
WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFF prays that this Court enter an order denying the MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE BY DEFENDANT ALLIE LORAINE YAGER OVERSTREET; and grant such other relief as the Court deems appropriate.
Submitted this 30th day of July, 2013,
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Bill Windsor has filed a Response to Allie Overstreet’s Motion for a Protective Order and Gag Order in the case of Windsor v. Overstreet.
My Response is printed in its entirety below. As I make quite clear, this is a frivolous motion. There is no basis in fact or in law for this. Allie Overstreet and her attorney are the ones that must be sanctioned for their outrageous discovery abuse. And while I am sure Allie Overstreet doesn’t want the world to see her exposed as a liar, libeler, slanderer, defamer, cyberstalker, and criminal, it’s too late.
This matter will be heard by Judge Rolf at 9:00 am on August 1 in Lexington Missouri. This is case 13LF-CV00461.
PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND GAG ORDER OF DEFENDANT ALLIE OVERSTREET
Comes Now, William M. Windsor (“Windsor” or “Plaintiff”) and files this PLAINTIFF’S RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND GAG ORDER OF DEFENDANT ALLIE OVERSTREET. PLAINTIFF shows the Court as follows:
DEFENDANT ALLIE LORAINE YAGER OVERSTREET (“OVERSTREET”) is a serial liar who, among other things, swore to Judge John Frerking that the PLAINTIFF had published repeatedly that he intended to be a mass murderer or serial killer and that she was one of the intended victims. This was all an outrageous lie and a crime. There was never any such thing published or communicated in any manner, and Judge John Frerking dismissed the complaint after giving OVERSTREET numerous opportunities to produce some evidence. OVERSTREET is a serial liar who has published things about the PLAINTIFF that would be almost impossible to believe…but the PLAINTIFF has the evidence. OVERSTREET has continued her serial lies in so-called discovery responses.
The attorney for OVERSTREET is also a liar and the type of attorney who causes many Americans to hate attorneys. He lies, makes absolutely false statements to this Court, violates the Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct on a regular basis, and makes frivolous claims because his client is as guilty as sin.
The attorney for OVERSTREET feigns that Plaintiff’s 92-item Request for Production of Documents was excessive. There was nothing excessive about it. The PLAINTIFF has identified literally hundreds of false and/or defamatory statements by OVERSTREET. The PLAINTIFF is entitled to discovery on each and every lie as well as all the lies and defamatory statements that the PLAINTIFF has not yet discovered. The attorney for OVERSTREET hasn’t complained about any of the requests. He just wants to frivolously pretend it was excessive. It wasn’t. What was wrong was the utterly outrageous response to the requests by OVERSTREET and her unscrupulous attorney.
Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 56.01(b)(1), “[p]arties may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, that is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action…. It is not ground for objection that the information sought will be inadmissible at trial if the information sought appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.” The attorney for OVERSTREET has not claimed that any of the requested documents were not relevant or did not appear to be reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. The attorney for OVERSTREET does not even offer a bogus explanation for why any number of document requests would be excessive.
The attorney for OVERSTREET lied to this Court in his motion claiming OVERSTREET provided proper responses that numbered over 1700 pages. There weren’t 1,700 pages; there were 1,255 pages. But after adjusting for duplicates and other oddities, the net number is 506. After then deducting for documents not produced as maintained in the usual course of business, unreadable documents, there were only three (3) documents that were originals (two legal documents served on her by the PLAINTIFF and one email). And in total, there were only four (4) documents (8 pages) produced that the PLAINTIFF did not originate or had not received prior to this litigation. The PLAINTIFF has filed proof with this Court regarding the number of documents produced, the number of duplicates, and the worthlessness of what was produced.
The attorney for OVERSTREET then objects in his motion to a simple Request for Production of Documents requesting all of OVERSTREET’S computer and electronic equipment owned or used by Defendant for the past three (3) calendar years to be produced for inspection and forensic evaluation. He claimed such a production puts an undue burden, expense, and oppression upon Defendant. That’s ridiculous. OVERSTREET is a serial liar. The only way the PLAINTIFF will get the evidence that he needs is by getting access to everything she is hiding and has deleted. The PLAINTIFF notified the attorney for OVERSTREET that the forensic company can access the data remotely. So there would be little or no burden or expense. The attorney for OVERSTREET not surprisingly said that didn’t matter. You see, in his unscrupulous world, he has to do everything possible to block the PLAINTIFF from seeing the real evidence. The attorney for OVERSTREET is violating the Missouri Rules of Professional Conduct as he does these things, but the rules, truth, fairness, and justice seem to just be words used by others.
There is absolutely no question that OVERSTREET has additional information, and the PLAINTIFF has documents that prove it. She even stated that she did in documents that were produced.
PLAINTIFF scheduled the Deposition of OVERSTREET to begin on a Sunday and bring and produce all of the same documents requested in his First Request for Production of Documents because the PLAINTIFF needed to have OVERSTREET go through every document produced and explain what the documents were, how they were dated, where they were stored in the usual course of business, and what they applied to. Essentially none of this had been provided in the joke that was presented as the Response to the First Request for Production of Documents. This timing would have enabled the PLAINTIFF to complete the deposition before the last hearing was held. That would have enabled the PLAINTIFF to advise the Court of what else OVERSTREET needed to be compelled to do. But OVERSTREET was a no-show for the deposition.
The attorney for OVERSTREET outrageously and sleazily asserts that the PLAINTIFF is systematically performing a method of harassment, annoyance, embarrassment, and oppression through this Court by constant discovery. That is complete, utter nonsense by a sleazy attorney and a dishonest client.
The attorney for OVERSTREET has no evidence of anything done for annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense, and there is no Rule or case law to provide for any protective order in this situation. The only thing that should be done is to find OVERSTREET and her attorney in contempt and award significant sanctions to Windsor.
The attorney for OVERSTREET has lied to this Court about the details regarding the first scheduled deposition that OVERSTREET failed to appear for. He falsely and maliciously told this Court that the PLAINTIFF requested confidential work product information as to the names of client’s and scheduling conflicts. This is false as the PLAINTIFF stated at the last hearing. The PLAINTIFF asked for the prior engagement by OVERSTREET that made it impossible for her to attend the deposition that she was legally required to attend. The attorney for OVERSTREET failed to provide any explanation whatsoever. The attorney for OVERSTREET claimed he had a hearing that would not make it possible to do the deposition on Monday. The attorney for OVERSTREET failed to provide any explanation whatsoever. There was no work product in such a request. An attorney has an obligation to substantiate any such excuses. He did not provide the name of the court, the judge, or the case number. The PLAINTIFF will be seeking that information when he files a complaint with the Missouri Bar Association against the attorney for OVERSTREET.
The claim of “work product” by the attorney for OVERSTREET is totally bogus for legal reasons as well. There are federal decisions which “seem to stand for the proposition that the work product immunity applies only to documents prepared in direct relation to the case at bar and that documents prepared for one case, though they would be protected in that case, are freely discoverable in a different case.” 8 Wright & Miller, § 2024 at 200. But the “sounder view” appears to be that such documents prepared for one case have the same protection in a second case, at least if the two cases are related. Id ; State ex rel. Friedman v. Provaznik, 668 S.W.2d at 80 — work product applicable to those cases in which preparation is for the same or related cause; Hercules, Inc. v. Exxon Corp., 434 F.Supp. 136, 153 (D.C.Dela. 1977); Midland Inv. Co. v. Van Alystyne, Noel & Co., 59 F.R.D. 134, 138 (D.C.N.Y. 1973); 8 Wright & Miller, § 2024, 1988 Supp. at 98; 4 Moore, § 26.64[2] at 26-355; Note, The Work Product Doctrine in Subsequent Litigation, 83 Col. L. Rev. 412 (1983).
The PLAINTIFF knows the attorney for OVERSTREET is a liar, and he looks forward to documenting it. At the last hearing, the attorney for OVERSTREET claimed to this Court that he had agreed to answer the interrogatories. That is a complete total lie. So, Mr. Attorney for OVERSTREET, where’s the proof? The PLAINTIFF had never spoken with the attorney for OVERSTREET about the interrogatories, so he would have to have an email, fax, or letter. He doesn’t because he lied.
Faced with any request to limit or interfere with discovery, the court “must also balance the need of the interrogator to obtain the information against the respondent’s burden of furnishing it….” (Edwards v. Mo. State Bd. of Chiropractic Exam’rs , 85 S.W.3d 10, 22 (Mo. App. 2002).) The PLAINTIFF has every right to prove all the lies and defamation by OVERSTREET and her co-conspirators. That’s what this case is all about – the unbelievable dishonesty of OVERSTREET. The attorney for OVERSTREET has failed to present any argument whatsoever for why the PLAINTIFF should be interfered with in his simple effort to obtain the discovery that he has a legal right to obtain. This Court would abuse its discretion by limiting the PLAINTIFF in any manner because it would be clearly against the logic of the circumstances then before the court and would be so arbitrary and unreasonable as to shock the sense of justice and indicate a lack of careful consideration.” (Edwards , 85 S.W.3d at 23 (citing Redfield v. Beverly Health & Rehab. Servs., Inc. , 42 S.W.3d 703, 711 (Mo. App. 2001).)
The PLAINTIFF has a substantial need of all of the information that he has requested in discovery, and he is unable to obtain the substantial equivalent of the materials by any other means.
The PLAINTIFF does have a website about OVERSTREET, just as the PLAINTIFF has other websites about serial liars and criminals. The PLAINTIFF has web sites that discuss the films that he is producing. The PLAINTIFF is a journalist and has been since high school. The PLAINTIFF is also a filmmaker who is currently producing two documentary films and a pilot for a proposed TV series, and OVERSTREET will be featured in each of these video productions.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press . . ..” While originally applicable only to the federal government, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects freedom of speech and the press against abridgement by state action. (Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652, 666 (1925).) (See New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964).) The Constitution of Missouri specifically protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press.
The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. The Press in its historic connotation comprehends every sort of publication which provides a method of information and expression. (Lovell c. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938).) News media has been recognized by the courts as individuals engaged in the practice of compiling information for dissemination to the public.
The attorney for OVERSTREET requests the Court issue a Gag Order on Plaintiff for any and all communication involved in the instant action not be allowed to be placed on the internet or any other communications between Plaintiff any other person not a party to this action or representing a party to this action. This would be an unprecedented violation of Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press. The motion is utterly frivolous, and OVERSTREET and her attorney should be sanctioned.
At the last hearing, the attorney for OVERSTREET said he would brief case law regarding a gag order. He failed to do so. The PLAINTIFF researched the term “gag” using the Versuslaw service. 41 cases were returned. 40 of them were about people who were gagged with items stuck in their mouths, and one included the term “gag order,” but did not address it.
There are, however, many cases that discuss freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the First Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment proscribed the various states from abridging freedom of speech and press as mandated by the First Amendment. Missouri has a strong freedom of speech clause in the Missouri Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 8. It provides: “That no law shall be passed impairing the freedom of speech, no matter by what means communicated: that every person shall be free to say, write or publish, or otherwise communicate whatever he will on any subject, being responsible for all abuses of that liberty . . . ” Unlike, OVERSTREET, the PLAINTIFF only prints the truth. If he expresses an opinion, it is an opinion. Unlike OVERSTREET, the PLAINTIFF has not violated any laws, so he has not abused the liberty. Even if the PLAINTIFF did anything wrong, OVERSTREET has a remedy – file a lawsuit.
The underlying philosophy of the broad latitude attached to the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of the press found eloquent expression in the words of John Marshall, which were quoted with approval by James Madison, 6 Writings of James Madison 1790-1802, p. 336 (G. Hunt ed. 1906): “‘Among those principles deemed sacred in America, among those sacred rights considered as forming the bulwark of their liberty, which the Government contemplates with awful reverence and would approach only with the most cautious circumspection, there is no one of which the importance is more deeply impressed on the public mind than the liberty of the press. That this liberty is often carried to excess; that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness , is seen and lamented, but the remedy has not yet been discovered. Perhaps it is an evil inseparable from the good with which it is allied; perhaps it is a shoot which cannot be stripped from the stalk without wounding vitally the plant from which it is torn. However desirable those measures might be which might correct without enslaving the press, they have never yet been devised in America .'” (Emphasis in original.)
Chief Justice Hughes in DeJonge v. Oregon, 299 U.S. 353, 365, 57 S. Ct. 255, 260 (1937) tersely stated the underlying philosophy inherent in the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech and press in the following words: “(Imperative) is the need to preserve inviolate the constitutional rights of free speech, free press and free assembly in order to maintain the opportunity for free political Discussion, to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes, if desired, may be obtained by peaceful means. Therein lies the security of the Republic, the very foundation of constitutional government.”
The news media itself bears the greater responsibility, even more than the courts, to preserve the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech and press. Self discipline on the part of the news media, and it alone, can give purity of meaning to the First Amendment and justification for its literal interpretation and application. (Elmer E. Whitmore v. Kansas City Star, 499 S.W.2d 45, 07/23/73.) The courts have no business interfering with freedom of speech or freedom of the press in civil litigation such as this.
This Court ORDERED OVERSTREET to respond to interrogatories and properly produce documents. OVERSTREET’S attorney was directed by the Court to schedule a deposition at the Plaintiff’s convenience. Holding the deposition over two days was discussed. OVERSTREET’s attorney now refuses to schedule the deposition claiming two days is unreasonable. Based upon the incredible number of lies, outrageous discovery abuse, and uncertainty, no one can predict how long the deposition will take. As the Plaintiff said at the last hearing, it could take a day just to have OVERSTREET identify documents that were not identified in response to request for production of documents. The PLAINTIFF must file yet another motion to compel and for sanctions.
OVERSTREET did respond to interrogatories, but the responses are essentially worthless. The PLAINTIFF must file yet another motion to compel and for sanctions.
The PLAINTIFF has not yet had an opportunity to review the documents produced electronically, but he anticipates that this, too, will require another motion to compel and for sanctions.
OVERSTREET and her attorney have made a mockery of the discovery process. They have no basis for any relief against the PLAINTIFF, and when it comes to unclean hands, not even Lava will clean up their hands. Missouri employs the rule “that equity will not aid a party who comes into court with unclean hands.” (Hardesty v. Mr. Cribbins’s Old House, Inc., 679 S.W.2d 343, 348 (Mo.App. 1984).) See also Moore v. Carter, 356 Mo. 351, 201 S.W.2d 923, 929 (Mo. 1947); Swisher v. Swisher, 124 S.W.3d 477, 483 (Mo. App. 2003); Mahaffy v. City of Woodson Terrace, 609 S.W.2d 233, 238 (Mo.App. 1980). “…one who has engaged in inequitable activity regarding the very matter for which he seeks relief will find his action barred by his own misconduct.” (Mahaffy, supra, at 238.) A litigant with unclean hands generally is not entitled to equitable relief such as an injunction or declaratory judgment. (City of St. Joseph v. Lake Contrary Sewer Dist., 251 S.W.3d 362, 369 (Mo. App. 2008).) This rule reflects that the law strives to prevent opportunistic behavior. See id. “A party who participates in inequitable activity regarding the very issue for which it seeks relief will be barred by its own misconduct from receiving relief.” Id. (internal quotation omitted). (Purcell v. Cape Girardeau County Commission, No. SC90383 (Mo. 04/06/2010).)
WHEREFORE, PLAINTIFF prays that this Court deny the MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND GAG ORDER OF DEFENDANT ALLIE OVERSTREET; sanction OVERSTREET and her attorney for filing a frivolous motion and repeatedly abusing discovery; and grant such other relief to the PLAINTIFF as the Court deems appropriate.
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Bill Windsor is delayed in the Kansas City Missouri area dealing with the lawsuit against Allie Overstreet.
I have to be here on Thursday, August 1, 2013 for a hearing on odds and ends. Allie Overstreet is supposed to answer the interrogatories and produce documents tomorrow, as she was court-ordered to do.
On July 31, 2013, I will spend much of the day filming in Higginsville Missouri, Allie Overstreet’s hometown.
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Bill Windsor reports from the Windsor v. Allie Overstreet Hearing in Lexington Missouri
Bill Windsor reports from the Windsor v. Allie Overstreet Hearing in Lexington Missouri.
Video Report of Bill Windsor from the Lafayette County Courthouse in Lexington Missouri.
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Bill Windsor whips Allie Overstreet’s lawyer in court as Judge Dennis Rolf denied their attempt to get my lawsuit dismissed
Bill Windsor whips Allie Overstreet’s lawyer in court as Judge Dennis Rolf denied their attempt to get my lawsuit dismissed.
There were a number of motions discussed, but the big one was Allie Overstreet’s attempt to have my lawsuit dismissed. That is always the biggest hurdle in a lawsuit, and a massive hurdle for pro se plaintiffs. In federal courts in Georgia, no pro se plaintiff has ever won, and 75% lose at the motion to dismiss stage.
I have developed an instant intense dislike for Allie Overstreet’s attorney, Matthew J, O’Connor. He wears these really ugly alligatorish patchwork black shoes. Picture a slick hair used car hustler, and that’s what I see when I look at him. He has lied in court pleadings, and he has filed false pleadings. He lied to the judge today, and I called him on it right there. I’m going to refer to him as Weasel Curly. My late former father-in-law used to tell stories about a guy he knew named Weasel Curly. The guy looks and acts like a Weasel Curly, in my opinion.
Anyway, the bottom line is that the judge says the pleadings sufficiently spell out a case for relief, so my lawsuit is alive and well. The judge also ordered them to answer interrogatories and produce valid documents within 14 days. And he ordered Allie Overstreet to appear at a deposition. I had asked him to strike her pleadings for making a mockery of discovery. They’re on notice now, so I believe he will be harsh if they continue to avoid their obligations.
On the negative side, he let Mark Supanich out of the case because he said I did not adequately plead in my lawsuit why a Missouri court should have jurisdiction over a guy from Montana. So, I have to amend my “Verified Petition” and get him served again.
This lawsuit names 1,000 John Doe defendants, and since it is moving forward full speed now, I look forward to bringing more of the liars, libelers, slanderers, defamers, and cyberstalkers into this case. I am seeking at least $1,000,000 in damages from each defendant and defendant-to-be.
I had big posters of the fake Facebook pages for my deceased mother, my deceased father, and some other garbage, and I suspect those had an impact on the judge. He sure looked at them.
After the hearing was over, I pulled the Jeep in front of the courthouse to set up the camera to record a story. Allie Overstreet passed by and shot me the finger. I scrambled to get the camera set up, but all I got was her walking down the street.
I’ll process film and get it posted later today.
I feel GREAT about the outcome today. I whipped Allie Overstreet’s attorney, Weasel Curly, in court! His tactic was to defame me. I had the facts and the law. The guy screwed up. He filed his answer before he filed the motion to dismiss, and that isn’t allowed. He blew it. Thank Heavens I blundered across those cases in my limited time to conduct legal research.
I almost forgot. The judge asked me about being nude with women in hot tubs, one of the defamatory statements made by some of the bozos. It never happened. He didn’t read down far enough, or I am sure he would have asked about the statement that I have sex with animals. Maybe we can cover that one next time. No, never happened and never will happen.
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Bill Windsor submits Plaintiff’s First Amended Verified Complaint in the case of Windsor v. Allie Overstreet, et al
Bill Windsor submits Plaintiff’s First Amended Verified Complaint in the case of Windsor v. Allie Overstreet, et al.
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Bill Windsor files four sworn affidavits under penalty of perjury in Windsor v. Allie Overstreet and Mark Supanich
Bill Windsor files four sworn affidavits under penalty of perjury in Windsor v. Allie Overstreet and Mark Supanich.
I filed four sworn affidavits today with extensive evidence in the case. I have sworn that everything I have said is true and correct.
Neither Allie Overstreet nor Mark Supanich have filed ANY affidavits, nor did they respond to requests for interrogatories, and Allie Overstreet was a no-show for her deposition, so the only evidence and testimony before the Court is mine — all sworn.
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Blu-ray Review: Fame (1980)
By Sherry Lipp
Article originally published on Blogcritics.
1980’s Fame, from director Alan Parker, is focused on a group of talented kids attending a New York City public performing arts high school. The film follows a group of kids through the audition process and all four years of high school. The story is seen largely through the eyes of Doris, a shy actress who never feels she has that special spark to “make it.” In the beginning Doris is pushed into the auditions by an overbearing mother, who insists she sing “The Way We Were” for her acting audition. The auditions switch back and forth between drama, dance, and music. In one of the best sequences in the movie, each department head explains to the students why their discipline is harder than any of the others.
Fame attempts to deal with many issues of teenage life, life in the entertainment world, and social perceptions. Wannabe director Raul Garcia (Barry Miller) insists on being called Ralph Garcy in an effort to hide his Hispanic heritage. Ralph hides behind his funnyman bravado in order to hide his troubled family life. Another acting student, Montgomery MacNeil (ER’s Paul McCrane) is living in the shadow of his actress mother, and dealing with his homosexuality. Coco (singer Irene Cara), is a street smart singer, who falls prey to unscrupulous producers. Overall the film is not afraid to handle issues of sexuality, drug use, and the seedier sides of life. In that respect the film does well. It is unflinching and unapologetic in its depiction of teens on the verge of stardom, or failure.
Unfortunately Fame fails on pacing. The film drags through its two-hour-plus running time. At times it moves from scene to scene with no sense of purpose or flow. The acting is good, and the story at times is very good. I think a little tightening of the script would have made for a better movie. Then again Fame was nominated for six Academy awards, including one for Christopher Gore’s screenplay. Personally, I would have liked a tighter story, but I do appreciate the rawness of the movie.
The Blu-ray 1080p picture is good. Certainly for a gritty 1980 movie, it looks great. The colors are rich and have a very natural look. The sound has options for TrueHD and Dolby Digital 5.1. The sound is very good. The documentary feel of the film is well represented in the soundtrack, with a wall of backgrounds from students, instruments, singing, dance steps, and New York City noise.
The features are imported from the 2003 DVD release and are presented in standard definition, aside from a widescreen enhanced trailer. There is audio commentary from director Parker and some members of the cast. There are also a couple of production featurettes.
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‘Slamdance Film Festival 2014’ celebrates twenty years with great new films
Want to be inspired? Salmdance at 20
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Want to be inspired? A viable place to find nurturing and a thrust for your film sits right next door to the Sundance Film Festival.
If you are a budding artist or just a person who loves new film works, the Slamdance Film Festival is the quiet storm that sits adjacent to the Sundance Film Festival. The Slamdance Film Festival started out twenty years ago as a rebellious counter festival, according to the founders Dan
Mirvish and Peter Baxter. The Slamdance Film Festival which runs annually from January 18-23 on Main street, Park City Utah, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
It has been said that the Slamdance Film Festival consist of the best films that did not make it to the Sundance Film Festival. So if a film is good and has been rejected by the Sundance Film Festival , there is a good chance the Slamdance Film Festival may pick up the film for showcasing and competition. Because of this process more Artist voices are able to be heard.
The Slamdance Film Festival 2014 was an eye opening experience featuring some of the most beautifully executed, passionate and inspiring examples of storytelling viewed during Park City Utah’s 2014 film festival season. The Slamdance Film Festival, a much smaller organization, has one main viewing space and several offices and is housed in The Treasure Mountain Inn, a venue just across from the historical Egyptian Theater on Main street. The historical Treasure Mountain Inn is a family owned hotel and the space is donated to the Slamdance Film Festival each year.
The Slamdance Film Festival staff and volunteers are at the top of their game running this first rate film event with efficient speed, grace and politeness to all filmmakers, participants and public.
If you’re looking for the raw, edgy, renegade styles of original independent film making then you’ll want to take in the appropriately named SLAM-Dance Film Festival. One can see why many of these films often get picked up for distribution, or better, the creators of these works have had a track record of becoming players and leaders in the industry. Slamdance features the full gamut of films in all categories including Documentaries, Shorts, and Narratives. As with Sundance Film Festival, the Slamdance Film Festival always plays to sold out audiences.
Here are links to a few favorites.
Copenhagen: http://www.examiner.com/review/copenhagen-wins-slamdance-film-festivals-…
Kidnapped for Christ: http://www.examiner.com/review/kidnapped-for-christ-a-riveting-new- docum…
“OVO”: http://www.examiner.com/review/ovo-is-a-spooky-science-fiction-short-film
Slamdance may have started out as a festival of retaliation twenty years ago but that concept may be changing. Today Slamdance Film Festival is proving that there’s always room for one more as they co- exist with the Sundance Film Festival. The two festivals appear to be not about competition but rather about creating more opportunity to view up and coming artist who are on the precipice of the film culture; Speaking in original voices and being acknowledged by the public and their peers.
The Slamdance Film Festival runs annually from January 18th-23rd on Main street, Park City Utah.
To view the list of this years entries and winners visit: http://showcase.slamdance.com/Film-Festival
To learn more about Slamdance or the Film festival : http://www.slamdance.com/
ClentBowersReviews coverage of Slamdance was made possible by the generous contributions of Horace & Alice Bowers and Marion Ramsey.
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The CFTC is the Commonwealth Secretariat’s principal source of funding that supports the delivery of development assistance to Commonwealth member countries. The main purpose of the CFTC is to promote development in the Commonwealth using practical approaches of co-operation and mutual assistance. It is a mutual and voluntary co-operation fund where members contribute resources according to their ability and draw on them according to their needs.
CFTC programmes are demand led, with an emphasis on South–South co-operation and gender mainstreaming, and are responsive to the critical development needs of Commonwealth member countries. The CFTC’s assistance is focused on delivering tangible results and covers a range of areas that reflect the needs of member countries and the parameters of the Secretariat’s Strategic Plan.
The CFTC provides capacity building and institutional strengthening assistance to developing member countries, especially small states and least- developed members. Assistance is provided through professionals who share their skills and experience to maximise the development potential of member states and to build the capacity of key national and regional institutions. The CFTC also supports and develops training programmes at centres of excellence throughout the Commonwealth to build capacity in priority areas of need.
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Biography – CAMPBELL, COLIN H – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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CAMPBELL, COLIN H., lawyer, businessman, and politician; b. 25 Dec. 1859 in Wellington Square (Burlington), Upper Canada, son of John Hook Campbell and Jane Kennedy; m. 16 July 1884 Minnie Julia Beatrice Buck of Palermo, Ont., and they had a son and a daughter; d. 24 Oct. 1914 in Winnipeg.
Colin Campbell grew up in a well-established household in Burlington which emphasized its Scots-Irish origins and Presbyterian convictions. His primary education in local public schools was followed by a brief but satisfactory employment as a telegraph instructor for the Great North Western Telegraph Company of Canada in the nearby towns of Aberfoyle and Palermo. In 1875 he entered Oakville High School, where he swiftly completed classical studies with honours.
Campbell began to study law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, in 1876. Until that time he may have signed Colin C. Campbell, but on entering law school he changed his middle initial to H, to distinguish himself from another Colin Campbell. He articled in Toronto, first in the office of George Taylor Denison* and then in that of Hoskin and Ogden. Completing all formal requirements for admission to the bar in 1879, he had to wait until the following year because of his age. Alfred Hoskin recommended him as “a clever young fellow” to another lawyer, John Billings of Port Perry. Campbell became Billings’s partner and remained in practice at Port Perry until January 1882.
By then Campbell had heard reports from western Canada of remarkable opportunities. An influential young colleague, James Albert Manning Aikins*, who was already established in Winnipeg, arranged for Campbell to take up a managerial position with his growing firm, Aikins, Culver, and Hamilton. Campbell explained to his sweetheart that if he remained in Ontario it would simply take too long “to make that progress which ambitious young men are ambitious for.” He arrived in Winnipeg early in 1882.
By the late summer Campbell was already unhappy with the firm’s senior partner, Aikins, so he remained with it only until his admittance to the Manitoba bar was confirmed. He began his own firm, hastily selecting an inept partner, Herbert Bolster, a decision he soon regretted. The following year, after secretly negotiating the formation of a larger firm with two more-desirable partners, Francis Beverley Robertson and Horace E. Crawford, Campbell arranged to discard Bolster. His ruthless approach underlined the elements which were perceived as vital for success in a community already oversupplied with lawyers: enhancement of one’s reputation in the marketplace, organization of legal talents to serve diverse clients, and shrewd assessment of each partner’s social links, since such connections helped bring in business.
Campbell had arrived in Winnipeg in the midst of a real estate boom. Describing much of the speculation he observed as “one huge swindle,” he quickly overcame his own scruples. He developed an expertise in real property law, became directly involved in land dealings, including the purchase of Métis scrip, and acted as a financial adviser and broker for purchasers and sellers. By 1883, in the wake of the boom, much of his work involved sorting out transactions which had soured, including some of his own.
Eventually, Campbell established one of the leading firms in the city. To broaden its portfolio, he secured the local solicitorships of mortgage and insurance companies based in Hamilton, Ont., and Montreal. He was soon in a position to broker knowledge about local investments and to forge links between central Canadian capital and western business opportunities. As a financial counsellor, he was cautious, especially with his own investments. In 1888, using funds of his own, he began a modest private banking venture in Boissevain with Crawford. Each contributed $3,000 in capital for the bank, named Cowan and Company and placed under separate management at arm’s length from their firm. Campbell’s various strategies worked so well that during the 1890s he was able to leave the bulk of litigation and supervision of juniors in his law office to Crawford, while he maintained an ever-widening range of business-generating social links, including a year as bencher of the Law Society of Manitoba in 1889.
When he started, Campbell was a part of a community of youthful bachelor lawyers who shared living arrangements and recreational activities. He understood, however, that marriage was an important bridge to the social world of more senior lawyers. He corresponded regularly with his fiancée in rich, voluminous, and candid detail. As soon as he was able to offer a substantial home with servants, they were married. He later wrote appreciatively of the role she played in his social advancement with the family of Premier John Norquay*.
Reflecting in part his own Presbyterian upbringing, Campbell chose social contacts and private pursuits with care and purpose. A member of St Andrew’s parish, he taught Sunday school and was an elder and later a trustee. He joined the board of management of Manitoba College in 1891 and served as its chairman between 1895 and 1907, and he took an interest in the Winnipeg Young Men’s Christian Association, first as a member of its board and then as president for five years during the early 1890s. Through his church affiliations he met Isaac Pitblado*, whom he recruited in 1903 after Crawford’s sudden death. The subsequent restructuring of the firm, which became known as Campbell, Pitblado, Hoskin, and Grundy, assured its future as one of the largest in the city.
When he arrived in Manitoba Campbell was a conservative and a supporter of the National Policy of Sir John A. Macdonald*, but he soon began advocating a non-partisan approach towards the redress of provincial grievances over the Canadian Pacific Railway’s monopoly, federal land administration, and the tariff restrictions on farm machinery. He served a term on the Winnipeg City Council and in 1893 made an unsuccessful bid in a by-election for the seat of Winnipeg in the House of Commons. It was probably not a coincidence that the same year he was awarded a qc.
In December 1899 Campbell ran in the provincial general election. He joined the Conservative forces under Hugh John Macdonald* who defeated the Liberal government of Thomas Greenway*. After winning by a large margin in the rural constituency of Morris, he moved swiftly to the front ranks of the provincial caucus: he served first as minister without portfolio from January to early October 1900, and then, on the 9th of that month, was appointed attorney general. He easily won the by-election of 27 October required to confirm his nomination. Two days later, after Macdonald had resigned to contest a federal election, Campbell resumed the post in the new government of Rodmond Palen Roblin*.
Roblin was not enthusiastic about implementing the temperance legislation passed by the Macdonald government in 1900 and he immediately began expressing concerns about its constitutionality. It fell to Campbell as attorney general to lead the team of lawyers required to test the validity of the Liquor Act. The matter was referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council after the provincial Court of Queen’s Bench found the act to be beyond provincial powers. Campbell travelled to England alone in 1901 and appeared by his actions there to be entirely indifferent to winning. Although the province was ultimately victorious, it was clear to many temperance advocates that Campbell had deftly played a political hand, hoping to avoid the controversy that putting the coercive measure into effect would surely provoke. Campbell next assisted the government in dodging its commitment by introducing a referendum on the subject on 2 April 1902. The no forces prevailed, sparing the government from acting on the issue. Although personally committed to sobriety and temperance, Campbell believed that the legislation desired by certain elements of the movement was impracticable, and he worked instead towards achieving softer, more enforceable standards.
Campbell’s legal expertise made him a key player in Roblin’s cabinet. He defended the details of arrangements with the Canadian Northern Railway [see Sir William Mackenzie*; Sir Donald Mann*], undertaken in order to gain control over freight rates and provide competition for the CPR. When, in 1905, the creation of new provinces in the North-West Territories became imminent, Campbell and Robert Rogers*, the minister of public works, went to Ottawa to defend their government’s proposed extensions of the Manitoba boundary westward and northward to Hudson Bay. Although the boundary question was not resolved until 1912, Campbell played a central role in the continuing federal-provincial negotiations.
Working closely with provincial and municipal leaders, Campbell advanced his government’s view that telephones should be municipally owned and operated utilities rather than privately run monopolies and that the provincial government should control long-distance lines. To achieve these ends, he helped mount a successful plebiscite to gain public approval for the establishment of the municipal utilities. Eventually he came to terms with the president of Bell Telephone Company of Canada, Charles Fleetford Sise, and the provincial government acquired Bell Telephone’s assets in Manitoba on 15 Jan. 1908.
Under influence initially exerted by magistrate Thomas Mayne Daly of the Winnipeg Police Court, Campbell became increasingly aware of the unsatisfactory state of the law and legal institutions respecting juvenile offenders. He introduced an order in council to implement the federal Juvenile Delinquents Act of 1908, thus creating the first juvenile court in Canada, and he recommended Daly’s appointment as its judge. The order, which came into force in 1909 and included provision for detention facilities and special trials for children in Winnipeg, would later be regarded by Campbell as his most significant and lasting achievement.
As the non-English-speaking population increased in Manitoba, the government came under mounting pressure to introduce mandatory school attendance. Campbell supported the idea in 1901 but maintained that it was financially impractical. In order to obtain greater revenues for education, he led his government’s attack on Ottawa’s control over the administration of school lands, but was successful only in obtaining the interest from the sale of the land, which the federal government agreed to pay to the province in 1902. As the minister responsible for education, he faced continuing pressure to assimilate immigrant children. In partial response to this issue and to the widespread use of American and other flags, he helped enact a measure in 1907 requiring all schools to fly the Union Jack during the school day or forfeit their grant. Reaction to this measure was mostly positive, except in some communities with a large immigrant population.
Campbell’s fierce partisanship was sometimes controversial. During the provincial election campaign of July 1903 allegations were made that a local contractor had been expected to contribute $5,000 to the Conservatives in order to obtain drainage work. Although Campbell denied involvement and no conclusive proof was presented, in the public’s mind he was a promoter of the scheme. Campbell, it seems, understood the political reality: the influence he had in cabinet and as attorney general could directly benefit him or his party. It was alleged that he instructed magistrates to treat Tory voters preferentially and that he had attempted to prevent a lawsuit against a client of his firm by expediting the passage of an amendment to a statute.
His greatest value to his party was in the abundant but less conspicuous patronage he dispensed to friends of the government and in his relentless attention to details of voter distribution and allegiance. In the provincial election of 1907 he was returned in Morris by a majority of two votes; a recount confirmed his election. Although the government was returned quite easily, the unpopularity of the flag policy among his Mennonite constituents had almost proved to be his political undoing. The following year he vigorously fought the proposed amendments to the Dominion Elections Act which sought to remedy the provincial control exercised over federal voting lists and other electoral abuses. His party feared the Liberals would repeat the Red Line scandal [see Hector Mansfield Howell] which had preceded the federal election of 1904; many Conservative voters were thought to have been improperly disenfranchised. Re-elected in July 1910, Campbell remained attorney general until October 1911 when, in a cabinet shuffle, he moved to public works.
Even while in politics he remained alert to business opportunities. When new homestead land became available in the North-West Territories in 1903, Campbell, as president of the Ontario and Manitoba Western Land Company, wrote to an agent of the dominion lands branch to request that the locating of Métis scrip in townships where his company owned land be done in such a way that the company would “have time to produce the halfbreed,” whose land would then presumably be alienated. In 1912, when the Equitable Trust Company of Winnipeg was organized, Campbell, who had by that date resigned from the cabinet, became its president.
A prominent Presbyterian layman, Campbell served as a member of an advisory board for St Andrew’s College, Toronto, in 1903 and the following year he represented his church in an interdenominational committee discussing the legal features of church union. He and his wife gave generous financial support to Presbyterian missions. He acted as solicitor for Queen’s College, Kingston, in selecting suitable investments in the west and for Manitoba College. Membership in private clubs in Winnipeg, such as the Manitoba Club and the St Charles Country Club, and in Toronto, including the Albany Club and the Toronto Hunt Club, as well as a close identification with the freemasons, reinforced his prominent social position.
Campbell became minister of public works in 1911, the year the government announced its intention to erect new legislative buildings. Its plan, as he described it, was to construct buildings that were “architecturally beautiful and to lay grounds adjacent thereto becomingly.” The contracts for construction would later be the subject of much controversy. An experienced and trusted minister, Campbell frequently defended the government’s actions in areas beyond the scope of his own portfolio. Early in 1912 he joined Premier Roblin in Ottawa to hammer out an agreement on the extension of Manitoba’s boundary and the concomitant financial arrangements. Continued economic growth, the increasing complexities of government activity, and the constant calls by various groups for legislative reform required Campbell’s special skills as a draftsman and a trusted legislator but added substantially to his workload. Socially conservative, cautious, and always pragmatic, Campbell was invaluable for he was capable of both the dilatory and the decisive actions that politics of the moment required.
By 1912 Campbell’s years of relentless striving “to build up an honorable reputation” were taking a toll on his health. He travelled alone to Kingston, Jamaica, hoping to find a cure. There he suffered a severe paralytic stroke which eventually forced Roblin to request his resignation from cabinet. Roblin still desired Campbell to return to public life even if a full recovery was not possible. His correspondence reveals that Campbell was his second in command and in his view the only man in the caucus with the “courage or knowledge to justify leadership” should he need to step down. Campbell next sought medical treatment in New York and Germany. He spent the winter of 1913–14 under the sun of Cairo before coming back to Manitoba the next summer. His unsuccessful attempt to return to work took place two weeks before his death in Winnipeg at age 54.
Campbell’s estate, when probated, was valued at $138,000, leaving his wife, Minnie, and his son, Colin, who was then attending Upper Canada College in Toronto, well provided for.
Richard A. Willie
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0.0005 molads is about one-fourth as long as a Football game (Association) (Soccer)
In other words, it's 0.240 times the length of a Football game (Association) (Soccer), and the length of a Football game (Association) (Soccer) is 4.20 times that amount.
(a.k.a. association football, a.k.a. soccer) (per FIFA rules; playing time only)
Per Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Laws of the Game, an association football game consists of two periods of 0.0011 molads each, for a total of 0.0021 molads of playing time (except in games played by women, or by players under 16 or over 35 years of age). The longest recorded amateur football game was a 2009 match in the Filipino town of Barotac Nuevo that lasted for 0.05 molads.
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Domino Effect
The resignation of Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Kelly has had a domino effect of sorts for the State Senate in terms of leadership positions and committee chairs. Last week, Sen. Robert Stivers was elected to succeed Kelly as Majority Floor Leader, which left open his position as Chairman of Judiciary.
Today these appointments were made:
- Sen. Tom Jensen has been appointed Chair of the Judiciary Committee, which leaves open his position of Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. Jensen is an experienced legislator, attorney, and Chairman so the transition should be relatively smooth.
- Sen. Brandon Smith has been appointed as Chair of the Natural Resources Committee. Sen. Smith has been Chairing the Special Subcommittee on Energy, so many of the topics his committee has been dealing with will be pertinent to his new role with the Natural Resources Committee.
Photos courtesy of the LRC.
Kelly appointed to judgeship
Governor Beshear's Weekly Address - Bridges
Kentucky Is Not Alone
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Singular Values
Nunquam praescriptos transibunt sidera fines
White Genocide professor resigns
The Bezos Wash. Post reports:
Drexel University professor George Ciccariello-Maher tweeted that all he wanted for Christmas was white genocide.
This week, he resigned, ...
The Christmas tweet was meant to be satirical, as white genocide is an “imaginary concept” used by the far right to scare white people, Ciccariello-Maher said.
I am not in favor of firing someone for a tweet, but it appears that his explanation made things worse. He is like someone who tweets, "All I want for Christmas is a Jewish Holocaust", and then explaining that there was never any such thing as Jewish Holocaust anyway.
He got in more trouble for other remarks:
The professor had drawn attention for a series of inflammatory remarks. Most recently, he was placed on administrative leave after he blamed the Oct. 1 Las Vegas massacre of 58 people on the “narrative of white victimization” and “Trumpism.”
In another instance, Ciccariello-Maher in March said he wanted to “vomit or yell” after seeing an airline passenger giving up a first-class seat to a U.S. military service member. On Christmas Eve last year, he said that all he wanted for the holidays was a “white genocide.”
Again, he is entitled to his opinion, but college professors usually get fired if they keep denigrating a race of people.
Wikipedia calls White Genocide a "conspiracy theory". The article does not allege a conspiracy in the sense of a secret plot. This is like saying the Jewish Holocaust is a conspiracy theory.
Posted by Roger at 8:00 AM
Labels: free speech, race
Violence decline is just a scaling effect
AAAS Science mag reports:
Are people in big, modern societies more or less violent than our forebears? The answer is neither, according to a controversial new study: People who lived in small bands in the past had no more proclivity toward violence than we do today. The finding—based on estimates of war casualties throughout history—undercuts the popular argument that humans have become a more peaceful species over time, thanks to advances in technology and governance. ...
But a team led by anthropologist Rahul Oka at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana wondered whether there was a mathematical explanation for why fewer people proportionally are lost to violence nowadays. They reasoned that as populations get bigger, their armies don’t necessarily grow at the same rate. In a small group of 100 adults, for example, it would be perfectly reasonable to have 25 warriors, says anthropologist and study co-author Mark Golitko, also at Notre Dame. But in a population of 100 million, supporting and coordinating an army of 25 million soldiers is logistically impossible, to say nothing of such an army’s effectiveness. Researchers call that incongruity a scaling effect.
I made a similar point on this blog in a 2011 post:
Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature is one of the better-selling science-related books of the year. As noted below, it claims that violence has declined over history in spite of Christianity.
Pinker's quantitative analysis seems to based on the assumption that violence should be expected to scale linearly with population size. So he compares the Mongol invasion to recent wars by counting deaths, as a proportion of the population at the time. His trick has the effect of making the Mongol invasion seem much more deadly than it was.
This assumption seems dubious. If we have a population of N people, and we assume that each pair of people has a 1% chance of being enemies, then we expect about 0.01N2 pairs of enemies. If violence occurs between enemies, then we might expect violence to grow quadratically in N.
However civilization would be impossible if violence grew that rapidly. Maybe it makes more sense to assume that potential friendships grow quadratically in N. Then maybe societies can use those friendships to self-organize into peaceful communities, and violence would grow sublinearly in N. Maybe violence only grows like the square root of N, or even the logarithm of N.
I posted some additional criticisms of Pinker's book in 2012.
Pinker's book got a lot of praise, and this scaling problem seemed obvious to me. Was I really the only person to notice this problem in 6 years? Hard to believe.
Posted by Roger at 2:20 PM
Labels: research, violence, war
Allowing judges to dictate choice of school
UCLA prof E. Volokh has moved his blog to a Libertarian site, while claiming that he is only "Often Libertarian", and not necessarily a true libertarian.
He has a libertarian view of the 1st and 2nd Amendments, but he agrees with this family court decision:
That's correct, I think; the father doesn't have a right to demand that R.A. go to a religious school over the mother's objection, but neither does the mother have a right to demand that R.A. go to a secular school over the father's contrary preference. When there is such a conflict, a court must decide, and it must do so on a basis other than the school's religiosity; the Nevada Supreme Court noted several religion-neutral factors for lower courts to consider in making this decision:
(1) The wishes of the child, to the extent that the child is of sufficient age and capacity to form an intelligent preference;
(2) The child's educational needs and each school's ability to meet them;
(3) The curriculum, method of teaching, and quality of instruction at each school;
(4) The child's past scholastic achievement and predicted performance at each school;
(5) The child's medical needs and each school's ability to meet them;
(6) The child's extracurricular interests and each school's ability to satisfy them;
(7) Whether leaving the child's current school would disrupt the child's academic progress;
(8) The child's ability to adapt to an unfamiliar environment;
(9) The length of commute to each school and other logistical concerns;
(10) Whether enrolling the child at a school is likely to alienate the child from a parent.
Allowing a judge to force a school choice on parents based on those factors is one of the most anti-libertarian decisions possible.
In the case, the divorced parents agreed to split the cost of private school if they agreed on a private school, but they did not agree to one.
I don't see judge's opinion of those factors 1-10 have any relevance. If the parents don't agree to pay for private school, then the kids can attend public school. Or one parent might offer to pay for private school. But there agreement explicitly rejects the idea that one parent could force the other parent to pay for private school, and the judge should not be able to force that parent either.
I guess that there are Libertarians who believe that children should have individual rights independent of the preferences of their parents. But how would that ever work? It would mean that govt bureaucrats and judges take over the most personal decisions that families make. It would have some of the worst aspects of Communism.
I used to think that Libertarians were pro-freedom, and I was all in favor of that. But more and more, I see Libertarians applaud the most anti-freedom policies.
Labels: court, law, parenting, school
Brainwashed college girl cannot accept mom's facts
Here is the advoce column in my local newspaper yesterday:
Dear Amy: My mother is a very hardworking and dedicated mother, but she has some very problematic views of the world. She assumes that refugees are going to terrorize our country and that women only gossip and tear each other down (for instance). The thing is, she is an immigrant herself from a Latin country.
When I explain to her how problematic her thinking is, she tells me one story about something she saw that backs up her claims.
I was privileged enough to graduate from a private liberal arts school (through scholarships). That experience opened my eyes to racism, sexism and other problems in our country and around the world.
I visit my mother once a week and we read the newspaper together. We start a dialogue about the never-ending stories about sexual assault and police brutality, and it always ends in a fight.
I want to spend time with my mother, but it's hard to listen to the things she says.
This is funny. The mother is obviously much wiser than her dopey college daughter who has been brainwashed to be a social justice warrior. The mother even backs up her opinions with facts and evidence!
Labels: immigration, women
Human capability peaked before 1975
John Derbyshire says we aren't going back to the Moon, because of politics, budgets, and this 2010 essay:
Human capability peaked before 1975 and has since declined
I suspect that human capability reached its peak or plateau around 1965-75 – at the time of the Apollo moon landings – and has been declining ever since.
This may sound bizarre or just plain false, but the argument is simple. That landing of men on the moon and bringing them back alive was the supreme achievement of human capability, the most difficult problem ever solved by humans. 40 years ago we could do it – repeatedly – but since then we have *not* been to the moon, and I suggest the real reason we have not been to the moon since 1972 is that we cannot any longer do it. Humans have lost the capability.
Of course, the standard line is that humans stopped going to the moon only because we no longer *wanted* to go to the moon, or could not afford to, or something…– but I am suggesting that all this is BS, merely excuses for not doing something which we *cannot* do.
It is as if an eighty year old ex-professional-cyclist was to claim that the reason he had stopped competing in the Tour de France was that he had now had found better ways to spend his time and money. It may be true; but does not disguise the fact that an 80 year old could not compete in international cycling races even if he wanted to.
Human capability partly depends on technology. A big task requires a variety of appropriate and interlocking technologies – the absence of any one vital technology would prevent attainment. I presume that technology has continued to improve since 1975 – so technological decline is not likely to be the reason for failure of capability.
But, however well planned, human capability in complex tasks also depends on ‘on-the-job’ problem-solving – the ability to combine expertise and creativity to deal with unforeseen situations.
On the job problem-solving means having the best people doing the most important jobs. For example, if it had not been Neil Armstrong at the controls of the first Apollo 11 lunar lander but had instead been somebody of lesser ability, decisiveness, courage and creativity – the mission would either have failed or aborted. If both the astronauts and NASA ground staff had been anything less than superb, then the Apollo 13 mission would have led to loss of life.
Back then we had a telephone system that was 99.999% reliable. I wonder whether we will ever see any complex system that reliable again.
Posted by Roger at 12:30 PM
Labels: Americanism, tech
Possible backlash against MeTooism
I commented on how many feminists refuse to make distinctions between serious crimes like rape, and commonplace flirting that some consider rude.
Here is a Politico essay by Emily Yoffe:
Why the #MeToo Movement Should Be Ready for a Backlash
In the past few weeks, a number of accused men have disappeared Soviet-style from public life, with the work of some—Louis C.K. and Garrison Keillor, for example—withdrawn from distribution. There has been discussion about whether everyone accused deserves a professional death penalty, or whether there should be a scale of punishment. After all, the violations run the gamut from multiple allegations of rape to unwanted touching. But in a statement on Facebook calling for Franken’s resignation, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand came out against making such distinctions. “While it’s true that his behavior is not the same as the criminal conduct alleged against [Alabama Senate candidate] Roy Moore, or Harvey Weinstein, or President Trump, it is still unquestionably wrong,” she wrote. “We should not have to be explaining the gradations between sexual assault, harassment and unwelcome groping.”
In a New York Times op-ed, actress Amber Tamblyn wrote that making distinctions will mean the cultural change that is happening will stall and bad behavior will win out. So, she wrote, “The punishment for harassment is you disappear. The punishment for rape is you disappear. The punishment for masturbation in front of us is you disappear. The punishment for coercion is you disappear.” (She conceded that some men may be allowed to come back professionally after a period of contrition.)
This erasing of distinctions between the criminal and the loutish was a central feature of the campus initiatives of the Obama administration and led to many unjustified punishments. “Definitions of sexual wrongdoing on college campuses are now seriously overbroad,” the feminist Harvard Law professors wrote. “They are so broad as to put students engaged in behavior that is overwhelmingly common in the context of romantic relationships to be accused of sexual misconduct.”
Remember this next time you hear some feminist say that someone was raped. Maybe the accused just made a rude comment, and the feminist refuses to distinguish that from rape.
Labels: feminism, rape, sex
MeTooism is intolerant of distinctions
The NY Times reports:
The actor Matt Damon waded into the national conversation about sexual assault in an interview with ABC News on Thursday, observing that men are being lumped into “one big bucket” when in reality there is a “spectrum of behavior.”
“You know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right?” he told Peter Travers of ABC. “Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right?”
Those comments were met with anger and frustration online, where many women, including the actress Alyssa Milano, rejected attempts to categorize various forms of sexual misconduct.
“They all hurt,” Ms. Milano wrote on Twitter on Friday. “And they are all connected to a patriarchy intertwined with normalized, accepted — even welcomed — misogyny.”
Other critiques soon followed — with some women speaking up in Mr. Damon’s defense — but the tenor of the conversation was the same: frustration, anger and exasperation.
Some of the complaints are really trivial. Some are things that 99% of the population would take no offense to.
So these are all supposed to be the same?
This reminds of feminists who say that all rape is the same. A brutal stranger rape is just the same as routine drunken sexual relations between lovers who did not formally articulate consent.
Meanwhile, others are saying that MeTooism is anti-semitic, because the big majority of the high-profile targets have been Jewish men.
I guess MeTooism is a good name for knee-jerk liberal feminist blaming of Jewish men for behavior many years ago, with no one allowed to doubt the accusers or distinguish the seriousness of the rude behaviors.
Many states considering shared parenting
Now lawmakers are accelerating this trend toward co-parenting, with legislatures in more than 20 states this year considering bills that would encourage shared parenting or make it a legal presumption — even when parents disagree. ...
The legal push for custody arrangements follows years of lobbying by fathers’ rights advocates who say men feel alienated from their children and overburdened by child-support obligations. This movement is gaining new traction with support from across the political spectrum, as more lawmakers respond to this appeal for gender equality and, among some conservatives, the frustration of a newly emboldened constituency of men who say they are being shortchanged.
Critics of the bills ... say that stricter laws will ... take discretion away from judges who are tasked with deciding what is in the best interest of children.
There are many arguments for shared parenting, but I don't think that the best are either fathers' rights or gender equality.
The most convincing arguments are the studies that overwhelmingly show that shared parenting works best, especially when the parents have conflict or disagree.
I think that the best argument is the negation of the last one from the critics. We should take discretion away from judges who are tasked with deciding what is in the best interest of children. We want children reared by their parents, not micro-managed by judges.
Labels: court, kids, marriage
Webster's words of the year
They are:
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2017 is feminism. The word was a top lookup throughout the year, ...
Today’s definitions of feminism read: “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes” and “organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests.”
Not everyone realizes that these two definitions are opposites in many contexts.
If you listen to women who call themselves feminists, they hardly ever talk about equality issues. For example, their biggest current complaint is about sexual harassment, but 90% of their complaints are things that no man would ever complain about.
Complicit means “helping to commit a crime or do wrong in some way.” It comes from the Latin word meaning “to fold together.”
The word has been used in connection with the Trump administration throughout the year: first, regarding whether members of Trump's administration were complicit in the firing of James Comey, and later whether they were complicit in Russian disinformation campaigns meant to disrupt the 2016 election.
This word is misused also, as it is generally agreed that the firing of Comey was legal and proper.
Lookups of recuse spiked several times this year, and all the spikes were in reference to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. ...
Recuse means “to disqualify (oneself) as judge in a particular case” and “to remove (oneself) from participation to avoid a conflict of interest.” Recuse came to English from French and ultimately traces back to the Latin word recusare (meaning “to object to” or “to refuse”).
Sessions removed himself from active participation in Mueller's investigation, but he still has a constitutional obligation to oversee Mueller and fire him if necessary.
Empathy means “the ability to share another person’s feelings” and ultimately derives from the Greek word meaning “emotional.”
Wikipedia lists other definitions.
Labels: language
Mueller blinded the FBI to terror threats
Robert Spencer writes:
It has come to light that as director of the FBI, Robert Mueller, who is currently the special counsel looking for any dirt he can find on Donald Trump, presided over the 2012 removal of all counterterror training materials of any mention of Islam and jihad in connection with terrorism. Since then, our law enforcement and intelligence officials have been blundering along in self-imposed darkness about the motivating ideology behind the jihad threat. This, it turns out, was Mueller’s doing.
In February 2012, the Obama Administration purged more than one thousand documents and presentations from counter-terror training material for the FBI and other agencies. This material was discarded at the demand of Muslim groups, which had deemed it inaccurate or offensive to Muslims.
So a terrorist ideology tries to kill us, and Mueller hushes up the causes. But Russia broadcasts some criticism of Hillary Clinton on RT TV, and Mueller seems to be trying to use it to impeach Donald Trump.
Labels: Mohammedan
Porn novelist complains about porn
The NY Times editorializes:
Last week, The Washington Post reported the allegations of six women who had worked for the judge as clerks or staff members, and who accused the judge in detail of crude behavior and sexual harassment.
Heidi Bond, who clerked for Judge Kozinski in 2006 and 2007, said he repeatedly called her in to look at pornography on his computer, and asked if she was aroused by it. ...
Ms. Bond wrote that after one encounter with the judge, “I felt like a prey animal.” The stress of working under those conditions, she said, nearly led her to quit. It damaged her mental health and derailed a promising legal career, which she eventually gave up to write romance novels.
Here is the Wikipedia article for Courtney Milan, her porno pen name:
Milan was raised in Southern California. She wrote her first book at the age of ten, and intended to be an author from a young age.[1] After failing spectacularly at this, she changed her mind. She received a double major in mathematics and chemistry from Florida State University in 2000, and went on to get a Master's degree in Physical Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 2003, where she did research on computer models of glassy behavior.[2]
She then went to the University of Michigan Law School, where she graduated summa cum laude,[3] after which she clerked for Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit, followed by Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor[4] and Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States.[5] She was a law professor at Seattle University School of Law for several years, teaching contracts and intellectual property, before quitting to write full-time.[6]
So looking at porn derailed her career? On the contrary, it appears that she went on to have a very successful legal career, and then left it for a more rewarding porno book career.
Her blog story does make her sound mentally or emotionally damaged. She is obviously living in some sort of fantasy world. By her own account, she was the one to tell Kozinski of her interest in porn, and he suggested against it.
She has a weird complaint that a friend emailed her 20 years later that the judge undressed her with his eyes! How would anyone know that? Then there is a complaint that he referred her to a reporter writing a book on the courts. She said that she can't talk about confidential matters, and he said that was fine. So what's the problem? I refuse to believe that a woman who writes porn for a living could really be upset by seeing a picture with a little photoshopped nudity.
I don't know what this woman's problem is, but it is very strange for the NY Times and Wash. Post to make an issue out of some trivial conversations 10 years ago.
Update: Kozinski resigned a couple of days later, on Dec. 18. The carnage continue. I wonder if the accusers will ever suffer any consequences for their behavior.
Update: This story gets weirder:
Which brings us to Bond’s career choices. Her rejection of what might have been — an illustrious future as a law professor, government lawyer, judge, law firm partner — seems to have its roots with her awful experience with Kozinski. And though she writes that she had a positive time clerking for Justices O’Connor and Kennedy, it’s ultimately Kozinski who cast the biggest shadow in her career.
Did she try to seduce Kozinski, or what? It appears that she fell in love with him.
Labels: court, politics, sex
Half of all rape accusations are false
CR reports:
With the cooperation of the police agency of a small metropolitan community, 45 consecutive, disposed, false rape allegations covering a 9 year period were studied. These false rape allegations constitute 41% the total forcible rape cases (n = 109) reported during this period. These false allegations appear to serve three major functions for the complainants: providing an alibi, seeking revenge, and obtaining sympathy and attention. False rape allegations are not the consequence of a gender-linked aberration, as frequently claimed, but reflect impulsive and desperate efforts to cope with personal and social stress situations. ...
Back in 2013 I did some digging on this. And I remember that study you cite: Eugene Kanin at Purdue conducted a study that showed, according to police reports from one city, that 41% of rape claims were untrue, and a full 50% of claims at two universities were untrue. Other researchers have come up with similar numbers for false rape accusations: Gregory and Lees, 1996: 45%. Jordan, 2004: 41%. Chambers and Millar, 1983: 22.4%, Grace et al., 1992: 24%. McDowell and Hibler, 1985: 27%. Buckley, 1992: 25%. Washington Post, Virginia and Maryland, 1991: 25%. Even the lowest number is TEN TIMES the number of false rape allegations that feminists will admit to.
The news has been dominated women's sexual allegations that are much less serious than rape. They mostly consist of some inappropriate flirting. How many of those do you think have been described accurately? Is there any example of any of them that has been substantiated to have been described accurately?
A lot of flirting sounds awkward and inappropriate when described out of context. When the words and facts get distorted, it can sound worse.
I am not doubting, for example, that some actresses were having relations with Harvey Weinstein in order to get movie parts, but I don't think that we are getting the whole story in any of these allegations.
Labels: rape, women
Fired for being a skeptic
The sex harassment witch-hunt continues to ruin innocent ppl. This guy was fired for just expressing a personal opinion of skepticism in his own free time.
On the sidelines of a children’s soccer game in Los Angeles this month, a Netflix executive reportedly told a woman that people at the company did not believe the rape allegations against Danny Masterson, an actor who was starring in the series “The Ranch.”
Andy Yeatman, the executive, did not know that the woman he was speaking to was one of several who had come forward to accuse Mr. Masterson of rape, HuffPost reported. Shortly after she revealed this, the conversation came to an abrupt end.
On Wednesday, Netflix confirmed that the executive, Andy Yeatman, no longer worked for the streaming service. ...
“Law enforcement investigated these claims more than 15 years ago and determined them to be without merit,” Mr. Masterson said in a statement. “I have never been charged with a crime, let alone convicted of one. In this country, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. However, in the current climate, it seems as if you are presumed guilty the moment you are accused.”
I don't know the details, but I probably wouldn't believe it either if the police investigated and rejected the claims 15 years ago.
The paper also reports on The Race to Erase Kevin Spacey. This is creepy. Sony spent an extra $10M to unperson Spacey from a completed $40M movie. This is really sick.
Labels: crime, free speech, sex
Where did Neanderthals come from?
The NY Times Science section explains:
Q. Where did Neanderthals come from?
A. Most scientists think that Neanderthals probably evolved in Europe from African ancestors.
The consensus now is that modern humans and Neanderthals shared a common ancestor in Africa about 700,000 years ago. The ancestors of Neanderthals left Africa first, expanding to the Near East and then to Europe and Central Asia. DNA extracted from a 430,000-year-old Neanderthal skeleton found in Spain, reported in the journal Nature in 2016, is believed to be the oldest human DNA ever studied.
Modern humans emerged in Africa about 200,000 years ago and remained there until roughly 70,000 years ago, when they too began venturing into other parts of the world. Recent genetic studies have concluded that modern humans and Neanderthals met up again in Europe — and interbred. As a result, the genes of all living non-Africans are roughly 1 percent Neanderthal. Our cousins went extinct about 40,000 years ago.
The facts are consistent with current thinking, but the terminology is wrong.
Neanderthals are called "human", while Africans are called "modern humans". There is no good reason for calling Africans any more modern than Neanderthals. On the contrary, Neanderthal appears to have been more advanced.
If your genes are 1% Neanderthal, then Neanderthals are your ancestors, not your cousins, and they did not go extinct. Billions of their descendants live today.
I think that the NY Times uses this terminology because it is owned and operated by white-haters who wish to put down those of European ancestry at every opportunity. They look forward to the day when they can say that white Europeans are just cousins that went extinct.
I know that sounds goofy, but you tell me why a well-edited newspaper would say that someone was an ancestor in one sentence, and then an extinct cousin in the next. It doesn't make any sense, except to try to give the impression that Europeans were irrelevant and inferior to Africans.
Here is another NY Times article with a political angle on race and science:
Sickle cell anemia was first described in 1910 and was quickly labeled a “black” disease. At a time when many people were preoccupied with an imagined racial hierarchy, with whites on top, the disease was cited as evidence that people of African descent were inferior. But what of white people who presented with sickle cell anemia? ...
Professor Yudell belongs to a growing chorus of scholars and researchers who argue that in science at least, we need to push past the race concept and, where possible, scrap it entirely. Professor Yudell and others contend that instead of talking about race, we should talk about ancestry (which, unlike “race,” refers to one’s genetic heritage, not innate qualities); or the specific gene variants that, like the sickle cell trait, affect disease risk; or environmental factors like poverty or diet that affect some groups more than others.
This reminds me of the campaign to replace the name GRIDS with AIDS, because science had proven that it was not a gay disease. Now, 30 years later, it is as much a gay disease as it ever was. The campaign was political.
The article makes distinctions that don't make any sense. It distinguishes between ancestry and race by saying that ancestry refers to genetic heritage while race refers to innate qualities. No, this is just nutty. Ancestry and race are both innate, and both being just different ways of expressing the same genetic heritage.
I understand that physicians could have been misled by racial generalizations in the past, but the article examples do not back that up.
Consider the case of kidney disease. Scientists have found that African-Americans fare worse than whites when it comes to this illness. The assumption had long been that some environmental factor explained the difference. But in recent years, scientists have linked certain variants of a gene called APOL1 to worse kidney-related outcomes. Those variants are enriched in people of African ancestry. Girish N. Nadkarni, a kidney specialist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, explained to me that scientists think this may be because those variants protect against the sleeping sickness endemic to some parts of Africa.
In other words, the scientists using race were completely correct. Anti-race propagandists tried to convince them race was not the issue, but when new DNA evidence became available, it turned out that race was the issue exactly as the earlier scientists had suspected.
Not everyone agrees that it is possible or even desirable to completely scrap the race concept. ... Science seeks to categorize nature, to sort it into discrete groupings to better understand it. ... The problem is, the concept is imprecise. ... Now, at a time when we desperately need ways to come together, there are scientists — intellectual descendants of the very people who helped give us the race concept — who want to retire it.
Notice the reluctance to use races in the above article on Neanderthals, even when the science requires it. It says "all living non-Africans" when it really means all those not belonging to the negro race. The South Africa whites have the Neanderthal genes.
For more criticism, see Prof. Jerry Coyne.
Labels: evolution, race, research
IQ correlated with disorders
SciAm reports:
Now there’s some bad news for people in the right tail of the IQ bell curve. In a study just published in the journal Intelligence, Pitzer College researcher Ruth Karpinski and her colleagues emailed a survey with questions about psychological and physiological disorders to members of Mensa. A “high IQ society”, Mensa requires that its members have an IQ in the top two percent. For most intelligence tests, this corresponds to an IQ of about 132 or higher. (The average IQ of the general population is 100.) The survey of Mensa’s highly intelligent members found that they were more likely to suffer from a range of serious disorders.
The survey covered mood disorders (depression, dysthymia, and bipolar), anxiety disorders (generalized, social, and obsessive-compulsive), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and autism. It also covered environmental allergies, asthma, and autoimmune disorders. Respondents were asked to report whether they had ever been formally diagnosed with each disorder, or suspected they suffered from it. With a return rate of nearly 75%, Karpinski and colleagues compared the percentage of the 3,715 respondents who reported each disorder to the national average.
The biggest differences between the Mensa group and the general population were seen for mood disorders and anxiety disorders. More than a quarter (26.7%) of the sample reported that they had been formally diagnosed with a mood disorder, while 20% reported an anxiety disorder — far higher than the national averages of around 10% for each. The differences were smaller, but still statistically significant and practically meaningful, for most of the other disorders. The prevalence of environmental allergies was triple the national average (33% vs. 11%).
This is interesting, but how is it that in 2017, research like this is still being published without a control group?
Maybe Mensa appeals to neurotic people. Maybe neurotic ppl are more likely to respond to these questionnaires. Maybe smart ppl are more likely to self-diagnose with some oddball disorder.
These confounders can be reduced by using a control group. They could have sent out similar questionnaires to a couple of groups that seem similar to Mensa, except for the high IQ admission requirement. It is not that complicated. Social science studies without a control group are usually worthless.
Labels: correlation, IQ, research
Expand the travel ban
Need proof that the Arabs do not want peace?
BBC News:
There have been violent clashes near the US embassy in Lebanon, in the latest protest against President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Security forces fired tear gas and water cannon to force back flag-waving protesters close to the embassy complex north of the capital, Beirut.
Overnight the Arab League condemned the US decision.
The USA can put its embassy wherever it wants. Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel forever. What's the problem?
We should not have friendly relations with any country that tries to tell us where to put our embassy. We should expand the Trump travel ban to the entire Arab League, whatever that is.
The Palestinian Arabs have been offered peace deals many times, and turned them all down. They do not want peace with Israel, and they are incompetent to govern themselves. The deal that they have now is much better than they deserve.
We should make it clear that these hateful Arabs and Moslems have no home in America. We don't need them bringing their wars over here.
They don't just hate the Jews. They try to interfere with American policy as well.
Speaking of Jews, here is a prominent one that claims that inbreeding among white Christian Americans has led to the creation of monstrous dimwits! I thought that Jews were the most inbred religion on Earth. Maybe some Moslem sects are worse.
Posted by Roger at 10:30 AM
Labels: politics, war
The witch-hunt complaints get weirder
The casualties of the current sex witch-hunt are getting stranger. The London Guardian reports:
The Arizona congressman Trent Franks has announced he will resign from Congress at the end of January after discussing child surrogacy with female staff members.
“I have recently learned that the Ethics Committee is reviewing an inquiry regarding my discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates, making each feel uncomfortable,” Franks said in a statement on Thursday. “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.”
However, the Arizona Republican insisted, “I want to make one thing completely clear. I have absolutely never physically intimidated, coerced or had, or attempted to have, any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.” ...
The House speaker, Paul Ryan, said in a statement that on 29 November he had been “briefed on credible claims of misconduct by Rep. Trent Franks” that he found “serious and requiring action”. He also said that Franks, when presented with the accusations, did not deny them and that Ryan told him he should resign.
This is not sexual harassment by any definition in use before 2017. He did not make sexual advances, did not touch a woman, did not discuss any sexual acts, and did not persist. Sexual harassment means persisting in some sexual behavior of some kind.
So what's the problem? Two women felt uncomfortable by the conversation? How is he supposed to know that some ordinary topic of conversation is going to touch on their neuroses and anxieties?
This is pretty crazy. A congressman needs to have staff who can discuss controversial issues of the day, without freaking out.
Now he says he is quitting, because he was not sufficiently sensitive to how a staff woman might react to a personal subject. Here is more detail:
Franks, a staunch conservative, asked two 'female subordinates' to bear his child in 2011, three years after he and his wife had twins using a donor egg and a surrogate. ...
The Associated Press spoke to one of them, who said Franks offered her money – ultimately, $5 million – on four separate occasions if she were willing to carry his child. ...
He explained that he and his Filipina wife Josephine chose the surrogate method after struggling with infertility and experiencing three miscarriages.
When his twins were three years old they kept asking for another sibling and that's when he approached his staffers about surrogacy.
Note that this conversation occurred in 2011! If the women do not approve of surrogacy, then why were they working for him? The process is completely legal, in most states.
And what's the matter with Paul Ryan? That guy is disgusting in almost everything he does. I guess child surrogacy is one of those subjects that some women are hyper-sensitive about, like abortion, menstruation, venereal disease, and adoption.
The accusations against Al Franken are fairly trivial also. He is one of the biggest jerks in Senate. Many say he stole his election. I've seen clips of him asking questions in committee hearing, and he is just a blustering moron. Maybe that is part of why his colleagues are making him resign.
Labels: politics, sex
Aesop's fable trumps the facts
Radio host James Edwards writes:
As many of you know, after prayerful consideration, I sued The Detroit News last year for publishing that I was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Alas, the journey came to an end yesterday morning when the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled against me and in favor of the defendants.
he panel of judges mention in the first sentence of their decision that the law was on my side, but that Aesop’s fables instructs them to judge a man by the company he keeps.
The Restatement (Second) of Torts § 559 lists “membership in the Ku Klux Klan” as the quintessential illustration of a defamatory statement. In an opinion piece in The Detroit News, columnist Bankole Thompson asserted that radio show host James Edwards is a “leader” of the Ku Klux Klan. There is no record evidence to suggest that Edwards holds a formal leadership position in the Ku Klux Klan, nor is there any record evidence to suggest that he is even a member. Notwithstanding this lack of formal relationship, Edwards has espoused views consistent with those associated with the Klan and, equally as important, he has repeatedly and publicly embraced several individuals who are strongly associated with the Klan. Mindful of Aesop’s lesson, “A man is known by the company he keeps,” we hold that Edwards cannot make claims of defamation or invasion of privacy and affirm summary disposition in favor of defendants.
Please click here and take the time to read this remarkable ruling in its entirety.
This illustrates how it is nearly impossible to win a libel suit in the USA.
Remember this next time you read a newspaper associate someone with the Ku Klan Klan. The newspaper could have just made it up, like the Detroit News, for the purpose of smearing someone.
Labels: court, free speech
Inevitability of legal prostitution
I have come to the conclusion that it is inevitable that prostitution will become legal, and publicly acceptable.
Prostitution is legal in more and more places. It is legal in Germany. Canada has decriminalized it. It is trending towards legality about like marijuana.
California has a legal porn video industry, so prostitution is legal as long as you say that you are making a porn movie, or auditioning for one.
Public opinion has turned against the sex habits of Harvey Weinstein, so what is a guy like that supposed to do?
The public has been trained to approve of homosexuality and other acts that have been traditionally considered immoral, with the argument that nothing can be wrong with a consensual act.
In this modern lens, prostitution is the most fully consensual sexual act of all. As it is usually practiced, all parties are freely and voluntarily participating with no unusual pressure or coercion.
Some are now arguing that almost anytime two co-workers date, there is a power imbalance that detracts from it being fully consensual. If an actress seduces Weinstein to get a movie part, then someone has more power. Either the actress, because she is young and beautiful and captivating, or Weinstein because he can award the movie role. Usually feminists blame the man, of course even tho 30% of the victims of sexual harassment are men.
Even in marriage, there are those today who consider it rape if the husband unduly pressures the wife to have sexual relations with him.
But with prostitution, there are no ongoing promises, commitments, or pressures. It is the perfect consensual act. Either party can walk away at any time, with no repercussions. Everyone gets exactly what they want.
I am not saying that I agree with these trends. I think that co-workers ought to be able to flirt at work. I think people ought to be able to make moral judgments about the consensual acts of others. I think spouse should be able to make long-term sexual commitments. But hardly anyone in the major news media agrees with me.
With the current views that dominate public sexual attitudes, I don't see any grounds for rejecting prostitution.
It is not practical to enforce laws against prostitution anyway. Prostitute can advertise on online dating sites, and say they want a no-strings-attached sexual relationship. The man will understand that he should bring a gift. Then it is all legal, even if prostitution is illegal.
So legal prostitution will be here to stay. Get used to it.
Update: A feminist article says: "being pro-sex worker is a necessary pillar of dismantling the patriarchy." The rest of the article is so wacky that it appears to be a joke, but I don't think it is.
Labels: crime, law, sex
Charlottesville officials created the chaos
NPR Radio news reports:
An independent review of Charlottesville's handling of the white nationalist rally there in August found that law enforcement and city officials made several significant mistakes, resulting in violence and distrust.
The city commissioned the report, which was prepared by Timothy Heaphy, a former U.S. attorney in Virginia. In conducting the investigation, Heaphy said his team pored through hundreds of thousands of documents, interviewed hundreds of witnesses, and reviewed countless hours of video and audio.
The resulting 220-page report is a detailed record of the chaos and conflict that unspooled in the Virginia college town. It is unsparing in identifying the errors authorities made that day and in the preceding months.
The city failed to protect either free expression or public safety, the report finds: "This represents a failure of one of government's core functions — the protection of fundamental rights. Law enforcement also failed to maintain order and protect citizens from harm, injury, and death. Charlottesville preserved neither of those principles on August 12, which has led to deep distrust of government within this community."
The "most tragic manifestation" of the failure to protect public safety was the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, the report says.
The news media had been blaming the white nationalist organizers. The city finally admits that the blame belongs with their own officials.
The mainstream news media at the time blamed the white nationalists for everything, even tho they weren't even present when Heyer died. The white nationalists explained that the city officials were creating a dangerous riot, and now that appears to be the correct story.
Labels: politics, race
Scared of medical diagnostic tests
From the Slate.com medical examiner column:
We Don’t Want to Know What Will Kill Us
Years of data on genetic testing reveal that when given the option, most people want less information, not more. ...
When, in 1996, French nun Mariannick Caniou found out she didn’t have Huntington’s disease, the lethal, degenerative genetic disorder, she fell into a depression. Throughout her life, she had been convinced that she would develop the illness that had killed her mother and grandmother. So convinced, in fact, that all her most important decisions had been based on that conviction: her decision not to marry, for example, or not to have children. ...
In those preparatory surveys, roughly 70 percent of those at risk of Huntington’s said they would take a test if it existed. In fact, only around 15 percent do — a proportion that has proved stable across countries and decades. A similar pattern emerged when tests became available for other incurable brain diseases, including rare familial forms of Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia: The vast majority of people prefer not to know.
There is a certain logic to this. Why know if there’s nothing you can do about it?
I think that she is misreading these studies. Huntington's is incurable, but obviously Caniou's (faulty) knowledge did influence her decisions. There were things that she could do about the Huntington's info.
I have posted examples of genetics experts who refuse to get their genes sequenced. Sometimes they complain that the tests are too unreliable, and sometimes that they are too reliable.
A lot of ppl are also afraid to take an IQ test. Some sort of phobia is at work here.
While some ppl have these problems, I refuse to believe that it is a majority. Most ppl have no problem with other diagnostics, like cholesterol, blood pressure, and diabetes tests. These are pushed by physicians who want to prescribe drugs for treatment, but the drugs don't really cure the problems.
Labels: drugs, health, IQ
Sexual harassment is purely subjective
An NPR Radio news guest explains sexual harassment:
MARSHALL: Yeah. The episode that just turned up in the last 24 hours involving Representative Kihuen really sets this out, I think, which is that - remember that sexual harassment is defined by how the recipient of it feels. If it's welcomed, it's not sexual harassment. If it isn't welcomed, it is sexual harassment. And it opens - the way the law is written and the way we look at it is someone who can change their mind about whether it was welcomed or not some time after it actually occurred. And men who - men who think that any conduct from them is welcomed often may find themselves in the situation of suddenly finding it was not. And this comes from, often, what their experience is, how attractive they are.
I have a script that I use in my training where, you know, a George Clooney level of actor and someone who looks like Steve Buscemi, for example, both hit on the same employee over and over again. That's sexual harassment, except eventually she agrees to go out with the good-looking guy. And the other guy who's just sort of inept is sent to HR with a complaint. And my audiences don't get this. They say it's unfair. And I say, well, that's sexual harassment. It depends on the victim's perception.
MARTIN: So - wait a minute. Are you really trying to tell me that somebody good looking behaving in a boorish fashion is OK as long as the target eventually thinks it's OK? I mean...
MARSHALL: I don't think it's OK. But it's not - but - I don't think it's OK. However, they will not get in trouble for sexual harassment because of the way the law is written. A hostile work environment means that the recipient of this has to feel hostility. They don't like it. So, for example, if somebody - I have a hypothetical that I'm sure has happened where someone is grabbed by Donald Trump back when he's a celebrity, and she comes home. And she's kissed, and she tells her roommate that was cool. Donald Trump kissed me. And then when everybody she knows detests Donald Trump, she suddenly says that not - you know, I was harassed.
In other words, there is no way you can know whether you are sexually harassing someone or not.
Labels: law, sex, women
Spinelessness and contempt for democracy
I did not expect to agree with the World Socialist Web Site on anything, but it is a voice of reason on the US sexual witch-hunt:
The purge of the US entertainment, media and political world initiated in early October by the New York Times has chalked up two more victims. The spinelessness and contempt for democracy in these circles seems almost universal and unlimited.
NBC News announced Wednesday it had axed Matt Lauer, longtime co-anchor of its “Today” show, after receiving a complaint on Monday night about his alleged sexual impropriety. ...
The case against Keillor, 75, seems even more preposterous. ...
With the toll of disgraced and disappeared mounting daily, one can only wonder, who’s next?
However creepy the accused men appear, the accusers, the news media, and their accomplices are much creepier.
Speaking of socialists, I mentioned the NY Times profiling a national socialist. Now the guy has lost his welder job, and the NY Times has attached a disclaimer to the original story. There is another witch-hunt in progress.
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General (Off-Topic) Discussion »
LoC: Top 65 Beverages
Author Topic: LoC: Top 65 Beverages (Read 41840 times)
BBQ Platypus
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SURF'S UP, SPACE PONIES!
Re: LoC: Top 65 Beverages
Quote from: Johnny Unusual on September 28, 2011, 03:51:43 PM
25 – Chocolate Milkshake
3 of 16 lists
Top Vote: #4 Johnny Unusual
Was my vote counted among this, or was it considered separate?
Correction: the coat hanger should be upside down.
Stars in Musicals
Very dapper
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on September 28, 2011, 11:07:52 PM
other than the $200/bottle stuff if you don't mind.
$200/bottle? Oh no no no, that's the price for a measure in coke, you don't wan't to know the price of a bottle
Johnny Unusual
Quote from: BBQ Platypus on September 28, 2011, 11:47:37 PM
That it was, but looking back, your vote merely said Milkshake and I did not count two very low counting "Vanilla Milkshakes"
Hmm... What do you think people? Should I have Milkshake shoot up in the rankings? It wouldn't be too much trouble to change it. I think that I initially toed with the idea of separate votes for different milkshakes and consolidating them and I think that BBQ's vote was stuck in the middle.
« Last Edit: September 29, 2011, 07:27:40 AM by Johnny Unusual »
20 – Ginger Ale
Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger. Dr. Thomas Cantrell, an American apothecary and surgeon, claimed to have invented ginger ale and marketed it with beverage manufacturer Grattan and Company. Grattan embossed the slogan "The Original Makers of Ginger Ale" on its bottles. Ginger ale was considered the most popular soft drink in the United States between 1860 and 1930.
Ginger Ale has a storied history in the United States. Ginger ales come in two varieties: "golden" and "dry". Golden ginger ale is dark colored, generally sweet to taste, with a strong ginger spice flavor. It is the older style and there is little or no difference between this and nonalcoholic versions of ginger beer. Many believe golden ginger ale is a form of ginger beer brought into North America by migrants from Eastern Europe, where it had been known for centuries. Golden ginger ale, like ginger beer, is mainly consumed as a soda type drink in its own right.
Dry ginger ale (paler, and with much less of the ginger "kick") became popular in the United States during the Prohibition era, when it was used as a mixer for alcoholic beverages, as the strong flavor of golden ginger ale was undesirable. Dry ginger ale quickly surpassed golden ginger ale in popularity, and today, golden ginger ale is an uncommon, and usually regional, drink. By contrast, dry ginger ale is produced on a vast scale for national and international consumers.
Vernors, Blenheim, A-Treat, Bull's Head, Chelmsford, Buffalo Rock, Sussex and Red Rock are brands of golden ginger ale. Canada Dry, Schweppes and Seagram's are major brands of dry ginger ale. Dry ginger ale, as a mixer for alcoholic beverages, is a staple on supermarket shelves, in bars, and on airlines. Ginger ale is less commonly sold through vending machines or soda fountains alongside other carbonated soft drinks, but is still popular in some countries such as Canada.
Drink Recipe – Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Cocktail Ingredients
• 8-10 cubes (cracked) Ice
• 2 measures lemon juice
• 1/2 measure grenadine
• 1/2 measure sugar syrup
• to top up, ginger ale
• Put 4-6 ice cubes into shaker. Pour the lemon juice, grenadine and sugar syrup over the ice and shake well. Half fill a small, chilled glass with remaining ice cubes and strain the cocktail over them. Top with ginger ale and decorate with orange slice and cherry.
http://www.youtube.com/v/y-chiAbi9ss
19 – Soy Milk
Top Vote: #3 CJones
Soy milk (also called soya milk, soymilk, soybean milk, or soy juice) and sometimes referred to as soy drink/beverage is a beverage made from soybeans. A stable emulsion of oil, water, and protein, it is produced by soaking dry soybeans and grinding them with water. Soy milk contains about the same proportion of protein as cow's milk: around 3.5%; also 2% fat, 2.9% carbohydrate, and 0.5% ash. Soy milk can be made at home with traditional kitchen tools or with a soy milk machine.
The coagulated protein from soy milk can be made into tofu, just as dairy milk can be made into cheese.
The oldest evidence of soy milk production is from China where a kitchen scene proving use of soy milk is incised on a stone slab dated around AD 25–220. It also appeared in a chapter called Four Taboos (Szu-Hui) in the AD 82 book called Lunheng by Wang Chong, possibly the first written record of soy milk. Evidence of soy milk is rare prior to the 20th century and widespread usage before then is unlikely.
According to popular tradition in China, soy milk was developed by Liu An for medicinal purposes, although there is no historical evidence for this legend. This legend first started in the 12th century and was not clearly stated until late 15th century in Bencao Gangmu, where Li was attributed to the development of tofu with no mention of soy milk. Later writers in Asia and the West additionally attributed development of soy milk to Liu An, assuming that he could not have made tofu without making soy milk. However, it is also likely that Liu An has been falsely attributed to the development of tofu by writers after his time. However, some recent writers attributed Liu An to have developed tofu in 164 BC.
Drink-Based Recipe – Soy Milk Pancakes
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup vanilla soy milk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, mix the vanilla soy milk, egg, oil, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Pour the soy milk mixture into the bowl with the flour mixture, and whisk together until smooth.
2. Grease a skillet, and heat over medium low heat. Pour about 1/4 cup batter onto the heated skillet, and cook until bubbly. Flip with a spatula, and continue cooking about 1 minute, until golden brown. Repeat with the remaining batter.
http://www.youtube.com/v/Dep7CH6sans
18 – Beer
Top Vote: #1 BBQ Platypus
Beer is the world's most widely consumed and probably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat. Sugars derived from maize (corn) and rice are widely used adjuncts because of their lower cost. Most beer is flavoured with hops, which add bitterness and act as a natural preservative, though other flavourings such as herbs or fruit may occasionally be included. Some of humanity's earliest known writings refer to the production and distribution of beer: the Code of Hammurabi included laws regulating beer and beer parlours, and "The Hymn to Ninkasi", a prayer to the Mesopotamian goddess of beer, served as both a prayer and as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people. Today, the brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries.
The strength of beer is usually around 4% to 6% alcohol by volume (abv) though may range from less than 1% abv, to over 20% abv in rare cases.
Beer forms part of the culture of beer-drinking nations and is associated with social traditions such as beer festivals, as well as a rich pub culture involving activities like pub crawling and pub games such as bar billiards.
Beer is one of the world's oldest prepared beverages, possibly dating back to the early Neolithic or 9500 BC, when cereal was first farmed, and is recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Archaeologists speculate that beer was instrumental in the formation of civilizations.
The earliest known chemical evidence of beer dates to circa 3500–3100 BC from the site of Godin Tepe in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran. Some of the earliest Sumerian writings found in the region contain references to a type of beer; one such example, a prayer to the goddess Ninkasi, known as "The Hymn to Ninkasi", served as both a prayer as well as a method of remembering the recipe for beer in a culture with few literate people. The Ebla tablets, discovered in 1974 in Ebla, Syria and date back to 2500 BC, reveal that the city produced a range of beers, including one that appears to be named "Ebla" after the city. A beer made from rice, which, unlike sake, didn't use the amylolytic process, and was probably prepared for fermentation by mastication or malting, was made in China around 7000 BC.
As almost any substance containing carbohydrates, mainly sugars or starch, can naturally undergo fermentation, it is likely that beer-like beverages were independently invented among various cultures throughout the world. Bread and beer increased prosperity to a level that allowed time for development of other technology and contributed to the building of civilizations.
Beer was spread through Europe by Germanic and Celtic tribes as far back as 3000 BC, and it was mainly brewed on a domestic scale. The product that the early Europeans drank might not be recognized as beer by most people today. Alongside the basic starch source, the early European beers might contain fruits, honey, numerous types of plants, spices and other substances such as narcotic herbs. What they did not contain was hops, as that was a later addition, first mentioned in Europe around 822 by a Carolingian Abbot and again in 1067 by Abbess Hildegard of Bingen.
In 1516, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, adopted the Reinheitsgebot (purity law), perhaps the oldest food-quality regulation still in use in the 21st century, according to which the only allowed ingredients of beer are water, hops and barley-malt. Beer produced before the Industrial Revolution continued to be made and sold on a domestic scale, although by the 7th century AD, beer was also being produced and sold by European monasteries. During the Industrial Revolution, the production of beer moved from artisanal manufacture to industrial manufacture, and domestic manufacture ceased to be significant by the end of the 19th century. The development of hydrometers and thermometers changed brewing by allowing the brewer more control of the process and greater knowledge of the results.
Today, the brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries. As of 2006, more than 133 billion liters (35 billion gallons), the equivalent of a cube 510 metres on a side, of beer are sold per year, producing total global revenues of $294.5 billion (£147.7 billion).
Drink-Based Recipe – Beer Batter Cod
Tartar Sauce:
1 scallion, both white and green parts, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons minced dilled gherkins
1 tablespoon minced drained capers
2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
1 pinch each of salt and black pepper
cooking oil, for deep-frying ( about 1 quart)
1 cup beer, or as needed
2 pounds cod, haddock or hake fillets, cut into approximately 1 1/2" x 3" pieces
Combine all the tartar sauce ingredients in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate.
Cover a cookie sheet with paper towels and top with a wire rack.
In a medium pot or deep fryer, heat 3 inches of oil to 350°F (use a deep frying thermometer if you are using a pot).
Meanwhile, mix the flour and cornstarch with the salt. Whisk in the egg. Slowly add the beer while whisking just until the ingredients are incorporated. Dip the fish pieces in the batter and place on a plate or the wire rack you will be using to drain the fried fish. If you have some batter left over, you can dip the fish in the batter again after the first coat of batter dries on the fish awaiting frying.
Place the fish pieces, two at a time, in the oil. Cook until the fish is done and the crust is lightly golden, about 4 minutes for 3/4 inch thick fillets. Remove the fish with tongs and put on the rack to drain. Sprinkle salt over the hot fish and put the baking sheet in the oven while you cook the other batches.
Serve with the tartar sauce and freshly made french fries.
http://www.youtube.com/v/SCgX4ixCRcQ
17 – Lemonade
Top Vote: #8 Johnny Unusual, Monty
Preferred serving: Pink! (Johnny Unusual, Monty)
Lemonade is a lemon-flavored drink, typically made from lemons, water and sugar.
The term can refer to three different types of beverage:
"Clear" lemonade: In many western European countries, the term limonade, from which the term "lemonade" is derived, originally applied to unsweetened water or carbonated soda water with lemon juice added, although several versions of sugar sweetened limonade have arrived on store shelves.
"Cloudy" lemonade (UK term): In the US, Canada, and India lemonade refers to a mixture of lemon juice, sugar, and uncarbonated water, although there are many versions which contain artificial flavors instead of actual lemon juice. In India, it is a common household preparation, made using freshly squeezed lemons, granulated sugar, salt, pepper (and other spices according to personal taste) and is invariably consumed fresh.
"Fizzy" lemonade: In France, the modern use of the term limonade refers to sweet carbonated lemon soft drinks (the uncarbonated version would be called citronnade). Likewise, in the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand the term "lemonade" refers to a colourless, carbonated, sweet soft drink containing either natural or artificial lemon flavour. (This does not include lemon-lime drinks such as Seven-Up and Sprite.)
The French word limonade, which originally meant an unsweetened lemon-flavored water or carbonated soda, has since come to mean "soft drink", regardless of flavor, in many countries.
In the UK, the suffix '-ade' means a 'carbonated sweet soft drink'; hence limeade, orangeade, cherryade, etc. Brown lemonade exists in the Northern Ireland region of the UK.
In the Republic of Ireland, lemonade refers to the carbonated, lemon-flavored soft drink (as in the UK) but is further sub-divided into white (clear) lemonade and red lemonade. White lemonade equates to the colourless fizzy lemonade common in many countries, while red lemonade is particular to Ireland. Red lemonade differs slightly in taste from white lemonade and is either drunk neat or as part of a whiskey mixer.
American-style lemonade exists in the UK as a "homemade" juice (also called lemonade), but is only rarely sold commercially under that name. A carbonated version is commonly sold commercially as "cloudy" or "traditional" lemonade. There are also similar uncarbonated products, lemon squash and lemon barley water, both of which are usually sold as a syrup which is diluted to taste. Traditional lemonade also comes in powder packages. Variations on this form of lemonade can be found worldwide. In India and Pakistan, where it is commonly known as limbu paani or nimbu paani, lemonade may also contain salt and/or ginger juice. Shikanjvi is a traditional lemonade from the India-Pakistan region and can also be flavored with saffron, garlic and cumin.
In Australia and New Zealand, lemonade can also refer to any clear, carbonated soft drink with a primarily lemon flavor; e.g. a lemon-lime soft drink, such as Sprite. Culturally however, with a drink such as Sprite, the flavor is not recognised as "lemon-lime", but just plain "lemonade", although it is still the same flavor as its international counterpart. Other colored (and flavored) soft drinks are sometimes referred to by their color such as "red lemonade" or "green lemonade", implying that "lemonade" is the clear version of its "flavored" counterparts.
Drink-Based Recipe – Lemonade
• 6 lemons
• 1 cup white sugar
• 6 cups cold water
1. Juice the lemons to make 1 cup of juice. To make your labor easier, FIRMLY roll the lemons between your hand and counter top before cutting in half and juicing.
2. In a gallon pitcher combine 1 cup lemon juice, 1 cup sugar, and 6 cups cold water. Stir. Adjust water to taste. Chill and serve over ice.
http://www.youtube.com/v/H6Q4s_ZdvAQ
16 – Earl Grey
Top Vote: #3 Imrahil
Earl Grey tea is a tea blend with a distinctive flavour and aroma derived from the addition of oil extracted from the rind of the bergamot orange, a fragrant citrus fruit and is commonly known as "regular tea".
Traditionally the term "Earl Grey" was applied only to black tea; however, today the term is used for other teas that contain oil of bergamot, or a flavour.
The Earl Grey blend is named after 2nd Earl Grey, British Prime Minister in the 1830s and author of the Reform Bill of 1832, who reputedly received a gift, probably a diplomatic perquisite, of tea flavoured with bergamot oil, taken from bergamot, a citrus fruit typical of Southeast Asia and grown commercially in Italy.
According to one legend, a grateful Chinese mandarin whose son was rescued from drowning by one of Lord Grey's men first presented the blend to the Earl in 1803. The tale has no basis in fact, as Lord Grey never set foot in China and the use of bergamot oil to scent tea was then unknown in China. However, this tale is subsequently told (and slightly corrected) on the Twinings website, as "having been presented by an envoy on his return from China".
Jacksons of Piccadilly claim they originated Earl Grey's Tea, Lord Grey having given the recipe to Robert Jackson & Co. partner George Charlton in 1830. According to Jacksons, the original recipe has been in constant production and has never left their hands. Theirs has been based on China tea since the beginning.
According to the Grey family, the tea was specially blended by a Chinese mandarin for Lord Grey, to suit the water at Howick Hall, the family seat in Northumberland, using bergamot in particular to offset the preponderance of lime in the local water. Lady Grey used it to entertain in London as a political hostess, and it proved so popular that she was asked if it could be sold to others, which is how Twinings came to market it as a brand.
Drink-Based Recipe – Chocolate Earl Grey Cookies
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 2 1/2 tablespoons Earl Grey tea, finely ground in a coffee grinder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Cream together butter, sugar, and tea. Beat in vanilla, then eggs, one at a time until incorporated. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder; fold into egg mixture until just mixed.
3. Drop cookies by rounded tablespoonfuls onto a ungreased cookie sheets.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes.
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15 – Captain Morgan
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Captain Morgan is a brand of rum produced by alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century, Welsh privateer of theCaribbean, Sir Henry Morgan. Since 2011 the label has used the slogan, "To Life, Love and Loot."
In 1944, the Seagram Company started producing rum under the name Captain Morgan Rum Company.
Seagram CEO Samuel Bronfman purchased a distillery named Long Pond from the Jamaican government. Among the buyers of raw rum from the Long Pond distillery was a Kingston pharmacy named Levy Brothers. The Levy family had been purchasing raw rum, adding medicinal herbs and spices, aging, and bottling it. Bronfman liked the rum product and bought the rights to it.
In the 1950s the governments of both the United States and its Puerto Rico commonwealth territory instituted a number of job-creation programs in Puerto Rico. Taxes on rum entering the contiguous 48 states from Puerto Rico were made lower than those on rum coming from foreign countries. At this time both Seagram's and the Bacardi family built large new plants near San Juan. In 1985, Seagrams sold its rum distillery and manufacturing facilities in Camuy and Arecibo -- and doing business as Puerto Rican Destillers -- to Destilería Serrallés, a Puerto Rican concern that had been producing the Don Q brand in Puerto Rico since 1865. As part of the contract Seagrams also licensed to Serralles the rights to produce and distribute the "Captain Morgan" brand in Puerto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean until in 2012.
In 2001, Seagrams sold the "Captain Morgan" brand to Diageo. Diageo made an announcement on June 24, 2008 that it intends to build and operate a new rum distillery on St. Croix, Virgin Islands beginning in 2010 and to source from it beginning at the end of their current supply contract in 2012.
In 1984, Captain Morgan Original Spiced rum was introduced to the United States. Captain Morgan is, by volume, the second largest brand of spirits in the United States, and the seventh largest worldwide. In 2007, 7.6 million 9-liter cases were sold. Most Captain Morgan rum is sold in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, and Global Travel.
Although the pirate Henry Morgan is a figure of Jamaican culture, the Seagram's Captain Morgan Rum is labeled as a product of Puerto Rico, whereas the Captain Morgan Rum produced by J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. is labeled as a "product of Jamaica."
In November 2009, the NFL banned a covert ad campaign, allegedly put on by Diageo. It was understood that for each NFL player striking the "Captain Morgan" pose on camera during a regular season game, Diageo would donate $10,000 to the Gridiron Greats (a non-profit which helps retired NFL players with various hardships after leaving the game). The league made this announcement following such a celebration by Brent Celek of the Philadelphia Eagles.
In 2010 two American territories, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands bickered over plans for the Captain Morgan to move operations to the U.S.V.I under tax incentives. The matter came to a head when it created a debate in the United States Congress over the USVI's attempt to use tax benefits to lure the company to that territory.
Drink-Based Recipe – Long Island Spice Tea
Ok add 0.25 oz. Smirnoff Vodka into a cocktail shaker, add 0.25 oz. Gordon’s Gin to the shaker, 0.25 oz. Jose Cuervo tequila to the shaker, add 0.25 oz. of Grand Marnier to the shaker and the piece de resistance – 0.25 oz. of Captain Morgan ® Original Spiced.
Add 1.0 oz. of equal parts water, sugar, fresh lemon juice & fresh limejuice. Give it a shake. Add Cola and pour over ice into a tall glass.
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D.B. Barnes
Grendel's Mom
"AMIRITE?!?"
Quote from: Johnny Unusual on September 29, 2011, 05:37:44 AM
I just want an explanation (preferably in the form of a 72-slide PowerPoint presentation) of the orange soda situation.
VIVA IL ESORDIO DEL DIABETE ADULTO DUCE!!!
Quote from: D.B. Barnes on September 29, 2011, 08:00:22 AM
I had Orange pop, Orangina, C-Plus and Orange Crush on my list. Some people gave the names of specific brands, some did not.
Pak-Man
Insert $0.25 to Play!
Sunkist is the only TRUE orange soda. All the others are just imitators.
Pitch-perfect imitators. :^)
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Compsognathus
WOOO got captain twice on this list
Darth Geek
The Efron
I am boring and destined to die alone!
I had Ginger Ale (specifically Canada Dry) at #1 on my list. ALthough since mine didn't go to a full 25 items, the #1 slot would have counted less.
I didn't include yours since it was SPECIFICALLY Canada Dry. I know it sounds like I'm being anal, but never underestimate the rabid passion of brand loyalty.
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David Ling is the author of the new children's picture book Why Do Cats Have Tails? After working in the publishing industry for almost two decades, he established David Ling Publishing in 1992 and its children's imprint, Duck Creek Press, in 2010. He is based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Q: How did you come up with the idea for Why Do Cats Have Tails?, and why did you decide to have it focus on a grandfather and grandchildren?
A: Young children are very curious about the world around them and ask lots and lots of questions. Some make you laugh, some are so pretty weird and hard to answer.
Like many other grandfathers, I suspect, I found myself giving silly answers to amuse my granddaughter Emma and it has turned into a sort of game where we have lots of fun coming up with answers to questions that get sillier and sillier.
Suddenly a book idea was born but it took me several months playing around with it on and off before I felt it was right and ready to pass over to the illustrator.
Q: Did you plot out the entire story before you wrote it, or did you make changes along the way?
A: I didn’t plan the whole thing out at once. I started with the title and a couple of silly answers and ideas for how they could be illustrated and then it gradually grew as more silly answers came to mind. A second, younger granddaughter, Lara, was added after a while to allow for more illustration possibilities.
Q: You're also a publisher of children's books--why did you launch Duck Creek Press in 2010?
A: I had published children’s picture books before, including another one of my own, when I was a local director of multinational companies here in New Zealand.
When I went independent with David Ling Publishing in 1992 I concentrated on building an adult fiction and non-fiction list but always wanted to also publish picture books again.
Finally in 2009 I had a couple of irresistible manuscripts in hand and saw a bit of a gap in the market so decided to take the leap, creating Duck Creek Press as a specialist imprint within the company. There are now more than 30 Duck Creek titles in print alongside the larger David Ling list. It’s been a lot of fun.
Q: Who are some New Zealand-based writers whose work you particularly recommend?
A: There are so many to recommend it’s hard to know where to begin, and certainly where to end. A very authoritative guide as to what is really good recent children’s writing and publishing in New Zealand is to look at the annual Storylines Notable Book Awards. Here is a link to the latest list.
A: At the moment I’m very busy with other authors’ work but I have an idea lurking that I will toy with when I get a chance. It’s quite different from Why Do Cats Have Tails? And time will tell whether it’s a dead end or not.
A: With a national population of around four and a half million and a completely open market to anything published anywhere in the English language, getting good volume sales in local publishing is pretty tough. Selling overseas rights to many of our titles has made a big difference financially, to the company and to the authors and illustrators.
--Interview with Deborah Kalb
mcrchicago May 3, 2016 at 8:26 PM
As Publisher Development Manager at IPG I helped Starfish Bay Children's Books launch their first list of titles published for the North American market. This book is among my favorites on their list.
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The slavery experience (Part 1)
Published:Friday | August 3, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Freedom fighters: Maroons and many others fought slavery.
The Zong Massacre monument at Black River, St Elizabeth, erected in honour of 133 Africans who were thrown from the slave ship, the Zong, in 1781.
AUGUST 1, 2012 marked 174 years since the proclamation of full freedom for Africans in the British colonies. Full freedom for approximately 311,000 enslaved Africans in Jamaica was not achieved until August 1, 1838.
Emancipation Day was officially introduced as a public holiday in Jamaica in 1893. The 'First of August' celebrations, however, was discontinued in 1962, when Jamaica gained Independence. It was replaced by Independence Day, which was then recognised on the first Monday in August.
In 1997, the then government re-introduced Emancipation Day as a public holiday and Independence Day was fixed to August 6. This re-introduction of Emancipation Day provides the opportunity for us to reflect on the journey of our ancestors in their struggle for freedom. As Bob Marley sings, "If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from". An understanding of our past and the experiences of our ancestors is important as we continue to build our country.
The period of enslavement in Jamaica began with the first European colonisers, the Spanish. The arrival of the Spanish in 1494 led to the decimation of the indigenous Ta'no. In less than a century, the Ta'no died as a result of Spanish enslavement, imported diseases and Spanish brutality.
The Spanish method of enslavement was called the Encomienda System, which required the Ta'no to work on Spanish plantations and in their mines. This method of forced labour resulted in the decimation of the Ta'no in a relatively short time. Many of the Ta'no died as a result of exhaustion on the plantations. Others died because they fell victims to famine, European diseases, such as smallpox, and some were brutally killed by the Spanish when dogs were used to subdue them to work.
In retaliation, many indigenous people took their lives, while others migrated to the interior and established free settlements.
African replacements
According to Philip Sherlock and Hazel Bennett (1998), when the Spanish settlers found their labour force depleted, they turned to Africa for replacements. Bartholomew las Casas, a Spanish priest, recommended the use of Africans in Jamaica and other Spanish territories when Indian labour had diminished. Until then, the only Africans on the island were personal household servants of a few settlers. These servants did not come directly from Africa, but from European countries where African slavery was already institutionalised.
When the English invaded Jamaica in 1655 and subsequently captured the island, the enslavement of Africans became far more degrading. During 1655 and 1658, the Spanish freed and recruited the enslaved Africans in their battle against the English. Many of these Africans fled to the interior. Here, they interbred with the free Ta'no and became the Maroons. Over time, the ranks of the Maroons were swelled by Africans who sought freedom from enslavement on the plantations of the English.
Close to 1,000,000 enslaved Africans were imported to Jamaica. Most of the African captives came from the Gold Coast (present day Ghana, Togo and Benin) and the Bight of Biafra (including present day Nigeria, Cameroon and the Equatorial Guinea). The inhumane treatment for the Africans began at the point of capture.
The villages were raided to get sufficient numbers for the voyage to the West Indies, and in some cases, the Africans consisted of prisoners of war. Once captured, they were forcefully brought to the African ports of departure in chains where they awaited the arrival of a slaver. The journey from the African coast to the Caribbean took on average five to eight weeks in good weather. This leg of the journey was referred to as the Middle Passage or the Atlantic Passage.
The conditions of the Middle Passage were appalling. The slavers were usually overcrowded and this led to unsanitary conditions, resulting in the outbreak of various diseases, including small pox and dysentery. Many Africans died as a result of these contagious diseases and others died from inhumane treatment. For example, on September 6, 1781, the Zong left West Africa with a crew of 20 men led by Captain Luke Collingwood and a total of 440 Africans. As many as 60 died within the first seven weeks, and many others fell ill. One hundred and thirty-three Africans who the crew thought were least likely to recover were chained, ankle by ankle and then thrown overboard, weighed down with balls. Some 55 were thrown overboard on November 29; 42 on November 30, and 26 more Africans were thrown overboard on December 1.
On December 28, 1781, the Zong docked in Black River, St Elizabeth, with 208 Africans, 232 fewer than when it left the African coast. The matter was brought before the British courts, not for the mass killing, but because the insurers refused to pay ship owners, James Gregson et al, compensation for the loss. This is just one of the many cases of inhumane treatment on the slavers.
Major ports of entry for the African captives in Jamaica included the Kingston Harbour, Port Royal, Falmouth and Black River. Those Africans who endured and survived the horrors of the Middle Passage would then begin a life of inhumane treatment on the plantations, which included working without pay, whipping, torture and sexual abuse.
Many were maimed or killed as punishment for daring to seek freedom. The enslaved African was now chattel, an item that could be disposed of at the whim of the enslavers, in the same way as land, cattle, furniture or equipment.
Overworked, underpaid
On Jamaican plantations, the enslaved Africans worked about 12 hours daily (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.), up to six days a week. They were usually given about half an hour for breakfast and one and a half hours break for lunch. At the end of their routine tasks or their respective work for the day, they were also expected to do extra tasks such as put trash in the cattle pens, or carry grass for the planters' horses. On sugar plantations, the enslaved persons were required to work additional hours during 'crop time'. This was the period of intensive activity in the factory and in the field as the cane had to be harvested and converted to sugar within a specified time. In many instances during the harvesting of the cane the enslaved persons had to work in the factories day and night with very few hours to rest.
During their so-called 'spare time', the enslaved persons were allowed to cultivate their own provision grounds or garden plots near their houses or on remote parts of the estate. They also had to use this time to provide much of their own clothing, household utensils and build their houses. There was therefore very little time for family and other activities.
Although the condition of enslavement did not usually go hand-in-hand with independence there were some women and men who managed to rise above their situations. One of these persons was Phibbah - an enslaved Creole or Jamaican-born woman who worked as a housekeeper on several properties in Westmoreland.
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Beware! Cigarette companies luring kids into smoking with technology
Published:Friday | November 23, 2012 | 9:56 AM
The Heart Foundation of Jamaica is warning parents to be even more vigilant, as cigarette and tobacco companies have stepped up their use of technology and mobile applications to entice individuals to smoke.
Speaking at a forum yesterday, Executive Director of the Foundation, Deborah Chen said these companies have increased their use of smart phone applications, computers and mobile games to pass on subtle messages even to children.
She said there are more than 100 mobile applications which appear to promote smoking to users of these technologies.
She described this kind of promotion of smoking as deadly, noting that children and young adults are the main users of such technologies and are also included in the target groups of cigarette and tobacco companies.
Citing a 2010 survey by the National Council on Drug Abuse, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica’s executive director pointed out that the study found that 17 per cent of children are smokers.
Chen further said that the survey also found that the number of children, who started to smoke before the age of 10 moved from 18.7 per cent in 2009 to 20 per cent a year later.
She added that the number of children who reported needing a cigarette first thing in the morning went from 5.9 per cent to 13.4 per cent in 2010.
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Dr. Patrick Gleeson
Patrick Gleeson, Ph. D.
Patrick Gleeson introduced electronic instruments into jazz (on the pioneering 1970 Herbie Hancock album Crossings), and was master synthesist and arranger of the equally ground-breaking all synthesizer score for Apocalypse Now.
While teaching at San Francisco State in the 1960s he joined a small group of avantgarde composers at the Mills College Tape Music Center. Out of this seminal group came, among others, Steve Reich, LaMonte Young, and Terry Riley with whom Gleeson scored Bruce Conner’s monumental underground film of the atomic bomb tests, Crossroads.
Then Gleeson went in another direction. He quit teaching and began playing synthesizer on various rock and R &B records. After introducing a large Moog modular synthesizer to jazz on Crossings, he joined Herbie Hancock’s innovative electronic jazz sextet.
Since then has received awards from NARAS, a composition grant from the National Endowment, has played on and/or produced over a hundred jazz, R & B, and rock records and has composed scores for feature films and 9 television series.
In 1996 he and jazz saxophonist and composer Bennie Maupin formed
He and Pat Gleeson, also an innovative Herbie Hancock alumnus who first introduced synthesizers into serious jazz recording and performance, have formed their own recording and performing group, Driving While Black, which revisits (and renews) some of the territory explored in Bitches Brew, and the Headhunters and Sextant albums, which updates the electronic jazz tradition which, together, they helped form. The group’s first single was released on Virgin in 1996; their first album was released on Intuition in 1998.
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A Hero’s Welcome For Clayton Fernander
Nine days ago he was ambushed, shot multiple times and underwent numerous surgeries in The Bahamas and Florida. But, on Thursday, Police Superintendent Clayton Fernander received a hero’s welcome when he returned home.
Greeted by his fellow officers Supt. Fernander arrived back in the country just before 3:00 p.m. Thursday with his right hand in a cast, evidence of his brutal April 11 attack.
But even with his hand barely able to move the high ranking police officer said he is happy to be back home with his family and colleagues and noted that despite what has happened to him he remains committed to fighting crime.
“I know that everyone is concerned with respect to my injuries,” he said. “I want to take this time out to really thank the entire public who had prayers for me, who called and who visited.”
“I believe it is through the grace of God and their prayers that I am here today. I want to say at this time that we need to come together as one and members of the public need to support their police force. We cannot sit back and let a few thugs take over this country.”
Last Wednesday, two men ambushed Supt. Fernander as he arrived at his St. Vincent Road home and shot him multiple times to the chest and right hand.
It was initially thought that his hand would have to be amputated because it was so badly mangled but Supt. Fernander said the doctors have promised to keep a close eye on the hand to determine if they would have to operate again.
On Tuesday, 23-year-old Maurice Armbrister and 21-year-old Excel Josey were charged with attempted murder in connection with that shooting.
The wounded officer gave reporters an update the injuries he sustained to his hand.
“It’s coming along well; it’s progressing well as time goes on,” he added. “[The doctors] were able to manage it and see the progress. They will inform me and they will examine the hand and to see if they have to go back into it, but the hand is coming along well.
“They were able to change the cast (on Wednesday) and God is so good. During the changing of the cast the doctor felt the finger and was able to see some nerves coming back. The hand is certainly coming back.”
Supt. Fernander thanked the country at large, his fellow officers especially Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade whom he said never left his side, his family and all those who prayed for him for helping him pull through.
But he added that based on the fact that he was able to stand on his feet, speak, smile and at times even crack a joke is testament to the works of a greater force.
“Psalms 27:1 says, ‘The Lord is the light, my life and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is my strength and my life of whom shall I be afraid?’ It’s good to be back and I thank God that I am here and alive today. It’s only through him that I am here today and I want to give him the praise for that.”
The veteran officer is expected back on the job within the next six months, but being the trooper that he is, he said he is hoping to shave that down to about three months.
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