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Yuma Oak Tree Inn to Pay $75,000 to Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Federal Agency Charged Manager Unlawfully Forced Employees to Engage in Prayer Ceremonies Regardless of Their Religious Beliefs
PHOENIX -- Lodging Enterprises LLC of Arizona, which does business as Oak Tree Inn in Yuma, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC’s suit charged that Oak Tree Inn threatened employees with reprisals of reducing their hours or otherwise forced them to engage in a particular religious prayer ceremony in spite of their personal different religious views. The defendant, through its general manager, Carlos Paredes, derided certain religious beliefs of some of the employees, the EEOC said. He also attempted to impose his personal religious beliefs on employees. The unlawful discrimination created a hostile work environment and denied employees reasonable accommodation for their religious beliefs.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against employees on the basis of religion. The EEOC filed suit, EEOC v. Lodging Enterprises LLC of Arizona, dba Oak Tree Inn, Case No. 1:09-cv-2060-PHX-NVW in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement out of court through its conciliation process.
The consent decree settling the suit provides that Oak Tree will pay the settlement amount to a class of 12 employees who suffered as a result of the hostile work environment. The decree entered by the court further requires appropriate training of all employees by Oak Tree on religious discrimination. Both General Manager Carlos Paredes and Regional Manager Chris Goodman will be required to undergo individualized training about religious discrimination and the proper manner in which complaints of discrimination must be handled. They will also have serious warnings placed in their personnel files discussing the possibility of discharge if there is a recurrence of the unlawful activity which was alleged in the complaint. Oak Tree will also be enjoined from retaliating against employees or otherwise further violating Title VII.
EEOC Regional Attorney Mary Jo O’Neill said, “Employees have a right to their own religious beliefs or no religious beliefs. Employees should never be subjected unwillingly to a supervisor’s religious views. In this day and age, employees certainly should be free from coerced prayer sessions, and the other forms of religious harassment which occurred at Oak Tree.”
Acting District Director Rayford O. Irvin of the EEOC’s Phoenix District Office added, “We will continue to vigorously pursue our mission of fighting employment discrimination on all fronts.”
Theresa Hurtado, a former employee who filed one of the three original charges of discrimination, said, “I really want to show my gratitude for the hard work that the EEOC staff put into this case. Justice prevailed! I am proof that all citizens of this country need not be afraid to defend all their rights and fight for what they believe in.”
The EEOC’s Phoenix District Office has jurisdiction for Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and part of New Mexico (including Albuquerque).
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Maggie Swartzentruber
November 30, 2018 Area Obituaries
Maggie Swartzentruber, 89, of Odon, Indiana, passed away Nov. 28, 2018, in Washington, Indiana.
Born Oct. 2, 1929, in Daviess County, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Katie (Graber) Lengacher. She attended Liver’s School in Loogootee, Indiana. On Feb. 19, 1949, she married Pete Swartzentruber; he preceded her in death on Sept. 15, 2006. She was a member of Providence Mennonite Church and enjoyed gardening. She worked as a nurses’ aide at Ketcham Memorial Nursing Center in Odon for several years, retiring in 1987.
Maggie is survived by daughters Pauline (Ronnie) Knepp, Sharon Bond and Marilyn (Marc) Smith; sons Willis (Cindy) Swartzentruber and Richard Swartzentruber; a sister, Martha Gingerich; a brother, Simon Lengacher; a sister-in-law, Fanny (Cleatus) Gingerich; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death are her parents; husband Pete; a son, David R. Swartzentruber; four sisters, Mary and Katie Wagler, Rebecca Knepp and Fanny Wagler; three brothers, Joseph, Henry and Menno Lengacher; a son-in-law, Tony Bond; and grandchildren Larry and Terry Knepp.
A graveside service will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at Providence Mennonite Church Cemetery in Montgomery, with Kevin Swartzentruber officiating. Online condolences may be made at www.gillsince1872.com.
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Husky Experience
Race & Equity
Innovators in Teaching
By Report
Trends and Issues in Higher Ed
Workshops and trainings at the UW: Answering the call for change
Conversations sparked by the launch of the Race and Equity Initiative in April 2015 found faculty and staff across the three campuses looking for ways to learn more and make positive change. As part of its objective to “confront individual bias and racism,” the initiative has worked to provide opportunities for self-reflection and personal learning.
Jeanette James, project manager, Race & Equity Initiative
A working group was tasked to develop a training program that would provide education and tools around cultural fluency, cross-cultural communications, systemic racism and bias. A pilot launched in spring 2016, and right away the demand exceeded capacity, with more than 450 staff and faculty participants. The planning group for the pilot then incorporated feedback and lessons learned into the next phase of workshops and trainings, designed to serve a greater number of faculty and staff in 2017.
“Our goal is to support staff in enacting changes in their own behaviors and in their own units, such as developing outreach and hiring practices that use this work, and to really be able to use this knowledge to make change wherever they are,” says Jeanette James, Race & Equity Initiative project manager.
Over 700 attendees this year
“We listened to a lot of students, faculty and staff who expressed a need for more education on these issues,” says James. “We want to be responsive to the needs of people who want to deepen individual learning.”
Student-support units that work most closely with students were offered the pilot program first. The trainings were created in partnership with Professional & Organizational Development, a unit of Human Resources, to tap into their training expertise. This allowed the program to offer more workshops at scale with an eye towards ensuring this expanded professional development work can be sustained through future Human Resources courses and offerings.
In total, 24 workshops were held across all three campuses between April and July 2016, and 22 more were conducted throughout winter and spring of 2017. Nearly 1,100 faculty staff will have been served by these trainings since the launch of the program in 2016.
All of the workshops are led by local experts in equity, diversity and inclusion. The trainers bring experience in working with the education and public sectors on topics such as cross-cultural communication, cognitive dissonance and implicit bias.
Meeting participants where they are — and inspiring action
The trainings were designed to appeal to those who are just entering the conversation while offering everyone, no matter their level of expertise, different opportunities to engage in fresh ways.
A variety of trainings are being offered for faculty and staff. Workshops are designed to appeal to those who are just entering the conversation while offering everyone, no matter their level of expertise, different opportunities to engage in discussions of equity, diversity and inclusion in fresh ways.
“Rosetta Lee’s session on cross-cultural communication was excellent,” says Justin Wadland, head of Media and Digital Collections at the UW Tacoma Library. “The training blended together research and scholarly literature, drew on various conceptual models and incorporated her personal experience.” Participants were introduced to key frameworks, terminology and concepts in order to evaluate their own biases and engage with honest personal reflection.
To help people open up, trainer Caprice Hollins wove personal narratives with history. This inspired thoughtful reflection through the lenses of race, class and other factors that shape our perspectives and biases. “If we aren’t identifying the ideas and unconscious biases we bring from the dominant culture’s norms and beliefs, we are not guiding students in ways that help them be effective in their field,” says Hollins. By the end of the training, faculty and staff reported feeling more confident in being able to recognize implicit bias, an important first step. “We have to begin to interact differently,” says Hollins.
Wadland took Hollins’ call to action to heart as he reflected on his experiences working with students in the UW Tacoma libraries. “I feel like the training helped me continue to see how, in my own position, I have an opportunity to learn from other people of backgrounds that are not my own,” he says. “The trainings work through misunderstandings and even conflict.”
More training options in person and on demand
Bias in systems: The planners behind the pilot program developed the next iteration of trainings and resources that was launched in February 2017, this time expanding the focus to explore how bias operates in larger systems as well as at the individual level. “We’ve received requests to focus not just on interpersonal issues, but on understanding institutional and systemic bias as well. So now in this next series we are bringing in trainers who are skilled at addressing the broad institutional issues,” says James.
On-demand resources: The new series was built upon the pilot’s earlier learning objectives by providing a deeper understanding of interpersonal and structural bias and emphasizing a shared language about bias and racism. Plans are also underway to expand the delivery methods to meet demand without being limited to the scheduling and physical constraints of an in-person workshop: videos, brown bag discussions and other accessible online resources will be added to help faculty and staff understand the issues.
Campus leaders learning from trainings
Jeanette James (right) meets with members of the Race & Equity Initiative subcommittee that coordinates workshops. Photo: Filiz Efe McKinney.
Recognizing the impact of individual leaders on institution-wide decisions, UW leaders are pursuing a broad range of trainings to deepen their knowledge at both the individual and structural level and reinforce the values of a diverse, inclusive university. Among those who have attended trainings are the Race & Equity Initiative steering committee, faculty leaders and facilitators, as well as University Advancement leadership. Plans are underway for more leaders and staff to participate in the coming months.
Considering the ultimate goals of the trainings, James says, “Individuals can’t change what they don’t know. The goal is to help people take the blinders off and let them see that they do have the power to make change. Then the question becomes, ‘how do we take what we know as leaders within organizations and make change that’s impactful across our three campuses?’”
The workshop and training organizers developed the series to empower staff and faculty. People can use this knowledge to make positive change wherever they are affecting outreach and hiring practices, reviewing policy, understanding our diverse student body or resolving interpersonal issues.
Learn more about trainings and additional learning resources on the leadership workshops page. Contact equity@uw.edu to request information about hosting a unit or departmental leadership workshop.
Race & Equity Report Features
The diversity blueprint: From planning to action
Fostering excellence: Faculty recruitment and retention
Committing to inclusive teaching at UW Tacoma
Curriculum transformation: Fostering inclusive classrooms
Talking about equity, difference and privilege
Developing new means for reporting and addressing bias
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Members of Congress can’t possibly regulate Facebook. They don’t understand it.
By Margaret Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan
Media columnist
The senators and the Facebook founder spoke different languages, and there was no simultaneous translation.
Born long before the digital era took hold, the mostly gray-haired members of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees came to grill Mark Zuckerberg, the errant 33-year-old CEO who came before them in his uncustomary suit and periwinkle tie on Tuesday afternoon.
And for very good reason, since Facebook — where billions of people all over the world get their news, whether true or false — has been incredibly irresponsible and cavalier with users’ personal information. That was made clear last month in the blockbuster news that Facebook had allowed the detailed personal data of perhaps 87 million users to get into the hands of a data firm, Cambridge Analytica, bent on electing Donald Trump as president.
But what happened at the hearing instead was mostly a gentle, respectful tutorial from Zuckerberg on how the giant social media platform works.
“It would be cool to see Zuckerberg questioned by people who know how Facebook works,” tweeted Dan Pfeiffer, co-host of Pod Save America.
[Margaret Sullivan: No, billionaires won’t save us. That’s a myth that links Zuckerberg and Trump.]
The hearing should give everyone serious pause if they think that federal legislation is going to solve the serious and growing issues of technology run amok.
For one simple reason: Legislators don’t seem to understand it well enough to even ask the right questions, much less fix the problem.
Not that there wasn’t plenty of senatorial bombast.
“If Facebook and other online companies will not or cannot fix these privacy invasions, then we will,” warned Sen. Bill Nelson (Fla.), the ranking Democrat on the Commerce Committee.
Nelson, 75, started out by stating his less-than-convincing digital bona fides: “From the moment we get up, we’re on those handheld . . .” and here he paused, searching for the right word and finishing up with a flourish: “. . . tablets.”
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears before a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committee. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), 85, who ran Tuesday’s show, strained over unfamiliar words as he asked Zuckerberg about “complex click-through consent pages.”
And 84-year-old Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) tried his best but continued to call the largest tech platforms “websites,” as if referring to Zappos.com. Then he teed up a question so basic about Facebook’s business model that Zuckerberg answered it in four words: “Senator, we run ads.”
That’s not to say, of course, that there aren’t plenty of people in their 70s and 80s who understand technology. The issue here is less about age than about familiarity and knowledge. (And undoubtedly some members of Congress are tech-savvy.)
Meanwhile, Facebook couldn’t be more powerful in our society. Zuckerberg — as is his wont — admitted to error and apologized. “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry,” he said.
He sounded as if he had broken a vase, not a democracy.
But the entire purpose of Facebook is to make money by treating its users as the product that it sells to advertisers. Anything that impedes that is going to be extraordinarily unwelcome — and thoroughly resisted — despite Zuckerberg’s insistence to the contrary.
During Tuesday’s hearing, he described the mission of the company he founded in a Harvard dorm room (and there were far too many mentions of those Ivy League roots) as “connecting people.”
“Facebook,” he said, “is an idealistic and optimistic company.”
Maybe so, but it’s also a company whose excesses, whose opacity, whose ability to deny the undeniable and whose straight-up wrongdoing are a major problem in America and in the world.
Something needs to be done about that. Meaningful self-regulation is laughable.
But unfortunately, so is the idea that Congress can manage the job.
This story has been updated to clarify the data that Cambridge Analytica had access to.
For more by Margaret Sullivan visit wapo.st/sullivan
Margaret Sullivan Margaret Sullivan is The Washington Post’s media columnist. Previously, she was the New York Times public editor, and the chief editor of the Buffalo News, her hometown paper. Follow
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‘A ticking time bomb’: MS-13 threatens a middle school, warn teachers, parents, students
Prince George's County police cruisers were parked outside William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale, Md., in May. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
By Michael E. Miller
Michael E. Miller
Local enterprise reporter covering immigration, poverty, inequality and crime
The boys had once been friends before MS-13 began recruiting one of them. Now, as other students streamed to class one April morning at William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale, Md., the two teens squared off in the third-story bathroom — a fight captured by another student on his cellphone.
The MS-13 recruit threw a punch at his former friend’s head. His opponent ducked and tackled the 15-year-old, their sneakers squealing as they tumbled to the green tile floor.
“I like that,” someone shouted off-camera as the recruit tried to cover his head.
“That look like it hurt,” someone wrote under the video, which was uploaded to Instagram on April 19 and has been viewed more than 400 times.
Gang-related fights are now a near-daily occurrence at Wirt, where a small group of suspected MS-13 members at the overwhelmingly Hispanic school in Prince George’s County throw gang signs, sell drugs, draw gang graffiti and aggressively recruit students recently arrived from Central America, according to more than two dozen teachers, parents and students. Most of those interviewed asked not to be identified for fear of losing their jobs or being targeted by MS-13.
Although administrators deny Wirt has a gang problem, the situation inside the aging, overcrowded building has left some teachers so afraid that they refuse to be alone with their students. Many said they had repeatedly reported incidents involving suspected gang members to administrators, only to be ignored — claims supported by documents obtained by The Washington Post.
“Teachers feel threatened but aren’t backed up. Students feel threatened but aren’t protected,” one educator said. “The school is a ticking time bomb.”
The gang’s presence at Wirt comes at a time when the Trump administration has declared war on MS-13, and communities throughout the country are confronting a surge in MS-13-related violence.
Nearly a dozen parents told The Post that they were worried about gang activity at the school, which is 10 miles from the White House. Many said they were intent on transferring their kids. Several said they were scared their children would be killed.
One eighth-grader said she had been raped in the fall by a schoolmate in MS-13 — an attack that took place off school property and that she reported to police but then recanted out of fear of the gang. Prince George’s investigators concluded the report was unfounded, but the girl said she now lives in fear the gang will stab her as she leaves school.
Rhonda Simley, the principal at Wirt, declined repeated requests for an interview.
“The principal is aware of concerns about gangs in the community, but has not experienced any problems in school,” John White, a spokesman for the county school system, wrote in an email.
Prince George’s police, which have an officer stationed at the school, declined to discuss the allegations of gang activity.
“This is their house, so we’re going to defer to school leadership,” said police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan. “If school security isn’t telling us about something, then we don’t know.”
As of May 1, police had been called to the school 74 times this school year, according to a police tally requested by The Post.
Five students had been arrested for assault, drug possession and bringing a BB gun into the building, White said in an interview.
Although teachers estimate that there are only a dozen or so MS-13 members at the school, other students have banded together to resist them, leading to an arms race of sorts. Teachers said at least four knives and four BB guns were found at Wirt this year, although White put the tally at two knives and one BB gun.
“If someone doesn’t do something soon,” said the eighth-grade girl’s father, “there’s going to be a tragedy at that school.”
'Completely out of control'
Evidence of MS-13’s sway at Wirt isn’t hard to find. Just follow the dirt path that winds from the edge of the school’s parking lot into the woods, across a stream and toward the rear of Parkdale High.
A tree defaced by an MS-13 tag in the woods between William Wirt Middle School and Parkdale High School, where there was a near-fatal gang-related stabbing in February. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
Here, a few hundred feet from both schools, the trees are covered in MS-13 graffiti. Empty beer cans, candy wrappers and crumpled assignments surround a stump blackened by fire. One tree trunk appears as if it has been used for knife practice.
Ten MS-13 members attacked a gang rival in these woods in February, hitting him in the back of the head with a baseball bat before stabbing him three times in the stomach, according to police. Eight Parkdale students were arrested, although only one had attended Wirt. Two months earlier, a shooting involving another Parkdale student and MS-13 sent both schools into lockdown.
Dozens of schools from Northern Virginia to Long Island to Boston are dealing with a resurgence of MS-13, which has been linked to a string of grisly killings throughout the country. The gang’s growth has been fueled by a wave of 200,000 teens who traveled to the United States alone to escape poverty and gang violence in Central America. The vast majority enroll in school and stay out of trouble, but a small percentage get involved in MS-13 here.
[MS-13 is ‘taking over the school,’ one teen warned before she was killed]
Nearly 5,000 of those unaccompanied minors have arrived in Prince George’s since 2012, affecting schools in Langley Park, Hyattsville, Beltsville and Riverdale. Wirt was struggling before the influx of so many vulnerable children helped swell the school’s population by 50 percent.
About 1,200 students now pack a building designed for 750, many housed in a dozen dilapidated trailers. Nine out of 10 students who walk up Wirt’s rainbow-colored front steps receive free or reduced-price lunches and most are not reading or doing math at grade level.
They are being educated at one of the county’s oldest middle schools, slated to be replaced by 2020 after years of leaks and mold. Simley, a first-time principal who arrived at the school in 2016, is the school’s third leader since 2014.
Many teachers said they care deeply about the school’s unaccompanied minors, who are often traumatized by the journey to the United States, alienated from relatives here and isolated by their limited English. But they also said a small number of these children are more than troubled: They are MS-13.
One educator was stunned when, at the beginning of the school year, a handful of students continually shouted obscenities and threw objects around the classroom. The educator soon noticed the same students scrawling “MS-13” on papers, desks and their skin. They bullied Spanish-speaking classmates and sexually harassed the girls in class. Several students openly counted cash, allegedly money earned from selling marijuana in Wirt’s bathrooms, transactions that a student and several parents also described to The Post.
But administrators brushed aside complaints, the educator said, and the behavior spread to other students.
White denied that administrators have ignored complaints of gang activity, adding that neither school security guards nor the police officer there had reported problems.
Documents obtained by The Post supported the educator’s account, however. And other employees offered similar stories. One recalled how MS-13 members bullied a girl so badly she dropped out of the school.
Fights have increased dramatically as MS-13 pressures recent arrivals to join the gang, teachers said. Several said suspected MS-13 members have burst into classrooms and attacked students.
“We now have two to three fights per day,” one instructor said. “At this point, it’s completely out of control.”
White played down those reports.
“Do fights occur at the school? Yes, but they occur at schools across the country,” he said. “Until we have evidence that [gang activity] was the cause of the fight, we don’t know. And so far, we haven’t found that evidence.”
White said there have been 32 suspensions this year for fighting.
In a recent emergency staff meeting, the principal attributed an uptick in violence to a “race war” between Hispanic students — who make up roughly 80 percent of the school population — and black students, according to people present.
White acknowledged Simley used those words but said she was urging her staff to intervene to prevent a “race war.”
Teachers said the fights haven’t been over race but resistance to MS-13.
One Hispanic eighth-grader told The Post that he and other U.S.-born students — black and Latino — banded together after an attack by knife-wielding MS-13 members last summer.
Many fights are arranged ahead of time via social media, filmed in the bathroom and then uploaded to private accounts on Instagram or Snapchat with names like “William Wirt Fights.” The videos are a recruitment tool for MS-13.
“They only post them when they win,” the eighth-grader said.
White said the school is aware of the videos but does not consider them gang-related.
Fighting tends to intensify in the spring, which teachers call “recruitment season.” They described seeing older kids — including former students now at Parkdale or other local high schools — loitering just beyond the boundaries of the school.
In the past, officers from the Prince George’s police gang unit came to the school to teach employees to recognize indicators of MS-13 affiliation, such as hand signs, light-blue clothing, colored rosaries and Nike Cortez shoes.
But this year, the gang unit never came, leaving first-year teachers to figure it out on their own — in some cases, too late.
“The jumping, the recruitment, they are trying to do it here,” said Maureen Williams, an eighth-grade science instructor. She said she was familiar with MS-13 from years of teaching in Los Angeles, where the gang was founded in the 1980s. But at Wirt, she said that administrators and police didn’t seem to be taking the issue seriously.
“They are not doing enough,” Williams said. “They need to get a grip on it before it proliferates.”
[‘People here live in fear’: MS-13 menaces a community seven miles from the White House]
One of her colleagues described the administration’s stance on gangs as “don’t ask, don’t talk about it.”
White said that the school takes gang activity seriously but that the situation has improved since last year to the point that the principal no longer felt the need for a gang unit meeting.
Some employees said they are worried the school’s inaction will result in bloodshed. One recalled watching school officials pull a large folding knife from a student’s pocket after receiving a tip he intended to stab someone. But that student was back in class two weeks later.
“These kids are getting a slap on the wrist,” that educator said. “The school has enabled the gang through its lack of enforcement.”
Teachers said that they frequently aren’t informed when students have been suspended — even for bringing weapons — and that serious incidents often aren’t entered into students’ records.
White said that the school follows county guidelines on discipline and that teachers aren’t required to be notified why students are suspended. Students had been suspended 168 times this year, he said, but none had been expelled.
“Without metal detectors, which we do not have, we do our best . . . to identify any dangerous activity at schools,” he said.
Several educators said they have been threatened by students in MS-13. Two teachers said they are worried gang members have identified their cars and could follow them home. At least one female teacher was sexually harassed by a suspected gang member, her colleagues said.
“There is a genuine risk,” one said, “but the school is pretending the problem doesn’t exist.”
William Wirt Middle School seen from the woods where there was a near-fatal MS-13-related stabbing in February. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)
'Look what I have here'
It began with a photo.
The girl had recently arrived in the United States, one of about 1,000 unaccompanied minors placed with relatives in Prince George’s County last year. When her uncle gave her some Nike Cortez sneakers, the 14-year-old posted a picture of herself wearing them online.
Then the threats began.
“Which [gang] do you represent?” asked an older girl in Spanish on Facebook last fall. “If you wear Corteses you know what kind of trouble you’re in.”
The girl said she didn’t mean anything by it, but it was too late.
“I already have you being watched,” the older girl said. “You go to William [Wirt] and you’re in 8th [grade] and I also know where you live.”
[‘Heinous and violent’: MS-13’s appeal to girls grows as gang becomes ‘Americanized’]
Days later, the girl was sleeping when she began receiving messages from a boy, she recalled. It was well after midnight, but the seventh-grader told her to come outside, where he and some friends were waiting in a car. When she didn’t reply, he began angrily calling her. They were MS-13, she recalled him saying, and if she didn’t come out then they would come in and kill her and her family.
They took her to an apartment where the boy showed her an array of knives.
“He said he could cut my guts out,” she told The Post.
The girl described the attack to Prince George’s and Bladensburg police that day. She said her assailant chose her from several girls at the apartment.
“He said, ‘I’m taking this one,’ ” she told a female officer, according to a recording her father made of the interview. “He began to touch me. The other ones left, and he began to take off my clothes.”
When she told him to stop, he took out a knife and said, “Look what I have here,” she said.
“Then he began to rape me,” the girl told police. “I began to cry because it hurt.”
But later, when a male officer questioned her, the girl began to worry the gang would come after her so she recanted, she told The Post.
The girl spent the next couple of weeks at home, angry and depressed, she said. When she returned to school, she and her father met with school officials. She said she told them that she had been raped by a student in MS-13, and identified him, but the school took no action.
White said the school was aware the girl had disappeared from home but not of her rape allegation. It was up to police to investigate incidents outside school, he said, although the school offers students counseling and support.
Other families told similar stories about MS-13 violence and intimidation. One Honduran mother said her 15-year-old son came home with a broken hand at the beginning of the school year. When he was injured a second time this year, she pressed him for details. The eighth-grader eventually told her that MS-13 members had made him fight another student in the bathroom.
Then he suffered a concussion after another fight this spring, and she took him to the hospital for the third time. A psychologist who spoke to her son came away so worried, he gave her a note to take to school.
“He said, ‘If you don’t protect your son, the next time you bring him to the hospital he’s going to be dead,’ ” the mother recalled.
The school assigned one of its three security guards to watch over her son when he changed classes or ate lunch, she said. But as soon as the guard was absent, her son was jumped by MS-13, she said.
She has seen videos of him fighting inside the school and fears that he is now being pressured to join the gang. When she peeked at his phone, she found a message from an MS-13 member saying the devil was angry with him and to watch his back. “I don’t know how to make him understand that I’m worried about him, worried for his life,” she said.
[‘You feel that the devil is helping you’: MS-13’s satanic history]
Another mother said she had brought her son to the United States as a baby to escape gang violence in El Salvador. So she was shocked when her boy, now 13, told her that MS-13 was trying to recruit him at Wirt.
“They told me if I didn’t fight, they’d stick the knife in me,” she recalled him saying. She, too, saw videos of her son fighting in the school’s bathrooms. And she, too, went to the school to demand it do something.
“Many kids have disappeared because of this gang,” she said she told a school counselor. The school assigned a security guard to watch over him, too, she said.
Some parents said they had tried taking away phones or deactivating social media accounts to prevent their kids from being recruited. When one mother let her son use her phone, she received a message from an MS-13 member saying the gang was going to cut out his tongue.
Bullets allegedly left in the hoodie of an eighth-grade student at William Wirt Middle School by an MS-13 member. (Obtained by The Washington Post)
The girl who alleges she was raped said the same boy also threatened her with a gun he brought to school, and another MS-13 member put two bullets in her hoodie as a warning.
The girl said she reported the gun incident to security but not finding the bullets. White said the gun incident was not reported.
The girl is now being recruited by members of MS-13’s rival, 18th Street gang, her father said. He panicked when she disappeared from school in early May. Police found her at an 18th Street hangout.
Her father has started driving her to and from school each day for protection. Next year, he said, she will be attending a high school where the gang has less of a presence. But first, she has to finish eighth grade.
As she walked down Wirt’s rainbow steps one May afternoon, she passed the MS-13 member who had left the bullets in her hoodie.
“I’m going to give you such a beating, girl,” he muttered in Spanish, she said, as a Prince George’s police officer sat in his squad car a few feet away.
Before she could react, her father appeared at the end of the stairs. He put his arm around her and guided her to the car. She slid into the back seat and slammed the door, staring out the window as Wirt slipped out of sight.
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Blackwater Worldwide, Wal-Mart of modern war
By - The Washington Times - Sunday, August 24, 2008
Say whatever you want about Blackwater Worldwide - and hardly a day goes by when something isn’t being said about it - it does not put all its eggs in one basket.
Long before the company’s recent announcement that it would seek to de-emphasize its personal security work in the future, it had created a diversified corporate structure. To use military terminology, it is a combined arms operation.
While most attention is focused on Blackwater Security Consulting, the unit that provides contractors for work in Iraq and elsewhere, there is far more to it than that.
Blackwater has long sought to be a one-stop shopping center, a sort of Wal-Mart for all the U.S. government’s military outsourcing needs, and a review of its business units shows it has gone a long way toward meeting that goal.
Consider Greystone Ltd., which is a Blackwater entity. A private security service, it is registered in Barbados and employs third-country nationals for offshore security work. Its Web site advertises its ability to maintain and train “a work force drawn from a diverse base of former special operations, defense, intelligence and law enforcement professionals ready on a moment’s notice for global deployment.” Tasks can be from very small-scale up to major operations to facilitate large-scale stability operations requiring large numbers of people to assist in securing a region.
Need something delivered by air? Look no further than Aviation Worldwide Services. AWS was founded by Richard Pere and Tim Childrey, and is based in Melbourne, Fla. Several of the MD-530 helicopters used by Blackwater Security Consulting in Iraq are operated by AWS.
AWS owns and operates three subsidiaries: STI Aviation Inc., Air Quest Inc. and Presidential Airways Inc. In April 2003 it was acquired by Blackwater USA. Blackwater also operates an airport at its North Carolina facility, called Blackwater Airstrip Airport.
Of course, some of these units have had their own controversies.
Presidential Airways is a charter cargo and passenger airline based at Melbourne International Airport. It holds a Secret Facility Clearance from the Pentagon. It operates several CASA 212 aircraft in addition to a Boeing 767.
Among other services, according to a European Parliament report, Presidential Airways has provided rendition flights to the CIA.
One of the firm’s aircraft crashed on Nov. 27, 2004, in Afghanistan; it had been a contract flight for the U.S. Air Force en route from Bagram to Farah. All aboard, three soldiers and three civilian crew members, died. Several of their survivors filed a wrongful-death suit against Presidential in October 2005.
In December 2006, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a critical report about the crash. It raised many questions about the safety of U.S. military personnel due to lack of oversight of contractors.
The NTSB found that the crew deliberately avoided the standard route and took a joy ride in another direction, eventually becoming trapped in a canyon and slamming into a mountainside. The report said that if the company had proper procedures for tracking aircraft and communicating with them, rescuers would have arrived in time to help Army Spc. Harley Miller, who survived the initial crash.
Presidential Airways was faulted for failing “to provide sufficient oversight of its flight crews, did not ensure that specific routes were defined and flown and had inadequate communications and flight-locating capability.”
Blackwater said it is not liable for casualties in a war zone and that the NTSB report’s findings were politically motivated.
Still, Uncle Sam finds Presidential Airways useful enough that in late September 2007 it received a $92 million contract from the Pentagon for air transportation in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
STI Aviation focuses on aircraft maintenance and is a Federal Aviation Administration-certified repair station.
Many of Blackwater’s aircraft are registered to Blackwater affiliate EP Aviation LLC, named for Blackwater’s owner, Erik Prince.
So Blackwater is on the ground and in the air. What about the sea? It has that covered, too. Blackwater Maritime Security Services offers tactical training for maritime force protection units. It has trained Greek security forces for the 2004 Olympics and Azerbaijan’s naval sea commandos.
Blackwater’s facilities include a man-made lake with stacked containers simulating a ship for maritime assaults. Blackwater received a contract to train U.S. Navy sailors following the attack on the USS Cole in 2000.
And, of course, given that much American economic news these days deals with housing and real estate issues, it is only appropriate that Blackwater should have created the Raven Development Group. RDG got its start in 1997 by designing and building the world’s largest private tactical training facility: Blackwater USA.
Among other things, RDG offers general contracting, construction management, designing and building services to its clients.
And then there is the ultimate PMC - no, not private military contractor. Rather it is Prince Manufacturing Corp., which seems, in part, to be a continuation of the successful family business started by Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s father, Edgar.
Its Web site notes, “The Prince family’s legacy extends to Prince Manufacturing. Prince Manufacturing will rewrite the way contract manufacturing is done. We continue to add new capabilities to ensure that we can be your single source contract manufacturing solution provider with complete solutions throughout the supply chain, all under one corporate roof.”
Not only does it have subsidiaries in Indiana and North Carolina, but also in Mexico.
All in all, according to a recent Small Business Administration report, Blackwater USA, which changed its name to Blackwater Worldwide in 2007, appears to have 29 different affiliates. Considering that Blackwater only started in 1997, that makes Erik Prince one very capable man.
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The Hundred-Year House (Hardcover)
By Rebecca Makkai
The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield.
Rebecca Makkai is a writer to watch, as sneakily ambitious as she is unpretentious."
Richard Russo
Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there's Violet Devohr, Zee's great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room.
Violet's portrait was known to terrify the artists who resided at the house from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it served as the Laurelfield Arts Colony and this is exactly the period Zee's husband, Doug, is interested in. An out-of-work academic whose only hope of a future position is securing a book deal, Doug is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, once in residence at the colony. All he needs to get the book back on track besides some motivation and self-esteem is access to the colony records, rotting away in the attic for decades. But when Doug begins to poke around where he shouldn t, he finds Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity, raising questions about what she might be hiding. The secrets of the hundred-year house would turn everything Doug and Zee think they know about her family on its head that is, if they were to ever uncover them.
In this brilliantly conceived, ambitious, and deeply rewarding novel, Rebecca Makkai unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the reader back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer.
For readers of Dodie Smith'sI Capture the Castle
Rebecca Makkai s first novel, The Borrower, was aBooklistTop Ten Debut, an Indie Next pick, and anO Magazine selection. Her short fiction has appeared in Harper s, Tin House, Ploughshares, andNew England Review, and has been selected four times for The Best American Short Stories. The recipient of a 2014 NEA Fellowship, she lives in Chicago and Vermont."
“Rebecca Makkai is the most refreshing kind of writer there is: both genius and generous. Every masterfully crafted connection, every lovingly nestled detail, is a gift to the attentive reader. Playful, poignant, and richly rewarding, The Hundred-Year House is the most absorbing book I've read in ages. Before you've finished, you'll want to read it again.” —Eleanor Henderson, author of Ten Thousand Saints
“A mesmerizing story of self-reinvention that delights on every page, told with keen wit and a perceptive eye. Like the unforgettable characters in this gripping novel, Laurelfield will draw you into its spell.”
—Charlie Lovett, author of The Bookman’s Tale
"The Hundred-Year House is a funny, sad and delightful romp through the beginning, middle and end of an artists' colony as well as the family mansion that sheltered it and the family members who do and don't survive it. Told backwards from the viewpoints of an array of eccentric and intertwined characters, the story's secrets are revealed with stunning acuity. An ambitious work, well-realized."
—B. A. Shapiro, author of The Art Forger
“Makkai fulfills the promise of her debut with this witty and darkly acerbic novel set in the rich soils of an artists’ colony. The inverted timeline of the multi-generational narrative deepens the layered mysteries at its heart. As decades unfold in reverse, we find that nothing about Laurelfield’s various inhabitants is at it first appears, and neither talent nor history sits on solid ground.”
—Ru Freeman, author of On Sal Mal Lane and A Disobedient Girl
"A lively and clever story...exceptionally well-constructed, with engaging characters...and delightful twists that surprise and satisfy."
Publisher: Viking
Maximum Age: UP
Minimum Grade Level: UP
Maximum Grade Level: UP
Historical - General
Kobo eBook (July 9th, 2014): $6.99
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Large-scale UV disinfection system treats Paris drinking water
A large-scale ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system from Dutch UV specialist Berson is treating drinking water for around 650,000 people in Paris, France. Located to the north of the city in the suburb of Méry-sur-Oise, the system is one of the largest European installations of Berson's InLine range of UV equipment. Five InLine 1500 units are installed in parallel to provide disinfected drinking water at the rate of 7500 m³/h...
PARIS, France, March 10, 2008 -- A large-scale ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system from Dutch UV specialist Berson is treating drinking water for around 650,000 people in Paris, France. Located to the north of the city in the suburb of Méry-sur-Oise, the system is one of the largest European installations of Berson's InLine range of UV equipment. Five InLine 1500 units are installed in parallel to provide disinfected drinking water at the rate of 7500 m³/h.
Owned by SEDIF (the Syndicat des Eaux d'Île-de-France) and operated by the Compagnie Générale des Eaux, the plant uses water from the nearby River Oise. Following pre-treatment and nanofiltration, the water is pumped through the UV units which kill any remaining microorganisms. The treated drinking water is supplied to 37 districts in the northern suburbs of Paris, with daily production totalling 340,000 m³.
The InLine units feature Berson's innovative MultiWave medium pressure UV lamps, which are orientated perpendicular to the water flow to achieve optimum UV exposure. Unlike conventional UV lamps, MultiWave lamps produce a broad spectrum of wavelengths which act on the whole micro-organism, rather than its DNA alone, ensuring permanent deactivation.
An integral sensor monitors UV light intensity in each treatment chamber, while a custom-built control panel provides communication between the UV units and the plant control room. Also incorporated in each UV unit is an automatic wiping mechanism which cleans the quartz sleeves surrounding the lamps and keeps them free of water-borne deposits.
Berson, along with fellow UV companies Hanovia Limited in the UK and Aquionics Inc in the USA, is part of the Fluid Technology Division of Halma p.l.c.
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BATON ROUGE - State Fire Marshal Butch Browning in conjunction with Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain have rescinded the statewide burn ban. The ban...
Local police used body cameras to document bizarre rift with educators over drug class
1 year 2 months 1 day ago Tuesday, May 15 2018 May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018 5:38 PM May 15, 2018 in News
By: Chris Nakamoto
BAKER - After a WBRZ report Monday that detailed a rift between the local police and school district, video surfaced that showed a police officer being told educators were not interested in participating in the D.A.R.E. program.
“'I don't want D.A.R.E.,'” the principal of Park Ridge Elementary was recorded telling Baker Police Officer Demarcus Dunn earlier this school year.
The video was recorded on the officer's body camera and released to the WBRZ News 2 Investigative Unit less than 24-hours after a previous report highlighting the city's loss of $18,000 in grant money since the drug abuse program was not implemented. The city police department had been awarded more than $20,000 to teach a D.A.R.E. program at city schools.
"'I have to talk to Dr. Brister… I'm not going to do D.A.R.E.,'” the principal said in the recording.
In two interviews with WBRZ this week, Police Chief Carl Dunn likened the issue to a political fight. Chief Dunn said school system executives are upset he won the election to become police chief.
“I brag on the fact that I can work with anybody and everybody. But it's hard when they have no integrity and no moral character whatsoever,” Chief Dunn said.
But, the chief revealed, he has had issues with the program – changing the head officer after a previous instructor received numerous complaints. The officer has resigned, the chief said, following a 45-day suspension.
Dr. Herman Brister, the city schools superintendent, did not comment on allegations of a political rift. He echoed a previous statement, showing support of D.A.R.E.
A grant administrator questions if a grant to fund such a program in Baker would be awarded again since the program was not properly administered this time.
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Bush Speaks Plainly About Children Raised By Gays [Say Anything]
Here's a statement from the President I agree with 100%:
Planet Out - President Bush angered advocates for LGBT equal rights by suggesting in a Thursday interview with the New York Times that "studies" show children develop better when raised by heterosexual married couples.
The remarks were part of the president's response to a question about the Florida law that bars gay men and lesbians from adopting children. The law -- one of the harshest anti-gay laws in the country -- was recently upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, and this month the Supreme Court refused to hear the challenge on appeal.
Regarding the Florida law, the president responded, "I don't know this particular case."
He continued by focusing on the "ideal in society" of children being raised by a man and a woman. "And I believe children can receive love from gay couples, but the ideal is -- and studies have shown that the ideal is where a child is raised in a married family with a man and a woman."
Clearly the President speaks the truth. Gay couples can no doubt provide loving homes, but the ideal situation for a child is in a home with strong maternal and paternal influence from a male and a female parent.
Of course, gay activists aren't framing this issue with what's best for the child.
"It's too bad we don't have an ideal president," said John Marble, spokesman for the National Stonewall Democrats.
"Any law that bars gay Americans from adopting children is morally wrong," he told the PlanetOut Network. "It's disturbing that we have a president who refuses to denounce such a law."
Mr. Marble is clearly more concerned with the alleged right of gays to adopt than with the welfare of the children. Frankly, there is no such right. When it comes to the issue of adoption the only right that exists is for children to be raised in the best of possible situations.
I'm willing to accept gay adoption in instances where there is no suitable heterosexual couples available to adopt, but I think its clearly in the best interest of the children that preference be given to qualifying heterosexual couples.
[Cross-posted at Say Anything]
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Home » GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II
GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II
A Documentary Directed by Lisa Ades, Produced by Amanda Bonavita, and Written by Maia Harris
Featuring a post-screening Q&A with Lisa Ades, Professor Deborah Dash Moore, and Elihu Rose
AJHS is proud to present this special NYC Premiere Screening prior to its national distribution on PBS
Please Note: The Auditorium seats for this event have sold out. Tickets currently available are for a full-quality simulcast in the Great Hall, at discounted rates. The Q&A following the screening will be simulcast as well.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018, 7:00 pm
Tickets: $10 general ● $7 students/AJHS members/seniors ● $12 at the door
GI JEWS: Jewish Americans in World War II is a feature-length documentary for national public television that tells the profound and remarkable story of the 550,000 Jewish Americans who served in World War II.
These brave men and women fought for their nation and their people, for America and for Jews worldwide. Like all Americans, they fought against fascism, but they also waged a more personal fight—to save their brethren in Europe. After years of struggle, they emerged transformed, more powerfully American and more deeply Jewish, determined to continue the fight for equality and tolerance at home.
The stories of these brave men and women, told onscreen, can also be discovered in the AJHS Archives. One such collection, the National Jewish Welfare Board-Bureau of War Records, tracks Jewish soldiers and sailors who served in World War II. It also includes surveys of Jewish doctors, dentists, farmers and refugees who served in the United States Armed Forces.
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Israeli Soldiers Arbitrarily Arrest 19 Palestinians in ‘Azzoun
Thursday, 26 January 2012 16:26 - 16-22 January - Ref.: 21/2011
Over the past few months, there has been an alarming increase in the arbitrary arrest and detention of Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). Since the beginning of 2012, Al Haq has documented at least 27 raids in towns and villages in the OPT, including East Jerusalem, during which around 60 people were arrested, including 12 children.
‘Azzoun, a town in the northern West Bank, located approximately nine kilometers east of Qalqilya, is a frequent target of arrest raids by the Israeli forces. During 2011, Israeli forces arrested and detained 147 people from the village. Only a quarter of those detained have been released while the rest remain in prison. This month alone, Israeli soldiers have invaded the village three times, raiding houses and arresting 19 people, of whom six were children.
On 16 January, at around 1:30 am, approximately 20 Israeli military jeeps entered ‘Azzoun. Soldiers raided some 20 homes. During the raid, the Israeli forces physically and verbally attacked two Palestinians, Mahmoud Rashid Radwan and Yousef Ahmad Saleem; and arrested ten people, among them a 16 year-old boy.
Mahmoud Rashid Radwan
At around 1:30 am, Mahmoud (28 years old) was woken by knocking on the front door of his house. When his father opened the door, Israeli soldiers ordered the entire family, 12 members, to leave the house. Mahmoud saw approximately 30 Israeli soldiers wearing black masks. The soldiers checked their IDs and separated Mahmoud and his brothers, Mohammad (23 years old), ‘Issam (22 years old) and Wissam (20 years old), from the other family members. The men were then handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to a location west of their house.
After half an hour, while they were still handcuffed, blindfolded and sitting on the ground, a number of soldiers beat Mahmoud and his brothers with the butts of their riffles. A short time later, an Israeli soldier removed Mahmoud’s blindfold and introduced himself as ‘Ameen’ from Israeli intelligence. ‘Ameen’ told Mahmoud, who had recently been released as part of the prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas, that they would be keeping an eye on him. At that moment, another soldier struck Mahmoud with so much force that his right arm was broken.
Mahmoud was released at around 5.00 am and returned to his house to find that it had been searched with dogs and the furniture had been damaged. He also found out that his two brothers Wissam and Mohammad had been arrested. Mahmoud had to be taken to hospital to treat his injured arm. (Al-Haq Affidavit No. 7026/2012)
Yousef Ahmad Saleem
At 2:30 am, Yousef (29 years old) and his 16-year-old brother, Ghaleb, heard noises outside their house. When they looked out of their window, they saw around 20 masked Israeli soldiers climbing a wall into their front yard. Yousef saw a soldier trying to break open the door so he shouted at him to stop and said that he would open the door. However, the soldier threw a sound bomb towards Yousef that woke the rest of the family.
The soldiers broke the door, entered the house and dragged Yousef’s other brothers, Thabet (28 years old) and Qassem (24 years old) out to the front yard. The soldiers then beat the two brothers and bound their hands with plastic ties. Yousef, who has recently had surgery to his right leg, was slow to reach the ground floor where the soldiers were. The soldiers dragged him out of the house and beat him until he passed out. A short time later, Yousef regained consciousness and saw the soldiers tying Ghaleb’s hands, then bashing his head against the wall. The soldiers left at around 4:00 am, arresting Ghaleb and leaving Yousef, Thabet and Qassem still handcuffed. (Al-Haq Affidavit No. 7027/2012)
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Highland Brewing Launches Brand Refresh
By - - - February 20, 2018
(Photo courtesy Highland Brewing Co.)
ASHEVILLE, N.C.–Asheville’s first craft brewery since Prohibition, Highland Brewing, is closing its doors February 19th.
For four days.
“We are unveiling of our new branding and visual identity digitally on February 19th, and will re-open on February 23rd with a new look in the tasting room,” said Molly McQuillan, the brewery’s marketing manager. “We’ve been working on this project for over a year and look forward to this launch with great anticipation.”
The launch celebration will be held during normal business hours that day, from noon until 10 p.m. and will feature new small batch beers, including Highland’s very first Brett brew, as well as throw-back favorites including Little Hump, Razor Wit, and Vintage 20th Anniversary Scotch Ale. Live music will be provided by Mark Shane, Woody Wood, and All the Locals. New merchandise will be on sale and the new packaging and branding will be highlighted. Popular food trucks Smashbox and Appalachian Chic will also be on site, at 12 Old Charlotte Highway. The event is free and open to the public.
“Highland Brewing has been a pioneer in beer since my father founded the company in 1994,” said President Leah Wong Ashburn. “Over two decades, we led with beer, and in recent years, we developed our beer portfolio significantly with fresh new styles and our innovative spirit is firing. The result of the changes was that our beer and our brand were sharing different messages. I love that we are now aligning the message.
What that means is we focused on the four things we know to be true about ourselves: authenticity, sense of place, consistently excellent beer and an inventive spirit.”
Highland’s new look will be reflected in all of its marketing, labeling, point of sale, packaging and merchandise, said McQuillan, who participated in extensive research and development work collaboratively with Austin, TX, firm Helms Workshop which informed the project. All beers will continue to be labeled under the name “Highland Brewing Company” but will now sport imagery of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the suggestion of a pioneer’s compass and the clear messaging that Highland remains Asheville’s first craft beer.
“Our name is perfect. With it, we honor the local Scots-Irish heritage. We are also on high land – in the mountains and on a hilltop.
We believe in authenticity,” said Ashburn, who became second-generation President of the family-owned business in 2015. She was referring to the staff survey that named authenticity as a common value. “You act the same way when no one else is looking. You deliver the same level of quality every time that only you could notice. You are authentic when your actions align with your words. And when our brand aligns with our beer. This refreshed brand is who we are.”
Highland Brewing was founded in 1994 by retired engineer and entrepreneur Oscar Wong, establishing it as the pioneer of Asheville, NC’s now booming craft beer industry. With a portfolio that is equal parts established and inventive, Highland is known for consistently excellent beer. Proudly regional, Highland is distributed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Kentucky. Annual production around 46,000 barrels makes Highland the largest independent family-owned brewery born in the Southeast and it has the third largest solar array in an American craft brewery. The brewery is in a rehabilitated manufacturing facility on a hilltop, affording space for thousands of visitors to enjoy limited release beers, tours, and live music. In addition, the event center and rooftop can be reserved for private events. Today, the company is led by Wong’s daughter, Leah Wong Ashburn, and has 50 full-time employees.
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Turntable.fm Pulls a Pandora by Booting International Users
June 27, 2011 at 5:53 am PT
Over the weekend Turntable.fm, the out-of-nowhere music start-up that really is as good as its hype, abruptly told many of its users to leave. With a shrug, the service shut down streams to users outside the U.S.
“To all our international friends, we’re sorry you can’t use turntable right now due to licensing constraints,” Turntable told users via Twitter. “Trying to get you back in asap.”
The bad news: I wouldn’t count on international access opening up again for a long time.
The good news: This is good news. It’s another sign that Turntable is trying to figure out how to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as a way around having to negotiate onerous music licenses, which improves its chances for survival.
Turntable, which lets people play and listen to just about any song they want, is trying to position itself — legally, at least — as a “non-interactive” Web radio, which would be shielded by the DMCA.
But the DMCA only covers use in the U.S., and there’s no equivalent licensing option available overseas. Which means either hammer out license deals in every country it wants to operate in, or turn the company into a U.S.-only operation.
This is exactly what Pandora, which also uses the DMCA for licensing, had to do back in 2007. And that seems to have worked out okay.
It’s worth noting that although Pandora is now on a $200 million revenue run rate, and reopening international operations is part of the company’s long-term plans, it is cautioning investors not to expect anything soon.
“Copyright and licensing laws vary from country to country, making international expansion a complex task, and we expect the process for securing licensing rights will require a number of years,” Pandora warns, via an SEC filing. “We are working to obtain the appropriate rights with economics that work for us, with the objective of eventually launching Pandora internationally.”
Meanwhile, whether Turntable will be able to convince the music industry that it is indeed protected by the DMCA remains an open question. It has been trying to comply with the restrictions on the fly, making adjustments as it soars in popularity. Recently, for instance, it stopped allowing users to play music in “rooms” without other listeners.
Will those be enough? We don’t know.
Here, via Twitter, is some skepticism from a knowledgable observer with skin in the game: Sony CFO Rob Weisenthal. “I love turntable.fm but it is tough to see how the DJ is DMCA compliant,” he wrote this morning, before inviting followers to join him in “The Hip Hop Lounge.”
And here’s the counterargument: Surf-singing dude Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records music label giving the service a big wet kiss.
Brushfire’s stance is the right one, obviously. Of course music labels should embrace a service that lets music fans turn other music fans on to new music. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen.
Tagged with: Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, music, Pandora, radio, Social, Sony, Turntable.fm
There was a worry before I started this that I was going to burn every bridge I had. But I realize now that there are some bridges that are worth burning.
— Valleywag editor Sam Biddle
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Featured at Writers Read: D. A. Mishani, author of A Possibility of Violence.
There are books that while reading them you already know that will appear in any "Best books I've ever read" lists that you'd do in the future. There are books that while reading them you know that will change the way you read and even write. And I'm so happy to say that I've just finished reading one of those books. It's called Job: The Story of a Simple Man. It was written by Austrian-Jewish writer Joseph Roth and translated to English by the wonderful Michael Hofmann. I came by it quite accidently, after a long dry period of not finding the right book, a period that ended immediately with the first lines of the charged, direct and poetic prose of Joseph Roth.
Job tells the story of a Jewish family from Eastern Europe in the beginning of the twentieth century. The father, Mendel Singer, is a poor teacher of Hebrew. He's married to Deborah, who gives birth to three normal children, and then to Menuchim.
Menuchim is a disfigured, mute, baby. He seems...[read on]
About A Possibility of Violence, from the publisher:
Haunted by the past and his own limitations, Israeli Detective Avraham Avraham must stop a criminal ruthless enough to target children in this evocative and gripping tale of mystery and psychological suspense that is the follow-up to The Missing File, the acclaimed first novel in D. A. Mishani’s literary crime series that was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award.
An explosive device is found in a suitcase near a daycare center in a quiet suburb of Tel Aviv. A few hours later, a threat is received: the suitcase was only the beginning.
Inspector Avraham Avraham, back in Israel after a much-needed vacation, is assigned to the investigation. Tormented by the trauma and failure of his past case, Avraham is determined not to make the same mistakes—especially with innocent lives at stake. He may have a break when one of the suspects, a father of two, appears to have gone on the run. Is he the terrorist behind the threat? Is he trying to escape Avraham’s intense investigation? Or perhaps he’s fleeing a far more terrible crime that no one knows has been committed?
No matter how much Avraham wants to atone for the past, redemption may not be possible—not when he’s entangled in a case more deceptive and abominable than any he’s ever faced.
Learn more about the book and author at D. A. Mishani's website and Facebook page.
My Book, The Movie: The Missing File.
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AdaTisNewsAdduxi opens a new production site in Rochester Hills, MI
Adduxi opens a new production site in Rochester Hills, MI
Thursday, 23 October 2014 - News
Thursday 23rd October 2014 marks the beginning of a new era for our group.
A new production facility has been inaugurated in Rochester Hills, Michigan by its mayor, Bryan Barnett, and in presence of all Adduxi officials including Alain Palisse our CEO.
We are proud and very thankful to the community that has helped us to get launched. Proud to be in America and willing to say to all our customers: We are here!
You can have a glimpse at all that has been issued by the press by clicking the links below:
http://www.g2consultinggroup.com/french-molder-adduxi-to-open-first-u-s-factory-in-rochester-hills/
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20141014/NEWS/141019940/french-molder-adduxi-to-open-first-u-s-factory-in-rochester-hills
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/business/20140919/french-auto-parts-supplier-to-open-first-north-american-operation-in-rochester-hills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiH3pH_zrfY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QukKgYVTfwI
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You are at:Home»Articles»Director Augie Robles Turns Up the Heat in Gay Latino Filmmaking
Director Augie Robles Turns Up the Heat in Gay Latino Filmmaking
By Adelante on May 1, 2013 Articles
Most people would be satisfied working on a top-rated television show, milking that high paying gig as long as the Nielson ratings held out. Not so for former CSI: Las Vegas editor, Augie Robles. The AFI graduate started as a filmmaker in the early 1990s writing his own short films that made the gay film festival circuit. After 14 years with CSI, Robles returned to what he loves doing best, making films that fuse Latino images with gay stories.
Robles’ first post CSI production The Rookie and the Runner, is a ten minute short film about a gay Latino who ends up bargaining for something a little more hazardous than shin splints while running through Elysian Park. The short has screened in more than 20 festivals throughout America and Europe. Last month it played at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre in Outfest’s Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival.
Adelante caught up with Mr. Robles to discuss why he left the industry to make independent films.
Castel: So why did you return to indie filmmaking?
Robles: You can work your whole life in the business and never work on a top rated show. I was blessed to have that opportunity to play with the “big toys.” It was a good fit because they challenged me, and I expected a lot from myself.
No one knows what we do as editors; our work is the invisible art. I love the craft of editing but I wanted to get into the director’s chair, and the only way for me to do that was to write and direct my own movie.
I also have this political part of me that wants to see more images of Latinos in the media. There are very few people of color on TV. It’s gotten better since when we were growing up, but if we talk about gay people of color— you don’t see us at all. The industry is Hetro-normative to the 50th degree. I think that’s why actors are so closeted. It is that strong, that pervasive! I read somewhere recently that the four major networks still get an “F” rating for diversity. Just before every season hiatus, I thought that if I could work on my own film then I’d go back to editing CSI and not be this frustrated director. Often, during the hiatus, I’d cut short films for my friends but never my own. That’s when I decided I had to make a short film.
Castel: Tell me about The Rookie and the Runner.
Robles: It’s about a really hot guy being chased by two other hot guys in Elysian Park. The runner’s interested in them both, but one of them has bad intentions, and he doesn’t know which one is which.
Castel: Why did you make this film?
Robles: In CSI it’s about the cops always being right. With the Rookie, I flipped that idea around because I think cops going out there and entrapping people in the parks is wrong. I also really just wanted to make a gay action chase movie. But this is a fantasy because you don’t usually get away from the cops. If someone is entrapping you and you’ve put yourself in the position where the runner is in the film, you don’t get away . . . in that way it’s a fantasy, but what resonates as authentic, I hope, are the rituals around cruising and same sex desire.
Castel: Men do like a good sport. . . What’s been the audience’s response?
Robles: Nobody ever talks about the entrapment element in the film . . . they say things like “it’s sweet,” or it “doesn’t apologize for desire.” I’m not interested in making a coming out movie where someone is struggling with their desire. The runner isn’t confused about what he likes, he’s not ashamed of what he’s doing. That’s why there’s an innocence to it . . . it’s about anonymous sex, and how transgressive it is in our society. But at the core it’s a story about two guys making an imitate connection.
Castel: That’s so Sexual Outlaw by John Rechy. What’s your new film?
Robles: It’s a story about a middle-aged, alcoholic artist who had a lot of potential but winds up alienated and frustrated. He draws a figure of a man, and the man in the drawing comes to life and becomes his lover. Think of a gay episode of the Twilight Zone !
I want the audience to think: ‘Is this really happening, or is he going crazy?’ It’s also framed around the universal notion of falling in love. But what is it really like to fall in love? You do go a little crazy when you fall for somebody. There are studies about how the brain works when you fall in love, the initial pull is unreasonable. It’s called infatuation. For the artist, his life is so unfulfilled he prefers fantasy to the real thing.
I’m working with the visual artist Hector Silva. He’s going to do original drawings for us to use in the film. I think it’s going to be a really cool fit.
Castel: What’s the length and budget?
Robles: It’s a short, so less than 15 minutes, otherwise it gets a lot harder to program in festivals. A true budget is hard to peg since many things will be donated to us in terms of time and labor. But, the trick now is to do some quick fundraising. What I have to remember, because I hate asking people for money, is that people really liked the Rookie and there are investors out there willing to give money to see gay people of color on the screen. My film could be about a straight guy falling in love with a woman. But it’s about two Latino men. My work will always be infused with politics, style, and the craft.
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Dr Basil Enicker on the spotlight
KZN Health Department Dr Enicker (in black coat); and shots from the awake craniotomy at IALCH
Umlazi born doctor making headlines overseas
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: The Umlazi-born doctor who is making international headlines for removing a brain tumour from a jazz musician while he was awake wants South Africans at large to drink less alcohol in order to avoid interpersonal violence and road traffic crashes that result in traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries.
Dr Basil Enicker, 41, is the head of the Neurosurgery unit at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. He led a team that performed surgery on jazz artist and UKZN music lecturer Musa Manzini last month.
And since then, Dr Enicker has been inundated with interview requests, and even attracted the attention of the BBC and Carte Blanche. He has been regaling them all about this success story from the KZN Department of Health.
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC has also congratulated Dr Enicker, and hailed him as a great example of what can be achieved through hard work and tenacity. “His is a very encouraging story. We need to put in place systems that will ensure that more Black Africans are afforded the space and support to realise their potential like Dr Enicker. We are extremely proud of him, and what he’s achieved,” said the MEC.
In this Q&A interview, Dr Enicker answers a few more pertinent questions about his career, and impressive rise through the ranks despite formidable odds.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS MEDIA ATTENTION?
As a Head of Department of Neurosurgery, my team and I are excited and at the same time humbled by the positive feedback that the Department has received regarding the treatment rendered to Mr Manzini (who gave written consent about the public disclosure of his operation).
This is one of many positive stories highlighting the quality of care rendered in the public health system in South Africa and in particular KwaZulu-Natal.
Awake craniotomy is the standard of care in many centres internationally. Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital is one of select centres in South Africa that offers this type of surgical procedure. Excitement around this operation is related to the fact that it tells a good South African story, of how an individual like Mr Musa Manzini has had to overcome major health challenges after being diagnosed with a brain tumour (this was his third operation), and that despite these challenges he continues to make inspiring music and also teach music to University students. He is a role model to a lot people, especially the young.
What is unique and exciting about the procedure itself, is that it was the first time it was performed on a musician at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and as one the many tools of testing used during the procedure we asked him to play the guitar, while we operated on his brain. The reason being the need to maintain and improve use of fine motor skills of the left hand, including ability to continue making music. The brain tumour was located in the right frontal lobe (in the primary motor cortex) which is an area of the brain responsible for planning, control and execution of voluntary movements. The procedure was a huge success.
The Neurosurgery Department in KZN also has young leadership, who are dedicated to improving the lives of the people of KZN, while offering comprehensive neurosurgical services.
This story has been a great opportunity to educate the South African population and Africa at large about brain tumours: their clinical presentation, diagnosis and management. It also inspires young people, especially those seeking to pursue a career in the medical profession, about the discipline of Neurosurgery, as most medical students are not exposed to this field - especially those from previously disadvantaged backgrounds.
WHAT OTHER MEMORABLE OR UNUSUAL OPERATIONS HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN?
There are too many to mention. The Department of Neurosurgery at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital is one of the busiest in the country, and caters for the whole of KZN. We treat a wide spectrum of conditions affecting the brain and spine, ranging from tumours and congenital abnormalities, to trauma, infections, vascular abnormalities and degenerative conditions of the spine. We pride ourselves in offering comprehensive neurosurgical services in the province, despite the heavy workload.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR UPBRINGING AND FORMATIVE YEARS?
I was born in Durban, and grew up at Umlazi Township, Z section. Growing up in the township in the 80s and 90s was typical of those times. My memories include a strong sense of community and playing soccer in the streets. I remember the long walks to school in the mornings and afternoons, and those memorable trips in the buses and taxis in the township.
During those times, there would be many strikes and protest action as a result of the political climate during the pre-1994 era, that made it a challenge to get to school.
I attended my primary school up to standard 6 (Grade 8) at Umlazi. From Standard 7 (Grade 9) to Matric (Grade 12), I attended a boarding school: St. Francis College in Marrianhill.
My family had instilled in me the importance of education from a young age. My mother Balekile, who is the rock of the family, was a teacher a Zwelethu High at Umlazi, for over 30 years. She retired 5 years ago. She did a wonderful job in providing for me and my two sisters, Linda and Sazi. My father, Addie was also a teacher at Umlazi and become a guitarist, when he retired from teaching. He passed away in 2008 due to cancer. My parents divorced when I was young.
My grandparents played an important part in my upbringing. My grandfather Basil Mdege was a Principal at Swelihle High School at Umlazi until he retired. He was strict and a disciplinarian. He was instrumental in putting me through medical school. He passed away a few days after I qualified as a Neurosurgeon, and that had a profound effect on my life.
My grandmother Nomusa Mdege is a retired Professional Nurse who worked in the Paediatrics Department at King Edward VIII Hospital until retirement. She is kind and compassionate, and instilled in me a strong sense of giving back to those less fortunate. She also taught me how to drive a car.
WHO WOULD YOU SAY HAD THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE DURING YOUR FORMATIVE YEARS, AND ALSO PROFESSIONALLY?
In addition to my mother and grandparents, professionally it would have to be Prof Thandinkosi Madiba, the past head of Department of Surgery at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has been a mentor and role model since I was a medical student. I stand on his shoulders. My friends who were my classmate in medical school have played a vital role in motivating me.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MEDICINE IN GENERAL, AND NEUROSURGERY IN PARTICULAR?
My grandmother was a nurse so I was always fascinated by her work with sick children. She would care for me and my siblings when we were sick. In that regard from a young age I wanted a career in health care. It was during my years in medical school that I was fascinated by the human brain and how it worked.
After community service, I went to the Department of Neurosurgery at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital to enquire about a job and the rest is history.
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS DO YOU HOLD?
I have a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery obtained at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, obtained from the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu- Natal) in 2002; Master of Medicine (Neurosurgery) obtained from the University of KwaZulu-Natal; and I am a Fellow of the College of Neurosurgeons of South Africa (Colleges of Medicine of South Africa). I did my post graduate studies (specializing in Neurosurgery) through the University of KwaZulu-Natal, at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, and graduated as a specialist Neurosurgeon in 2010.
DID YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE FUNDS TO STUDY?
Funding for my undergraduate degree was a big problem. My University education was funded with the assistance of my late grandfather and through loans. The means of funding tertiary education remains a big problem for a lot of young people in South Africa.
WHAT SACRIFICES DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE ALONG THE WAY TO GET YOUR JUNIOR DEGREE, AND ALSO TO FURTHER YOUR STUDIES AND GET TO WHERE YOU ARE?
For my Junior degree, I basically had no social life because I spent any of my free time studying. For my post-graduate studying and training, I had to sacrifice time with family and friends, and actually started my family quite late in my life.
Specialising in Neurosurgery is extremely demanding. The days are long, and the after-hours emergency work is busy. My free time during training was dedicated to sleeping in order to recover from the calls. It was also dedicated to studying for exams and preparing for theatre cases.
ONE OF THE STRIKING THINGS ABOUT YOU IS HOW HUMBLE AND DOWN-TO-EARTH YOU SOUND. DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN FIVE WORDS.
I’m compassionate, ambitious, patriotic, focused and optimistic.
WHAT LIFESTYLE CHANGES DO SOUTH AFRICANS NEED TO MAKE IN ORDER TO MAKE YOUR JOB AS A NEUROSURGEON EASIER AND LESSEN THE WORKLOAD?
• Maintain a healthy diet and exercise on a regular basis. Quit smoking and don’t use recreational drugs as this reduces the risk of intracranial bleeding / stroke.
• Manage stress.
• Get regular health check-ups: control of high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus for those affected by these conditions is important as it reduces the risks of stroke.
• Avoid abuse of alcohol as this often leads to interpersonal violence and road traffic crashes, resulting in traumatic brain and spinal cord injury.
• For those patients infected with HIV, regular check-ups and compliance with Anti-Retroviral Therapy is important to reduce the risk of HIV-associated lesions of the brain and spinal cord, such as TB.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY?
I am married to a wonderful lady by the name of Dr. Zanele Nkosi- Enicker. She is a Specialist Radiation Oncologist in private practice. We have two amazing children, a three year-old son (Lisolethu) and 1 year-old daughter (Nala). We are a typical South African family who enjoy spending quality time together. We love to experience and savour all the wonderful things our great country has to offer.
GIVEN YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE, HOW DO YOU STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY LIFE?
Life as a Neurosurgeon is extremely busy and demanding. It is filled with all kinds of pressures. Operating on the brain and spinal cord is intense and leaves no room for error. You need to be focused at all times. I still struggle with finding a balance between family and work. However, at the end of the day things always seem to work out, thanks to the support I have from my wife. I really love what I do especially since I get to help patients who have nowhere else to go, as the majority of the population in KZN make use of the public health care system. Neurosurgery for me is a passion and I don’t see myself doing any other kind of job. I also go to the gym on a regular basis to stay healthy and relieve stress. I wake up early in the mornings to meditate before I start with my daily busy schedule. I find that it helps to clear my head and stay focused.
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO IN YOUR SPARE TIME?
I listen to a variety of music such as R & B, Hip Hop, Jazz and classical music. I am a big fan of South African music regardless of the genre.
WHAT WORDS OF WISDOM CAN YOU SHARE WITH YOUNG DOCTORS, AS WELL AS YOUNG PEOPLE, WHO WANT TO GO FAR IN THIS PROFESSION?
The great Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. I can never overemphasise the importance of investing in education and skills training, as this helps to unlock limitless opportunities. A successful career in medicine and in particular Neurosurgery involves hard work, attention to detail, dedication, sacrifice and going the extra mile. It also requires empathy and putting the interests of patients above everything else. Everything you do as a doctor should be for the advancement of the health of the patient. Young people should surround themselves with positive people, who are like- minded and who will inspire them to persevere and attain their goals and dreams. It is also critical to find mentors/ role models to enhance the journey to success.
WHAT ARE YOUR MID AND LONG-TERM GOALS?
I am currently pursuing a PhD in Neurosurgery through the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and am aiming to complete it in the near future.
As a Head of Department of Neurosurgery at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, my goal is to improve research output of my Department, while increasing collaboration with local and international partners.
My long-term goal is to train as many neurosurgeons as possible and groom the next generation of leaders in Neurosurgery. I would love to see an increase in the number of Neurosurgery units in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal by setting up units in hospitals like Grey’s and Ngwelezane. Ultimately, I would love to have a positive impact on the lives of as many patients as possible.
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Speaker Dogara Introduces Electronic Voting, e-Parliament In Reps
by Ahmed Rufai Isah / 3 years ago /
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has introduced electronic voting system in the conduct of activities of the House.
Dogara, who last Thursday announced the adoption of the e-voting system, said it was in compliance with the 8th Assembly’s Legislative Agenda. Consequently, forms have been distributed to individual members to collate their data ahead of production of e-voting cards to all the 360 MPs. The implication of the new system is that records of each member's punctuality and voting patterns can easily be accessed by constituents and members of the public.
According to details of the Legislative Agenda as adopted by the 8th Assembly early in its life last year, "The 8th House commits to the use of ICT in the daily conduct of legislative activities of the House. E-parliament and e-voting platforms will be made a regular feature of the House."
"E-voting will be used regularly during voting to properly reflect voting records of Members and parliamentary accountability. The House shall collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve the goal of an e-parliament."
The e-parliament initiative will operate on the platform of modern, up to date digital technology.
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Mt Hood Classic
Photo ©: Swift
World Road Championships - CM
Salzburg, Austria, September 20-24, 2006
Classical flavour for this year's World's
By Jeff Jones
2005 men's RR winner Tom Boonen (Belgium)
Photo ©: Roberto Bettini
The 2006 World Road Championships are being held in Salzburg, Austria this year between September 20-25. Split into two disciplines (time trial and road race) across three categories (U23 men, elite women, elite men), the championships will decide six rainbow jerseys in the city of Mozart. Both time trial and road courses look to be challenging enough to decide worthy world champions.
Wednesday, September 20 will see the championships kick off with the elite women's and U23 men's time trials. The races start on Schwarzstrasse and finish in Mirabellplatz, with the women's being run over 26.12 km and the U23 men over 39.54 km. The outward leg features two climbs, and takes the riders from 422m up to 575m. The return run is mostly downhill, but heads back into Salzburg via a different route.
In the women's race, defending champion Karin Th�rig (Switzerland) will be up against the likes of Zulfiya Zabirova (Kazakhstan), Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), Nicole Br�ndli (Switzerland), Kristin Armstrong and Christine Thorburn (USA), Christiane Soeder (Austria) and Judith Arndt (Germany), with the perennial Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) also a likely top finisher.
The U23 men will also feature the top three from last year: Mikhail Ignatiev (Russian Federation), Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukraine) and Peter Latham (New Zealand), with Lars Boom (Netherlands), Dominique Cornu (Belgium) and Mark Jamieson (Australia) ones to watch.
The men's race will run on Thursday, September 21, and will pit the top testers in the world against each other over a longer course of 50.83 km. Look for the in-form David Millar (Great Britain) to challenge triple world champion Michael Rogers (Australia) and try to put the icing on the cake after his two year suspension for admitting to doping. Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara was close to Millar in the Vuelta's first time trial, and is definitely a contender in Salzburg.
After a day's rest on Friday, the racing resumes Saturday with the elite women's and U23 men's road races. The road course is 22.2 km long, starting and finishing in Mirabellplatz. At Zilling after 8.4 km, the top of the first climb (545m) is reached, and is followed by a short descent and then another sharp climb/false flat up to Elixhausen (km 13.2). The final 9 km of the circuit is mostly downhill, and attacks on the last two climbs could well decide the race.
The women will do six laps of the circuit for a total of 132.6 km, the U23 men do eight laps for 176.8 km. On Sunday, the elite men race over 12 laps for a total of 265.2 km, and it's always considered the main event of the World Championships.
Cyclingnews will be covering each race of the UCI world championships live from start to finish. The opening race is the women's TT at 12:00 CEST (Europe)/6:00 EDT (USA east)/3:00 PDT (USA west)/20:00 AEST (Australia east).
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GREAT FORTUNES LOST You've heard all those garage-to-glory stories. Well, remember too that hubris offends the gods. And if you don't drop the bundle, a wastrel heir can do it for you.
By Jaclyn Fierman REPORTER ASSOCIATE Reed Abelson
(FORTUNE Magazine) – PRIDE FORETOLD the fall. But Nolan Bushnell, the exuberant Silicon Valley entrepreneur, was too pumped up to notice that summer day in 1983. He had just swept across the finish line first after a grueling, nine-day sailboat race between Los Angeles and Honolulu. A flotilla carrying mai tais, floral leis, and swaying women sped toward the winning sloop. Recalls Bushnell: ''The spinnaker was up. We were blasting through the waves. I was king of the world.'' Six hours later Bushnell ripped open a telegram: BAD NEWS IN SECOND QUARTER STOP. Before he could claim his trophy, he was winging his way back to California to try to rescue Pizza Time Theatre, a restaurant chain that entertained patrons with a noisy troupe of robot characters. Bushnell's theatrical concept had been so successful at first that he had decided to run the company with one hand and to seed more of his fantasies with the other. His venture capital firm, Catalyst Technologies, proceeded to launch several businesses in quick succession. Says he: ''I thought I was some kind of Wunderkind.'' But while Bushnell was ignoring Pizza Time's mounting costs and wild expansion, and the mediocre food it was serving up, copycat competitors swooped in. Even a last-ditch streak of 14-hour days failed to salvage the operation. Bushnell, who had also founded Atari Corp., king of the videogame producers in the late 1970s, plummeted just as surely as Icarus did for his reckless vanity. Pizza Time filed for Chapter 11 protection under the bankruptcy laws in March 1984, leaving Bushnell $100 million poorer than he had been just a year earlier. In this entrepreneurial age, we're bombarded with garage-to-glory stories. But those stories give us only a fraction of the picture. People also lose fortunes, and their tales are no less instructive. The principal lesson is an old one: The same sense of infallibility that propels someone to the top in the first place eventually undoes him. ''Fortunes are lost the same way they are made -- people take too many chances,'' says Martin Jaffe, chief operating officer of Wood Struthers & Winthrop, a money management firm that has been trying for over 100 years to help the very rich stay very rich. Ways to lose a fortune break down into three categories: business fiascoes that are undeniably your fault; disasters you figure you can blame on the gods; and the dreadful erosion caused by incompetent or wasteful heirs. Common to just about everyone who blows a bundle is hubris -- the illusion that he can do no wrong, that the business will keep on booming, and that the money will never run out. But as the men and women chronicled here attest, the wheel of fortune just keeps on turning. Fans of the gentry may balk, but the fact is, old money is no more immortal than new. Fortunes made overnight from oil wells or on Wall Street can fade fast, and usually get all the publicity. But most fortunes, even the hoariest, peter out eventually. Says a descendant of one of the original retailing tycoons: ''There's not an Anglican nickel left in New York.'' Just as time and human imperfection take a toll on wealth, so does another of fortune's foes: the IRS. ''As citizens, Americans have always supported laws favoring the division of estates,'' says Peter Dobkin Hall, a business historian at Yale. ''As individuals, they continually seek ways to pass their farms, firms, and fortunes on to the next generation intact,'' a challenge that has become increasingly taxing, shall we say (see box). The easiest way to make a small fortune in business? Start with a large one. Then disregard all the rules of prudent diversification and defensive planning. Add to that a sense of confidence that blossoms into arrogance. While absolutely everything goes right on the way up, suddenly one false move ruins it all. Consider Malcom McLean, 74, a man who changed the world 30 years ago when his company, Sea-Land Corp., pioneered the concept of container shipping, vans without wheels that can be slipped easily onto ships, railcars, or trucks. He sold Sea-Land to RJR in 1969 for a profit of $157 million. He later created a holding company, McLean Industries, and bought U.S. Lines. Things steamed along splendidly until as late as 1984. But already anchored in New York harbor were jumbo ships that would end up sinking him. Betting oil prices would rise, he paid $570 million for 12 of these supertankers, slower but more fuel-efficient vessels than his competitors were using. Luck promptly deserted him: The oil market collapsed, a fierce rate war broke out among shippers, and McLean's fleet was dead in the water. ''McLean bet the farm on the wrong technology,'' says Jeffrey Stone, a transportation analyst at the Wertheim Schroder investment bank. Nearly $1.3 billion in debt, McLean Industries filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in late 1986. Fortunes are hatched when a good idea comes along at the right time. But if a craze takes hold, make sure you have a few eggs tucked away elsewhere. One entrepreneur who forgot to do so was George Merrick, the man who developed Coral Gables, Florida, in the 1920s as a community for wealthy retirees. As he plowed along, suddenly the great Florida land boom hit. Property prices exploded. Salesmen praised the blue skies on chilly street corners. Northerners in droves bought the pitch, and by the summer of 1925 George Merrick was easily worth $80 million. His relatives also came on down. ''He liked cream-colored trousers,'' recalls his nephew, Donald Kuhn, 65, a mail- order executive in upstate New York. ''When we went to visit him, he'd always root around in his pocket and give us each a dime.'' Then, out of the gray, the good times ended. On September 17, 1926, a hurricane swept away much of nearby Miami Beach, effectively drowning the public's interest in Coral Gables. Seasoned speculators ran for cover. But Merrick persisted, only to be socked by another hurricane in 1928. Coral Gables Corp. finally went bankrupt, leaving Merrick in such desperate straits that he could not afford to replace the tires on his Cadillac. ''I got nothing out of Coral Gables,'' he told FORTUNE in 1936. ''I never even went to Europe.'' Merrick spent his last two years as postmaster of Dade County and died ''the next thing to penniless,'' says Kuhn. Merrick might have blamed the gods for his losses. Instead he assumed the responsibility: ''I should have bought annuities.'' Guy de Rothschild, 79, heir to a vast and venerable banking fortune, had a good excuse for losing a bundle: His bank was nationalized when French President Francois Mitterrand first came to power in 1981. ''A Jew under Petain, a pariah under Mitterrand -- for me it's enough,'' he said at the time, heading off to live in a lavish New York apartment. ''To rebuild on ruins twice in a lifetime is too much. I am forced into retirement.'' Rothschild, back in Paris now, still lives in relative grandeur, but says he no longer keeps a full-time trainer in Chantilly for his 40 thoroughbred racehorses: ''One must live according to the times.'' Acts of expropriation aren't limited to the government. Such a fate befell the heirs of Sam (Momo) Giancana, a Chicago Mafia boss, gunned down in 1975 while cooking a snack of spinach and sausage in his basement. He left behind his share in a loan sharking and gambling empire that ''probably had bigger annual profits than General Motors,'' wrote his daughter Antoinette in her memoirs, Mafia Princess. But they weren't the kind of assets he could leave in a will. Other mobsters, presumably including his assassins, moved in and carved up the operations. Antoinette, 53, who grew up wearing rare and luxurious Somali furs, says she had to get rid of her Thunderbird recently because she couldn't afford the payments. Family problems can eliminate a fortune as completely as a machine gun and are a lot more common. ''The odds are stacked against dynasties,'' says historian Hall. Only 30% of family businesses survive to the second generation, and just 20% of those make it to the third. Typically the first generation makes the money, the next one spends it, and the third digs the shirtsleeves out of the attic. The decades between are typically filled with miscommunication, misguided parenting, and mismarriage. So consumed with empire building are the founders of fortunes that many fail to pass along the lessons they have learned to the next generation. Just as they never think about their own mortality, they can't imagine the money disappearing. Their sons, however expensively educated, just don't measure up. Daughters are often doubly damned -- denied any role in running the business and never instructed in the ways of wise investments and responsible spending. Inept because they are ignored, some wealthy women spend recklessly, having no sense of the limits of their fortune. The record setter here had to be Barbara Hutton, Woolworth five-and-dime-store heiress. Thrice a princess, once a countess, and Mrs. Cary Grant for three years, Hutton spent over $40 million on seven husbands. Occasionally a son gets trapped in the same cocoon. Thanks to his vain, controlling mother, George Huntington Hartford II had a hard time growing up. When Hunt, as he was called, finally came of age, he knew nothing about business. Heir to the family's $90 million A&P fortune, he squandered most of it on investments that included an artists' colony in California, a glitzy arts magazine called Show, and an art museum in New York. Flops all. ''Nobody ever helped me with my money,'' he admitted. ''I had no guidance.'' Floating by Hog Island in the Bahamas with one of his four wives, Hartford peered through his binoculars and conceived a vision. He imagined a lavish resort with hotels, water sports, and casinos. As usual, his vision was . blurred. He bought the land for $11 million in cash, renamed it Paradise Island, and threw another $19 million into development. But he didn't stick with the project long enough. After colliding with authorities over bridge rights to the main island and a gambling license, he sold out his interest. Had he held on to his island -- today a prime vacation spot -- Hartford probably would have doubled or tripled his inheritance. Instead, down to his last few million, the 77-year-old heir lives a Dickensian life much like Miss Havisham's in a decrepit townhouse in Manhattan. Friends with whom he used to make the gallery and nightclub scene say he is nearly crippled from years of drugs and high living. He almost never leaves his iron-frame bed. GENERATIONS that fail to replenish the wealth will eventually deplete it. Oliver Wendell Holmes, a wealthy heir himself, wrote of a large fortune: ''It splits into four handsome properties; each of these into four good inheritances; these, again, into scanty competences for four ancient maidens -- with whom it is best that the family should die out, unless it can begin again as its great-grandfather did.'' Holmes would have tipped his hat to August Belmont IV, 80, a great-grandson who got the moneymaking machinery cranking again -- though not with the original family assets. A Harvard graduate, Belmont worked his way up to become head of the Dillon Read & Co. investment bank in 1962. As a banker, he made out handsomely: Call the operator for his number in Maryland, and she'll ask if you want the main residence, the guesthouse, or the cottage. But Belmont never restored his family to its former glory. As a child he traversed New York City in the family's private subway car, a teak and mahogany lounge with green velvet draperies, stained-glass windows, and a bar. The car belonged to August P. Belmont II, a banker who started the Interborough Rapid Transit construction company. The senior Belmont and his friends, among them the Astors and the Vanderbilts, would ride out to his society race track on Long Island and later that evening stop for a drink at Belmont's bar in the Belmont Hotel. Somewhere between generations II and IV, the fortune dwindled. ''Money?'' asks August Belmont IV. ''You tell me where it's all gone. Somebody lost it somewhere along the line.'' A son or son-in-law out to prove his worth can sometimes lead the family and its fortune over the brink. Anxious to outdo their daddy, a wheeler-dealer in the oil patch, Nelson Bunker and William Herbert Hunt of Dallas began hoarding silver in the early Seventies. When the market collapsed in 1980, they borrowed $1.1 billion to meet margin calls, borrowings they secured with oil assets. Mistake No. 2. Oil prices plunged, and their company filed for Chapter 11. ''Sometimes,'' moaned Lamar, a third brother, ''it is necessary to knock a knot on a kid's head.'' Bunker is a notorious tightwad, but playboys can go through a bundle too. Consider Horace Dodge Jr., son of the automotive pioneer. During the 1951 winter season, Horace Jr., then 51, accompanied his mother to a charity fashion show in Palm Beach. Ogling the models, he spotted Dora Gregg Sherwood, a 27-year-old blonde from Wisconsin. Smitten, and newly separated from wife No. 4, Dodge bought every dress Sherwood modeled. Then he married her. When Dodge died a decade later, Gregg got her hands on about $9 million of the family money. She spent every penny of it with her next husband, a retired New York City cop and bodyguard. Actually she spent more: In 1979 she pleaded guilty to looting her son's trust fund. Some of the money went to support scores of servants in her home, some was lavished on reckless whims like a three-month holiday at London's posh Dorchester Hotel. For her part, Gregg Dodge claims she lost most of her money because she was badly advised. On the recommendation of an attorney, she dipped into her principal to buy a tool and die company in Atlanta and a gold mine in Colombia, both of which turned out to be mere dross. Now 64, Dodge rents a relatively modest home in Palm Beach and is writing a novel set in that neck of the woods. As fortunes go, hers is long gone. But, she says, ''I've learned the value of a dollar.'' If your children are going to end up wasting the money, you might as well give it away in the first place. Among the greatest American philanthropists was Meyer Guggenheim, whose family was worth some $2 billion at the turn of the century, controlling as it did an estimated 80% of the world's metal- mining industry. Today the fortune lives on in name only in things like the Guggenheim fellowships for writers, composers, scholars, and artists, and in such landmarks as the Guggenheim museum of modern art on Fifth Avenue in New York City. One of the last remaining Guggenheims is William III, 49, a soft-spoken fellow who lives in a merely middle-class section of Altamonte Springs, Florida. He doesn't actually go to work in the traditional sense. But he is rather active on the spiritual plane as a mystic and counselor. For his mundane needs, which include alimony and child support payments, he draws on the interest from a trust fund, an income that he claims amounts to no more than a dentist's salary. The classic rich kid without purpose, Guggenheim dropped out of Yale and thrashed about in several careers. He worked as a stockbroker, which he hated, and as a stock analyst, which he loved, and ran a store in New York called Indispensable Disposables, which sold paper dresses. In 1971 he published Love Game ''to promote sexual sensitivity'' between men and women. Guggenheim's latest effort: a trilogy on the afterlife. Less at peace with his meager inheritance is Shearn Moody Jr., 54, whose grandfather left $439 million that he made in the insurance business to a foundation. Hands off, kids. By all accounts a rather odd, vindictive man, Grandpa didn't want his heirs to touch the foundation money. But Shearn has devoted his life to getting at it, enlisting the help of more than 150 lawyers over 30 years. As eccentric as his grandfather, Shearn collects live penguins, stuffed animals, and Hitler memorabilia. Around his hometown of Galveston, Texas, he is known as a fighting man. Says a former aide: ''He was born and will die in litigation.'' Last fall he was convicted on charges of bilking the foundation out of $1.3 million to pay his legal fees. While he awaits sentencing, he has been keeping a low profile. At the other end of the spectrum are guilt-stricken heirs who can't wait to be rid of the lucre. Michael J. Brody Jr., grandson of the man who built an empire from Good Luck margarine, took to the window of his Manhattan apartment in 1970 and flung cash to the crowd below. He later shot himself in the head. Sylvia Schroeder Jenkins, 41, daughter of a wealthy German industrialist, didn't go quite that far. But she recently got herself disinherited from a $2 million trust fund by marrying a Masai warrior several years her junior. Says Jenkins: ''I found what I wanted.'' Jenkins could probably go home again if she has a change of heart, or at least start over with a few goats of her own. The fact is, when the fabulously wealthy fall, they rarely hit absolute zero. They may have to forgo million- dollar parties like the ones Guy de Rothschild used to throw at his sprawling French chateau, or open the doors of their castles to tourists, as many a | British lord has done to keep up the maintenance. But most also have a secret trust fund to fall back on or a parcel of country real estate that will guarantee them a genteel lifestyle. Says Bushnell: ''No one needs to pass the plate for me.'' WHAT LURKS in the hearts of those who make a fortune and then lose it? Some throw in the towel; others throw themselves back into the fray. Imbued with that irrepressible Texas spirit, the state's former governor John Connally survived with aplomb the auction of his bankrupt estate this year. ''We have our health,'' Connally said, $48 million in debt after his oil and real estate investments soured. Connally had a bankable asset to fall back on when his money disappeared: his name. He immediately landed jobs on the board of Coastal Corp., an oil company, and as advertising spokesman for a Texas savings and loan. ''Things haven't worked out exactly as we planned,'' he says, in a warning to television viewers to save for the future. Guy de Rothschild's son, David, has also used his good name to run a small investment house in Paris. ''Without being a prisoner of the past,'' he says, ''we are taking a new course.'' Nolan Bushnell, 6 feet 4 inches, has a shorter history than Rothschild's to live down. But his all-American attitude toward failure is much the same: Never say die. ''Entrepreneurs can lose tens of millions of dollars many times. That's the game,'' says W. Gibb Dyer Jr., a business professor at Brigham Young University. ''But they believe they will triumph in the end.'' Founder of 14 companies, six of which failed, Bushnell is now back with what he believes is another $300 million idea. He wants to make Axlon, his Sunnyvale, California, company, into a research and development lab for the toy industry. He has already signed contracts to produce around 20 videogames for his first brainchild, Atari, and some electronic toys for Hasbro Inc. Says Bushnell: ''I always knew, even when I was at the bottom, that I could pick myself up and make it all back again.'' Musing on past mistakes, Bushnell says he sold Atari too early and Pizza Time too late. But he most regrets spreading himself too thin over the years. Not surprising for a man blessed with a child's imagination but cursed with a child's attention span. ''You can never lose sight of the mountain,'' he says. ''I wandered down side streets and forgot it was there.'' Forget long enough, and it won't be.
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Bartleet to support Junior Tennis for the second time
Thushan JAYASURIYA
Bartleet Finance Company, a leading finance company in Sri Lanka has decided to give their support for the upliftment of tennis in Sri Lanka by sponsoring to the Junior Tennis Initiative Programme for the second consecutive year, which is organized by Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA).
SLTA President Maxwell De Silva addressing the Media
Since 1998, the company has been involved in producing a significant number of skiled and talented tennis players across Sri Lanka.The programme will be divided under two sections, mainly Mini Tennis which is also known as Tennis 10s and Performance Tennis.
The Chairman of Bartleet Finance, Dharma Dheerasinghe said, as a national minded corporate, Bartleet Finance is keen to develop and support the growth of a popular sport such as Tennis in Sri Lanka whilst paving way for young talent to reach the pinnacle of their sporting careers as upcoming sportsmen, to represent their nation on an international platform in near future.
"We believe in giving these players an opportunity to challenge themselves by competing with tennis players in their own categories, which will undoubtedly give them the confidence they need to face tougher challenges to become successful sportsmen while continuously developing their talents. We are proud to be a driving force behind the success of our nation's future generation," said Dheerasinghe.
SLTA Chairman Maxwell De Silva, said that Since the inception of the Junior Tennis Initiative Programme in 1998, we have successfully groomed and produced many talented tennis players in Sri Lanka who have proceeded onto become noted performers in the sporting arena. "We are pleased to have a reputed financial institution such as Bartleet Finance on board for the second consecutive year as the official sponsor and believe that this will be a mutually beneficial and progressive partnership that will assure development in Sri Lanka tennis," Maxwell further said.
The Junior Tennis initiative programme is conducted by SLTA appointed regional coordinators and supervised by an SLTA National Coordinator who monitors the entire programme.
The students from Northern Province have shown their interest towards this Junior Tennis Initiative by participating in large numbers over the years.
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Girls Academie hopes to go global
Local education group plans to expand
By DELLA SENTILLES
Sun Valley resident Lisbeth Giglio is the founder of Girls Academie. Photo by David N. Seelig
About 30 local girls and their families spent the day last Saturday learning how to fly at Friedman Memorial Airport in Hailey. While the weather prevented them from actually taking off, they will be in the air this June as part of Girls Academie, an organization dedicated to building camaraderie and character among young women.
"Girls Academie is about women helping women and girls helping girls," said founder Lisbeth Giglio of Sun Valley.
Giglio is a licensed family-child therapist with practices in Washington, California and Idaho. But with the birth of her daughter, Gabriella, Giglio said she was inspired to do more.
"She was 4 days old and we were in the mother-daughter zone, and I was thinking I have to give you the world. How am I going to give you the world?" Giglio said.
Her idea was Girls Academie, a kind of sorority with chapters in various cities. So far, chapters exist in Sun Valley, San Francisco and Seattle.
Every month, each chapter does an "extraordinary" event. The events vary but often involve the arts, science or nature.
The Sun Valley Chapter began with high tea and etiquette lessons at Sun Valley Lodge. The Seattle Chapter took a tour of world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly's studio.
Each "extraordinary" event has a charity component through which the girls give back to an organization or an individual. This stewardship is meant to enable the girls to "earn" their experience and learn the value of giving back, Giglio said
While anyone can attend the individual events for a small fee, girls can also become charter members for an annual fee. Membership includes monthly "extraordinary" events as well as an unlimited number of internships, summer foreign exchange programs, philanthropic events, social gatherings and guidance counseling.
"Our whole philosophy is you can be whatever you want to be and go wherever you want to go," Giglio said. "Want to be a fashion designer in Paris? We'll line up a home-stay and internship for you."
Giglio calls it a "modernized Girl Scouts."
The charters include girls ages 6 to 18. The older girls serve as junior directors who recruit other girls and mentor the younger ones.
Giglio said Girls Academie is particularly aimed at pushing young women in the right direction.
"It's reaching out to all girls, but especially those with trouble," she said. "It gives them a place to look for the good in everything. To tell them they don't have to be the bad girl to get attention or to function."
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This fall, Giglio plans to launch five new chapters in California, in Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Nigel and San Diego. She also has plans to start groups in Washington, D.C., Paris, Rome and Brisbane, Australia, by spring 2010.
Giglio said she hopes to have as many as 100 girls in each chapter within the next two years and a charter in each major city within 10 years.
In June, the Sun Valley girls will finally take their flying lesson. Families are welcome, particularly fathers or male role models, as part of the chapter's quarterly daddy-daughter days. In July, plans include a rafting trip on the Salmon River, and in August kayaking and camping at Redfish Lake south of Stanley. In September, girls can attend an Italian cooking class with Cristina Ceccatelli Cook of Cristina's restaurant in Ketchum.
Della Sentilles: della@mtexpress.com
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5 Steps to Writing a Killer Elevator Pitch for Your Book
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May 28, 2015 by Jennie Nash (Guest Blogger)
Book Elevator PitchYou may think that elevator pitches are only for high-tech startups, job hunters, or Hollywood screenwriters, but being able to succinctly summarize your book in a very short space is a skill that every writer must master.
The elevator pitch is a powerful marketing tool that you can put to use when enticing readers, reaching out to potential marketing partners, and when you have a brief audience with an agent or editor. If you have written a strong elevator pitch, you will find that it’s much easier to answer when people ask, “So what’s your book about?”
Here are five simple steps to help you develop a killer pitch. Each includes three examples that build upon each step, so you can see how a pitch is crafted from beginning to end.
Step 1: What’s your book about?
Write down what your book is about in no more than 50 words. Don’t try to be clever or witty, just write down the facts or the bare bones.
If it’s fiction or memoir, try to capture the plot, what happens, what the story is.
If it’s nonfiction (business, self-help, inspiration, how-to), try to capture what the reader will learn and what your main point is.
Fiction: It’s a story about a woman who becomes part of the first father–daughter pair in the Senate, except she’s on one side and he’s on the other, and they don’t agree on anything.
Memoir: It’s the story of how I spent four years searching for my mother’s murderer when law enforcement officials gave up.
Self-Help: It’s a book about what to do when you have to let go of a dream that didn’t come true — like having a baby, closing a business, or walking away from a marriage.
Step 2: What’s the context?
Readers want a sense of what world or philosophical mindset they will be immersed in. They’re going to spend a lot of time with you in your book, so give them a sense of what to expect.
If it’s fiction or memoir, say something about the world of the story — the time period, the universe, or the location. For memoir, even if you wrote your initial sketch in first person, switch now to third person. It may feel awkward to write about yourself in this way, but it’s standard procedure for memoir. There may be times when you want to use a first-person format (i.e., when speaking to people in person), but third person is the norm.
If it’s nonfiction, consider the cultural and philosophical context of the issue or the problem you are helping your reader solve. Imagine giving your topic a frame.
Fiction: Set in a future when partisan politics has reached its extreme expression, this story is about a woman who becomes part of the first father–daughter pair in the Senate — except she’s on one side and he’s on the other, and they don’t agree on anything.
Memoir: It’s the story of how an Orange County housewife spent four years searching for her mother’s murderer when law enforcement officials in both Mexico and the US gave up.
Self-Help: In our “never, ever give up” culture, quitting can feel like failure. This is a guidebook about what to do when you have to let go of a dream that didn’t come true — like having a baby, closing a business, or walking away from a marriage.
Step 3: Why should your reader care?
Readers read in order to get something very specific. They are not randomly attracted to the books they choose to spend their time on: They know what they want. They want to be educated or entertained, inspired or challenged. When describing your book, you want to tell them very clearly why they should care.
If it’s fiction or memoir, add a line or two about what they might feel after reading your book, or the impact it might have on them. You can consider comparing your book to others in the genre, or describing it as a mash-up of two existing books.
If it’s nonfiction, explain what they will learn from your book. What’s the takeaway? What’s the point?
Fiction: Set in a future when partisan politics has reached its extreme expression, this story is about a woman who becomes part of the first father–daughter pair in the Senate — except she’s on one side and he’s on the other, and they don’t agree on anything. It’s a story that proves politics is always personal, and offers hope for a future where what happens in Washington is far from business as usual.
Memoir: It’s the story of how an Orange County housewife spent four years searching for her mother’s murderer when law enforcement officials in both Mexico and the US gave up. Many people dream of solving an unsolvable case and cracking a code no one else could touch; few people actually pull it off.
Self-Help: In our “never, ever give up” culture, quitting can feel like failure and the aftermath can be deep grief. If you have had to give up a dearly held dream — perhaps having a baby, making it to the corner office, dancing on Broadway, or owning a house — this guidebook will help you find your way through the pain.
Step 4: Make it snappy.
Polish your description to a high shine by adding texture, details and rhythm. Allow your unique voice to shine through so that readers will get a sense of your style, and let your elevator speech “breathe” so that readers get a real sense for what you are offering. Read your description out loud to hear how it sounds, and revise until it’s perfect.
Fiction: In a not-so-distant future, Washington is gridlocked because neither party will budge an inch on anything — from what to serve in the Senate dining room to who will protect the people from agricultural toxins. When the daughter of a long-time conservative Senator is appointed Senator of the nation’s most liberal state, the hopes of a nation are resting on the father–daughter duo to make peace — and progress. Politics is about to get very personal.
Memoir: When law enforcement officials in both Mexico and the US failed to solve the brutal murder of her mother, Lauri Taylor, an Orange County housewife, vowed to do whatever it took to solve the crime. She spent four years in a relentless quest for the truth, and against all odds, cracked the code of her mother’s case. Many people dream of solving a high-profile crime, but few people have the guts, stamina, and skills to actually pull it off. This story combines a true crime page-turner with a poignant mother–daughter saga.
Self-Help: In our “never, ever give up” culture, walking away from a dream can feel like utter failure. Whether you want to have a baby, buy a house, make it to the corner office, or dance on Broadway, the mantra is to keep trying — even if the price is your health, your bank account, your relationships, and your sanity. In this guidebook to letting go, Tracey Cleantis shows you how to compassionately give up on your dream, grieve the loss, and find your next happy.
Step 5: Add relevant accolades.
Are you an award-winning writer? A respected leader in your field? Was your last book a New York Times bestseller? Is this book the next installment of a beloved series? Did someone famous give you a killer blurb? Add in this kind of accolade. If you don’t have anything that qualifies as awesome and relevant, don’t add anything — and don’t worry. The most important thing to readers is the book itself. Here are the final elevator pitches.
Debut novel that is still a work in progress:
In a not-so-distant future, Washington is gridlocked because neither party will budge an inch on anything from what to serve in the Senate dining room to who will protect the people from agricultural toxins. When the daughter of a long-time conservative Senator is appointed Senator of the nation’s most liberal state, the hopes of a nation are resting on the father–daughter duo to make peace — and progress. In this story from longtime Washington insider Jane Doe, politics is about to get very personal.
The memoir The Accidental Truth by Lauri Taylor, published by Select Books, May 2015:
When law enforcement officials in both Mexico and the US failed to solve the brutal murder of her mother, Lauri Taylor, an Orange County housewife, vowed to do whatever it took to solve the crime. She spent four years in a relentless quest for the truth, and against all odds, cracked the code of her mother’s case. Many people dream of solving a high-profile crime, but few people have the guts, stamina, and skills to actually pull it off. This story combines a true crime page-turner with a poignant mother–daughter saga. “A moving, deeply felt tale.” — Dr. Daniel Amen, New York Times bestselling author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Lif, and The Daniel Plan
The self-help book The Next Happy by Tracey Cleantis, published by Hazeldon, March 2015:
In our “never, ever give up” culture, walking away from a dream can feel like utter failure. Whether you want to have a baby, buy a house, make it to the corner office, or dance on Broadway, the mantra is to keep trying — even if the price is your health, your bank account, your relationships, and your sanity. In this guidebook to letting go,Tracey Cleantis shows you how to compassionately give up on your dream, grieve the loss, and find your next happy. “A bold, brave and incredibly relevant book.” — Lee Woodruff, New York Times bestselling author of Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress
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Drumming with SAVE THE FROGS!
Drumming for the Frogs protest event.
The historical Bay Area is notorious for many things, wine, activism, and music–to name a few. Most Berkleyans will agree that this area is practically overrun with protesters, painters, and artists. While The Black Keys might have rocked Outside Lands last year, the best performance around is Drumming for the Frogs, a group composed of scientist, educators, and musicians, who drum to save endangered amphibians.
Drumming for the Frogs is a movement that is associated with an organization called SAVE THE FROGS!, the first and only public charity that is dedicated to raising the awareness and education of environmental conservation. SAVE THE FROGS! aims to acquaint society with an appreciation for amphibians and develop a public interest in wildlife. The organization was founded in May of 2008 by Dr. Kerry Kriger, who became inspired to protect wildlife populations after researching chytrid fungus, a lethal skin fungus that is capable of infecting most of the world’s amphibian species, leading to the extinction of amphibian populations and the devastation of biodiversity. After conducting environmental research in Australia, and receiving his PhD from Griffith University, Kriger became cognizant of the lack of public education in amphibian conservation. Kriger believes that the future of nature and wildlife is dependent on social awareness and, therefore, that public education is the key to successfully saving the amphibians.
Many of you are probably wondering “of all the cool animals out there, why save the frogs?” Amphibians have profound roles in the environment and in scientific research. Frogs are valuable to the ecosystem by cleaning water as tadpoles and preventing pest-transmitted diseases (by feeding off of insects) as adults. The physiology of amphibians (such as the permeability of their skin) causes them to be highly susceptible to toxins, and other environmental stressors. Their vulnerability to these various stressors means that their health status is an indicator of the overall health of the environment. Amphibians are also prevalent in lab research, as they were one of the initial models for cloning research, and are continually used in current medical research. Frog populations are currently experiencing a rapid declination throughout the world, and this decrease has many negative impacts on their surrounding environments. The endangerment of frogs is due to a plethora of reasons including habitat destruction, diseases, and environmental toxins.
In only four years, SAVE THE FROGS! has achieved a great amount for our amphibian friends. Since a host of the threats to amphibians are inadvertently due to the actions of humans, the greatest achievement of SAVE THE FROGS! has been accessible education and lectures on amphibian conservation. Kriger conceived SAVE THE FROGS! Day on April 30th , in which 39 countries arranged educational events and spread the importance of frogs across the world. SAVE THE FROGS! has also composed advocacy programs as an endeavor to prevent frogs from being used in restaurants, supermarkets, and to remove the dissection of frogs from schools. These programs have lead two restaurants and 76 supermarkets in California to no longer serve or sell frog legs.
Kriger’s most current project is that little number I mentioned in the beginning, Drumming for the Frogs. Drumming for the Frogs took place at Sharp Park, a coastal wetland that is owned by The City of San Francisco. As of today, 95% of California’s coastal wetlands have been destroyed due to human agricultural and recreational needs. Sharp Park was one of the few untouched wetlands in California, until it was converted to a private golf course. Now the City drains Sharp Park year round and pumps the wetlands out into the ocean, to ensure that Sharp Park members have an optimal terrain to practice their golf swing at. The destruction of California wetlands endangers California Red-Legged frogs by destroying the watery environment where they lay their egg masses, and by pumping tadpoles out of their natural habitat and into the ocean. Kriger requested a permit for the inaugural Drumming for the Frogs at Sharp Park, where he wanted to hold a free public event for environmental education. The event was original set to take place on April 28th, but was postponed for almost a month due to the City of San Francisco choice of denying SAVE THE FROGS! a permit, effectively prohibiting the event. The City’s decision was never validated, and Kerry has yet to receive an explanation for their actions. Despite Kriger’s refusal to hold his event, Sharp Park allowed for a nonpublic golfing event to occur on May 19th. Kriger’s eagerness to fight for Sharp Park to become a publicly available land that is managed for wildlife protection (rather than golf) lead to the formation of a Drumming for the Frogs event protesting The City’s decision. On May 19th, a group of 35 children, adults, politicians, scientists, environmentalists, and frog lovers gathered around Sharp Park and played their drums. Kriger said that “at a minimum, the golfers had to ponder their game and their choices”, and explained that he chose to use drums because the loud noise acted as a way to signify and amplify the protesters presences, to celebrate the nature and wildlife, and to unfold an environmental revolution.
Drumming at the May 19 event.
SAVE THE FROGS! will continue to promote drumming to raise awareness and to be heard throughout the world. The organization is also currently working on regulating the importation of bullfrogs through the Lacey Act, which would force suppliers to show evidence that their frogs are free of chytrid fungus, and ultimately prevent the spread of this disease throughout the world.
In a small amount of time, SAVE THE FROGS! has shaped the way the public eye views amphibians role in our ecosystems, and is slowly changing the well-being of wildlife in general. While many amphibians will remain endangered, SAVE THE FROGS! has big visions for the future and, with continued support, can truly change the world. So go grab a drum and make some music, frog lovers.
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Good thought. However, Clarissa told me it is not actually her birthday on this day.
Then why is it on the calendar?
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Set Adrift : EQ2
Returning to The Isle of Refuge has given me a timely reminder of one of my personal touchstones for life: the unreliability of memory. These days it's reasonably widely known and even grudgingly accepted by the set of people who browse the "Smart Thinking" section in bookshops and watch TED lectures on their iPads that memory is in great part a fictionalized, narrative construct. Knowing that you don't know what you know doesn't always help you to know what you do know, though.
Trying to remember the past with any accuracy at all, even the past you experienced personally, directly and physically, is already next-to-impossible. When it comes to the return of the Isle, add another layer of diffusion for virtual experiences. And another for the post-hoc recreation of the intangible environment in which they took place. Oh, and another for an admittedly inaccurate and approximate recreation, at that. It's a wonder anybody can recognize the place at all.
I used to remember things clearly. Then I took an arrow in the head.
Many of the players stepping down from The Far Journey onto the dock at The Overlord's Outpost or The Queen's Colony haven't seen those wooden planks for a decade or so. In a way you might think I have the advantage of them there, in that I saw the EQ2 starting experience through a number of iterations, probably all of them, from beta in September 2004 to earlier this year.
It turns out that having a deeper, more nuanced relationship with the Isle of Refuge is far from an advantage when it comes to trying to remember what happened when. I can't even recall the basic structure of the starting experience with any accuracy. For example, as Wilhelm reminded me, there was always a shared bank on the island. I could have sworn it was added later but no, it was there from the start. In the very month the game launched people were even complaining it was an exploit.
Wait, do I know you?
As my ratonga SK slashed and clubbed his way to level eight last night I was repeatedly surprised. Sometimes it was wonderment at things that appeared to me to be completely new, like the named ranger and his two named hawks I couldn't recall ever seeing before (although the more I think about it the more I seem to remember camping him in a group once upon a time...) More often it was nagging memories, things turning out to be different from how I remembered them, or going missing altogether.
In the way these things do, recollections began to reassemble, pieces began to fall into place. A picture began to appear of how things might have been. But how closely does that picture represent reality? To establish that I'd have to do some research. Do I really have time for that?
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I didn't think so. For the while I believed I was content enough to let a fuzzy image of the past coalesce. It would be interesting, to me at least, to compare it one day to the recorded history, available from many sources but probably most coherently and comprehensively here at the EQ2 Wiki but do I want to do that when I could be playing?
Well, apparently so, because here I am on a Saturday morning, doing it.
My first thought was that my personal version of the Isle of Refuge, the one I've been carrying around in my head, must be a later version. I'd forgotten there were ever two islands, one for Good characters and one for Evil. The one I remember was a single island where two Ambassadors, one representing Freeport, one Qeynos, competed for your character's attention.
There was a sequence of quests to perform for each of them that gave you an idea of the philosophy and culture of the two competing city-states. When you had made your decision and wished to leave you would give your decision to one of the Ambassadors and he would authorize your passage.
Here's a Ring Event I'd forgotten all about.
According to a comment from 2008 on this EQ2Wire thread, however, that version was the original: "There is no more Isle of Refuge. Today there are two islands, the Queen's Colony (13 quests) and the Outpost of the Overlord (13 quests)" The two islands we have back on the TLE servers would seem to be a later refinement after all.
I'm so confused. I probably need to make a Good character and run through the Queen's Colony questline to see how much of what appears to be missing is in fact over there. Perhaps the original content was largely split into two and parceled out accordingly? There's one quest I was never able to complete that I'd like to finish some day. Oh, hang on...didn't I finally complete that one with Milo?
And with that it occurred to me to log Milo in and check the Completed Quest list in his journal. He's the King of the Isle, after all. He even bought his own Isle and set up home there, although he still hasn't decorated. But looking at his Journal really doesn't help much at all.
Milo was born on February 11 2005. I wanted some peace and quiet from the guild I was in at the time so I made a new character on a different server and played him for one session on a Sunday. In that session he completed several quests, most of which appear in the Isle Of Refuge category when the Journal is sorted by zone (the rest, including the start of the old Archetype Selection series, are recorded under Hallmark Quests).
He was woken up again March, then again almost a year later in February 2006, by which time the quests appear under a different zone, Outpost of the Overlord. Milo then took a very long nap, not re-appearing until 2012, when he completed the sequence and retired until his unexpected resurrection at the gates of Freeport in 2013. (This, by the by, is a very representative example of how I play many of my characters - I may not log them in often but they are always "in play").
All of which would seem like conclusive evidence that the original IoR disappeared sometime between 2005-2006, if it wasn't for the fact that Milo's journal shows one quest in the Outpost zone record on the same day as it shows another in the Isle of Refuge! In the end I just gave up trying to make sense of it and looked at the wiki, where it's all explained neatly and succinctly thus:
"Originally, all new players started on the same island, Isle of Refuge, but depending on which city you chose to start in the Isle would appear differently. Later they made two distinct islands...The original starting quests remain in the completed section of the journal for players who completed them. Those quests which were moved to Queen's Colony or Outpost of the Overlord also moved journal sections, and are listed on those pages".
I swear this used to be a longer sequence, not just the one quest.
So I could have saved myself the bother all along and just googled it, but then what would I have learned? Just the bare facts. Nothing about how memory and perception of memory warps and flows, adapting itself to new information without reference to any objective verification, creating a whole skein of inaccurate, misleading supposed personal experiences that are as subjectively real as, well, anything we can know.
The version of The Isle of Refuge that remains most firmly embedded in my mind seems to be the true original, the one where all the refugees arrived together and were sent on varying quests according to their alignment. Although I must have played through the later, discrete versions more often and certainly more recently it's the original that pertains.
What that means, if it means anything, I couldn't say. Other than never trust your memory even if your absolutely certain it's right. It won't be. But I knew that already.
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Poultry farmer, EERC partner on poultry litter syngas technology
By Luke Geiver | May 04, 2012
An Iowa-based turkey farmer has partnered with the U.S. DOE and the University of North Dakota’s Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) to test and further develop a fixed bed, downdraft gasifier intended to produce syngas from poultry litter.
DenYon Energy, a turkey grower operation in Webster City, Iowa, was founded in 2009. In 2011, owner Dennis Weis earned funding from several sources to design and build a demonstration system at the farm. Now, DenYon Energy has licensed the gasifer technology from EERC, and together the partners will continue testing it for use at the demonstration facility.
The inventor of the technology, Nikhil Patel, research scientist and project manager for the poultry gasifer project at EERC, said the team is now trying to achieve a complete solution for the poultry industry. “This project can lead to environmental and economic sustainability by helping a major food processing industry eliminate waste and become more energy self-reliant,” Patel said. “Poultry farms around the globe could use their own waste to supply lower-cost energy to their operations and reduce disposal challenges.”
DenYon plans to create gasification units that will process waste from an individual farm and meet that farm’s energy requirements without each unit connected to the grid. An operator will load the feedstock into the unit’s hopper, but the overall system will be automated. The system will also capture the nutrient value of the poultry litter, reducing the mass of the litter by as much as two-thirds before it is used as biochar. According to the EERC, a farm generating 3,000 tons per year of waste litter has the potential to produce roughly 280 kilowatts, which is enough to power 150 homes.
EERC will continue with systems testing for the next several weeks, but according to DenYon Energy, the system could be available in the fourth quarter of 2013.
The funding for the project came in part from the Iowa Power Fund, which provided $2 million, and from the U.S. DOE, which contributed $750,000. Frontline BioEnergy out of Ames, Iowa, is performing implementation services for the project.
Although the EERC typically works with private firms on large scale projects designed for wide commercial use, EERC’s director Gerald Groenwold said one of the EERC’s main strategic initiatives is to work on distributed generation projects that provide practical, environmentally sound solutions for its clients’ site-specific needs.
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Tag: castles tax
‘Castles tax’ criticised by heritage groups
Conservationist and heritage groups have combined to oppose measures outlined by Chancellor George Osborne to remove VAT relief on changes to properties which are protected under the listed building status. Properties which have been renovated but would be taxed under the proposals include Aberdeen’s 19th-century Marischal College building, Kelburn Castle in North Ayrshire, and Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool.
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Under new plans, 20% VAT will be charged on alterations to a listed building, which will leave conversions of old and culturally valuable buildings requiring a far bigger outlay than in the past.
The National Trust for Scotland says the removal of tax relief outlined in the last Budget is ill-thought out and comparable to the fiasco over the much-derided “pasty tax”. The Scottish Government has joined widespread criticism of the proposal with Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop claiming the tax will have economic consequences for the building trade.
Archaeology Scotland, the Architectural Heritage Society for Scotland, the Institute for Archaeologists, the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland and the Scottish Civic Trust have united in criticism of these changes . Cliff Hague, chairman of the Built Environment Forum Scotland lobby group, said many smaller-scale projects could be hit hard. He added: “The current fiscal arrangements incentivise sympathetic alteration of these buildings to enable their long-term survival through continued use.
“This Budget proposal will impact most significantly on small charities and private individuals involved in taking on these buildings, not only for themselves but for the benefit of everyone, now and in the future.
“The financial viability of these special and often complex projects means that the current VAT relief can make the difference between a project stacking up or not.”
Under the current scheme, VAT is charged on repairs and maintenance to listed properties but not on alterations, such as installing new window
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Cathedral History
Father Frederic Baraga established the beginnings of Saint Andrew Church when he built the first church, St. Mary’s Mission, in 1833 amid Indian cornfields on the west bank of the Grand River.
Two years later, when Father Andreas Viszoczky became the pastor, he found a small church, rectory, and school building that Father Baraga had built. After the Indian population dispersed, Father Viszosky built a new church on Monroe Avenue, naming the parish for St. Andrew, his patron saint. The church, built from Grand River limestone, was completed in 1850 and was the largest building in town.
The Monroe Avenue church was soon too small for its growing po pulation, so beginning in 1875, a new church was built at its present location on Sheldon Boulevard. When Saint Andrew church was completed in 1876, it was a graceful structure and the pride of the ever-expanding city which grew around it. In 1882, Pope Leo XIII established the new diocese of Grand Rapids. The first bishop, Henry J. Richter of Cincinnati, was named in early 1883. He selected Saint Andrew church as his cathedral and was consecrated in this building on April 22, 1883.
After a disastrous fire in 1901, the cathedral was not only restored but expanded and reconstructed. Hidden above the ceiling that you see today the original massive wooden beams are still charred from that lightning-caused conflagration.
Renovations and Expansions
Another major reconstruction and expansion took place in 1961-1963, when the Saint Ambrose Chapel wing was constructed. This renovation also featured the closing off of Maple Street from Sheldon to Division, providing a surrounding green space.
In 1979-1980, another major renovation occurred, where the sanctuary was expanded, a vesting and gathering area created, and the interior was decorated in muted earth-tone colors.
The most recent renovation occurred in 1997-2000. This is the Cathedral as you see it today, with the baptismal pool, the refurbished stained glass and the bas-relief Stations of the Cross. In 2002 the pipe organ was installed.
Mass on Television and now Online
The Diocese of Grand Rapids was perhaps the first in the nation to televise the Sunday Mass live. In the mid-1960’s, provision was made within the cathedral itself for a televisio n studio. Recently the studio and cameras were updated for digital broadcast and the Sunday 10:00am Mass can be seen weekly on WXMI FOX 17. In 2011 the Cathedral began to live stream the Sunday Mass on the diocese website.
The Piazza and Baraga Way
In 2009, the front entrance of the Cathedral was redone and the current Piazza Secchia was laid. The piazza is patterned after the Michelangelo-designed piazza on the Capitoline Hill in Rome.
In 2010 the decision was made to take down St. Andrew's Elementary School. In its place the Diocese of Grand Rapids created a new Green space dedicated to the early Catholic Pioneer Bishop Baraga. The view of the Cathedral is now opened from Jefferson to Sheldon.
Today, the Cathedral of Saint Andrew proudly stands in the central city as a place of acceptance and hospitality to its neighbors and to the community at large.
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The fall of memorization
In the past, a lot of schooling had to do with getting kids to remember names, dates, facts, and formulas. In fact, it's not until college (or in some cases graduate school) where the focus trends more toward concepts and the actual process of thought. Intelligence is partially judged by one's ability to memorize things, and in past generations it was definitely a good thing for that.
But today we have Google. That's just a specific example of a source, but the principle is that we have near-immediate access to information on most any topic. If you can't find it on the internet, chances are that you won't be able to find it in a library either. Instant access to any fact out there makes it less important to know the significance of the year 1215.
And well, most of life has nothing to do with spitting back facts. Instead, the most desirable trait in all walks of life is the ability to reason. It's the ability to see something completely new, and figure out what's going on quickly. But how can you get better at that? The answer is to understand concepts, and not to just memorize results of their application.
Now, let's look at the technology side of things. When I was in college, I had a professor who was saying how bus speeds would stay very slow, so that methods to move processing to the CPU itself without needing to access memory at all would be extremely important. Though bus speeds are still lagging behind that of the processors, we now have 800MHz and faster system buses, and they're improving. For normal usage these days, the RAM is as fast as video memory. And well, the speed differential isn't something to worry too much about for other computing endeavors. Computers got fast, and they're getting faster.
But where the memory bus issue was big back in the day, the new issue is network latency. That's something that will likely always be an issue, as while improvements will likely be exponential, distances involved have the ability to increase by more than that. So what's the solution to latency? To construct legitimate simple steps to reconstruct the information that we're looking for from a similarly small set of initial data. If you want to pass along all numbers 1 through 1 million, sending them together will take, say, X amount of memory. There are compression algorithms that can look at that stream, and reduce it to 30% of X or so. That's the concept, but in general, if you could tell them to start at 1, keep adding 1 and append the new number to the stream, and then stop at 1 million, it would take far less memory, and you just offload the work to the processor on the other end.
See, that's what computers are good at. They know how to repeat mundane tasks again and again, and for things like that we will need to develop a way to break a data set down systematically to constituent parts. I've been doing some work in this area off and on, and I'm not able to make the progress as quickly as I would like. But that's the future (as I see it, anyhow).
What does all of this mean to me? Well, concepts (you could call the simple steps a concept) are truly the important thing to pass along to other people, and the useful things to remember. Kids don't need to remember the results as long as they can quickly reconstruct the answer by applying principles that they understand. And that's the same thing as what will be best for transmitting raw data from oe computer to another.
My verdict is to stop memorizing facts, and start memorizing principles. If you memorize a multiplication table, you'll have instant answers for 144 potential problems. If you truly learn how to multiply, you will have at your fingertips the means to solve an infinity of problems. For trivial facts, you shouldn't waste your brain. There's always the internet.
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Little Miss Preuss Update
Yesterday, I ran across a news story about a niece of my great grandmother. This morning, I have a little more information.
It looks like Rosa didn't escape her life in Lansing until she married Louis Flechner (b.1891 in Russia) on August 17, 1916 in Lansing.
Their first child, a daughter named Lillian, was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1918. By 1930, the couple still lived in Milwaukee with 9 children.
Rosa made the news again on April 4, 1930 when her husband pointed a shotgun at her and threatened to kill her. She fled to a friend's home and reported the incident to police. Louis disappeared, but returned home several days later where he was arrested. No word (yet) on what happens next.
Rosa's family tended to make the news in the most unfortunate ways. In 1900, a child was injured by a horse:
No word on which child this was. Rosa was 2 years old, so it actually could have been her. She had a 3 year old sister (Gertie, who died from appendicitis in 1906) and a baby brother (Charlie, who died several months earlier than this incident, from Cholera.)
Rosa's father, Frank, was a meat dealer in Lansing. In 1913, there was a crack down on violators of Michigan's new pure food laws and Frank was among those arrested. As an example, he was the only one sentenced to jail time:
Rosa's son, Emil, made the national news in 1957 when he filed for a divorce due to "mismanagement of his affairs." Apparently, his wife claimed to have been saving money by buying a chair for 37 cents, then spending 200 dollars to repair the chair. That must have been some "news of the weird" type story.
I don't know if Rosa ever managed to get out of going to school, but she at least saw a small part of the world outside of Lansing and certainly lead an eventful life!
Whew, it sounds like Rosa had a difficult life. I hope that some of her attempts to have fun and see the world worked out; and at least partially counterbalanced all of the bad times.
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The Use of Fringe Science in Washington State Collapses for Policyholder Allegations of "Collapse"
By Daniel R. Bentson, John A. Bennett
The Washington Court of Appeals recently addressed what evidence an insured can present to prove that its buildings reached a state of "collapse"—or, "substantial structural impairment"—during a past policy period. In Lake Chelan Shores Homeowners Ass'n v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., __ Wn. App. __, 2013 WL 4432162 (August 19, 2013), the Lake Chelan Shores Homeowners Association ("LCS") insured its condominium complex with policies issued by St. Paul from 1996 to 1999. Seven years later, LCS discovered a problem with severe wood decay and LCS then tendered a claim to St. Paul. LCS claimed that by backdating the wood decay at the condominiums, LCS could show that the buildings (or parts thereof) were in a state of "collapse" during the effective period of the St. Paul policies. Before St. Paul made its final coverage determination, LCS sued St. Paul in state court.
St. Paul moved for summary judgment. According to St. Paul, the mathematical equation used by the LCS experts to backdate the wood decay and show that the buildings reached a state of "collapse" during the St. Paul policy period was not generally accepted in the scientific community. Because the equation was not generally accepted, St. Paul argued that the opinions of the two LCS experts were inadmissible under Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). The trial court agreed with St. Paul and, without conducting a Frye hearing, granted the motion.
LCS appealed, arguing that the trial court improperly resolved a genuine factual dispute on summary judgment. The Washington Court of Appeals, however, disagreed. According to the court, to admit scientific evidence, the trial court must first determine that the underlying scientific theory, the evidence, and the methodology used to implement the theory are all generally accepted within the scientific community. Although LCS supported its theory of the case with two expert opinions, St. Paul's motion pointed out that the alleged scientific basis of these expert opinions—the mathematical equation used to backdate wood decay—was not generally accepted within the scientific community. Because LCS failed to rebut this argument with evidence that the scientific community did, in fact, generally accept the use of the equation to backdate wood decay, the trial court rightly concluded that the expert opinions were inadmissible. LCS, then, could not prove an essential element of its case—that a "collapse" condition existed during the effective period of the St. Paul policies—and, therefore, the trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of St. Paul.
The court further noted that the admissibility of LCS's expert testimony did not hinge on the general acceptance of the science of wood decay. Rather, it depended on the general acceptance of the methodology—the mathematical equation—used by the LCS experts to try and backdate wood decay. In addition, the court rejected LCS's alternative argument that, even without the equation, the experts could testify based on their own knowledge and experience. Unless the scientific evidence is generally accepted in the scientific community, the knowledge and experience of the expert witnesses is irrelevant.
Lake Chelan Shores indicates that Washington courts will not allow policyholders to present evidence to juries based on fringe science. Insurers defending against claims of "collapse" should carefully scrutinize the methodology used to date when the alleged "collapse" occurred. If the methodology is not generally accepted in the scientific community, then, under Lake Washington Shores, such evidence should not be admitted.
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drilled a 44-yard field goal with the wind at his back to put Butler up 3-0 with 6:56 left in the first quarter.
Dodge City managed just 59 total yards on its first five possessions, but finally broke through on a Tyler Minor 36-yard rushing touchdown with 10:52 left in the second quarter to jump out in front 7-3.
Butler appeared to go into halftime trailing, but a Dodge City fumble on fourth down with 2:25 left before the break swung the momentum to the Grizzlies. Dodge quarterback Caden Walters fumbled an option pitch near the Conqs' sideline and Grizzly defensive lineman Cole Morris jumped on the loose ball at the Butler 34-yard line.
The turnover seemed to motivate the Grizzlies' offense, who after three consecutive three-and-outs pieced together a 13-play, 66-yard scoring drive into the wind. A Chris Helbig 14-yard pass to Larry Jones near the sideline at the Conqs' 48-yard line moved Butler into Dodge territory for the first time in the quarter.
Helbig would then connect with Myron Mitchell on three separate passes totaling 28 yards to move to the Dodge 6-yard line. Butler capped the drive on a Rust quarterback keeper off right tackle with 11.9 seconds left in the half.
Butler extended its lead to 17-7 midway through the third quarter on a 14-play, 67-yard drive that ate six minutes off the clock. The key play of the drive came when Helbig completed a 4th-and-10 pass towards the sideline to Gerrit Prince at the Dodge 20. Four plays later, Helbig would find Prince in the end zone for an 8-yard scoring touchdown with 5:18 remaining in the quarter.
Later in the third, Dodge cut the deficit to seven points on a Devonta Guillory 27-yard field goal. The try was set up shortly after the Conquistadors recovered a Brady Rust fumble at the Butler 24.
Dodge had only two offensive possessions in the fourth quarter against the wind, but only advanced the ball as far as the Grizzly 38-yard line on the opening drive. After Butler was stopped on a 4th-and-1 at the Dodge City 15 with 3:27 to play, the Conquistadors managed just one first down before turning the ball over on downs with two minutes left.
Butler running back Vinnie Shabazz scored the final touchdown, cutting up the middle of the Dodge City defense for a 17-yard rushing score.
Butler's pass defense turned out to be the difference maker in the contest, as Dodge City managed just 51 passing yards and completed 6-of-23 attempts. The Conqs were even more ineffective on third down, completing just one pass in 13 attempts. Meanwhile, Butler was 8-of-19 on third-down efficiency.
Grizzly defensive back Troy Dipre had a game-high 13 tackles and eight solos with a pass breakup, while linebacker Charlie Benton made 10 tackles, two tackles for losses and a forced fumble. Butler made a season-high 12 tackles for losses, which resulted in minus-29 yards.
Helbig completed 17-of-35 passes for 183 yards and one touchdown, while Mitchell led Butler in receiving with six catches for 52 yards. Prince hauled in five passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. Butler's offense racked up 334 total yards, while Dodge City was limited to just 184 offensive yards.
Butler returns home next Saturday for a Jayhawk Conference matchup against defending NJCAA national champion Garden City. The Broncbusters opened the season ranked third in the nation, but fell out of the Top 20 poll this week with a 2-2 overall record. Kickoff from BG Products Veterans Sports Complex is at 7:00 p.m.
NOTES: Butler improved to 53-33-1 all-time vs. the Conquistadors and have now won 10 straight games in Dodge City... The Grizzlies held Dodge City to a season-low in points (10) and total offensive yards (184)... Butler is now 7-2 overall against NJCAA-ranked opponents under head coach Tim Schaffner... With the win, Schaffner picked up his 19th overall win as Butler head coach, matching Bob Larson for seventh all-time at Butler.
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This Week In Making My Second Base Predictions Look Foolish: Brett Lawrie?
Sometimes when I find myself with the free time to sit down and write something it's a bit of a chore to come up with a topic. This was not one of those times. For days now, the Blue Jays corner of the Twitterverse has been abuzz with just two topics and now that #TheBarHasBeenRaised (my sincerest congratulations to Steve Delabar) it's all about Brett Lawrie. Specifically, it's all about the possibility of Brett Lawrie playing at second base when he returns from his current rehab stint with the Buffalo Bisons during which he has, and will reportedly continue to be, a second baseman. He also spent a bit of time at the two bag while rehabbing from the rib injury he sustained in the spring. While the team maintains that nothing is imminent with either a pending trade or permanent position change, Gibbons has been very supportive of Lawrie's potential at second base, saying "[Lawrie] is an above-average third baseman as it is. But you look at his physical abilities, he's got a chance to be a great second baseman too. You look at the range factor and things like that, and it might be a nice combo, him and Jose up the middle for a few years." Hmm...
Reactions to the potential move have been mixed. On the one hand, the thinking goes, the Blue Jays moved him off second base for a reason and he's developed into an elite defensive third baseman whose cannon of an arm would largely be wasted at second. On the other, the Jays have been suffering an offensive black hole at second base so Lawrie couldn't help but be an upgrade, and the same range that makes him so great at third would also play very well at the keystone sack. Personally, I don't think that either viewpoint does the possibility justice because the move doesn't happen in a vacuum. It's not all about Lawrie and where he would be best, but rather about the team and how they can maximize all of their assets, so let's look at how moving Lawrie to second might help them do that.
For starters, positional versatility is never a bad thing, and I feel like Lawrie's value is similar, if not higher, at second base than it is at third. Sure his arm is "wasted" (although I'm sure Brandon Phillips and his patented double play from the knees would disagree), but second base is considered a more difficult position on the defensive spectrum so his range there is potentially even more valuable than his arm is at third. It's easy to understand why Gibbons might be salivating over a Lawrie/Reyes middle infield. It's tough to imagine a more athletic double play combo and the move would probably be worth it just for their nightly contributions to the highlight reel. If they're going to find out about Lawrie at second, I can't help but feel that now is a pretty good time to do it. The rehab assignments have given them the opportunity to see him at the position with nothing on the line, and their current lack of offense from the position has given them a great justification for the experiment. I agree that they moved him off the position for a reason, but I believe (with admittedly no first hand knowledge of the situation) that it had a lot more to do with their need for a third baseman than with Lawrie's shortcomings at second. He was drafted as a catcher, so even if he was shaky at second before his move to third, I would imagine all the work he has put in to become an elite infield defender will translate very well at the present time.
It's true that there is a greater concern with injury at second, with hard sliding players crashing into his back as he tries to turn a double play, and Lawrie hasn't exactly demonstrated a great regard for his own health and well being so far in his career. To me, this is probably the best argument against moving him over to second. However, the dude is a tank with a temper and would likely give as good as he got, for better or worse. This doesn't change the fact that second basemen have a tendency to break down quicker than third basemen, but if someone took liberties with him they'd probably only do it once because there would be a high hard tag waiting for them next time and if injuries became a concern he can always be moved back to third. I just have a hard time believing that a ball player built the way he is can continue to be so injury prone. With the exception of the two rib injuries, his others have all been pretty clearly caused by freak incidents or incredibly poor decisions and haven't been chronic (unless you consider poor decisions chronic). At least he's further from any camera bays at second right? That's my own baseless speculation on the matter at least. I'm not a doctor. What the hell do I know?
So let's say we call the defense a wash because his arm isn't as much a factor at second, but his range is more valuable. Since second base is a more challenging defensive position than third the offensive expectations are less, so the offense he would provide at second would stack up far better against his peers at the position than it is likely to at third. League average wOBA for second basemen this season is .304, and at third base the average is .320. So far this season Lawrie has posted just a .280 wOBA, but given his non-existent spring training and the fact that the team admits that they rushed him back from injury, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that he regresses back towards something like his career .330 wOBA. If he does, he's above average at either position, but way more above average at second than third. Given the league wide shortage of quality second base talent, it should be a lot easier to upgrade the offense in other ways than it would be to go out and find a second baseman.
I still don't think it makes much sense to move him unless it coincides with another addition to the team. Swapping Izturis and Lawrie might upgrade the middle infield defense (and I say might because we really don't know yet, it might be a total failure) but it doesn't do anything for the offense. What it does do, however, is allow Anthopoulos to search for upgrades at positions that should be much easier to fill. Most likely this would mean third base, but it could also mean in the outfield or a 1B/DH type of bat. I'm not too interested in getting into specific players, because I feel like trade speculation is almost always pointless guesswork and I'm a busy guy with little time to waste. Ok that last part wasn't true, but I'm still not going to speculate so don't try to make me!
I think the most likely move would be to look for an upgrade at third base if Lawrie proves himself capable at second and the quest to upgrade the position externally continues to be fruitless. It would be the least disruptive to the rest of the team and would push Izturis to the bench, which I would be totally fine with. I think he's best suited in a utility role anyways, and while he's been turning his season around recently, counting on even league average production going forward is probably an absolute best case scenario. However, if you can have a league average-ish player coming off the bench you're doing alright and it would be a definite upgrade for the Jays in the bench department.
Another possibility would be to find a right fielder and move Bautista to third, but I feel like this probably wouldn't sit to well with Jose who has made no bones about the fact that he considers himself the team's right fielder and would prefer it to stay that way. Also, it only took him two and a half games at the position to hurt himself this year after Lawrie went down with his ankle injury so I'd be hesitant to go that route, at least without a full off-season to prepare his body for the rigours of the position. We know he can play the position though, and he definitely wants to win. I think that if they made a case to him that they could significantly improve the team's chances of winning by moving him to third he'd probably do it, but I'm sure all concerned would rather avoid it.
The third option would be to go out and find a 1B/DH kind of bat, but I find this about as likely as going out and finding a right fielder, if not less. The only way it would really work is if Edwin were pushed into almost full time duty at third base and I'm sure we all remember how that went the last time around. He made some pretty good plays in his 10 games at the position so far this season, but also made a couple of errors. Overall he didn't look too bad, but I fear that if he were to be back there in a full time role we'd start to see more of those familiar E5 throwing errors. But hey, if Miguel Cabrera can make up for his terrible defense at the hot corner with his bat, then so can Edwin. That's not to say that Edwin is nearly as good a hitter as Cabrera, but he's not nearly as bad defensively either. Of course Edwin hasn't seen much action at third since last year's breakout, and there are plenty of armchair psychologists who will tell you that he used to bring his mistakes in the field to the plate with him. Maybe it's true (not that we will ever probably know), but he's in much better shape now and has reason to be far more secure in the fact that he's not going to E5 his way right out of a job now that his offense is so much improved.
I think the first scenario I've mentioned is by far the most likely. Even the lousy Lawrie we've seen so far would be an improvement over the Blue Jays' offensive production from the position so far, but the only way it really makes sense to gamble on the greater risk of injury is if they would also look to upgrade somewhere else around the diamond. Or, if one really wants to be a pessimist, you could assume that the organization has started to suspect that his bat is never going to play at third base and that second is a position at which he can succeed with his great defense and lower offensive expectations. But it's way to early to go there, isn't it?
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Congress Party wins Indian election
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared victory in India's national elections, saying voters had given the Congress party-led coalition a "massive mandate."
The elephant-like democracy staggers from its complex elections with a conclusion.
It's still early in the count, but the Congress have had a massive vote of confidence.
The leaders of India's Congress party have thanked the people for returning them to power with a "massive mandate".
Congress President Sonia Gandhi said they had made the "right choice" and PM Manmohan Singh vowed the party would "rise to the occasion".
Earlier the main opposition BJP and the Third Front conceded they had lost.
State television says Congress's alliance has won or is ahead in 263 seats, compared with the BJP's (154), the Third Front (60) and others (66).
With Sonia Gandhi in 2005. Photo: Simon Missiri
I lived over nine years in India and had the privilege of meeting many great Indian politicians including Indira Gandhi in 1975, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi in 2005-6, thanks to my good friend Murli Deora, the Minister for Petroleum, who introduced me to them.
With China being the largest country in the world, America the wealthiest, India the largest democracy ; India like the former Soviet Union, holds a crucial balance of power. CONGRATULATIONS INDIA
Congress Party chief Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh greet the media prior to their meeting at her residence in New Delhi.
If you want to read more, I have pasted this information from Wikipedia about the amazing Gandhi family.
The Nehru-Gandhi family is an Indian political family which has been dominant in the Indian National Congress for most of India's early independent history. The name Gandhi is derived from Feroze Gandhi, the husband of Indira Gandhi (and not Mahatma Gandhi). The Nehru-Gandhi family is not related to Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.
Three members of the family (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi) have been Prime Minister of India, two of whom (Indira and Rajiv Gandhi) have been assassinated. A fourth member of the family, Sonia Gandhi, is currently Congress President, while her and Rajiv's son, Rahul Gandhi, is the youngest member of the family to enter active politics when he contested and won a seat in the lower house of the Parliament of India in 2004.
The rise of Sonia Gandhi
Arun Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi's cousin, was Minister for Power and then Minister for Internal Security in Rajiv Gandhi's government, but later defected to the rival Janata Dal.
After Rajiv Gandhi's death, the Congress was led by P. V. Narasimha Rao, who became Prime Minister. After his defeat in India's 1996 General Elections, the power in the Congress party shifted to Sitaram Kesri, an aging loyalist of Indira Gandhi. During this period, Sonia kept herself and her children out of the public limelight, not wanting them to face the fate of her husband and mother-in-law.
The party loyalists always wanted a member of the Nehru- Feroz Gandhi family to lead the party, as its fortunes slipped in elections around the nation. Despite her reluctance, Sonia Gandhi was eventually persuaded to become active in the Congress Party, and she quickly became its center of power, forcing Kesri's resignation and allowing her uncontested assent to the party's Presidency in 1998.
The following period saw her becoming increasingly visible in politics (She is attributed to engineering the downfall of the Vajpayee government in 1999, in an unsuccessful attempt to install a Congress government). During India's 2004 General Elections, Sonia was projected the Congress's Prime Ministerial candidate, and the party and its allies emerged as the largest group in the Lok Sabha, with the Communist parties supporting the coalition from outside. Initially, every coalition partner and the Communist parties had accepted her as the Prime Minister. The opposition BJP held nationwide protests against a 'foreigner' ascending the Prime Minister's post.
On May 18, 2004, Sonia Gandhi declined the Prime Ministerial position, passing it on to Dr. Manmohan Singh. At these elections Rahul Gandhi was elected to the Parliament for the first time, representing a fifth generation of the family in politics from a traditional Gandhi stronghold, Amethi (Uttar Pradesh). Her daughter, Priyanka Vadra, did not contest the elections, but campaigned for the party. Many Congress leaders and supporters have vocally promoted her future as the party's leader, but she has not accepted a life in active politics, so far.
THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER
Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka managed their mother's campaign for reelection to Rae Bareilly in 2006, which was won easily with a margin greater than 400,000 votes.
He was a prominent figure in a high profile Congress campaign for the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections; Congress, however, won only 22 seats with 8.53% of votes. The election saw the Bahujan Samaj Party, which represents low caste Indians, to become the first party to govern in its own right in Uttar Pradesh for 16 years.[18]
Rahul Gandhi was appointed a general secretary of the All India Congress Committee on 24 September 2007 in a reshuffle of the party secretariat. In the same reshuffle, he was also given charge of the Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India.[20]
In his attempt to prove himself as a youth leader in November 2008 he held interviews at his 12, Tughlak Lane residence in New Delhi to handpick at least 40 people who will make up the think-tank of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), an organisation that he has been keen to transform since he was appointed general secretary in September 2007.
Senior Congress leaders such as Pranab Mukherjee, Digvijay Singh and Arjun Singh have raised calls for Rahul Gandhi to be the candidate for Prime Minister. It is felt because of his young age and clean image, he would be able to connect with the youth of India who form the majority of the population.
Having met all the current Gandhi politicians, I believe Priyanka is the most able of them and we will see her develop her talents in the years to come. She is very much like her Grandmother Indira in many respects, but it is more likely Rahul will be the next Prime Minister, should Manmohan Singh decline or retire from position.
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Jeyaraj said...
Though your expectation is reasonable, Ms Sonia Gandhi has very well established that Mr Manmohan will be the Prime Minister even before the commencement of elections and he is the fittest I think.
Thanks Jeyaraj
I should have made myself clearer. I should have said, and I changed it accordingly, that should Manmohan Singh decline or retire from the position, Rahul Gandhi is likely to get it.
Hi Bob Nice to see you again. Hope you are doing well.
I meet many people from India on the blog. It was good to learn more about their country and politics.
Hellow Marja
Welcome back. I must check your blog and see what you have been up too.
India is a fascinating country and I am pleased their democracy is wrling well.
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School board bits
Posted on 23 March 2017. Tags: Cedar Springs Board of Education, cedar springs public schools, contracts, Jerry Gavin, privatization of busing, Ron Behrenwald, special board meeting, superintendent, VanDuyn
Contracts, privatization of transportation
By Judy Reed
Board votes on administrative, other contracts
The Cedar Springs Board of Education found themselves split 4-3 Monday evening, March 13, when voting on contracts for administrators, executive assistants, and administrative assistants.
Dr. Laura VanDuyn, Superintendent of Cedar Springs Public Schools, brought the contracts to the Board that evening. She told them that all the administrators, except one had agreed to the contracts.
Trustee Ted Sabinas said up front that due to the lack of time they had to review, read, and compare the administrator contracts to the previous contracts, and due to the lack of collaboratively working with the administration on the contracts, as had been done in the past, he would be voting no.
VanDuyn assured the board that she and Carrie Duddles, human resources director, had met with the administrators several times, fielded phone calls, and gave them opportunities to ask questions.
A vote was taken on whether to table the administrator contracts, and it was defeated 3-4. Sabinas, Michelle Bayink, and Brooke Nichols all voted to table. A motion was then made to approve the contracts, and it passed 4-3. Shannon Vanderhyde, Heidi Reed, Patricia Eary, and President Matt Shoffner all voted to pass the contracts.
The Board voted 4-3 to table the executive assistant and administrative contracts, because they had not seen them. Sabinas, Bayink, Nichols, and Shoffner all voted to table them. Shoffner said that he voted to table them because the contracts were not in the packet and he wanted to see them. He said he voted to pass the administrator contracts because they did see that information.
The Board then had to vote on a non-renewal of contracts for two employees—high school principal Ron Behrenwald and transportation supervisor Jerry Gavin.
VanDuyn said that Behrenwald was the administrator that did not approve his contract. She explained that he had asked for more time to review it because he had a question about salary. She then explained that in order to meet the requirements of Section 1229 of the Revised School code, and to meet contract language, the board had to give 30 days notice that they were considering non-renewal if there was any delay in signing the contract. The Board would have to give final notice on April 24, so the process needed to start that evening, March 13. According to the law, the administrator would be notified with a letter, which was reportedly dated March 10, and would give the reasons for non-renewal. VanDuyn said Behrenwald could still sign his contract up to April 24.
Nichols questioned the letter. “I feel like if we pass this, it’s a non-renewal,” she said. “I feel like there should be reasons in the letter, with written statements on why we’re doing non-renewal,” she said.
VanDuyn told the board their attorney drafted the resolution and the letter, and that the letter spoke to multiple discussions or opportunities to discuss the contract, and spoke of the delay.
The Post sent a FOIA request for the letter, among other items, but the administration opted not to fulfill the request for another 10 days.
The Board also needed to vote on non-renewal of Gavin’s contract, due to the fact that they are looking at restructuring transportation, and possibly privatizing it. VanDuyn said he would not have the same contract, and they currently haven’t offered him another contract. She said that they can’t give him a definitive yes or no on his job, and that they have had discussions with him. “We will wait and see as we explore privatization,” she said. “He’s well aware.”
VanDuyn noted again that the process of non-renewal needed to start that night to meet the timeline, and that waiting until March 27 would be too late, since they need 30 days and the final vote is April 24.
The Board voted 4-3 to pass the non-renewal of Behrenwald’s and Gavin’s contracts. Sabinas, Bayink and Nichols all voted against it. Shoffner said he only voted to pass them in order to make the needed time line.
Under Section 1229, those getting a non-renewal notice are also allowed a hearing before a majority of the Board. According to Thrun Law Firm: Strict adherence to the Section 1229 timelines is critical, as a school must give the affected administrator notice that the board is “considering” nonrenewal along with a written statement of the reasons for nonrenewal at least 90 days before the affected administrator’s contract expires.
Section 1229 also requires a period of 30 days before the board can make a final determination on whether to nonrenew the affected administrator. During this period, the affected administrator must be given the opportunity to meet with a majority of the board members to discuss the stated reasons for the nonrenewal.
The school board then must make its final determination and give the administrator notice of that decision not later than 60 days before the affected administrator’s contract expires. Under Section 1229, a school may not nonrenew an administrator’s employment contract for a reason that is “arbitrary or capricious.”
Privatization of transportation
Supt. VanDuyn spoke to the Board about the plans to explore privatization of busing. She said the one of the recommendations made by the Excel Consulting Group last year was to get a quote on privatizing busing. They received an informal quote from Dean’s Transportation, and they brought them in to meet with the bus drivers, first in small group, then in a larger group. She noted that they wanted the bus drivers to weigh in on this, and that there would be meetings with them last week. “It’s been a great collaboration process,” VanDuyn told them. She said that she would have information for the Board at the March 27 meeting.
According to the most recently amended budget, the budget for transportation is $2,926,976. And, according to statistics posted on their website from April 2016, they had 41 buses in their fleet.
The Post asked the Superintendent some questions about the possibility of privatization, savings, what would happen to the buses, and other things, but she declined to comment, because the board had not yet seen any information.
Please note that there will be a special board meeting on Monday, March 27, and it will start at 5:45 p.m. That is an hour earlier than normal.
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1994 Rev. David Wilkerson Sermon Warned Of Greece And What Comes Next - The Most Dangerous Time In History
Date: Tuesday, 30-June-2015 16:36:13
'It's About To Happen - Very Soon' - 1994 Rev. David Wilkerson Sermon Warned Of Greece And What Comes Next - The Most Dangerous Time In History
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By Stefan Stanford - All News Pipeline - Live Free Or Die
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With Greece the domino in a long chain that leads straight to America and the rest of the western world, it's time we revisit a 1994 Sermon by the late Reverend David Wilkerson, republished in full below, which when we look at through events of today can see his warning is almost surreal in it's prophetic accuracy. While financial experts such as MIchael Pento with Greg Hunter in the 1st video below warn that we are now living in the 'most dangerous time since the history of econonomics', the fact that Reverend Wilkerson could have foreseen what we are watching in Greece now over 20 years ago with such accuracy is scary; let's all hope that the rest of his sermon doesn't come true but understanding the source, we're likely way beyond such hope.
Warning us that 'it's about to happen - very soon', Wilkerson tells us that very soon, 'one nation is going to default on its international loan' and the series of dominoes that soon fall will lead to 6 months of horror in America and 'the worst hell that America has ever seen' as Americans across the country are unable to remove their own money from the banks while the US Army tries to take control of the streets of America.
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With the headlines seen in screenshot above at the Drudge Report looking like the rolling news headlines before a Hollywood disaster movie gets into full doom mode, the warning given by Reverend Wilkerson more than 20 years ago has been scoffed at and most overlooked. Once again, words from God through the mouth of a man, ignored until it becomes too late. According to Stephen Quayle.:
"NO WORD OF GOD SPOKEN BY ANY MAN OF GOD IS EVER RECEIVED BY THE PEOPLE OF GOD AT THE TIME IT IS GIVEN ,AND EVEN WHEN IT'S PLAIN BEYOND ARGUMENT, DENIAL WILL BE ACCELERATED, IN FACE OF THE EVENTS PLAYING OUT IN THE SCOFFERS LIVES, EVEN UNTO THEIR LAST BREATH" SQ
Is the Reverend Wilkerson's warning below the reason for Jade Helm 15 and preparation for economic collapse across America? We are clearly on the edge of something huge happening in America. We can feel it....it's about to happen...very soon.
The Reverend David Wilkerson:
It's about to happen---very soon, one nation, and I'm speaking prophetically--if I've ever heard anything from God in my life, I heard it. Very soon a European or North African or Eastern nation is going to default on its international loan and when that happens, within two weeks, Mexico is going to default. Mexico owes $100 billion ---80% of it to American banks---and here's what is going to happen: about two weeks after the first country goes bankrupt, (we're going to survive that, because most of that (money of the first country) is owed to European banks---German, Swiss and French banks) but a second country is going to go down, probably Argentina or Brazil, and we'll kind of live that down and say: "Well, maybe it's not going to hurt," but two weeks after the first country goes down, Mexico's going to default on $100 billion.
And when the banks open the next day at 9 in the morning, $15 billion an hour is going to be withdrawn from our American banks -they're going to be running our banks---the Arabs---all the Latin American countries, they're going to be running our banks--and before the day is over, the USA is going to have to declare a "bank holiday."
6 Months Of Horror
And we're going into six months of the worst hell America has ever seen---there's going to be chaos---not even the National Guard's going to be able to quiet it down---we're going to have to call out the whole U.S. Army.
Now I've had visions recently, for I've been in New York City and I was in Macy's in a vision, and I saw people walking around stunned because they couldn't get their money out of the bank.
Now I'm going to give you a word of advice, the first country goes bankrupt---I've documented this and I've got it sealed in an envelope, and I'm going to call all my friends and I'm telling you---this is the first time I've said it in a public meeting like this---but the first country that bellies up, you go get every dime you have---church get your money out of the bank--because there's going to be a 'bank holiday' and you won't be able to get a dime for six months. Now, of course, there's going to be -restored, but the nation will never be like it is again.
There's going to be fear like we've never known---judgment at the door. When I was at Macy's Dept. store in a vision and I watched people walking around stunned, they didn't know what to do, they didn't know what was happening; then a bunch of people walked into Macy's and suddenly went wild and began to steal and within an hour everybody---I saw the spirit of everybody in the store---they were robbing and stealing---they raped Macy's and destroyed five floors---Macy's was raped and ruined in a period of an hour or two.
That's just the beginning. Folks it's all in this book (the bible) ---we've been warned and warned and warned---you can't tell me God hasn't warned us. You can't tell me God isn't saying something awesome here tonight in this church...we better get our prayer life straightened up, our lives straightened up, get rid of the idols, as Paul writes, and seeking the face of God in holiness or you're not going to be ready for what's coming. God's warning, get ready and you'll not fear these things that come onto you and you'll start rejoicing, you'll not be afraid because your hands will be clean. You've been praying and God's building a wall of fire around you to keep you."
We'd like to teach you a song about God's protection. It goes like this.: "There's a wall of fire around me...There's a wall of fire between my soul and the enemy. There's a wall of fire that you can't see...Between my soul and the enemy. There's a wall of fire around me. May it be so with us all..."
Video and more here
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Dow Surges 443 Points: Here’s What Xi Jinping Said That Lit the US Stock Market on Fire
On February 15, the Dow Jones surged by 1.74 percent, adding 443.86 points. Within less than 1 month, the Dow Jones has recovered from 24,065 points to 25,883 points, by a staggering 7.6 percent.
The Dow pounded nearly 450 points higher by Friday’s close.
Analysts were uncertain how the Dow Jones would react to the reported plans of the Trump administration to delay the U.S.-Chian trade deal deadline by 60 days to May 1.
The prospect of a comprehensive trade deal may have significantly improved in the last 24 hours. Reports claimed corporate China has begun to face an increasing number of defaults, Didi plans to lay off 2,000 employees, and Xi Jinping commented that the U.S. and China are “inseparable.”
Xi Jinping Raises Hopes of U.S.-China Trade Deal
The Trump administration’s intent to extend the deadline of the trade deal demonstrates its confidence in the progress of the trade talks to date.
Although some reports have revealed that little progress has been made on the trade deal, it remains unclear whether that is in part a strategy employed by the U.S.
According to FT, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that cooperation between the U.S. and China is beneficial for both parties, expressing his willingness to strike a full-scale accord.
“China and the US are inseparable. They both do well or they both get hurt. Co-operation is the best choice.”
If no trade deal is established, China will struggle to recover its domestic market and prevent the growing number of defaults by local conglomerates. While the U.S. is seemingly in a better position, a trade deal would alleviate pressure from the stock market and maintain the momentum of the Dow Jones and other major indexes.
Didi Laying Off 2,000 Employees Could Keep the Dow Jones Strong
In mid-2018, following a $500 million funding round, China’s largest ride-hailing application Didi achieved a valuation of $56 billion.
Five months after the mega-deal was established, Forbes estimated the company’s valuation to be at around $72 billion.
“If the company is able to achieve net revenues of around $9.5 billion in 2019, its valuation could potentially reach $72 billion – still falling short of its targeted $80 billion valuation. That said, further upside is likely if the company is able to grow revenues via expansion into other areas such as food delivery and a focus on mobility through an automated fleet,” the report read.
However, on Friday, Didi reportedly decided to lay off more than 2,000 employees in the upcoming months. amidst an economic downturn.
The Wall Street Journal reported that underperforming employees and departments outside of the core ride-hailing business will be let go, cutting the company’s workforce by 15 percent.
Earlier this week, Nikkei, a mainstream media outlet in Japan, revealed that the number of defaults in corporate China has increased by 20 percent, placing growing pressure on both startups and large-scale conglomerates.
China is bracing for another wave of business failures this year, with insolvencies expected to rise 20%, far exceeding the global rate of 6%, according to trade credit insurer Euler Hermes.https://t.co/wyZwWCRgCx
— Nikkei Asian Review (@NAR) February 11, 2019
Bill Lee, the chief economist at the Milken Institute, said that China cannot resort back to its previous methods of reviving the domestic market as the government has imposed a policy to lower its leverage.
“If we had a traditional slowdown in China, China would have unquestionably pumped up credit and shot out their housing market and try to revive domestic demand that way. Right now, you see how reluctant they are to do so because they already gone on a campaign of reassuring the world we are having a policy in place that put a lid on the rising leverage.”
“That is the big constraint the Chinese are facing now and that’s why I think they are so desperately looking to make a deal with Trump.”
Improving Sentiment
With both the U.S. and China seeking a full-scale trade deal, the sentiment in the U.S. stock market has improved in the last several days.
The increase in optimism towards a trade deal may just push the Dow Jones enough to continue its rally.
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The GOP Plans a Rebirth, with Pepperoni and Protests
By Jay Newton-Small / Arlington, Va. Monday, May 04, 2009
The Washington Times /Landov
Members of the National Council for a New America, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, at an event in Arlington, Va., on May 2
Why Senator Specter Switched Parties Really
If House and Senate Republican leaders have their way, Saturday's gathering at Pie-Tanza, a strip-mall pizza joint in Arlington, Va., will be remembered as the beginning of the rebirth of the Grand Old Party. In addition to pizza, the venue, selected by the freshly born, center-leaning National Council for a New America (NCNA), served up symbolism: suburban areas like this one, on the outskirts of Washington, were GOP bastions not so long ago, and they'll need to come back to the fold for a Republican resurgence. Pie-Tanza was also small enough to make the crowd of 100 people (at least 30 of whom were journalists) seem thick.
Protesters were not supposed to be on the menu yet there they were. A small but vocal group of conservative Republicans showed up flashing signs like "RINOs Go Home," using the derogatory acronym for "Republicans in Name Only." (Read "GOP Senator Specter's Party Switch Gives Obama a 100-Day Gift.")
The protesters aren't the only ones who dislike the idea of the Republican Party's moving to the center, even though almost all of the 51 House seats the party has lost in the past two elections have come from moderate districts. "Democrats gained power by going to the most liberal Senator in the U.S. Senate, and they ran him for the presidency and they won," Laura Ingraham, a conservative talk-radio host said on Fox News Sunday. "They were relentlessly attacking George [W.] Bush for several years from the left. They didn't move to the middle, and the idea that Republicans now have to move to the middle what, beyond John McCain's middle?"
While Ingraham has a media constituency, moderate Republicans with constituencies of actual voters appear to disagree with her. "The Republican Party has gone far to the right since I joined it under Reagan's big tent," new Democrat Arlen Specter lamented on Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press. Also on Sunday, Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, one of two remaining Northeastern GOP moderates in Congress, wrote in a New York Times op-ed that Specter's loss, eight years after the defection of Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords, shows how little the party has heeded the warning signs. "There is no plausible scenario under which Republicans can grow into a majority while shrinking our ideological confines and continuing to retract into a regional party," Snowe wrote. "Ideological purity is not the ticket back to the promised land of governing majorities."
The NCNA intends to take Snowe's concerns and turn them into action. Founded by Virginia Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 House Republican, its birth was announced on President Obama's 100th day in office with the support of GOP leaders in both chambers as well as former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, who both spoke on Saturday alongside Cantor. The audience consisted mainly of Washington Republican consultants and Cantor supporters who received word from his e-mail listserv. The three struck a moderate tone. "It's time for us to listen, first, to learn a little bit, to upgrade our message a little bit, to not be nostalgic about the past because you know things do ebb and flow," Bush told the crowd. "You can't beat something with nothing. The other side has something. I don't like it, but they have it." (See "Obama's 100 Days: Behind-the-Scenes Photos.")
But some of the questioners had their doubts. "Quite honestly, people learn more from listening to Rush Limbaugh's show than in high school or college," Stephen Santelli, 28, told the crowd to applause in asking a question about education standards. "Look at what happened in November," Santelli lamented to reporters after the event. "John McCain was basically Democrat-light, and we lost the election. Move too much to the center and you lose the base."
Notably absent from the NCNA's membership are Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, (her former running mate, McCain, is a member), former Speaker Newt Gingrich, GOP chairman Michael Steele and potential 2012 presidential candidates Governors Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota. Gingrich already leads his own such group, as does the Republican National Committee and former RNC chairman Ed Gillespie.
The Pie-Tanza event was billed as the first of many as the NCNA hits the road on a "listening tour" across America. It's unclear if more pizza joints are on the itinerary, but if Pie-Tanza is to be a Seneca Falls for moderates Republicans, the NCNA's membership might be wise to remember: like a pizza, a party sliced too thin cannot serve the whole.
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Insights and opinions from the 'Dads Front Office staff.
Sports Weekend Wrap-Up
By Jeff Dickson, Director of Food & Beverage
What a weekend it sports it was. If you missed any of the action, I’m here to highlight the biggest news and best games, and recap the football picks Andrew and I made on last Friday’s podcast. But I’ll warn you…it was ugly.
The weekend got kicked off with an incredible night of baseball that featured not only two excellent series ending games, but one of the best and most improbable playoff comebacks ever.
The first game of the evening was a tight 3-1 New York Yankees defeat of the Baltimore Orioles to win what had been the most evenly matched series so far this post season. CC Sabathia got the win for NY, pitching a complete game and holding off the Orioles as they threatened multiple times in the late innings.
But as good as that game was, it was no match for the drama of the series deciding NLDS Game 5 match-up between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals. Washington got off to a quick start, scoring 3 runs in the first off of Cardinals star pitcher Adam Wainwright. They ended up chasing Wainwright in the third inning, en route to taking a 7-5 lead heading into the 9th inning.
The Nationals, in front of their home crowd, brought in their fantastic young relief pitcher Drew Storen to finish out the game. Storen had appeared in only 37 games during the season, but pitched exceptionally well, to the tune of a 2.37 ERA.
No one, I’m sure, was ready for what would happen next. The Cardinals, of course, came back. But not only did they tie the game, they took the lead. A two run lead. They scored 4 runs in the top of the ninth, two runs each on base hits by Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma.
The Nationals failed to score in the bottom of the ninth and, just like that, their season was over. I’m sure it will be a while before they get over the loss, but it was the end of a very special season for the Washington franchise.
The only game on Saturday was Game 1 of the ALCS between the Detroit Tigers and New York Yankees. It was a long, 12 inning game which was ultimately won by the Tigers. But not before a little drama.
Bullpen meltdowns continued to be the theme of the weekend, as Tigers’ closer Jose Valverde gave up 4 runs in the bottom of the ninth as the Yankees sent the game to extra innings. The final blow of the inning was a two run, game tying home run by Raul Ibanez. It was yet another clutch homer by the Yankee who also huge home runs in the ALDS against Baltimore. The Tigers were stunned, and it looked like Yankees were in business.
What ended up happening, however, was much worse than just a loss for NY. Not only did the Tigers score twice in the 12th, and ultimately win the game, but the Yankees captain and shortstop, Derek Jeter, broke his ankle and is out for the rest of the playoffs. Losses are tough, especially in extra innings, but as long as the series isn’t over there is always that next game to rebound. It’ll be hard, though, to rebound from the loss of Jeter.
Sunday featured two more close games, as the Tigers took a 2-0 series lead with a 3-0 win over the Yankees and their struggling offense. Not as much drama as in game 1, although there was bit of controversy over a blown call that went in favor of the Tigers.
The NCLS got started with the Cardinals beating the San Francisco Giants 6-4 to take a 1-0 lead in the series. The Giants then evened the series up on Monday night, beating the Cardinals 7-1.
Like most football weekends there were some good games, some great games, and some blowouts. There were also a few surprises, like the New England Patriots losing to the Seattle Seahawks or two of the top teams, the Houston Texans and San Francisco 49ers getting trounced at home by the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, respectively.
But the biggest shock, the best game and the most drama all came on Monday night. Fast forward to half time of Monday’s game when the Denver Broncos went into halftime down 24-0 to the San Diego Chargers. Enter: Peyton Manning. The Broncos, not at all sharp in the first half, were led by in the second half by their quarterback who went 13-14 for 167 yards after halftime as Denver scored 35 unanswered points to beat the Chargers 35-24.
Manning and the offense couldn’t win the game all alone, of course, and the Denver defense helped out in a big way. The Broncos intercepted Chargers QB Philip Rivers four times, including one for a touchdown by Chris Harris.
The two teams are now tied for first in the AFC west with 3-3 records.
On the Weekly Crawdads Boil Podcast last Friday, Andrew Buchbinder and I made picks for three NFL games, as we will do each week for the remainder of the season. Each week we’ll keep track of how we did right here, even when the picks go as poorly as they did this week.
(Winners in bold)
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
Andrew: NYG
Jeff: SF
Indianapolis Colts at New York Jets
Andrew: IND
Jeff: IND
Green Bay Packers at Houston Texans
Andrew: HOU
Jeff: HOU
Andrew (1-2)
Jeff (0-3)
Jeff is entering his third season with the ‘Dads and second as the Director of Food & Beverage. The Oneonta, NY native joined the Crawdads in 2011 as a concessions assistant, and has previously worked with the Oneonta Outlaws as a sports marketing intern. Jeff is a graduate of the University of Central Florida and is a die-hard fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and North Carolina Tar Heels.
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 2:15 pm
Should Triple Crown = MVP?
Baseball is great, isn’t it? And great as the final day of the 2011 season was, this year was even more improbable. Who saw the Nationals having the best record in the league? Or the Orioles and A’s in the playoffs? Not to mention the late, incredible run the A’s put on to chase down the Rangers and win the West. And, perhaps most impressive of all, what about Miguel Cabrera winning the Triple Crown? The first one since 1967, no less. Truly a special season for the Tigers slugger.
Why, though, is it so special? Well, if you’re a fan of the history of baseball like me then you’ve probably associated the words Triple Crown and the name Carl Yastrzemski the same way you’ve done with 56 and Joe DiMaggio, or .406 and Ted Williams: as sacred, nearly untouchable feats, the likes of which we would not see matched in our lifetimes. But Miguel Cabrera proved this to be untrue.
But what does it mean? Well, from taking a quick look at the landscapes of sports media and sports fandom it appears to mean that the Triple Crown should automatically make Cabrera the American League Most Valuable Player, no questions asked. But I do have a question to ask: why?
Baseball is a game of statistics, no doubt. But why are the three Triple Crown categories (batting average, home runs, runs batted in) seemingly the be-all end-all of hitting stats? For one thing, they are among the oldest stats in a game that sure does love its history. They were on the back of baseball cards. They were the stats shown on television when the game was first beginning to be broadcast. They resonate with fans. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean they are the best stats.
I guess before going any further I should mention that I think Mike Trout, the rookie centerfielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, should be the AL MVP this year. But I don’t want to get too much into the war of statistics between the two players, at least not yet. I’d just like to explain why what Trout has done this year should not be immediately dismissed, despite Cabrera’s supremacy in the Triple Crown categories.
My first problem with these stats is the use of them. By taking stock in leading the lead in any category one must also take in context the rest of the league. My point: with his 2012 AL league leading batting average of .330, Cabrera would have been second in the National League. And last year, when Cabrera led the AL with a .344 average, .330 would have been good for only fourth. Now, a .330 average is nothing to scoff at, but in most seasons it won’t win a batting title. This year that particular category was a bit of an anomaly, and I don’t think an anomaly should play a part in determining the MVP.
The biggest problem that I see is not with average, though; it’s with RBI. By consistently being at or near the top of the league in batting average, Cabrera has shown an uncanny ability to hit for contact as much as power. It really is incredible. But his league leading 139 RBI says as much, if not more, about the lineup around him then what he was actually responsible for.
If the Tigers lead-off hitter, Austin Jackson, didn’t have a 60 point increase in on-base percentage, maybe Josh Hamilton edges out Cabrera for the RBI crown. And what if Hamilton, who missed 15 games, played in 5 or so more and hit another two home runs? Then we aren’t even having this discussion. Yes, there are always a lot of what if scenarios that ultimately don’t matter. And yes, Cabrera should get some credit for playing in 161 games. But this all is just to illustrate my point that leading the league in these categories only means so much when you realize how many people play a role in the statistic leaderboards.
What should be done, then, when determining an MVP, is taking the best candidates side by side and examining their seasons. This will go beyond HR, AVG and RBI. We need to look also at on-base and slugging percentages, and thus OPS (on-base plus slugging). Let’s not discount base running and defense. And sure, to some extent we can take a peek at where the teams play a role in this, but we have to remember that baseball very much and individually played game and one player can only have so much impact on the standings. And even if you want to give Cabrera credit for the Tigers making the playoffs, just remember that the Angels actually finished with a better record than the Tigers while playing in a tougher division.
There are many other new stats that support Trout, things such as RE24 and WAR, but in an attempt to keep this relatively simple I’ll look to more common stats to argue for him. Trout led the lead in steals and runs which, if you are going to give credit for home runs and RBI, you certainly can’t discount. There is also one stat that Cabrera led the league in that helps out Trout here: his 28 double plays grounded into (GIDP). If Cabrera should be lauded for his ability to hit with runners on base (RBI) then he should also be penalized for his failure in those situations (GIDP).
I could go on and on. And on. But if I don’t stop now, I might go on forever. I’ll end by saying that Cabrera will almost certainly with the award, and that’s ok. I get it. But this is just another battle between the old guard and the new guard of baseball fans and writers. The new guard has won a few of these battles (Felix Hernandez and Zach Greinke Cy Young awards) and will win many more. I understand the lore of the Triple Crown is too much for even those writers who are starting to accept some of these new metrics. But it should be noted that not all Triple Crown winners have won the MVP, so even in the days before WAR and OPS and the like it wasn’t a guarantee for the award. So why should it be now?
‘Dads Playoff Predictions
With the 2012 playoffs right around the corner it’s time for the Crawdad’s staff’s post season predictions. The Crawdads want to know how you think the playoffs will unfold!
Jared “Walk off” Weymier:
Wild Card – Texas over Baltimore
Division – Oakland over Detroit
Texas over New York
ALCS – Oakland over Texas
Wild Card – Atlanta over St. Louis
Division – Cincinnati over San Francisco
Washington over Atlanta
NLCS – Washington over Cincinnati
World Series:
Washington over Oakland
Andrew Buchbinder:
Division – Detroit over Oakland
New York over Texas
ALCS – New York over Detroit
Wild Card – St. Louis over Atlanta
Washington over St. Louis
New York over Washington
Matt Moes:
ALCS – Oakland over New York
Oakland over Washington
Megan Meade
ALCS – Texas over Detroit
NLCS – Cincinnati over Washington
Cincinnati over Texas
Douglas Locascio:
ALCS – Texas over Oakland
Division – San Francisco over Cincinnati
NLCS – Washington over San Francisco
Texas over Washington
Jeff Dickson
ALCS – Detroit over New York
Atlanta over Washington
NLCS – Cincinnati over Atlanta
Cincinnati over Detroit
Posted on October 5, 2012 at 3:49 pm
Playoff Fever
The Texas Rangers, major league affiliate of the Hickory Crawdads and back to back American League Champions, will be making another appearance in the MLB postseason. After a loss last night to go along with an Oakland Athletics win, the two teams are tied for first in the American League West but both are guaranteed at least one of the two wild card spots. They would each surely like to win the division, as that would place them directly in the divisional round of the playoffs rather than in the wild card match up, a one game playoff between the two wild card teams with the winner moving on.
That addition of the second wild card spot in each league has added some intrigue, if not the drama to match the end of the 2011 regular season. As it currently stands, in the American League the Baltimore Orioles would face either the Rangers or A’s in a one game playoff of the two wild card teams, with the winner to face the top seeded division winner. As of today that would be the New York Yankees, who currently hold the best record in the league.
The other American League spot has been secured by the Detroit Tigers, who have won the Central Division and will be the third seed. They are in line to play whoever wins the West.
In the National League the division races are all wrapped up. The Washington Nationals have won East, the Cincinnati Reds the Central and the San Francisco Giants the West. The wild card winners are the Atlanta Braves and the defending World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
This new change to the playoff system had two main goals: to add drama to the end of the regular season, and to better reward teams for winning their divisions. Has it worked? Well, first of all, there was no way this season could match the end of the 2011 regular season which concluded with one of the most exciting and dramatic days of regular season baseball history. That being said, this new format hasn’t yielded enough drama to warrant an additional playoff spot.
Yes, the National League playoff spots would have been secured days ago had it not been for the second Wild Card, but save for a little hope for a few extra teams there really hasn’t been what I would consider any drama. The two closest and most dramatic playoff races are actually in the chase for division titles in the AL East and West. If anything the extra Wild Card may be taking some drama away in these cases, as both second place teams are in the playoffs even if they do not win the division, albeit for only one game for one of those teams.
All of that aside, there are some very interesting storylines heading into the postseason. Not only have the Washington Nationals unseated the Philadelphia Phillies from their perch atop the NL East, but they are tied with Cincinnati for the best record in the majors. If winning the division after years at the bottom of the league wasn’t enough of a story, they will be heading into the playoffs with perhaps their best and most important player, all-star pitching Stephen Strasburg. The righty went 15-6 with a 3.16 era on the year but was shut down by the team for reaching their self imposed innings limit, in place to keep Strasburg, who missed almost all of the 2011 season due to Tommy John surgery, from reinjuring his throwing arm. If the Nationals don’t win the World Series you can bet that there will be loads and loads of stories that bring this back to attention. Actually, it will probably be a story all the way through until they either win it all or get knocked out.
And just down the road, in Baltimore, the Orioles are back in the playoffs for the first time since 1997. And you want drama? The O’s have done this with by far the lowest run differential of all the teams in or near the playoffs, thanks in large part to an incredible 16-2 record in extra innings.
Then look out west. The A’s came out of nowhere to claim a spot in the postseason (and sport an 11-5 extra innings record) when most people thought they would be near the bottom of the division along with the Mariners.
Oh, and back the Reds. While they came into the year with higher expectations than these other surprise teams, I doubt there were many who thought they would have the best record in the sport this late in the year. Especially with star first baseman Joey Votto having played in only 110 games.
And the superstars. Even with a handful of surprises, there will still be plenty of names you’ll know and players to follow. Atlanta Braves and future Hall of Famer Chipper Jones is back in the playoffs in his final season. Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain will try to lead the Giants to another title. Miguel Cabrera, Justin Verlander and Prince Fielder will carry the Tigers into the postseason. You may have heard of a few guys on that Yankees team. And of course, back to the parent squad of the Crawdads, the Rangers are led by Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler and Adrian Beltre.
The Orioles and A’s are bit younger and may not have the big names, but that makes their stories even more compelling. Then there are the Cardinals, the one team that doesn’t seem to fit in with the rest. No more Pujols. No more LaRussa. Not full of rookies, but not led by a bunch of superstars, they slip into the playoffs a little under the radar. Actually, quite a bit under the radar considering that they are the defending champions. But I’d imagine that is just how they’d like it.
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The Italy That Really Goes to Mass: An Eye-opening Study
The actual attendance is lower than what is declared in the surveys: this is verified by a twofold study by the patriarchate of Venice. So what changes in the view of Catholic Italy held by the pope and the bishops?
ROMA, February 8, 2007 – The feverish anticipation around whom Benedict XVI will soon appoint as the new president of the Italian bishops’ conference in the place of cardinal Camillo Ruini, who is leaving after sixteen years because he has passed the age limit, does not eliminate one crucial question: how lively is the Italian Church?
Cardinal Ruini is on the record with his reply. For example, he said on February 11, 2005, at the conclusion of a conference:
"In Italy we find ourselves in a privileged situation, in comparison with much of Europe, because the Christian faith in its Catholic form is alive and rooted in the people here."
And he explained:
"I am always perplexed when I hear people say that Christians are in the minority, in Italy for example, because in fact one can be Christian to a greater or lesser extent, and if we speak of a generic adhesion to Catholicism, we may affirm that this is still the great majority in Italy. But it is true that those who live their faith deeply are a minority: and it is only from them that a true Christian impulse and revitalization can come to culture and society. This is, moreover, the relationship that normally obtains between minorities and majorities: the convinced and motivated minorities are the ones that lead the way for the majorities."
Benedict XVI’s opinion is also well known. He said on October 19, 2006, to the top leaders of the Italian Church gathered in Verona:
"Italy constitutes a rather favorable terrain for Christian testimony. The Church, in fact, is here a very lively reality, which retains a grassroots presence among people of every age and condition. The Christian traditions are often still rooted here and continue to bear fruit. [...] The Italian Church and Italian Catholics are therefore called to seize this great opportunity. [...] If we are able to do this, the Church in Italy will render a great service not only to this nation, but also to Europe and to the world."
One of the facts that are thought to prove the tenacity and vitality of Catholicism in Italy is attendance at Sunday Mass. For more than thirty years, sociological findings have agreed in attesting to regular Mass attendance much higher than in other European countries: steady around 30 percent, to which must be added another 20 percent for those who go to Mass from once to three times a month, and another 30 percent for those who go on Christmas, Easter, and the other major feast days.
But do these high attendance figures really give an accurate picture of reality? The experts in religious sociology have, until now, always given credence to these data, which have been gathered repeatedly through interviews with a sample of the Italian population. If anything, it has been the priests who have expressed doubts and confusion on this point. It emerges from a survey among the clergy in Italy conducted in 2003 by Franco Garelli that many pastors believe that Mass attendance is not steady, but in decline, and estimate at around 20-22 percent the national average of those who go to Mass every Sunday, or 8-10 points lower than in the surveys.
Who is right? For the first time, a study has been conducted that permits responding to this question with a better understanding of the situation. The study involved the patriarchate of Venice, headed by cardinal Angelo Scola, a diocese with 365,000 inhabitants, a small portion of Italy. Thus the results cannot be extended automatically to the entire nation. But they are of great interest, partly because they reflect the results of similar studies of religious practice conducted in the United States and Great Britain.
The research was sponsored by the patriarchate in Venice, and will be published by the archdiocesan Marcianum Press. But the curator of the study, Alessandro Castegnaro, the director of the Social-Religious Observatory for the Triveneto region, has summarized the results in advance in the magazine of sociology “Polis” – printed in Bologna by il Mulino – in an essay coauthored by Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, professor of demography at the University of Padua.
The study took place in two phases.
In the first phase, a questionnaire was handed out to all those who attended the 619 Sunday observance Masses celebrated in the patriarchate of Venice on November 13 and 14, 2004. The form asked each person to say how many other Sunday observance Masses he had participated in over the previous four weeks.
In the second phase, in the spring of 2005, the usual question about Mass attendance was posed to a sample of the population of the patriarchate of Venice. In both cases, the age of the respondents taken into consideration was between 18 and 74.
The responses to the survey provided results close to the national figures over the past thirty years: 26 percent said they went to Mass every Sunday, and another 16.5 percent said they went from one to three times a month. In total, attendance was shown as 42.5 percent of the population of the patriarchate.
But markedly lower attendance figures were shown in the on-the-spot survey conducted in all the churches on November 13 and 14, 2004. Those who said they had gone to Mass on all of the previous four Sundays were 15 percent of the population. And those who said they had gone from one to three times were 7.7 percent. In total, 22.7 percent of the population.
In both of the surveys, the women who practice their faith are more numerous than the men, and Mass attendance increases with higher age and education levels. Castegnaro and Dalla Zuanna comment on this in their essay for “Polis”:
“Our results show a churchgoing population that is much better educated than could have been imagined, and these differences are more intense among the young than among the old: among the regular churchgoers in their thirties, one out of three is a college graduate, while among those in their thirties in the overall population, only one out of ten is a college graduate.”
The most striking result is, nevertheless, the wide gap between Mass attendance as reported by the interviews and as gathered in the churches. Declared attendance is much higher than actual attendance. And those most likely to overstate their religious practice are the persons with the least education.
Another striking element is the almost perfect concordance between actual Mass attendance and the perception that priests have of the matter. The 22.7 percent of practitioners as measured in the field is a percentage almost identical to the estimate given by a sample of priests in the patriarchate of Venice who were interviewed during this same study, apart from coinciding with the widespread impression among Italian priests on the national level.
Furthermore, the disparity shown by the Venetian survey between declared and actual Mass attendance is similar to that revealed during the 1980’s and ‘90’s in similar comparative studies conducted in the United States (25 percent real attendance versus 40 percent declared) and in Great Britain (14 percent versus 21). These studies were recounted by C.K. Hadaway, P.L. Marler, and M. Chaves in essays that appeared in the “American Sociological Review.”
Further confirmation comes from a few direct counts made in years past in Venice and in other areas of the Veneto region. In any case, the 2004-2005 study is the first comparison undertaken in Italy between actual attendance and declared attendance within the same population. This is limited to the patriarchate of Venice. “Nevertheless,” write Castegnaro and Dalla Zuanna, “the discrepancies we encountered are so wide, and reinforce so clearly the results seen outside of Italy, that we are led to believe that the same problem could exist elsewhere in Italy and Europe.”
But what is the reason for this discrepancy? Castegnaro and Dalla Zuanna advance three major motives that might lead to the overstating of Mass attendance.
The first reason is the greater propensity to respond to surveys on this matter among more religious persons of little education, as compared to those far from the Church.
The second reason is the different meaning that the question about church attendance can have for those who ask it and those who answer. The interviewer intends to measure a precise behavior, while some of the respondents are thinking instead of giving a general indication of their adherence to the Church.
The third reason is the more or less conscious desire to convey an image of oneself that is consistent with one’s deep convictions. From the same survey it emerges that eight Venetians out of ten say they are Catholic, believe in God, think about God at least once a day, turn to him in difficult moments, and feel that he is present and close to them. When they say that they observe the Sunday precept more than they do in practice, it is because they maintain that Mass attendance is the proper expression of their convictions.
And thus those who go to Mass two or three times a month respond that they go every Sunday. Those who go once a month say they go two or three times. Those who go more rarely say they go once a month. These small individual variations are enough to inflate the results for overall Mass attendance far beyond the real data.
But it’s quite a stretch to conclude from this that the Christian faith is not “lively and rooted in the people” in Italy.
These surveys trace, instead, a more realistic profile of the bond between Italians and the Catholic Church. And it agrees strongly with the judgment that the pastors of this same Church, bishops and priests, have developed in the field for some time.
The magazine in which the essay by Alessandro Castegnaro and Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna appeared, under the title "Studiare la pratica religiosa: differenze tra rilevazione diretta e dichiarazioni degli intervistati sulla frequenza alla messa [A study of religious practice: the differences between direct surveys and the statements of those interviewed about Mass attendance]":
> "Polis"
The website of the archdiocese that sponsored the twofold study on Mass attendance:
> Patriarcato di Venezia
English translation by Matthew Sherry, Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
> chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it
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Astronomers have opened the second repeating “alien radio signal”
by space · January 10, 2019
The Canadian Observatory CHIME immediately found 13 new fast radio bursts, one of which is periodically repeated. The description of these new “alien signals” and the findings of scientists were presented in the journal Nature.
“So far we have known that there is only one such source. The discovery of the second repeating signal indicates that there should be a lot of them. Finding and studying them will help us solve this cosmic riddle and find out where these bursts come from,” said Ingres Stairs (Ingrid Stairs) from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada).
For the first time, astronomers began talking about the existence of mysterious outbreaks of radio emission, FRB, in 2007, when they were accidentally discovered while observing radio pulsars using the Parks telescope (Australia).
In subsequent years, scientists managed to find traces of another nine such bursts, the comparison of which showed that they could be of artificial origin and even potentially be signals of extraterrestrial civilizations due to the inexplicable periodicity in their structure.
All of them were united by one thing – an extremely large power and an unusually large distance to their sources. Therefore, initially astronomers assumed that such bursts are born in the course of the merger of neutron stars or other compact objects, turning into a black hole.
Two years ago, scientists discovered that it was not. The Parks telescope recorded repeated flashes at the point where one of the first bursts was recorded six years ago, FRB 121102. Last year, CHIME discovered a new type of similar signals that had an unusually low frequency. This made the “alien signals” even more mysterious and interesting.
Stairs and her colleagues continued their observations, and this summer CHIME managed to immediately find 13 new fast radio bursts at a “new” low frequency of 400 megahertz. These observations revealed several interesting details and brought one big surprise.
One of the new flashes, FRB 180814, discovered by a Canadian telescope in mid-August last year, turned out to be repetitive. In the next two months, astronomers immediately recorded six new bursts at the same point of the night sky in the Giraffe constellation, where it was recorded for the first time.
Like other “alien radio signals”, it originated far beyond our galaxy, at a distance of about 1.6 billion light years. The unusual “smearing” of this flash and some of its other features indicate that it and some of the single FRB bursts discovered by CHIME originated inside the “shroud” of a supernova or near a black hole.
Although it was caught on a different frequency, the structure of FRB 180814 is generally almost indistinguishable from what FRB 121102 looks like. Stairs and her colleagues and her colleagues suggest that this is in favor of the similar origin of these mysterious “alien signals”.
All these flashes, as the scientists emphasize, were discovered by CHIME before it was completely completed. They hope that the full version of this telescope will be able to open several dozen “cousins” of FRB 121102 and FRB 180814, and reveal their nature.
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Dinosaurs Lived in the Arctic
You know the scenario: 65 million years ago, a big meteor crash sets off volcanoes galore, dust and smoke fill the air, dinosaurs go belly up.
One theory holds that cold, brought on by the Sun's concealment, is what did them in, but a team of paleontologists led by Pascal Godefroit, of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels, argues otherwise. Some dinosaurs (warm-blooded, perhaps) were surprisingly good at withstanding near-freezing temperatures, they say.
Witness the team's latest find, a diverse stash of dinosaur fossils laid down just a few million years before the big impact, along what's now the Kakanaut River of northeastern Russia. Even accounting for continental drift, the dinos lived at more than 70 degrees of latitude north, well above the Arctic Circle.
And they weren't lost wanderers, either. The fossils include dinosaur eggshells - a first at high latitudes, and evidence of a settled, breeding population.
It's true the Arctic was much warmer back then, but it wasn't any picnic. The size and shape of fossilized leaves found with the bones enabled Godefroit's team to estimate a mean annual temperature of 50 degrees Fahrenheit, with wintertime lows at freezing.
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Newfoundland Mi'kmaq, Reviews
Frissell’s The Viking
June 19, 2013 Dorothy Leave a comment
The Newfoundland Museum, when still on Duckworth Street, had a small collection of films to screen for visitors. The first one I ever showed was The Viking. I had never heard of the film or the story behind it. After I got the reel running, I stood in the doorway to make sure it was working okay. And I began watching. Finally I pulled a chair over so I could watch the movie more comfortably while also keeping an eye on the lobby. It was spellbinding – the 1930 seal hunt with ice and cold and deprivation, and a romance and survival story.
Later I learned that the sealing ship, SS Viking, had exploded during the filming and 27 men had died. One of them was the film’s producer Varick Frissell, along with his dog Cabot. The real life story was as filled with ice and cold and deprivation as the fictional one. And it had a much worse ending.
I read Earl B. Pilgrim’s book The Day of Varick Frissell. It is wonderful. Pilgrim tells how Frissell came to Newfoundland and how he came up with the idea for a movie he called White Thunder and got practical and financial backing for it. The Viking sailed to the sealing grounds with a film crew aboard. She had two captains for that 1930 voyage. Captain Sid Jones commanded her and real-life captain and explorer Bob Bartlett portrayed her captain in the movie.
Frissell didn’t get the dramatic shots of the huge ice fields, the “white thunder,” that he wanted. The following year, in March of 1931, the film crew sailed with the Viking again. Captain Abram Kean Jr. was in command. The objective was less to seal and more to film, and dynamite, the northerly ice fields. The journey soon became disastrous, due to human error as much as nature.
Loss of the SS Viking
Pilgrim includes a full list of all aboard the Viking on her final voyage and of the men who lost their lives on her. Despite the loss of the ship and men and presumably the footage shot on that second journey, the film was released in 1931 as The Viking.
It is a tribute to the men who sailed on the Viking and other sealing vessels. It is also a tribute to Varick Frissell who saw the beauty in the sea-ice and the men who battled it every spring. He also believed it was important to share that dangerous beauty with a world that enjoyed seal fur without thinking of the rigour of its production. Pilgrim’s book pays further tribute by giving us a glimpse of the real and tragic events, through reconstruction of known facts and surmise of what may have happened. He tells also of romance in Frissell’s life, with a Grenfell Mission nurse named Sarah who came from north of St. Anthony. If her existence is fact, I wonder who she was.
The Day of Varick Frissel is available on Amazon. If you are connected to the Northern Peninsula Kean family of ship captains, you’ll be especially interested in this story. If you would like to see the movie, you no longer have to wait for a museum attendant to show it. You can buy it here on Amazon. Brooklyn newspaper accounts are here.
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State Council Gazette Issue No. 4 Serial No. 1399 (Feb 10, 2012)
Updated: Feb 10,2012 1:19 PM english.gov.cn
·Opinions of the State Council on Making Further Efforts to Combat the Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and the Production and Marketing of Fake and Shoddy Goods
·Circular of the State Council on Printing and Issuing the Plan for Industrial Transformation and Upgrading (2011-2015)
— Plan for Industrial Transformation and Upgrading (2011-2015)
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Issuing the Outline for Poverty Alleviation and Development of Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas (2011-2020)
— Outline for Poverty Alleviation and Development of Persons with Disabilities in Rural Areas (2011-2020)
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Transmitting and Issuing the Twelfth National Five-year Plan Prepared by the Ministry of Health and Other Departments for Prevention and Control of Endemic Diseases
— Twelfth National Five-year Plan for Prevention and Control of Endemic Diseases
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Adjusting the Constituent Members of the Work Safety Committee of the State Council
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Publishing the List of National Nature Reserves Newly Established in Qingyazhai, Hebei, and in Other 27 Places
— List of Newly Established National Nature Reserves (28 Places in All)
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Division of the Responsibilities for Implementing the Opinions of the State Council on Making Further Efforts to Combat the Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and the Production and Marketing of Fake and Shoddy Goods
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Comprehensive City Plan of Huizhou City
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Demarcation of Administrative Boundaries of Sea Areas Between the Counties of Zhejiang Province
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Demarcation of Administrative Boundaries of Sea Areas Between the Counties of Fujian Province
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Demarcation of Administrative Boundaries of Sea Areas Between the Counties of Shandong Province
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Demarcation of Administrative Boundaries of Sea Areas Between the Counties of Shanghai Municipality
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Demarcation of Administrative Boundaries of Sea Areas Between the Counties of Hebei Province
·Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Demarcation of Administrative Boundaries of Sea Areas Between the Counties of Hainan Province
·Letter of the General Office of the State Council on Approving the Adjustment of the Part-time Members of the National Population and Family Planning Commission
·Circular of the Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development on Printing and Issuing the Interim Measures for Administration of the Central Government Subsidies for Renovation of Dilapidated Houses in Rural Areas
— Interim Measures for Administration of the Central Government Subsidies for Renovation of Dilapidated Houses in Rural Areas
·Circular of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education on Printing and Issuing the Provisions on Administration of Living Costs and Other Benefits for Teachers Sent Abroad by the Government
— Provisions on Administration of Living Costs and Other Benefits for Teachers Sent Abroad by the Government
·Appointments and Removals of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China
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Elizabeth Báthory, The Blood Countess
WORLD HISTORY | February 24, 2019
Elizabeth Báthory. Source: (wikipedia.org)
One of the most infamous female serial killers of all time, Elizabeth Báthory, nicknamed the Blood Countess, was believed by many to be a vampire. Determining where legend ends and actual history begins can be difficult, though, and many have come to speculate whether or not Báthory was actually guilty of the crimes of which she was accused.
Báthory was born in 1560, the daughter of Baron George Báthory and Baroness Anna Báthory who were Protestant nobility. Her family ruled Transylvania, a principality of Hungary, and her uncle, Stephen Báthory, was the king of Poland. She grew up at her family’s castle in Ecséd, Hungary. She was blessed with her looks as well as her social status which allowed her both wealth and education.
Around the age of eleven or twelve, she became engaged to Count Ferenc Nádasdy, also of Hungarian nobility. A year or two later, she gave birth to a daughter from another man. Her fiancé was alleged to have had her lover castrated and ripped apart by dogs, and the child was hidden away. In 1575, at the age of fourteen, Báthory married Nádasdy. Because she outranked him, Nádasdy added the surname Báthory to his name and she did not change hers.
Csejte Castle. Source: (wikimediacommons.org)
After their marriage, the couple moved into Csejte Castle, a wedding gift from the Nádasdy family, which was located in present-day Slovakia. In 1578, Nádasdy became chief commander of the Hungarian army, fighting against the Ottoman empire. As a result, Báthory was left to rule their estates. The couple had four children together between 1585 and 1595, though it was rumored that Báthory had multiple lovers. In 1604, Nádasdy died, leaving Báthory permanently in charge at the age of forty-three.
The rumors had begun two years before Nádasdy’s death, but they grew even more prevalent afterward. It began with the disappearances of peasant girls who had gone to work at Csejte Castle. At first, the rumors claimed that Báthory tortured her servants. After the death of her husband, the rumors of torture escalated to rumors of murder. The rumors were largely ignored until her roster of victims began to include not only servants but also young girls of noble blood sent to the castle to be educated as well as some who may have been kidnapped and brought to the castle.
Bathory appears very youthful. Source: (businessinsider.com)
In 1610, her alleged crimes attracted the attention of Hungarian King Matthias II and he sent Báthory ’s cousin, György Thurzó, the count palatine of Hungary, to investigate the claims. What he uncovered was horrifying. Witnesses claimed Báthory tortured her victims by burning them with hot irons, stuck needles under their fingernails, sewed their lips together, and bit off chunks of their flesh. Later retellings of the story claimed she drank or bathed in the blood of her victims in order to maintain her youthful appearance and it was these claims which led to her association with vampirism. One witness claimed Báthory kept a book with the names of over six hundred of her victims, but such a book has never been found.
Franco Nero as King Matthias II. Source: (ceskatelevize.cz)
In December of 1610, Báthory was arrested along with four of her servants who were accused of participating in her heinous acts. They stood trial in 1611 and three of the servants were convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake. The fourth was sentenced to life imprisonment. Báthory herself did not stand trial but was confined to her room, with its windows bricked up, until her death in 1614 at the age of fifty-four.
Statue of Elizabeth Bathory in modern Cachtice. The church of St Ladislav where she was initially buried is in the background. Source: (historycollection.com)
While the 1611 trial upheld the accusations against Báthory and her servants, modern historians are not convinced of her guilt. There is evidence which suggests that she may have been set up by powerful enemies. King Matthias II had amassed a substantial debt to Nádasdy’s estate. The forgiveness of that debt was a condition of Báthory ’s sentence to house arrest rather than facing the same fate as her servants. Additionally, the false accusations may have been made to allow the throne to seize her land. It is also likely the king felt threatened by her wealth and power, as well as the fact that she ruled without a man at her side. In any case, the king had more than enough motivation and power to pressure witnesses into testifying against her.
Tags: Elizabeth Báthory, the Blood Countess, serial killer, vampire, 1500s, guilty or not guilty
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Salaita
AAUP’s 2015 Volume on Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has published the 2015 edition of its Journal of Academic Freedom. The volume covers a variety of events and issues. Several pieces are on Steven Salaita’s “unhiring.” There’s a piece on the personal ethics of academic freedom, one on the emergence of institutional review boards as threats to academic freedom,..
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APA Protests UIUC Treatment of Salaita
The American Philosophical Association (APA) Board of Officers have written a letter in which they “protest the action of the Chancellor and Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in withdrawing the offer of a tenured position to Professor Steven Salaita.” The Board condemns the actions of these officials based on considerations of free ..
Transcript and Video of Salaita’s Press Conference
The transcript of Steven Salaita’s remarks at today’s press conference is here, and a video of the event, including an introduction by one of his attorneys and comments from several others, is here.
Open Letter on the Damage to UIUC
More than three dozen scheduled talks and multiple conferences across a variety of disciplines – including, for example, this year’s entire colloquium series in the Department of Philosophy – have already been canceled, and more continue to be canceled, as outside speakers have withdrawn in response to the university’s handling of Dr. Salaita’s case…
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Renewed Call to Reinstate Salaita
Kirk Sanders of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign passes along the following:
A group of forty-one Executive Officers and campus leaders from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has released an open letter to Acting Chancellor Barbara J. Wilson and President Timothy Killeen. In the letter, the forty-one chairs, directors, and heads ..
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[Major International News and Event] 100 Days of Protest to Preserve the May 18 Democratic Uprising Site
December 15 marked the 100th day of the marquee protest to preserve the old Jeollanamdo Provincial Office Building, which was the last site of contention during the May 18 Democratic Uprising. That day, the Pan-Citizen Committee for the Preservation of the Old Jeollanamdo Provincial Office Building (the “Committee”) threw a 100th day celebration event to showcase and reaffirm their robust will.
The Committee was organized by Gwangju Metropolitan City, the Metropolitan Council, the educational office, political parties, and civic organizations and exerted its utmost efforts to preserve the old Jeollanamdo Provincial Office Building where traces and trails of contention during the May 18 Democratic Uprising remain. Approximately 10,000 citizens visited the marquee to encourage the protestors and participated in the signature collection campaign. Meanwhile, an exhibition of the May 18 Democratic Uprising is being held in the plaza in front of the annex to the old Jeollanamdo Provincial Office Building, serving as an opportunity for citizens to recall the memories of the days.
In addition, many bullet holes were found in the Jeonil Building, where citizens ran from the old Jeollanamdo Provincial Office Plaza and fountain and hid from the martial force during the May 18 Democratic Uprising. On December 14, the National Institute of Scientific Investigation conducted a supplementary investigation of the bullet holes in the Jeonil Building with Gwangju Metropolitan City and organizations relevant to the May 18 Democratic Uprising participating as observers. Approximately 100 bullet holes, which are believed to have been shot from a helicopter, were found on the tenth floor of the building. Tens bullet holes were found on the pillars, floor, and ceiling. Given the directions of the bullet holes, the institute assumed that the bullets were shot from the old provincial office in the direction of the Geumnamro at a height reachable by a helicopter. This is attracting particular attention, as it is likely to serve as concrete evidence that the gunshots were fired from helicopters, which until now has been based only on witness testimonials and denied by the Army with no official records.
Built as a seven-story building in December 1968, the Jeonil Building now stands as a ten-story building after some expansions and refurbishments. The May 18 Foundation and relevant organizations have called for measures to preserve the building given its historic significance, and this investigation may serve as momentum to encourage the city’s willingness to keep the building.
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(66391) 1999 KW₄
(66391) 1999 KW4
1999 KW4 and its satellite imaged by the Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument[1]
Discovery [2]
Discovery site
Lincoln Lab's ETS
Alternative designations
1999 KW4
Minor planet category
Aten · NEO · PHA [2][3]
Mercury-crosser
Venus-crosser
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc
19.01 yr (6,942 days)
1.0845 AU
Semi-major axis
0.51 yr (188 days)
Mean anomaly
Mean motion
1° 54m 54s / day
38.884°
Longitude of ascending node
Argument of perihelion
Earth MOID
0.0138 AU · 5.4 LD
1.532 km × 1.495 km × 1.347 km[4]
Mean diameter
1.317±0.040 km[4]
(2.49±0.054)×1012 kg[4]
Rotation period
2.7650 h[5]
9.581±0.019 h[6]
Geometric albedo
0.26 (derived)[7]
SMASS = S:[2] · S [7]
Absolute magnitude (H)
16.5[2][7]
(66391) 1999 KW4, provisional designation 1999 KW4, is a binary[8] asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Aten group, approximately 1.3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 May 1999, by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, United States.[3] It is also a Mercury-crosser and the closest known binary system to the Sun with a perihelion of just 0.2 AU.
1 Orbit
2 Physical characteristics
2.1 Satellite
2.2 Diameter and shape
2.3 Lightcurves
3 Numbering and naming
Orbit[]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.2–1.1 AU once every 6.18 months (188 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.69 and an inclination of 39° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] A first precovery was taken by 2MASS at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in 1998, extending the body's observation arc by one year prior to its official discovery observation at Socorro.[3]
As a potentially hazardous asteroid, it has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0138 AU (2,060,000 km) which corresponds to 5.4 lunar distances.[2] On 25 May 2036, it will pass 0.0155 AU (2,320,000 km) from Earth.[9]
Physical characteristics[]
In the SMASS classification, the asteroid a characterized as a S:-type, which fall into the broader type of stony S-type asteroids.[2]
Satellite[]
Simulated animation of the 1999 KW4 binary system
1999 KW4 has a minor-planet moon orbiting it. The moon, designated S/2001 (66391) 1 is approximately 360 metres in diameter, and orbits its primary in every 16 hours at a mean-distance of 2.6 kilometers. The presence of a companion was suggested by photometric observations made by Pravec and Šarounová and was confirmed by radar observations from Arecibo observations and announced on 23 May 2001 (also see below).[5][8]
Diameter and shape[]
Radar images of 1999 KW4 taken at Goldstone
According to radiometric observations from Arecibo Observatory, the asteroid has a mean diameter of 1.317 kilometers.[4] The observations were taken from May 21–23, 2001, by Lance A. M. Benner, Steven J. Ostro, Jon D. Giorgini, Raymond F. Jurgens, Jean-Luc Margot and Michael C. Nolan.[4]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts a diameter of 1.3 kilometers and derives an albedo 0.26 with an absolute magnitude of 16.5.[7]
The shapes of the two bodies and their dynamics are complex.[10] With a dimension of 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.34 kilometers for a simple triaxial ellipsoid, the asteroid has an oblate shape, which is dominated by an equatorial ridge at the body's potential-energy minimum. This bizarre property of the equatorial region means that it is close to breakup: raising a particle a meter above the surface would put it into orbit. As seen in the image at above right, the gravitational effects between the moon and the asteroid create a gigantic mountain extending in the equatorial plane around the entire asteroid. It was the first asteroid to be described as "muffin-shaped",[11] which is now understood to be a very common shape for asteroids in critical rotation,[12] including 101955 Bennu and 162173 Ryugu.
Lightcurves[]
During 19–27 June 2000, a rotational lightcurve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations by Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová at Ondřejov Observatory. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 2.7650 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 magnitude (U=3).[5]
In September 2016, the most recent and poorly determined rotational lightcurve with a period of 9.581±0.019 hours was obtained by the Spanish amateur astronomer group OBAS (U=1).[6]
Numbering and naming[]
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 10 September 2003.[13] As of 2019, it has not been named.[3]
^ "ESO contributes to protecting Earth from dangerous asteroids". European Southern Observatory. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ a b c d e f g h "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 66391 (1999 KW4)" (2017-05-31 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ a b c d "66391 (1999 KW4)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ a b c d e Ostro, Steven. J.; Margot, Jean-Luc; Benner, Lance A. M.; Giorgini, Jon D.; Scheeres, Daniel J.; Fahnestock, Eugene G.; et al. (November 2006). "Radar Imaging of Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4". Science. 314 (5803): 1276–1280. Bibcode:2006Sci...314.1276O. doi:10.1126/science.1133622. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ a b c Pravec, P.; Scheirich, P.; Kusnirák, P.; Sarounová, L.; Mottola, S.; Hahn, G.; et al. (March 2006). "Photometric survey of binary near-Earth asteroids". Icarus. 181 (1): 63–93. Bibcode:2006Icar..181...63P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2005.10.014. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ a b Lozano, Juan; Flores, Angel; Mas, Vicente; Fornas, Gonzalo; Rodrigo, Onofre; Brines, Pedro; et al. (April 2017). "Seven Near-Earth Asteroids at Asteroids Observers (OBAS) - MPPD: 2016 June-November". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 44 (2): 108–111. Bibcode:2017MPBu...44..108L. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ a b c d "LCDB Data for (66391)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ a b Johnston, Robert (20 September 2014). "(66391) 1999 KW4". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ "JPL Close-Approach Data: 66391 (1999 KW4)" (2013-05-09 last obs (arc=14.9 yr)). Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^ NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Asteroid Radar Research, retrieved May 3, 2007
^ CBS News - Scientist: Asteroid To Return In 2036,
^ Jewitt, David; Weaver, Harold; Mutchler, Max; Li, Jing; Agarwal, Jessica; Larson, Stephen (2018). "The Nucleus of Active Asteroid 311P/(2013 P5) PANSTARRS". The Astronomical Journal. 155 (6): 231. arXiv:1804.05897. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aabdee. ISSN 1538-3881.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
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by follers · May 7, 2014
Hurt in 2014, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: William McChord Hurt
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Ethnicity: English, German, Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
William Hurt is an American actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985).
William is the son of Claire Isabel (McGill), who worked at Time, Inc. and Alfred McChord Hurt, a diplomat. His stepfather was Henry Luce III, a son of magazine publisher Henry Luce, of Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune magazines.
William has four children, one with his former partner, Sandra Jennings; two with his former wife, Heidi Henderson; and one with his former partner, French actress, film director, and screenwriter Sandrine Bonnaire. Actress Mary Beth Hurt is his former wife.
William’s paternal grandfather was William Fairleigh Hurt (the son of Napoleon Bonaparte Hurt and Alice Johnston). William’s grandfather William was born in Kentucky. Napoleon was the son of William Hurt and Mary Emma Hitt. Alice was the daughter of William Bear Johnston, who was born in Co. Derry, Ireland, and of Margaret Keturah Mayes, who had Scots-Irish/Northern Irish ancestry.
William’s paternal grandmother was Laura McChord (the daughter of Alfred Hynes McChord and Eunice Harlan). Laura was born in Kentucky. Alfred was the son of Robert Caldwell McChord and Laura Duvall Hynes. Eunice was the daughter of James Lawson Harlan and Letitia/Lettie Maxwell.
William’s maternal grandfather was Frederick G./William McGill (the son of Frederick Aron/Onslow McGill and Sarah Isabel Schooler). William’s grandfather Frederick was born in South Dakota. William’s great-grandfather Frederick was the son of James McGill and Maggie. Sarah was the daughter of Manoah Barber Schooler and Sarah Isabel Ayers.
William’s paternal grandmother Catherine Rogers (the daughter of Alexander Rogers and Isabel Bryden Bulman). Catherine was born in Iowa. Alexander was the son of James Rogers and Martha Sampson.
Sources: Genealogies of William Hurt – http://www.geni.com
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
https://en.geneanet.org
Genealogy of William’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.ancestry.co.uk
Family history and pictures of William’s paternal grandfather, William Fairleigh Hurt, and his family – http://www.oocities.org
Genealogy of William’s paternal great-great-grandmother, Margaret Keturah Mayes (focusing on her mother’s side) – https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Genealogy of William’s paternal great-grandfather, Alfred Hynes McChord – https://old.findagrave.com
Genealogies of William’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Manoah Barber Schooler and Sarah Isabel Ayers – https://old.findagrave.com
Tags: Academy Award for Best ActorEnglishGermanIrishNorthern IrishScots-IrishScottish
I think his paternal great-grandmother Alice Johnston was Scots-Irish: https://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=cw4peterk&id=I023864
his paternal grandmother’s ancestry was fairly Scots-Irish too: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Caldwell-452
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9358742/manoah-barber-schooler
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&m=A&p=william&n=hurt&oc=4&siblings=on¬es=on&t=T&v=6&image=on&marriage=on&full=on
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=haruspex&id=I057582
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/al-mcchord-hurt_108863350
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112970448/alfred-hynes-mcchord
Pictures of Hart family: http://www.oocities.org/heartland/flats/7628/cashurt.htm
He is the step-grandson of Henry Luce, founder of Time magazine, and actress-writer Clare Boothe Luce, through his mother’s marriage to Henry Luce’s son, Henry Luce III.
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Violinist and composer Fiona Pears started performing as a soloist with orchestras at the age of twelve. Now based in both London and New Zealand, she has forged a career as an international soloist and recording artist.
Fiona started the violin at the age of five after hearing a performance by Carl Pini where she fell in love with the sound of the instrument. Her first public performance was at the age of six where she won first prize in a local competition. By the age of twelve she was performing concertos with local orchestras on both piano and violin. Fiona then went on to perform with the New Zealand Secondary Schools Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and the Christchurch Youth Orchestra, where she won two national secondary school music competitions, one in piano and the other in violin. By the time she was eighteen, Fiona had formed an interest in many different kinds of music and started to explore jazz, Gypsy, Latin and Celtic styles. She spent several years playing in a swing jazz group, which recorded for Radio New Zealand and appeared at festivals nationwide.
In her early twenties, Fiona discovered the wonders of composition. This enabled her to combine all the styles of music that she had a passion for and would ultimately lead to her current career, which has seen her record four CDs and two DVDs to date. Her most recent CD, "Fire and Light," is the culmination of her composing career so far, as she wrote twelve of the fourteen tracks and arranged them for band and full orchestra. She took the compositions to the Czech Republic and recorded the CD with the City of Prague Philharmonic.
Since being in the UK, Fiona has composed and arranged the music for her performance with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic orchestra and has gone on to arrange music for recording artists such as Hayley Westenra and The Choirboys. She was also asked to arrange and perform her own version of "Schindler's List," for BBC television and her music videos have been played on Classic FM TV in the UK and Europe.
In recent years Fiona has toured extensively and has performed and recorded with artists such as Dave Dobbyn, Hayley Westenra, Bic Runga and Heather Nova. She has also opened for artists such as Tony Bennett, Ottmar Liebert and the late Victor Bourge.
Fiona's band is a cleverly chosen group of exceptional musicians, including husband and musical director Ian, who have both the ability and the confidence to perform her compositions incorporating various music styles including Celtic, classical, Gypsy and tango with a twist of jazz thrown in.
Fiona Pears: violin, Mike Ferrar: guitar, Ian Tilley: piano, Pete Fleming: bass, Greg Donaldson: drums.
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Phoenix are an alternative rock band from Versailles, France.
The founding members are Thomas Mars, Deck D'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.
Vocalist Thomas Mars, bassist Deck d'Arcy, and guitarist Chris Mazzalai started as a garage band based out of Mars' house in the suburbs of Paris. In 1995, Laurent Brancowitz, Mazzalai's older brother, permanently joined the band on guitar after the end of the short-lived band Darlin' he formed with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (who together became Daft Punk).
The group got their touring start on the French bar circuit doing Hank Williams and Prince covers. Two years later the band took on the name Phoenix and pressed 500 copies of a single on their own label, Ghettoblaster. Shortly after, they were signed to the Paris-based Source Records. Phoenix became well acquainted with labelmates Air when they acted as their backing band on several U.K. TV appearances.
Soon afterwards, Phoenix released their 2000 debut album United. This was followed by Alphabetical (2004), Live! Thirty Days Ago (2005), It's Never Been Like That (2006), and most recently the critically acclaimed Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009).
In early 2009, it was announced that the band was returning with a new album titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which was released on May 25, 2009. The album was recorded in Paris by Cassius's Philippe Zdar who co-produced and mixed the album.
In January 2010 Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Shortly afterwards, "1901" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Alternative Songs chart. Phoenix performed at the Coachella Music Festival 2010, the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival, the 2010 Lollapalooza Music Festival, and the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco.
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How The “Best Interest” Doctrine Fails Our Children
February 14, 2019 /in Child Custody, Child Custody and Support, Children and Divorce, divorce, Parenting /by admin
During divorce, a judge will use a doctrine known as “the best interest of the child” to determine issues such as child custody and visitation of any minor children. It is a subjective, discretionary test, in which all circumstances affecting the child are taken into account. The word discretionary is important because, although states have laws defining what is meant by “best interest” of a child a judge has great leeway in determining the above issues.
For example, in the state of Tennessee custody and visitation provisions state, “In taking into account the child’s best interest, the court shall order a custody arrangement that permits both parents to enjoy the maximum participation possible in the life of the child consistent with the factors set out in subdivisions (a)(1)-(10), the location of the residences of the parents, the child’s need for stability and all other relevant factors.”
Those “other relevant factors” are:
The love, affection and emotional ties existing between the parents or caregivers and the child;
The disposition of the parents or caregivers to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care, education, and other necessary care and the degree to which a parent or caregiver has been the primary caregiver;
The importance of continuity in the child’s life and the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment.
The stability of the family unit of the parents or caregivers;
The mental and physical health of the parents or caregivers;
The home, school and community record of the child;
The reasonable preference of the child, if twelve (12) years of age or older;
Evidence of physical or emotional abuse to the child, to the other parent or to any other person; the court shall include in its decision a written finding of all evidence, and all findings of facts connected to the evidence. In addition, the court shall, where appropriate, refer to any issues of abuse to the juvenile court for further proceedings;
The character and behavior of any other person who resides in or frequents the home of a parent or caregiver and the person’s interactions with the child; and
Each parent’s or caregiver’s past and potential for future performance of parenting responsibilities, including the willingness and ability of each of the parents and caregivers to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing parent-child relationship between the child and both of the child’s parents, consistent with the best interest of the child.
As you can see, the majority of the factors used by a judge to decide custody and visitation arrangements are quite subjective. A judge’s personal feelings and opinions are more than likely what will determine a case, not a true legal standing in family law.
When the application of “best interest of the child” ends up being based on nothing more than judicial discretion it only makes sense that those who argue the need for a new standard in determining these legal issues may be the ones who are, in reality, the only ones concerned with the “best interest of the child.”
The standard is supposed to promote uniformity and take into account the rights of a child to a loving relationship with both parents. Instead, it is often criticized because it is easily manipulated by family court judges. Some who argue against the “best interest” doctrine say that it is nothing more than an excuse for the courts to interfere with private family issues and has little to do with the welfare of children.
Regardless of the broad discretion given to judges and the potential for its abuse the underlying goal of the “best interest” standard in family law shouldn’t be ignored. It is, after all, all we have at this time in family law that attempts to advance the rights and welfare of our children.
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Canadian Forces casualties in Afghanistan
Title: Canadian Forces casualties in Afghanistan
Subject: Timeline of the Canadian Afghan detainee issue, Canadian Afghan detainee issue, Canada's role in the Afghanistan War, Taliban insurgency, Military of Canada
Canadian Forces personnel carry the coffin of a deceased comrade onto an aircraft at Kandahar Air Field, 1 February 2009
The number of Canadian Forces' fatalities resulting from Canadian military activities in Afghanistan is the largest for any single Canadian military mission since the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. A total of 159 Canadian Forces personnel have been killed in the war since 2002.[1]
1 Specifics
2 Statistics
2.1 Fatalities by rank
2.2 Fatalities by cause
3 Notable fatalities
4 Non-fatal casualties
Royal Military College of Canada cadets attend unveiling of Afghanistan Repatriation Memorial, Trenton, Ontario 10 Nov 2012
The first casualties occurred in the Tarnak Farm incident, in which four Canadians were killed and eight seriously wounded when a United States warplane dropped a bomb on a training exercise in the belief that the Canadians were enemy soldiers. The four servicemen were honoured at an event unprecedented in Canada 2002, Skyreach Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, was filled to capacity for a tribute ceremony for the four deceased soldiers that included personal messages from the Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, Prime Minister Jean Chretien, the Chief of Defence Staff, Premier of Alberta and Premier of Manitoba, and the Mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, most of whom also attended the service. Subsequently, deceased soldiers have been honoured by much smaller services. On 9 April 2007, Elizabeth II made reference to all the deceased Canadians in Afghanistan when she rededicated the Vimy Memorial "to their eternal remembrance, to Canada, to all who would serve the cause of freedom, and to those who have lost their lives in Afghanistan."[2] Further, in honour of all those who died during the Afghan mission, the section of Ontario's Highway 401 along which deceased soldiers are carried from Canadian Forces Base Trenton to Toronto after repatriation was named the Highway of Heroes.[3] All those Canadian Forces personnel who are killed during the mission are posthumously awarded the Sacrifice Medal and their spouse or next of kin receive the Memorial Cross.
The first deployed Canadian woman to die in combat was Captain Nichola Goddard, and the death of Anthony Boneca initiated debate around the combat readiness of Canadian reservists, wherein questions were asked not only about the suitability of employing reservists, but also the role of the media in reporting comments by grief-stricken relatives, such as those made by Boneca's partner's father. The suitability of the Iltis vehicle was also questioned heavily following a land mine incident that claimed the lives of Canadian soldiers, leading the military to thereafter acquire Mercedes-Benz G-Class and RG-31 Nyala armoured patrol vehicles.[4]
The first Canadian woman to commit suicide on an overseas deployment was Major Michelle Mendes, an intelligence officer, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds at Kandahar Airfield only a few days after her arrival.[5]
The first gravely injured Canadian soldier to redeploy in Kandahar was Captain Simon Mailloux in November 2009. Capt Mailloux had been gravely injured in November 2007 following an IED incident in the Panjwayi district and his left leg had to be amputated. Two more Canadian soldiers, Corporal Nicholas Beauchamp and Private Michel Levesque, died in the same incident.
Cpl Jacques Larocque
The highest ranking casualty was sustained on 18 May 2010, when Colonel Geoff Parker was killed after a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a NATO convoy during a morning rush hour on the edge of Kabul. 5 U.S. soldiers and 12 Afghan civilians were also killed in this attack.[6]
On November 28 2014, Veterans Affairs Canada attributed Cpl Jacques Larocque's (8 AMS Trenton) death (August 27, 2005) to the Afghanistan mission. On September 21, 2015 the city of Quinte West confirmed they were to add another name to the monument, Cpl Jacques Larocque's name was added on October 16, 2015 as the 159th Canadian solider who died in active service on the Afghan mission.
Fatalities by rank
General Officers (officiers généraux)
Senior Officers (officiers supérieurs)
Colonels 1
Majors 3
Junior Officers (officiers subalternes)
Captains 6
Lieutenants 3
NCM Senior Rank (Rangs supérieurs)
Chief Warrant Officer 1
Master Warrant Officer 1
Warrant Officers 6
Sergeants (17 Sergeants, 1 Petty Officer 2nd Class) 18
NCM Junior Ranks (Rangs subalternes)
Master Corporals 16
Corporals (55 Corporals, 3 Bombardiers) 58
Privates (30 Privates, 10 Troopers, 1 Gunner, 5 Sappers) 46
Fatalities by cause
Enemy action
Explosives 97
Direct fire 22
Suicide attacks 13
Non-enemy action
Friendly-fire 6
Vehicle accidents 6
Helicopter accidents 2
Accidental falls 2
Accidental gunshots 2
Illness 2
Notable fatalities
On 17 May 2006, 26-year-old Captain Nichola Goddard from the 1 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery was killed during operations against insurgents. She was the first Canadian female soldier to die in combat.[7] On 4 September the same year, Olympic athlete Private Mark Anthony Graham from the 1st Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment was killed by a US A-10 Warthog attack aircraft in a friendly fire incident. Dozens of other Canadians were wounded in the incident.[8][9]
Non-fatal casualties
Figures released by DND in January 2011 show that the total number of Canadian soldiers injured and wounded in more than nine years of war reached 1,859 by the end of December 2010.[10] 1,244 of these are listed as NBI (Non battle injuries) and 615 are listed as WIA (wounded in action).
Following a policy change at the beginning of 2010, the Canadian military began to withhold all injury reports, releasing only statistics after the end of a calendar year, citing security reasons.[11]
The Department of National Defence also refuses to disclose the nature or severity of injuries and wounds, as it is an operational secret.[12]
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CASR: Hard Numbers – CF Afghanistan Casualties by Vehicle Type, listed Chronologically (up to 18 Feb 2008)
[1] Cpl Jacques Larocque name officially announced as number 159 to Afghan Memorial
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Title: Northern Greece
Subject: Islam in Greece, Turks of Western Thrace, Thracian language, Turks in Europe, Thessaloniki
Collection: Geography of Greece, Nuts 1 Statistical Regions of Greece, Nuts 1 Statistical Regions of the European Union, Subdivisions of Greece
First-level NUTS regions of Greece:
GR1: Voreia Ellada
GR2: Kentriki Ellada
GR3: Attiki
GR4: Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti
Voreia Ellada (Greek: Βόρεια Ελλάδα), meaning Northern Greece, is a first level NUTS administrative division of Greece created for statistical purposes by the European Union. The NUTS division contains 4 administrative regions: East Macedonia and Thrace, Central Macedonia, West Macedonia, Epirus, with population 3.590.187 inhabitants, according to eurostat data of 2011.[1]
Although this NUTS division is not used by Greece for any administrative purposes, the term "Northern Greece" is widely used to refer mainly to the two northern regions of Macedonia and Thrace; thus the Ministry for Macedonia and Thrace was known as "Ministry for Northern Greece" until 1988. The term may also colloquially incorporate the region of Thessaly (from Kentriki Ellada NUTS division) as well as Epirus.
In linguistics, Northern Greece refers to the areas where the Northern Greek dialect is traditionally spoken, encompassing in addition to the previous regions Central Greece except for Attica, and the North Aegean, except Chios.[2]
Northern Greece statistics
Geographic division
Macedonia[1] West, Central and East Macedonia 2,487,384 Thessaloniki (Salonika) It is the second largest geographical division in Greece by population, after Continental Greece. It is always included in Northern Greece. Greek Macedonians speak a northern Greek dialect.[2]
Thrace[1] Thrace 367,393 Komotini It is always included in Northern Greece, as the eastern portion of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Modern Greek Orthodox Thracians speak a northern Greek dialect, while the Muslim minority inhabiting the region are divided between the Turkish-speaking Western Thrace Turks and the Bulgarian-speaking Pomaks.[2]
Epirus Epirus 357,203 Ioannina It is located in north-western Greece. It is sometimes included in Northern Greece. Epirotes speak a northern dialect.[2]
Thessaly[1] Thessaly 735,410 Larissa It is sometimes included in Central Greece. Thessalians speak a northern dialect.[2]
North Aegean North Aegean 199,603 Mytilene This region is rarely included in Northern Greece, as it is mainly included in the Aegean Islands region. Most people from these islands speak a northern as well as an eastern dialect. That's why they have been historically connected to other Eastern Greeks ("Anatolites" or "Mikrasiates") from Anatolia, along with the Dodecanesian islanders, who speak an eastern dialect.
Wider sense of Northern Greece 4,146,993 Thessaloniki (largest city) 3,947,390 inhabitants without North Aegean islands. Northern Greece in the strict sense (Macedonia, Thrace) includes 2,854,777 inhabitants.
^ a b c d "Population on 1 January by broad age groups and sex - NUTS 3 & 4 regions". eurostat. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 05-12-2012.
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The Crocodile, in Seattle
Last night, I got to go with some friends to see some bands at Seattle's famous "The Crocodile"
Quote: Since 1991, music fans far and wide have recognized the Crocodile as Seattle’s best live music venue.
There is no other spot in the North West with such a storied and beloved past, and no other rock and roll venue that has earned its right to occupy the hearts of so many.
Countless incredible bands played within the walls of Belltown’s much loved living room including: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Cheap Trick, R.E.M., Mudhoney, and Yoko Ono.
The venue’s abrupt closure in December 2007 broke many a heart, and it is safe to say that people felt a piece of Seattle had died. But after months of renovations and reconstruction, the mighty Crocodile reopened in March 2009.
We regularly host a vast range of up & coming local, national and international talent. Hip-hop, rock, electronic, folk, singer/songwriters, metal, punk, and avant-garde. We also serve as a venue for showcases, private events and fundraisers.
We’ve been honored to host Beastie Boys, Ben Gibbard, Macklemore, Zola Jesus, Ben Harper, Alabama Shakes, Jessie Ware, Emile Sandi, Battles, First Aid Kit, Dick Dale, Balkan Beat Box, Gaslight Anthem, Bombay Bicycle Club, Talib Kweli, Gary Clark Jr., The Ting Tings, Alt-J, Cam’Ron, Walking Papers, El Ten Eleven, Toro Y Moi, G-Eazy, Wood Brothers, Death Grips, The Coup, Divine Fits, Ariel Pink, Walking Papers, Hoodie Allen, Tom Morello, Social Distortion, Hadag Nahash, Our Lady Peace, Austra, Black Joe Lewis, Destroyer, Eugene Mirman, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Minus the Bear, Lucero, Black Happy, Thee Oh Sees, Neon Indian, Explosions in the Sky, Grynch, Allen Stone, Wye Oak, The Lonely Forest, Meat Puppets, The Melvins, Doomtree, The Head and the Heart, Cults, Joy Formidable, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Tune-Yards, Starfucker, Thee Satisfaction, Nada Surf, Hieroglyphics, Kulture Shock, and so many more incredible artists.
So this venue, has a Major connection w/ Seattle's music scene, made more famous when Grunge became a national movement thnx to Nirvana and Pearl Jam, among others.
There is artwork
These are the bands I saw last night:
Purr Gato, fronted by two women performing original music with a style I can only describe as "Synth Grunge", featuring a 'keytar'. I liked it enough to purchase a cd
Followed by an R&B/soul/funk band called the Braxmatics, they came with two dancers on stage
But the band we came to see, Dudley Manlove Quartet, a highly popular seattle cover band specializing in covering songs that people don't normaly cover, like Neil Diamond, Billy Joel, Journey, Simple Minds, ABBA, B52's and even A Ha. This is their 19th year. This'll be my fourth time seeing them, they are excellent musicians and have a loyal following.
But when they cover Bowie songs, they are known as Bowievision
RE: The Crocodile, in Seattle
Thanks for the vids, Tusk. The lead singer of the Dudley Manlove Quartet/Bowie Vision has a nice voice and it's a good band.
But quartet???? In CTMEOOY, there are at least 8 people. Does it then become a double quartet??? Are any (humorous) explanations made?
I think it's just a name, not necessarily an account of members.
I don't think the brass section in their promo video, usually accompany them. Probably for promo purposes, although I saw them at the Triple Door too, (Where they will be performing in May), so sometimes for 'special occasion'
The name is derived from the actor, Dudley Manlove,
Quote: Dudley Devere Manlove (June 11, 1914 – April 17, 1996) was an American radio announcer and actor. Manlove had a deep, resonant voice and a full career as an announcer and radio actor. He is also known for his roles in the movies The Creation of the Humanoids and Plan 9 from Outer Space
The Lead singer, Stefan Mitchell, is 'new', first time I've seen him. The previous singer was caught stealing money from the group. I think I heard Stefan has been with them for 2 years.
The two ladies, on second look, might just be the female members of Purr Gato, giving a hand for background vocals. I can't be sure....
(I admit, I watched the one on the left performing most of the set )
They also needed a female voice to help perform "Under Pressure"
The video was taken on a Windows phone, the sound is a lot weaker than it should be, the band sounded great...
I recommend their shows, high energy, entertaining and their audience brings up the energy. Kind of fun to hear songs performed you might not normally hear live
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The International Cryptozoology Society
“Cryptozoological research should be actuated by two major forces: patience and passion.” – Bernard Heuvelmans, 1988.
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The Meaning of Cryptozoology
Who Invented the Term Cryptozoology?
For years, naturally, I would answer the above question with one person’s name: Bernard Heuvelmans. Heuvelmans seemingly promoted the notion that he coined the word, and left it at that. Then, on 24 August 2001, Heuvelmans died, and I wrote an obituary, which found its way as far as the London Times, which propelled notice of his death to the world. Part of what I credited Heuvelmans as accomplishing, as the “Father of Cryptozoology,” was the invention of the word “cryptozoology” itself.
Cryptozoology, which literally means “the study of hidden animals,” is one of the newest life sciences, and certainly one of the most exciting. During the last half-century, interest in sightings and traditions dealing with “monsters” has moved from a shadowy world of travelogues to academic respectability and beyond. In 1955, zoologist Heuvelmans wrote a groundbreaking book in his native French. This now classic opus is On the Track of Unknown Animals. The book was soon reprinted in English and several other languages, becoming an international bestseller with over one million books in print through 1995. Supposedly, the first published use of the word “cryptozoology” was in 1959 when a book by Lucien Blancou was dedicated to “Bernard Heuvelmans, master of cryptozoology.”
But now, thanks to Mark Rollins, an American environmental manager and artist, it has been brought to my attention that the answer to the question, who invented the word “cryptozoology,” is not so simple. Rollins read my eulogy in December 2001, and emailed me that he remembered from Heuvelmans’ book In the Wake of the Sea Serpents, that someone else actually was responsible for “cryptozoology.” I was stunned.
I read In the Wake of the Sea Serpents when it first came out, and have re-read parts, mostly reference background checks, of it for years. But the specific passage Rollins helped me re-discovery had not come to my attention for years. But I found it quickly.
Speaking of two articles on Sea Serpents that Ivan T. Sanderson wrote in 1947 and 1948 which served as catalysts, Heuvelmans then penned this incredible sentence (first American edition, 1968, p. 508): “When he [Sanderson] was still a student he invented the word ‘cryptozoology’, or the science of hidden animals, which I was to coin later, quite unaware that he had already done so.” Intriguingly, Heuvelmans’ 1965 French edition of this book does not contain this paragraph at all.
So, who invented the term “cryptozoology”? Apparently, it was Sanderson first, and then Heuvelmans, much later. Cryptozoologists have a little revising to do in our histories about this.
The Evolving Meaning of “Cryptozoology”
ISC’s Vice President Dr. Roy Mackal has written: “…the term ‘cryptozoology’ seems to me particularly appropriate, coming as it does from the Greek work *kryptos*, meaning ‘hidden.’ ‘unknown,’ ‘secret,’ ‘enigmatic,’ ‘mysterious’; hence literally the study of hidden animals” (Searching for Hidden Animals, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980, p. xi). Dr. Karl Shuker has noted that “cryptozoology” is “literally translated as ‘the study of hidden life’” (The Lost Ark, London: HarperCollins, 1993, p. 11), perhaps giving the idea to the reader that this encompasses plants and other non-animal forms.
This, according to a private 1998 email from Dr. Shuker, is, of course, not what he meant to imply. From my discussions with Richard Greenwell (ISC Sec.) and Bernard Heuvelmans (ISC Pres), as well as with various directors on the old ISC Board, the general feeling is that an important element in the study of hidden animals as envisioned in current cryptozoology is the input of local, native, explorer, and traveler traditions, sightings, tales, legends and folklore of the as-yet unverified animals. It is for this very reason that most, but not all, of the animals under pursuit are large ones.
Also, it should be noted, a general sense among Russian cryptozoologists, especially as communicated through the books of Dmitri Bayanov, is that “cryptozoology” is the study of the evidence for hidden animals. Therefore, not too simply, cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals (whether large or small), to date not formally recognized by what is often termed Western science or formal zoology but supported in some way by testimony (in its broadest definition) from a human being and evidence of their presence.
Word game #2: Cryptid
Another word in cryptozoology that sometimes confuses people is “cryptid” and what a cryptid is. We can specifically point to who coined this word, however. In the Summer 1983 issue of the Newsletter (vol. 2, no. 2, page 10) of The International Society of Cryptozoology (the ISC is a now defunct organization), John E. Wall of Manitoba introduced the term he had invented for cryptozoological animals through a letter to the editor. By the end of the 1990s, it was showing up in dictionaries.
Cryptid denotes an animal of interest to cryptozoology, of course. Cryptids are in the most limited definition, either unknown species of animals or those that are thought to be extinct but which may have survived into modern times and await rediscovery by scientists.
Writing in 1988 in Cryptozoology the journal of the then active ISC, Heuvelmans underscored the aims of cryptozoology:
“Hidden animals with which cryptozoology is concerned, are by definition very incompletely known. To gain more credence, they have to be documented as carefully and exhaustively as possible by a search through the most diverse fields of knowledge. Cryptozoological research thus requires not only a thorough grasp of most of the zoological sciences, including, of course physical anthropology, but also a certain training in such extraneous branches of knowledge as mythology, linguistics, archaeology and history. It will consequently be conducted more extensively in libraries, newspaper morgues, regional archives, museums, art galleries, laboratories, and zoological parks rather than in the field!”
His definition of cryptozoology itself was exacting, for it gives his sense of what a cryptid is: “The Scientific study of hidden animals, i.e., of still unknown animal forms about which only testimonial and circumstantial evidence is available, or material evidence considered insufficient by some!”
Over the last 10 years some have suggested that the science of cryptozoology should be expanded to include many animals as “cryptids,” specifically including the study of out-of-place animals, feral animals, and even animal ghosts and apparitions. Heuvelmans rejected such notions with typical thoroughness, and not a little wry humor:
“Admittedly, a definition need not conform necessarily to the exact etymology of a word. But it is always preferable when it really does so which I carefully endeavored to achieve when I coined the term `cryptozoology`. All the same being a very tolerant person, even in the strict realm of science, I have never prevented anybody from creating new disciplines of zoology quite distinct from cryptozoology. How could I, in any case?
“So, let people who are interested in founding a science of `unexpected animals`, feel free to do so, and if they have a smattering of Greek and are not repelled by jaw breakers they may call it`aprosbletozoology` or `apronoeozoology` or even`anelistozoology`. Let those who would rather be searching for `bizarre animals` create a `paradoozoology`, and those who prefer to go a hunting for `monstrous animals`, or just plain `monsters`, build up a `teratozoology` or more simply a `pelorology`.
“But for heavens sake, let cryptozoology be what it is, and what I meant it to be when I gave it its name over thirty years ago!”
Unfortunately, many of the creatures of most interest to cryptozoologists do not, in themselves, fall under the blanket heading of cryptozoology. Thus, many who are interested in such phenomena as the so-called Beasts of Bodmin and Exmoor (not unknown species but known species albeit in an alien environment) and the Devonshire/Cornwall “devil dogs” (not “animals” or even “animate” in the accepted sense of the word, and thus only of marginal interest to scientific cryptozoologists) think of these creatures as cryptids.
More broadly, then, we do not know whether a cryptid is an unknown species of animal, or a supposedly extinct animal, or a misidentification, or anything more than myth until evidence is gathered and accepted one way or another. Until that proof is found, the supposed animal carries the label cryptid, regardless of the potential outcome and regardless of various debates concerning its true identity. When it is precisely identified, it is no longer a cryptid, because it is no longer hidden.
While Heuvelmans created cryptozoology as a goal-oriented discipline (endeavoring to prove the existence of hidden animals), the fact that some of these cryptids will turn out not to be new species does not invalidate the process by which that conclusion is reached and does not retroactively discard the prior status as a cryptid. For example, the large unknown “Monster” in a local lake is a cryptid until it is caught and shown to be a known species such as an alligator. It is no longer hidden and no longer carries the label cryptid, but that does not mean it never was a cryptid.
An outsider is bound to be confused by a television program or magazine article that highlights reliable eyewitnesses and physical evidence for hairy bipeds or Lake and Sea Monsters, then jumps to a story about phantom dogs or glowing swamp creature. That confusion is understandable. It is often impossible to tell which category an unknown animal actually inhabits until you catch it. Until then, it is a cryptid.
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Lea Lea Little Planet Digital AR Aquarium
Visit a virtual-reality world at Waikiki Aquarium through Sept. 30.
Sep. 20, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Waikīkī Aquarium 2777 Kalākaua Avenue , Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
A temporary exhibit at the Waikiki Aquarium (through Sept. 30) features fun and educational activities, including a magical coloring activity that “comes alive” in a digital aquarium, a futuristic augmented reality (AR) sandbox, and a spray-painting digital graffiti wall.
Daily sessions are at 9 a.m., 11 a.m, 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. The exhibit is to the right of the aquarium's main entrance.
Adults, $8; children, $15; and children ages 3 and under are free.
For details: http://litpla.com/space/litpla_waikiki_aquarium/
Location Waikīkī Aquarium 2777 Kalākaua Avenue , Honolulu, Hawaii 96815 View Map
Date & Time Sep. 30, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sep. 29, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sep. 28, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sep. 27, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sep. 26, 2018 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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National Geographic Set to Debut New Feature Documentary: Cousteau
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Jacques Cousteau gestures at his latest underwater research vessel in Puerto Rico. (Thomas J. Abercrombie/National Geographic Creative)
Feature Documentary to Unveil Never-Before-Seen Footage of Legendary Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau With Exclusive Access to the Cousteau Society Archives
A new documentary created by National Geographic is expected partner two-time Academy Award nominated director Liz Garbus and Oscar-winning producers Dan Cogan and Evan Heyes to highlight the life of Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.
National Geographic made the announcement this week.
From a press release:
Two-time Academy Award-nominated and two-time Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus (“The Farm, Angola USA,” “What Happened, Miss Simone?”) will direct and produce the feature biopic about the world’s most famous ocean explorer, Jacques Cousteau, with Academy Award winner Dan Cogan (“Icarus”) as producer. Academy Award winner Evan Hayes (Free Solo) will also produce under his ACE Content banner.
Cousteau was an inventor, explorer, environmentalist and filmmaker who revolutionized our understanding of the natural world, giving mankind the resources to explore the ocean with the Aqua Lung, the first open-circuit, self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba). An avid conservationist, he also fervently called attention to the consequences of ocean pollution and was a long-time collaborator with the National Geographic Society. He later founded the Cousteau Society, an American nonprofit that produced movies and television series broadcast worldwide. In these, Cousteau took audiences with him on dozens of expeditions, where he guided us below sea level and taught us where to look, how to see and why we must preserve. In 1973, he gave to the Cousteau Society the worldwide, perpetual and exclusive rights to represent his name, likeness and work. The Cousteau Society carries on his missions today all over the planet.
The documentary will offer 4K footage from the Cousteau Society’s archives, a “deep dive” into the life of Cousteau, and will showcase “the man behind some of the world’s most significant contributions to marine conservation.”
“Jacques Cousteau was a conservation pioneer whose advocacy to protect our oceans dovetails perfectly with National Geographic’s core values,” said Carolyn Bernstein, EVP of scripted content and documentary films for National Geographic. “We are honored that the Cousteau Society has entrusted us with this treasure trove of personal footage. Together with Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan and Evan Hayes, we hope to create a fitting tribute to Cousteau’s legacy that will celebrate his life’s work and unparalleled contributions to oceanography.”
“We are excited to work with National Geographic, Liz Garbus and this amazing film team,” said Francine Cousteau, president of the Cousteau Society. “Our goal is to help people understand and appreciate the fragility of life on our water planet. This film will not only honor Jacques’ legacy, but also further our message of conservation.”
Production is expected to begin this spring.
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September 16, 2017 by Peter T Young Leave a Comment
Keōpūolani Baptism
On the arrival of the American missionaries in April 1820, all the chiefs were consulted respecting the expediency of their establishment in the islands. Some of the chiefs seemed to doubt; but Keōpūolani without hesitation approved their proposals. (Memoir)
Keōpūolani welcomed them. As the highest ranking ali‘i of her time, her embracing of Christianity set a crucial seal of approval on the missionaries and their god. (Langlas & Lyon)
Keōpūolani was the daughter of Kīwalaʻo. Kīwalaʻo was the son of Kalaniʻōpuʻu by Kalola (sister of Kahekili.) Her mother was Kekuiapoiwa Liliha, Kīwalaʻo sister. She was aliʻi kapu of nī‘aupi‘o (high-born – offspring of the marriage of a high-born brother and sister or half-brother and half-sister.)
Her ancestors on her mother’s side were ruling chiefs of Maui; her ancestors on her father’s side were the ruling chiefs of the island of Hawai‘i. Keōpūolani’s genealogy traced back to Ulu, who descended from Hulihonua and Keakahulilani, the first man and woman created by the gods.
In the year 1822, while at Honolulu, she was very ill, and her attention seems to have been then first drawn to the instructions of the missionaries. (Anderson)
In May 1823, Keōpūolani and her husband Hoapili expressed a desire to have an instructor connected with them. They selected Taua, a native teacher sent by the church at Huaheine, in company with the Rev. Mr. Ellis, to instruct them and their people in the first principles of the Gospel, and teach them to read and write.
The mission approved, and Taua resided until the death of Keōpūolani. He proved a faithful teacher, and by the blessing of God, we believe, he did much to establish her in the Christian faith. (Memoir)
Keōpūolani requested, as did the king and chiefs, that missionaries might accompany her. As Lahaina had been previously selected for a missionary station, the missionaries were happy to commence their labors there under such auspices. William Richards and Charles Samuel Stewart therefore accompanied her. (Memoir)
On the May 31, 1823, Keōpūolani arrived in Lahaina with Messrs. Richards and Stewart and their families. On their passage, she told them she would be their mother; and indeed she acted the part of a mother ever afterwards.
Immediately on their arrival, she requested them to commence teaching, and said, also, “It is very proper that my sons (meaning the missionaries) be present with me at morning and evening prayers.”
They were always present, sung a hymn in the native language, and when nothing special prevented, addressed through an interpreter the people who were present, when Taua, or the interpreter, concluded the service with prayer.
She spent a principal part of her time every day in learning how to read. and notwithstanding her age, numerous cares, constant company, and various other hindrances, made respectable proficiency.
She was indeed a diligent pupil, seldom weary with study; often spent hours over her little spelling book; and when her teachers rose to leave her, rarely laid it aside, but usually continued studying after they had retired.
She was apparently as diligent in searching for divine truth, as in learning to read, and evidently gave attention to her book, that she might know more of her duty to her Maker. (Memoir)
On the last week in August, Keōpūolani began to be seriously affected by a local indisposition, which soon seemed to relax her whole system, and in her view was a premonition of her approaching death.
On the first day of September, the chiefs began to collect in consequence of her illness. This was agreeable to their universal custom. Whenever a high chief is taken ill, although there may be nothing threatening in his illness, all the chiefs assemble from every part of the islands, and wait the result.
Thus, it was in Keōpūolani’s sickness. Vessels were dispatched to the different islands before there was any occasion for alarm. It was not many days, however, before it was seriously apprehended that the disease would prove fatal. (Memoir)
“They regarded her as a fit subject for baptism, but were unwilling to administer the ordinance without some means of communicating with her and with the people, so that there might be no danger of misunderstanding on so interesting an occasion.”
“They feared lest there should be erroneous impressions as to the place the ordinance held in the Christian system. Happily, Mr. Ellis arrived just in season, and the dying woman was thus publicly acknowledged as a member of the visible church.”
“The king and ail the heads of the nation listened with profound attention to Mr. Ellis’s statement of the grounds on which baptism was administered to the queen …”
“… and when they saw that water was sprinkled on her in the name of God, they said, ‘Surely she is no longer ours. She has given herself to Jesus Christ. We believe she is his, and death will go to dwell with him.’ An hour afterwards, near the close of September 16, 1823, she died.” (Anderson)
Keōpūolani is said to have been the first convert of the missionaries in the islands and the first to receive a Protestant baptism. (Kalanimōku and Boki had previously (1819) been baptized by the French Catholics. Kalanimōku later (1825) joined the Protestant Church, at the same time as Ka‘ahumanu.)
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August 14, 2015 by Peter T Young Leave a Comment
Baptism of Kalanimōku
Three months after Kamehameha’s death, Captain Louis de Freycinet aboard the French ship Uranie, arrived at Kailua. After a stay of only four days, the vessel proceeded to Kawaihae, where Liholiho had gone to consecrate a heiau.
The day after their arrival, several chiefs came on board, among whom were Kalanimōku. Kalanimōku was a grandson of Kekaulike, the king of Maui – he was of the same rank as Kaʻahumanu, Kamehameha’s favorite wife, and Kuakini, the governor of Hawaiʻi (his first cousins.)
In his youth, he had fought in the army of Kiwalaʻo against Kamehameha, but afterwards served under Kamehameha, finally becoming his trusted advisor. And, although at the death of Kamehameha, his widowed wife Kaʻahumanu shared the government with Liholiho, Kalanimōku remained a powerful person. (Yzendoorn)
Kalanimōku had been Kamehameha’s prime minister and treasurer, the adviser on whom the king leaned most heavily. He was a man of great natural ability, both in purely governmental and in business matters. He was liked and respected by foreigners, who learned from experience that they could rely on his word. (Kuykendall)
In 1819, when Captain de Freycinet sailed in, Mde Rose de Saulces de Freycinet, the captain’s wife, described Kalanimōku as “going on board dressed in loin cloth and a European shirt, more dirty than clean.” (Del Piano)
“In a visit which Karaimoku had made the evening before on board of the “Uranie”, the costume of our chaplain attracted his attention; on being informed of the functions of this ecclesiastic …”
“… he told him that for a long time he had desired to be a Christian, and that he prayed him therefore to be pleased to baptize him; that his mother on her death-bed had received this sacrament, and had recommended him to submit himself to this ceremony as soon as he should find opportunity.” (Freycinet; The Friend)
“As the ceremony of his baptism took place on board, with considerable pomp (August 14, 1819,) I must give you some account of it. The King wished to be present, and was accompanied by the Queen (Kaahumanu.) Mr. Jeanneret was ordered to convey their Majesties and the rest of the Royal family on board, in the Captain’s own boat.”
“The King was saluted by eleven guns; his Majesty went below to see them fired. The altar had already been prepared. Mr. Pitt (Kalanimōku) had been above two hours on board;”
“(T)he Abbe de Quelen, our excellent chaplain, not being able to make himself understood by his audience, officiated with the utmost simplicity. Our commander was the godfather, while M Gabert, his secretary, represented the godmother”. (Arago; The Friend)
Chairs were offered to the Princesses, most of whom sat on the deck. The drawing by Arago of the baptism ceremony shows the gathering on the quarter deck.
The quarter deck had been decorated with flags from several countries, and some had been placed over the deck in order that the princesses might find themselves comfortably seated; Kaʻahumanu (and apparently Keōpūolani) was seated on chairs in front of the altar. (There is no apparent symbolism to the flags used of their placement.)
Following the baptism there was a celebration party, “It was truly wonderful to see with what rapidity the bottles of wine and brandy disappeared, so that I had reason to fear that his Majesty would render himself unable to go ashore.”
“Fortunately night was approaching, and Rihoriho expressed a desire to return; but before leaving I had to make him a present of two bottles of brandy, to drink to my health and prosperous voyage; the queen dowager also received some; and each of the assistants following their master’s example, believed himself obliged to ask for some also.” (Freycinet; The Friend)
The following year the American Protestant missionaries arrived, he showed them favor from the very beginning. On December 5, 1826, Kalanimōku with seven others, was admitted by the American missionaries to the full communion of the Christian church.
The American missionaries did not rebaptize him, as they regarded the baptism imparted by the French chaplain a valid one. However, Kalanimōku brought his son to be baptized.
Kalanimōku developed an immediate and sincere liking for the New Englanders. Throughout his life, they turned to him for assistance and their requests invariably met with positive results.
He helped them acquire land, build homes and establish schools; he worked to smooth relations between the missionaries and foreigners. (Del Piano)
Kalanimōku became an ardent student of the missionaries, expressing a strong interest in learning to read and write, as well as acquiring more knowledge of the Protestant religion. Both he and Kaʻahumanu attended the mission school regularly.
“We honored the king, but we loved the cultivated manhood of Kalanimōku. He was the only individual Hawaiian that appeared before us with a full civilized dress.” (Lucy Thurston)
“Kalanimōku was prime minister of the king, and the most powerful executive man in the nation. … Now the great warrior was among us, learning the English alphabet with the docility of a child.”
“He often turned to it, and as often his favorite teacher, Daniel Chamberlain, a son five years of age.” Six years after this Kalanimōku was called into the spirit land. He lived to receive and to love the ‘glad tidings of great joy.’” (Lucy Thurston) (Kalanimōku died February 7, 1827 at Kamakahonu, at Kailua-Kona.)
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Securing Trust and Peace in a Community: Lessons from Nigeria
Posted on 08/11/18
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By Tamami Jeon
"People are taking the law into their own hands," says Osai Ojigho, director for Amnesty International in Nigeria. “The biggest problem,” says human rights activist Sarli Sardou Nana, “is that the perpetrators are not punished. If nobody is being arrested, if nobody is being [prosecuted], then what people think is: I have to defend myself.".
In Nigeria, these sentiments are shared by people from all walks of life – from those working with international non-profit organizations to local villagers and migrant herdsman. The President of the U.S. Institute of Peace noted in a 2016 testimony that “violent extremism is caused in large part by grievances tied to social marginalization, political exclusion, lack of access to justice or resources, and repression or abuse by state and security services in these counties.”
Nigeria leaders in GPF's interfaith campaign gather for the 2018 International
A commentator who runs a strategy firm in Abuja, Nigeria, Mark Amaza, makes this same point:
This failure by the Nigerian government to be an impartial enforcer of law and order is forcing communities to resort to self-protection, and with that, an increase in anarchy.
These expert opinions reflect similar sentiments expressed to the Global Peace Foundation (GPF) Nigeria team by local villagers of all different backgrounds across Kaduna State. It speaks to higher-level issues such as rule of law, due process and the importance of an impartial criminal justice system, which is a process that requires multisector cooperation on both the top and the grassroots level. This kind of situation further underscores the importance of upholding principles and creating social cohesion around shared values for community peace and resilience.
Lack of trust in the System
A recent case that illustrates this was the handling of one singular ordinary criminal act that then escalated into a state-wide emergency in October of 2018.
In Kasuwa Magani, of the Kajuru Local Government Area in Northwestern Kaduna State, one Hausa Muslim man was caught stealing in the market. The local native villagers caught him and almost beat him to death primarily because they felt that if they did not hold him to account, he would not face the repercussions of his criminal actions. In short, they felt the need to take the law into their own hands.
With this incident, the people from his tribe and religion felt that their own group was under attack, and so a few took revenge on the natives, who were primarily Christians, that beat the man. That then escalated to a point where, according to the official reports, over 60 people were killed. Yet, the violence did not end there.
These incidents created tension across the entire state. This convinced the state governor to visit the people, and they requested that the local traditional ruler accompany him on his visits. On his way back from the visits, tragedy would strike again. The traditional ruler, his wife and two others were kidnapped and some of those with him were killed. The kidnappers asked for ransom, but killed the traditional ruler even after the ransom had been paid.
With this, the whole of Kaduna State was in an intensely tense situation. A state-wide curfew was announced.
Looking back, we can see that all of this could have been avoided if that first criminal act in the market was handled properly with security agencies at the local level. If the people had confidence in the criminal justice system, all that pain, bloodshed and terror across Kaduna State could have been avoided. Moreover, the conflict quickly escalated from one man’s criminal actions into a tribal and religious conflict, with a marked rise in tensions between religious and tribal groups.
Muslims and Christians pray together during the latest One Family under God gathering in Jaba Chiefdom of Southern Kaduna
On the Importance of Third Parties
On the other hand, there are clear examples where simple but important kinds of engagement between community leaders and security agencies can address, prevent and de-escalate tensions in effective ways.
In 2016 and 2017, Southern Kaduna had experienced intense bouts of violence between Fulani herdsmen and native farmers. Yet with the establishment of the Southern Kaduna Peace and Reconciliation Committee (SKPRC) there was a remarkable abatement of violence in Southern Kaduna. The reduction in tension was so effective that in 2018, with a serious escalation of violence in the neighboring Plateau State, a large number of Fulani herders began migrating to Kaduna for fear of violent reprisals in their home state. For them, Kaduna was a much more accommodating place than Plateau.
During this period of migration, one Fulani herder ran their cattle through some natives’ farmlands, damaging crops and property. This raised tensions immediately and the natives apprehended the herders and would not allow them to leave. When this happened, this information was quickly passed to the representative of SKPRC in the local community.
Paramount Ruler of Jaba Chiefdom, His Royal Highness, Dr. Danladi Gyet Maude
participates in the latest interfaith gathering in Nigeria
This representative then spoke with both sides, consulted with the SKPRC leaders and, in a matter of hours, was able to work out a peaceful resolution between both parties. Because the SKPRC included both Fulani and native leaders and because they were “moral” rather than legal authorities, the judgments were considered fair and not in any way biased by both parties.
This was all implemented and resolved in a matter of hours. After the consultations, the herdsman paid compensation for the damages, and the herders were freed to go on their way.
This incident can be placed in stark contrast to what would have happened before the establishment and engagement of the SKPRC in the region. Previously, the native farmers would have likely killed the Fulani herdsman and taken his cattle in compensation for the damaged crops. This, in turn, would have caused the Fulani militia to enact a reprisal attack and the cycle of violence would have ensued.
This time, however, with the SKPRC in place, there was a safe place for disputes to be quickly resolved, with a neutral third-party facilitating dialogue and discussion. It is important to note that GPF was able to facilitate all this because of the track record they had built as a trusted, neutral third party in their own right. GPF Nigeria Country Director, John Oko commented, “This is the key to being effective in this kind of work – neutrality. To really address the issues between parties in conflict, it is always necessary to have this kind of neutral third-party.”
With the guiding vision of One Family Under God, GPF worked with local stakeholders to establish this SKPRC and the committee has been building its own track record to become not only a place to resolve conflicts but also a place to share best practices and advance community development.
Working for Global Peace: Lessons for the Korean Peacebuilding Process
Lessons from Nigeria can be gleaned and used for challenges facing other, distant countries, like the Korean peninsula.
One critical lesson would be the importance of a neutral, fair third party that can help build trust between those in the North and the South. GPF has long pushed to involve Mongolia as a potentially significant player in the peacebuilding process, for the simple but crucial fact that it has favorable relations with both North and South Korea. Taken together with Mongolia’s recent history as a nation that was able to peacefully transition from communism to democracy puts it in a unique position to facilitate the peaceful process of Korean reunification.
Another lesson we find—time and time again—is on the importance of everyday, grassroots, people-to-people interactions and relationships. Even with higher level agreements, the local community is where peace needs to truly take hold. After all, if there is no people-to-people interaction between everyday citizens, the people will not be able to build confidence, trust and social cohesion between the two unfortunately very different societies of the divided Korean family.
As owners of the vision of “One Family Under God,” we work to build models that demonstrate the efficacy of the vision in local contexts. In Nigeria, we are learning essential lessons about peace and, essentially, nation-building. We hope to continue learning and improving upon these lessons to be able to share them with our global family. Through this, we hope to spread the transformative culture of One Family Under God to every community around the world.
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Gilead announces new Grant Programs supporting Investigator-Sponsored Research in Liver Diseases
Funding will Support Research to Advance Scientific Understanding and Improve Patient Care in Viral Hepatitis, Co-Infection, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced the launch of five new global grants programs to continue to support investigator-sponsored research in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV), HCV and HIV co-infection, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). The programs will accept applications from around the world for projects that seek to address pressing unmet patient needs in liver disease, including improving screening and linkage to care, simplifying HCV testing and treatment, developing innovative referral pathways to help patients with NASH access care, addressing gaps in HBV care for special populations and understanding PSC epidemiology.
“It takes more than medicine alone to improve the lives of people living with liver diseases. In HCV, understanding optimal ways to simplify testing and treatment is critical to reaching diverse populations living with the disease. People living with NASH need to access earlier diagnoses and clearer referral pathways to help them access care,” said Bill Guyer, Senior Vice President, Head of Medical Affairs, Gilead Sciences. “Gilead is proud to support investigator-sponsored research areas across liver diseases, which we believe can help broaden understanding of how to manage these diseases and help patients be appropriately linked to care.”
The new grant programs are:
HCV STAT (Simplification and Test and Treat Strategies toward HCV Elimination)
This program will fund approximately fifteen projects with a total commitment of US $10M focused on simplifying HCV care delivery and implementing test and treat strategies to overcome barriers to patient care. Applications will be accepted from April 11 to June 30, 2019.
STAT is the latest addition to the LEGA-C platform, “Local Elimination Programs Leading to Global Action in HCV” and includes the ongoing programs CITE, SCALE, CHIME, and NoCo. To date, Gilead has committed $50M to support 79 elimination projects around the world through LEGA-C.
HIV/HCV NoCo (NoCo-Infection)
In the third installment of NoCo, this program will fund approximately six to eight projects with a total commitment of US $3M focused on investigating strategies to link patients living with HCV and HIV co-infection to HCV treatment. Applications will be accepted from May 1 to June 14, 2019.
NASH Models of Care
This program will fund approximately eight to ten projects with a total commitment of US $4M focused on investigating care pathways between multidisciplinary providers for screening, identifying, and helping to refer high-risk patients living with NASH to appropriate medical care. Applications will be accepted from June 3 to July 15, 2019.
HBV CARE (Linkage to CARe & Epidemiology in Special Populations)
This program will fund approximately six projects with a total commitment of US $1M focused onimproving linkage to care among underserved population andanalyzingor identifying data gaps inHBV epidemiology in specific demographics or geographies. Applications will be accepted from August 1 to September 15, 2019.
PSC PACE (PrimAry Sclerosing Cholangitis Epidemiology)
This program will fund up to five projects with a total commitment of US $1M focused on identifying gaps in PSC epidemiology data and improving understanding of the cascade of care. Applications will be accepted from September 16 to October 11, 2019.
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Writing better fiction with Syd Field’s three-act screenplay structure
17 April 2015 Jim Nelson Leave a comment
Syd Field
If you’re a writer, consider if this sounds familiar:
An idea snaps into your head—a character, a situation, a setup, a name—and you dive in, pumping out a promising first chapter in no time at all. You clean it up and bring it in to a workshop or writing group. You get some input and take away some praise and criticism. Back at home you move on to the second chapter, and the third, and then…kaput. You’re out of gas. You make a couple of aborted attempts to keep at it, but it’s just not in you.
Months later you pick up the manuscript, tinker with it, and slide it back in the drawer. And that’s the end of your novel.
The frustration goes beyond hard work being “wasted.” (I don’t think any writing is a waste, it’s merely practice for the next round of writing.) No, the frustration is the hollow feeling that, with just a little more inspiration or skill, you could’ve pushed on and completed that novel. The frustration is the suspicion that, with just a little more planning, you would have a clear path forward.
I’ve not outlined or plotted every story I’ve written. I’ve completed a few stories without any serious planning at all that I would say I’m proud of. I might even say they’re “successful.” But I also know how many failed and false starts I’ve accumulated, a frustrating pile of corpses that simply didn’t pan out. I started thinking about how to outline a story and realized I didn’t have a definite idea of how to do it. I had a couple of notions, but nothing concrete.
Some time ago, when I was first coming to grips with how to write fiction—especially longer forms—I grew interested in the three-act structure screenwriters use. It’s a form Hollywood follows slavishly. Books on screenplay writing are almost entirely devoted to the structure, going deep into the mechanics and timing (that is, the page count) of each act. They detail what questions must be posed in each act and when those question should be answered, even breaking down each act into smaller subunits. It’s much more rigorous than anything I’ve seen in the world of fiction or poetry (which has an encyclopedia’s worth of its own forms).
My experience has been that fiction writers disdain the three-act screenplay structure. Actually, most disdain any manner of plotting or outlining, usually while murmuring something about “plot-driven fiction.” For them, the three-act structure isn’t a revelation, it’s the reason for all the pandering crap Hollywood churns out year after year. Others seem to have the attitude that outlining a novel is somehow “cheating.”
I’ve taken a fair number of playwriting classes and workshops. In them I was struck how theater, just like filmmaking, emphasizes structure over any other craft element. We found structure laced through plays as diverse as A Raisin in the Sun, Glengarry Glen Ross, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Noises Off, Cloud 9, and Fences—brilliant work, all of it, and nothing I would call “pandering crap.” But it’s right there on the page: structure, structure, and more structure.
The Headlight Method
Between all the fiction classes, workshops, writing groups, and how-to books I’ve read, it’s rare to find anything approaching screenwriting’s or theater’s level of emphasis on narrative structure. When I have, it’s usually a method for writing thrillers or “guaranteed” bestsellers, something to the effect of putting the character into deeper and deeper holes and forcing him or her to make harder and harder choices. Oh, and be sure to end each chapter with a cliffhanger. In the case of romance novels, structure is defined in terms of the types of motivations and the types of problems the characters will face. Others argue that most (or all) proper stories follow the Hero’s Journey, although I find that dubious, especially looking back on the literature of the last one hundred years. These are not the kinds of narrative structures I’m talking about.
The only vanilla structure I’ve seen consistently taught in fiction is the classic rising and falling action cliff ledge (also known as Freytag’s Pyramid). There’s tons of criticism of the pyramid out there. For my purposes, I ask if rising/falling action is an organizing principle or an observation. There’s a difference between a cake recipe and a photo of a finished cake sliced in half. In my mind, the cliff ledge is that photo.
Inevitably when discussing fiction and structure or outlining, E. L. Doctorow’s maxim makes an entrance:
Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as the headlights, but you make the whole trip that way.
Like opening a story with weather, this quote has become another scrap of writing lore, that body of accepted thought on the shall’s and shall-not’s of writing fiction. But reread that quote. Doctorow isn’t advocating structureless fiction or railing against the idea of outlining a story. All he’s saying is, you’re not going to know every little detail about a book before you start writing it. Even if you can only see as far as the headlight beams, there’s nothing wrong with having a map handy before you set out on your trip.
Last year I got serious about understanding how screenwriters craft a three-act movie script. In the process of researching the topic I molded the three-act screenplay structure into a form geared for fiction (novels and short stories) rather than movies. This process produces a rough guide for your story, disposable, and nothing more. I’ve applied it on a number of projects and found myself surprised at the results. And, yes, my writing has improved for it.
There’s countless guides, how-to’s, manuals, videos, and seminars on successful screenwriting. Syd Field’s Screenplay is, as I understand it, the Bible on the subject. First published in 1979, Field articulated his three-act structure (he calls it “the paradigm”) as a framework for telling a visual story via a series of scenes. Like literary theorists from Aristotle onward, Field recognized that most stories are built from roughly similar narrative architectures, no matter their subject or setting. In Screenplay he set out to diagram that architecture and explain how it applied to film.
Although Screenplay is the Genesis document, I recommend his Screenwriter’s Workbook (1984). It picks up where Screenplay left off, detailing discoveries and new thinking on his three-act structure. Syd Field made a lifetime career out of teaching people how to write movies; these two books are where he started.
Not everything Field discusses directly corresponds to fiction. Film is a different medium, after all. What I’ve tried to do is pare down and re-shape his three-act structure into something more appropriate for writing novels and, to a lesser degree, short stories. I’ve used this modified paradigm to write a four-page story (“The Last Man in San Francisco”), to revise a long novel that I thought was dead and lost (Edward Teller Dreams of Barbecuing People), and now a new novel (tentatively titled Bridge Daughter).
Let me be clear: this is not a robotic recipe for writing fiction. Syd Field did not lay out a formula for writing blockbuster movies, nor am I laying out a formula for fiction, bestselling or otherwise. This isn’t telling you how to write, it’s suggesting a creative process to engage with before you write. Basketball players take practice shots before a game; artists rough out ideas in their sketchpad before approaching the canvas; musicians practice their set before going into the recording studio. What I’m suggesting is for you to get some basic ideas about your story out of your head and on paper before you start writing.
Part two: “The paradigm”
Published 17 April 2015 by Jim Nelson. Last edited 25 October 2016 .
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Rexford Industrial Announces Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2016 Financial Results
Company Release - 2/16/2017 4:05 PM ET
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
- Net Income of $0.10 per Diluted Share for Fourth Quarter 2016 -
- Fourth Quarter 2016 Core FFO of $0.23 per Diluted Share -
- Same Property Portfolio NOI Up 9.1% Compared to Fourth Quarter 2015 -
- Stabilized Same Property Portfolio Occupancy at 96.9%, Up 360 Basis Points Year-Over-Year -
- Introduces Core FFO 2017 Guidance Range of $0.91 to $0.94 per diluted share -
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the "Company" or "Rexford Industrial") (NYSE: REXR), a real estate investment trust ("REIT") that specializes in acquiring, owning and operating industrial properties located in Southern California infill markets, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2016.
Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial and Operational Highlights:
Net income attributable to common stockholders of $0.10 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2016.
Core Funds From Operations (FFO) of $0.23 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. Adjusting for non-core expenses, FFO was $0.23 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2016.
Total fourth quarter rental revenues of $34.4 million, which represents an increase of 32.2% year-over-year. Property Net Operating Income (NOI) of $25.3 million, which represents an increase of 33.6% year-over-year.
Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 9.1% in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, driven by a 7.8% increase in Same Property Portfolio total rental revenue and a 4.6% increase in Same Property Portfolio operating expenses. Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 9.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.
Signed new and renewal leases totaling 764,682 rentable square feet. Rental rates on new and renewal leases were 16.1% higher than prior rents on a GAAP basis and 5.9% higher on a cash basis.
Stabilized Same Property Portfolio occupancy was 96.9%, which represents an increase of 360 basis points year-over-year. Same Property Portfolio occupancy was 96.1%, which represents an increase of 310 basis points year-over-year.
At December 31, 2016, the consolidated portfolio including repositioning assets was 91.8% leased and 91.7% occupied, which represents an increase in occupancy of 250 basis points year-over-year. At December 31, 2016, the consolidated portfolio, excluding repositioning assets aggregating 794,647 rentable square feet, was 97.0% leased and 96.8% occupied.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company acquired four industrial properties for an aggregate purchase price of $60.2 million. For the full year, the Company acquired 20 properties for an aggregate purchase price of $371.7 million.
During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company sold two industrial properties for an aggregate sales price of $19.0 million. For the full year, the Company sold five industrial properties for an aggregate sales price of $40.7 million
"We are pleased with our strong fourth quarter and full year 2016 results, which included a 360 basis point year-over-year increase in Stabilized Same Property Portfolio occupancy to 96.9% and a 9.1% increase in Same Property NOI over the prior year period," stated Michael Frankel and Howard Schwimmer, Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company. "We continued to execute on our growth initiatives during 2016, acquiring nearly $372 million of high-quality and accretive investments, adding another 3.4 million square feet to our best-in-class industrial portfolio. We believe our Company is exceptionally well-positioned to capitalize upon the strong organic growth embedded within our portfolio as we complete and lease-up our value-add repositioning spaces and continue to drive strong re-leasing spreads, supported by historically high market occupancy and a scarcity of available product for lease. We see a substantial runway ahead to deploy our value-driven internal and external growth strategies to generate favorable FFO per share growth and shareholder value."
Financial Results:
The Company reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $6.9 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2016, as compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $0.9 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2015.
The Company reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $22.8 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2016, as compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $1.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2015. Net income for the year ended December 31, 2016, included $17.4 million of gains on sale of real estate, for which there was no comparable amount for the year ended December 31, 2015.
The Company reported Company share of Core FFO of $15.0 million, or $0.23 per diluted share of common stock, for the three months ended December 31, 2016, as compared to Company share of Core FFO of $11.9 million, or $0.21 per diluted share of common stock, for the three months ended December 31, 2015. Adjusting for net non-core expenses and reimbursements ($0.0 million reported during the fourth quarter of 2016 and $0.5 million reported during the fourth quarter of 2015), Company share of FFO was $15.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted share of common stock, as compared to Company share of FFO of $11.4 million, or $0.21 per diluted share of common stock, for the three months ended December 31, 2015.
The Company reported Company share of Core FFO of $55.2 million, or $0.88 per diluted share of common stock, for the year ended December 31, 2016, as compared to Company share of Core FFO of $44.2 million, or $0.82 per diluted share of common stock, for the year ended December 31, 2015. Adjusting for non-core expenses ($0.8 million reported during the year ended December 31, 2016, and $2.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2015), Company share of FFO was $54.4 million, or $0.86 per diluted share of common stock, as compared to Company share of FFO of $41.9 million, or $0.77 per diluted share of common stock, for the year ended December 31, 2015.
For the three months ended December 31, 2016, the Company's Same Property Portfolio NOI increased 9.1% compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, driven by a 7.8% increase in Same Property Portfolio total rental revenue, and a 4.6% increase in Same Property Portfolio expenses. Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI increased 9.1% compared to the fourth quarter 2015.
Operating Results:
In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company signed 98 new and renewal leases in its consolidated portfolio, totaling 764,682 rentable square feet. Average rental rates on comparable new and renewal leases were up 16.1% on a GAAP basis and up 5.9% on a cash basis. The Company signed 48 new leases for 401,081 rentable square feet, with GAAP rents up 18.0% compared to the prior in-place leases. The Company signed 50 renewal leases for 363,601 rentable square feet, with GAAP rents up 15.5% compared to the prior in-place leases. For the 48 new leases, cash rents were up 9.0%, and for the 50 renewal leases, cash rents were up 5.0%, compared to the ending cash rents for the prior leases.
The Company has included in a supplemental information package the detailed results and operating statistics that reflect the activities of the Company for the three months ended December 31, 2016. See below for information regarding the supplemental information package.
Transaction Activity:
In the fourth quarter 2016, the Company acquired four industrial properties, for an aggregate purchase price of $60.2 million, as detailed below.
In October 2016, the Company acquired 3927 Oceanic Drive, an industrial building containing 54,740 square feet in the North San Diego submarket for $7.2 million, or approximately $132 per square foot.
In November 2016, the Company acquired 301-445 N. Figueroa Street, a multi-tenant industrial building containing 133,925 square feet in the Los Angeles South Bay submarket for $13.0 million, or approximately $97 per square foot.
In December 2016, the Company acquired 12320 4th Street, a two-building industrial property containing 284,676 square feet in the Inland Empire West submarket, for $24.4 million, or approximately $86 per square foot.
In December 2016, the Company acquired 9190 Activity Road, an industrial facility in the Central San Diego submarket for $15.6 million, or approximately $186 per square foot.
In November 2016, the Company sold 2343-22349 La Palma Avenue, a four-building industrial property containing 115,760 square feet in the North Orange County submarket for $17.0 million, or approximately $147 per square foot.
In November 2016, the Company sold 331 East 157th Street, an industrial building containing 12,000 square feet in the Los Angeles South Bay submarket for $1.98 million, or approximately $165 per square foot.
Balance Sheet:
As of December 31, 2016, the Company had $502.5 million of outstanding debt, with an average interest rate of 3.291% and an average term-to-maturity of 5.3 years. As of December 31, 2016, approximately $277 million, or 55%, of the Company's outstanding debt was fixed-rate with an average interest rate of 3.92% and an average term-to-maturity of 4.8 years. The remaining $225 million, or 45%, of the Company's outstanding debt was floating-rate, with an average interest rate of LIBOR + 1.75% and an average term-to-maturity of 6.0 years. During 2016, the Company executed two interest rate swaps to hedge the remaining $225 million of floating-rate debt beginning in 2018 when the swaps become effective. If these two interest rate swaps were effective as of December 31, 2016, then 100% of the Company's debt would be effectively fixed.
The Company is introducing its full year 2017 guidance for Company share of Core FFO at a range of $0.91 to $0.94 per diluted share of common stock. This Core FFO guidance refers only to the Company's in-place portfolio as of January 1, 2017, and does not include any assumptions for acquisitions, dispositions or balance sheet activities that may or may not occur later during the year. Full year guidance assumes the following: year-end Same Property Portfolio occupancy within a range of 93% to 95%, year-end Stabilized Same Property Portfolio occupancy within a range of 96% to 98%, Same Property Portfolio NOI growth for the year of 6% to 8% and general & administrative expenses of $20.0 million to $20.5 million.
The Company does not provide a reconciliation for its guidance range of Core FFO per diluted share to net income attributable to common stockholders per diluted share, the most directly comparable forward-looking GAAP financial measure, because it is impractical to provide a meaningful or accurate estimation of reconciling items and the information is not available without unreasonable effort. This is due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and/or amount of various items that would impact net income available to common stockholders per diluted share, including, for example, acquisition costs, gains on sales of depreciable real estate and other items that have not yet occurred and are out of the Company's control. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information and believes that providing a reconciliation for its guidance range of Core FFO per diluted share would imply a degree of precision as to its forward-looking net income available to common stockholders per diluted share that would be confusing or misleading to investors.
Dividend:
On February 14, 2017, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.145 per share for the first quarter of 2017, payable in cash on April 17, 2017, to common stockholders and common unit holders of record as of March 31, 2017. On February 14, 2017, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.36719 per share payable to its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred stockholders, payable in cash on March 31, 2017, to stockholders of record as of March 15, 2017.
Details regarding these results can be found in the Company's supplemental financial package available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.rexfordindustrial.com/corporateprofile.aspx?iid=4391243.
Earnings Release, Investor Conference Webcast and Conference Call:
The Company will host a webcast and conference call on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review fourth quarter and full year results and discuss recent events. The live webcast will be available on the Company's investor relations website at ir.rexfordindustrial.com. To participate in the call, please dial 877-407-0789 (domestic) or 201-689-8562 (international). A replay of the conference call will be available through March 16, 2017, by dialing 877-870-5176 (domestic) or 858-384-5517 (international) and entering the pass code 13653549.
About Rexford Industrial:
Rexford Industrial is a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating industrial properties in Southern California infill markets. The Company owns 136 properties with approximately 15.0 million rentable square feet and manages an additional 19 properties with approximately 1.2 million rentable square feet.
For additional information, visit www.rexfordindustrial.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," or "potential" or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. While forward-looking statements reflect the Company's good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, they are not guarantees of future performance. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause the Company's future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the reports and other filings by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes.
Definitions / Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
Funds from Operations (FFO): We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"). FFO represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from sales of depreciable operating property, impairment losses, real estate related depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of deferred financing costs) and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Management uses FFO as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate related depreciation and amortization, gains and losses from property dispositions, other than temporary impairments of unconsolidated real estate entities, and impairment on our investment in real estate, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that, as a widely recognized measure of performance used by other REITs, FFO may be used by investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because FFO excludes depreciation and amortization and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effects and could materially impact our results from operations, the utility of FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate or interpret FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition as we do, and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to such other REITs' FFO. FFO should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, and is not indicative of funds available for our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends. FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. A reconciliation of net income, the nearest GAAP equivalent, to FFO is set forth below.
Core Funds from Operations (Core FFO): We calculate Core FFO by adjusting FFO to exclude the impact of certain items that we do not consider reflective of our core revenue or expense streams. These adjustments consist of acquisition expenses and legal expenses or reimbursements related to prior litigation. For more information on prior litigation, see Item 3. Legal Proceedings in our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Management believes that Core FFO is a useful supplemental measure as it provides a more meaningful and consistent comparison of operating performance and allows investors to more easily compare the Company's operating results. Because certain of these adjustments have a real economic impact on our financial condition and results from operations, the utility of Core FFO as a measure of our performance is limited. Other REITs may not calculate Core FFO in a consistent manner. Accordingly, our Core FFO may not be comparable to other REITs' Core FFO. Core FFO should be considered only as a supplement to net income computed in accordance with GAAP as a measure of our performance. A reconciliation of FFO to Core FFO is set forth below.
Net Operating Income (NOI): NOI is a non-GAAP measure, which includes the revenue and expense directly attributable to our real estate properties. NOI is calculated as total revenue from real estate operations including i) rental revenues, ii) tenant reimbursements and iii) other income less property expenses (before interest expense, depreciation and amortization). We use NOI as a supplemental performance measure because, in excluding real estate depreciation and amortization expense and gains (or losses) from property dispositions, it provides a performance measure that, when compared year over year, captures trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs. We also believe that NOI will be useful to investors as a basis to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs. However, because NOI excludes depreciation and amortization expense and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, nor the level of capital expenditures and leasing commissions necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties (all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our results from operations), the utility of NOI as a measure of our performance is limited. Other equity REITs may not calculate NOI in a similar manner and, accordingly, our NOI may not be comparable to such other REITs' NOI. Accordingly, NOI should be considered only as a supplement to net income as a measure of our performance. NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs.
NOI should not be used as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities in accordance with GAAP. We use NOI to help evaluate the performance of the Company as a whole, as well as the performance of our Same Property Portfolio. A calculation of NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, as well as a reconciliation of NOI for our Same Property Portfolio to net income, is set forth below.
Cash NOI: Cash NOI is a non-GAAP measure, which we calculate by adding or subtracting from NOI i) fair value lease revenue and ii) straight-line rent adjustments. We use Cash NOI, together with NOI, as a supplemental performance measure. Cash NOI should not be used as a measure of our liquidity, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs. Cash NOI should not be used as a substitute for cash flow from operating activities computed in accordance with GAAP. We use Cash NOI to help evaluate the performance of the Company as a whole, as well as the performance of our Same Property Portfolio. A calculation of Cash NOI for our Same Property Portfolio, as well as a reconciliation of Cash NOI for our Same Property Portfolio to net income, is set forth below.
Same Property Portfolio: Our Same Property Portfolio is a subset of our consolidated portfolio and includes properties that were wholly-owned by us as of January 1, 2015, and still owned by us as of December 31, 2016. Therefore, we excluded from our Same Properties Portfolio any properties that were acquired or sold during the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016. The Company's computation of same property performance may not be comparable to other REITs.
Stabilized Same Property Portfolio: Our Stabilized Same Property Portfolio represents the properties included in our Same Property Portfolio, adjusted to exclude space at properties that were in various stages of repositioning (defined below) or lease-up in connection with a completed repositioning. As of December 31, 2016, space aggregating 73,366 rentable square feet at three of our Same Property Portfolio properties were in various stages of repositioning or lease-up in connection with a completed repositioning.
Properties and Space Under Repositioning: Typically defined as properties or units where a significant amount of space is held vacant in order to implement capital improvements that improve the functionality (not including basic refurbishments, i.e., paint and carpet), cash flow and value of that space. We define a significant amount of space in a building as the lower of (i) 20,000 square feet of space or (ii) 50% of a building's square footage. Typically, we would include properties or space where the repositioning and lease-up time frame is estimated to be greater than six months. A repositioning is considered complete once the investment is fully or nearly fully deployed and the property is marketable for leasing. We consider a property to be stabilized once it reaches 95% occupancy.
Stephen Swett
424 256 2153 ext 401
investorrelations@rexfordindustrial.com
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
(In thousands except share data)
Buildings and improvements
Tenant improvements
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
Construction in progress
Total real estate held for investment
Investments in real estate, net
Notes receivable
Rents and other receivables, net
Deferred rent receivable, net
Deferred leasing costs, net
Deferred loan costs, net
Acquired lease intangible assets, net
Acquired indefinite-lived intangible
Interest rate swap asset
Investment in unconsolidated real estate entities
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Notes payable
Interest rate swap liability
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
Dividends payable
Acquired lease intangible liabilities, net
Tenant security deposits
Prepaid rents
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 5.875% series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 3,600,000 and zero shares outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively ($90,000 liquidation preference)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value 490,000,000 shares authorized and 66,454,375 and 55,598,684 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively
Cumulative distributions in excess of earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Total stockholders' equity
Noncontrolling interests
Total Liabilities and Equity
(Unaudited and in thousands, except per share data)
Year Ended
RENTAL REVENUES
Tenant reimbursements
TOTAL RENTAL REVENUES
Management, leasing and development services
Property expenses
OTHER EXPENSES
TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES
Equity in income from unconsolidated real estate entities
Gain from early repayment of note receivable
Loss on extinguishment of debt
Gains on sale of real estate
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO REXFORD INDUSTRIAL REALTY, INC.
Less: preferred stock dividends
Less: earnings attributable to participating securities
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
Net income available to common stockholders per share – basic
Net income available to common stockholders per share – diluted
Same Property Portfolio Occupancy and NOI and Cash NOI
(Unaudited, dollars in thousands)
Same Property Portfolio Occupancy:
Change (basis points)
Portfolio(1)
Same Property
Occupancy:
230 bps
(90) bps
Total/Weighted Average
Reflects the occupancy of our Same Property Portfolio adjusted for space aggregating 73,366 rentable square feet at three properties that were in various stages of repositioning or lease-up in connection with a completed repositioning as of December 31, 2016.
Same Property Portfolio NOI and Cash NOI
Three Months Ended December 31,
Year Ended December 31,
(42.8)%
Same property portfolio NOI
Straight-line rents
Amort. above/below market leases
Same property portfolio cash NOI
Reconciliation of Same Property Portfolio Cash NOI and Same Property Portfolio NOI to Net Income
(Unaudited and in thousands)
Non-comparable property operating revenues
Non-comparable property expenses
Total consolidated portfolio NOI
Deduct:
Reconciliation of Net Income to Funds From Operations and Core Funds From Operations
Depreciation and amortization from unconsolidated joint ventures(1)
Gain on acquisition of unconsolidated joint venture property
Funds From Operations (FFO)
Less: FFO attributable to noncontrolling interest(2)
Less: FFO attributable to participating securities(3)
Company share of FFO
FFO
Legal fees (reimbursements)
Core FFO
Less: Core FFO attributable to noncontrolling interest(2)
Less: Core FFO attributable to participating securities(3)
Company share of Core FFO
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding – basic
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding – diluted
Amount represents our 15% ownership interest in a joint venture that owned the property located at 3233 Mission Oaks Boulevard for all periods prior to July 6, 2016, when we acquired the remaining 85% ownership interest.
Noncontrolling interest represent holders of outstanding common units of the Company's operating partnership that are owned by unit holders other than the Company.
Participating securities include unvested shares of restricted stock, unvested LTIP units and unvested performance units.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rexford-industrial-announces-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2016-financial-results-300409061.html
SOURCE Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
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Annual 'Bourse' to showcase shells, more
By TIFFANY REPECKI (trepecki@breezenewspapers.com) , Island Reporter, Captiva Current, Sanibel-Captiva Islander
Shells from all over the country and world will be on display - and available for sale - during the Conchologists of America's Shell Market set for this weekend, part of its 48th annual convention.
The "Bourse" will be held on June 22 from 1 to 8 p.m. and June 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the convention center, next to Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille, at the South Seas Island Resort on Captiva. With free admission and parking, it will feature about 30 vendors selling marine-related items.
Anne Joffe, the convention coordinator and chair, explained that the word "bourse" dates back to the 1570s in France and means "an exchange." For the COA, it means "the largest shell market ever."
As part of the 48th annual Conchologists of America Convention, the “Bourse” — Shell Market — will be held on June 22 from 1 to 8 p.m. and June 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the South Seas Island Resort on Captiva.
Dr. R. Tucker Abbott
"We have dealers that come from all over the world," she said.
China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Italy, Australia, Mexico, Vietnam, Canada and more are represented, along with states like California, North Carolina, New Mexico, Washington and Massachusetts.
Joffe explained that the vendors will have for sale anything relating to the marine environment, including sea urchins, seaweeds, shark teeth, pearls, shell jewelry, and lots and lots of shells.
Fact Box
"Bourse," or Shell Market
Conchologists of America
June 22 from 1 to 8 p.m. and June 23 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
South Seas Island Resort, 5400 Plantation Road, Captiva
"They set up their tables with shells or things that they bring from their county, primarily related to their county," she said. "Everything is for sale - and each one has different things."
Joffe noted that many of the items are shells.
"That's the number one thing they have," she said, adding that the type of shells are what make the event worthwhile. "Things that collectors would desire. Pretty rare, unusual uncommon shells."
"These are not things you're going to see in a local shell shop or on eBay," Joffe added.
There are also wares made out of shells, like flowers and holiday ornaments.
"A couple of dealers have wonderful books on shells, both technical and for the collector," she said.
The last time the COA held its annual convention at South Seas was in 1993, and the last time it took place in the local area was in 2004 in Punta Rassa. Last year's convention was held in San Diego.
"It's been a long time," Joffe said of its return. "We try and do one coast to the other."
But, there is a special reason the 2019 event is being held on the islands.
"We are honoring and celebrating the 100th birthday of Dr. R. Tucker Abbott," she said, explaining that he founded the COA. "He is also responsible for founding the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum."
"We thought it would be a great tribute to his memory," Joffe said.
For those planning to attend the Shell Market, the COA has set up an easy and convenient way for shoppers to get their prized purchases home - or anywhere else - without having to worry.
"There is an on-site pack and ship in the lobby," she said. "So that's a nice feature."
The two-day Bourse will wrap up a week's worth of convention activities.
Joffe reported that there were meetings and programs scheduled, plus lectures and field trips. On June 20, there are still a few activities planned, along with several lectures and programs on June 21.
There is a daily admission of $40 to participate.
"If you just want to come and listen to the lectures or get involved in what's going on," she said.
On June 20, there will be a "snail parade" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Later, the COA will hold its annual auction at 7 p.m., with a preview of the items starting at 6 p.m.; the auction is open to the public.
"There are one-of-a-kind, very nice, rare shells being auctioned," Joffe said.
She estimated that there are approximately 100 items up for bid.
"The money that we raise from our auction goes into our educational grant program," Joffe said. "We give scholarships - we give about $30,000 a year - to graduate students studying the field of oceanography of any type."
The public is invited to come out and see what the Bourse is all about.
"The type of market, it's not seen anywhere else. It's unique to our organization," she said.
"They are going to see things they've never seen before," Joffe added.
For the list of remaining activities, visit conchologistsofamerica.org/conventions.
For more information, contact sanibelchiton@aol.com.
The South Seas Island Resort is 5400 Plantation Road.
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Why The Wizard of Oz is scientifically the most influential movie of all time
By Lea Creswell, Apr 24, 2019
Cinema has its own process of evolution too. Ever since the birth of moving-image cinematography in the early 20th century, film products of the movie industry have changed and altered throughout each decade, learning and adapting from each other as the industry has progressed through time. So what film is considered the most influential film of all time? Well, it’s the one and only The Wizard of Oz.
Yep, that’s right. According to research carried out at the University of Turin, the 1939 fantasy musical is the most influential out of all the 47’000 films involved in their investigation. But what does this mean? How is it the most ‘influential’?
Well, the lead researcher of the study Dr. Livio Bioglio has explained the study a little further for us to understand how this film might be the most important of all time. Out of the thousands included in the research, the top influential film was decided by a computer programme that analyzed movies “as nodes in a network,” measuring how connected they were to other films after their release.
This means that instead of considering how successful it was to audiences or critics through box-office takings or the quality of reviews, it was analyzed by the amount it was referenced to by succeeding films. Dr. Livio Bioglio explained this further, describing how the algorithm he used measures success by the references between films. The success of each movie is calculated by how much the film’s content, themes, and motifs is alluded to by other future films in their genre and beyond.
All the top 20 influential films came before 1980, and most were American-made. No surprise there seen as Hollywood is cinema’s biggest producer and earlier films naturally have had more years to inspire others. Nonetheless, it was The Wizard of Oz that topped the list.
If you haven’t already seen the classic, it stars the legendary starlet Judy Garland as Dorothy who is whisked away to the magical land of Oz in a tornado. In this magnificent Adventureland, it’s here she meets a heartless Tinman, a brainless scarecrow, and a cowardly lion, all in search of themselves and companionship along the way. It’s a joyous and sentimental dream-like musical that everyone seems to love, giving us an ‘on-the-road’ journey of self-discovery that’s been conventionally mirrored across nearly every type of genre since.
Taking the second spot was the first Star Wars, released in 1977 and now known as A New Hope where we met classic characters like Luke Starwalker and Chewbacca for the first time. Star Wars being so influential comes as no surprise really, as the tongue-in-cheek sci-fi tropes and special-effects of the action sequences really did guide the sci-fi genre into its own lane through the decades after.
Third place was Hitchcock’s 1960 horror-thriller, which follows a young woman who stays the night at a roadside motel, only to find herself at the peril of its creepy owner. The suspenseful systematic direction of Hitchcock’s Psycho turned horror into what we know now, pioneering the slasher conventions that became so popular in the 1980s.
Lesson learned – not only is The Wizard of Oz the most enjoyable experience to ever hit the cinemas, but it’s actually the most important. If any cinematic producers are ever in doubt, just follow the yellow brick road!
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Knights of Saint Francis of Assisi
Pope Francis and the environment
Archconfraternity
KOSF In Italy
Piazza Saint Francis
Knights Statutes
About the Knights
KNIGHTS OF SAINT FRANCIS GUARDIANS OF THE
PORZIUNCOLA NUOVA
AND SERVERS OF LOVE AND PEACE
The Knights of Saint Francis of Assisi was created in June of 2008 in San Francisco, California. We were formed by Angela Alioto, SFO, to protect the Porziuncola Nuova, to serve and live up to the tenets of our Holy Seraphic Father: Saint Francis of Assisi, the Beloved of Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Those tenets are: “Laudato, Si”
To Love and Care for the Sick and the Poor,
To be Instruments of Peace,
To be Trustees of Our Earth, and of course,
To Love all of God’s Creatures.
LAUDATO SI’ ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
Full English language document in PDF form
“Live the Gospels, use words only when necessary”, preached Saint Francis; and that is what we, the Knights of Saint Francis, try to do every day of our lives.
The Knights of Saint Francis Archconfraternity has its roots in the establishment of The Confraternity of Saint Mary of the Angels (Santa Maria degli Angeli) decreed by Pope Pius IX on January 23, 1875. Pope Pius IX raised The Confraternity of Saint Mary of the Angels to the status of an Archconfraternity allowing it to aggregate to itself other Marian Confraternities.
In August of 2008, the Knights of Saint Francis Archconfraternity was united with the Archconfraternity of Santa Maria degli Angeli at the original Porziuncola in Assisi, with the aim to spread devotion to Our Lady of the Angels, the Porziuncola and to Saint Francis of Assisi.
On June 28th, 2008, six weeks before the formal document of August 2nd, 2008, Father Robert Cipriano, Rector of the National Shrine of Saint Francis in San Francisco California and Angela M. Alioto, Foundress of the Knights of Saint Francis, signed the rules and regulations of the Knights. In this August 2nd 2008 Santa Maria degli Angeli document, these rules would be ratified by Cardinal William Levada (then Prefect of the Doctrine of the Faith), San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer and Bishop of Assisi, Italy Domenico Sorrentino.
The “Knights of Saints Francis” is an international and universal association consisting of single and married lay people, ordained clergy and men and women religious who share in a common spirituality and mission in equal partnership with its Interfaith Auxiliary Membership.
The Knights of Saint Francis’ first service is to Jesus Christ, Our Lord. In 2008, with this service, the Knights became guardians and protectors of the Holy Chapel: La Porziuncola Nuova at the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, California.
La Porziuncola Nuova opened in San Francisco, California on September 27th, 2008. By Papal Decree of August 2nd 2008 La Porziuncola Nuova is a Holy Place; and is an exact holy place of the original Porziuncola (little portion) built by Saint Francis of Assisi in the year 1206. La Porziuncola Nuova is a jewel in the crown of our great City of Saint Francis!
The Knights of Saint Francis, guardians of La Porziuncola Nuova, literally have spoken to and continue to speak with hundreds of thousands of citizens who visit and walk through La Porziuncola Nuova. Guests, especially school children, and visitors from around the world are served and shown the sacred space of La Porziuncola Nuova and the National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Saint Francis said, “I want everyone in paradise” (Vi vogliano tutti in Paradiso); and indeed, we teach exactly that: “Everyone in Paradise”. We tell the pilgrims and visitors alike of: the life of Saint Francis and of Saint Clare, the Pardon of San Francisco’s La Porziuncola Nuova and of the need to live the love and the joy of the Gospels, to everyone!
Every Christmas, the street in front of La Porziuncola Nuova is closed; and the Knights of Saint Francis recreate the “Live Nativity”. In 1223, in the town of Greccio Italy, Saint Francis created the very fist living nativity. Children from all over California come to see the big camel and little lamb as the Knights recite the Gospel story of the birth of Christ.
As the Knights of Saint Francis grew in numbers, our second opportunity to serve our sisters and brothers is working with the people of the phenomenal Gubbio Project serving the general homeless population of over 14,000 people in San Francisco. Father Louis Vitale, OFM, Creator of the Gubbio Project and a First Knight of Saint Francis, is our model. He is a stellar example of a son of Saint Francis of Assisi who lives out peace in his actions in every day life.
Our third opportunity to serve, mostly during the winter season, is with the Interfaith Council’s Homeless Shelter Program. Here we cook and serve dinners to women and men who live on our streets.
The Knights of Saint Francis are now in the United States, Italy, Honduras and (soon) Africa. In Perugia, Italy the Knights have procured the prison cell where Saint Francis spent a year of his life. The Knights of Saint Francis will guard it and open it to the public so that they too can feel the sanctity of the place where Saint Francis realized the horrors of war and joy of love that have made him the most loved Saint in the world. We-the Knights-are so fortunate to serve in such a humbling reality!
We are servers. Where there is a need to serve the sick, the poor, the rich, the sad, the discouraged, the environment and of course, all of God’s creatures, that’s where we the Knights of Saint Francis can be found.
Come join us and spread the Joy of the Poverello of Assisi!
Contact the Knights
700 Montgomery Street
knightsofsaintfrancis@gmail.com
Tuesday - Sunday 10:am to 4:pm
624 Vallejo Street,
The Story of Porziuncola Nuova
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Forrest Moses
Slow Water Reflections, 1996
Establishing a dynamic tension between abstraction and representation, Forrest Moses’s masterful depictions of serene woodlands and placid bodies of water emphasize both the tranquility of their subject matter and the eloquence of understated gestures. He presents an art of intimation rather than disclosure, where seasons are suggested by subtle color harmonies, expertly balanced compositions include no more than is necessary in the service of evocation, and a uniquely refined and fluid elegance informs each and every brushstroke.
In his abstracted landscape paintings, Moses expresses a poetic and intuitive understanding of the rhythms and pulses of being in a place – what the artist calls “the truth of nature.” His paintings act as meditations on the land, its patterns and textures, and Moses’ own feelings of being present there.
Profoundly influenced by Japanese aesthetics, Moses embraces the principle of wabi-sabi: the realization that things become more beautiful as they decay, age, and transition. In this way, the marks of his oil paintings and ink-based monotypes reference the practices and philosophies of sumi-e ink masters. He seeks, in his own words, "to discover nature’s truth and give life to a painted image by understanding the rhythms and pulses behind appearances.” As such, his works stress brevity and simplicity to magnify the intensity of his expressions—underscoring the importance of negative space or nothingness as a juxtaposition to objects that already occupy our world.
Forrest Moses was born in 1934 in Danville, Virginia. He holds a BFA from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and spent two years at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn studying design and architecture. During a career spanning more than sixth decades, Moses has had work exhibited in an array of national and international museums, most notably the World Collection, Yokohama, Japan; Pratt Institute, New York; Art Dumonde, Tokyo; and the New Mexico Museum of Art. His monograph, Forrest Moses, produced by Kensho Editions and printed in Verona, Italy, is an elegant, full-color presentation of this enduring artist’s unique contribution to modern landscape painting.
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$725 Million In Sales In Just 3 Days Puts This Small Gaming Company On Track To Challenge Gaming Industry Heavyweights
And its stock is ripe for the picking. Here’s what you need to know about this gaming stock.
Kristina Keene
Video game stocks have seen explosive growth over the last five years, with big names like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) up more than 600% at their peaks reached this year.
While these stocks have taken a tumble recently, there’s no denying the video game sector is a phenomenon and one investors should consider.
One reason these stocks have skyrocketed is that they’ve seen explosive profitability coming from growing sales. But the reason these stocks will continue higher over the long term is that the number of gamers is growing.
According to a survey by Nielsen Holdings, in 2018, 66% of the U.S. population over the age of 12 identified themselves as gamers – that’s up from 58% just five years ago.
As new gaming platforms and popular games have hit the market, interest in gaming has grown rapidly with games like Activision’s Overwatch and Epic Games’—which Chinese tech giant Tencent (OTC: TCEHY) has a stake in—Fortnite so popular, they’re now household names.
The explosive popularity of games like Fortnite has even pushed companies like Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI) and Turtle Beach (NASDAQ: HEAR) to invest heavily on building out specialty gaming mice and headsets.
“We believe this trend of new engaging games will happen again and again over the years ahead, while the major eSports games of today will continue to grow,” said Logitech’s CEO, Bracken Darrell, on a recent call with investors. “But this engagement is not about a single game like Overwatch or fad. Gaming is a rare long-term secular and generational change,” emphasis mine.
And he’s right. There are now 2.1 billion gamers worldwide according to Statista, and that number is expected to grow to 2.73 billion by 2021. That growth in the number of gamers is expected to drive the industry to be worth $180 billion within the next four years.
While the big names in the video game industry are likely to have more room to run over the long term, there’s another video game maker who has caught my eye recently.
Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ: TTWO) might be a smaller player than Activision and EA, but this video game publisher just had one of the biggest entertainment releases ever.
Its Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) game hit the market on October 26. The game brought in $725 million in its opening weekend and has already sold more than 17 million copies globally. That puts RDR2 up as the second-highest grossing debut of an entertainment release ever, second only to the $1 billion in three-day sales delivered by Take-Two’s other blockbuster game, Grand Theft Auto V.
“Red Dead Redemption 2 sold-in more units in its first eight days than the original blockbuster Red Dead Redemption sold in its first eight years,” said CEO Strauss Zelnick.
The RDR2 release was nothing short of jaw-dropping, and the sales data since suggests very strong continuing sales.
The stunning sales of RDR2 also puts it on-track to claim the title of 2018’s best-selling game, pushing Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 out of the top spot. Black Ops 4 brought in $500 million in sales in its first three days, an impressive debut to be sure, but that falls well-short of RDR2’s $725 million in its first three days.
And the game is likely to already be profitable. It’s estimated the game cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 million to $450 million to produce and market, making it one of the most expensive games ever. If that figure is correct, the game more than paid for itself in just its first three days.
Such stellar performance has encouraged the company to boost its forecast for the year. “As a result of our strong performance in the second quarter and outstanding early results from Red Dead Redemption 2, we are increasing our financial outlook for fiscal 2019, which is also poised to be a record year for net bookings and adjusted operating cash flow,” said Zelnick.
This year was already anticipated to be a record year for the company, but management is now putting adjusted revenue at between $2.55 billion and $2.65 billion, representing growth of 42% to 48% year-over-year. Take-Two is also expecting income before taxes to come in between $236 million and $272 million – that’s a year-over-year increase of between 73% and 99%.
Guidance for the stock’s fiscal third quarter—ending December 31—is similarly impressive. The company sees net revenue coming in between $1.1 billion and $1.5 billion, or an increase of 129% to 139% over last year. It is also guiding that income before taxes will come in at $44 million to $58 million, an increase of 260% to 374% compared to the same quarter last year.
With all that good news, it’s surprising to see the stock down -12% for the month, but that looks to me like a possible good buying opportunity.
Analysts’ average price target for TTWO is $144.94, suggesting possible upside of nearly 34% over the next twelve months. Sanford C. Bernstein recently initiated coverage of the stock rating it an Outperform and setting their twelve-month price target at $175 – 65% higher than the current price.
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Home News Breaking News Polish Members of Parliament Voice Public Support of Israel
Polish Members of Parliament Voice Public Support of Israel
By Anav Silverman
This past week, the Polish Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus was launched at the Polish parliament, known as the Sejm in Warsaw. An Israeli delegation from the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus (KCAC) and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) was in Warsaw on Monday, June 1 to launch the new caucus.
“As anti-Semitism continues to rise in Europe and around the world, I was moved to witness this historic initiative by members of the Polish parliament to publicly support the Jewish State,” said former member of Knesset, Shai Hermesh, who is the current chairman of the Israeli branch of the World Jewish Congress during the launch.
World Jewish Congress representatives and Knesset Christian Allies Caucus representatives met with senior Christian parliamentarians in the Sejm to work on building further support for the State of Israel through their shared Judeo-Christian values.
The Israeli delegation met with high-ranking Polish lawmakers including Jan Dziedziczak, one of the initiators of the newly established Polish Israel Allies Caucus. In addition, Polish parliamentarians from both the opposition and coalition parties joined Dziedziczak to further advance the relationship between Poland and Israel.
Welcoming the Israeli delegation was Polish MP Michał Szczerba, who also chairs the Polish-Israeli parliamentary group and is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Szczerba stressed the importance of the caucus initiative in strengthening Polish-Israeli relations.
The former Polish ambassador to Iran and former deputy director of Poland’s National Security Bureau, Witold Waszczykowski, was also present to express his enthusiastic support of the establishment of the caucus.
“This is an important day for faith-based diplomacy,” said Josh Reinstein, Director of the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus. “Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we must turn the bulk of our efforts toward mobilizing support for Israel. Israel is the only guarantor of the Jewish people’s survival,” he said.
Established in 2004, the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus consists of 17 members of the Israeli Knesset from six political parties. The caucus aims to open formal and direct lines of communication between Knesset member and Christian leaders, organizations and political representatives around the world.
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Exploring Tesla’s New Solar Roof Tiles – Are They the Ultimate Home Upgrade?
Tesla may have become the famous brand it is for the creation of the electric car in 2008, but it has since burgeoned into a company that has diverse ambitions for how we utilize energy. Recently, Tesla has moved into the business of solar roof panels, which have become a hot commodity on the market with their green ethos and energy savings. If you’re curious about solar power and want to know the details on this product, here are some things to consider before buying in.
The Details On Tesla’s Solar Panels
With the recent release of Tesla’s solar roof panels, many homeowners interested in green energy have flocked to this new product for its innovation and famous brand. According to Tesla, these panels will last for approximately 30 years or as long as the house stands at 1/3 the weight of regular tiles. Utilizing a tempered glass to make stronger roof panels and solar cells created in conjunction with Panasonic, the connectors for these panels have been created to last through every kind of weather condition.
The Install Involved
The installation of Tesla solar panels is estimated to take approximately 5-7 days and is expected to be easier than a regular solar panel install. According to Peter Rive, CTO and Co-founder of Solar City, “We have learned a lot about installing solar from over 300,000 installations so we took all that and included that into the development.” Fortunately, because of the lightweight quality of these panels, they can be installed without any changes to the structure of the roof they’re placed on.
Should You Invest?
Tesla may be all the rage when it comes to utilizing electrical energy, but it’s important to determine if this panel system will meet your needs. Most solar panel systems last longer than the 25-year warranty, which is in line with Tesla’s own warranty. The aesthetics of this panel system may be improved, but it will likely be a while before this product can service the needs of homeowners. Before investing, it’s important to get quotes from multiple suppliers to determine a timeline and probable budget.
Solar panels may be the wave of the housing future, but it’s important to ensure that the projected cost and timeline will work for your needs as a homeowner before investing. If you’re currently preparing to buy a new home, you may want to contact one of our real estate professionals for more information.
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LEARNINGRX of No. Virginia Announces Winners of President’s Day Contest
Thursday, February 18th, 2016, 9:40am
Three local students, Reese Bowen, 11, of Leesburg, Va., Mateo Murguia, 9, from Alexandria, Va., and Daniel Pavolic, 13 of Waterford, Va., earned first place for reciting the U.S. Presidents in order in less than a minute at their local LearningRx brain training centers in Leesburg, Va. Tysons Corner, Va. and Reston, Va., respectively, as part of LearningRx’s annual Presidents Day contest. The U.S. President recitation is a memory-enhancement exercise that helps LearningRx students increase their short-term and long-term memory. For more information, go to www.learningrx.com.
Bowen of Leesburg, Va. was able to recite all U.S. Presidents in order, in only nine seconds.
The contest is designed to encourage kids across the country to create videos that demonstrate the memory and focus skills they improved with LearningRx brain training.
CO-FOUNDER of BASIS INDEPENDENT MCLEAN to SPEAK in TYSONS CORNER, MON. FEB. 22
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016, 6:38am
In preparation of the opening of BASIS Independent McLean, (which is Tysons Corner’s first prek-12th grade school), Basis.ed’s co-founder Michael Block will speak at an introductory session on Mon., Feb. 22 at the Sheraton Tysons Hotel at 7 p.m., located at 8661 Leesburg Pike in Vienna, Va. The Washington Post recently ranked BASIS Oro Valley in Arizona the number one most challenging high school in America and now that private school model is coming to McLean, Va. To register, go to http://mclean.basisindependent.com or call 703.854.1253.
Block was recognized not only as a top educator by Noodle, an education website helping parents and students make better decisions about learning, but Noodle also noted Block for ‘creating educational institutions that combined the rigors of Asian and European schooling with the American system’s emphasis on creativity and originality.’
BASIS INDEPENDENT MCLEAN, VA SCHOOL REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Thursday, February 4th, 2016, 2:25pm
School registration is underway for Tyson Corner’s new school, BASIS Independent McLean. BASIS Independent McLean will be Tysons Corner, Va.’s first, private school for pre-k to 12th grade. Enrollment is open now through Aug. 1, 2016. School will be located at 8000 Jones Branch Drive in McLean, Va. For more enrollment information, go to http://mclean.basisindependent.com or call 703.854.1253.
“We’ve have a global marketplace, a global economy‑‑‑and our children’s education should meet that global challenge, which is exactly what we’re doing at BASIS Independent, teaching our next generation to be globally competitive,” said Sean Aiken, head of school of BASIS Independent McLean, Va. “Whether it’s our select teacher recruitment, foreign language or critical thinking curriculum, BASIS Independent continually raises the bar for students to learn more,” said Aiken.
Maureen Loftus, executive director of LearningRx of Vienna, Va., and Reston, Va. is leading the fourth annual Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce (TRCC) job shadow program for 60, 11th and 12th grade students of Oakton, James Madison and George C. Marshall high schools in Fairfax County, Va., where students will shadow professionals in various industries for one day in January or February. The program received a Blue Ribbon Award from Fairfax County Schools in 2014. Loftus is heading up the program as she is the chair of the TRCC’s Youth and Education Committee. For more information, go to www.learningrx.com.
More than 30 local companies are hosting students, to include: 1st Stage, Earls, Fairfax Water, Intelsat, LearningRx, Sen. Mark Warner’s office, MITRE, Navy Federal Credit Union, Nordstrom, Sun Gazette, Our Daily Bread, Purple Onion and YEXT.
LEARNINGRx to COLLECT TOYS for LOCAL SALVATION ARMY; AND DONATES BRAIN-BUILDING TOYS
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015, 10:41am
LearningRx of Vienna, Va., Reston, Va. Fairfax, Va., Leesburg, Va., and N. Potomac, Md. are collecting toys at their brain-training centers from now through Dec. 24 for the their respective, local Salvation Army facilities. For every five toys that are collected, LearningRx will also donate one of their ‘smart’ brain-building toys to Salvation Army; toys that help build cognitive skills, like memory, auditory, logic, attention and processing speed. For more information, go to www.learningrx.com.
LEARNINGRx of DC AREA TRADES IN FREE BRAIN TRAINING for ‘POOR’ REPORT CARDS
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015, 2:31pm
It’s report-card time for many students and LearningRx brain training centers of Reston, Va., Fairfax, Va., Leesburg, Va., Vienna, Va., and N. Potomac, Md. are giving hope to kids and teens by offering two free hours of brain training in exchange for less-than-stellar report cards throughout November. For more information, go to www.learningrx.com.
LearningRx of the DC area is offering anyone 18 and younger two hours of free brain training when they bring in a copy of their report card. The interactive and fun brain training exercises strengthen the cognitive skills that students need to learn effectively (attention, memory, processing speed, problem solving, among others). And that means improved mental performance in the classroom, at home, and even on the sports field.
LEARNINGRx of RESTON, VA. EARNS NATIONAL COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD and CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
Friday, October 2nd, 2015, 2:29pm
Maureen Loftus, executive director of LearningRx brain training centers of Reston, Va. and Vienna, Va. received the national 2015 Community Impact Award for being one of the top 10 LearningRx brain centers in the United States and was recognized for the 2015 Outstanding Customer Service Award by LearningRx’s corporate offices in Colorado Springs, Colo. LearningRx of Vienna, Va. is also celebrating their five-year anniversary. For more information, go to www.learningrx.com.
“As someone that has suffered a brain injury, I know that brain training can be life changing, whether you’re just looking for some improvement in school, or whether you’ve been affected by brain trauma,” said Maureen Loftus, executive director of LearningRx of Reston, Va. and Vienna, Va. “We love being part of the Reston community and being part of our students’ achievements,” said Loftus.
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Delaware North expanding USO fundraising partnership to regional casinos while continuing campaign at U.S. airport locations
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Recreation rentals add to summertime amenities at Niagara Falls State Park
Niagara Falls State Park has introduced a new rental service for an array of recreation amenities to make navigating the park easier during the summer months. The rentals, which are available now through Columbus Day (Oct. 8), include three types of bicycles, strollers, wagons and wheelchairs.
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Delaware North Celebrates National Coffee Day Sept. 29
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Home Interviews SLAYER Interview: PAUL BOSTAPH Wants Fun to Define His Playing
SLAYER Interview: PAUL BOSTAPH Wants Fun to Define His Playing
written by Rustyn Rose February 19, 2016
This month thrash icons, Slayer, will kick off the first leg of their 2016 Repentless World Tour with Testament and Carcass. Repentless marks the band’s twelfth studio album, the first without founding guitarist Jeff Hanneman, and the first with Exodus guitarist Gary Holt. It also ushers in the return of drummer Paul Bostaph who last appeared on Slayer’s 2001 release, God Hates Us All. Guitarist Kerry King and vocalist/bassist Tom Araya wasted no time reaching out to Bostaph when a vacancy came open. His resume speaks for itself; from his time with seminal Bay Area thrashers, Forbidden, to his work with Exodus and Testament, to his previous time in Slayer, Bostaph is a drumming legend. This week Metalholic caught up with Paul to chat about the upcoming tour, recording Repentless, and why he just wants to have fun at this point in his career.
As Slayer rolls into 2016, the band celebrates its 35 anniversary, and the 30th anniversary of its groundbreaking Reign in Blood album. Creating a setlist for the upcoming tour is a daunting task, and we asked Bostaph what fans might expect and if there will be any obscure cuts in the set:
“I’m not sure if you’ll see anything that’s totally obscure, per se, but we have so many songs that are at our disposal in terms of what we can play as a band that you never know what we’re going to come up with. We’re dusting off a few songs this week and you might hear a few things you haven’t heard in a while.”
Nearly 15 years have elapsed between Bostaph’s last record with Slayer and Repentless, but the drummer says that being back in the studio in many ways felt like business as usual. The difference from his perspective came from his growth as a musician.
“It was strange. The things that were familiar is that I’ve done it with this band before. I know the drill, per se. But the other side of it was in my absence from the band I’ve recorded albums with Exodus, Testament, and jammed with a bunch of different people. I’ve been able to draw from all those experiences on this record, which I didn’t have with any previous record I’ve done with the band before. Those experiences, I think, have made me a better drummer than I have been in the past—in my opinion.”
Bostaph also shared that the absence of Jeff Hanneman changed the dynamic in the studio for him, and in many ways, Jeff was with him in spirit.
“Typically when I’d be in the studio in the past, I knew how to read what was making the guys excited about my drum tracks. Since Jeff wasn’t with us, at times I was thinking of Jeff more than I ever would have. If he’d been in the room I probably wouldn’t have thought of him at all unless he said something. But he was always in the back of my mind. Part of it was I wanted to do honor to the album, to honor Jeff, and then part of it was, ‘Well, what would Jeff think about this?’ He was still in the room. So that was probably the strangest part about it.”
When Paul initially joined Slayer in 1992, he admits he felt he had a lot to prove. All eyes and ears were on him, and he had big sticks to fill. Over 20 years later, with a lot of metal and wisdom under the bridge, and his belt, Bostaph once again found himself replacing one of his heroes behind the same kit he had previously vacated. This time around, Paul says he did not feel the same kind of pressure.
“I don’t think I had anything to prove on this album. I just felt like this was an important record. Personally, I don’t think I have to prove anything to anybody but myself. I think that old attitude about having something to prove was when I was younger—and I did. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not resting on my laurels. I think now I approach it differently. I want to have fun playing drums. I think that’s the difference. I want that to define my playing now.”
You can listen to the full interview with Paul Bostaph above, and catch more of his thoughts on Slayer, Repentless, and the Iranian thrash band, Confess, recently jailed and facing execution for making “Satan’s music.”
Slayer will kick off the first leg of the Repentless World Tour in Chicago on Feb. 19 which runs through March. They will then head overseas for a couple of dates with Iron Maiden and several festival appearances heading into the summer.
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Emory selected as site for study of new rapidly acting treatment for depression
Woodruff Health Sciences Center | Jan. 22, 2014
Robin Reese
robin.j.reese@emory.edu
Tal Medical's low field magnetic stimulation (LFMS) device is a non-invasive, neuromodulation technology that seeks to normalize dysfunction in specific brain areas and circuits
Brain scans may help predict best treatment for depression June 12, 2013
Emory Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
Boadie W. Dunlop
Patients, Health, Research, School of Medicine, Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Clinical Trials, Depression, Health Sciences Research, Psychiatry
Emory University has been selected as one of six sites to test a new technology for treatment-resistant depression. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) created the Rapidly Acting Treatments for Treatment Resistant Depression (RAPID) program to identify and test promising antidepressant therapies.
The first trial of this program will use technology developed by Tal Medical Inc., a Boston-based medical device company. Tal Medical’s first-in-class low field magnetic stimulation (LFMS) device is a non-invasive, neuromodulation technology that seeks to normalize dysfunction in specific brain areas and circuits.
"Many people with depression only get partial relief from existing antidepressant medications, so there is a great need for new approaches that are safe and effective," says Boadie Dunlop, MD, director of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at Emory University. "If the LFMS treatment proves successful, it will represent a completely novel and very low risk approach to treating depression in people who haven’t been helped enough by their antidepressant medication."
LFMS uses an external electromagnetic coil to apply a time-varying magnetic field to the brain, which induces an electrical field. LFMS uses electric fields that are vastly different from the existing neuromodulation technologies, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). The LFMS technology was licensed from McLean Hospital, a psychiatric research facility in Belmont, Ma.
Depression is one of the most common and serious mental health disorders, affecting nearly 7 percent of the US adult population annually. More than 270 million antidepressant prescriptions are filled annually and generated over $9 billion in sales in the US in 2012. While there are many treatment options available to clinicians, all currently available antidepressants require several weeks to work and unfortunately, many patients respond only partially or not at all. The time delay of response and the treatment-resistant nature of depression can lead to tragic outcomes like severe disability and suicide.
The funding from NIMH will provide for a 90-patient, proof-of-concept study comparing LFMS to placebo treatment to assess its rapid antidepressant effectiveness in patients with treatment-resistant Major Depressive Disorder. In the study, the treatment is provided for 20 minutes per day for four consecutive days.
The LFMS RAPID trial is currently recruiting patients (www.clinicaltrials.gov) at six leading academic medical centers. In addition to Emory, the other sites include Massachusetts General Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center and University of Alabama-Birmingham.
About Tal and LFMS
Tal Medical, Inc. (www.talmedical.com) is a privately-held, Boston-based medical device company pursuing the development of low field magnetic stimulation (LFMS) for the treatment of depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Tal was founded in 2010 by PureTech (www.puretechhealth.com), in conjunction with leading scientists in the fields of depression and neuromodulation. Tal’s table-top LFMS device works through a completely novel mechanism of action compared to any existing depression treatment.
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Granite City topples North Iowa on Wednesday, 3-2
North Iowa Bulls 2 @ Granite City Lumberjacks 3 - The top two teams in the NA3HL West Division took on one another Wednesday and played a back-and-forth game at Sports Arena East.
David Kenney, a newly acquired forward for Granite City, scored a goal at 7:08 of the third period to give the Granite City Lumberjacks a 3-2 win over the North Iowa Bulls.
The Bulls, who have won the West Division, had won 16 straight and not lost a game since Dec. 28.
After a scoreless first period, North Iowa got a goal from Dominik Florian at 6:31 of the second period for a 1-0 lead. Granite City’s Taylor Brown scored a power-play goal at 16:13 to tie the game at 1.
Rihards Marenis scored a power-play goal at 17:41 for North Iowa, but Granite City’s Drew Otto scored a power-play goal at 19:14 and the game was tied at 2 going into the third period.
Austin Wilson made 25 saves to pick up the win. Chris Amsen made 19 saves in the loss.
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Railways clears decks for Fazilka underbridge
Fazilka, December 13, 2018
A ray of hope has rekindled among Fazilka residents as the railway authorities have decided to construct an underbridge knows as Limited Height Subway on the busy court road railway crossing in nine months.
The counsel for the Union Government and Railway authorities had stated in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 4 that the construction of the underbridge at level crossing number B-89 in Fazilka would be completed in nine months.
The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has stated that 11-kV power lines passing over the railway crossing have been removed for hassle-free construction of the underbridge.
Gurjant Singh of Odian village in Fazilka had filed a PIL in the Punjab and Haryana High Court last year for the completion of the underbridge.
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Chief Justice Krishana Murari and Judge Arun Palli disposed of the case in terms of statement made by the counsels of respondents for completion of the underbridge in nine months.
The work on the underbridge had come to a standstill two year ago as the state government failed to deposit the requisite amount of Rs 50.79 lakh for removing the electricity cables.
Ultimately, the Municipal Council deposited the amount with the PSPCL resulting in removing the power lines.
The railway crossing has to be closed at least 22 times a day, causing traffic jams. The residents demanded that the construction should be started immediately the offer hassle-free movement to commuters.
Once completed, the LHS would connect thousands of residents of Civil Lines, Jhule Lal Colony, Teachers' Colony, Freedom Fighter Road, Improvement Trust Colony and MR Enclave, besides the residences of Deputy Commissioner, Senior Superintendent of Police and several senior judges with the main town.
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/railways-clears-decks-for-fazilka-underbridge/698065.html
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Muncie Illinois is a small town – population approx 200 located between route 150 and Interstate 75… to the east of Fithian Illinois and the west of the Oakwood High School (previously known as the Oakwood Township High School). Muncie was platted by Edward Corbly on land originally owned by Edward Corbly. Originally the town was to be named Corbly but plans were changed to Independence, Illinois before the final decision to name the town Muncie, Illinois.
Shortly after Muncie was platted, Corbly made a deal with the railroad to put a railroad station in Muncie. The train station was built by Corbly and is referenced by Dr. Fithian in a letter mentioning that that Corbly would need to find a way to supply water for the railroad and Dr. Fithian didn’t expect the plan to work out.
Shortly after a rumor says that Corbly brought cattle up from Texas that exposed the area to Texas Cattle Fever and caused a large cattle die off. Documentation does show that Corbly had to sell of his farm and moved to Missouri. Corbly sold his farm to Senator Cannon at the time for $35,000 – a large form encompassing a large area to the east of Muncie. The land is still used as farmland.
The town of Muncie remained a small town mainly for the families of miners to live in. Shortly after the founding of the town, Walnut Creek Baptist Church moved to Muncie and renamed itself to Muncie Baptist Church. The town still is located near it’s same location and is still a popular gathering spot for the town.
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Was the C.I.A. Director in Charge of the Bin Laden Operation? Apparently so. Does It Matter?
04 May Was the C.I.A. Director in Charge of the Bin Laden Operation? Apparently so. Does It Matter?
04.05.11 | 16 Comments
[Major John C. Dehn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law, US Military Academy, West Point, NY. He currently teaches International Law and Constitutional and Military Law. He is writing in his personal capacity and his views do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Defense, the US Army, or the US Military Academy. The analysis presented here stems from his academic research of publicly available sources, not from protected operational information from, or actual involvement in, aspects of this or any other military operation.]
I want to start by noting that the debate between Kevin and Michael Lewis is an important one, one that I raised in recent remarks at St. John’s Law School’s Center for International and Comparative Law inaugural symposium. The current differentiation in the jus in bello trigger between states and non-state actors is an important one, one that may ultimately disappear through state practice given the grave nature of threats posed by non-state actors exploiting modern technologies. What I mean is that it is generally believed, as Kevin indicates, that IHL is triggered by any use of force between states, but only by sufficiently intense and protracted hostilities between a state and non-state armed force of sufficient organization (or between two such non-state groups). Kevin offers a fair argument regarding the applicability of IHL based on the ICTY and ICJ case law, Michael a good one based on the way things seem to actually work in state practice. Unlike Michael, I read Jordan Paust to argue that IHL should apply by analogy to acts of Article 51 self-defense against non-state actors not reaching the armed conflict threshold. I intend to write much more on this topic in the future because, as Kevin seems to grasp, removing the differentiation between attacks against states and non-state actors in this context might allow opportunistic resort to the IHL paradigm in questionable cases.
With all of that that said, in the various press reports about the recent operation against Osama bin Laden, one fact strikes me as worthy of note. It seems that the CIA was in charge of this “military operation” justified in part by resort to the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (but in the usual manner, a general right of self-defense has also been asserted).
CBS reported this command arrangement as fact. The New York Times reported, “The president and his advisers watched … the C.I.A. director, on a video screen, narrating from his agency’s headquarters across the Potomac River what was happening in faraway Pakistan.” And earlier in that article,
“In February, Mr. Panetta called Vice Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command, to C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, Va., to give him details about the compound and to begin planning a military strike.
Admiral McRaven … spent weeks working with the C.I.A. on the operation, and came up with three options: a helicopter assault using American commandos, a strike with B-2 bombers that would obliterate the compound, or a joint raid with Pakistani intelligence operatives who would be told about the mission hours before the launch.”
It seems fairly clear that this was a CIA operation for which the U.S. military served as the tip of the spear, and that this is part of the new way of warfare. The National Journal reports, “a senior intelligence official said the two proud groups of American secret warriors had been “deconflicted and basically integrated” — finally — 10 years after 9/11.” And further,
“Under a variety of standing orders, JSOC is involved in more than 50 current operations spanning a dozen countries, and its units, supported by so-called “white,” or acknowledged, special operations entities like Rangers, Special Forces battalions, SEAL teams, and Air Force special ops units from the larger Special Operations Command, are responsible for most of the “kinetic” action in Afghanistan.”
The OBL operation is an example of an evolving and unique relationship between the military and the CIA that is, in my humble opinion, under-examined and under-theorized both with respect to the international and domestic legal frameworks and as an element of civil-military relations. Over at Lawfare, a recent post by Bobby Chesney raises intelligence oversight issues about the OBL operation, which seems to me only one aspect of the necessary constitutional/domestic legal analysis. Ben Wittes solicited Mary Ellen O’Connell — twice — for her views on the international legal framework applicable to the operation. Her post below seems to present an implausible view of the attack as a law-enforcement operation. Assuming it is best characterized as a military operation conducted to IHL standards, as Kevin and Michael both seem to agree, may the C.I.A. lawfully oversee it?
Perhaps this is a distinction with no legal difference. The President is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and also the Chief Executive directing the C.I.A. So long as the operation comports with IHL, the only difference in this context may be whether his operational order passes through a civilian director of the C.I.A. to the military, or whether that order passes through a civilian Secretary of Defense. Presumably, the civilian leaders and military unit implementing the President’s directive have the same responsibilities to observe relevant international and domestic law. Thus, there should be no difference regarding the relevant legal analysis in principle.
But I wonder whether there is any meaningful difference in the law applicable to the C.I.A. and armed forces, and whether any such difference matters from the perspective of international law. I wonder, particularly, about the extent to which domestic law requires compliance with relevant IHL.
Article 18 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) vests general courts-martial with power to “adjudge any punishment permitted by the law of war.” (10 U.S.C. sec. 818) Thus, Congress authorizes punishment for both customary and conventional IHL violations by members of the armed forces, thereby ensuring as best it can our military’s compliance with IHL.
But statutes regarding C.I.A. activities have no parallel provision of which I am aware. In fact, when the President authorizes covert C.I.A. action, the National Security Act requires compliance only with domestic law. (“A finding may not authorize any action that would violate the Constitution or any statute of the United States.” 50 U.S.C. sec. 415b (a)(5).) (I do not intend to wade into the difference between covert and clandestine action here. In spite of what Bobby Chesney suggests in his above-linked post — this seems to fall within covert action as discussed in this Congressional Research Service report because a targeted killing would only be indirectly related to the agency’s other statutory intelligence functions), Additionally, the President may authorize other agencies to support covert action. When he does,
“Each finding shall specify each department, agency, or entity of the United States Government authorized to fund or otherwise participate in any significant way in such action. Any employee, contractor, or contract agent of a department, agency, or entity of the United States Government other than the Central Intelligence Agency directed to participate in any way in a covert action shall be subject either to the policies and regulations of the Central Intelligence Agency, ….” 50 U.S.C. 413b (a)(3)(emphasis added).
While Congress certainly has implemented some IHL in statutes of the U.S., such as the War Crimes Act, it has certainly not incorporated all of it. Thus, the extent to which covert operations must comport with IHL, including those in which the armed forces have been incorporated, is not clear to me. Further, the extent to which the President’s lawyers might boot-strap from relevant authorities to avoid both international and domestic law is potentially concerning. While in my view the President as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces must usually comply with relevant domestic and international law, the President as Chief Executive acting pursuant to congressional authority need not do so. As Louis Henkin famously said, our elected branches have the constitutional power, but not the international right, to violate international law. I hope to carefully unpack these issues in the future, and welcome the considered thoughts of others on these topics.
Middle East, National Security Law
John: I posted a question about your first topic — does IHL apply to actions of self-defense short of armed conflict — in Kevin’s post, but the comments section there appears temporarily to be down. No matter for present purposes, since this is, in the U.S. view, an armed conflict as well as an action in self-defense to protect against future attacks. Three other reactions to your post: First, I think you’re too quick to assume that, if this was a joint operation monitored by CIA and originally proposed by CIA to DOD, that it is “fairly clear that this was a CIA operation for which the U.S. military served as the tip of the spear.” In particular, it’s not obvious to me that DOD forces were not acting subject to their ordinary chain of command, even with some CIA involvement — with the attendant command responsibility so important for IHL purposes. (A more interesting question, perhaps, is whether any CIA personnel were subject to that same military command in such a joint endeavor.) Second, I don’t see how this could have been a covert action, or “only” a covert action. It was probably a “traditional military activity” and, more… Read more »
Ian Henderson
Prof Dehn,
As I just posted on the Quick Thoughts on UBL’s Killing — and a Response to Lewis, I should have an article coming out mid-year on the role of IHL/LOAC to article 51 actions that do not rise to being an armed conflict. At least I now know that it should be subject to a well-informed critique!
As to CIA ‘control’ of the operation, I see no difficulty with a military responding to civilian direction. As long as a military commander ‘commands and controls’ the execution of the mission, then the soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines should still be ‘combatants’. I am of the view that only a military commander can determine whether an object is a military objective, but certainly a civilian can either not approve an attack or prioritise an attack on an object. Equally, in the course of an attack, a civilian could give direction on whether to pursue course of action A or B, follow branch C etc. All of that seems consistent with IHL/LOAC. I am not qualified to and offer no view on US domestic law.
John C. Dehn
Thanks very much Marty. These are great thoughts. I meant to make no assertions about whether this operation complied with IHL in its particulars. I think it did. I wanted to raise the issue of the CIA-DoD relationship and its potential implications. Bootstrapping authorities, in particular, might have been at issue in some Yoo-era OLC memos. It certainly may be possible that the mission was passed off to DoD in its entirety. I obviously don’t have any of the relevant government legal analysis or background. It certainly isn’t clear from the available reports, and as I said, CIA control only “seems” clear from those reports. The National Journal article adds much to that perception. I fully agree that one key element of CA doesn’t seem to be met here, but, its authority would seem to me the only way to explain CIA involvement in this type of operation if there was any. I also wonder if U.S. involvement would have been acknowledged if things had not gone well or OBL was not in the compund…and where that would leave us regarding whether CA authority was used — at least initially. Further, I am fully aware of general DoD policy on law of war compliance,… Read more »
John: This statement from Panetta last night on TV sure clouds things: LEON PANETTA: Since this was what’s called a “title 50″ operation, which is a covert operation, and it comes directly from the president of the United States who made the decision to conduct this operation in a covert way, that direction goes to me. And then, I am, you know, the person who then commands the mission. But having said that, I have to tell you that the real commander was Adm. McRaven because he was on site, and he was actually in charge of the military operation that went in and got bin Laden. I would simply note that we should not necessarily assume Panetta is correct that, even if this was a “title 50 operation” in some respects — e.g., involving the CIA, and perhaps even with a presidential finding (and no, I don’t have any inside information on such matters and, unlike Panetta, would not reveal such classified info if I did!) — that doesn’t necessarily mean that it was covert in the statutory sense, let alone that it would not be in compliance with IHL. By the way, my representations about DOD policy are… Read more »
Fair points, all, Marty. I tend to believe — fairly I think — that the CIA Director knew the legal analysis/authority supporting the operation. As I say, I suspect we would not have readily acknowledged anything if the op had been unsuccessful, that is, unless circumstances forced us to do so.
I also assume that the “classification” of information surrounding the op, including many if not all of its details, changed immediately after it was successful. I assume the Director takes such issues as seriously as you (and I) do. If we wanted the American public and the world to know about our success, declassification or selective reclassification was required and, most likely, quickly achieved.
Again, without questioning the exact details of this how this operation was carried out on the ground, I think the issue of CIA control over various aspects of armed hostilities, and the domestic and international legal implications of DoD involvement in CIA controlled operations, are currently under-analyzed.
John: It’s a minor point, but in light of the high dudgeon about leaks of classified information; the scrupulousness of the majority of us who treat very seriously our obligation not to reveal such information; and the seemingly constant revelation by high government officials, of every administration, of such classified information (the Woodward book and Rizzo discussion with Tara McKelvey being two of the most recent extraordinary examples), I think it’s important:
If there was a presidential finding here authorizing covert action (and I don’t know if there was), I am virtually certain that it would have been highly classified and that it has not been declassified. I could be wrong, but it would be a highly unusual declassification . . . .
Again, a fair point Marty. Of course, acknowledging the existence of a finding does not necessarily reveal its classified contents or aspects. So, although I would defer to you here, I could see the existence of the finding being declassified or released but not some of its more important contents. Classification of specific information is, after all, a purely executive function albeit supported by Congress. For readers, I recently noticed that, over at Lawfare, Bobby Chesney has two new posts (from yesterday and today) on the topic of covert action related to the OBL (or UBL) operation. He seems to think, if I read him correctly, that the “traditional military activities” exception (meaning that by statute, no covert action can include traditional military activities) prevents this operation from falling within the CA statutory framework. I think several rational arguments can be made that there was very little traditional about this military operation other than its object, the killing of a fighter/combatant in a non-international armed conflict. He also briefly mentions the so-called “fifth function” as a possible source of covert action authority. I tend to disagree with that reading of the statutory framework for a variety of reasons — not the least of which being that the statutory… Read more »
Ian, quickly, I agree with you in principle and look forward to reading your article. However, if customary international law requires, as a condition of the combatant’s privilege (and I recognize this is debated), that memebers of an armed force (1) fall under responsible command; (2) where an insignia recognizable at a distance; (3) carry their arms openly; & (4) conduct operation according to the laws of war, then I wonder if placing members of the armed forces under the control of a civilian agency with no domestic legal requirement to do any of these things (and indeed, who will conceal their identity to remain “covert”), and removing their (military members’) requirement to do these things, might alter their IHL status. There are other potential consequences under our domestic law as well.
Response… Of course, the President, as Commander in Chief, was the ultimate authority re: the operation. Does he have “combatant” immunity under the laws of war? CIA operatives who are not also members of the regular armed forces of the U.S. do not. But the raid was conducted by members of the armed forces. My point about law of war principles of reasonable necessity, proportionality, distinction, and the prohibition of indiscrimnate targetings was that since there have been useful developments in connection with use of such in the law of war context, including DPH, it should be useful to apply such by analogy with respect to similar principles of reasonable necessity and proportionality that condition lawful self-defense targetins, including DPAA, when the laws of war are not applicable. With respect to the armed conflict in Afghanistan that has expanded, de facto, to parts of Pakistan (including apparently that part where bin Laden received and sent couriers — i.e., where he was killed), my point has been that it is an international armed conflict in several respects because of the internationalizing elements (e.g., U.S. use of armed force — and wherever the U.S. uses U.S. miltary to engage in combat roles the… Read more »
John, At least for an IAC, I am in the school who believes members of the armed forces do need to comply with those 4 conditions (subject to where art. 44(3) API applies de jure, and noting the various reservations and declarations as to the ambit of that article). I argue this is some detail in my book on targeting, basically agreeing with the views put by like minded commentators. So, I completely agree with you. For example, if members of the armed forces went covert, and not just clandestine, then no combatant’s privilege. The point I want to be clear though is having a civilian direct the overall conduct of the mission (and even where that civilian did not meet the test for responsible command) would not, in my view, be inconsistent with those LOAC requirements as long as there was a military commander between the troops and the civilian. Of course, that assumes that the military commander retained ‘command’. If the SEALs were TACON (or perhaps even OPCON) to the CIA, then the issue is (under IL) probably just one of covert or clandestine. As for US domestic law, the whole reason most of us become IL lawyers is we prefer… Read more »
And Ian, that’s why we should continue to apply membership as the sole criterion for “combatant” status and pw status under GPW, art. 4(A)(1) [versus 4(A)(2)]
If I understand your post correctly, you are of the view that under LOAC as long as a person is a member of the armed forces (or incorporated militias and volunteer forces), then that person is entitled to combatant status and pw status regardless of complying with the ‘4 conditions’.
If I have summarised your view correctly, I disagree that that is the law. However, I acknowledge there are two competing schools of thought. Along with legal arguments that I set out elsewhere, at the simplest policy level it seems contrary to achieving compliance with the principle of distinction to afford combatant and pw status to a member of the armed forces who conducts hostilities out of uniform and with his or her arms concealed. If in the future I am in a nice, traditional IAC against (say) New Zealand, I would like to think that I will be able to visually identify (and thereby distinguish) civilians and members of the NZ Defence Forces.
Howard Gilbert
Despite the position of the Bush administration, the 45,000 light infantry soldiers of the Army of Afghanistan under the Taliban who were stretched out in a line facing off against a similar force belonging to the Northern Alliance on 9/10/01 should be entitled to combatant privilege. They were members of the regular armed forces of a signatory to the Geneva Convention. Although a non-uniformed army might pose a problem if it hid among civilians, when it masses in a military formation along the Panjshir Valley, there is no problem with distinction. The attempt by Yoo and Bellinger to require compliance with the “4 part rule” is unreasonable. Those soldiers came dressed properly for an Afghan civil war and had no time to change when suddenly it turned into an International Armed Conflict. The “4 part rule” has been characterized as a requirement for independently operating militia units, not for a regular army or for militia units incorporated into a main army force. Until someone actually tries to hide among civilians, the dress code is not part of a problem. The structure of the enemy chain of command seems irrelevant in all cases. Having said that, in the Bin Laden attack… Read more »
Alan G Kaufman
I would offer that there are 3 reasons this went off as a covert operation with a finding rather than as a traditional military operation. One is legal, 2 are political. The legal reason is this: The covert action statute, requiring as it does a Presidential finding, is based, I argue, in separation of powers concerns. In this case, the President unilaterally launched US forces into a foreign sovereign nation with which the US is not at war, apparently without that nation’s prior knowledge (though perhaps with implicit prior consent) to conduct operations that would and could be considered acts of war against that sovereign. In requiring a Presidential finding, the covert action statute accommodates Congressional concerns with protection of its war declaring powers from Presidential intrusion by requiring him to document actions of this nature in advance, and to inform the Congress. Such a finding would not have been required if this same mission had not been considered a covert action. In the circumstances of this case, it seems to me to be politic, and as legal matter to accommodate the separation of powers involved, very likely necessary, to make the finding and inform Congress as required by the… Read more »
Benjamin G Davis
But if all SEAL missions are to be viewed as IHL compliant and IHL is more lenient about how one goes about killing a legitimate target than law enforcement does, isn’t the result that the IHL compliant DoD action done in a not clearly IHL space puts the DoD actors in trouble. I complied with IHL they might say, but the response would be, ‘that’s nice, but that was not good enough" by someone down the road who thought the armed conflict threshold had not been met.
Welcome back Marty – ah if you could have done more for criminal prosection for the torture when you were at DOJ.
…” the IHL compliant DoD action done in a not clearly IHL space puts the DoD actors in trouble.”
I suggest that this view perhaps merges jus in bello with jus ad bellum accountability.
I guess what you see depends upon where you sit…but this case — the killing of Osama bin Laden — appears to be in the context of an officially held US view that a state of armed conflict with Al Qaeda existed (and exists) and that bin Laden was a lawful military target in that armed conflict. We have a Presidential finding, a State Dept legal view, the Congressional AUMF….
Are you not seeking, in this circumstance, to hold a low level soldier accountable for a jus ad bellum decision? Hard to argue, it seems to me, that on these facts, the soldier should see the order as unlawful and reject it…..
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Inside Look. Film Laborarory - Judgement in Hungary 1/4.
3-6 DECEMBER 2015
About civil rights movements in the United States and Roma rights movements in Hungary and Eastern Europe
VENUE: Blinken Open Society Archives at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary
CURATED BY Ellen Hume, Annenberg Fellow in Civic Media, CEU
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US. minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies. What were the elements that made the African-American civil rights movement successful? What are the effective models in Europe for Roma integration and opportunity? While there are very different histories and contexts for these minority groups, a sharing of their experiences, tactics, and wisdom could lead to new thinking and effective action in both regions.
Judgment in Hungary
In 2008 and 2009, a group of Hungarian right-wing extremists committed a series of attacks on random members of the Roma community. Six people were killed, including a five-year-old, and another five were injured. The trial of the four suspects lasted two-and-a-half years, and the verdict was passed in August 2013. Director Eszter Hajdú filmed the trial and condensed it to create an oppressive Kammerspielfilm starring the cold-blooded suspects, an irritable judge and the victims’ families. Without any commentary, Hajdú recorded the drawn-out and sometimes chaotic trial from the cramped courtroom’s public gallery. A small static camera shows the judge's point of view, while close-ups highlight the emotions of the people touched by the crime. Sometimes we see the protagonists outside the courtroom, for example during the reconstruction at the crime scene. At the start of the trial, the victims and next of kin assume there will be justice, and they have faith that the Hungarian authorities will protect them. But will the extremists be found guilty? The widespread anti-Roma sentiment in Hungarian society, and the bungling (intentional or otherwise) on the part of the police give them reason to fear they will not. (IDFA)
Eszter Hajdú / 2013 / Hungary / 107 min / Blu-ray / Hungarian with English subtitles
Introduced and analyzed by film director Eszter Hajdú
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Byron Nelson hosting Puppyfest on May 12 to support Guide Dogs for the Blind
Northwest Independent School District » News » What's New » Byron Nelson hosting Puppyfest on May 12 to support Guide Dogs for the Blind
Byron Nelson High School will host Puppyfest on Saturday, May 12, to support the school’s Guide Dogs for the Blind program, which trains puppies into guide dogs for those with visual impairments.
The event begins at 8 a.m. and includes a fun run, puppy pageant, pet adoptions, vaccination clinic, puppy baths, vendors and a silent auction. Registration for the fun run – which includes both dogs and people – will begin at 8 a.m., while the race itself begins at 9 a.m. For those interested in pet adoptions, the Human Society of North Texas and Trophy Club Animals will be on hand to manage the process. HSNT is the oldest humane society in the state, while TCA is a local organization that supports lost and found pets, re-homing and stray animal adoptions.
Attendees can take part in the race for $10 per person and $5 per dog, while the pageant is $5 per dog. Pageant categories include best dressed, most talented, cutest and ugliest, best puppy/human costume and puppy look-alike.
For more information about the event, contact organizers through their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bnhspuppyfest. The Facebook page also includes registration forms for downloading.
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Suzanne Vega Quotes
"Suzanne Nadine Vega" is an American songwriter and singer known for her eclectic folk music/folk-inspired music.
Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: "Luka (song)/Luka" and "Tom's Diner". The latter was originally an a cappella version on Vega's album, which was then remade in 1990 as a dance track produced by the British dance production team The DNA Disciples/DNA.
Vega has released eight studio albums to date, the latest of which is Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, released in 2014.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous musicians! More Suzanne Vega on Wikipedia.
I think people are sexy when they have a sense of humor, when they are smart, when they have some sense of style, when they are kind, when they express their own opinions, when they are creative, when they have character.
Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.
I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.
To me, a feminist belongs in the same category as a humanist or an advocate for human rights. I don't see why someone who's a feminist should be thought of differently.
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.
Today I am/ a small blue thing / Like a marble/ or an eye.
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Tamara McKinney
Posted on March 23, 2017 by Greg Morrill
This past weekend Mikaela Shiffrin became the third American woman to win the overall FIS World Cup. Much has been made of Mikaela’s youth since she just turned 22 last week. However the first American woman to win the overall was even younger! Tamara McKinney was 20 years old in 1983 when she won the overall World Cup.
Tom Hubbs was the first to identify Tamara McKinney as the first American woman World Cup winner. Well, actually Tom says the real credit should go to his friend Scott Cragle who had recently sent Tom an article from Powder magazine on Tamara!
Lyndall Heyer also identified Tamara and pointed out that Tamara’s 20-year-old daughter, Francesca English, is now an aspiring ski racer.
Tamara McKinney was born in Lexington, Kentucky – not too many world-class alpine skiers come out of Kentucky! Her father owned and operated a horse farm there and was one of the best steeplechase jockeys in the United States. Her mother was an accomplished horse-woman, however she was also a ski instructor!
Tamara was the youngest of eight siblings, most of whom were accomplished skiers. By the time Tamara came along her mother was spending winters instructing at Squaw Valley. Tamara says she was almost on skis before she could walk. She would learn to ski at a young age primarily by following her older brothers and sisters around Squaw.
Before Tamara made her mark in alpine ski racing, her older siblings seemed destined for skiing fame. Steve McKinney made the U.S. Ski Team as a downhill racer before becoming better known as a speed skier. Steve would set seven world speed records and in 1978 was the first speed skier to break the 200km per hour barrier!
Tamara’s older sister Sheila also made the U.S. Ski Team, but suffered a career-ending injury in a World Cup downhill – a downhill that Tamara had forerun!
Tamara was nine years old when she watched Barbara Ann Cochran win the gold medal at the 1972 Olympics. Since Barbara Ann was relatively small for a ski racer, Tamara really identified with her and it inspired her to become an alpine ski racer.
Tamara would make the U.S. Ski Team at the age of 15 and earn her first World Cup podium in Italy at 16. She competed in all events although her strengths were in slalom and giant slalom. In 1981 at the age of 18 she won the World Cup in the GS discipline and finished 6th in the overall. Then in 1983 she would score a trifecta winning the overall World Cup, the slalom World Cup, and the GS World Cup! 1983 was a good year for the United States since Phil Mahre won the overall World cup for the men.
Tamara was a three time Olympian, but did not win any medals. She had better luck at World Championships winning several medals. In the final season of her racing career she would win a gold in the combined event at the 1989 World Championships in Vail.
During Tamara’s racing career, she suffered some losses that had little to do with skiing. Her father died in 1985 and her mother passed away in 1988. In 1990 right after Tamara had announced she was retiring from ski racing, her brother Steve was killed in an automobile accident.
Tamara was a multi-talented athlete. She followed in her father and mother’s footsteps to be an accomplished horse-woman. Somewhere along the way she became a pretty good figure skater as well. Today Tamara McKinney is a realtor in Squaw Valley. She still skis and does some coaching. And as pointed out earlier, she now roots for her daughter, Francesca, who is an aspiring ski racer.
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Robert "Bob" Joseph Lloyd
Published by classified@pres... on Mon, 05/06/2019 - 1:34pm
Robert “Bob” Joseph Lloyd, 88, of Perrysburg, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019 in his home. He was born December 23, 1930 in Toledo. Bob graduated from Clay in 1948 and served active duty in the United States Marine Corps. After discharge, he served in the United States Navy (Naval) Reserves until 1956. He met Elaine Stribrny in 1975, got married in 1982, and have been together ever since. Bob worked for Pure Oil while starting his own business as a builder. He began constructing and selling homes, and went on to build apartment complexes. Bob’s business became a management company for the apartment complexes that he owned. Bob was grateful for his life-long and competent employees to allow him to live the lifestyle he enjoyed. He traveled the world and hunted in far corners of the globe. Bob also experienced, and grew a passion for, piloting airplanes, building and flying ultralights, snow skiing, golfing, boating, fishing, and collecting and driving cars. Many of Bob’s friends will also remember he loved to play basketball when he was younger.
Cherishing his memory, his wife of 37 years, best friend of 44 years, Elaine Lloyd; children, Jay (Kelly) Lloyd, Jean Lloyd, Bernice (Don) Miller, June Lloyd; eleven grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and brother, Charlie (Corky) Nichols. He is preceded in death by his daughter, Joyce Duncan; mother, Anna Lloyd; two brothers; and two sisters.
Family and friends are invited to the Stone Oak Country Club, 100 Stone Oak Boulevard in Holland, on Saturday, May 18, 2019, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. for a Celebration of Life with military honors to be held at 5:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks you to consider Hospice of Northwest Ohio. www.freckchapel.com
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Brain Fitness first in 2013 Chamber University series
August 1, 2013 Squire News Community Services 0
Use it or lose it true in mental wellbeing
By BETH ALTENA
“What we are doing is really about learning what is going on in our brains, improving thinking and development,” said Greg Mutch, of Thought Design in downtown Rockford. The business was host to the new lunchtime format for Rockford Chamber University events. On Monday, July 22, Mutch described the dual feature of his company as health and nutrition. The office features a large room for classroom-type activities and a large kitchen for food and nutrition education.
“Everything we do in there ends in a dinner party,” he stated, pointing to the kitchen. “Everything we do in here ends in a test, so that’s really where you want to be invited to.”
Mutch’s modest comment was proved untrue by the interesting presentation that followed, focusing on ways to keep your brain working and fit. Denise VanEck spoke with audience participation for the following hour, which went by quickly.
VanEck called her training “alchemy” and said she “throws a lot of things together and see what we can create together.”
The session began with a group activity where participants stood in a circle and were given instructions on interacting with the others that started simple and grew increasingly complex, although not exactly hard. It was a fun demonstration and VanEck stated afterward that attendees may have thought the activity silly, but she said she guaranteed that whatever people were worried about in their personal or work lives was forgotten during the time the game was being played.
Denise VanEck was the lead speaker during the class on mental fitness held Monday, July 22 at Thought Design’s location in the Promenade at 10 E. Bridge Street. Here she shows the group what a neuron is.
VanEck said the day’s agenda was centered around brain science, particularly neurogenesis, which is the creation of new neurons in the brain. She said every person continues to create new neurons in the brain their entire lives, right up until the day they die. She used another big word, neuroplasticity, which is the rewiring of the brain through experience. “Cells that fire together wire together,” she stated.
“Our neurons are born and if they find a purpose and a companion we keep them,” she described. She said that by participating in the game “We all created a new set of neurons.” She said if we think or talk about the experience two or three times, the connections will become established and we will get to keep those new neurons. “Those neurons will become a permanent part of your brain.”
There are cases of mature adults who have all the evidence of brain disease like Alzheimer’s, but none of the symptoms, VanEck said. Although there are conflicting studies about such circumstances, stimulation and guidance toward maintaining mental health is positive. “The brain will evolve one way or another. The goal is to guide it to the good.”
“The good news is the areas of the brain that decline with age are the ones in which we are creating new innovations,” she stated. “Dementia is a pathology that is all about daily lifestyle. A lot of us blame stuff on aging that can be controlled.”
Brain health, she said, can depend on four factors, being engaged with life, doing your best at what you are doing, at continual exposure to stimulating activities and getting out of your comfort zone.
“You train your brain to focus. The more you do it, the easier it is for your brain to focus.” VanEck said novelty is very important to the brain and doing something new every day is an excellent idea. She said there are tricks you can do to keep your brain thinking—literally—such as wearing your watch upside down for a day.
The part of the brain that stores “old ideas” is the basil ganglia. She described the function of this part of the brain as keeping automatic actions in place. “When you come to a red light you don’t have to remember your driver’s training when they taught you to put your foot down on the brake and come to a stop. You do it automatically.”
She said doing crosswords actually do not stimulate the part of your brain that needs stimulation because people get to a point where they do the puzzles without thinking because the answers are old information pulled up from the basil ganglia.
Class learns a trick—a technique to recharge your mental ability was practiced by attendees at the Promenade. The technique was just one of a slew of ways to keep your brain power fit and active.
“Good mental stimulation is novelty, variety and challenge. The brain craves these,” VanEck stated. She said the idea is science, not theory and brain exercises cause the brain to create neurotrophin, a nutrient in the brain. “Research shows that neurotrophins protect your brain from damage. When you are feeling fragmented, tired, drained, you may actually have a nutrient deficiency.”
Exercises that do benefit the brain are both physical and mental. She said as the brain goes about its business of creating neurons, each neuron has synapses that reach out for connections within the brain. If synapses connect, they stay, if they fail to find a connection they may become frayed and deteriorate.
The physical makeup of a neuron is 78 percent water, 10 percent fat, eight percent protein, one percent carbohydrates, one percent salt and two percent minor constituents. Because of that, it is important to drink water all day long.
VanEck also pointed out that emotions give off chemicals in the brain that affect the brain’s function. Negative emotions give out chemicals that inhibit the brain while positive emotions do the opposite. She also noted that emotions are contagious. If someone smiles at you it is natural to smile back.
Aerobic exercises are also incredibly important for brain function because they oxygenate the brain. Yoga is also a great activity because different moves are stimulating in different ways and for different parts of he brain.
When asked about removing bad habits, VanEck had to say that there is no delete button in the brain. “For habit change, it is all about replacement,” she said. She used the example of stoplights and said if the president decreed that all red lights be replaced with purple, for a year there would be a lot of accidents. After that, the idea of stopping on purple would become a function of the basil ganglia and no longer be a new idea.
She said in breaking an undesirable habit, people need to replace it with something new “and that’s on purpose.”
She described the part of the brain where new ideas are created as the pre-frontal cortex, located behind your forehead. “Think of it as a stage with only room for four to seven players.” She said activity in that part of the brain is exhausted in about 90 minutes. “Make sure you are utilizing that as much as possible,” she said. When doing repetitive actions, the frontal cortex is not being used.
Attendee Dr. Michael Shibler asked a question about using that part of the brain and said he is a non-believer in the concept of multi-tasking. VanEck agreed, and said to think you can do many different things at one time is untrue. “When we are doing more than one thing at once it’s because we are using the basil ganglia part of the brain.”
VanEck brought up yet another large word, the amygdala and asked if anyone had ever heard of an amygdala hijack (lots of people nodded). She said that part of the brain is also often referred to as the “reptilian brain” and it controls your fight or flight response.
“That’s the part of the brain that kicks in when we are stressed. It takes over all other parts of the brain,” she said. She said all of us have our favorite fight or flight tools we use in stressful or hostile situations and usually associate that with a negative emotion.
In a stressed situation a person may want to restore control to the prefrontal cortex portion of the brain. She said there are many techniques to achieve this control and cited smell as an important “mental switch.” She said citrus is the most powerful smell for stimulating. VanEck said personally she buys the strongest citrus smelling lotion she can find to fight stress.
“Another big one is nature,” she described, and recommended keeping something nearby which has a beautiful scene of natural beauty.
A quick stress fix was a very cool technique that anyone can do anywhere in just a moment. VanEck demonstrated, making an “0” with her thumb and forefinger.
“Touch your thumb to your first finger and think of a moment in your life when you were very exhilarated,” she said. Moving on to the second finger to her thumb, she said, “Think of a moment in your life when you felt very loved and cherished.” The third step is to touch your thumb to your ring finger. “Think of a moment when you achieved a success that made you very proud.” Finally, touching the thumb to the pinkie finger she said, “Now think of a time when you were in a very relaxing, beautiful place.”
She said this simple mental trick fills your brain with positive emotions. She said people can use it before a presentation to feel upbeat and unthreatened, when getting ready for an important meeting, or on the cusp of any activity that might tend to cause stress or anxiety. She called it a “full brain turn-on.”
The next section of the meeting was another group activity which was inexplicable until it was explained. VanEck had the first person around the table begin a story with each person after that adding a sentence to the story prefaced by “Yes, and…” The story was about a person on the trail with a dog and then with children, someone had to use the restroom, more action took place and eventually ended with a meal. Each person began their contribution with the “Yes, and…”
When describing the meaning of the activity, VanEck said the brain is five times more likely to go to a negative response than a positive one, but can be trained to tend more toward a positive response. She said she was introduced to the “Yes, and…” game fifteen years ago, “And it changed my life.” She said the opposite response (the more natural one) is to meet new information with a “No, but…”
“I try to play the “Yes, and…” game in my life as much as I remember to,” she said. “No, but…” is nothing but a cognitive habit.”
VanEck said puzzle mind games are very good for the brain, as are logic puzzles. She also said drinking a large glass of cold water can be a mental reset when the brain is tired and described another mental brain reset of a “sensory jolt.” She asked participants to imagine the flavors of foods you normally wouldn’t pair together.
First she asked to imagine the taste of chocolate pudding, and after a moment to think of the taste of steak. Next she paired a moment of imagining ice cream, and then mustard. Finally, she asked to think of the flavor of a glass of milk, and then think of the taste of a pickle. She asked for a show of hands of those who actually had the physical response of a watering mouth due to the incongruous flavors.
Finally she ended with an exercise in reframing, which is another technique to “wake up” the brain. As a group she had everyone read the words on a slide, all were words that were colors, but didn’t match the color the word described. First all reading just the words, the group sounded like a rehearsed team, not a single misstep among the reading.
Next the group was asked to speak together again, this time saying not the word but the color the word was made of. After about four words, the group fell apart, everyone having difficulty forcing themselves to say the color of the word instead of the word itself.
She said this mental activity cannot only stimulate the brain to pay attention, but can be a tool in reassessing a situation and turning it to something more controllable and manageable.
VanEck thanked everyone for participating in this first Chamber University of 2013 and hoped the short primer on brain health will be useful as we all try to do our best in our professional and personal lives.
“In the world we live in now, it isn’t going to be the guy with the best widget who is most successful. It will be the guy who is able to out-think the competition.”
The next Chamber University is September 23 at the Rockford Community Cabin from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Professor Rob Vermeer will explain the new rules and the ins and outs of the Health Care Reform. Bring a lunch or have one brought in by a Chamber member. After that, on November 11 learn how to be part of the political process, also at the Community Cabin from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Dr. Michael Shibler will talk about making a difference in Lansing. All Chamber University events are open to Chamber members and future Chamber members and are free of charge.
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Hala Wardé: Beirut Museum of Art´s new architecture
14. Okt. 2016 in News
2020 will the new BeMA (Beirut Museum of Art) open and they just announced the winning design for its building: Paris-based, Beirut-born architect, Hala Wardé. The firm HW architecture was selected from a shortlist of 13 design teams. The new museum will be centrally located in the heart of the Beirut positioned on a symbolically-charged site in Beirut that once marked the dividing lines in the Lebanese civil war. The museum’s permanent collection will include modern and contemporary artworks from Lebanon, the Lebanese diaspora and the wider region.
BeMA Beirut, Fassade
HW´s design features a central campanile tower that will rise high nearly 400 feet above the base of the museum to act as a cultural beacon for the entire city. The campanile will include space for workshops and performances, as well as artist’s residences with expansive views of downtown Beirut; a public garden and landscaped promenade that will accommodate site-specific installations and artworks surrounded by lush vegetation; as well as an amphitheater for performing arts. The Museum is situated on a plot of land owned by Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) and the selected design reflects a careful consideration of connections to the campus and to the larger urban surroundings.
Hala Wardé
Hala Wardé: “I am delighted and honored to realize my first major project in the city of Beirut where I was born, on such an exceptional site. This museum program, in connection with the university, will allow us to create a new cultural and social space with a garden and amphitheater, and will single out this artistic territory with a strong and recognizable urban beacon, which through its multiple expressions, will belong to the new urban landscape of the city. It is a moving coincidence to receive this news as the architectural world is gathered in London to honor Zaha Hadid, an inspiration to women and architects worldwide, who was originally a member of this competition’s jury. I am thinking of her today with great affection.”
The Beirut Museum of Art Design Competition Jury, chaired by Lord Peter Palumbo, chose Wardé’s design for it’s consideration of the site and surrounding context, which weaving together remarkable landscape, urbanistic, and architectural design elements including a tower designed to house exhibition space and artist residencies. In the statement announcing the winner, the Jury noted that the design was selected for “the way it creates a succession of varied landscapes and spaces where art and society can come together. The connections between garden, amphitheater, exhibition spaces and roof garden have been well considered and offer a continuous visitor experience that lends itself to both exhibiting art and engaging with the community.”
The international jury was chaired by Peter Palumbo, Chairman of The Pritzker Prize for Architecture, included curators Hans Ulrich Obrist and Dame Julia Peyton-Jones; architects George Arbid, Dr. Farès el-Dahdah, Dr. Rodolphe El-Khoury, Rem Koolhaas, and Lord Richard Rogers; artist Lamia Joreige; and APEAL president Henrietta Nammour. The late Zaha Hadid, who was active on the jury until her unfortunate passing in 2015, remains an honorary member of the jury.
ABOUT BeMA: BEIRUT MUSEUM OF ART
BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art is a new museum set to launch in Beirut in 2020. A new cultural hub highlighting modern and contemporary art from Lebanon and from the region, the museum will be privileging Lebanese and Lebanese Diaspora artistic creation, while also introducing regional and international artistic traditions and production. BeMA will engage with diverse communities and host cultural and educational programs, in the service of building a committed civil society. In addition to housing a collection of modern and contemporary works, the museum will also create opportunities for the production of new artistic work. BeMA will bring together different narratives, foster conversation, in connection with cultural organizations and partners across the region and globally.
In the lead up to opening its doors, BeMA is already engaging audiences through a series of evolving programs, including the launch of an artist-in-residence program, a series of commissioned artist interventions, and a collaboration with community arts organizations across Lebanon. Future programming includes artist publications, research and education initiatives, an online archive, and ongoing new commissions developed in collaboration with key local, regional and international partners.
ABOUT HALA WARDÉ AND HW ARCHITECTURE
HW architecture is an architectural practice created in 2008 by Hala Wardé. HW architecture’s multi-disciplinary team of creative individuals has gained expertise in designing and delivering large scale projects such as museums and mixed-use centres as well as small scale projects such as art galleries and private houses. The studio has in-house architects, graphists, designers and model makers supplemented by an external network of specialized consultants including scenographists, museologists, lighting specialists, signage and graphic design specialists, architectural historians, landscape and public realm designers.
Hala Wardé has collaborated for over 26 years with Jean Nouvel. Projects developed by HW architecture in association with Ateliers Jean Nouvel are regulated by a privileged partnership. In the framework of this partnership, Hala Wardé was recently in charge of the One New Change office and retail centre in London, delivered in 2010, and the Landmark project, a mixed-use complex in the city centre of Beirut. Hala Wardé is currently leading the Louvre Abu Dhabi project, which she has been overseeing since its inception in 2006. The Paris-based office has a dedicated team for the development and site supervision of this project in Abu Dhabi. (press release)
09. Dez. 2015 in News
ART FUND PRIZE 2016
Heute beginnt die Suche nach dem Preisträger für den ART FUND PRIZE 2016. Dabei wird kein Künstler nominiert, sondern ein Museum. weiterlesen
new Rolls-Royce commission: Yang Fudong
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars unveils new work by Chinese artist Yang Fudong as part of its Art Programme. The artist created a new video work which was launched at the Shanghai Center of Photography (SCôP), Shanghai, located in the West Bund… weiterlesen
Wiener Künstlerhaus als Albertina-Filiale?
Seit Jahren dümpelt das Künstlerhaus vor sich hin. Das Ausstellungsprogramm ist unübersichtlich, die Architektur in einem desolaten Zustand und seit mehr als zehn Jahren verdeckt ein Gerüst das Haus. Eine Generalsanierung ist in jeder Beziehung notwendig. weiterlesen
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Monsters and Heroes
Letter-size saddle-stapled Cinema magazine printed on newsprint-quality paper. Seven issues, 1967 to 1970, from M & H Publications. Editor and publisher: Larry Ivie (?1936-2014). Publication schedule was nominally bi-monthly, but in fact very erratic.
A high-quality magazine which also covered Comics and featured considerable material on Edgar Rice Burroughs, it was largely written and illustrated by Ivie himself; he painted the covers for all seven issues. Of particular interest to Burroughs fans were the back covers, carrying Ivie's alternative dust-jacket artwork for various Burroughs novels. Subjects covered included Superhero Television adaptations both live and animated; such past television series as Captain Video (1949-1953; 1955-1956); film serials; and Radio programmes such as Captain Midnight, The Green Hornet, and many others. Comics artist Bernie Wrightson contributed some of his earliest work here. Ivie wrote and illustrated Altron-Boy, a teenage superhero who gained modest Superpowers including enhanced strength and the ability to fly by using a belt made of "altron", a metal was developed by his late uncle for Germany during World War Two. Altron-Boy's primary foe was the Mad Scientist Voltar who sought world conquest from a hidden Island base and constantly tried to steal the belt. Efforts to produce Altron-Boy as an animated or live-action television programme, inspired by the success of Batman (1966-1968), ultimately came to nothing. Unfortunately Monsters and Heroes never seemed to achieve sufficient distribution to become fully viable. Ivie was connected with other film magazines, and also published artwork in such contemporary SF Magazines as Amazing and Galaxy; his illustrations were of good quality and it is regrettable that he was not more prolific. [GSt]
see also: Media Magazines.
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An ambitious, hook-laden work of both considerable anger and pain (“And there’s nothing wrong with me/This is how I’m supposed to be/In a land of make believe/That don’t believe in me”), punk outfit Green Day’s seventh studio album, rock opera American Idiot, arrived with a boom in the fall of 2004 — a survey of social anxiousness and a scathing rebuke to the Bush Administration’s frittering away of post-9/11 international goodwill. A critically embraced masterwork, it was also a commercial smash, going on to sell more than 15 million copies worldwide, and six million-plus in the United States alone. Still, despite both its success and its roots in the tradition of The Who’s Tommy, even the album’s most ardent fans would likely have been hard pressed to predict a triumphant translation to the Great White Way.
Documentary Broadway Idiot chronicles just that journey, though, and in doing so throws a warming, stirring light on the special catharsis of the collaborative creative process. A film about both challenges and choices, it works for fans of Green Day as well as those inherently more interested in the ins and outs of the theater world.
Full of rehearsal footage bolstered by interviews with frontman Billie Joe Armstrong (above) and other key players, Broadway Idiot does a good job of tapping into the source material’s thick veins of feeling. Armstrong estimates 90 percent of the album was autobiographical, and talks about “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” widely construed as a song about 9/11, being rooted in the death of his father. But the film also isn’t skewed unreasonably toward celebrity. Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, musical supervisor Tom Kitt and choreographer Steven Hoggett — the three main architects of the stage adaptation — get equal time here, and relate both their nervousness in getting the material “right,” and devising tweaks appropriate to a live staging.
Director Doug Hamilton’s touch is straightforward and unobtrusive — almost to a fault, at times. Adhering to a painstakingly reconstructed chronological tack, he takes viewers through the inception of the stage adaptation and its rehearsals on to a Berkley, California, premiere, Green Day’s Grammy performance of “21 Guns” with the cast, the show’s Broadway bow and, eventually, Armstrong’s acting debut in the supporting role of St. Jimmy. There’s a more adventurous edit somewhere here, but Hamilton doesn’t expand much effort trying to track it down. This is strictly meat-and-potatoes filmmaking.
Thankfully, between odd couple Armstrong and Mayer — great interviewees, each — Broadway Idiot has enough else going on to keep a viewer’s attention. Armstrong proves particularly thoughtful as to the nature of some of the skepticism he initially had in a stage adaptation of American Idiot, wondering about striking a balance between challenging viewers, many visiting from out of town, and playing to their desire to “see a fairytale.” (He also questions, in appropriately blue language, what Donald Trump is doing at the show’s Broadway opening night.)
The interesting thing is that, for all his enormous success as a rock singer, the reception of American Idiot on stage helped validate Armstrong as a songwriter in ways he didn’t know he was missing. In candidly describing himself as blindsided by the depth of relationships forged with the cast and crew of the show, Armstrong reminds artists and audience members alike about the powerful nature of shared bonds, writ large. For the full, original review, from ShockYa, click here. Broadway Idiot opens this week in New York City and across VOD platforms, and expands theatrically to other cities beginning next week. For more information on the film, click here to visit its website. (FilmBuff, unrated, 81 minutes)
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On Amazon – A Peculiar Company
Amazon has a very strong culture. At other places I’ve worked, culture is an aspiration at the senior level but took a back seat to more pressing concerns like making as much money as possible. Amazon’s culture is embedded in its 14 Leadership Principles that are a common language and framework that form the basis of everything the company does, from interviews to everyday decisions. You can get a good feeling of the Amazon culture by watching videos of Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. A few good ones are from the Economic Club of Washington, an interview by his brother Mark, the Axel Springer Award, and a 60 Minutes Story about Amazon from 1999.
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Posted on October 12, 2018 December 27, 2018
In Praise of Humility — The Forgotten Story of Edward S. Harkness
The Residential Colleges were created 85 years ago. Though they have the names of many famous Yalies, the donor of these colleges is nowhere to be seen. Why?
What is a Yalie? When I think of the archetypical Yalie, I think of two things. First, a Yalie is someone who will do great things and change the world. Second, a Yalie has great human qualities of humility, philanthropy and caring for others. While Yalies are always reminded of our great alumni plastered across campus, we rarely see the humbler and more human side. That’s why it’s important to remember Edward S. Harkness. Continue reading “In Praise of Humility — The Forgotten Story of Edward S. Harkness”
How to be Happy — Yale’s Most Popular Class
This year Professor Laurie Santos created Yale’s most popular class of all time. The class is titled Psychology and the Good Life but it’s really a course on how to be happy both in the short and long term. I was excited to hear that Yale was offering the course but even more excited to see that the class is available online. While there’s little I hadn’t heard before, it did a great job of focusing me on what’s important and helped me get into the practice of being happier.
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The Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Software Testing
This is part of my Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Technology. My Mother-in-Law is a very smart woman even if she isn’t a “computer person.” The goal of this series is to take some big and treacherous sounding ideas and bring them down to earth.
Dearest Mother-in-Law,
Remember when you had kids and you told them to do stuff. And remember how they used to do what you told them but that wasn’t always what you intended them to do? Well, that’s the way computer programs work.
Just like kids, computer programs will do what you tell them, but beyond that, all bets are off. They don’t do anything that directly contradicts what you said but that doesn’t mean they’ll do what you want them to do. Continue reading “The Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Software Testing”
Posted on May 4, 2018 December 27, 2018
The Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Cloud Computing
This is part of my “Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Technology.” My Mother-in-Law is a very smart woman even if she isn’t a “computer person.” The goal of this post is to take a very big and treacherous sounding idea and bring it down to earth. I tried this before in a post which I’ve now renamed The Mother-In-Law’s Guide to Chaos Engineering.
You know when we visit a Target or a Wal-Mart in the suburbs and they have 30 checkout lanes and only 3 are open at any time? I always wondered why that happens. It even sparked someone to write a funny blog post about the phenomenon: Target Store Opens More than Three Checkout Lanes; Shoppers Confused. Continue reading “The Mother-in-Law’s Guide to Cloud Computing”
The Hidden Thirteenth Floor
In my apartment building, like many others, there’s no 13th floor. The floors go right from 12 to 14.
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I was at my shul last week and got into an interesting argument with my friend Bill Schwartz. I said, “Bill, the reason you feel this way is that you’re older than me.”
“Than I,” he corrected me.
“No. I really think it’s ‘than me.’ It’s clearly the object of the sentence.”
“Let’s ask my wife Janet. She used to be an English teacher.”
“It’s ‘than I,'” said Janet.
“OK, I said. I’ll look it up and get back to you.”
“Great,” said Bill. “I love receiving email.”
So I looked it up and I found some interesting pieces. My favorite is this bit from Merriam-Webster:
Some people think they’re better than you because they say “better than I” instead of “better than me.”
They’re not, of course. They’re just among the select group of grammar enthusiasts who think that than can only be a conjunction. You, on the hand, recognize that it can also be a preposition.
That’s right: whether you say “better than me,” “taller than I,” or “more annoying than they” has to do with grammatical categories that we typically only consider when a teacher asks us to.
But the bigger issue is believing that there’s a “right grammar.” John McWhorter is a Professor at Columbia University who writes about how grammar is more a fashion than anything else. McWhorter writes:
An especially enlightening read is William Cobbett’s book-length lecture to his son called “A Grammar of the English Language.” Cobbett’s sense of what good English was in 1818 seems, in 2012, so bizarre we can scarcely imagine someone speaking in such a way and being taken seriously.
To Cobbett, the past tense forms awoke, blew, built, burst, clung, dealt, dug, drew, froze, grew, hung, meant, spat, stung, swept, swam, threw and wove were all mistakes. The well-spoken person, Cobbett instructed, swimmed yesterday and builded a house last year. In Google’s handy Ngram viewer, using data from millions of books over several centuries, one can see that builded only started falling out of disuse around 1920. Not for any reason; no one discovered that builded was somehow elementally deficient. Fashion changed.
So why was Bill Schwartz so insistent on “better than I?” Let’s use Google Ngram to see the historical trends of these two phrases. You can click on the graphic to interact with it.
As you can see, when Bill was in school, “better than I” was the fashion. But don’t lose hope, “better than me” is coming on strong!
As I think about the sensibility that I have in this blog and the stories I tell, there’s a certain Jewishness to it. After reading the book A Treasury of Jewish Folklore, I can see it clearly. There’s an ironic wit of the underdog in Jewish storytelling that’s been passed down for generations. If you’re unfamiliar with the Jewish storyteller, take a look at Eddie Murphy playing “Old Jewish Man” from the end of the Movie Coming to America.
Jewish folk tales to a great job of explaining how I think about my blog. For example, my goal in this blog is to use stories from my life to make interesting points. But there’s a much better explanation through the following folk tale.
The Preacher of Dubno, Jacob Krantz, was once asked why parables have such persuasive power over people. The Preacher replied, “I will explain this by means of a parable.”
“It happened once that Truth walked about the streets as naked as his mother bore him. Naturally, people were scandalized and wouldn’t let him into their houses. Whoever saw him got frightened and ran away.
“And so as Truth wandered through the streets brooding over his troubles he met Parable. Parable was gaily decked out in fine clothes and was a sight to see. He asked, ‘Tell me, what is the meaning of all this? Why do you walk about naked and looking so woebegone?’
“Truth shook his head sadly and replied, ‘Everything is going downhill with me, brother. I’ve gotten so old and decrepit that everybody avoids me.’
“‘What you’re saying makes no sense,’ said Parable. “People are not giving you a wide berth because you are old. Take me, for instance, I am no younger than you. Nonetheless, the older I get the more attractive people find me. Just let me confide a secret to you about people. They don’t like things plain and bare but dressed up prettily and a little artificial. I’ll tell you what. I will lend you some fine clothes like mine and you’ll soon see how people will take to you.’
“Truth followed this advice and decked himself out in Parable’s gay clothes. And lo and behold! People no longer shunned him but welcomed him heartily. Since that time Truth and Parable are to be seen as inseparable companions, esteemed and loved by all.”
I also like to take examples and then write blog posts around them. The theory surrounding the example is subservient to the example itself. That’s an annoyingly complicated way of saying something better described in the following folk tale.
Once Rabbi Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna, said to his friend, the Preacher of Dubno, “Tell me, Jacob, how in the world do you happen to find the right parable to every subject?”
The Preacher of Dubno answered, “I will explain to you my parabolic method by means of a parable. Once there was a nobleman who entered his son in a military academy to learn the art of musketry. After five years the son learned all there was to be learned about shooting and, in proof of his excellence, was awarded a diploma and a gold medal.
“Upon his way home after graduation he halted at a village to rest his horses. In the courtyard he noticed on the wall of a stable a number of chalk circles and right in the center of each was a bullet hole.
“The young nobleman regarded the circles with astonishment. Who in the world could have been the wonderful marksman whose aim was so unerringly true? In what military academy could he have studied and what kind of medals had he received for his marksmanship!
“After considerable inquiry he found the sharpshooter. To his amazement, it was a small Jewish boy, barefoot and in tatters.
“‘Who taught you to shoot so well?’ the young nobleman asked him.
“The boy explained, ‘First I shoot at the wall. Then I take a piece of chalk and draw circles around the holes.’
Though I hadn’t thought of it, I’ve been using some of the wisdom of the ages to craft this blog. I guess I wasn’t just messing around and having fun.
I’m a very lucky boy. I had all four of my grandparents until I was 25. And I had one until this year when I was 41. Now that they’ve all passed away, I feel different. I’m a grand-orphan. Now that they are done teaching me, I wanted to honor their memory by reflecting on the lessons they’ve taught me. To paraphrase the great physicist Richard Feynman, “By the time they died, a lot of what is good about them has rubbed off on other people. So although they are dead, they won’t be completely gone.”
My Bubbie died in January. A couple of months before she died, she told me, “I’m a fighter.” At the time I didn’t want to tell her that the fight wasn’t going well. That an 87-year-old with heart and kidney failure was not winning the battle to live forever. She could hold on a little longer but eventually, as with everyone, death will win. Looking back, I realize she was fighting for something else. She wasn’t fighting for everlasting life, she was fighting to live a good life. It would have been easy for her to just go with the flow and coast off into the sunset—being that woman who just plays bingo and watches Jeopardy until she dies. But to really try to lead a good life—that takes effort.
David Foster Wallace gave a commencement address called This is Water (or more fully This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life) where he tells the following story:
There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?”
And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What the hell is water?”
To me, this story is about fighting against the current of the water to live a good life. All of my grandparents showed me where the water is, how to separate myself from it, and how to focus on what’s important.
Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned from my mother’s parents, Nana and Papa (Florence and Barney Liebman), and my father’s parents, Bubbie and Zaid (Connie and Norman Schlaff).
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When my Bubbie died in January, I wasn’t sure how to deal with it. People kept telling me that, “She lived a good long life” and “Her memory will live forever” but this wasn’t helpful. I know that she lived a great life and I know that I was very lucky to be 41 when my last grandparent died. But how should I deal with her death? What do I do now?
I started thinking about a conversation I had 13 years ago with Mike McGill. Mike was the superintendent of the Scarsdale school district, one of the best school districts in the country. We were talking about what students should learn in high school to lead a good and productive life.
I thought I had the answer. At 28, I’d finally learned the key skills to be successful in the business world: analytics and communication. I’d spent two years in business school and then worked for two years as a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the world’s most prestigious corporate strategy consultancies. Through this education, I learned to take data, analyze it, and communicate a story about it. Analytics and communication are also the skills needed to discuss issues and be a contributing member of society.
But Mike had a different perspective. He said, “Literature is the most important subject you can learn. It’s at the heart of being human. By reading a good book you learn key life lessons. There’s no better way to learn empathy and see things from someone else’s point of view.” Mike’s comment always stuck in my head and helped me understand how to read literature. So when Bubbie died I looked to literature for answers. Continue reading “Fiction Is the Lie That Tells the Truth”
Below is my eulogy for my Bubbie, Connie Schlaff, who died on January 9th, 2019 (1/9/19):
There’s a video of the great physicist Richard Feynman. In the video, his friend Danny Hillis said, “I’m sad because I realize you’re about to die.”
And Feynman said, “Yeah, that bugs me sometimes too. But not as bad as you think. By the time you get to be my age a lot of what is good about you has rubbed off on the people and so … although I will be dead, I won’t be completely gone.”
And that’s the way I like to think about Bubbie and all the little things she left us. Like some of her favorite things. I remember the last things that Blake and Ari did with Bubbie. These might have been Bubbie’s two favorite things. Ari did a crossword puzzle with her and Blake asked Bubbie if she would watch his new favorite show, Jeopardy, with him.
Continue reading “My Eulogy for My Bubbie”
Posted on September 21, 2018 December 27, 2018
Design Challenge: Makeup Kits for Female Astronauts
It’s always hard to design products that you are never going to use yourself. One of the most interesting design challenges in history was the equipment for the first astronauts. And once the women went up in space, the problem for the (mostly) male engineers only got worse. Take the example of the makeup kit.
Sally Ride: "The engineers at NASA, in their infinite wisdom, decided that women astronauts would want makeup – so they designed a makeup kit… You can just imagine the discussions amongst the predominantly male engineers about what should go in a makeup kit." #RideOn #Classof78 pic.twitter.com/dNZ51cWELH
— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) January 16, 2018
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Posted on August 29, 2018 December 31, 2018
When I was working at Citi Cards, I was under the impression that people were spending a lot of time figuring out what credit cards they should have. Were they going to get points or miles? Weren’t they going to be so excited that they could redeem their points with Amazon? Of course, working in a credit card company I was thinking about this all day and I lost sight of the fact that my customers had far better things to do with their time. Continue reading “The Future of Payments”
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Who said: "Our competition could be Google or Facebook" ?
From www.ft.com - 21 March 2016, 23:14
"The incoming chief executive of French insurer Axa has said in his first interview that he wants the company to focus on the group’s digital transformation rather than making more big acquisitions.
Axa announced on Monday that Thomas Buberl, the 42-year-old head of the group’s German operations, would take over as CEO of the insurer in September, replacing Henri de Castries, who has held the job for 16 years."
If I remember correctly, it was Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan, who was very vocal about the competition from Silicon Valley, and the threat to banks.
But to my knowledge, that's the first time that I see a newly-nominated CEO of a financial institution (in that case an insurer, Axa) explicitely mention digital transformation as a strategic axis.
Axa has been very active in innovation recently (from Axa Seed Factory, to Axa Labs to Axa Strategic Ventures), perhaps one of the most active ones together with Generali or Aviva in Europe, and it is therefore not surprising to see such a focus on innovation. However, innovation is rarely seen as a strategic focus for large organisations*, and this first interview from Thomas Buberl is therefore eminently interesting. It will be fascinating to see how this develops at Axa.
If you read the FT article, you will see that it's not what we normally expect to read in the first interview of a CEO of a large financial institution. Is it the beginning of a trend, where senior management of large organisations are much more digitally aware?
*most organisations have a digital strategy - that is "easy". But it is very different from having a strategy in a digital world - that is much harder.
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This song talks about someone who feels trapped in their relationship and wants to ‘break free’ of their lover. Although it was originally intended to be a male perspective of the women’s liberation movement, it was then taken on as somewhat of an anthem for one’s own personal freedom for person who finds his/herself in a situation where they feel repressed and want to ‘break free’ of their circumstances and show the real person that they are. The idea of dressing up in the video was suggested by Roger Taylor,featuring the band dressed up in drag-with Freddie as a housewife, Roger Taylor as a young school girl, Brain May as a housewife, and John Deacon as a grandmother. Echoing the song’s lyrics, all of them want to ‘break free’ of their lives. Roger Taylor said, “We had done some really serious, epic videos in the past, and we just thought we’d have some fun. We wanted people to know that we didn’t take ourselves too seriously, that we could still laugh at ourselves. I think we proved that”. In an interview with Q magazine March 2011, Bryan May was asked whether each band member’s character in the video was an accurate reflection of their personalities? He answered:”Of Course! Everybody thinks that was Freddie’s idea because it looks like something that he would love to do but it actually came from Roger’s girlfriend at the time, strangely enough. It was her idea to pastiche the Coronation Street women.” But in the US, it was a different story, the British humor didn’t go over well with the Americans, and some got offended by the band dressing as women, seeing the video as an empowerment to transvestites. Couple with Mercury’s bisexuality, the video proved too controversial and ended up being banned on MTV. Brian May said, “I think at that point we lost America, which is a shame, as it means there’s a whole chunk of Queen songs which never got played or heard there.”
It was released on April 2, 1984
John Deacon (Queen base player)
EMI, Capitol, Toshiba
US – 45
The single was very successful for Queen after reaching number 3 in the UK and held that position for 15 weeks. It was also within the top 10 in many European and Latin American countries. It was very popular in Germany where it was number 4 in the charts for 20 weeks .In the US, it only reached number 45 on the US charts and stayed there for 8 weeks.
The band Queen was formed in London in 1970 and was active for 14 years. Freddy Mercury was 38 years old then.
Lisa Stansfield sang it in The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.
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The Georges Commission
By Dr. William Para Riviere
Rather than take action on the 1981 Review Commission's recommendations the new two-year old Government chose to re-invent the wheel. On September 10, 1997 it appointed another Commission to once again review our Constitution. The Commission was chaired by renowned Dominican jurist, the Right Honourable Justice Phillip Telford Georges. The other Commissioners were Dr. Francis A.C. Grell, Sociologist; Ray C.M. Harris, Attorney-at-Law, who resigned on July 1, 1988, and was replaced by Alick Lawrence, Attorney-at-Law, author of a book entitled "THE CONSTITUTION, THE GOVERNMENT AND YOU" (which we recommend for essential reading) and, now, Senior Counsel. Also appointed to membership of the Commission was Eudora Shaw, Educationist and Expert in International Relations. Secretary to the Commission was Catherine A.A. Faustin, Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Justice. The terms of reference were wider and more specific than those of its predecessor. In June 1998, the Commission published a booklet entitled OUR SOVEREIGN CONSTITUTION: A REVIEW ON OUR 21ST ANNIVERSARY, 3,000 copies of which were distributed to Dominicans at home and abroad. The review exercise was widely publicized in the press, on television and by radio. Twelve meetings were held island-wide to capture the mood of the populace. Discussions were held with individuals and civic organisations. Thirteen (13) individuals and seven (7) organisations submitted written documents. A Report was sent to Cabinet in February 1999.
The Commission made more than thirty (30) recommendations. Many of those made by the earlier Commission were embraced. Like its predecessor, the Westminster model of parliamentary government, in which Head of State and Prime Minister co-exist, was preferred to an Executive Presidency along the lines of the United States of America. But, also like the 1981 Commission, their recommendations sought to redress the balance of power between the Head of State and the Prime Minister. Hence, their recommendation that "the power of appointing Members of the Public Service Commission be vested in the President, acting in his or her own discretion after consultation". It was also proposed that the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of that Commission should be named by the President.
Two recommendations went further. One was that persons to be consulted by the President should include officials of public sector trade unions and "such other persons" as the President "deems fit". The other was that appointment of the Police Service Commission should follow the lead of the Public Service Commission, as recommended. The arrangement for the appointment of members to the Police Service Commission was then, as it still is, a carbon copy of the method by which the Public Service Commission is set up. In essence, the Prime Minister holds the reins.
As to the contrasting roles of the Head of State and the Prime Minister in the event of a passage of a Vote-of-No-Confidence in the government, the 1997 Commissioners were on point with their 1981 counterparts. As regards the election of the President, while recommending that the basic procedure should be left untouched," they made a number of proposals intended to "give greater orderliness to the process." Among them were that, when the need arises to elect a President, the Prime Minister should be given not just a maximum of ninety (90) days within which to consult the Leader of the Opposition but, as well, a minimum of sixty (60) days to do so. Another was that the President's term of office should be fixed from the date on which he or she takes the oath and assumes office. And, yet another was that shortly after assuming office the President should, after consultation, designate a person as the Deputy President.
More so than its predecessor, the 1997 Review Commission gave due consideration to our system of voting. The existing single-chamber Parliament was preferred to a two-chamber Senate and House of Representatives. But a recommendation was made to reduce the number of elected representatives in the House from twenty-one (21) to fifteen (15), that is to say, one elected member for every 3,842 voters. A further recommendation sought to replace the first-post-the-post system by a mixed system in which fifteen (15) members would be elected on the basis of first-post-to-post and, seven (7), by proportional representation. The seven (7) would be called "Senators". Because in this scheme of things there would be no room for nominated Senators, it was proposed that the present arrangement regarding Senators should be repealed. Also proposed was that the designation, "Leader of the Opposition", should be changed to "Leader of a Minority Party". And, where there are two or more such parties, each Leader should be referred to as such.
But such regard for the views of the public was not matched by any concern, as raised by the 1981 Commissioners, that the people's right to social, economic and cultural well-being should be written into the Constitution. On this, the Commission was silent. It was content, instead, to address the office of the Attorney-General, and that of the Director of Public Prosecutions, which its predecessor Review Commission had not done. It was recommended, on one hand, that the Attorney-General should properly be the representative of a constituency or a Senator, with qualifications adequate to fill the office. His or her membership of Cabinet should be "by reason of being a Minister and not by reason of being Attorney-General." And it was proposed, on the other hand, that the fetter, that is to say, the restraint, which Section 72(6) of our Constitution places on the Director of Public Prosecutions should be removed. The proviso to the Section relates to the discontinuance of criminal proceedings, and subjects the Director of Public Prosecutions to "general or specific directions" of the Attorney-General.
The Commissioners, like their 1981 counterparts, saw the need for change in the manner in which parliamentarians carried out the people's mandate. With a view to fostering integrity among politicians, two recommendations were made. One had to do with the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner, also known as the Ombudsman. It urged that "concrete steps" be taken to have the office filled and set in motion "with appropriate support staff." The other called for passage of an ordinary Act of Parliament to compel integrity. The logic was explained in this way: "while the maintenance of integrity among politicians can properly be regarded as falling within the field of constitutional arrangements, we see no compelling reason why the provisions to secure that end need to be placed in the Constitution itself."
In similar vein, the Commissioners called for an ordinary Act of Parliament to reinforce the right of arrested or detained persons to consult with their lawyers with reasonable promptness. Section 3(3) of the Constitution protects the liberty of "any person who is arrested or detained", by requiring that, unless released, that person must be taken before a court "without undue delay and in any case not later than seventy-two hours after such arrest or detention." Further, Section 8(2)(d) gives "every person who is charged with a criminal offence" the right to be defended in a court of law "at his own expense by a legal practitioner of his own choice." The Commissioners recommended that by ordinary legislation the existence of both rights should be recognized. And they proposed, further, that in the case of a minor the Constitution should enshrine the "right of access to a parent or guardian."
The 1997 Review Commission concluded its mission by making recommendations as to procedures for amending the Constitution. Three such recommendations were made: One, that except in respect of provisions protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens, a referendum should not be held before any amendment to the Constitution can become law. Two, a majority vote of not less than three-quarter of all the elected members of the House should be required to pass any bill to amend any Section of the Constitution other than those governing the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms. The third proposal was that a period of not less than ninety (90) days should be allowed between the introduction of an amendment bill in the House and the commencement of debate in the House on the second reading. The purpose of this delay was to channel the bill into the Committee stage and invite "the public" to express their views on the proposed amendment.
Almost fifteen years passed since the Commission delivered its Report to Government. Not surprisingly, like that of its 1981 predecessor, the Report has fallen on deaf ears.
(Dr. William Para Rivière is an Attorney-at-Law)
Copyright © William Para Rivière, December 2013
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Interview with Station guitarist Chris Lane
Posted on June 24, 2019 by Tyson Briden in Uncategorized // 0 Comments
Interviewer: Tyson Briden
FOR THE MOST PART WHEN I’M PREPARING FOR AN INTERVIEW, I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS READY TO BE ASKED. SOMETIMES, THEY ALL GET ASKED AND OTHER TIMES THE CONVERSATION GOES SO WELL THAT YOU HARDLY TOUCH ON ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ASK. WITH THIS LATEST INTERVIEW, I PREPARED NOTHING. NOW THAT COULD BE JOURNALISTIC SUICIDE OR IT COULD BE THE BEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE. SO THE QUESTION IS WHEN I INTERVIEWED STATION GUITARIST CHRIS LANE, HOW DID IT GO? I HAVE TO SAY, THAT ON MY PART, IT WAS THE BEST WAY I COULD HAVE WENT ABOUT DOING THE INTERVIEW.
SO, WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU WANT THE DIRT ON ALL THINGS STATION, THIS MAY NOT BE THE INTERVIEW FOR YOU. WE DO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE BAND IS CURRENTLY UP TO, BUT AS CHRIS AND I WENT ON, IT BECAME MORE ABOUT AN ARTICLE THAT MAY HAVE APPEARED IN GUITAR FOR THE PRACTICING MUSICIAN IN 1989. EGO MAY HAVE DICTATED THIS INTERVIEW IN SOME WAYS, BUT FOR ME IT WAS FINDING OUT ABOUT HOW CHRIS LANE GOES ABOUT THE BUISNESS OF RECORDING. IT WAS ALSO DIGGING DEEP INTO THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF CHRIS LANE, THE GUITAR PLAYER. FOR ME, IT WAS TRULY A PLEASURE. THIS HERE IS AN IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ON MANY THINGS GUITAR RELATED. PLEASE ENJOY.
Sleaze Roxx: Hey Chris, great to talk to you. I understand you guys, as in Station are working on new material.
Chris Lane: Yeah, so you know I had reached out to Olivier [Sleazeroxx] because something that I didn’t realize, happened — that was kind of cool! It was the fact that we have virtually no shows announced for the summer. That is unusual because we usually play a lot all year. We’ve had a lot of people asking us, kind of, what’s wrong? I always say, “Nothing’s wrong!” I wanted to get it out that, specifically to you guys at Sleaze Roxx, was to talk about the fact that we are in going to be making another record and that’s what we’re working on now.
Sleaze Roxx: Okay! That’s awesome. So when do you think that will be out?
Chris Lane: We’re going to basically devote the entire summer to recording. We’ve already started pre-production. We’ve already started getting everything together. So I would say that you’re probably going to hear new music by the end of the year
Sleaze Roxx: Cool! Will it be the same direction or will you change it up a little bit? Hopefully, not too much, to the point where it’s a totally different genre stylistically. Would you say it will be any different? Or it’s pretty much in that same vein?
Chris Lane: You know, that’s a tough question to answer because I’m so close to it. A lot of what we kind of do — we never make a conscious decision to doing anything. Musically anyway! We kind of say, “Oh, this is an area I’d like to explore or this is something I’m interested in doing.” But because we’re the ones involved, it always still sounds like us! It’s the kind of thing where we haven’t actually had a conversation about a free-form jazz odyssey, but we are constantly growing as both people and musicians with different experiences and talking about through our music. The third record will reflect very much what the second record did not because there has been time between it.
Sleaze Roxx: That is a great way of putting it! I reviewed the last album. Sometimes, it’s a really hard thing reviewing an album. You review it, then move onto the next thing and forget about the last one. Please don’t take that as an insult. I should have actually went and bought the album from your site after the review.
Chris Lane: I absolutely understand that. One of the things that we as a band talk about a lot when people see us at shows in New York, is that we, ourselves don’t go out to a lot of shows. A lot of people always ask us, “You’re musicians who play live. Wouldn’t you want to be out all the time?” I’m like, “Yeah, I like live music. I love going to see bands that I’m excited about and that mean something to me. Absolutely!” It’s also part of the job. It’s just not something that I casually do anymore because I play a lot of my own shows, so if you’re listening to music day in and day out reviewing it, it’s very hard to probably separate the fact that your brain is in review mode or your brain is just in casual, listen pleasure mode.
Sleaze Roxx: It’s weird because I get a lot of stuff from Frontiers Records and if I really like it, it’s accessible on Amazon. I think right now they may be the biggest proponent of hard rock and heavy metal. There are other labels, but the promo for Frontiers is just unbelievable. It’s one band after the other. Then at the same time, it can get overwhelming because you think, “Oh another one? Then another one? I just got familiar with this one and then you threw this at me!” I guess it’s a double edged sword!
Chris Lane: Yeah, I hear you! The other thing too is that for us, we’re in a very different world in how we release stuff. We’re not a world famous band. We’re not at the point where we’re doing an arena tour, but we are very, very lucky that we have such a dedicated fan base that supports us! When we release material and we talk about things — when we do anything really. The kind of business that we’re talking about doing is kind of like a craft business. It’s a small run, specific thing. We’re always expanding. We’re always looking to expand further and further, but it’s kind of a sign because you have to look for us a little bit. The people that actually end up looking for us, that find us, we make a really good connection with because happily they feel like they found something they like and we found someone who is dedicated enough to want to find us. It’s a two way street with us a lot of times.
Sleaze Roxx: You guys primarily play in the Long Island, New York area? You’re based in that area, but you did get down to the pre party for the M3. That’s a good thing.
Chris Lane: We live in New York, but we play the majority of our shows in the mid-west actually. We maybe only do two or three shows in New York a year. We travel most of the time. It’s actually kind of interesting because you’d think that the local bands play local, but we do not. We own a bus and we travel a lot to different cities. I don’t know if it’s us, I don’t know if it’s the city or just a combination of everything, but there are a lot of places that we go to that are very different than New York and we go there more often.
Sleaze Roxx: Wow! That’s surprising, but cool though!
Chris Lane: We have fan bases in places like Baltimore [Maryland], Ohio and Illinois. It’s makes it slightly more difficult that we’re not playing shows an hour away.
Sleaze Roxx: Danger Danger is from Long Island somewhat [Steve West] as well.
Chris Lane: Are they? I didn’t know that.
Sleaze Roxx: Oh no? Well, Steve West I believe, still lives in Long Island.
Chris Lane: Oh that’s cool. Okay.
Sleaze Roxx: I saw him last weekend at the M3 and we were actually talking about that. There’s another guy named Mike Pont who was in a band called Hotshot with Al Pitrelli, he’s from Long Island as well. Mike’s a photographer now. He took all the L.A. Guns [feat. Steve Riley and Kelly Nickels] photos at M3. I was asking him and he mentioned he was still there as well.
Chris Lane: Oh, that’s cool.
Sleaze Roxx: I believe Danger Danger is doing a benefit show in Long Island somewhere very soon. It’s not just Danger Danger. There’s also Valentine — I don’t know if you’re familiar with them?
Chris Lane: Valentine — wasn’t it “No Way” [laughs]?
Sleaze Roxx: So they’re playing that show and a bunch of other bands that are escaping me. I asked one of Steve or Bruno [Ravel]. He said they’re only playing about 20 minutes. I’m not sure where exactly it was on Long Island and I would assume Station is not on that bill.
Chris Lane: No, I actually haven’t even heard of it. I want to attend that show for sure.
Sleaze Roxx: I’ll send you the link for it!
Chris Lane: Cool man. Thank you!
Sleaze Roxx: So this will be album #3 that you’re about to begin.
Chris Lane: Yes, this will be album #3, but it’s the fourth release because we had an EP before the first album. It’s not just going to be an album because it’s going to be a lot of music all at once. So, there’s a lot of stuff coming.
Sleaze Roxx: Good for you guys! You’re staying busy, which is good to see. In a perfect world, ideally, I would be happy if this music would make a huge commercial comeback and we heard all this music on the radio again especially from the new bands that are out there.
Chris Lane: You know what? This is kind of the unfortunate part of all of this, is the music’s not gone. If you look at the M3 Festival alone — yeah, it’s a targeted audience, but if you play happy, classic kind of rock to a ten year old, they like it. It’s not something that is so divisive that people can’t understand anymore. It’s just simply not being presented in a way that it used to. The big challenge for bands like Station is that how do you make so that if very few people have the ability to help you get out there? How do you make it so you can continue to do what you do? For us, we learned that we love creating music. We love playing music. If we’ve got to do it ourselves, we’re going to do it ourselves. So one of the big things we’ve done is we’ve really made a concerted effort to really figure out how to record quality recordings on our own. We’ve built our own studio to do so, so that we have a really, really easy way of getting music out there. We have a much more intimate relationship with our fans. So we no longer have to wait for two years to go by. We can say, “You know what? I’ve got an idea! Here comes the single!” In the world we live in now because of the internet and because of things like Spotify, I can reach my fans. I don’t need to worry about the press machine and all that! Of course that is something that is a very important component of any part of the industry, but we have much more direct access now because of technology and we intend to use it!
Sleaze Roxx: Just in the simple fact that Station has its own studio and you can just go in and do your music, I think that is fantastic.
Chris Lane: It also makes things a lot more comfortable.
Sleaze Roxx: Oh, no doubt and you can work on your timeline right?
Chris Lane: Exactly. If I want to record a guitar solo wearing fuzzy slippers, means I’ve won!
Sleaze Roxx: [Laughs] You don’t have to get all dressed up and look like you’re in a band. You can just do your thing.
Chris Lane: The only problem with it, is that you then start taking liberties that you wouldn’t normally because you’re not under the gun with the clock. The joke that we keep making is that we’re going to record the album and we want a goat noise. So we’re going to spend months looking for the perfect goat because we’re not burning studio time. That’s the only thing I don’t want to have happen.
Sleaze Roxx: [Laughs] That’s so funny.
Chris Lane: I couldn’t find the perfect goat.
Sleaze Roxx: Let’s talk about the recording process a little bit. I loved your guitar playing on the last album.
Chris Lane: Thank you!
Sleaze Roxx: I am a guitar player myself, so I kind of lean towards that guitar playing aspect. I’ve played in bands and what not. So in terms of yourself recording, what is your process? Do you double a lot of your solos? What do you feel comfortable with? Also your rhythm tracks as well.
Chris Lane: I like to not have one method. The band in general, our mentality is always ‘serve the song’! Especially on my playing. I try to go for a little bit more of a melodic, sing along vibe rather than just a blistering of notes vibe. Both are good, but it’s just my personal thing. Because of that and because I really enjoy really getting into the effects world, I like kind of creating a wash behind my guitars while I play, so it’s conducive to approaching each piece of music differently. For instance, on the last record, I actually recorded a lot of guitar parts. There’s a song called “Losing You”, a lot of those guitar parts are actually recorded directly into the board. We just added my delay units. I’m a big collector of rack units. We just basically added our delay in it while tracking without the amp. It’s not like the thing I like or don’t like to do, it just really made sense for that song. A song like “Still The One”, that is the sound of my Bogner going full out. In that mentality, I have to make sure I have options. So, I’m a huge proponent of the wet/dry/wet kind of playing and sound. That’s a tremendous challenge when working in the studio because you either have three amps with three cabinets, double miked in isolation or you’ve got to get real creative. So we kind of create these big textures of guitar based on the technology available to us. Same thing on the new recordings you’re going to hear some of that stuff and you’re going to hear some stuff that I’m maybe playing through amp modulation or even cabinet simulation that just adds a completely different texture then what would normally be available.
Sleaze Roxx: You mentioned you’re a big fan of rack effects? I have a Marshall JMP-1 which I am sure you are familiar with that unit. It dates back to the late ’90s.
Chris Lane: Yeah, absolutely!
Sleaze Roxx: I absolutely love it. I have a rig with my Marshall with my JMP-1 run with the TC Electronics G-Major processor. Then I have another rig with the Richie Kotzen Tech 21 Fly Rig that runs through my Fender Deville amp. I always seem to gravitate back to my rack effects especially for the ’80s stuff. I’m just not really big on pedals. I think there is so much more you can do with the rack effects.
Chris Lane: You know, it’s all just different textures. Something that really shapes my playing is my mentality of flow. My bassist and I joke about this all the time — we have a very, very big problem using multi effects units because we kind of mentally freak out on them. It becomes almost like a science experiment. I like being able to see and if you ever look at my pedal board, it’s the exact same. Everything does one thing and I want it to do that one thing incredibly well. So with effects, I like being able to visually see the order that I’ve got everything in. For instance I use a Fulltone Nedy’s Chorus on a lot of stuff on that last record. I love it, but it does one thing unbelievably well and that’s when I use it. I stack my delays and I use my delay from parallel to a bunch of different configurations. At any given time, I have three delays running. I have a pair of D2’s that I love working in tandem. I use that with a G-Major. Then at the same time, maybe going on a pedal route using something like a Cavastane or a Timeline from Strymon that will give it a completely different vibe or texture to everything. They’re all different colors. I like reverb a lot so I like the sound of a really old Alesis Miniverb’s. On the last record, we used a Miniverb a for some stuff because it has such a unique sound. It’s not better or worse. If you want it to sound like that, you’ve got to use it. I kind of always compare it to paint. If you want to get a certain color paint, you mix things together. If you want to get a brand’s version of a certain color you need to buy that brand’s paint. You can’t just artificially recreate it and that’s two completely mentalities. Neither is good nor bad, it’s just a difference of what you’re trying to achieve.
Sleaze Roxx: I love what you’re saying. A lot of what changed in music was that there wasn’t that texture in guitar anymore. For me, the ’80s guitar players, they were so big on texture. I was just listening to Extreme ‘III Sides to Every Story’, Nuno Bettencourt on that album, he really textured his guitar on that album. I remember listening to that album when it came out thinking, “I’m not sure about this!” Now, all these years later when I listen to it I think, “Okay, I totally get it now!” With that album, they were evolving as musicians.
Chris Lane: I look to someone like David Gilmour. He is absolutely my favorite guitar player. His sense of when to do what and why, I think is really what makes him my favorite guitar player. Don’t get me wrong, everything he plays is magical, so that’s a whole level that I’m never going to be able to touch. The thing that I find so interesting about David Gilmour is that if you look at the progression of his use of — it’s really technology, but he’s thinking of why to use technology. It’s completely serving of what his needs are. You go to recording in Abbey Road which is a studio with so much history, so much room and so much available to you, to then recording on a house boat and creating, not better, not worse, but different things. There’s a song called “Sorrow”, it’s played through like a Stadium’s P.A. speakers. I don’t know if that was the right move or the wrong move, but for some reason he thought that was a good idea. They did that to capture a unique sound. That kind of spirit is really what drives me. If he woke up one day and said, “You know what? This needs to be played through an arena’s sound system, God Bless him!” That’s what being artistic and creative is all about in my opinion.
S leaze Roxx: I have a buddy who has a studio in his house. He says, “Hey, c’mon over and do some recording. You don’t need to bring any gear! We’ll use what is built into the program. You can just plug into the computer!” I kind of looked at him in bewilderment as I prefer much more than that.
Chris Lane: You know, I don’t think you can ever replace the human kind of touch on a guitar. I think the more important part of the technology is what the technology leads the player to do. One thing I am not a fan of and I am very arguably against, for me personally, is performing on a recording dry, then re-amping with the intended sound later. I’m okay with re-amping to change around textures and to build things that you can’t do in one take. That’s no problem. There are so many players that I know, that will actually just record a DI signal and re-run through later effects. It’s a fun technique and it speaks to the player that can do that with the intention of what they’re ultimately going to build, but for me it’s just totally uninspiring. I feel naked and I feel very much cutoff from what I’m actually trying to do when I don’t have the ability to say it the way I want while I’m playing.
Sleaze Roxx: As you say that, I think of a guitarist like George Lynch. If George Lynch had done it like that those little nuances of his playing may not be there. Even in his rhythm tracks. Lynch has that certain style of bending notes within the rhythm track. I think a lot of the ’80s guys were like that, so I couldn’t image — you’d lose all that style, which I think in terms of guitar is beautiful in terms of recording music and your identity as a player.
Chris Lane: It would certainly change the character especially if you were doing something like the delay right? You put so much delay on something that you’re all of a sudden getting this cloud of notes. Sure if that’s what you want, no problem, but it’s certainly going to affect how you play the next note because if you’re going for clarity, what you want to wash behind it, you’re not going to play 16th notes, you’re maybe going to play slightly slower to get it so that each note rings out. I feel that we don’t have that artistic ability when you’re just recording completely bone dry because it’s kind of a guessing game at that point.
Sleaze Roxx: To me, it’s almost just like you’re just playing the guitar and it’s not you stylistically. For me, part of it is my sound. That sound is what I hear and what I want to sound like. If I’m just playing through an amp that is clean and the effects are added later, I’m not going to have that same intensity or that same feeling that I would normally.
Chris Lane: Yeah, it’s all about vibe.
Sleaze Roxx: I agree. It’s totally about vibe. It was funny, I was talking to a band at the M3. They had played at the hotel the night before. The singer says to me, “Yeah our guitar player wasn’t big on the amp!” I looked at him and said, “I totally get it!” It just throws your whole vibe off. If that’s not your sound, your performance isn’t going to be what it would usually be.
Chris Lane: That’s one of the things that technology, luckily has changed for a touring musician. Back in the day, one’s sound would be comprised of giant cabinets of units that you need to cart around with you in order to do it. Good or bad, at this point you can have a multi-effects pedal that you just put in the suitcase, fly wherever. If you have a drive pedal that sounds like your amp. The sounds that you love. It’s your sound in a box. Is it ever the exact same? No, but margins of error and the ability to have the sense that “I can bring this anywhere!” It does play a factor. Touring and cartage is expensive, so all those things combined, all of a sudden it allows you to do these things more comfortably.
Sleaze Roxx: I agree. That is why I bought the Richie Kotzen Tech 21 Fly Rig. I had done some fly outs a few years back, got there and realized what we had asked for was not what I would be using. I brought a few pedals with me thank goodness. They said, “Here’s the amp you’re using!” I was astounded. It was an old piece of shit. I had to work with it. Luckily, we were able to work it through the PA, but it was far from acceptable for me. Anyways, before I let you go, is there anything else you want to add?
Chris Lane: I just want to thank everyone for continuing to follow us. Like I said, we’re going to have a lot more music coming out soon. On our Facebook page and our Instagram page, everything Station. We’re going to be doing some recording diaries. We’re going to be keeping everyone up to date on what we’re doing. I’m really excited about it because this is a really a kind of exciting chapter for the band because we have so much more control over everything we’re doing. It’s going to very much speak to our intentions of why we want to make this record and what we actually want to be.
Sleaze Roxx: Thanks Chris. Fantastic. Cheers!
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Click here to download on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/never-enough-single/id1294281167?mc_cid=4de1ca0b59&mc_eid=1dd2197f12 Vocals – Patrick Kearney Guitar – Chris Lane Bass – Emi Asta Drums – Tony Baptist Directed by Igor Katrach Music Video by STATION performing Never Enough © 2017 Station Music LLC
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Chicago is rich and versatile in sports. It’s one of the few cities in America to home many major professional sports teams. It has teams in the five main sports in America, i.e., baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer. The city has been named thrice as the “Best Sports City” by Sporting News.
The Chicago Bears (National Football League) play at Soldier Field, named in honor of the people who served in the armed forces. The stadium is located next to Lake Michigan. Previously,the team played at Staley Field, Wrigley Field and Memorial Stadium.
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The Chicago Bulls (National Basketball Association) play at the United Center, which they share with the Chicago Blackhawks. The team was founded by Dick Klein in 1966.
Led by the legendary coach Phil Jackson and players Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, the Bulls won three NBA championships consecutively from 1991 to 1993 and again from 1996 to 1998. The Bulls have a fierce rivalry with Miami Heat, New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons.
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They won Stanley Cups in 1934, 1938, 1961, 2010, 2013 and 2015. The team’s renowned players are Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, Glenn Hall, Tony Esposito, Keith Magnuson, Denis Savard, Patrick Sharp, Patrick Kane, Ed Belfour, Marian Hossa, Corey Crawford and Jonathan Toews.
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In the heart of Southeastern Idaho, on the banks of the Snake River and the shores of the American Falls Reservoir, the City of American Falls and its 4100 inhabitants enjoy the rich heritage and history of westward expansion of the United States. Originally settled as a supply stop along the Oregon Trail, American Falls is now a commercial center with access to the Union Pacific railroad and Interstate 86. The city is located just 23 miles west of Pocatello, a growing city of 50,000 featuring Idaho State University, major retail centers and a growing high tech sector. The economy is dominated by agriculture, particularly the growing of sugar beets and famous Idaho potatoes. In addition. a variety of light manufacturing facilities are located throughout Power County.
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Until 1925, the city was located adjacent to a series of cascading falls. In 1927, the new American Falls Dam was completed by the Bureau of Reclamation, creating the largest of what would be six major water storage facilities along the Snake River. The city had to be moved up the hill to escape the rising waters of the new reservoir. Late in the summer, following significant water withdrawal for irrigation, the foundations of the "old town" are clearly visible.
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Title: Arthur Miller
Subject: Death of a Salesman (1985 film), My Week with Marilyn, Death of a Salesman (1966 CBS TV film), Tony Award for Best Author, Kostas Triantafyllopoulos
Arthur Asher Miller
(1915-10-17)October 17, 1915
Harlem (Manhattan), New York, United States
Roxbury, Connecticut, United States
Essayist
A View from the Bridge
1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1984 Kennedy Center Honors
2001 Praemium Imperiale
2003 Jerusalem Prize
Mary Slattery (m. 1940; div. 1956)
Marilyn Monroe (m. 1956; div. 1961)
Inge Morath (m. 1962; died 2002)
Joan Copeland (sister)
Kermit Miller (brother)
Daniel Day-Lewis (son-in-law)
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)[1][2] was a prolific American playwright, essayist, and prominent figure in twentieth-century American theatre. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the Bridge (1955, revised 1956). He also wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is often numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the 20th century alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and A Streetcar Named Desire.[3]
Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. During this time, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee; and was married to Marilyn Monroe. He received the Prince of Asturias Award and the Praemium Imperiale prize in 2002 and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003,[4] as well as the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Lifetime Achievement Award and the Pulitzer Prize.[5][6]
1.2 Early career
1.3 The critical years
1.3.1 HUAC controversy and "The Crucible"
1.4 Later career
1.5 Death
2.1 Works
2.1.1 Stage plays
2.1.2 Radio plays
2.1.3 Screenplays
2.1.4 Assorted fiction
2.1.5 Non-fiction
2.1.6 Collections
3 Miller's styles, themes, and characters
3.1 Themes
3.1.1 All American Family
3.1.2 Social responsibility
3.1.3 Life, death, and human purpose
3.2.1 Willy Loman
3.2.2 Eddie Carbone
3.2.3 John Proctor
3.2.4 Joe Keller
3.3 Literary and public criticism
3.4 The Arthur Miller Foundation
3.4.1 Quest to learn program
Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, in the New York City borough of Manhattan, the second of three children of Augusta (Barnett) and Isidore Miller. His father was an Austrian Jewish immigrant, and his mother was born in New York, to Austrian Jewish parents.[2][7][8] His father owned a women's clothing manufacturing business employing 400 people. He became a wealthy and respected man in the community.[9] The family, including his younger sister Joan, lived on West[10] 110th Street in Manhattan, owned a summer house in Far Rockaway, Queens, and employed a chauffeur.[11] In the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the family lost almost everything and moved to Gravesend, Brooklyn.[12] As a teenager, Miller delivered bread every morning before school to help the family.[11] After graduating in 1932 from Abraham Lincoln High School, he worked at several menial jobs to pay for his college tuition.[12][13]
At the University of Michigan, Miller first majored in journalism and worked for the student paper, the Michigan Daily. It was during this time that he wrote his first play, No Villain.[14] Miller switched his major to English, and subsequently won the Avery Hopwood Award for No Villain. The award brought him his first recognition and led him to begin to consider that he could have a career as a playwright. Miller enrolled in a playwriting seminar taught by the influential Professor Kenneth Rowe, who instructed him in his early forays into playwriting;[15] Rowe emphasized how a play is built in order to achieve its intended effect, or what Miller called "the dynamics of play construction".[16] Rowe provided realistic feedback along with much-needed encouragement, and became a lifelong friend.[17] Miller retained strong ties to his alma mater throughout the rest of his life, establishing the university's Arthur Miller Award in 1985 and Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing in 1999, and lending his name to the Arthur Miller Theatre in 2000.[18] In 1937, Miller wrote Honors at Dawn, which also received the Avery Hopwood Award.[14] After his graduation in 1938, he joined the Federal Theater Project, a New Deal agency established to provide jobs in the theater. He chose the theater project despite the more lucrative offer to work as a scriptwriter for 20th Century Fox.[14] However, Congress, worried about possible Communist infiltration, closed the project in 1939.[12] Miller began working in the Brooklyn Navy Yard while continuing to write radio plays, some of which were broadcast on CBS.[12][14]
In 1940, he married Mary Grace Slattery.[1] The couple had two children, Jane and Robert (born May 31, 1947). Miller was exempted from military service during World War II because of a high-school football injury to his left kneecap.[12] 1940 was also the year his first play was produced; The Man Who Had All the Luck won the Theatre Guild's National Award.[19] The play closed after four performances with disastrous reviews.[20]
In 1947, Miller's play All My Sons, the writing of which had commenced in 1941, was a success on Broadway (earning him his first Tony Award, for Best Author) and his reputation as a playwright was established.[21] Years later, in a 1994 interview with Ron Rifkin, Miller said that most contemporary critics regarded All My Sons as "a very depressing play in a time of great optimism" and that positive reviews from Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times had saved it from failure.[22]
In 1948, Miller built a small studio in Roxbury, Connecticut. There, in less than a day, he wrote Act I of Death of a Salesman. Within six weeks, he completed the rest of the play,[14] one of the classics of world theater.[12][23] Death of a Salesman premiered on Broadway on February 10, 1949 at the Morosco Theatre, directed by Elia Kazan, and starring Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman, Mildred Dunnock as Linda, Arthur Kennedy as Biff, and Cameron Mitchell as Happy. The play was commercially successful and critically acclaimed, winning a Tony Award for Best Author, the New York Drama Circle Critics' Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards. The play was performed 742 times.[12]
In 1949, Miller exchanged letters with Eugene O'Neill regarding Miller's production of All My Sons. O'Neill had sent Miller a congratulatory telegram; in response, he wrote a letter that consisted of a few paragraphs detailing his gratitude for the telegram, apologizing for not responding earlier, and inviting Eugene to the opening of Death of a Salesman. O'Neill replied, accepting the apology, but declining the invitation, explaining that his Parkinson's disease made it difficult to travel. He ended the letter with an invitation to Boston, which never occurred.[24]
The critical years
In 1956, a one-act version of Miller's verse drama A View from the Bridge opened on Broadway in a joint bill with one of Miller's lesser-known plays, A Memory of Two Mondays. The following year, Miller revised A View from the Bridge as a two-act prose drama, which Peter Brook directed in London.[25] A French-Italian co-production Vu du pont, based on the play, was released in 1962.
Miller's second wife, Marilyn Monroe, in her final completed film, The Misfits (1961).
In June 1956, Miller left his first wife Mary Slattery and on June 29 he married Marilyn Monroe.[1] Miller and Monroe had met in April 23, 1951, when they had a brief affair, and had remained in contact since then.[1][12]
Miller began work on The Misfits, starring his wife. Miller later said that the filming was one of the lowest points in his life; shortly before the film's premiere in 1961, the pair divorced.[1][14] 19 months later, Monroe died of a possible drug overdose. Miller's future wife Inge Morath worked as a photographer documenting the film's production. The film proved to be the last appearances for both Monroe and Clark Gable, and one of the last for Montgomery Clift.
Miller married photographer Inge Morath on February 17, 1962 and the first of their two children, Rebecca, was born September 15, 1962. Their son Daniel was born with Down syndrome in November 1966; he was institutionalized and excluded from the Millers' personal life at Arthur's insistence.[26] The couple remained together until Inge's death in 2002. Arthur Miller's son-in-law, actor Daniel Day-Lewis, is said to have visited Daniel frequently, and to have persuaded Arthur Miller to reunite with his adult son, Daniel.[27]
HUAC controversy and "The Crucible"
In 1952, Elia Kazan appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC); unwilling to risk his promising career in Hollywood for the Communist cause that he had come to despise, Kazan named eight members of the Group Theatre, including Clifford Odets, Paula Strasberg, Lillian Hellman, J. Edward Bromberg, and John Garfield,[28] who in recent years had been fellow members of the Communist Party.[29] After speaking with Kazan about his testimony, Miller traveled to Salem, Massachusetts to research the witch trials of 1692.[1] The Crucible, in which Miller likened the situation with the House Un-American Activities Committee to the witch hunt in Salem in 1692,[30][31] opened at the Beck Theatre on Broadway on January 22, 1953. Though widely considered only somewhat successful at the time of its initial release, today The Crucible is Miller's most frequently produced work throughout the world[1] and was adapted into an opera by Robert Ward, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1962. Miller and Kazan were close friends throughout the late 1940s and early 1950s, but after Kazan's testimony to the HUAC, the pair's friendship ended, and they did not speak to each other for the next ten years.[29] The HUAC took an interest in Miller himself not long after The Crucible opened, denying him a passport to attend the play's London opening in 1954.[14] Kazan defended his own actions through his film On the Waterfront, in which a dockworker heroically testifies against a corrupt union boss.
When Miller applied in 1956 for a routine renewal of his passport, the House Unamerican Activities Committee used this opportunity to subpoena him to appear before the committee. Before appearing, Miller asked the committee not to ask him to name names, to which the chairman, Francis E. Walter (D-PA) agreed.[32]
While newsmen take notes, Chairman Dies of House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities reads and proofs his letter replying to Pres. Roosevelt's attack on the Committee, Oct. 26, 1938
When Miller attended the hearing, to which Monroe accompanied him, risking her own career,[1] he gave the committee a detailed account of his political activities. Reneging on the chairman's promise, the committee demanded the names of friends and colleagues who had participated in similar activities.[32] Miller refused to comply, saying "I could not use the name of another person and bring trouble on him."[32] As a result, a judge found Miller guilty of contempt of Congress in May 1957. Miller was sentenced to a $500 fine or thirty days in prison, blacklisted, and disallowed a US passport.[2] In 1958, his conviction was overturned by the court of appeals, which ruled that Miller had been misled by the chairman of the HUAC.[2]
Miller's experience with the HUAC affected him throughout his life. In the late 1970s he became very interested in the highly publicized Barbara Gibbons murder case, in which Gibbons' son Peter Reilly was convicted of his mother's murder based on what many felt was a coerced confession and little other evidence. City Confidential, an A&E Network series, produced an episode about the murder, postulating that part of the reason Miller took such an active interest (including supporting Reilly's defense and using his own celebrity to bring attention to Reilly's plight) was because he had felt similarly persecuted in his run-ins with the HUAC. He sympathized with Reilly, whom he firmly believed to be innocent and to have been railroaded by the Connecticut State Police and the Attorney General who had initially prosecuted the case.[33][34]
Later career
Miller in 1966
In 1964 The Price, produced in 1968.[1] It was Miller's most successful play since Death of a Salesman.[37]
In 1969, Miller's works were banned in the Soviet Union after he campaigned for the freedom of dissident writers.[14] Throughout the 1970s, Miller spent much of his time experimenting with the theatre, producing one-act plays such as Fame and The Reason Why, and traveling with his wife, producing In The Country and Chinese Encounters with her. Both his 1972 comedy The Creation of the World and Other Business and its musical adaptation, Up from Paradise, were critical and commercial failures.[38][39]
Miller was an unusually articulate commentator on his own work. In 1978 he published a collection of his Theater Essays, edited by Robert A. Martin and with a foreword by Miller. Highlights of the collection included Miller's introduction to his Collected Plays, his reflections on the theory of tragedy, comments on the McCarthy Era, and pieces arguing for a publicly supported theater. Reviewing this collection in the Chicago Tribune, Studs Terkel remarked, "in reading [the Theater Essays]...you are exhilaratingly aware of a social critic, as well as a playwright, who knows what he's talking about."[40]
In 1983, Miller traveled to China to produce and direct Death of a Salesman at the People's Art Theatre in Beijing. The play was a success in China[37] and in 1984, Salesman in Beijing, a book about Miller's experiences in Beijing, was published. Around the same time, Death of a Salesman was made into a TV movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman. Shown on CBS, it attracted 25 million viewers.[14][41] In late 1987, Miller's autobiographical work, Timebends, was published. Before it was published, it was well known that Miller would not talk about Monroe in interviews; in Timebends Miller talks about his experiences with Monroe in detail.[1]
During the early-mid 1990s, Miller wrote three new plays: The Last Yankee (1992), and Broken Glass (1994). In 1996, a film of The Crucible starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield, Bruce Davison, and Winona Ryder opened. Miller spent much of 1996 working on the screenplay to the film.[14] Mr. Peters' Connections was staged Off-Broadway in 1998, and Death of a Salesman was revived on Broadway in 1999 to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary. The play, once again, was a large critical success, winning a Tony Award for best revival of a play.[42]
In 1993, he was awarded the [48]
In 1999, Miller was awarded lymphatic cancer[50] at the age of 78. The following year Miller won the Jerusalem Prize.[14]
In December 2004, the 89-year-old Miller announced that he had been in love with 34-year-old minimalist painter Agnes Barley and had been living with her at his Connecticut farm since 2002, and that they intended to marry.[51] Within hours of her father's death, Rebecca Miller ordered Barley to vacate the premises, having consistently opposed the relationship.[52] Miller's final play, Finishing the Picture, opened at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago, in the fall of 2004, with one character said to be based on Barley.[53] It was reported to be based on his experience during the filming The Misfits,[54] though Miller insisted the play is a work of fiction with independent characters that were no more than composite shadows of history.[55]
Miller died of heart failure after suffering from cancer, pneumonia and congestive heart disease, at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He had been in hospice care at his sister's apartment in New York since his release from hospital the previous month.[56] He died on the evening of February 10, 2005 (the 56th anniversary of the Broadway debut of Death of a Salesman), aged 89, surrounded by Barley, family and friends.[57][58] He is interred at Roxbury Center Cemetery in Roxbury.
Arthur Miller's career as a writer spanned over seven decades, and at the time of his death, Miller was considered to be one of the greatest dramatists of the twentieth century.[23] After his death, many respected actors, directors, and producers paid tribute to Miller,[59] some calling him the last great practitioner of the American stage,[60] and Broadway theatres darkened their lights in a show of respect.[61] Miller's Alma Mater, the University of Michigan, opened the Arthur Miller Theatre in March 2007. As per his express wish, it is the only theatre in the world that bears Miller's name.[62]
Other notable arrangements for Miller's legacy are that his letters, notes, drafts and other papers are housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
Arthur Miller is also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. He was inducted in 1979.[63][64]
In 1993 he received the Four Freedom Award for Freedom of Speech[65]
No Villain (1936)
They Too Arise (1937, based on No Villain)
Honors at Dawn (1938, based on They Too Arise)
The Grass Still Grows (1938, based on They Too Arise)
The Great Disobedience (1938)
Listen My Children (1939, with Norman Rosten)
The Golden Years (1940)
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940)[66]
The Half-Bridge (1943)
All My Sons (1947)
Death of a Salesman (1949)
An Enemy of the People (1950, based on Henrik Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People)
The Crucible (1953)
A View from the Bridge (1955)
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955)
After the Fall (1964)
Incident at Vichy (1964)
The Price (1968)
The Reason Why (1970)
Fame (one-act, 1970; revised for television 1978)
The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)
The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977)
The American Clock (1980)
Playing for Time (television play, 1980)
Elegy for a Lady (short play, 1982, first part of Two Way Mirror)
Some Kind of Love Story (short play, 1982, second part of Two Way Mirror)
I Think About You a Great Deal (1986)
Playing for Time (stage version, 1985)
I Can’t Remember Anything (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!)
Clara (1987, collected in Danger: Memory!)
The Last Yankee (1991)
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991)
Broken Glass (1994)
Mr Peter’s Connections (1998)
Resurrection Blues (2002)
Finishing the Picture (2004)
The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man (1941)
Joel Chandler Harris (1941)
The Battle of the Ovens (1942)
Thunder from the Mountains (1942)
I Was Married in Bataan (1942)
That They May Win (1943)
Listen for the Sound of Wings (1943)
I Love You (1944)
Grandpa and the Statue (1944)
The Philippines Never Surrendered (1944)
The Guardsman (1944, based on Ferenc Molnár’s play)
The Story of Gus (1947)
The Hook (1947)
Let's Make Love (1960)
The Misfits (1961)
Everybody Wins (1984)
Mr. Peters' Connections (1998)
Assorted fiction
Focus (novel, 1945)
"The Misfits" (novella, 1957)
I Don’t Need You Anymore (short stories, 1967)
"Homely Girl" (short story, 1992, published in UK as "Plain Girl: A Life" 1995)
"The Performance" (short story)
Presence: Stories (short stories, 2007)
Situation Normal (1944) is based on his experiences researching the war correspondence of Ernie Pyle.
In Russia (1969), the first of three books created with his photographer wife Inge Morath, offers Miller's impressions of Russia and Russian society.
In the Country (1977), with photographs by Morath and text by Miller, provides insight into how Miller spent his time in Roxbury, Connecticut and profiles of his various neighbors.
Chinese Encounters (1979) is a travel journal with photographs by Morath. It depicts the Chinese society in the state of flux which followed the end of the Cultural Revolution. Miller discusses the hardships of many writers, professors, and artists as they try to regain the sense of freedom and place they lost during Mao Zedong's regime.
Salesman in Beijing (1984) details Miller's experiences with the 1983 Beijing People's Theatre production of Death of a Salesman. He describes the idiosyncrasies, understandings, and insights encountered in directing a Chinese cast in a decidedly American play.
Timebends: A Life, Methuen London (1987) ISBN 0-413-41480-9. Like Death of a Salesman, the book follows the structure of memory itself, each passage linked to and triggered by the one before.
Kushner, Tony, ed. Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944–1961 (Library of America, 2006) ISBN 978-1-931082-91-4.
Martin, Robert A. (ed.), "The theater essays of Arthur Miller", foreword by Arthur Miller. NY: Viking Press, 1978 ISBN 0-14-004903-7.
Steven R Centola, ed. Echoes Down the Corridor: Arthur Miller, Collected Essays 1944–2000, Viking Penguin (US)/Methuen (UK), 2000 ISBN 0-413-75690-4
Miller's styles, themes, and characters
Miller successfully diverse dramatic styles and movements in the belief that a play should embody a delicate balance between the individual and society, between the singular personality and the polity, and between the separate and collective elements of life. He thought himself a writer of social plays with a strong emphasis on moral problems in American society and often questioned psychological causes of behavior. He also built on the realist tradition of Henrik Ibsen in his exploration of the individual’s conflict with society but also borrowed Symbolist and expressionist techniques from Bertolt Brecht and others. Some critics attempt to interpret his work from either an exclusively political or an exclusively psychological standpoint but fail to pierce the social veil that Miller creates in his work.[67] Miller often stressed that society made his characters what they are and how it dictated all of their fears and choices.[68]
All American Family
While Miller comes under criticism for his reputation, most critics note him as a dramatist of the family. One of his greatest strengths is his penetrating insight into familial relationships.[69] Often, Miller positions his characters are living in service of their family. The conventions of the family play, such as patterns, setting, and style of representation were set canonically by Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Miller. In these plays, white men are privileged with their family and social responsibility; typically, these men are lower class. Miller maintained that family relationships and families must be immersed in social context.[70]
Arthur Miller is known for the consciousness of the characters in his play. In his plays, he confronts a level of banality with the roller coaster of guilt and responsibility. Some strong examples of characters who portray this struggle between their conscious and their social responsibility are Joe Keller in All My Sons and John Proctor in The Crucible.[71] Miller often creates consequences for characters who ignore or violate their social responsibilities.
Life, death, and human purpose
Miller's determination to deal with the eternal themes of life, death and human purpose is one of his most prominent themes across his works. This theme spans from Willy Lowman's dedication to providing for his family and his inherent belief that his death would leave a legacy, to John Proctor's willingness to die to preserve his name. Mostly all of Miller's protagonists struggle with the mark they leave on life and what it means to die.[72]
Willy Loman
In Death of a Salesman – originally entitled “The Inside of His Head” – Miller brilliantly solves the problem of revealing his main character’s inner discord, rendering Willy Loman as solid as the society in which he tries to sell himself. Indeed, many critics believe that Miller has never surpassed his achievement in this play, which stands as his breakthrough work, distinguished by an extremely long Broadway run, by many revivals, and by many theater awards, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1949.[67][73] Death of a Salesman seems destined to remain an American classic and a standard text in American classrooms. Willy Loman desperately wants to believe that he has succeeded, that he is “well liked” as a great salesman, a fine father, and a devoted husband. That he has not really attracted the admiration and popularity at which he has aimed is evident, however, in the weariness that belabors him from the beginning of the play. Nearing retirement he suffers a drastic decrease in sales work, a dissatisfying marriage, and a turbulent relationship with his sons which inexorably leads to his suicide with the justification that the insurance will finally provide for his family.[67]
Eddie Carbone
Eddie Carbone is the central character in A View From The Bridge and is not positioned as the protagonist or the antogonist. He is a longshoreman who lives with his wife, Beatrice, and his 17-year-old niece, Catherine. When his family from Italy, Rodolpho and Marco, migrate illegally and begin to live with him, the small world that he operates in is disrupted. Eddie becomes conflicted and ultimately self-destructive over his sexual attraction to his niece and her involvement with one of his Italian tenants. His character arc culminates as he becomes an informer to the immigration authorities which leads to a confrontation with one of his tenants. Marco labels him as an informer and Eddie perceives this as a permanent blemish on his good name. This confrontation ultimately leads to his death, leaving Eddie as one of Miller's examples of tragic figures.[74][75]
John Proctor
John Proctor is the protagonist of one of Miller's most controversial works, The Crucible. He is a faithful farmer who lives by a strict moral code that he violates by succumbing to an affair with a young girl, Abigail, who serves in his home. After rejecting her, Abigail spitefully accuses John's wife of witchcraft, involving him in a string of affairs that challenge his beliefs and convictions. In his attempts to save his wife, he is convicted of witchcraft as well, and will only be acquitted if he confesses to his crime and signs his name to a piece of paper.[76] Proctor is a strong, vital man in the prime of his life both in his confession of witchcraft and the subsequent passion with which he defends his name at the cost of his life.[77]
Joe Keller
Critics have long admired the playwright’s suspenseful handling of the Keller family’s burden in the play All My Sons. The critical character in this work is Joe Keller, who permitted defective parts to remain in warplanes that subsequently crash. Not only does Joe Keller fail to recognize his social responsibility, but also he allows his business partner to take the blame and serve the prison term for the crime. Gradually, events combine to strip Keller of his rationalizations. He argues that he never believed that the cracked engine heads would be installed and that he never admitted his mistake because it would have driven him out of business at the age of sixty-one, when he would not have another chance to “make something” for his family, his highest priority. Joe's irresponsibility is exposed through his son's questioning of his very humanity.[67] Joe's suicide results from the tremendous guilt and self-awareness that arises during the play. This reversal from staunchly defensive over his honorable need to protect his family to discovering his social responsibility had some critics claiming that this was a theatrical trick.
Literary and public criticism
Christopher Bigsby wrote Arthur Miller: The Definitive Biography based on boxes of papers Miller made available to him before his death in 2005.[66] The book was published in November 2008, and is reported to reveal unpublished works in which Miller "bitterly attack[ed] the injustices of American racism long before it was taken up by the civil rights movement".[66]
In his book Trinity of Passion, author Alan M. Wald conjectures that Miller was "a member of a writer's unit of the Communist Party around 1946," using the pseudonym Matt Wayne, and editing a drama column in the magazine The New Masses.[78]
Two months after Miller died Peter O'Toole called him a "bore"[79] and Roger Kimball went on record saying that Miller's artistic accomplishments were meager.[80]
The Arthur Miller Foundation
The Arthur Miller Foundation was founded to honor the legacy of Arthur Miller and his New York City Public School Education. The mission of the foundation is: Promoting increased access and equity to theater arts education in our schools and Increasing the number of students receiving theater arts education as an integral part of their academic curriculum.[81] Other initiatives include effecting the certification of new theater teachers and their placement in public schools, increasing the number of theater teachers in the system from the current estimate of 180 teachers in 1800 schools, supporting professional development of all certified theater teachers, providing teaching artists, cultural partners, physical spaces, and theater ticket allocations for students The Foundation's primary purpose is to provide arts education in the New York City School system. The current canceller of the foundation is Carmen Farina, a large proponent of the common core. Alec Baldwin, Ellen Barkin, Katori Hall, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Tony Kushner, Michael Mayer, Jim McElhinney, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Lynn Nottage, David O. Russell, Liev Schreiber all serve on the Master Arts Council. Son-in-law Daniel Day-Lewis serves on the current board of directors.[82]
The Foundation will celebrate Miller’s 100th Birthday with a star-studded, one-night-only performance of Miller’s seminal works in November 2015.[83]
Quest to learn program
The Arthur Miller Foundation currently supports a pilot program in theater and film at the public school Quest to Learn in partnership with the Institute of Play. The model is being used as an in-school elective theater class and lab. The objective is to create a sustainable theater education model to disseminate to teachers at professional development workshop.[84]
Hollywood blacklist
International PEN
^ a b c d e f g h i j k
^ a b c d
^ Harold Bloom, Tennessee Williams, Chelsea House Publishing.
^ Associates Press, "Citing Arts' Power, Arthur Miller Accepts International Prize." Los Angeles Times 4 Sept. 2002. Web.
^ "Arthur Miller; Bio; Awards." Athurmiller.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Feb. 2015.
^ Arthur Miller, The Pulitzer Prizes, pulitzerprize.org
^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7XH-YMN
^ http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ma-Mo/Miller-Arthur.html
^ BBC TV Interview; Miller and Yentob; 'Finishing the Picture,' 2004
^ Miller, Arthur (June 22, 1998) American Summer: Before Air-Conditioning. The New Yorker. Retrieved on October 30, 2013.
^ a b c d e f g h The Times Arthur Miller Obituary, (London: The Times, 2005)
^ Hechinger, Fred M. "ABOUT EDUCATION; Personal Touch Helps", The New York Times, January 1, 1980. Accessed September 20, 2009. "Lincoln, an ordinary, unselective New York City high school, is proud of a galaxy of prominent alumni, who include the playwright Arthur Miller, Representative Elizabeth Holtzman, the authors Joseph Heller and Ken Auletta, the producer Mel Brooks, the singer Neil Diamond and the songwriter Neil Sedaka."
^ For Rowe's recollections of Miller's work as a student playwright, see Kenneth Thorpe Rowe, "Shadows Cast Before," in Robert A. Martin, ed. (1982) Arthur Miller: New Perspectives, Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0130488011. Rowe's influential book Write That Play (Funk and Wagnalls, 1939), which appeared just a year after Miller's graduation, describes Rowe's approach to play construction.
^ Arthur Miller, Timebends: A Life. New York: Grove Press, 1987, pp. 226–227
^ Royal National Theater: Platform Papers, 7. Arthur Miller (Battley Brothers Printers, 1995).
^ Rifkin, Ron, "Arthur Miller", BOMB Magazine Fall, 1994. Retrieved on [July 18, 2012.]
^ Dan Isaac, Founding Father: O'Neill's Correspondence with Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, The Eugene O'Neill Review,Vol. 17, No. 1/2 (Spring/Fall 1993), pp. 124–33
^ Miller, Arthur (1988) Introduction to Plays: One, London: Methuen, p. 51, ISBN 0413175502.
^ For a frequently cited study of Miller's use of the Salem witchcraft episode, see Robert A. Martin, "Arthur Miller's The Crucible: Background and Sources", reprinted in James J. Martine, ed. (1979) Critical Essays on Arthur Miller, G. K. Hall, ISBN 0816182582.
^ The Moral of Arthur Miller. The Weekly Standard (February 28, 2005). Retrieved on October 30, 2013.
^ (subscription required)
^ Martin, Robert A. (1978) ed., The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. Viking, ISBN 0670698016.
^ The Cambridge History of American Theatre: Post-World War II to the 1990s, page 296 (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
^ Jefferson Lecturers at NEH Website . Retrieved January 22, 2009.
^ Arthur Miller, "On Politics and the Art of Acting", text of Jefferson Lecture at NEH website.
^ Bruce Craig, "Arthur Miller's Jefferson Lecture Stirs Controversy," in "Capital Commentary", OAH Newsletter [published by Organization of American Historians], May 2001.
^ Nordlinger, Jay (April 22, 2002) "Back to Plessy, Easter with Fidel, Miller’s new tale, &c." National Review.
^ Jewish World Review, April 10, 2001.
^ The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, official website.
^ http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards
^ a b c d Rollyson, Carl; Price, Victoria, Author Biography,Critical Survey of Drama, Second Revised Edition, April 2003, pp. 1–1
^ McCormack, Thomas, "Arthur Millers Manifesto", The American Scholar, Vol. 74, No. 3(Summer 2005), p. 143
^ Carson, Neil,Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine and Bridget Broderick. Vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. From Literature Resource Center
^ Lenke Németh Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies (HJEAS), ARTHUR MILLER'S "THE RIDE DOWN MOUNT MORGAN" AND THE FAMILY-PLAY TRADITION, Vol. 11, No. 2, Representations of the Family in Modern English-Language Drama In Memory of Arthur Miller (Fall, 2005), pp. 77–88
^ Popkin, Henry, Arthur Miller: The Strange Encounter, The Sewanee Review,Vol. 68, No. 1 (Winter, 1960), pp. 34-60
^ Broderick, Bridget and Stein, Jean, ″Contemporary Literary Criticism″, eds. Vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 617 pp.
^ Arthur Miller, The Pulitzer Prices, pulitzerprize.org
^ EPSTEIN, Arthur, "A Look at A View From The Bridge",Texas Studies in Literature and Language,Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 1965), pp. 109–22
^ Krase, Jerome, "The AMerican Italian Historical Society: A View From The Bridge, Polish American Studies, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Spring, 2008), pp. 23–40
^ Popkin, Harry, "Arthur Miller's The Crucible", College English, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Nov., 1964), pp. 139–14
^ McGill, William Jr. "The Crucible of History: Miller's John Proctor"The New England Quarterly,Vol. 54, No. 2 (Jun., 1981), pp. 258–64
^ O'Toole Slams 'Bore' Miller. Contactmusic.com. Retrieved on October 30, 2013.
^ Kimball, Roger (February 28, 2005) Death of a Liberal God. National Review Online.
^ Arthur Miller Foundation, summary report and legitimacy information, guidestar.org
^ The Arthur Miller Foundation,arthurmillerfoundation.org
^ Media Room, Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770, hastypudding.org
Bigsby, Christopher (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller, Cambridge 1997 ISBN 0-521-55992-8
Martin Gottfried, Arthur Miller, A Life, Da Capo Press (US)/Faber and Faber (UK), 2003 ISBN 0-571-21946-2
Martin, Robert A. (ed.), "The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller", foreword by Arthur Miller. NY: Viking Press, 1978.
Moss, Leonard. Arthur Miller, Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980.
File on Miller, Christopher Bigsby (1988)
Arthur Miller & Company, Christopher Bigsby, editor (1990)
Arthur Miller: A Critical Study, Christopher Bigsby (2005)
Remembering Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby, editor (2005)
Arthur Miller 1915–1962, Christopher Bigsby (2008, U.K.; 2009, U.S.)
The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller (Cambridge Companions to Literature), Christopher Bigsby, editor (1998, updated and republished 2010)
Arthur Miller 1962–2005, Christopher Bigsby (February 2011)
Critical Articles
Radavich, David. "Arthur Miller's Sojourn in the Heartland." American Drama 16:2 (Summer 2007): 28–45.
Arthur Miller at the Internet Broadway Database
Arthur Miller at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
Arthur Miller at DMOZ
Arthur Miller at the Internet Movie Database
Arthur Miller Society, including a chronology
Arthur Miller at Find a Grave
A Visit With Castro – Miller's article in The Nation, January 12, 2004
Works by Arthur Miller at Open Library
Joyce Carol Oates on Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller Bio
Arthur Miller official website
Arthur Miller and Mccarthyism
Miller interview, Humanities, March–April 2001
ObituaryNew York Times
NPR Obituary
CNN Obituary
Non-profit organization positions
Victor E. van Vriesland International President of PEN International
Pierre Emmanuel
Works of Arthur Miller
No Villain
They Too Arise
Honors at Dawn
The Golden Years (radio play)
That They May Win (one-act)
The Man Who Had All the Luck
An Enemy of the People (adapted)
A Memory of Two Mondays
Incident At Vichy
The Creation of the World and Other Business
The Archbishop's Ceiling
The American Clock
Up from Paradise
Elegy for a Lady
Some Kind of Love Story
The Last Yankee
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan
Mr. Peters' Connections
Resurrection Blues
Finishing the Picture
Homely Girl: A Life
The Misfits (short story and screenplay)
I Don't Need You Anymore (short stories)
Presence: Stories (short stories)
Situation Normal
Chinese Encounters
Salesman in Beijing
Timebends (autobiography)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Michael Mann & Patrick Nolan (1979)
David Chase (1980)
Arthur Miller (1981)
Barry Morrow (1982)
Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick (1983)
William Hanley (1984)
Vickie Patik (1985)
Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman & Sherman Yellen & David Butler (1986)
Kenneth Blackwell & Tennyson Flowers & Richard Friedenberg (1987)
Ron Hutchison & Abby Mann & Robin Vote (1989)
Terrence McNally (1990)
Andrew Davies (1991)
Joshua Brand & John Falsey (1992)
Jane Anderson (1993)
Bob Randall (1994)
Alison Cross (1995)
Simon Moore (1996)
Horton Foote (1997)
Kario Salem (1998)
Ann Peacock (1999)
David Mills & David Simon (2000)
Loring Mandel (2001)
Larry Ramin & Hugh Whitemore (2002)
William H. Macy & Steven Schachter (2003)
Tony Kushner (2004)
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2005)
Richard Curtis (2006)
Frank Deasy (2007)
Kirk Ellis for "Independence" (2008)
Adam Mazer (2010)
Julian Fellowes (2011)
Danny Strong (2012)
Abi Morgan (2013)
Steven Moffat for "His Last Vow" (2014)
Why Marry? (1918)
Beyond the Horizon (1920)
Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
Anna Christie (1922)
Icebound (1923)
Hell-Bent Fer Heaven (1924)
They Knew What They Wanted (1925)
Craig's Wife (1926)
In Abraham's Bosom (1927)
Strange Interlude (1928)
Street Scene (1929)
The Green Pastures (1930)
Alison's House (1931)
Of Thee I Sing (1932)
Both Your Houses (1933)
Men in White (1934)
The Old Maid (1935)
Idiot's Delight (1936)
You Can't Take It with You (1937)
Our Town (1938)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1939)
The Time of Your Life (1940)
There Shall Be No Night (1941)
The Skin of Our Teeth (1943)
State of the Union (1946)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1948)
South Pacific (1950)
The Shrike (1952)
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1954)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1956)
Long Day's Journey into Night (1957)
Look Homeward, Angel (1958)
J.B. (1959)
Fiorello! (1960)
All the Way Home (1961)
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1962)
The Subject Was Roses (1965)
A Delicate Balance (1967)
The Great White Hope (1969)
No Place to be Somebody (1970)
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1971)
That Championship Season (1973)
Seascape (1975)
A Chorus Line (1976)
The Shadow Box (1977)
The Gin Game (1978)
Buried Child (1979)
Talley's Folly (1980)
Crimes of the Heart (1981)
A Soldier's Play (1982)
'night, Mother (1983)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1984)
Sunday in the Park with George (1985)
Fences (1987)
Driving Miss Daisy (1988)
The Heidi Chronicles (1989)
The Piano Lesson (1990)
Lost in Yonkers (1991)
The Kentucky Cycle (1992)
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993)
Three Tall Women (1994)
The Young Man from Atlanta (1995)
How I Learned to Drive (1998)
Dinner with Friends (2000)
Topdog/Underdog (2002)
Anna in the Tropics (2003)
I Am My Own Wife (2004)
Doubt: A Parable (2005)
Rabbit Hole (2007)
August: Osage County (2008)
Ruined (2009)
Next to Normal (2010)
Clybourne Park (2011)
Water by the Spoonful (2012)
Disgraced (2013)
The Flick (2014)
Between Riverside and Crazy (2015)
Tony Award for Best Author
Thomas Heggen and Joshua Logan (1948)
Arthur Miller / Samuel and Bella Spewack (1949)
Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert (1962)
Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart (1963)
Michael Stewart (1964)
Neil Simon / Joseph Stein (1965)
Kennedy Center Honorees (1980s)
Leontyne Price
Rudolf Serkin
Eugene Ormandy
Katherine Dunham
Virgil Thomson
Isaac Stern
Irene Dunne
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy
Antony Tudor
Nathan Milstein
Alexander Schneider
Roger L. Stevens
Claudette Colbert
William Schuman
Arthur Miller's The Crucible (1953)
Judge Thomas Danforth
Elizabeth Proctor
Reverend Samuel Parris
Reverend John Hale
Thomas Putnam
Giles Corey
The Crucible (1957 French film)
The Crucible (1996 film)
The Crucible (opera)
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1949)
Linda Loman
Biff Loman
Happy Loman
Death of a Salesman (1966, CBS)
Death of a Salesman (1966, BBC TV drama)
WorldHeritage pages with incorrect protection templates
Use mdy dates from October 2013
Articles with DMOZ links
American radio writers
University of Michigan alumni
Writers from Connecticut
Writers from New York City
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Kennedy Center honorees
Laurence Olivier Award winners
Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners
Tony Award winners
Recipients of the Praemium Imperiale
Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni
American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
Postmodern writers
American agnostics
Jewish agnostics
Jewish American dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
Analysands of Rudolph Lowenstein
Jerusalem Prize recipients
American Theater Hall of Fame inductees
Arthur Miller, Broadway theatre, Our Town, Anna Christie, Willy Loman
Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth Branagh, Arthur Miller, Laurence Olivier, New York Film Festival
Death of a Salesman (1966 CBS TV film)
Arthur Miller, Mildred Dunnock, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Lee J. Cobb, Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, Theatre, Joshua Logan, Samuel and Bella Spewack
Kostas Triantafyllopoulos
William Shakespeare, Arthur Miller, Athens, Sam Shepard, Sophocles
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