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Scott’s Directorial Debut An Underrated Work Of Film Art
Ridley Scott is one of the most revered directors in the movie business today. To his credit, Scott has directed numerous hits including Bladerunner, Alien, Gladiator and many others. While the aforementioned flicks have done more than their share in making him one of Hollywood’s head names, it was this far lesser known movie that gave Scott his real start behind the camera on the big screen. It goes without saying that The Duellists is very much a niche film. As much as it’s a niche film though, it’s a movie that could so easily generate quite a bit of discussion. What makes it so worthy of discussion is its story.
The crux of The Duellists’ story centers on two men who let a single misunderstanding become the fuel for an ongoing feud that gets rather violent to say the least. And it’s set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic era France. On the surface, that’s all that this story is. But on a deeper level, one could argue that it serves as an allegory of sorts about pride and human emotion. A simple misunderstanding between D’Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Feraud (Harvey Keitel) lead to the pair’s ongoing feud. While the story does start off a little bit slow, once it gets going, it has no trouble keeping its audiences’ attention. What audiences get once they’re pulled in is two men who are increasingly wrapped up in the anger directed at the other. The real reward to the near two-hour story is its surprise twist ending. The ending won’t be given away here. But it should be noted that the ending is a fitting closer to the story, offering total closure and an important moral to add to the discussions raised by the story.
It goes without saying that The Duellists is not a movie that will hit home with just one watch. That’s not an entirely bad thing, though. It’s really one of those stories that will grow on audiences more with each viewing. It’s sort of like the old adage says, once you’re at the top, there’s nowhere to go but down. In the case of The Duellists, there’s nowhere to go but up. That’s thanks in large part to the story. What helps to really make that the case isn’t so much just the story, but one of the bonus features included in the brand new Blu-ray re-issue of this must see movie and its companion commentary. The new Blu-ray re-issue includes a bonus feature titled, “Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott and Kevin Reynolds Featurette” that is just as informative as the bonus audio commentary by Ridley Scott included with the movie. Both the commentary and this bonus feature go a long way toward helping audiences understand everything that went into bringing this story to life. Audiences will in turn have more appreciation for the movie with each viewing. The new Blu-ray re-issue will be available Tuesday, January 29th in stores and online. It can be ordered online direct via the Shout! Factory store at http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/215688.
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Predicting politics: Professors model prediction markets
Political prediction markets -- in which participants buy and sell "contracts" based on who they think will win an election -- accurately predicted Barack Obama's 2008 victory. Now Northwestern University researchers have determined that these markets behave similar to financial markets, except when traders' partisan feelings get in the way.
That was the case in the 2000 presidential election, where the researchers found that partisan feeling was so strong that it influenced trading.
Nevertheless, the Northwestern team has created a model of how prices fluctuate in these prediction markets -- a model that could eventually be used to tell how certain events affect the outcomes of elections.
This research -- a result of a partnership between Luís Amaral, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Daniel Diermeier, the IBM Distinguished Professor of Regulation and Competitive Practice at the Kellogg School of Management -- will be published online the week of Jan. 21 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The two, along with Tom Rietz at the University of Iowa and postdoctoral researcher Saikat Majumder, studied data from the Iowa Electronic Markets' 2000 and 2004 presidential winner-takes-all market. In this market, traders buy two contracts for $1 -- one contract that will pay you $1 if the Democratic candidate wins and nothing if they lose, and one that will pay $1 if the Republican candidate wins and nothing if they lose. A trader can then make money by selling the contract of the person they think will lose.
"We wanted to know the characteristics of this market, and what we found is that when the market is working appropriately, it's very similar to what you find in financial markets," Amaral says. "From there we were able to make a model that shows how the price of these contracts moves."
But unlike financial markets, traders are limited to buying $500 in contracts in order to limit the possibility of manipulation. That buying limit also means limited potential profits.
"Unlike betting in Las Vegas, the Iowa Electronic Markets are not designed to make money for the market operators," Amaral says. "They are designed to use the wisdom of the crowds to find out what most likely will happen by aggregating the information possessed by a large number of people. In polls, you might not answer how you really feel, depending on how the question is framed or if you want to please the poll taker. In the market, there is a benefit for you to act on what you believe will happen based on the information you have."
For this sort of market to work, however, people must act like rational traders -- which isn't always the case. Researchers found that in the 2000 election, partisan feeling for and against George W. Bush was so strong that traders didn't act rationally -- more Republican traders traded as if they truly believed that Bush was going to win, and more Democratic traders traded as though they believed Bush would lose.
"I was happy that we could find an account for this abnormality, given that it made sense in the market," Diermeier says. "You are trading in a market where you may have a very vested interest in the outcome, which is unlike financial markets, where traders probably don't have an emotional attachment to the price of gold. In political prediction markets, there can be room for wishful thinking."
Diermeier, who is also a professor of political science, said the model offers another way to look at political campaigns.
"Once you have a model like this, then you can identify what types of events are important enough to change the course of the election," he says. "That is the natural next step. You can also consider when the election 'settlement date' was. When was that race over? We all know intuitively when certain races are over, but now we have a systematic way to approach it."
This approach extends beyond politics -- prediction markets like this one exist for everything from scientific breakthroughs to box-office profits.
"These studies are important because if people have some belief that these prediction markets are doing a good job, then they will pay attention to what is going on with them," Amaral says. "If someone is manipulating them -- like if a drug company that has a drug under clinical trials makes it seem as though this drug will be the cure for cancer -- they are misleading people, which could have a huge impact on all these areas. Now that we understand the dynamics, we can see if something strange is going on."
Source: Northwestern University
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Citation: Predicting politics: Professors model prediction markets (2009, January 19) retrieved 17 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2009-01-politics-professors.html
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Oh, brother. The prediction markets are much ado about nothing. They are what they are: the public's sentiment in regards to what they THINK will happen. Contracts on Barack Obama winning New Hampshire in the January primaries were selling at 85 the DAY BEFORE the primary. Of course we know now Hillary Clinton won New Hampshire by 8%
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Nonlinear optical materials convert terahertz radiation into infrared light
by RIKEN
Figure 1: A crystal of lithium niobate with an alternating stacking structure that gives the material nonlinear optical properties. Credit: Kouji Nawata, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
Terahertz radiation, part of the frequency spectrum of light between microwaves and infrared, can pass through many materials and is potentially useful for applications such as airport security scanning. Commercial use of the technology, however, has been held back by the difficulty in detecting terahertz signals. Kouji Nawata and colleagues from the Tera-Photonics Research Team at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics have now developed a system that can upconvert terahertz radiation to higher-frequency infrared light for more efficient detection.
"Conventional terahertz detectors are thermal sensors that convert terahertz energy into heat," explains Nawata. "This can cause the sensitivity of these detectors to become worse in hot environments."
Optical detection after frequency conversion represents an attractive solution. Nawata's team achieved this goal by taking advantage of the unusual properties of nonlinear optical materials, which have an optical response that is dependent on light intensity. These materials are useful because they provide a way of making two beams of light interact indirectly, where a high-intensity beam of light sets the optical properties of the crystal and thus influences the propagation of a second, lower-intensity pulse. An example of such a nonlinear optical process is difference frequency generation (DFG), which creates a third beam of light with a frequency that is roughly equal to the difference of the two incident beams.
Using their nonlinear optical material in a DFG configuration, the researchers were able to take a 1.6-terahertz pulse and combine it with a high-intensity laser beam to generate a near-infrared signal. They demonstrated that the intensity of the DFG infrared light was proportional to the incoming terahertz radiation, proving the scheme to be a useful way of measuring the strength of the incoming terahertz pulse. The approach was also sensitive, detecting pulses of terahertz light with a miniscule 25 femtojoules of energy.
The real advantage of this technique, however, is its flexibility. Nawata and his colleagues engineered their nonlinear material (Fig. 1) by stacking layers of lithium niobate such that the atomic crystal orientation was alternated between layers. They were able to optimize detection for a specific frequency of terahertz light by changing the periodicity of this stacking or by altering the angle between the light propagation and the stacking directions.
"One potential application that we would like to develop is terahertz wireless communication," says Nawata. "This technology could enable speeds a thousand times faster than present gigahertz-class communication, and the concept could easily be combined with fiber optics technologies."
Technologies for the optical characterization of materials at terahertz frequencies
More information: Nawata, K., Notake, T., Ishizuki, H., Qi, F., Takida, Y., Fan, S., Hayashi, S., Taira, T. & Minamide, H. "Effective terahertz-to-near-infrared photon conversion in slant-stripe-type periodically poled LiNbO3." Applied Physics Letters 104, 091125 (2014). DOI: 10.1063/1.4868096
Journal information: Applied Physics Letters
Provided by RIKEN
Citation: Nonlinear optical materials convert terahertz radiation into infrared light (2014, May 9) retrieved 17 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2014-05-nonlinear-optical-materials-terahertz-infrared.html
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PLWDs exhibit tailoring venture at award ceremony
APEC’S theme for inclusivity became a reality when two persons living with disabilities were allowed to present their tailoring business at the 2018 APEC Best Awards ceremony on Wednesday.
BY YOMBI KEP
yekp@spp.com.pg
Varo Matagu and Momoru Morea, who are both living with hearing impairment from the National Capital District Deaf Association, were given time to exhibit their quite successful tailoring business at the awards ceremony.
“This is a big achievement for us and we are very happy to be part of it all,” said Ms Matagu, the 35-year-old from Pari village.
The two have been running their tailoring business at Ms Matagu’s Pari residence for almost a year now, and being part of the APEC Awards ceremony is an eye opener for both of them. It has motivated them to work hard.
“There are many people here and I am shy, but as time goes by I feel strong and confident,” said Ms Morea, the 38-year-old from Hanuabada.
So far, being part of the APEC Forum on Women and Economy is their biggest achievement.
However, their sign language interpreter Hilda Igo Tuaru, who has been with them throughout their entrepreneurial journey, said apart from being part of the forum, the two had tailored shirts and dresses as uniforms for the Department of Religion, Youth and Community Development for the APEC SOM2 meet and had also sewn uniforms for the department for the forum as well.
She said that they both learned to sew from different vocational centers, but both were part of the Red Cross Special Education Resource Centre where they acquired their sewing and tailoring skills.
“Currently known as the Red Cross Inclusive Education, both were part of the group that trained there. Momoru joined in 1990 and Varo joined in 1997,” she said.
The two tailors can make dresses, shirts for men and women, suits, wedding dresses as well as bridesmaid dresses, skirts and so on.
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Growing up in a household with divorce parents
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How hardcore rock music helped Tommy become the person he is today
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Mark Crandall is a licensed counselor, a mindset coach, an author, and a motivational speaker. He grew up in the foster care system which resulted in many emotional issues as a teenager and adult. He eventually turned to drugs which landed him in prison for seven years. But while he was in prison he made a decision to change his life around. In ...…
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Shelly Ehler is the creator and founder of ShowNo Towel which is a towel that is worn like a poncho and has multiple functions. Shelly was asked by the producers of the hit TV show, Shark Tank, to pitch her product on the show. Shelly is the only entrepreneur to leave with a signed check in hand after her pitch. However, many unforeseen circums ...…
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Stephen Neal won a national championship in wrestling in college before he walked-onto the New England Patriots as an offensive lineman. He is one of a few players ever to play in the NFL without playing college football. He was a member of the Patriots teams that won Super Bowls 36, 38, and 39. In this episode: Being challenged to wrestle as a ...…
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Kyle Oxford experienced the pain of divorce especially after he tried multiple times to keep it together. The pain of infidelity can be unbearable. Kyle turned to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain in self-destructive behavior. However, through the help of a buddy and a new female companion, he put those activities behind and regained self-conf ...…
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It was love at first lift for Stephen Moore after he finished his first workout in the weight room. He fell in love with powerlifting and dreamed that he would compete in the strongman competitions one day. However, one day he was hit by another vehicle while on his motorcycle and lost his leg below the knee in surgery. A lost leg did not stop ...…
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Shay Eskew is ranked in the top 1% of the world in the Ironman endurance race. He was burned on 35% of his body at 8 years old. He endured over 35 surgeries throughout his lifetime to become the athlete and motivational speaker that he is today. In this episode: 35% of burns on body turns to 65% with no insurance Ear amputation with no pain med ...…
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Rob Pope was inspired by the movie Forrest Gump and decided to retrace Forrest's steps. Rob is the only man in history to run across the United States four times. This Englishman ran 422 days and over 15,000 miles to earn his stripes as the real life Forrest Gump. After all, he just felt like runnin! In this episode: Intrigued to do what no one ...…
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Michelle Wolf says she ‘wouldn’t change a single word’ of her correspondents’ dinner routine
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© REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Comedian Michelle Wolf performs at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2018.
By Travis Andrews, The Washington Post
It’s been less than 48 hours since Michelle Wolf said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders burns lies and uses the ash as eye shadow at the White House correspondents’ dinner.
In that time, Wolf has been lauded as a political and comedic hero and decried as a cruel and offensive bully. Her routine has been dissected, commented on, examined, praised and trashed in hundreds of articles by seemingly everyone with a keyboard.
Former press secretary Sean Spicer implied that her performance was a “total disgrace” (to which Wolf tweeted “Thank you!”). It even led to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and comedian Kumail Nanjiani bickering on Twitter (first about Wolf’s performance and then about who unfollowed whom).
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Really. This is a real news story that is really happening. And throughout it all, Wolf hasn’t said much, aside from a few tweets.
The comedian finally — though “finally” is a poor word choice because, again, it’s been less than two days — weighed in on the situation in an interview with Terry Gross on WHYY’s “Fresh Air.” The full interview will be available Tuesday afternoon, but NPR released Monday some choice excerpts from the conversation.
So, the question on everyone’s mind: Does Wolf regret her routine and the cyclone of controversy that followed? No, not even slightly.
“I wouldn’t change a single word that I said. I’m very happy with what I said, and I’m glad I stuck to my guns,” she told Gross.
She added that before her performance, a friend handed her a note that said: “Be true to yourself. Never apologize. Burn it to the ground.”
And burn it to the ground, she did.
Though her routine — which you can read in full here — was littered with edgy one-liners, one joke about Sanders stood out: “She burns facts, and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smoky eye. Like maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s lies. It’s probably lies.”
It was one of many that ripped into Sanders, and the punchline of all these jokes shared a common idea — in Wolf’s view, Sanders lies to the press. But many critics took it to be a comment on the press secretary’s physical appearance, rather than her integrity. And, as many noted, Sanders was mere feet away from Wolf, watching the comic with a fairly blank (certainly not pleased) expression.
Wolf told Gross that “having the ability to laugh at yourself is important.” As an example, she pointed to former president Barack Obama: “There’s plenty [of moments] where you could look back and the camera was on Obama when people were making pretty aggressive jokes about Obama and he was laughing.”
Furthermore, she said Sanders wore the same displeased expression throughout the night, not just during her routine.
“Another part of the dinner that wasn’t televised is they were giving out awards and everyone was standing to congratulate the people who were getting awards and Sarah was sitting,” Wolf told Gross. “CNN reporters got awards, I cannot remember the exact award they got, but they came up to accept them and she sat the whole time while we all stood and shook their hands. I would say if this is about celebrating the media, she wasn’t there to celebrate the media.”
That said, Wolf didn’t expect the routine to be quite so divisive — but she doesn’t mind that it was.
“I wasn’t expecting this level [of controversy], but I’m also not disappointed there’s this level,” she said. “I knew what I was doing going in. I wanted to do something different. I didn’t want to cater to the room. I wanted to cater to the outside audience, and not betray my brand of comedy.”
That brand, Wolf explained, isn’t always “nice.”
“I think sometimes they look at a woman and they think ‘Oh, she’ll be nice,’ and if you’ve seen any of my comedy you know that … I’m not,” she said, “I don’t pull punches. I’m not afraid to talk about things. And I don’t think they expected that from me. I think they still have preconceived notions of how women will present themselves and I don’t fit in that box.”
And that’s exactly what she hoped to bring to the correspondents’ dinner. The event, to her, “seems like it’s a much more serious environment [than in previous years] and to kind of not go after the big issues and just have a little fun in the room seemed just not as exciting to me.”
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Sanborn Historic Land Maps
Sanborn Maps is an American publisher of historical and current maps of U.S. cities and towns that were initially created in the mid-nineteenth century to estimate fire insurance liabilities. The company's maps are frequently used for preservation and restoration efforts.
The Sanborn Company began making fire insurance maps in 1867 when founded by Daniel Alfred Sanborn, a surveyor from Somerville, Massachusetts. The Sanborn Map Company created maps for fire insurance assessment in the U.S. and within several decades became the largest and most successful American map company. The Sanborn Company sent out legions of surveyors to record the building footprints and relevant details about these buildings in all major urbanized areas regarding their fire liability. It was because of these details and the accuracy of the Sanborn maps, coupled with the Sanborn Company's standardized symbolization and aesthetic appeal that made the Sanborn Company so successful and their maps so widely utilized.
The Sanborn maps themselves are large-scale lithographed street plans at a scale of 50 feet to one inch (1:600) on 21 inch by 25 inch sheets of paper. The maps were created in volumes, bound and then updated until the subsequent volume was produced. The volumes contain an enormous amount of information. They are organized as follows: a decorative title page, an index of streets and addresses, a 'specials' index with the names of churches, schools, businesses etc., and a master index indicating the entirety of the mapped area and the sheet numbers for each large-scale map (usually depicting four to six blocks) and general information such as population, economy and prevailing wind direction. The maps include outlines of each building and outbuilding, the location of windows and doors, street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, fire walls, natural features (rivers, canals, etc.), railroad corridors, building use (sometimes even particular room uses), house and block number, as well as the composition of building materials including the framing, flooring, and roofing materials, the strength of the local fire department, indications of sprinkler systems, locations of fire hydrants, location of water and gas mains and even the names of most public buildings, churches and companies.
Originally created solely for insurance assessment purposes, it was said that at one time, insurance companies and their agents, "relied upon them with almost blind faith". The maps were utilized by insurance companies to determine the liability of a particular building through all the information included on the map; building material, proximity to other buildings and fire departments, the location of gas lines et cetera. The very decision as to how much, if any insurance was to be offered to a customer was often determined solely through the use of a Sanborn map.
Today Sanborn maps are a vital resource for people in many different fields. Historical research is the most obvious use, with the maps facilitating the study of urban growth and decline patterns, and for research into the evolution of specific buildings, sites and districts. Genealogists use the maps to locate the residences and workplaces of ancestors. Planners use the maps to study historic urban planning designs. Historic preservationists use the maps to understand the significance and historical evolution of buildings, including their historic uses and building materials in conservation and rehabilitation efforts. Demographers and urban geographers use them to study patterns of growth and migration of populations.
The Sanborn map images provided in the links below were purchased by the Town of Provincetown from the Harvard Map Collection of Harvard University.
Click on Map to see full verion.
1912 Sanborn Map
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Filip Cederholm Goes from Advertising to Charity
Written by: Rebecca Ahremark
What do you do when you’re stuck in a rut and feel that your work no longer represents you or what you stand for? Photographer Filip Cederholm experienced that recently. So he decided not only to do something different, but also to use his creativity to make a difference.
Before changing his path, Filip Cederholm from Sweden had a successful career as a commercial photographer with many big international and Swedish brands on his list of clients. But after spending years zooming in on people’s faces to remove pimples and wrinkles, he started questioning what he was doing. He asked himself: could I do something else? Could I use my creativity differently to make a difference?
And so he started the far-reaching ABC project, which has been his main focus for the last couple of years and concentrates on charity work instead of commercial photography. Quite recently he did a charity project called “Not a walk in the park” along with Swedish explorer Johan Ernst Nilsson.
Johan and Filip’s goal was to raise money for anti-poaching. To do so they went on a 400 km long hike through the Serengeti National Park. The aim was to take pictures that would in turn raise awareness. The money they made would go to rangers, enabling them to continue their work against poaching.
The walk through the park took 15 days, but Filip decided to stay even longer to scout the location for his ABC charity project. While doing so, he ended up staying with the Masai tribes in Tanzania for a week. Along with him was his Profoto B2 250 AirTTL which he used to take portraits of the tribe members.
“I have to say, I didn’t really have any challenges while shooting there because the B2 is such great gear. It’s super compact and you can easily bring it with you, even to a location like this,” he says.
Being a successful commercial photographer in the past, Filip was used to shooting mostly in studios, which often means using a lot of equipment. But changing his path and his way of shooting made it impossible for him to carry a lot of equipment on his journeys.
“Before the B2 I used bigger generators that were much more complicated to carry with you. So to actually have professional studio equipment with you on location is very pleasant.”
“I just love how portable it is. You can hold it in your hands or have it on your back and play with it. You can also use it against the sun. If I had used a speedlight, I would have had to max it out and then wait for the flash to recharge to take the next picture.”
Besides the Profoto B2, Filip used an Umbrella Deep White M and an OCF Softbox 2′ Octa for the portraits in the village. “I love the umbrella because it is so easy. And I love the fact that my kit is quick to assemble and disassemble,” says Filip.
Filip’s journey will not be over for a long time and he continuously strive to develop both as a photographer and as a human being.
“I believe what I’m doing today has a larger impact on the planet than what I did ten years ago. And I do believe that what I will be doing in ten years will have a greater impact on the world than what I’m doing today.”
Follow Filip’s work at his website and learn about the ABC project here.
Read more about the gear he used here:
On-location photography
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Johnson Hall State Historic Site
Home / Historic Sites / Johnson Hall State Historic Site
139 Hall Avenue
Johnstown, NY 12095
Saratoga/Capital District Region
JohnsonHall@parks.ny.gov
Johnson Hall was the 1763 Georgian-style estate of Irish immigrant Sir William Johnson (1715 - 1774) and Molly Brant, a Mohawk Indian, and their eight children. Johnson was the largest single landowner and most influential individual in the colonial Mohawk Valley. His success in dealing with the Six Nations of the Iroquois greatly influenced England's victory over France for control of colonial North America. For his service, the British Crown bestowed upon Johnson the title of Baronet, and later appointed him Superintendent of Indian Affairs, a position to which he devoted himself and held throughout his life.
Differing cultures, traditions and languages combined to create a unique life for the Johnson family, with the Hall bustling with activity as home life and business life intermingled daily. Visitors included members of various Indian tribes, sometimes numbering in the hundreds at Council gatherings. The home was the centerpiece of a 700-acre working estate, with gardens, a mill, blacksmith shop, Indian store, barns, slave and servant housing and other essential buildings.
Following the death of Sir William in 1774, Molly and her children left Johnson Hall, and his eldest son John inherited the property and title of Baronet. The Revolution would cause this Loyalist family to eventually flee to Canada, and the Johnson Hall property and most of its contents were subsequently sold at auction following the War. Johnson Hall remained a private residence through 1906, when it was acquired by the State of New York and opened to the public as a State Historic Site. Today, Johnson Hall continues to welcome visitors and interpret the Johnson family through guided tours of the period room settings and of the historic grounds, educational programs and special events.
Please take a few minutes to complete our Visitor Survey
2019 Season: May 15th through October 13th
Guided Tours of The Hall
Wednesdays through Saturdays: 10am - 5pm
Sundays: 1pm - 5pm
*Tours begin on the hour - last tour begins at 4pm
Also open Memorial Day, Independence Day & Labor Day
Pre-registered groups and Site special events may alter the regular tour schedule. It is recommended that you contact the Site prior to your visit for updated information.
Fees and Rates for Guided Tours
$4.00 Adults
$3.00 Senior Citizens and Students
$1.00 per person per program/$20 minimum School Groups (advance reservation)
$3.00 per person per program/$20 minimum Groups (advance reservation)
Gift Shop (Accessible)
Museum/Visitors Center (Accessible)
Picnic Area (Accessible)
Fulton-Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce
Old Fort Johnson, National Historic Landmark
Friends of Johnson Hall on Facebook
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Whirlpool State Park
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TRAIL CLOSURE UPDATE. PLEASE CALL 716-284-4691 before heading out.
-Northern Section of Great Gorge Railway Trail
-Southern Section of the Gorge Railway Trail and the American Falls Gorge Trail
-Northern most section of the Niagara gorge rim trail and Northern Section of Great Gorge Railway Trail.
On-the-ground ecological restoration work has begun to "Restore the Gorge," a two-year mission to control invasive species and plant native trees, shrubs, grasses and flowers in the Niagara Gorge from the Niagara Gorge Discovery Center to Devil's Hole State Park. The $2.1 million project is supported by a variety of State funds, including Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Buffalo Billion Phase II.
Niagara Gorge Restoration Project
Niagara Gorge Field Work
Niagara Scenic Parkway
Whirlpool State Park has two levels -- the street level has many scenic overlooks with spectacular views of the Whirlpool and rapids. There are picnic facilities and a playground, as well as the gorge natural history room at the restroom building; both are open seasonally. The river level offers hiking and fishing by taking the staircase located just downstream from the main park area. At the base of the gorge, you can hike upstream along the Whirlpool Rapids Trail past the Whirlpool to a point along the Whirlpool Rapids. You can return to this staircase to exit the gorge, or take the Devil's Hole Trail downstream to the Devil's Hole staircase to the top of the gorge at Devil's Hole State Park. From there, you can take the rim trail back to Whirlpool State Park.
Discover Niagara Shuttle - Park your car and experience Niagara's iconic landscape, rich history and the thriving culture and communities along the scenic Niagara River with the ease and convenience of a hop-on/hop-off shuttle. Enjoy a day of discovery as you connect to 15 destination sites along the 14-mile route from the "Falls to the Fort." Learn More
Open year-round, dawn to dusk.
Whirlpool State Park Gorge Natural History Room
05/26–09/03 Daily
09/09-10/29 Sat/Sun
All 9:00am – 4:30pm
Call (716) 278-0820 or (716) 285-0516 for more information.
Picnic Shelter (with electric): Reservations available in season
Call (716) 284-5778 or (716) 284-4691
There is no vehicle entrance fee for this park
Picnic Shelter
Picnic Shelter (Electric)
Capacity of 72 or less: $50 on weekdays; $60 on weekends (Fri, Sat & Sun) and Holidays
Whirlpool State Park Trail Map
Highlights of Whirlpool State Park:
The Niagara Whirlpool, with its 125 ft. (38 m) deep swirling waters is the result of the dramatic turn in the Niagara River's flow (nearly 90 degrees), as the river changes to follow an ancient glacial debris-filled valley (St. David's Gorge). As the Niagara River formed and the falls receded upstream cutting out a new gorge, it crossed this buried valley, quickly cutting away the soft dirt and stone filling. The point at which the falls met the old valley became the Whirlpool, and the falls followed the old gorge upstream.
In the Whirlpool, you can see the "reversal phenomenon." When the Niagara River is at full flow, its waters travel as rapids and then deflects to the right over a natural rock weir before entering as a jet stream in the Whirlpool. The water then travels counter-clockwise around the Whirlpool past the natural outlet. Pressure builds up when the water tries to cut across itself to reach the outlet and this pressure forces the water under the incoming stream. The swirling waters create a vortex, or Whirlpool. Then the water flows through the outlet and continues its journey to Lake Ontario. If the water flow is low (water is diverted above the falls for hydroelectric purposes after different times of the day and year) the reversal does not take place; the water merely moves clockwise through the pool and passes to the outlet.
Fossils in the Gorge include annelids (worms), bryozoans (which look like twigs, branches, crusts, mounds or networks), brachiopods (clam-like), mollusks (clam-like, limpet-like, and snails), echinoderms (flower-like crinoids, and still exist in seas today), graptolites (feathery), corals, sponges, and fish. Please leave any fossils you see where they are.
Everyone is a Steward: Be a Whirlpool State Park Hero!
Know the rules and concerns for the area you'll be visiting.
Use a map and compass instead of flagging, rock cairns, or marking paint.
Hike on established, durable trails.
Leave all natural objects as you find them.
Respect wildlife and observe from a distance.
Q: Is it safe to go in the Niagara River?
A: Absolutely not! Water entry is prohibited anywhere along the Niagara Gorge. Due to the currents and fast moving waters, it is actually quite dangerous!
Q: Can I collect plants or fossils from the Niagara Gorge?
A: It is illegal to collect plants and fossils from the Niagara Gorge, unless you have a permit. Some plants are very unique to this area and should be left for all to enjoy.
Q: Is it okay to feed wildlife?
A: No:
"People" food isn't good for animals. Human foods aren't nutritious enough for animals and may cause serious health problems (especially when animals are continually fed bread, french fries, and popcorn).
It makes wild animals lose their natural fear of people. Feeding can make large, potentially dangerous animals become too comfortable in residential or recreational areas. Once animals learn they can panhandle for food, they can become a nuisance—or even worse, a safety risk.
Feeding wildlife from or near vehicles is dangerous to animals, people, and property. Animals can be hit by moving vehicles or might try to enter vehicles in search of food. In Yosemite National Park in 1998, more than 1,100 vehicles were broken into by black bears—causing more than $630,000 in damages.
Wild animals who depend on people for food can cause injuries or spread disease. When wild animals gather for food handouts, it can cause crowding and competition. These unnatural conditions increase the chances of fighting and injury among animals. It can also increase the spread of diseases, some of which may be transmitted to pets and humans.
- DID YOU KNOW? The Whirlpool Rapids Gorge is the section of the Niagara River Gorge located north of the Whirlpool International Bridge and south of the Whirlpool. It has an average width of 750 feet wide (228.5 meters). This portion of the gorge is world famous for its rapids. The width of the Whirlpool Rapids Gorge narrows to approximately 450 feet (137 meters). Here the width of the river narrows to approximately 200 feet (60 meters) wide.
- DID YOU KNOW? The depth of the Whirlpool Rapids is 35 feet (10.7 meters) and the speed of the water at the Whirlpool Rapids is 30-35 mph. The speed is the result of the narrow width of the gorge, the rapid descent of the river and the volume of water (100,000 cubic feet per second). The descent is 52 feet (15.8 meters) in less than 1.2 miles (1.6 kilometers).
- CHECK IT OUT! The reason for the Niagara River's green/blue color is due to a few factors. The oxygen and mineral-rich waters of the Niagara River create an excellent environment for the growth of algae (both multi-cellular and single-celled diatoms). A healthy soup of these natural plant cells helps give the river its distinct color. When sunlight hits it at the right angle and intensity, the diatoms' bodies act like prisms, and reflect back a sparkling aquamarine. Minerals also contribute to the color. Dissolved limestone, shale and sandstone form salts that tint the river, while clean and well-oxygenated water helps this effect show through.
While You're Here Stick to your lunch! White Camas Wildflowers contain poison & often are thought to be onion plants.
Niagara Gorge Restoration Project (pdf)
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Whirpool Stair Closure Alert (pdf)
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Tunisia made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1960 and has competed ever since, with the exception of 1980 where it participated in the United States led boycott. The nation also only participated in the 1976 Olympics for three days before joining the African boycott. Tunisia typically sends a large delegation of around 50 athletes to compete, especially when the nation qualifies in a team sport, such as football, handball or volleyball. Other sports athletes typically compete in include athletics, boxing, fencing, judo, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling.
Tunisia won its first medal in 1964 and has won a total of 13 across 6 sports. The most successful sports include athletics (5), swimming (3) and boxing (2). The most successful athlete is long distance runner Mohammed Gammoudi whom won four medals across three Olympics. Gammoudi won silver at the 1964 Olympics in men’s 10000m, at the 1968 Olympics he won two medals; gold in the 5000m and bronze in 10000m and in 1972 he won silver in the 5000m. In 2016 Tunisia won three medals.
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Who Shot JR
Belle Cantrell and Sissy LeBlanc
February 10, 2019 February 10, 2019 | runsewread
It was the book cover. I kept seeing it in the bookstore, and finally had to buy The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc, and start reading. I was pleased that from the start, her story was as captivating as the cover.
Then I read The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell. Just as captivating.
Then I passed the books on to my mom, who also enjoyed them. Then she passed them on. This was about 12 years ago, and I’ve just requested them from our library so I can read them again.
Sissy LeBlanc would have been about 5 years older than my mom. The author’s summary sets the stage:
“It’s a steamy June afternoon in Louisiana, circa 1956, and Sissy LeBlanc is sitting on her front porch…. She’s been living in stifling old Gentry since the day she was born and trapped in a sham of a marriage to PeeWee LeBlanc since she was only seventeen. In short, she’s fed up, restless, and ready for an adventure. Sissy just never imagined temptation would come into her life that breathless summer day as she sat smoking on her porch swing. For although she may have been fixated on the taut muscles of the lineman shimmying down the telephone pole across the street, she hadn’t allowed herself to imagine that he’d be none other than her high school sweetheart, Parker Davidson, who left town fourteen years before without so much as a wave good-bye. But suddenly, here he is, leaning in for a kiss that will stir up more excitement than Sissy could ever have imagined…” (From Goodreads)
In June 1956, when Sissy’s story opened, Elvis Presley’s first studio album would have been released just three months earlier.
Then there was Sissy’s grandmother, Belle Cantrell, who would have been about the age of my mom’s grandmother (my great-grandma).
“Welcome to the world of beautiful, irrepressible Belle Cantrell, years before she becomes grandmother to Sissy LeBlanc….. It is 1920, prohibition is in full swing, women are clamoring for the vote — and in the little town of Gentry, Louisiana, narrow-minded intolerance is on the rise. Sent to jail for swimming in an indecent bathing costume with a group of suffragists, Belle Cantrell knows her behavior broke the rules. But sometimes — most of the time — she has to twist the rules a little, because they all say the same thing: “Don’t.”
A sexy, sassy story of murder, adultery, romance, bigotry, and regular church attendance, with laugh-out-loud humor and a cast of zany, endearing characters you won’t forget, The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell is a big comic love story . . . and much more.” (From Goodreads.)
What I most specifically remember about both books was that the social issues of the day weren’t glossed over. They were a real, and sometimes sobering part of the story. I’ve forgotten most of both stories, which is why I want the experience of reading them again.
The author, Loraine Despres, has only published these two fiction novels. I wish she would write some more fiction novels in the vein of Sissy and Belle. But hey, she’s famous and quite accomplished, even if you haven’t heard of her. According to her bio, she penned the ‘Who Shot J.R.?‘ episode of DALLAS! I think Sissy and Belle would make good TV movie characters as well.
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Post-Game Report: 12/12 vs. LAK
Posted on December 12, 2015 by Ian Ott | Leave a comment
1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Final SOG
(19-8-2) 1 0 0 0 – 1 21
(12-15-3) 1 0 0 1 – 2 30
With tonight’s win, the Sabres have wins in three straight home games. It is their longest such streak since the team won six consecutive home games from Nov. 28 to Dec. 15, 2014.
The Sabres extended their longest-ever home winning streak against the Kings to seven games, having outscored Los Angeles 33-9 in home games since the last Kings win in Buffalo on Feb. 21, 2003.
Buffalo improved to 13-1-1 (one tie) against Los Angeles since Dec. 17, 1993. During this stretch, the Sabres have outscored the Kings 61-22 on home ice.
With his power-play goal tonight, Jamie McGinn now has eight points (3+5) in his last eight games.
The Sabres are now 8-for-23 (34.8%) on the power play in their last seven games.
With an overtime goal and an assist on McGinn’s goal, Ryan O’Reilly has extended his point streak to seven games (3+7), one game shy of his career high, set from March 14 to 30, 2015.
O’Reilly’s goal was the 100th of his career and his 14th game-winner.
Rasmus Ristolainen had an assist tonight and now has 17 points (6+11) in his last 17 games. He ended the game tied for fifth in scoring among NHL defensemen.
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SABRES ACQUIRE LINDBACK, DRAFT PICK FROM DALLAS
Posted on February 11, 2015 by marcheintzman | 1 comment
BUFFALO, N.Y. (February 11, 2015) — The Buffalo Sabres today announced that the team has acquired goaltender Anders Lindback and a conditional third-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft from the Dallas Stars in exchange for goaltender Jhonas Enroth.
Lindback (6’6”, 215 lbs., 5/3/88) signed a one-year contract with Dallas in July 2013 and has appeared in 10 games with the club this season, registering a 2-8-0 record. The five-year NHL veteran has also played with the Tampa Bay Lightning (2012-13, 2013-14) and the Nashville Predators (2010-11, 2011-12) and owns a 36-43-8 career record with a .901 save percentage and 2.84 goals-against average.
A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindback played six seasons in the Brynas IF (Sweden) system before being drafted by Nashville in the seventh round (207th overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft.
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Post-Game Report: 2/7 vs. DAL
Posted on February 7, 2015 by Ian Ott | Leave a comment
(23-21-8) 0 1 1 – – 2 40
With the win, the Sabres improved to 9-2-1 (one time) in their last 12 home games against the Stars. The Sabres haven’t lost consecutive home games to the Stars since they moved to Dallas in 1993.
Chris Stewart tied his career high with three assists tonight. His other three-assist outing came as part of a four-point game (1+3) on March 7, 2013 at Phoenix as a member of the St. Louis Blues.
Stewart now has points in 13 of his last 22 games (6+11), including 11 points (4+7) in his last 12.
Jhonas Enroth made 38 saves in the win; he is now 2-1-0 in three starts this week with a .942 save percentage and a 2.00 goals-against average.
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Post-Game Report: 12/11 vs. CGY
With the win, the Sabres have won four straight home games for the first time since they won five in a row from Dec. 17, 2013 to Jan. 4, 2014.
The win improved the Sabres to 15-3-2 in their last 20 home games against the Flames, with the last regulation loss coming on March 15, 1996.
With two goals tonight, Matt Moulson has six goals in his last five games against the Flames.
In his last nine games, Jhonas Enroth has compiled a 7-2-0 record, with a .944 save percentage and a 1.93 goals-against average.
With his assist on the Sabres’ second goal, Drew Stafford now has a point in each of his three games (1+2) since returning from a lower-body injury.
With his team-high ninth goal of the season in his 29th game tonight, Zemgus Girgensons has already topped his eight-goal output from his 70-game rookie season last year.
Tyler Ennis tied his career high with three points (0+3), picking up his team-high fifth multi-point game of the season.
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Post-Game Report: 12/9 vs. LAK
Posted on December 9, 2014 by Ian Ott | Leave a comment
(14-9-5) 0 0 0 – – 0 34
With the win, the Sabres are now 12-1-1 in their last 14 home games against the Kings, dating back to a 2-0 Sabres win on Dec. 17, 1993.
During this stretch, the Sabres have outscored the Kings by a 59-21 margin on home ice.
The Kings have not won a game in Buffalo since their 4-1 win at HSBC Arena on Feb. 21, 2003. The Sabres are now 6-0-0 since the last Kings win in Buffalo, outscoring the visitors by a combined 31-8 margin in those contests.
Jhonas Enroth made 34 saves to record his fourth NHL shutout and his first since April 13, 2013 vs. PHI. His 34 saves tied his career high in a shutout (last: Nov. 18, 2011 at CAR).
Enroth is now 1-2-0 in three games against the Kings, with a 1.35 goals-against average and a .960 save percentage.
In his last eight games, Enroth has compiled a 6-2-0 record, with a .946 save percentage and a 1.79 goals-against average.
With his assist, Matt Moulson now has seven points (3+4) in his last seven games against the Kings.
With his assist, Drew Stafford now has a point in both games (1+1) since returning from a lower-body injury.
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John Rubino edits DollarCollapse.com and has authored or co-authored five books, including The Money Bubble: What To Do Before It Pops, Clean Money: Picking Winners…
Precious Metals Starting To Produce Some Winners
By John Rubino - Oct 26, 2015, 3:25 PM CDT
Everybody who's owned gold and silver mining shares through a couple of cycles has their favorite story of the stock that took off and ran away. There was Glamis Gold, which rose from $1 to $40 in the space of a few years before selling out to Goldcorp. And Silver Wheaton, which soared from $3.45 in 2008 to over $40 in 2011. And many, many more.
That's how mining shares -- which are, as the industry likes to say, leveraged plays on gold and silver -- behave when the underlying metals start to rise. And you only need to find and ride a few such moonshots to justify a lifetime of obsessing over your investments.
Now, after a brutal and interminable bear market, a few of the better miners and streaming companies are starting to show signs of that famous upside potential. Three examples:
There's no way to know whether this is a head fake in an ongoing bear market or the start of another epic rise -- which, this time, we don't want to miss! But when that epic rise does come, its initial stage will look like these charts. So the current action at least bears watching.
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Bill Clinton’s Path To 9/11
The Democrats are flipping out over ABC’s movie, The Path to 9/11, that’s set to debut this week-end:
“A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series “The Path to 9/11” grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden – and he is demanding the network “pull the drama” if changes aren’t made.
Clinton pointedly refuted several fictionalized scenes that he claims insinuate he was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal to care about bin Laden and that a top adviser pulled the plug on CIA operatives who were just moments away from bagging the terror master, according to a letter to ABC boss Bob Iger obtained by The Post.
The former president also disputed the portrayal of then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright as having tipped off Pakistani officials that a strike was coming, giving bin Laden a chance to flee.
“The content of this drama is factually and incontrovertibly inaccurate and ABC has the duty to fully correct all errors or pull the drama entirely,” the four-page letter said.
The movie is set to air on Sunday and Monday nights. Monday is the fifth anniversary of the attacks.
Based on the 9/11 commission’s report, the miniseries is also being provided to high schools as a teaching aid – although ABC admits key scenes are dramatizations.
The letter, written by Bruce Lindsey, head of the Clinton Foundation, and Douglas Bond, a top lawyer in Clinton’s office, accuses the ABC drama of “bias” and a “fictitious rewriting of history that will be misinterpreted by millions of Americans.”
Having the Clinton Administration complain that they look bad in this mini-series is like a football team that lost a game 56-0 griping that the highlight reel on the news that night made them look bad. The truth is that the Clinton Administration didn’t take terrorism as seriously as they should have and did very little of note to prevent it. Since that’s the case, the Clinton Administration can’t possibly come off well in any sort of mini-series that accurately discusses what happened.
Does that mean the mini-series is spot-on accurate? Since it hasn’t been shown yet, it’s hard to say. But let’s hope that ABC didn’t pull a Michael Moore and just stuck to the facts because given the poor performance of the Clinton Administration on terror related issues, there would be no need for even the most vehement critics of the Clintons to exaggerate their record on terrorism to make them look incompetent.
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Drop the Doughnut: True Nature of Ravenous Supermassive Black Holes Revealed
by Ian O'Neill, Ph.D. Sep 27, 2017
Artist's impression of a doughnut of dust and gas surrounding an active supermassive black hole NASA/JPL-Caltech
Some galaxies contain supermassive black holes that are voracious eaters, consuming gas, dust and anything else that strays too close, including light. In their feeding frenzy, these behemoths generate a lot of energy in the cores of their host galaxies, dazzling the cosmos with powerful radiation. Our galaxy's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, is a sleeping pussycat in comparison.
These throbbing galactic hearts are known as "active galactic nuclei," or AGN, and, in new research published online in the journal Nature on Sept. 27, an international group of researchers have upended a bedrock theory (the unified theory) that astronomers thought characterized these AGN. The research could help us to better understand how galaxies and supermassive black holes evolved with one another.
Supermassive Doughnuts
When observing these bright galaxies, astronomers noticed two different types of AGN. Some galaxies had a very bright AGN (Type I), whereas other AGN were dim (Type II). After decades of study using different telescopes sensitive to a range of frequencies, astronomers thought these two types of AGN were one and the same – the reason for the two types was just a matter of perspective.
"It was thought that what we were seeing is basically a configuration of dust and gas around the black hole that sort of looks like a puffed-up doughnut – or a torus," says astronomer Richard Mushotzky, a professor at the University of Maryland and co-author of the study.
"So, for the Type IIs, we're looking at the black holes through the side of the doughnut, where there's lots of dust and gas in our line of sight; Type Is are when we're looking down from the top of the doughnut [with little dust and gas in our line of sight]," he explains.
It follows then that Type Is will be brighter than Type IIs. However, Mushotzky argues, there's been a growing body of spectroscopic evidence suggesting that, in fact, there is a physical difference between the two types of AGN — and it isn't caused by a doughnut shape.
Taking Galactic X-rays
Using data from the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) attached to NASA's Swift space telescope, the researchers could "see" through any gas and dust surrounding more than 800 feeding black holes in the centers of galaxies. BAT views the universe in hard X-rays – the same X-rays that radiologists use to "see" our skeletons through our bodies – so it doesn't matter at what angle Swift was viewing the AGN, it can cut through any cloud and see exactly how much energy the supermassive black holes are generating.
Complementing Swift, the researchers used data from a dozen other ground-based telescopes around the world, requiring a global collaboration of scientists called the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS) Consortium. With these data, the researchers revealed that Type I and Type II AGN are in fact different, structurally and energetically.
"This study says that yes, there is something intrinsically different – and that's basically how fast the black holes are feeding," says Mushotzky.
Although they're often viewed as insatiable devourers of all matter, even the supermassive black holes have their limits. "There's a maximum rate at which a black hole can feed – if you try and stuff more material than the maximum, the black hole basically rejects it; it's a picky eater," Mushotzky adds.
So, the biggest difference between AGN types is that Type Is are surrounded by more dust and gas, therefore rejecting more matter and fueling far higher energy emissions than Type IIs. This is the underlying reason why Type Is are so bright: These black holes are consuming the surrounding matter until they, literally, can't eat any more.
Dazzled Bias
An ongoing puzzle in astronomy is how supermassive black holes evolved with their galaxies. As most galaxies are known to contain monster black holes, the obvious question is: How do black holes affect the evolution of galaxies and vice versa?
As galaxies with active black holes in their cores provide a means of observing huge quantities of radiation being generated and its impact on galaxies, AGN have been used as a laboratory to study star formation in these tumultuous places. But Type I galaxies' stars are hard to observe – extremely bright cores drown out the light from the galaxy's stars. As the unified model assumed Type I and Type IIs are fundamentally the same, astronomers have typically studied Type IIs instead – as they have dimmer cores and the galaxies' stars can easily be seen.
But, as this new discovery confirms, this idea is flawed, says Mushotzky. There has been a bias to only study Type IIs, and Type Is have been overlooked.
"Now that we know that Type I [black holes] are spewing out more energy than Type IIs, we need to re-examine what we concluded before," he says.
Now That's Random
Speaking of doughnuts, some hold that the largest doughnut ever was a jelly confection that stretched 16 feet (4.9 meters) wide and 16 inches (0.4 meters) high. And yet it still doesn't hold a candle to a "doughnut" surrounding a black hole.
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Kate Chaytor has a BA (Hons) Chemistry with Education from York University and PGCE from Oxford University and is a Chartered London Teacher. Kate has taught at five different state schools, three of which were inner city schools. She has been Head of Chemistry and Head of Science in two schools and has been a coursework assessor and an exam marker. Recently, she has been an AST (Advanced Skills Teacher), which involves supporting teachers and departments in Secondary and Primary schools in London. Kate has also been involved in consultative groups run by the Department of Education on the changes in the National Curriculum and is presently working at the Sacred Heart Language College in Harrow.
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Home » Television Magazine » November 2016
The memoirs of Brian Tesler: the man who put Bruce Forsyth on the box
Greg Dyke says the memoir of one of British TV’s pioneers is essential reading for today’s TV generation. A review of The Best of Times: A Personal History of Television 1952-1994 by Brian Tesler, published by Kaleidoscope, priced £24.99
It’s only fair that I start with a confession. Given the personal support that Brian Tesler gave me at crucial times in my career, I would have found it very hard to write a critical review of his autobiography, even if it had been a pile of junk written by an 87-year-old, long past his best.
Thankfully, I didn’t face that dilemma. The book isn’t junk – it’s a fascinating account of one person’s journey from the earliest days of television at the BBC through to his retirement. This coincided with the takeover of London Weekend Television (LWT) by Granada in the mid-1990s.
And although it is true that Brian is now well into his eighties he looks 10 years younger. His memory is fine and, if this book is anything to go by, his judgement is as sharp as ever.
In fact, the book should be essential reading for people under 40 working in television today. Then, they would understand not only how the industry started in the 1950s, but just how much it has changed in a relatively short period of time – and not necessarily for the better for programme-makers.
Let me explain. Brian Tesler played a major part in advancing my career back in the 1980s and 1990s, when he successfully supported my candidature, first to be director of programmes at LWT and later to be his successor as the company’s Chief Executive. So, I do owe him big time.
I found the first two-thirds of the book, covering the period when I wasn’t in television and didn’t know Brian, the most interesting part. Largely, this was because Brian was one of the pioneers of television entertainment. He was the man who first put the likes of Wilfred Pickles, Roy Castle and Petula Clark on the box in the early 1950s.
Brian put the band leader Billy Cotton on television at around the same time and also helped his son at the beginning of his BBC career – young Bill Cotton ended up running the whole of BBC Television.
Bill Cotton used to say of Brian: “He taught me everything I know about television. Unfortunately, he didn’t teach me everything he knew.”
Furthermore, Brian was the man who launched Bruce Forsyth’s career, when he gave him the job of hosting ITV’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium. Bruce, of course, went on to have a television career even longer than Brian’s.
Before I worked directly for Brian, I was always told that, while he wasn’t a business genius as the Managing Director of LWT, he was the best judge of a programme. In the time that I worked with him that was certainly true.
If Brian watched a pilot and said that he thought it would work he was usually right. He had an eye for detail, which meant that when he added, “but this or that would improve the show”, you listened and took notice.
Having been one of the early entertainment producers at the BBC in an era when being sent to work in television was still seen by some at the corporation as a demotion, he switched to ITV to work for ABC.
Today’s producers and directors would read Brian’s account of those early years at both the BBC and ITV with envy. You had an idea, suggested it to your boss and, within just a few weeks, it was on the screen.
No months of audience research, no maybe and months of waiting, no interfering by pain-in-the-arse commissioning editors, no messing around by schedulers. There was a slot, you had an idea and you filled the slot. It was that simple.
The book is full of wonderful stories and anecdotes. How Sammy Davis Jnr decided that he wasn’t going to do a show just minutes before he was due in the studio; how The Avengers, starring Diana Rigg and not Nyree Dawn Porter, became a worldwide hit; and how Tesler nearly went to jail because LWT’s Weekend World offended Scottish judges. Instead, he was fined £5,000.
It also covers the history of the various ITV companies in great depth. From Tesler’s account of a whole series of franchise rounds, you understand that, when the IBA Chair Lord Thomson said, “There must be a better way” of allocating ITV franchises, he was not wrong.
Whichever way government and the television authority of the moment tried, there were always cock-ups and injustices. ITV companies that should have lost, instead, survived. Meanwhile, ones that should have survived, lost.
Reading again the details of the last franchise round – when I was Chief Executive of LWT and we won with a bid of £7.5m and our only opponent lost by bidding £34.5m – you realise once again what madness it all was.
Personally, I was fascinated to discover how close I was to not becoming the Chief Executive of LWT – the job nearly went to a bicycle manufacturer from the Midlands. He not only knew fuck all about television but was proud of the fact. Thank you, Brian, for getting rid of him.
Do I have any criticisms of the book? First, I’d say that there are just too many names in it – names that will mean nothing to most people in television today. Second, it doesn’t really get into the ridiculous industrial relations that dominated ITV for most of its history until the early 1990s.
It doesn’t ask the question: why did the ITV companies’ boards and senior executives put up with such nonsense for so long? After all, when they did finally take on the unions, they collapsed like a pack of cards.
But these are small points about a book rich in history, anecdotes and colour. This is a book that tells the story of the development of a glamorous industry and the glamorous people who worked in it.
During my time in television, I was always critical of the “old men” – and they were almost exclusively men – who spent their lives telling us how wonderful the early days of television had been.
Having read Brian’s account of those years, maybe I was too critical. He makes them sound a lot of fun.
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Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera picked up on the British psychedelic movement after supporting The Pink Floyd as a soul/blues band called 'The Five Proud Walkers', the lineup was Richard Hudson (Hud) on drums, Colin Forster on lead guitar, Jimmy Horrocks (Horovitz) on organ and flute, John ???? (bass) and Dave Terry on vocals and harmonica. The boys took inspiration from the experience and it wasn't long before the change of both music and image. They gigged for a while playing blues based material Read Full BioElmer Gantry's Velvet Opera picked up on the British psychedelic movement after supporting The Pink Floyd as a soul/blues band called 'The Five Proud Walkers', the lineup was Richard Hudson (Hud) on drums, Colin Forster on lead guitar, Jimmy Horrocks (Horovitz) on organ and flute, John ???? (bass) and Dave Terry on vocals and harmonica. The boys took inspiration from the experience and it wasn't long before the change of both music and image. They gigged for a while playing blues based material,but gradually got interested in more free-form stuff. John ???? was replaced by John Ford and the band searched for a new name. Velvet Opera was chosen initially, which was amended to Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera within days after Dave turned up to a session wearing a long black cape and a preachers hat and had to endure some piss-taking from the rest of the band (Elmer Gantry was the fictional hero of a Sinclair Lewis novel and 1960 film about a preacher). The name stuck and Dave became Elmer. By this time Elmer, influenced by the music of John Cage, was making experimental taped backing sounds and using signal generators on stage in the act. The band began to get quite a following and played clubs and university gigs all over the country and at London venues like the Marquee and 100 club and Electric garden. They would also occasionally play at the Speakeasy where Jimi Hendrix would jam with them, also people like Jeff beck and Eric Burdon. The band had been recorded independantly for a while by Southern Music Publishing, who had their own, four -track, studio in Denmark Street, and it wasn't long before they had secured a record deal with CBS's "Direction" label. The problem was that Southern Music had originally signed them as a bluesy/jazzy band and they were not very keen on trying to get new, more riotous stage act on disc.
The group were persuaded to do more "regular" material. The first recording was the song, written by Elmer, that the band were best known for, 'Flames'. The record was on jukeboxes all over the country and was covered live by bands as diverse as "The Joe Loss Orchestra" and "Led Zeppelin", in fact Jimmy Page recently told Elmer that Flames was the only non-Zep number that they included in their early stage-act (Robert Plant also included it in his 2001-2002 tour). However, for the average radio listener the song was too far ahead of its time and despite live popularity and numerous radio plays the song only managed to achieve number 30 in the charts. Direction did however, take faith in the band to record second and third singles and more importantly a self-titled album. The group's second single, "Mary Jane" was taken off the BBC playlist after they realised that the song was the slang term for Marijuana. The third single, Volcano, was written by Howard & Blakely, who had written hits for Dave Dee etc. After three singles and the album, major success had still not been achieved. The agent at the time, Terry King, had booked the group a lot of shows, they were regularly appearing on the BBC on John Peel's show, among others, they were playing, touring and promoting hard, but recording success was still elusive. Colin Forster was then replaced by Paul Brett but this still didn't acheive the desired result. Disagreements erupted within the band, which lead to a split from Elmer and so the Velvet Opera was formed. Elmer Gantry remembers : "eventually, EGVO broke up due to a change of direction within the band. Paul Brett, (who incidentally I had worked with previously and had brought into the band following our initial success) although a brilliant guitarist, had a strong interest in more folkish music and, with Hud's increasing interest in playing instruments other than drums, the band started to change direction. I did not welcome this change, and whilst I had great admiration for all the other members as musicians, was not interested. There followed a coup in which the other members of the band attempted to just replace me and keep the name. This would clearly have been ridiculous as I was already known as Elmer Gantry and the band was largely know for its riotous, envelope-pushing stage presence, not for electro-folk. The result was that they brought twelve string guitarist folk-blues guitarist Johnny Joyce in, and continued as The Velvet Opera and eventually The Strawbs and The Monks producing the novelty hits "Union Man" and "Nice legs, shame about the face" and I continued with a new line-up, formed from the Downliners sect, as the Elmer Gantry band. I also later had a lead role in "Hair" in the west end, recorded on two Alan Parsons Project albums, did the lead vocals on Cozy powell's album, sang and wrote with Jon Lord on his solo album.
A second album, "Ride a Hustler's Dream" was released by the Velvet Opera on their own, Elmer and Colin having been replaced by John Joyce and Paul Brett. The album was recorded (as was the EGVO album) at Southern Music's studios in Denmark St. Paul Brett remembers : "It was an 8 track set up and was a real struggle to get real quality and instrument separation, but we did our best. We did lots of Radio 1 sessions and quite a few dates, the most memorable being with the Who at The Lyceum. John Ford and Richard Hudson were getting more into writing their own songs and they also wanted to perform them, Johnny and I were more into acoustic music and inevitably, we went our own ways quite amicably. Southern would have made another LP with us but we felt we needed to follow our hearts! I spoke to Hud last year about the possibility of collaborating on a new Velvet Opera LP as the bands reputation has survived and even grown over the years, probably because we have all done our own things. This is very much a possibility and I will pursue this with Hud and John. I did a CD last year with John Joyce 'Acoustic Power' that was really well received by the media. It could also be that there is another Fire LP in the future and certainly their will be more Paul Brett CD's and there are collectors issues on CD of the previous material and some unreleased Paul Brett & Sage stuff via my site www.fret-dancer.com". After the split, Ford and Hudson joined The Strawbs whilst Rick Wakeman was still a member. In 1971, Colin Forster recruited a whole new Velvet Opera featuring ex-Tintern Abbey vocalist, Dave MacTavish, bass player Colin Bass and drummer Mike Fincher who recorded one single on the Spark label. Elmer Gantry later appeared in the Seventies in Stretch singing the hit single "Why Did You Do It?" Stretch released four albums and some singles on the "Anchor" label. During the 90s, a CD of live "John Peel BBC Sessions" was released by "Strange Fruit" and a double CD set " Stretch, The Story of Elmer Gantry" was released on Repertoire Records. The Stretch catalogue is currently handled by "Trojan Records." Elmer is now working in the drug-rehabilitation field but still gigs occasionally both here and in America.
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Look around you everywhere
Can you see the open air?
It's there for you and me
If we could only see
Just to follow where it goes
.......... no-one knows
If you dare
Just if you were only air
You could go most anywhere
Through grass and through the trees
Just anywhere you please
Going higher than you can
Softly winds go by
Passing over everything
No-one ever knowing
Without it ever showing any sign
Going by and turning round
It may never make a sound
It's there for you to breathe
As much as you will need
When you're gone it won't be long
For you realise that you're only air
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Edward G. Robinson (December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor and a popular star on stage and screen during Hollywood’s Golden Age. He appeared in 40 Broadway plays and over 100 films during a 50-year career.
He is best remembered for his acclaimed performance as the gangster Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello in Little Caesar, the classic gangster film of 1931, produced by Warner Bros and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. He played with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Glenda Farrell, and his role immediately made him a major film star. “Little Caesar” was well received by critics and is considered as one of the best three gangster movies of the 1930’s, (the two others are William A. Wellman‘s Public Enemy 1931, with James Cagney and Howard Hawk’s Scarface 1932 with Paul Muni).
During the 1940s Robinson appeared in several classic film noir movies, including Raoul Walsh‘s Manpower (1941) with Marlene Dietrich and George Raft, Larceny, Inc. (1942) with Jane Wyman and Broderick Crawford, Billy Wilder‘s Double Indemnity (1944) with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck, Fritz Lang‘s The Woman in the Window (1944) with Joan Bennett and Scarlet Street (1945) with Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea, and Orson Welles‘ The Stranger (1946) with Welles and Loretta Young. He appeared as gangster Johnny Rocco in John Huston‘s Key Largo (1948) with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.
In 1956 he appeared in Cecil B. DeMille‘s The Ten Commandments as traitorous Dathan. He also played in The Cincinnati Kid (1965) with Steve McQueen. His last appearance was in the science fiction cult film Soylent Green (1973) with his friend Charlton Heston. Robinson died only twelve days after the filming.
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The Smart Conversation for Companies Seeking to Protect Their Data
By Christopher P. Skroupa
In Company Resilience, Risk Management
A fundamental aspect of cyber governance is not only being prepared before a cyber breach but also to be prepared for after a cyber breach
Kristofer Swanson, CPA/CFF, CAMS, CFE is Vice President and Practice Leader for the Forensic Services practice at Charles River Associates (CRA), which helps companies and their counsel respond to allegations of fraud, abuse, misconduct, and noncompliance. These allegations present in a variety of contexts, including data/cyber breaches, accounting and financial reporting irregularities, money-laundering, FCPA/ABAC violations and trade secret theft. He is frequently called upon to present his findings to boards and executive management teams, and to government regulators such as the SEC, FDIC, Federal Reserve, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Kristofer Swanson will be speaking at the Global Cyber Security Summit on October 12-13 in London, United Kingdom. Learn more here>>
Christopher P. Skroupa: As your company moves more and more of its data to the cloud, how does your incident response plan need to change?
Kristofer Swanson: As valuable corporate data are moved to the cloud, so do many of the access logs and other forensic artifacts typically used by response teams to help determine whether and how much confidential information was compromised after a breach incident. Accordingly, incident response plans need to be periodically updated and tested, and should include:
Directing the cloud provider to activate relevant access logs and other critical tracking mechanisms, and confirming that those forensic artifacts are being retained by the cloud provider for the length of time desired by the company, which may vary based on its risk and regulatory profile.
Negotiating and memorializing in a service level agreement–in advance–the process, pricing, and agreed-upon response time for getting the relevant forensic artifacts and business data back from the cloud provider after an incident.
Testing this data recovery process periodically to ensure that it continues to function as expected and as needed. Think of this as a “cyber fire drill.”
Validating that the forensic data recovery process will scale. There may be features in place to quickly search a single mailbox or a single day’s worth of activity. But can your forensics expert quickly and effectively search for evidence of intrusion across all employees over a multiple-month time frame?
Confirming that the cloud provider has the desired security, insurance coverage, and cyber disaster recovery protocols in place, and testing these periodically.
Planning to retain an incident response team via outside counsel to reasonably establish and preserve attorney-client privilege. This is vital since it is likely that the findings and conclusions will be of significant interest to third parties who will have interests adverse to your own.
Skroupa: What are some of the unique ethical issues that corporations need to be prepared to grapple with when responding to ransomware and/or cybercrime incidents?
Swanson: A big challenge for every company is whether, and under what circumstances, it will pay a ransom. In addition to the public policy considerations, there are important practical and ethical questions that management teams need to be prepared to address, such as:
Will paying the ransom increase the likelihood of being targeted again?
If the threat actors are believed to be linked to a terrorist organization, what potential criminal exposure could be created for the organization by making such a payment?
From a governance perspective, does management need board approval before authorizing such a payment?
If there are specific impacted individuals who need to be notified that their identities and/or other regulated data have been compromised, but law enforcement asks you to defer such notification while they conclude a parallel investigation, is it ethical to comply with such a request? What incremental legal liability could be created for the company by doing so?
Does a change in business strategy, such as the decision by a retailer to no longer accept cash, or the decision by a manufacturer to double down on the “Internet of Things,” exacerbate cyber risks to a company’s valued customers and employees?
Could a ransom payment be considered a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”)? Imagine a ransom note that states, “I will arrange for your contract with foreign government XXX to be terminated if you don’t pay the stated ransom by noon tomorrow.”
What are the perspectives of your regulators on these issues?
A smart way to start a conversation around these types of practical, legal and ethical issues is to conduct what are often referred to as “tabletop” exercises, defined by the US Department of Homeland Security as “… discussion-based sessions where team members meet in an informal, classroom setting to discuss their roles during an emergency and their responses to a particular emergency situation. A facilitator guides participants through a discussion of one or more scenarios…. Many tabletop exercises can be conducted in a few hours, so they are cost-effective tools to validate plans and capabilities.”
Skroupa: What are some of the practical steps that companies can be taking now to reduce the costs of responding to a data incident?
Swanson:
Assess whether your organization can reduce the amount of regulated and confidential data that you maintain, and reduce the tools and personnel who have access to it. Progress on this front will also translate into contemporaneous savings on the data storage front and in the varying license fees that are often incurred for different access rights.
Continuously strengthen your existing policies and procedures to prevent/detect/correct potential breaches, including deploying proven technology tools, limiting access rights within the organization, segmenting networks into subnetworks to enhance security, and delivering timely and effective role-appropriate training and testing.
Engage with your board in these discussions to help them provide better oversight of these risks, and be able to demonstrate that they fulfilled their fiduciary obligations.
In your risk assessment and response planning, recognize that the “ransom-as-a-service” (“RaaS”) business model is not the only motivation for such attacks. Sometimes the goal can be the theft of trade secrets and other confidential information. And increasingly, corporations are facing state actors — competitors and cyber vandals who are engaged in outright sabotage; for example, a German steel mill sustained massive damage when hackers took over a blast furnace and intentionally caused a malfunction.
Reduce the amount of customer/client data that can be transmitted via email, and instead keep it primarily on secure, encrypted company networks, and accessed only by authenticated users.
Purchase contingent business interruption insurance, typically available as a rider to a standard property insurance policy, to cover losses to your company resulting from a cyber event in which the cloud provider experiences an interruption to its business operations.
Skroupa: What types of class action litigation should companies be prepared for?
Swanson: A well-known risk is the potential for class action litigation, which can emanate from a class of customers or employees who may allege damages as a result of having their regulated data compromised, or from a class of shareholders if a cyber incident is alleged to have caused a drop in stock price.
More recently, the plaintiffs’ bar has been focused less on the facts of the incidents and more on related statements made by management that were later alleged to be untimely and/or misleading.
Management and boards also face potential exposure if they cannot demonstrate that they had adequate controls, policies, procedures, technologies and training programs in place to reasonably prevent and/or detect a cyber incident, especially if there is a perceived gap between their actual security and recovery capabilities and representations made to regulators and/or in public filings.
The plaintiffs’ bar closely follows evolving regulatory standards, while the regulators closely follow the courtroom outcomes resulting from the creative and ever-evolving theories of damage and liability asserted by the plaintiffs’ bar. Smart companies carefully keep one eye on each of these actors in our business ecosystem.
Some additional causes of action being trumpeted by the plaintiffs’ bar in their pursuit of potential whistleblowers include the failure to purchase adequate cyber insurance, and the failure to promptly report suspected cyber incidents and/or notify impacted third parties in a timely manner.
Skroupa: What are some of the economic damages that companies may be able to recover from third parties?
Swanson: Because a breach may well be enabled by a third-party vendor, careful contracting between the parties will be a critical factor to enable or limit the potential for a recovery from third parties. Such damages claims may include elements that are captured in a company’s books and records in the normal course of operations, such as:
Costs of investigation, remediation, notification, and credit monitoring
Costs to resolve related downstream litigation
Incremental expenses incurred to recover from a cyber event, net of any “betterment” that may come by replacing old assets with newer assets of better quality
Penalties and fines imposed by state attorneys general and/or other regulators
Other damage elements may be harder to quantify without expert assistance, yet may potentially be much larger, such as:
Increased costs of debt and equity
Loss of income caused by an interruption to business operations
Lost future profits
Increased insurance premiums
Loss of goodwill and stock value
Increased customer and/or employee turnover
Increased regulatory scrutiny
Reputational harm
Because some of these damages are a challenge to quantify, companies risk basing business and legal decisions on understated estimates of the comprehensive economic impact of a cyber incident. This may not only limit the scope of their attempts to recover such damages, it may also cause the companies to fail to fully comply with regulatory reporting and disclosure obligations.
Skroupa: How can your company better leverage your existing insurance coverage to mitigate the economic impact of a cyber incident?
Swanson: The time to perform a coverage assessment is now–and periodically thereafter. Each company’s risk profile is unique, and therefore the policies and coverage terms in place for one company might not be appropriate for another, or even for the same company a year later.
Many companies have obtained cyber insurance policies to help provide coverage. Although the language of these policies can vary, they are typically advertised as providing coverage for expenses incurred in a typical data breach, such as notification costs, credit monitoring, fines, penalties, and costs to defend claims by regulators.
The good news is that a company doesn’t necessarily have to have a policy with the word “cyber” in it in order to obtain some level of coverage. For example, business interruption coverage that is included as an endorsement in a property insurance or other policy may compensate for both the loss of income, and the incremental expenses incurred to continue business operations, when faced with a disruption from ransomware.
A standard directors and officers (D&O) policy may provide coverage for board members if named as defendants in a cyber-related derivatives action.
Kidnap and ransom insurance, often referred to as K+R insurance, has historically been used in situations where employees of multinationals are kidnapped for ransom. However, companies are increasingly filing claims under such policies in situations when their computers and systems have been “constructively kidnapped” by ransomware.
Property insurance policies written on an “all-risk” basis may cover all physical damage caused by any peril (including malware), unless the cyber threat has been specifically excluded.
Fidelity (or “crime”) insurance typically provides coverage in situations of employee-caused theft or sabotage, assuming the corporation can identify and prove the individual intentionally engaged in the wrongful acts, can reasonably quantify its losses, and can establish that the individual was an employee at the time of the conduct at issue.
Other types of policies may also apply.
Skroupa: What are the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) expectations of SEC registrants during a ransomware and/or cybercrime incident?
Swanson: Guidance from the SEC can be characterized as follows:
If your company has a breach, and the breach is material, the financial impact of the incident needs to be disclosed in a timely manner. In addition, the costs of investigating and responding need to be accrued in a timely manner, unless immaterial.
If your company does not have adequate processes in place to prevent a breach situation–or adequate processes in place to detect and correct such a situation in a timely manner–then that may also need to be disclosed, as such a fact pattern may be perceived by investors and creditors as contributing to a greater investment and counterparty risk than if making a similar investment in an otherwise similar company.
If your company is part of a portfolio, these types of obligations may also flow up to the portfolio company’s financial statements.
If a target company is acquired through the purchase or sale of securities, and if a material cyber incident occurred pre-close and was not disclosed to the purchaser, then the SEC may consider this to be securities fraud.
Other regulators and governmental entities have also communicated various expectations, and in some cases the penalties for non-compliance are severe, including potential criminal exposure.
The views expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not reflect or represent the views of Charles River Associates or any of the organizations with which the author is affiliated.
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Away 60 169 21 40 10 0 4 16 22 42 2 0 .237 .326 .367 .693
Day 30 88 14 21 8 0 2 8 10 24 0 0 .239 .323 .398 .721
Night 81 242 36 64 11 0 11 24 26 55 2 0 .264 .347 .446 .793
Stadium Type
Grass 97 294 47 78 16 0 12 31 30 70 2 0 .265 .344 .442 .787
Turf 14 36 3 7 3 0 1 1 6 9 0 0 .194 .310 .361 .671
April 13 42 10 10 4 0 2 4 5 8 0 0 .238 .347 .476 .823
May 23 76 10 22 2 0 2 6 7 21 1 0 .289 .345 .395 .740
June 22 72 10 17 4 0 4 6 7 20 1 0 .236 .313 .458 .771
July 16 49 8 14 4 0 3 7 6 9 0 0 .286 .386 .551 .937
August 22 59 10 18 5 0 1 7 9 9 0 0 .305 .406 .441 .846
September 15 32 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 12 0 0 .125 .176 .219 .395
Pre-All Star 65 216 34 56 12 0 9 20 20 54 2 0 .259 .329 .440 .769
Post-All Star 46 114 16 29 7 0 4 12 16 25 0 0 .254 .361 .421 .782
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vs. BOS 10 23 6 6 1 0 1 5 4 3 1 0 .261 .393 .435 .828
vs. LAA 5 13 2 4 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 .308 .438 .462 .899
vs. CWS 3 10 2 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 .400 .538 .500 1.038
vs. CLE 7 20 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 8 0 0 .200 .200 .350 .550
vs. DET 6 20 1 6 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 0 .300 .364 .500 .864
vs. KC 4 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 2 4 0 0 .333 .467 .417 .883
vs. MIL 3 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .111 .111 .222 .333
vs. MIN 6 25 4 6 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 .240 .269 .360 .629
vs. NYY 13 41 7 10 2 0 1 4 3 9 0 0 .244 .295 .366 .661
vs. OAK 6 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .235 .278 .294 .572
vs. SEA 4 7 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .429 .500 .857 1.357
vs. TEX 4 13 3 4 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 .308 .400 .769 1.169
vs. TOR 13 41 3 10 2 0 2 2 3 11 0 0 .244 .295 .439 .734
vs. CHC 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
vs. CIN 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
vs. HOU 3 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 .111 .333 .111 .444
vs. WAS 3 11 1 4 1 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 .364 .385 .727 1.112
vs. PIT 4 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 .250 .333 .625 .958
vs. STL 3 11 3 4 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 .364 .462 .818 1.280
vs. TB 12 34 6 7 4 0 0 3 6 5 0 0 .206 .341 .324 .665
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Yankee Stadium 6 19 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 .158 .238 .211 .449
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Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response.
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The Global Disease Detection (GDD) program, funded by the U.S. Congress in 2004, protects Americans and others throughout the world from emerging infectious diseases by building capacity in outbreak detection and response in partnership with other countries and the WHO. The GDD program is working to close the critical gap between global public heath capacity defined in the IHR and the ability of many member states to meet these requirements. GDD unites the resources of United States and its international partners to provide technical assistance, logistical support, and funding through regional networks and intergovernmental organizations.
In 2006, the GDD program implemented a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework, which has helped to measure our progress in building capacity to rapidly detect and contain emerging disease threats. This GDD Monitoring and Evaluation Report provides a summary of the accomplishments of the program from 2006 to 2008 and represents the collective achievements of the GDD Regional Centers, other CDC programs, and partners.
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Global Disease Detection Program; 2010 monitoring and evaluation report
Center for Global Health (U.S.), Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response.
In 2010, the GDD program helped coordinate a CDC response to several high-profile and important outbreaks including cholera in Haiti (see page 13), Nodding Syndrome in Uganda (see page 17), and lead poisoning in Nigeria. These outbreaks showed us tha...
Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development 2008 annual report
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Based in Atlanta, Georgia (U.S.A.), the Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development (DGPHCD) is part of the Coordinating Office for Global Health at the U .S . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Division of Global Public Health...
Budget bequest overview fiscal year 2009
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s leading health protection agency. Over the course of its sixty-year history, CDC has led public health ...
The Division of Global Public Health Capacity Development (DGPHCD) 2007 Annual Report is the third annual report. Since our last report, several organizational changes have occurred resulting in a name change and the addition of a program to our divi...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention justification of appropriation estimates for Appropriations Committees fiscal year 2009
Gerberding, Julie L.
As the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, it is my pleasure to present the agency’s budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. In response to the ...
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Detroit Police Warn of Serial Killer and Rapist Targeting Sex Workers
Jonathan Bachman/Reuters
Detroit police say they believe a serial killer is targeting sex workers after three women were found killed in vacant homes. “We believe this is a serial murderer and rapist, and we want to alert all sex workers—particularly those who work inside vacant houses—to beware,” Detroit police chief James Craig told a news conference Wednesday. So far, he said, the bodies of three women have been found in vacant homes on the east side of the city. When the first victim was found in mid-March, investigators initially treated her death as a drug overdose but a medical examiner’s report later concluded she died of “blunt force trauma.” Another victim was found on May 20, and the third was found on Wednesday morning, Craig said, leading police to believe they have found all the “makings of a serial killer and rapist that's operating on the east side of Detroit.” All three sex workers were in their 50s. Craig said the case is the “department’s highest priority[.]”
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Georgia State Science Olympiad
There are three Science Olympiad Divisions:
Division A (Grades K-6)
Division B (Grades 6-9)
Division C (Grades 9-12)
Participation is limited to age-appropriate events and prohibited where safety is a concern.
Students on the team must be from the membership school; and a school is considered to be a separate school if it has a separate administrator. Recruiting from neighboring schools, districts, counties or states is not permitted. If you are home-educated or attend a virtual school, please see team qualification requirements under the national Home and Virtual School Policy at National Science Olympiad Team Qualification.
A team may have up to fifteen (15) students.
Any student can compete at only one Division level (either Division B or C, not both) at a single school.
A maximum of five (5) 9th grade students (from the previous year's enrollment of 8th grade students) may participate on a Division B team.
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Toe to Thumb Surgery Heals Beautifully
UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - April 30, 2009
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ABC7News.com in San Francisco reports in on a follow up on a story in which a patient underwent a toe-to-thumb transplant, a complex microsurgery, to restore function in his hand. The team peforming the surgery included Scott L. Hansen, M.D. (pictured right), Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery at UCSF and Charles Lee, M.D, St. Mary's Microsurgery Director:
A follow up on a story we first brought you a year ago. Garret Lafever lost his thumb in a woodworking accident. It was a devastating loss since the thumb is responsible for 40 percent of function of the hand. But a team of doctors at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco offered him an unusual solution -- transplant his big toe in its place -- and it worked.
In a six-hour surgery at Saint Mary's Pros Center, Dr. Charles Lee, director of microsurgery, and plastic surgeon Dr. Scott Hansen of UCSF, worked in tandem to remove Garret's toe and reattach it where his thumb once was. It was an intricate operation disconnecting then reattaching blood vessels, nerves tendons and bone.
An X-ray shows just how well Garrett's toe transplant has healed. The base of his thumb is where the toe begins. Doctors then put a pin in place to hold it all together and it looks like it has healed beautifully.
ABC7 first met Garret last year, less than two months after the surgery and his new thumb has come a long way since then. He can now easily sign his name and button his clothes, but the flexibility of the digit is still not quite what doctors think it could be.
Read full story at ABC7News.com
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This multicultural love and family saga set in New York City, Nepal, and Mumbai, India, takes the reader on a journey into and out of the nightmarish world of international sex trafficking. Beyond revealing the horrors of sex slavery as others have done in documentary style, I have endeavored, through fiction, to render the fate suffered by four sisters and how their lives in a Mumbai brothel transforms them in dramatically different and unpredictable ways.
About Little Sisters — Author’s Preface
For more than twenty years I lived, studied and traveled in Nepal and India as an integral part of my learning, ongoing research, and deep interest in the ancient art and religions of South Asia’s respective cultures.
In 1992, my distinguished colleague, Kristina Carlson Jones moved to Kathmandu to open a meditation center. She contacted me in New York and told me about children being abducted and trafficked into sexual slavery. She had met a Nepalese doctor, Aruna Uprety, who detailed the horror of how girls between 10 and 14 years were being bought by sex traffickers in the hinterlands of Nepal for transport to brothels on Falkland Road in Bombay (Mumbai).
In an instant I understood.
“That’s horrible, ” I said to her. “This has to be our work. We must find a way to protect these children. ”
Thus the Bahini (“Little Sister” in Nepalese) Foundation was born, one of the first organizations of its kind in Nepal.
Within a few months, we set up a safe house to provide shelter for the children. We worked closely with Dr. Uprety to identify young girls who were prime targets for sex traders. We went to families in poverty stricken villages and showed them there was an alternative to Falkland Road brothels. At that time, the income of these families was about $15.00 to $20.00 a year. A girl could easily bring $200.00 from a trafficker — and more if she was a virgin. The family would no longer have to worry about raising money for her dowry. She would go to Bombay, Delhi or Calcutta to “work”. No one in the village knew exactly what kind of work, but they all hoped she would send money home to help the family survive.
In a matter of weeks, it became clear — the plight of these prepubescent children was heartbreaking. After many difficult months spent looking for and identifying girls who were potential targets for sex traders, we convinced a few families to forgo the money they could make selling their children and entrust them to the Foundation’s care, and hopefully a dignified future.
It wasn’t easy to do and often we weren’t successful, but a number of girls came to live in a large house the Foundation had rented in Kathmandu. We enrolled them in school, fed and sheltered them. Even in the safety of the Bahini House, we had to remain vigilant to keep them from the clutches of sex traffickers. We also welcomed women and their children who had escaped from brothels in Mumbai.
On one occasion, at the risk of her life, Kristina Carlson Jones outfitted as a nurse, went into the Falkland Road hellhole of brothels in Mumbai to document the dismal condition of young girls who were sold to traffickers. Had the brothel owners known what Kristina was really up to, most likely they would have killed her.
When children (no matter what their nationality, ethnicity or religion) are forced to become sex slaves or are kidnapped so that their kidneys can be surgically removed and sold on the black market, the entire world must take responsibility.
The Nepalese Government kept the sex trafficking business under wraps. It was an embarrassment, something no one in Nepal would speak about. Occasionally, a high-ranked politician would furtively show up with tears in his eyes and thank us for helping his people. By and large, the world has until today remained indifferent to the plight of these Nepalese girls and has essentially ignored the most despicable criminal horror ever inflicted on innocent children.
One of the Foundation’s goals was to school the brightest of these children in the West. It was our hope that through education, they would return to Nepal as doctors, teachers, economists, mathematicians and scientists, and thus help to raise the economic and social conditions of the Nepalese people and eliminate the sex trade.
In time, the Bahini Foundation became part of R. H. E. S. T. (Rural Health and Education Service Trust of Nepal) — a Nepalese NGO headed by Dr. Uprety. It is run under that name until this day. Dr. Uprety recently told us that the creation of the Bahini Foundation has helped to save at least 8,500 innocent girls from sexual slavery.
Today, the Internet, mass media, and inexpensive jet travel have shrunk the size of our planet to a global village. We now know that the sex slavery network is as prevalent in the West as it is in South Asia. The subject of sex trafficking has emerged from the back pages of newspapers and has been included in a few public-awareness audiovisual programs. International organizations are taking stock of the situation and will hopefully intervene with some degree of efficiency.
Little Sisters arises from my direct experience and awareness of the pain and redemptive passion felt by real people concerned with these issues. I want the reader to become graphically aware of what life is like in the Mumbai red-light district. Beyond revealing the horrors of sex slavery as others have in documentary style, I have endeavored, through fiction, to render the intolerable fate suffered by four sisters at the hands of sex merchants and how each of them is transformed by life in a Mumbai brothel in dramatically different and unpredictable ways.
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Nicole Lafond is a news writer for TPM based in New York City. She is also currently earning a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and previously worked as an education reporter at The News-Gazette in Champaign, Ill. Follow her on Twitter @Nicole_Lafond.
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Trump Admin Won't Let US Embassies Fly Pride Flags On Official Flagpoles
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Roy Moore Tries To Distance Himself From Lawyer Busted For Pot: 'I Will Pray For Him'
June 7, 2019, 12:27 PM EDT
Roy Moore, who has not yet announced whether he intends to anger the entire Republican Party by running for Senate in Alabama again, is distancing himself from his former lawyer, who was just arrested on drug charges.
Moore claimed in a tweet that he has not been represented by Trenton Roger Garmon for “quite some time” and offered to “pray for him.”
More Fake News.
“Mr. Garmon has not represented me or our family for quite some time. As a friend I will pray for him through his personal difficulties.” https://t.co/rRk74xwTQf
— Judge Roy Moore (@RealJudgeMoore) June 6, 2019
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Trump Couldn't Stop Talking About 'Nervous Nancy' During His D-Day Interview
June 7, 2019, 11:35 AM EDT
President Trump sat for an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham while he was in Normandy on Wednesday to commemorate D-Day.
But just before he headed to the somber ceremony to honor the fallen, Trump couldn’t stop slamming one particular political opponent, who, coincidentally, was also in France for the same ceremony: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Hannity's No Longer A Fan Of 'Lock Her Up' Now That Pelosi's The One Chanting It
June 7, 2019, 9:34 AM EDT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) comments to her caucus about imprisoning President Trump were apparently too much for Fox News’ Sean Hannity, one of the most frequent enabler of Trump’s “Lock Her Up!” calls against Hillary Clinton.
GOP Chair Knocks Biden's Latest Blunders After Hyde Amendment Flip-Flop
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is reveling in former Vice President Joe Biden’s penchant for political gaffes.
Trump Supporter Who Allegedly Threatened To Kill Members Of Congress Arrested
A supporter of President Trump, who allegedly made more than 2,000 threatening calls to members of Congress over the past three years, was arrested, according to charging documents obtained by the Associated Press.
After Blowback From Fellow 2020 Dems, Biden Embraces Federally Funded Abortions
Former Vice President Joe Biden changed his official stance on the use of federal funds for abortions.
TX GOP Group Defends Axed Teacher's Right To Speak Of 'Burden' Of Illegal Immigrants
A Republican women’s group in Fort Worth, Texas is defending a local teacher — who was fired for tweeting at President Trump about “removing illegals” from her school district — and her right to speak out against illegal immigration.
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Cam Loves How Diplo Collaboration ‘So Long’ Breaks Gender and Genre Rules
The story of how "Burning House" hitmaker Cam found her way into Diplo's first foray into country music is hardly unique, especially when compared to the song's transformation of genres and gender roles. "So Long" was released digitally as a fully produced, country-leaning EDM mix earlier this spring, with the "Diane" singer doing her own version soon after.
Cam adds warmth country fans so often complain is missing from pop or electronica.
“It’s just so subtle and so vulnerable to say, ‘I get that you’re doing fine by yourself, but I think secretly you really just want to be loved,'" she tells Taste of Country about the lyrics while explaining what attracted her to "So Long."
Those entrenched in country music tradition should recognize an understated gender role reversal if the song is to be interpreted as a woman singing to a man (in truth it's broad enough to apply to any relationship). The guy is hurting and the woman is telling him she's worth it, but all characters feel well-rounded, even if the verses and chorus are relatively sparse. Smart production adds character details — or at the very least least, directs our emotions.
“I loved that," Cam says. "I think ‘Burning House’ is like that too, saying here’s a woman who you’re admitting guilt. It’s pretty deep into gender roles but a lot of times the men are supposed to be macho, so when they’re vulnerable, that’s like the next level.”
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Diplo and his team put word out that he was doing an album that would include several country artists, and Cam was sent several songs through her producer, Tyler Johnson. She heard just a fully produced verse and chorus and decided she was in, soon flying out to cut vocals and write the second half of the song. Keeping Diplo's easy vibe was crucial, but not difficult, she says.
“It’s kind of fun. He wants to make a country record but also he kinda does whatever he wants," Cam reveals. "He literally does whatever project he feels like doing, which is a really nice place to be in."
Cam lives there, too, but promises her next album stays true to the sound she introduced with Untamed (2015).
"I think of it as country music, and it obviously has specific unique elements to who I am," she says of a project four years in the making. "So I’m definitely not departing from the style of music that I’ve always worked on. Diplo’s song, like me singing on his song, I feel like there’s similarities to what I do."
On a broader level, Cam believes genre walls are crumbling all around us. Modern country music certainly reflects that with pop collaborations on country radio with regularity, and more and more frequently, country collaborations on pop songs.
Definitions are subjective, at least when it comes to music. "Some people think it’s traditional and some people think it’s progressive," the 34-year-old says of her sound. "It kinda depends on who listens to it.”
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Why Taylor Swift Didn’t Know Her Music Was Being Sold to Scooter Braun
Taylor Swift says she learned about the sale of Big Machine Label Group — and thus, her catalog of songs — to Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings when she saw it in the news on Sunday morning (June 30) and her rep explained why.
You're likely only ankle-deep in this drama pool. The news broke via the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, and Swift responded with a scathing post a few hours later. Then, BMLG founder Scott Borchetta used his company's official website to dispute her allegations that she never had a fair chance to buy her masters back and that she had no idea the sale was coming.
Variety clears up at least one of the mysteries and offers theories about what might come next. The website nabbed a comment from a spokesperson for Swift who explained why her father, Scott Swift, didn't know about the sale despite being invited to a shareholders' conference call on June 25. In his post, Borchetta notes Scott Swift as one of several people who could have leaked the news to the pop-country superstar.
Per Variety:
On June 25, there was a shareholder phone call that Scott Swift did not participate in, due to a very strict NDA (nondisclosure agreement) that bound all shareholders and prohibited any discussion at all without risk of severe penalty. Her dad did not join that call because he did not want to be required to withhold any information from his own daughter. Taylor found out from the news articles when she woke up before seeing any text from Scott Borchetta, and he did not call her in advance.
This note confirms a text was sent on Saturday, as Borchetta claims. He even went as far as to share the contents of his text message, as well as hers to him on November 19, 2018, when she was about to announce she was signing with UMG and not Big Machine Label Group.
First, here is Swift's, per Borchetta (Swift's team has not commented on the text exchange):
I hope this finds you well. Since communication ran dry on our negotiations, I’ve done what I told you I would do and gone out exploring other options. Owning my masters was very important to me, but I’ve since realized that there are things that mean even more to me in the bigger picture. I had a choice whether to bet on my past or to bet on the future and I think knowing me, you can guess which one I chose. I also saw a rare opportunity to effect positive change for a lot of other artists with the leverage I have right now. I know you believe in the same things I do and I’d like to think you would be proud of what I’ve negotiated for in my deal. I wanted to tell you first that I’ll be signing with Lucian. I honestly truly cherish everything you and I have built together and I plan on saying so in my announcement of the new deal. What we accomplished together will be a lasting legacy and a case study on excellent partnerships, and may it continue. I still view you as a partner and friend and I hope you feel the same. Sending you a hug and my most sincere gratitude.
And SO much love,
Now, Borchetta's:
Dear Taylor,
Hope all is well and congratulations on the success of your first two singles from “Lover”!
I can’t wait to hear the entire album…
I wanted to pass along to you the same courtesy that you passed along to me in regard to my future.
Tomorrow morning (Sunday, June 30th) at 10a central, the Wall Street Journal will announce that I am entering into a merger/acquisition with Scooter Braun and Ithaca Holdings. This move will give us more pop culture super-power than ever before and I’m so excited about the future.
I want you to know that I will continue to be the proud custodian of your previous works and will continue to keep you and your team abreast of all future plans for releases of you work.
Nothing but the best,
Variety also includes contentious comments from associates of both parties that dispute how many opportunities she had to buy her masters, as well as if she could have just bought Big Machine herself and how involved Braun was in the 'bullying' on social media. It's complicated and filled with accusations, and it's likely to continue.
A curious scenario mentioned at the end has Braun selling Swift her masters at the end of the day, but Variety only lists "Braun supporters" as the source for that idea.
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Daily Deals And The Potential For Fraud
Editor’s note: Rocky Agrawal continues his in-depth guest series looking at the daily deal industry. Agrawal is an entrepreneur who has worked on local products since 1995. He blogs at reDesign and Tweets @rakeshlobster. Groupon is currently in a quiet period in relation with its planned IPO, but should be able to answer investors’ questions during a roadshow prior to the offering.
In my post about Groupon’s potential for collapse, I talked about the possibility of merchant fraud. Because Groupon pays merchants everything within 60 days, they are exposed to the possibility of fraud or the merchant going out of business. Other deal providers pay even faster. LivingSocial pays out everything in about 15 days. Google Offers pays out 80% in about four days.
Nobody knows how much fraud occurs, or what steps are taken to prevent it. Groupon’s S-1 identifies refund reserves (which would cover more than just fraud) of $14 million in 2010 and $26 million in the first quarter of 2011. The first quarter number represents 4% of revenue. The S-1 also mentions both consumer and merchant fraud as risk factors.
Groupon does take steps to mitigate both kinds of fraud. On the merchant side, the fact that it withholds full payment for 60 days helps it weed out fake or closed businesses (consumers complain directly to Groupon). Groupon also tries to vet businesses in the first place by looking at online reviews, Yelp, and other sources.
But these measures are not full-proof, and the issue is not only with Groupon. The structure of the daily deals business makes it ripe for fraud and other abuse: upfront payouts, no recourse if something goes wrong, no collateral and minimal risk assessment. You can take the money and run.
Fair warning: the rest of this post may make your head spin.
One of the things I’ve always scratched my head over is deals at service businesses that sell in very large quantities. A spa or a barber shop or a salon can only handle so much business.
For an unscrupulous merchant looking to commit fraud against the daily deal providers, it is not too hard to imagine how it would go about doing so. Sign up for a deal and sell as many as you can. Then when somebody calls to book an appointment, say you’re overwhelmed by the response and can’t book them right away. (Sounds logical, right? You sold 5,000 vouchers.) Better yet, just leave the phone off the hook. You won’t have to say anything—they’ll get a busy signal and get the message.
After you’ve received your payout, cash it and skip town.
This may sound far-fetched and the chances of this happening admittedly are low, but as the daily deal industry grows, it only takes a small percentage of overall deals to involve merchant fraud or simply going out of business to become a very real issue. Fraud is pretty common in the payments space. I’ve spent a lot of time studying payments and whenever there is money involved, someone is looking for ways to get it. PayPal nearly went under in its early days because of fraud.
As a risk analyst, some of the key indicators I’d look for are: offering too good a deal, selling well beyond capacity and allowing people to buy multiple units (on something that is supposed to be a user acquisition play).
But the daily deal companies don’t seem to be doing that. In fact, they’re doing the opposite by encouraging uncapped deals. In most organizations, the incentives for sales tend to be around volume and dollar amount of sales. Sales reps would have a disincentive to identify possibly fraudulent merchants. (No sale, no commission.) Separate research departments are supposed to vet the merchants, but they are often overwhelmed. Given that markets are valuing daily deal companies on revenue, there is also a disincentive for senior management to make an effort to fight fraud in the short term. The fraud actually shows up as revenue.
It doesn’t even have to be fraud. Just overselling a business can be problematic.
It can be hard to tell which is which. In January, Salon 505 sold more than 3,000 vouchers through LivingSocial for $99 on January 21, with an alleged value of $550. ($550 for a half day spa treatment in Austin? Whatever.) With typical deal terms, that should be about $165,000 in revenue to the merchant. By February 16, there were reports of trouble redeeming vouchers. In that month, the salon redeemed about 120 vouchers. At that rate, it would take about two years to redeem all of the vouchers that were sold. In June, the 34-year-old business closed.
That is just one example. My inbox is full of dozens of stories from TechCrunch readers about businesses that have closed shortly after running a daily deal.
So far, consumers have been protected. Even if a merchant disappears, refuses to provide service or is simply overwhelmed, the big daily deal companies have covered the losses. That’s great for consumers, but it creates risk for investors because returns can be significantly affected by fraud losses.
If the deal companies were doing risk assessment, like a bank would, they would never run deals like this.
Because the deal companies generally require businesses to take a 75% hit off their regular selling price, they also will tend to get riskier businesses in their portfolio. The most stable businesses don’t need to discount their product to that degree. And if they need money for expansion, they can get it from a bank on much better terms. Whether they know it or not, the deal companies are in the factoring business.
Fraud, chargebacks and customer service
From all of the consumer feedback I’ve received, customers are taken care of when bad things happen. This can be a great thing. Repeat customers are important. Great word of mouth is important for a new company building a completely new business. But it’s really unusual to have so many good customer support stories. I received one email from someone who got her money back from a deal provider because she wasn’t happy with the quality of her cleaning service—a highly subjective complaint.
In addition to the merchant, consumer and the deal provider, there’s another important party involved: the payment system. VISA, MasterCard and others closely monitor what are called chargebacks, transactions disputed by cardholders. If a company’s chargebacks are high, they will require it to keep more money in reserve. If they’re high enough, they’ll stop letting the company take credit cards. Banks don’t want to lose money if a merchant collapses. (As far as the credit card companies are concerned, the deal companies are the merchant of record.) Groupon has merchant liabilities of more than $291 million and an unknown amount of vouchers outstanding.
Groupon mentions all sorts of fraud as risk factors in its S-1:
We may incur significant losses from fraud and counterfeit Groupons. We may incur losses from claims that the consumer did not authorize the purchase, from merchant fraud, from erroneous transmissions, and from consumers who have closed bank accounts or have insufficient funds in them to satisfy payments. In addition to the direct costs of such losses, if they are related to credit card transactions and become excessive, they could potentially result in our losing the right to accept credit cards for payment. If we were unable to accept credit cards for payment, we would suffer substantial reductions in revenue, which would cause our business to suffer. While we have taken measures to detect and reduce the risk of fraud, these measures need to be continually improved and may not be effective against new and continually evolving forms of fraud or in connection with new product offerings. If these measures do not succeed, our business will suffer.
For an e-commerce company, not being able to take credit cards would be a death blow. If you were concerned about that happening, one way around it would be to just issue refunds. A customer has a problem? “Sorry, we’ll give you your money back.” That keeps your chargeback rates low. It also reduces fraud costs because you don’t have to pay bank-imposed chargeback fees.
The payment companies monitor refunds, too. But the thresholds are much higher than they are for chargebacks.
Another payments-related risk the deal companies may face is the perception they “advance cash” to the small business rather than “buy service.” Merchant agreements typically prohibit giving cash to third parties when processing a purchase transaction. Daily deals companies charge transactions against their merchant accounts and pay a factored percentage back to the merchant providing the service. If the card companies were to consider what deal companies do as a cash advance, that could be a big problem.
It also could be a problem that the daily deal companies are managing just fine. Again, we just don’t know. As the IPO draws near, investors might want to ask for more information.
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Google Announces First Project Glass Hackathons In NYC And SF, Will Detail ‘Mirror API’
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Over the last year, Google has slowly been unveiling its plans around Project Glass, the company’s R&D program responsible for attempting to bring wearable computing to the mainstream. Complete with augmented reality and an integrated display, Google’s smart glasses have had many geeks on pins and needles, especially as “Explorer” editions of the glasses have been expected to begin showing up early this year.
Today, Google sent out its first invitations to the developers who signed up for the $1,500 special edition glasses, inviting them to an “early look at Glass” and “two full days of hacking on the upcoming Google Mirror API” in San Francisco and NYC. The invite also includes the first mention of the project’s APIs, which have gone unmentioned to this point.
These hackathons, which Google has dubbed the “Glass Foundry,” are exclusive to developers in the company’s Explorer Program, offering those select engineers the opportunity to get an early shot at building for Project Glass.
According to invitation, the hackathons will introduce developers to Glass (they’ll be given a device on-site) as well as its Mirror API, which “gives you the ability to exchange data and interact with the user over REST.” The developers will then be given free rein to hack away, with Project Glass engineers on hand to help them along the way.
On the second day, the hackathons will culminate with the standard round of demos to be overseen by a handful of “guest judges.” Google doesn’t make it clear what kind of rewards — if any — await the winners. It’s also interesting to see that Google is being so brisk about the invitations, which don’t offer much time for turnaround. The deadline to respond to the invitations is Friday, and the events are scheduled to take place on January 28th and 29th in San Francisco and February 1st and 2nd in NYC.
Here is the full text of the email Google just sent out:
Join us for an early look at Glass and two full days of hacking on the upcoming Google Mirror API in San Francisco or New York. These hackathons are just for developers in the Explorer program and we’re calling them the Glass Foundry. It’s the first opportunity for a group of developers to get together and develop for Glass.
We’ll begin the first day with an introduction to Glass. You’l have a device to use while on-site. Next we’ll take a look at the Mirror API, which gives you the ability to exchange data and interact with the user over REST. We’ll then dive into development with Google engineers on site to help you at any point. At the end of the second day we’ll have a lively round of demos with some special guest judges.
If you’d like to attend this first Glass Foundry, please choose and register by Friday, January 18th at 4pm PT. There is limited space. If you are accepted, you will receive a confirmation letter with additional details and required terms after registration closes. Please don’t make any travel arrangements until your attendance is confirmed.
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Love in the Time of Miscavige
For years, she worked closely with Scientology’s leaders, David and Shelly Miscavige. And she was there when it all went wrong.
By Tony Ortega
The RTC Building at Int Base
We have a very unusual story for you today, and in order to tell it, we need to adopt some unusual conventions.
Not only are most of the sources for our story not going to be named, neither are we going to identify the main subjects of this tale, a young couple working in Scientology’s “Sea Org.” Before writing about them, however, we obtained eyewitness accounts from multiple sources who each corroborated the others. It’s not our preference to use unnamed sources, but in this case we had no other way of telling this story, which we consider an important one about Scientology’s secretive International Base. — T.O.
The young woman had a front-row seat for the dispute between COB and COB’s Assistant.
And when all hell broke loose, the young woman — and her marriage — became collateral damage.
Until COB turned on COB’s Assistant, the young woman had enjoyed, more or less, her stressful job serving the upper management at Scientology’s exclusive International Base.
Int Base is on 500 acres of land about 90 miles east of Los Angeles. It’s a small world unto itself, where not only is the public never allowed in, even most Scientologists never set foot inside its razor-wired fences, and hear nothing about what goes on there.
The few hundred church employees who live at the base generally live in fear of the man who rules the place as his fiefdom.
He is Scientology leader David Miscavige, a diminutive man who is referred to as “COB” by his employees, for “Chairman of the Board.”
His wife, Shelly Miscavige, was known by the formal title “COB’s Assistant.”
As the title implies, she was not only Miscavige’s spouse, she was also a formidable executive in her own right. Both of them were at the top of Scientology’s “Sea Organization,” the church’s hardcore worker corps, made up of fanatical believers who had each signed billion-year contracts to serve Scientology, lifetime after lifetime.
The Sea Org is not for the faint of heart. Instructions tend to get screamed. Punishments are harsh. The food tends to be lousy, the living quarters can lack privacy. Sea Org members live in fear of fouling up or in some way losing favor with their superiors.
But no executive was more feared, more capricious, more irrational, than Miscavige himself.
So, by comparison, Shelly couldn’t help appearing less rash, more compassionate, more reasonable.
The young woman served both of them. She was a steward, one of numerous Sea Org members who had joined the corps very young — in her early teens — and now lived at the beck and call of her superiors. Most of her family were also Scientologists, but she didn’t get to see them very often.
She did whatever was necessary to please Miscavige. Mostly having to do with meals, serving at his table. And also bringing him things while with him on his frequent trips around the world.
Like other Sea Org members, she had married young. Marrying young is often the only way that Sea Org officials can get any privacy. Members who are single live in all-male or all-female dorms, often with four or more people to a room.
The young woman had married another Sea Org member (of course, there was no other way), and she loved him. He was not only a Scientologist, he was a by-the-book Sea Org lifer. He was the type who would never question “command intention” — whatever it was that Miscavige wanted done, and done now.
They had met at “Flag,” Scientology’s spiritual headquarters in Clearwater, Florida and had married there. At that time, Miscavige was using Flag as his own headquarters because the church was engaged in a court fight in Florida over the death of a parishioner, Lisa McPherson, which had happened several years earlier. The young woman was promoted and began working with Miscavige there, and when he eventually returned to Int Base in California the young woman went with him.
Her husband stayed at Flag.
The separation was difficult for them, but at least with the young woman working directly for COB — and the prestige that brought inside the church — she had opportunities for an occasional trip to Florida to spend time with her husband. It wasn’t ideal. But this was the Sea Org.
For several years, the young woman went everywhere that Miscavige and Shelly went. On trips across the planet. Serving them at every meal.
Meanwhile, the pressures on the Base were becoming more and more unbearable.
COB’s obsession with the Base’s “Org Chart” was wearing down everyone.
Miscavige berated his underlings that they had not been able to place Sea Org workers into positions on a complex chart of job descriptions at Int Base. Although hundreds of people worked at the base and did their jobs, Miscavige was manic about the job organization chart.
But whenever one of his top executives attempted to fill names in that chart, Miscavige rejected the scheme, or simply wouldn’t approve it. And then he’d berate them again that he was going to have to do it all himself.
It made little sense, and most people who worked at the Base were sick of hearing it.
COB’s mood had gotten fouler, and the punishments on the base had gotten downright sadistic.
At the beginning of 2004, Miscavige had ordered dozens of top executives into a locked room, calling them “SPs.” (A “suppressive person” is someone with evil intention to Scientology — being declared an SP is the church’s form of excommunication.)
Over time, that office-prison became known as “The Hole” as up to 100 base executives were held in it day and night, sleeping on the floor and eating from buckets of soupy slop.
Miscavige was becoming less and less predictable. Every Sea Org official walked on eggshells around him, and were hypersensitive to any of his rants, looking for ways to stay in his good graces.
And then, in 2005, a surprising thing happened.
Miscavige announced that he was going to Los Angeles to work on a new set of re-edited L. Ron Hubbard books he wanted published. (They would come out in 2007 and be called “The Basics,” and every Scientologist would be pressured to purchase multiple sets, with lectures, for about $3,000 each.)
Shelly, however, said she was staying at Int Base. And she asked the young woman to stay with her.
It was the first time in the young woman’s career that David and Shelly Miscavige hadn’t traveled someplace together.
The young woman did what she was told, and she stayed at the Base.
While Miscavige was gone, Shelly got to work. She filled the org chart with names, and then informed those employees that they had new jobs.
Finally, the org chart would no longer be an issue.
Miscavige also had continually groused that he was going to need to move out of his quarters in the “Villas” — three buildings on the north side of the property — so they could be renovated and turned over to CMO Int, one of upper management’s alphabet soup of entities. “I’m going to give you the Villas, you assholes,” Miscavige would taunt his top lieutenants.
So while he was gone, Shelly finally made that happen. She had COB’s things crated up and moved out of the Villas to a drab set of quarters known as the “G’s.”
Shelly Miscavige
At about this time, Scientology spokesman Mike Rinder arrived at Int Base after visiting Miscavige in Los Angeles. He was immediately cornered by Shelly as soon as he arrived.
“She took me to the back patio of the RTC building, which is really isolated. There was no one around,” Rinder tells us. “She asked me, ‘When you saw him, was Dave wearing his gold or platinum wedding ring?'”
Rinder says he thinks she knew it would have been too much of a giveaway to simply ask if Miscavige was wearing a ring at all, which is why she asked it that way. Rinder had no idea if Miscavige actually had more than one version of his wedding ring.
“Oh, you know, I didn’t notice,” he told her.
“The question was so out of the blue, and so bizarre,” he tells us. “I knew that she was in deep shit. She was worried that he was going to abandon her.”
Rinder wonders if, knowing that she was on thin ice, she was suddenly taking on the things Miscavige always complained needed to be done — the org chart and the renovation of the Villas — as a way of getting into his good graces. Shelly was trying to make things go right for COB.
“That was the last conversation I had with Shelly,” Rinder says. (He was not around when Miscavige returned. He was later put into The Hole as a prisoner for more than a year, and then defected from Scientology while he was in London in 2007.)
By the time Miscavige did return to the base, a couple of months after he’d gone to LA, the org chart had been filled and the Villas were gutted.
He was not pleased.
“He had a total psychotic fit,” one eyewitness tells us. “He said we were a bunch of treasonous fucks.”
A week later, Shelly Miscavige vanished.
About 60 miles from Int Base is another Scientology complex, a place so secretive that even high-level Scientology executives rarely or never hear about it. It’s the headquarters of a Scientology entity called the Church of Spiritual Technology. CST owns the trademarks and copyrights of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s works, and it seeks to preserve them by creating underground vaults in various places — California, New Mexico, Wyoming — where millions of Hubbard’s words are being etched on steel plates and sealed in titanium crates, filled with inert gases. The vaults are intended to keep Hubbard’s words safe against nuclear attack.
CST’s headquarters, which includes one of the vaults, is on a compound near Lake Arrowhead in the mountains above Los Angeles. The complex has several buildings where work is being done on the preservation effort. In 2005, Shelly was transferred to the compound, which has very little contact with Int Base, let alone the outside world.
To public Scientologists — members who don’t work for the church but were used to seeing Shelly at public events — as well as staff members who worked at Int Base and other church facilities, it was as if she had disappeared.
She was allowed to make one more public appearance — at the funeral of her father in August, 2007 — but since then, she’s become a non-person in the church.
To this day, our sources tell us, she’s living at the CST headquarters above LA, banished there by Miscavige. At a subsequent meeting of high-level executives, Miscavige said that he and Shelly were through as a couple, but as a religious leader he could not divorce her.
It’s not known what Shelly thinks of her fate.
But she wasn’t the only one affected by the schism. Because the young woman had stayed behind when Shelly asked her to, she was punished, too.
For a year, she endured hard labor as an “ethics particle” — someone the church could not trust, someone who had to be interrogated over and over again to draw out of her any evil intentions she might have for COB or Scientology.
Her husband was still at Flag, in Florida, and for the next four years, the young woman was more or less completely cut off from him as she worked in menial jobs at the base, trying to repair her status.
“Her life was ruined by that altercation between COB and COB’s Assistant,” one of our sources tells us.
Seeing her own husband during that time meant that the young woman would have to go through a “security check” — an intense and brutal interrogation to determine if she still wasn’t thinking of betraying Miscavige or the church.
Over a seven year period, we’re told, the young woman and her husband averaged only one short visit per year.
About two years ago, her husband moved to Los Angeles — the primary reason was not to be closer to her, but to address another alarming issue that needed “handling.” But now that her husband does live closer, the young woman can get out to see him more easily than she could when he was in Florida. But the married couple still does not live together. And she must still submit to brutal interrogations just to spend time with her own husband.
Her husband, as a by-the-book Scientologist, has been trained to believe that any unfortunate events in their lives are their own fault, that somehow they “pulled in” their fate, and his wife’s harsh treatment was caused by her own actions.
And theirs is just one of the relationships that has been warped under the influence of Miscavige.
As we were learning about this story, we asked about other couples at Int Base and were told this astonishing fact: No one has married at Int Base in about a decade.
Although executives who live and work at the Base can only marry each other, none has done so — even though many couples would like to, and they date each other in the chaste Sea Org style (the penalties for pre-marital sex are harsh, and transgressions always can be found out in “sec checks.”)
We asked if there was now a written rule preventing marriages at Int Base, but were told that this, too, was the result of a Miscavige temper tantrum.
In the early 2000s, one of COB’s closest personal employees was scheduled to get married. But when he asked for the day off for the ceremony, Miscavige wouldn’t grant it. Things at the Base were simply too hectic, he said, and there were too many emergencies to be handled. (There are always too many emergencies that need dealing with.)
Around that same time, another Base couple planned to get married and invited Miscavige. “Let’s do this when the base is in better condition and we’ll have a proper ceremony,” he replied.
So they waited more than ten years for the base to get in “better condition.” Eventually, they broke up.
Word quickly traveled after those two incidents, and no one else attempted to get married on the base. And after a few couples managed to get off base for quickie ceremonies, security was changed, and that doesn’t happen either.
Since then, for about a decade, no one else working at the Int Base has dared ask permission to get married.
“If he gets no sleep, then no one gets sleep. If he doesn’t shave, you better not shower. If he hears that someone has watched a movie, he’ll say, ‘How did you get to watch a movie? I worked all night’,” one source told us about how much the base workers fear Miscavige.
And so, we’re told, some couples at Int Base have been dating for up to eight years — though they cannot sleep together. They spend year after year, waiting for some sign that COB has relented, and in the meantime they don’t dare suggest they be given a few hours off to hold a ceremony.
It’s love in the time of Miscavige.
As for COB’s Villas — he moved back into them after they were lavishly renovated in 2008. In a previous story we wrote about a man named John Brousseau who helped with those renovations, we detailed some of the personalized items that went into creating COB’s dream home — a custom-made humidor, a custom bed with elaborate woodwork, a tanning bed that he wanted kept secret.
We hear that things at the CST headquarters — where COB’s Assistant lives — are considerably more spartan.
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GIFFORD-JONES: Preventing deaths from influenza
Dr. W. Gifford-Jones
Updated: January 12, 2019 7:00 AM EDT
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Death from influenza is always tragic. But it is particularly so when it occurs at a young age. This year an increasing number of influenza cases is being seen in emergency rooms. And, as usual, thousands of North Americans will die from this seasonal disease. But are some dying needlessly?
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. reports that, for the first time in 13 years, every state reports an increase in influenza caused by an aggressive virus.
Authorities stress that the best way to decrease the number of cases of influenza and deaths has always been to get a flu shot. As Dr. Shobhit Maruti, medical officer of health in Edmonton, where deaths have occurred, stresses, “It’s never too late to be immunized as in 2018 this decreased the number of cases of influenza by 42%.”
But history has shown that, although being vaccinated against influenza can prevent or decrease the severity, it is not always totally protective. So what other preventive measures are available?
I have a high respect for viral killers, as one nearly ended my career as a surgeon. In 1950, in my final year at The Harvard Medical School, I developed poliomyelitis. I was in one of the great medical centres in the U.S. But in the next 24 hours doctors could not stop my legs and abdominal muscles from being totally paralyzed.
How ironic that, if I’d been in a small town in North Carolina and treated by a family doctor, my paralysis could have been prevented. Equally ironic, none of my learned professors were aware of the doctor’s huge discovery.
Dr. Frederick R. Klenner was not a trained virologist. But he was working in a ward of 60 polio patients. He decided to treat them with high doses of vitamin C for 10 days. Not one of the 60 patient developed paralysis!
This discovery was reported in the journal, Southern Medicine and Surgery in Feb 1948. It’s appalling that it did not make headlines in the world’s newspapers or other medical journals. In fact, it fell on deaf ears, and even now is still largely unknown by doctors.
In addition, Klenner later proved high doses of vitamin C could cure other viral diseases such as pneumonia, encephalitis, meningitis, measles and chicken pox.
Klenner’s research showed that in addition to an annual flu shot, vitamin C provides additional protection. Particularly if you’ve been taking 4,000 milligrams (mgs) of C daily, long before influenza strikes. This keeps immune cells full of C to immediately fight the virus. So never forget the importance of this reservoir of C as infection immediately increases the need for more C.
Klenner’s message to doctors was simple. If a serious infection strikes, but the cause is unknown, doctors should prescribe large doses of C while they’re pondering the diagnosis. And just as small doses of painkillers will not stop cancer pain, neither will small doses of C stop viral diseases.
Ideally, for critical viral diseases, Klenner prescribed as much as 25,000 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C daily. But this is easier said than done. He also used intramuscular injections and oral tablets. But this means swallowing large numbers of pills.
I’ve urged my family to never treat themselves if the flu virus strikes. But before medical attention is available, to start taking 2,000 mg of Medi-C Plus or any other powdered brand of vitamin C, every two hours until loose stools occur. It could make the difference between life and death. These brands are available in health food stores.
My advice to readers is the same, and to also get a second opinion. So, go to the internet and type in “Dr. F. R. Klenner and Vitamin C”. Dr. Andrew Saul, an international expert on vitamins, has an excellent article about Klenner who should have received the Nobel Prize for his research. It’s tragic that many doctors remain unaware of his discoveries that could save lives.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The column does not constitute medical advice and is not meant to diagnose, treat, prevent or cure disease. Please contact your doctor. The information provided is for informational purposes only and are the views solely of the author. See docgiff.com. For Comments info@docgiff.com
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Two reliable goalies almost a necessity in the Stanley Cup playoffs
Michael TraikosMore from Michael Traikos
Updated: April 8, 2019 6:24 PM EDT
It said a lot that the Toronto Maple Leafs would instruct Garret Sparks to go on a 10-day hiatus and rediscover his confidence less than a week before the start of the playoffs.
After all, you can’t go far in the post-season without a confident goalie.
Apparently that includes even the backup goalie.
Sparks, who played just 20 games this year, wasn’t expected to start in any games in their first-round series against the Boston Bruins. But with goaltending in the playoffs, it’s better to expect the worst and hope for the best.
In each of the previous four years, the goalie who was sitting on the bench for Game 1 of the playoffs ended up being on the ice when the final buzzer sounded in the Stanley Cup final.
That being said, if the Leafs have to rely on anyone other than Frederik Andersen for little more than mop-up duty against the Bruins, it’s probably safe to assume that they are not advancing to the second round. They might be alone in that regard.
The days of Martin Brodeur playing 73 games in the regular season and then running the table in the playoffs are a thing of the past.
These days, you don’t just need a hot No. 1 goalie. You need a backup who’s temperature is also rising. If not, you probably aren’t in the playoffs to begin with.
It doesn’t matter if a team was fighting for a wild-card berth or had a playoff spot locked up weeks ago, the majority of teams required a collaborative effort to keep the puck out of the net and rack up wins.
The Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Dallas Stars and New York Islanders more or less trusted a tandem to get them to the playoffs — and may keep that formula throughout the post-season. Others, like the Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators and Boston Bruins, didn’t hesitate to turn to their backup at the first sign of danger.
Even the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning wouldn’t have made it into the record books without a solid No. 2 at its disposal. While Andrei Vasilevskiy won a league-best 39 games this season, it was Louis Domingue who stepped up and went 11-2 when Vasilevskiy missed a month due to injury.
In other words, teams are not living and dying with their starter. There’s a safety net in place. And in some cases, it’s more than just a last resort.
The Bruins might not have had a true tandem this season. But by the end of the year, it sure looked like they did. Backup goalie Jaroslav Halak played only five fewer games than Tuukka Rask, while recording a superior 2.34 goals-against average and a .922 save percentage.
Keep that in mind if the Leafs happen to take a 2-0 series lead against the Bruins in the first round.
In St. Louis, Jordan Binnington is the reason why the Blues have made the playoffs. But considering that he’s a rookie with zero playoff experience, don’t be surprised if we see Jake Allen at some point in the post-season.
The same is true in Colorado, where No. 1 goalie Semyon Varlamov lost the job to backup Philipp Grubauer in the final weeks of the season. Of course, Grubauer also stole the job away from Washington’s Braden Holtby at the start of last year’s playoffs, only to give it back for Game 2.
The point was that Washington, which relied on Holtby the rest of the way to win the Cup, had options.
Which brings us back to the Leafs and Andersen, who is now being backed up by Michael Hutchinson, a minor-leaguer who has played in five NHL games this season.
There is no safety net. There is no backup plan.
If Andersen isn’t sharp, Toronto’s Stanley Cup hopes could go splat.
TRAIKOS’ PLAYOFF GOALIE RANKINGS
1. Andrei Vasilevskiy TB
The Vezina Trophy favourite was often the forgotten man on a star-studded Lightning team. But Vasilevskiy’s season was every bit as impressive as Nikita Kucherov’s. He not only won 75% of his starts — including 19 of 24 since the all-star break — but also posted a .925 save percentage.
2. Marc-Andre Fleury VGK
The three-time Stanley Cup champion proved that he could have success away from Sidney Crosby when he led the expansion Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup final a year ago. With eight shutouts this year, don’t rule out another deep playoff run.
3. Braden Holtby WAS
At this time last year, Holtby had briefly lost the starting job. But after winning back the net — and winning the Stanley Cup — he’s solidified himself as a big-game goalie.
4. Connor Hellebuyck WPG
You probably didn’t know that the Jets allowed the most shots of any playoff team. That’s a testament to Hellebuyck, who maintained a .913 save percentage while facing more rubber than anyone else.
5. Pekka Rinne NAS
Rinne’s Game 7 collapse against the Jets in last year’s conference semifinal — as well as his spotty performance in the 2017 Stanley Cup final — caused some to wonder if he’s mentally tough enough. But when he’s on his game, few in the league are better.
6. Tuukka Rask BOS
It wasn’t until March 12 that Rask suffered his first regulation-time loss of 2019. Since then, he hasn’t played his best hockey. But keep in mind that the Bruins, who were locked into second place, had nothing really to play for.
7. Frederik Andersen TOR
A Vezina Trophy candidate in the first half of the season, Andersen has played his worst hockey since the start of March. Maybe it’s fatigue. The Leafs goalie has played 60-plus games in each of the past three years.
8. Matt Murray PIT
This has been a difficult season for Murray. But he’s always been a goalie who’s found a way to play his best hockey in the playoffs. With two Stanley Cup wins already on his resume, there’s no reason to doubt he won’t flip the switch again.
9. Jordan Binnington STL
The Blues would not be in the playoffs without Binnington, who went 22-3-1 since taking over the net in January. He’s a rookie, so the playoffs are obviously new to him. But he’s also 25 and been waiting for this moment all his life.
10. Robin Lehner and Thomas Greiss NYI
Lehner and Greiss combined to allow the fewest goals in the NHL, while also posting the best save percentage. Expect Lehner to get the startingnod. Not that the team will have any problems going to Greiss if needed.
11. Sergei Bobrovsky CLB
No goalie has more to prove in the playoffs than Bobrovsky, who’s never been able to replicate his regular season success in the post-season. As a pending free agent, now might be the time to silence his critics.
12. Mike Smith and David Rittich CGY
The Flames’ two-headed monster was effective — if not necessary. It seemed as though when Smith was off his game, Rittich was on his. And vice-versa. The only worry is what happens if both falter at the same time.
13. Ben Bishop DAL
Injuries continue to plague the Stars goalie. But when healthy, few have been better this season. Since the all-star break, when Dallas was fighting for a playoff spot, Bishop has posted an unreal 1.34 goals-against average and a .956 save percentage.
14. Martin Jones SJ
The Sharks finished with the second-best record in the Western Conference. That’s impressive considering that their goalie was one of the worst in the league. If Jones can play like he did when he went to the Cup final in 2016, expect another deep run.
15. Petr Mrazek CAR
While the Hurricanes have also relied on Curtis McElhinney to get into the playoffs, it looks like Mrazek will be the Game 1 starter — and for good reason. Since the all-star break, Mrazek has a 1.88 goals-against average and .935 save percentage.
16. Semyon Varlamov and Philipp Grubauer COL
Varlamov is technically the No. 1 goalie. But Philipp Grubauer, who went 7-2-2 in the past two months, is the reason why the Avs are in the playoffs. “He’s the hot goalie,” head coach Jared Bednar said last month. “We’ll ride him as long as we have to.”
Letters to the Editor, July 17
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September 21, 2018 / 8:35 AM / 10 months ago
Mongolian court says copper mine nationalisation broke laws
LONDON/ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - The Mongolian government broke laws during a controversial attempt to seize full control over the Erdenet copper mine, a local court said on Thursday, the latest ruling in a long-running ownership dispute over one of Asia’s biggest deposits.
The Mongolian Copper Corporation (MCC) has been fighting for more than a year to stave off the government’s attempt to gain control of the lucrative Erdenet mine by forcibly taking over the company’s 49 percent holding for about $400 million.
The case was seen as another example of the risks of doing business in Mongolia, which has struggled to make the most of its massive reserves of coal, copper, uranium and gold amid disputes with investors and wider political concerns about how much foreign ownership should be allowed in its “strategic” mining projects.
The court said in a brief statement on Thursday that laws were broken during the attempt to implement a parliamentary resolution to take over MCC’s stake in the project.
Further details of the ruling will be released within two weeks, a court spokesman told Reuters.
MCC said in a separate statement on Thursday that the latest ruling shows that Mongolia’s nationalisation bid was illegal. It added that the Mongolian government must now respect the decision.
“The government needs to respect the rule of law and abide by this judgment,” said Tsooj Purevtuvshin, MCC’s chief executive, in an emailed statement to Reuters.
“The government talks a lot about making Mongolia a good place to invest; it is time they start respecting the rights of private businesses.”
The legal fight has been watched closely by international investors hoping that Mongolia’s massive copper potential can help meet increasing demand from the growing electric vehicle and power transmission sectors.
Before this week’s ruling, MCC said it was considering taking the case to international arbitration to protect its stake in the mine.
Launched as a joint venture between Mongolia and the Soviet Union in 1978, Erdenet is one of the region’s largest copper mines, producing about 530,000 tonnes of concentrate a year.
MCC purchased Russia’s stake in the mine in 2016 with the approval of then-Prime Minister Chimed Saikhanbileg, though Mongolia’s parliament said it never endorsed the sale.
Reporting by Barbara Lewis and Munkhchimeg Davaasharav; Editing by David Stanway and Christian Schmollinger
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Last but not least: Pianist Sir András Schiff on Last Sonatas Project
By UMS Lobby
Editor’s note: Pianist Sir András Schiff performs three concerts of the “The Last Sonatas” by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert February 16-20, 2016. Below is his reflection on the project.
Photo: Sir András Schiff. Courtesy of the artist.
“Alle guten Dinge sind drei” — all good things are three, according to this German proverb that must have been well-known to Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Introducing their last three piano sonatas in three concerts — twelve works, twelve being a multiple of three — is a fascinating project that can demonstrate the connections, similarities and differences among these composers.
The sonata form
The sonata form is one of the greatest inventions in Western music, and it is inexhaustible. With our four masters of Viennese classicism it reached an unprecedented height that has never been equaled, let alone surpassed. Mozart and Beethoven were virtuoso pianists while Haydn and Schubert were not, although they both played splendidly (Schubert’s playing of his own Lieder had transported his listeners to higher spheres and brought tears to their eyes). The piano sonatas are central in their œuvres and through them we can study and observe the various stages of their development.
Lateness is relative, of course; Haydn (1733-1809) and Beethoven (1770-1827) lived long. Mozart (1756-1791) and Schubert (1797-1828) died tragically young. It’s the intensity of their lives that matters. In the final year of his life Schubert wrote the last three piano sonatas, the C Major string quintet, the song-cycle “Schwanengesang” and many other works. What more could we ask for? These last sonatas of our four composers are all works of maturity. Some of them – especially those of Haydn – are brilliant performance pieces; others (Beethoven, Schubert) are of a more intimate nature – it isalmost as if the listener were eavesdropping on a personal confession.
Lateness is relative
Both Beethoven and Schubert had worked on their final three sonatas simultaneously; they were meant to be triptychs. Similarly, Haydn’s three “London sonatas” — the only works in this series that weren’t written in Vienna — were inspired by the new sonorities and wider keyboard of the English fortepianos and belong definitely together. It would be in vain to look for a similar pattern in Mozart’s sonatas. For that let’s consider his last three symphonies — but his late music is astonishing for itsmasterful handling of counterpoint, its sense of form and proportion, its exquisite simplicity.
Let me end with a few personal thoughts. The last three Beethoven sonatas make a wonderful programme. They can beplayed together, preferably without a break. Some pianists like to perform the last three Schubert sonatas together. This, at least for me, is not a good idea. These works are enormous constructions, twice as long as those of Beethoven, and the emotional impact they create is overwhelming, almostunbearable. It is mainly for this reason that I am combining Beethoven and Schubert with Haydn and Mozart. They complement each other beautifully, in a perfect exchange of tension and release. Haydn’s originality and boldness never fail to astonish us. Who else would have dared to place an E Major movement into the middle of an E-flat Major sonata? His wonderful sense of humour and Mozart’s graceful elegance may lighten the tensions created by Beethoven’s transcendental metaphysics and Schubert’s spellbinding visions.
Great music is always greater than its performance, as Arthur Schnabel wisely said. It is never easy to listen to, but it’s well worth the effort.
Pianist Sir András Schiff performs three concerts of the “The Last Sonatas” by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert February 16-20, 2016.
Are there artists whose “late” creativity you admire? Discuss in the comments below.
What is it about Bach?
What music speaks to you?
Community Spotlight: U-M Piano Professor Arthur Greene
Goldberg Variations – A guided tour from pianist András Schiff
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Catholic Foundation for the Separation of Church and State
Many Catholics criticize libertarianism as a “spawn” of the Enlightenment, which was in direct opposition to the Catholic Church. They say that separation of church and state is an error and that the Church must be the head of the state. They envision officials using the full force of government to censor, punish, and mold the populace to the morality of the Church. When pressed on whether that means that heretics should be burned at the stake, they’re eerily silent on the matter.
People have confused St. Paul’s and St. Peter’s respect for just authority as being an endorsement for the church-state but most of this sentiment, no doubt, can be traced back to Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors, No. 55 being: The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church.
The reasoning behind this, as he wrote, is that, “for the last few years, a ferocious war on the Church, its institutions and the rights of the Apostolic See has been raging…. Venerable Brothers, it is surprising that in our time such a great war is being waged against the Catholic Church.”
Indeed, Europe had seen a horrific antagonism toward the Church in the century preceding the Syllabus and clearly springing from the Enlightenment. As Dr. James Hitchcock wrote, “The French Revolution relentlessly persecuted the Church in the name of freedom, and various 19th-century governments, notably in France itself, proclaimed liberty even as they tightened the screws on the Church — seizing its property or closing its schools, for example. Thus Pius IX quite accurately saw the liberal governments of his day as sworn enemies of the Church and the rhetoric of religious freedom as a rationalization of persecution. For him to have embraced the principle of religious liberty would have been to surrender to governments whom he knew quite well did not practice what they proclaimed.”
But what Pope Pius IX and his modern disciples fail to realize is that the separation of church and state was not an Enlightenment concept thrust on civilization by the Jacobins. It was established by Christ Himself and bolstered by the Church fathers, namely Augustine in City of God, then subsequently reinforced by the Second Vatican Council in its Decree on Religious Liberty. Ironically, it is the modern concept of a church-state that is actually spawn of the Enlightenment and the cause of the horrors that led to the Syllabus of Errors No. 55.
Caesar Versus God
It is clear that Christ had no qualms about separating the Church and the state. Our Lord’s kingdom, as He said it, is “not of this world,” (Jn 18:36) and he often times alludes to the fact that the state is and of right should be separate from the Church. In the famous encounter with the Pharisees, Jesus said to, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s.” (Mt 22:21) Some may incorrectly take this to mean that Jesus endorsed taxation, but it clearly makes a delineation between the state and the Church.
Furthermore, Jesus did not see the state as a holy enterprise. Yes, he proselytized them, but he lumped tax collectors in with prostitutes as sinners (“tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you” (Mt 21:31). He told people to help the poor, not to vote for politicians to steal money from other people to help the poor.
And when Our Lord was tempted by Satan, the Devil offered him “all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.” (Mt 4:8) Satan offered all earthly kingdoms because he owned them. One might rightly say that he still does.
Augustine’s Two Cities
During an empire-wide existential crisis that followed the Vandals’ sack of Rome, St. Augustine wrote City of God, which laid out his two-cities doctrine and the separation of church and state. While he allowed that the state’s divinely appointed existence is to assist and bless humankind, he strongly asserts that there is no just state. He resigns us to the reality that political jurisdictions of this world will never be anything different than they were during his time: corrupt thieves. In Book IV he wrote:
Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms? The band itself is made up of men; it is ruled by the authority of a prince, it is knit together by the pact of the confederacy; the booty is divided by the law agreed on. If, by the admittance of abandoned men, this evil increases to such a degree that it holds places, fixes abodes, takes possession of cities, and subdues peoples, it assumes the more plainly the name of a kingdom, because the reality is now manifestly conferred on it, not by the removal of covetousness, but by the addition of impunity.
Augustine does see a role for the earthly city, as he calls it, but that it will always be separate from the City of God:
…it has come to pass that the two cities could not have common laws of religion, and that the heavenly city has been compelled in this matter to dissent, and to become obnoxious to those who think differently, and to stand the brunt of their anger and hatred and persecutions…
He makes the case that even if the civil authority (Roman emperor) and the Church authority (Pontiff) were one in the same, that the earthly city would still not become the City of God because citizenship is determined on the individual level.
Augustine understood that we Christians are of this world but meant for another. We should respect the earthly city, but not try to control it. We are called to evangelize but not to force our faith on others through the strong arm of the state.
The Church Declares Religious Freedom
Despite Pope Pius IX’s apparent disagreement, the Magisterium took another tack and reinforced Augustine’s view in the Decree on Religious Liberty, which states:
This Vatican Council declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.
The council further declares that the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person as this dignity is known through the revealed word of God and by reason itself.(2) This right of the human person to religious freedom is to be recognized in the constitutional law whereby society is governed and thus it is to become a civil right.
It is in accordance with their dignity as persons-that is, beings endowed with reason and free will and therefore privileged to bear personal responsibility-that all men should be at once impelled by nature and also bound by a moral obligation to seek the truth, especially religious truth. They are also bound to adhere to the truth, once it is known, and to order their whole lives in accord with the demands of truth. However, men cannot discharge these obligations in a manner in keeping with their own nature unless they enjoy immunity from external coercion as well as psychological freedom. Therefore the right to religious freedom has its foundation not in the subjective disposition of the person, but in his very nature. In consequence, the right to this immunity continues to exist even in those who do not live up to their obligation of seeking the truth and adhering to it and the exercise of this right is not to be impeded, provided that just public order be observed.
With this declaration, the Church condemned the atheists that persecuted Catholics after the French Revolution, but also rejected the idea that the Church must impose its morality on others. Faith is a gift from God and a result of free will. It’s impossible to force someone to profess Christ. The Magisterium understands this as did St. Augustine writing in the 5th century AD. The separation of church and state isn’t a spawn of the Enlightenment.
The Modern Church-State
Ironically though, the modern church-state framework is a spawn of the Enlightenment. In Suicide of the West, Jonah Goldberg lays out the theory of the two strains of philosophical thought that stemmed from the Enlightenment. The Lockean strain set the stage for the American Revolution and what he calls the miracle of modern liberal democratic capitalism. The Rousseauean strain led directly to the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror (which prompted the Syllabus of Errors), and to all the modern socialist tyrannies of the 20th century. It is a complete violation of the right to a free conscience and the Catholic principle of subsidiarity, which holds that, “a community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order.” (CCC 1883)
Goldberg quotes Rousseau: “Those who distinguish civil from theological intolerance are, to my mind, mistaken. The two forms are inseparable. It is impossible to live at peace with those we regard as damned: to love them would be to hate God who punishes them: we positively must either claim or torment them.” If you’ve heard any of the modern statist Catholics recently, this will sound familiar.
Goldberg wrote that in this model, “public ‘censors’ and other magistrates would mold and define public opinion and identify ‘unbelievers’ in need of extermination. The state, in other words, had complete authority to improve men’s souls for the greater good. Thus Rousseau sought to eliminate the original division of labor that Christianity had introduced into the West through Saint Augustine. He wanted a new theocracy that closed the space between the religious and the secular.”
Right away Robespierre and the Jacobins took Rousseau’s state model and replaced the religion of God with the religion of the state. The result was countless regimes around the world that thought it reasonable to force their false gods of the state onto the people. The 100 million+ victims of state democide can be attributed to this mindset.
From this history, it is clear that the separation of church and state wasn’t an Enlightenment concept. It was a fact of life in Jesus’s time and that of the Church Fathers. However, the modern church-state in all its anti-Christian horror is. After all, the difference between Louis XIV and Stalin isn’t that Stalin instituted a separation of church and state, it’s that Stalin switched out the Apostolic Church with the church of government and the cult of personality. This bait and switch is inevitable when you taint religion with the coercion of the state.
If one can’t avoid the genetic fallacy or guilt by association fallacy associating the separation of church and state with the dreaded Enlightenment, one would do well to read the Bible or Augustine’s City of God for a better perspective on the subject.
JSB Morse
JSB Morse is a husband, father, and an author, entrepreneur, and philosopher. He's most recently written Paleo Family with his wife. He has written several critically acclaimed novels including the political thriller "Gods of Ruin" and the spiritual fiction "Now and at the Hour of Our Death". He paints, creates web applications, and writes/produces music under the name Whacktus. He lives in New Orleans with his wife Gina Maria and their family.
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Sharia law comes to streets of Berlin: This is why Trump is now our president
TOPICS:EuropeGermanloss of cultureMuslim invasionnational identity
Posted By: usafeaturesmedia July 10, 2017
(National Sentinel) Europe: Sometime after Germany lost its second world war in less than 50 years, the once-proud nation lost its soul. And its direction. And any semblance of patriotism its people had left.
That’s the best way to explain why today’s Germany, still Europe’s economic powerhouse, would permit itself to be overrun by a foreign culture so diametrically opposed to Western civilization. And it helps explain one other phenomenon: Donald J. Trump becoming president.
As reported by The Gatestone Institute, the Germans are so neutered they are too afraid to assert normal rights that any sovereign nation has when it comes to internal enforcement of its own rules, observance of its own traditions and defense of its own culture:
A hundred Islamists are now openly enforcing Sharia law on the streets of Berlin, according to local police who are investigating a recent string of violent assaults in the German capital.
The self-appointed morality police involve Salafists from Chechnya, a predominantly Sunni Muslim region in Russia. The vigilantes are using threats of violence to discourage Chechen migrants from integrating into German society; they are also promoting the establishment of a parallel Islamic legal system in Germany. German authorities appear unable to stop them.
The Sharia patrol came to public light in May 2017, when Chechen Salafists released a video warning other Chechens in Germany that those who fail to comply with Islamic law and adat, a traditional Chechen code of behavior, will be killed. The video’s existence was reported by Meduza, a Russian-language independent media organization based in Latvia. The video, which circulated through WhatsApp, an online messaging service, showed a hooded man aiming a pistol at the camera.
Speaking in Chechen, he declared: “Muslim brothers and sisters. Here, in Europe, certain Chechen women and men who look like women do unspeakable things. You know it; I know it; everybody knows it. This is why we hereby declare: For now, there are about 80 of us. More people are willing to join. Those who have lost their national identity, who flirt with men of other ethnic groups and marry them, Chechen women who have chosen the wrong path and those creatures who call themselves Chechen men — given half a chance, we will set all of them straight. Having sworn on the Koran, we go out onto the streets. This is our declaration of intent; do not say that you were not warned; do not say that you did not know. May Allah grant us peace and set our feet on the path towards justice.”
This is just the latest report detailing how Muslim migrants are not only assailing traditional Western culture throughout the European continent, but are imposing their own laws and customs and traditions to supplant those of the nations in which they are supposedly guests.
There are pockets of resistance to this takeover of European nationalist sentiment — no, not the Hitler or Mussolini style of nationalism, but more the kind a patriot feels when his or her values, mores and customs are under assault.
But they are few and far between, and save for a few nations like Hungary and Poland, are not pervasive throughout Old Europe. Even Britain has been largely overrun.
The slow death of Europe via the continuing ‘invasion’ of Muslims who seek no comity, parity or cohabitation with their European hosts has been closely watched by tens of millions of Americans, most of whom voted enthusiastically for the presidential candidate who promised he wouldn’t allow that invasion to be replicated in America.
Germany and the rest of Europe will either figure out soon they are allowed to have enough pride in their own countries to protect and defend their cultures and values, or they will be permanently lost to the Islamic hordes with which they share no common bond.
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Best Ruins That I Have Visited So Far
Best Ruins That I Have Visited So Far.
“The shattered wall,
the broken tower
have a story to tell –
from the touchstones of ruins
and ancient texts
we make a pilgrimage.” Michael Alexander,
Architectural ruins connect us to the past and bring history alive. There is something about visiting the sites of these ancient civilizations that fascinates me. You can see the potential that people all over the world and thousands of years ago had for greatness. Some of these amazing structures were built long before all the machinery, transport and communication tools that we have now.
Peru, Machu Picchu
The purpose of Machu Picchu will always remain a mystery. It is probably a religious and spiritual site. The Inca trail leading up to Machu Picchu (it takes four days of camping out in the Andes if you want to do it) was built to always face the snow-capped mountains because that is what they worshipped .How they transported all that granite up there remains a mystery. It is believed that they quarried it on site. No other civilization has managed to assemble so many colossal stone blocks so seamlessly cut with stones or bronze. There is no mortar holding them together and they are earthquake-proof constructions.
Chile, Easter Island, Rapa Nui Park
Who carved such enormous statues? How did they move them and raise them up onto platforms? The missionary’s stories, the explorer’s diaries, the archaeologist’s shovel, the anthropologist’s bones and the Rapa Nui oral tradition have all revealed something of the story. No one agrees on any of the answers to these questions. Archaeologists have proposed methods for moving the statues, using various combinations of log rollers, sledges and ropes .In the Rapa Nui oral tradition, the Moai were infused with mana, a spiritual force from the ancestors and the Moai walked.The Rapa Nui stories make just as much sense of the unknown as the scientific theories. There is no proof that it did not happen that way.
Turkey, Cappodocia
The dramatic landscape is the result of volcanic eruptions that happened millions years ago. Wind and water eroded the land leaving these odd surreal land formations, fairy chimneys, caves and underground cities. Goreme Open Air Museum is a group of cave churches and monasteries from the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The most famous and most restored one is Karanlik Killse (Dark Church) which is filled with elaborate Byzantine frescoes. Early Christians escaping from Roman persecution found shelter in Cappadocia.
Turkey, Ephesus
The ancient city of Ephesus was built in the tenth century. It was a large city (over 250,000 inhabitants in the first century BC) and a major port for trade routes into Asia Minor. Ephesus was known in antiquity for its sacred shrines, the most famous being the temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (only foundations and sculptural fragments remain). Ephesus came under Roman control in 129 BC, and continued to prosper under Emperor Augustus as capital of the Roman province of Asia. It was also an important centre of early Christianity and its greatest Christian monument was the 4th century church of St. John the Evangelist.
Turkey, Pergamon
Pergamon was one of the key Roman cities of Anatolia and the well-preserved remains hint at the grand spectacle that the city was during its glory days. Excavations reach back to the second century B.C. It has one of the largest libraries in the world and one of the steepest theatres.
Cambodia, Ta Prohm
Yes,Ta Prohm is the temple where Angelina Jolie played Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. Ta Promh has been left the way it was originally found. It was built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The jungle had completely engulfed the entire complex when it was discovered in the last century. It was amazing to see how the massive trees have grown around and atop the structures, their roots seemingly strangling and holding up the temple’s towers and other buildings.
Cambodia, Angor Wat
Angor Wat is the largest temple in the world and the world’s largest religious building constructed of stone. It is often described as one of the most extraordinary architectural creations ever built, with its intricate bas-reliefs, strange acoustics and magnificent soaring towers. It was built by King Suryavarman II in the 12th century. Angkor Wat was shifted from Hindu to Buddhist use sometime around the late 13th century. The temple is still used by Buddhists today. It is architecturally and artistically breathtaking. No photograph can capture the immensity of this monument.
Jordan, Petra
Petra is a city of rose-colored stone, carved out of rock by the Nabateans in the third century BC. Like Macchu Picchu, there isn’t a lot of information known about it. It is one of the dryest places on earth and how they got water for the thirty thousand people who lived here is a mystery. Stephen Spielberg brought it to us in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Thailand, Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya was the old capital of the Thai kingdom from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. The site resembles a graveyard of temples, headless Buddhas (beheaded by the Burmese in the thirteenth century) and ruins showing what it might have looked like.
Myanmar, Bagan
Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay region of Myanmar. From the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan kingdom. During the kingdom’s height between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2,200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.
Mexico, Tulum
The ancient walled city perched on the edge of a cliff in Quintana Roo overlooking the Caribbean ocean was a major trading and religious centre between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries. Tulum was built to be a seaport fortress, with steep ocean cliffs providing protection from the East, and a large limestone wall enclosing the rest of the city on three sides.
Acropolis, Greece
The Acropolis looms over Athens, and is impossible not to recognize.This citadel includes the famous white-columned Parthenon, as well as the fifth century, Propylaia, Erechtheion and Temple of Athena Nike. The Parthenon temple was dedicated to Athena, goddess of wisdom and war who planted the first olive tree on this very spot to found the city of Athens.
Italy, Colosseum
The Colosseum has been regarded as an iconic symbol of Rome since the Middle Ages. Built in eighty A.D, it is a massive structure and is the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire. Being able to seat close to 50,000 spectators, it was the premier venue for wild beast shows and bloody gladiator combat.
Italy, Forum
Once the centre of public and political life in Ancient Rome, the Forum is a sprawling labyrinth of ancient ruins, including the Temple of Saturn, the Arch of Titus and the House of the Vestals. You’re standing in the very center of the ancient city, surrounded by the remains of famous temples and political buildings. The people of Rome saw the funeral of Julius Caesar here, along with the execution of Cicero and countless triumphal processions.
Italy, Pantheon
The Pantheon was built as a temple dedicated to the worship of Roman gods. In 609 A.D., Pope Boniface IV and Emperor Phocas converted it into the Christian church we see today. The Pantheon is considered a rotunda, a circular drum structure. Perfect mathematically, the Pantheon’s dome has an opening in the center. In fact, the Pantheon in Rome still holds the world record for having the largest unsupported concrete dome.
Croatia, Diocletians Palace
Diocletian’s Palace was built in the fourth century as a retirement seaside residence for the Roman Emperor, his family and seven hundred or so servants and guards in Split. The rectangular structure (520 x 620 feet) was two stories, fronted the sea and was built more like a fort than a palace. It is the most complete Roman ruins of a palace in existence today. It is not a museum .Three thousand people live and work on the grounds and there are many shops and restaurants. It is best seen when not besieged by cruise ships.
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Ta Prohm, Cambodia – The Tomb Raider Temple
Posted on May 11, 2015 by jaynezak
“Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This… this is history.” Raiders of the Lost Ark
I know – wrong movie but it was such a good quote for this. Yes, Ta Prohm is the temple where Angelina Jolie played Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. Disturbingly many more Americans probably know where Angelina Jolie is right now and do not know where Cambodia is. Some may know the Tomb Raider temple is in Cambodia. (The Tomb Raider tree)
Ta Promh has been left the way it was originally found.
The jungle had completely engulfed the entire complex when it was discovered in the last century.
It was amazing to see how the massive trees have grown around and atop the structures, their roots seemingly strangling and holding up the temple’s towers and other buildings.
At Ta Prohm you can start to appreciate what the first explorers saw when they re-discovered these temples.
It is easy to relive the emotions of the French naturalist Henri Mouhot when he came across it hidden in the jungle in 1860.
Ta Prohm was dedicated to the family of Jayavarman VII as shown by the inscriptions on the stele ( stone monument) The inscription lists many of Jayavarman’s ancestors, as well as giving details of the construction. Perhaps most compelling though is the information the stele gives about the people whose lives revolved around this site. Nearly 80,000 people were involved in serving the temple, coming from over 3,000 surrounding villages. The stele also mentions that there were 102 functioning hospitals in the Kingdom. Numbers like this give a fantastic insight into the sheer scale of the Khmer empire at that time.
The structure measures 145 by 125 meters and has a maze of courtyards and galleries, many impassable because of the dense overgrowth of creepers and roots.
I had to put this photo in of a Cambodian butterfly at Ta Prohm Temple. Thanks for taking this Kim. I needed to use at least one of your “National Geographic photos”. Most of the photos atTa Prohm were taken by Wong Kimsian.
The “jungle temple” is best visited early in the morning when everybody else is at Angkor Wat to get your best photographs of the ongoing battle between nature and architecture.
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The sad story of the Sofiensaal
Posted on December 3, 2008 by viennesewaltz
Living near Landstraße station in the third district of Vienna, it’s a fairly common sight to see little groups of tourists clutching maps, gamely trying to navigate their way through the area’s quiet, densely laid out streets. It’s a safe bet that they’re on their way to that gaudy and fanciful construction, the Hundertwasserhaus. But if they’re lucky along the way, they’ll chance upon the remains of a building that has its own, sad story to tell – a story that resonates powerfully with the cultural identity of Vienna.
In 1826 Franz Morawetz commissioned a new building from the architects August Sicard and Eduard van der Nüll (who were later to design the Vienna Opera House together – van der Nüll being so distressed by criticism of its sunken appearance that he committed suicide). Located at Marxergasse 17, it was originally a steam bath and known as the Sofienbad – named after Princess Sophie of Bavaria, the mother of Emperor Franz Josef I. The Viennese, however, did not take to steam bathing as those in Budapest had done, and between 1845 and 1849 the Sofienbad was converted into a concert and dance hall and renamed the Sofiensaal. Johann Strauss I performed there regularly and conducted at the opening ball in 1849. Later, many of the Strauss family’s waltzes were first performed there. In 1886, a second smaller hall was added, the Blauer Salon.
The building’s origins as a steam bath – principally its large, vaulted ceiling and the pool beneath the floor – gave the hall excellent acoustic properties. For this reason, Decca Records adopted the building as its principal European recording venue from 1956 to the mid-1980s. The senior producer of classical recordings for the company for much of this time was John Culshaw, who revolutionised the recording of opera. Culshaw’s innovation was to make the singers move about in the studio as they would onstage, in contrast to simply putting microphones in front of the performers as was common practice at the time. Notable recordings made at the Sofiensaal during this period included the first complete studio recording of Wagner’s Ring Cycle, conducted by Georg Solti, which was received with great acclaim.
In later years the Sofiensaal fell into disuse as a recording studio and was used for discos and parties. The last recording made there, in 2001, was of the Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos playing solo piano works by Schubert.
In early 2001, the building’s owners announced plans to redevelop the Sofiensaal as a conference centre. However, it was destroyed by fire in August the same year, apparently due to careless routine maintenance work. The fire burned for more than eight hours and completely destroyed the main ballroom, although the facade and walls of the building survived. Some of the decorative stucco work on the walls survived the fire, as did the Blauer Salon. There were no reported deaths or injuries.
Unprotected from the elements since the fire, the Sofiensaal has been in a sad state of gradual decay. Earlier this year, after much legal wrangling, plans were finally announced to redevelop the site and turn it into apartments [December 2008 update: the latest plans are for a hotel]. It’s a shame that in a city so full of cultural activity, it’s apparently out of the question that this once glorious building could return to its former use. What’s even more poignant is that the collective experiences of music and dance are to be ceded to the demands of contemporary urban living. Let’s hope that the shades of Strauss, Schubert and Wagner will one day float over the new Sofiensaal, bestowing upon its fortunate occupants the melodic echoes of its past.
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19 thoughts on “The sad story of the Sofiensaal”
Doug Gleave on February 17, 2013 at 3:10 pm said:
I was a junior engineer sent to work in the Sofiensaal in late 1970 as a Decca Records trainee. My memories of building during those two weeks are very crossed with the unfortunate social situation I was in – another story. The music was Mozart Kassations and Dances – VPO under Willy Boskovsky, and then the incidental music for Egmont by Beethoven – George Szell conducting VPO.
The building seemed to ring with Wagnerian horns and tubas when leaving it late at night – not a particularly pleasant experience for a naive 21 year old, who couldn’t speak any German and wanted to come back home to London. The place was mostly cold, the corridors smelt of the 19c … musty, scented, still air, low lighting, lots of wall mirrors and ornamentation everywhere. Vienna was a distant, snowy and very foreign place to me then, it was my first trip abroad, alone and struggling to behave at the dinning table, when surrounded by some of the best musicians in Europe …
Many stories !!
If you want more get back to me.
viennesewaltz on March 7, 2013 at 3:42 pm said:
Great story Doug, thanks for sharing. The building is all boarded up at the moment, as the construction work to convert it into luxury apartments is finally underway…
Graham Fettling on July 21, 2013 at 8:44 am said:
Hi was 21 in 1971 when I was employed by Gordon Parry to build a temporary studio at the Musikverein for the forthcoming recordings of Leonard Bernstein Mahler recordings for Unitel Films Munich, these were quadrophonic experimental recordings which sounded sensational ,I was required to make all the cables to join all the recording equipment which included the new Dolby A noise reduction system, It was at this time I lived at the Sofiensaal studios I had a small balcony room of the main living rooms of the Decca flat, with had a cook called Frau Kirshbaumer {spelling?] Miss K to everyone Lenny came to dinner a few times.
The studio was very busy Herbert Von Karajan later recorded the Beethoven symp series, I remember he kicked out all the wives and hangers on out of the Sofiensaal , so not to distract the musicians, the sound in the hall was full and dynamic, the Decca team had a large curtain that could be tracked up and down the hall two control the reverberation time, and the Blue Room at the side of the main hall, used for FX during the making of the Ring.
My other duties was to rig the microphones for the Decca Tree at precise heights and spacing that were written in a little book Gordon kept, my job was also to Bias the Studer tape recorders to make sure they made specifications.
The Sofiensaal was a special place, it was cold and spooky especially when you came back late after partying as there were many, and had to wake up the doorman who lived at the front door, then walk under the pool to the Decca flat.
I met many amazing people and engineers that set up my life long love of music, the sound of the sofiensaal I will never forget, The Decca team got it right, as many new recordings lack the balance and clarity of the Sofeinsaal.
viennesewaltz on January 9, 2015 at 10:00 am said:
Thanks for the great story Graham!
Stewart Crowe on December 30, 2015 at 1:32 pm said:
Graham super atmospheric post, but memory as so often plays us false. Karajan never recorded a Beethoven Cycle in the Sofiensaal-or indeed with the VPO. His few recordings in the 70s in Vienna were opera-Falstaff, Butterfly, his second Aida etc., and of course the 1977 Salome for EMI but recorded by Decca , Jimmy Locke being the Engineer. Glotz nominally produced but in truth had as ever little input.
No worries- it happens to me all the time! Still a great anecdote. Best Regards, S.
Marcus Bjerknes on January 1, 2015 at 1:57 pm said:
In the late 1980’s, being a fresh double bass student at Gothenburg Music Conservatory in Sweden, I had the fortunate opportunity to perform, together with a string orchestra from Gothenburg (called Musica Academica Gothoburgensis) at the Sofiensaal. We (all of us students from Gothenburg) were attending an international festival and competition for young musicians and I remember there were choirs and orchestras from many different countries taking part in this festival. The competition itself took place in Sofiensaal, and I remember it being a mere ghost of it’s former glory, but the acoustics were excellent still. So reading your story of its history, decay and final destruction saddened me.
We ended up winning the first prize, giving us the opportunity recording a concert at ORF and also performing at the Vienna City Hall, Arkadenhof (the outside court yard) at night. I still think of that journey to Vienna in July 1988 (i think it was) being one of my best memories as a musician.
viennesewaltz on January 9, 2015 at 9:59 am said:
Thanks for sharing Marcus. The renovation work is now complete, the building contains a hotel and restaurant as well as a concert hall (which hasn’t been used yet…)
David Wachter on February 24, 2015 at 4:36 am said:
For so many of us record collectors, the sound of the Vienna Philharmonic was wrapped up with the sound of the Sofiensaal, because of the hundreds of records that Decca made there: the Wagner and Strauss operas with Solti conducting, symphonies, concertos, dances by the Strauss family, other famous opera recordings, even the Chicago Symphony in Mahler’s Eighth Symphony. I’m glad to hear that rebuilding has happened, even if the site’s purpose has changed. I’m grateful for all the glorious performances that were recorded there.
viennesewaltz on March 14, 2015 at 2:32 pm said:
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment, David – much appreciated.
John Phillips on April 5, 2015 at 11:13 am said:
It is only during my exploration of Decca’s recent 64 CD Box Set of its recordings made with the VPO, that I have discovered that the Sofiensaal a is no more. How very sad! As to Decca no longer using it after recording Lohengrin in the 1980s, I suppose that that was perhaps due to rationalization of resources consequent on Decca having ceased to be an independent company. For the rest, save for a toast to John Culshaw ( who died so prematurely ), my thoughts exactly echo those of David Wachter.
viennesewaltz on April 15, 2015 at 9:34 am said:
Thanks for visiting and commenting, John.
Desmond on December 12, 2015 at 1:54 pm said:
Your intro says “Decca Records adopted the building as its principal European recording venue from 1956”. However, the Wikipedia entry for the Sofiensaal says “… Decca Records adopted the building as its principal European recording venue from 1950, mono recording and 1955, stereo recording …”. Can you please clarify?
viennesewaltz on December 14, 2015 at 12:48 pm said:
Hi Desmond, thanks very much for writing. When I was researching this article I used the same information to write the Wikipedia article as well so Wikipedia originally said 1956. I got the 1956 date from here. Since then of course other people have come along and changed the Wikipedia article and I see that the information on there about 1950 and 1955 is not linked to a source as it should be. My source for 1956 seems pretty reliable but without knowing where the 1950 and 1955 dates come from it’s hard to be sure.
John Phillips on December 15, 2015 at 10:39 pm said:
In my 64 CD boxed set of the DECCA – WIENER PHILHARMONIKER The Orchestral edition there is a sad photo of the Sofiensall after the 2001 fire both roofless and with underlying swimming pool area exposed, Opposite another photo shows the surviving entrance incorporated into a hotel and apartments; while the text reports that ” …and by November 1955 the first sessions took place in the Sofiensall, and continues by pointing out that it was ” The parquet floor built over the empty swimming pool plus the high rook ensured a superb acoustic “
Desmond on December 16, 2015 at 11:13 am said:
Thanks for the prompt reply. Certainly Decca used the Sofiensaal in 1955, e.g. in June of that year for Kleiber’s Mozart “Marriage of Figaro” (in stereo), which in considering the time for planning, negotiation and physical preparations also suggests they would have secured an arrangement some months before that. As you say, the current Wikipedia entry needs referencing, but it does ring true for Decca’s stereo recording activity there.
John Phillips on December 16, 2015 at 11:29 am said:
Again according to this Box set booklet, decca by April 1955 had moved their recording in stereo to Vienna, but the first recording Kleiber’s Eroica was not to the liking oif the team leading Arthur Hadley to delete the stereo version, and to decide that the Musicverien did not suit theri stereo set up, as by may Cosi Fan Tutte with Bohm was recorded in the drier acoustic of the Redoutensaal. It then says ” WHile this venue was used for the 200th Annivversay series of Mozart operas Figaro with Kleiber, Giovanni with Krips and Zauberflotte with Bohm it was clear to Decca that another venue was required for their main recording programme, and by Novemeber 1955 the ist session..” etc as already told. I hope that helps makes things clear.
Stewart Crowe on December 29, 2015 at 11:56 pm said:
The recording venues are listed on the recordings-usually- both for LP and CD. I have acres of both and they reveal that up to 1956 the venue was the Musikverein and just occasionally the Konzerhaus for Decca Mono recordings. Desmond made a chump of himself under a review I posted of the Sibelius Maazel,set. I’m grateful to A.D. _ a well known conductor whom I will not embarrass for bringing this trail to,my attention . One of the ironies of the Frau Ohne Scatten DVD of the Salzburg Loy production is that he sets it The Sofiensaal- and it was recorded in 1955 in The Musikverein. We visit Vienna several times a year-we used to stay in Am Schubertring where many Decca staff stayed in years gone by. Sadly, like the Sofiensaal it has now closed and is being redeveloped. Best Regards, SC.
There has always been a great deal of Decca “spin” about the acoustic difficulties of the Musikverein etc.. The primary reason for them seeking another venue was that they had such an ambitious programme planned for the VPO, having securled an exclusive contract, that the busy concert halls such as the Musikverein, Konzerthaus and the radio ” Funkhaus’ just did not allow them the access they required, being used for rehearsals and concerts on a constant basis. In addition, they wanted a dedicated control room, where access to their consoles was restricted. This was never going to happen in these other venues.
Thus it was practicality rather than acoustic problems that drove the search for a dedicated venue,and it was serendipity that resulted in the discovery of the Sofiensaal’s unique qualities. It should be r;emembered that companies like Westminster were recording the Vienna State Orchestra in the Konzerthaus as early as 1956 using a two microphone setup similar to Mercury’s with stunning relsults- you can hear the fabulous results in 20Bit remastered sound on MCA CDs, sadly deleted at present, but they are every bit as impressive as the Decca contemporary recordings-better than say the 1956 Knappertsbusch recordings.
Robyn on May 19, 2016 at 12:00 pm said:
You forgot the saddest part of its history: ” In 1926 the Austrian branch of the NSDAP was founded here. During the Nazi regime it served as a detention center for Jews. They were forced to the extermination and concentration camps from here.” Sad but also very important to remember…
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Elections in Bulgaria: In search of Europe
Election posters showing Siderov, the leader of the far-right Ataka party in Sofia, Bulgaria, on May 7
10 May 2013 – Sega (Sofia)
In the campaign for the legislative elections coming up on May 12, Europe is the big absentee. Unless it’s about calling for an exit from the EU – as the extreme right is – or promising that European funds will continue to pour into the coffers of the country, as the two major parties are doing. excerpts.
Svetoslav Terziev
For the first time since Bulgaria entered the European Union (EU) in 2007, Europe is not being debated in the public arena. Any tune eventually gets tiresome, but the reason here seems more profound: Europe has joined the long list of illusions lost during the transition that followed the fall of Communism in 1989.
No party appears before its voters waving the European idea these days. Even the political formations that tagged themselves "European" have forgotten it. Europe has been reduced to a kind of jacket pin that Bulgarian politicians keep under their lapels to flash to foreigners. When they feel the need, they hasten to Brussels to convince themselves that they still exist, despite the evidence to the contrary that they find at home. Naturally, while there they meet only representatives of their affilated parties, which loudly declare their support, especially in the run-up to elections.
Playing the EU card
The most striking example of the decline of the European dream is offered by just that party that has been ruling the country and that is about to complete a second term, the GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria). At the party’s grandiose show staged on April 7 in Sofia, its activists handed out a glossy brochure entitled “The right direction for Bulgaria: some points of the political agenda of GERB.”
The first lines remind readers that it is a “centre-right party, and member of the family of the European Popular Party (EPP)". To prove it, prominent members of the "family" were invited and installed at the forefront of the event, including the Secretary General of the EPP, Antonio López (Spain) and the president of the parliamentary group of the EPP in Strasbourg, Joseph Daul (France).
The lattter probably had no inkling that their presence was intended to legitimise the commodification of the European idea conveyed by the Bulgarian right. If they could have read Bulgarian, they would have seen that the European issue is addressed solely in terms of "European funds". To clear up any doubts about the fact that Europe has been reduced to a bag of money, former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov spoke frankly to his guests from the EPP. "Thanks to our distinguished guests, we guarantee that in the next few years some 32 billion leva (€16m) will be injected in the Bulgarian economy. When we talk of GERB, we must always bear in mind that we are a party that brought money into Bulgaria.”
A little reminder: before coming to power in 2009, the GERB had much grander European ambitions. To get Bulgaria into the Schengen area, and to save the country from the humiliating "mechanism for cooperation and verification" (MCV) that the country has been subject tosince its accession. In short, to make the Bulgaria a full member of the European family. But the opposite happened: Sofia has lost all hopes (and interest) in adopting the euro and joining the Schengen zone, at the cost of keeping in place indefinitely the MCV that reminds us that our country does not deserve to sit at the European table.
Any one-upmanship or jostling between the parties on the subject of Europe has also likewise vanished: no one party expects it can win the election by being "more European" than the others.
The proof is furnished by the main opposition party, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP). The most amazing thing is that in his new job as president of the Socialist Europeans (PSE), the leader of the BSP, Serguei Stanichev, speaks a lot less about Europe before his Bulgarian voters than he used to. In his party’s programme for the May 12 elections there is only one tiny paragraph devoted to "Bulgaria in the EU and NATO": and that declares only the refusal to accept the idea of a "two-speed" Europe. For this, the programme continues, the economic gaps between the rich and poor regions of the union must be reduced.
If the European idea has shrunk to this in the programme of the major parties, what about the small parties? For them, Europe has become microscopic, if not non-existent. The political party of former European Commissioner Meglena Kouneva, "Bulgaria for Citizens", promises us "31 things that will change our lives". The term "European" does not show up until item no. 28: to promote a programme to rehabilitate the old subsidised housing in the country, by the grace of – the reader willl understand this – European funds.
Threat to democracy
To be fair, it must be admitted that the subject of Europe appears clearly in the forefront of the proposals of the leader of the nationalist and xenophobic party Ataka, Volen Siderov. That party is approaching the May 12 election with a plan called “A New Path for Bulgaria,” which is far from being new but has only made it onto the party’s election platform now.
A whole chapter is devoted to the question of keeping Bulgaria in the EU. The answer is there in the first sentence: “The bloc in its present form is a threat to democracy and the national sovereignty of member states.” After listing all the vices of the EU, Volen Siderov proposes a "general reorientation of the Bulgarian economy towards China, India, Brazil, Japan and Russia.”
And so, in the absence of anything else, the parties are offering us a virtual ramble across the world map, while expecting that the voters will hand them a ticket to get into Parliament – which remains the main tourist agency for Bulgarian politicians.
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Schengen: Bulgarians and Romanians remain in second division – Sega (Sofia)
Job discrimination, threats over visas…. More than five years after their accession to the European Union, Bulgarians and Romanians are treated like second class citizens, complains a Sofia columnist. Apparently, no one, and in particular the leaders of these countries, is bothered by this state of affairs.
Schengen: Bucharest and Sofia must try harder, again – România libera (Bucharest)
Bulgaria: Borisov may still have the last word – Standart (Sofia)
On February 20, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's announcement that he is resigning caught everyone by surprise. Writing in "Standart", Bulgarian journalist Martin Karbovski ponders four possible outcomes for the country given the new political landscape.
Original article at Sega bg
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PRICE – I’VE GOT TO DESTROY KASH ALI
David Price has admitted that he needs to “destroy” undefeated Brummie Kash Ali at The M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday if he wants to keep his name relevant in the Heavyweight division.
The former British and Commonwealth Champion fights in is home city for the first time in nearly three years this weekend, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US, determined to prove he can still mix it at the top level as he aims to make a fresh title charge in 2019.
He is all too aware of the dangerous threat posed by 15-0 Ali, a hard-hitting former sparring partner who he has shared numerous rounds with, but says nothing less than convincing knockout win will suffice.
“I think I need to make a bit of a statement,” said Price. “With the Tom Little fight being stopped the way it did, I need to show people that I’m still a force to be reckoned with. If I want to keep my name out there I’ve to be destroying Kash Ali, and that’s exactly what I’m expecting to do. I’m looking to get rid of him in style to show everyone that I mean business.
“Kash Ali has stepped up to the plate to put his undefeated record on the line against me and I respect that. We sparred a lot of rounds at Dave Coldwell’s gym so I know what he’s all about. He’s young and hungry and he’s a very dangerous fighter. This is the kind of opponent that I needed, someone to get me up for a fight.
“We know each other and he’s alright. I’ve got nothing against him. He’s standing in the way of bigger things for me and I’m going to get in there and do a job on him, it’s as simple as that. He’ll be coming for my scalp, but I’ve got big plans for 2019 and he won’t be stopping them.
“I don’t feel like there’s any pressure on me. In a lot of peoples eyes, I’m shot, I’m this and I’m that. I’m just enjoying not having any pressure on me and I can’t wait to get another win in front of my home fans, it’s been a while.
“The Heavyweight landscape is constantly changing and you need to be ready to take your chances. There’s a lot of big names in the division who all need dance partners and there’s no reason I can’t throw my name back in the mix with a couple more wins.”
Price vs. Ali is part of a huge night of action in Liverpool.
Main event sees former WBO Super-Welterweight World Champion Liam Smith make his long-awaited Liverpool homecoming against Sam Eggington.
Domestic Super-Lightweight rivals Joe Hughes and Robbie Davies Jr meet with the European and British titles on the line.
Former Great Britain teammates Anthony Fowler and Scott Fitzgerald look to settle their longstanding feud in a dynamite Super-Welterweight clash.
Liverpool’s Tom Farrell challenges Leytonstone’s Philip Bowes for the Commonwealth Super-Lightweight crown.
There’s also action for rising Liverpool Cruiserweight talent Craig Glover, ‘Miss GB’ Natasha Jonas and undefeated Super-Lightweight Ged ‘G-Man’ Carroll.
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Is Ed Davey’s energy bill really turning Blue, Green?
Posted on October 30, 2012 by syzygysue
Open letter to Ed Davey on Draft Energy Bill
Open letter from SGR to Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on the Draft Energy Bill and wider UK energy policy. The letter makes four main criticisms: insufficient curbs on greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel plants; favouritism towards the nuclear industry; inadequate support for the renewable energy industry; and failure to prioritise energy conservation.
First posted on 19 July 2012
Rt. Hon. Edward Davey, Secretary of State
Department for Energy and Climate Change
Open letter on Draft Energy Bill and wider energy policy
We write on behalf of Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR), a UK organisation with 1000 members drawn from across the science, design and technology professions, and with a concern for peace, social justice and environmental sustainability.
We wish to add our voice to the widespread criticism of the Draft Energy Bill, published in May, and also highlight our broader concerns about current UK energy policy. In summary, our concerns are the following.
• Insufficient curbs on greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuel plants. We note with considerable disappointment that the Bill has set an Emissions Performance Standard for new electricity generating plant at the unambitious level of 450 g/kWh, and that such power stations would be subject to the level until 2045 (Section 36). We are also very concerned by loose wording regarding exemptions for projects intending to use Carbon Capture and Storage technology (Section 37), which we firmly believe could be used to side-step restrictions for new unabated coal-fired plant. Both these factors are highly likely to undermine attempts to meet carbon reduction targets under the Climate Change Act. As the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recently noted,1 such shortcomings could be remedied by including an explicit target for a reduction in carbon intensity in the electricity sector – of no more than 50 g/kWh by 2030. We strongly urge you to insert such a target in the Bill.
• Favouritism towards the nuclear industry. The system of proposed incentives for building new low carbon plant is, in our view, strongly geared towards supporting new nuclear power over renewable energy technologies, and creating ways to side-step the commitment not to subsidise nuclear power. We have numerous concerns about nuclear power, but perhaps the most pertinent to the current situation is the poor progress being made with current new nuclear plant construction in Western countries – specifically, Olkiluoto in Finland and Flamanville in France (both many years behind schedule and massively over-budget) – coupled with spiralling estimates of build costs, more generally.2 Government cost estimates – and indeed those quoted by the CCC – do not seem to reflect such real world experience and we strongly urge the government to reconsider such support mechanisms. The key problem in our view is the current proposal for Feed-in Tariff with Contracts for Difference (FiT-CfDs). While a strong case may be made for support mechanisms for new technologies as they move towards commercialisation, to use such a mechanism for established technologies such as nuclear power seems deeply illogical – as well as being a clear breach of the coalition government’s commitment not to subsidise nuclear power. And for these mechanisms to lock the consumer into supporting such technologies for as much as 25 years (compared with only 15 years for renewable energy projects) is high risk. Coupled with numerous other measures which benefit only the nuclear industry – not least favourable insurance conditions and fixed unit pricing for radioactive waste disposal – this mechanism as currently planned has, in our view, little to justify it. We therefore call on the government to exclude nuclear power from the FiT-CfD system.
• Inadequate support for the renewable energy industry. There is a distinct lack of ambition shown by the government for the expansion of renewable energy in the UK. We have an enormous indigenous resource base – especially wind and marine – and costs are falling rapidly – especially in technologies such as onshore wind and solar photovoltaics. Employment opportunities in these areas are large and growing. The government is aware of all of these factors and yet has responded recently with over-zealous and poorly organised cuts to solar energy tariffs and with such lukewarm support for wind power that Vestas has cancelled its plans for a wind turbine factory in Kent which would have employed nearly 2,000 people. In general, the control framework set up for DECC spending on renewables is too restrictive3 – especially when compared with the generosity shown to the nuclear industry. Given the transitional nature of the financial support needed as these technologies move towards a more competitive position – unlike that for nuclear power – we strongly urge the government to shift its position and provide significantly more financial support to key renewable energy industries.
• Failure to prioritise energy conservation. We have been very disappointed by the government’s proposed Green Deal, which in our view is also unambitious. While improvements have been made recently, it still seems very unlikely to exploit the enormous potential for reducing domestic energy demand in the UK. Indeed, compared with existing energy efficiency schemes, analysis suggests that it will be markedly less effective.4 Two key flaws in our view are a low level for the ECO subsidies, and a lack of timeliness in issuing documentation to allow the businesses expected to deliver the scheme to forward plan. However, we believe that the problems with policy on energy conservation run much deeper. Here we wish to endorse the call from a recent WWF-co-ordinated study5 that argued that energy conservation be put at the heart of UK energy policy, rather than added as an afterthought. Only a fundamental shift of this nature will, in our view, deliver the combined goals of providing energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and tackling fuel poverty.
In summary, we do not understand the government’s position. The development of a low carbon economy offers the UK a real opportunity to create long term jobs through sustainable improvements of households and businesses across the UK. Government support and stronger regulation would drive a strong regeneration of the economy. In our view, there is a powerful argument to use what would amount to a small proportion of the sums for quantitative easing (which currently stand at £375bn) for direct support of a large-scale UK-wide insulation and business premises upgrade programme. Recent studies show that such a programme would pay for itself at commercial interest rates, provided funding of the order of £5-10bn can be secured for major city regions such as Leeds, and that this activity could be scaled up across the UK.6 We are aware that such proposals have been put directly to government by both CCC expert advisors in the economic sphere, and by other senior advisors to government, and we think that this is an opportunity that should be grasped for the benefit of the UK economy, our world standing as a climate change leader and would have support of the public.
Dr Stuart Parkinson, Executive Director
Dr Philip Webber, Chair
Rt. Hon. Charles Hendry, Minister of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change
Rt. Hon. Gregory Barker, Minister of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change
1. CCC (2012). Meeting the Carbon Budgets: 2012 progress report to parliament. http://theccc.org.uk/reports/2012-progress-report
2. For example:
The Times (2012). May 7. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/utilities/article3406852.ece
Toke D (2012). May 5 (updated June 21). http://realfeed-intariffs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/edfs-nuclear-plans-are-more-expensive.html
Toke D (2012). July 16. http://realfeed-intariffs.blogspot.co.uk/2012_07_01_archive.html
3. DECC (2012). Control Framework for DECC levy-funded spending. http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/funding-support/fuel-poverty/3290-control-fwork-decc-levyfunded-spending.pdf
Goodall C (2011). http://www.carboncommentary.com/2012/01/03/2230
5. WWF et al (2012). Securing the UK’s power supplies.http://www.wwf.org.uk/research_centre/research_centre_results.cfm?uNewsID=6074
6. Gouldson et al (2012). The Economics of Low Carbon Cities. University of Leeds.http://www.cccep.ac.uk/Events/Past/2012/April/EconomicsLowCarbonCities-mini-stern-review.pdf
About Scientists for Global Responsibility:
Unlike the ‘technological optimists’ SGR recognises that science, design and technology are indeed part of the problem; but, unlike those who are indifferent or even hostile to science, SGR also recognises the enormous contributions that science, design and technology make to our civilisation and wellbeing. The new problems, as well as those that have always been with us, such as starvation, drought and illness, require a combination of new scientific, economic and political solutions.
If social justice, care for the other species of this planet, and a concern for future generations have their rightful place as fundamental values, then science, design and technology can be much more part of the solution than part of the problem. Here are just a few programmes that deserve much more science, design and technology funding …
the clean, sustainable production of energy, and its efficient use
the development and application of biological and medical knowledge to the benefit of all
the study of social and economic affairs with the aim of improving the lot of all
the development of clean, efficient transport systems, in a social setting which provides needed transport for all but inhibits unnecessary travel and freight-miles
the use of information technology to increase energy efficiency, reduce the need for transportation, eliminate unnecessary labour, and promote access for all to humanity’s pool of knowledge
the design and construction of energy efficient and zero energy building.
This entry was posted in Energy, Environment, Uncategorized and tagged Big six energy companies, Ed Davey, Energy policy, Energy subsidies, Nuclear, renewables, Scientists for Global Responsibility, SGR, Tory/LD government by syzygysue. Bookmark the permalink.
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Lucy jayne Bates on October 31, 2012 at 8:11 am said:
I agree and hope it helps.
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Doobie Brothers to Release ‘Live From the Beacon Theatre’
Dave Lifton
The Doobie Brothers performed 1972's Toulouse Street and its follow-up The Captain and Me in their entirety in New York last November. The band will release audio and video documents from that show as Live From the Beacon Theatre on June 28.
In addition to containing such classics as "Listen to the Music," "Jesus Is Just Alright," "Long Train Runnin'" and "China Grove," the concert also gave the band an opportunity to perform deeper cuts like "Disciple," "Ukiah," "Don't Start Me to Talkin'" and "Clear as the Driven Snow."
They encored with a pair of other hits, "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)" and "Black Water," as well as a reprise of "Listen to the Music.'
The track listing can be found below with a live version of another Toulouse Street hit, "Rockin' Down the Highway." You can pre-order the set -- as a two-CD, two-CD/DVD combo or Blu-ray -- at the band's website, with the option of adding a T-shirt featuring the artwork.
The release of Live From the Beacon Theatre coincides with the Doobies' upcoming tour where they'll serve as Santana's opening act. They'll begin on June 22 at the Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix and conclude on Aug. 25 at the Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y.
You can check out all the dates here.
The Doobie Brothers, 'Live From the Beacon Theatre' Track Listing
Disc One: 'Toulouse Street'
1. "Listen to the Music"
2. "Rockin' Down the Highway"
3. "Mamaloi"
4. "Toulouse Street"
5. "Cotton Mouth"
6. "Don't Start Me to Talkin'"
7. "Jesus Is Just Alright"
8. "White Sun"
9. "Disciple"
10. "Snake Man"
Disc Two: 'The Captain and Me'
1. "Natural Thing"
2. Band Intros
3. "Long Train Runnin'"
4. "China Grove"
5. "Dark Eyed Cajun Woman"
6. "Clear as the Driven Snow"
7. "Without You"
8. "South City Midnight Lady"
9. "Evil Woman"
10. "Busted Down Around O'Connelly Corners"
11. "Ukiah"
12. "The Captain and Me"
13. "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)"
14. "Black Water"
15. "Listen to the Music" (Reprise)
Top 100 '70s Rock Albums
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Source: Doobie Brothers to Release ‘Live From the Beacon Theatre’
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Category: Exhibitions and Publications
This prisoner stated that he arrived free in Tasmania as a sailor on the Bangalore with the name John Dowling, but he might have arrived as a convict with the name John Nowlan on the transport London in March 1851. Shipping documents testifying to his arrival on the Bangalore at any port and under any circumstance unfortunately, if true, are not extant. He was sentenced to five years in March 1870 for indecent assault as John Dowling. He was photographed as John Dowling by T. J. Nevin on release from the House of Corrections, Hobart in December 1874, and convicted again in February 1875 for larceny. A year later, in February 1876 he was convicted at the Supreme Court, Hobart, for rape of a girl between 10-11 yrs old, this time as John Nowlan, alias John Dowling. The sentence for rape was death, commuted to life imprisonment. John Nowlan alias John Dowling was sent to the Port Arthur prison on 25th February 1876 and transferred back to the House of Corrections, Hobart Gaol, Campbell St. on 17th April 1877. A prisoner who called himself John Dowling died at the New Town Charitable Institution, Hobart in 1906 of senilis. … More Prisoner John NOWLAN alias DOWLING 1870-1876
“The Flying Squadron arrived at Hobart Town on Sunday 2nd January. The Squadron consists of H.M.S. Liverpool, 30 gun steam, frigate, 2,056 tons; -H.M.S. Endymion, 21-gun steam frigate, 2,480 tons; H.M.S Scylla, 10-gun steam- corvette 1,467 tons; H.M.S. Liffey, 30-gun steam frigate, 2,654 tons; H.M.S. Barrosa, 17-gun steam corvette, 1,700 tons; H.M.S. Pheobe, 30-gun steam frigate, 2,800 tons. Large numbers of spectators assembled in various spots to watch the little fleet coming up the harbour under full sail. His Excellency the Governor and suite paid a visit to Rear-Admiral Hornby on board the Liverpool. During the stay of the Squadron, the vessels were thrown open for public inspection and thousands of persons availed themselves of the opportunity. The Liverpool was of course the ship which attracted the greatest number of visitors. The officers had a gay time of it during their eight days stay. They were entertained by the Governor to several dinner parties, to a grand ball at Government House, to a lawn party at the same place, followed by an old colonists’ ball, a regatta, a cricket match, in which both the Governor and Admiral Hornby took part, concerts theatrical entertainments, a picnic at Fern Tree Gully, &c., so that time did not by any means hang heavily on their hands, and they must have left the “tight little island” with the impression that they had a jolly time of it, and had been exceedingly well treated….” … More Thomas Nevin, Sam Clifford and the Flying Squadron at Hobart, January 1870
Henry Geeves was an articled seaman, one of twenty-two (22) crew members who sailed from the Downs (UK) on 22nd August 1850 on board the barque Rattler, 522 tons, Captain Edward Goldsmith in command, arriving at Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on 14th December 1850. Cabin passengers numbered seven, with four more in steerage. The return voyage of the Rattler to London would commence on 19th March 1851, after three months at Hobart while Captain Goldsmith attended to his construction of the vehicular twin steam ferry SS Kangaroo and the development of a patent slip at his shipyard on the Queen’s Domain. Henry Geeves, however, had no intention of joining the crew on the Rattler’s return voyage to London when he went absent without leave (AWOL) on 31st December 1850. He returned to the ship three days later for his clothes. Appearing as the plaintiff in the Police Magistrate’s Court on January 20th 1851, his complaint against Captain Goldsmith was for wages which he claimed were due to him because he felt he had been discharged by the Rattler’s chief officer, having volunteered as an “old man-of-war’s man” to join the frigate H.M.S. Havannah when an officer from the Havannah boarded the Rattler seeking additional crew … More Captain Goldsmith, AWOL seaman Geeves, and HMS Havannah
Thomas Nevin at the Canary and Cage Bird Show 1869
” The prize cards had on them a large and well-executed photograph by Mr Nevin, photographer, of this city, of what is called in England a model canary; and, accepting that model as the correct one, the Judges found several birds which came well up to the standard — notably the variegated yellows of Mr Northcote, Mr Aldred, and Mr Walch’s buff, Mr Montgomerie’s yellow, and many others specified in the subjoined prize list. Much interest was taken in seven birds at the upper part of the room, which had been entered for a sweep of seven pounds …” … More Thomas Nevin at the Canary and Cage Bird Show 1869
Dan Sprod and Thomas Nevin’s photography in the 1970s
During the 1970s publishers John Ferguson of Sydney commissioned established authors to research and collect old photographs to be published as a series of books called “Victorian and Edwardian [insert name here of an Australian city, e.g. Sydney, Adelaide etc] from old photographs”. Patsy Adam-Smith, for example, compiled the Melbourne edition, Victorian and Edwardian Melbourne from old photographs in 1979. Dan Sprod was commissioned by Ferguson publishers to compile the Hobart edition in 1976. The draft papers of his research for this book, published in 1977 as Victorian and Edwardian Hobart from old photographs , are held at the National Library Australia, Canberra, where he was Chief Librarian during the 1960s. The impetus behind this emergent interest in Australian 19th century and early 20th century photography was money. Old photographs and early cameras were commanding large prices at auctions. The Tasmanian Saturday Evening Mercury published this article – “Your old photos could be valuable” – on November 15th, 1975, listing the handsomely high prices fetched for old prints and photo equipment at Christies of London in the previous two years. Prints by Tasmanian photographers of the 1880s – Spurling, Anson and Beattie – were touted here as worthy collectables: … More Dan Sprod and Thomas Nevin’s photography in the 1970s
The Long Con: Chris LONG and the FRITH family legacy 2018
Taking a closer look at the captions to several of the photographs throughout the book which have the wording “Image attributed by Chris Long” and the sad reality behind the making of this book about the Friths by their descendant(s) emerges. Chris Long has perused a few museum and library archives looking for unattributed photographs of the period and convinced Noel Tozer they would most probably be the work of his ancestors, the Frith brothers Frederick and Henry. If Chris Long was at all aware of the negative criticisms directed at him because of all the errors and unsubstantiated claims he made in his A-Z publication Tasmanian Photographers 1840-1940 (TMAG 1995), he might have taken a more respectful stance towards the descendants of the Frith family and refrained from imposing his old, unresolved grievances on their one and only attempt at publishing a legacy for their future generations. As it stands, Chris Long seems to have suffocated much of this book with his flights of fancy, but the only markers in the text to make the reader aware of this – that it is Chris Long’s words and not the work of Frith descendant Noel Tozer’s – is a vertical grey bar alongside the paragraphs, markers both annoying and too frequent to ignore … … More The Long Con: Chris LONG and the FRITH family legacy 2018
T. J. Nevin’s mugshot of John FINELLY taken at the Police Office Hobart March 1874
When captured, escapee John Finlay or Finelly was sentenced at the Mayor’s Court, Hobart Town Hall, to six months to be served once more at the Port Arthur prison. He was photographed by Thomas J. Nevin at the Municipal Police Office, Hobart Town Hall [P.O. Hobart] on 17th March 1874 as soon as the conviction was recorded. Finelly was received at Port Arthur on 29th March 1874. In December 1874 he was committed twice to spells of 24 hours and seven days in solitary confinement at Port Arthur for disobedience and insubordinate conduct respectively. He was transferred back to the House of Corrections for Males (the Hobart Gaol, Campbell Street) on 17th April 1877 on the closure of the Port Arthur prison. John Finelly was discharged in January 1879 and returned to Launceston where he died on 8th March 1883. … More T. J. Nevin’s mugshot of John FINELLY taken at the Police Office Hobart March 1874
John Nevin snr and family 1851-1854: shipping documents
The point here is to negate any speculation that the document above which shows John Nevin paid £5 for the passage of two relatives on a family ticket on 11th July 1854 is the actual same document that proves he paid for three members of the Hurst family who arrived on 3rd February, 1855 on board the Flora McDonald viz. John Hurst, 16 years old, a designer, with Eliza Hurst, 40 years old, a needlewoman, and 14 year old house servant Mary Jane, despite the claims of the author of a Wikipedia page about William Nevin Tatlow Hurst (viz. serial troll Karen Mather who also references irrelevant documents in pursuit of her claims). These are two separate events, two different dates, and two separate groups of passengers. Even if the Hurst and Nevin families had associations in both Ireland and Tasmania before and after both families emigrated, the list clearly shows these three Hursts arrived in 1855, not 1854, at Launceston via Hobart. So, if their sponsor was the same John Nevin (no address given on this document below) who had sponsored two emigrants on a family ticket the previous year, in 1854, the document cited above with his address at Kangaroo Valley (http://stors.tas.gov.au/CB7-30-1-1 Nevin John 1854 image 27) does not reference this document below dated 1855 which names the three Hursts: … More John Nevin snr and family 1851-1854: shipping documents
Prisoner John APPLEBY 1873
The inscription ‘Taken at Port Arthur 1874” is Beattie’s confabulation of facts in the name of tourism. Beattie prepared copies of these prisoner cdv’s for display in his collection of Tasmanian convictaria at his “Port Arthur Museum” located at 51 Murray St. Hobart (and not at Port Arthur) to coincide with the first of two early 20th century film adaptations (1908-9, 22 minutes – see theatre poster below; the second was filmed at Port Arthur in 1927) of Marcus Clarke’s popular fiction For The Term of His Natural Life which appeared as a serial in 1870 and in novel form in 1874. Hence the date “1874” and the place “Taken at Port Arthur” written on the verso of this cdv when the actual date and the actual place of photographic capture were respectively 1873 and the Hobart Gaol in Campbell Street. Beattie fabricated this fake history for several dozen original mugshots taken in the 1870s by government contractor T. J. Nevin because he was required under the terms of his own commission as government contractor (from ca. 1900) to market photographic imagery of Tasmania’s penal heritage to the intercolonial tourist. The loose cdv’s such as this one of prisoner John Appleby were prepared for sale and exhibition at Sydney’s Royal Hotel in 1915 to be displayed as Port Arthur relics, alongside relics and documents associated with the fake convict hulk Success which visited Hobart, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. The collection of “convict portraits” held at the National Library of Australia Canberra and at the State Library of NSW in the Mitchell Collection are the estrays from these exhibitions. … More Prisoner John APPLEBY 1873
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the conundrums of the Ethiopian Serenaders 1851
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Treasures passed down from Captain Edward Goldsmith and Captain James Day
To contemporary Western eyes, each of these two carved ornaments might look like 19th century funerary artefacts, flower vases for example, which were customarily placed on the graves of the dearly departed. To the Sinophile, however, they are more likely to be brush washers used by a calligrapher or a watercolourist. Each appears to have a narrow pot and a wider one carved deep into the interior of the chunk of stone, where the narrow one might have held the brushes, and the wider pot the water to wash them. The age of these two “vases” – assuming their provenance goes back as gifts to the two daughters of Captain James Day in the 1860s-1870s – is at least 150 years old, and perhaps much older. If they were gifted as a pair of brush washers, why would they be deemed appropriate for these two young sisters? The answer now seems quite obvious: they were the colourists working in Thomas J. Nevin’s studio at 140 Elizabeth Street, Hobart from the late 1860s when Elizabeth Rachel Day became Thomas J. Nevin’s fiancée … … More Treasures passed down from Captain Edward Goldsmith and Captain James Day
Thomas Nevin at the Tasmanian Poultry Show 1869
TASMANIAN POULTRY SOCIETY—We may remind our readers that the annual exhibition of this society, under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor and his Worship the Mayor and Aldermen commences tomorrow, and will be continued the following day. A very large number of entries have been made, so that a first-rate exhibition may be expected, and to add to its attractiveness valuable gifts of poultry, pigeons, canaries, &c. will be distributed each evening. The prize cards, which we have been permitted to inspect are beautifully executed photographs of poultry, pigeons, &c., by Mr Nevin, of this city, from engravings of model birds. … More Thomas Nevin at the Tasmanian Poultry Show 1869
The house called “Tolosa” on the Hull estate
Where on the vast estate of 2560 acres granted to George Hull in 1824, 5.2 miles or 4.5 nautical miles north of Hobart was the house called “Tolosa” built? Was it on the Kangaroo Valley (now Lenah Valley) side adjacent to the 400 acres he sold to Lady Jane Franklin (1834) which she named Ancanthe and where she built her museum, or was it located further north on the Glenorchy side of what is now Kalang Avenue, 8 miles north of Hobart? Where was the house located in relation to the present Tolosa Street, Glenorchy? What was its architectural style and why was it called “Tolosa”? Do two photographs of houses taken by Thomas J. Nevin ca. 1868 in the area where his father John Nevin built a house at Kangaroo Valley in 1853 show off the house called “Tolosa”? This lithograph of 1859, though not clear, shows enough of the house to indicate that its facade had a verandah with a series of arches, and eight entrances and windows in total, all facing north. … More The house called “Tolosa” on the Hull estate
One session, two poses
These two photographs of an unidentified woman who posed for photographer Alfred Bock ca. 1865-1867 in his Hobart studio were taken minutes apart. The provenance of the top cdv where the woman is gazing directly at the camera/photographer, was local: it was purchased for KLW NFC Imprint Private Collection on eBay in 2017 from a seller located in South Australia. The provenance of the second cdv in which the woman’s gaze is directed 15 degrees to the viewer’s left, was the United Kingdom, according to Douglas Stewart Fine Books (Melbourne) who catalogued it for sale in July 2017. Here, on this webpage, exactly 150 years after these two photographs were taken in Bock’s glass house at 140 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, and probably printed within the hour on the same day, they are reunited in the hope they may excite recognition from a descendant who can provide this striking woman with a name and an account of her travels. … More One session, two poses
Prisoner William TURNER 1841-1879
This black and white copy of William Turner’s prisoner identification mugshot was made at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in 1985 from Thomas Nevin’s original sepia print, and placed online at the QVMAG in the early 2000s. The original 1870s print of the b&w copy was exhibited at the AGNSW in 1976 (listed on page 27 in the Exhibition Catalogue). The curator chose this one (and another two photographs) possibly because the full frontal pose and the frank stare captured more of the prisoner’s “personality” than the conventional pose where the sitter’s sightlines were deflected either left or right, the pose typical of Nevin’s commercial studio practice and evident in the more than 200 (two hundred) prisoner cdvs held in the Beattie collection at the QVMAG. In addition, this print was possibly chosen because it had escaped the rebranding on the versos with the inscription “Taken at Port Arthur 1874” for Beattie’s tourism trade of the 1900s and for the 1938 QVMAG exhibition which commemorated his death and bequest to the people of Launceston. A year after the 1976 AGNSW Centenary Exhibition, in 1977, many more of these “convict portraits” by T. J. Nevin from the Beattie collection were exhibited at the QVMAG, curated by John McPhee. … More Prisoner William TURNER 1841-1879
Convict photographs by T. J. Nevin at the Art Gallery NSW Centenary Exhibition 1976
Photographs of Tasmanian “convicts” – i.e. prisoner mugshots – taken by T. J. Nevin in the 1870s were exhibited at the Centenary of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne in 1976. The Exhibition Catalogue was written by Daniel Thomas Senior Curator and Curator of Australian Art, Art Gallery of NSW. The Tasmanian contributor was antiquarian Geoffrey Stilwell, a Trustee of the Centenary Celebrations of the Art Gallery of NSW and Special Collections curator of the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania. … More Convict photographs by T. J. Nevin at the Art Gallery NSW Centenary Exhibition 1976
Weekly Returns, the police forms 1880s: no more ships’ names please
By 1880, officials at the Police Department were complaining about the extra work involved in listing the name of the prisoner’s ship on which he/she arrived in Tasmania, the height of the prisoner, and his or her associations etc on the Returns of Persons on Trial under the Petty Offences Act 21 Vic 12. Their reluctance to record this aspect of a prisoner’s past for cases tried at the Police Court was attributed to the time consumed while trying to resurrect the information from old records when the offenders were not known to the younger generation on staff. When the issue arose in correspondence (see below) between the Mayor and the Police Department in February and March 1880, photographer Thomas J. Nevin was both Hall Keeper and Office Keeper for the Mayor’s Court and the Municipal Police Office, each housed under the one roof at the Hobart Town Hall with cells in the basement. He too would have felt overworked in his position of supervising inebriated constables on night watch, of making sure the chimneys were swept, of preparing the Hall for exhibitions and concerts, of maintaining the grounds and watering the trees out front, and for keeping police photographic records taken by him at the MPO current with those taken at the Hobart Gaol, mostly with his brother Constable John Nevin. … More Weekly Returns, the police forms 1880s: no more ships’ names please
John Nevin senior’s land grant 1859 at Port Cygnet
In 1859, John Nevin snr was granted ten acres one rood and seventeen perches in the parish of Bedford on the Huon River near Cygnet, about 60 kms south west of Hobart, but it appears he never moved his family from Kangaroo Valley to take up permanent residence on the grant. He may have used the land, however, to cultivate orchards, grow vegetables, and make jam for export. In 1870 he exhibited marrows at the Industrial Bazaar at the Hobart Town Hall. In 1873 he presented an exhibit of peat to a meeting of the Royal Society of Tasmania, and in 1877, he exported jam on the Southern Cross to the colony of Victoria. The peat may have been extracted from Kangaroo Valley, known originally as Sassafras Gully in the 1840s, a valley rich with the type of flora that grows as ‘wet’ and/or mixed forest in Tasmania. … More John Nevin senior’s land grant 1859 at Port Cygnet
Captain Edward Goldsmith and the gold mania of the 1850s
THE LARGEST VAN DIEMEN’S LAND NUGGET. – The Messrs Stevens have returned from the Fingal diggings, with a small nugget, weighing seven grains, value one shilling; it is, however, the largest lump found in this colony. If we receive the testimony of Messrs. Stevens, not only one, but hundreds of nuggets will be found – the inference is just, the deduction is clear. We believe it is just probable the diggers have been working at the fag end of the range – being about twenty miles too far to the southward. This specimen of Van Diemen’s Land gold was picked up at Stanfield’s Nook, about fourteen miles from Avoca. We have heard a gentleman say, whose geological acquirements are considerable, and whose judgment is not likely to be biassed by the excitement of the gold mania, that the precious metal will be found in large quantities, and probably in a few weeks, and that great changes may be anticipated in the moral and social position of this colony, from the reaction that will take place, and the stimulus that will be given to industry. Australian and New Zealand Gazette. … More Captain Edward Goldsmith and the gold mania of the 1850s
Thomas Nevin’s Christmas feat 1874
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FEAT. – Mr T. J. Nevin, of Elizabeth-street, has performed a feat in photography which may be justly regarded as a literary curiosity. He has succeeded in legibly producing the front page of The Mercury of Wednesday, the 23 inst., on a card three inches by two inches. Many of the advertisements could be read without the aid of a glass, and the seven columns admit of a margin all round the card. … More Thomas Nevin’s Christmas feat 1874
Prisoners George NEAL (aka Neill) and George NEAL
The younger prisoner, also known as George Neal, was 33 years old when he was photographed by Constable John Nevin on incarceration at the Hobart Gaol, sentenced for three years on 11th December 1888 for embezzlement. He was therefore born in 1855, in Hobart, and if the birth record below is his, on the 31st August just months before George Neal senior was imprisoned for ten years, in December 1855. If this was George Neal snr’s son, his height here was recorded as 5 feet 8½ inches tall, while his father – if it was George Neal – was recorded in 1876 as 5 feet 3 inches, and in 1879 as 5 feet 2½ inches tall. There’s nothing unusual in this intergenerational height difference, whether in families with two generations or more of offenders, or in families of free settlers, in 19th century Tasmania up to the present day, despite common misconceptions and contrary expectations (see Maxwell-Stewart below). … More Prisoners George NEAL (aka Neill) and George NEAL
Captain Edward Goldsmith and Charles Dickens’ well pump
After more than twenty years as master and commander of merchants vessels between London, Sydney, NSW and Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), Captain Edward Goldsmith (1804-1869) retired to his ancestral estates at Chalk and the house at Gad’s Hill (variations eg. Gadshill, Gads Hill), Higham, Kent, UK. Within months of resuming residence at Gad’s Hill House in mid 1856 with his wife Elizabeth Goldsmith nee Day, and son Edward Goldsmith jnr,, he was the subject of a curious threat about the lack of water to the house of his new neighbour Charles Dickens down Telegraph Hill at 6 Gad’s Hill Place: “Goldsmith or I must fall, so I conceive”, Dickens avowed in a letter to Henry Austin on 6th June 1857. … More Captain Edward Goldsmith and Charles Dickens’ well pump
Captain Edward Goldsmith’s cargo ex London Docks per Rattler 1850
This voyage would be Captain Edward Goldsmith’s last round-trip as master of his fastest and finest barque, the Rattler, 522 tons, from London to the port of Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). The barque was cleared at the Western Dock, London on 3rd July 1850 and sat mid-stream in the Thames while lightermen loaded the cargo until ready to sail from the Downs by 22 August, 1850. Cabin passengers numbered seven, and four in steerage. They arrived at Hobart three and half months later, on 14th December 1850. The return voyage of the Rattler to London would commence on 19th March 1851, after three months at Hobart while Captain Goldsmith attended to his construction of the ferry Kangaroo and the development of a patent slip at his Domain shipyard. … More Captain Edward Goldsmith’s cargo ex London Docks per Rattler 1850
Captain Goldsmith, the Parrock Hall & playwright David Burn 1844
“A very fine day” was how journalist and playwright David Burn described Tuesday, November 5th 1844, in his diary (SLNSW Call No. B 190 / 2). He was watching the signals on Flagstaff Hill, Millers Point, for news of Captain Goldsmith’s arrival in Sydney Harbour. The Marryat flag for the Parrock Hall, No. 9376, signalled the barque as it sailed on towards Fotheringham’s Wharf “in the Cove” where it would remain until being cleared out for London on January 15th, 1845. … More Captain Goldsmith, the Parrock Hall & playwright David Burn 1844
Sideshow Alley: Thomas Nevin at the NPG exhibition 2015
The National Portrait Gallery (Australia) at Canberra is currently displaying this wooden frame containing ten “convict portraits” under glass at the exhibition, Sideshow Alley: Infamy, the macabre and the portrait, 4th December 2015 – 28th February 2016. The National Library of Australia has repeatedly chosen the same set of photographs from their collection of 85 Tasmanian prisoners’ mugshots (catalogued as “convicts”) for loan to the National Portrait Gallery because they are clean examples of the professional photographer’s use of the albumen process. Other examples in the NLA’s collection are damaged and dirty, and some are unmounted, e.g. Searle’s album. Most of the NLA’s collection is online, yet the versos of these photographs, which can provide researchers with valuable information. have not been digitised. The NLA believes that the absence of a photographer’s studio stamp on the versos – of police mugshots no less – is reason enough to engage in puerile political games of re-attribution, despite historical documentation, expert curatorial validation, and the presence of T. J. Nevin’s government contract stamp on several of these mugshots held in other national collections. … More Sideshow Alley: Thomas Nevin at the NPG exhibition 2015
A Christmas story: Captain Goldsmith, Charles Dickens and the Higham mail box
On January 18th, 2014, this weblog posted an article with reference to two of Charles Dickens’ letters complaining about his neighbour, retired master mariner Captain Edward Goldsmith at Gadshill, in the village of Higham, Kent (UK). The first letter dated 1857 concerned Captain Goldsmith’s monopoly of the water supply in the village, and the second dated 1859 concerned the location of the village mailbox outside Captain Goldsmith’s house. It took just a few months in 2014, from January when we first posted the reference to Captain Goldsmith and the Higham mailbox in Charles Dickens’ letters, to December 2014 when this now famous mailbox found restitution as a fully operational service of the Royal Mail. Perhaps we played a small part in bringing the mailbox back into service. Our generous Captain Goldsmith, without doubt, is the ancestor who keeps on giving. … More A Christmas story: Captain Goldsmith, Charles Dickens and the Higham mail box
Prisoner Henry CLABBY and the TMAG frame-up
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery constructed four wooden-framed collages under glass from their collection of Thomas Nevin’s prisoner mugshots for an exhibition titled Mirror with a Memory at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, in 2000. Henry Clabby’s image was placed top row, centre in this frame. However, for reasons best described as blind-sided, the TMAG staff who chose these mugshots sent three of the four frames to Canberra, six per frame, with labels on the back of each wooden frame stating quite clearly that the photographs were attributed to A. H. Boyd, the much despised Commandant of the Port Arthur prison who was not a photographer by any definition of the term, nor an engineer despite any pretension on his part and especially despite the social pretensions of his descendants who began circulating the photographer attribution as a rumour in the 1980s to compensate no doubt for Boyd’s vile reputation.
… More Prisoner Henry CLABBY and the TMAG frame-up
Thomas Nevin and Frederick Stops, right-hand man to the A-G
The verso of this photograph carries Thomas Nevin’s most common commercial studio stamp and the wording “This by W. J. T. Stops Esq.”which suggests that the photograph was presented to Frederick Stops by Nevin in 1868, perhaps as a gift to Emily Stops on the birth of their daughter, and was then passed down to his son W. J. T. Stops, who subsequently donated it to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from the Stops estate or even from the University archives (Royal Society Collection) where more of Nevin’s photographs are held. It was then inscribed by an archivist on accession with the note – “This by W.J.T. Stops Esq” … More Thomas Nevin and Frederick Stops, right-hand man to the A-G
On board the Harriet McGregor 1871-1880
The woman holding a toddler in this image is sitting equidistant between the man seated at centre and the man on extreme right. Because of Sprod’s caption, and conventions of reading texts and images from left to right, taking up meaning from the reme (the last signifier along the reading plane), one would assume that she is the wife of the man at extreme right because of Sprod’s sequential wording and because both are gazing towards some person or event outside the frame, unlike the four other crew members who all faced the camera at the point of capture. Or so it would seem to the viewer of the print, but what if the negative was viewed from the obverse? The tenor of interpersonal relationships between the people in the image and its context would acquire new and possibly more historically accurate meanings. … More On board the Harriet McGregor 1871-1880
Thomas Nevin’s glass plates of prisoners 1870s
One example of excessive damage to the original glass plate is evident in this print taken from the negative of Nevin’s only sitting with prisoner Peter Killeen in the week preceding the 20th January, 1875, when Killeen was discharged from the Hobart Gaol. He was given a life sentence for assault and robbery in 1856, and when discharged in 1875 with a ticket-of-leave, he was 64 yrs old. He subsequently re-offended, was sentenced to a further 6 weeks and discharged again on 29 September 1875. Peter Killeen offended again within six months of discharge. He was given a sentence of seven (7) years for larceny at the Supreme Court Hobart on 8th March, 1876, sent to the Port Arthur prison, arriving there on 6th April, 1876, and transferred back to the Hobart Gaol on 17th April, 1877. Peter Killeen died from senile decay, aged 76 yrs, as a Prisoner of the Crown at the Hobart Gaol on 27th June, 1889. See originals of these records here.
The only image, whether extant as duplicates of the carte-de-visite or negative prints surviving from Peter Killeen’s criminal sentences is the one taken by Thomas Nevin at his single sitting with the prisoner in January 1875. The scratched condition of the glass plate by the time of Killeen’s death in 1889 at the Hobart Gaol is evidence of repeated use, the print showing even more wear and tear than the other 39 prints used by Beattie for the line-up of 40 on his three panels created in 1915. … More Thomas Nevin’s glass plates of prisoners 1870s
Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON 1873 and 1916
In 1915, commercial photographer, convictaria collector and private museum operator John Watt Beattie held government commissions to boost the tourism industry with photographs of Tasmania’s two key attractions: wilderness landscapes and convict heritage. When Beattie reprinted these mugshots taken by Nevin of prisoners who were incarcerated in the 1870s – sentencing, incarceration and discharge being the only reason the police required their photograph – he labelled them with the word not common to British Edwardian usage – “convicts” – to resonate with the narratives and cliches of Tasmania’s/Van Diemen’s Land penal history prior to 1853, thereby deliberately suppressing the very ordinary reality that these men were prisoners who had been sentenced in the 1870s and 1880s. Not only were they officially designated as “prisoners” for the police, by 1871 they were the responsibility of the colonial government of Tasmania, not the British government. Yet, by 1916, when Beattie had salvaged dozens of Thomas Nevin’s original glass plate negatives and mounted cartes-de-visite of prisoners from the Hobart Gaol’s photographers’ room above the women’s laundry before it was demolished, he was reprinting them as commercial studio portraits on postcards, some even as cartes-de-visite, and some as uncut prints, labelling them “Imperial convicts” who were “photographed at Port Arthur”, none of which was historically factual. … More Prisoner Cornelius GLEESON 1873 and 1916
These police mugshots taken by police and commercial photographer Thomas J. Nevin in the 1870s-80s at the Port Arthur prison, the Hobart Gaol (assisted by his brother Constable John Nevin) and the Hobart Municipal Police Office (Mayor’s Court, Hobart Town Hall) are held in the John Watt Beattie Collection at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania. Most are Nevin’s originals and duplicates produced in vignette carte-de-visite format; some were reproduced from Nevin’s glass negatives by Beattie for sale and exhibition in Hobart at his museum and in Sydney at the Royal Hotel in conjunction with convictaria from the prison hulk Success (1916). An exhibition of these photographs by T. J. Nevin was held at the QVMAG in 1977. … More Rogues Gallery: the QVMAG collection
Nevin’s photographs at the Art Gallery NSW exhibition 2015
Of the many dozens of stereographs taken by Thomas J. Nevin in the late 1860s which are held in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery collections, this particular one was chosen for display at The Photograph and Australia exhibition, Art Gallery of NSW, 21 March – 8 June 2015. … More Nevin’s photographs at the Art Gallery NSW exhibition 2015
Calling the shots in colour 1864-1879
Understandable, it seems, that a commercially produced photograph in 1860s-1870s Tasmania would show some sort of colouring to enhance its decorative or sentimental appeal, especially if the narrative suggested by the photograph was the civilizing of Tasmanian Aborigines who were thought to be near extinction by the last few decades of the 19th century, and that the photographic studio renowned for bold artistic experimentations with colouring was Friths on Murray Street, Hobart. Less understandable is the hand-tinting of photographs of prisoners – or “Convict Portraits” as they became known – taken expressly for police use as gaol records, unless, of course, the photographic studio engaged for the purpose of providing those mugshots was operated by Thomas J. Nevin, on Elizabeth Street, Hobart. … More Calling the shots in colour 1864-1879
The firm of Nevin & Smith stamps and label 1867-1868
Robert Smith and Thomas Nevin established the firm of Nevin & Smith soon after Thomas Nevin acquired the stock, studio and glass house of Alfred Bock at 140 Elizabeth St. Hobart Town in 1865. The partnership was brief, lasting less than two years. It was dissolved by Nevin’s family solicitor, the Hon. W. R. Giblin, in February 1868.
Robert Smith may have operated a studio prior to his partnership with Nevin, as Mrs Esther Mather referred briefly to the “coloured ones from Smith’s” in a letter to her step-son, dated October 1865. On Robert Smith’s departure to Victoria, where he took up farming and politics, Thomas Nevin pasted the verso of a few more photographs with the label bearing their name, but with Smith’s name struck through, and the word “Late”added. … More The firm of Nevin & Smith stamps and label 1867-1868
Thomas Nevin, informant for surveyor John Hurst 1868
On the 11th April, 1868, Louisa Hurst, formerly Tatlow, gave birth to William Nevin Tatlow Hurst in the district of Hobart. His father’s occupation was listed as “surveyor”. Their son’s birth was registered on 22nd May, 1868 by Thos Nevin, informant, Elizabeth St., where Nevin was operating from Alfred Bock’s former photographic studio at 140 Elizabeth St. Hobart Town. Neither parent was named “Nevin”, either as the bride’s maiden name or the father’s middle name. Yet the child was given “Nevin” as a middle name along with his mother’s maiden name “Tatlow”. As a surveyor, the father was most likely absent from Hobart on business, and requested Thomas Nevin to register his son’s birth at the Town Hall. This is the reason the name “Nevin” appears for the first time in the Hurst family of Tasmania, as a gesture towards to the family of John Nevin snr and his son Thomas J. Nevin, and for no other reason. … More Thomas Nevin, informant for surveyor John Hurst 1868
Prisoner Mark JEFFREY, a Port Arthur flagellator
Mark Jeffrey (1825-1894) was called the “Port Arthur flagellator” by James Hunt, the man he was arraigned for wilfully murdering in February 1872 at the Supreme Court, Hobart. The verdict returned by the jury at the trial was manslaughter and the sentence was life. Mark Jeffrey may have been photographed at the Hobart Gaol while awaiting his sentence at this trial. Many of these “Supreme Court men” were photographed there by Thomas J. Nevin as early as February 1872.
However, the only known or extant prisoner identification photograph of Mark Jeffrey was taken five years later by Thomas J. Nevin in the first few days of Jeffrey’s relocation to the Hobart Gaol from the Port Arthur prison site in 1877. It was taken in the usual circumstances of gaol admission – a booking shot of the prisoner in street clothing – and reproduced from the negative in carte-de-visite format for pasting to the prisoner’s criminal record sheet. Duplicates were retained for the central Municipal Police Office registers at the Hobart Town Hall, and others were circulated to regional police stations.
The booking shot (below) of Mark Jeffrey, dated to 1877, has survived as a print from Nevin’s negative. It was salvaged from the photographer’s room and Sheriff’s Office at the Hobart Gaol by John Watt Beattie ca. 1900 and reproduced for display in Beattie’s convictaria museum in Hobart. Dozens of these negative prints of notorious criminals were reproduced by Beattie, plus two hundred or more in standard cdv format, which have survived from the donation of his collection to the QVMAG Launceston in 1930. This copy is held at the State Library of Tasmania … More Prisoner Mark JEFFREY, a Port Arthur flagellator
Blame it on Beattie: the Parliamentarians photograph
Amateur photo-historian Chris Long was among the first to be targeted by A. H. Boyd’s descendants in 1984 with only their hearsay offered as proof, and together with co-editor Gillian Winter, assumed that there would be extant photographs by A. H. Boyd, if indeed he had photographed prisoners. Strangely enough, they found none. Gillian Winter found mention of THREE photographs of parliamentarian George William Keach, his wife and daughter, with a Boyd attribution in the Archives Office Tasmania. But those photographs were missing from the original Allport Album when she listed its contents. Those photographs were taken by Sydney photographer Thomas H. Boyd, loosely collated originally with other carte-de-visite items taken of Allport family members and their friends by photographers in Hobart, Melbourne, Brisbane, Rome and elsewhere … … More Blame it on Beattie: the Parliamentarians photograph
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Demographic characteristics of patients with severe life threatening asthma: comparison with asthma deaths.
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H H Rea
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
BACKGROUND--Studies of mortality from asthma have suggested that a very severe asthma attack identifies a group at greatly increased risk of subsequent death from the disease. This study compares the demographic characteristics of asthmatic patients who required management in an intensive care unit for a severe life threatening attack between 1981 and 1987 with a group who died of asthma between 1980 and 1986. The outcome of the group admitted to an intensive care unit is described. METHODS--The groups comprised all cases aged between 15 and 49 years arising from the Auckland Area Health Board (AAHB) population who required admission to an intensive care unit for asthma between 1981 and 1987 (n = 413) and all deaths from asthma in those aged 15 to 49 years arising from the New Zealand population between 1980 and 1986 (n = 466). Details of age, sex, and information on the day and month of the attack were collected. For the group requiring admission to an intensive care unit, outcome in terms of mortality and readmission to intensive care was determined. RESULTS--The age distributions of the two groups were dissimilar, with the severe life threatening attack group having an excess of asthmatic patients under 30 years old. The distribution of events by calendar month was uniform in both groups, but there was an unexpected increase in frequency of attacks on Sundays in both groups. Over the study period, mortality fell from 5.3 per 100,000 to 3.5 per 100,000 but the admission rate to intensive care increased from 10.8 per 100,000 to 17.9 per 100,000. At least 24% of asthma deaths occurring in the AAHB region during the study period had previously experienced a severe life threatening attack. CONCLUSIONS--The similarities between the groups suggest that asthmatic patients who experience severe life threatening attacks are likely to come from the same subgroup of the asthma population as those who die. The group who experience severe life threatening attacks are at high risk of subsequent morbidity and mortality and further studies may produce information relevant to reducing mortality from asthma.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.48.11.1105
Use of near fatal asthma for investigating asthma deaths.
R Beasley N Pearce J Crane
Thorax 1993; 48 1093-1094 Published Online First: 01 Nov 1993. doi: 10.1136/thx.48.11.1093
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Relation between exposure to movie smoking and adolescent lifetime smoking
Movie smoking exposure ORs (95% CIs)
Ever tried smoking: no/yes
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n=865 classes
n=114 schools
n=6 countries
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Quartile 1 Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Quartile 2 1.6*** (1.4 to 1.8) 1.3** (1.1 to 1.5) 1.6** (1.2 to 2.2) 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) 1.6 (1.0 to 2.6) 1.4 (0.8 to 2.5) 1.6*** (1.2 to 2.1) 1.2 (0.9 to 1.7) 1.7*** (1.4 to 2.0) 1.4** (1.1 to 1.7) 1.4 (0.9 to 2.1) 1.0 (0.6 to 1.7) 1.5* (1.1 to 2.0) 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0)
Quartile 3 2.4*** (2.1 to 2.7) 1.6*** (1.4 to 1.9) 3.4*** (2.5 to 4.6) 1.8** (1.2 to 2.7) 1.7* (1.1 to 2.8) 1.3 (0.7 to 2.6) 2.5*** (1.9 to 3.2) 1.5* (1.1 to 2.2) 2.1*** (1.8 to 2.6) 1.4* (1.1 to 1.8) 2.4*** (1.6 to 3.6) 1.8* (1.1 to 3.0) 2.5*** (1.8 to 3.3) 2.0** (1.3 to 3.0)
Quartile 4 3.4*** (3.0 to 3.8) 1.7*** (1.4 to 2.0) 5.9*** (4.4 to 7.9) 2.0** (1.3 to 3.3) 3.8*** (2.5 to 6.0) 2.2* (1.1 to 4.8) 2.8*** (2.1 to 3.6) 1.3 (0.8 to 2.1) 2.6*** (2.1 to 3.2) 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) 3.6*** (2.4 to 5.4) 2.1* (1.2 to 4.0) 3.6*** (2.7 to 4.8) 2.8*** (1.7 to 4.6)
Results of crude and adjusted multilevel logistic regression analyses.
Analyses were restricted to students who had complete data on all model variables.
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Read a Transcript of Donald Trump's Press Conference on Conflicts of Interest
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
Updated: January 11, 2017 1:52 PM ET
President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since July, addressing plans for his upcoming Administration, reports about ties to Russia and his plans for addressing conflicts of interest with his business.
Along with Trump, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, press secretary Sean Spicer and Morgan Lewis attorney Sheri Dillon spoke at the event.
Below is a complete transcript of the event.
SPICER: Morning. Thanks for being here (ph). (inaudible) days away from the inauguration of the next president and vice president of the United States. It’s an opportunity to be here today to allow the president-elect to take your questions.
After the president-elect makes some remarks, he will introduce Ms. Sheri Dillon, a prominent attorney in Washington, D.C. with the prestigious firm of Morgan Lewis who will — who structured the agreements pursuant to the president’s business arrangements and she will give brief remarks.
Before we start, I want to bring your attention to a few points on the report that was published in BuzzFeed last night. It’s frankly outrageous and highly irresponsible for a left-wing blog that was openly hostile to the president-elect’s campaign to drop highly salacious and flat out false information on the internet just days before he takes the oath of office.
According to BuzzFeed’s own editor, there are some serious reasons to doubt the allegations in the report. The executive editor of the New York Times also dismissed the report by saying it was, quote, “Totally unsubstantiated, echoing the concerns that many other reporters expressed on the internet.”
SPICER: The fact that BuzzFeed and CNN made the decision to run with this unsubstantiated claim is a sad and pathetic attempt to get clicks. The report is not an intelligence report, plain and simple. One issue that the report talked about was the relationship of three individuals associated with the campaign. These three individuals; Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, and Carter Page.
Carter Page is an individual who the president-elect does not know and was put on notice months ago by the campaign. Paul Manafort has adamantly denied any of this involvement and Michael Cohen, who is said to have visited Prague in August and September did not leave or enter the United States during this time. We asked him to produce his passport to confirm his whereabouts on the dates in question and there was no doubt that he was not in Prague.
In fact, Mr. Cohen has never been in Prague. A new report actually suggests that Michael Cohen was at — at the University of Southern California with his son at a baseball game. One report now suggested apparently it’s another Michael Cohen. For all the talk lately about fake news, this political witch hunt by some in the media is based on some of the most flimsy reporting and is frankly shameful and disgraceful.
With that, it is my honor to introduce the next vice president of the United States, Mike Pence.
PENCE: We are nine days away from the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States of America.
I am profoundly honored and humbled that I will take the oath of office to serve as vice president of the United States nine days from today, but I’m even more honored to stand shoulder to shoulder with a new president who will make America great again.
Now, the president-elect’s leadership and his energy during the campaign was impressive. But as the Chairman of the transition effort, I can assure the American people that his energy and his vision during the course of this transition has been even more inspiring. To see the way he has brought together men and women of extraordinary capability at a historic pace in this cabinet.
Nineteen of the 21 Cabinet officials have been announced, nine committee hearings already scheduled, seven more soon to go on the books in the next several days and it is a — it is a compilation of men and women with an unprecedented caliber of leadership and background to help this administration move our nation forward. Perhaps that’s why there’s been such a concerted effort by some in the mainstream media to delegitimize this election and to demean our incoming administration.
You know, I have long been a supporter of a free and independent press and I always will be. But with freedom comes responsibility. And the irresponsible decision of a few news organizations to run with a false and unsubstantiated report, when most news organizations resisted the temptation to propagate this fake news, can only be attributed to media bias and attempt to demean the president-elect and our incoming administration and the American people are sick and tired of it.
But today, we’ll get back to real news, to real facts and the real progress our incoming president has already made in reviving the American economy and assembling a team that will make America great again. And we’ll hear from the president-elect about issues that are of paramount importance to the American people today.
So, it is my honor to introduce to all of you, my friend and the president-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump.
TRUMP: Thank you very much.
It’s very familiar territory, news conferences, because we used to give them on a almost daily basis. I think we probably maybe won the nomination because of news conferences and it’s good to be with you.
TRUMP: We stopped giving them because we were getting quite a bit of inaccurate news, but I do have to say that — and I must say that I want to thank a lot of the news organizations here today because they looked at that nonsense that was released by maybe the intelligence agencies? Who knows, but maybe the intelligence agencies which would be a tremendous blot on their record if they in fact did that. A tremendous blot, because a thing like that should have never been written, it should never have been had and it should certainly never been released.
But I want to thank a lot of the news organizations for some of whom have not treated me very well over the years — a couple in particular — and they came out so strongly against that fake news and the fact that it was written about by primarily one group and one television station.
So, I just want to compliment many of the people in the room. I have great respect for the news and great respect for freedom of the press and all of that. But I will tell you, there were some news organizations with all that was just said that were so professional — so incredibly professional, that I’ve just gone up a notch as to what I think of you. OK?
All right. We’ve had some great news over the last couple of weeks. I’ve been quite active, I guess you could say, in an economic way for the country. A lot of car companies are going to be moving in, we have other companies — big news is going to be announced over the next couple of weeks about companies that are getting building in the Midwest.
You saw yesterday Fiat Chrysler; big, big factory going to be built in this country as opposed to another country. Ford just announced that they stopped plans for a billion dollar plant in Mexico and they’re going to be moving into Michigan and expanding, very substantially, an existing plant.
I appreciate that from Ford. I appreciate it very much from Fiat Chrysler. I hope that General Motors will be following and I think they will be. I think a lot of people will be following. I think a lot of industries are going to be coming back.
We’ve got to get our drug industry back. Our drug industry has been disastrous. They’re leaving left and right. They supply our drugs, but they don’t make them here, to a large extent. And the other thing we have to do is create new bidding procedures for the drug industry because they’re getting away with murder.
Pharma, pharma has a lot of lobbies and a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power and there’s very little bidding on drugs. We’re the largest buyer of drugs in the world and yet we don’t bid properly and we’re going to start bidding and we’re going to save billions of dollars over a period of time.
And we’re going to do that with a lot of other industries. I’m very much involved with the generals and admirals on the airplane, the F-35, you’ve been reading about it. And it’s way, way behind schedule and many, many billions of dollars over budget. I don’t like that. And the admirals have been fantastic, the generals have been fantastic. I’ve really gotten to know them well. And we’re going to do some big things on the F-35 program, and perhaps the F-18 program. And we’re going to get those costs way down and we’re going to get the plane to be even better. And we’re going to have some competition and it’s going to be a beautiful thing.
So, we’ve been very, very much involved, and other things. We had Jack Ma, we had so many incredible people coming here. There are no — they’re going to do tremendous things — tremendous things in this country. And they’re very excited.
And I will say, if the election didn’t turn out the way it turned out, they would not be here. They would not be in my office. They would not be in anybody else’s office. They’d be building and doing things in other countries. So, there’s a great spirit going on right now. A spirit that many people have told me they’ve never seen before, ever.
We’re going to create jobs. I said that I will be the greatest jobs producer that God ever created. And I mean that, I really — I’m going to work very hard on that. We need certain amounts of other things, including a little bit of luck, but I think we’re going to do a real job. And I’m very proud of what we’ve done.
And we haven’t even gotten there yet. I look very much forward to the inauguration. It’s going to be a beautiful event. We have great talent, tremendous talent. And we have the — all of the bands — or most of the bands are from the different — from the different segments of the military. And I’ve heard some of these bands over the years, they’re incredible.
We’re going to have a very, very elegant day. The 20th is going to be something that will be very, very special; very beautiful. And I think we’re going to have massive crowds because we have a movement.
TRUMP: It’s a movement like the world has never seen before. It’s a movement that a lot of people didn’t expect. And even the polls — although some of them did get it right, but many of them didn’t. And that was a beautiful scene on November 8th as those states started to pour in.
And we focused very hard in those states and they really reciprocated. And those states are gonna have a lot of jobs and they’re gonna have a lot of security. They’re going to have a lot of good news for their veterans.
And by the way, speaking of veterans, I appointed today the head secretary of the Veterans Administration, David Shulkin. And we’ll do a news release in a little while. Tell you about David, he’s fantastic — he’s fantastic. He will do a truly great job.
One of the commitments I made is that we’re gonna straighten out the whole situation for our veterans. Our veterans have been treated horribly. They’re waiting in line for 15, 16, 17 days, cases where they go in and they have a minor early-stage form of cancer and they can’t see a doctor. By the time they get to the doctor, they’re terminal. Not gonna happen, it’s not gonna happen.
So, David is going to do a fantastic job. We’re going to be talking to a few people also to help David. And we have some of the great hospitals of the world going to align themselves with us on the Veterans Administration, like the Cleveland Clinic, like the Mayo Clinic, a few more than we have. And we’re gonna set up a — a group.
These are hospitals that have been the top of the line, the absolute top of the line. And they’re going to get together with their great doctors — Dr. Toby Cosgrove, as you know from the Cleveland Clinic, has been very involved.
Ike Perlmutter has been very, very involved, one of the great men of business. And we’re gonna straighten out the V.A. for our veterans. I’ve been promising that for a long time and it’s something I feel very, very strongly.
So, you’ll get the information on David. And I think you’ll be very impressed with the job he does. We looked long and hard. We interviewed at least 100 people, some good, some not so good. But we had a lot of talent. And we think this election will be something that will, with time — with time, straighten it out and straighten it out for good ’cause our veterans have been treated very unfairly.
OK, questions? Yes, John (ph)?
QUESTION: (Inaudible) so much.
TRUMP: Thank you.
QUESTION: Appreciate it.
A couple of aspects of the intelligence briefing that you received on Friday that we’re looking for further clarification on.
TRUMP: Sure.
QUESTION: First of all, did the heads of the intelligence agencies provide you with the two-page summary of these unsubstantiated allegations? And secondly to that, on the broader picture, do you accept their opinion that Vladimir Putin ordered the hack of the DNC and the attempted hack of the RNC?
And if you do, how will that color your attempts to build a relationship with a leader who has been accused of committing an act of espionage against the United States?
TRUMP: OK, first of all, these readings as you know are confidential, classified. So, I’m not allowed to talk about what went on in a meeting.
And — but we had many witnesses in that meeting, many of them with us. And I will say, again, I think it’s a disgrace that information would be let out.
I saw the information; I read the information outside of that meeting. It’s all fake news. It’s phony stuff. It didn’t happen. And it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people. It was a group of opponents that got together — sick people — and they put that crap together.
So, I will tell you that not within the meeting, but outside of the meeting, somebody released it. It should have never been — number one, shouldn’t have even entered paper. But it should have never have been released. But I read what was released and I think it’s a disgrace. I think it’s an absolute disgrace.
As far as hacking, I think it was Russia. But I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. And I — I can say that you know when — when we lost 22 million names and everything else that was hacked recently, they didn’t make a big deal out of that. That was something that was extraordinary. That was probably China.
We had — we had much hacking going on. And one of the things we’re gonna do, we have some of the greatest computer minds anywhere in the world that we’ve assembled. You saw just a sample of it two weeks ago up here where we had the six top people in the world — they were never in the same room together as a group. And we’re gonna put those minds together and we’re going to form a defense.
TRUMP: And I have to say this also, the Democratic National Committee was totally open to be hacked. They did a very poor job. They could’ve had hacking defense, which we had.
And I will give Reince Priebus credit, because when Reince saw what was happening in the world and with this country, he went out and went to various firms and ordered a very, very strong hacking defense.
And they tried to hack the Republican National Committee and they were unable to break through.
We have to do that for our country. It’s very important.
QUESTION: … just to the last part of that question (inaudible) how could all of this potentially color your attempts to build a better relationship with President Putin?
TRUMP: Well, you know, President Putin and Russia put out a statement today that this fake news was indeed fake news. They said it totally never happened.
Now, somebody would say, “Oh, of course he’s gonna say that.”
I respected the fact that he said that.
And I — I’ll be honest, I think if he did have something, they would’ve released it; they would’ve been glad to release it.
I think, frankly, had they broken into the Republican National Committee, I think they would’ve released it just like they did about Hillary and all of the horrible things that her people, like Mr. Podesta, said about her. I mean what he said about her was horrible.
If somebody said about me, what Podesta said about Hillary, I was the boss, I would’ve fired him immediately or that person. Because what he said about her was horrible.
But remember this: We talk about the hacking and hacking’s bad and it shouldn’t be done. But look at the things that were hacked, look at what was learned from that hacking.
That Hillary Clinton got the questions to the debate and didn’t report it? That’s a horrible thing. That’s a horrible thing.
Can you imagine that if Donald Trump got the questions to the debate — it would’ve been the biggest story in the history of stories. And they would’ve said immediately, “You have to get out of the race.” Nobody even talked about it. It’s a very terrible thing.
QUESTION: Can I ask you a question, sir?
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President-elect.
On that intelligence report, the second part of their conclusion was that Vladimir Putin ordered it because he aspired to help you in the election.
Do you accept that part of the finding? And will you undo what President Obama did to punish the Russians for this or will you keep it in place?
TRUMP: Well, if — if Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability, because we have a horrible relationship with Russia. Russia can help us fight ISIS, which, by the way, is, number one, tricky. I mean if you look, this administration created ISIS by leaving at the wrong time. The void was created, ISIS was formed.
If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what, folks? That’s called an asset, not a liability.
Now, I don’t know that I’m gonna get along with Vladimir Putin. I hope I do. But there’s a good chance I won’t. And if I don’t, do you honestly believe that Hillary would be tougher on Putin than me? Does anybody in this room really believe that? Give me a break.
QUESTION: … President Obama…
QUESTION: … make clear whether during your visits to either Moscow or St. Petersburg, you engaged in conduct that you now regret and that a reasonable…
QUESTION: Would a reasonable observer say that you are potentially vulnerable to blackmail by Russia or by its intelligence agencies?
TRUMP: Lemme just tell you what I do.
When I leave our country, I’m a very high-profile person, would you say?
I am extremely careful. I’m surrounded by bodyguards. I’m surrounded by people.
And I always tell them — anywhere, but I always tell them if I’m leaving this country, “Be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go, you’re gonna probably have cameras.” I’m not referring just to Russia, but I would certainly put them in that category.
And number one, “I hope you’re gonna be good anyway. But in those rooms, you have cameras in the strangest places. Cameras that are so small with modern technology, you can’t see them and you won’t know. You better be careful, or you’ll be watching yourself on nightly television.”
I tell this to people all the time.
I was in Russia years ago, with the Miss Universe contest, which did very well — Moscow, the Moscow area did very, very well.
And I told many people, “Be careful, because you don’t wanna see yourself on television. Cameras all over the place.”
And again, not just Russia, all over.
Does anyone really believe that story?
I’m also very much of a germaphobe, by the way, believe me. (LAUGHTER)
QUESTION: … how you plan to disentangle yourself from your business. But first, I have to follow-up on some of these Russian remarks.
Based on your comments here today, do you believe the hacking was justified? Does Russia have any leverage over you, financial or otherwise? And if not, will you release your tax returns to prove it?
TRUMP: So I tweeted out that I have no dealings with Russia. I have no deals that could happen in Russia, because we’ve stayed away. And I have no loans with Russia.
As a real estate developer, I have very, very little debt. I have assets that are — and now people have found out how big the company is, I have very little debt — I have very low debt. But I have no loans with Russia at all.
And I thought that was important to put out. I certified that. So I have no deals, I have no loans and I have no dealings. We could make deals in Russia very easily if we wanted to, I just don’t want to because I think that would be a conflict. So I have no loans, no dealings, and no current pending deals.
Now, I have to say one other thing. Over the weekend, I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai with a very, very, very amazing man, a great, great developer from the Middle East, Hussein Damack, a friend of mine, great guy. And I was offered $2 billion to do a deal in Dubai — a number of deals and I turned it down.
I didn’t have to turn it down, because as you know, I have a no-conflict situation because I’m president, which is — I didn’t know about that until about three months ago, but it’s a nice thing to have. But I don’t want to take advantage of something. I have something that others don’t have, Vice President Pence also has it. I don’t think he’ll need it, I have a feeling he’s not going to need it.
But I have a no conflict of interest provision as president. It was many, many years old, this is for presidents. Because they don’t want presidents getting — I understand they don’t want presidents getting tangled up in minutia; they want a president to run the country. So I could actually run my business, I could actually run my business and run government at the same time.
I don’t like the way that looks, but I would be able to do that if I wanted to. I would be the only one to be able to do that. You can’t do that in any other capacity. But as president, I could run the Trump organization, great, great company, and I could run the company — the country. I’d do a very good job, but I don’t want to do that.
Now, all of these papers that you see here — yes, go ahead.
QUESTION: (inaudible) do you believe the hacking was justified? And will you release your tax returns to prove what you’re saying about no deals in Russia?
TRUMP: I’m not releasing the tax returns because as you know, they’re under audit.
QUESTION: … since the ’70’s has had a required audit from the IRS, the last place to release them, but as president sir…
TRUMP: You know, the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters, OK? They’re the only who ask.
QUESTION: You don’t think the American public is concerned about it?
TRUMP: No I don’t think so. I won, when I became president. No, I don’t think they care at all. I don’t think they care at all.
TRUMP: I think you care — I think you care. First of all, you learn very little to a tax return. What you should go down to federal elections and take a look at the numbers. And actually, people have learned a lot about my company and now they realize, my company is much bigger, much more powerful than they ever thought. We’re in many, many countries, and I’m very proud of it.
And what I’m going to be doing is my two sons, who are right here, Don and Eric, are going to be running the company. They are going to be running it in a very professional manner. They’re not going to discuss it with me. Again, I don’t have to do this. They’re not going to discuss it with me. And with that, I’m going to bring up Sheri Dillon, and she’s going to go — these papers are just some of the many documents that I’ve signed turning over complete and total control to my sons.
DILLON: Good morning. It’s my honor and privilege to be here today at President-elect Trump’s request.
He’s asked me, as you just heard, to speak about the conflicts of interest and the steps he’s taking. As you know, the business empire built by President-elect Trump over the years is massive, not dissimilar to the fortunes of Nelson Rockefeller when he became vice president. But at that time, no one was so concerned.
President-elect Trump wants the American public to rest assured that all of his efforts are directed to pursuing the people’s business and not his own. To that end, as he explained a few moments ago, he directed me and my colleagues at the law firm Morgan Lewis and Bockius to design a structure for his business empire that will completely isolate him from the management of the company.
He further instructed that we build in protections that will assure the American people the decisions he makes and the actions that he takes as president are for their benefit and not to support his financial interests.
DILLON: As he said, he’s voluntarily taking this on. The conflicts of interest laws simply do not apply to the president or the vice president and they are not required to separate themselves from their financial assets. The primary conflicts of interest statutes and some have questioned it, is Section 18 USC 208 and it’s simply inapplicable by its terms. And this is not just our interpretation. It’s Congress itself who have made this clear in 1989 when it amended Section 18 USC 202 to state that, except as otherwise provided, the terms office and employee in section 208 shall not include the president.
Even so, President-elect Trump wants there to be no doubt in the minds of the American public that he is completely isolating himself from his business interests. He instructed us to take all steps realistically possible to make it clear that he is not exploiting the office of the presidency for his personal benefit. He also sought the guidance of individuals who are familiar with and have worked extensively in the fields of government ethics and constitutional law.
Critical to the Morgan Lewis team is Fred Fielding, standing here to our side and with us today and many of you have known him. He has served several presidents over the years including serving as counsel to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush as well as serving on President George H.W. Bush’s Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform and he also held the position of vice chair of the Ethics Resource Center.
Mr. Fielding has been extensively involved with and approved this plan. He’s here today to support the plan and he will continue to provide guidance as the plan is implemented and as Eric, Don, along with others, take over management of the Trump organization.
I’m gonna detail some of the extraordinary steps now that the president-elect is taking. First, President-elect Trump’s investments and business assets commonly known as the — as the Trump Organization, comprising hundreds of entities which, again, if you all go and take a look at his financial disclosure statement, the pages and pages and pages of entities have all been or will be conveyed to a trust prior to January 20th. Here is just some of the paperwork that’s taking care of those actions.
Second, through the trust agreement, he has relinquished leadership and management of the Trump Organization to his sons Don and Eric and a longtime Trump executive, Allen Weisselberg. Together, Don, Eric and Allen will have the authority to manage the Trump Organization and will make decisions for the duration of the presidency without any involvement whatsoever by President-elect Trump.
Further, at the president-elect’s direction, the trust agreement provides — that to ensure the Trump Organization continues to operate in accordance with the highest and legal ethics standards, an ethics adviser will be appointed to the management team. The written approval of the ethics adviser will be required for new deals, actions, and transactions that could potentially raise ethics or conflicts of interest concerns.
President-elect Trump as well as Don, Eric and Allen are committed to ensuring that the activities of the Trump organization are beyond reproach and cannot be perceived to be exploitive of the office of the presidency. President-elect Trump will resign from all officer and other positions he holds with the Trump Organization entities.
Further, in addition, his daughter Ivanka will have no further involvement with or management authority whatsoever with the Trump Organization. As she and Jared move their family to D.C., Ivanka will focused on settling her children into their new homes and their new schools.
The president-elect has also already disposed of all of his investments in publicly traded or easily liquidated investments. As a result, the trust will have two types of assets; first, it will hold liquid assets. Cash, cash equivalents and treasuries and perhaps some positions in a government approved diversified portfolio, one that is consistent with the regulations from the Office of Government Ethics.
Second, the trust is going to hold his preexisting illiquid, but very valuable business assets, the ones that everyone here is familiar with. Trump owned, operated and branded golf clubs, commercial rental property, resorts, hotels, rights to royalties from preexisting licenses of Trump-Marks Productions and Goods. Things like Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, all of his other business assets, 40 Wall Street will all be in the trust.
Through instructions in the trust agreement, President-elect trust — President-elect Trump first ordered that all pending deals be terminated. This impacted more than 30 deals, many of which were set to close by the end of 2016. As you can well imagine, that caused an immediate financial loss of millions of dollars, not just for President-elect Trump, but also for Don, Ivanka and Eric.
DILLON: The trust agreement as directed by President Trump imposes severe restrictions on new deals. No new foreign deals will be made whatsoever during the duration of President Trump’s presidency. New domestic deals will be allowed, but they will go through a vigorous vetting process.
The president-elect will have no role in deciding whether the Trump Organization engages in any new deal and he will only know of a deal if he reads it in the paper or sees it on TV. Because any new deal could — and I emphasize could — be perceived as causing a conflict or as exploiting the office of the presidency, new deals must be vetted with the ethics adviser, whose role will be to analyze any potential transactions for conflicts and ethics issues.
The ethics adviser will be a recognized expert in the field of government experts. Again, his role will be to scrutinize the new deals and the actions, and any new deal must receive written approval.
To further reinforce the wall that we are building between President-elect Trump and the Trump Organization, President-elect Trump has ordered, through his trust agreement, to sharply limit his information rights. Reports will only be available and reflect profit and loss on the company as a whole. There will be no separate business by business accounting.
Another step that President-elect Trump has taken is he created a new position at the Trump Organization; the position of chief compliance counsel, whose responsibility will be to ensure that the Trump businesses, again, are operating at the highest levels of integrity and not taking any actions that could be perceived as exploiting the office of the presidency. He has also directed that no communications of the Trump Organization, including social media accounts, will reference or be tied to President-elect Trump’s role as president of the United States or the office of the presidency.
In sum, all of these actions — complete relinquishment of management, no foreign deals, ethics adviser approval of deals, sharply limited information rights — will sever President-elect Trump’s presidency from the Trump Organization.
Some have asked questions. Why not divest? Why not just sell everything? Form of blind trust. And I’d like to turn to addressing some of those questions now.
Selling, first and foremost, would not eliminate possibilities of conflicts of interest. In fact, it would exacerbate them. The Trump brand is key to the value of the Trump Organization’s assets. If President-elect Trump sold his brand, he would be entitled to royalties for the use of it, and this would result in the trust retaining an interest in the brand without the ability to assure that it does not exploit the office of the presidency.
Further, whatever price was paid would be subject to criticism and scrutiny. Was it too high, is there pay for play, was it too much pay to curry favor with the president-elect. And selling his assets without the rights to the brand would greatly diminish the value of the assets and create a fire sale.
President-elect Trump should not be expected to destroy the company he built. This plan offers a suitable alternative to address the concerns of the American people, and selling the entire Trump Organization isn’t even feasible.
Some people have suggested that the president-elect sell the business to his adult children. This would require massive third-party debt sourced with multiple lenders, whose motives and willingness to participate would be questioned and undoubtedly investigated. And if the president-elect were to finance the sale himself, he would retain the financial interests in the assets that he owns now.
Some people have suggested that the Trump — that President-elect Trump could bundle the assets and turn the Trump Organization into a public company. Anyone who has ever gone through this extraordinarily cumbersome and complicated process knows that it is a non-starter. It is not realistic and it would be inappropriate for the Trump Organization.
Some people have suggested a blind trust, but you cannot have a totally blind trust with operating businesses. President Trump can’t unknow he owns Trump Tower and the press will make sure that any new developments at the Trump Organization are well publicized.
DILLON: Further, it would be impossible to find an institutional trustee that would be competent to run the Trump Organization. The approach that he is taking allows Don and Eric to preserve this great company and its iconic assets. And this approach is best from a conflicts and ethics perspective. It creates a complete separation from President-elect Trump — it separates him and prevents him from participating in the business and poses strict limits on what the trustees can do and requires the assent of any ethics adviser to a new deal.
I’m going to turn to one last topic today that has been of interest lately called emoluments. That’s a word I think we’ve all become familiar with and perhaps had not heard before.
And we’re gonna describe some other actions that President-elect Trump is taking to avoid even the appearance of a conflict.
Emoluments comes from the Constitution. The Constitution says “officials may not accept gifts, titles of nobility, or emoluments from foreign governments with respect to their office, and that no benefit should be derived by holding in office.”
The so-called Emoluments Clause has never been interpreted, however, to apply to fair value exchanges that have absolutely nothing to do with an office holder.
No one would have thought when the Constitution was written that paying your hotel bill was an emolument. Instead, it would have been thought of as a value-for-value exchange; not a gift, not a title, and not an emolument.
But since President-elect Trump has been elected, some people want to define emoluments to cover routine business transactions like paying for hotel rooms. They suggest that the Constitution prohibits the businesses from even arm’s-length transactions that the president-elect has absolutely nothing to do with and isn’t even aware of.
These people are wrong. This is not what the Constitution says. Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present and it has nothing to do with an office. It’s not an emolument.
The Constitution does not require President-elect Trump to do anything here. But, just like with conflicts of interests, he wants to do more than what the Constitution requires.
So, President-elect Trump has decided, and we are announcing today, that he is going to voluntarily donate all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotel to the United States Treasury. This way, it is the American people who will profit.
In sum, I and president-elect’s (sic) other advisers at Morgan Lewis have determined the approach we’ve outlined today will avoid potential conflicts of interests or concerns regarding exploitation of the office of the presidency without imposing unnecessary and unreasonable loses on the president-elect and his family.
We believe this structure and these steps will serve to accomplish the president-elect’s desire to be isolated from his business interests and give the American people confidence that his sole business and interest is in making America great again, bringing back jobs to this country, securing our borders and rebuilding our infrastructure.
The American people were well — well aware of President-elect Trump’s business empire and financial interests when they voted. Many people voted for him precisely because of his business success.
President-elect Trump wants to bring this success to all Americans. Thank you.
DILLON: You’re welcome. My pleasure. Yes (ph). Don’t want to lose your note. Thank you.
TRUMP: Thank you very much. Here you go, you (ph).
DILLON: Thank you.
QUESTION: Mr. Trump? Thank you. Mr. Trump, (inaudible) from America News.
What is your response to your critics that say not only you, but also your Cabinet is filled with conflicts of interest?
And do you plan to set an example in the future to make sure that your — your Cabinet and everyone throughout your administration…
TRUMP: I — I really think that when you watch what’s going on with what’s happening in — I was just watching, as an example, Rex Tillerson. I think it’s brilliant what he’s doing and what he’s saying.
I watched yesterday, as you know, our great senator, who is going to be a great attorney general. And he was brilliant. And what people don’t know is that he was a great prosecutor and attorney general in Alabama. And he was brilliant yesterday.
So, I really think that they are — I think we have one of the great Cabinets ever put together. And we’ve been hearing that from so many people. People are so happy.
You know, in the case of Rex, he ran incredibly Exxon Mobil. When there was a find, he would get it. When they needed something, he would be there.
A friend of mine who’s very, very substantial in the oil business, Harold Hamm — big supporter — he said there’s nobody in the business like Rex Tillerson.
And that’s what we want. That’s what I want to bring to government.
I want to bring the greatest people into government, because we’re way behind. We don’t make good deals any more. I say it all the time in speeches. We don’t make good deals anymore; we make bad deals. Our trade deals are a disaster.
TRUMP: We have hundreds of billions of dollars of losses on a yearly basis — hundreds of billions with China on trade and trade imbalance, with Japan, with Mexico, with just about everybody. We don’t make good deals anymore.
So we need people that are smart, we need people that are successful and they got successful because generally speaking, they’re smart. And that’s what I’d put, I’m very proud of the Cabinet, I think they’re doing very well.
It’s very interesting how it’s going, but it’s — I think they’re doing very, very well.
QUESTION: … a quick follow-up on — on Russia, sir.
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President-elect. I wanted to ask a few questions on Obamacare?
TRUMP: Yeah.
QUESTION: Can you be specific on what guidance you’re giving congressional Republicans on the timeline for repeal and replace, whether it needs to be simultaneous or…
TRUMP: Finally, Obamacare, I thought it was never gonna be asked.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) though if you have outlined a plan for what you want the replace package to look like, would it guarantee coverage for those who have gotten health insurance through the current Obamacare law?
TRUMP: You’re gonna be very, very proud, as not only the media and reporters, you’re gonna be very proud of what we put forth having to do with health care. Obamacare is a complete and total disaster.
They can say what they want, they can guide you anyway they wanna guide you. In some cases, they guide you incorrectly. In most cases, you realize what’s happened, it’s imploding as we sit.
Some states have over a hundred percent increase and ’17 and I said this two years ago, ’17 is going to be the bad year. It’s going to be catastrophic. Frankly, we could sit back and it was a thought from a political standpoint, but it wouldn’t be fair to the people.
We could sit back and wait and watch and criticize and we could be a Chuck Schumer and sit back and criticize it and people would come, they would come, begging to us please, we have to do something about Obamacare. We don’t wanna own it, we don’t wanna own it politically. They own it right now.
So the easiest thing would be to let it implode in ’17 and believe me, we’d get pretty much whatever we wanted, but it would take a long time. We’re going to be submitting, as soon as our secretary’s approved, almost simultaneously, shortly thereafter, a plan.
It’ll be repeal and replace. It will be essentially, simultaneously. It will be various segments, you understand, but will most likely be on the same day or the same week, but probably, the same day, could be the same hour.
So we’re gonna do repeal and replace, very complicated stuff. And we’re gonna get a health bill passed, we’re gonna get health care taken care of in this country. You have deductibles that are so high, that after people go broke paying their premiums which are going through the roof, the health care can’t even be used by them because their deductibles bills are so high.
Obamacare is the Democrats problem. We are gonna take the problem off the shelves for them. We’re doing them a tremendous service by doing it. We could sit back and let them hang with it. We are doing the Democrats a great service.
So as soon as our secretary is approved and gets into the office, we’ll be filing a plan. And it was actually, pretty accurately reported today, The New York Times. And the plan will be repeal and replace Obamacare.
We’re going to have a health care that is far less expensive and far better. OK.
QUESTION: President-elect, can we just ask you — sir, sir…
QUESTION: President-elect Trump…
QUESTION: Mr. President — which one?
TRUMP: I was going right here.
QUESTION: President-elect Trump, Jon Steinberg (ph) from Cheddar. When you look at all the meetings that you’ve had with Carrier, SoftBank and Alibaba, do you conceive of making this a program, maybe sitting inside of commerce?
And then my follow-up question to that, is how soon will we see the program on capital repatriation and corporate tax cuts?
TRUMP: Well, if I can save jobs, for instance I was doing individual companies and people said well, that’s only one company, like we did a good job with Carrier. And I wanna thank United Technologies which owns Carrier, but we saved close to a thousand jobs.
And they were gone and Mike Pence and his staff really helped us, a lot. But those were — that was a tough one because they announced a year and a half before that they were leaving so it’s always tough when they’re building a plan, just a little tougher than before they start or before they make an announcement.
TRUMP: So I wanna thank United Technologies. But we’ve been meeting with a lot of companies. But what really is happening, is the word is now out, that when you want to move your plant to Mexico or some other place, and you want to fire all of your workers from Michigan and Ohio and all these places that I won, for good reason, it’s not going to happen that way anymore.
You want to move your plant and you think, as an example, you’re going to build that plant in Mexico and you’re going to make your air conditioners or your cars or whatever you’re making, and you’re going to sell it through what will be a very, very strong border — not a weak border like it is — we don’t even have a border. It’s an open sieve.
But you’re going to sell through a very strong border — not going to happen. You’re going to pay a very large border tax. So if you want to move to another country and if you want to fire all of our great American workers that got you there in the first place, you can move from Michigan to Tennessee and to North Carolina and South Carolina. You can move from South Carolina back to Michigan.
You can do anywhere — you’ve got a lot of states at play; a lot of competition. So it’s not like, oh, gee, I’m taking the competition away. You’ve got a lot of places you can move. And I don’t care, as along as it’s within the United States, the borders of the United States.
There will be a major border tax on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder. And if our politicians had what it takes, they would have done this years ago. And you’d have millions more workers right now in the United States that are — 96 million really wanting a job and they can’t get. You know that story. The real number — that’s the real number.
So, that’s the way it is. OK. Go ahead.
QUESTION: President-elect, I have a question about the Supreme Court and border security. But I also wanted to ask you about something you said on Twitter this morning. Are we living in Nazi Germany? What were you driving at there? Do you have a problem with the intelligence community?
And on the Supreme Court, what’s your timeline? You said a while ago you were down to four. Have you conducted those interviews yet? What’s your timeline for nominating?
And on the border fence, it now appears clear U.S. taxpayers will have to pay for it up front. What is your plan to…
TRUMP: That’s not clear at all. OK.
QUESTION: … to get Mexico to pay for it?
TRUMP: I’ve got it. Do you have any more?
On the fence — it’s not a fence. It’s a wall. You just misreported it. We’re going to build a wall. I could wait about a year-and-a-half until we finish our negotiations with Mexico, which will start immediately after we get to office, but I don’t want to wait. Mike Pence is leading an effort to get final approvals through various agencies and through Congress for the wall to begin.
I don’t feel like waiting a year or a year-and-a-half. We’re going to start building. Mexico in some form, and there are many different forms, will reimburse us and they will reimburse us for the cost of the wall. That will happen, whether it’s a tax or whether it’s a payment — probably less likely that it’s a payment. But it will happen.
So, remember this, OK? I would say we are going to build a wall and people would go crazy. I would then say, who is going to pay for the wall? And people would all scream out — 25,000, 30,000 people, because nobody has ever had crowds like Trump has had. You know that. You don’t like to report that, but that’s OK.
OK, now he agrees. Finally, he agrees.
But I say who is going to pay for the wall? And they will scream out, “Mexico.”
Now, reports went out last week — oh, Mexico is not going to pay for the wall because of a reimbursement. What’s the difference? I want to get the wall started. I don’t want to wait a year-and-a-half until I make my deal with Mexico. And we probably will have a deal sooner than that.
And by the way, Mexico has been so nice, so nice. I respect the government of Mexico. I respect the people of Mexico. I love the people of Mexico. I have many people from Mexico working for me. They’re phenomenal people.
The government of Mexico is terrific. I don’t blame them for what’s happened. I don’t blame them for taking advantage of the United States. I wish our politicians were so smart. Mexico has taken advantage of the United States. I don’t blame the representatives and various presidents, et cetera, of Mexico. What I say is we shouldn’t have allowed that to happen. It’s not going to happen anymore.
So, in order to get the wall started, Mexico will pay for the wall, but it will be reimbursed. OK?
Supreme Court judge. So, as you know, I have a list of 20. I’ve gone through them. We’ve met with numerous candidates. They’re outstanding in every case. They were largely recommended and highly recommended by Federalist Society. Jim DeMint was also very much involved, and his group, which is fantastic, and he’s a fantastic guy.
TRUMP: So between Leo and Jim DeMint and some senators and some congresspeople, we have a great group of people. I’ll be making the decision on who we will put up for justice of the United States Supreme Court, a replacement for the great, great Justice Scalia. That will be probably within two weeks of the 20th. So within about two weeks, probably the second week. I consider the first day because we’ll also be doing some — some pretty good signings and I think what we’ll do is we’ll wait until Monday.
That will be our really first business day as opposed to doing it on Friday, because on Friday, people are going to have a very good time at the inauguration, and then Saturday, as you know, we’re having a big church service and lots of good things are happening. So our first day — and you’ll all be invited to the signings, but we’ll be doing some pretty good signings on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday, and then also the next week. And you’re all invited.
But on the Supreme Court, I’ll be making that decision, and it will be a decision which I very strongly believe in. I think it’s one of the reasons I got elected. I think the people of this country did not want to see what was happening with the Supreme Court, so I think it was a very, very big decision as to why I was elected.
QUESTION: The tweet that you had this morning about are we living in Nazi Germany, what were you driving at there? What are you trying to tell the American public?
TRUMP: I think it was disgraceful — disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. I think it’s a disgrace, and I say that — and I say that, and that’s something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do. I think it’s a disgrace that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public.
As far as Buzzfeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, I think they’re going to suffer the consequences. They already are. And as far as CNN going out of their way to build it up — and by the way, we just found out I was coming down. Michael Cohen — I was being — Michael Cohen is a very talented lawyer. He’s a good lawyer in my firm. It was just reported that it wasn’t this Michael Cohen they we’re talking about. So all night long it’s Michael Cohen.
I said, “I want to see your passport.” He brings his passport to my office. I say, hey, wait a minute. He didn’t leave the country. He wasn’t out of the country. They had Michael Cohen of the Trump Organization was in Prague. It turned out to be a different Michael Cohen. It’s a disgrace what took place. It’s a disgrace and I think they ought to apologize to start with Michael Cohen.
QUESTION: Since you’re attacking us, can you give us a question? Mr. President-elect —
TRUMP: Go ahead.
QUESTION: Mr. President-elect, since you are attacking our news organization…
TRUMP: Not you.
QUESTION: Can you give us a chance?
TRUMP: Your organization is terrible.
QUESTION: You are attacking our news organization, can you give us a chance to ask a question, sir? Sir, can you…
TRUMP: Quiet.
QUESTION: Mr. President-elect, can you say…
TRUMP: He’s asking a question, don’t be rude. Don’t be rude.
QUESTION: Can you give us a question since you’re attacking us? Can you give us a question?
TRUMP: Don’t be rude. No, I’m not going to give you a question. I’m not going to give you a question.
QUESTION: Can you state…
TRUMP: You are fake news. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Sir, can you state categorically that nobody — no, Mr. President-elect, that’s not appropriate.
QUESTION: Do you think President Obama went too far with the sanctions he put on Russia after the hacking?
TRUMP: I don’t think he went too far. No.
QUESTION: Will you roll them back? What do you think of Lindsey Graham’s plan to send you a bill for…
TRUMP: Plans to send me a bill for what?
QUESTION: Tougher sanctions.
TRUMP: I hadn’t heard Lindsey Graham was going to do that. Lindsey Graham. I’ve been competing with him for a long time. He is going to crack that one percent barrier one day. I didn’t realize Lindsey Graham still had it. That’s all right. I think Lindsey Graham is a nice guy. I’ve heard that he is a nice guy and I’ve been hearing it.
Go ahead. Go ahead. You’ve been waiting.
QUESTION: As far as we understand, the intelligence community…
TRUMP: Stand up.
QUESTION: From BBC news. Ian Pannell from BBC news.
TRUMP: BBC news. That’s another beauty.
QUESTION: Thank you. Thank you.
As far as we understand it, the intelligence community are still looking at these allegations, this false news, as you describe it. If they come back with any kind of conclusion that any of it stands up, that any of it is true, will you consider your position…
TRUMP: There’s nothing they could come back with.
QUESTION: Can you…
QUESTION: (inaudible) published fake news and all the problems that we’ve seen throughout the media over the course of the election, what reforms do you recommend for this industry here?
TRUMP: Well, I don’t recommend reforms. I recommend people that are — that have some moral compass.
You know, I’ve been hearing more and more about a thing called fake news and they’re talking about people that go and say all sorts of things. But I will tell you, some of the media outlets that I deal with are fake news more so than anybody. I could name them, but I won’t bother, but you have a few sitting right in front of us. They’re very, very dishonest people, but I think it’s just something we’re going to have to live with.
TRUMP: I guess the advantage I have is that I can speak back. When it happens to somebody that doesn’t have this — doesn’t have that kind of a megaphone, they can’t speak back. It’s a very sad thing. I’ve seen people destroyed. I’ve seen people absolutely destroyed. And I think it’s very unfair. So, all I can ask for is honest reporters.
QUESTION: I just wanted to follow up on the questions about the U.S. intelligence community. And be very clear about what you’re saying. Do you trust your U.S. intelligence officials? And what do you say to foreign policy experts who say you’re actually weakening national security by waging this war of words against that community?
TRUMP: Intelligence agencies are vital and very, very important. We are going to be putting in, as you know, Mr. Pompeo and others, you know the Senator Dan Coats. We’re going to be putting in some outstanding people. Within 90 days, they’re going to be coming back to me with a major report on hacking.
I want them to cover this situation. I also want them, however, to cover, maybe most importantly — because we’re hacked by everybody — you know, the United States, our government out of a list of 17 in terms of industries is the worst, it’s number 17, in terms of protection.
If you look at the retail industry, if you look at the banking industry, various industries, out of 17 industries — they put this in the category of an industry — the United States is last in terms of protecting, let’s say, hacking defense. Like we had a great hacking defense at the Republican National Committee.
That’s why we weren’t hacked. By the way, we were told that they were trying to hack us, but they weren’t able to hack. And I think I get some credit because I told Reince, and Reince did a phenomenal job, but I said I want strong hacking defense.
The Democratic National Committee didn’t do that. Maybe that’s why the country runs so badly that way. But I will tell you — wait — wait — wait, let me finish. Within 90 days, we will be coming up with a major report on hacking defense, how do we stop this new phenomena — fairly new phenomena because the United States is hacked by everybody.
That includes Russia and China and everybody — everybody. OK.
TRUMP: Go ahead — go ahead.
QUESTION: Mr. President-elect, you said, just now, that you believe Russia indeed was responsible for the hacking of the DNC and Jon Podesta’s e-mails, et cetera.
TRUMP: All right, but you know what, it could have been others also.
QUESTION: But why did you spend weeks undermining U.S. intelligence community before simply getting the facts and then making a public statement?
TRUMP: Well, I think it’s pretty sad when intelligence reports get leaked out to the press. I think it’s pretty sad. First of all, it’s illegal. You know, these are — these are classified and certified meetings and reports.
I’ll tell you what does happen. I have many meetings with intelligence. And every time I meet, people are reading about it. Somebody’s leaking it out. So, there’s — maybe it’s my office. Maybe in my office because I have a lot of people, a lot of great people. Maybe it’s them. And what I did is I said I won’t tell anybody. I’m going to have a meeting and I won’t tell anybody about my meeting with intelligence.
And what happened is I had my meeting. Nobody knew, not even Rhona, my executive assistant for years, she didn’t know — I didn’t tell her. Nobody knew. The meeting was had, the meeting was over, they left. And immediately the word got out that I had a meeting.
So, I don’t want that — I don’t want that. It’s very unfair to the country. It’s very unfair to our country; what’s happened. That report should have never — first of all, it shouldn’t have been printed because it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. And I thank the New York Times for saying that.
I thank a lot of different people for saying that. But, I will tell you, that should never, ever happen. OK.
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President-elect, can you stand here today, once and for all and say that no one connected to you or your campaign had any contact with Russia leading up to or during the presidential campaign. And if you do indeed believe that Russia was behind the hacking, what is your message to Vladimir Putin right now?
TRUMP: He shouldn’t be doing it. He won’t be doing it. Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I’m leading than when other people have led it. You will see that. Russia will respect our country more. He shouldn’t have done it. I don’t believe that he will be doing it more now.
We have to work something out, but it’s not just Russia. Take a look at what’s happened. You don’t report it the same way; 22 million accounts were hacked in this country by China. And that’s because we have no defense. That’s because we’re run by people that don’t know what they’re doing.
TRUMP: Russia will have far greater respect for our country when I’m leading it and I believe and I hope — maybe it won’t happen, it’s possible. But I won’t be giving (ph) a little reset button like Hillary. Here, press this piece of plastic. A guy looked at her like what is she doing? There’s no reset button. We’re either going to get along or we’re not. I hope we get along, but if we don’t, that’s possible too.
But Russia and other countries — and other countries, including China, which has taken total advantage of us economically, totally advantage of us in the South China Sea by building their massive fortress, total. Russia, China, Japan, Mexico, all countries will respect us far more, far more than they do under past administrations.
I want to thank everybody. So this is all — just so you understand, these papers — because I’m not sure that was explained properly. But these papers are all just a piece of the many, many companies that are being put into trust to be run by my two sons that I hope at the end of eight years, I’ll come back and say, oh, you did a good job. Otherwise, if they do a bad job, I’ll say, “You’re fired.”
Good-bye, everybody. Good-bye.
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What Monogamous Couples Can Learn From Polyamorous Relationships, According to Experts
By Samantha Cooney
Polyamory — having more than one consensual sexual or emotional relationship at once — has in recent years emerged on television, mainstream dating sites like OkCupid and even in research. And experts who have studied these kinds of consensual non-monogomous relationships, say they have unique strengths that anyone can learn from.
Consensual non-monogamy can include polyamory, swinging and other forms of open relationships, according to Terri Conley, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Michigan who has studied consensual non-monogamy. While there aren’t comprehensive statistics about how many people in America have polyamorous relationships, a 2016 study published in the Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy found that one in five people in the U.S. engage in some form of consensual non-monogamy throughout their lives.
But these relationships can still be shrouded in stigma. And people in polyamorous relationships often keep them a secret from friends and family.
“Often they’re scared of losing their jobs, not getting a job, losing family or friends who won’t respect them anymore or scared that their children will be taken away,” says Carrie Jenkins, a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia and the author of What Love Is: And What It Could Be.
But Jenkins, who participates in polyamorous relationships herself, cautions that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to relationships. “One impression that I don’t want to give is that I think polyamorous relationships are better for everyone,” she says. “We’re all very different from one another.”
Still, experts who study relationships say polyamorous relationships can provide useful lessons for monogamous couples. Here are a few areas where, researchers say, polyamorous couples are particularly successful:
Successful monogamous relationships require communication about desires, needs and problems, says Joanne Davila, a professor of clinical psychology at Stony Brook University who studies monogamous relationships. And this is one area where polyamorous couples excel.
A May 2017 study published in PLOS One noted that people in consensual non-monogamous relationships communicate to “negotiate agreements, schedules, and boundaries, and to work through the kinds of problems that emerge when negotiating polyamory, amongst the typical relational problems that can emerge in any relationship.” The study found that polyamorous individuals tend to communicate better with their primary partner than secondary partners — because “greater communication may be necessary for primary relationships to endure while other relationships are pursued.”
This is one area particularly relevant to monogamous couples, according to Benjamin Karney, a professor of social psychology at UCLA who researches monogamous relationships. “I don’t see studying non-monogamous couples as studying a totally separate country with no relevance to monogamy at all,” he says. “Consensually non-monogamous couples might have a lot to teach everybody about negotiating desire and competing interests.”
Defining the relationship
Polyamorous partners often define boundaries and form agreements about what each relationship should look like, and Conley says these agreements can be beneficial to monogamous relationships, where partners might assume they’re on the same page about what monogamy means.
When deciding to enter a relationship, “there might be a conversation beyond that about what that means: does it mean we’re monogamous? What does it mean to be monogamous?” Conley says. “For some people, even mere thoughts of attraction to someone else can be defined as cheating. For other people, anything but intercourse is OK.”
Polyamorous relationships can take many different forms. Sometimes, partners will know each other and form a family-like network sometimes called “kitchen table polyamory“, according to Kate Kincaid, a psychologist at Tucson Counseling Associates who works with polyamorous couples. Another style, known as “parallel polyamory,” means that all of the partners are aware of each other, but have little to no contact, Kincaid explains.
Kincaid says that she works with couples to figure out which model is best for them — though she often recommends kitchen table polyamory because it’s often more efficient for all parties to communicate directly. She says that one of the biggest challenges she encounters with polyamorous couples is time management.
“Everyone jokes that love is not a finite resource, but time is,” Kincaid says. “You can have multiple partners you want to see a lot — you have to negotiate time and space to do that.”
Practicing safe sex
A 2012 study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine found that individuals in polyamorous relationships were more likely to practice safe sex than those who cheat in monogamous relationships. The study showed that monogamous individuals often consider monogamy a safe sex practice in and of itself, so “sexually unfaithful individuals may reject safer sex strategies because of the presence of a stable relationship.”
Kincaid says that she works with clients to fill out a questionnaire about what sexual acts they’d be comfortable with them doing with other partners to make sure they’re on the same page. Amy Moors, an assistant professor of psychology at Chapman University who conducted the 2012 study with Conley, says consensually non-monogamous couples often make explicit agreements with partners to use condoms and get information about STI history with each new partner.
“They have to navigate the sexual health of a bunch of people,” Moors says. “Implicit in that is that there’s very clear conversations about sexual health that are happening in consensual non-monogamous relationships that may not be happening in monogamous relationships.”
But in monogamous relationships, couples often “stop using condoms as a covert message of intimacy: now, we’re really dating,” Moors says. But if a monogamous individual decides to cheat on their partner, there’s no guarantee he or she will practice safe sex.
Managing jealousy
You might think that having multiple romantic partners would elicit more jealousy than being in a monogamous relationship. But according to a a 2017 study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, that’s not necessarily the case.
The study, which surveyed 1,507 people in monogamous relationships and 617 people in consensual non-monogamous relationships, found that people in consensual non-monogamous relationships, including those who engaged in polyamory and swinging, scored lower on jealousy and higher on trust than those in monogamous relationships.
“People in monogamous relationships were really off the charts high on jealousy. They were more likely to check their partners’ phones, go through their emails, their handbags,” Moors says. “But people in consensual non-monogamous relationships were really low on this.”
Davila, who also works as a couples therapist, says that she’s observed monogamous couples avoid addressing jealousy altogether, whereas consensual non-monogamous couples might be more vocal with their feelings. “In consensual non-monogamous relationships, jealousy is expected,” Davila says. “But they see what feelings arise and actively work to navigate them in a proactive way.”
Maintaining a sense of independence
Another area where polyamorous couples tend to excel, according to Kincaid, is allowing their partners to maintain a sense of independence outside of their relationship. Conley and Moors found in their 2017 study that monogamous couples are more likely to sacrifice their own needs for the sake of their relationship, while polyamorous couples put their own personal fulfillment first.
“The biggest thing that I appreciate about poly people is that they focus on knowing what their needs are and get their needs met in creative ways — relying more on friends or multiple partners instead of putting it all on one person,” Kincaid says. “Once [monogamists] get into a relationship, they tend to value their romantic partner above everyone else.”
She suggests that doing the former allows your relationships to be deeper and can enable you to get a lot more support from your loved ones.
Karney says that he could also see how having your needs met by others might strengthen consensual non-monogamous relationships.
“If we’re a married monogamous couple, we have to figure out what to do about our problems. We’re either going to avoid them, resolve them or break up,” Karney says. “But if I’m in a non-monogamous relationship and I have the same problem, I might not have to resolve it if I’m not getting all my needs met from you.”
Write to Samantha Cooney at samantha.cooney@time.com.
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A Biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart a Prolific and Influential Composer in Classical Era
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in Austria, the son of Leopold, Kapellmeister to the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. By the age of three he could play the piano, and he was composing by the time he was five minuets from this period show remarkable understanding of form. Mozart’s elder sister Maria Anna was also a gifted keyboard player, and in 1762 their father took the two prodigies on a short performing tour, of the courts at Vienna and Munich. Encouraged by their reception, they embarked the next year on a longer tour, including two weeks at Versailles, where the children enchanted Louis XV. In 1764 they arrived in London. Here Mozart wrote his first three symphonies, under the influence of Johann Christian Bach, youngest son of Johann Sebastian, who lived in the city.
After their return to Salzburg there followed three trips to Italy between 1769 and 1773. In Rome Mozart heard a performance of Allegri’s Misere the score of this work was closely guarded, but Mozart managed to transcribe the music almost perfectly from memory. On Mozart’s first visit to Milan, his opera Mitridate, r di Ponto was successfully produced, followed on a subsequent visit by Lucia Silla. The latter showed signs of the rich, full orchestration that characterizes his later operas. The influence is clear in Mozart’s six string quartets, K168-173, and in his Symphony in G minor, K183. Another trip in search of patronage ended less happily. Accompanied by his mother, Mozart left Salzburg in 1777, travelling through Mannheim to Paris. But in July 1778 his mother died. Nor was the trip a professional success no longer able to pass for a prodigy, Mozart’s reception there was muted and hopes of a job came nothing. Back in Salzburg Mozart worked for two years as a church organist for the new archbishop.
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When Bob Dylan wrote "he who is not busy being born is busy dying," he could easily have been talking about Willie Nelson. Although Nelson is one of contemporary musics few genuine icons, the 63-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor ...
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LISTEN: Dierks Bentley Thanks Wife and Appreciates Hard Working Moms
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Dierks Bentley might be busy preparing for his upcoming album, The Mountain, however, that doesn't mean he won't celebrate his wife this Mother's Day. The country superstar married Cassidy Black in 2005 and they share three children together.
Bentley revealed that he knows being a Mom "is the toughest job out there," especially when he's out on the road. The singer-songwriter's fans also know how much he appreciates his wife due to the release of his romantic new single, "Woman, Amen."
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"I’m so thankful that she takes it on the way she does, and our kids are very lucky to have her," Bentley shared.
For Bentley, it's all about working together as a team. In the clip above, you'll hear all about how they make it work while he recognizes all of the hard working Mothers out there.
Dierks Bentley's Mountain High Tour kicks off later this month with special guests Brothers Osborne and LANCO.
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Political foes come together to call for civility
Posted: Oct 31, 2018 / 07:49 PM UTC / Updated: Nov 1, 2018 / 01:13 AM UTC
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – Political opponents in Utah’s 3rd Congressional District are committed to keeping it cordial and are calling on others to turn down the negative discourse in politics.
Representative John Curtis is seeking his first full term in office and Democratic nominee James Singer is hoping to take his place.
But, in this race, you won’t hear either one attacking the other. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
“I’m grateful for his approach and hope we can continue to set a good example, not only in this race but after this race working together,” said Curtis, (R) Utah.
The two challengers are publicly showing appreciation for each other.
They are teaming up to say enough is enough with the heated rhetoric across the country.
“It’s much more about the vision and giving people hope. I think that’s what we both agree about leadership, is that we are trying to inspire the people of, the people who we are trying to represent and I don’t think that attacking each other is who we are as people,” said Singer.
Not only are they committing to a civil campaign for their race, but they are also calling on others to do the same.
“When you have differences of opinion it doesn’t mean that that’s a bad person. We have somehow, as a society gravitated to this, well, we disagree, therefore, they must be a bad person,” Curtis said.
And, these two do have very different political views.
In one of the reddest districts in the country, Singer has nothing to lose but he says his approach gives him more momentum in an uphill climb.
“I feel like that’s why so many people are turned off by politics, is because of the vitriol, because of the backbiting, the mudslinging,” said Singer.
The two also co-authored an op-ed in the Deseret News.
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Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital and its Staff After Newborn Suffocates in Hospital Bed
By Michelle Ciolek of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz posted in Medical Malpractice on Thursday, August 24, 2017.
Recently, an Oregon woman filed a lawsuit against Portland Adventist Medical Center and one of the hospital's nurses after the woman's newborn son suffocated in a hospital bed. According to the lawsuit, a hospital nurse brought the newborn to the mother's hospital room to breastfeed in the middle of the night. The nurse placed the infant on the mother's bed and left them unattended. Approximately three hours earlier, the mother, who had delivered the baby by cesarean section, was given narcotic pain medication and sleep aids. An hour later, the mother noticed that her son was unresponsive and called for a nurse. After emergency care, the baby was stabilized and placed on life support. The infant underwent a full evaluation and treatment for six days. After a battery of tests, doctors determined that the infant had suffered severe hypoxia and his brain was severely and permanently damaged. The family later agreed to terminate life support and the newborn passed away at ten days old. The family is seeking more than $8 million in economic and non-economic damages.
In late October 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) announced new safe sleep recommendations to protect against sleep-related infant deaths. AAP recommendations on creating a safe sleep environment include placing the infant on his or her back on a firm sleep surface such as a crib or bassinet with a tight-fitting sheet and avoiding the use of soft bedding, including crib bumpers, blankets, pillows and soft toys. AAP also recommends having infants share a bedroom with parents, but not the same sleeping surface, for at least the first six months.
If you or someone you know has been injured as a result of a hospital's negligence, contact an attorney at Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Aziz today by calling 713-222-7211 or 1-800-870-9584 for your free consultation.
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Taylor Named To NEAC Second Team All-Conference Squad
GANSEVOORT, N.Y. – Junior E.J. Taylor (Tampa Bay, Fla.) of the Wells College men's basketball team has been selected to the North Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Second Team All-Conference squad, the conference office announced late Monday afternoon.
Taylor earns placement on an All-Conference squad for the first time in his career and is the sixth different player in Wells men's basketball history to make an All-Conference team.
This season, Taylor was the only member of the Express to earn starts in all 25 games. He went on to average a team-best 16.3 points per game, ranking him third in the NEAC in scoring. Additionally, Taylor's 64 three-point baskets this season set a single-season record. Taylor also forced home 91-of-115 free throws, shooting 79.1% from the charity stripe. His 43 steals also were tops amongst all Express players while his 105 total rebounds ranked him third on the team.
In 2012-13, Taylor recorded double-digit points in 20 of his 25 games, ending his season with a 10 game streak of at least 14 points scored. He has also poured in at least one three-point basket in 19 straight games and has scored at least one three-point basket in all but two of his 45 career games. Nationally, Taylor ranks 67th overall in both three-point field goals per game (2.56) and three-point field goal percentage (34.6%). He also ranks second in the NEAC in both of the aforementioned categories.
On Jan. 16 of this year, Taylor's 36 points in one game against Keuka College ranks him second all-time in program history. In the contest, Taylor hammered home a program-record nine three-point baskets, shattering the previous record of six made by Rionn Pradia (2x, at Cazenovia, 2/17/10; at SUNYIT, 2/6/10) and Greg Jones (at Cazenovia, 2/17/10). On two occasions this season, Taylor was perfect from the charity stripe – he buried all six attempts at Brockport St. on Dec. 30, 2012 and all seven against Grove City on Nov. 17, 2012.
Across his career, Taylor has made appearances in 45 games, drawing 42 starts. He has proved his durability to Head Coach Joe Wojtylko, averaging 30.7 minutes played per game for the Express. He has averaged 12.8 points per game while also shooting a combined 41.1% from the floor across two seasons. He currently ranks first all-time in program history with 102 career three's, securing the century mark against SUNYIT on Feb. 10.
Additionally, Taylor ranks first in three-point field goals attempted (294) while ranking third in free throw percentage (78.4%), fourth in steals (74), fourth in games started (42), sixth in field goals attempted (438), sixth in free throws made (116), seventh in total points scored (578), seventh in scoring average (12.8), ninth in three-point percentage (34.7%), ninth in assists (64) and 10th in rebounds (149) and games played (45).
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July 15, 2013 37 Student-Athletes Earn NEAC Scholar-Athlete Recognition
May 31, 2013 Wells Earns Its Highest-Ever NEAC President’s Cup Ranking
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February 24, 2013 NEAC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: Men’s Basketball vs. Morrisville St.
February 24, 2013 Men's Basketball Edged In NEAC Title Game, 74-72
February 23, 2013 NEAC SEMIFINAL PREVIEW: Men's Basketball vs. Penn St.-Berks
February 23, 2013 Hurtado, Taylor Lift Men’s Basketball To NEAC Championship Game
February 19, 2013 Taylor Named To NEAC Second Team All-Conference Squad
February 18, 2013 Men’s and Women’s Basketball To Compete In NEAC Postseason Play
February 16, 2013 Men’s Basketball Secures 74-64 Victory Over Keuka
February 10, 2013 Taylor Buries 100th Career “Three”, Men’s Basketball Knocks Off SUNYIT
February 9, 2013 Last Minute Heroics Lift Men’s Basketball Past Cobleskill, 70-69
February 6, 2013 Second Half Rally Falls Short Against Morrisville State
January 31, 2013 30 Student-Athletes Earn Placement On Wells College Dean’s List
January 30, 2013 Juniors Jumpstart Offense In 69-62 Victory Over Cazenovia
January 27, 2013 Men’s Basketball Secures Come-From-Behind Victory Over SUNYIT
January 26, 2013 Hurtado Posts Career High 23 In 75-61 Loss To SUNY Cobleskill
January 23, 2013 Men’s Basketball Drops 71-58 Contest To Morrisville State
January 21, 2013 Taylor Honored With NEAC Student-Athlete Of The Week Award
January 19, 2013 Late Three-Pointer Sinks Men’s Basketball, 72-71
January 16, 2013 Taylor Shatters Three-Point Record In 83-65 Victory Over Keuka
January 13, 2013 Second Half Shooting Woes Doom Men’s Basketball Versus Gallaudet
January 12, 2013 Taylor’s 17 Points Power Men’s Basketball Past Nittany Lions, 53-49
January 5, 2013 Men’s Basketball Drops Third Straight Contest, 57-48
January 4, 2013 Men’s Basketball Set Down By Nittany Lions, 77-64
December 30, 2012 Express Dropped By Brockport In Tournament Finale, 79-57
December 29, 2012 Men’s Basketball Sets Down Kangaroos 74-63
December 18, 2012 Express Stung By Yellow Jackets In Non-Conference Tilt
December 6, 2012 Men’s Basketball Earns First NEAC Victory Over Cazenovia
December 4, 2012 Men’s Basketball Posts 73-64 Loss To Nazareth
November 30, 2012 Men's Basketball Drops 87-55 Contest To Ithaca
November 28, 2012 Express Battle For 79-77 OT Victory Over Saxons
November 27, 2012 Men’s Basketball Looks Forward To NEAC Opener
November 26, 2012 Bishop Tabbed As NEAC Student-Athlete of the Week
November 25, 2012 Men’s Basketball Drops Non-Conference Tilt To Hartwick, 94-61
November 20, 2012 Hurtado, Taylor Set Pace In 92-82 Men’s Basketball Victory
November 17, 2012 Men's Basketball Records 78-75 Victory Over Grove City
November 16, 2012 Men's Basketball Upended By Penn State Behrend, 77-43
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HomeMusic SceneSnap Scene: Alter Bridge & Like a Storm, Festival Hall – Melbourne 6th April 2017
Snap Scene: Alter Bridge & Like a Storm, Festival Hall – Melbourne 6th April 2017
April 13, 2017 Paul Miles
American rock band Alter Bridge played Melbourne’s Festival Hall on Thursday 6 April 2017 as part of their Australian & New Zealand Tour. Formed in Orlando, Florida during 2004 after Creed disbanded (one of the best-selling artist of the 2000s), Alter Bridge is known for their acclaimed live shows and extensive touring. The band is led by lead vocalist and guitarist Myles Kennedy (Slash, The Mayfield Four), along with Mark Tremonti (Creed, Tremonti) on lead guitar, Brian Marshall (Creed, Tremonti) on bass, and Scott Phillips (Creed, Projected) on drums. Touring behind their fifth studio album The Last Hero that was released last October and reached #6 on the Australian ARIA Albums chart, Alter Bridge thrilled their loyal fans with another solid performance.
New Zealand hard rockers Like a Storm played their first-ever Melbourne show at Festival Hall on Thursday 6 April 2017, as support for Alter Bridge. After forming in Auckland during 2005, they moved to North America and began touring the US in 2009, joining Creed on nationwide tour. The band comprises the Brooks brothers: Chris on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Matt on lead guitar, and Kent on bass, along with drummer Zach Wood. Like a Storm is , and they won over more fans on this night. The band’s third studio album is expected to be released in 2017. Their previous two studio albums debuted in the U.S. Billboard 200, making them the highest charting New Zealand hard rock band in American radio history.
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In Search of the Real Elizabeth Warren
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By Llewellyn King
I went to Boston this week in pursuit of the real Elizabeth Warren. You see, I don’t think the whole story of Warren comes across on television where she can seem overstated, too passionate about everyday things to be taken seriously.
Like others, I’ve wondered why the progressives are so enamored of her. Suffolk University, mostly known for its authoritative polls, gave her platform as part of an ongoing series of public events in conjunction with The Boston Globe. But whether the dearest hopes of the progressives will be fulfilled, or whether the senior senator from Massachusetts has reached her political apogee is unclear.
What I did find is that Warren has star power. She is a natural at the podium, and revels in it. At least she did at Suffolk, where the cognoscenti came out to roar their affirmation every time she threw them some red meat, which she did often.
Here’s a sampling:
On student loans: “The U.S. government is charging too much interest on student loans. It shouldn’t be making money on the backs of students.”
On the U.S. Senate: “It was rigged and is rigged [by lobbyists and money in politics]. The wind only blows in one direction in Washington … to make sure that the rich have power and remain in power.”
Warren’s questioner, Globe political reporter Joshua Miller, led her through the predictable obstacle course of whether she was angling to be the vice presidential candidate, if Joe Biden runs and becomes the Democratic nominee. She waffled on this question, as one expected, admitting to long talks about policy with Biden and declaring herself prepared to talk policy with anyone. She said the subject of the vice presidency might have come up.
Short answer, in my interpretation: She would join the ticket in a heartbeat. This isn’t only for reasons of ambition — of which she has demonstrated plenty, from her odyssey through law schools, until she found a perch at Harvard as a full professor — but also age.
Warren is 66 years old and although her demeanor and appearance are of a much younger woman, the math is awkward. There are those in the Democratic Party who say she needs a full term in the Senate to get some legislative experience and to fulfill the commitment of her first elected office. But eight years from now, she’ll probably be judged as too old to run for president.
Clearly Warren didn’t fancy the punishment, and probable futility, of a run against Hillary Clinton. But the vice presidency might suit her extraordinarily well, given Biden’s age of 72.
Warren has stage presence; she fills a room. She is funny, notwithstanding that you can be too witty in national politics, as with failed presidential aspirants Mo Udall and Bob Dole. She reminds me of those relentlessly upbeat mothers, who were always on-call to fix things in the children’s books of my youth.
Although Warren comes from a working-class background, years of success at the best schools has left her with the patina of someone from the comfortable classes; someone for whom things work out in life. She counters this by stressing the plight of the middle class, the decline in real wages and her won passion for fast food and beer — light beer, of course.
Warren’s father was janitor in Oklahoma who suffered from heart disease and her mother worked for the Sears catalog. The young Elizabeth did her bit for the family income by waitressing.
However, it’s hard to imagine her at home at a union fish fry. My feeling is that she’d be more comfortable — the life of the party, in fact — at a yacht club.
Progressives yearn for Warren and she speaks to their issues: the lack of Wall Street regulation and federal medical research dollars, and the need for gun control, student loan reform, equal pay for equal work, and government contracting reform.
Less dour than Bernie Sanders, and less extreme, it’s no wonder they long for her to occupy high office; she’s a classic, untrammeled liberal.
All in all, I’d like to go to a party where Warren is the host: the kind where they serve more than light beer. — For InsideSources.com.
Filed Under: King's Commentaries Tagged With: 2016 presidential election, Boston, Democrats, Harvard University, Hillary Clinton, Joshua Miller, King Commentary, Massachusetts, medical research, National Institutes of Health, NIH, progressives, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Social Security, student loans, Suffolk University, The Boston Globe, U.S. Senate, Vermont, Vice President Joe Biden, Wall Street
A Primer for the New Congress
November 10, 2014 by White House Chronicle Leave a Comment
Welcome to Washington, new members of Congress. It is a city of museums, statues, self-importance and arcane ways.
After a post-campaign vacation, you will be ready to take on the world — or at least this city — and begin to make things right. You are coming here to cut through the crap, straighten out the mess, to return the peoples’ government to the people.
You are feeling good, even invincible. This sense of euphoria and possibility is normal. It is nothing to be worried about — and it will pass.
As most of the new class is Republican, you are going to stop the rot come what may. No more liberal shenanigans, no more creeping socialism, no more welfare state, no more European-style mollycoddling of the undeserving.
You are going to loosen the shackles on business and watch it rise like a jolly green giant who has shaken off his captors, including the Bureau of Land Management, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Internal Revenue Service.
Oops! Before we go any further, maybe you should pick a target. EPA and IRS are very unpopular — those two are enough for now.
It goes without saying that you are against Obamacare and that should be repealed, or go unfunded, or be replaced with something. Be careful: it may not be as unpopular with your constituents as it is at the country club.
But do not let things like that worry you. You have been elected to Congress. Hallelujah! Reality will not set in until you get to your first caucus, or you see the lousy office you have been assigned, or you learn that that committee appointment you cherished is not coming your way.
Again, worry not. You are about to make a lot of new friends; really nice people, people who will do anything you ask. They have advice about where to live, whom to hire, what schools to send the little ones to — if you have not already decided to leave them back home, which you may when you find out the cost of housing in Washington.
Anyway, the new friends will help you through the intricacies of being a member of Congress. They will advise you on which forms to fill in, how to get your expense reimbursements. Such helpful people. They will also give you advice on issues that are new to you, like net neutrality, the Law of the Sea, and the reason companies have to move overseas.
Amazingly, they also have tickets to wonderful sports events with local teams: the Redskins (football), the Capitals (hockey), the Nationals (baseball). They also have tickets to cultural events, from plays at the Kennedy Center to exhibitions at the National Gallery of Art. It helps so say you love the arts when you are railing against the National Endowment for the Arts, PBS and NPR.
These new friends are the lobbyists, and they have your number already. They know what you like to drink or eat, and whether you prefer to bike, hike or sail. Everything can be arranged. Trust them. They will also guide you on delicate legislative issues; no pressure, just guidance. And who are you to refuse a friend?
Dear Democrats, you are not forgotten but not well remembered either. Your party lost, and you know what that makes you. For two years you must walk the halls of Congress mumbling about income redistribution; how many successes President Obama actually chalked up, but failed to trumpet; and cursing, under your breath, the presence of money in politics — unless it is union money.
There will also be real pleasure for you in thinking up hateful things to say about the new Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, and be quoted saying them in social media.
Whatever your party, as your first term wears on, you will get to feel at home on Capitol Hill. You will know how to play the lobbyists, one against the other, and how to discomfort the leadership of your own party. But mostly, you will come to love Big Government. Welcome to the Washington elite. — For the Hearst-New York Times Syndicate
Filed Under: King's Commentaries Tagged With: Capitol Hill, Democrats, King Commentary, lobbyists, midterm elections, President Obama, Republicans, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S.Congress, Washington D.C.
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But When Are You Supposed to Grieve in Dementialand?
I gave a presentation for dementia family caregivers at a memory care community last fall. A middle-aged woman in the front row did not seem impressed with me at all. She almost scowled at me when we did make eye contact, but for most of my presentation she stared at the wall above my head. I wondered if I had said something to offend her. After I was done talking, she came up to me.
She blurted out, “My husband has early onset Alzheimer’s. So when am I supposed to grieve?”
I asked her what she meant. She said she grieved when he was diagnosed. She grieved when he had to move to the memory care community. She grieved again when he no longer knew who she was.
She seemed so angry. I wasn’t sure if she was angry at Alzheimer’s, grief, or me. Maybe all three of us.
“When he dies, am I supposed to grieve again?” she asked me. She seemed almost annoyed at the idea of having to grieve again after all the grieving she had already done.
This question likely stemmed from concept I mentioned during my presentation. I had talked briefly about “ambiguous loss,” which means that there is some uncertainty about whether someone is gone. Examples would be soldiers who are missing in action and people who are in comas. More recently, we’ve applied this term to people with dementia.
When do you grieve when you’re not sure if people are dead or alive? Do you grieve if they’re right there with you but they linger somewhere between this world and another? Those are the types of questions families undergoing ambiguous loss encounter.
When someone dies in a car accident, grief comes all at once. When someone dies of Alzheimer’s, the loss is much different. I’m not making the case that it’s easier or harder, better or worse. But it’s a different journey. We may feel like we’ve lost our loved one little by little over years. In some ways, we might feel like there is little left to lose when death comes. And yet, even if there is relief, there is still a loss.
I’m not an expert on grief, but I will tell you this… I hate Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s stages of grief. You know the model. There’s denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I used to think these stages didn’t work for dementia because of the long goodbyes and multiple gradual losses involved in diseases that cause dementia. But it’s only recently that I’ve realized that these stages don’t work for grief in general.
In defense of Kubler-Ross, she eventually came to state that all stages were not experienced by everyone, that the stages did not always occur in order, and that some people experienced emotions outside of the five that she listed. Most thanatologists (those are people who study death–fun, right?) acknowledge there is no real research or evidence to support Kubler-Ross’s stages.
Despite these limitations, people generally really like the theory. Why? Because it’s comforting to think we progress through these stages and come out at the other end (acceptance). But when we lose someone close to us, it’s not that simple. Grief just isn’t that clean and tidy.
And when we grieve, we often have the expectation that the progress will be linear. That we will “progress” forward at a steady rate toward some end goal. But in reality, there is no end goal. There’s no point where we won’t hurt. The best case scenario is that we get to a point where life is enjoyable despite the pain.
We often are also told that our grief will make us better, stronger people. I think that’s a bunch of crap. A college student of mine lost her sister and received a sympathy card that suggested she would emerge on the other edge of her grief as a wiser and more loving individual. She said she didn’t want to be wiser and more loving; she just wanted her sister back.
I once talked to a woman who had just lost her husband to dementia. She was relatively young (probably in her 50’s). She told me she was scared she could never enjoy life again, but her bigger fear was that she could enjoy life again. And if she could enjoy life again, what would that mean about her? It terrified her that a week or so after her husband’s death she went out with some friends for margaritas and actually had a pretty good time.
“But my husband hadn’t known me for a year,” she said, as if she needed to defend herself. She certainly didn’t need to defend herself–not to me, anyway. “It’s like I didn’t know what stage to be in…so I went out for margaritas. In my mind, I shouldn’t have gone out for margaritas until he was gone at least a month.”
And then there was the woman who had lost her husband to Alzheimer’s after taking care of him for 15 years. She said when she passed she felt a lot of things, but the overwhelming feeling was uselessness. Who was she if she was no longer his caregiver? Was there even a reason to get up in the morning? Although she was continually frustrated by her husband’s dependence on her (and resentful of her caregiving responsibilities), she cried after he passed because no one needed her. Kubler-Ross never mentioned uselessness.
The problem with the Kuber-Ross stage theory is that it sets up some expectations and predictions for grief. And when we don’t follow the path we expect, we think we’re doing something wrong. This is even more evident when we experience “long goodbyes” like those that happen in Alzheimer’s.
When that woman asked me if she was supposed to grieve again when her husband died, I didn’t have a good answer. I told her however she felt at his death would be okay, and she wouldn’t really know until she got there. I drove two hours home that night (in a blizzard, nonetheless) thinking about what would have been a better response.
I wish I had said that there is no “supposed to” when it comes to grief.
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7 thoughts on “But When Are You Supposed to Grieve in Dementialand?”
Margaret Galdies says:
I’m grieving right now. My husband has Lewy Body Disease and sometimes he’s in the present and other times he’s far away. He’s always conscious of who I am but he’s definitely not the man I planned to spend my retirement with. He’s lost a lot of his motor skills (he also has Parkinson’s) and cognitively he’s all over the place. I grieve for my loss but I also grieve for his because he’s always trying in his mind to manage construction projects that he finished decades ago. He still maintains a sense of humor, teasing the staff at the nursing home, and is loved by everyone, but the real him has gone with just a glimpse shining through occasionally.
Drew D. says:
So true. Grief isn’t a one-size-fits-all kind of thing, and I’ve found it common to experience grief before the event that would cause it – “proactive” grieving.
Random, but I was reading an article about Keanu Reeves the other day (Yes, I said that.), and he said something that stuck with me: “Grief changes shape, but it never ends.”
I just read that same article about Keanu Reeves – the great philosopher of our time! And that resonated with me as well.
And grieving before the event is called “anticipatory” grief in the field of thanatology, but I think I like “proactive” grief better so I might steal that from you (which is actually plagiarism)….
Ruth L says:
Professor Eshbaugh,
I wish this blog was wrote 8 years ago. My mom had dementia induced from kidney infection as you know it can happen in the elderly, fortunately it reversed itself but she wasn’t quite the same. Her shprt term memory was never the same. While she was in that period I grieved because of all the memories that were gone. When she did pass on to a better place what I did feel was a peace and a sense of relief.
Ruth–Thanks for your comment. I’m sorry you had to go on this journey with your mother, and I can totally understand why you felt a sense of peace after she passed away. Elaine
I’m not a fan of Kubler-Ross either. But I do think studying death is fun. 🙂
And I am so glad you do think it’s fun, Christy!
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Sports Top Stories
'Robot Umpire' Used In Minor League All-Star Game To Call Balls And Strikes
posted by Bill Galluccio - Jul 11, 2019
For the first time in a professional baseball game, balls and strikes were called by an electronic system. The Trackman system for calling balls and strikes made its debut on Wednesday (July 10) night during the Atlantic League All-Star game. The Trackman computer tracking system uses Doppler radar to determine if a pitch is a ball or strike. After a pitch is thrown, the information is relayed to the home plate umpire who makes the call official.
While the system is supposed to be more accurate and precise, it still has some flaws that need to be ironed out. The biggest issue is that a ball that bounces in the dirt but crosses the plate is considered a strike. The system is also unable to determine if a player checked their swing, so the home plate umpire will still need to make some calls behind the plate. Additionally, there is a slight delay, which led to some awkward moments as players were unsure if they had struck out on close pitches. The umpire has the final say on whether a pitch is a ball or a strike and can overrule the system.
Despite the issues with the system, the players seemed to like it. One thing pitchers noticed is that pitches up in the zone were being consistently called strikes.
"Technically, they're strikes, but umpires never called them," pitcher Mitch Atkins said.
Home plate umpire Brian deBrauwere is a fan of the new system.
"This is just another plate job, and I just get a little help on this one, so I feel very relaxed going into this one," he said.
The electronic system will be implemented throughout the league, and MLB will evaluate the system before deciding if it will start using it at the major league level.
"We're very excited about what this portends not only for our league but for the future of baseball," Atlantic League President Rick White said. "What we know is technology can help umpires be more accurate, and we're committed to that. We think the Atlantic League is being a pioneer for all of the sport."
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Schooled Reporting on education
Associated Press/Photo by J. Scott Applewhite (file)The Supreme Court in Washington
Religious scholars need not apply?
Education | The Supreme Court takes on what could become a landmark school choice case
Posted 7/03/19, 04:27 pm
Kendra Espinoza worked two jobs to scrape enough money together to send her two daughters to Stillwater Christian School four years ago after they had problems in their public school. The Montana single mother was also counting on scholarship money from a program funded by donors who received a new state tax credit for giving to scholarships for private schools, both religious and secular. But the Montana Department of Revenue refused to allow any money from the program to go to students at faith-based schools. Espinoza and two other mothers sued the state, and the U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it would hear their case.
The law Montana officials used to justify restricting the scholarship funds is known there and elsewhere as the Blaine Amendment, named after former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives James G. Blaine. Montana added such an amendment to its state constitution in 1889. Tim Keller, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm representing Espinoza and the two other mothers, told me 37 states have passed their own version of the amendment. It was originally designed on the federal level to target Catholic schools and has become “a favored weapon of the opponents of school choice,” Keller said.
After Espinoza and the other families sued, the Montana Supreme Court not only ruled against them in a 5-2 decision but also found that the entire school choice program was unconstitutional and struck down the tax credits available to donors.
Keller said the Institute for Justice plans to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court that the school choice program didn’t aid schools—as is required to violate the Blaine Amendment—but rather helped individuals. That argument has worked in places like Wisconsin and Puerto Rico, he said.
But others want to go further. John Bursch, an attorney with the religious liberty law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, told me the court ought to strike down Blaine amendments altogether. ADF has filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.
“It makes more sense for a federal court to say, across the board, ‘We don’t tolerate this kind of religious animosity,’” Bursch said. “[Blaine amendments] should be burned and put on the scrapheap of history.” He referenced an example in Michigan, where the state forced private religious schools to complete mandated procedures like fire drills and background checks but could not fund them because of the state’s Blaine Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a similar case in 2017, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer, in which a Missouri Lutheran church tried to resurface its playground with recycled tire material through a state grant program. State officials rejected the school’s application because it was a religious organization. But the court found that denying the church’s request violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The decision prevented the imposition of “special disabilities on the basis of religious views or religious status.”
If the highest court in the land were to strike down Blaine amendments across the country, Bursch said, “it would open the door at the federal and state level for money to flow into private religious schools. It opens up the opportunity for religious schools to compete for government dollars on an equal footing with everyone else.”
Oral arguments in the Espinoza case won’t happen until at least the fall, and they will probably be closer to the end of the year, Keller said. A decision would most likely come in the spring of 2020. —Kyle Ziemnick
Associated Press/Photo by David Zalubowski (file) STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado
Charter continues after shooting
A Colorado charter school received a conditional five-year contract renewal Saturday after a fatal shooting there in May prompted questions about its safety, reporting, and staffing measures.
Two students attacked STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, wounding eight people and killing one 18-year-old classmate who tackled one of the shooters. The two teenagers charged in the attack told police they knew which entrances to use to avoid getting caught, according to court documents. The school’s private security guard mistakenly fired at a sheriff’s deputy and wounded a student during the attack. He later captured one of the shooters.
Hours before the school was set to lose its contract, the Douglas County Board of Education unanimously renewed it after heated negotiations. The new contract requires higher staff-to-student ratios and increased training in threat and safety assessments. The school also must contract with local law enforcement agencies for tightened security and hire assigned officers for its K-12 programs.
Parents of students argued the science and math–focused school provides a haven for children who struggle in the traditional public school system. —Mary Jackson
Associated Press/Photo by Richard Vogel George Tyndall at Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday
Campus gynecologist arrested
George Tyndall, a former longtime campus gynecologist at the University of Southern California, was arrested last week on charges of 29 felonies, including the sexual assault of 16 women.
Authorities accused Tyndall, 72, of sexually abusing hundreds of women at the campus student health center. Patients ranging from ages 17 to 29 reported the abuse, prompting a Los Angeles police investigation that lasted more than a year. Tyndall’s charges include 18 counts of sexual penetration and 11 counts of sexual battery by fraud.
Victims visited the center for annual exams or other treatment. They were unaware of what was happening because Tyndall told them it was part of medical treatment, according to the criminal complaint.
Tyndall has denied any wrongdoing. He could face up to 53 years in prison if convicted. —M.J.
JennyBeth
Posted: Thu, 07/04/2019 01:35 pm
It would probably be for the best if religious schools didn't get government money--it's easy to become dependent on it, and then what happens when the governments start requiring liberal sex ed, non-discrimination for openly LGBTQ teachers and administrators, abortion funding for employees, etc. to continue receiving the funds? The schools may be facing a "compromise or close" scenario.
Hawkdriver
Posted: Sat, 07/06/2019 09:32 am
My wife and I went to private schools K-12 and, by God's Grace, we've homeschooled all 5 of our children. We support private, Biblically centered Christian education.
I understand what you are saying, but, if this Supreme Court case really does open the flood gates of public funding to private schools, I think we would be foolish not to Biblically educate as many young people as possible in our country. We need God's Truth in this nation. If the money starts coming, use it wisely. Our local Christian school that we support started using state money last year making sure they budgeted to live without it. They greatly increased their enrollment and now more kids are hearing God's truth. If the money starts coming with strings attached, stop taking it. It wouldn't be the first time the government tried to control Christian education.
One thing to be very, very concerned about, however, is the influence of kids coming from non-Christian homes with much lower or no standards on entertainment, discipline, etc. If this case opens the funding and Christians take it, we should consider how kids are brought in. Maybe, we have hybrid schools that work specifically to teach the Good News of Christ (evangelize) and more basic discipleship in one school and a separate school for those who are already seeking Christ whole heartedly but aren't quite ready for the full onslaught of immorality prevalent in our society. We should be extremely prayerful, Biblically wise and careful no matter how we proceed. Thoughts?
news2me
Posted: Sat, 07/06/2019 05:58 pm
Non-Christian students have been attending Christian schools for a long time. Non-Christian parents have no problem stating that they are Christians. They take their troubled child who is dealing &/or using drugs (or just being a bully) out of public school and put the child into a Christian school. Parents and teachers unaware of this get quite a lesson. Parents should always discern who they allow their children to play with or sleep over. Not all parents have the same restrictions about what their children do or watch. We learned this thru Home Schooling. Even home-schooled families may have different morals than your family. Even pastors with children might have different morals than you might expect. Have seen a pastor's children who had CABLE TV right in their own bedrooms. And then they welcomed missionary families with children to stay at their home while they were away.
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‘Game of Thrones’ Won’t Return Until 2019
HBO on Thursday confirmed speculation that its hit show Game of Thrones won't return for its final season until 2019.
"It's official: @GameOfThrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019," HBO wrote on its public relations Twitter account Thursday afternoon.
Crews were still filming the show's final season as of late December, Deadline reported.
HBO said in a news release Thursday that David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, David Nutter and Miguel Sapochnik will direct the new episodes, alongside writers that include Benioff, Weiss, Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill. Benioff, Weiss, Carolyn Strauss and Frank Doelger will be the show's executive producers. Bryan Cogman, Guymon Casady, Vince Gerardis and series author George R.R. Martin will serve as co-executive producers.
Also on Thursday, Syfy confirmed it ordered another series based on a Martin-penned book, Nightflyers. Martin will not work on that project because of the exclusive nature of his HBO contract.
In an interview published by Deadline in December, Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow on the show, said he felt an added pressure in working on the last season.
"I think there's a certain pressure I've not felt before," Harington said. "Whereas before, every year there's always been a bit of pressure, this season is one where we could easily let people down."
But Harington qualified that statement by saying production was "going really well."
"These days are long and a grind but we've got the first section out of the way, and all is well," Harington said. "All is good."
By Sam Howard, UPI.com
Copyright © 2018 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Source: ‘Game of Thrones’ Won’t Return Until 2019
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Secretary of State Clinton Announces 100,000 Strong Foundation
100,000 Strong to Expand Study Abroad in China
Washington, DC, Jan. 24, 2013 – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, as part of her ongoing commitment to the US-China relationship, on Thursday announced the creation of the 100,000 Strong Foundation to enhance and expand opportunities for US students to learn Mandarin and study in China.
Media Contact: Erin Billings
EBillings@podesta.com
The 100,000 Strong Foundation is a new non-profit, housed at the School of International Service at American University in Washington, DC. Its mission is to strengthen the US-China strategic relationship through study abroad.
The Foundation was borne out of a US State Department initiative of a similar name – the 100,000 Strong Initiative – that was first announced by President Barack Obama in 2009. Secretary Clinton launched the Initiative in 2010. The effort has been backed by the Chinese government, which is offering 20,000 scholarships for Americans to study in China. The 100,000 Strong Foundation understands that the future of the US-China strategic relationship rests with our young people.
“Relationships between nations are rooted in the relationships between their people. And here, we are counting on the American and Chinese people to contribute to the enduring nature of this consequential relationship,” Secretary Clinton said. “I believe that the more Chinese and American people learn about each other – as students and scholars, as innovators and entrepreneurs, as artists and athletes, as members of two great, rich, and distinct cultures – the more resilient our relationship can be.”
“Studying abroad in China is life-changing,” said Carola McGiffert, president of the 100,000 Strong Foundation. “It opens eyes and doors to the future. American youth return from China with new friendships and the cultural and professional skills to succeed in the global economy.”
The 100,000 Strong Foundation was established through the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the Florence Fang Family Foundation. It is governed by an 11-member board of US-China experts, scholars, philanthropists and business executives who are committed to the Foundation’s mission.
“The Ford Foundation is honored to support the 100,000 Strong Foundation,” said Luis Ubiñas, the president of the Ford Foundation. “Through the Foundation, we are able to invest in our young people and make a long-term, sustained commitment to the US-China relationship.”
“The US-China strategic partnership is of vital importance and must be cultivated,” said Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific affairs. “The 100,000 Strong Foundation will enable us to build relationships and to deepen our understanding of one another; it will help us confront and meet our shared challenges.”
Secretary Clinton’s full remarks at the launch of the 100,000 Strong Foundation
Ben Franklin Room
Thank you. Well, we’re all getting a little emotional and sentimental around here – (laughter) – with about a little over a week to go in my tenure. And I am so pleased to welcome all of you here. I see many, many familiar faces and some good friends in this audience.
And I particularly want to thank Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell for driving not only this program, but so much that we have accomplished in the last four years to deepen and strengthen our relationship with China and others in the region, but particularly with China, as it is such a consequential relationship, one that we believe so strongly in. Ambassador Zhang, once again, welcome to the State Department. Because it is, for us, a way of making clear that our relations, government-to-government, are obviously essential. But it is those people-to-people ties that are going to determine the quality of the relationship for the future.
Our engagement with China today deals with a wide range of the most pressing challenges and the most exciting opportunities. And when we began looking at ways to make our exchanges with China more productive, we of course ramped up our diplomatic engagement. We took delegations of investors and entrepreneurs to China. We institutionalized the Strategic and Economic Dialogue. We are very clear that what we’ve tried to build, an architecture that will stand the test of time regardless of what is going on in either of our countries, has been an essential effort.
And in 2010, we launched the 100,000 Strong Initiative. And as Kurt said, this is aimed at increasing the number of American students studying in China to 100,000 over four years. We focused on student exchanges because we believe that the future is very clearly in the hands of the young people of both of our countries. And the more we can foster exchanges and understanding, mutual trust, the better off not only the relationship will be, but each of our countries individually. We have to have far more than conversations with diplomats or journalists or leaders or businesspeople. There’s nothing more important than trying to build a structure of exchanges between us when it comes to students and other young people.
Now, we’ve made tremendous progress since 2010. We’ve already expanded study abroad programs. We’ve supported scholarship funds to help American students from underserved communities study in China. We’ve worked with EducationUSA to provide tools and resources for Chinese students seeking to study here. And the number of students coming between our two countries continues to grow. But we still have a lot of room for improvement.
So I’m happy today that we’re launching a permanent, independent nonprofit organization focused not only on our goal of 100,000 American students in China by 2014, but on continuing to strengthen the student exchanges for years to come. And I’m so grateful to all of our State Department partners who are here today who have helped put the 100,000 Strong Foundation together.
As I think back on the four years that I’ve been privileged to serve as Secretary of State, there are moments that just jump out of my memory bank. And one of them is when I finally got to our pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, which, as a number of you know, I am very proud to be called the mother of whenever I go to China because of the circumstances in which it was birthed. (Laughter.) But when I did get there for this magnificent expo that had been built up with pavilions from around the world and a magnificent Chinese pavilion, I was thrilled that the main attraction of our USA Pavilion were American students who had been studying Chinese, who were our designated hosts and greeters.
And I had the best time watching long lines of Chinese citizens who were coming to see our pavilion like they had been coming to see all of the pavilions looking surprised when some little African American girl would come up and start talking to them in Chinese, or some big tall Hispanic youngster would give them directions about how to go through the pavilion, or some other child – child; I’m so old, they’re all children – (laughter) – but some other student would come up and say something similar. And it was wonderful to watch the interchange. And I talked to some of the students. “Where were you from?” “Oh, from LA.” “Where are you from?” “Oh, from New York City.” And so many of these young people were first-generation college students in America who had just become taken with China, and so they were studying Chinese and now they were there as official representatives of the United States Government.
I say that because that’s what we want to see more of. We want to see Chinese youngsters here, American youngsters in China, and we want to see them breaking down the barriers that exist between any peoples from different cultures and experiences and histories and backgrounds. And I think that will happen because in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago, young people in both China and the United States are global citizens. They are communicating with new tools of technology that were not even dreamt of a decade ago. And so they are already building cyber or Internet relationships, and we want to give them a chance to form the real deal – getting to know each other, getting to understand each other.
So I’m thrilled that we’re announcing this foundation. I thank everyone here at the State Department and all of our partners who are making this possible. And I’m also very excited because this is a perfect example of a public-private partnership, and nobody does it better than the United States. We really are good at this because we have a long tradition of understanding that we have to have both government action and government involvement, but where most of life takes place in our country is not there; it’s outside of government. It’s in these other institutions – colleges and universities, foundations and philanthropies, individual efforts of all kind. So we are deeply grateful that you have understood our vision for 100,000 Strong and are making it a reality.
And with that, let me turn it back to Assistant Secretary Campbell. Thank you all. (Applause.)
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04/13/19 - FOXBOROUGH, MA. - Atlanta United FC battles New England Revolution in a MLS regular season game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Photo by Matthew Modoono/ATULT
Photo: Modoono, Matthew/Modoono, Matthew
Martinez, Villalba invaluable in Atlanta United’s win over Revs
Doug Roberson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Neither Josef Martinez nor Hector Villalba scored in Atlanta United’s 2-0 win against New England on Saturday, but both were invaluable in helping the Five Stripes (1-2-2) earn their first MLS win this season.
Villalba, playing on the wing in a 4-4-1-1 formation, was credited with assists on Ezequiel Barco’s goals. His speed ripped apart New England’s defense. He also had two shots on goal, both right at goalkeeper Cody Cropper.
“He’s always a threat with his unpredictable skills,” Atlanta United manager Frank de Boer said. “His speed is sometimes amazing. He’s very difficult for defenders to defend because sometimes you don’t know what he does because he’s always going 100 percent. You saw today the danger he created for us.”
Martinez, playing as a striker with freedom to sometimes drop into a playmaker’s role, whiffed on a shot that likely would have resulted in his second goal in league play this season, but put teammates through on goal four times for scoring opportunities.
After scoring 34 goals in all games last season, Martinez’s lack of goals so far this season isn’t worrying his manager and teammates.
“Of course, he’s so eager to score, but he played fantastic,” de Boer said. “When he plays like this, his goals and his chances will come. I have no worry about that. He also has some fantastic passes. He worked hard. I’m 100 percent sure they will come if he plays like this.”
Winning makes everything better, and Atlanta United’s players got a few laughs from Saturday’s game.
Gressel joked that he told Martinez it’s OK to score when he passes him the ball. It was Gressel’s pass that Martinez uncharacteristically missed in the first half.
“I think first of all it’s important that we created chances for them,” Gressel said. “Josef could have had four goals, Tito another two. The goals will come.”
Barco laughed when asked if he realized he is the team’s leading goal-scorer (3).
“Our goal scorer is Josef,” he said. “Right now, he’s going through a moment where he’s not getting the luck for the balls to go in. He will soon revert to his usual form.”
Villalba laughed Tuesday when asked if the return to the 4-3-3, which the team used the previous two seasons, resulted in more confidence and, as a result, quicker play. After pointing out that the team played in the 4-4-1-1 – which is why he laughed -- he explained why the team looked better than it has compared with its previous four league games.
He said the team has trained in the 4-4-1-1 with Martinez dropping into a playmaking role. When Martinez moves further from goal, he brings defenders up the field with him. Their movements leave space behind the defense for Villalba and Gressel to run onto. A few of Martinez’s passes against New England did just that.
On the first goal, Martinez came back toward the ball and chipped a pass down the left sideline for Villalba to run through New England’s line and on to the ball. Villalba caught up to the pass, sprinted easily past Andrew Farrell to the end line, where he hit a simple pass back across the goal to Barco.
“The most important things in all of this is to win,” Villalba said. “That’s the main goal. But on a personal level, it’s always great when you are scoring goals or recording assists. But I said it last year, and it’s worth repeating: I love to assist my teammates. I really enjoy it. If I’m scoring goals, then great. But I love to assist my teammates.”
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How Mobile Alerts Can Save Lives During Emergencies
The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) ranks the Southeast Asian nation as the fourth most disaster prone country, trailing only the United States, China, and India. According to the UNISDR, there were 274 disasters recorded in the Philippines from 1995 to 2015.
It doesn’t help that the Philippines is located right in the path where most tropical storms pass. On the average, around 30 tropical storms or typhoons visit the country every year. This regular occurrence has put the lives of many Filipinos at risk.
However, text message alerts have proven to be heaven-sent for Filipinos who live in coastal areas and are thus at the risk of being affected by strong typhoons.
In 2014, residents of a remote village in the island of Samar were able to evacuate immediately before a strong typhoon hit their area. In a report by online news organization Rappler, village chief Ramil Ramirez shared how they were able to alert their townmates about the coming storm, and eventually, saved them from catastrophe. Ramirez received text messages from the town mayor before typhoon Ruby hit their area.
The experience of Ramirez and his town mates illustrate how a mobile alert app can save lives during emergencies.
Text messaging has inherent advantages as a communication tool that makes it an appropriate vehicle during emergency situations:
1. Less time consuming
Text messages are easier to relay than sending an email or placing a phone call. Mobile alert app that has pre-set messages can even make sending of alerts faster, eliminating the need to compose a message during a crisis. This inherent characteristic of text messaging makes it more appropriate during distressing situations like storms, earthquake, and even terrorist attacks.
2. Can be sent to the hearing impaired
Sending a message through a mobile alert app would also alert the deaf and hearing impaired.
3. Text messages can be sent to multiple parties
Another reason why messages relayed through a mobile alert app can help save lives during an emergency is that these messages can be sent to multiple recipients. SMS alerts allow a single party like the disaster coordinator of a town to communicate to a large number of people simultaneously. SMS can be sent to as many people all at once. Thus, the more individuals alerted and instructed to evacuate a certain place, the more lives that can be saved from natural and even man-made disasters.
4. Text messages can be received even by people who are in remote areas
Text messages can be received and read by people who own mobile phones. Going back to the case of Ramirez and his town mates, they were able to learn of the coming storm even if they had no television, radio, or computer because some of them had cellular phones. The town of Ramirez is one of the most remote and underprivileged in the island, but the state of the town’s economy didn’t prevent people from owning mobile phones.
It should be noted that mobile phones are more common than other traditional media like television, radio, and computer. In 2014, it was reported that there were more mobile phones on the world than people. Analysts at GSMA Intelligence were quoted as saying that there were around 7.2 billion mobile devices in the world, or more than the 7.19 billion people on the planet.
These inherent traits of mobile alerts showcase why SMS remains one of the best ways to communicate during emergencies, as exemplified by the experience of Ramirez and his people.
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Five Most Enthralling Horror Films
July 8, 2019 admin Uncategorized
Horror movies have long been the favorite of many moviegoers because of the pleasure and marvel on provide. The horror style is pretty free, but a key guideline is that a film creates panic and alarm for the audience. Horror films play on the worst fears of the target audience by way of taking something from ordinary life and turning it into somethingfrightening. most horror movies have one key person that personifies evil in a few way or has the capability to put the fear of God into others. typical horror films include one among a ghost, vampire, or zombie that lives among the overallpopulation and reasons as a lot havoc as possible. it can also be the case that violence is included in a horror movie that allows you to scare the target audience in addition. inside the horror genre are many sub-genres, inclusive of comedy horror, zombie horror, and supernatural horror. due to the fact the good sized majority of horror films consist of awfulscenes, maximum of these films receive a score that forbids younger audience from watching. this can no longer be a badthing due to the fact it is vital that children are blanketed from seeing frightening movies till their parents sense it isappropriate for them to do so. listed under are 5 of the maximum enthralling horror movies of all time.
based on a 1971 book of the identical name, “The Exorcist” is idea of via many as the finest horror movie of all time. Directed by William Friedkin, this 1973 traditional gets its thought from the 1949 exorcism case related to Roland Doe. the primary premise of the movie revolves around a young demon-possessed female whose mother makes use of exorcism to get her real daughter back. The film was a important success and earned ten Academy Award nominations. on the time, the film become ranked one of the maximum-grossing movies ever for any genre. “The Exorcist” turned into additionallythe primary horror film to be nominated for pleasant photograph on the Academy Awards.
“Scream” is an ordinary slasher film that follows the fortunes of a set of teenage buddies who are targeted by way of a mystery killer. proposing young stars together with Drew Barrymore, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette, the movie wasextensively considered a success and became a forbearer for slasher films of the destiny. although the film becamesurprisingly censored, it become capable of reach a huge target audience due to the inclusion of numerous mainstream actors and actresses. “Scream” turned into capable of reach a woman target market like no other ita film gratis horror film had achieved earlier than. for the reason that its release, “Scream” has come to be rather of a cult movie because of its fanatical following. Many sequels have been spawned since, with the franchise now mounted as the benchmark for the horror genre.
A loose remake of the 1954 film of the identical name, “Godzilla” is greater of a technological know-how fiction horror movie. The plot revolves round a nuclear occasion inside the South Pacific that reasons an abnormally large reptile to spring up. The monster makes its manner to the North American continent and chooses to wreak terror on big apple. at thetime of creating the film, a trilogy changed into inside the pipeline, however it in no way passed off. however, in 2010, legendary photographs picked up the rights to the franchise and deliberate a brand new movie of the equal call to be released in may additionally 2014.
“The Texas Chainsaw bloodbath”
“The Texas Chainsaw bloodbath” is a remake of a 1974 slasher film of the identical name. The 2003 film changed intodirected by using Marcus Nispel and produced by using Michael Bay but become co-produced with the aid of Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper, who additionally worked on the unique movie back within the Nineteen Seventies. despite many poorreviews, this film grossed over $a hundred million global, significantly extra than the $9.5 million budget that becameallocated to the film. After this movie, other films followed: “The Texas Chainsaw massacre: the beginning” and “Texas Chainsaw 3D.”
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Kirstin Yanisch graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Political Science and French. During her time at Wellesley, she spent a January term studying women and the political economy of Ghana at the University of Ghana Legon. Following this experience, she conducted field research on women’s leadership and empowerment initiatives in local microfinance groups in the Siddi community in rural Karnataka India before spending a year studying French in Aix-en-Provence, France. During this time, Kirstin interned with the Red Cross Migrant service in Marseilles, assisting asylum seekers with filing their applications. She was named a Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs fellow during her senior year of college and interned with the United Nation Foundation’s Every Woman, Every Child initiative following graduation. She then taught English in southwestern France for a year. Afterwards, she interned with the American Refugee Committee’s headquarters office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently, Kirstin is enrolled in Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program. Upon returning from working in Nepal with the National Network for the Families of the Disappeared(NEFAD) Kirsten reflected, "I am very grateful to the Advocacy Project for the opportunity of a lifetime. Through my time with the fellowship, I was challenged to translate humanitarian principles into action and was surrounded by people who became incredible friends."
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Israel's Lieberman to return to government
Netanyahu's announcement follows former foreign minister's acquittal on all corruption charges by Israeli court.
Lieberman, who takes a tough line on talks with Palestinians, stepped down from his position last year [Reuters]
Avigdor Lieberman, the former foreign minister, will return to the cabinet, the Israeli prime minister has said.
Netanyahu made the announcement on Wednesday shortly after Lieberman was cleared by an Israeli court on charges of fraud and breach of trust.
He was unanimously acquitted by a panel of three judges at Jerusalem Magistrates Court in a hearing which lasted just a few minutes, an Israeli radio station said.
"I congratulate you on the unanimous acquittal and am happy about your return to the Israeli government so we can continue working together for the good of the people of Israel," Netanyahu told Lieberman, according to a statement from the prime minister's office.
He did not say what role Lieberman would take in government, but Netanyahu has kept the foreign ministry portfolio open for him pending the verdict.
Lieberman, who takes a tough line on talks with Palestinians, stepped down as head of the Foreign Ministry last year after being charged with fraud and breach of trust over the appointment process of a ambassador.
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Arsenal target’s teammate claims January exit is highly possible
We’ve recently been linked with a move for Celta Viga star Nolito, who has been in fine form since his return to La Liga. And the Spanish forward’s teammate Hugo Mallo has given us a bit of a boost in our pursuit, insisting that it may be tricky for Celta to hold onto their star striker this January, as reported by Spanish publication El Faro de Vigo (via IBT)
IBT claims we are just one of the teams interested in his signature, with his old club Barcelona also keen. The 28-year-old has a £13.5m (via IBT) release clause – which could rise to £18.5m if the new deal being touted goes through – and his recent goal record suggests that’s more than reasonable.
Another report from AS suggests we are leading the hunt for his signature, with Barcelona struggling for funds.
If we really are leading the pack, then it seems there is very little standing in our way. The only question is whether Nolito is the right player for us, and whether Arsene Wenger is keen on the striker.
Mallo certainly seems to think Nolito could be on his way out this January, and knows full well it will be difficult to retain him.
“You never know what will happen,” Mallo said.
“I’m not in a position to comment on this and will keep my opinion to myself. I don’t think Nolito will pay too much attention to these reports. If he continues at this level it will be difficult to retain him. But also [Fabian] Orellana or Iago [Aspas]. They’re playing very well. This attracted the interest from other clubs. But they are happy here and our hopes is that they are willing to stay with us.”
We arguably aren’t as badly in need of a striker anymore, with Theo Walcott impressing so far this season. We should certainly still be keeping our eyes out for a world class forward, but is Nolito that player?
It’s questionable whether the Spanish international is really much of an upgrade on our current options, and we shouldn’t be wasting close to £20m on a squad player.
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What to expect from Pope Francis’ trip to Bulgaria and North Macedonia
Gerard O’Connell May 01, 2019
Bulgarian Catholic worshippers pray during Mass at St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral in Rakovski April 8, 2007. Pope Francis will visit Bulgaria May 5-7. (CNS photo/Nikolay Doychinov, Reuters)
Pope Francis will visit Bulgaria and North Macedonia from May 5 to 7, two majority Orthodox countries with very small Catholic populations that are facing high unemployment, poverty and tensions over immigration.
He goes as a messenger of peace to support these emerging countries on a visit that has a strong ecumenical dimension.
From May 31 to June 2, Francis will also visit Romania, another majority Orthodox land, bringing the total number of Christian Orthodox nations he will have visited to six. His trips are meant to encourage the small Catholic minorities in all three countries and to foster good relations with the Orthodox churches as a step on the road to Christian unity.
Bulgaria is a Slavic-speaking nation of 7.4 million people in the eastern Balkans. Situated on the shore of the Black Sea on one side, it shares borders with North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Greece and Turkey. Since 2007, it has been one of the 28 member states of the European Union.
Pope Francis will visit Bulgaria and North Macedonia from May 5 to 7, two majority Orthodox countries with very small Catholic populations.
North Macedonia, which gained independence in 1991 after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, is a landlocked country with a population of over two million people. Situated in southeastern Europe, it shares borders with Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Serbia and Kosovo. It has applied to become a member of the European Union, and the government sees the pope’s visit as supportive of that goal.
Both countries have high unemployment and poverty rates, as well as high rates of immigration, mainly from Syria and Iraq. The presence of migrants, even those who hope to move to other countries in Europe, creates additional problems for the two governments.
“Pope Francis is coming in a sign of friendship to show that the Catholic Church is their friend and wants to have normal relations with them and has no intention of interfering in their internal affairs,” Bishop Brian Farrell, the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, told America on the eve of the visit to Bulgaria and North Macedonia. “His visit will show that the Catholic Church is not their rival; it is their friend.”
“His visit will show that the Catholic Church is not their rival; it is their friend.”
Bishop Farrell recalled that when St. John Paul II was pope, he often spoke in private conversations about the Catholic Church’s approach to the Orthodox churches in Eastern Europe and always insisted, “What we seek is communion, not jurisdiction.” He noted that according to the International Commission for Theological Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, “there is agreement that in the first millennium [of Christianity] there was little papal jurisdiction over the East; it was a question of communion.”
The governments of both countries have invited the pope; so, too, have the Catholic bishops, while Orthodox leaders have given his visit their blessing. Francis accepted the invitation, in part, in recognition of the fact that for the past 33 years government-led delegations from both countries that include religious leaders have traveled to Rome for the feast of Sts. Cyril and Methodius on May 24. The saints are buried in the Basilica of San Clemente, near the Coliseum in Rome.
Pope John Paul II visited Bulgaria in 2002, but neither he nor Benedict XVI accepted the invitation extended by the government of North Macedonia to visit that country.
Pope Francis will take a two-hour flight from Rome to Bulgaria this Sunday morning, May 5. The logo for this visit features the phrase “Pacem in Terris” (“Peace on Earth”), the title of Pope John XXIII’s famous encyclical. Francis sees his visit as following in the footsteps of that saintly pope who, as Archbishop Angelo Roncalli, was the papal envoy and then from 1931 to 34 the apostolic delegate in Bulgaria and is still admired by the people for his good work here.
The governments of both countries have invited the pope; so, too, have the Catholic bishops, while Orthodox leaders have given his visit their blessing.
Francis will drive from the airport to Sofia, the capital city with 1.3 million inhabitants, whose origins date back almost two millennia. Once there, he will make a courtesy visit to the president and address the country’s civil and political authorities in a nationally televised speech.
From there he will travel to the Palace of the Holy Synod for the most important ecumenical moment of his visit. There, at noon local time, he will meet Patriarch Neofit and the Orthodox bishops and have a private conversation with the patriarch. Afterward, he will visit the Orthodox St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, which dates back to the 1880s, and pray in silence before the throne of Sts. Cyril and Methodius.
The Bulgarian Orthodox church does not engage in any ecumenical dialogue. It is not part of the international Catholic-Orthodox theological dialogue nor is it a member of the World Council of Churches. Furthermore, it did not participate in the pan-Orthodox Holy and Great Council in Crete in June 2016. It should be noted, however, that the patriarch, who studied in Rome, is open to ecumenical contacts, but most of the bishops of the synod are not.
Nevertheless, the Holy Synod will welcome Pope Francis next Sunday, in a significant gesture of friendliness, just as it did John Paul II in 2002. On the eve of the visit, the synod issued a statement confirming that Patriarch Neofit and Pope Francis would meet in private. But it also declared its “unanimous decision” that there would be no possibility of a common celebration or prayer together with Francis since “this is strictly prohibited by the sacred canons of the church.”
There are some 68,000 Catholics in Bulgaria, and the pope will celebrate Mass for many of them in the capital city’s Knyaz Alexander square that Sunday afternoon.
The logo for his visit to North Macedonia features the words from the Gospel of St. Luke 12:32, “Do not fear, little flock.”
On Monday morning, he will visit a refugee camp run by Caritas Bulgaria, before traveling 128 miles to the small city of Rakovsky, where he will celebrate Mass for some 50,000 faithful and give first Communion to children. That afternoon he will meet the Catholic community in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. On his return to Sofia, he will participate in an “encounter for peace,” attended by representatives of all the religious confessions in the country.
On Tuesday morning, May 7, Francis will take a 20-minute plane ride from Sofia to Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia. People have lived in this area since the 4,000 B.C.E., and Mother Teresa of Calcutta was born to Albanian parents here. The logo for his visit here features the words from the Gospel of St. Luke 12:32, “Do not fear, little flock.”
After meeting the country’s president and addressing the civic authorities in morning, the pope will visit a memorial to Mother Teresa in the presence of the country’s religious leaders and meet with people living in poverty.
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Here, too, the religious situation is delicate, and Francis knows he is walking on thin ice because the local Orthodox church is not recognized by any of the other Orthodox churches, though it is seeking recognition from the Bulgarian church, having broken off from the Serbian church. Francis is not expected to have a private conversation with the Orthodox primate, Archbishop Stefan, as this would deeply upset the other Orthodox churches and especially the Serbian Orthodox church, which sees the Macedonian as a breakaway church. The Serbian synod did not invite John Paul II or Benedict to the country, and it has not so far extended an invitation to Francis, and such a possibility would almost certainly be excluded if he were to meet in private with Archbishop Stefan.
After visiting the memorial dedicated to the saint of the slums, Francis will celebrate Mass for the country’s 15,000 Catholics in the city’s Macedonia Square. That afternoon, he will participate in an ecumenical and interreligious meeting with young people and afterward will meet the priests, religious and families in the cathedral, before taking the plane for the 460-mile flight back to Rome. Given the short flying time, it is not clear if he will give an airborne press conference this time, and if he does, it is bound to be brief.
This will be Francis’s 29th journey outside Italy since his election as pope in March 2013. Bulgaria and North Macedonia will be the 41st and 42nd country, respectively, that he has visited. His next visit is to Romania on May 31.
Hmmm, let's see.
The country where the Catholic faithful were crucified, yes crucified, and driven from their homes and who are still bleeding from the attacks by the soldiers of the religion of peace, that country, IRAQ, does not yet rate a visit by the bishop of Rome.
Iraq is not even #42 on his list....if you can imagine that. Unbelievably callous.
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Gerard O’Connell
Gerard O’Connell is America’s Vatican correspondent.
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“You will always have a friend”: Children from India to Venezuela express solidarity with kids locked up under Trump’s orders
By S O'M4th July 2018 Stories
4th July 2018, 09:56:14 UTC
School children from around the world have sent messages of solidarity to the thousands of children who have been detained and separated from their families at the US border, as a result of the Trump administration’s outrageous immigration policies.
Hundreds of children from Argentina, Burkina Faso, India, Kenya, Senegal, Thailand, Togo and Venezuela took part in the initiative ahead of June 30, the Global Day of Action against the US government’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. This inhumane policy has led to the arrests of people seeking asylum who have crossed over from Mexico and the forcible removal of their children, in some cases, to government-run shelters thousands of miles away.
School children aged between nine and 16 took to pen and paper to inspire hope in the detained children, and to urge the US authorities to respect the rights of children and asylum seekers. The action, organised by Amnesty International’s Human Rights Education program, aims to empower children to speak out and make their voice heard on this critical issue.
“Freedom will come to you. Don’t give up. We will be beside you whatever happens,” said one message written by a teenage girl in southern Thailand.
“A child of a refugee is like a child of a president,” read another message written by a girl in Kenya, whose classmates held signs that said: “I am a child, respect my rights”; “I am a child, respect my dignity”; and “Seeking asylum is not criminal.”
In Venezuela, one child drew a picture of a dog in a cage, a reference to the detained children being kept in giant cages while their parents’ asylum claims are being processed. Her message was: “We are not animals.”
On 20 June President Trump signed an executive order claiming he would end family separation, following widespread national and international outrage. However, his order does little to end the policy of family separation and nothing to reunite the more than 2,000 children who have been forcibly taken from their parents. It reaffirms the cruel policy of detaining and prosecuting families who are seeking safety.
“The US authorities must immediately release those families seeking asylum and respect their rights to apply for asylum in fair and humane conditions,” says Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International. “No child should be taken from their parents’ arms or be made to grow up behind bars. It’s time to end the inhumane practices of family separation and detention once and for all.”
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Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
So you want to see a show?
May 29, 2014 by Terry Teachout
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more information, click on the title.
BROADWAY:
• Bullets Over Broadway (musical, PG-13, reviewed here)
• Cabaret (musical, PG-13/R, all performances sold out last week, closes Jan. 4, reviewed here)
• Casa Valentina (drama, PG-13, closes June 29, reviewed here)
• The Cripple of Inishmaan (serious comedy, PG-13, reviewed here)
• A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (musical, PG-13, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Matilda (musical, G, nearly all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Les Misérables (musical, G, too long and complicated for young children, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Of Mice and Men (drama, PG-13, nearly all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Once (musical, G/PG-13, reviewed here)
• A Raisin in the Sun (drama, G/PG-13, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Rocky (musical, G/PG-13, reviewed here)
OFF BROADWAY:
• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)
IN EAST HADDAM, CONN.:
• Damn Yankees (musical, G, closes June 21, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON IN CAMBRIDGE, MASS.:
• The Tempest (Shakespeare, G, closes June 15, reviewed here)
CLOSING SOON ON BROADWAY:
• Act One (drama, G, too long for children, closes June 15, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN CHICAGO:
• M. Butterfly (drama, PG-13, closes June 8, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C.:
• Henry IV, Parts One and Two (Shakespeare, PG-13, playing in rotating repertory, closes June 7 and 8, reviewed here)
CLOSING NEXT WEEK OFF BROADWAY:
• A Loss of Roses (drama, PG-13, closes June 7, reviewed here)
Terry Teachout, who writes this blog, is the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal and the critic-at-large of Commentary. In addition to his Wall Street Journal drama column and his monthly essays … [Read More...]
About “About Last Night”
This is a blog about the arts in New York City and the rest of America, written by Terry Teachout. Terry is a critic, biographer, playwright, director, librettist, recovering musician, and inveterate blogger. In addition to theater, he writes here and elsewhere about all of the other arts--books, … [Read More...]
About My Plays and Opera Libretti
Billy and Me, my second play, received its world premiere on December 8, 2017, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla. Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, ran earlier this season at New Orleans’ Le Petit Theatre. It previously closed off Broadway at the Westside Theatre on June 29, … [Read More...]
About My Podcast
Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I are the panelists on “Three on the Aisle,” a bimonthly podcast from New York about theater in America. … [Read More...]
My latest book is Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington, published in 2013 by Gotham Books in the U.S. and the Robson Press in England and now available in paperback. I have also written biographies of Louis Armstrong, George Balanchine, and H.L. Mencken, as well as a volume of my collected essays called A … [Read More...]
To read all three installments of "The Long Goodbye," a multi-part posting about the experience of watching a parent die, go here. … [Read More...]
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Lookback: preparing to rehearse the premiere of my first opera
Almanac: Arthur Miller (and Sidney Lumet) on the pleasure of collaboration
Short but sweet
A ghost walks
Just because: Pentangle performs “Willy O’ Winsbury”
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Gildenhorn Book Talk with Evan Thomas
The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series features Evan Thomas discussing his new book First: Sandra Day O’Connor (Penguin Random House). Oscie Thomas will serve as moderator.
About First:
The intimate, inspiring, and authoritative biography of Sandra Day O’Connor, America’s first female Supreme Court justice, drawing on exclusive interviews and first-time access to Justice O’Connor’s archives—by the New York Times bestselling author Evan Thomas.
“She’s a hero for our time, and this is the biography for our time.”—Walter Isaacson
She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O’Connor’s story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings—doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness.
She became the first ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the Court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer’s, O’Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise.
Women and men who want to be leaders and be first in their own lives—who want to learn when to walk away and when to stand their ground—will be inspired by O’Connor’s example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family, who believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for all women.
Tue Apr 2, 2019
ben.berliner@aspeninstitute.org
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Kilian Jornet on the rise of trail running
Posted by Euan Crumley | Oct 5, 2017 | 0
People have a greater need to get out into nature, says the man at the forefront of a sport experiencing a surge in popularity
There is absolutely no denying the extraordinary and continued growth in trail running. With new events springing up on what feels like a weekly basis – and the more established races receiving unprecedented levels of interest – it would seem that more and more runners are looking to sample an off-road experience.
The superstar of the sport is Kilian Jornet, an unassuming Catalan whose abilities on the trails and mountains border on the superhuman. The reason he puts himself through such arduous challenges, however, is a fundamental love of discovering what he is capable of and placing himself at the mercy of jaw-dropping landscapes.
Jornet has seen the transformation of trail and mountain running first hand – indeed, a recent visit to the UK saw him setting a course record at the Salomon Glencoe Skyline race in the Scottish highlands, part of a weekend festival of running which is enjoying rising entry levels year on year.
We chase @kilianj as he makes his move at @GlenCoeSkyline. T H I S is Kilian Uncut ⚡️⚡️ ? Gregory Vollet #SkylineScotland pic.twitter.com/KHGqjppEvV
— Salomon Running (@SalomonRunning) September 20, 2017
He insists the reason for the popularity surge lies largely with the fact that, with so many people now living city-based lives, the urge to exercise whilst remaining in touch with nature is a powerful lure that is proving hard for many to resist.
“It has changed a lot in the last 10 years and it has been growing,” says the 29-year-old.
“More people are living in cities and I think they have a greater need to get out into natural surroundings – and the sport feeds off those kinds of people.
“It’s like marathons and road running maybe 30 years ago, when participation was increasing a lot, and I think this is the same kind of movement – but added to it is the connection to nature and to the landscape.
“Like road running, there are the social and fitness aspects but with this kind of running you have to concentrate so much more, in a way. You need to be concentrated to run on a trail – you need to look at your feet or to look around – and I think that’s a plus and it attracts people.”
Jornet’s racing calendar is year-round and varied. From skiing to skyline racing – the discipline which is part running/part mountaineering – and ultra marathon races such as the Hardrock 100 in America, an event he recently won despite dislocating his shoulder in the early stages, there are few challenges which escape his attention.
When you consider that, earlier this year, he also climbed Everest twice within the space of a week – all without the aid of fixed ropes or supplementary oxygen – as part of the Summits of My Life project and it becomes clear why so many people believe he is the finest endurance athlete on earth.
It would be fascinating to see how he fared when coming down to earth and tackling a traditional road race.
It’s a thought which has entered Jornet’s mind, too, but he admits: “If I was to do one I’d want to prepare well, to spend some months running well and improving my technique and the muscles for that. But finding the time is hard. In winter I want to ski, do this, do that. If I were to do a 10km or a marathon then I’d want to prepare properly and I never seem to find the time for that.”
“It’s important simply to go out and gain the knowledge and the experience of running on trails or running on fells. It’s not a secret, you can’t go to the gym to improve these things you need to get out and get used to the terrain”
The lure of the mountains is simply too great. So what would his advice be to people who hear nature calling and want to start swapping tarmac for the trails?
“It’s important to take it easy to start with, to begin with short distances and to enjoy the journey of going up the distances,” says Jornet. “Start with 10ks, then 20ks, then go longer and longer over time.
“It’s important simply to go out and gain the knowledge and the experience of running on trails or running on fells. It’s not a secret, you can’t go to the gym to improve these things you need to get out and get used to the terrain.”
You don’t need to delve too far into Instagram to find images of athletes picking their way through stunning, mountainous scenery but, when it comes to venturing higher, Jornet urges caution.
“People want to have the nice picture or to be able to say ‘hey, I’ve done that’ but they want it today,” he says. “However, mountaineering or mountain sports demand time, a lot of knowledge and practice.
“I think it’s important to get a mentor, someone who has greater knowledge and takes you to do things safely. It’s step by step – begin with easy climbs and train safely, particularly climbing indoors, before you feel confident to go out scrambling on a mountain.”
He can certainly identify with anyone who is looking to explore, however. That’s the very thing which keeps him motivated, after all.
“Yes, it’s the feeling of discovery and trying new things, finding out how things can work and wanting to know what’s possible,” says Jornet. “Also, visually, travelling to different places. I’ve been able to enjoy the landscapes in Scotland, I’ve done some races in the US, China, South Africa…it’s amazing to have the opportunity to travel and visit all of these places.”
» An exclusive interview with Kilian Jornet can be found in Running Monthly’s trail running special, packed with features and product reviews. It’s out now with the October 5 issue of Athletics Weekly magazine
Tags: Kilian Jornet, Photo credit: Philipp Reiter/Salomon Running, Running Monthly, Salomon Glencoe Skyline, Salomon Running, Trail running
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WORKSPACES EXPAND
Published on January 2, 2019 | in Play
The coworking industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. According to various industry reports there are now more coworking spaces available in Australia than ever before. Long term fixed desk space is reducing across all major cities, except Canberra, and coworking on demand office space is increasing.
“Once upon a time, coworking environments were seen as places where creatives and tech start ups would operate out of,” Managing Director, @WORKSPACES, Mariska Folley said. “This has changed. Coworking spaces are now in high demand by all businesses, large and small, across all types of industries. The value of shared work spaces is now being fully recognised. They are cheaper than fixed office space, provide a broad range of amenities and services without the additional cost and can be scaled up or down depending on the requirements of the business. They also provide opportunities for collaboration, innovation and partnership. Business owners used to attend networking meetings to connect with industry colleagues, now they are located in the same shared work space.
“While coworking is increasing, many of the spaces available are what we call ‘general shared spaces.’ Our cowork and on demand office spaces meet the needs of the premium market, organisations that want all the benefits and flexibility of the cowork environment with dedicated levels of quality service and premiumisation.”
If anyone knows the coworking sector, it is Jenny Folley and her daughters, Mariska and Alesya. Jenny founded the family’s first serviced office business in 1985 after returning from a trip to Hong Kong where she saw the idea of a serviced office being utilised in crude form. “I recognised straight away what a great idea it was and that with further development, the idea of a service office environment would work well in Australia,” Founder, Jenny Folley said. As a mum with young children, I understood the need for flexibility and also knew a lot of people who worked from home and would use a service of this type. I was right. With a second mortgage and a dream to set up my own serviced office business, I founded a location and got underway – and I haven’t looked back. It was very much a family affair, my daughters would help out in the business as young children doing little jobs for pocket money.”
The business, Corporate Executive Offices, known as CEO, grew to become one of the leading brands in the shared workspace industry. In 2013, Jenny and her business partner Michael Sayers, sold the business to Regus, an international operator – the largest operator in the world.
In 2015, Mariska founded the family’s latest venture, @WORKSPACES, which is also experiencing rapid growth both nationally and internationally. “My eldest daughter Mariska was responsible for opening our locations in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and then went on to the Philippines with my younger daughter Alesya to open up in Manila, followed by a stint in Bahrein, where she opened serviced offices for banking group, GBcorp. My daughter Alesya remained living in the Philippines to manage and run the centre in Manila and has since grown the business quite substantially there.”
All three Folley women have dedicated most of their lives and worked tirelessly to make their brands the leading solutions for businesses of all sizes wanting on demand office space with premium services. Today, Jenny provides mentoring and guidance across the family business.
@WORKSPACES provides workspaces that are strategically located near fitness centers, parks and dining and shopping precincts, so business clients are able to maintain a healthy work/life balance, and not fall into the sedentary lifestyle associated with traditional offices.
@WORKSPACES provides businesses with tailored workspaces inclusive of access to conference rooms for meetings, break-out areas, kitchen facilities, quiet spaces and areas for collaborative work.
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Karelian Isthmus
For the Amorphis album, see The Karelian Isthmus. For other meanings of the name "Karelia", see Karelia (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 60°30′N29°54′E / 60.5°N 29.9°E / 60.5; 29.9
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.
Geography and wildlife
Geological history
Cities, towns and urban-type settlements
Administrative territorial division
Prehistory and Medieval
17th–20th centuries
Notable people from the isthmus
Finnish period
Soviet and post soviet period
Cultural references
Map of the Karelian Isthmus. Shown are some important towns, the current Finnish-Russian border in the North-West and the pre-Winter War border further South.
The Karelian Isthmus (Russian : Карельский перешеек, romanized: Karelsky peresheyek; Finnish : Karjalankannas; Swedish : Karelska näset) is the approximately 45–110 km(30–70 mi) wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva. [1] Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga. If the Karelian Isthmus is defined as the entire territory of present-day Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast to the north of the Neva, the isthmus' area covers about 15,000 km2(6,000 sq mi).
Russian is an East Slavic language, which is official in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely used throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia. It was the de facto language of the Soviet Union until its dissolution on 25 December 1991. Although nearly three decades have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian is used in official capacity or in public life in all the post-Soviet nation-states, as well as in Israel and Mongolia.
Romanization of Russian is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic script into the Latin script.
Finnish is a Finnic language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland ; Finnish is also an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both Standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a Finnish dialect, are spoken. The Kven language, a dialect of Finnish, is spoken in Northern Norway by a minority group of Finnish descent.
The smaller part of the isthmus to the southeast of the old Russia-Finland border is considered historically as Northern Ingria, rather than part of the Karelian Isthmus itself. The rest of the isthmus was historically a part of Finnish Karelia. This was conquered by the Russian Empire during the Great Northern War in 1712 and included within the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland (1809–1917) of the Russian Empire. When Finland became independent in 1917, the isthmus (except for the territory roughly corresponding to present-day Vsevolozhsky District and some districts of Saint Petersburg) remained Finnish. Finnish Karelia was ceded to the Soviet Union by Finland following the Winter War (1939–1940) and Continuation War (1941–1944). In 1940–1941, during the Interim Peace, most of the ceded territories in the isthmus were included within the Karelo-Finnish SSR. However, since World War II the entire isthmus has been divided between the city of Saint Petersburg (mostly Kurortny District), as well as Priozersky District, Vsevolozhsky District and Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast.
Historical Ingria is the geographical area located along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus in the north and by the River Narva on the border with Estonia in the west.
The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia or simply Russia, was an empire that extended across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was proclaimed by the Provisional Government that took power after the February Revolution of 1917.
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony–Poland–Lithuania. Frederick IV and Augustus II were defeated by Sweden, under Charles XII, and forced out of the alliance in 1700 and 1706 respectively, but rejoined it in 1709 after the defeat of Charles XII at the Battle of Poltava. George I of Great Britain and of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) joined the coalition in 1714 for Hanover and in 1717 for Britain, and Frederick William I of Brandenburg-Prussia joined it in 1715.
According to the 2002 census, the population of the Kurortny District of Saint Petersburg and the parts of Leningrad Oblast situated on the Karelian Isthmus amounts to 539,000. Many Saint Petersburg residents also decamp to the Isthmus during their vacations.
The Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat).
Kurortny District is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus along the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 70,589; up from 67,511 recorded in the 2002 Census.
Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject.
Lake Vuoksa near Priozersk in the autumn of 2009.
Near Leipäsuo
Forest of Pinus sylvestris with an understory of Calluna vulgaris on the Karelian Isthmus
There are about 700 lakes on the isthmus
Bog near Komarovo
Lake Yastrebinoye
The isthmus' terrain has been influenced dramatically by the Weichselian glaciation. Its highest point lies on the Lembolovo Heights moraine at about 205 m (670 ft). There are no mountains on the isthmus, but steep hills occur in some places.
Weichselian glaciation was the last glacial period and its associated glaciation in Northern Europe. In the Alpine region it corresponds to the Würm glaciation. It was characterized by a large ice sheet that spread out from the Scandinavian Mountains and extended as far as the east coast of Schleswig-Holstein, the March of Brandenburg and Northwest Russia.
A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions on Earth, through geomorphological processes. Moraines are formed from debris previously carried along by a glacier and normally consisting of somewhat rounded particles ranging in size from large boulders to minute glacial flour. Lateral moraines are formed at the side of the ice flow and terminal moraines at the foot, marking the maximum advance of the glacier. Other types of moraine include ground moraines and medial moraines.
The Vuoksi, largest river, runs southeastwards from Lake Saimaa of Finland to Lake Ladoga, dividing the isthmus into two uneven parts. Saimaa Canal opened in 1856 links Lake Saimaa to the Bay of Vyborg.
The Vuoksi is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The river enters Lake Ladoga in three branches, an older main northern branch at Priozersk (Käkisalmi), a smaller branch a few kilometres to the north of it, and a new southern branch entering 50 kilometres (31 mi) further southeast as Burnaya River, which has become the main stream in terms of water discharge. Since 1857, the old northern distributaries drain only the lower reaches of the Vuoksi basin and are not fed by Lake Saimaa. The northern and southern branches actually belong to two separate river systems, which at times get isolated from each other in dry seasons.
Saimaa is a lake in southeastern Finland. At approximately 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi), it is the largest lake in Finland, and the fourth largest natural freshwater lake in Europe. It was formed by glacial melting at the end of the Ice Age. Major towns on the lakeshore include Lappeenranta, Imatra, Savonlinna, Mikkeli, Varkaus, and Joensuu. The Vuoksi River flows from Saimaa to Lake Ladoga. Most of the lake is spotted with islands, and narrow canals divide the lake in many parts, each having their own names. Thus, Saimaa exhibits all major types of lake in Finland at different levels of eutrophication.
Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg.
The Karelian Isthmus lies within the ecoregion of Scandinavian and Russian taiga. Geobotanically, it lies at the juncture of the Central European, Eastern European and Northern European floristic provinces of the Circumboreal Region of the Holarctic Kingdom.
The isthmus is mostly covered by coniferous forests formed by Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and Norway spruce (Picea abies), with numerous lakes (e.g. Lake Sukhodolskoye and Lake Glubokoye) as well as small grass[ clarification needed ], fen and Sphagnum raised bogs. Forests cover approximately 11.700 km of the isthmus, more than three-fourths of its total square. Swampy areas occupy on average 5.5 percent of the territory. In the large contiguous area along the shore of Lake Ladoga in Vsevolozhsky District, in the southeastern part of the isthmus, bogs occur much more frequently than in other parts. The same was once true of the lowland along the Neva River, which has been drained. [2] The soil is predominantly podsol, which contains massive boulders, especially in the north and northwest, where large granite rocky outcrops occur.
Pine forests (with Pinus sylvestris ) are the most widespread and occupy 51% of the forested area of the Karelian Isthmus, followed by spruce forests (with Picea abies , 29%) and birch forests (with Betula pendula and B. pubescens , 16%). Stands on more fertile soils and in more favorable locations are occasionally dominated by Norway maple, black alder, grey alder, common aspen, English oak, grey willow, dark-leaved willow, tea-leaved willow, small-leaved lime or European white elm. Common vegetation of various types of pine forests includes heather, crowberry, common juniper, eared willow, lingonberry, water horsetail, bracken, graminoids (i.e. grasses in the wider sense) Avenella flexuosa and Carex globularis , mosses Pleurozium schreberi , Sphagnum angustifolium and S. russowii , and lichens Cladonia spp. Prominent in various spruce forests are wood horsetail, common wood sorrel, bilberry, lingonberry, graminoids Avenella flexuosa, Calamagrostis arundinacea , Carex globularis, and mosses Polytrichum commune and Sphagnum girgensohnii . Prominent vegetation of various birch forests include meadowsweet, common wood sorrel, bilberry and graminoids Calamagrostis arundinacea and C. canescens . [3]
1184 species of wild vascular plants are recorded in the isthmus. [4] See also the List of the vascular plants of the Karelian Isthmus. Red squirrel, moose, red fox, mountain hare and boar (reintroduced) are typical inhabitants of the forests.
The climate of the isthmus is moderately continental, with 650–800 mm (25–32 in) average precipitation per year, long snowy winters lasting from November through mid-April and occasionally reaching about -40 °C (-40 F), moderately cool summers and short frost-free period. Compared to other parts of the Leningrad Oblast, the winter here is usually milder due to the moderating influence of the Gulf of Finland, but longer.
The city of Vyborg and the town of Priozersk are situated on the northwestern part of the isthmus.
The Karelian Isthmus is a popular place for hiking, cycling, skiing (Korobitsyno and Kavgolovo), climbing (near Kuznechnoye), canoeing (Losevo), fishing for consumption (of carp bream, northern pike, roach, European perch, ruffe, burbot and others), mushroom hunting (for porcini, red-capped scaber stalk, birch bolete, velvet bolete, slippery Jack, golden chanterelle, Lactarius resimus , woolly milk-cap, ugly milk-cap, saffron milk-cap, Lactarius rufus , various Russulas and others), berry picking (of bilberry, raspberry, woodland strawberry, cowberry, cranberry, cloudberry, bog bilberry and stone bramble). It is a popular summer resort for Saint Petersburg citizens since the late 19th century, served by trains of Finlyandsky Rail Terminal. The isthmus, especially the land along Saint Petersburg–Vyborg and Saint Petersburg–Priozersk railroads, hosts numerous dachas.
A 20–35 km wide stretch of land in Vyborgsky District and Republic of Karelia to the west of the Vyborg–Hiitola railway, as well as the islands and shores of the Gulf of Vyborg, belongs to the strictly guarded zone of the border control, reaching the shore of Lake Ladoga at Hiitola. In 1993–2006 the zone was formally 5 km wide, although in fact it has always been much wider. [5] Visiting it is forbidden without a permit issued by the FSB (by KGB during the time of the Soviet Union).
Rapids on the Burnaya River
Geologically the Karelian Isthmus lies on the southern edge of the Baltic Shield's crystalline bedrock. During the final part of the last Weichselian glaciation, deglaciation in the central parts of the Isthmus started as early as 14000 BP, when it formed the bottom of a large lake dammed by the surrounding ice sheet. During further deglaciation, at the time of the Baltic Ice Lake, an early high water stage of the Baltic Sea, when the ice sheet retreated to Salpausselkä, the upland area of the Isthmus remained a large island and many upland lakes emerged. [6]
Prior to 12650 BP, the land was characterized by harsh Arctic conditions with permafrost and sparse vegetation. Steppe-tundra complexes developed after this point. Around 11000 BP climate began to warm and became humid, first pine and birch forests were established. [7]
Around 9000 BP Ancylus Lake, another stage of the Baltic Sea, retreated, and many lowland lakes were also isolated in depressions formed earlier by glacial exaration and fluvioglacial activity. Lake Ladoga was separated from the sea as well. Due to land uplift, around 5000 BP the River Vuoksi started emptying into Lake Ladoga as a new outlet of Lake Saimaa. Lake Ladoga transgressed, flooding lowland lakes and the Vuoksi, and became connected with the sea at Heinjoki (now Veshchevo), to the east of present-day Vyborg. Around 3100–2400 BP the Neva River emerged, draining Lake Ladoga into the Baltic Sea. [8] Ladoga level gradually sank from 15–18 m to its modern position of 4–5 m above sea-level, and lowland lakes were isolated again. However, the Vuoksi still had a significant direct outflow connection to the Bay of Vyborg, possibly as late as in the 12th century AD. [6] [9] The connection disappeared due to ongoing land uplift in the 2nd millennium AD.
In 1818 a canal, which was dug to drain spring flood waters from Lake Suvanto (now Lake Sukhodolskoye, a 40-km long narrow lake in the eastern part of the Isthmus) into Lake Ladoga, unexpectedly eroded and turned into the Taipaleenjoki (now Burnaya River). The Taipaleenjoki started draining Suvanto and decreased its level by 7 m. Originally waters of Lake Suvanto flowed into the Vuoksi River through a waterway at Kiviniemi (now Losevo), but as a result of the change, the waterway dried out. In 1857 the canal was dug there, but the stream reversed direction, revealed rapids and rendered navigation at Kiviniemi impossible. Since 1857 Suvanto and the Taipaleenjoki have constituted the southern armlet of the Vuoksi River, which has decreased the level of the original northern armlet emptying into Ladoga near Kexholm (now Priozersk) by 4 m, isolating it as a separate river basin.
Kamennogorsk (Finnish: Antrea)
Kuznechnoye (Kaarlahti)
Lesogorsky (Jääski)
Primorsk (Koivisto)
Priozersk (Käkisalmi)
Roshchino (Raivola)
Saint Petersburg (Pietari)
Sertolovo (Sierattala)
Sestroretsk (Siestarjoki)
Sovetsky (Johannes)
Svetogorsk (Enso)
Toksovo (Toksova)
Vsevolozhsk (Seuloskoi)
Vyborg (Viipuri)
Vysotsk (Uuras)
Zelenogorsk (Terijoki).
Vyborg as seen from the Castle Tower
Karelian isthmus is located in two regions of the Russian Federation , St. Petersburg and Leningrad region . St. Petersburg is represented by seven districts , the Leningrad region by three .
District of Vyborg Lenoblast
District of Priozersk Lenoblast
District of Vsevolozhsk Lenoblast
Kurortny District SPB
Primorsky District SPB
Vyborgsky District SPB
Kalininsky District SPB
Krasnogvardeysky District SPB
Nevsky District SPB
Vyborg Castle
Apart from the old towns of Vyborg and Priozersk, and churches on the Konevets island of Lake Ladoga, since the late 19th century a number of other archaeological sites have been discovered on the isthmus. [10] Numerous archaeological remnants of the Mesolithic, Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age occur all over the isthmus. The eastern part of the Karelian Isthmus hosts a number of medieval remnants. There are many grave pits of Karelians of the 10th–15th centuries with metal and ceramic artifacts along the northern armlet of the Vuoksi, near Lake Sukhodolskoye and in a few other places in Priozersky District. [11] [12] On the southern shore of Lake Sukhodolskoye small medieval burial mounds are abundant as well. A lot of large cult stones have been found along these bodies of water, as well as agglomerations of cairns. Remnants of several rural settlements were also discovered there as well as on the shore of Lake Ladoga. Remnants of the Tiuri (Tiversk) town (10th–15th centuries) were excavated on a former island in the northern Vuoksi armlet near the Tiuri village (now Vasilyevo). A few treasures of silver adornments and medieval Arabian and Western European coins have also been found, as the isthmus laid on the Volga trade route (at that time, the Vuoksi River had a distributary emptying into the Bay of Vyborg).
Main article: Swedish-Novgorodian Wars
Russo–Swedish wars
Livonian (1558–83)
Ingrian (1610–17)
2nd Northern (1655–60) (1656–58)
Great Northern (1700–21)
Hats' (1741–43)
Finnish (1808–09)
Ancestors of Finnic people wandered to the Karelian Isthmus possibly around 8500BC.
In the 11th century, Sweden and Novgorod Republic started to compete tax holding rights. The Treaty of Nöteborg of 1323 established a border between them along the rivers now known as the Sestra and the Volchya
Main article: Viipuri province
Rajajoki, Finnish-Soviet border in the 1920s
During 17th century Sweden gained the whole isthmus and also Ingria. In this time many Karelians escaped to Tver's Karelia.
From 1721–1812 the isthmus belonged to the Russian Empire, won in the Great Northern War that started with the Russian conquest of Ingria where the new imperial capital, Saint Petersburg, was founded (1703) in the southern end of the isthmus, in place of old Swedish town Nyenskans. Then in 1812, the northwestern half was transferred, as a part of Old Finland, to the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, created in 1809 and in a personal union with Russia.
Due to its size, favorable climate, rich fishing waters and proximity to Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, the Karelian Isthmus became the wealthiest part of Finland once the industrial revolution had gained momentum in the 19th century. The railroads Saint Petersburg–Vyborg–Riihimäki (1870), Vyborg–Hiitola–Sortavala (1893), Saint Petersburg–Kexholm–Hiitola (1917) crossed the isthmus, contributing to its economic development. By the end of the 19th century the nearby areas along the Saint Petersburg–Vyborg section had become popular place of summer resort for wealthy Saint Petersburgers.
Ingrian flag
When Finland declared its independence in 1917, the isthmus (except for the territory roughly corresponding to present-day Vsevolozhsky District and some districts of Saint Petersburg) remained Finnish, part of the Viipuri province with its center in Viipuri, the second largest Finnish city. A considerable part of the remaining area populated by Ingrian Finns seceded from Bolshevist Russia as the Finland-backed Republic of North Ingria, but was reintegrated with Russia in the end of 1920 according to the conditions of the Treaty of Tartu. In 1928–1939 parts of the isthmus which belonged to Russia constituted the Kuivaisi National District with its center in Toksova, with Finnish as the official language, according to the policy of national delimitation in the Soviet Union. However, in 1936 the entire Finnish population of the parishes of Valkeasaari, Lempaala, Vuole and Miikkulainen along the Finnish border was deported by the Soviet government. [13]
Mannerheim Line of the Winter War
Winter War
Tolvajärvi
Varolampi
Kelja
1st Summa
Honkaniemi
Kollaa
Raate Road
Petsamo
2nd Summa
Taipale
Continuation War
Ladoga Karelia
East Karelia
Platinum Fox
Bengtskär
Porlampi
Suursaari
Someri
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
Tienhaara
Tali-Ihantala
Narvi Island
Vyborg Bay
Vuosalmi
Nietjärvi
December 1939. Soviet tanks advancing
December 1939. Karelian evacuees from Muolaa municipality on their way to West-Finland
A number of defensive lines crossed the isthmus during the Soviet-Finnish hostilities in World War II, such as Mannerheim Line, VKT-line, VT-line, Main line (Finnish) and KaUR (Soviet), and fronts moved back and forth over it. [14]
In November 1939, the Soviet Union staged the Shelling of Mainila and invaded Finland in what became known as the Winter War, which took a disproportionally heavy death toll on the Red Army. Only in February 1940 did the Soviet forces manage to penetrate the Mannerheim Line across the isthmus, the strength of which is often exaggerated. [15] Finland ceded the Karelian Isthmus and Ladoga Karelia to the Soviet Union in the Peace of Moscow of March 12. According to the protocol appended to the Moscow Peace Treaty, the fighting was ended at noon (Leningrad time), March 13, and by March 26 the Finnish troops had been completely withdrawn. [16] The entire Karelian population of the ceded areas of about 422 thousand people was evacuated to other parts of Finland (see Evacuation of Finnish Karelia). On March 31 most of the ceded territories were incorporated into Karelo-Finnish SSR by a decision of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union (in the Karelian Isthmus the districts of Jääski, Kexholm and Vyborg). The districts of Kanneljärvi, Koivisto and Rautu as well as the town of Terijoki were, however, included into Leningrad Oblast. [17]
Finnish defensive lines of the Continuation War
In 1941, during World War II, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Few days later Continuation War as it is known in Finland (it is considered to be a front of the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and Russia) started. Finland initially regained the lost territory, reaching the Russian side of the border of 1939 and seen by the Russians as indirectly contributing to the Siege of Leningrad (see Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus (1941)). Some 260,000 Karelian evacuees returned home.
On 9 June 1944, strong Soviet forces opened the Vyborg Offensive and pushed the front from the pre-1939 border to Vyborg in ten days. The returned Karelians were evacuated to Finland again. In the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, 25 June–9 July, the Finns concentrated their military strength and brought the offensive to a halt at the River Vuoksi, in the northwesternmost part of the isthmus, at the closest point only 40 kilometres from the border of 1940. The Moscow Armistice ending the war was signed on September 19, 1944. The entire isthmus became Soviet, although most of it has never been captured by the Soviets in battles. This time the ceded territories of the Karelian Isthmus (including the districts of Jääski, Kexholm and Vyborg) were incorporated into Leningrad Oblast (unlike Ladoga Karelia, which remained within the Karelo-Finnish SSR). The border of the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) was recognized by Finland again in the Peace of Paris, 1947.
Further information: Winter War and Continuation War
As a result of the war, the population of the Karelian Isthmus has been almost completely replaced. After the war the isthmus was included into the Leningrad Oblast and people from other parts of the Soviet Union, mostly Russian, were settled here. The vast majority of the old Finnish toponyms in the conquered territories were renamed to invented Russian ones by the government around 1948. [17] The Finnish toponyms of the territories included within Karelo-Finnish SSR and of the southern part of the isthmus (albeit assimilated) mostly remained. A lot of youth summer camps were built all over the isthmus during the time of the Soviet Union. Some of them still exist.
Toksovo railway station before renovation in 2008
The western part of the Karelian Isthmus is an important transport corridor linking Scandinavia and Central Russia. Primorsk, terminus of the Baltic Pipeline System, which has recently become one of the most efficient Russian sea ports, is also located here.
The only motorway on the isthmus is the recently completed E18 "Scandinavia" (M10) going from Saint Petersburg through Vyborg and Vaalimaa.
Saimaa Canal (opened in 1856) is an important link connecting inland waterways of Finland with the Gulf of Finland.
The Karelian Isthmus is served by a number of railways; the trains arrive from Finlyandsky Rail Terminal and Ladozhsky Rail Terminal of Saint Petersburg:
Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad
eastern part of the Saint Petersburg-Riihimäki railroad
Saint Petersburg – Sestroretsk – Beloostrov
southern part of the Vyborg-Joensuu railroad
Saint Petersburg – Vsevolozhsk – Ladozhskoye Ozero
Saint Petersburg – Vsevolozhsk – Petrokrepost – Nevskaya Dubrovka
Vyborg – Veschevo (earlier also through Zhitkovo to Michurinskoye)
Kamennogorsk – Svetogorsk – Imatra
Zelenogorsk – Primorsk – Sovetsky – Vyborg
Also on the Karelian isthmus are all lines of the St. Petersburg metro.
The pulp-and-paper, timber and woodworking industries (JSC Svetogorsk, pulp and paper mill in Svetogorsk, Vyborgsky Pulp and Paper Mill in Vyborg, Priozersky Furniture and Woodworking Industrial Complex and Priozersky Woodworking Factory in Priozersk, as well as other smaller enterprises all over the isthmus) are well developed in Vyborgsky and Priozersky Districts. The pulp and paper industry, however, affects the environment adversely. The predecessor of the Priozersk facilities, Priozersky Pulp and Paper Mill, a major polluter of Lake Ladoga constructed in 1931, was closed down in 1986. Northern and western parts of the isthmus are also an important reserve of granite (quarries in Kuznechnoye, as well as a number of others along the Vyborg-Hiitola railroad). [18]
Vyborg Shipyard is one of the largest shipbuilding companies in Northwestern Russia. Roskar Battery Farm in Pervomayskoye is a leading producer of chicken and eggs.
In Vsevolozhsky District state-owned Morozov Plant is located, which is an important producer of paints, adhesives, abrasives and other substances. In Kuzmolovsky, Vsevolozhsky District, near the station Kapitolovo of the Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad, a facility of the Saint Petersburg nuclear enterprise Izotop is located, which specializes in transportation of nuclear materials and radioactive waste. Bogs of Vsevolozhsky District along the shores of Lake Ladoga and the Neva River were major sources of peat for fuel. Now it is extracted in smaller quantities, mostly for agricultural purposes. The district is also an important supplier of sand. A plant of Ford Motor Company producing Ford Focus cars was opened in Vsevolozhsk in 2002.
The Karelian Isthmus is included within Leningrad Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The isthmus hosts airfields in Levashovo, Pribylovo and Gromovo. Other airfields in Veshchevo and Kasimovo (Vartemyagi) have been abandoned. In the northern part of Vsevolozhsky District, to the south of the old Finnish border, Karelian Fortified Region (KaUR) is located, which was reconstructed as late as in the 1960s, but now seems to be abandoned as well. There is Bobochinsky tank range (195.975 km², founded in 1913) between Kamenka and Kirillovskoye and a number of military facilities in Vsevolozhsky District in the lowlands between Lake Ladoga and Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad, including Rzhevsky artillery range (founded in 1879), a huge area, 740 square kilometres (286 sq mi), encircled by the Road of Life, the roads Rzhevka – Novoye Devyatkino and Novoye Devyatkino – Matoksa and the coast of Lake Ladoga (available to visitors since 2003). In 2006 a Voronezh early warning radar was built in Lekhtusi, Vsevolozhsky District. The port of Vysotsk is a base of the Baltic Fleet. 138th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is located in Kamenka, and in the 56th District Training Centre in Sertolovo.
The population of the Karelian isthmus today is slightly less than 3,1 million inhabitants. Of these, about 2.4 million live in St. Petersburg and a little less than 700 thousand in the Leningrad region. The population is growing solely due to migration, as the mortality rate is much higher than the birth rate, but the migration attractiveness of St. Petersburg and the surrounding areas of the Leningrad region is very high. Thus, about 40% of the population of St. Petersburg and about 30% of the population of the Leningrad region live on the Karelian isthmus. There is strong growth in population in all the districts of the Karelian isthmus in addition to the Vyborg district and Priozersk district .
* Vaalimaa
LAKE SAIMAA
Bay of Vyborg
Beryozovye Islands
Seiskari
* Vysotsk
* Primorsk
* Sovetsky
* Saimaa Canal
* Pribylovo
* Svetogorsk
* Lesogorsky
* Kamenka
Lake Glubokoye
* Kamennogorsk
* Veshchevo
*Kirillovskoye
REPUBLIC OF KARELIA
* Vuoksi River
* Roshchino
* Zelenogorsk
* Hiitola
* Korobitsyno
* Pervomayskoye
* Elisenvaara
* Kronstadt
* Komarovo
* Tiversk
* Michurinskoye
* Kuznechnoye
* Sestra River
* Sestroretsk
Kilpola
LEMBOLOVO
* Beloostrov
* Losevo
* Volchya River
Lake Sukhodolskoye
* Gromovo
* Sertolovo
* Sosnovo
* Okhta River
* Vaskelovo
* Finlyandsky Rail Terminal
* Devyatkino
* Burnaya River
* Neva River
* Toksovo
Konevets
* Lappeenranta
* Vyborg
* Imatra
* Priozersk
LAKE LADOGA
* Vsevolozhsk
Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish president
Georg Elfvengren, Finnish military commander
Gustav Hägglund, Finnish military commander
Max Jakobson, Finnish diplomat
Gustaf Komppa, Finnish chemist
Juho Niukkanen, Finnish politician
Karl Lennart Oesch, Finnish military commander
Larin Paraske, Finnish oral poet
Edith Södergran, Swedish-speaking Finnish poet.
Lauri Törni, born in Viipuri, Törni was a soldier and winner of the Mannerheim Cross during the Continuation War, who later served with the German and American armies.
Uno Ullberg, Finnish architect
Johannes Virolainen, Finnish politician
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, recipient of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Elena Pogrebizhskaya
Ilia Shtokalov
Nastasya Samburskaya
Lyubov Kozyreva (cross-country skier)
Elena Kondulainen
Priozersk is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of the Vuoksi River on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by a station of the same name on the St. Petersburg—Khiytola railway. Population: 18,933 (2010 Census); 20,506 (2002 Census); 20,557 (1989 Census).
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Leningrad. Unlike the city, the oblast retains the name of Leningrad.
Karelia, the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden. It is currently divided among the northwestern Russian Federation and Finland.
Solovyovo, formerly Taipale, is a rural locality in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the western shore of Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus about 80 kilometers (50 mi) north of Saint Petersburg. The settlement is approximately 100 kilometers (62 mi) east-southeast of the post-Winter War border with Finland. Vuoksi River's southern armlet Burnaya empties into Lake Ladoga at Solovyovo. As of January 1997, its population was 7.
Kamennogorsk, known under the Finnish name of Antrea before 1948, is a town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the left bank of the Vuoksa River 170 kilometers (110 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg. Population: 6,739 (2010 Census); 6,084 (2002 Census); 5,694 (1989 Census).
Priozersky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north, Vsevolozhsky District in the south, and Vyborgsky District in the west. In the east, the district is bounded by Lake Ladoga. The area of the district is 3,597.5 square kilometers (1,389.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Priozersk. Population : 43,260 (2010 Census); 42,859 ; 40,231 (1989 Census)..
Lake Sukhodolskoye is a narrow 40 km long lake on the Karelian Isthmus located in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is a part of the Vuoksi River basin, constituting its southern armlet, and drained by Burnaya River.
The Burnaya is a young rapid river in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the Karelian Isthmus, which emerged in 1818. It flows from Lake Sukhodolskoye to Lake Ladoga and is a part of Vuoksi River drainage basin. Before the Winter War and Continuation War it was located in Finland, known under the name Taipaleenjoki.
The Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railway is a 170-kilometer (110 mi) long railway with 1,520 mm broad gauge located in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Republic of Karelia, which links Finlyandsky Rail Terminal to Khiytola through Devyatkino, Vaskelovo, Sosnovo, Priozersk and Kuznechnoye. Originally built by Finnish State Railways in the Grand Duchy of Finland, the railway was part of a trunk line from Vaasa by the Gulf of Botnia to St. Petersburg. In the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty the territory was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union. The railroad is now operated by the Russian Railways. The railroad is used by passenger trains between St. Petersburg and Sortavala. The track between Khiytola and Sortavala is a part of the Vyborg–Joensuu railroad completed in 1894.
Vyborgsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast on the Karelian Isthmus and borders with Priozersky District in the northeast, Vsevolozhsky District in the east, Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the south, Kymenlaakso and South Karelia regions of Finland in the northwest, and Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north. From the southwest, the district is limited by the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 7,475.472 square kilometers (2,886.296 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vyborg. Population : 120,446 (2010 Census); 113,748 ; 108,571 (1989 Census).
Vsevolozhsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central northwestern part of the oblast on the Karelian Isthmus and borders with Priozersky District in the north, Kirovsky District in the south, Vyborgsky District in the northwest, Nevsky, Krasnogvardeysky, Kalininsky, Vyborgsky, and Kurortny Districts of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the west, and is washed by Lake Ladoga in the east. The area of the district is 3,036.4 square kilometers (1,172.4 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vsevolozhsk. Population : 153,045 (2010 Census); 131,233 ; 135,318 (1989 Census).
The old Karelian railroad between Viipuri (Viborg) and Joensuu is a railway with 1,524 mm broad gauge, which used to link Joensuu, Sortavala, Hiitola, Antrea and Viipuri (Vyborg). Originally built in 1892-1894 by Finnish State Railways in the Grand Duchy of Finland, in the 1940s most of the railway up to Niirala was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty, Moscow Armistice and Paris Peace Treaty as a result of the Winter War and Continuation War. Now the track is located in Leningrad Oblast, Republic of Karelia and North Karelia. The Sortavala – Joensuu link across the border was abolished after the Continuation War, but was since restored and is currently in use for cargo traffic.
Losevo is a rural locality in Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast, located at the junction of Vuoksi River and Lake Sukhodolskoye on Karelian Isthmus. It is a railway station of the Saint Petersburg–Khiytola railroad. Before the Winter War and Continuation War, it was a village of the Sakkola municipality of Finland known as Kiviniemi.
The Volchya River is a 52-kilometre (32 mi) long tributary of Vuoksi River on Karelian Isthmus 0.25 to 12 kilometres west of the Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad and flowing northwards from the Lembolovo Heights. Its major tributaries are in turn the Smorodinka, the Belaya, the Goryunets and the Petrovka. The Volchya River's width is about 10 metres (33 ft) in the lower reaches, where it flows in a narrow valley, with meanders and oxbow lakes. The Volchya is shallow and unavailable for navigation
The VT-line or Vammelsuu–Taipale line was a Finnish defensive line on the Karelian Isthmus built in 1942–1944 during the Continuation War and running from Vammelsuu on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland through Kuuterselkä and Kivennapa and along Taipaleenjoki to Taipale on the western shore of Lake Ladoga. It crossed the Saint Petersburg–Vyborg railroad at Sahakylä and the Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railroad at Kelliö.
The Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus (1941) refers to a military campaign carried out by Finland in 1941. It was part of what is commonly referred to as the Continuation War. Early in the war Finnish forces liberated the Karelian Isthmus. It had been ceded to the Soviet Union on March 13, 1940, in the Moscow Peace Treaty, which marked the end of the Winter War. Later, in the summer of 1944, the Soviet Union reconquered the southern part of the isthmus in the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
The Viipuri Province was a province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
Lake Otradnoye is a lake on Karelian Isthmus, in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, south of the town of Priozersk. The area of the lake is 66 square kilometres (25 sq mi), and the area of its drainage basin is 275 square kilometres (106 sq mi).
↑ Location is approximately between 61°21’N, 59°46’N and 27°42’E, 31°08’E.
↑ Karelian Isthmus Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Доронина А. Ю. Сосудистые растения Карельского перешейка (Ленинградская область). [Doronina A. Vascular plants of the Karelian Isthmus (Leningrad Region)] Moscow: КМК, 2007. ISBN 978-5-87317-384-6.
↑ Доронина, Анна. Флористическиe исследования на Карельском перешейке Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
↑ See maps: (in Russian)
1 2 Davydova, Natalia N. et al. (1996). Late- and postglacial history of lakes of the Karelian Isthmus. Hydrobiologia 322.1-3, 199–204.
↑ Subetto, Dmitry A. et al. (2002). Climate and environment on the Karelian Isthmus, northwestern Russia, 13000–9000 cal. yrs BP. Boreas 31.1, 1–19.
↑ Saarnisto, Matti & Tuulikki Grönlund (1996). Shoreline displacement of Lake Ladoga – new data from Kilpolansaari. Hydrobiologia 322.1-3, 205–215.
↑ Timofeev, V. I. et al. (2005). Evolution of the Waterways and Early Human Migrations in the North-Eastern Baltic Area. Geochronometria 24, 81–85.
↑ Лапшин В. А. Археологическая карта Ленинградской области. Часть 2. Санкт-Петербург: Изд. СПбГУ, 1995. ISBN 5-87403-052-2
↑ Лебедев Г. С. Археологические памятники Ленинградской области. Ленинград: Лениздат, 1977.
↑ Saksa, A. I. (2006). The Karelian Isthmus: Origins of the natural and human environment. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 26.2, 35–44.
↑ Kurs, Ott (1994). Ingria: The broken landbridge between Estonia and Finland. GeoJournal 33.1, 107–113.
↑ Vehviläinen, Olli. Finland in the Second World War: Between Germany and Russia.New York: Palgrave, 2002. ISBN 0-333-80149-0
↑ Van Dyke, Carl. The Soviet Invasion of Finland 1939–1940. London: Frank Cass, 1997. ISBN 0-7146-4314-9.
↑ Protocol appended to the treaty of peace concluded between Finland and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on March 12, 1940
1 2 Степаков, Виктор, Евгений Балашов. В «Новых районах»: Из истории освоения Карельского перешейка, 1940–1941, 1944–1950. Saint Petersburg: Нордмедиздат, 2001.
↑ Малков, Виктор (2006). Потенциал недр Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine . Промышленно-строительное обозрение 93.
The Karelian Isthmus is the name of the debut album of the Finnish band Amorphis.
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Site of the local history association "Karelia" (in Russian).
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Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Юго-западный сектор, часть 1: Кивеннапа – Териоки (Первомайское – Зеленогорск). СПб.: Новое время, 1998. ISBN 5-93045-016-1.
Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Юго-западный сектор, часть 2: Уусикиркко (Поляны). СПб.: Новое время, 2000. ISBN 5-87517-022-0.
Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Юго-западный сектор, часть 3: Каннельярви – Куолемаярви (Победа – Пионерское). СПб.: Новое время, 1998. ISBN 5-93045-017-X.
Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 2–3. Юго-западный сектор: Уусикиркко – Куолемаярви – Каннельярви (Поляны – Красная Долина – Победа). 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. СПб.: Нива, 2002. ISBN 5-86456-124-X.
Шитов Д.И. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 4. Восточный сектор: Рауту – Саккола (Сосново – Громово). СПб.: Нордмед-Издат, 2000. ISBN 5-93114-040-9.
Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 5. Западный сектор: Койвисто (Приморск). СПб.: КультИнформПресс, 2002. ISBN 5-8392-0216-9.
Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 5 – 6. Западный сектор: Койвисто – Йоханнес (Приморск – Советский). 2-е изд., испр. и доп. СПб.: Нива, 2003. ISBN 5-86456-102-9.
Орехов Д.И., Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 7. Центральный сектор: Муолаа – Яюряпяя (Красносельское – Барышево). СПб.: Нива, 2004. ISBN 5-86456-078-2.
Орехов Д.И., Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 8. Восточный сектор: Метсяпиртти (Запорожское). СПб.: Нива, 2005. ISBN 5-86456-116-9.
Балашов Е. А. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 9. Центральный сектор: Валкъярви – Вуоксела (Мичуринское – Ромашки). СПб.: Нива, 2005. ISBN 5-86456-065-0.
Шитов Д.И. Карельский перешеек: Земля неизведанная. Часть 10. Северо-восточный сектор: Ряйсяля (Мельниково). СПб., 2006. ISBN 5-86456-118-5.
Иллюстрированный определитель растений Карельского перешейка / Под ред. А. Л. Буданцева, Г. П. Яковлева. – СПб: СпецЛит, 2000.
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City in Kachin State, Myanmar
Myitkyina Muklum
Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 25°23′0″N97°24′0″E / 25.38333°N 97.40000°E / 25.38333; 97.40000
Kachin State
Myitkyina District
Myitkyina Township
• Ethnicities
Gorkha (Nepali)
• Religions
UTC+6.30 (MMT)
Myitkyina (Burmese : မြစ်ကြီးနားမြို့; MLCTS : mrac kri: na: mrui., pronounced [mjɪʔtɕíná] ; (Eng; mitchinar) Kachin: Myitkyina, [mjìtkjí̠ná]) is the capital city of Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma), located 1,480 kilometers (920 mi) from Yangon, and 785 kilometers (488 mi) from Mandalay. In Burmese it means "near the big river", and Myitkyina is on the west bank of the Ayeyarwady River, just below 40 kilometers (25 mi) from Myit-son (Burmese for confluence) of its two headstreams (the Mali and N'mai rivers). [2] It is the northernmost river port and railway terminus in Myanmar. [3] The city is served by Myitkyina Airport.
The Burmese language is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar where it is an official language and the language of the Bamar people, the country's principal ethnic group. Although the Constitution of Myanmar officially recognizes the English name of the language as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma, the older name for Myanmar. In 2007, it was spoken as a first language by 33 million, primarily the Bamar (Burman) people and related ethnic groups, and as a second language by 10 million, particularly ethnic minorities in Myanmar and neighboring countries.
The Myanmar Language Commission Transcription System (1980), also known as the MLC Transcription System (MLCTS), is a transliteration system for rendering Burmese in the Latin alphabet. It is loosely based on the common system for romanization of Pali, has some similarities to the ALA-LC romanization and was devised by the Myanmar Language Commission. The system is used in many linguistic publications regarding Burmese and is used in MLC publications as the primary form of romanization of Burmese.
Jingpho or Kachin is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Sal branch mainly spoken in Kachin State, Burma and Yunnan, China. There are a lot of meanings for Jinghpo. In the Jinghpo language, Jinghpo means people. The term "Kachin language" can refer either to the Jingpho language or to a group of languages spoken by various ethnic groups in the same region as Jingpo: Lisu, Lashi, Rawang, Zaiwa, Lhao Vo, Achang and Jingpho. These languages are from distinct branches of the highest level of the Tibeto-Burman family. The Jingpho alphabet is based on the Latin script.
Myitkyina has been an important trading town between China and Myanmar since ancient times.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the third- or fourth-largest country by total area. Governed by the Communist Party of China, the state exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities, and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
American Baptist missionary George J. Geis and his wife arrived in Myitkyina in the late 1890s and in 1900 they requested a permission to build a mansion there and the building was named Geis Memorial Church [4] It is one of the Kachin Baptist Convention(KBC)churches in Myitkyina.
The Reverend George J. Geis was an American Baptist minister and anthropologist of German descent, best known for his missionary work in northeastern Burma. He promoted Christianity amongst the Kachin people, a group which he also studied, collecting general ethnographical data about them. He arrived in Burma with his wife in 1892, and spent most of the rest of his life there, establishing missions throughout Kachin State and Shan State. Geis is best known for his work in Myitkyina in Kachin State, but in the 1930s he established a mission in Kutkai in Shan State, and at the time of his death in 1936 was working there at the Kachin Bible Training School.
Japanese forces captured the town and nearby airbase during World War II in 1942. In August 1944, Myitkyina was recaptured by the Allied forces under General Joseph Stilwell after a prolonged siege and heavy fighting between Nationalist Chinese divisions, the Chindits, and Merrill's Marauders of the Northern Combat Area Command and the besieged elements of the 33rd Imperial Japanese Army under General Masaki Honda. The town was strategically important not only because of its rail and water links to the rest of Burma, but also because it was on the planned route of the Ledo Road. [2] [5]
World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's countries—including all the great powers—eventually formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. A state of total war emerged, directly involving more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. The major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, marked by 50 to 85 million fatalities, most of whom were civilians in the Soviet Union and China. It included massacres, the genocide of the Holocaust, strategic bombing, premeditated death from starvation and disease, and the only use of nuclear weapons in war.
The Allies of World War II, called the "United Nations" from the 1 January 1942 declaration, were the countries that together opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War (1939–1945). The Allies promoted the alliance as a means to control German, Japanese and Italian aggression.
Joseph Warren Stilwell was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. His caustic personality was reflected in the nickname "Vinegar Joe".
Myitkyina Airport is the main airport serving the city. It connects the cities of Putao and Mandalay. And it also connects Lashio Airport every Monday.
Myitkyina Airport is an airport in Myitkyina, Burma.
Putao is the northernmost town of Kachin State, Myanmar. It is the principal town in Putao Township. It can only be reached by road during summer, but is accessible year round by air if there are sufficient tourist groups to justify a plane. The area around Putao is famous for the variety of endemic birds and rare orchids, which grow naturally. Many orchid lovers are especially attracted by the so-called "Black Orchid" that can be found in the mountains east and west of Putao. Hkakabo Razi and other snow-capped mountains are visible from Putao. Putao also attracts enthusiasts, hiking to Hkakabo Razi base camp, located close to Tahaundam.
Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma). Located 716 km (445 mi) north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of 1,225,553.
It takes almost 24 hours Mandalay to Myitkyina by train. Railway has been used for 100 years. This railway is major transportation for most kinds of good for both farmers and traders. It also connects Laiza, Bhamo, China, and Sumprabum by car.
Laiza is a remote mountainous town in the Kachin State, Myanmar, on the border with China.
Not to be confused with Banmauk
Sumprabum is a town in the Kachin State of the northernmost part of the Myanmar.
The Myitkyina-Tanai-India road which is known as Ledo road, was constructed by the British rule during the British Colonial period. In the downtown, the main transportation are three wheel motor cycle also known as tone bain, three wheel bicycle, and motor bike.
Myitkyina Train Station
The Kachin State Parliament building in Myitkyina
As the capital of the state, it has government offices, and a greater population than other cities in the state. The city has a population of approximately 150,000, with a mix of Kachin, Shan, Bamar peoples and some Chinese and Indians. [6]
The Kachin language is the common language among the Kachin. There are a lot of meaning for Jinghpo word. In Jinghpo language, Jinghpo means People. Some people can speak English and Nepali while the town's people mostly speak in Burmese which is the national language of Myanmar.
Foreigners are now free to visit Myitkyina without prior government permission.
Major religions are Theravada Buddhism, Christianity (Roman Catholic and Baptist are major denominations), and other religions such as animism, Hinduism and Islam.
Myitkyina has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa) bordering on a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Temperatures are very warm throughout the year, although the winter months (December–February) are milder. There is a winter dry season (November–April) and a summer wet season (May–October).
Climate data for Myitkyina (1981–2010, extremes 1951–present)
Record high °C (°F)
(100.4) 41.1
(108.0)
Record low °C (°F)
Average rainfall mm (inches)
(0.39) 21.0
(2.13) 218.5
(21.62) 543.0
(0.46) 2,320
Average rainy days (≥ 0.3 mm)
2 7 5 8 15 25 27 28 19 11 3 2 152
Average relative humidity (%)
Source #1: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, [7] Deutscher Wetterdienst (mean temperatures 1991–2010, rainy days 1896–1940, humidity 1963–1988) [8]
Source #2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows) [9]
The city is home to Myitkyina University, a Christian theological seminary, a college for teachers, a training school for nurses, a college for the study of computers and other rare type of colleges affiliated with several seminaries in the United States and Asia, notably Kachin Theological College-Nawng Nang. It is also home to the branch I.L.B.C. (International Language Business Center) a chain of private schools for English learners in the Myanmar. It has also many non-government institutions such as Naushawng development institute, Pinnya Tagar, Ningshawng and Kachinland School of Arts & Sciences, [10] which has a University vision in 2024.
Kachinland School of Arts and Sciences from Myitkyina
Technological University, Myitkyina
Computer University, Myitkyina
Myitkyina University
Myitkyina Education College
Myitkyina is a business center of Kachin State. Resources are jade, gold, teak and forestry products, and agricultural products. Due to short term contract of jade, gold mines, teak, Kachin State was good in business field for Chinese. As per government data, almost US$2 billion in jade were exported yearly in 2010, 2011. Now, due to fighting between Kachin KIA rebels and government army, all business have gone down. Most of Kachin State business trades are done in Myitkyina.
Myitkyina General Hospital
Myitkyina Narcotic Hospital
Northern SOC (HQ at Myitkyina)
Nanpong Air Base headquarters (former 503 Air Base)
↑ "National Telephone Area Codes". Myanmar Yellow Pages. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19.
1 2 "Myitkyina, Myanmar". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
↑ "Train travel in Myanmar (Burma)". seat61.com. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
↑ Baptist missionary magazine, Volume 80. American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, American Baptist Missionary Union. 1900. p. 196.
↑ Gardner, Major John J. "Battle of Myitkyina" . Retrieved 2006-10-15.
↑ "MYITKYINA". my-myitkyina.com. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
↑ "Myanmar Climate Report" (PDF). Norwegian Meteorological Institute. pp. 26–36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
↑ "Klimatafel von Myitkyina / Myanmar (Birma)" (PDF). Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world (in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
↑ "Station Myitkyina" (in French). Meteo Climat. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
↑ http://www.KachinlandSAS.org
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Coordinates: 25°23′N97°24′E / 25.383°N 97.400°E / 25.383; 97.400
Capital: Myitkyina
Bhamo District
Bhamo Township
Mansi Township
Momauk Township
Shwegu Township
Mohnyin District
Mogaung Township
Mohnyin Township
Phakant Township
Chipwi Township
Hsawlaw Township
Injangyang Township
Tanai Township
Waingmaw Township
Putao District
Kawnglanghpu Township
Machanbaw Township
Nogmung Township
Putao Township
Sumprabum Township
Main cities and towns
Bhamo
Chipwi
Hsawlaw
Hsinbo
Hopin
Injangyang
Kamaing
Kawnglanghpu
Lweje
Machanbaw
Mogaung
Mohnyin
Momauk
Phakant
Putao
Shwegu
Sumprabum
Tanai
Nogmung
Waingmaw
Ywathit
Myanmar cities with a 100,000+ population
2,000,000 and more
500,000–999,999
Naypyidaw (capital)
Taunggyi
Mawlamyine
Monywa
Pathein
Pyay
Meiktila
Taungoo
Sittwe
Kachin State is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east ; Shan State to the south; and Sagaing Region and India to the west. It lies between north latitude 23° 27' and 28° 25' longitude 96° 0' and 98° 44'. The area of Kachin State is 89,041 km2 (34,379 sq mi). The capital of the state is Myitkyina. Other important towns include Bhamo, Mohnyin and Putao.
The Ledo Road was an overland connection between India and China, built during World War II to enable the Western Allies to deliver supplies to China and aid the war effort against Japan. After the Japanese cut off the Burma Road in 1942 an alternative was required, hence the construction of the Ledo road. It was renamed the Stilwell Road, after General Joseph Stilwell of the U.S. Army, in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek. It passes through the Burmese towns of Shingbwiyang, Myitkyina and Bhamo in Kachin state.
Taungoo is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry is in forestry products, with teak and other hardwoods extracted from the mountains. The city is known for its areca palms, to the extent that a Burmese proverb for unexpected good fortune is equated to a "betel lover winning a trip to Taungoo".
Pakokku is a largest city in the Magway Region in Myanmar, also known as Burma. It is situated about 30 km north-east of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township, Pakokku District and Gangaw District.Pakokku Bridge is part of the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway and is the longest bridge in Myanmar.It is home of the Pakokku airport.
The peoples of Kachin, more precisely known as Jingpho Wunpong or simply Wunpong, are a confederation of ethnic groups who inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Myanmar's Kachin State and neighbouring Yunnan Province, China, and Arunachal Pradesh, India. About one million Kachin peoples live in the region. The term Kachin people is often used interchangeably with the main subset, called the Jingpo people in China.
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Waimaw Township is a township of Myitkyina District in the Kachin State of Burma. The principal town is Waingmaw.
Phakant, is a town in Phakant Township, Kachin State of the northernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is located on the Uyu River 350 km north of Mandalay in the middle of one of the world's most inhospitable and malaria infested jungles, cut off for several months a year during the monsoons. It is famous for its jade mines which produce the world's best quality jadeite.
Kalay, also known as Kale, is a town in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. It is located upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin River. The town is the district headquarters of the Kalay District. It has gained importance with trans border movement enabled between Burma and India following the 165 kilometres (103 mi) Tamu–Kalayamyo section of India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway built by the Border Roads Organization of India under the Look-East Connectivity policy. Consequently, Kalay is now one of the fastest developing towns in Burma.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Myitkyina is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Burma. Erected in 1939 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bhamo, the prefecture was created from territory in the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Burma. In 1961, the Prefecture was elevated to a full diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Mandalay. The current bishop is Francis Daw Tang, appointed in 2004. Currently the Diocese manages numerous churches, schools and clinics throughout Kachin State.
The manau dance is a traditional ceremony common to the Kachin people of northern Myanmar (Burma), Yunnan, China and Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Ola Hanson was a Swedish-American missionary who worked for the Kachin people in Burma. Hanson came to the United States in 1881, settling in Oakland, Nebraska. He attended the Swedish Baptist Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduated from Madison Theological Seminary in Hamilton, New York, and was ordained in 1890.
Kutkai is a town and seat of Kutkai Township, in the Shan State of eastern-central Burma. It lies along National Highway 3, approximately 24 kilometres to the north of Lashio.
William Henry Roberts was a Baptist minister from the United States who worked for many years as a missionary in Burma.
The Myitkyina Manau is a Manau which takes place semi-annually in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar, and is one of the largest Manau in the world. It is an event of importance for the Kachin community of Myitkyina and is currently held at the Kachin National Manau park, Shatapru, which has permanent shadung pillars installed in the centre.
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Decline of the Byzantine Empire
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Map of the changes in borders of the Byzantine Empire. The dates represented are 476 (Fall of the Western Roman Empire; Basiliscus deposed and Zeno restored), 550 (Justinian I's western reclamations; Ostrogothic Kingdom), 717 (Leo III reign; 2nd Arab siege), 867 (Basil I reign begins), 1025 (Basil II dies; Constantine VIII reign begins), 1095 (Alexius I Comnenus requests western aid against the Seljuk Turks), 1170 (Amalric I and Manuel I alliance), 1270 (Michael VIII reign), and 1400 (Closing of the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars).
The Byzantine Empire experienced several cycles of growth and decay over the course of nearly a thousand years, including major losses during the Arab conquests of the 7th century. However, modern historians generally agree that the start of the empire's final decline began in the 11th century.
In the 11th century the empire experienced a major catastrophe in which most of its heartland territory in Anatolia was lost to the Seljuk Turks following the Battle of Manzikert and ensuing civil war. At the same time, the empire lost its last territory in Italy to the Norman Kingdom of Sicily and faced repeated attacks on its territory in the Balkans; these events created the context for emperor Alexios I Komnenos to call to the west for help, which led to the First Crusade. However, economic concessions to the Italian Republics of Venice and Genoa weakened the empire's control over its own finances, especially from the 13th century onward, while tensions with the West led to the Sack of Constantinople by the forces of the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and the dismemberment of the empire.
Although a number of small Byzantine successor states survived and eventually reclaimed Constantinople in 1261, the empire had been severely weakened. In the longer term, the rise of Turkish power in Anatolia eventually gave rise to the Ottoman Empire which rapidly conquered the former Byzantine heartland over the course of the 14th and 15th centuries, culminating in the Fall of Constantinople to the army of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1453.
1 Timeline of decline
2 Causes of the decline
2.1 Civil wars
2.2 Fall of the theme system
2.3 Increasing reliance on mercenaries
2.4 Loss of control over revenue
2.5 The failed Union of the Churches
3 Conflict with Crusaders and Turks
3.1 Crusaders
3.2 Rise of the Seljuks and Ottomans
Timeline of decline[edit]
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The most significant events generally agreed by historians to have played a role in the decline of the Byzantine empire are summarised below:
The Battle of Manzikert in 1071, which saw emperor Romanos IV Diogenes captured by the army of Seljuk Sultan Alp Arslan. The defeat led to a Byzantine civil war lasting ten years, in which eight different revolts took place; the damage was increased by the use of Turkish mercenaries by the various factions, which in some cases led to Turkish occupation of entire cities and regions. A notable example is the revolt of Nikephoros Melissenos in 1080, in which the towns he had occupied and garrisoned with Turkish soldiers in Ionia, Phrygia, Galatia, and Bithynia remained in their hands even after the revolt ended, including Nicaea, which for a time became the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum.
The Battle of Myriokephalon in 1176, in which an army led by emperor Manuel I Komnenos attempted to capture the Turkish capital at Konya, but was ambushed in a narrow mountain pass and defeated by the army of Turkish Sultan Kilij Arslan II. The battle is generally considered significant both because it put an end to Byzantine plans to recover central Anatolia, and because of the psychological effect it had both on the emperor himself, and the empire's international reputation. In the years after Manuel's death in 1180, the Seljuks built on their victory by expanding their control at the expense of the Byzantines, while Manuel's teenage successor Alexios II was overthrown in a coup.
The Sack of Constantinople in 1204 saw the empire partitioned between the Republic of Venice and a Crusader army led by Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat. A new Latin Empire was established, led by Baldwin I, Latin Emperor. Although Byzantine successor states emerged in Nicaea, Trebizond and Epirus, and went on to reclaim the capital in 1261, many historians consider that the loss of the capital was a fatal blow to the Byzantine Empire.
The Byzantine civil wars of the 14th century, including the Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 and the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, which completely destroyed what little strength the empire had left. The Fall of Gallipoli in 1354 saw the Ottoman Turks cross into Europe, while the empire was powerless to stop them; this event has been seen by modern historians such as Donald M. Nicol to be the point of no return for the Byzantine Empire, after which its fall was virtually inevitable.
Causes of the decline[edit]
Civil wars[edit]
Probably the most important single cause of Byzantium's collapse was its recurrent debilitating civil wars. Three of the worst periods of civil war and internal infighting took place during Byzantium's decline; each time, these civil wars coincided with a catastrophic reduction in Byzantine power and influence, which was never fully reversed before the next collapse.
The period from 1071 to 1081 saw eight revolts:
1072: Uprising of Georgi Voiteh
1073–1074: Revolt of Roussel de Bailleul proclaims Caesar John Doukas Emperor.
1077–1078: Revolt and successful usurpation by Nikephoros III Botaneiates.
1077–1078: Revolt of Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder against Michael VII Doukas and Nikephoros III, defeated at the Battle of Kalavrye.
1078: Revolt of Philaretos Brachamios against Michael VII Doukas.
1078: Revolt of Nikephoros Basilakes against Nikephoros III.
1080–1081: Revolt of Nikephoros Melissenos against Nikephoros III.
1081: Revolt and successful usurpation by Alexios I Komnenos.
This was followed by a period of secure dynastic rule by the Komnenos dynasty, under Alexios I (1081-1118), John II Komnenos (1118-43) and Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180). Cumulatively, these three emperors were able to partially restore the empire's fortunes, but they never were able to fully undo the damage caused by the instability at the end of the 11th century, nor return the empire's frontiers to those of 1071.
The second period of civil war and collapse took place after Manuel's death in 1180. Manuel's son Alexios II Komnenos was overthrown in 1183 by Andronikos I Komnenos, whose reign of terror destabilised the empire internally and led to his overthrow and death in Constantinople in 1185; the Angelos dynasty which ruled Byzantium from 1185 to 1204 has been considered one of the most unsuccessful and ineffectual administrations in the empire's history. During this period, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary broke away from the empire, further land was lost to the Seljuk Turks. In 1203, the imprisoned former emperor Alexios IV Angelos escaped jail and fled to the west, where he promised the leaders of the Fourth Crusade generous payment if they would help him regain the throne; these promises later proved to be impossible to keep; in the event, the dynastic squabbling between the weak and ineffectual members of the Angelid dynasty brought about the Sack of Constantinople; Constantinople was burned, pillaged and destroyed, thousands of its citizens were killed, many of the surviving inhabitants fled, and much of the city became a depopulated ruin. The damage to Byzantium was incalculable; many historians point to this moment as a fatal blow in the empire's history. Although the empire was reformed in 1261 by the recapture of the city by forces from the Empire of Nicaea, the damage was never reversed and the empire never returned to anywhere near its former territorial extent, wealth and military power.
The third period of civil war took place in the 14th century. Two separate periods of civil war, again making extensive use of Turkish, Serbian and even Catalan troops, often operating independently under their own commanders, and often raiding and destroying Byzantine lands in the process, ruined the domestic economy and left the state virtually powerless and overrun by its enemies. Conflicts between Andronikos II and Andronikos III, and then later between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos, marked the final ruin of Byzantium; the Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 allowed the Turks to make notable gains in Anatolia and set up their capital in Bursa 100 kilometers from Constantinople the Byzantine's capital. The civil war of 1341–1347 saw exploitation of the Byzantine Empire by the Serbs, whose ruler took advantage of the chaos to proclaim himself emperor of the Serbs and Greeks; the Serbian king Stefan Uroš IV Dušan made significant territorial gains in Byzantine Macedonia in 1345 and conquered large swathes of Thessaly and Epirus in 1348.[1] In order to secure his authority during the civil war, Kantakouzenos hired Turkish mercenaries. Although these mercenaries were of some use, in 1352 they seized Gallipoli from the Byzantines.[2] By 1354, the empire's territory consisted of Constantinople and Thrace, the city of Thessaloniki, and some territory in the Morea.
Fall of the theme system[edit]
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The disintegration of the Byzantine Empire's traditional military system, the 'theme' system, played a role in its decline. Under this arrangement, which was in its heyday from circa 650 to 1025, the empire was divided into several regions which contributed locally raised troops to the imperial armies; the system provided an effective means of cheaply mobilizing large numbers of men, and the result was a comparatively large and powerful force – the army of the theme of Thrakesion alone had provided about 9,600 men in the period 902–936, for example. But from the 11th century onwards, the theme system was allowed to decay; this played a major role in the loss of Anatolia to the Turks at the end of that century.
In the 12th century, the Komnenian dynasty re-established an effective military force. Manuel I Komnenos, for example, was able to muster an army of over 40,000 men. However, the theme system was never replaced by a viable long-term alternative, and the result was an empire that depended more than ever before on the strengths of each individual emperor or dynasty; the collapse of imperial power and authority after 1185 revealed the inadequacy of this approach. After the deposition of Andronikos I Komnenos in 1185, the dynasty of the Angeloi oversaw a period of military decline. From 1185 onwards, Byzantine emperors found it increasingly difficult to muster and pay for sufficient military forces, while the failure of their efforts to sustain their empire exposed the limitations of the entire Byzantine military system, dependent as it was on competent personal direction from the emperor.
Despite the restoration under the Palaiologoi, Byzantium was never again a great power on the scale of the past. By the 13th century, the imperial army numbered a mere 6,000 men; as one of the main institutional strengths of the Byzantine state, the demise of the theme system left the empire lacking in underlying structural strengths.
Increasing reliance on mercenaries[edit]
As far back as the invasion of Africa by Belisarius, foreign soldiers were used in war.[3] While foreign military invention was not an all together new occurrence,[4] the reliance on it, and its ability to damage political, social, and economic institutions were dramatically increased in the 11th, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries; the 11th century saw increasing tensions between Courtly, and Military factions.[5][6] Until the mid 11th century the empire had long been under the control of the Military Factions with leaders such as Basil II, and John I Tzimiskes,[7] however the crisis of Basil II's succession led to increasing uncertainty in the future of politics;[5] the army demanded Basil's daughters remain in power, leading to a number of marriages, and increasing power for the Courtly faction.[5] This culminated after the failed Battle of Manzikert; as civil wars broke out, and tensions between courtly, and military factions reached a zenith, declining demand for soldiers led to the hiring of Turkish Mercenaries to fight the external civil war.[8] These mercenaries aided in the Byzantine loss of Anatolia by drawing more Turkish soldiers out of the interior of the empire, and by giving the Turks an increasing presence in Byzantine politics; these interventions also led to further destabilization of the political system.[8][9]
Reliance on foreign military intervention, and sponsorship for political motives, continued even during the Komnenoi Restoration, Alexius I utilized Turkish mercenaries in the civil wars he participated in with Nikephoros III Botaneiates.[9] In 1204, Alexios IV Angelos relied on Latin soldiers to claim the throne of Byzantium, leading to the sack of Constantinople, and the creation of the successor states.[10]
Loss of control over revenue[edit]
Economic concessions to the Italian Republics of Venice and Genoa weakened the empire's control over its own finances, especially from the ascension of Michael VIII Palaiologos in the 13th century onward. At this time it was common for emperors to seek sponsorship from Venice, Genoa, and the Turks; this led to a series of disastrous trade deals with the Italian states; drying up one of the empire's final sources of revenue.[11] This further led to competition between Venice, and Genoa to get emperors on the throne who supported their respective trade agenda to the detriment of the other, adding another level of instability to the Byzantine political process.[11]
By the time of the Byzantine–Genoese War (1348–49), only thirteen percent of custom dues passing through the Bosporus strait were going to the Empire; the remaining 87 percent was collected by the Genoese from their colony of Galata.[12] Genoa collected 200,000 hyperpyra from annual custom revenues from Galata, while Constantinople collected a mere 30,000;[13] the loss of control over its own revenue sources drastically weakened the Byzantine empire, hastening its decline. At the same time, the system of Pronoia (land grants in exchange for military service), became increasingly corrupt and dysfunctional by the later empire, and by the 14th century many of the empire's nobles were not paying any tax, nor were they serving in the empire's armies; this further undermined the financial basis of the state, and placed further reliance on unreliable mercenaries, which only hasted the empire's demise.
The failed Union of the Churches[edit]
John VI Kantakouzenos presiding over a synod of Orthodox clergy in 1351. Despite the return to Orthodoxy after 1282, Byzantium was unable to restore harmony. John VI abdicated in 1354; the civil war with John V Palaiologos weakened the empire
Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos signed a union with the Catholic church in the 13th century in the hope of staving off western attack, but the policy was unsuccessful; the empire's western enemies soon resumed attacking the empire, while the social divisions the deeply unpopular union created inside the empire were damaging to Byzantine society. The controversy over church union failed to provide the empire with any lasting benefit, while the prisons were soon full of dissenters and Orthodox clergy; this undermined the legitimacy of the Palaiologos dynasty and further facilitated social divisions, which were ultimately to play a role in the loss of Anatolia to the Ottoman Turks.
Byzantine envoys presented themselves at the Second Council of Lyons 24 June 1274. On the fourth session of the Council the formal act of union was performed[14], however with Pope Gregory's death (January, 1276), the hoped for gains did not materialise.[15]
While the union was opposed at all levels of society, it was especially opposed by the greater populace, led by the monks and the adherents of the deposed Patriarch Arsenios, known as the Arsenites. One of the chief anti-unionist leaders was Michael's own sister Eulogia (aka Irene), who fled to the court of her daughter Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene, Tsarina of the Bulgars, from where she intrigued unsuccessfully against Michael. More serious was the opposition of the sons of Michael of Epirus, Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas and his half-brother John the Bastard: they posed as the defenders of Orthodoxy and gave support to the anti-unionists fleeing Constantinople. Michael at first responded with comparative leniency, hoping to win the anti-unionists through persuasion, but eventually the virulence of the protests led him to resort to force. Many anti-unionists were blinded or exiled. Two prominent monks, Meletios and Ignatios, were punished: the first had his tongue cut out, the second was blinded. Even imperial officials were harshly treated, and the death penalty was decreed even for simply reading or possessing pamphlets directed against the Emperor.[16] "From the intensity of these disorders, tantamount almost to civil wars," concludes Geanakoplos, "it might appear that too great a price had been paid for the sake of union."[17]
The religious situation only worsened for Michael; the Arsenite party found widespread support amongst the discontented in the Anatolian provinces, and Michael responded there with similar viciousness: according to Vryonis, "These elements were either removed from the armies or else, alienated, they deserted to the Turks".[18] Another attempt to clear the encroaching Turkmen from the Meaender valley in 1278 found limited success, but Antioch on the Maeander was irretrievably lost as were Tralles and Nyssa four years later.[19]
On 1 May 1277, John the Bastard convoked a synod at Neopatras that anathematized the Emperor, Patriarch, and Pope as heretics.[20] In response, a synod was convoked at the Hagia Sophia on 16 July where both Nikephoros and John were anathematized in return. John called a final synod at Neopatras in December 1277, where an anti-unionist council of eight bishops, a few abbots, and one hundred monks, again anathematized the Emperor, Patriarch, and Pope.[21]
Conflict with Crusaders and Turks[edit]
Crusaders[edit]
Though the Crusades assisted Byzantium in driving back some of the Turks, they went far beyond the military assistance envisaged by Alexios I. Instead of following the strategic necessities of the war against the Turks, the Crusaders were focussed on the quest of re-conquering Jerusalem, and instead of returning territory to Byzantium, the Crusaders established their own principalities, becoming a territorial rival to Byzantine interests in their own right.
This was true already during the Third Crusade, which induced emperor Isaac II Angelos to make a secret alliance with Saladin to impede the progress of Frederick Barbarossa, but open conflict between Crusaders and Byzantium erupted in the Fourth Crusade, resulting in the Sack of Constantinople in 1204. Constantinople was now itself a Crusader state, known as the Latin Empire in historiography, but from the Greek perspective as Frankokratia or "rule of the Franks". Vestiges of imperial power were preserved in minor principalities, the Nicaean Empire, Trebizond and Epirus. Much of the Nicaean Emperors' efforts now went into combating the Latins, and even after Constantinople was returned to Greek rule under the Palaiologoi in 1261, the Empire exerted much of its efforts into defeating its Latin neighbours, contributing to the eventual failure of the Crusades by 1291.
Rise of the Seljuks and Ottomans[edit]
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No emperor after the Komnenian period was in a position to expel the Turks from Asia Minor, while the preoccupation of the Nicaean emperors with the attempt to recover Constantinople meant that resources were diverted away from Asia Minor and towards the west; the result was a weakening of the Byzantine defenses in the region, which, when combined with insufficient resources and incompetent leadership, led to the complete loss of all the empire's Asian territory to the Turks by 1338.
The disintegration of the Seljuk Turks led to the rise of the Ottoman Turks, their first important leader was Osman I Bey, who attracted Ghazi warriors and carved out a domain in north-western Asia Minor.[22] Attempts by the Byzantine Emperors to drive back the Ottomans were unsuccessful, and ceased in 1329 with the Battle of Pelekanon. Following a number of civil disputes in the Byzantine Empire, the Ottomans subjugated the Byzantines as vassals in the late 14th century and attempts to relieve this vassal status culminated in the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
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History of the Byzantine Empire
This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD. Several events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the transitional period during which the Roman Empire's east and west divided. In 285, the emperor Diocletian partitioned the Roman Empire's administration into eastern and western halves. Between 324 and 330, Constantine I transferred the main capital from Rome to Byzantium known as Constantinople and Nova Roma. Under Theodosius I, Christianity became the Empire's official state religion and others such as Roman polytheism were proscribed, and under the reign of Heraclius, the Empire's military and administration were restructured and adopted Greek for official use instead of Latin. Thus, although it continued the Roman state and maintained Roman state traditions, modern historians distinguish Byzantium from ancient Rome insofar as it was oriented towards Greek rather than Latin culture, characterised by Orthodox Christianity rather than Roman polytheism.
The borders of the Empire evolved over its existence, as it went through several cycles of decline and recovery. During the reign of Justinian I, the Empire reached its greatest extent after reconquering much of the Roman western Mediterranean coast, including north Africa and Rome itself, which it held for two more centuries. During the reign of Maurice, the Empire's eastern frontier was expanded and the north stabilised. However, his assassination caused a two-decade-long war with Sassanid Persia which exhausted the Empire's resources and contributed to major territorial losses during the Muslim conquests of the 7th century. In a matter of years the Empire lost its richest provinces and Syria, to the Arabs. During the Macedonian dynasty, the Empire again expanded and experienced a two-century long renaissance, which came to an end with the loss of much of Asia Minor to the Seljuk Turks after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071; this battle opened the way for the Turks to settle in Anatolia as a homeland.
The final centuries of the Empire exhibited a general trend of decline. It struggled to recover during the 12th century, but was delivered a mortal blow during the Fourth Crusade, when Constantinople was sacked and the Empire dissolved and divided into competing Byzantine Greek and Latin realms. Despite the eventual recovery of Constantinople and re-establishment of the Empire in 1261, Byzantium remained only one of several small rival states in the area for the final two centuries of its existence, its remaining territories were progressively annexed by the Ottomans over the 15th century. The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 ended the Roman Empire. During the 3rd century, three crises threatened the Roman Empire: external invasions, internal civil wars and an economy riddled with weaknesses and problems; the city of Rome became less important as an administrative centre. The crisis of the 3rd century displayed the defects of the heterogeneous system of government that Augustus had established to administer his immense dominion.
His successors had introduced some modifications, but events made it clearer that a new, more centralized and more uniform system was required. Diocletian was responsible for creating a new administrative system, he associated himself with Augustus. Each Augustus was to adopt a young colleague, or Caesar, to share in the rule and to succeed the senior partner. After the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, the tetrachy collapsed, Constantine I replaced it with the dynastic principle of hereditary succession. Constantine moved the seat of the Empire, introduced important changes into its civil and religious constitution. In 330, he founded Constantinople as a second Rome on the site of Byzantium, well-positioned astride the trade routes between East and West. Constantine began the building of the great fortified walls, which were expanded and rebuilt in subsequent ages. J. B. Bury asserts that "the foundation of Constantinople inaugurated a permanent division between the Eastern and Western, the Greek and the Latin, halves of the Empire—a division to which events had pointed—and affected decisively the whole subsequent history of Europe."Constantine built upon the administrative reforms introduced by Diocletian.
He stabilized the coinage, made changes to the structure of the army. Under Constantine, the Empire had recovered much of its military strength and enjoyed a period of stability and prosperity, he reconquered southern parts of Dacia, after defeating the Visigoths in 332, he was planning a campaign against Sassanid Persia as well. To divide administrative responsibilities, Constantine replaced the single praetorian prefect, who had traditionally exercised both military and civil functions, with regional prefects enjoying civil authority alone. In the course of the 4th century, four great sections emerged from these Constantinian beginnings, the practice of separating civil from military authority persisted until the 7th century. Constantine the Great inaugurated the Constantine's Bridge at Sucidava, in 328, in order to reconquer Dacia, a province, abandoned under Aurelian, he won a victory in the war and extended his control over the South Dacia, as remains of camps and fortifications in the region indicate.
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Michael VIII Palaiologos
Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus reigned as the co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261, as Byzantine Emperor from 1261 until his death. Michael VIII was the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty that would rule the Byzantine Empire until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, he recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261 and transformed the Empire of Nicaea into a restored Byzantine Empire. His reign would see considerable recovery of Byzantine power, including the enlargement of the Byzantine army and navy, it would include the reconstruction of the city of Constantinople, the increase of its population. He reestablished the University of Constantinople, which would lead to what is regarded as the Paliologian Renaissance during the 14th and 15th centuries, it would be at this time that the focus of the Byzantine military shifted to the Balkans, against the Bulgarians, leaving the Anatolian frontier neglected. His successors would not fix this issue, the Byzantine civil war made this situation much worse, draining the empire's strength and resources.
These internal conflicts lead to the permanent losses of important provinces such as Epirus to the Serbian Empire. The consequences of these conflicts would allow for the Anatolian beyliks to rise in power, most notably the one of Osman called the Ottoman Empire, his successors would conquer more parts of the empire, until the city of Constantinople itself in 1453, under the leadership of Mehmed II. Michael VIII Palaiologos was the son of the megas domestikos Andronikos Palaiologos by Theodora Angelina Palaiologina, the granddaughter of Emperor Alexios III Angelos and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamaterina. According to Deno John Geanakoplos, Michael's ancestry could be traced back to all three imperial houses that ruled the empire in the centuries before the capture of Constantinople in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade, his mother does not appear to have played a significant role in his early life. Michael rose to distinction at an early age, serving as the governor of the Thracian towns of Melnik and Serres under the command of his father Andronikos.
However, in the autumn of 1253 Michael was accused before the Emperor John III Vatatzes of plotting against the throne. The only way Michael was allowed to prove his innocence was through trial by ordeal, holding a red-hot iron; when the Emperor ordered him to take hold of the red-hot metal, the young Michael answered "with the astuteness, to characterize his career as Emperor": if the Metropolitan Phokas of Philadelphia, who evidently supported this proposal, could take the iron from the altar with his own hands and place it in Michael's, he would gladly receive it in faith that the truth would be revealed. Although Michael avoided punishment, afterwards was married to the Emperor's granddaughter and appointed megas konostaulos of the Latin mercenaries in the employment of the emperors of Nicaea, he was still mistrusted. Following the death of John Vatatzes, Michael crossed the Sangarios River with a few close friends and took service with the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. From late 1256 to 1258 he served as commander of the Christian mercenaries fighting for Sultan Kaykaus II.
A few days after the death of Emperor Theodore Laskaris in 1258, Michael Palaiologos instigated a coup against the influential bureaucrat George Mouzalon, seizing from him the guardianship of the eight-year-old Emperor John IV Doukas Laskaris. Michael was invested with the titles of megas doux and, in November 1258, of despotēs. On 1 January 1259 Michael VIII Palaiologos was proclaimed co-emperor at Nymphaion. In 1259 Michael VIII defeated the alliance of William of Villehardouin, Prince of Achaea, Michael II Komnenos Doukas of Epirus at the Battle of Pelagonia. According to Geanakoplos, "n the period preceding the Nicene reconquest of Constantinople in 1261 no event was of greater importance than Michael Palaeologus' victory at Pelagonia." This not only neutralized, for the immediate time, the possibility of an attack from enemies on his Western borders, but improved Michael's legitimacy by showing him as a competent leader. Despite this brilliant victory, only one event could remove the stigma of usurper from the eyes of his subjects — recovery of Constantinople itself.
In 1260 Michael led an unsuccessful attempt to capture the city. Rumors of reinforcements for the beleaguered city forced Michael to sign a one-year truce with the Latin Emperor Baldwin II that August. Realizing that he needed a navy to besiege Constantinople, Michael concluded the Treaty of Nymphaeum with Genoa in March of the following year. Genoese help proved to be unneeded when Michael VIII's general Alexios Strategopoulos captured Constantinople from Baldwin II through treachery on 25 July 1261. News of the captured city first reached Michael's sister Eulogia, he was not convinced until a messenger arrived from Strategopoulos bearing the crown and sword Baldwin had abandoned in his flight from his palace. Michael VIII entered the city on 15 August and had himself crowned together with his infant son Andronikos II Palaiologos. Once in control of Constantinople, Michael abolished all Latin customs and reinstated most Byzantine ceremonies and institutions as they had existed before the Fourth Crusade.
He repopulated
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading Ottoman army on 29 May 1453. The attackers were commanded by the 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos and took control of the imperial capital, ending a 53-day siege that began on 6 April 1453. After conquering the city, Sultan Mehmed transferred the capital of the Ottoman State from Edirne to Constantinople and established his court there; the capture of the city marked the end of the Byzantine Empire, a continuation of the Roman Empire, an imperial state dating to 27 BC, which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years. The conquest of Constantinople dealt a massive blow to the defense of mainland Europe, as the Muslim Ottoman armies thereafter were left unchecked to advance into Europe without an adversary to their rear, it was a watershed moment in military history. Since ancient times, cities had used ramparts and city walls to protect themselves from invaders, Constantinople's substantial fortifications had been a model followed by cities throughout the Mediterranean region and Europe.
The Ottomans prevailed due to the use of gunpowder. The conquest of the city of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire was a key event in the Late Middle Ages which marks, for some historians, the end of the Medieval period. Constantinople had been an imperial capital since its consecration in 330 under Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. In the following eleven centuries, the city had been besieged many times but was captured only once: during the Fourth Crusade in 1204; the crusaders established an unstable Latin state in and around Constantinople while the remaining empire splintered into a number of Byzantine successor states, notably Nicaea and Trebizond. They fought as allies against the Latin establishments, but fought among themselves for the Byzantine throne; the Nicaeans reconquered Constantinople from the Latins in 1261. Thereafter, there was little peace for the much-weakened empire as it fended off successive attacks by the Latins, the Serbians, the Bulgarians, most the Ottoman Turks.
The Black Plague between 1346 and 1349 killed half of the inhabitants of Constantinople. The city was depopulated due to the general economic and territorial decline of the empire, by 1453 consisted of a series of walled villages separated by vast fields encircled by the fifth-century Theodosian walls. By 1450 the empire was exhausted and had shrunk to a few square miles outside the city of Constantinople itself, the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, the Peloponnese with its cultural center at Mystras; the Empire of Trebizond, an independent successor state that formed in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade survived on the coast of the Black Sea. When Sultan Mehmed II succeeded his father in 1451, he was just nineteen years old. Many European courts assumed that the young Ottoman ruler would not challenge Christian hegemony in the Balkans and the Aegean; this calculation was boosted by Mehmed's friendly overtures to the European envoys at his new court. But Mehmed's mild words were not matched by actions.
By early 1452, work began on the construction of a second fortress on the Bosphorus, on the European side several miles north of Constantinople, set directly across the strait on the Asian side from the Anadolu Hisarı fortress, built by his great-grandfather Bayezid I. This pair of fortresses ensured complete control of sea traffic on the Bosphorus. In October 1452, Mehmed ordered Turakhan Beg to station a large garrison force in the Peloponnese to block Thomas and Demetrios from providing aid to their brother Constantine XI Palaiologos during the impending siege of Constantinople. Michael Critobulus says about the speech of Mehmed II to his soldiers: "My friends and men of my empire! You all know well that our forefathers secured this kingdom that we now hold at the cost of many struggles and great dangers and that, having passed it along in succession from their fathers, from father to son, they handed it down to me. For some of the oldest of you were sharers in many of the exploits carried through by them—those at least of you who are of maturer years—and the younger of you have heard of these deeds from your fathers.
They are not such ancient events nor of such a sort as to be forgotten through the lapse of time. Still, the eyewitness of those who have seen testifies better than does the hearing of deeds that happened but yesterday or the day before." Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI swiftly understood Mehmed's true intentions and turned to Western Europe for help. Since the mutual excommunications of 1054, the Pope in Rome was committed to establishing authority over the eastern church. Nominal union had been negotiated in 1274, at the Second Council of Lyon, indeed, some Palaiologoi emperors had since been received into the Latin church. Emperor John VIII Palaiologos had recently negotiated union with Pope Eugene IV, with the Council of Florence of 1439 proclaiming a Bull of Union; these events, stimulated a propaganda initiative by anti-unionist Orthodox partisans in Consta
Basiliscus
Basiliscus was Eastern Roman Emperor from 475 to 476. A member of the House of Leo, he came to power when Emperor Zeno was forced out of Constantinople by a revolt. Basiliscus was the brother of Empress Aelia Verina, the wife of Emperor Leo I, his relationship with the Emperor allowed him to pursue a military career that, after minor initial successes, ended in 468, when he led the disastrous Roman invasion of Vandal Africa, in one of the largest military operations of Late Antiquity. Basiliscus succeeded in seizing power in 475, exploiting the unpopularity of Emperor Zeno, the "barbarian" successor to Leo, a plot organised by Verina that had caused Zeno to flee Constantinople. However, during his short rule, Basiliscus alienated the fundamental support of the Church and the people of Constantinople, promoting the Miaphysite christological position in opposition to the Chalcedonian faith, his policy of securing his power through the appointment of loyal men to key roles antagonised many important figures in the imperial court, including his sister Verina.
So, when Zeno tried to regain his empire, he found no opposition, triumphantly entering Constantinople, capturing and killing Basiliscus and his family. The struggle between Basiliscus and Zeno impeded the Eastern Roman Empire's ability to intervene in the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which happened in early September 476; when the chieftain of the Heruli, deposed Western Emperor Romulus Augustus, sending the imperial regalia to Constantinople, Zeno had just regained his throne, was in no position to take any action but appoint Odoacer dux of Italy, thereby ending the Western Roman Empire. Of Balkan origin, Basiliscus was the brother of Aelia Verina, wife of Leo I, it has been argued that Basiliscus was uncle to the chieftain of the Odoacer. This link is based on the interpretation of a fragment by John of Antioch, which states that Odoacer and Armatus, Basiliscus' nephew, were brothers. However, not all scholars accept this interpretation, since sources do not say anything about the foreign origin of Basiliscus.
It is known that Basiliscus had a wife, at least one son, Marcus. Basiliscus' military career started under Leo I; the Emperor conferred upon his brother-in-law the dignities of dux, or commander-in-chief, in Thrace. In this country Basiliscus led a successful military campaign against the Bulgars in 463, he succeeded Rusticius as magister militum per Thracias, had several successes against the Goths and Huns. Basiliscus's value rose in Leo's consideration. Verina's intercession in favour of her brother helped Basiliscus' military and political career, with the conferral of the consulship in 465 and of the rank of patricius. However, his rise was soon to meet a serious reversal. In 468, Leo chose Basiliscus as leader of the famous military expedition against Carthage. All accounts agree that the invasion of the kingdom of the Vandals was one of the largest military undertakings recorded, although estimates of its exact size vary. According to Priscus and Nicephorus Gregoras, 100,000 ships were assembled.
Modern scholars consider Cedrenus's figure of each carrying 100 men, more likely. Peter Heather estimates a strength of 30,000 soldiers for the expedition and 50,000 total, when including sailors and the additional forces of Marcellinus and Heraclius of Edessa; the most conservative estimation for expedition expenses is of 64,000 pounds of gold, a sum that exceeded a whole year's revenue. The purpose of the operation was to punish the Vandal king Geiseric for the sacking of Rome in 455, in which the former capital of the Western Roman Empire was overwhelmed, the Empress Licinia Eudoxia and her daughters were taken as hostages; the plan was concerted between Eastern Emperor Leo, Western Emperor Anthemius, General Marcellinus, who enjoyed independence in Illyricum. Basiliscus was ordered to sail directly to Carthage, while Marcellinus attacked and took Sardinia, a third army, commanded by Heraclius, landed on the Libyan coast east of Carthage, making rapid progress, it appears that the combined forces met in Sicily, whence the three fleets moved at different periods.
Sardinia and Libya were conquered by Marcellinus and Heraclius, when Basiliscus cast anchor off the Promontorium Mercurii, now Cap Bon, opposite Sicily, about forty miles from Carthage. Geiseric requested Basiliscus to allow him five days to draw up the conditions of a peace. During the negotiations, Geiseric gathered his ships and attacked the Roman fleet; the Vandals had filled many vessels with combustible materials. During the night, these fire ships were propelled against the unguarded and unsuspecting Roman fleet; the Roman commanders tried to rescue some ships from destruction, but these manoeuvres were blocked by the attack of other Vandal vessels. Basiliscus fled in the heat of the battle. One half of the Roman fleet was burned, sunk, or captured, the other half followed the fugitive Basiliscus; the whole expedition had failed. Heraclius effected his retreat through the desert into Tripolitania, holding the position for two years until recalled. After returning to Constantinople, Basiliscus hid in the church of Hagia Sophia to escape the wrath of the people and the revenge of the Emperor.
By the mediation of Verina, Basiliscus obtained the Imperial pardon, was p
The Ottoman Empire known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, was a state that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire; the Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror. During the 16th and 17th centuries, at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire was a multinational, multilingual empire controlling most of Southeast Europe, parts of Central Europe, Western Asia, parts of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, North Africa and the Horn of Africa. At the beginning of the 17th century, the empire contained numerous vassal states; some of these were absorbed into the Ottoman Empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries.
With Constantinople as its capital and control of lands around the Mediterranean basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interactions between the Eastern and Western worlds for six centuries. While the empire was once thought to have entered a period of decline following the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, this view is no longer supported by the majority of academic historians; the empire continued to maintain a flexible and strong economy and military throughout the 17th and much of the 18th century. However, during a long period of peace from 1740 to 1768, the Ottoman military system fell behind that of their European rivals, the Habsburg and Russian empires; the Ottomans suffered severe military defeats in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which prompted them to initiate a comprehensive process of reform and modernisation known as the Tanzimat. Thus, over the course of the 19th century, the Ottoman state became vastly more powerful and organised, despite suffering further territorial losses in the Balkans, where a number of new states emerged.
The empire allied with Germany in the early 20th century, hoping to escape from the diplomatic isolation which had contributed to its recent territorial losses, thus joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers. While the Empire was able to hold its own during the conflict, it was struggling with internal dissent with the Arab Revolt in its Arabian holdings. During this time, atrocities were committed by the Young Turk government against the Armenians and Pontic Greeks; the Empire's defeat and the occupation of part of its territory by the Allied Powers in the aftermath of World War I resulted in its partitioning and the loss of its Middle Eastern territories, which were divided between the United Kingdom and France. The successful Turkish War of Independence against the occupying Allies led to the emergence of the Republic of Turkey in the Anatolian heartland and the abolition of the Ottoman monarchy; the word Ottoman is a historical anglicisation of the name of Osman I, the founder of the Empire and of the ruling House of Osman.
Osman's name in turn was the Turkish form of the Arabic name ʿUthmān. In Ottoman Turkish, the empire was referred to as Devlet-i ʿAlīye-yi ʿOsmānīye, or alternatively ʿOsmānlı Devleti. In Modern Turkish, it is known as Osmanlı Devleti; the Turkish word for "Ottoman" referred to the tribal followers of Osman in the fourteenth century, subsequently came to be used to refer to the empire's military-administrative elite. In contrast, the term "Turk" was used to refer to the Anatolian peasant and tribal population, was seen as a disparaging term when applied to urban, educated individuals. In the early modern period, an educated urban-dwelling Turkish-speaker, not a member of the military-administrative class would refer to himself neither as an Osmanlı nor as a Türk, but rather as a Rūmī, or "Roman", meaning an inhabitant of the territory of the former Byzantine Empire in the Balkans and Anatolia; the term Rūmī was used to refer to Turkish-speakers by the other Muslim peoples of the empire and beyond.
In Western Europe, the two names "Ottoman Empire" and "Turkey" were used interchangeably, with "Turkey" being favoured both in formal and informal situations. This dichotomy was ended in 1920–23, when the newly established Ankara-based Turkish government chose Turkey as the sole official name. Most scholarly historians avoid the terms "Turkey", "Turks", "Turkish" when referring to the Ottomans, due to the empire's multinational character; as the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum declined in the 13th century, Anatolia was divided into a patchwork of independent Turkish principalities known as the Anatolian Beyliks. One of these beyliks, in the region of Bithynia on the frontier of the Byzantine Empire, was led by the Turkish tribal leader Osman I, a figure of obscure origins from whom the name Ottoman is derived. Osman's early followers consisted both of Turkish tribal groups and Byzantine renegades, many but not all converts to Islam. Osman extended the control of his principality by conquering Byzantine towns along the Sakarya River.
It is not well understood how the early Ottomans came to dominate their
Ostrogothic Kingdom
The Ostrogothic Kingdom the Kingdom of Italy, was established by the Ostrogoths in Italy and neighbouring areas from 493 to 553. In Italy the Ostrogoths, led by Theoderic the Great and replaced Odoacer, a Germanic soldier, erstwhile-leader of the foederati in Northern Italy, the de facto ruler of Italy, who had deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus, in 476. Under Theoderic, its first king, the Ostrogothic kingdom reached its zenith, stretching from modern France in the west into modern Serbia in the southeast. Most of the social institutions of the late Western Roman Empire were preserved during his rule. Theodoric called himself Gothorum Romanorumque rex, demonstrating his desire to be a leader for both peoples. Starting in 535, the Eastern Roman Empire invaded Italy under Justinian I; the Ostrogothic ruler at that time, could not defend the kingdom and was captured when the capital Ravenna fell. The Ostrogoths rallied around a new leader and managed to reverse the conquest, but were defeated.
The last king of the Ostrogothic Kingdom was Teia. The Ostrogoths were the eastern branch of the Goths, they settled and established a powerful state in Dacia, but during the late 4th century, they came under the dominion of the Huns. After the collapse of the Hunnic empire in 454, large numbers of Ostrogoths were settled by Emperor Marcian in the Roman province of Pannonia as foederati. Unlike most other foederati formations, the Goths were not absorbed into the structure and traditions of the Roman military but retained a strong identity and cohesion of their own. In 460, during the reign of Leo I, because the payment of annual sums had ceased, they ravaged Illyricum. Peace was concluded in 461, whereby the young Theoderic Amal, son of Theodemir of the Amals, was sent as a hostage to Constantinople, where he received a Roman education. In previous years, a large number of Goths, first under Aspar and under Theodoric Strabo, had entered service in the Roman army and were a significant political and military power in the court of Constantinople.
The period 477-483 saw a complex three-way struggle among Theoderic the Amal, who had succeeded his father in 474, Theodoric Strabo, the new Eastern Emperor Zeno. In this conflict, alliances shifted and large parts of the Balkans were devastated by it. In the end, after Strabo's death in 481, Zeno came to terms with Theoderic. Parts of Moesia and Dacia ripensis were ceded to the Goths, Theoderic was named magister militum praesentalis and consul for 484. A year Theoderic and Zeno fell out, again Theoderic's Goths ravaged Thrace, it was that the thought occurred to Zeno and his advisors to kill two birds with one stone, direct Theoderic against another troublesome neighbor of the Empire - the Italian kingdom of Odoacer. In 476, leader of the foederati in the West, had staged a coup against the rebellious magister militum Orestes, seeking to have his son Romulus Augustulus recognized as Western Emperor in place of Emperor Julius Nepos. Orestes had reneged on the promise of land in Italy for Odoacer's troops, a pledge made to ensure their neutrality in his attack on Nepos.
After executing Orestes and putting the teenage usurper in internal exile, Odoacer paid nominal allegiance to Nepos while operating autonomously, having been raised to the rank of patrician by Zeno. Odoacer retained the Roman administrative system, cooperated with the Roman Senate, his rule was efficient and successful, he evicted the Vandals from Sicily in 477, in 480 he occupied Dalmatia after the murder of Julius Nepos. An agreement was reached between Zeno and Theoderic, stipulating that Theoderic, if victorious, was to rule in Italy as the emperor's representative. Theoderic with his people set out from Moesia in the autumn of 488, passed through Dalmatia and crossed the Julian Alps into Italy in late August 489; the first confrontation with the army of Odoacer was at the river Isonzo on August 28. Odoacer was defeated and withdrew towards Verona, where a month another battle was fought, resulting in a bloody, but crushing, Gothic victory. Odoacer fled to his capital at Ravenna, while the larger part of his army under Tufa surrendered to the Goths.
Theoderic sent Tufa and his men against Odoacer, but he changed his allegiance again and returned to Odoacer. In 490, Odoacer was thus able to campaign against Theoderic, take Milan and Cremona and besiege the main Gothic base at Ticinum. At that point, the Visigoths intervened, the siege of Ticinum was lifted, Odoacer was decisively defeated at the river Adda on 11 August 490. Odoacer fled again to Ravenna, while the Senate and many Italian cities declared themselves for Theoderic; the Goths now turned to besiege Ravenna, but since they lacked a fleet and the city could be resupplied by sea, the siege could be endured indefinitely, despite privations. It was not until 492 that Theoderic was able to procure a fleet and capture Ravenna's harbours, thus cutting off communication with the outside world; the effects of this appeared six months when, with the mediation of the city's bishop, negotiations started between the two parties. An agreement was reached on 25 February 493. A banquet was organised in order to celebrate this treaty.
It was at this banquet, on March 15, that Theoderic, after making a toast, killed Odoacer with his own hands. A general massacre of Odoacer's soldiers and supporters followed. Theoderic and his Goths were now masters of Italy. Like Odoacer, Theoderic was ostensibly a patricius and subject of
Seljuq dynasty
The Seljuq dynasty, or Seljuqs, was an Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that became a Persianate society and contributed to the Turco-Persian tradition in the medieval West and Central Asia. The Seljuqs established both the Seljuk Empire and the Sultanate of Rum, which at their heights stretched from Iran to Anatolia, were targets of the First Crusade; the Seljuqs originated from the Qynyk branch of the Oghuz Turks, who in the 9th century lived on the periphery of the Muslim world, north of the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea in their Yabghu Khaganate of the Oghuz confederacy, in the Kazakh Steppe of Turkestan. During the 10th century, due to various events, the Oghuz had come into close contact with Muslim cities; when Seljuq, the leader of the Seljuq clan, had a falling out with Yabghu, the supreme chieftain of the Oghuz, he split his clan off from the bulk of the Tokuz-Oghuz and set up camp on the west bank of the lower Syr Darya. Around 985, Seljuq converted to Islam. In the 11th century the Seljuqs migrated from their ancestral homelands into mainland Persia, in the province of Khurasan, where they encountered the Ghaznavid empire.
In 1025, 40,000 families of Oghuz Turks migrated to the area of Caucasian Albania. The Seljuqs defeated the Ghaznavids at the Battle of Nasa plains in 1035. Tughril and Yabghu received the insignias of governor, grants of land, were given the title of dehqan. At the Battle of Dandanaqan they defeated a Ghaznavid army, after a successful siege of Isfahan by Tughril in 1050/51, they established an empire called the Great Seljuk Empire; the Seljuqs mixed with the local population and adopted the Persian culture and Persian language in the following decades. After arriving in Persia, the Seljuqs adopted the Persian culture and used the Persian language as the official language of the government, played an important role in the development of the Turko-Persian tradition which features "Persian culture patronized by Turkic rulers." Today, they are remembered as great patrons of Persian culture, art and language. They are regarded as the partial ancestors of the Western Turks – the present-day inhabitants of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan and Turkey.
The "Great Seljuqs" were heads of the family. Turkish custom called for the senior member of the family to be the Great Seljuq, although the position was associated with the ruler of western Persia. Muhammad's son Mahmud II succeeded him in western Persia, but Ahmad Sanjar, the governor of Khurasan at the time being the senior member of the family, became the Great Seljuq Sultan; the rulers of western Persia, who maintained a loose grip on the Abbasids of Baghdad. Several Turkic emirs gained a strong level of influence in the region, such as the Eldiduzids. Mahmud II 1118–1131 1131–1134 disputed between: Dawud Mas'ud 1131 Toghrul II 1132–1134 Mas'ud 1133–1152 Malik Shah III 1152–1153 Muhammad II Suleiman Shah 1160–1161 Arslan Shah 1161–1174 Toghrul III 1174–1194In 1194, Tugrul III was killed in battle with the Khwarezm Shah, who annexed Hamadan. Kerman was a province in southern Persia. Between 1053 and 1154, the territory included Umman. Qawurd 1041–1073 Kerman Shah 1073–1074 Sultan Shah 1074–1075 Hussain Omar 1075–1084 Turan Shah I 1084–1096 Iran-Shah 1096–1101 Arslan Shah I 1101–1142 Mehmed I 1142–1156 Toğrül Shah 1156–1169 Bahram Shah 1169–1174 Arslan Shah II 1174–1176 Turan Shah II 1176–1183 Muhammad Shah 1183–1187Muhammad abandoned Kerman, which fell into the hands of the Oghuz chief Malik Dinar.
Kerman was annexed by the Khwarezmid Empire in 1196. Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1085–1086 Jalal ad-Dawlah Malik Shah I of Great Seljuq 1086–1087 Qasim ad-Dawla Abu Said Aq Sunqur al-Hajib 1087–1094 Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1094–1095 Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan 1095–1113 Tadj ad-Dawla Alp Arslan al-Akhras 1113–1114 Sultan Shah 1114–1123To the Artuqids Sultans/Emirs of Damascus: Aziz ibn Abaaq al-Khwarazmi 1076–1079 Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I 1079–1095 Abu Nasr Shams al-Muluk Duqaq 1095–1104 Tutush II 1104 Muhi ad-Din Baqtash 1104Damascus seized by the Burid Toghtekin The Seljuq line having been deprived of any significant power ended in the early 14th century. Kutalmish 1060–1077 Suleyman I 1077–1086 Dawud Kilij Arslan I 1092–1107 Malik Shah 1107–1116 Rukn ad-Din Mesud I 1116–1156 Izz ad-Din Kilij Arslan II 1156–1192 Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw I 1192–1196 Suleyman II 1196–1204 Kilij Arslan III 1204–1205 Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw I 1205–1211 Izz ad-Din Kaykaus I 1211–1220 Ala ad-Din Kayqubad I 1220–1237 Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw II 1237–1246 Izz ad-Din Kaykaus II 1246–1260 Rukn ad-Din Kilij Arslan IV 1248–1265 Ala ad-Din Kayqubad II 1249–1257 Ghiyath ad-Din Kaykhusraw III 1265–1282 Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II 1282–1284 Ala ad-Din Kayqubad III 1284 Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II 1284–1293 Ala ad-Din Kayqubad III 1293–1294 Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II 1294–1301 Ala ad-Din Kayqubad III 1301–1303 Ghiyath ad-Din Mesud II 1303–1307 Seljuk Empire Sultanate of Rûm Ottoman dynasty List of Sunni Muslim dynasties Grousset, Rene.
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The Favorites of the Emperor Honorius, by John William Waterhouse, 1883
Zeno (emperor) [videos]
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Relief of Ariadne, elder daughter of Emperor Leo I and wife of Zeno.
Leo I, father-in-law of Zeno, Eastern Roman Emperor from 457 to 474.
This solidus was minted by Odoacer in the name of Zeno. Odoacer ruled Italy under the formal patronage of the Eastern Emperor.
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Tremissis of Justin I, Justinian's uncle
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The Barberini Ivory, which is thought to portray either Justinian or Anastasius I
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Gold solidus of Leo III
Byzantine-style lead seal of the Bulgar ruler, Tervel
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Histamenon of Basil II (left) and Constantine VIII (right)
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Scyphate (cup-shaped) hyperpyron minted under Manuel I Komnenos
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The restored Byzantine Empire in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911).
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The royal mantle.
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Dandolo Preaching the Crusade by Gustave Doré
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Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. East Thrace, located in Europe …
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The Library of Celsus in Ephesus was built by the Romans in 114–117. The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, built by king Croesus of Lydia in the 6th century BC, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Originally a church, later a mosque, and now a museum, the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was built by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 532–537 AD.
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The Ottoman Empire, also historically known in Western Europe as the Turkish Empire or simply Turkey, was a state that controlled …
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Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeats the Holy League of Charles V under the command of Andrea Doria at the Battle of Preveza in 1538
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Konya is a major city in south-western edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau and is the seventh-most-populous city in Turkey with a metropolitan population of over 2.1 million. Konya is an economically and industrially developed city and the capital of Konya …
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Established in 1273, the Sufi Mevlevi Order and its Whirling Dervishes are among the renowned symbols of Konya and Turkey.
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Greeks from Konya.
Republic of Venice [videos]
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Emperor Andronikos III, who supervised the last period of recovery of the Byzantine state.
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Donor portrait of the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, one of the leaders of the anti-Kantakouzenos regency.
The Serbian Tsar Stefan Dušan, who exploited the Byzantine civil war to greatly expand his realm. His reign marks the apogee of the medieval Serbian state.
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Fall of Constantinople [videos]
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Europe is not an example for the Green New Deal in practice
March 31, 2019 By Bill Wirtz
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” suggests replacing air travel with high-speed rail connections.
But the comparisons drawn with Europe ignore that despite massive investments on the Old Continent, prices remain non-competitive with air travel and that state-run rail crumbles under its own inefficiency.
In a piece for Vox, Umair Irfan writes “High-speed trains already compete with planes in many parts of the world. They also have far lower carbon emissions.” The article compares the ambitions of AOC with existing examples in Japan and Europe.
“The prices are comparable too, with train tickets actually coming in cheaper for routes like Paris and Lyon or Seoul and Busan. The Paris-Lyon train fare is about $75, while the flight is about $115. Both trips take about 2.5 hours door to door.”
The price for Paris-Lyon by high-speed rail is indeed correct, but Umair Irfan doesn’t mention that the only carrier operating that route is the state-run carrier SNCF.
SNCF currently carries a debt of a staggering €55 billion ($62.3 billion). In fact, the yearly deficit and debt increase of the train company is so bad that France had to revise its annual debt by 0.1 percent of total GDP in 2016 and 2017.
This makes every ticket you buy in France highly subsidized, while air travel actually pays more in tax than it receives. Slate suggests that French engineers should have helped built high-speed rail in California. That would probably have been the only way to make it worse.
The choice of Paris-Lyon is also very convenient, since it’s number one and three of the largest cities in France, therefore benefitting from regular and highly used high-speed rail connections. The only air travel between those two cities is ensured by AirFrance and its subsidiary HOP!, in which the French government is a minority shareholder. Every other connection in France would be connected both quicker and cheaper by air travel.
Let’s try Paris-Nice (the fifth largest city of the country, in the South of France). High-speed rail would take you a total of 6 hours, at a cost of $90 (with highly subsidized state rail), while British low-cost airline EasyJet gets you there in 1 hour, 30 minutes for only $56. That is probably the reason why France is currently supporting an initiative in the European Union which would add an additional tax of $8 per flight segment. Smart move: if you tax airlines into higher prices, your case for “cheaper” train travel will be self-fulfilling.
It becomes even more interesting if you consider other travel itineraries. Paris-Nice is only about 600 miles. If you wanted to get from Greece’s capital of Athens to Madrid, which is a European equivalent of a “cost-to-coast,” your distance would be almost 2,000 miles, which is still less than a connection between New York and San Francisco (2,800 miles). However, Athens-Madrid by train, ferry, and bus would take you between 3 and 4 days, and cost about $340, while a direct flight would be $140 and about 4 hours.
That wouldn’t even account for the fact that the train connections are indebted, and thoroughly unreliable.
In Belgium, a structural rate of more than 10 percent of trains are late.
In Germany, a quarter of trains operated by “Deutsche Bahn” experience delays, which has brought the operator to change the definition: a high-speed train delay of less than 15 minutes is simply not counted as a delay.
You’ll also notice that Central and Eastern European nations, which have suffered historically from communism until the early 1990s, have no high-speed rail connections whatsoever, and are completely reliant on air travel to connect cities. AOC: collective ownership or fast trains, you can’t have both.
In fact, the only countries in Europe where high-speed rail starting from 165 mph — which is the speed needed to reduce travel times competitively enough to challenge air travel — are France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. In total, they have a network of about 4,600 miles of high-speed rail connection, and not even remotely close to anything the U.S. would need in terms of connection.
High-speed is no solution for passenger transport in the United States, it’s a fantasy that has paid out badly for the wallets and travelers in Europe.
This article was first published by Newsmax.
EnglishAir travel, Environment, Europe, Train, Travel, United States
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New Orleans-based Iguanas brings its music to Narrows Center Arts Fest
By Jay N. Miller/For The Patriot Ledger
You could make a serious case that, when booking a festival with music, The Iguanas include so many varieties and styles they could be the only group you'd need to delight a broad audience. As it turns out however, the 17th annual Narrows Center Arts Fest, taking place Sunday both inside and outside the Fall River venue, will include a long list of performers, and it's all a free event.
The Iguanas have a long and unique connection to southeastern Massachusetts, perhaps beginning when they were opening Jimmy Buffett's 1994 tour at Great Woods (now The Xfinity Center) in Mansfield. When they headlined the 2005 Green Harbor Roots and Blues Festival at the Marshfield Fair, it occurred on a weekend when a hurricane was bearing down on their hometown of New Orleans. Wrapping up their set that day, the Iguanas joked that they hoped they'd have homes when they returned to the Crescent City, but Hurricane Katrina devastated their city beyond anyone's expectations, and the members of the band would have to temporarily re-locate to Austin, Texas for the next few years.
The last time we talked with the band, they were on a swing that included gigs at the Narrows Center, and also Johnny D's in Davis Square, Somerville, two of their regular stops. But of course now Johnny D's is gone.
The appeal of the Iguanas music, however, is enduring and that's what made them such an intriguing attraction since they began in 1989. Lots of New Orleans groups play some kind of musical gumbo, but the Iguanas really take the cross-cultural mixmaster thing to a delightful extreme, as their music melds rock, Latin and Tex-Mex elements, rhythm and blues, jazz, Chicano rock, mambo and second-line rhythms. The band's music has popped up on soundtracks to the TV series "Homicide: Life on the Streets" in 1994, and in the movie "Phenomenon" in 1996. They've recorded for Buffett's Margaritaville Records, on the major label MCA imprint, and for their last two albums on an indie co-op label that was in New Orleans.
The Iguanas' ninth and most recent album was 2014's "Juarez," which was a bracing collection of their genre-crossing, but always sizzling and dance-happy music. That album's cuts, for instance, ranged from the irresistible Mexican-flavored dancefloor workout "Wedding of Chicken and Snake" to the spacey "Blues for Juarez," to the doo-wop influenced ballad "Make That Magic Happen." Just for good measure there was also the New Orleans mambo of "Slumming," and the accordion romp "Matamoros Way." As their website notes, the Iguanas' recent records are a delectable combination of "Rue Bourbon, Muscle Shoals and Plaza Mexico" all intersecting.
The Iguanas include Rene Coman on vocals, bass, and keyboards, Rod Hodges on guitar and accordion, Joe Cabral on saxophone and vocals, and Doug Garrison on drums and percussion. After more than 20 years of ferocious touring, the Iguanas take a more relaxed approach these days, in part because they have a Wednesday night residency at their hometown's Circle Bar.
We caught up with Coman this week, as the Gulf Coast was preparing for yet another tropical storm. He mentioned that New Orleans had cancelled school on Tuesday, but it had turned out to be a nice, sunshiny day, with the storm expected to hit overnight.
"We've had that Circle Bar residency for a couple of years and it's really been fun," said Coman. "It's an early evening gig, so one of the keys is that it lets people who are out of the habit of going out, have some fun and get home early. It's become kind of a scene all its own, and it's pretty well attended. The thing is that it's a nice size room, so we don't need a ton of people for it to feel full. It has great sound, so we can really play to the room. The sound quality is really warm, but it also has a low threshold, so too much sound can blow it out. We play the room like a speaker, and we're able to use precise dynamics, and a relatively low volume that works well for our music."
Obviously, such a regular show offers the ability to try new material.
"We do use the Circle Bar residency to work new stuff into our set," said Coman. "We can add to our repertoire, or pull older stuff out and revive it. We like to try new songs, covers, and it makes for an attitude where we can just say, "Let's try this, let's try that.' Sometimes we will run into something where we decide we might be better off trying it once or twice in rehearsal, but most of the time we can handle almost anything. It's like a regular chance to turn the engine over, not like it would be if we'd been off for a couple months. Playing this weekly gig, results in having the band operate on a whole nice, solid level, as if we'd been touring for months. But, it's a very copacetic atmosphere."
With four years since their last album, are the Iguanas planning to release new music?
"We have a bunch of new material," said Coman, "and the next issue is to figure out the best way to release the new music. Every few records, it seems, we have to work in a new vein of the business. We've been on Margaritaville, and MCA, and our last two records were on this local co-op label, which we did with the Tidy Street Studios, right here in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. That worked well, and they put out a lot of great albums, but they got to the point where they sold the building. They have moved out to the country – roughly two hours away. So, by choice or necessity, we have to find another way to release our next record. It does keep things interesting."
"We did release a single during Jazz Fest down here," Coman added. "We did a new tune called 'Needle in a Haystack,' and put it out on iTunes, and with a YouTube video. It's a really fun new song that gets people dancing, and that release worked pretty well for us. I don't know if we'd continue to do one or two-song singles like that, or maybe try an EP. If people don't buy CDs anymore, what do we want to do? People tell us vinyl is making a comeback, and that's fun but how many pieces would we sell that way? So we're not convinced, yet, that we should move in any one direction. It seems that, just like the last decade or so, the business is in a time of flux."
The Iguanas' touring schedule is also a bit tricky, as they seek to balance the demand for their shows around the country with their residency commitment, and the fact that they all have families now and months on the road isn't as attractive an option as it used to be.
"We did a substantial tour of the Midwest in June, getting up as far north as Virginia," Coman noted. "We're coming back out for this quick weekend to New England. Then we have a quick trip to Colorado for two or three dates the week after. We don't go out for too long these days, and working around the Wednesday residency is part of it. We used to like to go out and stay for weeks at a time, but what you find is that so many of those early-week dates, Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday, you just end up paying for a hotel room and waiting for the weekend dates. So that sort of long touring is not as sustainable for anyone as it used to be."
Through whatever changes the music industry has, the Iguanas' hunger for new sounds and trying new things continues, and the four members still love what they do.
"I think if there's any new flavors in our new music today, it's a certain hill country blues direction," Coman mused. "Then we toss out a few other flavors. We've still got eclectic tastes. There's a bundle of things we do, new music and our older stuff, that have gone through some permutations that are really cool. We keep trying to find new ways of doing even the oldest stuff, and we have not exhausted that approach yet.
"I think you can see that progression, that constant trying different things, through all our records," Coman added. "Our third album, for example, was more experimental. We've always brought unconventional ways of playing our music to the records. Live, onstage, we tend to be much more dance-oriented. It's great to be going back to play at the Narrows Center, and playing on a festival like this, we'll probably take a slight shift in our set, including more of the good-vibe material that enhance the whole celebration."
Away from music, Coman also hosts a podcast called "Troubled Men" on iTunes, with New Orleans gadfly Manny Chevrolet. "He's a perennial candidate for mayor down here," said Coman. "He's going to keep running until he wins, but we talk about everything, and that's been a lot of fun."
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Trump's interior secretary won't seek to close any national monuments
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has a Thursday deadline to decide the future of more than two dozen national monuments created by past presidents.
Trump's interior secretary won't seek to close any national monuments Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has a Thursday deadline to decide the future of more than two dozen national monuments created by past presidents. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2xtJJIY
1. BEARS EARS (Utah): Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has already made a preliminary recommendation to shrink this monument, which was designated by President Obama a few weeks before he left office. The designation protected 1.35 million acres of sacred tribal lands in southeastern Utah, but it infuriated the state's congressional delegation, which said monument protection would restrict oil and gas development. Jon Austria/The Daily Times
The 10 national monuments Trump is most likely to shrink
Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada. James W. Cornett
California's Lake Berryessa lies next to a portion of Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which President Barack Obama established in 2015. The monument stretches from lowlands near Lake Berryessa and Clear Lake to mountain peaks. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Eric Risberg, AP
In this July 6, 2000, photo, Pilot Rock rises into the clouds in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument near Lincoln, Ore. The monument was among those included in the Trump administration's review. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard, File) Jeff Barnard, AP
5. GOLD BUTTE (Nevada): Eric Wilson, of Oakland, CA hikes at Gold Butte, which was established by President Barack Obama in late 2016. The monument designation created a wildlife corridor connecting Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, but angered some Nevada politicians and rural residents, who oppose further restrictions on the use of federal land in the state. John Locher, AP
6. GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE (Utah): President Donald Trump specified that his administration's review of national monuments should begin in 1996 so as to include Grand Staircase-Escalante, which was abruptly designated by President Bill Clinton over the strong objections of Utah's congressional delegation. Seventeen House Republicans have urged Trump to eliminate the 1.9-million-acre monument, which features a series of staircase-like cliffs leading from Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park south to Grand Canyon National Park. MCT
7. KATAHDIN WOODS AND WATERS (Maine): Mount Katahdin, the highest peak in Maine, is visible from the national monument, which was designated by President Barack Obama in 2016. Burt's Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby donated the land to the federal government with the intention it would become a national monument, but the designation has still faced furious opposition from Maine Gov. Paul LePage. Patrick Whittle, AP
8. ORGAN MOUNTAINS-DESERT PEAKS (New Mexico):President Barack Obama established this monument, protecting landscapes and historical artifacts in a 500,000-acre area stretching from the desert floor to the peaks of the Organ Mountains. Ranchers want to see the monument eliminated, and Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) thinks it should be shrunk. Lisa Mandelkern, AP
9. MOJAVE TRAILS (California): President Barack Obama designated this monument, which surrounds historic Route 66, between Mojave National Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park. Seventeen House Republicans asked the Trump administration to eliminate the monument, saying it could prevent future expansion of some mining operations. Courtesy of Jack Thompson/The Wildlands Conservancy
10. VERMILION CLIFFS (Arizona): A hiker takes a photo on a rock formation known as the Wave in this national monument, which was designated by President Bill Clinton in 2000. Seventeen congressional Republicans called for monument's elimination, saying the designation wasn't needed to protect the area. Brian Witte, AP
1. BEARS EARS (Utah): Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has already made a preliminary recommendation to shrink this monument, which was designated by President Obama a few weeks before he left office. The designation protected 1.35 million acres of sacred tribal lands in southeastern Utah, but it infuriated the state's congressional delegation, which said monument protection would restrict oil and gas development.
Alex Devoid, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 2:23 p.m. MT Aug. 23, 2017 | Updated 7:14 p.m. MT May 23, 2018
Recommendation includes boundary changes; no word yet on affected monuments
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is 279,568 acres and located north of the Grand Canyon. It was created by President Bill Clinton in 2000.(Photo: Brian Witte/AP)
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will not recommend eliminating any national monuments, but indicated he will suggest downsizing some of the two dozen he reviewed. He would not disclose on Thursday which monuments would be affected.
Conservation groups remain opposed to reducing any of the national monuments in size.
"If Secretary Zinke expects Americans to be thankful because he wants to merely erase large chunks of national monuments instead of eliminating them entirely, he is badly mistaken,” said Jennifer Rokala, executive director of the Center for Western Priorities.
Zinke met the Aug. 24 deadline to submit his report to President Donald Trump, but did not make public his specific recommendations for the 21 national monuments under his review, including three in Arizona.
Trump ordered the review of 27 national monuments in April, all of them established by previous presidents. The review affected monuments of more than 100,000 acres established after Jan. 1, 1996, or individual monuments that Zinke determined were designated without enough public input.
Four of the monuments are in Arizona. Zinke had already removed one, Grand Canyon-Parashant, from the list, leaving it unchanged. The fate of the other three — Vermilion Cliffs, Sonoran Desert and Ironwood Forest — is in the report submitted Thursday.
In all, he had already decided to let six monuments stand.
Few details on proposed changes
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke visits Bunkerville, Nev. to discuss the future of Gold Butte and other local land issues Sunday, July 30, 2017. (Photo: Chris Caldwell / The Spectrum & Daily News)
In an interview with the Associated Press, Zinke said he would seek boundary changes to a handful of the monuments, but would not disclose which ones until the White House had reviewed his report.
He also did not directly answer questions about whether any of the monuments would be opened to energy development or mining.
“There’s an expectation we need to look out 100 years from now to keep the public land experience alive in this country,” Zinke told the AP. “You can protect the monument by keeping public access to traditional uses.”
The Center for Biological Diversity requested the report in a Freedom of Information Act Request on Thursday, the group said in a statement.
"We're kind of afraid of what's in it," said Tom Hannagan, president of Friends of Ironwood Forest President. He said he'd like Ironwood Forest National Monument kept as is, unscathed by mining or drilling.
"Arizona has a lot of mines ... and that's fine," he said. "We think there's room for both mines and ... protected areas in the state."
Support for monuments acknowledged
Opponents of national monuments who took part in the review's public comment period "were often local residents associated with industries such as grazing, timber production, mining, hunting and fishing, and motorized recreation," Zinke wrote in his review summary.
He acknowledged that comments submitted during the review process were overwhelmingly in favor or maintaining the monuments, but suggested that was because of "a well orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple organizations."
He cited the concerns of monument critics, who believed past presidents had overstepped their authority and insisted "executive power under the (Antiquities) Act is not a substitute for a lack of congressional action on protective land designations."
Supporters of national monuments tout economic benefits protected lands bring to a region. While Zinke recognized such potential benefits, more visitation also places a "burden" on the federal government to maintain lands, Zinke said in his review summary.
"These visitors happen to be the American people," Hannagan said. "What do you want? Do you want to improve the local economy and jobs, or not?"
The review drew more than 2.7 million public comments, 98 percent of which supported the national monuments, according to an analysis by the Center for Western Priorities.
Hannagan felt Zinke downplayed support by omitting the percentage of supportive comments and attributing them to an orchestrated campaign.
Zinke's final decisions could lead to legal challenges that would test the authority of U.S. presidents and will likely deepen debate over the use or preservation of public lands across the West.
READ MORE: Grand Canyon-Parashant monument escapes review unscathed
Legal challenges possible
The Ironwood Forest National Monument features 129,000 acres of desert beauty. (Photo: Nick Oza/The Republic)
A host of conservationists, Indian tribes, businesses and state attorneys general say they are prepared to take swift legal action if Trump follows any recommendation to abolish or shrink monuments.
"We are taking very seriously these threats and have been preparing for whatever action could be taken depending on how the threat materializes," said Nada Culver, senior counsel for the Wilderness Society.
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., had hoped Zinke would recommend cutting the size of Grand Canyon-Parashant by half, spokeswoman Faith Vander Voort said in a statement, but accepted the conclusion.
"The Zinke recommendation demonstrates he is doing an honest and fair review and is beholden to no one," she said.
But Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., said Zinke's review lacked transparency and was heavily influenced by industry interests.
“The public has spoken and these monuments should be left alone," Grijalva said in a statement. "If President Trump and Secretary Zinke don’t listen, then the courts and the voters will teach them that our public lands are not industry playthings to dispose of as they see fit.”
Conservation groups agree the review process has been arbitrary, said Melyssa Watson of the Wilderness Society.
“It is honestly a guessing game as to which monuments are most at risk and how the review is being conducted and whose voices are being heard to drive Secretary Zinke’s decision,” she said.
Clashing viewpoints in Arizona
In a July letter to Zinke, Arizona Republican Reps. Trent Franks and Andy Biggs, along with Gosar, called for "total rescission" of all four Arizona national monuments under review.
The letter included the signatures of 17 Republican lawmakers who are members of the Western Caucus and it called for Zinke to eliminate nine monuments nationwide and shrink 14 more.
Public opinion seemed to contradict the demands in the letter. In a recent poll of potential Arizona voters for the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust and The Arizona Republic, a wide majority, 97 percent, agreed that “Arizona’s parks, preserves, forests and open spaces are important."
The poll, conducted by Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for Public Policy, also found that 68 percent of those surveyed agreed that “protecting the environment should be given priority, even at the risk of slowing economic growth.”
Grijalva said the Western Caucus and Gosar have long had an agenda driven by the resource extraction industry and they see opportunity with the Trump administration to push for access to these public lands. "We're talking about national treasures and state treasures that are on federal lands that are here for perpetuity."
The GOP lawmakers acknowledged the economic value of developing public lands. The letter asking Zinke to eliminate the Arizona national monuments emphasized the explicit restriction against "future mineral and geothermal energy production" and said national monument protections "more often than not severely impair energy development."
Gosar wants this type of energy production, including mining, on these national monument lands, because it will create jobs and boost the Arizona economy, Vander Voort said in a statement.
READ MORE:Arizona congressmen want Zinke to eliminate monuments
The mining company Asarco would likely invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand onto Ironwood Forest National Monument land if given the chance, Vander Voort said, calling the monument a “political designation” to block mining. Asarco operates an open-pit copper mine by Ironwood Forest National Monument.
Monuments as economic benefits
President Bill Clinton, with Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt (from left); Arizona Congressman Ed Pastor; California Congressman Sam Farr; National Park Superintendent Alan O'Neill and Bureau of Land Management Superintendent Roger Taylor in attendance, signs a proclamation to create three new national monuments in Arizona on Jan. 11, 2000. (Photo: The Republic)
But supporters of the monuments argue that there is economic value in preserving the land. The Arizona monuments bring economic benefits to the state, according to a report by Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee.
Since Ironwood Forest was designated a national monument in 2000, the total employment in the surrounding counties has increased yearly by an average of 7,184 jobs, the report said. In 2015, travel and tourism jobs made up 20 percent of total private employment in the surrounding region, according to the report.
While Western counties containing public lands grow faster than others, according to Headwater Economics, a source the Democrats cited, their report did not directly connect these jobs to Ironwood Forest National Monument.
The monuments are important to Arizona’s economy, but they are also of deep historical and ecological importance, said Sandy Bahr, director of the Grand Canyon Sierra Club Chapter.
“The archaeological sites at Ironwood Forest host more than 8,000 years of human history and the monument hosts a rich diversity of plants and animals, including desert bighorn sheep,” Bahr said in a statement.
Bighorn sheep numbers “increased five-fold” at Ironwood Forest since the national monument designation, said Joe Sheehey, a former president of the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society, who participated in a telephone press briefing.
But the Republican lawmakers cited a decrease in bighorn sheep numbers at the Sonoran Desert National Monument in arguments to eliminate it. They noted a 2015 opinion article by the former chairman of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, Robert Mansell, who said the monument’s designation was partially responsible because it restricted the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s access to bring in water to help the sheep.
Bahr said bighorn sheep populations declined for other reasons, including disease and habitat fragmentation.
“There’s no evidence, there’s no research, there’s nothing to indicate bighorn sheep have declined because they couldn’t build water catchments,” she said.
James Ammons, chairman of the state Game and Fish Commission, blamed recent monument designations for a decline in the department’s ability to “proactively manage wildlife.” It harms biodiversity and decreases hunting opportunities and revenue, he wrote in a letter to Zinke supporting the monument reviews.
Bahr called that an outrageous political argument, not a biological one: “They don’t have data to support this idea that biological diversity is decreased," she said. "They still can go in and manage wildlife. Hunting is still allowed on all of the monuments.”
If Trump eliminates or downsizes national monuments, he will likely face challenges of his authority to do so under the Antiquities Act, the law past presidents used to establish the monuments.
Gosar and members of the Western Caucus argue that presidents have overreached their authority to designate national monuments under the Antiquities Act for years.
The exact authority of the president is not clear. Past presidents have downsized national monuments, but the power to eliminate a national monument designated by another president "has not been tested in courts," and may be constrained, a Congressional Research Service report said.
“Yes it’s untested,” said Culver of the Wilderness Society, “but we feel it’s very clear that that authority does not exist.”
Legal experts agree the president does not have the authority to eliminate national monuments, but the legal expert community is debating his ability to downsize monuments, Arizona State University Law Professor Karen Bradshaw said.
Downsizing won't hold up in courts, Culver said.
“The previous reductions that we saw were under very different factual circumstances and under completely different legal regime.”
Arizona monuments that were reviewed under Trump's order
Four national monuments in Arizona, covering almost 2 million acres, were reviewed under the executive order.
All four were created by President Bill Clinton in 2000 and 2001. Most are overseen by the Bureau of Land Management, except for Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, where the National Park Service works with the BLM.
A fifth monument created by Clinton, the Agua Fria National Monument north of Phoenix, is too small to fall under the Trump order. It covers just over 71,000 acres.
In all, there are 18 national monuments in Arizona, the most of any state. The four reviewed were:
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, 1 million acres, north of the Grand Canyon, created by Clinton in 2000. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke decided on Aug. 4 he would recommend leaving the monument as is.
Ironwood Forest National Monument, 128,917 acres, northwest of Tucson, created by Clinton in 2000.
Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, 279,568 acres, north of the Grand Canyon, created by Clinton in 2000.
Sonoran Desert National Monument, southwest of Phoenix, 486,146 acres, created by Clinton in 2001.
Environmental coverage on azcentral.com and in The Republic is supported by a grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. Follow the azcentral and Arizona Republic environmental reporting team at OurGrandAZ on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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About Me: Chi’s profile
Hi guys, I’m Josephine! My main goals on here are to reduce my “Never Played” list to below 50%. I managed to get 48% at one point, but then the 2018 Steam Summer Sale happened…
2017 - Beaten & Completed
Joined Backlog Assassins Extraordinaire on 2nd June, 2017
Chi on Steam Chiilli on SteamGifts
ABC Challenge: Update #1 - AB
Almightree: The Last Dreamer
Somewhat Recommended
8 of 18 achievements
The first game of the challenge list is done! This was a bit of a mixed bag for me - the puzzle mechanic is unique, however I wasn’t a huge fan of the time restraints (but that’s mainly because I can’t do simple maths Plantsportation under pressure). The controls felt rather clunky too as there’s a small delay whenever you press a direction so your character can orientate himself before beginning to move, but I did manage to get used to it in the end.
I was definitely expecting more story due to the opening cutscene being full of exposition that is barely touched on in the 20 stages that single-player mode has. I feel that they should either split up the opening cut-scene into multiple scenes (that would play out over the course of the game), or just go straight into the game without any story in the first place. At it’s current state, the lack of any development during gameplay leaves a lot to be desired.
Aside from all the criticisms I have about this, Almightree isn’t a bad game at all. The game mechanic is simple - you can only place blocks one level higher than where you’re standing. New challenges are thrown into the mix as the game progresses, notably Metal Blocks you can’t Plantsport and Garlic Blocks which causes Vampirethorns to shrink away when next to it. Most of the stages were pretty easy to figure out, however near the end of the game, I struggled to complete the stages fast enough. At some stages I had to pause the game and just think for a moment about what I needed to do.
In the end, I feel like this game has a lot of potential. If there’s ever a sequel, I’d like to see more stages, new game-play mechanics, and better controls.
bit Dungeon II
Somewhat Recommend
15 of 15 achievements
I just want to preface this by saying, I originally had this as a “Would Recommend” game. However, as I was writing the following paragraphs, I realised that there are a lot of flaws in this game that really made bit Dungeon II feel… unfinished. I still had a lot of fun playing it, despite all of that, but I don’t feel that it’s right to rate it that way because of all the problems.
Well.. this was certainly a joyride of emotion. At first, it was confusion: What am I doing? How do I play this? There wasn’t any information about how to play until you press the Esc key, and even that didn’t really give you much of an explanation about anything. Sure, click to attack, hold to charge up and defend - simple, right? The game doesn’t mention anything about how you auto-attack anything you walk into, or that you walked to wherever you clicked. I was confused about how to best attack the monsters during the entirety of my first run of it (until I eventually I perma-died).
Next in the list was doubt: Am I just dumb? Are the controls really that obvious that it doesn’t need to be explained? Is the best way to fight really just walking into them? Spoiler alert: it was. On my second play through, I felt like I sped through the boss battles. There wasn’t any strategy to them aside from walking into them until they died. In most cases, I barely took any damage. My choices in equipment was solely based on how much +str and and +dex it had, the rest of the stats were just flavour text to me as I didn’t know what they actually did.
And then, after defeating the final boss, it just.. ended. Well, ended with you back at the beginning for you to repeat the whole process over and over again. I had fun hacking and slashing my way through the game, but not that much that I’d want to play through it again with stronger enemies.
Two games down in my ABC Challenge, 24 more to go! I’m thinking of maybe only posting updates every 2 or 3 games I beat in the challenge, especially since I plan on trying to format it like this. Next up on the agenda is Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! I didn’t realise that it had local co-op when I put it on my list, but I’m hoping to play it with my sib-sib. Also, if you managed to read all of this - thanks! I’m trying to write more for these challenge games since my posts will only focus on a couple at a time. I’ve noticed that I struggle a lot with putting my thoughts and feelings into words, so hopefully writing these up will help me to get better at it. Not aiming to be a reviewer or anything, just trying to think more critically.
about 1 year ago 2 comments
ABC Challenge: The Beginning
I’ve only just recently stumbled upon this post, and I thought “Hey, that’s a fun way to tackle my backlog!” For anyone who doesn’t know about (like me 10 minutes ago), the challenge is to create a list of 26 games for each letter of the alphabet. There aren’t any official rules for this challenge, so here are my self-imposed rules.
Each letter must have only one corresponding game.
If there isn’t a game title beginning with a letter, it must be replaced by a title that starts with a number or special character.
Never played or Unfinished Steamgifts wins must be chosen whenever possible.
The games must be in my library for at least a year whenever feasible.
Games in the list must be played alphabetically.
Other non-challenge games can be played while attempting this.
92% never played
8% unfinished
3 hours playtime
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
0 minutes playtime
Dead Army - Radio Frequency
1 of 7 achievements
Final Dusk
no achievements
Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora
I Want To Be Human
Journey of a Roach
Karma. Incarnation 1
NEKOPARA Vol. 2
Qora
Retro City Rampage™ DX
Sproggiwood
Unhack
78 minutes playtime
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
WORLD END ECONOMiCA episode.01
8infinity
Yet Another Zombie Defense
I’m honestly pretty surprised that I only needed to find a replacement game for just two letters - X and Z. I definitely felt like I was missing more letters than that. I’m also not sure how often I’ll post updates on this challenge - I can get through games pretty quickly and I don’t want to be too spammy. I might tack them onto my monthly reports, or I might do fortnightly updates. Who knows. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
about 1 year ago 14 comments
June 2018 Report
I saw a video earlier this month about Point-and-Click Adventure games and how they used signposting to nudge the player into the right direction. Beforehand, I never really paid much attention to the subtle hints games throw at us on how to go about solving a problem - I only ever noticed the obvious stuff (like the frequent “I need batteries for the torch!” kind of situations). It’s not very surprising that I needed walkthroughs whenever I got stuck (I mean, how on Earth was I supposed to know that I could just use a monkey as a wrench???). Anyways, because of the video I decided to use my new-found knowledge of actually paying attention to go tackle some of the Point-and-Click games in my backlog:
Point-and-Click List
The video I watched actually used this game as an example of great signposting, so I had to tackle this one first! And I'm glad I did - I had a ton of fun with this game. I still needed walkthroughs here and there, but I feel like I had figured out a lot of the puzzles myself. :)
I've actually played this one before, however I didn't have Steam at that point and as I had no achievements, I decided it should be as part of my backlog. This is a pretty short one in comparison with other PaC games I have, but I still had a good time. I really wish that there was a sequel though.
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
This is another game from my past. I'd say that this series had a huge hand in my love for Point-and-Click games today. I definitely had to 100% Monkey Island. One of the achievements for this, Speed Demon, required you to complete the game in under 3 hours. I find it amazing how quickly you can do these sorts of games when you don't need to constantly backtrack, inspect every object, and fully talk to every character to figure out what to do. I definitely understand the appeal of speedrunning.
Secret Files: Tunguska
This one was a Steamgift win that I really should have played earlier. I'm not sure how I feel about this one - although most of the puzzles made sense, a few of them really seemed like I could solve them differently. The voice acting and thrown in love interest and didn't help all that much either, which is a pity since it hampered my enjoyment quite a bit.
This is another game that I had played before. I thought I had already played it on Steam but I barely had any hours put into in despite remembering the entire plot. Oh well, it was still an enjoyable experience. I'll likely finish the final achievement at some point in the future. I just couldn't be bothered playing through it again in the bonus mode for now.
Deponia: The Complete Journey
103 of 105 achievements
This is a must have for those who've tried (or is interested in) the first game. IIRC, buying this version is actually cheaper than buying the three games separately - even at historical low (but don't quote me on that!). I'll definitely be 100%-ing this soon.
This is a pretty short one. The developers handled the creepy atmosphere rather well, although there were a few jumpscares thrown in. You do need to pay attention to your cursor in some sections, as it generally tells you that there's danger nearby. On a side note, I'm putting this as a "Somewhat Recommend" as the walking/running controls didn't always work as I expected them too. There also wasn't much of a story, which was a tad disappointing.
Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign HD - Director’s Cut Edition
Don't Recommend
I had to drop this one due to a bug in the second or third Hidden Object minigame that I came I across. I had to click on an objected called "$zoommainHD" which, unsurprisingly, I couldn't find. Using the hint to circle the object didn't help either - it just circled the center of the screen. It was like they didn't bug test this at all.
I didn’t only play PaC games this month though - I managed to complete a few visual novels in my backlog and a couple games I bought from the Summer sale too.
Analogue: A Hate Story
This is a solid game, I highly recommend it to those who have enjoyed Christine Love's other games (namely Digital: A Love Story and Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story). I don't have much else to say about this without getting into some spoilers, but I was pretty engrossed by the whole story and immediately went onto the sequel.
Hate Plus
I felt the sequel was as equally great as the first. In this game, the focus is all on *Mute and the Mugungwa's past. Again, most of my comments on this would be spoiler heavy, so I won't say any more about the story.
BAD END
I saw that someone else had played this game and enjoyed it, so I decided to have a go at it too! And they were right, this definitely is a fun one to play and had a real Goosebumps vibe to it. If you're expecting to be scared, you'll only be disappointed. But if you're expecting and entertained by mediocre horror, this is right up your alley.
I loved the story in this game - you're a state-employed landlord that must spy on his tenants and report any crimes that goes on within your apartment. I'd say that the 'choices matter' part is handled in a somewhat similar fashion to The Wolf Among Us, where the overarching story is the same but you can decide whether you'd like your character to be kind or ruthless.
I had my eye on this one for a while - I'm so glad that I finally got to pick in up in the Summer Sale. I barely read anything about the story in this game, so I thought that this was all about a park ranger solving campsites with missing people. And that was what I got… in the beginning, at least. I was definitely engrossed in the story, I completed this in one sitting because I couldn't wait to find out what happened next.
The Deed
Although extremely short, this is a very good CYOA-ish game. You need to frame someone for the murder of your sister, but who should it be? I had a fun time playing this and trying to get all of the different endings. It's not for everyone, but in my opinion it's well worth it considering how cheap this game is.
Whew, I definitely managed to get through a lot this month. I haven’t bought everything I wanted from the Summer Sale, so fingers crossed that I don’t go overboard with the games again this year.
429 games (+10 not categorized yet)
19% beaten
15% completed
2% won't play
Won on SteamGifts 22
Unfinished; Playing 1
Unfinished; Not Playing Soon 11
Never Played; High Interest 43
Never Played; Medium Interest 70
Never Played; Low Interest 37
ABC Challenge Plan 26
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Vintage concert ads from Baltimore Civic Center [Pictures]
The downtown venue opened in 1962 as the Baltimore Civic Center, became Baltimore Arena in 1986 and was renamed 1st Mariner Arena in 2003, when former 1st Mariner CEO Ed Hale agreed to pay the city $75,000 a year for the naming rights. That agreement expired Jan. 1, 2013, and officials on both sides were unable to come to terms on continuing it. In September 2014, the Baltimore-based chain of convenience stores known for its fried chicken has agreed to pay $250,000 per year for five years to name the 14,000-seat arena the Royal Farms Arena. READ MORE AT RETRO BALTIMORE
Aretha Franklin in Baltimore
Kid Rock at Royal Farms Arena
J. Cole performs at Royal Farms Arena
Prince's 'Rally 4 Peace' concert in Baltimore
'Frank Zappa Day' in Baltimore
Pictures: Bands in costumes
Virgin Festival
Rolling Stones in Baltimore
Pictures: Leinenkugel's Beer Garden
Pictures: Social Pub & Pie
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Follow President Donald Trump as he shapes America’s future
Ivanka Trump gets slammed for tweeting in support of Oprah's rousing Golden Globes speech
David Choi
Jan 9th 2018 4:57AM
First daughter Ivanka Trump appeared to support a rousing speech Oprah Winfrey gave during the Golden Globes broadcast.
Ivanka attracted backlash after she called Oprah's Sunday night acceptance speech "empowering and inspiring," because some critics believed it was implicitly critical of President Donald Trump and his administration.
First daughter Ivanka Trump appeared to support a rousing acceptance speech Oprah Winfrey gave during Sunday night's Golden Globes broadcast. But she received some criticism for that because Oprah's speech was implicitly critical of President Donald Trump and his administration.
"Just saw @Oprah's empowering & inspiring speech at last night’s #GoldenGlobes," Ivanka tweeted Monday night. "Let’s all come together, women & men, & say #TIMESUP ! #United."
Oprah's speech, which received high praise and some critique throughout the worlds of entertainment and politics, was, at points, implicitly critical of Trump and his administration.
Oprah Winfrey at the 2018 Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award speaks onstage during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Oprah Winfrey arrives with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: 75th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS -- Pictured: Oprah Winfrey, recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award, poses in the press room at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: (L-R) TV personality Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey and director Ava DuVernay celebrate The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards with Moet & Chandon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Moet & Chandon)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Stedman Graham (L) and Oprah Winfrey celebrate The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards with Moet & Chandon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Moet & Chandon)
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal, Oprah Winfrey accepts the 2018 Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
"I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because we all know the press is under siege these days," Oprah said. "We also know it's the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice."
Oprah also highlighted the wave of sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood and other industries, which has since emboldened a national movement in support of women's rights.
"To tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies: I want to say that I value the press more than ever before as we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this: what I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have," Oprah continued.
"And I'm especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories," Oprah said. "Each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the story."
Ivanka's support of Oprah's speech was also notable in that at least 22 women have accused Donald Trump sexual misconduct. Trump, who has flatly denied the claims, came under renewed scrutiny among the wave of allegations that rocked leaders in politics, entertainment, tech, and the media industries.
Here's a few of the responses to Ivanka's tweet:
ew go away
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 9, 2018
.@MichaelWolffNYC reacts to Ivanka Trump's new tweet in support of #TIMESUP: "Who does she think her father is? What does she think this White House is about?" #LastWordpic.twitter.com/sIE1mh5DSd
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) January 9, 2018
ivanka trump is antifa now
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) January 9, 2018
This is the most hypocritical, clueless statement in her regrettable time in the WH. Your father has a trail of victims and supported Roy Moore, Ivanka. YOU are indeed part of the problem Ivanka. #complicit
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 9, 2018
live footage of ivanka trump tweeting about oprah's speech pic.twitter.com/77IZ1ny4MS
— Allison Floyd (@AllisonRFloyd) January 9, 2018
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SMO helps MVPs lead Okla. Baptist churches
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By Chris Doyle
LeRon West, pastor of Tulsa, Gilcrease Hills, shared in the SMO video that being a Multi-Vocational Pastor involves a ‘balancing act’ that includes time to study the Word. [Photo provided]
TULSA—A church sanctuary appears with scenes focused on the pews, stained glass windows, piano and a hymnal opened to “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.”
At first, LeRon West, pastor of Tulsa, Gilcrease Heights, speaks as a voiceover, and then he appears in the video promoting the Edna McMillan State Missions Offering (SMO).
“The call on your life, first as a Christian and then as a minister, has precedence over everything,” West said. He shared how he has been serving his church as what is commonly known as a bivocational pastor, but this title has been recently changed among the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO) as “MVPs”—Multi-Vocational Pastors.
“When they hired me here,” West said about serving at Tulsa, Gilcrease, “I had to have my financial support from somewhere else because the church couldn’t afford to pay me. So the issue is protecting the time to study the Word, the time with your family and the time with the church. And then, the time that you have to earn money. It’s a balancing act.”
West shared he worked with the fire department as a fire marshal. He also worked in real estate and is a licensed electrician. He said these extra jobs helped raise his children and pay his bills.
Philip Jones, BGCO MVP strategist, shared in the video that there are 1,491 Oklahoma Baptist churches led by MVPs.
West is shown leading a prayer meeting at Tulsa, Gilcrease Hills. [Photo provided]
“We should never make the mistake that these guys are part-time pastors,” Jones said. “They’re not. They’re full-time pastors on part-time pay.”
West then continued in the video saying he never looked to the church to totally support him financially. “I don’t know what that’s like,” he said. “Even if I felt like quitting, I don’t get to quit. I’m not the One who chose me.”
West is shown leading a prayer time at Tulsa, Gilcrease Heights. “We don’t want to take anything for granted,” he prayed.
As his narrative continued, West describes what it has been like for him to be an MVP, serving at a church that is in the vicinity of downtown Tulsa.
“It’s been a work of joy. The joy for me is seeing somebody’s life change that I know is having a struggle in their life, spiritually.” West had an emotional pause as he reflects how God has worked. “This is great,” he confesses while choking up with tears forming in his eyes. “It’s worth it all.”
Jones shares how important MVPs are. He explained, “For Southern Baptists to reach the state of Oklahoma, multiple-vocational pastors are key to doing that because we have to have men who are willing to go into areas where they’re not going to be fully funded. It is absolutely essential that we have these guys.”
He literally has had multiple vocations, as he also served with the fire department, worked in real estate and also has his own business as an electrician. [Photo provided]
Jones shared how important the SMO is for MVPs. “When you give to the State Missions Offering,” he said, “the funds will help us do things like MVP Pastors and Pastors’ Wives Retreat. This offering will enable them to be better MVP pastors.”
West concluded the video sharing why he thinks the SMO is important. “There are things that the BGCO and the State Offering supports that I wouldn’t be able to accomplish without their support. We’re just better together.”
The four SMO promotional videos can be viewed at www.statemissionsok.org/video. Links are provided on the website to download the videos and share in worship services, Sunday School small groups or any church gathering.
Author: Chris Doyle
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(also known as Municipal Stadium, 1931 to 1974)
CAPACITY: 78,000 (1931); 74,483 (1989)
FIRST GAME: July 31, 1932, vs. Philadelphia Athletics (Athletics 1, Indians 0)
LAST GAME: October 3, 1993, vs. Chicago White Sox (White Sox 4, Indians 0)
LARGEST CROWD: 86,288 - October 10, 1948, vs. Boston Braves (World Series)
Cleveland Stadium was the home of the Cleveland Indians from 1931 to 1993, when they moved to Jacobs Field. For much of its existence, it had the largest seating capacity in the Major Leagues, although its other redeeming features were few, as witnessed by its unofficial nickname: the Mistake by the Lake (i.e. Lake Erie). Or, in the words of actress Bette Davis: "What a dump!".
Cold, cavernous, and devoid of any real charm, nobody missed The Grey Lady, a long-standing physical manifestation of the best of intentions going awry. In fact, attendance was so poor in the first few years after it opened that the Indians returned to their old ballpark for week-day games, only using Cleveland Stadium on week-ends when they had a chance of drawing enough fans to make it look slightly less empty.
Among the few redeeming features, parking was close and plentiful, and fans could usually buy tickets on game day without waiting, the lemonade aspect of having a team that was awful for a quarter of a century. The NFL's Cleveland Browns played there too, and the last days of the stadium are more associated with irate Clevelanders taking out their frustration on the building as an effigy of Art Modell. Other major events include rock bands the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd both drawing 100,000 people. On the baseball front, the infamous 1974 10-cent beer night took place here, as well as a game on April 12, 1992 when Matt Young of the Boston Red Sox held the Indians hitless but still lost, 2-1. The Indians also did take advantage of the huge seating capacity to set attendance records here in the late 1940s and early 1950s, when the team was second-best to the New York Yankees in the American League, and it was the site of games in both the 1948 World Series and 1954 World Series. It was also the site of the 1935, 1954, 1963 and 1981 All-Star Games.
In 1994, the Indians moved to Jacobs Field (since renamed), which was immediately beloved by fans, contrary to its predecessor.
Related Sites[edit]
Cleveland Stadium at the SABR Bio Project
Retrieved from "https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=Cleveland_Stadium&oldid=1040314"
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BGS to run International Baccalaureate
Bristol Grammar School is now an IB World School.
BGS will be offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma to students in its Sixth Form from this September, making it the only co-educational school in Bristol to offer both ‘A’ levels and the IB.
Ben Schober, the Assistant Head overseeing the implementation of the IB, said: “BGS is delighted to be recognised as an IB World School and to be joining them as they celebrate the 50th anniversary of their programmes.
“While some students will be suited to the focus of A-level and Pre-U, others will flourish continuing a wider range of subjects. The addition of the IB to our curriculum allows us to offer a choice of pathways – the IB Diploma, and the A-level and Pre-U route – both of which develop advanced learning skills and styles, independence, and engagement with the wider community.
Both pathways will also fully prepare students for higher education and future careers and continue Bristol Grammar School’s proud tradition of sending students to leading universities in the UK and abroad.”
Commenting on the introduction of the IB alongside A-levels for its sixth form students, BGS Headmaster, Rod MacKinnon, said: “Our focus, as a learning community, is to develop students’ self-confidence and understanding in their learning within a broad and rich educational experience for all. That’s exactly what the Diploma will provide.
“The Diploma’s curriculum also provides an excellent balance between breadth and depth in study and the school is able to offer a wide range of subject choices at both ‘A’ level and IB, allowing our students to find the right path for them.”
To find out more about studying the IB Diploma at BGS, contact Katie Hillier-Swift on 0117 933 9630.
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Pocotaligo Road to re-open Monday
Shellie Murdaugh @ShellieMurdaughBT
A Hampton County road that is frequently traveled by Lowcountry residents will re-open at about 1 p.m. Monday after being shut down for almost three years, a South Carolina Department of Transportation official said.
A portion of Pocotaligo Road has been impassable since it was damaged by Hurricane Matthew in fall 2016. The repairs began in May.
“The weather has really helped out a lot and the amount of work was not what was thought to be initially needed for the repair,” DOT’s Hampton County resident engineer Jerry Gosnell said.
The re-opening is expected to reduce travel times for drivers in the area who have had to use an alternate route on S.C. 68 into Yemassee to get to Beaufort, adding 10-15 miles to their trips.
The road is a few miles from the Jasper County line and is state-maintained with a dam underneath it.
Gosnell said many steps were required before the repairs could begin. The work involved about 1,000 feet of road and cost an estimated $984,351.
“When the road was damaged, at that time, the Department of Health and Environmental Control took the road over,” Gosnell said in May. “DHEC had it until April of 2018 when they deregulated it and explained there was no damage to the dam in the area.”
Gosnell said in July 2018 a consultant was brought in to determine the storm’s impact on the road as well as the dam.
“They confirmed that there was no damage to the dam,” he said.
The landowner released the property to DHEC in March after officials conducted a title search last fall to determine who owned it. DOT received bids from contractors in April. Wilson Construction of Varnville started repairs in May and finished them this month.
The work included clearing the road of overgrowth and tearing out asphalt in areas where the road had been washed out by the hurricane.
“This was a fast repair when you remember the steps we had to take to be able to work on the road,” Gosnell said.
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FAQs -
Will the current Federal Government take a more restrictive approach to licences for the export of military equipment?
The government already makes case-by-case decisions on arms exports on the basis of the “Political Principles of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Export of War Weapons and Other Military Equipment” from the year 2000 and the “Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment”.
In the case of each application the Federal Government conducts a very thorough examination in the light of the situation in the region and the relevant country, the upholding of peace, security and stability in the region, and the observance of human rights.
Former Economic Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel has stated clearly that the arms trade is not a tool of economic policy. The Federal Government faces up to its responsibility and pursues a more restrictive export control policy on military equipment, paying very careful attention to all significant aspects.
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Saved by 'Kat-ki-Kunni'
People get killed during earthquakes. It is an irony that the earthquake is never the killer they get killed by the house collapse. It is yet another irony that the worst earthquakes occur during the night when people are fast asleep and taken unawares.
For northern India the Twentieth century started on a poignant note. It was 4th April 1905 when people in the quiet town of Kangra, Punjab (now in H.P.) were jolted by a massive earthquake. Records of the Punjab government show that out of a population of 375,000 more than 20,000 people perished in this tragic event. The fury of the earthquake was such that nearly 100,000 buildings were destroyed within the footprint of the earthquake and 53,000 domestic animals perished. This area was famous for its aqueducts in use for agriculture since generations. They too were obliterated. In terms of money the loss was estimated at Rs. 2.9million (in 1905!).
So devastating was the earthquake that the famous Fort at Kangra built around ninth-tenth century AD was finally in control of the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1809). The British gained control of the Fort in 1846. Fortunately the British garrison stationed there had moved out before the Fort was devastated by the earthquake. So high was the intensity of the earthquake that the thick walls of the Fort and the intricately carved walls of Laxmi Narayan Temple built in tenth century suffered heavy damages.
The earthquake did not spare either the worship places of any religion. A Church built in 1852 at Dharamshala, a nearby beautiful town was ruined almost to rubble. It was rebuilt in 1929 and once again badly mauled by Chamba earthquake in 1945.
The quake did not spare even the dead. Tell tales of the earthquake are preserved in the Churchyard. Most tombs made prior to 1905 show the signs of heavy damage. Those made post earthquake remained unscathed.
The Earthquake had devastated houses in a vast area of H.P. It was amazing that some houses remained unaffected by the shaking! A study carried out by a group of structural engineers found that indigenous techniques used by the ancestors in H.P., Kashmir and Uttaranchal were a unique kind of earthquake resistant houses.
Called as 'Kat-Ki-Kunni' in Kulu H.P. 'Pherols' in Uttarkashi in Uttaranchal and 'Dhajji-Dewari' buildings in Kashmir have one thing in common, that is the use of wooden beams as shock-absorbers in the thick walls of stone.
'Kat-Ki-Kunni' has thick vertical wooden beams on the corners with horizontal beams connected to them at three to five feet interval. Thus a sort of wooden lattice is made within the rock masonry. It is quite amazing that till date these houses have not been affected by the earthquakes! The Nagger Castle near Kulu now a Hotel is one of the classic examples of this type of architecture. It is worth adding here that the author's ancestral house at Almora in Uttaranchal still stands majestically since 1740 despite several earthquakes till date. The house is earthquake resistant with thick, hand chiseled Cedar wood beams as shock breakers in the masonry.
Wood is precious now and one cannot even dream of using 40 to 50cm thick and five to six meter long Cedar beams for constructing a 'safe house'. But yes earthquake resistant houses are possible. Seismology has become a specialized science now and so are the designs of such houses.
During the past 100 years the science of Seismology has developed in leaps and bounds. Though a real time forecast is still not feasible, but it is possible to predict about large magnitude earthquakes. Susan E. Hough, of the United States Geological Survey, Roger Bilham, Nicole Feldt seismologists of the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, USA and Nicholas Ambraseys of Department of Earthquake Engineering, Imperial College, London rummaged the data available on Kangra earthquake of 1905 and with additional data from field, published a paper in the prestigious science journal, Current Science (India) in May 2005. Their study has brought to light some unexpected results. The epicenter region shows a halo of enhanced intensity in 150-200km radius and as reported by earlier workers the shaking of Dehradun region few minutes later was due to yet another earthquake triggered after Kangra earthquake.
Amazingly these seismologists could lay their hands on some precious instrument records of Kangra earthquake. Those days despite seismology being in infancy the Colaba Observatory at far flung Bombay recorded the quake within moments of its occurrence. Laboratories at Gottingham and Leipzig, recorded the event within six to seven minutes of occurrence. From the patterns of these records Hough and his team mates conjecture that possibility of a major earthquake occurring in the frontal belt of Himalayas close to Delhi can not be ruled out.
A seminar to mark the Centenary of Kangra Earthquake was organized by Geological Survey Of India (GSI) in April 2005. Roger Bilham and his colleague Kali Wallace write in the Seminar Volume that Kangra earthquake was a corollary of an earlier greater earthquake that rocked western Himalayas in 1400 c . Subsequent earthquakes of 1833 and 1934 were a part of the same chain of events. Such events occur due to rupture of continental plates. One of the classic examples is the 2004 Sumatra/Nicobar/Andaman earthquake where the earlier ruptured plate was further stressed and ruptured. Taking the Nepal earthquakes as a precedent overlapping ruptures in the Himalayan plates, they conclude that a similar of greater event can not be ruled out in near future.
A.S. Arya of I.I.T. Roorkee has estimated that if an earthquake of the magnitude and intensity that struck Kangra in 1905, re-strikes the financial losses would be of the order of Rs 51.04 billion. In other words nature's ire will render us homeless, jobless destitute unless serious steps are taken.
One can not stop earthquakes from occurring. One can only strengthen his own house to save it from a collapse during the calamity. We will read about such houses and buildings after knowing about some recent quakes and developments in the seismology.
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Boozman Introduces Amendments to National Defense Authorization Act
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) introduced three amendments to the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to support the needs of Arkansans.
“The role of the federal government is to defend our nation. NDAA is essential to providing our men and women in uniform with the resources they need to achieve their missions and defend our national security. I’m proud to introduce these amendments to make the federal government work for Arkansans,” Boozman said.
Boozman introduced the following amendments:
Honoring Guard and Reserve Members as Veterans Amendment – The amendment would allow Guard and Reserve retirees who served honorably for 20 years or more, but do not meet the active duty service requirements, to be considered a veteran.
Impact of Air National Guard Mission Changes to Joint Civilian/Military use Airports – The amendment would require a report detailing the number of Air National Guard units that have undergone a mission change in the past five years and who are tenants at a public airport. This is necessary to make sure local airports are reimbursed a reasonable share for the wear-and-tear that comes from military use.
Return Mountain Meadows Massacre Victim Remains – This amendment requires the National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) facilitate the relocation of the human cranium in the museum’s possession associated with the Mountain Meadows Massacre for proper internment at the Mountain Meadows gravesite in southern Utah.
Most of the victims of this 1857 massacre were from Arkansas. Following these murders, the Army buried the remains, however a child’s skull from this murder is at the NMHM. This amendment would authorize the Army to return this artifact to the burial site.
Press Releases Defense Veterans
Permalink: https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/6/boozman-introduces-amendments-to-national-defense-authorization-act
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STADIUM: Floodlight project on track
Managing director John Nixon on the floodlight upgrade at Brunton Park
Managing director John Nixon today confirmed that the first phase of the floodlight improvement programme here at Brunton Park has been completed with significantly improved results recorded.
“The floodlight situation is much improved from where we were a year ago,” he said. “We have increased the floodlighting level by approximately 15% and we’re very happy about that.
“We’ve installed 18 new floodlights on the north and south columns and we have to say a big thank you to Sunderland for their help with that. It was work we needed to do and it’s given us a better position to work from as we look to complete the project either later this year or during the quieter summer months.”
“The work done so far has greatly improved the lighting levels on the west side of the pitch,” he explained. “The levels have remained the same in four other areas so we’re heading in the right direction.
“However, we do have to say the overall lighting level isn’t quite at the standard we want it to be. We have more lights to fit to the east side of the stadium because the disappointing thing we have discovered is a drop in quality of lighting levels provided from those lights and lamps which were fitted back in 2008.
“We hoped the new lights fitted on the west side of the stadium would complement those already on the east stand but, unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. We’re now looking to revamp that side of the ground by relamping those lights which have reduced in standard over the years.
“It also appears that some of them have moved which has resulted two or three of them pointing in the wrong direction. They will now be reset and relamped and that will help to improve things further once that part of the process is completed.”
“It looks like we will also take action to add another nine new lights to the underside of the east stand roof,” he commented. “That should take away the shadow which is visible once the lights go on. That shadow actually rests off the side of the pitch but, because it’s there, it gives an impression of affecting the playing areas.”
“Having done the first part of the job, we are currently 16% below the standard we want to be at,” he said. “As I say, this is a massive improvement on where we were. We hope to do the remedial work at some stage mid-season but, if that can’t be done, it’s something we will complete during the closed season next summer.
“I have to say, with all of this in mind, the work the Carlisle United Supporters’ Groups are doing in raising funds for this project is vital. The additional work, with the hire of equipment and everything that goes with it, is likely to cost us another £10,000 – possibly a little bit more. That means the full job, to get us up to the standard we’re looking for, will cost in the region of £35,000.”
“We’ve had John Heaney from PK Electrical in working with us on this and he has been fantastic,” he told us. “Everything he’s done has improved the situation for us and Mark Wilkinson, from Edmondson’s, did an excellent job on the design. The good thing is we still have a lot of spare lights from Sunderland to use and we know that will take us to where we want to be.”
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What Is Citizenship? Continued
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry • September 20, 2013 • Comments
I have argued for what I’ve called “thick citizenship” from a 30,000 feet view of history, and on chiefly utilitarian grounds: thick citizenship is desirable because it makes us better off. As I’ve said, I think it should be sufficient to ground a political philosophy. But let us nevertheless ask: is it right?
Let us tackle the question posed by this Cato Unbound issue: what do we owe?
The best way to understand why we owe things to our nation is to analogize it to the family. This instantly sets off alarm bells in libertarian minds, and quite rightly so: it is demeaning to think of citizens as children, wholly dependent on, and subservient to, the state. But we can proceed nonetheless if we remember that it is merely an analogy, and also when we decide to analogize the relationship between nations and citizens not as the relationship between a parent and an underage child, but between a parent and an adult, independent child.
The analogy is also appropriate because we can, along with Aristotle, see that the family and the polity are both natural communities, and therefore they share characteristics.
Indeed, it’s easy to see how many things the family and the nation have in common:
They can be awful. Let us first grant that, like nations, some families can be awful. Abusive, cruel, criminal. Most of us think that in general people have moral duties to their families, yet we would not begrudge a child for disowning egregiously, cruelly abusive parents. We might also think that before disowning them, we would first have a duty to try to change them.
They are not chosen, yet chosen. Nobody chooses which family they are born into, or which nation. And yet we choose our family, and our nation, every day. I didn’t ask to be born of my parents, but I still willingly participate in the life of my family. We accept that merely by being born I received some obligations towards my family, but at the same time these obligations are not absolute, and not merely by blood. My mother is my mother because she bore me and birthed me, but also because I “make” her my mother, by accepting her as such and by respecting and honoring her.
We can leave; we can join. Practically no societies, and certainly none of the advanced ones, see families as being defined exclusively by blood ties. The man whom I call my father is not related to me by blood, and there are people who are related to me by blood with whom I refuse to associate. For most citizens, they are citizens simply by virtue of being born where they are. But, thank God, we have a natural right to leave our homelands and to not only join another polity but make it our homeland.
They have values. Polities like to solemnly inscribe their values in documents and on the front of buildings, and this is good. Just because families rarely, if ever, do so, does not mean that they do not live according to certain values. Each family has its own distinct set of mores-—whether it be a language, or a culture, or moral values, or traditions, or a certain way of looking at the world—that sets it apart from every other family (even happy families are not all alike), and in turn we are both shaped by those values and able to understand them and live by them in our own individual way (or, exceptionally, reject them altogether).
Attachment is justified by self-interest, and yet by more than self-interest. Why should I take care of my parents in retirement and in sickness? Is it because by taking care of me when I was a child they implicitly enrolled me in a “contract” whereby I owe obligations to them in return for their expense on me? In some sense, certainly. Is it because, in some Kantian way, the world would be worse off if nobody took care of their elders, and so I shouldn’t do that? Well, sure. But that’s not the reason, is it? The reason is that it’s the right thing to do. In some sense, the family only persists as an institution because it is congruent with our best self-interests as members of a species, and as I have said, a family which actively undermines its members’ best self-interests justly sees the members’ obligations toward it weakened, and even abolished. And yet, if we are to understand human beings as moral beings, we have to see ourselves as having duties toward our families that are not just defined by self-interest, even in the broadest sense of that word.
Duty to them is not viewed as exclusive of universal duties. It is often postulated that patriotism is contrary to universal human rights because it is exclusionary and because it elevates some class of people over the rest. But we see that in the case of the family, this just isn’t true. We all agree that we have stronger duties to our family than to the rest of the human fellowship, and yet we do not view this as being contradictory to our duties to all members of the human family. If some person I like, but only vaguely know, says “I’m in some financial trouble at the moment, can I crash on your couch for the next three months?” it is morally acceptable for me to say thanks, but no thanks.[1]
If my mother asks the same, it would be morally reprehensible for me not to say yes. In the case of the family, we see no contradictions. I have moral duties to all members of the human family, and yet we understand that in practice and in every day life, the discharge of our universal moral duties is first (but not exclusively) channeled through our natural communities.
Ultimately, then, we see that families are natural communities that justify attachment through both gratitude and shared values. You have duties to your family because without them you wouldn’t be alive, because they nourished you and helped you prosper, and because they provide succor even in your independence. But at the same time, our duty to family is not merely a self-interested deal between parties. We see that the institution would collapse if it were actively opposed to the self-interest of its members, but we also see that not only for it to thrive but as a matter of moral duty, we need to go beyond our immediate self-interest in our service to the family. We also see that we are attached to our family because its members share certain values, however ill-defined they may be. We see that in this attachment, in a mysterious way, kinship ties are bound up with more abstract notions of justice.
We also see that even though our nature imposes on us obligations towards these natural communities, these obligations can be dissolved if the community fails to make itself worthy of them. It would be the height of cruelty to berate a North Korean exile for failing to uphold her patriotic duty to her state.[2] But you’ll forgive me for seeing Americans who make money in America and then expatriate and give up their citizenship to pay lower taxes as, well, not morally righteous people, even if I agree that American taxes are too high.
What we see, in other words, is that our human nature places on us certain moral obligations towards our natural communities—the family and the nation—just as these communities have obligations to us, and that this is good.
I will end with a sort of philosophically unrigorous appeal to intuition and common sense. It is just not true that we as human beings owe nothing. It is just true that kinship ties are part of us, and that they are good when they are ordered toward justice.
It is true that if you are born in an advanced, prosperous, liberal country, you have been granted positively enormous privilege by mere birthright. It is true that this birthright is not free, that it was built as an edifice, for you, by your elders, and that the morally correct response to this is to feel gratitude to them, just like the morally correct response to membership in a natural community is service to it ordered toward justice. It is true that your forefathers gave their lives so that you may prosper, and that this blood is a debt.
What do we owe? Plenty, and we can see that this is good.
[1] You can postulate a morality where that also would be wrong, and as a Christian I can’t really say that it is wrong. But I will say that it’s awfully hard to base a political philosophy on it.
[2] In fact, I would argue that there is no North Korean state (except in the Westphalian sense), since North Korea is a totalitarian country, and totalitarianism properly understood is the negation of the state.
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