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Beatles Australian 50th Anniversary Celebrations Are Hotting Up – Part Five
Posted on June 14, 2014 by beatlesblogger
The latest instalment in the Australian Beatles celebrations this month is the creation of a week-long “pop-up” digital radio station called The Beatles in Australia on ABC Extra.
Run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the special Beatles station goes to air from 8.00am (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Tuesday, June 17. It will run 24/7 until midnight on Tuesday, June 24.
Here’s a radio promo for the station:
https://beatlesblogger.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/beatles-extra-promo.mp3
You can listen in three ways. If you live in an Australian capital city and have a digital radio go the the ABC Extra channel. If you don’t have a digital radio, don’t worry – the station will be streamed live online (from next Tuesday) on the ABC Extra site. And the special programs can be accessed on your mobile device using the ABC Radio app. You can get that app here.
And here’s the official press release:
The Beatles arrive at Sydney airport in torrential rain on June 11, 1964. With them is stand-in drummer Jimmie Nicol. (Image: ABC)
THE BEATLES IN AUSTRALIA on ABC EXTRA
ABC Radio is set to launch a pop-up radio station celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles concert tour of Australia in June 1964. The Beatles in Australia on ABC Extra will run from 8:00AM on Tuesday 17 June for one week. It will be available via mobile on the ABC Radio App, online and on digital radio.
The station will feature a series of specially made programs, programs from the ABC Radio archive and the music from 1964, including:
Hindsight from RN: This program charts the story of the Beatles down-under, with contributions from some of the people who helped to orchestrate the visit, as well as social historians, fans and detractors of the Beatlemania phenomenon which swept Australia. The version of the Beatles that Australia saw in 1964, with their mop top haircuts, and neat black suits, marked the arrival of the manufactured boy band. But did they also spark the beginning of an overdue generational and social shift in this country?
The Beatles In Australia Exhibition: Rod Quinn from ABC Local Radio visits the exhibition curated by Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum (currently on display at the Melbourne Arts Centre).
The Importance of The Ed Sullivan Show: Rod Quinn from ABC Local Radio interviews Beatles historian, Ken Womack about why the appearance by The Beatles on the popular American variety show helped feed into the high expectations surrounding the arrival of the Beatles in Australia in June 1964.
The Story of Jimmie Nicol: Ringo Starr became ill just prior to the Australian tour of 1964 and was replaced by Jimmie Nicol. What effect did those 13 days and ten live shows (four of them in Australia) have on him? And what happened to Jimmie Nicol as a result? That’s the subject of a new book by author and Beatle historian Jim Berkenstadt.
The Beatles Story: An official Capitol Records documentary from 1964 on the rise of the Beatles.
The music: Their one and only concert tour of Australia was characterised by thirty-minute concerts comprising only 10 songs: I Saw Her Standing There, I Want To Hold Your Hand, All My Loving, She Loves You, Till There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, Can’t Buy me Love, This Boy, Twist and Shout and Long Tall Sally. Hear all these, plus many more.
Broadcast time:
8:00AM, Tuesday 17 June to 8:00PM, Tuesday 24 June
the ABC Radio mobile app
on Digital Radio @ ABC Extra
For more information please visit the ABC Extra homepage.
See also: The Beatles Australian 50th Anniversary Celebrations Are Hotting Up – Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four.
And for an earlier post on the the subject see: The Beatles in Australia
This entry was posted in Beatles, Beatles Music and tagged 1964, ABC Extra, Australia, Australian Beatles, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Tour, Beatles, Jimmie Nicol by beatlesblogger. Bookmark the permalink.
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13 Incredibly Obscure Colors You've Never Heard of Before
You won't find these weird colors in your ordinary crayon collection.
By Kali Coleman
When it comes to colors, you probably think you know all there is to know. Sure, you learned all the colors of the rainbow in school—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet—but there are actually plenty of other obscure colors you've likely never heard of. Though it's possible you may have seen these strange shades before, you likely mistook them for a more common hue. That fuchsia scarf you love could actually be amaranth and maybe that rubber ducky is aureolin, not yellow. Read on to learn about 13 weird colors you've never heard of before from the RGB chart, the additive color system used on computer displays based on the levels of red, green, and blue.
This red-pink hue is based off the color of the flowers on the amaranth plant. Amaranth is composed of 89.8 percent red, 16.9 percent green, and 31.4 percent blue on the RGB color chart.
This brilliant orange-red pigment is believed to have emerged in China as early as the 4th century B.C., according to My Modern Met. Eventually it made its way to Europe, where it was widely used in Renaissance paintings. On the RGB color chart, vermilion is comprised of 89 percent red, 25.9 percent green, and 20.4 percent blue. You may also know this unique color as cinnabar.
The term "coquelicot" was originally a French word for the wild corn poppy known for their bright, red-orange tint. The English language adopted the word to describe the color of that poppy, which is composed of 100 percent red, 22 percent green, and no blue on the RGB color chart.
Composed of 89.4 percent red, 60.8 percent green, and a smidge of blue (5.9 percent) on the RGB color chart, gamboge—a gum resin produced by various trees—dates back to 17th century Europe by way of China, according to the Madras Journal of Literature and Science. A 2017 paper notes that the substance's mustard yellow color is derived from the bark of Garcinia trees specifically, and it was commonly used to dye Buddhist monks' robes.
On the RGB color chart, burlywood is a pretty balanced color, composed of 87.1 percent red, 72.2 percent green, and 52.9 percent blue. The light shade of brown, similar to that of khakis, is unsurprisingly named after a brown, sandy-colored wood.
Aureolin
Aureolin is a yellow color often used in painting. According to Michael Harding, an oil paint company, it's a "transparent, straw, ochre like yellow with strange, yet rich greenish undertones," similar to cobalt yellow. The color was actually produced in the 1850s to replace gamboge, which earned a bad reputation after the sap it's named for made people sick.
Everyone can agree that celadon is a beautiful color. In fact, according to The Awl, it was once a color reserved for special, expensive ceramics owned by royals. The pale green color is a combination of 67.5 percent red, 88.2 percent green, and 68.6 percent blue on the RGB color chart.
Glaucous
Glaucous is largely blue on the RGB color chart; it's 71.4 percent blue, 37.6 red, and 51 percent green. And seeing as this color looks like something you would find in a wintry mix, it's no surprise that the word "glaucuous" means "having a powdery or waxy coating that gives a frosted appearance," according to Merriam-Webster.
Skobeloff
What you may be referring to as teal could actually be skobeloff. Skobeloff is a perfect combination of green and blue, composed of 45.5 percent green, 45.5 percent blue, and 0 percent red in the RGB color chart.
Similar to skobeloff, viridian is another blue-green pigment. However, on the RGB color chart, this hue actually has a bit of red in it; it's composed of 25.1 percent red, 51 percent green, and 42.7 percent blue.
If you know Latin, you'll realize that this color's name is derived from viridis, the Latin word for green. Or, if you're a fan of the 1988 film Beetlejuice, you might have heard of this color when Otho discusses remodeling the Deetz's home.
If you think this green-gray color looks like something you would see on a military uniform, you're not far off. During World War I, feldgrau became the official color of the military uniforms of the German Army. On the RGB color chart, it's an almost perfect mix of all three colors: 30.2 percent red, 36.5 percent green, and 32.5 percent blue.
Mountbatten Pink
Mountbatten pink may technically be classified as a pink, but it definitely looks like more of a purple. That's possibly because it's a strong combination of red (60 percent) and blue (55.3 percent) on the RGB color chart, with an addition of 47.8 percent green. According to the book Great Personalities of the World, this gray-mauve color was used by Lord Mountbatten of the British Royal Navy to paint ships during World War II. (You may also recognize it as the name of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's son, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.)
This shade of violet is void of any green, composed of 87.5 percent red and 100 percent blue on the RGB color chart. The vibrant phlox is named for the flowers of the Phlox perennial plant, most commonly found in North America.
Kali Coleman
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Tombstone, AZ
Tombstone, AZ 85638
In 1877, the City of Tombstone was founded by Ed Schieffelin. At the time, there was a scouting voyage in Tombstone against the Chiricahua (chir-i-cow-uh) Apaches. Ed was part of this mission and was staying at a place called Camp Huachuca (wa-chu-ka) . During his stay, he would leave the camp to look for rocks within the wilderness despite the fact that fellow soldiers at his camp warned him not to.
The soldiers told him that he wouldn't find stones out in the wilderness and would only eventually find his own tombstone. Fortunately, for Ed, he did not find his tombstone, but he did find something: silver.
Taking the advice his fellow soldiers gave him, his very first mine was named The Tombstone.
Word quickly spread about his silver strike. It wasn't long before homesteaders, cowboys, speculators, prospectors, lawyers, business people and gunmen headed to the area. Known as Goose Flats back then, a town site was situated near the mines in 1879 and was named Tombstone due to the first claim of silver mining by Ed Schiefflelin.
The popular in Tombstone increased to approximately 7,500 by the mid-1880s. However, this figure only consisted of the white males over the age of 21 that were registered vote. The figure that consists of women, children and other ethnicities, the population was at least 15,000 and possibly as much as 20,000. Tombstone was considered to be between San Francisco and St. Louis as the fastest populating city. Tombstone was home to more than 100 saloons, a multitude of eateries, a huge red-light district, a larger popular of Chinese, newspapers, churches, schools, and one of the original Arizona community swimming pools, which is still being used today.
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Sidney Rigdon, Appeal to the American People, 1840, Second Edition
], An Appeal to the American People: Being an Account of the Persecutions of the Church of Latter Day Saints; and of the Barbarities Inflicted on Them by the Inhabitants of the State of Missouri, second edition; i-vi, 7–60 pp.; Cincinnati, OH: Shepard and Stearns, 1840. The copy used herein is held at CHL.
While incarcerated at
Located in western Missouri, thirteen miles north of Independence. Settled 1820. Clay Co. seat, 1822. Incorporated as town, May 1829. Following expulsion from Jackson Co., 1833, many Latter-day Saints found refuge in Clay Co., with church leaders and other...
, Missouri, in March 1839, JS addressed a letter to the church “at
Located on high limestone bluffs east of Mississippi River, about forty-five miles south of Nauvoo. Settled 1821. Adams Co. seat, 1825. Incorporated as town, 1834. Received city charter, 1840. Population in 1835 about 800; in 1840 about 2,300; and in 1845...
Illinois and scattered abroad and to
Bishop [Edward] Partridge
27 Aug. 1793–27 May 1840. Hatter. Born at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. Son of William Partridge and Jemima Bidwell. Moved to Painesville, Geauga Co., Ohio. Married Lydia Clisbee, 22 Aug. 1819, at Painesville. Initially a Universal Restorationist...
in particular,” instructing the Saints to gather up “a knowledge of all the facts and sufferings and abuses put upon them by the people of this
Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Latter-day Saint ...
” (JS et al., Liberty, MO, to the church members and Edward Partridge, Quincy, IL, 20 Mar. 1839, in Revelations Collection, CHL [D&C 123:1, 6]). Among the earliest responses to JS’s call was
’s pamphlet, An Appeal to the American People: Being an Account of the Persecutions of the Church of Latter Day Saints; and of the Barbarities Inflicted on Them by the Inhabitants of the State of Missouri (Cincinnati: Glezen and Shepard, 1840).
A manuscript draft of this pamphlet, simply titled “To the Publick” was presented to a conference of church members at
, Illinois, on 1 November 1839 ([Sidney Rigdon et al.], Petition Draft, ca. Sept. 1838–ca. Oct. 1839, JS Collection, CHL). The conference voted to approve the manuscript and authorized its publication on behalf of the church. The pamphlet, when published, carried the endorsement of JS,
as “Presidents of said Church.”
8 Jan. 1805–28 Nov. 1878. Laborer, clerk, storekeeper, teacher, editor, businessman, lawyer, judge. Born at Oxford, New Haven Co., Connecticut. Son of Nathan Hyde and Sally Thorpe. Moved to Derby, New Haven Co., 1812. Moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, ...
George W. Robinson
14 May 1814–10 Feb. 1878. Clerk, postmaster, merchant, clothier, banker. Born at Pawlet, Rutland Co., Vermont. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio, by 1836. Clerk and recorder for Kirtland high...
collaborated on the publication of the text, which was available in print by May 1840. Though no author is named on the title page,
was acknowledged as author in an 1840 Times and Seasons newspaper article, and when the pamphlet was advertised in that church periodical in 1841 (“A History, of the Persecution,” Times and Seasons, May 1840, 1:99; Advertisement, Times and Seasons, 1 Jan. 1841, 1:272). JS and
Elias Higbee
23 Oct. 1795–8 June 1843. Clerk, judge, surveyor. Born at Galloway, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Son of Isaac Higbee and Sophia Somers. Moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, 1803. Married Sarah Elizabeth Ward, 10 Sept. 1818, in Tate Township, Clermont Co. Lived at ...
held some expectation that funds from the sale of An Appeal would eventually help defray costs of their late-1839 trip to
Created as district for seat of U.S. federal government by act of Congress, 1790, and named Washington DC, 1791. Named in honor of George Washington. Headquarters of executive, legislative, and judicial branches of U.S. government relocated to Washington ...
(Crawley, Descriptive Bibliography, 1:103–104).
By July 1840,
John E. Page
25 Feb. 1799–14 Oct. 1867. Born at Trenton, Oneida Co., New York. Son of Ebenezer Page and Rachel Hill. Married first Betsey Thompson, 1831, in Huron Co., Ohio. Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Emer Harris, 18 Aug. 1833, at Brownhelm...
had been authorized to produce a second, revised edition to be published by Shepard & Stearns in
Area settled largely by emigrants from New England and New Jersey, by 1788. Village founded and surveyed adjacent to site of Fort Washington, 1789. First seat of legislature of Northwest Territory, 1790. Incorporated as city, 1819. Developed rapidly as shipping...
. Page related some of the circumstances surrounding its publication and circulation in a letter sent to JS, “. . . at
City in western Ohio on east side of Great Miami River, immediately below mouth of Mad River. Located approximately fifty-two miles northeast of Cincinnati and sixty-seven miles southwest of Columbus. First settled, 1796. Established as Montgomery Co. seat...
[Ohio] we parted for a few days . . . Elder Hyde went to Cincinnati where in my absince he published a second Edition of the ‘Apeal to the American people’ (2000 copies)[.] when I arrived the work was about completed[.] after disposing of as many of them as posible and suplying the market about cincinnati and the adjacient country he left me with some fourteen or fifteen hundred on hand, to dispose of” (John E. Page, Philadelphia, PA, to JS et al., Nauvoo, IL, 1 Sept. 1841, JS Collection, CHL). Funds from this printing were to be for the express purpose of subsidizing Hyde and Page’s imminent mission to
Capital city of ancient Judea. Holy city of Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Population in 1835 about 11,000; in 1840 about 13,000; and in 1850 about 15,000. Described in 1836 as “greatly reduced from its ancient size and importance.” Control of city changed...
in Palestine.
The second edition was essentially a lightly edited reprint of the first, with a four-page “Publisher’s Preface” added. In the preface,
noted the purpose of the publication, explained the severe hardships imposed by the
persecutions upon Page’s own family, provided a detailed account of a vision experienced by Hyde, and expressed enthusiasm about the prospects of the mission. The preface also contained a copy of an official letter of appointment and commendation for Hyde and Page from an April 1840 church conference at
, Illinois, signed by JS, and a letter of reference from
Thomas Carlin
18 July 1789–14 Feb. 1852. Ferry owner, farmer, sheriff, politician. Born in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of Thomas Carlin and Elizabeth Evans. Baptist. Moved to what became Missouri, by 1803. Moved to Illinois Territory, by 1812. Served in War of 1812. Married...
, governor of
Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...
Although many of the events reported in both editions of
’s pamphlet can be corroborated from other sources, his chronology of events is often inaccurate. However, Rigdon’s account does contain the texts of several significant documents. Among these are JS’s September 1838 affidavit concerning the 7 August 1838 visit to
11 Sept. 1801–14 July 1890. Farmer, sheriff, justice of the peace, judge. Born at Henderson Co., Kentucky. Son of William Black and Jane Wilson. Moved near Booneville, Copper Co., Missouri Territory, and then to Ray Co., Missouri Territory, 1819. Elected ...
and those of
7 Apr. 1797–16 July 1881. Farmer, painter, glazier. Born at Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Son of John Young and Abigail (Nabby) Howe. Moved to Auburn, Cayuga Co., New York, before 1830. Joined Methodist church, before Apr. 1832. Baptized into Church...
Jane Young
14 Aug. 1814–15 Jan. 1913. Born in Utica, Oneida Co., New York. Daughter of Calvin Field Bicknell and Chloe Seymour. Moved to Geneseo, Livingston Co., New York, 1817; to Livonia, Livingston Co., by 1830; and back to Geneseo, by 1834. Baptized into Church ...
regarding the
Hawn’s Mill
Located on north bank of Shoal Creek in eastern part of Caldwell Co., about sixteen miles east of Far West, Missouri. Jacob Hawn (Haun) settled in area, 1832; established mill, 1834. Location of branch of church, 1838. By Oct. 1838, about twenty Latter-day...
massacre. Consequently, though in many respects Rigdon’s document from a historical perspective is more advocacy than history, it offers access to some important material not readily found elsewhere.
Asterisk (*) denotes a "featured" version, which includes an introduction and annotation *Statement, circa 1 November 1839–B *Affidavit, 5 September 1838 [ State of Missouri v. JS et al. for Riot ]
appearance at the circuit court. Thus were the laws of the land put at defiance, to save from punishment a mob[b]er and plunderer, and that by the judge of the circuit court, who was bound by oath to do otherwise. There were three persons arrested, the principal of which was
John B. Comer
1814–after 19 Nov. 1867. Farmer, carpenter. Born in Ohio. Son of John Comer and Mary Baker. Lived in Daviess Co., Missouri, by 1837. With two others, attempted to illegally transport state firearms from Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, to arm mob in Daviess Co...
, the others were only hired in his service.
This arrest took place on the 9th day of September, 1838, on the first day of the week, and it was in the same week that Generals
11 Aug. 1807–26 Jan. 1886. Lawyer, judge, agriculturist, politician, farmer. Born at Frogtown, near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of William Atchison and Catherine Allen. About 1830, moved to Liberty, Clay Co., Missouri, where he became a prominent...
9 July 1808–8 Aug. 1887. Lawyer, military general, insurance/bank executive. Born near Maysville, Mason Co., Kentucky. Son of Joseph Doniphan and Ann Smith. Father died, 1813; sent to live with older brother George, 1815, in Augusta, Bracken Co., Kentucky...
Ca. 1807–after 1880. Farmer, military officer, sheriff, real estate agent, hatter. Born in Tennessee. Married first Nancy McGhee, 22 Apr. 1828, in Knox Co., Tennessee. Resided in Knoxville, Knox Co., 1830. Moved to Richmond, Ray Co., Missouri, by 1835. Ray...
, went with their troops to
Area in northwest Missouri settled by European Americans, 1830. Sparsely inhabited until 1838. Created from Ray Co., Dec. 1836, in attempt to resolve conflicts related to Latter-day Saint settlement in that region. County is transected diagonally from northwest...
. It was during the operation of this mob the Saints had a fair oportunity of trying the honesty of the civil officers of
. An old gentleman from
French explored and claimed area, 1669. British took possession following French and Indian War, 1763. Ceded to U.S., 1783. First permanent white settlement established, 1788. Northeastern portion maintained as part of Connecticut, 1786, and called Connecticut...
by the name of Hoops was moving into
; he had to pass through Millport, the residence of the principal leaders of the
mob;
Wm. Peniston
Ca. 1811–10 Nov. 1850. Sheriff, military colonel, clerk, hotelier. Born at Jessamine Co., Kentucky. Son of Robert Peniston and Nancy Nuttle. Moved to Ray Co., Missouri, ca. 1831. A founder of Millport, in what became Daviess Co., Missouri, where family built...
, whose name has been mentioned before, stopped his team forcibly in the road, abused and insulted the family. Mr. Hoops was an entire stranger in the
—he was detained a number of hours before he could get away from them. The old man went to a justice of the peace and got a states warrant for him, gave it to an officer, and had it served on him as they said, and had a day appointed for the trial.—When the day came
Peniston
was not there, but another man was permitted to answer for him—and after the witnesses were all sworn, and the facts of the unlawful detention proven, the justice pronounced no cause of action.
, in the meantime, had gone to Carroll county to join another mob, which had met to drive out a settlement of the Saints which had settled in that county. The name of the justice was Covington. It was found that in every county in upper
the laws would not be put in force against the mob. The civil officers would not regard their oaths, but in open violation of them, would acquit the mob, notwithstanding the mob would boast of their crimes in their presence. Up till this time, there was not a military or civil officer in
who had been called upon to quell this gang of plunderers, that would abide by his oath of office, from the
14 Dec. 1796–14 Mar. 1860. Bookkeeper, bank cashier, merchant, Indian agent and trader, lawyer, doctor, postmaster, politician. Born at Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky. Son of John M. Boggs and Martha Oliver. Served in War of 1812. Moved to St. Louis, ca...
down. When the civil officers were called upon they would give decisions the most barefaced violations of law ever given by mortals, so much so that they knew they were violating their oaths when they did it. When the military were called upon, instead of bringing the mob to justice, they would call them militia; which could be for no other purpose but to keep them from the punishment justly due to their crimes. After the mob had been honorably dismissed as militia and ordered home, they took up their line of march directly to
De-Wit [De Witt]
Located on bluffs north of Missouri River, about six miles above mouth of Grand River. Permanently settled, by 1826. Laid out, 1836. First called Elderport; name changed to De Witt, 1837, when town acquired by speculators David Thomas and Henry Root, who ...
, in Carroll county, to drive out a settlement of the Saints in that place; the history of which settlement we shall hereafter give.
Part of the mob which was at
was from Carroll county. Their principal leader was
Cerciel Woods
Ca. 1801–26 Apr. 1854. Preacher, trader. Born in Kentucky. Married Elizabeth Warren, 4 May 1824, in Howard Co., Missouri. Became Cumberland Presbyterian priest. Moved to Dorenda Creek, Carroll Co., Missouri, by June 1840. Conveyed merchandise from St. Louis...
, commonly called
Sashel Woods
—he was a Presbyterian preacher. There was another Presbyterian preacher with the Carroll county mob by the name of Hancock. After the mob had departed for Carroll county, the inhabitants of
that had belonged to the mob, began to make proposals to the Saints, either to sell or buy. Two committees were appointed for this purpose, one on each part; after some arrangement in relation to the matter, the committee on the part of the Saints agreed to buy out all the possessions which the mob had in
, [p. 26]
appearance at the circuit court. Thus were the laws of the land put at defiance, to save from punishment a mobber and plunderer, and that by the judge of the circuit court, who was bound by oath to do otherwise. There were three persons arrested, the principal of which was
De-Wit De Witt
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As we celebrate Father’s Day this month, we want you to meet two of the most inspiring dads we know – Jay Livermore and Roby Walls.
Jay Livermore was an outstanding volunteer for the Be The Match® Walk+Run event, raising awareness and critical funding for the past six years on behalf of his brother, Leigh, who received a blood stem cell transplant.
Jay, Leigh and their families were long-time fundraisers for the Minneapolis Be The Match Walk+Run , leading “Team Leigh” and raising significant funds to help patients in need of a life-saving blood stem cell transplant. In addition to being an inspiring team captain, Jay was a strong contender himself, finishing first in the 70+ age category at the 2016 event.
Jay passed away unexpectedly in 2018. To honor his dedication and commitment to Be The Match, the Livermore Spirit Award was created to recognize an outstanding individual committed to our life-saving mission. This past May, the first award was given to Roby Walls – a longtime Be The Match advocate and champion.
A family’s mission to save lives
Roby was awarded the Livermore Spirit Award for his commitment to honor his daughter, Julie, and to change the story for other families. He has continued to support Be The Match and inspire his community to give. Roby was a dedicated caregiver to his daughter who was diagnosed in 2008 with Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma. As soon as Julie was diagnosed, Roby got involved with Be The Match. “Anything for my Julie,” is what Roby always says about his daughter.
After Julie passed away in 2010, Roby continued to be involved with Be The Match, planning an annual walkathon with his local Winston-Salem Kiwanis club. Throughout his efforts, Roby has raised over $40,000 for Be The Match to help patients with blood cancer. His granddaughter, Rachel, has raised over $2,500 as well.
For Roby and his family, raising awareness and funds for Be The Match are equally important to help save others. “Julie’s legacy will always in on through our family and we are very proud of our efforts to save lives,” Roby says. We are grateful for his dedication to Be The Match and congratulate him on being the first person to receive the Livermore Spirit Award.
Jay’s greatest legacy
“Jay loved connecting with people and getting them involved with Be The Match,” said his niece, Tara. “His enthusiasm and great sense of humor were infectious. His commitment to saving lives attracted others to join him. Jay would be both honored and humbled to be recognized with this award. But the greatest legacy he would hope for would be to continue to encourage others to step up and save a life. He would want us to take the opportunity to thank each of you for your ongoing support. Together, we are making a difference.”
Roby, Jay Livermore Award recipient, with his granddaughter, Rachel
Jay, Be The Match supporter, and his niece, Tara
Jay with his first place certificate at the 2016 Minneapolis Be The Match Walk+Run
Jay (right), with his brother and blood stem cell recipient, Leigh
Team Leigh at the Minneapolis Be The Match Walk+Run
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For Kristin and Justin Akin, being a volunteer Be The Match® courier lets them not only act as a bridge between patient and donor, but also allows them to honor the memory of their two sons, Matthew and Andrew.
In September 2007, three-month-old Andrew was diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and needed a marrow transplant. Kristin and Justin had their oldest son, Matthew, tested to see if he would be a suitable match, but he was not. The Akin’s turned to Be The Match to find an unrelated donor. Unfortunately, there was not a suitable adult match for Andrew on the Be The Match Registry®, but there was a cord blood match.
At six-months-old, Andrew received his first transplant.
Sadly, two months after his transplant, Andrew relapsed. His doctors once again searched the registry. Kristin and Justin were elated that this time there was an adult match. Andrew had his second transplant, just before his first birthday.
“I vividly remember being in the hospital and the coordinator walked into our room, letting us know that the blood stem cells had safely landed,” said Justin.
Shortly after the transplant, doctors informed the family that once again, it was not successful.
Kristin and Justin had their older son, Matthew, further tested, fearing he may have held the mutation as well.
The results were unimaginable.
Matthew, while healthy, also carried the HLH mutation and would eventually get the disease. Kristin and Justin found themselves in an unthinkable situation. Andrew was preparing for his third transplant and Matthew for his first.
Tragically, Andrew passed away in September 2009 at the age of 2. Matthew passed away months later in May 2010 at the age of 5.
Filled with grief, Kristin and Justin channeled their energy into helping others. They became volunteer couriers so they can help other families.
“Every time I go on a trip, it conjures up a lot of emotion,” Kristin said. “People ask me, ‘Why do you want to do this?’ I tell them Be The Match gave us hope. I am eternally grateful to Be The Match for trying to save my children’s lives.”
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Sister of slain deputy relieved manhunt is over, calls loss of her big brother ‘amazingly painful’
by Alex Acquisto April 28, 2018 April 29, 2018
Mourners gather at a makeshift memorial for Cpl. Eugene Cole on Saturday, April 28, 2018. The memorial is located at the intersection at the top of Upper Main Street in Norridgewock, yards from the fire station that has served as a central command post during the manhunt for Cole's alleged killer. Credit: Callie Ferguson
The youngest sister of slain Sheriff’s Deputy Cpl. Eugene Cole said she was relieved that suspected killer John D. Williams had been found alive Saturday afternoon, but is far from being able to forgive him.
Sherryl Cole Sirois, 48, is the youngest sibling and only sister of Cole, a Somerset County sheriff’s deputy who was allegedly gunned down earlier this week by 29-year-old Williams. Williams was found alive and arrested on the fourth day of a nationwide manhunt Saturday afternoon.
“It’s just a sigh of relief. After I heard he’d been caught, I could breathe,” Sirois said after learning that Williams had been apprehended. But it pales in comparison to the depth of pain over the loss of her brother. “It’s just amazingly painful,” she said.
“God says to forgive, so I know I need to. At this point, I don’t know,” she said. “He stole this man’s life. He stole my mom’s little boy, he stole my sister-in-law’s love of her life, stole his children’s daddy, and he stole the grandkids’ Bampie.”
[Slain officer remembered as gentleman and skilled negotiator]
After learning the news of Cole’s death earlier this week, Sirois said her mother, Gloria Cole, had a minor heart attack on Friday and was taken to the hospital. Cole is Gloria’s third child to die, said Sirois, who has one remaining brother, Tom Cole.
Credit: Jeff Pouland | AP
“I saw the lights go out in my mom’s eyes when they told her,” she said. “We’re not designed to lose our children. She kept begging God to take her. ‘God can raise him from the dead,’ she said. All I’m doing is crying for days,” said Sirois who was at hospital with her mother when reached by phone Saturday afternoon.
“I’ve lost my brother, again, and the way it happened is going to haunt me.” Her brother, Fred, died suddenly at his home in 2013, and her brother, Billy died in 1981, when Sirois was 11.
Gloria has been having trouble sleeping since her son died, Sirois said, and after learning that Williams had been found, she finally was able to sleep. But she remains too sick to attend the family-only visitation service planned for her son late Saturday afternoon.
“I truly believe she’s suffering from a broken heart,” Sirois said. “God, I miss him so much.”
[Timeline: What we know about the shooting death of Cpl. Eugene Cole and the manhunt for John D. Williams]
Desperate to offer her mother any comfort, she’d recently found and saved a message from Cole on Gloria’s answering machine for her to listen to whenever she wanted.
In the days since his death, Cole has been hailed by friends and colleagues as a kind, even-tempered officer, masterful at calming tense or dangerous situations.
“For a guy that would go into a hostile situation and be as small a man as he was, he could talk down the giant that was standing there,” Canaan Fire Chief Troy Bowden told the BDN Wednesday. The two knew each other for 20 years, he said. “He could disarm the whole situation if he had that chance to talk, to get the conversation going.”
“Anytime he could defuse a situation without having to use excessive force, that’s the way he would do things,” Bowden said.
Cole was known to be gently authoritative years before he began working in law enforcement, Sirois said.
Years ago, when her two children were young (they are now near 30 years old) and she was a single mom, whenever her kids disobeyed her, she would say, “I’m going to call Uncle Gene.”
[‘You hope this never happens’: Killing of sheriff’s deputy ripples through Maine’s law enforcement]
He was able to discipline, but he “was kind and always fair” — skills that later made him into a strong police officer, she said.
Of the people who Cole interacted with on the job, “He would always say, ‘They’re people. Just because they made a mistake or a wrong choice doesn’t make them bad,’” Sirois said.
The depth of anger Sirois said she feels for Williams is strange. “It’s such a weird emotion. I wanted him to suffer, I really did. I wanted him to hurt, but I’m not that type of person.”
Any reprieve Sirois said she felt knowing that Williams has been found quickly dissolved into “dread, because I’ve got to get ready to go and say goodbye to Gene.”
Earlier this week, she uncovered a sheriff’s badge Cole had given to one of her grandsons. She said she remembers how excited her grandson was when Gene gave it to him. “You would’ve thought it was a million dollars,” she said.
Like law enforcement officers across Maine who’ve covered their badges with a strip of black, the family stuck a black piece of tape on the badge in Cole’s memory.
“I just hope he doesn’t become a cop,” she said.
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by BayBuzz Team February 1, 2020 January 29, 2020
For some it might be small shifts; for others, big audacious goals. But little or large, to BayBuzz the future is looking bright in many pockets of the Bay.
As Hawke’s Bay launches into the new year, BayBuzz has identified 20 people (for 2020) we plan to watch as they take on the year ahead: risk-takers, innovators, game-changers or just plain inspiring.
We see the wind shifting in the corridors of power and wonder if it’ll last. We see more women coming forward, including in our land-based leadership.
We anticipate our experiences of dining out becoming more informal, putting eating together at the heart of our community. And we are excited by our cultural diversity, with virtuosos of diverse talent contributing to our enjoyment of the arts.
We’re noticing healthy diversity in ‘business’ too, as social entrepreneurs marry smart enterprise with social and environmental good; some are growing our economy by bringing people in, others by exporting IP out.
And, we’re preparing for an outpouring of regional pride as the Bay’s best begin their search for Olympic Gold.
Welcome to our twist on trendspotting, taking a casual – but not uninformed – punt on what the future holds for Hawke’s Bay. We might or might not have the trends right, but we are confident about our selection of twenty outstanding people to watch. Which isn’t to say there aren’t many other worthies you might propose.
What do we have to shout about? Who’s leading the way? And, who’s on their way to taking the lead? Here are twenty notables we think will contribute importantly to Hawke’s Bay in the year ahead.
Power shift 2020 will see shifting political winds as representation becomes younger and more diverse. That move was seeded last year with shifts at a local level and it’ll be this year those shifts begin to make real change in the region.
Hinewai Ormsby
BUSINESSWOMAN, COUNCILLOR
Hinewai Ormsby was the highest polling candidate for the Napier Constituency of Hawke’s Bay Regional Council in the recent local body elections, edging also-elected incumbent Neil Kirton by almost 300 votes.
Being new to local body politics makes that quite a remarkable feat. What makes it even more special is she is also HBRC’s first female, youth (the Local Government NZ cut-off defining “Youth” is 40) Māori councillor. Hinewai and her husband Cameron run Napier Māori Tours, which won the Culture and Heritage Award at the 2018 HB Tourism Awards.
Rather than catering to wine, or architecture lovers, Napier Māori Tours focuses on the more cultural, natural and spiritual aspects of the area.
“Our passion is to share our Māori values, our way of life, and the caring for our precious environment.” Their website says. “Our native Māori language, cultural traditions, and customs, ground us so that we are the kaitiaki (guardians) of our land and water.” Hinewai’s goal for 2020: “To empower and enable social responsibility about how we can make a positive difference for our environment. It’s also about where our Hawke’s Bay communities can take action, and we see a regeneration movement from the ground up.”
Shayne Walker
HEALTH CHAIRMAN
Possibly no one on our list will be more watched in the coming year than Shayne Walker, recently appointed as chairman of the HB District Health Board, replacing veteran Kevin Atkinson.
Shayne’s career began in 2004 as a parole officer for the Department of Corrections. In 2012 he began a three-year stint as Māori Health Manager for the HBDHB … his only professional experience in the health arena. He then became general manager of Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust, one of nine Waitangi Treaty Settlement groups in Hawke’s Bay managing redress from the Crown for their respective hapu. Since January 2019, Shayne has been head of Māori business for BNZ.
Sprinkled across these positions, Shayne has held numerous Māori leadership roles. Last year he campaigned unsuccessfully against Ngahiwi Tomoana for the iwi-elected position of chairman of Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc, our region’s dominant iwi group.
Without question, the health profile of Māori in Hawke’s Bay (and nationally) is abysmal. From that perspective, it is not surprising that the government might select appoint a Māori chair of our DHB. But while the $500m-plus DHB is on the front line in addressing these vexing health challenges, it is clear that with Māori the problem is rooted in poverty, unhealthy housing and lack of education … DHB labours on the social casualties.
So, with much to improve under the glaring spotlight, and big shoes to fill, Shayne Walker might also find himself on a ‘hiding to nothing’.
Peleti Oli
BARBER, COUNCILLOR
First-term Hastings Councillor, Samoan-born, Flaxmere-raised, runs a barbershop in Hastings.
There’s a big year ahead for Oli, not just as a councillor but with a range of other initiatives. He and wife Jonique are introducing a course on barbering into Mangaroa Prison. “That’s a personal goal,” he says, rather than a political one.
In the run up to the 2019 election Oli called together influential people in Flaxmere to ask where his priorities should lie. What came up was the need for a youth hub, and ways to expose people to help that’s available for social issues and needs, especially new New Zealanders. “Education for parents is important, even just help speaking English.”
His primary concern is mental health. “It’s close to my heart.” He talks openly about his brother Someh’s suicide in 2012 and the changes he made to his life following that.
“I know Council is about making decisions, but I have a deeper purpose … We’re losing loved ones left, right and centre.”
In 2019 Oli got involved with Men’s Medicine and, although he predicts 2020 will be too busy for him to be hands-on in the programme, he’s a massive champion of it.
Access to housing is also a major goal for Oli in 2020, both politically and personally. He says it’s a significant and multi-faceted issue, and more than just academic for him and his family. “We know what it’s like, we’re renting, it’s hard. We’re in the middle of it, we’re experiencing it.”
Doing good while doing business 2020 will see social entrepreneurship building in the Bay as companies put care for the environment and social welfare front and centre, meeting multiple bottom-lines.
Drew Bibby
LIFE-CHANGER
His family’s business, Thornhill Horticultural Contracting, provides seasonal employees to HB growers. So Drew Bibby would probably not call himself a ‘social entrepreneur’, but that’s what he is … meeting an economic need and a social need at the same time.
In late 2018 the Bibby family bought the Angus Inn in Hastings, and transformed it into a residence for both overseas seasonal workers and for those in special need of transitional accommodation – usually work-motivated men just-released from Mangaroa Prison.
With further expansions now underway, the facility will be able to accommodate nearly 500 residents, offering lodging, meals and even pastoral care (watching over their health, money managing, family issues).
For those referred by MSD and the Prison, the key factor is willingness to work. Over their stay (2-3 months), these individuals – about two dozen so far – are trained by Thornhill for long-term employment in the hort sector, earning income as they train. From that income they pay a modest fee for the lodging, food and other services they receive.
For former prisoners, the stay is critical to getting back on their feet, often, as Drew put it, “breaking the cycle” that might otherwise lead them right back to the counterproductive living environments (drugs, alcohol, violence) that led them to prison. The facility is 100% drug/alcohol-free.
The project is financially self-sustaining and “still an experiment”, but the real reward, says Drew, are the times when residents tell him, “I’d be back in prison if it wasn’t for this place” and “You’ve changed my life”.
Emma Horgan
HOUSING INNOVATOR
The powerhouse behind Waingākau Village is Emma Horgan. The project, with 120 future homes for 300 Flaxmere residents, offers innovative pathways to home ownership – supported rent, rent to buy, supported ownership, full ownership and co-operative ownership.
This year project manager Horgan will see 52 houses being built in partnership with Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, a similar co-housing village plotted with another iwi partner, and a new ‘agri-hood’ project initiated – a term used to describe a new way of developing housing projects in tune, aligned and integrated to sources of food.
“We need to start living near our food supplies, not just taking from the land without considering impacts,” Horgan explains. She takes a biodiversity approach to her project management, interweaving te ao Māori and tikanga.
Horgan has an impressive corporate resume, but her current and future leaning is very much radical environmental and social response. “We’ve got to change the way we live and work, regenerate communities, business models and the environment.”
“I’m scared for the future and if we don’t get ready for change we’re in trouble,” she says. “But climate change is an opportunity to also change the way we do things.”
As well as running projects in Hawke’s Bay with her own small team, Horgan is training practitioners around New Zealand. She’s driven by a desire to create empowerment, hope and tools for professionals and individuals to use practically. “The system is broken and we need to fix it.”
Chris Lambourne
Chris Lambourne is appalled so many people are “energy poor”, spending more than 10% of their income on power, snuggling into sleeping bags or rugging up to save power in the winter.
He’s project managing a plan to create a solar farm that will deliver low cost power to 1,500 people in 400 low-income households in Flaxmere and Camberley through the Power to the People Trust of St Andrews Presbyterian Church.
He says an additional electricity payment to beneficiaries in the winter doesn’t really address the issue for those in rental homes.
Lambourne, who worked for the Ministry of Justice, helped TVNZ manage its digital transition and has a background in strategic planning in the electrical industry, says the project is about addressing poverty and social justice by making people’s homes warmer.
There’s strong support from HDC which has land use designated for renewable energy, alongside funding from various parties, including a $500,000 loan “in principal” from HBRC.
An initial site at Roy’s Hill fell through but Lambourne has another and a back-up site in mind for the ‘farm’ that will deliver to the homes through Unison’s network. “While there are government and regional policies that support this, it’s really about finding a method of actually doing it”.
He’s hopeful the Trust will have secured the land and funds for the $2.7million solar farm of up to 4,000 panels by the third quarter in 2020.
Recentering the cultural scene 2020 will witness a shift in cultural centre in the region with the reopening of the Hawke’s Bay Opera House, but also a broadening of the creative sector that includes exporting talent grown here to other parts of the country and the world.
Miru Shimaoka
VIRTUOSO AND DUX
Miru Shimaoka, dux at Taikura Steiner School, is one of hundreds of youth leaving the Bay this year, taking their talent with them, hopefully to polish up natural skill with life experience and bring it back to make our region richer. He is heading to the School of Music at Victoria University for a degree in Classical Performance.
Born in Japan, Miru came here as a four-year-old for a life his parents knew would be quieter and more relaxed. That desire has meant their son’s talents have needed to be strongly self-motivated.
“The struggle with being from a small place is you’re not pushed,” says Shimaoka. “Growing up here, it’s hard to find teachers and people to play with, or workshops to be part of, competition.” The upside, he says, is self-reliance, “I’ve managed to get there without that environment, so my inner strength is built up.”
Hawke’s Bay has fed Shimaoka in unexpected ways, “One of the best experiences was busking, people stopping and smiling … It’s made me want to be a performer, make people happy, bring joy, entertain, inspire.”
An accomplished violinist, Shimaoka is also a pianist, actor, writer with published short stories and poems, and polyglot. Alongside Japanese and English, he’s also picked up German and Spanish.
“I love languages, the more you speak the more you can learn. If you speak a language, you think in that language and it’s a window into the mentality of that culture.”
Megan Peacock-Coyle
ARTS ENERGISER
Toitoi Hawke’s Bay Arts and Events Centre opens on Saturday, February 29th.
Manager Megan Peacock-Coyle says the opening festivities themselves – including a dawn ceremony, Homecoming concert, street party and an open day on March 1 – will represent Toitoi’s mission of “Honouring the past, nurturing the present and inspiring the future.”
“We’re going to tell the story of Heretaunga, using and involving local community talent, and showcasing what we can do in the space.”
Toitoi is a next-generation venue, Megan says. It’s a traditional space (i.e. a theatre) being used in a modern way, in this case with a multi-cultural approach and a focus on participation in the arts. She and her team are looking forward, planning and contracting the programme of events for 2020 and beyond.
Megan is by nature collaborative and inquisitive, and says she’s looking forward to scouting out exciting shows from overseas and bold New Zealand work, and combining that with diverse local talent.
“It’s really important to us that people understand that Toitoi is a place for them,” she says “And the way we can do that is with the programme. So we’re making sure tangata whenua will be in there performing, and that multi-cultural organisations have an opportunity to come into that space, and a lot of that is about understanding the different ways cultures operate.”
Charlie Wallace
GUITAR GURU
Leaving school at 15, Charlie Wallace found himself back there the very next year, but on the other side, teaching his former fellow students to play the guitar.
“I taught myself to play mainly from random & scrambled information I found online,” he says, but in doing so he realised there must be an easier, more structured way to help others.
So, before Xero or other NZ tech companies had recognised Hawke’s Bay as a great location to base their online operations, Charlie started teaching guitar online to people all over the world in 2014.
Originally a one-man-teaching-band, filming in the bedroom of his Napier home and putting in long hours to serve clients all over the globe, www.GuitarMasteryMethod. com now has 14 staff around the world, and a more automated system allowing them to reach over 389,000 registered students and 51,000 subscribers on YouTube.
For 2020 Wallace is looking to develop Guitar Mastery Method even further. “In the last 12 months we made $5.2m in revenue. In 2020 we want to double that.”
His band, Black Smoke Trigger, has also just recorded the album “Set it Off” with legendary rock producer Michael Wagener, which is currently at #12 in the US Hard Rock Charts.
Fame and further fortune await!
Eating at the heart of the community 2020 will see a move towards a more relaxed flavour of dining. Community-centric and family-friendly offerings with wholesome soulfood will attract diners to make eating out a regular occurrence rather than just for special occasions.
Gretta Carney
HAPI AND HAPORI CHEF
Hastings Street in Napier has become a hub of terrific organic food, thanks in large part to Gretta Carney and her team at Hapi. It makes sense therefore, that when the café space at Chantal became vacant, it would get its own Hapi treatment.
There was a suitably winding and organic journey through the second half of 2019 to get the large space – now known as Hapori (meaning ‘community’) – to where it is now, an espresso bar and community kitchen.
The ideas for using the space are still bubbling away and uses will be added during 2020. So far there’s a community gallery space, a market area in the courtyard, textile artist Nicki Gabriel is working on a macramé installation which will form a semi-enclosed meeting space, cooking groups are using the commercial kitchen after hours, and there are regular lunches prepared by foodies and cooks from a range of cultural backgrounds.
“There’s a yearning that people have to prepare food from their traditions, and share it,” Gretta says.
A qualified classical homeopath, Gretta is always looking at things in a holistic manner, so Hapori also has a focus on social enterprise.
“This is a space where people can start to develop and explore their audiences, which may lead on to them having their own food cart, or their own space. They can test to see if they might have a business.”
Laura Crespi & Daniel Pistone
SAZIO RESTAURANTEURS
Sazio is the new kid of the cool 200 block in Hastings. 80% Pasta, 100% Pizzazz it embodies the new wave of relaxed, communal, authentic food offering.
“The vibes we try to create and the environment is casual,” explains Crespi. “We want to cater to the people, they’ll make it a regular thing!”
With business partner Daniel Pistone, Crespi is bringing together a concoction of her Italian heritage, his Argentinian flair, and their new home’s comfortable honesty and innovative tendencies.
“Our two cultures are about being together,” says Crespi. “We are going to pay respect to our traditions, but with a twist.”
The basis of the menu is honest to goodness pasta, with a simple menu of standards and an ever-changing one of specials.
“Our people cook what they have and that’s what we want to do here … that’s the start of the story: Cook what you have,” says Pistone.
Crespi tells of her earliest experiences with pasta – cooking with 25 cousins! “Every Sunday morning, wake up and make pasta with my Grandmother … that’s the roots, we’ve put our history into the mix … it’s an old style in a new way.”
Crespi sees their approach to food culture as more approachable, more understandable and more accessible than some of the fine-dining trends seen recently. “It’s not chemistry, it’s food,” agrees Pistone.
Riding the boom 2020 will see business diversity reign as the Bay continues to enrich its economy by creating a business ‘ecosystem’ that supports professionals coming to live and work here and online businesses, alongside tourism and grassroots ‘refilleries’.
Hamish Saxton
TOURISM IMPRESARIO
Hamish arrived on the HB scene, “feet under the desk”, this past September, having recently served as chief executive of Tourism Dunedin. With over 30 years in the tourism biz, he can credibly say, “Tourism is in my blood … It’s the industry I’m really passionate about.”
It’s a load to carry in HB, where tourism is credited with generating about 10% of the regional economy. Hamish says the full value of our visitor economy is still not really understood – “not just the obvious beneficiaries, but also the fuel pump and supermarkets.” Building that understanding is a key goal for 2020, which he hopes will translate into broader financial support for HB Tourism from such businesses, catering to both tourists and visitors.
Hamish wants to do a better job of sharing HBT’s plans with its various stakeholders – “an ‘open door policy’, we will listen … are we doing what needs to be done?”
“I’m a great believer in partnerships,” he says. Hamish wants to create initiatives that will attract more co-investment from industry players in collaborative marketing efforts, for example, leveraging HBT’s website and online audience and reaching key markets.
If one word were to describe Hamish’s focus, it’s relationships.
SOFTWARE EVANGELIST
After uni, Tom Wallace went searching. He knew he wanted to launch a tech business of some kind … “something you could build in Hawke’s Bay and sell around the world”.
Not surprisingly, his search landed close to home, building upon insights gleaned from his dad’s property development business. He saw an unmet need for an integrated software package, cloud-based, highly-automated that would help those managing commercial and residential properties with all aspects of their business – from scheduling maintenance to collecting rents.
In 2013 his software service – Re-Leased – was launched, based in Ahuriri. Today, Re-Leased employs about 30 in HB (aiming toward 50 by year’s end), with offices in London, New York, Melbourne and Auckland, servicing 800+ customers worldwide, generating nearly 80% of its revenue overseas. Tom says Hawke’s Bay will always be “our long-term technical centre to support our growth”, earmarking $10m to double the firm’s size here.
The NZ average salary for software developers is $95k. The associated jobs at Re-Leased involve sales, marketing and design … none of these folks, mostly under-age 40 (Tom’s 31), are earning peanuts. The company will grow “as long as we can hire great people”, says Tom. Many of them need to be imported to HB, although an IT internship in association with EIT aims for one recruit each six months.
Re-leased is impressive, but Tom’s broader vision is even more so. His ultimate goal is to build a “business ecosystem” that attracts and nurtures a diversified tech and professional community and sector in Hawke’s Bay … one far less vulnerable to the weather.
Nicola & Adam Mossman
REAL WORLD MERCHANTS
In the ground floor of Hastings’ shiny new development Tribune, Nicola and Adam Mossman have taken their online business into the real world with a flagship store. Next for the natural, plant-based skincare company is a new shop in Napier, coupling the contemporary, minimalist Real World brand with Art Deco flair.
Real World has been online for 3 years; their Hastings shop opened in September 2019. It came from a “need to be visible,” explains Nicola, and a desire to hear from customers.
“It means in the future we can make products people are asking for, and respond directly to their needs.”
The Mossmans are proud to be part of the changing face of Hastings. They’ve used local craftsmen and suppliers to fit out their shop and ‘refillery’.
“We use people within a stone’s throw from us because we trust them, we do business with them often and we share a customer base so we understand each other.”
The Mossmans have a number of threads to their business, including supplying 50 shops around NZ, having a strong online following, a healthy book of commercial clients and, from May, two shops. “Hastings is a destination shop, next is getting into the tourism crowd in Napier.”
In 2020, they will add more product lines that are uniquely HB. “100% of our range is made by us, we locally source ingredients, now we want to work with ingredients that HB is known for.”
Tackling rural norms 2020 will see more women taking charge in the rural sector. Rather than just taking on traditional roles, women are leading the way in land-based business including agriculture, horticulture and viticulture. There’s a long way to go but the outlook looks bright.
Kahlia Fryer
RISING FARMER
Kahlia grew up and lives on her family’s Ashley Clinton dairy farm and, as she put it, is “never far from animals”.
When BayBuzz reached Kahlia on a Friday afternoon she had just finished the paperwork on selling some rams and was about to go wakeboarding. Her energy flooded the conversation.
She recently won a nationwide Young Farmers Excellence Award and just returned from extensive overseas travel, which gave her a chance to “just take a break” and think about her future. She had been “go, go, go” and is “trying to get better on the non-work side”.
In the coming year she’ll be working at the Showgrounds helping plan next May’s Hort Field Day, and then the A&P Show.
But Kahlia’s already thinking beyond that. She earned an AgComm degree from Lincoln (2016), debt-free from casual work and scholarships, and the two related themes when she talks about her future are business and governance.
For a 25-year-old, she has strong governance experience, having been student association president at Lincoln and presently serving on the Board of HB Netball.
As for business, Kahlia is germinating an idea around providing business admin services to farmers. “The farmers I’ve worked with are all willing to change, and want to do better,” she says. Her notion is that farmers’ time is best spent on the real work of farming, and her aim would be to relieve them of the admin burden they carry.
AgFirst, hire her or be swallowed!
Julianne Brogden
PREMIUM WINEMAKER
2010 marked the beginning of Julz Brogden’s second wine-making career, crafting wines here in Hawke’s Bay that win the highest accolades from both her local peers and connoisseurs like Bob Campbell (“profoundly impressed”), Robert Parker and Michael Cooper.
Her first career, begun 22 years ago, was spent in California’s Napa Valley where, she says, the environment is “highly competitive and passionate” with top-end winemakers “striving for perfection for years”. She credits her experience working there with family-scale, premium-focused winemakers as giving her the skills to now produce top-flight wine on her own.
However, the intensity of that environment led to physical and mental exhaustion, and she returned home to Hawke’s Bay, repaired herself, and emerged with a new mantra …
Julz is aware of her limits, so while her commitment to quality is unmistakable, her business will “grow at its own pace”.
In the coming year, working with fruit she rates as good as Napa’s, she will turn 15 tonnes of grapes (“from awesome growers”) into premium wine under her own Collaboration brand – some exported to France, Japan and Singapore – and a similar amount for other labels.
Collaboration is presently co-located with well-known winemaker Kate Radburnd, but Julz’ goal is to “find a permanent home for my wines and paintings” (a reference to the commissioned art that inspires her distinctive labels).
“The beauty of it all, I’m not putting myself under pressure … it has to happen naturally, organically.” Balance.
Lucan Battison
MILK MERCHANT
It’s mid-morning on a Wednesday and there is a sound coming from the road at the top of Napier’s Botanical Gardens that hasn’t been heard for around 20 years … the clink of glass milk bottles.
Lucan Battison, who runs the Barefoot Bottles Milk Truck is doing his weekly visit on Napier Terrace, one of over a dozen stops he makes around Napier each week.
A small group of nearby residents cluster around his converted ambulance, chatting and waiting to get their glass milk bottles refilled.
Lucan has been doing these suburban stops, as well as the Saturday Urban Farmers’ Market in Clive Square for almost a year now and recently branched out into doing home deliveries each Friday to around 80 customers.
Lucan’s truck is fitted out with rows of fridges filled with 20 litre containers of milk from Havelock North dairy company Origin Earth. Lucan says he regularly sells out of ten of these containers every day. That means, with this refill service, he is removing up to 100 x 2 litre plastic milk bottles from circulation in Napier each day!
“My main goal for 2020 is to push the doorstep deliveries and get as many Hawke’s Bay homes on my list as possible … essentially minimising the region’s plastic circulation,” says Lucan.
Going for gold 2020 is an Olympic year and the region will get behind our sports stars as they take their talents offshore in search of gold, while others are just starting their athletic journeys.
Aimee Fisher
PRIMO KAYAKER
As a kid Aimee Fisher was very ambitious. “I always had these crazy, big dreams of being the next Irene Van Dyke or Michael Phelps, which was not that successful … turns out I’m better at sitting down sports.
We spent a lot of time paddling around Lake Tūtira with fishing lines off the back of the boat when I was young. I would paddle for 5 minutes and then let Dad tow me around, so I started kayaking at a really young age.
Since then she has amassed an impressive resume: HB Secondary Schools Sports Academy, double HB Sportsperson of the year (2016 and 2018), multiple World Kayaking titles, Olympian.
In 2020, the Tokyo Olympics are Aimee’s focus: “My aim is to be selected into the K4 (4-person) again and I would like to push for a K1 (solo) spot too which is decided in February.
I think about the Olympics a lot. It’s the moment I’ve been dreaming of since I was a kid. It’s been on my radar for so long that it’s hard to imagine life after the games, let alone the day after racing.
I would love to go there and genuinely race to my full potential, to express all the hard work over the last decade. If that means a great result then awesome, if not the sun will still rise.”
Regan Gough
PRIMO CYCLIST
Born in Waipukurau, but living in Cambridge for the last 3-4 years to be close to training facilities and the team base, Regan Gough has spent a large part of his life on two wheels.
Regan started out doing Central Hawke’s Bay’s ‘Tour De Beautiful’ and the larger, Hawke’s Bay regional ‘Tour De Bay’ from a very young age – either on the back of his mum’s bike, or on a tandem with his dad, once he was old enough to compete himself. The wheels have barely stopped turning since.
With a supportive local community and groups such as Ramblers he started making a name for himself, receiving the ‘Emerging Talent Award’ at the 2014 Halberg Awards and then as part of the New Zealand Team Pursuit squad who came 4th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2020 sees Tokyo hosting the Olympic Games. The nature of cycling, with fitness and injury being big factors, means the team won’t be announced until March/ April, but Gough is obviously hoping to be part of the squad again, this time with more metallic results.
“2020 is purely focussed around Tokyo. To be there and on the podium is a massive motivator. Everything between now and then is a stepping stone for the big dance in August.”
Kaitlin Cotter
HOCKEY SUPERSTAR
While most students will be spending this time of year relaxing and unwinding, for Kaitlin Cotter it is quite the opposite.
The 17-year-old Napier Girls’ High graduate was named in the 2020 Black Sticks Women squad in November and has only just come back from playing in Australia for the NZ Under 21 team.
The Black Sticks Women begin their international season on Saturday 1st of February when they play Belgium in Auckland, and then there is the small matter of the Tokyo Olympics in July.
That is in addition to Kaitlin winning the Hawke’s Bay Schools’ Sportsperson of the Year Award, along with the Female Sportsperson Award, the Female Hockey Player Award and the Jarod Cunningham Youth Sports Scholarship in October.
“It’s pretty cool that I’ve been selected for the Black Sticks and getting my first international cap is something to look forward to. It will be a hard year with full-time training as well as study, but I’m looking forward to playing with and learning from those who have been in the squad for some time. A goal would be to make the team for the Olympics, but that will be tough with the squad available.”
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Top 15 Rick and Morty Quotes
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“Wubba lubba dub dub!” Rick and Morty is quite possibly the most quotable show on television. It is TV’s answer to Anchorman, with a brilliant one-liner every thirty seconds that’s more ridiculous, absurdist, and outrageously hilarious than the last. You can use the show’s quotes in everyday life to create memes, or maybe just to think about and laugh at when you’re feeling down. It’s one of the best shows on TV right now, and let’s hope it goes on for a long, long time. Just like Rick himself said, “Rick and Morty time. All day long, forever. All 100 days. Rick and Morty forever 100 times. Over and over, rickandmortyadventures.com. All 100 years. Every minute, rickandmorty.com.” Hopefully he’s right and the show does go on for 100 years. It’s got two terrific seasons under its belt already, the second somehow managing to outdo the first and the trajectory only looking to continue that way for the years to come. With season 3 finally set to premiere on Adult Swim in a couple of weeks on July 30, let’s take a look back at the fifteen most hilarious, heartstring-tugging, or otherwise brilliant quotes from the most mind-bending, black-comic, and thought-provoking show on television.
15. “Weddings are basically just funerals with cake.” – Rick
Some people would agree with this, while some would not. But what’s interesting is that the ones who would disagree are wide-eyed, young, naive lovebirds who think that marriage is the answer to everything. Those people spend their twenties searching for ‘the one’ and make a big deal about proposals and love and weddings and marriage. Or newlyweds, who still think that marriage is something great and the beginning of their life and everything. But the interesting thing is that the ones who would agree with Rick are the ones who have been married for a long time and have seen where marriage leads you. They’ve experienced the sadness and the anguish and the resentment and the frustration of a long marriage. In short, they’re basically people like Rick.
14. “Hey, muchacho, does your planet have wiper fluid yet or you gonna freak out and start worshipping us?” – Rick
There are a few intergalactic civilizations who treat Rick like he’s some kind of god-like figure, one of which exists under his hood and powers his car. Rick treats this with nowhere near the gravity it deserves to be treated with, because he deals with this kind of monumental situation every day of his life, so it’s no big deal for him. This quote is from the season 2 episode “Look Who’s Purging Now,” which is easily the most disturbing and graphically violent episode of the entire series. Rick has promised us in the trailer for season 3 that this year’s adventures will be their darkest yet, but they’ll have to get real dark if they want to top “Look Who’s Purging Now” on the darkness scale. However, there’s no doubt that Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon will be able to top themselves – they’ve done it before!
13. “It’s funny to say they are small…it’s funny to say they are big.” – Shrimply Pibbles
In the season 2 episode “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate,” Jerry is asked by alien doctors to donate his human penis to make a replacement heart for Shrimply Pibbles, a kind of intergalactic Martin Luther King times a thousand. During the interaction, as Jerry hesitates, Pibbles, voiced by Werner Herzog (seriously, how did they get Werner Herzog to do that episode?), sums up the whole of human culture. “I’ve dwelt among the humans. Their entire culture is built around their penises. It’s funny to say they are small…it’s funny to say they are big. I’ve been at parties where humans held bottles, pencils, thermoses in front of themselves and called out, ‘Hey, look at me. I’m Mr. So-and-So Dick. I’ve got such-and-such for a penis.’ I never saw it fail to get a laugh.” Neither did I, Mr. Herzog.
12. “Well, just fuck it, call him Pichael.” – Pichael Thompson
Pichael Thompson has some issues. He’s the host of Cooking Things on interdimensional cable television and is also the other half of Michael Thompson, the host of Opposite News. There’s a bit of sibling rivalry going on, to say the least. So, why do they shoot their shows at the same time, you might ask? Well, because it saves a lot of money on production, that’s why. But is it worth it, when he hates his brother so much? He’s jealous of him, because, according to Pichael, “he’s got a normal name!” Pichael explains this: “You could tell our parents started with naming with him. It’s like, ‘Oh, Michael.’ They had that one planned before they even got pregnant, I bet. And then they found out I was attached along for the ride and they said, ‘Ah, shit. Well, just fuck it, call him Pichael.’” Genius.
11. “Also, I can’t feel anything either, did I mention that?” – Ants in My Eyes Johnson
This little snippet sticks out, but Ants in My Eyes Johnson’s entire commercial is worthy of note. In the ad, he says, “I’m Ants in My Eyes Johnson here at Ants in My Eyes Johnson’s Electronics! I mean, there’s so many ants in my eyes! And there’s so many TVs! Microwaves! Radios, I think! I can’t…I’m not 100 percent sure what we have here in stock, because I can’t see anything! Our prices, I hope, aren’t too low! Check out this refrigerator! Only $200! What about this microwave? Only $100, that’s fair! I’m Ants in My Eyes Johnson! Everything’s black! I can’t see a thing! And also, I can’t feel anything either, did I mention that? But that’s not as catchy as having ants in your eyes, so…that always goes…y’know, off by the wayside. I can’t feel, it’s a very rare disease, all my se— all my nerves, they don’t allow for the sensation of touch! So, I never know what’s going on! Am I standing, sitting? I don’t know!” Hysterical.
10. “Jesus Christ, Beth, is Jerry 50?” – Rick
This quote is a classic example of when Justin Roiland (the voice actor who plays both Rick and Morty, and created the show, and writes a lot of it) gets into the recording studio with one line and then starts rolling with it and improvising and something completely unrelated yet hilarious comes out in the end. It’s from the season 2 episode “Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate.” It starts off with Jerry in an alien hospital being treated and Beth says, “We’re worried about Jerry.” And then Rick’s comeback is, “Well, you’re 39 years too late.” But then Roiland keeps on going to give it that signature Rick Sanchez flair. “Or, you know, however old he is. Is he…is he 50? Jesus Christ, Beth, is…is Jerry 50?” It’s just Roiland taking a great line to the next level, Rick and Morty-style.
9. “The factory tint setting is always too high!” – Jerry
This quote is technically uttered by various different versions of Jerry from various different dimensions, since they all think alike, so for the purposes of this list, let’s simply quote our one. It’s from the episode “Mortynight Run,” which is titled similarly to the classic action comedy movie Midnight Run starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in a cross-country thrill-ride. The episode has a plot akin to the movie, with Rick and Morty transporting a fugitive, Fart, across the galaxy. The movie itself also comes into play as all the Jerrys at Jerryboree (the daycare center the Council of Ricks set up for Ricks from all over the universe to drop off their Jerrys during adventures) sit down to watch it with the woman in the Beth costume (Jerry’s too gullible to know the difference). And she lets him adjust the settings on the TV for optimum viewing experience. Every man’s dream!
8. “And that’s the WA-A-A-AY the news goes.” – Rick
In “Total Rickall,” amid all the fake flashbacks that the alien parasites are embedding into the Smith family’s memories, there’s a quickly cut montage of Rick’s catchphrases after Morty says, “He does have a lot of weird, made-up sounding catchphrases,” after they all start to doubt the reality of Rick, thinking maybe he’s a parasite. Here’s all the catchphrases Rick utters in the totally fabricated compilation: “Wubba lubba dub dub! Ricky Ticky Tavi, BE-YOTCH! And that’s the WA-A-A-AY the news goes. Hit the sack, Jack. Uh-oh, somersault jump! AIDS! And that’s why I always say, ‘Shum shum shlippedy dop!’ GRA-A-A-ASS…tastes bad-ah. No jumpin’ in the sewer. Burger time! Rubber baby buggy bumpers! Lick-lick-lick my balls!” Apparently he says that one “all the time.”
7. “Stop saying it like it’s a thing!” – Morty
“Get Schwifty” is a great episode of Rick and Morty. It takes a concept from our world – song contests like Eurovision – and puts it on an intergalactic scale. That’s what most Rick and Morty episodes do, and it’s the basis of the show (and probably why it’s so damn popular). Rick and Morty combine forces with Ice-T to write “Get Schwifty,” the catchiest song ever for the contest, but Morty starts to get annoyed with it. While the human race is out building cults and religions around the giant heads floating in the sky, Morty’s stuck jamming with Rick and Ice-T in a recording studio. Rick explains to Morty, “I try to shelter you from certain realities, Morty, ‘cause if I let you make me nervous, then we can’t…get schwifty.” Then Morty gets frustrated and tells Rick, “Stop saying it like it’s a thing! You made it up!” True, but it is a thing now!
6. “I’m Tiny Rick!” – Tiny Rick
In one of season 2’s best episodes (and that’s saying something), “Big Trouble in Little Sanchez,” Rick transfers his consciousness into a younger body, enrols in Morty and Summer’s high school, and starts calling himself Tiny Rick. He spends a lot of the episode going around high school and saying, “I’m Tiny Rick!” or some variation of it like, “Tiny Rick, motherfuckers!” or simply, “Tiny Rick!” The episode takes an ominous turn (as pretty much every episode of the show does at one point or another) when the old Rick is filtering subtle cries for help through Tiny Rick’s creativity, and he’s not as happy and positive as he seems. But in the end, Morty and Summer save him, and it’s a sweet ending that shows they care about him.
5. “Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere. Everybody’s gonna die. Come watch TV.” – Morty
A melancholic statement that really makes you philosophically think about the life you’re living and the world you’re living it in is not uncommon for an episode of Rick and Morty. But perhaps the biggest existential gut punch of the whole series is delivered in the season 1 episode “Rixty Minutes” by Morty as he explains to his sister Summer that in the backyard are a pair of graves containing the charred remains of that dimension’s versions of Rick and Morty. That incident changed Morty, and he realized how little life matters and how quickly it can drastically change. His four powerful sentences here put everything into perspective. Take it easy and watch TV because you could very easily be blown to smithereens in the blink of an eye, and you might not have the privilege of being able to bury yourself and go on living a slightly alternate life. Powerful stuff for an animated comedy about interdimensional adventures and fart jokes.
4. “God’s turning people into insect monsters, Beth. I’m the one beating them to death. Thank me.” – Jerry
Are you a devout Christian who wonders why some people don’t love God as much as you do? Well, Jerry, in his own weird way, has answered that question for you. At a time of crisis in the season 1 episode “Rick Potion No. 9”, when Rick accidentally made everyone on Earth into a bunch of Cronenbergs, Jerry saved Beth’s life and she said, “Thank God!” Then Jerry explained that God is the one making people into Cronenbergs and he’s the one killing them, so she shouldn’t thank God; she should thank him instead. That’s it, really. God is always “turning people into insect monsters” in one way or another, whether it’s giving people disabilities or creating earthquakes. It’s the people who are overcoming the curses set on them by God, finding strength in their disabilities or going into disaster zones to find survivors and helping shelter them. The insect monster infestation is a ridiculous situation, but it symbolizes all the terrible things God does that we as humans have to overcome. As Jerry points out, Christians have it backwards.
3. “I’m sorry, but your opinion means very little to me.” – Rick
Haven’t we all thought this about somebody before? We all have those people in our lives who we really don’t care what they think. For Rick Sanchez, those people just happen to be his family. Rick Sanchez is a character who is known to be a cynical jackass, and he epitomizes that in this particular line. He’s totally contemptuous toward pretty much everyone else in the human race due to their lower IQs. The tragic thing is that he pushes away anyone who’s not as intelligent as him, and yet no one is as intelligent as him. It’s sad, really, if you think about it. What’s great about this quote is that you can use it pretty much every single day of your life. Screw everyone else and their opinions.
2. “I’m Mr. Crowbar, and this is my friend, who is also a crowbar.” – Jerry
This is Jerry’s attempt at an Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone-esque action hero quip. Obviously it’s not as smooth as one of theirs, nor does it make as much sense, but that’s what makes it so hilarious. Every couple of words there’s another joke within this one joke. For starters, he refers to himself as Mr. Crowbar, simply because a crowbar is his weapon. And then he refers to the crowbar as his friend, which is weird. Then, to top it all off, he says that this friend is “also a crowbar.” So, is Jerry saying that he himself is a crowbar? It’s just a hysterical line showing just how little Jerry thinks through the asinine things he says.
1. “Wubba lubba dub dub!” – Rick
Of course this is number one! It’s Rick’s catchy catchphrase! This is arguably the most quotable line in the show, since it’s applicable to pretty much all situations. Rick uses it whenever he’s happy or whenever he cracks a joke, and so can you! He uses it all the time. He uses it in the episodes “Meeseeks and Destroy”, “Raising Gazorpazorp”, “Something Ricked This Way Comes”, “Close Rick-counters of the Rick Kind”, “Ricksy Business”, “Total Rickall”, and “Big Trouble In Little Sanchez.” It’s the most repeated line on the show. And there’s an element of tragedy, as revealed to Morty by Birdperson. In Birdperson’s language, “Wubba lubba dub dub” means “I am in great pain, please help me.” Rick may have a brash, loud-mouthed, uncaring exterior, but he has a deep emotional core. He’s depressed, he’s ailing from his alcoholism, and ultimately, he is a tragic figure.
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence
By Charles Augustus Goodrich
THE SIGNERS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
REV. CHARLES A. GOODRICH.
· NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM REED & co.
Southern District of Nero-York, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-fourth day of June, A. D. 1829, in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Charles A. Goodrich, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit :-"Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence. By the Rev. Charles A. Goodrich.”
In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, “an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned.” And also to an act, entitled, "an act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."
FRED. J. BETTS,
Clerk of the Southern District of Nero-York.
The author has had it in contemplation for several years, to present to the public a work of the following kind; but, until recently, he has not had leisure to complete his design. He was incited to the undertaking, by a belief that he might render an important service to his countrymen, especially to the rising generation, by giving them, in a volume of convenient size, some account of the distinguished band of patriots, who composed the congress of 1776; and to whose energy and wisdom the colonies, at that time, owed the declaration of their independent political existence.
No nation can dwell with more just satisfaction upon its annals, than the American people. The emigrants, who settled the country, were illustrious men; distinguished for their piety, wisdom, energy, and fortitude. Not less illustrious were their descendants, who served as the guides and counsellors of the colonies, or who fought their battles during the revolutionary struggle. Na one who admits the intervention of a special providence in the affairs of nations, can hesitate to believe, that the statesmen and heroes of the revolution were raised up by the God of heaven, for the important and definite purpose of achieving the independence of America-of rescuing a people, whose ancestors had been eminently devoted to the duties of piety, from the thraldom under which they had groaned for years-and of presenting to the monarchical governments in the eastern hemisphere, the example of a government, founded upon principles of civil and religious liberty.
For the accomplishment of such a purpose, the statesmen and heroes of the revolution were eminently fitted. They were endowed with minds of distinguished power, and exhibited an example of political sagacity, and of high military prowess, which commanded the admiration of statesmen and heroes, throughout the world. Their patriotism was of a pure and exalted character; their zeal was commensurate with the noble objects which they had in view; and amid the toils, and privations, and sufferings, which they were called to endure, they exhibited a patience and fortitude, rarely equalled in the history of the world.
Of the revolutionary patriots, none present themselves with more interest to the rising generation, than those who composed the congress of 1776; and upon whom devolved the important political duty of severing the ties, which bound the colonies to the mother country. The lives of this illustrious band, we here present to our readers. Although the author regrets that his materials were not more abundant, he indulges the hope, that the subsequent pages will not be found devoid of interest. Even an unadorned recital of the virtues, which adorned the subjects of these memoirs; the piety of some ---the patriotism and constancy and courage of them all-can scarcely fail of imparting a useful lesson to our readers. The obligations to cherish their memory, and to follow their example will be felt; nor can our readers fail to realize the debt of gratitude we owe in common, to that benignant providence, who fitted these men for the important work which was assigned them.
All the material facts, recorded in the following pages, the author has reason to believe are authentic, and entitled to credibility. Most of them are matters of public record.” Some of the sketches will indeed be found to contain but few incidents; because, in respect to a portion of the signers, but few existed; and, in respect to others, the accurate knowledge of them has been irrevocably lost. The sources from which h
Im which he has drawn the materials of the volume are too numerous to be particularly mentioned in this place; yet he would be doing injustice, not to express his special obligations to the authors of the following works: viz. Pitkin's Political and Civil History of the United States, North American Review, Walsh's Appeal, Marshall's Life
of Washington, Botta's History of the Revolution, Allen's Biographical and Historical Dictionary, Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Thatcher's Medical Biography, Austin's Life of Gerry, Tudor's Life of Otis, Witherspoon's Works, Select Eulogies, &c. &c.
While writing the following biographical notices of the signers to the declaration, the author has been struck with their longevity, as a body of men. They we fifty-six in number: and the average length of their lives was about sixty-five years. Four of the number attained to the age of ninety years, and upwards; fourteen exceeded eighty years; and twentythree, or one in two and a half, reached three score years and ten. The longevity of the New England delegation, was still more remarkable. Their number was fourteen, the average of whose lives was seventy-five years. Who will affirm that the unusual age to which the signers, as a body, attained, was not a reward bestowed upon them, for their fidelity to their country, and the trust which they in general reposed in the overruling providence of God. Who can doubt the kindness of that Providence to the American people, in thus prolonging the lives of these men, till the principles for which they
ey had contended, through a long series of years, had been acknowledged, and a government had been founded upon them?
Of this venerable body, but a single one* survives. The others are now no more. “They are no more, as in 1776, bold and fearless advocates of independence. They are dead. But how little is there of the great and good which can die. To their country they vet live, and live for ever. They live. in all that perpetuates the remembrance of men on earth; in the recorded proofs of their own great actions, in the offspring of their intellect, in the deep engraved lines of public gratitude, and in the respect and homage of mankind. They live in their example; and they live, emphatically, and will live, in the influence which their lives and efforts, their principles and opinions, now exercise, and will continue to exercise, on the affairs of men, not only in our own country, but throughout the civilized world.”
"It remains to us to cherish their memory, and emulate their virtues, by perpetuating and extending the blessings which they have bequeathed. So long as we preserve our country, their fame cannot die, for it is reflected from the surface of every thing that is beautiful and valuable in our land. We cannot recur too often, nor dwell too long, upon the lives and characters of such men; for our own will take something of their form and impression from those on which they rest. If we inhale the moral atmosphere in which they moved, we must feel its purifying and invigorating influence. If wo raise our thoughts to their elevation, our minds will be expanded and ennobled, in beholding the immeasurable distance beneath and around us.
Can we breathe the pure mountain air, and not be refreshed; can we walk abroad amidst the beautiful and the grand of the works of creation, and feel no kindling of devotion ?!"
* Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.
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Posted on May 20, 2010 February 22, 2011 by LexJet Posted in Tips & Tricks
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Mark McMahon makes his own giclee reproductions of his watercolor paintings.
Here’s a great example of how an enterprising artist has built a thriving career for himself and is successfully using in-studio printing and materials from LexJet to make his own giclée reproductions.
The tension between the creative urge and the need to eat isn’t new. Michelangelo spent as much time lobbying the Pope and Medici families to fund his art projects as he did painting and sculpting. However, Lake Forest, IL-based artist Mark McMahon seems to have managed to balance the economic realities of this world with the demands of the creative muses. A veritable institution in the Chicago area, the entrepreneurially minded watercolor artist has embraced many different technologies to promote, replicate and sell his work. Like his father before him, McMahon isn’t shy about marketing matters. And when inkjet-based gicleé technology emerged, it was as if McMahon had been anticipating it for decades.
Mark is the son of Franklin McMahon, an internationally known artist/reporter who chronicled five decades of twentieth-century history in sketches and watercolors – particularly Civil Rights events, space race NASA and presidential campaigns. Among other famous events in the elder McMahon’s portfolio is the 1960 Nixon Kennedy debate and the 1955 Emmett Till murder trial. On the wall near Mark McMahon’s fireplace is a reproduction of one of his father’s paintings of the 1969 Chicago Seven conspiracy trial.
Artist Mark McMahon used an Epson Stylus Pro wide-format printer and Hahnemühle German Etching 310 Digital Fine Art Paper from LexJet to print a reproduction of one of his father’s watercolor paintings from the coutroom of Chicago 7 Conspiracy trial in 1969. It was the trial in which seven defendants were charged with conspirary related to riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. ©Franklin McMahon.
In some ways, this print represents the culmination of McMahon’s technological evolution over the years, as he explored methods that would allow him to increase his income while maintaining artistic integrity and pleasing his customers. Both he and his father have digitized thousands of their works and licensed them to Corbis.
A Means of Increasing Saleable Production: Just as Michelangelo and his contemporaries maintained workshops in which gifted students produced reproductions for sale (it may have been the Renaissance, but branding was already alive and well), Mark McMahon began to experiment early in his career with ways to increase his saleable production.
Just out of art school in 1972 and settling into his two preferred genres—landscapes and cityscapes—Mark began reproducing his original black-and-white line drawings on an offset press. Hand coloring each drawing, he sold hundreds of Chicago cityscapes to the Marshall Fields gallery on State Street.
He then moved to reproducing the drawings on a screen-printing press, this time directly onto Arches watercolor paper. This technique allowed him to produce a hybrid limited-edition run in which each copy was individually painted, adding to the value without requiring a new drawing for each one. Once he began selling these limited editions to local galleries such as Billy Hork and Merrill Chase, his reputation began to build and Mark began searching for new media to feature his artistic output.
“With the prices for my paintings beginning to rise, I began looking for other types of media that could feature my work,” says Mark. “I realized that I could silk screen the drawings onto ceramic tile, hand color and glaze those and create a whole new medium for myself, which led to nine ceramic murals at Chicago’s O’Hare airport.”
Mark quickly realized these tiles could be combined to create large-scale “montage” murals, which soon begin appearing in public spaces in Chicago and eventually, around the world. Today the city by the lake boasts dozens of large scale tiled cityscape murals at locations such as the venerable Union League Club, the intersection of Van Buren/Federal Streets and Lake Forest High School library.
McMahon traces the beginning of his digital odyssey to a chance meeting in Lost Dunes Golf Club in Michigan in 2000. Mark was painting a landscape commission for an architect when a local gicleé printer passed by and saw McMahon’s work in progress. He encouraged McMahon to try outputting his work on the IRIS printer, an early large-format inkjet printer remembered for its beautiful output and sporadic behavior. Soon, Mark was selling on-demand prints of Harbor Country scenes to the dozens of tourist galleries in southeastern Michigan.
Marketing Success Based on Good Old-Fashioned Hard Work: If you talk to McMahon, you’ll discover that a lot of his success is due to good old-fashioned hard work. Wherever his artwork appears in galleries around the country, chances are he packed his car up with paintings, prints and drawings and visited the locations himself.
“My father always said that artists should leave their studios and go out into the world,” says Mark. “That applies to marketing as well.”
As he became comfortable outputting his pieces on the IRIS, Mark was able to tailor pricing to galleries to meet their requirements, offering discounts for quantity orders. However, it wasn’t long before he realized he could also benefit economically by printing his works himself.
Creating His Own Reproductions: With plenty of expert help from LexJet, Mark purchased a 24-in. Epson 7600 along with Photoshop’s Elements software and a supply of Sunset Textured Fine Art paper. “I like the German Etching Paper for some pieces,” says McMahon, “But for most prints I prefer the Sunset. It’s a little more flexible and a little more forgiving.”
McMahon’s typical art-to-print process can be summarized in one of his recent projects, a series of prints celebrating the 150th anniversary of the University Michigan Glee Club. First, Mark went to Ann Arbor and attended the event in person, making sketches of key moments at the concert event and celebration. Later, in his studio, he painted watercolors using the drawings.To digitize the new set of originals, he photographed them in sections using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, then splices the digital files together seamlessly using Adobe’s Photoshop Elements Photomerge Panorama utility. He then prints directly to the Epson from Elements.
Limited-edition prints of McMahon's paintings of University of Michigan Glee Club were given to the alumni donors who helped raise funds of the organization.©Mark McMahon
With a four-decade art career behind him, Mark McMahon shows no signs of slowing down. He embraces his success but shows no signs of taking it for granted. “Some of my originals might sell for five figures these days,” explains McMahon, “But not everyone is in that market. So I plan to continue to come up with a lot of different ways that people can afford to buy my art. The inkjet gicleé prints are entirely consistent with the principles I’ve always followed: On the one hand you have the art you love to create. When it’s finished, you move it into the process, which allows you to make a living and maintain your freedom.”
To see more examples of his work, visit www.mcmahonartgallery.com
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International Paper Museum-Brookline, MA
Entrance to the international Paper Museum.
Dong sewing bags, Guizhou province, China. Photo: Kathleen Tyler.
Exhibition at the International Paper Museum.
Hand Papermaking Magazine's 25th Anniversary Surprise party, at the International Paper Museum, 2011.
Spirit paper made of bamboo fiber, from Guizhou province, China. Photo: Kathleen Tyler.
Goldbeater's packet of paper, wrapped in deerskin, Mandalay, Myanmar.
Folded Burmese money, used in donation ceremonies, Taungyi, Myanmar.
Tattoo books made from mulberry fiber, Inle lake, Myanmar.
The International Paper Museum is located in Brookline, Massachusetts, and features dynamic exhibitions relating to historical hand papermaking from all over the world. It is sponsored by the Research Institute of Paper History and Technology, a 501(C)(3) non-profit education organization established in 1994. The institute's permanent collection consists of rare books dealing with historical papermaking, handmade papers that represent nearly every part of the world, and tools and equipment that have been used for making paper over the centuries.
Our current exhibition, Paper Curiosities, includes examples of paper made from unusual materials, processed by extraordinary methods, and used in unique ways. We welcome all visitors by appointment only. The museum is located inside the original Carriage House Paper at 8 Evans Rd., Brookline, MA. This was the first hand papermaking studio in Massachusetts, established in 1975 by Elaine Koretsky and Donna Koretsky. The Carriage House is a distinctive stucco building with an orange tile roof, built in 1904 to house one of the first horseless carriages in the town. When Donna moved her studio and the supplies business to New York in the early 90’s, the Carriage House was reorganized as the non-profit Research Institute and Paper Museum.
Donna is now the director and welcomes all visitors by appointment only. There is a suggested donation of $15. per visitor which includes a personalized tour and opportunity to make a sheet of paper.
Please email donna@carriagehousepaper.com to make an appointment to visit the museum.
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Casey Diskin Was Named one of “Jewish News” and “The Well’s” 36 Under 36
Casey Diskin has spent her entire career working with kids with disabilities and has made a significant impact on the lives of children and families across the country. To honor her contributions, she was named one of “Jewish News” and “the Well’s” 36 Under 36, a title given to exceptional Jewish contributors under the age of 36.
Each year, The Detroit Jewish News partners with The Well to highlight 36 young professionals who have had a tremendous impact on both Jewish and general communities. Last year, they named Casey Diskin to the list for her work in the community and especially her work with kids with disabilities. The people who appear on the list are described as go-getters, doers, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, activists, and community organizers who are nominated through the program each year.
The 36 Under 36 is a project organized by The Well, which is an inclusive Jewish community building, education and spirituality outreach initiative geared to the needs of millennials and the unaffiliated or under-affiliated in the Metro Detroit area. The belief of The Well is that Jewish ethics, values and spirituality can and should be directly applicable to our lives as part of a radically inclusive Jewish community. In addition, they believe these elements should drive us to positively impact both intimate communities and the world at large.
They achieve this vision by supporting young professionals like Casey Diskin and increasing the number of people actively participating in community-centric Jewish living in Metro Detroit. The Well accomplishes this by means of relationship building, network weaving and participant-driven programming. As a whole, The Well is a project of the Lori Talsky Zekelman Fund at Temple Israel.
Through their 36 under 36 listing, the group is able to highlight the achievements of young Jewish professionals and spread the positive work they do in communities across Chicago and the surrounding area. At the same time, the list inspires others to get involved in their communities, both general and Jewish. The Well was founded in 2015 and the 36 Under 36 was created just a couple of years later.
Casey Diskin has worked with children with autism and other developmental disorders since earning her degree in 2004. She completed her undergraduate program at Wayne State University and earned a master’s degree from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia before completing an internship through Melbourne University that provided real-world experience to support her education.
Today, Casey Diskin collaborates with Behavior analysts (BCBAs), Speech therapists and occupational therapists to provide support to families with children that present challenging behaviors.
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The Czech Republic is a unitary state composed of municipalities (obec) and regions (kraje).
Local level: 6,258 municipalities (obec)
The municipal council (zastupitelstvo obce) is the municipality’s deliberative assembly and is composed of members elected by direct universal suffrage for a four-year term. It appoints the members of the municipal committee.
The municipal committee (rada obce) is the executive body of the municipality and is composed of members elected by and from within the municipal council for a four-year term. The mayor and vice-mayors are also members of the committee, which can form specific commissions, such as a financial commission, cultural commission and commission for minorities.
The mayor (starosta for smaller municipalities or towns and primátor for larger towns or cities) is elected by and from within the municipal council for a four-year mandate. He/she heads the municipal committee and administration, and represents the municipality. In municipalities with fewer than fifteen municipal council members, the executive authority is ensured by the mayor.
. Municipal budget
. Local development
. Agriculture and forest management
. Municipal police
. Water supply and sewage
. Household refuse
. Primary education
. Spatial planning
. Cooperation with other municipalities and regions
The city of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is divided into metropolitan districts, each made up of its own elected local council. The city’s local council is composed of members elected by direct universal suffrage for a four-year term. Council members elect the mayor of the city as well as the members of the city’s executive body, the municipal committee.
Regional level: 14 regions (kraje)
The regional assembly (zastupitelstvo kraje) is the region’s deliberative body and is composed of members elected by direct universal suffrage for a four-year term. It controls the regional budget and the subsidies granted to municipalities. It can also submit draft legislation to the national chamber of deputies.
The regional committee (rada kraje) is the executive body of the region and is composed of the president (hejtman), vice-presidents and other members elected by and from within the regional assembly for four years. It is assisted by a regional authority (krajský urad), which is headed by a director and divided into several departments in charge of specific fields, such as social affairs, transport, spatial planning and environment.
The president (hejtman) is elected by and from within the regional assembly for a period of four years. He/she represents the region at the local, national and international levels.
The City of Prague is both a municipality and region with only one assembly and one board.
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Executive Director: Radka VLADYKOVA
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CCST Project
Maker Space Movement
COMPLETED: December 2017
InnovationMaker3 Symposium Series
CCC Maker Kickoff Symposium
9:30 - Registration, Coffee and Community
10:00 - Opening Remarks and Introductions
10:10 - CCC Maker Welcome + Program Announcements
Students in Makerspaces
10:40 - Lee Martin, UC Davis (Beta Lab) - Promoting Equity, Complexity, and Centrality in Maker Spaces
11:10 - Zack Dowell, Folsom Lake College (Innovation Center) - Making Across the Curriculum
11:40 - Paulo Blikstein, Stanford (Transformative Learning Technologies Lab, FabLearn Labs) - via Skype: Assessing learning in Complex Learning Environments
Makerspaces at Work
1:00 - Marlo Kohn, Stanford (PRL) - Teaching Assistant Coaches and Campus Collaboration
1:30 - Björn Hartmann, UC Berkeley (Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation) - Design Innovation Course: Designing Interactive Devices, Campus Collaboration
2:00 - Ghigo DiTommaso, UC Berkeley - DISC*2017: Design and Innovation for Sustainable Cities (July 3-Aug 4)
2:30 - Break
2:40 - Group Discussion/Activity
3:15 - Report-out and Conclude
Finalist CCC Maker colleges have written development plans to either create or enhance their campus makerspaces, and have been awarded funds to begin acting on their plans. Now is a good opportunity to present information from leading researchers and practitioners in educative makerspaces in California about how they use their makerspaces to teach and guide students.
The goals of the symposium were:
Provide opportunity for CCC Maker network members to interact face-to-face (for the first time since being awarded next-phase funding)
Highlight current and ongoing research and best practices regarding student learning in makerspaces in higher ed
Present next steps/information about CCC Maker Initiative
After the symposium, CCST will provide a proceedings summary report that will cover highlights of the presentations and group discussions.
Click below to download the Maker Symposium proceedings, photos, and interviews.
Selected Background Resources
Studies in Science Education - Bronwyn Bevan
Digital Fabrication and 'Making' in Education: The Democratization of Invention - Paulo Blikstein
Coaches and Their Impact: One Model for Empowering Teaching Assistants in an Academic Makerspace - John E. McMordie, Marlo D. Kohn, David W. Beach, and James C. Milroy
A Research Agenda for Academic Makerspaces - Bjorn Hartmann
The Promise of the Maker Movement for Education - Lee Martin
Making Through the Lens of Culture and Power: Toward Transformative Visions for Educational Equity - Shirin Vossoughi, Paula K. Hooper, and Meg Escude
Making and Tinkering: A Review of the Literature - Shirin Vossoughi and Bronwyn Bevan
Meaningful Making - Paulo Blikstein (Link opens external page)
Folsom Lake College Innovation Center blog (Link opens external page)
Featured Speakers & Presentations
Björn Hartmann Ph.D
Lee Martin
Zack Dowell
Paulo Blikstein
Marlo Kohn
Ghigo DiTommaso Ph.D
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
Björn is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research in Human-Computer Interaction focuses on novel design, prototyping, and implementation tools for the era of post-personal computing. His group investigates how better software and hardware can facilitate the exploration of interactive devices that leverage novel form factors and technologies (e.g., sensors and actuators). They also investigate how software can help students, designers, and makers to learn and share their expertise online. Björn is the Faculty Director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, a new undergraduate teaching institute focused on hands-on, human-centered design. Previously, he co-founded the CITRIS Invention Lab, a lab equipped with many digital fabrication and rapid prototyping tools. The lab serves as inspiration and testbed for many our research projects. He is also involved in the Berkeley Institute of Design and the Swarm Lab. Björn spent time with great colleagues at the Berkeley Center for New Media, and the Visual Computing Lab. He received his PhD from the Stanford Computer Science department and received an MSE in Computer and Information Science as well as Undergraduate Degrees in Digital Media Design and Communication from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.
School of Education, University of California, Davis
Lee Martin is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis. His research looks across in-school and out-of-school settings to investigate the varied ways that people assemble social, material, and intellectual resources to help them to meet their goals. He studies participation in making and the maker movement as activities that may help youth become more flexible and adaptive in their thinking and problem solving. In addition, he examines processes of identity development and sense of connection to STEM fields. His research group, Beta Lab, has recently built a mobile maker studio to facilitate their work in schools and community centers. They also work to create new thinking tools to foster noticing, reflection, ideation, and collaboration.
Instructional Design and Development Coordinator
Innovation Center, Folsom Lake College
A lifelong tinkerer and maker, Zack joined the Folsom Lake College faculty in 2001 as the college's Instructional Design and Development Coordinator. In that role, he runs the college's Innovation Center, providing training, resources and energy to support the development of innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and helping to cultivate a culture of making at the college. Through the Innovation Center's Making Across the Curriculum efforts, faculty from a variety of disciplines have integrated the ethos, tools, and techniques of making into their practice, leading to the development of unique curriculum, class activities, and interdisciplinary projects.
Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
Paulo Blikstein is an assistant professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education where he directs the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab and the global FabLearn Program. Blikstein's research focuses on how new technologies can deeply transform the learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. He creates and researches cutting-edge educational technologies, such as computer modeling, robotics, digital fabrication, and rapid prototyping, creating hands-on learning environments in which children learn STEM disciplines by building sophisticated projects and devices. He also focuses on the application of data-mining and machine learning for the assessment of hands-on, project-based learning. In 2010, Blikstein was a pioneer in bringing the maker movement to schools, and started the first educational program around digital fabrication in schools, FabLearn Labs (formerly [email protected]). His group has built some of the first educational digital fabrication labs in the world and has conducted research in middle and high-schools in the US, Russia, Mexico, Spain, Australia, Finland, Brazil, Denmark, and Thailand. Blikstein was awarded the National Science Foundation Early Career award in 2011 and the AERA Jan Hawkins Early Career Award in 2016.
Product Realization Lab, Stanford University
Marlo Kohn (BS '05 Product Design; MS '07 Mechanical Engineering) is the Associate Director of the Stanford Product Realization Lab and a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. Kohn is the creator and founding manager of the PRL's satellite prototyping lab known as Room 36. Kohn has developed and taught new PRL courses including Making Is Thinking Introductory Seminar, Flexible Part Design, and Making Multiples: Injection Molding. Before joining the PRL, Kohn was a Production Manager and R&D Engineer at Vibrynt and served internships at Barosense, Apple, and Atlas Snowshoe. Kohn was an invited speaker at the First International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces held at MIT in November 2016, and is the co-author of the academic paper "Coaches and Their Impact: One Model for Empowering Teaching Assistants in an Academic Makerspace," which was also presented at the ISAM conference.
College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley
Ghigo DiTommaso was trained as an architect in Florence, where he picked up the tools of the trade while engaging directly with the city's heritage and feeding a strong interest in urban history and theory. Professional degree and licensure in hand, he moved to Barcelona to become part of its thriving design community. There he joined the debate on the on-going transformation of the city and committed himself to the creation of beautiful public architecture. For several years he conducted urban design research at the Escuela Tècnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (EtsaB), while also working with prominent Catalan architects on numerous award-winning projects from conception to construction completion. In 2009 he entered the EtsaB doctoral program in architectural design, in 2010-2011 he was visiting scholar at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, and in 2011-2012 adjunct faculty at the Universitat Ramon LLull. In late 2012, he relocated to the Bay Area to become a member of Rebar Art & design Studio. Since 2014, he is devoting his passion for design and his skills to Gehl Studio, while collaborating with the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, where he teaches, conducts research, and leads the Design & Innovation for Sustainable Cities summer institute.
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The Swimmer (1968)
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“If you make believe hard enough, it’s true for you…”
When one scours the Burt Lancaster film library, like I did when I cinematically “fell” for the American titan after watching his requisite acclaimed performances in From Here to Eternity (1953) and Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) and his more fun ones, like the circus act (literally) escapade The Flame and the Arrow (1950), it’s nearly impossible to miss The Swimmer, made in 1968 when Burt was 55 years old.
He plays a suburban man who realizes one afternoon in the waning days of summer that his wealthy neighbors form a “river” of swimming pools that run all the way to his own home, and decides promptly that he is going to swim home.
What to make of this plot, I wonder? How to take it seriously and give it a shot?
Lost in home video obscurity for 50-odd years, Grindhouse Releasing put out a very accessible and loaded DVD, and Blu Ray, packages. The sterling transfer and immaculate special features, including a multiple-hour documentary on the making with a plethora of interviews, and even a 20-plus minute reading of the original short story by its author John Cheever, bring The Swimmer out of the darkness and into the eyes of a new generation.
It is a wonderful, sometimes harrowing, sometimes spiritual 90-minute masterpiece concerning the mental breakdown of a man used to his own success.
It is an ultimately unique film, as are most entries in my “Hidden Gems” catalog.
Burt spends the length of the film in skimpy dark blue trunks, even disrobing in front of nudist socialites to show the world his sculpted buttocks, and yet his assured acting remains completely on point. This film and its seemingly bizarre plot never loses sight of its important showpieces: an unusual but intriguing plot, and an actor that inhabits every aspect of his craft demanded to make it believable.
“Here’s to sugar on our strawberries…”
There is no actor like Lancaster. Like Paul Newman (in fact the two were close friends and Newman even came to the set once), he is an Adonis-type, gifted with a timeless full head of hair, beautiful blue eyes, magnificent metabolism and an athlete’s body. At 55 for a man to star in a feature film wearing nothing but a bathing suit, running around with horses, nubile teens and standing nearly stark naked in front of an entire party of people and not generate laughs is a task that today’s major film companies wouldn’t take the time to risk.
Lancaster, along with the perfectionist husband-and-wife team of screenwriter Eleanor and director Fred Perry, craft a very believable film concerning one man’s fall from the heights of material splendor and his sojourn one afternoon where he begins, as we do based on each neighbor and friend’s startling and revealing banter, to realize how his life, and mind, have fallen down all around him.
-EB
Tags: burt lancaster, john cheever, psychadelic cinema, the swimmer
Index Select Category Film (6) HIDDEN GEMS (5) Music (2) QUOTABLES (28) Review (36) Barry Lyndon (1975) (1) Boyz N The Hood (1991) (1) Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) (1) Chariots of Fire (1981) (1) Cromwell (1970) (1) Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) (1) Gravity (2013) (1) Green for Danger (1946) (1) Harakiri (1962) (1) Hunger (2008) (1) JFK (1991) (1) King Kong (2005) (1) Naked (1993) (1) Night of the Hunter (1955) (1) On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) (1) Sexy Beast (2000) (1) Shotgun Stories (2007) (1) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) (1) The Apartment (1960) (1) The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (1) The Believer (2001) (1) The Fugitive Kind (1959) (1) The Heiress (1949) (1) The Hustler (1961) (1) The Last of the Mohicans (1992) (1) The Last Picture Show (1971) (1) The Last Wave (1977) (1) The Natural (1984) (1) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) (1) The Pawnbroker (1964) (1) The Proposition (2005) (1) The Right Stuff (1983) (1) The Searchers (1956) (1) The Thing (1982) (1) Sports (1) Studies (2)
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Cuomo operatives: “It’s not Gay if you’re Italian”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, talks with Peter Thiede, center, and David Turley, before officiating at their wedding, Sunday, June 28, 2015 in front of New York's Stonewall Inn. The marriage took place in front of the Stonewall Inn on the day of the annual gay pride march and two days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage across the country.
Sources familiar with Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s thinking explain to The Chronicle that — if he were to come out as ‘openly bisexual’ as many Albany politicos have been rumoring for weeks — it would be a more nuanced announcement. “Italian-Americans don’t consider sex between men as gay, because it’s a cultural practice that goes back to the gladiators of ancient Rome,” he explains.
The source — one of Cuomo’s closest political operatives — insists that Italians see sex between men as being “a demonstration of hyper-masculinity,” and do not believe it is indicative of a lack of masculinity.
Homosexuality in ancient Rome often differs markedly from the contemporary West. Latin lacks words that would precisely translate “homosexual” and “heterosexual”. The primary dichotomy of ancient Roman sexuality was active/dominant/masculine and passive/submissive/feminine. Roman society was patriarchal, and the freeborn male citizen possessed political liberty (libertas) and the right to rule both himself and his household (familia).
If Cuomo is nominated to President-elect Joe Biden‘s cabinet, he may use the confirmation hearings to “have a deeper and more wide-ranging conversation about sexual identity and sexual diversity, and we know from his COVID Powerpoints that is capable of really informing the public’s understanding.”
Critics worry that such a wide-ranging conversation could captivate the national attention, creating a distraction that obfuscates other important national controversies that Senate Republicans hope to focus on during Cabinet confirmations. Of course, they contend, that Cuomo would want to distract from issues like nursing home deaths, rising crime in New York City, and Albany’s looming fiscal cliff, which are sure to be brought up during confirmation hearings if he is nominated as some have speculated.
The Cuomo operative explains that Italian American culture has long embraced many of the values of ancient Rome, and believes that “Rome’s architecture of human understanding” underlies the Italian American community’s conceptualization of modern-day realities.
“Virtue (virtus) was seen as an active quality through which a man (vir) defined himself. The conquest mentality and ‘cult of virility’ shaped same-sex relations. Roman men were free to enjoy sex with other males without a perceived loss of masculinity or social status, as long as they took the dominant or penetrative role,” the operative, who is a respected member of the Italian American community.
Given the vast body of Roman literature, there is an extraordinarily deep recorded history of sexual activity between men in Western civilization. Acceptable male partners were slaves and former slaves, prostitutes, and entertainers, whose lifestyle placed them in the nebulous social realm of infamia, excluded from the normal protections accorded a citizen even if they were technically free. Although Roman men in general seem to have preferred youths between the ages of 12 and 20 as sexual partners, freeborn male minors were off-limits.
Same-sex relations among women are far less documented and, if Roman writers are to be trusted, female homoeroticism may have been very rare, to the point that one poet in the Augustine era describes it as “unheard-of”.
During the Republic, a Roman citizen’s political liberty (libertas) was defined in part by the right to preserve his body from physical compulsion, including both corporal punishment and sexual abuse. Roman society was patriarchal, and masculinity was premised on a capacity for governing oneself and others of lower status. Virtus, ‘valor’ as that which made a man most fully a man, was among the active virtues. Sexual conquest was a common metaphor for imperialism in Roman discourse, and the “conquest mentality” was part of a “cult of virility” that particularly shaped Roman homosexual practices.
Roman ideals of masculinity were thus premised on taking an active role that was the prime directive of masculine sexual behavior for Romans. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, scholars have tended to view expressions of Roman male sexuality in terms of a “penetrator-penetrated” binary model; that is, the proper way for a Roman male to seek sexual gratification was to insert his penis into his partner. Allowing himself to be penetrated threatened his liberty as a free citizen as well as his sexual integrity.
“Not that it matters, but the Governor is a total top,” the source adds. “Not that there’s anything wrong with being a bottom, but it’s just not Governor Cuomo’s cup of tea.”
It was expected and socially acceptable for a freeborn Roman man to want sex with both female and male partners, as long as he took the penetrative role. The morality of the behavior depended on the social standing of the partner, not gender per see. Both women and young men were considered normal objects of desire, but outside marriage, a man was supposed to act on his desires only with slaves and prostitutes (who were often slaves).
Gender did not determine whether a sexual partner was acceptable, as long as a man’s enjoyment did not encroach on another man’s integrity. It was immoral to have sex with another freeborn man’s wife, his marriageable daughter, his underage son, or with the man himself; sexual use of another man’s slave was subject to the owner’s permission. Lack of self-control, including in managing one’s sex life, indicated that a man was incapable of governing others; too much indulgence in “low sensual pleasure” threatened to erode the elite male’s identity as a cultured person.
It’s unclear how deeply Cuomo will parse the issue of sexual identity through a historical lens at a potential confirmation hearing — but he will certainly have a great volume of Latin and Greek literature, poetry, and historical record to make his point if he does.
Homoerotic themes are introduced to Latin literature during a period of increasing Greek influence on Roman culture in the 2nd century BC. Greek cultural attitudes differed from those of the Romans primarily in idealizing eros between freeborn male citizens of equal status, though usually with a difference of age. An attachment to a male outside the family, seen as a positive influence among the Greeks, within Roman society threatened the authority of a stratified patriarchal social structure.
Since Roman women were active in educating their sons and mingled with men socially, and women of the governing classes often continued to advise and influence their sons and husbands in political life, homosociality was not as pervasive in Rome as it had been in Classical Athens, where it is thought to have contributed to Athens’ pederastic culture.
In the Imperial era, a perceived increase in passive homosexual behavior among free males was associated with anxieties about the subordination of political liberty to the emperor. The sexual license and decadence under the empire were seen as a contributing factor to the decline of the Empire and a symptom of the loss of the ideals of physical integrity (libertas) under the Republic.
Love or desire between males is a very frequent theme in Roman literature. A man or boy who took the “receptive” role in sex was variously called cinaedus, pathicus, exoletus, concubinus, spintria, puer, pullus, pusio, delicatus, mollis, tener, debilis, effeminatus, discinctus, pisciculi, spinthriae, and morbosus.
The contemporary western syntax does not easily translate. ‘Gay’ is not exact, ‘penetrated’ is not self-defined, and ‘passive’ misleadingly connotes inaction.
Some terms, such as exoletus, specifically refer to an adult. Romans who were socially marked as “masculine” did not confine their same-sex penetration of male prostitutes or slaves to those who were “boys” under the age of 20. But an adult male who desired to be penetrated (morbosus) was considered a sickness (morbus). The desire to penetrate a handsome youth was thought normal.
Cinaedus is a derogatory word denoting a male who was gender-deviant. His choice of sex acts, or preference in a sexual partner, was secondary to his perceived deficiencies as a “man” (vir). Although in some contexts cinaedus may denote an anally passive man and is the most frequent word for a male who allowed himself to be penetrated anally, a man called cinaedus might also have sex with and be considered highly attractive to women. Cinaedus is not equivalent to the English vulgarism “faggot”, except that both words can be used to deride a male considered deficient in manhood or with androgynous characteristics whom women may find sexually alluring.
The clothing, use of cosmetics, and mannerisms of a cinaedus marked him as effeminate, but the same effeminacy that Roman men might find alluring in a puer became unattractive in the physically mature male. The cinaedus thus represented the absence of what Romans considered true manhood, and the word is virtually untranslatable into English.
Originally, a cinaedus (Greek: kinaidos) was a professional dancer, characterized as non-Roman or “Eastern”; the word itself may come from a language of Asia Minor. His performance featured tambourine-playing and movements of the buttocks that suggested anal intercourse. The Cinaedocolpitae, an Arabian tribe recorded in Greco-Roman sources of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, may have a name derived from this meaning.
Some Roman men kept a male concubine (concubinus) before they married a woman. It described this form of concubinage as “a stable and privileged sexual relationship, but not exclusive, and subordinated to a primary marital relationship”. Within the hierarchy of household slaves, the concubinus seems to have been regarded as holding a special or elevated status that was threatened by the introduction of a wife.
The relationship with a concubinus might be discreet or more open. The concubina, a female concubine who might be free, held a protected legal status under Roman law.
Exoletus (pl. exoleti) is the past-participle form of the verb exolescere, which means “to grow up” or “to grow old”. The term denotes a male prostitute who services another sexually despite the fact that he himself is past his prime according to the ephebic tastes of Roman homoerotism. Though adult men were expected to take on the role of “penetrator” in their love affairs, such a restriction did not apply to exoleti. In their texts, Pomponius and Juvenal both included characters who were adult male prostitutes and had as clients male citizens who sought their services so they could take a “female” role in bed. In other texts, however, exoleti adopt a receptive position.
Exoleti appear with frequency in Latin texts, both fictional and historical, unlike in Greek literature, suggesting perhaps that adult male-male sex was more common among the Romans than among the Greeks. Ancient sources impute the love of, or the preference for, exoleti (using this or equivalent terms) to various figures of Roman history, such as the tribune Clodius, the emperors Tiberius, Galba, Titus, and Elagabalus.
Pathicus was a “blunt” word for a male who was penetrated sexually. It derived from the unattested Greek adjective pathikos, from the verb paskhein, equivalent to the Latin deponent patior, pati, passus, meaning “to undergo, submit to, endure, suffer”. The English word “passive” derives from the Latin passus.
Pathicus and cinaedus are often not distinguished in usage by Latin writers, but cinaedus may be a more general term for a male not in conformity with the role of vir (a “real man”), while pathicus specifically denotes an adult male who takes the sexually receptive role. A pathicus was not a “homosexual” as such. His sexuality was not defined by the gender of the person using him as a receptacle for sex, but rather his desire to be so used.
Because in Roman culture a man who penetrates another adult male almost always expresses contempt or revenge, the pathicus might be seen as more akin to the sexual masochist in his experience of pleasure. He might be penetrated orally or anally by a man or by a woman with a dildo, but showed no desire for penetrating nor having his own penis stimulated. He might also be dominated by a woman who compels him to perform cunnilingus.
In the discourse of sexuality, puer (“boy”) was a role as well as an age group. Both puer and the feminine equivalent puella, “girl”, could refer to a man’s sexual partner, regardless of age. As an age designation, the freeborn puer made the transition from childhood at around age 14, when he assumed the “toga of manhood”, but he was 17 or 18 before he began to take part in public life. A slave would never be considered a vir (a “real man”); he would be called puer, “boy”, throughout his life.
Pueri might be “functionally interchangeable” with women as receptacles for sex, but freeborn male minors were strictly off-limits. To accuse a Roman man of being someone’s “boy” was an insult that impugned his manhood, particularly in the political arena.
The puer delicatus was an “exquisite” or “dainty” child-slave chosen by his master for his beauty, also referred to as deliciae (“sweets” or “delights”). Unlike the freeborn Greek eromenos (“beloved”), who was protected by social custom, the Roman delicatus was in a physically and morally vulnerable position.
Funeral inscriptions found in the ruins of the imperial household under Augustus and Tiberius also indicate that deliciae were kept in the palace. The deliciae was sometimes castrated in an effort to preserve his youthful qualities; the emperor Nero had a puer delicatus named Sporus, whom he castrated and married.
In the erotic elegies of Tibullus, the delicatus Marathus wears lavish and expensive clothing. The beauty of the delicatus was measured by Apollonian standards, especially in regard to his long hair, which was supposed to be wavy, fair, and scented with perfume. The mythological type of the delicatus was represented by Ganymede, the Trojan youth abducted by Jove (Greek Zeus) to be his divine companion and cupbearer.
Pullus was a term for a young animal, and particularly a chick. It was an affectionate word traditionally used for a boy (puer) who was loved by someone in an obscene sense. The 4th-century Gallo-Roman poet Ausonius records the word pullipremo, “chick-squeezer”, which he says was used by the early satirist Lucilius.
Pusio is etymologically related to puer, and means boy or lad. It often had a distinctly sexual or sexually demeaning connotation. Juvenal preferred the pusio to women because he was less quarrelsome and would not demand gifts from his lover. Pusio was also used as a personal name.
Scultimidonus (“asshole-bestower”) was rare and “florid” slang that appears in a fragment from the early Roman satirist Lucilius intended to refer to those who bestow for free their scultima, their anal orifice.
The abstract noun impudicitia (adjective impudicus) was the negation of pudicitia, “sexual morality, chastity”. As a characteristic of males, it often implies the willingness to be penetrated. Impudicitia might be associated with behaviors in young men who retained a degree of boyish attractiveness but were old enough to be expected to behave according to masculine norms. Julius Caesar was accused of bringing the notoriety of infamia upon himself, both when he was about 19, for taking the passive role in an affair with King Nicomedes of Bithynia, and later for many adulterous affairs with women.
Seneca the Elder noted that “impudicita is a crime for the freeborn, a necessity in a slave, a duty for the freedman”. He argued that male–male sex in Rome asserted the power of the citizen over slaves, confirming his masculinity.
Although in general the Romans regarded marriage as a male–female union for the purpose of producing children, a few scholars believe that in the early Imperial period some male couples were celebrating traditional marriage rites in the presence of friends. Male–male weddings are reported by sources that mock them; the feelings of the participants are not recorded. Both writers Martial and Juvenal refer to marriage between males as something that occurs not infrequently, although they disapprove of it. Roman law did not recognize marriage between males, but one of the grounds for disapproval expressed in Juvenal’s satire is that celebrating the rites would lead to expectations for such marriages to be registered officially. As the empire was becoming Christianized in the 4th century, legal prohibitions against marriage between males began to appear.
Various ancient sources state that the emperor Nero celebrated two public weddings with males, once taking the role of the bride (with a freedman Pythagoras), and once the groom (with Sporus). The ceremonies included traditional elements such as a dowry and the wearing of the Roman bridal veil. In the early 3rd century AD, the emperor Elagabalus is reported to have been the bride in a wedding to his male partner. Other mature men at his court had husbands, or said they had husbands in imitation of the emperor. Although the sources are in general hostile, Dio Cassius implies that Nero’s stage performances were regarded as more scandalous than his marriages to men.
The earliest reference in Latin literature to a marriage between males occurs in the Philippics of Cicero, who insulted Mark Antony for being promiscuous in his youth until Curio “established you in a fixed and stable marriage (matrimonium), as if he had given you a stola”, the traditional garment of a married woman. Although Cicero’s sexual implications are clear, the point of the passage is to cast Antony in the submissive role in the relationship and to impugn his manhood in various ways; there is no reason to think that actual marriage rites were performed.
Roman law addressed the rape of a male citizen as early as the 2nd century BC, when it was ruled that even a man who was “disreputable and questionable” (famosus, related to infamis, and suspiciosus) had the same right as other free men not to have his body subjected to forced sex. The Lex Julia de vi publica, recorded in the early 3rd century AD but probably dating from the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, defined rape as forced sex against “boy, woman, or anyone”; the rapist was subject to execution, a rare penalty in Roman law. Men who had been raped were exempt from the loss of legal or social standing suffered by those who submitted their bodies to use for the pleasure of others; a male prostitute or entertainer was infamis and excluded from the legal protections extended to citizens in good standing. As a matter of law, a slave could not be raped; he was considered property and not legally a person. The slave’s owner, however, could prosecute the rapist for property damage.
Fears of mass rape following a military defeat extended equally to male and female potential victims. According to the jurist Pomponius, “whatever man has been raped by the force of robbers or the enemy in wartime” ought to bear no stigma.
The threat of one man to subject another to anal or oral rape (irrumatio) is a theme of invective poetry, most notably in Catullus’s notorious Carmen 16, and was a form of masculine braggadocio. Rape was one of the traditional punishments inflicted on a male adulterer by the wronged husband, though perhaps more in revenge fantasy than in practice.
In a collection of twelve anecdotes dealing with assaults on chastity, the historian Valerius Maximus features male victims in equal number to female. In a “mock trial” case described by the elder Seneca, an adulescens (a man young enough not to have begun his formal career) was gang-raped by ten of his peers; although the case is hypothetical, Seneca assumes that the law permitted the successful prosecution of the rapists.
Another hypothetical case imagines the extremity to which a rape victim might be driven: the freeborn male (ingenuus) who was raped commits suicide. The Romans considered the rape of an ingenuus to be among the worst crimes that could be committed, along with parricide, the rape of a female virgin, and robbing a temple
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The International Advisory Board (IAB) was established in 2009 to advise and support the work of WAoS.
The IAB consists of influential persons coming from international sport and education. The work undertaken with WAoS makes a significant contribution in the form of expert advice, knowledge and direction.
The IAB is chaired by Mr François Carrard, former Director General of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is made up of various leaders from the international sport, education, government and industry sectors and is representative of the WAoS partners including athlete representation. Such support continues to underline the international importance of activities undertaken by WAoS and the importance with which our sporting and educational partners place on the needs for tailored industry education.
The key objectives of the Board are:
To provide strategic direction and leadership to the WAoS,
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Sir Philip Craven President, International Paralympic Committee
Sir Philip Craven is an international sports leader. He was re-elected President, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in November 2013, for his fourth term of office, following the IPC General Assembly in Athens. He is a member of both the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Executive Board member, British Olympic Association (2003-present).
Sir Philip represented Great Britain in wheelchair basketball at five Paralympic Games, from 1972 to 1988. He also competed in track and field athletics and swimming at the 1972 Games.
In 1988, Sir Philip was elected Chairperson of the Wheelchair Basketball Section of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), the first athlete to lead the sport worldwide. Sir Phillip’s striving for self-determination and self-government paved the way for the establishment of wheelchair basketball as an independent federation, when it gave up its previous identification as a basketball section of the ISMGF to become the independent, self-governing International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) in 1993.
Honours and Awards: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to Wheelchair Basketball in 1991; induction into the Stoke Mandeville Hall of Fame in 2003; Knight Bachelor by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to Paralympic Sport in 2005.
Frank Fredericks Member, International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Gian Franco Kasper President, International Skiing Federation (FIS)
Adrian Kearney Director IB Africa/Europe/Middle East
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David Richardson Chief Executive Officer, International Cricket Council
Mike Miller Chief Executive Officer, World Olympians Association
Mike Miller has over two decades of experience in the media and sports business.
He has worked in newspapers, radio, television and the electronic media, becoming the Head of Sport at Channel 4 UK and then the Controller of Television Sport at the BBC. At both organisations he was responsible for all sports editorial output and for all sports rights negotiations. He was also a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Sports Group Executive Bureau.
Mike's experience outside sport includes three years as Channel 4's Commissioning Editor for the Big Breakfast (their morning general entertainment and news programme) and three years as Channel 4's Commissioning Editor for the Internet.
Mike is the former Secretary General of the IRB
Helene Raynsford Paralympic Gold Medallist and Public Health Specialist, IPC
Molly Rhone President, International Netball Federation (INF)
Chris Solly Director, World Academy of Sport
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Prior to this Chris was the inaugural Chief Executive of the Australian Ski Institute as the forerunner to the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, an internationally recognised high performance centre of athletic excellence. In addition, he has represented Australia at five Winter Universiades, on four occasions holding the position of Chief de Mission. He has also held prominent roles in the University sporting world on the board of directors of Australian University Sport for a number of years during his academic career.
Based in Switzerland, Chris holds a BSc (Hons) and is regularly working with many of the International Sporting Federations on their athlete and executive education programmes. He was an executive committee member of the 2004 and 2008 Australian Prime Minister's Olympic Dinner Committee.
Florian Wanninger Director of the International Basketball Foundation
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Florian joined FIBA in 1990 to head their communication policy and his latest projects with FIBA included the re-launch of fiba.com and the launch of a new FIBA brand.
In May 2011 he was appointed Director of the International Basketball Foundation. Florian’s main project is currently the construction of the ‘House of Basketball’, FIBA’s new headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.
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Mat Rappaport’s artwork has been exhibited in the United States and internationally in museums, galleries, film festivals and public spaces including the United Kingdom and the former Yugoslavia. His current work utilizes mobile video, performance and photography to explore habitation, perception and power as related to built environments. Rappaport is a co-initiator of V1B3 [www.v1b3.com], which seeks to shape the experience of urban environments through media based interventions. Rappaport has published essays in the iDMAa Journal and a chapter in the book Beyond Globalization: Making New Worlds in Media, Art and Social Practices by Rutgers University Press. Rappaport’s photographic work is included in the Midwest Photographer’s Collection at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. He has received fellowships from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Howard Foundation, the Mary L. Nohl Fund, the Montgomery County Ohio Cultural District, and University of Wisconsin Milwaukee’s Center for 21st Century Studies. Rappaport received his MFA from the University of Notre Dame. Rappaport is an Associate Professor at Columbia College in Chicago.
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Navigating Late Transitions of “Executive Seasons”
Kurt Motamedi
I have several friends who recently sold their companies in large multi-million deals. Both individuals built their businesses from scratch, regularly putting in 16-hour days, investing profits back into the company, and accepting sacrificing in their personal lives as the businesses grew in power and size. The sales had the potential to make them both very happy: they were pre-retirement age, successful and well-liked in their respective fields, and had the financial means to start new endeavors.
Instead, both founder/CEOs fell into dark places, purposeless and paralyzed about the next steps of their professional and personal lives.
A landmark Korn Ferry survey of top executives found 73 percent believe their work has purpose and meaning. In my work counseling private and public companies, working with management on strategic planning and execution, and training and developing high performing management teams and executive talent, I’ve found that as many chief executives transition from the pinnacle of their career success to a slow exodus toward a new role or retirement they suffer more from anxiety and depression, measuring their self-worth by their purpose and level of success.
But resisting change, even a planned course, doesn’t stop it from happening. The key is to find meaning and purpose in each phase of an executive career, especially in the later “seasons.”
Broadly speaking, the average chief executive career unfolds in phases: the emerging leader (lower management), the developing leader (upper management), and the strategic leader (CEO). To that list I would add the “transitional” leader, when the executive steps down and reins of leadership are transferred to a successor.
Arguably, this phase is the most critical to long-term company sustainability, as executives must work toward building confidence in incoming leaders and ensuring a smooth transition of leadership. It is also fraught with risk to one’s long-term professional stability and personal contentedness and happiness. Yet, even in the “transitional” season, CEOs can reject the potential of their final season being marked by a cliff trajectory.
First, they should take concrete steps to decrease the possibility of surprise potholes that will complicate the transition. Some of these steps are obvious: ensuring financial stability, preparing an exit narrative that lessens the likelihood of rumors. But others are less obvious. For example, updating a personal mission statement and following a personal development plan can make the transition less like a bookend and more like a roundabout, with potential offramps representing to-be-realized opportunities.
Those CEOs without a personal mission or development plan need to rectify this immediately. CEOs like Sir Richard Branson, founder of The Virgin Group (“To have fun in [my] journey through life and learn from [my] mistakes.”) and Amanda Steinberg, founder of DailyWorth (“To use my gifts of intelligence, charisma, and serial optimism to cultivate the self-worth and net-worth of women around the world.”) embrace personal missions. Some of the top executives I’ve worked with have personal development plans that they revisit on an annual basis or, for some, even weekly. High-level aspirations should drill down to achievable milestones and bite-size outcome goals, and the personal plan should become a transitional executive’s North Star through the transition and beyond, with enough flexibility to ensure “planning” doesn’t impede seeing and seizing new opportunity.
In addition, chief executives should reframe how they can contribute to “success,” either in their current organization or in the next career opportunity. In an emerging leader, success is equated with personal growth and rising up the corporate ladder. For the developing leader, it is attaining the skills to achieve organizational success, and the strategic leader is creating a vision and attaining buy-in to further the organization’s future.
For a transitional CEO, the wisdom from the journey means more than the knowledge of how to keep the trains running. There is great value – and new personal validation – in experience-based counsel. Through periods of stability and disruption, profit and loss, market growth and contraction, each phase of leadership provides the opportunity for key takeaways. Ultimately, those learnings culminate in a unique long-term vision of an organization – and important insight on what the current organization (or the next one) can do to maintain its unique culture, enhance the customer and employee experiences, and remain profitable in periods of change.
Acknowledging this essential value aids in coping with transitions, but also offers opportunity to find new “second-half significance” – both behind a c-suite desk and elsewhere. Rod Stewart, a master certified coach for the Halftime Institute, said about the ending of his career as an electronics market executive, “Over a period of time, and with the help of a structured thinking process, I developed a vision for my second half – a life mission statement that carried forward what I enjoyed the most about my first-half career: coaching others to help them achieve their goals. Along the way I discovered what many already know – that one of the keys to experiencing joy is in giving myself away to others.”’
While change and exit planning is an essential part of every career, it doesn’t have to be a closed door. Chief executives who prepare for that inevitability and take charge of their futures will find, to their surprise, that they embrace the later seasons of executive life.
Kurt Motamedi, PhD, is Professor of Strategy and Leadership at Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School.
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CEO Succession
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The Life Cycle Of The CEO: At The Exit
Deborah Rubin, RHR International
This is the last in a series focusing on the different stages of the CEO lifecycle—the CEO’s exit. This phase is the simplest conceptually, yet can be surprisingly challenging. Handled well, a CEO can create an enduring legacy through enabling the effective transition of his/her successor. Handled poorly, the contributions of an otherwise successful CEO can be overshadowed by missteps at the end, hampering the next leader and causing the organization to lose focus and momentum (Inside CEO Succession: The Essential Guide to Leadership Transition by RHR on the topic covers this in much more detail).
There are three key elements in this phase:
Assist the board in the selection of the successor.
The board is ultimately responsible for selecting the next CEO, and it is one of their most important responsibilities. However, for planned successions, the incumbent CEO can help frame the process, partnering with the board, serving as a catalyst for action when needed and providing input. The CEO typically has considerable influence when the focus is on internal candidates, but less of a voice when the likely source is external, although there are exceptions. Supporting the selection process without attempting to dictate the results is the CEO’s role at this point. The CEO also generally has the greatest insight into the individual sensitivities of the internal candidates and how best to communicate with them in order to maximize retention.
Supporting the succession with a full orientation to the organization, board and all stakeholders.
Once the selection has been made, there are important aspects to consider. First is the timing regarding the hand-off of responsibilities. Staged transitions, such as creating a time-limited COO role, can signal an upcoming transition and allow the organization and the external world time to adjust, as well as allow the successor to learn parts of the organization that may be less familiar to him or her. However, business requirements, personal situations and the dynamics between the incumbent and the successor should also factor into the decision. At least three months of overlap between the two executives allows some time for the incumbent to provide insights into the senior team, the organization, competitors and the industry. Second, it is important to generate a robust and compelling communication plan that encompasses internal stakeholders as well as a proactive outreach to key external constituents such as customers, suppliers, investors, analysts and the media.
Working with the board on whether and how the departing CEO will be involved with the organization in the future.
The views are mixed regarding whether or not the incumbent CEO should remain involved with the organization in a time-limited role as board chair or another role, or to make a clean break. This decision should be based on what the organization and the new CEO need to be successful, and what the outgoing CEO is willing or able to do. When the organization must make a radical shift in strategy, the presence of the prior CEO can impede the new leader’s ability to dismantle what was previously built. The dynamics between the two individuals will also impact the decision, as well as how well-defined the proposed roles and responsibilities are.
This time is fraught with emotions and a sense of loss for the departing CEO, requiring considerable balance, grace and maturity to navigate well. As demanding as the role of CEO is, it also comes with a sense of purpose, power, status, compensation and perks that begin to diminish virtually as soon as a successor is identified. Even those who believe they are prepared can be surprised by the mixed feelings this phase inevitably evokes. Ensuring the outgoing CEO has trusted sources to help him or her navigate each of the steps in this stage can help provide support and maintain a sense of perspective, focusing on building his or her legacy through leaving behind a sustainable, successful organization. A summary of RHR’s research on CEO transition is available at www.rhrinternational.com.
The Life Cycle of the CEO:
Overview | Preparation | Entry | Middle Phase | Closing | Exit
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Dr. Deborah Rubin is a senior partner, Practice Leader Co-Head—Board & CEO Services at RHR International.
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What can CEOs, boards and SLTs learn from Joe Schmidt?
Whatever happens on next Saturday at the Six Nations Ireland v England clash at The Aviva, Joe Schmidt will, according to many, retain the title of being one of the best rugby coaches in the world.
What, if anything, can CEOs, boards and senior leadership teams (SLTs) learn from his leadership behaviour?
The inspiration for this blog and this question comes from spending most of last week in the meeting rooms (corporate boxes) at The Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which overlook the pitch.
Over four days, I facilitated 1-1 meetings with the members of an operating board (senior leadership team) which has signed up for my #smallchange programme.
Below the meeting rooms, preparations were underway for the big game. I watched as the grass was cut, hosed and lamp treated. A labour of love.
I’m not a great fan of sporting and military models for behaviour in business. But I’m all for lessons we can learn from them.
Peter Pearson, former British Army Lieutenant General, with whom I sat on a panel on leadership at a conference last year, remarked dryly that “the bottom line in war is somewhat different from business.” Quite.
In respect of the former, while there are many lessons to be learned for example from Alex Ferguson, I would not encourage anyone to emulate his leadership style or some of his reported behaviour.
The motivating benefits of “hairdryer treatment” are greatly exaggerated. We all know CEOs who try it on and find that, ultimately, in business, it doesn’t work.
Clues as to Joe Schmidt’s leadership style emerge from the press coverage, especially a piece in The Irish Times (24 Jan).
On leadership: “We have a degree of hierarchy because we have a captain, a vice-captain, a leadership group but there’s no hierarchy in training or when it comes to people making good decisions”.
In my programme, I work with directors on unpacking their decision-making processes. How did we make that decision? Was it the best process? How can we change it for the better?
On planning: “They’ve got the firepower to be physical…we need to be ready for that” in response to Eddie Jones: “if you want to go to Ireland and get a win you’re going to have to deliver a brutality”. Note that word, “brutality”. Feck!
On a key element of success: “…integrate the new guys”.
Changes in personnel on boards and SLTs invariably change the group dynamics. I’m sure the process of “integration” on a rugby team is different than that on a board. But the need for a process remains the same. Often I see this need overlooked.
Clearly, Joe Schmidt has a fully thought through purpose, strategy and behaviour plan (PSB).
What’s not to like? 🙂
Ciarán
Posted on January 28, 2019 by Ciaran Fenton. | Leave a comment
Yesterday’s vote illustrates the lethal dangers of an Executive Chair
Yesterday’s vote marks the nadir in political decision-making process in UK’s recent history.
The vote is, in business terms, the equivalent of a CEO failing to get their business plan approved by the main board after two years trying.
Business boards have contributed to the problem by failing to lobby Parliament strongly enough to ensure that Leave and Remain voters, who are equally entitled to a properly led and managed Brexit process, get one.
That’s because some businesses are not properly led and managed. Their leaders don’t know what they don’t know about leadership and safe decision-making.
It’s also because some wealthy business leaders will be insulated from the negative impact of a poorly led and managed Brexit. They don’t have to care.
But chiefly it’s because of our willingness to tolerate Executive Chairs, whether they hold that title formally, or not.
Instead of acting as the equivalent of a CEO of an Executive Committee or Operating Board reporting to Parliament, which is the equivalent of a main board, Mrs May has attempted, sometimes successfully, to convert the Cabinet into the main board acting as its Executive Chair.
Mr Blair was heavily criticised in The Chilcot Report for using a similar tactic – the “sofa” approach – during the Iraq crisis. If the current crisis turns into a similar catastrophe, Mrs May too should expect an enquiry into her behavior.
Few would contest that the vote was a vote on Mrs May’s deal and not one on her Cabinet’s deal and, manifestly, not a vote on a deal negotiated over time with Parliament.
No organisation can make good decisions, sustainably, through the force of the personality of one person, no matter how hard working or well intentioned. Mrs Thatcher learned that lesson to her tearful cost.
Nor should they be permitted to do so when stakeholders needs are at severe risk.
But few will be surprised or unfamiliar by and with this behaviour. Many readers will sit on boards where the Non-Executive Chair is anything but a non-executive or, in flagrant breach of good governance, holds formally the title of Executive Chair.
Furthermore, readers will know of many CEOs who act as Executive Chairs in the presence of weak but formally appointed Non-Exec Chairs surrounded by equally weak and supine non-executive directors.
The upshot is that in business and in politics we continue to ignore good corporate governance. This leads to poor decision-making and dangerous decisions.
Whether you voted Leave or Remain you can’t deny that the decision-making process over the last two years was deeply flawed. The outcome, consequently, is dangerous for all stakeholders.
So, are you currently tolerating an Executive Chair on your board, or a Non-Exec Chair behaving as one?
If yes, vote them off.
And if not now, when?
Posted on January 16, 2019 by Ciaran Fenton. | 1 Comment
“Trust me”: two words PMs and CEOs should never have to say
Mrs May today is saying in a speech that unless MPs support her Brexit deal that the outcome will not only be catastrophic, but undemocratic.
She may or may not be right about the former but the latter is open to challenge.
The danger is that she appears to have fallen into the behaviour trap, like many CEOs, who say “trust me on this” as a statement and not, as it should be framed, as a question: please, will you trust me on this?
I don’t hear any “please” in her voice as many directors who don’t hear a “please” in the voices of their CEOs who say “trust me” when they really mean: JFDI!
The problem is that JFDI doesn’t work with adults. It barely works with children. It certainly didn’t work with mine, whenever I tried it on.
The fact is that leaders have to earn trust. And when, in times of crisis, they need people to follow them and trust their judgement that trust will, almost invariably, be present.
But it takes time to build that trust. And it must be tried and tested through several experiences where those who are led feel a) that they are always heard b) there is a negotiated shared purpose c) there is an unshakeable confidence that the needs of those who are being led will not be trampled upon.
Once, a client of mine, a senior business executive, who had been an officer in The Royal Marines explained that during his training his troop called him “Sir” for many months until one day they called him “Boss”.
Why are you calling boss today, he asked.
Because only today do we trust that if you send us into harm’s way, we believe that you know what you’re doing and you will take care of us as best you can.
So whether you are Mrs May, a CEO or military leader, don’t say “trust me”. Don’t say anything. Just lead well and they’ll follow.
JFL!
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Chemistry in Water - Following Nature's Lead
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The symposium "Chemistry in Water – Following Nature’s Lead" honors the winners of the 2018 Peter J. Dunn award by the ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable: Prof. Sachin Handa, University of Louisville, and Prof. Bruce Lipshutz, University of California, Santa Barbara. The Symposium features the latest developments in new synthetic chemistry from both academic and industrial labs that document not only that waste creation can be minimized, but that by going green, “faster, better, cheaper” processes oftentimes can be anticipated.
Prof. Sachin Handa’s award lecture "Non-Traditional Approaches to Chemical Catalysis to Sustainably Achieve Selective Reaction Pathways" will focus on issues with reproducibility, purity and selectivity arising at the multi-gram scale. In addressing these issues, Prof. Handa’s group has sought to develop catalysts, reagents and reaction media which are cheap, sustainable, easily recyclable, safer to use and yet also markedly improve reaction outcomes in terms of activity, selectivity and scalability.
Prof. Bruce Lipshutz’s award lecture "Synthetic Organic Chemistry in Water, Environmentally Responsible and Sustainable" will focus on the recent (unpublished) development of new palladacycles that are matched to both a ligand and their use in micellar catalysis, thereby enabling Suzuki-Miyaura (SM) cross-couplings at 300 ppm levels of Pd. A new ligand platform will also be discussed that can be prepared in only two steps, and that also can be applied to ppm level Pd-catalyzed SM reactions in water under mild conditions.
Dr. Wilfried Braje, Senior Principle Scientist at AbbVie, will give his presentation "Organic Chemistry in Water: Applications in the Pharmaceutical Industry" that will disclose applications of micellar catalysis for the most important reaction types performed in the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., transition-metal-catalyzed reactions such as Buchwald-Hartwig aminations, Suzuki, and Negishi couplings). In addition, a new additive will be disclosed for the first time. This additive enables chemical reactions to proceed in water with unprecedented short reaction times.
Dr. Fabrice Gallou, Principle Fellow at Novartis, will present a talk entitled "Alternative Solvents: From a Compliance-Driven Activity to a Trigger for Innovation" focusing on the application of the surfactant technology developed by professors Lipshutz and Handa. The team at Novartis has identified a variety of straightforward and highly advantageous transformations and their applications on-scale. Implementation of the technology typically resulted in significant benefits across their entire portfolio, not just from an environmental standpoint but also from an economic and productivity perspective (e.g., reduction in organic solvent consumption, water use and cycle time, milder reaction conditions, and improved yields and selectivities, which all contribute to improved process performance and lower manufacturing costs).
The Symposium will be held at the Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference in Portland on Monday, June 18, 2018, from 9:45 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.
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Staten Island, N.Y., Development Site Sells for $65Mln
The Real Deal DH Property Holdings has paid $65 million for the development site at 1900 South Ave. in Staten Island, N.Y. The New York company bought the property from Robert and Neil Vanderbilt....
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Ground Broken for 258-Unit Seniors-Housing Property in Chicago
Ryan Cos and Harrison Street have broken ground on a 258-unit seniors-housing property at the corner of Irving Park Road and Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago Ryan Cos, of Minneapolis, and Harrison Street, of Chicago, received approvals for the...
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Rosyth, Scotland Cruise Port
Sometimes considered the "Gateway to Edinburgh," the cruise port of Rosyth, Scotland was originally founded as a garden city (self-contained communities that focus on agriculture); today, it's mostly known for its large dockyard. Rosyth is located in the council area of Fife and on the Firth of Forth, an estuary of Scotland's River Forth where it flows into the North Sea. The dockyards were the first in the Royal Navy to become privatized, when Babcock International acquired them in 1987; other developers are looking to expand ferry service to other European and domestic ports, as well as boost the local economy with the addition of new types of business. With picturesque houses tucked away from port and surrounded by rolling hills, it's a pleasant spot to while away the hours if you're not headed to Edinburgh or Glasgow. Here are some of our favorite experiences when cruising to Rosyth, Scotland:
The 15th century Rosyth Castle was built by Sir James Stewart of Rosyth and is close to the docks. Once surrounded on almost all sides by the Firth of Forth, land reclamation in the early 1900s made it more land-locked.
There are plenty of walking paths for some exercise and to see local landmarks. Try the North Queensferry coastal circuit; the three-mile walk takes you under the Forth Rail Bridge and down a lovely section of the Fife Coastal path where you can see a mix of industrial landscape broken up by the coast (and maybe some wildlife).
If it's Scotland, there must be golf – and there are 27 golf courses within 15 miles of Rosyth. One of the closest is the Pitreavie Golf Club in Dunfermline, about three miles north. Tee times can be reserved up to a week in advance, and there's also high tea available.
The Gothenburg Hotel (called "The Goth" by locals) is a fantastic place to have a bite, thanks to the Ghillies Steak House and Grill within. With a warm atmosphere and utterly Scottish dishes, such as haggis and cheddar mash, you'll wrap up this UK port happy and full.
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The Confederate Vice President Threatens to Arm the Slaves
On August 3, 1863, a curious item appeared in the pages of The Daily Dispatch, one of the newspapers in the rebel capital of Richmond, Virginia. Appearing in a section of the paper devoted to summarizing news from the northern press, it read:
The N. Y. Tribune has a letter dated Richmond, July 16th, stating that the late mission of A. H. Stephens was to prevail upon our Government to desist from arming negroes, or they would retaliate by arming and organizing all the slaves in the South to operate against our armies, under their masters as officers.
The Dispatch referred to a letter the New York Tribune had published days before in its July 31 edition, written by Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens. Stephens had sent the letter to the Tribune in the wake of his abortive peace mission in early July 1863. After Chancellorsville and anticipating another Confederate victory as Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia invaded Pennsylvania, Alexander Stephens thought he was uniquely positioned to open peace negotiations with Abraham Lincoln because of their prewar friendship dating from the late 1840s when they had served together in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jefferson Davis, wary of his rogue Vice President, nonetheless gave him authority to cross the lines to discuss prisoner exchanges, although he no doubt knew Stephens would do as he pleased once he got to Washington, D.C. However, the mission proved abortive because after Union victory at Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg in the first days of July 1863, Abraham Lincoln saw no reason to treat with his old friend.
Not to be denied a moment in the spotlight, the restive Vice President of the Confederacy decided to address Lincoln and other Union leaders through the northern press. So on July 16, 1863, he wrote and dispatched a letter north, which appeared in Horace Greeley’s Tribune, a paper which while generally Republican in its beliefs did not hesitate to take independent stands and criticize President Lincoln when its pugnacious editor thought it proper to do so. With Confederate independence off the table as a realistic point to plead in the wake of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, Alexander Stephens decided to make his July 16 letter about a subject of great consternation in the Confederacy in Summer 1863: the recruitment of African Americans into the Union Army, something many white Southerners saw as akin to the federal government fomenting a slave revolt against them. However, rather than simply excoriate the Lincoln administration on this point, Alexander H. Stephens made a threat which would have struck most other Confederates at the time as equally extreme, but which was the harbinger a coming debate in the Confederacy about whether it too should arm the slaves.
Referring to himself in the third person, Stephens wrote:
The primary object of the Vice-President’s mission was to protest, in the name of his Government and people, against the mustering and the arming of the blacks, which now constitutes almost the only clear feature of your policy. He came to implore you, in the name of a people whose resources must have surprised you, of a Government whose ability you have frankly acknowledged, of soldiers whose courage and devotion and endurance you have felt, to this consummation not to come at last. He came to assure you, on the good faith of his Government, on the simple truth of his fellow-country-men, the simple truth, that [emphasis in the original] not one single regiment or corps of negroes has ever been brought into Confederate service, to be turned against you. He came to remind you that such negroes as have from time to time been found on breastworks and in trenches have been caught with spades only or picks in their hands–that such as have been found in regiments–an insignificant number–have been in all cases body-servants, sometimes of officers, sometimes of privates, who of their own will, out of the love you know the bear us, have chosen to follow their masters to the death. And these you have found among your prisoners. He could have told you, if diplomacy admitted sentiment, (God save the mark!) of many such “chattels,” some of them white-haired, begging, stealing, fighting their way home again, to the “old missus” and the old place, with all that was left of the “young massa”–a lock of hair or a trinket.
But no matter for that. He came to talk of you of self-preservation, of retaliation, and all that’s shocking in the meaning of that word. He came to tell of you of the native devil that has slept so long, to be awoke at last, in the bosoms of a simple, dependent, affectionate race. He came to implore you in the name of God not to do this abominable thing.
Else he would have to fall back on upon statistics and the grim phraseologies of war, of the 4,000,000 of negroes that appear in the tablets of your census for 1860 are the working hands of both sexes only. That number does not include the superannuated, or the infants. Out of these 4,000,000, at least 750,000 able-bodied fellows, loving and trusting their masters, and ready to follow them into the mouths of your cannon (ah! do not continue to befool yourself of the question of ties), can be enrolled, armed, drilled in three months. They can be officered in every grade by their own masters, those who have seen the most service, and won most honor. They can be segregated, regiment by regiment, with white troops. In all the departments, the quartermasters, the commissariat and the medical, white officers can administer for them. Superior commands in the black regiments can be made the meed of gallant service in the white. In fine, the entire system, as it operates in the Sepoy service in India, and as it has been modified by distinguished British officers at the request of our Government to meet the peculiarities of our people–peculiarities which constitute incalculable advantages, presenting, as they do, love and confidence in place and hate and jealousy and suspicion–can be put in working order at once.
What should be made of this letter, in addition to Alexander Stephens’ delusion that slaves loved and would die for their owners, and his propensity to private enterprise independent of or even in open defiance of President Davis? Stephens was not the first person in the Confederacy to broach the idea of arming the slaves. Some ordinary citizens had broached the idea before. Civil War Emancipation discussed a letter written in May 1861 by a Georgia man, Leroy Pope, to the Confederate government advocating a plan similar to Stephens. But this was the first time the idea had been advanced by such a major figure in the Confederacy, and six months before Confederate General Patrick Cleberne would make his famous proposal to arm the slaves.
Harpweek has a nice succinct article on the Confederate debate in 1864 and early 1865 over arming the slaves on behalf of their cause, so there no need to summarize it here. To make a long story short, despite the support of men like Alexander H. Stephens the idea of black soldiers in the rebel army did not gain widespread support until the last desperate days of the Confederacy, but not before a northern cartoonist so effectively scoffed at the notion that slaves would ever fight for a cause whose main raison d’etre was to keep them enslaved.
Harper’s Weekly, November 5, 1864
However, if Alexander H. Stephens’ letter of July 16, 1863, has any historical significance for the ongoing sesquicentennial of the Civil War, besides showing how early a major Confederate figure broached the idea of arming the slaves on behalf of their cause, it is to demonstrate (as if it really needs to be) just how ridiculous was the idea that tens or even hundreds of thousands of African Americans fought for the Confederacy. Why would Stephens be threatening Abraham Lincoln with the prospect of rebel slave soldiers if they already existed?
In any case, it is little wonder that Abraham Lincoln ignored Alexander Stephens’ overture through the New York Tribune. Jefferson Davis appears to have done the same. In July 1863, few other Confederate leaders would seriously entertain the idea of black soldiers in grey. It went against everything the rebels were fighting for. So why should Lincoln? Especially since everything the slaves had done in the war heretofore, fleeing to Union lines in the many thousands, proved that the threat of Alexander H. Stephens to unleash slaves against the Union was not only fanciful, but also arguably delusional? It was a curious threat, but a useful one for scholars 150 years later as they seek to discredit the ridiculous notion among modern neo-Confederates that many thousands of African Americans fought for a cause that wished to keep them in bondage.
Sources: 1) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2006.05.0824%3Aarticle%3Dpos%3D10; 2) http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1863-07-31/ed-1/seq-1/.
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Arsenal set surprisingly early date for pre-season return
According to the latest schedule, Arsenal will return for pre-season training in just two weeks’ time with the Community Shield 12 days later.
Mikel Arteta and Arsenal players celebrate in Wembley dressing room (via Arsenal.com)
Arsenal Fixture News report that Arsenal will return for pre-season training on Monday 17th August.
After that, they have 12 days to prepare for another trip to Wembley, this time to play Liverpool in the Community Shield.
The Community Shield will take place on August 29th, quickly followed by the first international break of the season.
Following that, the Premier League kicks off again on September 12th.
Clearly, the squad won’t have much time to recover, particularly the internationals.
Arsenal’s Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (L) reacts as he drops the winner’s trophy as the team celebrates victory after the English FA Cup final football match between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley Stadium in London, on August 1, 2020. – Arsenal won the match 2-1. (Photo by Catherine Ivill / POOL / AFP)
Someone like Aubameyang will get two weeks to relax, then pre-season, Community Shield, flying out for Gabon matches and returning for the Premier League in under a month.
The restart looks as hectic as the end of the season was.
One more date for the diary is the Europa League group stage draw on October 2nd.
We already know Arsenal and Leicester City will enter the competition at that point.
Tottenham Hotspur now have to play three qualifiers to join us thanks to Arsenal winning the FA Cup.
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Our behaviour... imagine
Our behaviour in bulk is more predictable than we like to imagine
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Social Physics
Psychohistory is a fictional way to predict the future of humanity, using mathematical techniques.
Applying maths on human behaviour was initiated by Adolphe Quételet in the 19th century, and is in a way the father of ‘big data’ and other statistical analysis that is prevalent today. He called psychohistory ‘social physics’.
This is an invaluable tool for the fields of biology, medicine, economics, arts and humanities and the administrative services of the government.
Statistics provides useful tools, but those calculations and assumptions are based on certain constants that can lead to serious mistakes if taken too literally or applied to a large size. These calculations provide usable figures in a ‘quick and dirty’ way.
Adolphe Quételet's Estimations
Quételet, the mathematician turned astronomer who was performing social physics miracles as the central figure of Belgium science, got better in his game by learning probability theory and making use of his polymath brain. His work included estimations and calculations using the available data and his mathematical and statistical skills. Instead of counting everyone to know the population, Quételet used some reasonable estimates and then multiplied the number of births per year with the ratio of the total population to the annual births.
The new methodology was published in Quételet’s books in the 19th century, like Social Physics (1835) and its newer editions, and caught the imagination of the public. Concepts like the Average Man and the Bell Curve (a normal probability of distribution) simplified complex statistics and made it accessible to the world while being easily quotable and comparable.
Francis Galton's Eugenics
The data analysis method was adopted by many pioneers in social science which made use of the various techniques and improvised upon them, studying everything from human evolution, human traits, the inheritance of genius and greatness and ways to have better offspring. These methods were named ‘eugenics’ by Francis Galton.
He also invented regression analysis, which eventually led to the study of correlation, which is the degree of relationships between two different sets of data.
Poll Predictions
One of the biggest implications of social physics turned out to be election results and the surveys that provide accurate poll result predictions.
Random samples worked in some cases, and the ‘central limit theorem’ calculated a mean value to find out the smallest sample that could work in providing accurate predictions.
Patterns Of Human Behaviour
Our public records, the internet and social media have provided a lightning-fast way to collect data and predict outcomes.
Telephone calls, search history, credit-card purchases and global online trends provide us never-before windows to understanding and predicting the patterns of human behaviour.
A Neuroscientist’s Theory of Everything
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Karl Friston, a neuroscientist, published a radical theory called the ‘Free Energy Principle’ that has the neuroscience field in a tizzy. His papers, published in various journals, are heavil...
The Free Energy Principle
It states that the world is uncertain and full of surprises. Our brain, through perception, beliefs and action are trying to remain stable by minimizing the spikes, triggers and surprises.
We live inside our brains, and each of us has a unique perception of the outside world. Anything we say or document is just our way to explain the world we have lived. It has nothing to do with reality.
Our mind is programmed to sample the world so that the immediate future can be predictable, as a way to survive it with minimum surprises and disruptions, and as a way to conserve energy.
Free energy, outside the mind, maybe incomprehensible and even impossible to grasp fully, but our mind filters and curates much of the information and presents it to us in palpable format.
Our mind, when seen neurologically, is infinitely vast, much like the universe, which it even resembles visually.
Voting Rights: A Short History | Voting Rights | Carnegie Corporation of New York
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Challenges to voting rights in this country, like the ones we've seen recently, are hardly a 21st-century invention. Entrenched groups have long tried to keep the vote out of the hands of the less powerful. Indeed, America began its great democratic experiment in the late 1700s by granting the right to vote to a narrow subset of society - white male landowners.
Voting in the 1700s
For decades, only white property holders would have the right to vote in the United States. Moreover, some states even made sure that only Christian men had this vote.
Even though during the Reconstruction period, after the Civil War, individuals were supposed to be allowed to vote no matter their race, in the following decades many Southern states, by means of poll taxes or literacy tests, would still limit the right to vote of the African American men.
1920 and women's voting right
In 1920 women won the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th amendment to the American Constitution.
Secrets of the Creative Brain
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In 1869, this was taken up by the cousin of Charles Darwi...
Genius and Heredity
In a 1904 study by English physician Havelock Ellis, a list was made of 1030 individuals through extensive research, examining thoroughly the intellectual distinction people had by the various factors like heredity, general health, and social class.
These works established that genius minds are often hereditary.
Genetic Studies Of Genius
A body of work of Stanford psychologist Lewis M. Terman, was an in-depth multi-decade study of gifted individuals, and an attempt to improve the measurement of genius and its association with the degradation of mental stability. This also included an enhanced version of the French IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test.
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Stranger Things: Season 3 Explained: Everything...
Stranger Things: Season 3 Explained: Everything We Know So Far: Full Update
Posted on March 22, 2019 by deffinition
Stranger Things 3 is right around the corner and if the trailer promises anything, it’s a Summer that we won’t forget.
With the show due to drop in the next few months I decided to do a break down of everything we know so far about the season including it’s release date, plot details and more.
This is full spoilers ahead, so if you want to go into Season 3 with fresh eyes, then I highly recommend that you turn off now.
With that out the way, I’m Deffinition and welcome to the channel where I explain it so you don’t have to!
Stranger Things: Season 3 Release Date
Stranger Things is due to release on Netflix, Worldwide on the 4th of July. The show will be set during Summer of 1985 and this Independence Day release will likely feature in the show itself, with the latest trailer showing off Fireworks, Fairs and more.
The last time we saw the gang was Halloween 2017 and this release was mirrored by the time setting of the show so it makes sense that Season 3 drops on Netflix at this time too.
Stranger Things 3: Plot Details
So what about the plot?
Well whilst the recently released trailer was pretty spare on plot details there were huge hints towards the budding relationship between Mike and Eleven, who producers of the show – The Duffer Brothers, are affectionately calling Meleven.
The characters have went through another year and because of this time jump the show will pick up with them far on from the events from Season 2. The characters are now entering High School for the first time and the season will centre around the implications that come with this. This is going to definitely be a coming of age story and we may see the group becoming divided due to their changes in personality.
That teenage angst is showcased in the trailer when Finn states: “We’re not kids anymore” which he then follows up with “I mean, what did you think? We were just going to sit in my basement all day? Play games for the rest of our lives?”
I was kinda hoping they were haha but I guess not and this lines inclusion clearly shows that we’re going to be dealing with the difficult teenage years that have the potential to drive them apart.
Stranger Things Season 3 Monsters
Whilst this is going to throw a few spanners in the works there’s also the fact that the Shadow Monster from Season 2 has a vendetta against Eleven. In Beyond Stranger things, Millie Bobby Brown who plays the character stated that she’s screwed, which is pretty revealing as to it’s return and goals.
And what about the new monster that we see in the trailer?
Well each season features a monster that the group end up naming after Dungeons and Dragons creatures. Season 1 was the Demogorgon, Season 2 the Mind Flayer and thus it makes sense that this new one will pull from that.
Fans of the board game franchise have flooded the internet with their theories and the most likely one seems to be that it is the Tarrasque.
It’s pretty close in appearance and this monster is based around a giant lizard and possesses several spikes and sharp terrifying teeth which this appears to have. There’s even a theory that one of the characters could be this creature which I’ll go into later in the video.
So what about the new characters?
Well, whilst the original gang are returning, there are also several additions to the cast. Maya Hawke is cast as Robin who is Steve’s coworker at the ice cream parlour, Scoops Ahoy, in the new Hawkins Mall. The Mall is set to be the new hangout area for the group and it features prominently in the trailer as this will be their go to area.
Jake Busey has also been cast as a journalist who may be chronicling the strange things that happen in the town. Cary Elwes is also appearing as Mayor Kline who is described as being more focused on his image than the people of Hawkins. This will most likely riff on Jaws and we will see an inept leader who doesn’t really know how to handle the monsters that start appearing in the town and therefore gets outsted when it comes to the Crunch by Jim Hopper played by David Harbour.
Joyce and Hopper are too set to build a relationship in this season and obviously the two have known each other for a long time, been through a lot and thus this makes a logical conclusion.
This is to be mirrored in the relationship of Nancy and Jonathan. Nancy seems to have chosen him over Steve, however, the latter gave her a look in last season’s finale that makes me believe that things aren’t necessarily over between them.
Joe Keery, who plays Steve recently stated in an interview with E Online that:
“I don’t think it’s the end of the story. But I do think that the second season was a lot about him growing up and learning how to put people before him a little bit more. I don’t think it’s over… I think how they leave it is realistic.”
So it seems that the love triangles that the show is built upon will continue throughout this one and Nancy may even go back to him since he became the world’s best babysitter but who knows.
The Return Of Billy
Billy and Erica, Lucas’ little sister are too set to get bigger roles this season. The former was originally meant to be a large part of Season 2, however, due to the amount of characters, The Duffer Brothers had to cut much of his arc. This season is set to remedy that with the character getting much more development. It appears that he’s getting closer to Karen Wheeler, AKA Mike’s Mum with his job as a life guard and this will again add to the dynamic relationships of the show.
Though that might get cut short with the appearance of the Tarrasque. Now, this isn’t confirmed but we see in shots in the Trailer that show that Billy seems to be infected with something. The character did get stabbed with the same syringe that was used to sedate Will, who has long been tainted by the Upside down and this cross-contamination may now be effecting Billy. Many think that Billy may infact be the Tarrasque and this would make sense as to why the creature appears in a hospital in the trailer. Perhaps Billy was rushed there before transforming and then the infection took over and changed him.
Finally, what’s the future of the show beyond this season? Well according to the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things 3 will be the penultimate season, with the show coming to a close in Season 4.
That still gives us a lot to look forward to but it is a bit sad that we won’t get to see the cast of characters far beyond this season.
So, that’s everything we know so far about Stranger Things Season 3. Obviously, I’d love to hear your thoughts on the show and if you have any other theories in regards to the cast, monsters and more.
Make sure you leave them in the comments below and if you liked this video then please give it a thumbs up and make sure you check out my breakdown of this week’s other big release, Us, which will be linked at the end.
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DCGA funds five organizations in appeals
Of the 22 organizations that requested budgeting appeals for the 2015-2016 school year, nine organizations made it to the final appeals process in front of DCGA. In total, these nine organizations requested $26,340 in total.
However, the DCGA body, which barely had enough senators present to have the ability to vote according to its voting rules, funded four of these organizations: club squash, Hillel, the Doobie and one collaborative budget between the Black Student Union, the Denison Democrats, University Programming Council and the Denison Feminists to bring Angela Davis to campus. This vote occurred on April 14.
Together, these four organizations received $17,327 of the $2,000 that the DCGA had left over to spend for appeals and new organizations for the 2015-2016 school year.
Additionally, the Bandersnatch, which was not funded during its appeal because many senators felt that they did not say exactly what the money would be going toward, was funded $7,000 of the $8,000 as a result of an amendment sponsored by Kaitlin Sheets ‘15 and co-sponsored by nine senators and nine students who are either part of Denison Enterprises or work for the Bandersnatch.
Bryan LeBlanc ‘15, one of the co-sponsors of the amendment, said, I think the reason why so many senators, including most of the class of 2015, voted to fund to “save the ‘Snatch’ was because of the enormous outcry from the student body. There were some good arguments that the Bandersnatch didn’t meet proper finance guidelines, or that student activities funds shoudn’t be funding this sort of spending anymore. In the end, it came down to our job as representatives for the student body: what did our friends want? What did our class want? What did our community want? To fund the ‘Snatch, plain and simple.”
In order to help finance the appeals process, UPC and the BSU both offered money from their individual budgets. UPC offered $10,000 from its budget to help finance the Angela Davis collaborate budget, and the BSU offered up $4,000 from their Culture Jam budget to help as well.
DCGA also gave up $1,000 that it was allocated to send select members of DCGA to a one-day conference in Chicago, which was organized by the American Student Governance Association.
In addition, Ashley Bartreau ‘16, the finance chair for DCGA, announced toward the end of last week’s meeting that DCGA had more money to work with than it anticipated. They believed that they only had $847,000 to work with to allocate money when organizations first submitted their budgets, but they actually had $856,000 of student activity fees to allocate. This money will help fund the organizations that received extra allocations in the appeal process this year.
Bartreau said that she checked the amount of money that DCGA received in student activity fees for student organizations in the next academic school year, but she learned in a meeting with Seth Patton, vice president of finance and management, on April 21 that this number was incorrect.
Patton added that the amount of money in student activity funds fluctuates given the amount of students who enroll in the University each year. He said, “If we achieve the budgeted enrollment target of 2,150 on-campus students it will generate $924,000 with $865,880 being managed directly by students through DCGA.”
Looking forward to next year, Bartreau hopes that DCGA can figure out a better way to go through the finance process that is more favorable to both DCGA and the student body. She envisions a “call to community council,” where each organization groups itself into one of the ten councils that currently exists. Each of these councils would have two members representing the entire council who would work with the finance committee to determine how much money each council is allocated.
Then, once each council receives a lump sum of the student activity funds, the council will decide for itself how much money each organization within that council would receive.
Bartreau recognizes that there are many small details that need to be worked out, but she came up with this plan because it “gets more students involved with the finance committee” and it puts the responsibility [of student organization finances] in the hands of the students.”
She encourages all students who have ideas about how to improve the finance process to reach out to her at [email protected]
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Blog - News, Business, Entrepreneurship Data d.o.o., European Business Award, European Business Awards, Ruban d’Honneur
Data as a Country Representative for European Business Award
Data has been selected as one of 6 Country Representatives for Slovenia and the European Business Awards sponsored by HSBC.
As Country Representative for Slovenia Data will go on to compete against other successful organisations also selected as Country Representatives across the European Union.
Other Slovenian Country Representatives for 2011 are Poslovni sistem Mercator d.d., Banka Celje, Iskra Mehanizmi d.d., BTC d.d. and Perutnina Ptuj Group.
Judges will meet in Brussels on Friday 22 July to deliberate and determine which of the 405 European Country Representatives will be selected as a recipient of the prestigious Ruban d’Honneur. There will be a total of 110 Ruban d’Honneur recipients (or finalists) shortlisted by the judges (that is 10 Ruban d’Honneur recipients in each of the 11 Award categories).
The European Business Awards aims to:
draw attention to and recognize our best business and what they are doing
enable companies of all sizes and industries to compare themselves to and learn from the very best in Europe
stimulate the debate about the future shape, form and substance of the business community in Europe
Since 2007, the European Business Awards has been exposing thr most innovative business on the continent by promoting success, innovation and ethics in the European business community.
In 2011 the EBAs engaged with over 15,000 organisations in over 30 countries showcasing the best in class, the winners from a diverse range of industries from across 30 European nations.
Participants represented a combined turnover of over € 1 trillion Euros, employing over 2.7 million people.
More information about EBA: www.businessawardseurope.com.
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Foots Prints
Musings from a guy who is Louisiana by Birth, Kansas by Hurricane Katrina.
David’s Dossier
A lot since I last blogged…
Posted by David
There has been a lot of craziness since the last time I posted. I should have posted something Sunday or Monday with all that went on.
The trip home from Kansas City Saturday was uneventful. It was a good two days over there, a good break from the humdrum of Russell, Hays, Norton and other towns.
Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez died in the wee hours of Sunday morning in a boating accident, along with two others. It was reported the operator of the boat, which was licensed to Fernandez, was traveling at high speed, much faster than was safe for that time of night. It crashed into a jetty, throwing the occupants around like rag dolls, and killing all three by blunt force trauma.
Arnold Palmer died Sunday evening. It was announced during the Bears-Cowboys game on NBC. Palmer, who was 87, was one of the most popular golfers who ever lived, and one of America’s most iconic athletes, period. His exploits on the course would be surpassed by Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and others, but nobody will ever come close to matching the popularity Arnie enjoyed during his heyday, and well after his retirement. In fact, he had recently been appearing in ads for the blood thinning medication Xarelto with NASCAR driver Brian Vickers and comedian Kevin Nealon, the longtime Saturday Night Live actor. I’ll always remember Palmer in the Pennzoil commercials of the 1980s.
The Arizona Cardinals looked mighty pathetic in Buffalo. The Bills won 33-18, and frankly, it was never that close. Buffalo gashed the Cardinals for over 200 yards rushing, and Carson Palmer looked like he had never seen an NFL defense. Palmer threw four interceptions in the fourth quarter. Let that sink in: four picks in one period. Brutal. I’ve seen this so often from the Cardinals in over three decades of following the NFL, but most of the time, I didn’t expect them to win. Now that the Cardinals are expected to win many of these games, it makes it much more frustrating.
The Cardinals play the Rams Sunday in Glendale. Yes, Arizona has won four of the last five meetings, but the one was last year in Arizona, when the Rams won 24-22, thanks in large part to Todd Gurley. If Tyrod Taylor and LeSean McCoy can have that much success on the ground vs. Arizona, what will Gurley do? Oh boy.
The most important sports news of Sunday, at least to me, came out of my native state.
LSU, my alma mater, fired football coach Les Miles Sunday, 24 hours after the Bayou Bengals lost 18-13 at Auburn. LSU appeared to win the game when Danny Etling hit D.J. Chark along the sideline in the end zone on the last play of the game. I didn’t think LSU got the snap off before time ran out, and indeed, the officials concurred after reviewing it.
The next afternoon, I read on The Advocate website LSU was “considering” major changes to the football program. Then came a rumor Miles and offensive coordinator Cam Cameron were going to be fired. Then it was confirmed.
Miles was very close to being fired last November when LSU lost three consecutive games to Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss following a 7-0 start. Miles’ job was saved only after LSU beat Texas A&M 19-7 in Baton Rouge in the regular season finale. The job appeared more secure after a 56-27 victory over Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl, but the 16-14 loss to Wisconsin at Green Bay in this year’s season opener had fans grumbling and only served to turn up the heat on Miles.
Miles was canned despite a 114-34 mark at LSU. He has the highest all-time win percentage in program history (.770), and his 114 wins rank him second only behind the 137 by “Cholly Mac”, Charles McClendon, who coached the Bayou Bengals from 1962-79. Miles won a national championship in 2007 despite triple overtime losses to Kentucky and Arkansas, and in 2011, LSU won its first 13 games against the nation’s most difficult schedule to reach the championship game, but were thoroughly embarrassed by Alabama in New Orleans. The Crimson Tide won 21-0 and held LSU to a meager 92 yards, fewest by any team in a championship game since 1998, the first year of the BCS.
LSU hasn’t won even an SEC West championship since 2012. It hasn’t finished any of the previous four seasons with fewer than three losses. I fear the Bayou Bengals may regress to the point where it falls behind Arkansas, Ole Miss and Texas A&M permanently.
Ed Orgeron, LSU’s defensive line coach, was named the interim coach. His first game is Saturday night vs. Missouri in Death Valley. Orgeron was head coach at Ole Miss in 2005, ’06 and ’07 and was a miserable failure, going 10-25 overall and 3-21 in SEC games. He also was arrested for DUI, and committed some recruiting violations, violations which are still casting a shadow over the program even though Orgeron has been gone from Oxford for nine years.
Orgeron was interim coach at USC in 2013 after Lane Kiffin was fired, and went 6-2 with the Trojans. Some felt he should have been given the job permanently, given his ties to Pete Carroll as an assistant on USC’s back-to-back AP national championships of 2003 and 2004, but the Trojans made the disastrous hire of Steve Sarkisian, who didn’t last two full seasons.
This is Orgeron’s dream job. He grew up in Cut Off, a small town in southern Lafourche Parish, and played at South Lafourche High, where the Trojans won the 1977 Class AAAA state championship (Louisiana’s highest classification at that time). One of Orgeron’s high school teammates was Bobby Hebert, who went on to play quarterback for the Saints and Falcons. Orgeron briefly attended LSU, but transferred to Nicholls State in Thibodaux and played football there.
Orgeron was hired in 2015 by Miles as defensive line coach. “Coach O” is known as a fantastic recruiter, and he was elevated by LSU athletic director Joe Alleva to help keep recruits from wavering in their commitment to the Bayou Bengals.
If Orgeron helps LSU win its next eight games, he could very well stay on permanently. Alleva will only consider people with previous college head coaching experience, and even though Orgeron’s career record is 16-27, he qualifies.
Miles’ firing is the earliest in LSU’s history. Now what if a previous athletic director had the guts to pull the trigger on another LSU coach after a stupefying loss at Auburn? I’ll discuss in another post.
As for me, it’s volleyball in Hays for the second time in three days. Norton lost to TMP and Plainville Tuesday. Today is no easier, since the Bluejays play three larger schools: Salina South, Hays and Abilene. I’m going back to Norton Monday, because it’s the last home matches this season, which means it’s senior night for Caitlyn. She’d never forgive me if I missed it.
This week is the first time I haven’t had an appointment with Crista since the week of July 18. I had been going weekly since the last week of July, but she wanted to try to go back to every two weeks, which was the schedule until the change. I was feeling a little bit anxious Tuesday in TMP’s fieldhouse before the matches. I was about to call her and leave a message saying it was a huge mistake to cancel. Lucky for me, I snapped out of it and didn’t need to call.
I can’t believe it will be October Saturday, but time flies sometimes.
Posted in Arizona Cardinals, College Football, LSU Fighting TIgers, National Football League, Uncategorized
Tags: Ed Orgeron, Les Miles
Thoughts from a barstool
Back at Buffalo Wild Wings this afternoon. Been here since 12:35. I saw my buddy Larry for the first time in a long time. Trey, whom I’ve seen here since I first came here in May 2013, is bartending. I’m sure I’ll see a few more people I know before I leave.
I had to get work done on my car this morning in Overland Park. Didn’t have to wait at Morse-McCarthy Chevrolet this time nearly as long as I did the last two times, when I had new tires put on. Stopped at Staples and Bed, Bath & Beyond before heading north.
I was thinking about coming back tomorrow and leaving Sunday morning, but there is an 80 percent chance of rain for tomorrow night and Sunday, so I’m going to get out of here tomorrow. The cold front will pass through Russell tomrorow night, and hopefully, that will be it for temperatures above 80 Fahrenheit, or 27 Celsius, until at least April. I do not like hot weather.
I’m probably going to be back to Kansas City sooner rather than later. Maybe I come back next weekend to watch the Missouri-LSU football game. Or maybe I come back for my birthday in less than three weeks. I can’t stay away. Too many people I want to see.
LSU plays Auburn tomorrow night on the road. The Bayou Bengals have traditionally struggled at Jordan-Hare Stadium, but if they lose tomorrow, LSU may be in the market for a new coach after the season. I could see the season unraveling if Auburn wins tomororw. WIth road games against Florida, Arkansas and Texas A&M, plus home dates with Ole Miss and Alabama, it could get ugly fast in Baton Rouge.
Kansas does not play tomorrow. Kansas State might as well not play. Another cupcake, Missouri State, visits Manhattan. Bill Snyder can’t get enough cupcakes. Betty Crocker and Duncan Hines could make a killing sponsoring Kansas State football.
How much does Snyder fear playing strong teams? When he was hired at K-State in 1989, he canceled the second game of a home-and-home series with Tulane.
Not making it up. I said TULANE.
K-State played in 1980 at LSU. However, that was a one-time deal so the Wildcats could infuse their coffers with much-needed cash. No way LSU was going to play a game in a stadium which seated 42,000, unless it was an SEC game. Certainly not vs. the worst team in the Big Eight. Certainly not when LSU had four games vs. Florida State lined up from 1980-83, four with Notre Dame (1981, 1984-86), contests with Washington, Arizona and USC, and a home-and-home with Ohio State later in the decade, not to mention the annual game vs. Tulane.
The Green Wave defeated the Wildcats 20-16 in New Orleans in 1988. Coach Stan Parrish was fired following an 0-11 season, part of a 30-game winless streak. Tulane, which was an independent at the time, was scheduled to make a return visit to Manhattan, but Snyder canceled the game and picked up some team which was weaker than the Greenies, which took a lot of searching. Tulane won all of 23 games between 1988 and 1995.
I can’t believe MIssissippi State and Oklahoma have agreed to play Tulane in the New Orleans in coming years. I can’t imagine the Bulldogs or Sooners playing at Tulane’s on-campus stadium, which seats only 30,000. I believe the visitors, not to mention television, will insist the games be played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, where the Wave played from 1975 through 2013, save for 2005, when the Dome was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Tulane cut its own throat when it foolishly voted to leave the SEC in 1966. The Green Wave might have been at or near the bottom of the conference in football every single year, but it would have made money hand over fist.
Vanderbilt, a private school in a large city like Tulane, chose to stay and take their punishment from Tennessee, Alabama and others. But the money the Commodores have raked in from the SEC have made sure the school’s academic mission continues to be funded at the highest possible level, while athletes get to compete against elite institutions.
Posted in College Football, LSU Fighting TIgers
Tags: Auburn Tigers, Tulane Green Wave, Vanderbilt Commodores
Wait-y issue
It has not been boring today.
I was almost late to my appointment with Crista. I stopped at a car wash on 27th Street in Hays. The front bumper of my car was beyond gross. I don’t know how many love bugs divebombed to their death on my car, but it had to be in the tens of thousands. It was almost completely black.
By time I got done and stopped further down 27th for gas, it was 8:51. I made it to the office with three minutes to spare.
Then I waited. And waited. And waited.
Unfortunately, the lady who had an appointment with Crista at 8 am was having some problems. I could hear her through the door. I know that feeling.
Dr. Patriarca saw me waiting for Crista at 9:15. I knew that something must have been wrong, because there have been times where my sessions have begun 10 to 15 minutes after the hour.
It turns out I didn’t get in until 9:38. I felt guilty if the lady before me needed to talk to Crista some more. Crista apologized for being so late, but I told her it wsan’t a big deal. I certainly understood about people in crisis.
Lucky for me, I haven’t had any real problems as of late, so 30 minutes did just fine. I canceled my appointment for next Wednesday and will go back October 6, which happens to be the day my parents are leaving to visit my brother, his wife and their son in Nashville.
I had to drop off my Hawaiian silk shirts at the cleaners in Hays after I got done with my appointment. I wanted to check my post office box, but drove right past the post office, which is across the street from the cleaners. No big deal, I’m back in Hays Tuesday anyway.
The drive to Kansas City was smooth. I stopped in Topeka to use the restroom and get some refreshment. When I got past the toll plaza near Bonner Springs, traffic became choked due to construction. I got off at K-7 and found my way to I-435, and then on to Buffalo Wild Wings.
I’ve been here since 2:20. I’ll stay thorugh at least the first half ot he Texans-Patriots game before heading to Overland Park to check in to my hotel. Leaving either Saturday or Sunday.
Early, early rise
Second straight morning waking up before 6, although it was 20 minutes later today. I won’t have the early Thursday the next two weeks, since my two appointments with Crista after today are in the afternoon.
I got home later than I had hoped Tuesday from Phillipsburg, but that’s volleyball. It’s like baseball, no clock and you can’t know when a match is going to end. I don’t like the fact that varsity matches in Kansas are mostly two sets out of three, but it does get me home earlier.
I would rather varsity matches, especially those in the postseason, be best three of five sets, but there’s no way the Kansas State High School Activities Association will go for that. There are more best-of-5 matches in the Kansas City and Wichita areas because there isn’t as much travel, but it’s not practical when teams are traveling long distances, as was the case last Thursday, when the schools came to Norton from over 100 miles away.
The triangular at Phillipsburg involved two visiting schools which are not that far away, Norton and Stockton. I had the longest trip home of anyone there! Then again, I wouldn’t be going that far if it weren’t for Caitlyn and Peggy.
Norton lost to Phillipsburg and defeated Stockton. The Bluejays have now played six three-set matches out of 11 so far. They’re 7-4 this year, only one win shy of last year, when Norton was 8-26. The Bluejays haven’t finished above .500 in volleyball since 2005, when Peggy’s oldest child, Chelsea, was a senior at Norton and middle daughter Courtney was a sophomore. Caitlyn was 7. Norton made the Class 3A state tournament in 2007, but it was 13-20 after winning sub-state. At state, the Bluejays were beaten three times.
I had to get up earlier yesterday to get my work done, which I did by 10:45, even with a short nap between 8:10 and 8:40. I sorted through the pictures from the Norton-Phillipsburg match and uploaded them to Instagram. I’ll do the Norton-Stockton match today, tomorrow and probably into Saturday.
After my appointment with Crista, I’m planning to go to Kansas City for the first time in seven weeks. I need to get my car worked on tomorrow in Overland Park. I’m also going to Buffalo Wild Wings today and tomorrow; hopefully I’ll see Robb and Dawn at least once. I have to get home either Saturday or Sunday.
Not as much travel for next week, although I do have three straight days in Hays–two for Norton volleyball, and a Wednesday afternoon appointment with Crista in between. Then again, three round trips to Hays will be less than one to Norton.
I finished watching the season 18 premiere of Law and Order:SVU on Hulu. Now it’s time for me to shut this computer down, get cleaned up, and get on my way to Hays. I have things I want to do before the appointment, so I can quickly get out and head east.
Posted in Norton HS, Personal
Football-free Tuesday
Sorry for the long delay with a new post. No excuse given I spent almost all of my time at home between the trip to Norton Thursday and right now.
I got home very late from Norton last Thursday. The matches went long, I went to eat with Peggy and Clark afterward, and then I had to fight rain between Norton and Hill City. By time I got home, it was 11:35, the latest I have been awake since I acquired my CPAP machine in early August.
I need a break from football. I estimate I watched 24 hours worth between Saturday and Sunday. I did not watch any of the Eagles-Bears game last night. It wasn’t much of a game, anyway, so I missed nothing.
The Cardinals beat up on the Buccaneers 40-7 Sunday, but Bruce Arians wasn’t pleased with his offense. I doubt much pleases Arians, but it’s how he keeps his players motivated. Bill Belichick is the same way. Besides, Arizona needs every motivation to stay focused after the way it choked the game vs. New England.
Arizona travels to Buffalo Sunday. The Cardinals have played in western New York only five times since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. The first time the Cards played there, it was in 1971 at the old War Memorial Stadium. St. Louis won 28-23, but the Cards haven’t won in Buffalo since, losing at what is now New Era Stadium (formerly Rich Stadium and Ralph Wilson Stadium) in 1986, 1990 and 2004. If the Bills can’t defeat the Cards, Rex Ryan may be a dead man walking. Buffalo would be 0-3 before heading to Foxborough to play the Patriots, who would be heavily favored even without Garoppolo.
Speaking of the Patriots, they will have to go this week without Jimmy Garoppolo, barring some miracle cure. This leaves Belichick starting his third-string quaterback, Jacoby Brissett, who was starting last season for North Carolina State, the same school where Russell Wilson played the first three years of his collegiate career before finishing at Wisconsin.
New England hosts Houston Thursday. The Texans haven’t showed much offense, but their defense has been very good in defeating Chicago and Kansas City. It may be the first team to score a touchdown wins.
I’m going to watch volleyball this afternoon. I’m traveling to Phillipsburg, where I haven’t been in over 17 months. Norton is playing Phillipsburg and Stockton starting at 5. I would skip if the Bluejays were playing again this week, but since they aren’t, might as well go. My work is done, and it’s a nice day, too nice to be staying inside the whole day, even though it is brutally hot. Hopefully that cold front they’re forecasting comes in as scheduled Sunday.
Brenda LeBlanc’s birthday was last Friday. I sent her a birthday card, but haven’t heard from her. Oh well. I tried. At least I still have Peggy and Cailtyn.
Posted in Arizona Cardinals, National Football League
Tags: Bill Belichick, Bruce Arians, New England Patriots
Tigers and Bluejays…oh my!
Just before I woke up, I had a strange dream.
I discovered a secret passageway between Norton and Stockton high schools. I was trying to make my way from Stockton’s gym to Norton’s, but there was a crush of people. I somehow made it through.
In that same dream, Caitlyn and Peggy suddenly disappeared without telling me where they were going. The case to my cell phone broke. To top it all off, Norton’s wrestling team was competing in a tournament, but the high school I went to, Brother Martin in New Orleans, was in the same tournament. I was upset I was missing that.
Norton and Stockton connected? Sure, I know both are in the Mid-Continent League, but they’re pretty far apart. They’re nowhere near each other; Norton is at the junction of US 283 and US 36, and Stockton is where US 183 and US 24 meet. I could understand if there were a passage between Stockton and Plainville, since they’re in the same county and 15 miles apart, but with Norton? Hmm. But anything is possible in a dream.
Now that I’m awake, I have to get ready for my session with Crista in Hays, and later today, my trip to Norton to watch Caitlyn play volleyball vs. Goodland, Dundy County of Benkelman, Neb., and Stratton, Colo. I missed Caitlyn’s matches Tuesday in WaKeeney, but she and Peggy forgave me. The Bluejays won vs. Oakley and Trego to improve to 5-2 this year.
I had an appointment with Dr. Custer yesterday. I learned something new about her: she has two sons, both born in October, although neither on the 13th, my birthday. I’m glad. I’m certain she’s a super mom. My health is pretty good, although I need to be more vigilant about checking my blood sugar.
If the Royals weren’t finished before, they are now. Losing three consecutive games at home to the Athletics, mired in the basement of the AL West, is inexcusable. Maybe Oakland is extracting its pound of flesh for the loss in the 2014 AL Wild Card game. Then again, the Athletics have always had it in for Kansas City, given the franchise’s pitiful 13-season existence in KC.
Ned Yost is going to rue the day he ever brought Joakim Soria back to KC. Yes, he was an All-Star for Trey Hillman, but now, he’s shot. He would have done much better giving Kelvim Herrera the closer’s role when Wade Davis went down. Greg Holland wasn’t an option since he’s still recovering from Tommy John surgery. Royals fans should not be that sad. It wasn’t that long ago avoiding 90 losses was reason to celebrate.
I’m going to have to drive back to Russell after my appointment with Crista. Not ideal, but if I went straight to Norton, I’d be there before noon. The other option is to drive all the way to Colby, go up to Atwood and then over to Norton, but that would burn too much gas. Not a big deal.
Posted in Dreams, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Norton HS, Personal
Tags: Oakland Athletics, Stockton HS
Screwed in Stillwater
If you haven’t seen the ending of yesterday’s Central Michigan-Oklahoma State game in Stillwater, you need to seriously watch it.
To recap: on what looked to be the final play of the game, Cowboy quarterback Mason Rudolph took a snap from under center, retreated a couple of steps, and threw the ball towards Oklahoma State’s sideline. The clock ran out while the ball was in the air, with the Cowboys leading 27-24. Game over, right?
The eight officials from the Mid-America Conference, of which Central Michigan is a member, huddled after the throw. When the huddle broke, referee Tim O’Dey threw a flag. He called Rudolph for intentional grounding, which is penalized at the spot of the foul with a loss of down.
Under most circumstances, if a penalty is accepted after time runs out in a period, an “untimed down” is played. There was a 1986 game between Ohio State and Alabama where Crimson Tide linebacker Derrick Thomas–yes, THAT Derrick Thomas–committed pass interference on consecutive Hail Mary passes by Buckeye quarterback Jim Karsatos. Alabama survived a third Hail Mary attempt and won 16-10, but I’m sure then-Tide coach Ray Perkins had a bad case of heartburn.
However, in yesterday’s game in Stillwater, the game should have ended despite Rudolph being flagged for grounding.
In the NCAA rule book, there is an exception to the untimed down rule. Here it is:
A penalty is accepted for a live-ball foul(s) (Exception: Rule
10-2-5-a). The period is not extended if the foul is by the team in
possession and the statement of the penalty includes loss of down
(A.R. 3-2-3-VIII).
There you have it. Oklahoma State should have left Boone-Pickens Stadium 2-0.
However, O’Dey and the other seven officials did not know this rule, and gave Central Michigan an untimed down.
Chippewa QB Carson Rush threw the ball as far as he could, but it only reached the 12-yard line. Jesse Kroll made a leaping catch in front of three Cowboy defenders. Kroll alertly pitched the ball back to Corey Willis before he was down. Willis took the ball on the run and cut from the right side all the way across the field, and stuck the ball over the goal line as he was being tackled. The play was reviewed, and it was ruled Willis did break the plane before his knee was down–I might have ruled differently if I were in the replay booth–and Central Michigan was a 30-27 winner.
While the play was being reviewed, Fox Sports football rules analyst Mike Pereia, a former college and NFL official and former NFL Vice President of Officiating, told announcers Justin Kutcher and Petros Papadakis the play should not have been run. He read the rule on air and stressed the Chippewas had won on an ill-begotten play.
Sadly, there is nothing Oklahoma State can do. The NCAA rules clearly state once the game is over, it is truly over and the score is final. This is not Major League Baseball (or college baseball), where a team can protest over a misapplied rule, and the game would revert to the point where the rule was misapplied. The NBA has the same mechanism in its rules.
The only avenue would be for Oklahoma State to ask Central Michigan to forfeit the game. No way that happens. No way the Chippewas are giving back their biggest win in 25 years, and one of the biggest since joining Division I in 1975.
It is utterly incomprehensible none of the eight officials knew the rule. No matter what level of football one officiates–Pop Warner, junior high, high school, college, professional–it is your JOB to know the rule book. How could eight men who are officiating at the highest level of college football not know that rule?
It’s my hope those eight men never see a college football field again. If the MAC does not fire this incompetent octet, then shame on them.
I understand most college football officials have Monday-Friday jobs, families and concerns above a Saturday game involving 18-22 year olds. Then again, if you earn the privilege of officiating at the highest level of the sport in college, and the second highest level of the sport in the world after the NFL, you have to know the rules. Period. No excuse.
The replay officials, who were from the Big 12, also deserve some blame. They had the ability to stop the game and alert the on-field officials to the rule. At the very least, they should have held up the game after Rudolph’s final pass and explained to O’Dey and his crew the game should have been over at that point.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took the blame for calling the play which resulted in the grounding penalty. All Rudolph had to do was get outside the tackle box and throw it. Or he could have run backwards until the clock ran out. Or Gundy could have lined up the punt team and had the punter take the snap and run out of the end zone. So what if it negatively impacts your final rushing total?
Yes, it was not the best call by Gundy. However, these officials screwed up royally. There is no plausible explanation for that.
Tulane and Missouri know how bad it feels for officials to screw up.
In games played 18 years apart, the Green Wave and Tigers fell victim to an opponent being awarded a fifth down.
Tulane lost 24-21 to Miami in the Orange Bowl on October 14, 1972 when the Hurricanes used a fifth down to keep a drive alive. Miami eventually scored the winning touchdown in the final minute. The loss probably cost Bennie Ellender’s Green Wave a bowl bid. Tulane would have been 7-4 if it had won, and would have been attractive to the Liberty Bowl, which took a 5-5-1 Iowa State squad to play Georgia Tech.
On October 6, 1990, Colorado received a fifth down, which it used to score the winning touchdown to pull out a 33-31 victory over Missouri in Columbia. It seemed like numerous people inside Faurot Field, including a few Colorado players, knew the Buffaloes received an extra down, but coach Bill McCartney wasn’t buying it, and of course gleefully accepted the win.
After the game, McCartney put his foot in his mouth by blasting Missouri–his alma mater–for installing Omniturf in the stadium in 1985. Omniturf was a sand-based artificial turf which needed to be watered down for better traction. It worked fine for Oregon and Washington State, which are in the rainy Pacific Northwest, but it was not a good fit for Missouri.
Colorado went on to win a share of the 1990 national championship thanks to the fifth down.
September 10, 2016 will join October 14, 1972 and October 6, 1990 as black eyes for college football officiating. And that’s bad for football, period.
Posted in College Football, Uncategorized
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Central Michigan Chippewas, Mid-American Conference, Oklahoma State Cowboys
College football’s sleepy Saturday
Looking for a good college football today? You’ll have to go hunting high and hunting low. (Trivia: What band released an album named “Hunting High and Hunting Low” in 1985?)
There are a couple of intriguing games later this evening. Arkansas travels to Fort Worth to play TCU in a battle of former Southwest Conference teams, and Tennessee and Virginia Tech play at Bristol Motor Speedway along the Tennessee-Virginia border, where a crowd of up to 155,000 is expected. The record attendance for a college football game is a little over 115,000 at Michigan. But no game will ever come close to the nearly 200,000 who jammed Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in 1954 to watch the Brazilian national futbol team.
Other than the two games I just mentioned? SNOOZEFEST.
ABC is so desperate to show Michigan and Ohio State they are giving us a pair of horrific mismatches. Central Florida goes to Ann Arbor at 11 a.m.,, and Tulsa heads to Columbus at 2:30.. Please. ABC didn’t want to at least televise Arkansas-TCU, given how few times ABC gets to televise SEC teams other than the neutral site games?
CBS’ SEC game is Kentucky at Florida. Problem is, CBS has to televise a conference game if one is available, save for opening weekend, and there are only two conference games today. The other choice was South Carolina at Mississippi State.
LSU hosts Jacksonville State tonight. I’ll watch, but if the game is closer than expected, then it’s going to be an even longer season for the Bayou Bengals than I thought last week after the loss to Wisconsin.
LSU should not be playing any teams from a lower division. Period. But with every SEC game on some sort of television these days, conference teams don’t feel the need to schedule four Power 5 teams. During my first year at LSU, 1994, only three of 11 games were televised at all: Auburn, Florida and Alabama. And two of the three were on the SEC’s syndicated package, which meant they were not carried outside the SEC footprint, which at the time didn’t include Texas or Missouri. To be fair, the LSU-Texas A&M game would have been televised had the Aggies not been on probation, which included a TV ban for 1994. No team has been banned from TV since Ole Miss in 1995.
Games are kicking off in 30 minutes. I’ll watch, but not with any particular enthusiasm.
My 2016 NFL predictions
I humbly offer my 2016 National Football League predictions:
New England (13-3)home field advatnage
New York Jets (9-7)
Buffalo (7-9)
Miami (6-10)
Pittsburgh (12-4) first round bye
Cincinnati (11-5) Wild Card
Baltimore (7-9)
Cleveland (2-14)
Houston (9-7)
Indianapolis (8-8)
Jacksonville (6-10)
Tennessee (5-11)
Denver (11-5)
Kansas City (10-6) Wild Card
Oakland (8-8)
San Diego (5-11)
Washington REDSKINS (9-7)
New York Giants (7-9)
Dallas (7-9)
Philadelphia (6-10)
Green Bay (13-3) first round bye
Minnesota (10-6) Wild Card
Detroit (7-9)
Chicago (5-11)
Carolina (11-5)
Atlanta (7-9)
New Orleans (6-10)
Tampa Bay (6-10)
Seattle (13-3) home field advantage
Arizona (12-4) Wild Card
Los Angeles (6-10)
San Francisco (4-12)
AFC WILD CARD GAMES
Cincinnati 31, Houston 17
Denver 20, Kansas City 17
NFC WILD CARD GAMES
Arizona 35, Washington 20
Minnesota 14, Carolina 10
New England 37, Cincinnati 21
Pittsburgh 30, Denver 19
Seattle 24, Minnesota 14
Arizona 34, Green Bay 31
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
New England 36, Pittsburgh 28
Seattle 17, Arizona 14 OT
Seattle 23, New England 14
Posted in National Football League, Uncategorized
Time to motor
If you haven’t seen my photos from Tuesday, go to Instagram and look me up (davidsteinle).
I’m almost out of here and going to Hays. Appointment with Crista at 10, but since movers are coming to the house in a few minutes to start taking my grandfather’s antiques out of the house, I want to be out of the way. If it weren’t so humid, I might drive a little while, but not today. Next week is supposed to be much nicer.
I have some work I could get caught up on today if I’m in the mood. I doubt I’m going anywhere tomorrow. Rain in the forecast. Saturday looks better anyway.
Enough for now. Time to head out the door.
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Positive Inclusion - MediaWorks
In 2017 it became clear to MediaWorks that the organisation needed to formalise strategies, frameworks, resources and activities which supported and advocated for LGBTQI+ staff and allies.
Head of the MediaWorks Foundation Sarah Cotter says that the company’s external values also needed to match internal company culture. This began a multi-year strategy for improving the organisation’s relationships with Rainbow communities internally as well as across the country.
MediaWorks is one of New Zealand’s largest media companies, and operates a number of well-known media brands, including THREE, Newshub andThe Edge, across online, television, and radio mediums.
The company’s first step was to establish an internal committee for LGBTQI+ relations, the Pride@Work team. After its establishment late in 2017, Pride@Work quickly set up a strategy for championing the Rainbow community in the organisation and externally through its channels and brands.
The internal strategies included Rainbow Tick accreditation, a review of all policies and recruitment practices, and staff training workshops across the business. The job application process for the company was also updated to require that all applicants must agree on fundamental principles of acceptance in the workplace. All of this came as part of a broader Diversity and Inclusion policy, supported by the Board of Directors and the Executive Team.
Externally, MediaWorks used its major brands to promote and support the Rainbow community. This included a national media campaign during Pride month, the development of The Outlook, a Newshub podcast series covering Rainbow news and entertainment, and strategic partnerships with ally organisations such as the NZ AIDS Foundation, the Big Gay Out and RainbowYOUTH.
Pride was a very important part of the Pride@Work team’s strategy. For the first time in 29 years, MediaWorks visibly supported Pride internally and externally on as many platforms as possible. Internally, there was a company-wide Pride celebration and staff included a "PROUD” logo on their email signatures. Externally, the company developed a media campaign that ran across its major brands for two weeks during Pride month.
These strategies garnered support internally and externally. Internally, 87 per cent of staff answered favourably to the statement “MediaWorks is a safe and inclusive place for me,” and the Diversity and Inclusion section achieved the highest favourable score in MediaWorks’ annual engagement survey.
The judging panel commended MediaWorks on identifying and closing the gap between the commitment it had made to the LGBTQI+ community and the actions that been taken. The multi-platform, integrated programme rolled out encompassed inclusion for employees and leveraged MediaWorks’ brand reach to extend the messages and impact into the community.
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by kaliahrodgers
The Integrity of the Zulu, 1921 and Today
Who would have believed that such extravagant floats and memorable parades such as the ones of the Zulu would be hard to find. And as in hard to find, I mean the inability to find sufficient origin stories and events that pertain to the Birth of the Zulu krewe. For a few months, I have been looking and looking and looking for historical articles, newspapers, interviews, and stories on the establishment of one of the most infamous krewes of New Orleans, but other than the brief history of the organization, thanks to their biography on the Krewe’s website, I couldn’t find anything giving me deeper insight of what this organization really was in the time period of Mardi Gras 1921.
If I had had the ability to spend a few more months on my research, I could possibly have been able to find details and facts that do tell a fairly decent story of the Zulu in 1921, or I might not have. Nonetheless even with this uncertainty, through the extensive research that I have done I am able to map out a close enough route of what the Zulu would have been like during this period. Based on the humble beginnings of the organization, I was able to infer that the original members were forced in a way to “lay low”. During the time of Jim Crow and racial tensions, it wasn’t exactly the best time for an all-black krewe to come out and parade into one of the most anticipated parties in the world. Even though they weren’t able to completely hold a part in the parade as their white counterparts, they still did make their own1 celebrations and balls as a way to represent sophistication in the black community. 2 As for choosing the King for each year’s court, the potential Kings were always chosen through an election process after candidates had campaigned for the position, which is a tradition still held to this day. For that particular period James Robertson was the King for the Zulu in 1921 and actually a few years prior.3 Though, as a comical aspect for the parade the queens of the time were usually ones dressed in drag. Through these few pieces of information we have the ability to plan out a good enough description of what the Zulu did during the early 20s then see how they changed themselves and transformed into the Krewe known today.
Zulu King in his Mardi Gras Attire
Now despite finding so little written material from Zulu’s early days in my search, I was able to still see a history of the Zulu parade that I would not traditionally have expected to find. At the start of my journey I took the approach of what any college student would do. I went to Google and clicked on their official website. I was to learn that the Zulus came to fruition because a group of friends saw a play that inspired them to create the Krewe that New Orleans knows today. However after that, I wasn’t able to see a more in depth information about the start of the Krewe; eventually I went to different resources than Google.4 In doing so, I was able to find an article that thoroughly talked about the reasoning on why the organization decided to take upon such a display of character as that of the Blackface Minstrel. What I learned was that the Zulu was not the first group to be “blacks putting on blackface.” The pioneers of the inspiration for the Zulu were two black performers: Bert Williams and George Walk who were attempting to change the narrative of black performers as the “coon” or “Darky.” Over the decades of using this caricature to mock the minstrel, “ Zulu has prospered by maintaining blackface masking as an organizational legacy for which no white parading group could now compete.”5
Another amazing resource I used was The Amistad Library on the campus of Tulane University. There I browsed through and collected numerous articles on their microfilm collection of the Louisiana Weekly, knowing that the newspaper company was a black-owned company I knew that I would be able to find more direct attention on the Zulu, and just as I suspected I was right. From numerous articles, I was able to discover that through the years of protest and boycotts towards the use of blackface in white carnival, this allowed the Zulu to take the spotlight and give a whole new understanding of the mockery of blackface. Instead of showing a disgraceful side of the black community, the members aimed to show that this whole concept was not going to be something the white carnival could freely flaunt on the most famous holiday of the year.
Zulus to Parade despite Protest from Community, Louisiana Weekly, February 11, 1961.
“Zulus to Cancel Parade,” Louisiana Weekly, February 4, 1961.
However, though this krewe was able to be in a league of their own after breaking through the trials of the early times of Mardi Gras, there were still obstacles that they were forced to overcome as the civils rights movement came into play in the 60s.6 In 1961, the NAACP Youth Council inspired the black students in New Orleans to make a Mardi Gras Blackout with the support of the Black United Social Clubs in the City. The movement was mostly pushed by students of the high school and college age group, and it was led by7 George McKenna, the president of the student association of St. Augustine High school.8 While most were in compliance with this movement, the Zulu received much backlash for resisting participation in the protest. The feeling towards the krewe grew so strong and fierce that the Zulu King for that year, Henry Johnson, abdicated the throne because of the fear of his boss’ company to be boycotted, resulting in his possible termination.9 By the words of McKenna, the Augustine High school and the Alumni were against the “Carnival Day and its orgy the Zulu parade.” With so much support being withdrawn from the Krewe it became even more difficult to make preparations for the parade, since with all of the commotion the members dwindled down to 16 men.10 Though, the spirit of the Zulu never wavered; despite the major setbacks, demands, and reprimands from the very city they had spent decades bringing special entertainment.11 A long member James Russell took over as president during that time and slowly brought the Zulus back to what they once were.
Zulu Parade in New Orleans Louisiana in the 1970s, Louisiana Digital Library
Zulu ball of 1949, Louisiana Digital Library
Since then, the Krewe has constantly been evolving and thriving in their parades. They began to show that the dignity of the Black community could still be present in their parades while still holding their blackface.12 Instead of the traditional grass skirts and coconuts, the Krewe evolved into having actual balls, as well as the image of the Zulu king portrayed as regal instead of comical. In the 1930s the Parade changed its traditions of having a drag queen in their parades to having actual women. While yes, the krewe is known for the outlandish and rambunctious demeanor, the Krewe still aims to bring joy and entertainment to their people while understanding to represent their community in the right way as well.
Zulu Queen Janee Mitchell, Louisiana Digital Library
When I had started my research on the Zulu krewe I came with an aim to find solely a timeline of sorts of the famous Zulu krewe of New Orleans. Instead what I found was an organization that started off as friends trying to combat the unjust racial portrayal of their community to a very famous and well-anticipated organization that is still able to show the unjust portrayal of their kind. But instead of comedy, they are able to show it with dignity and grace to represent the very community that they stand for.
“Zulu King Comes Here For Carnival. Citizens of Zululand Pay Homage to Ruler and His.” T im e s – P ic a y u n e (New Orleans, Louisiana), February 9, 1921: 5. N e w s B a n k: A c c e s s W o rld N e w s – H is t o ric al a n d C u r r e n t .
“The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club.” Wikipedia, 29 Nov. 2020, 19:28, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Social_Aid_%26_Pleasure_Club “Zulu King Comes
“Zulu King Comes Here For Carnival. Citizens of Zululand Pay Homage to Ruler and His.” T im e s – P ic a y u n e (New Orleans, Louisiana), February 9, 1921.
“History Of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club.” Zulu Social & Pleasure Club. Accessed November 20, 2020. http://www.kreweofzulu.com/history.
“”Things You’d Imagine Zulu Tribes to Do”: The Zulu Parade in New Orleans Carnival.” “Things You’d Imagine Zulu Tribes to Do”: The Zulu Parade in New Orleans Carnival 46, no. 2 (Summer 2013): Accessed November 4, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43306145.
Times-Picayune, NOLA.com | The. “Civil Rights Movement: Leaders on Both Sides Smoothed Way to Integration.” NOLA.com. June 17, 1993. Accessed November 11, 2020.
“Mardi Gras ‘Blackout’ Idea Gets Solid Backing.” Louisiana Weekly (New Orleans), February 4, 1961, Blackout sec.
“Zulus to Cancel Parade.” Louisiana Weekly (New Orleans), February 4, 1961, Pressure sec.
“King Zulu Quits, Too Much “Heat”.” Louisiana Weekly (New Orleans), February 4, 1961, King Zulu sec.
“Zulus to Parade Despite Protest from Community.” Louisiana Weekly (New Orleans), February 11, 1961, Zulus to Parade sec.
“”Things You’d Imagine Zulu Tribes to Do,” 31-32.
Posted in 1921, Digital Humanities, Mardi Gras
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July 2008: Charlie Haden, Tinkerbell
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Just finishing up mixing the new Charlie Haden CD. Charlie’s made a bluegrass/country record, and what an amazing group of musicians he’s assembled! Jerry Douglas, Bryan Sutton, Sam Bush, Bruce Hornsby, Pat Metheny, Stuart Duncan, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Roseanne Cash, Russ Barenburg, Elvis Costello, Dan Tyminski, Jack Black, John Leventhal, the Haden Family, etc… No doubt I’ve forgotten a few… Anyway, it’s an amazing CD! Don’t know the release date yet, but it’ll be on Universal / Decca.
Expertly recorded in Nashville by Bil VornDick, Produced by Charlie and his wife Ruth Cameron, with help from Steve Rodby and Mark Fain. It was a real pleasure to mix this! I’ll post more when there’s release info.
(note: It’s been released under the title “Ramblin’ Boy” and was nominated for a 2008 Grammy)
Also been slaving away this last month mixing a score for the new Disney “Tinkerbell” movie. Beautiful orchestral score by Joel McNeely – recorded at the Sony and Fox scoring stages. Some nice shots of the sessions at the scoringsessions.com website here.
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UofL's 2020 graduates
On Dec. 12, UofL will host commencement featuring traditional elements like “Pomp and Circumstance” and messages from the president, deans and provost.
Unsurprisingly, however, the ceremony will be delivered virtually, a product of a relentless pandemic that has gripped the world for nearly a year now. While the in-person commencement ceremony in May was canceled – replaced with an online celebration – this time around seems tougher. The tunnel seems much longer than most of us expected.
Still, despite some pandemic weariness, our graduates are also tougher, and they’re not willing to let this lingering crisis rain on their milestone.
“It’s been a wild ride. I’m grateful for this experience and I believe this has made me mentally stronger,” said Charice Johnson, a Louisville native graduating with a communication degree. She notes that the beginning of 2020 was a bigger challenge, particularly the transition to work-from-home in March. She balanced her job with Student Affairs, with her education, with raising a fourth grader, who is also learning from home.
Johnson leaned on the positives; for example, being at home allowed her to accomplish tasks she would have otherwise been too tired to do in the evenings. UofL HR’s Learning Cafes also helped keep her optimistic.
“Often, employees may feel besides themselves in certain situations, but those workshops have maintained a sense of community,” she said. “I’ve been able to seize opportunities to grow and learn as both an employee and a student.”
Johnson plans to continue working for UofL as a program assistant, senior for the University Career Center, while expanding her education by taking online courses provided by various institutions.
Meherunissa Naseem, a biology major/psychology minor from India, also believes she is graduating with sharpened resiliency.
“Though finishing my degree in the middle of a pandemic and not having a traditional ceremony or celebrating with friends and family is not what I have expected, I still feel fortunate to be able to accomplish the biggest dream of my life,” she said.
Naseem identifies bigger challenges, such as graduating debt-free and transitioning from India to the United States.
“When look back at it all, the decision I made and all the challenges I faced, I feel blessed and grateful,” she said, acknowledging her strong support system in her family.
Naseem chose to endure those challenges and attend UofL because of its diversity and research opportunities. When asked what she loves most about her soon-to-be-alma-mater, she simply answers, “Everything – the infrastructure, the buildings, the professors, the faculty, the staff, the students.”
Next, Naseem plans to move to a different state and gain some experience in biology before choosing a grad school to attend.
Kendall Ruber, a graduate student from Butler, Kentucky, describes the experience of finishing her degree in the middle of a global pandemic as simply, “surreal.”
“At the beginning of the pandemic, when we had to convert to online instruction on a whim, my classes seemed like a blur, and time seemed to move both fast and slow at the same time,” she said. “As the months have passed, it still seems like the concept of time doesn’t exist anymore. I still have trouble processing the fact that my graduation occurred and that eight months have passed since we were last in the classroom together.”
Adjusting to online learning has been a challenge for Ruber, particularly as she also works a full-time job.
“It was grueling to be sitting at my desk alone for upwards of 14 hours a day without any human interaction,” she said, describing herself as a “people person.”
She is trying to keep herself positive by remembering what she is grateful for. That includes a field – business analytics – where she can work remotely, watching her friends and classmates chasing their dreams and staying healthy.
Ruber, who also earned her undergraduate degree at UofL, chose to the school because of its diversity.
“UofL has exposed me to various cultures, identities and ideologies and I have come out a better person and professional because of it,” she said. “UofL has pushed me to challenge everything I had previously experienced coming into college. Growing up in an extremely homogenous community, I had a very narrow view of the world. UofL broke down many of those barriers and continued to introduce me to people and places that would allow me to grow.”
Ruber is currently assisting teaching statistics for UofL’s Online MBA program and hopes to one day become a data scientist.
From surreal to “overjoyed.” That’s how Tony Hobson, who is graduating with an organizational leadership and learning degree, describes finishing his degree amid this unusual environment.
“I am so overjoyed it’s actually happening,” he said. Hobson, who started his college experience in the early 1990s, keeps himself optimistic by looking for meaning behind these challenges.
“At the end of the day, if we’re going to get through these tough times, there has to be a purpose,” he said.
Hobson’s post-graduate plans are to pursue management-based positions, possibly in transportation, and to further his acting career.
Christian Loriel Lucas reflects on her time at UofL with a deep sense of pride and relief. The 35-year-old mom juggled attending school amid a pandemic with working full-time at the School of Medicine with having a child learning from home and another child whose daycare was closed.
“It was a lot to deal with. I cried a few times. I laugh about it now,” she said.
Lucas recalls one night in particular when her children were running around upstairs and her husband was on a work call. She was hunkered down in the basement trying to focus on a literary theory question for class.
“I ended up sobbing over one question. My brain just couldn’t focus,” she said. “But I survived it. The biggest challenge has been trying to keep it all together – family and work came first, school came second.”
Still, at times, she had to swap priorities and leave the house to get some peace and quiet for her schoolwork. Other times, she couldn’t bond with her cohort because she was with her family.
“I had no time for life outside of work and home, but I utilized every moment I had to get things done,” Lucas said. “I knew I couldn’t do everything, but I managed to keep myself and my family afloat.”
Her family, and the support they provided, is what sustained and motivated her. She also acknowledges a strong support system among her coworkers, friends and professors.
“Knowing that somebody was rooting for me was the positive energy I needed to keep going,” Lucas said. “I really felt bad at times for taking my family through this just so I could get my degree. But they are so proud of me.”
Lucas’ post-graduation plans are to continue her creative writing career and she plans to write “a lot.” Her work has already been published, including in “Midnight & Indigo,” a publication that celebrates Black women writers.
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Lawlor, Liam (1944–2005), politician and businessman, was born William Anthony Lawlor on 19 October 1944 in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, son of Gerald Lawlor, motor driver, of 8 Moracrete Cottages, Crumlin Road, Dublin, and his wife Ellen (née Gaffney); he grew up in the Dublin suburb of Drimnagh. Lawlor's parents originally came from Co. Laois, as did some of his prominent business associates. His family were Fianna Fáil supporters; he attended ard-fheiseanna as a child and became a member aged 16. As a young man Lawlor represented Dublin at county level in the junior all-Ireland hurling championship, but played at club level in Laois, as he preferred the rougher style favoured by rural hurlers: 'fast, hard, and sporting … there's nothing better than a good sharp elbow' (Ir. Times, 28 Oct. 2005). He hurled for Leinster in the inter-provincial Railway Cup, and was the only Dubliner on the Leinster team defeated in the 1970 Railway Cup final. He also ran marathons in London and New York, and in later life played golf; his lifelong hyperactivity was often noted. Lawlor was educated at Drimnagh Castle CBS, Synge Street CBS, and Bolton Street College of Technology, where he acquired a diploma in engineering. While completing his apprenticeship Lawlor married Hazel Barber, whom he had met at Bolton Street; they had three sons and a daughter.
Early business and political career Hazel's father owned a refrigeration company, and on completing his qualifications Lawlor went to work in the same area. At first he travelled around in a van servicing refrigerators, but rapidly developed a successful refrigeration company, Irish Refrigeration (later Eirfreeze), which at its height employed some 200 people. He sold Eirfreeze in the mid 1980s to become a full-time public representative and business consultant. His work brought him into contact with the Louth-based 'beef baron' Larry Goodman, a connection that later caused significant controversy.
For a time Lawlor was a member of the National Engineering and Electrical Trade Union and served on the boards of management of Lucan vocational school, Coolmine community school, and Collinstown Park community school. He lived in considerable style, in 1974 acquiring Somerton House, a Georgian mansion designed by James Gandon (qv) at Lucan, Co. Dublin, with six acres of land (adding twenty-three acres later). Lucan became his political base for the remainder of his career, and some locals dubbed him 'Lord Lucan'. He was known for elegant double-breasted suits and expensive raincoats; in the late 1980s Charles J. Haughey (1925–2006) allegedly resented Lawlor's travelling in a Mercedes limousine, larger than the state car available to the taoiseach and possessing a state-of-the-art car-phone. Lawlor was an underwriter for Lloyd's of London, paying back taxes on his Lloyd's earnings under the 1993 tax amnesty.
In 1973 Lawlor was first elected to the Fianna Fáil national executive, to which he was re-elected for many years, and in 1974 he stood unsuccessfully for Dublin county council. His defeat by the former minister Brian Lenihan (qv), who was relocating to Dublin County West after losing his Roscommon–Leitrim dáil seat in the 1973 general election, began a local electoral rivalry that significantly hindered Lawlor's political career. In the 1977 general election Lawlor and Lenihan were both elected to the dáil for Dublin County West, a three-seat constituency. Lawlor soon experienced additional internal party rivalry from Eileen Lemass after her Ballyfermot base was moved into an enlarged, five-seat Dublin West constituency before the 1981 general election.
Politics: local and national Lawlor had been closely associated with Charles Haughey after the 1970 arms trial, and regularly accompanied Haughey on the 'rubber chicken circuit' as the former minister cultivated support among Fianna Fáil grassroots activists. In the 1979 leadership contest, however, Lawlor unexpectedly voted for George Colley (qv), allegedly influenced by rumours that Colley might appoint him to cabinet. Although it was generally agreed (even by opponents) that Lawlor was talented enough to secure cabinet office, he was already handicapped by sharing a constituency with Lenihan; his impulsive defection to Colley reflected the persistently flawed judgement that led Haughey to call him 'an Exocet missile without a guidance system' (Dunlop, 319). During the 1982 heaves against Haughey's leadership, Lawlor played an ambiguous role, initially supporting Charles McCreevy's no-confidence motion against Haughey, then drawing back; some of Haughey's opponents later suspected Lawlor had been an agent provocateur for Haughey, though this is unproven. Lawlor thus antagonised both party factions.
In 1979 Lawlor was elected to Dublin county council. In April 1980 the council voted (against the advice of its permanent officials) to rezone 150 acres of agricultural land in the Lucan area for housing; seventeen of the acres were owned by Lawlor. Lawlor did not vote on the rezoning, but was widely suspected of influencing the councillors' decision; he always denied this. After a public outcry, the rezoning was reversed. (Haughey ordered Fianna Fáil councillors to vote for the reversal.) The issue of rezoning haunted Lawlor's career; he maintained that his general support for land rezoning reflected sincere belief that this was necessary to meet the needs of west Dublin's rapidly growing population.
Lawlor's election campaigns were invariably very expensive and highly personalised; he and Lenihan regularly accused each other of poaching votes in each other's territory and engaging in smear campaigns, though Lawlor later claimed their personal relations were amicable. Lawlor was an assiduous constituency representative, whose activities included personally delivering bread to families in Neilstown cut off by a snowstorm in the early 1980s, sending Christmas hampers to needy constituents and coal to poor families in Ballyfermot (though it was rumoured the coal was taken back if opposition literature was noticed in the house).
Lawlor's defeat in the new Dublin West five-seater in the 1981 general election was attributed to the 1980 rezoning controversy and the presence of an H-block candidate. He won back the seat in the February 1982 general election but was defeated in the November 1982 election, after which he unsuccessfully sought election to the seanad on the industrial and commercial panel. With a long record of serving on party electoral strategy committees and particular expertise in organising by-election campaigns, he became the party's strategic organiser (1983–6), overseeing major reorganisation in Dublin. Known for savage and witty verbal attacks on opposition politicians, he remained on affable terms with them in private; he was always approachable in his dealings with journalists (though some of them complained that they found him a master of bluff, stonewalling, and misdirection). When asked by a female journalist about Lawlor's organisational prominence, Haughey allegedly replied: 'You may not like him, madam, but he gets the job done' (Ir. Times, 24 Oct. 2005).
Rezoning controversies Topping the poll in his area, Lawlor was re-elected to Dublin county council in 1985 (Fianna Fáil securing an overall majority), and served as council vice-chairman (1985–6); it has been claimed that his failure to secure the chairmanship the following year reflected unease about him within the party. Over the six-year term of 1985–91, the council passed 185 'Section 4 motions' (rezoning land for development that had not been scheduled under the county development plan) despite protests from planners that the land lacked adequate road, sewage, and water facilities. Critics later complained that this indiscriminate rezoning (which made large profits for the owners of rezoned lands) led to the creation of large areas of housing with insufficient services and amenities, severely affecting residents' quality of life.
It was later alleged that Lawlor engaged in corrupt business relationships with property developers and played a key role in marshalling councillors to vote in favour of rezoning. He claimed that he acted in good faith, and that payments made to him were either bona fide political contributions or payments for consultancy work, conducted on the basis of 'gentlemen's agreements' with little committed to paper. In 1989 a Garda investigation of Lawlor was mounted after complaints by property developer Tom Gilmartin, who alleged that Lawlor extorted payments from him in connection with rezoning of land for a shopping centre at Quarryvale, and contributed to Gilmartin's loss of control over the Quarryvale scheme. (Though Lawlor claimed the payments were consultancy fees, Gilmartin insisted: 'I would not have that man consulting on a shithouse' (Ir. Independent, 25 Oct. 2005).) The investigation, which lacked the power to access bank accounts, failed to substantiate Gilmartin's claims and concluded that Lawlor 'emerges from this inquiry with his reputation unscathed' (quoted in Ir. Times, 24 Oct. 2005).
Gilmartin's allegations that Lawlor had extorted money from him in connection with the Quarryvale scheme (along with other politicians), lobbied councillors by corrupt means in association with the consultant Frank Dunlop to approve the scheme, and subsequently colluded with another developer to exclude Gilmartin from Quarryvale, were subsequntly investigated by the Flood (later Mahon) tribunal of inquiry, which upheld most of Gilmartin's contentions. The Mahon tribunal's final report (2012) suggested that, considering the limitations on the 1989 Garda investigation, its statement vindicating Lawlor was overly emphatic.
Dáil Éireann; Goodman connection; eastern European interests Eileen Lemass's move to the European parliament cleared the way for Lawlor's return to the dáil at the 1987 general election, commencing an unbroken fifteen-year tenure as TD for Dublin West (1987–2002). He became chairman of the oireachtas joint committee on commercial state-sponsored bodies. At the same time he served as a non-executive director of Larry Goodman's corporation Food Industries and played a significant role in canvassing shareholders to secure Goodman's takeover of Bailieborough Co-op in Co. Cavan (against a rival bid by Killeshandra Co-op). In 1988 he visited Iraq as part of a delegation seeking payment of money due to Goodman for beef sold to the Iraqi government, and gave the impression that he was an Irish government representative. In 1989 Lawlor was obliged to resign his oireachtas committee chairmanship because of a potential conflict of interest; his committee was responsible for oversight of the Irish Sugar Company – whose factory in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Goodman wished to purchase – and had access to information useful to a potential bidder. Lawlor denied that he had used his position to benefit Goodman, stating that there was no contradiction between his committee membership and his involvement with Food Industries, since rationalisation and expansion of Irish food production was in the national interest. The incident led to calls for TDs to be obliged to make public their business interests.
The controversy over his committee membership crystallised Lawlor's dissatisfaction with Haughey's leadership. During the 1990 presidential election Lawlor acted as an unofficial spokesman for his old rival Lenihan when the latter was resisting pressure from Haughey to resign from cabinet, and at a Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting after Lenihan's defeat Lawlor was the only TD to call on Haughey to resign. According to Frank Dunlop, Lawlor subsequently worked to secure the succession of Albert Reynolds as Fianna Fáil leader, in the mistaken belief that Reynolds would make him a junior minister; Lawlor failed to realise that he had become too controversial to be considered for ministerial office. In 1993 he became a member and convenor of the dáil committee for enterprise and economic strategy, and also served on the oireachtas committee on employment.
In the mid 1990s Lawlor went through a period of financial difficulty; at one point, banks that had lent him money threatened to repossess Somerton House. He weathered this storm by selling land at Somerton to house builders (who succeeded in getting the land rezoned; it was subsequently revealed that Lawlor retained an interest in the land), and succeeded in getting some of his debts written off. From 1993 he participated in property deals in eastern Europe (where he allegedly exaggerated his importance as a government figure). He claimed to have earned between €400,000 and €1,000,000 in 2000 from a property deal involving a Czech company, Zatecka, and had a major involvement in another Czech-based property company, the Irish Consortium. Some of his critics alleged these activities allowed Lawlor to repatriate illicit profits as returns on foreign investments.
In 1995 Lawlor became opposition frontbench spokesman on arts, culture, and heritage, but failed to secure government office when Fianna Fáil returned to power in 1997 in coalition with the Progressive Democrats. The new taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, nominated Lawlor to the dáil ethics sub-committee, a move that aroused considerable comment.
Flood tribunal and political demise From October 1998 Lawlor became embroiled with the Flood (later Mahon) tribunal, established in 1997 to investigate planning matters and payments to politicians. He argued (June–October 1999) before both the high court and supreme court that he was entitled to know the allegations that the tribunal required him to answer, and succeeded in his application to quash orders requiring him to answer questions in private session and to swear an affidavit of his business interests. Although Lawlor failed to overturn an order to supply certain documents, the effect of this decision was to limit the ability of the tribunal to adopt inquisitorial procedures and force it into a slower and more complicated adversarial framework.
In testimony before the Flood tribunal in April 2000, the lobbyist and former government press secretary Frank Dunlop admitted making corrupt payments to councillors to secure rezoning decisions and referred to a 'Mr Big' constantly seeking payments for orchestrating such decisions. Lawlor – subsequently identified as 'Mr Big' – admitted receiving payments from Dunlop but stated they were for legitimate consultancy services; he denied Dunlop's contention that he had initiated Dunlop into a 'system' whereby certain councillors were bribed to support rezoning motions. Investigation of Lawlor's financial affairs revealed that £4.5 million had passed through eighteen bank accounts (altogether he had held 110 bank accounts in Ireland and offshore since the 1960s), of which he was only able to account for £2.5 million. Amongst other irregularities, he was found to have issued a false invoice claiming that payments from National Toll Roads later described as political contributions were for consultancy work on refrigeration at a fish-processing plant in Nigeria. In June 2000 Lawlor was expelled from Fianna Fáil after the party's committee on standards in public life ruled that his evidence had been uncooperative and contradictory; he continued to sit in the dáil as an independent and voted with the government. He remained a member of three oireachtas committees (later resigning as vice-chairman of the finance and public services committee to avoid a vote of no confidence; he resigned from two committees in 2001).
Lawlor persistently refused to supply his financial records to the Flood tribunal or to be interviewed by it, and in October 2000 refused a direct order to appear before it with the records (thus trying to repeat the stonewalling tactics he pursued with journalists and political adversaries, and disregarding the tribunal's powers to force disclosure). After being ordered by the high court to appear before the tribunal and provide records dating back to 1964, Lawlor testified for four days in December 2000, ending with the chairman referring him to the high court for obstructing the tribunal. On 15 January 2001, Lawlor was sentenced to one week in prison on contempt charges for failure to cooperate with the Flood tribunal, thus becoming the first serving TD sent to prison for non-political offences. He served the sentence in Mountjoy prison, Dublin, phlegmatically using the opportunity to catch up on paperwork. He subsequently served two other short sentences: one week in January 2002 and one month in February 2002. During the latter sentence Lawlor was brought from jail to Leinster House to speak against a motion calling on him to resign his dáil seat; he stated that his non-compliance had been 'unintentional and non-malicious'. The motion, which had no legal force, was passed. His sentencing was greeted with expressions of glee from the Irish tabloid press; one paper was widely interpreted as expressing a thinly veiled hope that Lawlor would be raped by other prisoners. After the dissolution of the dáil on 25 April 2002 Lawlor decided not to contest the general election. He continued to attend the tribunal, representing himself and showing considerable skill in cross-examination. At the time of his death he had testified on four tribunal modules and was scheduled to give evidence in several more.
Death and aftermath Lawlor continued to pursue business interests in eastern Europe, particularly in the Czech Republic but also in Russia. On the night of 21 October 2005 he flew from Prague to Moscow to engage in negotiations concerning property in the Russian capital; as he did not speak Russian, he was accompanied by Julia Kushnir, a professional translator employed by his Prague solicitors. Shortly after 1 a.m. on 22 October (Moscow time), as a business associate drove them to Lawlor's hotel, the car swerved to avoid a pedestrian and struck a concrete lamp-post, killing Lawlor and the driver. When a journalist in Moscow told Irish colleagues that local police sources were speculating that the woman in the car might have been a prostitute, several Sunday newspapers reported the speculation as fact in a highly sensationalist manner. When the next day these reports were revealed to be false, the widespread public indignation that ensued contributed significantly to the establishment of the Press Council of Ireland and the office of press ombudsman. Ms Kushnir brought libel actions against the Observer and five Irish newspapers, which were settled in February and November 2007 on terms believed to include the payment of substantial damages.
Planning tribunal: final report The Mahon tribunal stated in its final report, published in March 2012, that on the balance of probabilities it accepted Tom Gilmartin's allegations that Lawlor had corruptly demanded payments from him in connection with planning matters, including Quarryvale and an earlier development undertaken by Gilmartin at Bachelor's Walk, Dublin, and also accepted Frank Dunlop's claims to have made corrupt payments to Lawlor in connection with Quarryvale; it concluded that Lawlor 'abused his role as an elected public representative, and … corruptly sold political services for personal gain', and that his relationship with Dunlop and the property developer Owen O'Callaghan regarding the Quarryvale development was 'firmly based on corruption' (Final report, 1,261). (O'Callaghan and the Lawlor family continued to dispute these conclusions.) The tribunal also concluded that Lawlor received corrupt payments in connection with several other rezoning proposals and development projects, and that payments were often made to him not merely to secure his lobbying services (legitimate and illegitimate) but out of fear that if not paid he would use his political influence to block proposals. Describing him as possessing 'an insatiable appetite for money', and employing methods 'to obtain and receive money [that] were occasionally ingenious', the tribunal found that the majority of the payments made to him between 1988 and 1998 were 'entirely inappropriate, improper, and on occasion corrupt … Mr Lawlor abused his public office by, in effect, charging enormous sums of money to perform the work of an elected representative … Mr Lawlor's evidence was on many occasions deemed by the tribunal to have been untrue' (ibid., 2,405–06). The tribunal recommended large-scale legislative reform (in addition to measures already enacted in response to its proceedings) to prevent the occurrence of such corruption in future.
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Moloney, Katherine (Kathleen)
Moloney, Katherine (Kathleen) (1896–1969), republican and trade unionist, was born Catherine Agnes Barry on 19 October 1896 in the family home at 8 Fleet Street, Dublin, eldest child among five daughters and two sons of Thomas Barry (d. 1908), prosperous dairyman, and Mary Barry (née Dowling; d. 1953); both parents were natives of Co. Carlow. The family owned an 86-acre (35-hectare) dairy farm at Tombeagh, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, and a retail outlet on the ground floor of the Dublin address. On Thomas Barry's death, some of the children, including Katherine, remained in Dublin with his sister Judith, while Mary Barry moved with the remaining children to the Tombeagh farm.
Interested in politics from an early age, Katherine Barry and her younger brother, Kevin (qv), were the first of the family to embrace advanced nationalism, upon attending a 'Manchester martyrs' commemoration in Dublin's Mansion House (November 1915). Amid the post-Easter rising reorganisation of the Irish Volunteers, the Barry family provided a consistent line of communication between the Volunteers' Dublin HQ and the Carlow Brigade (within which the elder brother, Michael, became a battalion OC). Her sympathies notwithstanding, for some years Katherine's active involvement in republican politics was restricted by her responsibilities as the eldest child to assist her mother and aunt in rearing and providing for the younger children and managing the family business. She joined both Sinn Féin and the Gaelic League in 1917. By the time of her brother Kevin's arrest for his part in an armed action resulting in the deaths of three British soldiers (September 1920), Katherine was employed in Abbey Street as private secretary to businessman and civic campaigner Ernest Aston (qv), who was energetic in high-level efforts to secure a reprieve after Kevin's murder conviction. (While the Barry family, in accord with republican principle, did not seek a reprieve owing to such an action's implicit recognition of British authority over Ireland, they 'were grateful to friends and strangers who worked to that end' (witness statement, appendix A, p. 18). Katherine's 1952 witness statement to the Bureau of Military History is primarily concerned with the events surrounding Kevin's incarceration, court martial and execution, including abandoned IRA plans to rescue him; upon its completion, she felt unable to face writing a statement of her own activities of the period (Barry Moloney papers, descriptive catalogue, p. 9).
Her brother's fate seems to have galvanised Katherine Barry's immersion in republican activism. In late 1920 she joined the university branch of Cumann na mBan, in which her duties involved occasional carrying of messages and guns, and clearing incriminating evidence from locations in danger of a raid. Working under Austin Stack (qv) in the Dáil Éireann Department of Home Affairs, she was a judge in the republican courts. As part of a seven-person republican delegation (including Stack, Countess Markievicz (qv) and Michael O'Flanagan (qv)) that undertook a fundraising and publicity mission to the USA (April–June 1922), she spoke at public meetings coast to coast. After the fall of the Four Courts upon the outbreak of the civil war, she was one of three women who remained with the relocated anti-treaty headquarters garrison in the Hammam Hotel under heavy shelling throughout a week-long siege by Free State forces. Active with the Irish Republican Prisoners' Dependants' Fund from June 1922, and general secretary from December 1922, she travelled widely throughout Ireland distributing relief. She later remarked that her civil war activities would read like 'a resistance thriller' (ibid.). Arrested in possession of papers relating to the dependants' fund and imprisoned among common criminals in Cork county jail, she went on hunger strike till transferred to the city jail, then resumed the hunger strike till a colleague was likewise transferred (February–March 1923). She toured Australia for seven months raising money on behalf of the dependants' fund (September 1924–April 1925).
Shortly before her departure for Australia, she married (8 September 1924) James Moloney (1896–1981), a recently released republican prisoner, also from a family with multi-generational republican engagement. His father, Patrick James Moloney (1869–1947), a native of Gortdrum (Gurthdrum), Co. Tipperary, was a prosperous pharmaceutical chemist in Tipperary town, chairman from 1919 of Tipperary Urban Council, and Sinn Féin TD for Tipperary constituencies (1919–23), re-elected as an anti-treaty candidate in June 1922. His medical hall and private residence were burned by British troops in 1920. James Moloney, the eldest of three brothers, all of whom were early members of the Irish Volunteers and active in the 3rd Tipperary Brigade during the war of independence, was a battalion adjutant and latterly information officer of the 2nd Southern Division. His brother Con Moloney (1897/8–1951) was brigade adjutant, and adjutant of 2nd Southern Division (under OC Ernie O'Malley (qv)) from its inception in February 1921; he gave the funeral oration for Seán Treacy (qv) in October 1920, and was best man at the wedding of Dan Breen (qv) in June 1921. The youngest brother, Captain Patrick Moloney, was killed in action (May 1921). After the treaty split, Con Moloney was adjutant general under Liam Lynch (qv) of the anti-treaty IRA, while James Moloney was a GHQ staff officer as director of communications. The brothers were both arrested at their hideout in the Glen of Aherlow on 7 March 1923; in notes written earlier that day, Con argued for a negotiated, compromise cessation of a civil war that neither side could win militarily. They took part in the widespread republican prisoners' hunger strike of October–November 1923, Con while imprisoned in Mountjoy jail, and James as prisoners' OC in Newbridge camp (he was later moved to Harepark camp, and released in July 1924). Con Moloney's later career with Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurances (with whom he became chief inspector) was interrupted by service as an army commandant during the 1939–46 Emergency.
After his release from Harepark, James Moloney, who had trained as a chemist, worked in the family medical hall in Tipperary town. Upon her return from Australia, Katherine withdrew from political activity for some years to concentrate on rearing their four daughters and one son; their twin eldest daughter was the stained-glass artist Helen Moloney (qv). The remarriage in 1927 of James's widowed father complicated ownership and management of the medical hall, and for some years thereafter James struggled to secure stable employment, at times taking temporary positions in locations that necessitated his living apart from Katherine and the children. After the birth of their fifth child, Katherine became sales publicity advisor with the ESB (1930–50); for several years her income was the family's chief support. Assisted by the intervention of the Fianna Fáil minister for finance, Sean MacEntee (qv), James obtained a clerical position with Irish Sugar in Carlow in 1934; acknowledging Katherine's letter of thanks for his assistance, MacEntee wrote: 'I and the rest of us in matters of this sort regard ourselves as trustees to do what we can for those of our people who have suffered' (ibid., p. 27). The family moved during the 1930s to Carrickmines, Co. Dublin, and in later years lived in Dublin city at 3 Palmerston Road, Rathmines, and 4 Winton Avenue, Rathgar.
Active in the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union, Katherine was a member of the Women's Industrial Development Association (1932–9). As union representative for women staff in the ESB (1942–50), she worked strenuously to secure equal conditions for women workers, and to address the effects on workers' living standards consequent upon the wages standstill order of 1941 and the postponed implementation in the ESB of the new national wage structure of 1947. Her early retirement was induced by ill health. After offering qualified support to Fianna Fáil throughout the 1930s, she and James agitated against the executions of republican prisoners during the Emergency, and supported the launch of Clann na Poblachta in the late 1940s. Katherine Barry Moloney died in the Meath Hospital, Dublin, from the consequences of a stroke, on 10 January 1969. Suffering from heart disease, James Moloney died suddenly on 3 April 1981. They are buried in Glasnevin cemetery.
GRO (Katherine Moloney, birth, marriage, death certs.; James Moloney, death cert.); NAI, Census of Ireland 1901, 1911, www.census.nationalarchives.ie; Military Archives, Cumann na mBan nominal rolls (1921–2); Katherine Barry Moloney, witness statement, 1952 (BMH, WS 731); Kathleen Barry Moloney papers, descriptive catalogue (UCD archives, www.ucd.ie/archives); Ir. Press, 5 Sept. 1947; 9, 12 Mar. 1951; 20 July 1989; Ir. Times, 11, 13 Jan. 1969; 10 Mar. 1971; 4 Apr. 1981; 18 Aug. 1989; Michael Hopkinson, Green against green: the Irish civil war (1988); Walker, ii; Joanna Mooney Eichacker, Irish republican women in America: lecture tours, 1916–1925 (2003); www.findagrave.com; Houses of the oireachtas: members' database, www.oireachtas.ie (internet material accessed Sept. 2017)
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Is Rio + 20 Going to be a Waste of Time?
2012-06-19 / Josh Busby / 3 Comments
This was the tone of an op-ed I pitched regarding the Rio+20 environmental summit. Below the fold, I offer a slightly more nuanced argument …
Rio+20, the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit, kicks off the formal part of the negotiations tomorrow as leaders of 130 countries arrive to take part. It strikes me as a misguided nostalgia tour and will probably achieve even less than the tenth anniversary that took place in South Africa. Environmental indicators continue to deteriorate but sending 50,000 people to Rio (40,000 of them environmentalists) is a waste of time and energy (literally as Joe Biden would say).
How the times have changed. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush, facing a tough reelection, made an appearance in Rio to shore up his green credentials. This time, President Obama won’t be going. Nor should he. Not much will happen there. We a new approach to conserve the resources of the planet both at home and abroad.
Here at home we need to convince Republicans that environmental protection is a conservative value. Internationally, we need to persuade countries in Asia that is in their interest to pollute less and be more efficient in their use of energy. Environmental protection will save lives and money.
Why am I so pessimistic? As I’ve argued elsewhere, mega-conferences do not appear to be great venues for collective problem-solving. In common vernacular, it akin to too many cooks in the kitchen. In political science speak, it’s too many actors with too diverse preferences shackled by consensus-based rules. As David Bosco argues on The Multilateralist:
But the low expectations also reflect a broader dynamic: what might be called “big-bang multilateralism”–in which the world’s nearly 200 sovereign states attempt to hammer out complex agreements–is mired in a losing streak.
Pessimism
Pessimists of Rio+20 are focusing on the lack of agreement on a negotiating text, with developing countries fighting a losing battle for more pledges of assistance at a time when the entire European project is under threat. That negotiating text, which will be a non-binding agreement in any case, covers a raft of issues, including whether a “green economy,” whatever that is should serve as the roadmap for the future. Perhaps the most problematic issue is that developed and developing countries do not see eye to eye about what kind of meeting this is. Developed countries want this to be an environmental meeting, but developing countries want to focus on issues related to poverty. As Todd Stern, the U.S. climate negotiator and leader of the U.S. delegation to Rio, said:
Let me also remind you that sustainable development is not at all just about the environment, and this conference is not an environmental conference. This conference is a development conference.
Among the contentious issues is the fate of the United Nations Environment Programme, based in Nairobi. It is a low stature organization within the UN system, and advocates from France in particular are seeking to elevate its status from program to a specialized agency, more like the World Health Organization. The idea would be to make UNEP more politically and financially independent. Given the WHO’s current budgetary woes, it is highly problematic as a model. Moreover, as Adil Najam argued in Global Governance a decade ago, in the absence of political agreement on the environment, the organizational status of UNEP is akin to “merely rearranging the organization of chairs on our planetary Titanic.”
Nature issued a pre-Rio report card on how the world has fared on three core environmental problems, climate change, biodiversity, and desertification. The results are dispiriting, an F for stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions, an F for reducing biodiversity loss, and an F for reversing desertification and land degradation.
While CFR’s Stewart Patrick agrees that the era of “grand multilateral treaty-making is over,” he is more sanguine the Rio may exceed expectations. A number of analysts have suggested that a novel feature of the meeting, of states and other actors registering a “cloud” of commitments, may in time yield significant results. As Patrick concludes:
If this seems a depressing scene-setter, the Rio summit is not fated for failure. It may yet exceed expectations with a low-key approach focused less on the painstaking negotiation of treaties than on generating practical national commitments to advance sustainable development.
Echoing these sentiments was the late Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrum who in a final op-ed before her death praised the actions of cities and other actors to build sustainability from the ground up: “we are seeing a heterogeneous collection of cities interacting in a way that could have far-reaching influence on how Earth’s entire life-support system evolves.” I tend to agree with Thomas Lovejoy that these patchwork of commitments may not be nearly enough: “The best one can hope for is a sort of mosaic approach, which by definition won’t be sufficient.”
I think thematic meetings, organized around non-binding commitments on a particular issue, are likely to be more successful than catch-all meetings like this one.
Despite my pessimism, if nothing else, Rio+20 may have at least one positive benefit. With world media focused on the host country, on May 25th Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff vetoed key clauses of a land law that would have opened up the Amazon to deforestation.
Looking ahead, the environmental community needs to rethink how to approach these issues. In the United States, the challenge is clearly about making the environment a bipartisan issue again. Democrats own the issue and that is bad for the environment.
Internationally, advocates for environmental protection need to be more creative. David Victor and Leslie Coben wrote a piece some years ago that suggested there was a herd mentality among environmentalists who tended to embrace legally binding international commitments as the only way forward. While that has started to change, faith in piecemeal bottoms-up efforts seems to me like small ball. In between are more ambitious efforts like what Simon Zadek proposed — green unilateralism by the major actors.
Rather than seeking to contain this unilateralism, world leaders should leverage it in pursuit of global public goods. Such a strategy’s success depends on three factors: a focus on a small number of big-ticket national and regional actions, adequate policy leverage over these actions, and international coalitions to steer them along a legitimate path.
This is an agenda I can finally get excited about.
Politics on the Water’s Edge: U.S. Elites and Multilateralism
Are there major differences between Democratic and Republican elites on multilateral cooperation? This question animates a new study that I carried out with my frequent collaborator Jon Monten and my colleague William Inboden. In mid 2011 and early 2012, we were able to conduct a unique survey of about 20 Democrats and 20 Republicans, nearly all of whom had served in fairly senior positions in the U.S. government, mostly the Executive Branch.
On the Foreign Affairs website, we report on the results of that survey. There are a few surprises, both in terms of areas of shared attitudes but also significant areas of disagreement. Contrary to the emergent conventional wisdom, we conclude that the basis of bipartisan support for multilateral approaches remains quite strong across a number of key areas, namely for international trade, the Bretton Woods organizations, and traditional security alliances like NATO as well as long-time bilateral partners like the UK, Japan, and South Korea.
The piece on the Foreign Affairs website and the more detailed findings here and here tell the more complete story. Will also blogged on Shadow Government about our piece here. I thought I’d use this post to say a bit more about why we wanted to do this survey in the first place.
James Byrnes, Arthur Vandenberg, and President Truman
In 2008, Jon and I published a paper in Perspectives on Politics looking at whether the tradition of liberal internationalism (or what we called establishment internationalism) had irrevocably declined. If you recall, this was a pretty hot topic (see Kupchan and Trubowitz, for example). Using a variety of measures — Congressional votes, party platforms, State of the Union addresses, and elite biographies, we concluded that the evidence was mixed. While key foreign policy votes in Congress had become polarized, the language of party platforms and State of the Union addresses suggested that international engagement remained an important rhetorical trope for both parties.
We sought to go beyond this analysis in a recent piece in Political Science Quarterly. What we wanted to understand is whether or not the foreign policies pursued by the George W. Bush Administration (particularly in its first term rejection of the Kyoto Protocol, the International Criminal Court, and other treaties) were consistent or at odds with public opinion. We initially called that paper With Us or Against Us?, but that title died on the editorial vine. In any event, we used the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) surveys to compare public and elite opinion from the 1980s through 2004 when the elite surveys were discontinued.
In the PSQ piece, we sought to compare public opinion with Republican and Democratic elite attitudes on core aspects of internationalism, what we grouped into carrots and sticks, following Wittkopf’s classic formulation of cooperative internationalism and militant internationalism. We found that Democratic elites were more supportive of some carrots (foreign aid and the United Nations) while Republicans were more supportive of some sticks (military spending and matching the military power of rivals). However, both parties were more supportive than the public of some carrots (international trade) and some sticks (sending troops to South Korea if the North invaded). While the public was more enthusiastic about the United Nations than Republicans were, on the whole, it appeared that both Republicans and Democrats were more internationalist than the public.
We were left though with a nagging concern. Other than a question about the United Nations, there was no consistent query about support for multilateral organizations or processes in the CCGA surveys. It might be that we were missing the core debate about differences between the parties. In an essay exchange in H-Diplo in 2011 (that includes fellow Duck Brian Rathbun), we raised a question that seemed to capture a concern about Republicans in the wake of the George W. Bush administration, particularly its first term. We asked: “What happened to support for multilateralism among elites within the Republican Party?” Implicit in this idea is that Republicans in the Kissinger, Scowcroft, and Bush senior tradition were pragmatic supporters of international organizations, and perhaps this was being supplanted by a more unilateral hostile approach to multilateral processes among Republicans.
In order to answer that question, we needed to know if the conventionalism wisdom about Republicans and their hostile attitudes towards multilateralism was true. We also thought that having a set of responses from Democrats for comparison sake would help anchor our findings. Hence the new survey.
Now, it is true that most of the respondents served in the Executive Branch so even if the findings validate the notion that there is room for bipartisan consensus around foreign policy, this may only go so far to the kinds of elites who are likely to or who have served in the White House, the National Security Council, the Department of Defense, and the State Department. We do not pick up on wider currents in Congress or partisan media. It is also possible that bipartisan cooperation could rally around ideas that are perhaps problematic for U.S. foreign policy. For example, both parties in the Senate largely rallied around the resolution that authorized force in the lead up to the 2003 Iraq War.
Even though we find that the cohort of serving Republicans in the Executive Branch remains overwhelmingly supportive of a number of core elements of multilateralism, we still have questions about the trends and tides of Republican thought on foreign policy, as the ideological objection by some Republicans to international treaties, even anodyne ones like the Law of the Sea treaty, continues to have a major influence on U.S. foreign policy given the rules for U.S. treaty accession. That will likely be our next project.
SHIELD and the US: How Realistic Is the Avengers Movie?
2012-05-08 / Steve Saideman / 4 Comments
I guess I should not be surprised at this news that the Pentagon did not cooperate with Marvel Studios to make The Avengers movie (h/t to Jacob Levy for pointing this piece out to me). After all, immediately after seeing the movie, I enumerated the many principal-agent problems illustrated in the movie, and the military abhors P-A problems. It turns out that the Pentagon found unrealistic not the part about the Norse Gods, the large green rage-machine (best depiction yet by Ruffalo and Whedon), nor the un-icing of a Super-soldier. Nope, the unrealistic part was:
“We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it,” Phil Strub, the Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, tells Danger Room. “To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything” with the film.
Luckily, I have been training for years to answer precisely this question. Well, I have been working on a book project on NATO and Afghanistan with David Auerswald that contains the seeds of an answer to this challenge. See below the break where there might be spoilers:
Let’s start with today’s reality and then extrapolate to a world with SHIELD [Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division]. The US and other countries are quite accustomed to working with international organizations. There are two basic processes that can potentially be in play here since the military operation ends up on US soil.
The first is a status of forces agreement [SOFA]. The US, when it wants to work in another country, negotiates an agreement that specify the conditions of its presence–can the US forces use force? Under what conditions? Are they immune from prosecution?* The US signed a SOFA with Iraq that ultimately led to the American withdrawal but also established the conditions for the American presence in Iraq before that happened. The recent US agreement with Afghanistan may not officially be a SOFA (I am not a legal expert) but seems to approximate one or is the basis to negotiate one–what will the US (and NATO) role be in Afghanistan post-ISAF.
*In the last month or two in my year in the Pentagon in 2002, one of the tasks we were assigned on the Joint Staff was to get exceptions from International Criminal Court prosecution written into the mandates of the various missions in which the US was participating, including SFOR in Bosnia (my desk).
So, in a hypothetical reality with SHIELD, one can imagine that the US has signed an agreement that allows SHIELD to operate in and over the US under various rules. Now, one of them may actually be that SHIELD can nuke an American city if the stakes are high enough (this is where the “realism” does fail but we had to have a moment where Tony Stark plays the Kobiyashi Maru test since Captain America raised that scenario earlier in the movie).
The second process is a transfer of authority. See the NATO jargon:
Transfer of authority of forces is the formal transfer of a specified degree of authority over designated forces both between nations and NATO Commanders, and between any two NATO Commanders.
This is really what the Pentagon means by “our place in it.” In NATO and in other multilateral endeavors, countries transfer operational control (but not complete authority) of a unit to the commanders of the multilateral endeavor. Countries will maintain influence over how that unit is operated, however, via a variety of means that are the subject of the aforementioned book project. Among these means are surprise and fear the careful selection of senior leadership for the units being transferred, limits on what the units can and cannot do (caveats! more below), the requirement to call home for permission, the enabling of one’s personnel to invoke red cards which means they can say no to a command, oversight, and incentives (such as promotion or demotion) for the officers running the operation.
This transfer of authority process happens all the time and is not new at all and not new to the US. However, one of the traditional American caveats when it participates in a multilateral endeavor is to insist that the top of the chain of command is an American. So, Commander of ISAF is an American–General John Allen, who replaced General Petraeus, who replaced General McChrystal who replaced General McKiernan who replaced General McNeill who replaced General Richards. Ah, but Richards was/is a Brit and his predecessors were Italians, Canadians, Germans and Turks. The fudge that the US used prior to to McNeil was that COMISAF was a Brit but the commander of all NATO forces–SACEUR was/is always an American. Similarly, in Kosovo, COMKFOR has never been an American (unlike COMSFOR in Bosnia), so Americans in Kosovo operated under an American general in the American sector but under a non-American general running ISAF.
So, again in alt reality with SHIELD, one could easily imagine an international organization dedicated to unconventional threats (aliens, superpowered folks, whatever) would have worked out agreements where countries would put their troops under SHIELD command. Countries would still retain some control over these troops via caveats (Americans will not launch nukes on American territory), red cards (any American commander might refuse to obey an order to nuke an American city as an illegal or unwise command or at least call to his or her national command authority NORTHCOM-> SecDef-> President for permission), and so on.
Of course, another way to influence an international organization, as mentioned above, is to make sure that you have a countryman/woman in charge of the organization. Nick Fury in the comic books and in the movie is very clearly an American. His deputy, Maria Hill, is also clearly an American (and not Ted’s kids’s mother). Having two hats, as an American officer and as a SHIELD officer, Fury would then be less likely to follow policies that would be against American interests, such as nuking Manhattan. Indeed, this is precisely what happens: Fury defies his multinational chain as he prevents one plane from taking off and assists Iron Man and the Avengers in preventing the missile from hitting Manhattan.
The movie does not make clear what the governing council’s relationship is to the US. It does seem fairly clear that the US is not just a member but a vocal powerful member, as portrayed by Powers Boothe. The Council clearly included representatives from Russia, China, and Britain** at the very least, looking quite UN-ish (in the comic book source material, SHIELD was sometimes conceived as a UN organization). Now, this might make SHIELD appear to be the black helicopter folks that various conspiracy theorists fear today, but that is not the claim the military folks told Wired.
** The British woman was played by Jenny Agutter of Logan’s Run and American Werewolf in London, which I believe was a Whedon nod to some of the key movies of his childhood, but I might just be projecting.
My extended treatise here really leaves only one question:*** Why did the folks who have the authority in the Pentagon on movie clearances not call or walk over to the folks in the NATO division of the Joint Staff to ponder how operations with international organizations work. It is a big building but still coordination among different pieces of the Pentagon is what the folks in the building do every day.
*** We had to add a Libya chapter to our book on NATO and Afghanistan. I don’t think my co-author will let me add an Avengers paragraph to our conclusion.
2009-12-21 / Mlada Bukovansky / 0 Comments
In a scathing analysis of the Copenhagen summit, The Financial Times published the following side-bar vignette:
Barack Obama’s meeting on Friday evening with the leaders of the major developing economies was perhaps the most farcical event in two weeks of mayhem. At 7pm, the leader of the world’s biggest economy was due at a meeting with Wen Jiabao, Chinese premier, in a backroom barred off from the rest of the conference with heavy security.
Mr Obama strode in, according to US accounts, discovering as he did so that his planned interlocutor was already there – deep in conversation with Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister who, the Americans had been told, had already left. With them were Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and South Africa’s Jacob Zuma.
The US leader called out: “Are you ready for me?” There was no space at the table, but Mr Lula squeezed round, allowing Mr Obama to pull up a chair and sit down.
I wish I had a video of that. Welcome to the new multilateralism, where the old fiction of developing countries having a seat at the bargaining table has been transformed into reality. Surely this is a good thing?
The FT insinuates otherwise. They compare the Copenhagen process to the Doha round of World Trade Organization talks — now stalled out and unlikely to be revived in the current neo-mercantilist economic climate. Many analysts have blamed the collapse of Doha on both the increased complexity of trade issues, and the increased number of negotiating parties at the table. Basically, when multilateralism comes to mean over a hundred sovereigns at the table, rather than 15 or so who expect the hundred or so others to be too weak to object, it no longer produces meaningful binding agreements. To further quote the same FT story:
According to UN rules, countries must reach a consensus before any binding decision is made. For a climate change agreement covering many complex areas, hundreds of negotiators had to meet in dozens of groups to work on pages of highly detailed drafts.
But once this was under way, the technical meetings did not go as planned. Smaller developing countries raised questions of procedure, repeatedly delaying discussions of the substantive issues. Some reopened discussions on matters others had thought settled. For instance, Tuvalu and several small island states forced a half-day suspension by seeking to make the talks’ ultimate aim a limit of 1.5°C in global temperature rises rather than 2°C – a limit many countries view as impossible to achieve.
As the talks entered their final week, the wrangling grew worse. Australia was to be the co-chair of a group discussing commitments to reduce emissions but needed a developing country partner. Of at least 10 approached, none would do it.
While some of the countries raising objections had legitimate concerns – “It’s hard to argue with people whose homeland is going to disappear”, as one negotiator put it – the effect was a failure to make progress on the formal aspects of an agreement.
So effective were the tactics that some developed countries suspected a co-ordinated campaign, backed by China. China has many trade links with the 130 developing nations in the “Group of 77”, of which it is the most powerful. For instance, the G77 chair is held by Sudan, closely tied to China through investments and oil trade. Lumumba Di-Aping, the group’s leader, was one of the most confrontational developing country representatives, likening the rich countries’ stance to genocide.
By the time the leaders began to arrive last Thursday night, Ed Miliband, UK climate change secretary, was warning the talks were in danger of degenerating into farce. Progress was stalled on substantive issues and the wording of the draft text was still subject to intense quibbling. Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, Evo Morales of Bolivia, and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad chose to use their time on the world stage to denounce western capitalism rather than discuss climate change, which did not help the atmosphere.
“Degenerating into farce” is the operative term. Has conference diplomacy ever been anything other than farce? Surely something like the 1814 Vienna Congress is exempt from such a charge? They only had a few great powers to contend with, not demagogues and rabble, right? But I recently read (just for fun) a popular, gossipy account of the Congress (Vienna 1814 by David King) that makes this haloed moment in international history seem just as much a farce as Copenhagen (the full text of the Copenhagen agreement is here).
Of course, the fact that a conference appears as farce does not preclude it having lasting and significant effects. But it is difficult (impossible?) to disentangle those while the initial drama is still reverberating.
Is there a general problem with conference diplomacy? Too many parties at the table? The degeneration of UN conferences into nothing but opportunities to grandstand for a domestic audience? The inability of governments to cope with global problems, combined with their inability to make credible commitments to each other? The nefarious and increasingly powerful influence of China? Does the new clout of countries like China, India, and Brazil undermine progress toward binding commitments? Or is this just an imperialist attitude? Is what we have now Multilateralism 2.0, or is it the same old game, with some new players stepping into old roles? I’m wondering.
Tortured Rhetoric
President Obama said a lot of important things tonight, but he also regurgitated a disturbing Bushism or two.*
One of these is the term “America does not torture.”
Stated in this particular way, an indisputible statement of principle is conflated with and therefore masquerades as an empirical “fact,” one which is blatantly untrue. This trope was one of the Bush Administration’s many brilliant inventions, and was designed as a public relations counter-response to growing acknowledgement that US military and intelligence personnel not only had tortured detainees, but had in fact been ordered to do so.
In the context of some other disturbing continuities between Bush Administration policies and Obama’s policy so far, this worries me. It should also worry Obama’s advisors: these kinds of rhetorical not to mention policy non-changes are precisely the type of behavior that will undermine Obama’s effort to reengage the international community in the wake of Bush-era unilateralism. Why? Because these particular issues are so closely emotionally associated with Bush-era unilateralism. If there is any sense in Obama’s decision to retain a policy of extraordinary rendition (and I can’t see any), there is certainly no sense in the decision to draw attention and umbrage to it by failing to at least change the rhetoric.
One of the most interesting conversations I had at ISA was about the Geneva Conventions. I had suggested in The National Interest last year that the Bush Administration and the human rights community work together toward an Additional Protocol to clarify the law, and my colleague asked whether I thought this advice still applied after the transition.
I would say it is even more relevant now. The Bush White House flaunted multilateral institutions like the torture regime because Bush’s policy was to flout multilateralism. Obama can’t continue that course – simply reinterpreting and then violating the law – while claiming to embrace multilateralism. But what he could do is lead a multilateral effort to clarify the law. An effort framed in good faith by a skillful and (as yet) largely untarnished leader like Obama could unite both the human rights community and those concerned about how to apply the laws in an era of asymmetric warfare. It could resolve some of the interpretive problems as a community. Obama should shift course and lead this movement before the opportunity is squandered as the US once again instead becomes its target.
*I mean, how it within his perogative or power to “not allow people to plot against America”? What does that mean as a basis for one’s foreign policy?
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Amy Wudel ('00)
"Each student has so much potential, so they all deserve the opportunity to learn what to do with it."
Much of formal teaching happens in traditional classrooms, but, for Amy Wudel, teaching occurs on the dance floor.
Wudel has been a dance teacher for the past 12 years. She graduated from BYU in 2000 with a bachelor of arts in dance education. As a dual major, she earned her degree through the McKay School and the College of Health and Human Performance.
Wudel started teaching dance at American Fork High School. She then moved to Houston, Texas, and, because of her newborn twins, decided to leave public school to work in a private ballet studio called Payne Academy of Ballet. When her husband’s work relocated the family to Arizona, Amy started teaching contemporary dance at Ballet Etudes. Wherever she goes, she applies what she learned at the McKay School to her classes. “The McKay School taught me everyone deserves a chance,” Wudel said. “Sometimes people just want to teach people who are easy to teach, but I feel like it is really important to teach everyone who wants to learn. Everyone deserves a chance to learn and be the best they can be, especially in dance where it can become competitive quickly.”
Dance is certainly a competitive field. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, only 18 percent of people who desire to become choreographers or dancers actually end up being able to do so professionally. However, Wudel does not focus on the competition because she believes dance can be a valuable skill to learn regardless if you make it your profession. “Dance is art, passion, and discipline,” Wudel said. “It helps to bring all the parts of your brain together because you have to be artistic and creative while learning how to be disciplined and technical. It is exercise for your heart, mind, and spirit.”
Because of her passion for what she teaches, Wudel has been able to look past certain stereotypes and watch her students progress. “There are certain students who you wouldn’t initially think would be dancers,” Wudel said. “I remember one of my students in particular didn’t seem like she would be a great dancer, but now she gets the lead roles in her ballet company. She really turned out to be naturally gifted.”
By applying the lesson she learned at the McKay School to give every student a chance, Wudel has not only helped her students grow, but has also grown herself. “My students have really taught me the value in each person,” Wudel said. “Because of them I have learned to be more selfless and to give of myself more freely. Each student has so much potential, so they all deserve the opportunity to learn what to do with it.”
Amy Wudel, her husband, David Wudel, and their four children currently live in Gilbert, Arizona, where Amy has been teaching at Ballet Etudes for the last two and a half years.
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The temperature at which significant molecular activity stops. Absolute zero is commonly used by scientists who study what happens to things when they become very cold and is measured as 0 degrees Kelvin -- equal to -459 degrees Fahrenheit or -273 degrees Celsius.
The process in which radiant energy is retained by a substance. A further process always results from absorption, that is, the irreversible conversion of the absorbed radiation into some other form of energy within and according to the nature of the absorbing medium. The absorbing medium itself may emit radiation, but only after an energy conversion has occurred.
Science: in general, any increase in the speed or rate at which some process occur; in technical use acceleration and speed are not synonymous. Mechanics: the vector representing the rate of change in velocity vector over time. It is expressed in meters (or feet) per second per second, and it involves an increase or decrease in speed and a change in direction.
Acids form when certain atmospheric gases (primarily carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides) come in contact with water in the atmosphere or on the ground and are chemically converted to acidic substances. Oxidants play a major role in several of these acid-forming processes. Carbon dioxide dissolved in rain is converted to a weak acid (carbonic acid). Other gases, primarily oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, are converted to strong acids (sulfuric and nitric acids).
Although rain is naturally slightly acidic because of carbon dioxide, natural emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, and certain organic acids, human activities can make it much more acidic. Occasional pH readings of well below 2.4 (the acidity of vinegar) have been reported in industrialized areas.
The principal natural phenomena that contribute acid-producing gases to the atmosphere are emissions from volcanoes and from biological processes that occur on the land, in wetlands, and in the oceans. The effects of acidic deposits have been detected in glacial ice thousands of years old in remote parts of the globe. Principal human sources are industrial and power-generating plants and transportation vehicles. The gases may be carried hundreds of miles in the atmosphere before they are converted to acids and deposited.
Since the industrial revolution, emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides to the atmosphere have increased. Industrial and energy-generating facilities that burn fossil fuels, primarily coal, are the principal sources of increased sulfur oxides. These sources, plus the transportation sector, are the major originators of increased nitrogen oxides.
The problem of acid rain not only has increased with population and industrial growth, it has become more widespread. The use of tall smokestacks to reduce local pollution has contributed to the spread of acid rain by releasing gases into regional atmospheric circulation. The same remote glaciers that provide evidence of natural variability in acidic deposition show, in their more recently formed layers, the increased deposition caused by human activity during the past half century.
ACRIMSAT
The Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM) Satellite Mission is a NASA mission to measure Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) over a five-year period. The instrument, third in a series of long-term solar-monitoring tools built for NASA by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will continue to extend the database first created by ACRIM I, which was launched in 1980 on the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) spacecraft. ACRIM II followed on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in 1991. See ACRIMSAT Fact Sheet
active system (active sensor)
A remote-sensing system that transmits its own radiation to detect an object or area for observation and receives the reflected or transmitted radiation. Radar is an example of an active system. Compare with passive system.
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
ASTER is an imaging instrument that will fly on Terra as part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS). ASTER will be used to obtain detailed maps of land surface temperature, emissivity, reflectance and elevation. See ASTER Web Site.
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)
A five-channel scanning instrument that quantitatively measures electromagnetic radiation, flown on NOAA environmental satellites. AVHRR remotely determines cloud cover and surface temperature. Visible and infrared detectors observe vegetation, clouds, lakes, shorelines, snow, and ice. See TIROS.
advect
A horizontal movement of a mass of fluid, such as ocean or air currents. Can also refer to the horizontal transport of something (e.g., pollution, phytoplankton, ice, or even heat) by such movement.
Particles of liquid or solid dispersed as a suspension in gas.
Large body of air, often hundreds or thousands of miles across, containing air of a similar temperature and humidity. Sometimes the differences between air masses are hardly noticeable, but if colliding air masses have very different temperatures and humidity values, storms can erupt. See front.
The existence in the air of substances in concentrations that are determined unacceptable. Contaminants in the air we breathe come mainly from manufacturing industries, electric power plants, automobiles, buses, and trucks.
The weight of the atmosphere over a particular point, also called barometric pressure. Average air exerts approximately 14.7 pounds (6.8 kg) of force on every square inch (or 101,325 newtons on every square meter) at sea level.
The ratio of the outgoing solar radiation reflected by an object to the incoming solar radiation incident upon it.
Simple rootless plants that grow in sunlit waters in relative proportion to the amounts of nutrients available. They are food for fish and small aquatic animals, and a factor in eutrophication.
algal blooms
Sudden spurts of algal growth due to greatly increased amounts of phosphorus entering the aquatic ecosystem from sewage systems and agricultural fertilizers. Excessive growth of the algae causes destruction of many of the higher links of the food web. Algae that die and sink to the bottom at the end of the growing season stimulate massive growth of bacteria the following year, resulting in depletion of oxygen in the deeper water layers. This may result in fish kills and replacement with less valuable species who may be more tolerant of increased phosphorus levels. Deoxygenation also may cause chemical changes in the mud on the bottom, producing increased quantities of chemicals and toxic gases. All these changes further accelerate the eutrophication (aging) of the aquatic ecosystem.
A mathematical relation between an observed quantity and a variable used in a step-by-step mathematical process to calculate a quantity.
In the context of remote sensing, algorithms generally specify how to determine higher-level data products from lower-level source data. For example, algorithms prescribe how atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles are determined from a set of radiation observations originally sensed by satellite sounding instruments.
Substance capable of neutralizing acid, with a pH greater than 7.0. See pH.
An active instrument (see active system) used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. For example, a laser altimeter can measure height from a spacecraft to an ice-sheet. That measurement, coupled with radial orbit knowledge, will enable determination of the topography.
Ames Research Center (ARC)
Located at Moffett Field, California, ARC is active in aeronautical research, life sciences, space science, and technology research. The Center houses the world's largest wind tunnel and the world's most powerful supercomputer system. ARC Web Site
The magnitude of the displacement of a wave from a mean value. For a simple harmonic wave, it is the maximum displacement from the mean. For more complex wave motion, amplitude is usually taken as one-half of the mean distance (or difference) between maxima and minima.
images of the same scene in contrasting colors or from different viewing angles that look three-dimensional when they are superimposed
Instrument used to measure wind speed, usually measured either from the rotation of wind-driven cups or from wind pressure through a tube pointed into the wind.
The deviation of (usually) temperature or precipitation in a given region over a specified period from the normal value for the same region.
The angular distance of an Earth satellite (or planet) from its perigee (or perihelion) as seen from the center of the Earth (sun).
Made by people or resulting from human activities. Usually used in the context of emissions that are produced as a result of human activities.
A high pressure area where winds blow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. See cyclone, wind.
The point in its orbit when a planet is farthest from the sun. For more information, see Milutin Milankovitch
On an elliptical orbit path, the point at which a satellite is farthest from the Earth.
Layer of water-bearing permeable rock, sand, or gravel capable of providing significant amounts of water.
The parallel of latitude that is approximately 66.5 degrees north of the equator and that circumscribes the northern frigid zone.
ascending node
The point in an orbit (longitude) at which a satellite crosses the equatorial plane from south to north.
Astronomical Unit (AU)
The distance from the Earth to the sun. On average, the sun is 149,599,000 kilometers from Earth.
The air surrounding the Earth, described as a series of shells or layers of different characteristics. The atmosphere, composed mainly of nitrogen and oxygen with traces of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and other gases, acts as a buffer between Earth and the sun. The layers, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and the exosphere, vary around the globe and in response to seasonal changes.
Troposphere stems from the Greek word tropos, which means turning or mixing. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, extending to a height of 8-15 km, depending on latitude. This region, constantly in motion, is the most dense layer of the atmosphere and the region that essentially contains all of Earth's weather. Molecules of nitrogen and oxygen compose the bulk of the troposphere.
The tropopause marks the limit of the troposphere and the beginning of the stratosphere. The temperature above the tropopause increases slowly with height up to about 50 km.
The stratosphere and stratopause stretch above the troposphere to a height of 50 km. It is a region of intense interactions among radiative, dynamical, and chemical processes, in which horizontal mixing of gaseous components proceeds much more rapidly that vertical mixing. The stratosphere is warmer than the upper troposphere, primarily because of a stratospheric ozone layer that absorbs solar ultraviolet energy.
The mesosphere, 50 to 80 km above the Earth, has diminished ozone concentration and radiative cooling becomes relatively more important. The temperature begins to decline again (as it does in the troposphere) with altitude. Temperatures in the upper mesosphere fall to -70 degrees to -140 degrees Celsius, depending upon latitude and season. Millions of meteors burn up daily in the mesosphere as a result of collisions with some of the billions of gas particles contained in that layer. The collisions create enough heat to burn the falling objects long before they reach the ground.
The stratosphere and mesosphere are referred to as the middle atmosphere. The mesopause, at an altitude of about 80 km, separates the mesosphere from the thermosphere--the outermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere.
The thermosphere, from the Greek thermo for heat, begins about 80 km above the Earth. At these high altitudes, the residual atmospheric gases sort into strata according to molecular mass. Thermospheric temperatures increase with altitude due to absorption of highly energetic solar radiation by the small amount of residual oxygen still present. Temperatures can rise to 2,000 degrees C. Radiation causes the scattered air particles in this layer to become charged electrically, enabling radio waves to bounce off and be received beyond the horizon. At the exosphere, beginning at 500 to 1,000 km above the Earth's surface, the atmosphere blends into space. The few particles of gas here can reach 4,500 degrees F (2,500 degrees C) during the day.
Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
Advanced sounding instrument selected to fly on the EOS-PM1 mission (intermediate-sized, sun-synchronous, morning satellite) in the year 2000. It will retrieve vertical temperature and moisture profiles in the troposphere and stratosphere. Designed to achieve temperature retrieval accuracy of 1 degree C with a 1 km vertical resolution, it will fly with two operational microwave sounders. The three instruments will constitute an advanced operational sounding system, relative to the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) currently flying on NOAA Polar-orbiting satellites. See Earth Observing System, TIROS-N/NOAA Satellites.
The amount of force exerted over a surface area, caused by the weight of air molecules above it. As elevation increases, fewer air molecules are present. Therefore, atmospheric pressure always decreases with increasing height. A column of air, 1 square inch in cross section, measured from sea level to the top of the atmosphere would weigh approximately 14.7 lb/in2. The standard value for atmospheric pressure at sea level is:
29.92 inches or 760 mm of mercury
1013.25 millibars (mb) or 101,325 pascals (pa).
Atmospheric Radiation Measurements Program (ARM)
U.S. Department of energy program for the continual, ground-based measurements of atmospheric and meteorological parameters over approximately a ten-year period. The program will study radiative forcing and feedbacks, particularly the role of clouds. The general program goal is to improve the performance of climate models, particularly general circulation models of the atmosphere.
atmospheric response variables
Variables that reflect the response of the atmosphere to external forcing (e.g., temperature, pressure, circulation, and precipitation).
atmospheric windows
The range of wavelengths at which water vapor, carbon dioxide, or other atmospheric gases only slightly absorb radiation. Atmospheric windows allow the Earth's radiation to escape into space unless clouds absorb the radiation. See greenhouse effect.
A coral island consisting of a ring of coral surrounding a central lagoon. Atolls are common in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The decrease in the magnitude of current, voltage, or power of a signal in transmission between points. Attenuation may be expressed in decibels, and can be caused by interference?s such as rain, clouds, or radio frequency signals.
The direction, in degrees referenced to true north, that an antenna must be pointed to receive a satellite signal (compass direction). The angular distance is measured in a clockwise direction.
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The history of Moravians
January 29, 2009 in America | Tags: bishop, Bohemia, Brethren, Christianity, deacon, England, gospel, Holland, John Hus, ministers, Moavia, Moravian, persecution, pietist, presbyter | by Maurizio | Leave a comment
For over five centuries the Moravian Church has proclaimed the gospel in all parts of the world. Its influence has far exceeded its numbers as it has cooperated with Christians on every continent and has been a visible part of the Body of Christ, the Church. Proud of its heritage and firm in its faith, the Moravian Church ministers to the needs of people wherever they are.
The name Moravian identifies the fact that this historic church had its origin in ancient Bohemia and Moravia in what is the present-day Czech Republic. In the mid-ninth century these countries converted to Christianity chiefly through the influence of two Greek Orthodox missionaries, Cyril and Methodius. They translated the Bible into the common language and introduced a national church ritual. In the centuries that followed, Bohemia and Moravia gradually fell under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Rome, but some of the Czech people protested.
The foremost of Czech reformers, John Hus (1369-1415) was a professor of philosophy and rector of the University in Prague. The Bethlehem Chapel in Prague, where Hus preached, became a rallying place for the Czech reformation. Gaining support from students and the common people, he led a protest movement against many practices of the Roman Catholic clergy and hierarchy. Hus was accused of heresy, underwent a long trial at the Council of Constance, and was burned at the stake on July 6, 1415.
ORGANIZED IN 1457
The reformation spirit did not die with Hus. The Moravian Church, or Unitas Fratrum (Unity of Brethren), as it has been officially known since 1457, arose as followers of Hus gathered in the village of Kunvald, about 100 miles east of Prague, in eastern Bohemia, and organized the church. This was 60 years before Martin Luther began his reformation and 100 years before the establishment of the Anglican Church. By 1467 the Moravian Church had established its own ministry, and in the years that followed three orders of the ministry were defined: deacon, presbyter and bishop.
GROWTH, PERSECUTION, EXILE
By 1517 the Unity of Brethren numbered at least 200,000 with over 400 parishes. Using a hymnal and catechism of its own, the church promoted the Scriptures through its two printing presses and provided the people of Bohemia and Moravia with the Bible in their own language.
A bitter persecution, which broke out in 1547, led to the spread of the Brethren’s Church to Poland where it grew rapidly. By 1557 there were three provinces of the church: Bohemia, Moravia and Poland. The Thirty Years War (1618-1648) brought further persecution to the Brethren’s Church, and the Protestants of Bohemia were severely defeated at the battle of White Mountain in 1620.
The prime leader of the Unitas Fratrum in these tempestuous years was Bishop John Amos Comenius (1592-1670). He became world-renowned for his progressive views of education. Comenius, lived most of his life in exile in England and in Holland where he died. His prayer was that some day the “hidden seed” of his beloved Unitas Fratrum might once again spring to new life.
RENEWED IN THE 1700S
The eighteenth century saw the renewal of the Moravian Church through the patronage of Count Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf, a pietist nobleman in Saxony. Some Moravian families fleeing persecution in Bohemia and Moravia found refuge on Zinzendorf’s estate in 1722 and built the community of Herrnhut. The new community became the haven for many more Moravian refugees. Count Zinzendorf encouraged them to keep the discipline of the Unitas Fratrum, and he gave them the vision to take the gospel to the far corners of the globe. August 13, 1727, marked the culmination of a great spiritual renewal for the Moravian Church in Herrnhut, and in 1732 the first missionaries were sent to the West Indies.
TO AMERICA IN 1735
After an unsuccessful attempt to establish a Moravian settlement in Georgia (1735-1740), the Moravians settled in Pennsylvania on the estate of George Whitefield. Moravian settlers purchased 500 acres to establish the settlement of Bethlehem in 1741. Soon they bought the 5,000 acres of the Barony of Nazareth from Whitefield’s manager, and the two communities of Bethlehem and Nazareth became closely linked in their agricultural and industrial economy. Other settlement congregations were established in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. All were considered frontier centers for the spread of the gospel, particularly in mission to the Native Americans.
Bishop Augustus Spangenberg led a party to survey a 100,000 acre tract of land in North Carolina, which came to be known as Wachau after an Austrian estate of Count Zinzendorf. The name, later anglicized to Wachovia, became the center of growth for the church in that region. Bethabara, Bethania and Salem (now Winston-Salem) were the first Moravian settlements in North Carolina.
Bethlehem in Pennsylvania and Winston-Salem in North Carolina became the headquarters of the two provinces (North and South), which developed as the Moravian Church in North America became established as an autonomous church body after the Unity Synod of 1848. The church spread out from the geographical centers of Bethlehem and Winston-Salem, following German emigrants to the Midwest. At the end of the nineteenth century they responded to the spiritual needs of Moravian refugees of German ancestry who were fleeing to western Canada because of persecution in Eastern Europe. Such wide geographical spread caused the Northern Province to be divided into Eastern, Western and Canadian Districts.
After World War II, strong pushes for church extension took the Northern Province to Southern California (where only an Indian mission had existed since 1890) as well as to some Eastern, Midwestern and Canadian sites. The Southern Province added numerous churches in the Winston-Salem area, throughout North Carolina and extended its outreach to Florida and to Georgia. In North America, the Moravian Church has congregations in 16 states, the District of Columbia, and in two Provinces of Canada.
From http://www.moravian.org/history/
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Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (or Tschirnhauß, German: [ˈeːʁənˌfʁiːt ˈwaltɐ fɔn ˈt͡ʃiːɐ̯nhaʊs]; 10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) was a German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. He introduced the Tschirnhaus transformation and is considered by some to have been the inventor of European porcelain,[1][2] an invention long accredited to Johann Friedrich Böttger but others claim porcelain had been made by English manufacturers at an even earlier date.[3]
Ehrenfried von Tschirnhaus
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus.
10 April 1651 (1651-04-10)
Kieslingswalde, Margraviate Upper Lusatia, Saxony
(present-day Poland)
11 October 1708 (1708-10-12) (aged 57)
Dresden, Electorate of Saxony
Arnold Geulincx
Franciscus Sylvius
Notable students
Medicina mentis, 1687
3 The mathematician
5 Inventor of porcelain
Von Tschirnhaus was born in Kieslingswalde (now Sławnikowice in western Poland) and died in Dresden, Saxony.
Von Tschirnhaus attended the Gymnasium at Görlitz. Thereafter he studied mathematics, philosophy, and medicine[4] at the University of Leiden. He traveled considerably in France, Italy, and Switzerland, and served in the army of Holland (1672–1673). During his travels he met Baruch de Spinoza and Christiaan Huygens in the Netherlands, Isaac Newton in England, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (with whom he maintained a lifelong correspondence) in Paris. He became a member of the Académie Royale des Sciences in Paris.
The mathematicianEdit
Illustration from Acta Eruditorum, 1690
The Tschirnhaus transformation, by which he removed certain intermediate terms from a given algebraic equation, is well known. It was published in the scientific journal Acta Eruditorum in 1683.
In 1682, Von Tschirnhaus worked out the theory of catacaustics and showed that they were rectifiable. This was the second case in which the envelope of a moving line was determined. One of the catacaustics of a parabola still is known as Tschirnhausen cubic.
In 1696, Johann Bernoulli posed the problem of the brachistochrone to the readers of Acta Eruditorum. Tschirnhaus was one of only five mathematicians to submit a solution. Bernoulli published these contributions (including Tschirnhaus') along with his own in the journal in May of the following year.
Von Tschirnhaus produced various types of lenses and mirrors, some of them are displayed in museums. He erected a large glass works in Saxony, where he constructed burning glasses of unusual perfection and carried on his experiments (1687–1688).
His work Medicina mentis sive artis inveniendi praecepta generali (1687) combines methods of deduction with empiricism and shows him to be philosophically connected to the Enlightenment.
PhilosophyEdit
Tschirnhaus was for many years forgotten as a philosopher and the studies treating the subject often discuss Tschirnhaus' connection to other philosophers and scientists at the time. During his time at the University of Leiden he started correspondence with Spinoza and later also Leibniz. Tschirnhaus was one of the first to get a copy of Spinoza's masterpiece Ethics.
Inventor of porcelainEdit
After he returned home to Saxony, von Tschirnhaus initiated systematic experiments, using mixtures of various silicates and earths at different temperatures to develop porcelain, which at the time was available only as a costly import from China and Japan. As early as 1704, he showed “porcelan” to Leibniz's secretary. He proposed the establishment of a porcelain factory to Augustus II of Poland, Elector of Saxony, but was denied. Also in 1704, von Tschirnhaus became the supervisor of Johann Friedrich Böttger, a nineteen-year-old alchemist who claimed to be able to make gold. Böttger only reluctantly and under pressure started to participate in Tschirnhaus’ work by 1707. The use of kaolin (from Schneeberg, Saxony) and alabaster advanced the work, so that August II named him the director of the porcelain factory he intended to establish. The Elector ordered payment of 2,561 thalers to von Tschirnhaus, but the recipient requested postponement until the factory was producing. When Von Tschirnhaus died suddenly, on 11 October 1708, the project came to a halt.
Three days after Von Tschirnhaus's death, there was a burglary at his house and, according to a report by Böttger, a small piece of porcelain was stolen. This report suggests that Böttger himself recognized that Von Tschirnhaus already knew how to make porcelain, a key piece of evidence that Von Tschirnhaus and not Böttger was the inventor. Work resumed on 20 March 1709, by which time Melchior Steinbrück had arrived to assess the dead man's estate, which included the notes about making porcelain, and had met with Böttger. On 28 March 1709, Böttger went to August II and announced the invention of porcelain. Böttger now was nominated to head the first European manufactory for porcelain. Steinbrück became an inspector and married Böttger's sister.
Contemporary testimonies of knowledgeable people indicate that Tschirnhaus invented porcelain. In 1719, for example, Samuel Stölzel of the porcelain factory of Meissen went to Vienna with the still-secret recipe and confirmed that it had been invented by Von Tschirnhaus and not by Böttger. In that same year, the General Secretary of the Meissen factory also indicated that the invention was not Böttger's “but by the late Herr von Tschirnhaus[,] whose written science” was handed to Böttger “by the inspector Steinbrück.” Nevertheless, Böttger's name became closely associated with the invention.
WorksEdit
Medicina corporis, 1686
Medicina corporis, Amsterdam, 1686.
Medicina mentis, Amsterdam, 1687.
Medicina mentis et corporis, with an Introduction by Wilhelm Risse. (Anastatic reprint) Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1964.
List of German inventors and discoverers
Generalized conic
^ Biography of Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus Archived 2013-11-28 at the Wayback Machine Tschirnhaus Society, 9 February 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2013. Archived here.
^ "The Discovery of European Porcelain Technology" by C.M. Queiroz & S. Agathopoulos, 2005.
^ Pots of fame economist.com, 31 March 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2013. Archived October 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ See Jacob Adler, "The Education of Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708)," Journal of Medical Biography 23(1) (2015): 27-35
This article or a previous version of it is partially based on the public domain A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (4th edition, 1908) by W.W. Rouse Ball, as transcribed at Some Contemporaries of Descartes, Fermat, Pascal and Huygens: Tchirnhausen
A significant part of the article is based on the corresponding German Wikipedia website from February 2, 2006 that contains references about the Böttger–Tschirnhaus controversy.
O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews .
Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Tschirnhausen, Ehrenfried Walter, Count" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus - Das bewunderte, bekämpfte und totgeschwiegene Genie. Dresden 2014. ISBN 978-3-941757-42-4
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Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus in the German National Library catalogue
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
Website of the Tschirnhausgesellschaft
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (site "under construction", with broken image links; not clear that the site has not been abandoned...)
Gunter E. Grimm: Argumentation und Schreibstrategie. Zum Vulkanismus-Diskurs im Werk von Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
A method for removing all intermediate terms from a given equation English translation (by R.F. Green) of his 1683 paper
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Alba, Piedmont
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Town in Piedmont, Italy
Comune in Piedmont, Italy
Arba (Piedmontese)
Comune di Alba
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Location of Alba
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Coordinates: 44°42′N 08°02′E / 44.700°N 8.033°E / 44.700; 8.033Coordinates: 44°42′N 08°02′E / 44.700°N 8.033°E / 44.700; 8.033
Altavilla, Gallo, Madonna di Como, Mussotto d'Alba, Piana Biglini, San Rocco Cherasca, San Rocco Seno d'Elvio, Santa Rosalia, Scaparone
(1-1-2019)[2]
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Albesi
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The Cathedral of Alba.
A view of Via Vittorio Emanuele in the center of Alba.
View over Alba in the distance from Rodello's hilltop.
Alba (Langhe dialect: Arba; Latin: Alba Pompeia) is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is considered the capital of the UNESCO Human Heritage hilly area of Langhe, and is famous for its white truffle and wine production.[3][4] The confectionery group Ferrero is based there. The city joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in October 2017.[5]
3 Main sights
7 Notable natives and residents
8 International relations
8.1 Twin towns — sister cities
11 Sources and external links
For the ecclesiastical history, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia
Alba's origins date from before the Roman civilization, connected probably to the presence of Celtic and Ligurian tribes in the area.
The modern town occupies the site of ancient Alba Pompeia, the name given after being officially recognized as a town by the Roman consul Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo while constructing a road from Aquae Statiellae (Acqui) to Augusta Taurinorum (Turin). Alba was the birthplace of Publius Helvius Pertinax, briefly Roman emperor in 193.
After the fall of the Western Empire, the city was repeatedly sacked by Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Byzantines, Lombards, Franks, Hungarians and Saracens. In the 11th century it became a free commune (or city-state) and was a member of the Lombard League. Montferrat and the Visconti fought over the town; later it became a possession of the Gonzaga. Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy conquered it twice, while later France and Spain battled for its possession. The Treaty of Cherasco (1631) assigned Alba definitively to Savoy. During Napoleonic Wars, it was part of the Republic of Alba (1796) and of the Subalpine Republic, both French clients, before being annexed to the French Empire in 1802. It was an arrondissement center in firstly Tanaro department between 1802-1805, later in Stura one between 1805-1814 before liberation by Austrian troops. It was returned to Kingdom of Sardinia (Duchy of Savoy's name after gaining Sardinia in 1720) in 1814.
Alba won a Gold Medal for Military Valour for the heroic activity of its citizens in the Italian resistance movement during the course of World War II. On 10 October 1944, the town was liberated by partisans who established a Republic of Alba which for a few weeks was able to maintain its independence from the Fascist Republic of Salò. The republic lasted to 2 November 1944, when Republic of Salo retook it. It was finally liberated by French troops on 2 May 1945.
Geography[edit]
Approximately located at about 50 km from the cities of Turin and Cuneo, Alba is placed on the right side of the river Tanaro. The climate is typically more drought than in other lands at the north of the Po river.
Main sights[edit]
Of the Roman city, which had a polygonal form, parts of the fortified gate and remains of some edifices with marble and mosaics can still be seen.
Other attractions include:
Palazzo Comunale (13th century): city hall housing a Nativity (1501) by Macrino d'Alba; adjacent is the Bishop's Palace.
City towers (14th and 15th centuries): Alba was once known as the "City with hundred towers".
Duomo of San Lorenzo (12th-century): Roman Catholic cathedral built in Romanesque style, probably atop an Ancient Roman temple. It was restructured multiple times over the centuries, starting in the 15th century in a reconstruction patronized by bishop Andrea Novelli. The current appearance derives from a controversial 19th-century restoration; however, the three portals and the crypt remain from the original edifice. The church is well known for its wood-carved choir made in 1512 by Bernardino Fossati. The current belfry, from the 12th century, includes entirely the original bell tower.
San Domenico (13th-14th centuries): Gothic architecture church housing much of the most salient sacred artworks in town. It has a noteworthy portal with a triple arch within a pointed arch, a polygonal apse and traces of Renaissance frescoes. During the Napoleonic Wars it was used a stable, but reconsecrated on 22 June 1827.
St John the Baptist (San Giovanni Battista): Baroque architecture church housing a Madonna of the Graces (1377) by Barnaba da Modena and a Madonna with Saints (1508) by Macrino d'Alba.
Santa Maria Maddalena (late-18th century): small late-Baroque church designed by Bernardo Antonio Vittone and housing the relics of Blessed Margaret of Savoy.
The city museums include the Federico Eusebio Civic Museum of Archaeology and Natural Sciences.
Economy[edit]
In addition to traditional agriculture, Alba is a very important center of wine. In the area of Alba, in fact, there are 290 wineries that cultivate an area of 700 hectares (1,700 acres) of land, producing an average of 61,200 hL of wine annually.[6]
The wines of Alba are among the most renowned in Italy and are divided into:
DOC: Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo.
DOCG: Barbaresco, Barolo, Moscato.
The city has a thriving economy, boasting the confectionery industry's world-renowned Ferrero, the publishing house Società San Paolo and the textile firm Miroglio.
The town also houses the largest cooperative credit bank of Italy, by number of partners,[7] the Banca d'Alba, and the international food chain Eataly. UniEuro, the Italian chain of stores specializing in household electrical appliances and acquired by Dixons Retail in 2002, was also established in Alba.
Alba is also famous worldwide for its white truffles, and its annual Truffle Festival.
According to the Köppen climate classification, Alba has a humid subtropical climate which is moderated by the proximity of the Mediterranean sea. Its winter are warmer, January is usually 5 °C (41 °F), and its summers are hot, where temperature can reach 35 °C (95 °F). Rain falls mostly during the spring and autumn; during the hottest months rain is less common, July with 43 mm (2 in) and August with 51 mm (2 in). During November and December, the town of Alba can be prone to fog.
Climate data for Alba
Average rainfall mm (inches)
(3.4) 113
Sport[edit]
The town’s football club, A.S.D. Albese Calcio has been in existence since 1917.
Notable natives and residents[edit]
See also: Category:People from Alba, Piedmont
Publius Helvius Pertinax (126–193), Governor of Britain c.185–187 and Roman Emperor for the first 86 days of 193 AD was born in Alba.
The Blessed Margaret of Savoy (1390–1464), child bride and childless, youthful widow of Theodore II, Marquess of Montferrat established, ruled over, and was interred in a monastery here.
Macrino d'Alba (c.1460–65 – c.1510–20) was a Renaissance painter, born in Alba and largely active in north-west Italy.
Giuseppe "Pinot" Gallizio (1912–1964), an artist born in Alba and co-founder there of the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus.
Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963) was a writer born in Alba and a (royalist) partisan fighter who participated in the brief liberation of the town from Nazi-Fascist control in 1944.
Sara Bonifacio (1996-), Italian female volleyballplayer.
International relations[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy
Twin towns — sister cities[edit]
Alba is twinned with:[8]
Arlon, Belgium (2004)
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (1967)
Beausoleil, France
Böblingen, Germany
Giresun, Turkey (2017)
Medford, United States (1960)
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain
Republic of Alba (1796–1810)
Republic of Alba (1944)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Alba Pompeia
Piemonte (wine)
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "White Truffles from Alba". www.lifeinitaly.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
^ "The White Truffles of Alba". Italy In SF. Archived from the original on 6 November 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2009.
^ "ALBA, Italian city at the heart of the Piedmont region, joins the network of UNESCO Creative Cities - Bocuse d'Or". www.bocusedor.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
^ VinoStore.it
^ "Alba, oggi 14mila soci in piazza per l'assemblea della banca cooperativa più grande d'Italia". La Repubblica. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
^ "Ufficio Gemellaggi". comune.alba.cn.it (in Italian). Alba. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
Sources and external links[edit]
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Alba.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alba.
www.comune.alba.cn.it (in Italian) – the official website of the city council
Alba Music Festival, artistic direction: Giuseppe Nova, Jeff Silberschlag, Larry Vote
Guide to Alba city – Information, phone numbers and useful links at comuni-italiani.it
Information on Alba – a very short tourist guide from www.piemonte-Italy.info
Coro Giovanile La Schola (in Italian) – the website of the “La Schola” youth choir of the cathedral parish of Alba
Diocese of Alba Pompeia – article from the Old Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913
Piedmont · Comuni of the Province of Cuneo
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Assassination of a prominent Iranian nuclear and missile scientist by Mossad
Friday, 27 November 2020 - 19:51
On Friday afternoon, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Defense Ministry’s Research and Innovation Organization, was martyred in the Damavand’s Absard area east of Tehran by agents of Western and Israeli intelligence agencies.
According to the available evidences, a car bomb exploded near Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s car to surprise his security team, and then the main assassination team took action and clashed with his security team.
Professor Fakhrizadeh was seriously injured in this terrorist operation while his wife was with him and was taken to the hospital, but he was lost his life due to the severity of his injuries.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is one of the most important scientists in the field of nuclear and missile in Iran and was on the Mossad assassination list for many years, and according to the Israeli media, his assassination attempt failed once in previous years. Earlier, Netanyahu mentioned Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in one of his anti-Iranian programs.
Iranian military officials have promised a decisive response to the perpetrators of the assassination.
Professor Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Iran Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Terror
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Patriot "hit list"?
Thread: Patriot "hit list"?
BY THOMAS R. EDDLEM
The leftist Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is worried that non-violent conservative opposition to big government will lead to violence, and has produced an enemies list that includes much of the freedom movement.
“Fifteen years after the Oklahoma City bombing, the United States is experiencing an antigovernment climate remarkably similar to the atmosphere that preceded the attack,” the SPLC reported at a symposium keynoted by former President Bill Clinton April 16. But now it's worse, they say:
Unlike the 1990s, however, mainstream commentators and politicians are pouring fuel on the fire with heated antigovernment rhetoric and outrageous conspiracy theories, such as the suggestion that the president is creating "death panels" or that undocumented immigrants are responsible for a rash of leprosy cases in the United States. "It just stokes the fire and I don't see anything that's moving us toward any kind of calming down," said SPLC Intelligence Project Director Mark Potok.
A big part of SPLC alarm response is a new enemies list of sorts, a catalog of people and organizations the Montgomery, Alabama-based organization doesn't like. The SPLC list of 36 enemies “at the heart of the resurgent movement” opposing big government includes a mix of perfectly reasonable people along with some who have fallen for quirky but harmless conspiracy theories, as well as what the SPLC calls their “enablers”: Fox News Contributor Judge Andrew Napolitano and Congressmen Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann, and Paul Broun. Among those who have made the list are The New American's publisher John McManus, TNA contributor Chuck Baldwin, Gun Owners of America chairman Larry Pratt, WorldNetDaily founder Joe Farah, radio talk-show host Alex Jones, and constitutionalist author Edwin Vieira, Jr. The list includes birthers, truthers, militia members, and other people the SPLC calls political heretics, but not one of which the SPLC accuses of advocating violence or law-breaking. The SPLC attacks many constitutionalist organizations, from the John Birch Society to the Oathkeepers to the Three Percenters:
Although the resurgence of the so-called Patriots — people who generally believe that the federal government is an evil entity that is engaged in a secret conspiracy to impose martial law, herd those who resist into concentration camps, and force the United States into a socialistic "New World Order" — also has been propelled by people who were key players in the first wave of the Patriot movement in the mid–1990s, there are also a large number of new players. What follows are profiles of 36 individuals at the heart of the resurgent movement.
Particularly worrisome to the SPLC is the democratization of the mass media; patriots and Americans in general are no longer dependent upon the “Big Three” television networks for daily updates to national and world news. “One reason the resurgent antigovernment 'Patriot' movement is taking off so quickly is the support for many of its central ideas that comes from ostensibly mainstream figures in politics and the media,” the SPLC frets, adding:
These men and women have helped to put key Patriot themes — the idea that President Obama is a Marxist, that he and other elites in the government are pushing a socialist takeover, that the United States plans secret concentration camps and so on — before millions of Americans, many of whom actually believe these completely false allegations. Whether these people tell such tall tales because they believe them or simply because they are willing to shamelessly pander for votes or ratings, is anyone's guess; but the noxious effect on the body politic is the same.
Such a sentiment from the SPLC almost makes one wonder if they have even been paying attention to the news for the past nine years. It's almost as if they haven't heard about the secret CIA prisons around the world or the bank bailouts and government takeover of much of the auto industry. If those highly documented and widely publicized changes are nothing more than “tall tales” and "false allegations" and don't count as a “socialist takeover,” it's not clear what changes would count as one.
But there's another motivation behind the SPLC outrage; they are not so much interested in the ridiculous assertion that non-violent activists would inspire violence. They are mostly concerned supporters of smaller government might actually come into political power and shrink the size of the federal government. “We are in the midst of one of the most significant right-wing populist rebellions in United States history,” the leftist Chip Berlet of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Political Research Associates has reported. To Berlet and his cohort, that's a frightful image that's “toxic to democracy.” But to the vast majority of Americans who distrust their own government, it's a sign of hope.
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Valorising teaching, beyond our own higher education institution
17 January 2019 | Saartje Creten, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Higher education institutions have been and are investing in finding a better balance between the valorisation of teaching and research. The example of KU Leuven, in Belgium, shows that even though an institution puts a lot of effort in honouring teaching in an appreciative way, it may not be experienced that way by the academics. Saartje Creten, an educational developer at the university, explains why engaging with other European higher education institutions on these matters proves that, while investing in the valorisation of teaching at the institutional level is indispensable, it is complementary and useful to look into the topic beyond the boundaries of one’s own institution.
In the first minutes of his welcome speech in October 2018 for newly-appointed faculty members, KU Leuven Rector Luc Sels stated that “teaching and research are equally valued at KU Leuven.” Being a research-intensive university, it has been clear for a long time that research was a priority among other university missions. However, over the last decade, much work has been done to valorise teaching more and more. Enabling a cultural shift and changing perspectives is a slow and nonlinear process. Finding common ground between all stakeholders within the university (academics, policy makers, administrative entities, etc.) takes time. Nevertheless, an academic leader taking a clear position on the importance and value of teaching paves the way for future actions at the institution.
Measures aiming to valorise research are widely known and accepted in the academic community. It is about, for example, the number of publications in leading peer-reviewed journals, the number of doctoral candidates recruited, and the amount of research funding obtained. In addition, higher education institutions are nowadays also installing or starting to set up systems and strategies to valorise and honour teaching. These initiatives vary from incentive systems (to showcase good teaching) and providing resources (for supporting learning and teaching), to assessing teaching achievements and having them (in some cases) taken into account in career decisions – as mentioned in the 2018 Trends report and a recent EUA paper on career paths in teaching.
At KU Leuven, several initiatives have been launched over the past years. For example, a peer-reviewed teaching portfolio has been implemented, and positive results accounted under this portfolio lead to a University Teaching Qualification recognised by all Dutch universities and three Belgian universities. The portfolio has an open format rather than checklists. The peer review is a two-way dialogue between peers and the author of the portfolio.
Another example, in addition to the mostly research-oriented sabbatical leaves, career breaks have been created to give breathing space to invest in teaching. Also, a teaching award of the University Education Council honours strong teaching practices, both for individuals and teams. Finally, teaching achievements and participating in professional development programmes are now considered as part of criteria in career-related decisions.
Furthermore, extra attention is given to stimulate an open educational culture, resulting in exchanges of teaching practices in network events, the sharing of the teaching load in team teaching, and collaboration between faculty members on educational innovation, etc. There is still a long way to go, however, to make learning and teaching a topic for conversation on practices among faculty members, since it has always been a very individual activity and responsibility.
Despite all good intentions, faculty members do not always perceive initiatives such as the teaching portfolio as valorising or honouring their efforts in teaching. This is the drawback: encouraging and motivating measures may be experienced as administrative burdens and solely seen as obligations and additional tasks. No matter how well-intentioned or well-communicated, strong signals from academic leaders are key in how the valorisation of teaching is perceived. Participating in the EUA Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Group “Career paths in teaching” has worked as a catalyst in KU Leuven to rethink and reopen the debate on how our institution values teaching practices and the quality of teaching. In order to do this, the HR Department, the Educational Policy Unit and the Educational Development Unit will join forces in the upcoming semester and work together with all stakeholders (from faculty members to policy makers) to optimise the approach.
At the same time, there is a limit to what one can do in the context of her/his own institution. In the field of research, it comes as evident to seek recognition and valorisation beyond one’s own institution. For teaching, this is not so common, as it is an activity that is (primarily) situated in one specific institution. Academics feel like part of an international community of researchers, but do they also feel part of an international community of teachers? How can we valorise teaching beyond the boundaries of an institution, region or country? As the report of the Thematic Peer Group states (p. 4), “As academic careers become less limited to one institution and international staff mobility becomes the norm, the absence of a common language or framework for teaching hinders possibilities of dialogue and shared acceptance of requirements for recognition for teaching. A shared framework will also provide grounds to motivate academics to invest in their teaching.”
A one-size-fits-all approach is probably not the solution. The EUA Thematic Peer Group had a shared understanding of the fact that this language or framework should not be too rigid and local adaptations should be possible. However, having an internationally shared language would be an enormous step forward in stimulating an open (and global) educational culture. Therefore, investing in two parallel tracks seems logical. On the one hand, at the level of the institution, KU Leuven will continue to enhance the valorisation of teaching in its own context. On the other hand, it is relevant to keep an open mind and engage in an ongoing international dialogue. Working together and exchanging ideas via fora as the EUA, for example, opens many opportunities and possibilities.
Saartje Creten was a member of EUA’s 2018 Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Group on “Career Paths in Teaching”.
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Saartje Creten
Saartje Creten is an Educational Developer at the Education Development Unit of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), in Belgium. In 2018, she was a member of EUA’s Thematic Peer Group on “Career Paths in Teaching”. This text reflects the author’s personal view and does not represent any official position from the university.
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Sofia Ashraf: ”We’re taught to ‘accessorise’ women and ‘equip’ men’
Every woman can relate to this
By ELLE team October 26th, 2017
Pint-sized rapper Sofia Ashraf first burst onto the scene with a hard-hitting song that she describes as “an undisguised jab at Unilever for its failure to clean up mercury contamination or compensate workers affected by its thermometer factory in Kodaikanal.” So if you’re looking for someone who bats her eye lashes and defers to authority, you’ve probably got the wrong girl.
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“From a very young age, we’re taught to “accessorise” women and “equip” men”, she said, adding, “If my parents had a son, they would have saved up for his education. They saved up for jewellery for me. When I was 15, they were trying to drag me to a jewellery store.”
Having that rare self-awareness as a teenager to realise that a gold necklace wouldn’t help her chase her dreams, Ashraf told her parents, “Save up, but don’t buy me a gold chain, buy me a laptop”.
As she now recalls, “That laptop is what equipped me.”
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Bonobos Share With Strangers Before Acquaintances
Bonobos Kisantu and Liyaka share a piece of fruit at the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary near Kinshasa.
You're standing in line somewhere and you decide to open a pack of gum. Do you share a piece with the coworker standing to one side of you, or with the stranger on the other?
Most humans would choose the person they know first, if they shared at all.
But bonobos, those notoriously frisky, ardently social great apes of the Congo, prefer to share with a stranger before sharing with an animal they know. In fact, a bonobo will invite a stranger to share a snack while leaving an acquaintance watching helplessly from behind a barrier.
"It seems kind of crazy to us, but bonobos prefer to share with strangers," said Brian Hare, a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University. "They're trying to extend their social network." And they apparently value that more than maintaining the friendships they already have.
To measure this willingness to share, Hare and graduate student Jingzhi Tan ran a series of experiments with bonobos living in the Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The experiments involved piles of food and enclosures that the test subjects were able to unlock and open. Tan and Hare describe their work in a paper in the January 2, 2013 edition of PLOS ONE.
In the first series of experiments, a pile of food was placed in a central enclosure flanked by two enclosures, each of them holding another animal. The test subject had the knowledge and ability to open a door to either of the other chambers, or both. On one side was a bonobo they knew from their group (not necessarily a friend or family member) and in the other was a bonobo they had never really met, but had only seen at a distance.
Upon entering the chamber with the food, the test subjects could easily just sit down and consume it all themselves, or they could let in one or both of the other animals to share.
Nine of the 14 animals who went through this test released the stranger first. Two preferred their groupmates. Three showed no particular preference in repeated trials. The third animal was often let in on the treat as well, but more often it was the stranger, not the test subject, who opened the door for them.
Tan said that by letting the third animal into the enclosure, the stranger voluntarily outnumbered himself or herself with two bonobos who knew each other, which a chimpanzee would never do. In 51 trials of the experiment, there was never any aggression shown, although there was quite a bit of typical bonobo genital rubbing between the strangers.
To isolate how much motivation the animals receive from social interaction, the researchers ran a second set of experiments in which the subject animal wouldn't receive any social contact with another animal. In the first of these experiments, the subjects couldn't get any food for themselves regardless of whether they chose to open the door to allow the other animal to get some food. Nine out of ten animals shared with the stranger at least once.
In the final experiment without social contact, the subject animal was given access to the food in such a way that opening the door to share with the other animal would cost them some food. But they still wouldn't have any social contact as a reward. In this instance, the animals chose not to share. "If they're not going to see a social benefit, they won't share," Hare said.
This second test is similar to something called the dictator game in which humans are given the chance to share cash with a stranger, Hare said. Most people will share anonymously, but they share even more when they aren't anonymous. Bonobos won't share at all in the anonymous condition if it costs them food.
"They care about others," Hare said, but only in a sort of selfish way. "They'll share when it's a low-cost/low-benefit kind of situation. But when it's a no-benefit situation, they won't share. That's different from a human playing the dictator game. You really have to care about others to give anonymously."
The findings, which Hare calls "one of the crazier things we've found" in more than a decade of bonobo research, form yet another distinction between bonobos and chimpanzees, our two closest relatives. "Chimps can't do these tests, they'd be all over each other."
The work was funded by the National Science Foundation and the European Research Council.
CITATION - "Bonobos share with strangers." Jingzhi Tan, Brian Hare. PLOS One, Jan. 2, 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051922
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Watch Boyz II Men get down and dirty as they spoof their hit ‘Motownphilly’
See Boyz II Men like you’ve never seen them on ABC’s Schooled, where they perform ‘Moldtown Philly,’ a spoof of their hit song.
By Sydney Bucksbaum
Boyz II Men are taking it back to the ’90s, with a twist.
The R&B icons are appearing in the ’90s-set ABC comedy Schooled, and EW has your exclusive first look at their incredible cameo in Wednesday’s all-new Rudy-inspired episode, “The Rudy-ing Of Toby Murphy.” When Lainey (AJ Michalka) gets a “new female pal,” William Penn Academy’s new science teacher Wilma, at the encouragement of Principal Glascott (Tim Meadows), she tries to get tickets for them to a Boyz II Men concert but, of course, things don’t go according to plan.
But Boyz II Men aren’t just appearing as themselves for a quick cameo and then bouncing. Nope, they filmed an entire spoof of their hit song “Motownphilly” titled “Moldtown Philly,” to help Wilma with a mold lesson for her students. Check out the exclusive first look at their hilarious parody above now.
“The 90s were pretty cool for us — we were just talking about how that decade with music that was amazing (hip-hop/gangsta rap/R&B/grunge/boyband/pop),” Boyz II Men group members Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, and Shawn Stockman previously said in a statement to EW. “We had an incredible run during that time. The ’90s are now what the ’80s were and you can see it with all the resurgence of products, clothes, and electronics. There are so many great memories from that time.”
Morris, Morris, and Stockman also revealed that they got to have a hand in their story line, adding that they “had the opportunity to be in the writing sessions and collaborate.”
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Warner Bros Games delays new Harry Potter game until 2022
Jan 13 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc's Warner Bros Games said on Wednesday it has pushed back the release of its upcoming Harry Potter role-playing videogame, "Hogwarts Legacy," by a year to 2022.
The game, announced during Sony's PlayStation 5 live-stream event last year, is being developed by "Disney Infinity" developer Avalanche and will let players experience life as a student at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1800s.
"We are giving the game the time it needs," the game developer said in a tweet. (https://bit.ly/2LNM8dX)
The game will launch on PC, Microsoft Corp's Xbox Series S, Series X and Xbox One consoles, as well as Sony Corp's PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. (Reporting by Ayanti Bera in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath)
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Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Investment Company Limited Announces Monthly Distribution And Estimated Earnings
TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2021 /CNW/ -- Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Investment Company Limited (TSX: FAP) (the "Company"), a closed-end investment company trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, announced today that it will pay a monthly distribution of CAD 2.25 cents per ordinary share on January 29, 2021 to all ordinary shareholders of record as of January 22, 2021 (ex-dividend date January 21, 2021).
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. At Aberdeen, asset management is our business. We only manage assets for clients, allowing us to focus solely on their needs and deliver independent, objective investment advice. We know global markets from the local level upwards, drawing on more than 1,900 staff, across 32 offices in 23 countries. Investment teams are based in the markets or regions where they invest, delivering local perspective in a global investment environment. (PRNewsFoto/Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.)
The policy of the Company's Board of Directors is to maintain a stable monthly distribution out of net investment income and realized capital gains supplemented with paid-in capital as required. This policy is subject to regular review at the Board's quarterly meetings.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts and the sources of the distributions. The figures in the table below have been computed based on international financial reporting standards. The table includes estimated amounts and percentages for the distribution to be paid on January 29, 2021 as well as the estimated cumulative distributions declared fiscal year to date (11/01/2020 - 12/31/2020), from the following sources: net investment income; net realized gains; return of capital; and return of par. The final composition of the distributions is subject to change and may be impacted by future income, expenses and realized gains and losses on securities and currencies. Although a portion of any distribution may be recorded as a return of capital, the full amount of the distribution (other than a return of par) will be foreign income for Canadian income tax purposes.
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The amounts and sources of distributions set out above are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The final determination of the source of all distributions made in 2021 will be made after the year-ended 2020. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts of distributions for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Company's results during the remainder of the calendar year and are subject to any changes to applicable tax regulations. Information for tax reporting purposes will be provided to the Company's shareholders on a Form T5 in February of 2022.
The Company previously announced that the Cook Islands Parliament recently passed legislation that removes the tax exemptions for Cook Islands international companies, like the Company, subjecting these companies to the Cook Islands company tax regime and a tax on company profit of 20%. Under grandfathering provisions, there is no immediate impact on the Company and the Company will not be subject to the new rules until its fiscal year commencing November 1, 2021. The Manager and the Board have been evaluating alternative Company structures and the potential to re-domicile the Company in order to mitigate the tax effect on shareholders. This review is nearing completion and an update will be provided as soon as they are in a position to do so.
Information in this press release that is not current or historical factual information may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of securities laws. Such forward-looking information reflects the Investment Manager's beliefs, estimates and opinion regarding the Company's future financial performance, projects and opportunities and market conditions as at today's date. Implicit in this information, particularly in respect of future financial performance and condition of the Company, are factors and assumptions which, although considered reasonable by the Company at the time of preparation, may prove to be incorrect. Shareholders are cautioned that actual results are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic and market factors, including credit, currency, political and interest-rate risks and could differ materially from what is currently expected. The Company has no specific intention of updating any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Second Title Bout Added to WSOF 22
On May 13, 2015 By Alex RamirezIn Latest News
Marlon Moraes will defend his bantamweight championship at WSOF 22. The story was first reported by Sherdog. Moraes will go up against 24-year-old Sheymon da Silva Moraes. The bout will serve as the night’s co-main event and second title bout. The night will be headlined by a welterweight championship bout between Rousimar Palhares and Jake Shields.
Moraes (14-4) is currently riding a nine-fight win streak including going 7-0 since debuting for the WSOF in 2012 and is widely considered the best bantamweight in the world not on the UFC roster. He won his title in March of 2014 after dominating Josh Rettinghouse en route to a unanimous decision victory. This bout with Sheymon will technically be his second title defense. Moraes first title defense was originally supposed to be against Cody Bollinger but after Bollinger missed weight the bout was ruled a non-title fight. Moraes went on to defeat Bollinger via submission. He then went on to defend his title against Josh Hill back in February of this year coming away with a decision victory.
Sheymon (7-0) is a product of Team Nogueira but has recently moved to train with Blackhouse MMA in Los Angeles. Sheymon is only 24 years old but is already on the radar of many MMA fans. Of his seven career wins, four have come by way of knockout. He made his WSOF debut in December of last year earning a split decision victory over Gabriel Solorio.
WSOF 22 is set to take place on August 1 live from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino and is expected to air in the NBC Sports Network.
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What is Philosophy?
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Philosophy begins with questions and, as such, a good place to start is with this often overlooked question concerning the nature of philosophy itself. Strangely, for a discipline that places such great emphasis on defining and clarifying concepts, there is no unanimously agreed definition of what exactly philosophy is. The term ‘philosophy’ in its literal sense means ‘love of wisdom’ and we know that there have been, throughout history, a great many men [sorry ladies] that we call philosophers who have written ‘philosophical’ works on a wide variety of subjects. Perhaps then, we could just say that philosophy is the collected works of all of these philosophers. However, this doesn’t really enlighten us as to what it is that all of these thinkers and works have in common; what is it that means that we categorize them as ‘philosophical’ rather than scientific, religious, historical, or whatever?
The contemporary American philosopher, Thomas Nagel, states that:
The main concern of philosophy is to question and understand very common ideas that all of us use every day without thinking about them. A historian may ask what happened at some time in the past, but a philosopher will ask, “What is time?” A mathematician may investigate the relations among numbers, but a philosopher will ask, “What is a number?” A physicist will ask what atoms are made of or what explains gravity, but a philosopher will ask how we can know there is anything outside of our own minds. A psychologist may investigate how children learn a language, but a philosopher will ask, “What makes a word mean anything?” Anyone can ask whether it’s wrong to sneak into a movie without paying, but a philosopher will ask, “What makes an action right or wrong?”
Thomas Nagel, What does it all mean?, 1987
Perhaps then, we could say that philosophy deals only with very particular types of questions; for example, moral questions of how we ought to act or metaphysical questions concerning the nature of reality. However, it could be said that religion also deals with moral questions. But whereas religion’s attempts to answer such questions resort to Authority or Revelation (e.g. ‘Do as God/ the Bible/ the Church tells you’), philosophy responds by way of a systematic method. The philosophical method differs from its scientific counterpart in that it employs thought and reason over observation and experiment. You don’t, for example, do philosophy in a laboratory, but rather in a classroom or a study. Philosophers don’t need telescopes, or scalpels, or particle accelerators; the philosopher’s tools are ideas, concepts, and imagination; reason, logic, and arguments (his own and those of his predecessors and contemporaries).
A possibly fruitful approach to discovering what philosophy is, is to consider its origins. Western Philosophy, for arguments sake, began around 600AD in the ancient Greek city of Miletus. Pre-Socratic philosophy was dominated entirely by questions concerning the origins and functioning of the universe until Socrates ‘called philosophy down from the sky’ (Cicero). Socrates embodies the view that philosophy begins with wonder, which is to say that it springs from the desire to to know for yourself, rather than blindly accepting what you are told. He believed that philosophy should be relevant to the everyday lives of all Athenians and is generally accepted as the father of political and moral philosophy. Socrates believed above all else that authority (both in real terms and in respect to what might be called received wisdom) should be challenged. Ultimately, this led to his arrest and trial on charges of impiety and corrupting the young; he was sentenced to death by self-administered hemlock.
Most everything that we know about Socrates comes to us from his pupil, Plato. Plato is a philosopher of such range, insight, and importance that it is often claimed that the history of western philosophy is nothing more than a series of footnotes to him. An excellent way to introduce Plato’s thought is by considering his Allegory of the Cave (Republic, c.360BCE).
This short passage is one of the most famous in philosophy. The philosophically unenlightened are represented as prisoners chained from birth in an underground cave, able to see nothing but moving shadows cast on the back wall. These shadows they take to be the whole of reality. The philosopher, however, will not be content with this. He will break his chains and turn towards the light, embarking on the perilous journey from the cave to the outside world. At first he will be dazzled by the daylight – but eventually he will be able to see clearly and, in doing so, he will see that what he used to take for reality was nothing but shadow and illusion. Only then may he attain true knowledge and philosophical enlightenment.
Apart from the epistemic, metaphysical, and political issues which Plato addresses [and which we will return to elsewhere], the allegory raises interesting questions concerning the nature of philosophy itself. This notion of philosophy as liberating doubt is captured brilliantly by Bertrand Russell:
The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man the world tends to become definite, finite, obvious; common objects rouse no questions, and unfamiliar possibilities are contemptuously rejected. As soon as we begin to philosophize, on the contrary, we find … that even the most everyday things lead to problems to which only very incomplete answers can be given. Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possibilities which enlarge our thoughts and free them from the tyranny of custom. Thus, while diminishing our feeling of certainty as to what things are, it greatly increases our knowledge as to what they may be; it removes the somewhat arrogant dogmatism of those who have never travelled into the region of liberating doubt, and it keeps alive our sense of wonder by showing familiar things in an unfamiliar aspect.
Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, 1912
Today, philosophers are seldom sentenced to death [unfortunately] and the conception of contemporary philosophy is far removed from its Socratic origins. Philosophers, rather than returning to ‘the cave’, are more likely to reside in ivory towers [philosophy departments] where they spend time writing obscure papers to each other [the more obscure the better] dealing with puzzles that, even if solved, will make little difference to the everyday lives of real people. There are, of course, notable exceptions but for the most part academic philosophy is viewed by the general public as something remote, abstract, disinterested; a luxury for those that can afford it. This, however, is a very recent ailment; if we look to the history of philosophy we are reminded of its relevance, importance, and potential impact on society. As Edward Craig states:
Thomas Hobbes’ famous political theory […] tries to teach us the lessons he felt had to be learnt in the aftermath of the English Civil War; Descartes and many of his contemporaries wanted medieval views, rooted nearly two thousand years back in the work of Aristotle, to move aside and make room for a modern conception of science; Kant sought to advance the autonomy of the individual in the face of illiberal and autocratic regimes, Marx to liberate the working classes from poverty and drudgery, feminists of all epochs to improve the status of women. None of these people were just solving little puzzles (though they did sometimes have to solve little puzzles on the way); they entered into debate in order to change the course of civilization.
Edward Craig, Philosophy: a very short introduction, 2002
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CORRECTION -- INTRUSION Successfully Completes Beta Testing of its Newest Cybersecurity Solution, Shield; Announces General Availability
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Shield stopped more than 77 million threats, protecting businesses from serious cyberattacks
PLANO, Texas, Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued under the same headline earlier today by INTRUSION Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ) please note the quote in the second paragraph has been replaced and language in the fifth paragraph has been clarified to state that companies in the beta program are migrating to the production phase. The corrected release follows:
With recent cyberwarfare attacks being carried out against the United States, the general availability of the new cybersecurity solution from INTRUSION Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ), Shield™, comes at a time when it’s never been more important to expertly protect U.S. organizations – public and private, large to small. Shield is the first solution for the enterprise that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to not only identify malicious activity within a network but to kill the connection, thus stopping those threats in their tracks, protecting companies from debilitating cybercrime.
“Before Shield we had full confidence in the integrity of our server and firewall. We could not have been more naive, within the first few hours Shield had identified and eliminated thousands of new and existing threats. Not just do-nothing alerts, real elimination of serious threats and ongoing AI to keep our systems safe. We couldn’t be happier,” said Larry, Partner of Willow St. Agency, who participated in beta testing.
Beta testing of INTRUSION Shield confirmed the solution’s efficacy by stopping a total of 77,539,801 cyberthreats from 805,110 uniquely malicious entities attempting to breach 13 companies that participated in the 90-day beta program. Shield was able to continuously protect these companies from ransomware, denial of service attacks, malware, data theft, phishing and more. In fact, analysis by INTRUSION also concluded that Shield would have defended against the Sunburst malware that was at the heart of the recent cyberattacks involving SolarWinds and FireEye, which impacted many government agencies and 18,000 SolarWinds customers.
“With the high-risk patterns we’ve incorporated into the rule set that feeds our AI, along with the reputation and suspicious activity that it searches for while monitoring all traffic in and out of a network, we can confidently say Shield would have protected our customers where clearly other security approaches failed,” said Jack B. Blount, President and CEO of INTRUSION. “The malware had been living on the SolarWinds network for at least nine months undetected – it got past firewalls and many other cybersecurity products. This is all the more reason companies need a multi-layered approach to cybersecurity, and specifically one that stops threats in real-time to protect them from the damage cybercriminals can cause over time.”
Most companies participating in the beta program are migrating to the production phase of Shield.
“The Shield solution has shown us that virtually every network is already infected, and front-end protection is not possible. The understanding that networks are already compromised and that the only means of protection is to monitor and restrict outgoing traffic is the breakthrough of the Shield philosophy,” said Richard, President of NovaTech.
Additionally, false positive security alerts – where legitimate traffic is identified as a threat – are a significant problem among cybersecurity solutions available today, with Ponemon Institute reporting that most cybersecurity companies see mistaken alerts happening 33% of the time. Cybersecurity professionals spend hundreds of hours investigating these alerts only to determine ultimately that there was no threat. Beta testing for Shield showed a median false positive rate of 0.001% of all traffic, far surpassing other solutions on the market and allowing businesses to run uninterrupted. Multiple beta customers were happy to report they saw zero false positives using Shield.
“Businesses simply can’t afford to keep using the same cybersecurity solutions that aren’t adequately protecting them,” said Blount. “As shown by our beta testing results, Shield offers the best new layer of protection to keep businesses of all sizes safe from the cybercrime that causes hundreds of them to go out of business completely.”
“The ease and instant protection of Shield has been great,” said Michael, Portfolio Manager for Bard Associates. “It’s so simple to implement and run, yet highly effective.”
Shield is the only real-time, AI-based cybersecurity solution that utilizes the world’s largest Big Data Cloud of databases built upon 25 years of tracking and researching cybercrime activities. The solution’s AI uses this information to kill known threats, as well as to learn the behaviors of both safe and malicious network traffic. It then works from the inside out – every millisecond of every day – identifying all attempted malware connections coming into, living on, and going out of a network, and immediately stopping them without human intervention.
Shield is now available at a low cost of $20 per seat ($2,000 minimum) per month with no annual contract required. Visit https://www.intrusion.com/shield for more information.
INTRUSION will be releasing case studies from Shield beta testing in the coming weeks.
About INTRUSION Inc.
INTRUSION, Inc. is a global provider of entity identification, high speed data mining, cybercrime and advanced persistent threat detection solutions. INTRUSION’s family of solutions includes Shield™, a combination of plug-n-play hardware, software, global data, and real-time Artificial Intelligence (AI) services that provide organizations with the most robust cybersecurity defense possible, TraceCop™ for identity discovery and disclosure, and Savant™ for network data mining and advanced persistent threat detection. INTRUSION’s solutions help protect critical information assets by quickly detecting, protecting, analyzing and reporting attacks or misuse of classified, private and regulated information for government and enterprise networks. For more information, please visit www.intrusion.com.
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This release may contain certain forward-looking statements, including, without limitations, statements about the performance of protections provided by our Shield products, or other statements which reflect management's expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof. These forward- looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including, the risk that our Shield product does not perform as anticipated. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, risks that we have detailed in the Company's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, particularly under the heading “Risk Factors.”
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1. Should All the President’s Men be included on AFI’s Top 100
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This week Paul & Amy investigate 1976’s journalistic thriller All The President’s Men! They learn about the controversy surrounding who wrote the screenplay, appreciate the unshowy direction of Alan Pakula, and ask whether Woodward & Bernstein are a true cinematic ‘odd couple.’ Plus: Liz Hannah, the screenwriter of The Post, tells us whether her film was an intentional prequel to President’s Men.
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Completely surprised at the indifference Paul and Amy had to this movie.
I also disagree that Pakula's direction is "unshowy." There's a lot of interesting creativity in there, and the ability to make clear sense of this story is also terrific, let alone to make it so entertaining.
It does lead me to something I was wondering: does being a "true" story affect your views on its greatness (either positively or negatively)?
I personally do tend to lean to fiction in movie preferences, in general, though I do think this movie is amazing and one of my favorites of this series so far.
We're all used to these AFI movies now, and they all have a certain conceit of drama and I was vastly entertained by this one not having some of those things. Not getting typical drama stuff like Woodward and Bernstein's personal lives or whatnot really made this stand-out among the bunch we've seen.
The movie didn't quite grab me emotionally upon this most recent rewatch, but it's clearly well-made, and I was impressed by a lot of stuff in it. I certainly was not bored; one of the most impressive things is how the movie is so emotionally flat and heavily detailed but still feels dramatically propulsive. I think a lot of the subtle choices in the acting and filmmaking help give us that sense.
I also have to vote yes because it's so clearly influential, and as a plus it seems to have influenced actual GOOD movies rather than a lot of copycat bad ones. Just off the top of my head, I'd cite Zodiac, Spotlight, and The Post as obvious tributes to All the President's Men. There's something in here that has inspired great filmmakers. Got to give some credit for that.
I also have a sense that this movie probably gets better the more you watch it, as you notice more details that add to the whole.
2 hours ago, AlmostAGhost said:
I agree! I was kind of taken aback by their overall apathy. I’ve seen this movie twice now and I liked it even more this time.
I also agree that we didn’t really need to get into the nitty-gritty of Woodward and Bernstein’s backgrounds. I never really even thought about needing anything more. I feel like the movie gives us just enough, but doesn’t bog us down too much. I actually don’t think there’s that much more to say. These guys ARE their jobs. That’s what they do — non-stop. I don’t think a dinner scene with them discussing why they became journalists in the first place would really add anything to either the movie or their characters.
11 minutes ago, Cameron H. said:
I also agree that we didn’t really need to get into the nitty-gritty of Woodward and Bernstein’s backgrounds.
I 100% think that would make this a worse movie.
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I agree that Amy and Paul seemed to have a strange view of this film.
First, the claim that there's not enough to distinguish between Woodward and Bernstein is ludicrous. For starters, so much of their personalities are revealed with hair, makeup, and wardrobe, without a word of dialogue. Woodward is the perfectionist, with his hair immaculately in place, his shirt perfectly pressed, and his tie in a more perfect knot than I've ever been able to achieve in my life. Bernstein is the creative, whose extremely wrinkled dress shirt suggests he only wears one because he has to, and whose long hair suggests he feels some connection to 60s counter-culture even as he managed to work a desk job through it all. When they deal with people, either in person or on the phone, Woodward is a bit tense and wants to be precisely understood and to precisely understand the other party. Bernstein is loose and doesn't particularly care what the other party thinks of him as long as he gets what he wants. Woodward's manner of reasoning is much more deductive, where he'll reach a conclusion only if the facts lead there. Bernstein's reasoning is more inductive, where he's willing to make a leap of logic based on patterns and assume that as fact, which ends up fine in this situation because his instincts were always correct. And yeah, sure, Woodward is a bit WASPy, and Bernstein is clearly Jewish, but if that's the only thing you can point to in order to distinguish them, I don't understand what movie you were watching. I don't see how clearer they could make the differences between these guys without hitting us over the head with it (and some might argue that they do hit us over the head with it, like in the scene where Bernstein has his notes on napkins and tiny pieces of paper while Woodward disapprovingly chides him).
This is an interesting question. I think at the time, and possible up to today, the fact that this actually happened makes it more interesting, and thus affects it in a positive way. I can see this changing over time for a couple of reasons, the first of which is a diminishing knowledge of the event. Now, as a product of a rural American public school, I know no history, and the only name from the administration mentioned in the film that I knew was Nixon himself. (This is the second time I've seen this film, and it's the second time I had to google whether Gordon Liddy is the same person as Scooter Libby. Answer: He's not.) But I still knew the broad strokes of the scandal: Nixon's men attempt to burgle the DNC, Nixon was aware of the cover-up, and he had to resign the presidency as a result. In 50 years, it's possible that viewers will know as much about the Watergate scandal as I do about the Teapot Dome scandal (which I assume had something to do with teapots...and domes). The term "Watergate" will no longer be synonymous with Nixon, but just with some type of scandal, or even more diluted, simply some type of controversy (I read that applications to journalism programs skyrocketed after this film, so I suppose it's those bozos we have to blame for idiotically using -gate as a suffix for everything). And the second reason I fear this might change over time is due to the declining civility in politics. I can imagine a 16-year-old who grew up indoctrinated in Trump country watching this film and thinking, "So Nixon sought to use any means necessary to bring down his political rivals, and then lied about it and covered it up. Isn't that what the President is supposed to do?" After all, Fox News would (and does) forgive Trump for far worse than what Nixon did. (Speaking of Fox News, I was figuratively yelling at the podcast when Amy and Paul were discussing 1976 films and neglected to mention the other film on the AFI list, Network.)
Now, judging by the Letterboxd reviews I read, I'm probably not as high on this film as others on this board, although I have it in the top third of AFI films so far. I can see the argument that it's a vanilla in a freezer full of more novel flavors, but that's overlooking the fact that for a vanilla, the taste and texture are perfect, and who wouldn't want that perfect vanilla to have a place in their freezer? For those who say take it or leave it, I'd happily take it.
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22 minutes ago, bleary said:
I can see the argument that it's a vanilla in a freezer full of more novel flavors, but that's overlooking the fact that for a vanilla, the taste and texture are perfect, and who wouldn't want that perfect vanilla to have a place in their freezer?
Absolutely. I can enjoy films about movie star and gunslingers, but I don’t always see myself in those films. This film quietly honors all the bookkeepers and secretaries and people who spend their days typing at a keyboard and poring through documents. After eight hours of staring at a screen, transferring documents from this email to that database, over and over again...it’s kind of nice to see people like me, represented onscreen. It’s like, you don’t have to be a rockstar for your life to have meaning and purpose.
It does lead me to something I was wondering: does being a "true" story affect your views on its greatness (either positively or negatively)?
Honestly, I think I have a generally negative view of “true” stories. That’s not to say I dislike them outright (I honestly like quite a few), but I’m far more skeptical. Memories can be wonky, and due to the constraints of narrative structure, things get omitted or added to give the whole thing form. I mean, I get that for brevity’s sake, it’s easier to say “true story” instead of “fictionalized version of actual events,” but the cynic in me tends to balk whenever the word “true” is bandied about. I’m more interested in “honesty” than “truth,” if that makes sense. Yeah, things might not have been exactly as depicted, but this was what basically happened. Honestly, I think that’s one of the things I respected about the Mötley Crüe movie The Dirt. They straight up break the fourth wall and say, “It didn’t actually happen like this,” “I remember this differently,” and “There was also this other guy there, but we couldn’t fit him in the movie.” It’s refreshing for a biopic to come right out and say, “We’re kind of lying to you, but don’t get hung up on it.”
6 hours ago, Cameron H. said:
Yea that's more or less where I'm at.
I just prefer fiction. I'm not necessarily skeptical (I definitely am about documentaries though), but a film about a true story seems to be shortcutting a little bit what I want to get out of my movies (which I think I sort of treat as I would literature).
I still fall on the side of this movie, for using cinema to tell a true story in about as perfect a way as possible, so I hold it high on this list we're doing. At the very least, I guess I just hold true stories to a higher bar for greatness. That may even include films that use real settings even if they're not true stories: Vietnam War, World War II, Titanic, etc. are generally in the bottom half of my list. I like some of them but President's Men was the one that really jumped up the list.
Cam Bert 8133
Again this movie says all you need to say and know about the characters it just doesn't "say" it. You get that they are young and hungry reporters. That much is said. What is not said you get from their attire, desks, apartments, mannerisms and actions. Going back to the old film adage of show don't tell, this movie shows us a lot about these characters and paints a very detailed picture of them. Just think about these facts: we know that they are young, Bernstein has long hair, he has a bike wheel at his desk, he has a picture of a cyclist at his desk as well, Woodward is the only one seen driving. Put that all together we get a young guy with liberal leanings, possible early environmentalist, that bikes in the city. Do we need him to tell us these things? Do we need a scene in which he tells why he chooses to bike? No. We have all the information we need to put those bits together ourselves. In the end does knowing more about him or why he chooses to bike enrich the story or tell us more about the Watergate scandal and its investigation? No, so why should we spend time with backstories?
11 hours ago, AlmostAGhost said:
I think I tend to have a bit of a negative few of "true" stories because I know how often the truth is stretched thin. Some stories are interesting and important but they lack a typical story structure or easy entry point for the audience. So the writers start to move events around, put people where they weren't or even create false moments. People then watch the movie and take it as the truth. Most people don't become interested and then research, they saw the movie so they know what happened. As a result I think I always view a lot of "true" stories through a lens of healthy disbelief which ultimately sometimes hampers my enjoyment of a film. That said films like this, Zodiac, Dog Day Afternoon, etc. are all films I really love that are based on true events. Overall I would say I prefer fiction.
6 hours ago, Cam Bert said:
I once saw a transcript for a sermon in which the pastor was using the 1988 Jamaican bobsled team as a metaphor but he was really just outlining the plot of Cool Runnings beat for beat. Not that I necessarily have an issue with that, but he was trying to pass off what happens in the movie as historical fact.
I like to think that maybe it was Saturday night and he was watching the Disney Channel and thought, “Oh fuck! I forgot to write a sermon this week!”
David Berkson 5
I'm a huge fan of Unspooled and Paul & Amy, but I had a hard time with the dismissiveness of this episode. All The President's Men is a movie that requires patience, and I wonder if that's why the hosts found it frustrating. I've noticed that Unspooled has a sometimes less than critical enthusiasm for directors like Spielberg and Disney, brilliant artists whose seminal works are sentimental and deeply manipulative. At any given moment of Snow White and E.T., the viewer is told exactly how to feel and when to feel it. No patience is required and nothing is left to chance. The central promise of Spielberg and Disney is the escape of an eternal childhood. All The President's Men is about being a grown-up, how mundane and ordinary efforts can - with tremendous persistence - achieve extraordinary, historical results. Pakula forces us to spend a couple of hours being Woodward and Bernstein as they slog through mountains of lies and paper in a quest to get to the truth. All The President's Men is that rare mainstream Hollywood film that pulls back from conventionally obvious dramatic tropes as it asks its audience to work.
That's not to say that Paul, Amy, or anyone else should pretend to like the movie if they don't. But I noticed that the cultural significance of this film - X Files, Zodiac, just about any police procedural on TV, the list goes on - got shorter shrift this time around, and received a less than fair hearing.
Paul was right: Snow White is a kids' movie: it appeals to the eternal child in all of us. That's a beautiful thing, but it would be nice to see a movie like All The President's Men get credit for being brave enough to ask us to be grown-ups.
robtucker63 14
Full disclosure: I haven't listened to the episode yet, but when did that ever stop someone on the internet from giving an an opinion?
I wonder if someone's opinion of All the President's Men can be affected by their age. I absolutely love this movie - it's one of a handful that I watch about once a year (others include Pulp Fiction, Mad Max: Fury Road, JFK, Apocalypse Now, Lone Star, The Seven Samurai). Maybe not the greatest movies ever, but ones that hit me on a personal level in some way. I was in elementary school when Watergate happened, but I remember the way it absolutely dominated public conversation. I even remember arguing about whether Nixon was guilty or not with my classmates (I was pro-Nixon at the time).
My earliest political memory is my mom watching the Watergate hearings on T.V. during the summer. And I vividly remember Nixon resigning, even though I was only 9 years old. My family was camping in Canada, but we ran into friends who told us Nixon was about to quit. We actually gathered around the car radio to listen to Nixon's farewell. It's hard to understate the way Watergate dominated the public consciousness back then.
So I wonder if my enthusiasm for All the President's Men partly grows from my coming of age during and just after Watergate. Plus, I was pretty aware of what happened with Nixon, so I didn't need a lot of background about when I first watched the movie - probably when it first aired on TV, maybe in the late 70s or early 80s? I could see where someone growing up later might not engage with the film quite as much.
That said, I still think Pakula does a lot with a very minimalist approach. As some have noted earlier, his storytelling is super-economical, but he manages to give the audience just enough to understand what is going on and to be caught up in the excitement and drama. Credit has to go to Redford and Hoffman too. I noticed when I watched the film last week how spot on their performances are for delivering information through tone of voice, expressions, and body language.
Regarding nothing distinguishing the two, I can't agree with that, but notice when Ben Bradlee refers to the pair as "Woodstein." I've read that it was a running joke at the Washington Post for staffers to get the two mixed up.
13 hours ago, Cameron H. said:
Wait, that's not what happened? Next thing you'll be telling me that Air Bud isn't real and there is something in the rules about a dog playing basketball.
6 minutes ago, Cam Bert said:
There actually aren’t rules and the NBA is stupid for not taking advantage of it. It would be paw-some!
1 minute ago, Cameron H. said:
They'd be mutts to not take advantage of it.
The public would eat it up. Everyone loves a wags to riches tail.
I'm sure public perception would be a little ruff at first, but people would soon get on board.
I can't wait for Charles Barkley to take em to the paint
Susan* 135
I had mostly quit listening to the podcast because of past frustration with Paul--you obviously need to love his personality to be a regular listener. I should have remembered that the worst time to listen to any podcast is when it's talking about a favorite movie! I kept wanting to hit my head against my car window. I think the movie is perfect in accomplishing what it's trying to do. It might not be everyone's taste but I love the whole thing. So many classic/talented actors. Jane Alexander is a particular favorite. Movies about investigative reporters are in my wheelhouse in general. And classic 70s movies tend to be my taste. I love that they don't spoon feed the viewer. I love the grinding pace, it fits what they're trying to show. And the reporters have different personalities but they are both so ambitious and they figure out how to work together.
My mom was obsessed with Watergate, she watched it on TV all day long, read every book, and my parents argued about some of the key players for years over the dinner table. Over the years, I've read many of the participants' books. As well as other Watergate books, including a bio of the Jack Warden character. But I'd never read a Woodward and Bernstein one until recently. I don't like what Woodward turned into, which started right after the Watergate success. Then because it's come up often in discussing Trump, I've been reading The Final Days, and I had recently read about a third of All the President's Men. I've seen the movie many times and I recognized that most scenes in the beginning the movie track surprisingly closely to the book. From the first appearance in court, and the other character' discussion of the background given to the two authors, and Woodward's phone call with Dahlberg -- dialogue is the same. The book also contains a footnote about the kidnapping Dahlberg mentions in the call (which is a famous one in MN).
During the podcast, they said the director's name over and over and they pronounced it in a way I'd never heard before, then the guest came in and said it the usual way. That sort of thing wouldn't usually bother me but it probably hurt me more because they didn't properly appreciate the movie. I liked the guest. I feel a little bad that I didn't love The Post. It was hard to get around Tom Hanks, and I'll never be sure whether it is because I'm tired of Tom Hanks in general, because the real Ben Bradlee is so well known, or whether it's the Jason Robards Ben Bradlee I like even better than the real one. There was no way Tom Hanks was going to be able to please me.
Regarding Watergate vs. the present: The Final Days has been a scary read for me. All the detail in that book about Nixon not listening to his lawyers, and Republicans supporting him for a very long time even after he was clearly obstructing justice -- well it doesn't support the discussions I see on cable news today about how Watergate was different because republicans challenged their president in the 1970s. Almost every republican supported Nixon until he turned over the tapes.
Stephanie 1
I really agreed with Paul and Amy. I liked the movie and thought a lot of it was cool, but it had me wanting to rewatch Spotlight. I'm in favor for Spotlight or even Zodiac replacing it if we need an "investigative journalists changing history" type of movie.
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Where is Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald? Why no Statement About the Joe Felz Incident?
Destruction of public property…
In the early morning hours following election celebrations in downtown Fullerton, City Manager Joe Felz drove his car over a curb in a residential neighborhood, mowing down a young tree in the parkway and leaving pieces of his vehicle there. According to neighbors, he eventually freed the car from the curb and drove it down the street for a short distance, effectively leaving the scene of an accident that involved damage to public property. The police who responded to the call of a concerned neighbor described him as emitting an odor of alcohol. The Chief of Police, set to retire just two days later, was called. He reportedly gave instructions for a field sobriety test, which Mr. Felz reportedly passed. No other test for alcohol inebriation was given, as far as we know, and Mr Felz was driven to his nearby home, evidently without any legal citation.
Although a final report of the incident is supposed to be forthcoming (?), the circumstances raise too many questions for Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald to remain silent. Residents may reasonably ask whether or not the City Manager was given special treatment by the outgoing Chief of Police, or by the officers at the scene, who would certainly not have called the Chief if just about anyone else had been discovered in similar circumstances. In light of unconfirmed reports that those officers were not happy about driving Mr. Felz home without further action, an independent investigation is needed, including a review of the officers’ body cams.
Now that the story has been picked up by the news media, including KCAL 9 News, who aired a segment about it last night, Mayor Fitzgerald needs to make a statement about what the city intends to do to reassure Fullerton residents that the situation will be resolved in a fair, just, and transparent manner. Four years ago three members of the Fullerton City Council, including sitting Mayor Dick Jones, were swept from office for their inadequate response to a more serious, but similarly disconcerting incident, when a man was effectively beaten to death by officers of the Fullerton Police Department for no evident reason. A perceived lack of action on the part of city officials left Fullerton under national scrutiny while Chief of Police Michael Sellers embarked on a vacation.
As of today, Fullerton has no Chief of Police because Michael Sellers’ replacement Dan Hughes has left the position to go work for Disneyland. His interim replacement will be named by City Manager Joe Felz. This arrangement is intolerable under the present circumstances, and the Mayor and City Council of Fullerton need to communicate what they are going to do about it, now.
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Dick in Her Heart: Fullerton Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald Defends Comedian Who Refers to Autistic People as “Retards” on Stage
Fullerton Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald with Andy Dick and event organizer Brian Bartholomew, after Thursday night’s performance where the comedian made reference to autistic people as “retards.” Photo from the Hornet, credited to Joshua Miranda
“I really appreciate that he came to Fullerton and shared his comedy with our city.”
–Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald, referring to actor Andy Dick, who had that night used the word “retard” to refer to autistic people during the annual Comedy Show for Autism.
According to an October 20 article in Fullerton College’s newspaper The Hornet, comedian Andy Dick used the word “retard” in reference to autistic people during a charity event Thursday night meant to raise awareness of the condition itself. Event organizers Fullerton Cares quickly released a statement distancing themselves “from (Dick’s) statement onstage and emphasize that we do not condone or endorse this type of language,” referring to the actor’s “slur.” The statement went on to “apologize deeply to anyone who was affected by this language.” (see illustration below)
According to the Hornet Andy Dick ‘“began speaking on his brother who has just passed away, but that his brother had been dying for “twenty years” and had been asking Dick for money, to which Dick said “That’s why I’m in Fullerton for retards.”” Half of the attendees reportedly left the main room of the Fullerton Ballroom as the comedian was booed from the audience.
Andy Dick himself later apologized, writing in a statement “I shouldn’t use that word.”
Incredibly, Fullerton Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald, who attended the benefit show, was wiling to defend the unpredictable actor’s comments, saying “I really appreciate that he came to Fullerton and shared his comedy with our city. I think this isn’t the last your (sic) going to see of him, that is not the word that will define him,” and “I know Andy Dick in his heart, and his personal connection with autism and I think that it’s more than one word. I think he regrets the use of that but that in fairness we need to look at the whole body of who he is and who his family is.” (Andy Dick referred to himself in the article as being “slightly autistic,” saying “I honestly feel that I’m on the spectrum,” but it is unclear in the article whether or not Mr. Dick has ever been formally diagnosed with the disorder.)
Fullerton resident Kris Hanna had more sense than Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald, telling the Hornet that she thought it was “crossing the line to say what he said about autistic people.” Another attendee, Fred Allen, said of Andy Dick’s comments ‘“Off cuff, should be better suited for where he’s at, especially the retard shit man, America’s a beautiful place and you shouldn’t take advantage of what America’s good for.”’
Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald should reconsider supporting unsupportable behavior, and keep in mind that when she speaks to the media, even a local college newspaper, she will be viewed on some level as representing the City of Fullerton, even if many would prefer that she wasn’t in the position to do so.
Fulleton Cares had enough sense to criticize Andy Dick. Mayor Jennifer Fitzgerald? Not so much.
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Figuring How To Terrify Us Over Swine Flu
July 30, 2009 · Michael Fumento · Weblog
"U.S. health officials say swine flu could strike up to 40 percent of Americans over the next two years and as many as several hundred thousand could die." So declares an Associated Press article, the writer of which you can picture trying to catch his breath as he pounds away at the keyboard. In its exclusive revelation of unpublished figures, AP says "Those estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) mean about twice the number of people who usually get sick in a normal flu season would be struck by swine flu."
No they don't. The CDC's influenza website shows they're essentially the same.
Welcome to the wonderful world of swine flu hysteria, in which health agencies - be it the World Health Organization (which declared a worldwide pandemic with just 244 deaths) or the CDC - can tell any scary story they want with the assurance that the mainstream media will never challenge them. That includes pointing to a piglet and proclaiming it to be a wild, raging boar.
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I’m back….with another diary about my all time favorite movie, West Side Story. As I have written on here before, West Side Story is a film that I never get tired of seeing over and over and over again. This diary is about a whole bunch of reasons why. Some of it will undoubtedly be familiar to all of you, and some of it will not. Afew days ago, on a forum called West Side Story/Live Journal, I noticed a post about the best romance films from the 1940’s through the 1960’s. Along with My Fair Lady, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and a whole bunch of other films, some of which I’d hear
West Side Story at the Regal Stadium Cinema 13 Fenway--Boston, MA
The film West Side Story just had a national re-release of it, in a number of selected movie theatres, nationwide, on June 24th, and on June 27th. Not knowing how the film would do, I bought tickets for myself, my sister-in-law, and a longtime good friend of mine for the evening show on Sunday, June 24th, and for myself on Wednesday evening, on June 27th. None of us were disappointed; we were all very happily surprised and amazed, in fact. The print of West Side Story was absolutely pristine, and the soundtrack was not only perfect, but it was powerful and in one's face, like it's s
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West Side Story, which has been my all time favorite film, hands down, since having seen it for the very first time, at around Christmastime of 1968, during a big national re-release of this film, when I was a high school Senior, at a now-defunct cinema north of where my siblings & I grew up. Little did I, my friends or family know that my very first viewing of the film West Side Story would begin a love affair with this great classic film that would last all the way through the present! Not only did I fall in love with the film West Side Story instantly, but, since I was still a te
The 1961 film version of West Side Story is a good, old-fashioned and old-styled movie that cries to be introduced to today's younger generation(s), rather than hashing out a re-make. There's no reason why a great, golden oldie-but-keeper of a classic film like West Side Story should have a re-make. It is what it is--a great classic, which should be left alone. There are different opinions on the film West Side Story, ranging from the opinions that it's really a great flick (which it is!), to the opinions that it's too sanitized, too formulated, too mawkish and maudlin, too unreali
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A sometimes thrilling, very hypnotic, poignant piece of filmmaking. (by grounden1985)
I can't describe the elation I felt leaving Spring Breakers--truly one of the best films to hit mainstream cinemas in a long time. It was a breath of fresh air amidst all the cookie cutter romantic comedies, dramas, action films, and horror movies that plague modern cinema. The stamp of a good film is the impact factor--how long it stays with you when it's over. Spring Breakers was a film that stayed with me long after leaving the theater. It didn't evaporate from my mind as soon as I hit the parking lot. This film affects you and leaves you in a mood long after the credits <more>
appear.Those seeking a fun "party film" will be disappointed. The TV ads, poster, and cast have probably misled some viewers into thinking this is a cross between The Hangover and Project X. Don't let the cast or the marketing fool you--this is not a "feel good" movie. It's a dark, exciting, tragic look at modern youth culture that doesn't so much as revel in the pop culture sensory overload as hold up a mirror to the audience so we can see some of ourselves in these kids. And if you're like me, you'll find this kind of self-reflection very disturbing. More than once, I was disgusted and enthralled with these characters, not knowing whether I should feel amused, angry, or sad. This is truly the best deconstruction of modern culture I've seen.The movie starts with our main quartet of female characters struggling to find a way around the fact they don't have enough money to travel to Florida for that much-hyped, almost mythical annual rite of passage nearly every college kid in the country has to face at some point: spring break. Selena Gomez is easily the most likable member of the cast--a young girl struggling to balance her Christian faith and values in the moral wasteland that is college life. One moment we see her praying in church, and the next she's passively condoning the fact that her friends have just robbed a restaurant in order to obtain the rest of the money they need to make it to Florida. In one poignant monologue, she speaks of the monotony of life and how everyone is depressed because they wake up and see the same things every day. Her desire to go on spring break is almost spiritual in nature--a soul-searching journey in which she just wants to be someone new and be free.The spring break party scenes are manic--loud music, hypnotic imagery, and disorienting colors all come together like some kind of dream. The fun soon ends once the girls are arrested for using narcotics at a wild party. They have two options: pay a fine, or remain in jail for another two days. Out of money and unwilling to call their parents, the girls languish in jail until a mysterious visitor posts their bail. Enter James Franco as Alien, a white gangster with gold teeth, dreadlocks, and a ton of money and guns to go along with his criminal tendencies. Franco truly breaks out in this performance, becoming someone I never could have imagined he'd be able to pull off back in his Spider-Man days. His intentions are murky and the film never misses an opportunity to make us feel uncomfortable witnessing his interactions with the girls. It's at this point that the film takes a drastic turn into even darker territory, the trip slowly proving itself to be more than a few of them bargained for. Thus begins the tragic slide into the dark nature of these characters, as they find themselves participating in and doing things bound to seduce the audience into an awe-struck state more than once.Not that any of this is told through a conventional narrative. The whole film feels like one crazy, hypnotic dream, from its use of colors to its loud, insane score that ranges from romping party fun to atmospheric, moody pieces that underline the darker moments in the film. The narrative jumps around in time and space, pasted together through flashbacks, flash forwards, and repetitive lines that linger in the back of the viewer's mind like a broken record. The cinematography is flat out excellent and the filmmakers make perfect use of the beautiful Florida scenery amidst all the sheer depravity we witness on screen, with more than a few shots of the beautiful Florida sky and sunset to remind us of our humanity.By the time the film reaches a delirious montage of violence set to the unlikely tune of Britney Spears' song Every time, Korine has us hook, line, and sinker feeling a sense of revulsion and pity for ourselves and the world at large. Any film that can provoke this type of uncomfortable self-contemplation deserves to be praised.In the end, I left the theater feeling like I'd just come off an intense acid trip into the darker recesses of modern culture, emotionally exhausted and ready to get in my car and drive home in silence, reflecting on what I'd just seen.If you're not expecting to have fun and aren't afraid to look inside yourself to that aspect of your personality that craves materialism and vapid entertainment at the expense of losing some of your humanity, go and see Spring Breakers. It's truly one of the best films of 2013 so far and will no doubt be a cult classic in years to come. Just don't blame me if the film haunts you long after it's over.
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Radical Poetic Hyper-Cinema (by DavidCSjoberg)
OK, so I saw "Spring Breakers" last night at the Gothenburg Film Festival and it's still fresh in my mind. My first reaction was one of absolute elation after witnessing an extraordinary piece of transcendental art. The film feels somehow beyond the postmodern dichotomy of good/bad or high/low - rather - it reads like some sort of hyper-simulacrum that reflects contemporary culture in an extremely complex manner. The themes of the film are similar to what Korine has touched upon before: mundane reality vs. an intense "heightened" or elevated existence beyond good or <more>
evil, where reality is replaced by a or the dream that goes on forever and ever. But in "Spring Breakers" those themes are presented in more dimensions than in for example "Mister Lonely" or "Trash Humpers".The liquid colorful cinematography is spectacular throughout, though some scenes especially stand out, for example the robbery and the montage that goes along with Britney Spears "Everytime", spectacular examples of great art. There is a method of repetition that runs through the film which I'm sure will annoy quite a few people , dialogue is repeated, scenes are repeated, images are repeated, the sound of a gun being loaded used brilliantly as poetic punctuation is repeated - every time eschewing the original meaning of said occurrence - thereby adding another level of analytical value and another point to the already complex sentiments. It really speaks volumes of contemporary culture where the "dreams" of the populace is nothing but representation and spectacle in its purest form. With "Spring Breakers" Korine has really managed to reflect, deconstruct and subvert the way the great fun of it also becomes the grim menace of it, I find genuinely subversive what some might see as banal popular culture and escapism and turn it into radical poetic hyper-cinema, and I truly found that masterful.I look forward to the general reaction to the film once it gets a wide release, but I doubt it will be a hit with either mainstream audiences or bourgeoisie film critics. I think it will appeal mainly to fans of art-house exploitation or experimental genre-cinema.
The genius of Korine and Franco Magic (by faithisagoodthing)
This movie was brilliant in breaking down what's fundamentally wrong with our current society in terms of greed and "I WANT IT NOW" culture, in a unique style format.I've read people complain about too much nudity but if you have ever been to Spring Breakers, it's much much worse, just see Youtube.Also, has everyone forgotten that to be famous now unfortunately, you basically have to act like a porn star? Real talent is now last on the list, and in any given movie or in real life the aim is to show some skin, whether needed or not. Example, look at twitter or facebook <more>
and the idiots who post naked photo's of themselves, whether famous stars or not, yes - it's wrong, because there is a time and place for everything but Korine just created what's happening now to the extreme and I thought it worked perfectly.The performances were alright by the four leading ladies, they didn't really have enough to play with in terms of story but the whole movie still worked with the amazing soundtrack.James Franco deserves an Oscar for his role such a versatile and method actor , and I hope the Academy finally gets something right, as I feel the role of Alien inspired by a rapper named Dangeruss mainly, who should be getting much more media attention will become iconic and should be rewarded.If you don't know Korine's work before going into this movie, then yes, you will be extremely disappointed or in shock, so best to check out his previous work beforehand but for those who do, then enjoy the ride it works.Clearly, this movie has already divided people's attention, regarding some saying a classic vs. the worst movie ever or just plain confused.However, at least Korine has made you slightly think than the normal blockbuster. Try, watching it a second time and breaking it down further, this might help so many different interpretations you can take away from this movie, if you just open your mind .Anyway, I truly enjoyed it and will never consider Britney Spears "Everytime" the same way again, that alone deserves the Oscar win for Franco.Well done, all involved and a cult classic for sure.
Such a wonderful nightmare! (by toinou328)
I don't even know where to begin...Harmony Korine is a true artist. That might be where to start, because everyone seems to diss this film and its director, and I'm here to disagree. He kept his style, and that's why I loved it! Most people who went to see this probably didn't know anything about him and also probably didn't care about who he was or what he had done before... The guy wrote the 1995 drama "Kids" directed by Larry Clark, which was the most controversial film of that year, dealing with hard and difficult themes to portrait on film such as teenage, <more>
sex, drugs, street life etc... and treating of problems people didn't want to face. But Larry Clark's documentary and realistic style made the movie look like an open critic of this generation to the world, and was therefore more accepted by critics. In 1997 Korine then directed the very strange independent film "Gummo", which didn't really have any scenario, just a presentation of a little town in Ohio and its very bizarre set of characters... But the movie was still pretty good because of its weird and sentimental atmosphere mixed with documentary-style filming. He also made other independent films, but all of them always stayed in the "weird" and "unknown" section of DVD libraries.Here Korine has grown up and gained more experience with the years. This is by far his most accomplished work, but unfortunately by distributing this movie to a bigger audience, he encountered a lot of criticism and hate, just because more people saw and discovered his style. I am afraid that most people today just watch films to have something to watch. Movies nowadays are being more consumed and less actually watched and thought-over. The poster and the trailer for this film were a parody of these easy-selling films that the Hollywood industry makes every year, who don't have anything particularly original and that's on ALL levels : directing, script, acting, score are all very similar to any other film made by the studio , but instead of seeing the parody of these posters with those good-looking girls, people took it seriously and thought this was just going to be another teen movie about spring break with some fancy action scenes and a seen-before plot. But no, this was something NOBODY could've see coming... or at last not general, ordinary, image-dose seeking spectator.Now lets actually talk about the film, I kind of got lost here! First things first : the cinematography and the look of this film are amazing. Even if you didn't like it, you can't say that this wasn't beautifully shot and crafted. The camera work is probably the best I've seen in a long time, and the neon colors add a really good look, which contributes to the atmosphere the film is trying to have. Then, the acting is great. James Franco totally takes his character to another level, even thought Korine has done an amazing job with this one, as he often never disappoints when it comes to characters. The girls are good too, and I was really surprised by Selena Gomez. Now comes the score and music : noting to say, absolutely brilliant! All songs fit perfectly to the scenery of spring break, blending Skrillex with hardcore hip-hop but also getting on the sensitive and emotional side sometimes with a Britney Spears cover seems like she actually made some good songs an awesome atmospheric score by Cliff Martinez, as always he did the score for Drive and Only God Forgives and of course putting Ellie Goulding's Lights in there, just brilliant! Now, some parts of this films aren't perfect, this isn't the best movie ever made or anything, but it is true work of art and not just a mix of drugs, sex, profanity and violence made by a crazy director in order to sell it. No, this is a very well-thought film, made by a director who actually has the balls to keep his own style no matter the audience is, and who uses sarcasm and reversed psychology in its storytelling in order to transmit its message, which lets be honest isn't the most common way to do things in modern American cinematographic industry...To sum it up, this was an extremely underrated movie, mostly watched by a lot of dumb teens and young adults who thought it was just going to be another Hollywood style flick starring old Disney actresses who want to break their image, but instead of that they got a weird art-house film that didn't follow the "rules" of the filmmaking industry and therefore disappointed them because it wasn't particularly funny in the way that most films are, and it showed sex, drugs and violence in a real, strange, and too explicit way for them to enjoy. Hopefully there are still some real cinema lovers out there who recognize the true value of this film. To them I say keep good and interesting movies alive but watching them, and to Harmony Korine, I just want to say thank you and bravo, for having the guts to put out on screen such a wonderful nightmare!
How Bizarre (by arias-chanel)
Reasons to watch Spring Breakers:1 Korine used composer, Cliff Martinez, who also composed the music for Drive, which had great music and you know it. Skrillex is also a composer for this film. 2 Harmony Korine constantly talks about the use of "Liquid narrative" in each of his Spring Breakers interviews. This is a real pleasure to watch, with some repetition in lines and future scenes beginning in the middle of the current scene. You never get bored. 3 Britney Spears' music is bizarrely used in the best kind of way. May be my favorite scene in my entire movie watching <more>
history. 4 James Franco is a real wonder.
A sad, sad portrait of societal degradation (by StevePulaski)
Not since Ron Fricke's Samsara have I experienced such an enormous sensory and auditory overload. Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers annihilates both senses with absolute impunity, truly making this one of the most engrossing and consuming pictures so far this year. It possesses a style and a message that is so bluntly honest and terrifically captured that it deeply pains me that the audience that needs to see this the most likely will not, due to its eclectic nature and limited release.Let me begin by saying that this is not the film you think it is. The trailers and commercial spots <more>
have done a solid job at attempting to communicate this, but I feel some will still be expecting something a bit too familiar. To go into Spring Breakers expecting something along the lines of a raunchy comedy will be nothing but a cruel and colorful letdown. This is a smart, vibrant, hypnotic fever-dream of a film, heavily accentuating a mix between mainstream raucousness and subversive indie-style. It's something unlike anything I've seen in years.The plot follows Faith Selena Gomez , Brit Ashley Benson , Candy Vanessa Hudgens and Cotty Rachel Korine, writer/director Harmony Korine's wife , lifelong besties who decide to ditch their monotonous lives to hunger for something bigger and badder over spring break. They head to the sun-soaked "paradise" that, allegedly, is Florida, where the girls, already low on cash, first commit a robbery on a fast-food restaurant in order to fund their trip. After that, it's all the dancing, partying, drug-using, drinking, screwing, and gyrating they can stomach.The girls are then arrested for being a part of a large band of twentysomethings, who entirely demolished a hotel-room. They don't spend too much time in prison since local, second-rate rapper who calls himself "Alien" played by James Franco in an astonishingly direct fashion decides to bail them out. In return, he takes the four girls and then three, when one boldly makes the decision to leave when things are beginning to go awry under his wing, showing him his wealthy lifestyle and exposing them to the violent drug-culture.This story doesn't move nearly as fast as you'd like to think, either. It's punctuated frequently by loud, bombastic musical numbers often scored by popular techno-artist Skrillex , repetitive montages that heavily emphasize nudity and senseless debauchery, long shots of dreamlike sequences, among other things. It is one of the most accurate replications of this MTV-driven culture I've seen in years. I will go ahead and say there's not another movie you should see this year as much as this one.Writer/director Harmony Korine has erected his career off of making shocking, often nihilistic pictures with some sort of emphasis on the degradation of teen culture. His debut film Gummo remains as shocking and as raw as it did when it was made in 1997. However, his best work is still Kids which he wrote, and his close friend Larry Clark brilliantly directed , which centered on an HIV-positive teenager who made a habit out of deflowering young girls in New York City. The film was hard to watch, heart-wrenching to fathom, and so jaw-droppingly pure and authentic in its dialog that it would be difficult for me to experience again.Korine's statement in Spring Breakers is one that is difficult to directly pinpoint, but I think I may have something. What I can extract is that Korine is trying to show how inconsequential the actions of adolescences have become within the last few years. It seems with every decision, we move further and further from thinking of others and how they may be affected by our choices and attempt to achieve self-gratification and satisfy our impulsiveness. This is a lethal, depressing, but an apparently upcoming standard in teen behavior. Take for example the robbery that happens early in the film. The girls do not seem to carefully plan the event, hence the very impromptu execution we see, and frighteningly, show no remorse when the incident is over. Only one girl, who ups the courage to leave the group, becomes tired of it all and heads home. The other three girls seem to be unleashing something more than just a "YOLO" attitude when hanging out with Alien; something far deeper and more psychologically troubling.Moreover, the neon-cinematography featured here can just be described as hypnotic and nothing else. It's plagued with every color of the rainbow, often resulting in a dizzying, unrelenting trance that gives this film the vibe and uncompromising energy it needs. I can only seem to equate the effect the cinematography has on the viewer to watching the color bars on a TV usually when a network signs off and having someone shake the TV in every possible direction. This leads to the overwhelming sensory annihilation I spoke of earlier.Spring Breakers does everything boldly, beautifully, and shockingly unsettling, as it even goes as far as to brilliantly subject former Disney-branded starlets Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens to the drug-fueled, sex-crazed drudgery of this film. If this doesn't sound like your kind of film, 21 and Over should still be playing in the same multiplex, not too far down from the theater Spring Breakers is in. Perhaps that is more your speed, and that's perfectly fine. Just be aware that that a growing culture and, quite possibly, the one you enjoy, is being satirizes and accurately depicted in a theater near you. Happy viewing.NOTE: My video review of Spring Breakers, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v L7qUTpYRQ6oStarring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Rachel Korine, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, and Gucci Mane. Directed by: Harmony Korine.
Going to be the most hated and yet underrated film to come out this year - Korine at his finest (by thejoshl)
Mr. Korine is a strangely unique director that uses this film to bore you into understanding how a generation growing up with MTV and girls gone wild has deeply mutilated the pursuit of happiness with nihilistic extremity — however his satirical exploration leaves you uncertain whether to laugh, cry out in horror, or stare in disbelief at its overwhelmingly artistic beauty.I watched this opening night and was shocked at how good of a movie it had turned out to be. I wasn't really sure what to expect when I walked in so it turned out to be a nice little treat, but to my disbelief when I <more>
got home I began reading up on it and all I could see were tweets and posts about it being the "worst movie ever made" and "absolutely disgusting soft core porn". I couldn't believe that these people watched the same film I did.As far as performances go there isn't much here other than Franco. The four girls do a decent job, the most notable being Selena Gomez although her character wasn't in it for a lot of the highly regarded scenes. James Franco is the star of this film. His performance is dark, uncomfortable and most of all hilarious. He hits it out of the park in the movie managing to make people unsure whether to be uncomfortable or laugh. His character is narcissistic and insane, yet you like him. He brings so much humanity to a place it shouldn't be.Aesthetically, this movie is absolutely brilliant. The cinematography is fantastic. No matter how you feel when you leave this movie there is no denying how well shot it is. The lighting is beautiful and adds this feeling of darkness you might normally find in a well made horror film. Normally I wouldn't appreciate that very much but it was so properly executed with the great editing and slo-mo sequences. No surprise from the sound department either; the sound design and music brought to us by the brilliant Clint Martinez Drive makes what seems like a never-ending soundtrack that compliments the visuals masterfully.Under all that the movie still manages to hit its theme, just in a way that a lot of people will miss and I believe this is the key to enjoying the film. It's meant to be boring. The use of repetition is so excessive it leaves a mark. No matter how much fun these girls are having it feels very dull and boring. This is the point! If you think for a second what you're seeing on screen is supposed to make you feel excited than go watch Project X. You're not intended to feel how the girls feel because they don't understand. Throughout the film you should feel uncomfortable, disgusted and at times sad. This film to the right audience should be as much a horror film as it is a dark comedy.Spring Breakers is a unique experience featuring lots of depth and style. This film will most likely be the most hated and underrated film to come out this year. I apologize on behalf of the general public Mr. Korine. 8/10 On a side note:The film has been said to support rape culture. I know it can be hard to understand for some people but sometimes film - like a person - uses sarcasm. This is the case. The film shows lots of naked females having fun, very much trying to replicate spring break culture in Florida however the film isn't a mockery of spring break, it's about the marginalized kids who have been brought up on Disney princesses and MTV. The kids who grew up with role models like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. The film isn't meant to focus on girls losing their innocence but instead girls searching for something and realizing it isn't what they thought it was. Spring Breakers is going to cause a lot of disagreement regardless. After reading this you will love or hate it all the same; what I won't stand for is people being unwilling to look past the surface and see this film for what it really is. Be sure to check out my review site: thejoshlreviews.com
Are you not entertained? (by smellyville90)
I have to say, that watching this movie was a total spur of the moment decision on my part and I walked into this completely unaware of what I was getting into. While watching it, I felt my senses were assaulted, but there was more to it than what I was able to discern viscerally. Therein lies the greatness of this movie. It makes you think about what images are being thrown at you and why. The image is obviously that of what the youth of our age are sold as 'the good life': money, drugs, sex and partying. This is the American Dream. This movie follows 4 girls who do despicable acts, <more>
who behave with such depravity and who are shallow to the core, that watching this can be painful at times. But that is the whole point and people who walk out of this feeling as though they have had their time robbed of them or are too disgusted by what they see are missing the point. I am not an elitist movie critic in no sense of the word either, but I know a shock movie when I see one.I have to say that visually this movie is beautiful and no, I am not referencing the nudity here, ha-ha . It is a dark, dreamy, neon- nightmare. I give credit to the movie for this because it is candy for the eyes. Production wise this movie is solid, as is the direction. You feel as if you are in a dream, with it's poignant use of slow motion, and I suppose that is the effect they were looking to achieve. In this aspect they succeeded with flying colours - literally. There's also a beautifully crafted scene during their robbery of a restaurant that features one of the girls rolling the car around the building, catching glimpses of what they were doing inside. A very good piece of cinematography. The cast were great too. I can't really say too much for the female cast as they did all act well in their respective roles. James Franco on the other hand really stood out and delivered a superb performance in what I would say is one of his more challenging roles, because the character himself is just so unlikable and unlike anyone he has portrayed before. He definitely made this movie, and without him in it it would seem to be missing a magic ingredient. Time and again Franco proves his worth as one of the great actors of his generation. He obviously knew that this movie's worth exceeded the majority of our expectations.It seems the point of this film is lost upon most, which is a shame, though I can understand why. On the surface this appears to be a shallow and uninspiring piece of crap theatre with no motive beyond showing us some tits and ass. It is so much more. I love movies that make me think, even if they are at the time disturbing to watch. Well, this is what we are supposed to enjoy watching, after all. This is what our media, our 'culture', our idols depict as the epitome of what constitutes the good life. We are told to live our youth to the full. Is this not what they do throughout the movie? Are you not entertained? No?Isn't that just it though? The truth hurts. This is the truth of what our youth aspire to. Sad, ain't it. Maybe I should give this a 1 star rating. I'm sure that's what the director would want me to do.
Nihilistic Extremism (by nikisoumpassis)
An allegory of our depressed, mostly materialistic, youth culture and it's mutation into a self destructive acid wave. This is an underrated film. I'm guessing, mostly because it uses a contemporary directing/aesthetic approach which can lead to the misconception that this movie is actually superficially entertaining.Just the right casting, the 4 girls are the consequences of MTV and celebrity culture gone wrong. I couldn't tell which one of them was more depressed. I'm guessing Ashley Bensons character who seemed playing around the idea of death at any given time. Plus, it <more>
contains one of the best scenes in years. At the very least, you will enjoy it.
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Articles tagged “maori”
Voyage To Rapanui: 5,000 Miles Down With No GPS, Maps Or Compass
by Dave Seminara on Dec 30, 2012
How would you feel about sailing 10,000 nautical miles from Auckland, New Zealand, to Easter Island and back on a double-hulled canoe with no GPS or navigational equipment? In August, after reading a story my colleague wrote on the Waku Tapu Voyage to Rapanui Expedition, I resolved to check back on these intrepid explorers to see if they made it to Rapanui (Easter Island) in one piece.
I’m happy to report that 22 male and female New Zealanders did indeed complete the first half of their epic journey, arriving in Rapanui safe and sound on December 5. Traveling on two traditional waka (double-hulled sailing canoes) they retraced a historic route across the Pacific Ocean using only the stars, sun, moon, ocean currents, birds and other marine life to guide them, just as their Maori ancestors did. They are now en route back to New Zealand and are due to arrive home in late March. The goal of the journey was to “close the final corner of the Polynesian Triangle defined by Hawaii in the North, New Zealand in the South and Rapanui in the East.”
I caught up with Karl Johnstone, Director of the New Zealand Maori Arts & Crafts Institute, which organized the expedition, to find out more about this remarkable journey.
Tell us a little about this historic voyage?
It landed on the 5th of December in Rapanui (Easter Island) and they left Auckland on the 17th of August. There were two stopovers, one in Tubuai, one of the Austral Islands in French Polynesia, and then one in Mangareva, to the east of French Polynesia. We had about 22 people on board at any one time, 11 per waka (canoe). These are traditional double-hulled sailing canoes.
The two traditional elements of the voyage are the waka themselves, which are made of indigenous trees from New Zealand and have traditional composition modern rigging and traditional, non-instrument navigation, using environmental tools, habits of the sun, moon and stars and so on.
So there was no GPS or other type of navigational equipment used?
That’s right. This hasn’t been done in modern day times. There are GPS locators on board, and they had a satellite phone, which emits a GPS signal every half an hour back to our waka tracker, so we knew where they were at all times. And we looked at where they were all the time versus their sail plan and the navigators were never really more than 50 nautical miles off the course line they had set. They did really, really well.
You say this hasn’t been done. Has anyone tried it?
It’s never been tried in modern times.
What were some of the hardships the crew faced along the way?
The weather, number one. We had significant storms on our way out to Tubuai, four of them in fact. A lot of the crew, 50% at least were new to open-ocean voyaging, so they had to develop a trust in their vessel. Sickness as well. We had two cases of hypothermia – that’s to be expected when you’re out at the tail end of winter here. Some got boils as well, which is also common. They have to be treated seriously. A few guys had toothaches, infections.
A couple guys had to be taken off because of coral cuts because we couldn’t risk them getting infections out on the open ocean. Another one got burnt – most of the injuries happened on land, not out on the ocean. But we had a well-stocked medicine cabinet, so everyone was treated quite quickly.
Did everyone who started finish?
One had to come off as a result of an injury in Mangareva, but we took him to be there when the waka arrived in Rapanui because he’d made it through the hardest part of the voyage and we couldn’t bear for him not to be there at the end.
Tell me about the crewmembers. Did they all take time off from careers to do this?
We had teachers, people with Ph.D.’s, engineers, people who work for their tribes. It was a broad range of professions, in most cases, they had to walk away from their employment to do this voyage. Some were very senior; one in particular was a very senior official in the Ministry of Education here in New Zealand. A lot of these people walked away from everything you’d consider mandatory in the modern day world to undertake this voyage with no guarantee of success.
And the voyage was unpaid. They got some support along the way but we didn’t pay them or help with their mortgages or anything else, so they had to have a real commitment to this project.
How were they selected for this voyage?
It was through a training program, and they had to volunteer. We had a nine-month training program. There was some natural attrition, we had about 50 who volunteered, and the cream rose to the top.
[Photo credit: Waka Tapu]
Video: Maori Creation Story Told In Sand Art
by Sean McLachlan on May 30, 2012
One of the great things about exploring other cultures is hearing their stories. The world is filled with myths, legends, fables, anecdotes, histories, jokes and all sorts of other oral traditions. Some traditional storytellers keep to the old ways, while others, like this sand artist, have taken on new methods to tell age-old tales.
Marcus Winter is a Maori artist who opened up the 2010 Original Art Sale in New Zealand by retelling a traditional Maori creation story. Through his work we see the world being formed when the children of Ranginui, the Sky Father, and Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, separate their parents and set off a chain reaction that creates the world and, of course, New Zealand.
Stories are living things. They take on new forms to adapt to the times and perpetuate themselves through the ages. I’m glad that artists like Winter are taking their ancient tales and giving them a modern twist.
Video: ‘No Kitchen Required’ In New Zealand, ‘When Maori Attack’
by Laurel Miller on Apr 10, 2012
Here at Gadling, we’ve been keeping tabs on the new BBC America reality show “No Kitchen Required,” which is taking cooking competitions to new highs (and lows). Battling for fame and glory are award-winning chef Michael Psilakis of New York’s Fish Tag and Kefi; private executive chef Kayne Raymond; and former “Chopped” champ Madison Cowan.
The chefs hunt and gather ingredients to prepare regional cuisine in various locations, including Dominica, Belize, Fiji, Thailand, South Africa, Hawaii, New Mexico and Louisiana. The show is a cross between “Survivor” and “Top Chef,” with a dash of over-the-top, Bear Grylls-style drama thrown in, but it’s all in good fun and provides a fascinating cultural and culinary tour of little known destinations and cuisines.
Here, we have a teaser clip from New Zealand that features the chefs watching a haka, or traditional Maori warrior dance, prior to having the local community judge their respective meals. Here’s hoping they didn’t give anyone food poisoning.
New Zealand’s King Country: Historically off limits, still beautifully empty
by Kyle Ellison on Mar 9, 2012
It isn’t often you are able to pet a stingray while firmly standing on land.
Somehow, however, this is exactly what I found myself doing while watching the sunset in New Zealand’s Aotea Harbor. A little visited eco-outpost on the west coast of the North Island, the coastal estuary, which creeps inland, has created a sheltered harbor reputed to be the final resting place of a waka, or canoe, which originally transported the first Maori settlers to New Zealand around 1150.
The area, I would soon find out, is steeped in far greater history than just that of the canoe.
Standing on the rocks of the estuary while cooking a dinner of quinoa and vegetables, which is the type of dinner you frequently eat when you live in a campervan with no refrigeration, a large stingray decided to come up and rub his belly on the very rock I was standing on. After examining the flimsy critter for a number of minutes, there really was nothing left to do but bend down and run a hand along its slimy black wing.
“Last week we had the orcas in here,” came a voice from behind me.
Spinning around to find the voice, I found an aging Maori gentleman who had decided to accompany me along the rocks.
“Had the big bull one with that tall dorsal fin leading the others right through this harbor. Get them every few weeks or so,” he explained.
With the fading sunlight illuminating the coastal sand dunes, the image of a pod of powerful orca plying the waters of this hidden harbor was an image I desperately hoped to see. These waters are also home to Maui’s dolphin, the most critically endangered dolphin species in New Zealand whose numbers are thought to have fewer than 150 left in the wild.
You would think that a place such as Aotea, which offers stunning eco-diversity, calming views, and natural hot springs right on the beach, would be a tourist magnet that everyone had heard of. Yet strangely there is nobody here.The same went for nearby Bridal Veil Falls, a cascading 180 foot waterfall, which plunges through dripping green rainforest. Arguably the most perfect waterfall I’ve ever seen, there was nobody there to enjoy it with me.
The dirt roads were all empty, the surrounding hills were silent, and you got the feeling that tourists simply just don’t ever come here. It’s like I had stumbled into a zone where mainstream tourists simply don’t bother to go.
After further research, I learned that’s exactly what I had done. This area here is the King Country, and it’s been like this for quite some time.
With British settlers populating New Zealand en masse throughout the 1850s, inevitably, there were bound to be skirmishes with the local Maori iwi (tribes) who had been populating the land for hundreds of years. One such altercation came in the Waikato region of the North Island in 1863, where, after a decisive loss, a Maori chief by the name of King Tawhiao retreated into the heavily forested hinterlands to reassemble.
Fortifying the area with heavily armed pa sites, for nearly two decades skirmishes between Maori and pakeha (white settlers) dotted the outskirts of this semi-independent area, which would soon be known as the “King Country” for those loyal to Tawhiao. Rugged country with infertile soil not suited for farming, it was understood amongst British settlers that this was a no-man’s land for people of their kind.
One of the final holdouts of the native Maori, formal boundaries were actually drawn in 1884 delineating an area of 7,000 square miles of land loyal to King Tawhiao, an area roughly equivalent to the size of Belgium or New Jersey. During this time the King Country even published its own regional newspaper with a printing press acquired from missionaries who abandoned it due to the threat of impending war.
Finally, however, with an increasing amount of western settlers encircling the rugged outpost, an informal treaty was negotiated at the town of Raglan where agreements were made for gradually assimilating the land and the Maori population into the local economic and political landscape.
Over 130 years later, the place still has the feel as if nothing was ever signed at all. Local marae (ceremonial meeting places) seem to be clustered more densely here than in other parts of the country, and the population density of Maori is evident in the few passerby you do actually encounter on the roads and small towns.
Standing in an isolated cave set an hour away from the more popular Waitomo Caves, it’s easy to understand why King Tawhiao chose this rolling hinterland for the ultimate hideout of his people. In the silence afforded in the valley of ferns, I remind myself that the history of this region, and this country, is still in its adolescence in comparison to other nations around the world. Did King Tawhiao once stand and ruminate on the King Country, his country, from here in this very cave only a few generations before?
Though the King Country may not be at the top, or rather, far from the top of virtually all tourist itineraries and guidebooks, there are few sites in Aotearoa which offer such a strong semblance of the past — sloping hills and dense forests where history can still be felt in the present moment.
For 2 months, Gadling blogger Kyle Ellison will be embedded in a campervan touring the country of New Zealand. Follow the rest of the adventure by reading his series, Freedom to Roam: Touring New Zealand by Campervan.
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Posted on September 28, 2018 by Jason V.
The “Get To Know” line of articles are built to get a better impression of what I love/hate, and why, through a more direct means. While my tastes have been quite unconventional to the “norm” we’ve seen, I feel as if it’d be beneficial to run a series of articles that go into what I adore, and deplore, about gaming, and why.
I alluded to a major project I was going to work on throughout 2018, but due to repeated illnesses, I was unable to produce a healthy enough queue to get it going. That project was going to be my top 100 games of all-time, in which I would go into a great bit of detail on each game, and why it has a position on said list.
With this miniseries I have going with Get To Know, it’s given me a renewed sense of urgency to try and get some portion of this project revealed and shared with everyone. Instead of being overly ambitious, I’ll truncate the list to a top 25; that’s more than enough to show the kinds of games I adore the most, and the genres that they represent.
2 – Mass Effect 3
Developer: Bioware
Platform: 360, PC, WiiU
Release date: 3/6/12
What is Mass Effect 3?
The final chapter in the Shepard trilogy, Mass Effect 3 closes out the main storyline, with some heart wrenching moments, as well as an ending that divided the fanbase. Oh, there was also a multiplayer that no one asked for, no one wanted, but turned out to be one of the best ever.
What warrants Mass Effect 3‘s inclusion on this list?
Mass Effect 3 was another game that, although it left and indelible mark on me, I didn’t fully comprehend its importance and just how much I truly fell in love with it until I sat down to put this project together. It was the first game that wasn’t a fighting game where I was as invested in the single player experience as I was with the multiplayer.
The single player was phenomenal. The gameplay, which was radically different from the first, felt more refined than the second. The RPG aspects might have been dumb down, but it didn’t mean that it wasn’t a fun game to play. The more hands-on action, with the CPU taking being competent enough to take care of themselves, was a welcome bonus.
There were a few moments during the campaign that literally took my breath away. The opening portion, with the child that you keep encountering, absolutely gutted me. There was a moment during the last 15 minutes that crushed me, and still does.
And then there was the ending.
Unlike a number of “fans”, I did not feel betrayed, nor disgusted by the three “colored” endings. I accepted the ending. I didn’t like it only because it meant that my time with Shepard and his comrades had ended once and for all, but I wasn’t wasting time and money sending Bioware cupcakes to prove some silly notion, when that money could have been spent on feeding the homeless, just because I felt betrayed by the ending. The fact that Bioware took the time to extend the ending (something completely unnecessary, though appreciated), just to appease the vocal minority, was something. I’m not saying that fans shouldn’t be disappointed, but come on man. I understand feeling passionate about something, but what a waste of time and resources.
Nonetheless, the journey through three games made a lasting impression on me. While I long to have some side stories released on the Shepard saga, I am content with it being over, and it will always have a special place in my heart. Mass Effect 3 was, IMO, a powerful conclusion to a franchise that ended up being my all-time favorite (Andromeda doesn’t fit into this equation — more the Shepard trilogy). The friends I encountered as Shepard throughout my journeys, will never be forgotten, and their deeds will be celebrated for years to come.
Now, as much as the single player of Mass Effect 3 meant the world to me, lets talk about that multiplayer.
My first experience with Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer was an open beta just before the full release. It was Firebase White, and I can’t recall how many kits were available. It was wave after wave of Cerberus enemies, which grew stronger and more varied by each passing wave. Before I played the beta, I really had no expectations for the final build being an enduring portion of the Mass Effect experience. After playing it, I thought it’d be a fun little distraction from the main game.
Then I played it on its release, and that’s when the magic with it began.
Mass Effect 3 multiplayer is essentially a horde mode with loot crates (packs) and kit leveling. Packs can be purchased with real money, but there’s not only no benefit to using real money, but the acquisition of gold from completing each game, is sustainable enough to purchase packs and obtain new kits, weapons and upgrades for them, consumable items, etc.
The number of kits at the end of the free updates that Bioware provided, reached near four dozen over six classes. The diversity between them was oftentimes staggering; a Salarian Infiltrator has a primary focus upon sniper rifles, can go invis, as well as use Energy Drain to drain his opponents shields, while the Alliance Infiltration unit is more mobile, focusing on freezing enemies and using more close quarters weapons (shotguns) while giving herself speed/mitigation buffs.
Each kit could be leveled up to 20, with skills points being given every level, to allocate on branching skill trees. This further helps to diversify one Volus Protector (Vanguard) from another. You can even respec all the way back down to level one and redo your choices, or use a special item from a pack that lets you reset your points.
The number of kits available helped prolong the multiplayer lifespan exponentially. The variety and depth available between all these kits was something no other horde mode type game has ever achieved since then, as far as I know.
The number of maps at launch was a paltry five, yet they never grew tiresome. Eventually with more free multiplayer DLC, more maps were released, giving even more variety to how the game is played. None of them were gigantic in size, but most of them had just enough room to maneuver around and not feel claustrophobic, though there were certain maps during certain points of the lifespan of multiplayer where they were best suited for Gold or Platinum difficulties. The higher the difficulty, the higher the payout at the end of the game.
Coordination between three other players isn’t essential for winning in games Silver and lower, though Gold and Platinum it’s vital. There are some kits that can solo either Gold or Platinum with ease (I’ve done it with the Geth Juggernaut and the Turian Ghost) though that’s an exercise in patience and intelligence. There are certain tasks that need to be completed on certain waves that award bonus experience for how fast they are completed. Either it’s disabling scattered around the map, or escorting a drone to a certain point on the map. Sometimes it’s as elementary as killing a specific enemy, who has bonus health. The eleventh and final wave is the extraction, where players have a couple of minutes to get to the extraction zone and escape, which nets bonus exp and credits.
On paper, it sounds monotonous and dull, but in execution, it’s addicting as all hell. It also helps that, from my experience with Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer, it’s the least toxic community I’ve seen, thanks to no text chat and scant use/need of voice chat. More often than not, everyone knew what to do, where to go, etc. While the entire concept of the multiplayer was cooperative play, I always made it a game to try and outscore the other players. Most every time I would, and it added another little goal to reach once all the kits were level 20.
Going back to the packs that players could purchase with in-game currency, these were the only ways anyone could obtain new kits, weapons and upgrades, and so on. As previously mentioned, you can use real money to purchase packs, but the amount for each was so ridiculously high, with there being a true randomness to what is unlocked, that it’s a bigger payoff to grind and grind, rather than blowing actual money on them.
On the Xbox 360 version, I came close to maxing out every weapon I had, while with the PC version, I’m still a long grind away from that. Each weapon has ten ranks, each rank increasing its strength and such. Certain kits augment certain aspects of each weapon as well, depending on the path chosen. Extra ammo, higher headshot damage and weapon stability are a few perks these kits give each weapon. Each time a pack has a kit that the player already owns, it adds color customization options, and if the kit is not max level, it will help level them.
For me, having that carrot on a stick in regards to maxing out an ultra rare weapon, as well as just the collect-a-thon of all these weapons and such, drew me in deeper with Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer. With the single player taking a more action/real-time turn, it transitioned to the multiplayer and became a flawless blend. It was a very grindy, action packed experience, with a hook that pulled me in hard.
Some of my favorite gaming moments came from my time with the multiplayer game in Mass Effect 3. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to record any of my time with the 360 version, though I’ve done many streams of the PC version. There was one particular moment I was able to capture while streaming, of my Vorcha Soldier pulling off a sick solo during a midway point of a Gold game, when the rest of the team had died early in the wave.
(excuse the odd musical choices, that’s what I had playing from a YouTube playlist I made for streaming, and yes, that’s Mega Man 3 and Bubble Bobble):
There was also the time where I magically resurrected seconds after an instakill, which is not supposed to happen until the other players complete a round, but did:
In total (so far) between the Xbox 360 version and the PC version (which I sicked up and played years after the 360 version), I’ve logged in well over 2500 hours. In fact, when I’m done with this piece, I’m going to put some more time into the PC version. The amazing thing about the multiplayer on at least the PC version, is that there’s still a bit of a community that have stuck with it. It’s not always easy finding a game sometimes, but having them around still means I’ll be able to have some more fun with this underrated and stellar multiplayer game.
The Mass Effect franchise left an indelible mark on my life. The Shepard saga remains my all-time favorite storyline and series, and the multiplayer was a brilliant, insanely addicting addition. I know one day the multiplayer will become inaccessible through normal means, and it’s depressing to think about, but I still have it now to love and enjoy, and hopefully share with you all in an attempt to get some fresh blood to enlist in the ranks.
Play Mass Effect 3 for the story and its conclusion. Love what the trilogy gave to gamers. Stay for the amazing multiplayer, while it’s still going. Then when the doors close once and for all, hell, even right now, go back and play through the trilogy once again.
Once in a lifetime multiplayer experience.
With possibly only the number one title blowing away the time I spent with Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer game, there’s no denying that I was hooked in hard. The horde mode inspired setting, with a myriad of unlockable weapons, kits and expendable power ups, truly made for a special multiplayer experience. While I loved my time on StarSiege, playing with friends I worked with, there was a thrill with Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer that will never be replicated. Even Mass Effect Andromeda lacked that special something that made Mass Effect 3 as profound and utterly addicting. There will never be another experience quite like this one.
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At one company where I worked, a colleague had to sets of boxing gloves hanging from his wall, and underneath there was a sign that said “Conflict Resolution Kit”
Whilst this was meant as a joke, there are many people I have come across, who look to take this approach to resolve conflicts.
But in reality, fighting is just extending the conflict, it never resolves it. Even, if you win the fight, the conflict still remains, it might not be visible, but it’s there, and it will come back to the surface at some time, maybe not on today, and maybe no on this topic, but it will come back.
To resolve conflict we need to come to agreement, a real agreement, and the best way to do this is through a win-win solution.
When ever it becomes win-lose, or lose-win, or worst of all l0se-lose, the conflict is never really resolved.
In my opinion, conflicts need to be confronted, but not in a confrontational way.
We need to sit down and discuss the conflicts openly, looking for resolution.
Conflicts are resolved through discussion, not through further conflict. You only need to look at the Arab Israeli conflict to understand that further conflict will never resolve that problem.
The best way to be prepared for the discussion: I think we really understand the other person position; to try and put yourself in their shoes; to try to understand what they are looking for; to try and find what they see as an acceptable compromise, and still feel that they have a win for themselves.
It is a negotiation, we need to understand what our walk away point is, the minimum that we can accept in order that we still see this as a win for us, as well.
If we can find something that we think they would genuinely find acceptable, and we know what our minimum requirements are then we should be able to propose something that we think will be acceptable to both parties.
We have to do this genuinely, we have to look for a 50/50 solution, not an 70/30 solution in our favour and still think of that as win-win. It isn’t.
In any circumstances, 70/30 would at best be WIN-win, and with this there will remain some resentment or conflict. We need to be fair, and we need to be honest about what we want and what we really need.
Often when we are in conflict there is a lot of emotion involved, and making decision when we are being emotional can be a difficult, if not impossible.
In these circumstances we may need to involve a mediator, someone who can look at things unemotionally, in order to propose a realistic win-win solution.
I always like to try and resolve conflict without resorting to a mediator, but this does require us to make compromises, and that’s not always easy.
I hope that this advice has been helpful, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Or tell me about a conflict you have been involved in, and how you resolved it.
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Name, Policy on the Use of the University of Toronto [October 17, 1991]
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University of Toronto Governing Council
Policy on the Use of the University of Toronto Name
To request an official copy of this policy, contact:
The Office of the Governing Council
Room 106, Simcoe Hall 27 King’s College Circle University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario
M5S 1A1
E-mail: governing.council@utoronto.ca
Website: http://www.governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/
THAT the principle that use of the name of the University of Toronto be restricted to organizations in good standing within the University be endorsed.
THAT it is recognized that the University may take legal recourse against the abuse or unauthorized use of its name.
THAT responsibility for monitoring the use of the name and initiating any legal action will continue to reside with the administration.
All bank accounts opened in the name of a group or body that includes the University's name must be authorized by the Assistant Vice-President, Finance.
The administration may implement a licensing procedure for the use of the University of Toronto name and registered marks provided that recognized student groups and on-campus organizations will not be subject to the royalties.
Section 4 approved by the University Affairs Board, February 13th, 1990
Section 5 approved by the Governing Council, October 17th, 1991
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Commons Chamber
Exiting the European Union (Energy Conservation)
Volume 684: debated on Wednesday 18 November 2020
The Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth
(Kwasi Kwarteng)
That the draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, which were laid before this House on 13 October, be approved.
In recent years, the EU has introduced, through the ecodesign directive and the energy-labelling framework regulation a suite of product-specific regulations. Ecodesign regulations are all about minimising the cost and environmental impact of products used in homes and businesses by setting minimum energy performance standards. Energy labelling regulations provide consumers with information about a given product’s energy performance to allow them to make informed purchasing decisions. In 2020, those policies will save households approximately £100 on their annual energy bills, and they will also lead to greenhouse gas emissions savings of 8 million tonnes of CO2 while driving innovation and competitiveness in business.
The aims of the statutory instrument are relatively straightforward. It amends retained EU law to ensure that the ecodesign and energy labelling regime remains operable in the UK once the transition period ends at the end of this year. The SI also implements the Northern Ireland protocol and unfettered access for ecodesign and energy-labelling policy.
Jim Shannon
(Strangford) (DUP)
I am concerned about the Northern Ireland protocol. We spent some 60 minutes on that in the urgent question to the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office. Will the Minister clarify the issue of labelling on products from Northern Ireland and confirm that the protocol will not prevent my agrifood sector and other sectors from selling their products across the water east-west and west-east?
Kwasi Kwarteng
I think there are two different issues. Clearly, there are labelling issues, but the question that the hon. Gentleman is asking relates to market access. There is no reason, once the SI is on the statute book, that there should be any impediment to trade.
Amendments to retained EU ecodesign and energy-labelling legislation are required to ensure that that legislation can continue to operate legally within the UK from 1 January 2021. Amendments are also made to our 2019 EU exit SI to ensure that that continues to function as intended. New energy-labelling regulations for some products have come into force in the EU, and they require that suppliers of the relevant goods provide rescaled energy labels with their products from 1 November 2020. Retailers, however—this should be stressed—do not need to display those labels until 1 March next year. This SI ensures that the March 2021 requirements that would otherwise not become retained EU law still come into force in March, as intended.
Alan Brown
(Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
On retailers needing to display the new labels, does the retailer just swap one label for another, or is there some other process they need to go through come March?
There will be a requirement from March 2021 for retailers to display the requisite labels, but we do not envisage this as being a particularly difficult transition.
To ensure legislative implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol—this relates to what the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) said—the statutory instrument amends our 2019 EU exit SI, and underlying legislation, so that certain UK-wide provisions are limited to Great Britain only. This will ensure that EU requirements continue to apply in Northern Ireland after the transition period, as per the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol. The instrument also allows relevant qualifying Northern Ireland goods that comply with EU ecodesign and energy labelling regulations to be placed on the GB market without—this relates directly to his point—undergoing additional checks. Qualifying Northern Ireland goods are defined in another instrument laid before Parliament by the Department.
Finally, the SI implements a decision to replace the EU flag on energy labels with the UK flag. Alongside this, we have removed EU language text from energy labels, and UK energy labels have been made available to businesses—free of charge, I would like to add—through an online service that supports compliance with this amendment.
These regulations are necessary to ensure the continued functioning of ecodesign and energy-labelling policy in the UK, while upholding our commitments under the Northern Ireland protocol, with the result that the UK, its consumers and our businesses can continue to realise the benefits of this policy. I commend the regulations to the House.
Dr Alan Whitehead
(Southampton, Test) (Lab)
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I thank the Minister for giving us a careful and clear exposition of the position that was the case prior to this year and what will now be the case with the effective continuation of the provisions of the two EU directives that he mentioned—the EU ecodesign directive of 2009 and the EU energy-labelling framework regulations of 2017—in terms of their position as continuing defenders of consumer rights in the purchase and use of electrical goods and similar items that are covered by those directives. They deal, in the first instance, as he mentioned, with ensuring a progressive energy efficiency base for electrical products so that the least efficient are progressively withdrawn from sale as the provisions of the ecodesign directive comes in—that is, the requirement that goods are progressively designed in an increasingly energy-efficient and therefore energy-saving way.
The second directive, as the Minister mentioned, provides a labelling system, which I think hon. Members will be familiar with, that covers the energy efficiency rating of a particular product and therefore gives customers guidance on the products that they are purchasing and reinforces the ecodesign directive in terms of informing customer choices about what they are purchasing. Clearly, it is very important for the purposes of continuing the protections and support for the marketing and purchasing of those electrical items that what was in the directives is properly transposed and changed into UK law. As far as I can see, what has happened with both statutory instruments in this area is that the transposition has been fully made so that the provisions come properly into UK law.
Of course, that is not the full story and we need further elucidation on one or two things, whether or not we agree that the SI does its job of making sure that after 1 January—or in this case, March—the provisions are fully transferred and protection can continue. Slightly confusingly, this SI follows on from an SI with exactly the same name in 2019, which first transposed EU eco- design and energy labelling directives into equivalent standards in UK law. That SI transferred those arrangements on the basis that they would come into force in March 2020. However, with the extension of article 50 and the date of exit now being 1 January 2021, the SI might conceivably have needed updating to deal with the new date. Indeed, as it transpired, a number of amendments, changes and developments in those EU directives were made and came into force in the period between the original start date of the 2019 SI and the start date that is envisaged in the new SI we have before us.
Matt Rodda
(Reading East) (Lab)
I wish to take my hon. Friend’s point somewhat further forward. Does he agree that the public and many environmental organisations are deeply concerned, in exactly the way that he is pointing out, about the slippage and the way that the Government, through sleight of hand, are watering down very important EU environmental regulations?
Dr Whitehead
I agree that the public are concerned about that, and we in this House should be concerned about it, because in a number of instances we can see that the period between the lapsing of the EU regulation and its replacement by UK-based provisions has been used, either accidentally or purposefully, to lose some of the protections in transition. Part of our job today is to make sure that what was there for our protection prior to EU exit remains there and continues for future purposes. On this occasion, I think—this SI is 118 pages long, so it is quite a read—
It is 116 pages.
The hon. Member quite rightly corrects me; it is substantially shorter than I thought.
The provisions appear to be consistent with what was there before and what is there for the future, but that does not cover all the issues, important though it is that we get that right. It was not just a question of checking that the original SI had done the job of making the transition safely into UK law. There was a period during which we were effectively bound to EU law, and a number of changes took place that were to be implemented during that period between the passing of the first SI and this SI being introduced. This SI therefore had to do a number of additional things, to incorporate those changes into UK law for future purposes.
In so doing, a number of issues have arisen, particularly in relation to Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland protocol comes into question as far as those changes are concerned, as well as how Northern Ireland and Great Britain would be incorporated into the changes for exit on 1 January. The two things that have happened in the intervening period seem to throw up some difficulties, and I would be grateful if the Minister could comment on them.
The first is that the question of the status of the regulations has arisen as far as Northern Ireland is concerned, because Northern Ireland will now continue to be in the EU regulatory system for the purposes of the two directives and will continue to eco-label on EU badging. That appears to present a problem for the marketing of Northern Ireland-manufactured products in Great Britain. In the SI, those products have effectively been given leave to market in GB on EU labelling and efficiency bases, but with a clear marking of their origin, which is tracked into GB.
That issue may well have been resolved by this SI, but there also arises a problem the other way round. If goods are being marketed from Northern Ireland with EU eco-labelling on it and are subject to ecodesign regulations, it is important that those labels and the ecodesign standards are compatible within the UK. The UK Government have effectively provided an internal solution to that problem by ensuring that the new regulations on UK eco-labelling apply only to GB and not to Northern Ireland, and what comes in from Northern Ireland can be marketed in Great Britain without further additional labelling.
However, what about the marketing of Great Britain-manufactured and labelled goods into Northern Ireland? The SI mentions a possible solution to this, which I would like the Minister to comment on. It has been agreed that there should be a mark on the GB certification to allow those goods to be sold in Northern Ireland. I am not clear what that mark is, how it will be distinguished for the purpose of selling in Northern Ireland and how it will differentiate goods that are being sold from the EU in Northern Ireland, as opposed to being sold from Britain. That is particularly important because of goods from the Irish Republic.
As for the marketing of UK-manufactured goods in the EU, I expect that the UK will have to produce separate agreements on conforming to EU standards to market, and that the existence of a UK mark will not be sufficient to secure marketing arrangements. Can the Minister clarify that position and say whether the eco-labelling UK label will be sufficient for goods that are manufactured in the UK, but marketed in the EU, if those arrangements are in parallel? Would that be acceptable for marketing purposes, or will UK companies have to agree on an additional EU label, over and above the UK label, to secure those marketing opportunities? That is the first additional problem with which we must get to grips.
In addition, some of the changes in the directives issued between March and January are not due to be implemented until 2021. Although those measures should have passed into UK law between March and January, the UK Government opted not to include them in this SI, because they are not due to be implemented before we have left the EU. We may ask whether that is of any significance. Indeed, there is a question mark in my mind about whether or not it is significant, because one change that was made in the regulations prior to this period, and which therefore should have been implemented but will not come in until 2021, relates to lighting standards. It looks as if those who manufacture lighting products in Northern Ireland will have to apply further changes in lighting standards and eco-labelling in 2021, which will set Northern Ireland at odds with GB standards. As far as the UK is concerned, in Great Britain that element of EU law will not yet have been passed on at all, and it may or may not be in the future.
What plans does the Minister have subsequently to incorporate those changes into UK law, so that those standards will be the same? He will agree that this is not an academic point. There could be divergence between Northern Ireland and Great Britain on those standards, and that might take us further away from the simple question of putting on a mark, or providing a way leave.
Madam Deputy Speaker
(Dame Eleanor Laing)
Order. I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but I assumed he was aware—although he might not be—that in a motion such as this, which has a 90-minute limit, even though there is currently no pressure from other Members who wish to speak on this specific item of business, it is unusual for the Minister or shadow Minister to take more than 15 minutes to make their point. The hon. Gentleman has taken significantly more than 15 minutes so far, and although he would be right to argue that plenty of that 90-minute slot is left, on behalf of Members who are waiting elsewhere to speak in the next and subsequent items of business, I should point out that there is a lot more business for the House to get through today. I would be grateful if the hon. Gentleman would consider truncating his remarks.
I thank you for your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker. In my defence, this is a particularly complicated statutory instrument and I have felt it necessary to try to lay it out in some detail to get to the heart of what we are trying to talk about. If I have taken rather longer than I might have done in that process, I am sorry, but I hope that I will be coming to the end of my remarks shortly.
Will the Minister set out what will be done about the lighting changes that have taken place in directives and how that can be reconciled with procedures in Northern Ireland and Great Britain? There is also no agreement yet, as I understand it, on access by Northern Ireland to the EU product database, which informs eco labelling and product standard activity. The UK is not supposed to have access to the database because it will be independent of the EU and will need to set up its own database in due course—or rather quickly I would have thought. However, if Northern Ireland is to continue to work on EU eco labelling criteria, it should have access to that database. Will the Minister tell us what is happening now about this apparent impasse?
You will be pleased to know, Madam Deputy Speaker, that we will not oppose this statutory instrument this afternoon, but I do hope that the Minister will be able to enlighten us on some of the points that I have raised. I think that, at the end of this, he might perhaps agree with me that this is rather a mess, isn’t it?
I presume from your guidance, Madam Deputy Speaker, that you do not want me to try to push this to the full 90 minutes.
I will do my best.
This sounds all very grand—"Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products”. I look forward to scrutinising and getting stuck into this legislation, but will it be about a cleaner, greener UK, or taking back control and leaving the EU? Well, no. There are actually 116 pages of legislation, nearly 100 pages of which are nice pictures of labels. Rather than taking back control, this is all about putting a Union Jack over what was formerly the EU flag on the labels on our appliances, which we all recognise, that tell us how energy efficient they are. The explanatory notes, at 10 pages, are nearly as long as the text in the regulations, which, again, says it all.
Noting what you said, Madam Deputy Speaker, about other important business coming later on, we have to ask: why is this legislation being debated in the main Chamber and not where SIs are usually done, which is in a Committee Room? It prompts the question of why the Government are bringing this legislation here anyway.
Will the Minister tell us whether a consultant was used to design these new labels and specifications included in the 100-odd pages, or was he able to do it in-house with civil servants? Did they come up with the new specification and the colour coding all by themselves, or did they have to go to someone external? Can he tell us what the advantage is of removing the EU language from the labels? Is that really necessary? In paragraphs 2.12, 2.15, 2.26 and 2.27 of the explanatory memorandum, reference is made to “fixing deficiencies” in retained legislation. Will the Minister confirm that no improvements or alterations have been made to coding and regulations other than, as has been already said, substituting references to EU legislation and EU bodies for references to UK bodies and adding a Union Jack to the labels, and that the measure just mirrors other regulations that have been incorporated, such as the power transformer amendment regulation? Does that mean there are no actual deficiencies in EU legislation to be fixed and that it is just about sorting UK legislation out before leaving the EU? If the Minister could confirm that, it would be good.
Can the Minister explain why there is just a one-year transition period for CE marking? As I tried to ask in my intervention earlier, for goods that arrive in the UK during that transition period but are not sold until later, when the regulations kick in for the new labels that must be displayed, will it just be a matter of the retailer swapping the label over to the new label without doing anything else, or will some other process have to be followed to provide certification?
Paragraph 10.1 of the explanatory memorandum states that stakeholders
“raised concerns about the limited timeframe being granted to implement the required”
changes. What has been done to help stakeholders with the timeframe, and what additional stakeholder engagement has taken place?
Paragraph 12.3 of the explanatory memorandum gives an estimate of the total cost to business under de minimis self-certification of £1.95 million. What is the total of all the various de minimis assessments that have come through the Minister’s Department? That £1.95 million cost itself is small, but if we keep adding up all these de minimis estimates, what is the estimated total cost to business of changes as a result of our leaving the EU?
Paragraph 2.25 of the explanatory memorandum gives details on compliance with the Northern Ireland protocol, which is good, but ironically, the UK Government seem to want to rip up that protocol, which was the whole point of the urgent question earlier today. Unfettered access for goods in Northern Ireland—for goods coming from Ireland and the EU, and for getting GB goods into Northern Ireland—would seem to be a really good advantage for distributors in Northern Ireland. Does that give Northern Ireland distributors an advantage over their GB mainland counterparts in business overheads and the checks and scrutiny they need to do?
Going forward, if there is a divergence in standards between the EU and the UK, how will the declaration of conformity for goods coming in and out of Northern Ireland to GB be implemented and checked? What discussions has the Minister’s Department had with counterparts in Northern Ireland?
It seems to me that even this simple replacement of labelling and updating of references to standards to comply with the EU—to make UK law valid and compliant as we exit the EU—is being left to the last minute. How are we supposed to believe that the UK is ready and okay to handle a no-deal exit, which the Government say will cause no problems whatsoever to business and transactions going forward?
As the hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Dr Whitehead) asked, what is the reality for GB goods being exported to the EU on exit? What arrangements are in place so that, going forward, these GB regulations that are coming into place will be accepted by the EU once the UK is a third country? Have any discussions taken place? Are any agreements in place, or is this all at the mercy of whether we get a deal or no deal? We do not have long left for that to be sorted out.
Let me conclude by asking the Minister this. Given that he is introducing legislation today that swaps flags and changes references from EU legislation to UK legislation while possibly missing key export issues that we need to understand, is he not embarrassed to be doing that from the Dispatch Box rather than in a Committee Room?
Before I call the Minister, I thank the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown) for having pointed out what an interesting piece of legislation this is. Very rarely do we get a fully illustrated instrument like this before us. I have never understood energy labels, but I have a much better idea now than I ever had before. I hope that many people will go to the Vote Office and pick up this draft statutory instrument.
Madam Deputy Speaker, I am delighted that you appreciate the various illustrations in the legislation, and I am delighted, too, that you have learned a great deal about energy labelling.
I shall sum up very succinctly, because I fully understand the pressures on time and the fact that people want to move on to subsequent debates. I thank the hon. Members for Southampton, Test (Dr Whitehead) and for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown) for their contributions. I will address two or three of their points as succinctly but as clearly as I can.
In relation to the implementation period—the transition period, as we call it now—it was always the case that we had an obligation to enshrine in UK law measures that were introduced by the EU in the course of the transition period, but once we had left the EU, there was no such obligation. The hon. Member for Southampton, Test is therefore quite right to say that, as per the Northern Ireland protocol, there could in theory be some divergence. However, if that happens, we can keep on an equal basis, mirroring what goes on in Northern Ireland at a subsequent date after we have left the EU. That is possible, and I am not going to prejudge the outcome of that.
With respect to marketing, in the provision in the statutory instrument, there is a period of a year where EU goods can be marketed in this country. As the hon. Gentleman said, leaving the transition period will not affect the marketing of goods from Northern Ireland into Great Britain, nor should it affect the marketing of goods from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, but there will be a marker. I cannot remember its exact design off the top of my head, but I will certainly come back to him on that question.
As to why this debate is happening on the Floor of the House and not in a Committee Room, that is clearly an issue for the business managers of the House. I am not in a position to fully answer that question, I am afraid, but I reiterate our commitment to the standards, ecodesign and energy labelling regime that has helped us to significantly reduce energy bills and increase emissions savings. This will make a massive contribution to our carbon reduction commitments in future. I think Members of this House will be very pleased to know that our standards have led the EU over the past few years: no country in the EU has decarbonised as readily as we have done since 1990. I notice that our German colleagues are still committed to the mining of coal until 2038, and I am pleased to say that we are taking coal off the power generation grid by 2024. I make that point not as an idle boast, but to say that we are, and have been, leaders of the EU, and with COP26 we will continue to provide leadership on the decarbonisation agenda.
This draft instrument will allow businesses in Northern Ireland to trade smoothly with Britain. It will allow Northern Irish products to circulate without any hindrance on the GB market, and it will also preserve the highest standards within businesses in this country.
I therefore commend these regulations to the House.
Madam Deputy Speaker, I draw attention to my having asked the Minister to give way.
I think the Minister has concluded, so the hon. Gentleman’s opportunity has, I am afraid, passed.
Between this item of business and the next, I ought to briefly suspend the House in order that the Dispatch Box and so on can be sanitised. I suspend the House for three minutes.
Sitting suspended.
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Belgium offers to pressure journal editor over Seralini study
On 28 September the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) held a teleconference with representatives of a few member states (Belgium, Netherlands, France, and Germany) about Seralini's study, in order to reach a joint position – as EFSA put it, "in order to discuss scientific concerns and avoid divergence".
In spite of EFSA's announcement that it has requested additional data from Seralini and will come out with a final opinion soon, it's clear that the outcome is already decided.
Germany already had a position on the study and its risk assessment ministry BfR was well represented in the conference, with three out of the eight member state participants.
Someone from the Scientific Assessment Support Unit of EFSA presented EFSA's conclusions about the study ("poor quality both in terms of reporting and clarity. The conclusions”¦ cannot be supported and”¦ there is no need for re-evaluation of NK603 and glyphosate"). EFSA's position was more or less identical to Germany's:
http://bit.ly/Sz6lRI
The Netherlands presented its conclusions, which matched EFSA's.
In France, the food agency ANSES and the Haut Conseil de Biotechnologie (HCB) had been asked to investigate the study's findings. ANSES's independent-minded assessment of the food packaging chemical bisphenol A, which diverged from EFSA's and decided the chemical was risky, seems unlikely to be repeated here, as the minutes note: "criticisms in line with other [member states']".
France had requested historical control data on the strain of rat Seralini used, from the animal supplier, Harlan. This suggests that France will base its assessment of Seralini's study on historical control data – irrelevant data that only serve to create 'noise' and mask the effects of the substance being tested:
http://earthopensource.org/index.php/reports/why-monsantos-attempt-to-disappear-tumours-is-invalid
Belgium had not decided on the GMO part of the study but agreed with the other member states on glyphosate (no problem with glyphosate).
Astonishingly, Belgium "suggested to write to the editor of the journal [that published Seralini's study] regarding the identified scientific weaknesses".
The response of the other participants to Belgium's offer to bully the journal's editor was that this may not be needed because "the scientific community is already reacting on this issue" and "Elsevier [the publisher] has received a significant number of letters requesting the reconsideration of the reviewing procedure for this paper".
Thanks, no doubt, to the efforts of the Science Media Centre and its well-oiled disinformation machine.
Belgian taxpayers might be interested to know that their hard-earned money was about to be spent on bullying the editor of the journal that published Seralini's study, Food and Chemical Toxicology, presumably into retracting the paper.
It's unclear from the minutes of this EFSA kangaroo court whether other member states, including those that are traditionally skeptical about GM, were also invited to take part in the meeting.
Download the report of the teleconference (in Dutch; minutes in English at the end) here:
https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/blg-187499.html
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Key to the City: Open House London 2012
As well as being Olympic Year and Jubilee Year, 2012 sees the 20th anniversary of Open House London. The scheme offers visitors the chance to do more than peep through the keyhole of buildings normally inaccessible to the public and to actually step inside, explore and experience them for themselves. Despite living in this illustrious city for many a long year, I’d never taken advantage of this initiative, until this year. In two very different but equally enjoyable visits, I went inside Richard Rogers’ iconic ‘Inside-Out’ building, Lloyds of London, and climbed the bell tower of St Mary’s Parish Church in Walthamstow.
Lloyd’s has been in business for 324 years, and started off in a coffee house. When you consider that London’s most famous diarist and one-time Secretary to the Admiralty, Samuel Pepys, reported hearing more reliable shipping news in the city’s coffee houses than from the Admiralty, this makes sense. The nine liveried staff who help in the smooth running of the building are still called ‘waiters’ as a legacy from the times when the shipping news was bandied around with the newly fashionable drink. Frequently compared with Paris’s Pompidou Centre (which Rogers co-designed with Renzo Piano), the building’s concept is for the space inside to remain uncluttered and open. This is achieved by housing as many pipes and cables as possible outside the building in shiny metal spirals, leaving the inside an unfettered, layered space arranged around a soaring atrium. Another theme is transparency, and the principle of openness in business which Lloyds espouses is reflected in the clear-sided escalators inside and the glass lifts clamped onto the outside corners.
While the views out onto the skyline from the upper floors are staggering, and the Adam Room, like a grand hall in a traditional English stately home, is unexpected, the highlight of my visit was meeting Bob. Standing straight and proper in his pressed naval style uniform, he explained how every day he completes the shipping entry in the huge, permanently-displayed, cream-leafed ledger. His hand-writing is elegant; the details he captures clipped and factual, sometimes draping tragic loss of life in the strict decorum of Lloyd’s reporting. The most well-known entry is that of 16 April 1912, when the record of the Titanic sinking was added. We could see this famous page displayed under the Lutine bell, salvaged from a ship in Napoleon’s fleet and now taking pride of place in the underwriting room. Historically rung regularly, once for good news, twice for bad, it’s now used only for ceremonial purposes.
Continuing the theme of bells, the day after my trip to Lloyd’s, several miles further east and on a wet, blustery Sunday afternoon, I pitched up at St Mary’s. Knowledgeable church steward Mary took us through a brief history of the church – there has been a place of worship on the site since the 11th century – before leading us up the high, wedge-shaped stone stairs to the bell-ringing room. Here we were given a demonstration by Mary; bell-ringing Captain, Dennis; and a third campanologist (which I’m reliably informed is the correct term for bell-ringer). Watching the red velvet bell pulls, fuzzy like bulrushes, glide up and down on their thick ropes, hearing the bells ring out above, was quite hypnotic. I was going to say ‘peal out’, but apparently a true peal involves at least 5000 bell changes, so it can take some time.
The actual bells are in the chamber above: there are ten, though usually only six are rung. When we discovered that the largest weighs almost a tonne, we understood why it’s rarely used. Back down in the ringing room, to my delighted surprise I was given a quick lesson and a go at bell-ringing myself! With the rope flailing around and leaping off unbidden at all angles, the bell clattered unmusically overhead and I was glad that David, my instructor, was there to keep control. Several attempts in, and I was finally beginning to feel the weight of the bell and pull at the right moment and to the right extent. My success was sporadic, however, and it was with some relief that I handed the rope back to David. As with anything, practice makes perfect. I’m not sure I’ll make a habit of bell-ringing, but I’ll definitely be putting Open House weekend into my calendar for 2013.
September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012 · Posted in At Home in the UK · Tagged bell-ringing, Lloyds of London, Lutine Bell, Open House London, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Samuel Pepys, St Mary's Walthamstow, Titanic ·
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Discussing Disruptive Energy Management Models at the MSP Bright Building
Chief Executive Officer Jordan Appleson is again joined by Bruntwood’s Energy Manager Bev Taylor. This time they discuss our energy infrastructure and how the whole system is complicated and not geared towards the consumer. We also learn more about how Bruntwood are utilising their Tesla battery pack and how Bev aims to make The Bright Building, their flagship building in Manchester, carbon positive and even turn that area of MSP into its own virtual power plant!
Jordan: We’re back at our favourite building, the Bright Building with Bev, star extraordinaire on Hark Studios, and we’re going to continue talking about energy management and sustainability.
Bev: We all know that energy generation isn’t difficult. We can do it via solar panels, ground source heat pumps etc. there’s lots of stuff that we can do to sort out the energy generation piece. There’s equally lots of stuff that we can do to these days to have transactional relationships with our customers; it’s that whole bit in the middle that we need to start putting the intelligence piece on there, we need to build a different culture around how we use our energy and how we pay for it. It’s really interesting for me because obviously, I’m old, we didn’t pay for our electricity via a quarterly direct debit. When I was younger, we used to put a shilling in the meter and people were really conscious of their energy use because it was a direct relationship, they were much closer to the transaction of the money.
Jordan: I’d forget! I don’t have change or cards or stuff like that, I’d just come home in the dark!
Bev: It is that really interesting thing about maybe looking at more disruptive models to change that system that we’ve got. So I think we’re all agreed on what we’ve got doesn’t really work that well, and the other interesting thing for me is the fact that in my day to day job, we’ve got an energy supply business and we only see prices going one way, rising significantly and we’ve got to do something to try to mitigate the increasing cost of those prices.
Jordan: That’s crazy. I was reading online that in terms of energy innovation, there are places in the world where actually, energy costs fall into the negative, yet here, where we are within this infrastructure, they seem to go up. I mean, I was only briefly reading about this yesterday that it’s because they have so much energy, but because of the infrastructure there’s no one to consume it, right?
Bev: Completely. So, even if you look at Oakney, this might not be correct, but it used to be, given where Oakney is, they’ve got so many wind farms on there, I think they produce 112% of the power that they actually need. But because of the infrastructure that they have, they’ve got huge numbers of people in fuel poverty. It’s just ridiculous, and it’s all down to the fact that the system we’ve got is not directed at the consumer. I think that the whole infrastructure set up and the billing process we have is incredibly complicated; as a licensed supplier, the number of industry bodies we need to interact with is absolutely crazy. We need to look at different models, and I think some of the stuff that people like you are doing, some of the things that we’re doing, I hope are starting to move us along that journey.
Jordan: Definitely, because I think it’s multifaceted. A building like this, the different types of energy that it draws, whether it’s something like a HVAC system or an LED lighting system, they have very specific power properties and because certain things are on at certain times during potentially a period of higher electricity costs, we can build intelligent software or intelligent cloud software. This allows us to better predict when they should be on and also make changes in real-time, rather than right now people going around and making those changes or it being fixed for summer and no one changing it in winter, which causes strain on the grid so really we’re killing two birds with one stone. That’s the kind of technology that I’m hoping we’re going to work together on over the next few months to see what we can do. I think what’s really interesting is when it comes to something like solar, the panels have a certain efficiency rating, right? Once you’ve got an estate full of solar panels, that efficiency tails off because they get dirty or something like that! We’ve then got a whole ecosystem of how do we keep these things as efficient as possible? And it’s the same for something like a Tesla battery power pack, even though it doesn’t have the same maintenance requirements as something like solar panels but there’s also another ecosystem there; you’ve got preventive maintenance to reduce downtime and increase energy efficiency, and that’s what we’re kind of focussing on right now.
Where are you at with the solar elements then? We’ve got a battery pack, it powers up the building for what, two or three hours a day?
Bev: Currently it’s about three hours a day. We’re not running the battery to its optimum levels, but that for us at the moment is the thing that’s driving the cleanest payback period for us.
Jordan: and that gets charged right now straight off the grid…
Bev: During the night, during its green period and we’re discharging it during its red period; it’s a really simple model. We could look at utilising the energy stored in the battery in lots of different ways, there’s lots of markets that we could tap into. There are things like short term operate and reserve, the capacity markets, firm frequency response, there’s various things that we could use it for, and part of that is deliberate. Part of that is around this idea of trying to make Bright Building a very smart building and understanding how we could make this carbon positive, which is my overall aim. It’s also around trying to deal with a single element of this revenue stacking proposal before we start complicating it for other people. The things that I’m talking about I think are the things everybody can get to grips with. It’s a really expensive period, let’s discharge the battery at that point.
Jordan: Absolutely. I think in order to make this something like, I say carbon positive because it’s not carbon neutral at this point, that means this needs to be of any kind of energy that is not renewable, right?
Bev: Yes!
Jordan: So, some of that will be internal, i.e. retrofitting solar panels, powering and charging the battery of the solar panels and some of it will be, presumably, because you don’t have a wind turbine in your backyard, purchasing renewable energy. Is that how that would work?
Bev: Yes, some that is absolutely where it will go. As I say, we’re a licensed supplier. Some of that will also be around optimising other assets that we’ve got within the MSP/Bruntwood portfolio. So, if we think about, we’re very fortunate here in the Science Park Estate because it’s sort of a campus area environment, so there’s lots of things here whereby we could put panels on these roofs and utilise the energy from those panels to take this building off grid, particularly given where the sub-stations are. Interestingly, you know the edge building in Amsterdam? That’s the model that they’ve used. So, their building is carbon neutral- not all the solar panels would fit on their building, so they borrowed the roof from next door! We would probably do the same here.
Eventually, I want to try to turn this little bit of the Science Park into its own virtual powerplant, so all of these buildings, we’d look at optimising all of the assets for all of these buildings to try and create a local balancing market within this site.
Jordan: When you say assets, what do you mean? How do you achieve that?
Bev: Well I think it’s through software like yours. So it’s this idea of being able to put more solar generation on, look at where we can utilise storage and then using the AI and data driven principles like what you guys are looking at, around who’s using energy when, and how we flex that system. So, we’d arrive at the best value in terms of cost and secondly, we’re utilising our energy reserves in the best possible way. I think it’s that piece around all of us understanding the principles of this, it’s that ‘being clever with the data’ and starting to bring the AI into it, and that then will start to drive better decisions. We’ve got a lot of buildings where it’s on or off, and we’ve got to get away from that. We’ve got to get smarter!
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Jane’s Party-Casual Island-Album Review
By: Nerhys Hall
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Toronto-based pop-rock quartet Jane’s Party recently released their fourth full-length, Casual Island. The album began as a series of demos inspired by the band’s experience touring across Europe in 2016, but the finished product is clean and cohesive. A mix of different pop and rock sounds, the album also features three different guest artists: Leland Whitty from BADBADNOTGOOD, DJ Skratch Bastid, and Fast Romantics’ Kirty .
Casual Island starts off with a bang. Track one, “You’re the Light”, has a driving bass line, a surf rock feeling, and rich vocal harmonies. Songs three, five, and ten are also quite quick. “Wait for You”, the third track, begins with ambient sounds, but is then driven by a quick-paced guitar while the soft vocals push and pull against the seemingly simple sounding song. Song five, “Satellite”, is a fun piece of power-pop with different textures throughout the song. Track ten, “Drive” featuring Kirty, sounds right from the eighties with plenty of echo effects and heavily featuring synths.
The seventh song, “Epilogue”, is the shortest track. Just seventeen seconds long, it’s an old — or old sounding — recording of spoken male vocals. By contrast, the longest song, with a run time of just under four and a half minutes, is the ninth song, “Casual Island” featuring Leland Whitty. It’s a slower song that begins with a long intro using ambient water sounds and turns into a kind of psychedelic-sounding song. Two other songs also feature Whitty: song eight “Acknowledgements” and the final song, “Surfing on a Sinewave”. Both are psychedelic-sounding with synths. “Acknowledgements” also features atmospheric guitar effects, lush vocal harmonies, and no drums. Track twelve, “Surfing on a Sinewave” is a relaxed, bluesy, jazzy, instrumental jam. It’s a fantastic way to close the album.
Song two on the album, “Arrow” is probably the most psychedelic sounding of the songs, featuring an organ and a very relaxed feeling. The fourth song, “The Only One” begins like a slow country ballad, but then echo effects are piled on and it takes a more psychedelic feeling. “Straight from the Heart”, the sixth song, is particularly interesting with tempo changes between the verses and choruses, relaxed vocals juxtaposing the driving drum line, and guitar accents throughout. Another particularly interesting song, is the penultimate track, “Right Down the Line” featuring Skratch Bastid. It’s very synth-heavy with a synth solo and unlike the other songs on the album.
If you’re looking for a solid pop album full of psychedelic sounds and rich vocal harmonies, check out Jane’s Party’s latest release Casual Island.
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FIFTY-FIFTY WALL
Named Fifty-Fifty after the lamp’s counterweight system that creates equilibrium between the two parts, it is clear to see how Sam Weller’s references to physics and engineering influence the design. Based on the idea of stripping a multi-purpose task light to its fundamental elements, Fifty-Fifty balances refined, pared-back aesthetics with optimal functionality. This largest and latest addition to the Fifty-Fifty family, the wall-mounted lamp uses most of the same components as the rest of the family, with configurable aluminium components and robust steel wall brackets and counter weight. The extruded cantilever arm is easy to tilt and pivot, featuring a touch-sensitive dimmer switch for precisely positioning and controlling the integrated LED light source. The Fifty-Fifty Wall lamp is suitable for using in offices, public spaces, and private homes.
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Sam Weller is a British designer, born in Bath (UK) in 1985. With a background in Industrial Design and Engineering, Sam went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London, graduating in 2012 with a Master of Arts in Design Products. He later joined a small London-based workshop space to begin cultivating his own ideas and developments. To date, he has lived, studied and worked around the world in the UK, US and Asia, and now resides in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sam’s design work aims to be timeless and honest, focusing on a pared-back aesthetic that reflects a product’s material selection and function.
For HAY, he has designed the Fifty-Fifty Table, Floor and Wall Lamp.
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[NEWS] HAILS FROM INFINITY Release Single And Announce Shows
In his seminal novel 1984, George Orwell wrote that “always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler.” In his book, Room 101 is the metaphorical space of absolute subjectivisation, a prison for the mind and soul where every aspect of personhood is ordered by the workings of power.
July 42nd, the latest single from Wollongong independent metalcore band Hails From Infinity, invites listeners to take part in this process, meditate in Room 101, and search out different realities by tearing down the veil, as frontman and vocalist Matthew Ozolins puts it. The concept of the veil describes that which divides the world that humans perceive and live in from what is real or possible – “Your senses are bound by what you believe.” Of the song, Ozolins says it the clearest he has been able to express himself lyrically, and praises the performances of his bandmates (Matthew Payne – Guitar and vocals, Matt Brkic – Drums, and Bjorn Brathetland – guitar) on the single.
These performances were coaxed out and moulded fist by Mark Williamson, who worked with the young group on their debut EP – Paradigm, released last year – and then by Chris Blancato. Blancato has previously leant his expertise to heavy acts such as Northlane, Stories, and Diamond Construct, and his presence is clear in the powerful vocal deliveries from Payne and Ozolins.
The single was released via killyourstereo.com in an exclusive premiere on 28/03 and received airtime on Triple J’s short.fast.loud the following day. Available on iTunes, Spotify, and YouTube, the track is accompanied by a video illustrated by emerging multi-media experimental artist Alex Pike. Pike’s work touches on many of the same themes as July 42nd and the band has said he was a natural choice for the video, which is currently the featured video on Cool Try (bro). “Alex’s work is all about bending perception, which is what we need to do to get out of this slump that we’re in politically and culturally, so we had such good feelings about working with him on this project” the band said.
Upcoming Hails From Infinity Dates:
Mix’n’Mosh – Towradgi Surf Club, Towradgi, April 2nd
Liberties ‘Day To Day’ Australian Tour – The Basement, Canberra April 14th
Wrangler Studios, Melbourne April 29th
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OneCare, Corrie
‘We witnessed a lot of inequity and separation. That’s why OneCare was established seven years ago with the purpose of creating links across communities. Our motto is ‘building community, restoring hope, changing lives’. We are located in Geelong West and people are happy to come from all over Geelong.’ I’m talking to Corrie Inei.
‘At noon on Thursdays we hold a community meal which is open to anyone. Some appreciate the free meal, others appreciate the social contact. We get around 60 each week and had 110 for our Christmas lunch on the Thursday before Christmas. The people who come are mostly individuals, ranging from recent arrivals to those with mental health issues. The group has become like a family and they all look out for each other.
‘We also host a ‘bring your own lunch’ every 2 months on a Saturday. People bring food to share and it turns into a multicultural eating experience.
‘I’m a counsellor here and coordinate our mentoring program called COACH. This stands for Creating, Opportunities And Casting Hope. We match mentors from various Churches with families or individuals who are in need. Places like Bethany and Barwon Youth and Family are there for people if things get really tough, then mentors step in afterwards to offer support and guide individuals to independence. Refugee minors have Government support until they are 18. We can offer support after that. Mentors love watching their match grow in self-esteem and confidence and reach the goals they originally set. It’s a long-term relationship that might last from 12 months to 3-4 years.
‘Our programs break down the stereotypes. We find people can’t come alongside each other without changing their mindsets and reaching a new empathy, on both sides. They see each other as people with their own dreams, goals and challenges, rather than as labels or stereotypes. It is about connectedness and community building.
‘I am very proud that we have started a pilot program called The Recovery Course for those facing life-controlling issues or addictions. It is only a very small group but the stories I hear are all very positive as it is transforming people’s lives. It runs for 15 weeks and individuals can join at any stage.
‘Counselling is such a big love for me. Some people are in places in their lives where it is so overwhelming. They have such courage and determination to unpack all their stuff and find there is hope. It’s a pleasure to listen, support and guide them through the dark places.
‘I grew up in Winchelsea and still live in the country not far from Geelong. I have a real love for this community and am very proud to be a part of Geelong. Melbourne might have been named one of the most liveable cities for the last six years in a row but personally, I would have given it to Geelong. We are just the right size, it is easy to get around and there is a growing passion here. Studying for a Masters in Community Development is helping me realise my dreams and ambitions, and finding the best position for OneCare within the community.’
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IASSIDD
6th IASSIDD Europe hybrid congress
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Keynote debate: COVID-19
On August 8th 2019 during the IASSIDD conference in Glasgow, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between IASSIDD and EASPD (European Association of Service providers for Persons with Disabilities). EASPD promotes equal opportunities for people with disabilities through effective and high-quality service systems, and works towards ensuring the full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, thereby representing over 17.000 organisations. The MoU is an important agreement expressing the willingness to collaborate and to improve the understanding of intellectual disabilities and help create a more inclusive, fulfilling, and accepting society.
The COVID-19 pandemic has the effect of accelerating and revealing exclusionary practices in society, and we are witnessing widespread failures to accommodate to the needs of people with disabilities. At the same time, healthcare workers and organisations who have to work harder than ever before to help vulnerable groups, are met by many with expressions of support and calls for action to reform healthcare. IASSIDD and EASPD’s aim for this debate is to bring together professionals who can share their views on the impact of COVID-19 on people with disabilities and their relatives and caregivers, and on the crucial role that service providers can play, and who can provide an insight into how we should move forward.
Co-keynote speaker: Luk ZELDERLOO
Secretary General, EASPD
Luk Zelderloo has been professionally active in the disability sector for over 35 years. He is one of the founding fathers and the Secretary General of EASPD. Additionally, he is a board member of Social Services Europe, a platform for non-profit social services, and the Chairman of EMINO, a Flemish non-profit organisation offering supported employment and job coaching for persons with disabilities and vulnerable groups on the open labour market. Zelderloo has extensive knowledge of public policy developments, managing EU funded projects, quality of social services, and deinstitutionalisation and community-based care. He has acted as a speaker and organiser of conferences on topics such as education and employment of persons with disabilities, staff training, state aid, poverty reduction, person centred technology, combating sexual abuse, social policies, capacity-building and stakeholder cooperation.
Zelderloo: “During the COVID-19 crisis that has hit persons with support needs and their support staff so dramatically hard, we did not value diversity. On the contrary. Across the globe re-medicalisation was reported. People were stripped from their already limited self-determination and control over their own lives was even more limited. Empowering support was too often reduced significantly. What are the learnings of this crisis? How do we prevent a derailing of the Human Rights agenda in times of crisis? In my contribution I want to share the perspective of support services acting as Human Rights enablers.”
Co-keynote speaker: Christine Linehan
Christine Linehan BA, MA, DipStat, PhD, CPsychPsSI is an Associate Professor with the UCD School of Psychology, University College Dublin. Christine is also the Director of the UCD Centre for Disability Studies which engages in research, teaching and outreach activities in the disability field. Prior to joining UCD, Christine was an Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin’s National Institute for Intellectual Disability and was a Senior Research Officer at the National Disability Authority, the statutory body advising the Irish Government on disability issues. Christine’s research interests include disability policy, resource allocation and epidemiology.
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Front Matter Patriots and Tyrants Three Teuton Boys King Marbod Hermann the Deliverer The Story of Venice Charlemagne and Wittekind The Choosing of a King Henry the Fowler Hereward the Saxon Barbarossa and the Lombard King John and the Barons Simon of Montfort The Men of the Forest Cantons Robert Bruce Queen Philippa and Calais Joan of Arc The "Beggars" of Holland Notes
Patriots and Tyrants - Marion Lansing
Robert Bruce
"Ah! Freedom is a noble thing!
Freedom makes man to have liking;
Freedom all solace to man gives;
He lives at ease that freely lives.
A noble heart may have none ease,
Nor aught besides that may him please,
If Freedom faileth."
With these words John Barbour, the old Scotch chronicler, begins his life of Robert Bruce, hero of the cause of freedom. In quaint verse he tells stories of the patriot's adventures for the sake of freedom, and it is because of these stories that Robert Bruce's name has lived and will live through the ages. His memory is not cherished for the battles which he fought, though he was a brave and skillful general, nor even for the political cause to which he gave his life, for he fought to keep Scotland separate from England, and the centuries have proved that it is for the good of both nations to be united. His memory is cherished because of these old stories, which show that to the minds of his countrymen the spirit of liberty and of patriotism was made perfect in Robert Bruce. Therefore we need not concern ourselves with all the history of England and Scotland at this time, although some day you must read the whole thrilling story in the works of Sir Walter Scott, but we can find out what we care to know about the patriot Robert Bruce by reading his story as it is told in the quaint old Scotch books.
By the death of the rightful heir the Scottish throne became vacant at about the time when the Swiss, far away in the center of Europe, were making their struggle for freedom, and Edward I of England tried to seize it. He even took the ancient Coronation Stone of Scotland and carried it off to England. But the Scottish people wanted independence and a king of their own, and a little group of them met in all haste and crowned Robert Bruce, who was the next claimant, King Robert of Scotland. It was a hasty ceremony, performed in the year 1306. The ancient crown was gone, but a slight circlet of gold was used in its place. The Coronation Stone was gone, and the robes of office, but robes were provided, and a patriotic churchman came forward with the banner of Scotland, which he had kept hidden these many years. Duncan Macduff, whose right it was as Earl of Fife to put the crown on the king's head, was over in England serving the English king, but his patriotic sister came riding across Scotland in all haste to put the crown on Robert's head. She was a bit late, and every one was very much surprised to see her, but it was a great joy to them all to have her lay the circlet on Robert's head, for it carried on the old custom. When the coronation ceremony was over, Sir James Douglas came forward and cast down some earth that he had brought from his own estates, in token that he gave his possessions as well as his body to the service of the new king, and others did the same, till there was a tiny mound of earth in front of King Robert.
There were a great many Scottish estates that were not represented in this little mound of earth, and King Robert must go about at once to strengthen his cause and try, by persuasion or by force, to win over more men to his side. For a time he met with many misfortunes. An English army was sent over the border to take him, and many Scots sided with them. All his expeditions and attempts met with misfortune, his friends were captured by the English, and the autumn of 1306 found the king of the Scots and his companions outlaws and fugitives in the mountains. Life in the barren Highlands was full of hardship, even if one were not in fear of his life, but when one was pursued from every side and must move hither and thither at every new alarm, it took on added trials. Yet Bruce's wife and several faithful ladies followed their lords into the hills, and there they lived through the autumn months. For food they ate roots and herbs and such venison as the men could get by hunting. By day they wandered through the moor, and at night they lay down on the bare ground and in the heather; and all this hardship they endured cheerily and bravely, for, as the old writer says, "it was not the Crown only, but their Liberty also that they suffered for; and not their own Liberty alone, but the Freedom of their Country and all Patriots."
But winter was coming on. The nights were too cold for them to sleep safely on the bare ground. Their clothes were tattered and torn; they had no shoes but such as they had made of deerskin. Besides, the English had heard of King Robert's hiding place, and he was no longer safe. The ladies could not endure the hardships that were before their husbands, and so they went sadly back to the towns, and Bruce and his followers turned toward the Western Isles.
On their way westward they came to Loch Lomond and wished to go across; but from the hills they could see no boats, till at last Sir James Douglas, hunting along the banks, found an old sunken boat. They pulled it out of the water and tried to stop up the leaks, and got it so that it would carry them with some safety. But it would only take three men at a time, and there were two hundred. To row them all across took a night and half a day, and all through those hours of waiting in the cold Bruce sat on the shore and told the men stories from an old French romance which he had read.
"The good king in this manner
Comforted them that were him near.
And made them games and solace
Till that all his folk were passed."
This, then, is our first picture of the patriot king, out on the lonely moors, an outlaw, hunted almost to death, in tattered rags, cheering his followers by his story-telling and never losing heart.
They came over Loch Lomond to a richer country than that which they had left, and the men went out to kill deer for food. Then word came to the Earl of Lennox, the lord of that manor, as he was riding abroad, that there were poachers on his estate, and he went to find them, and behold! it was his king. Then was the earl glad and welcomed him and his men joyfully and took them to his castle and gave them such food and shelter as he might, and they made merry. But it was not safe for Bruce to remain there. Vessels were got for him, and he and his men went over to the isle of Rachrin, which lies off the coast of Ireland, and there they spent the winter.
It was a long, weary time. Often the hearts of the men failed them, but their king cheered them and spoke to them often of the sorrows of their land under the tyrant, and told them tales of brave men of old who had been in great hardship but had come through safely. In the spring they could abide quietly no longer. News had come to them of the way their friends were being persecuted. Once more the party went over to the moors of Scotland, and here again King Robert was found out by the English, and parties were sent to take him. They closed in round his hiding place (he and his band were not at that time strong enough to meet them in open battle), and he divided his men into four companies, who should go out in different directions and meet the English as they were searching in small parties. This was the time when King Robert was in the greatest danger, for he was by some mischance left alone, and he was set upon by three men. By his great strength and bravery he escaped safely from them, and was wandering alone on the hills on the eastern shore of Loch Dee, when he saw before him a solitary cabin. This was the hill where, when they separated, he and his four bands of followers had agreed to meet again, and he went,—for he was sore weary and had been long without food,—to the door of the cabin to ask if he might enter and rest awhile. He found an old housewife sitting on the bench, and she asked him what he was and whence he came and whither he went.
"A wayfarer, dame," said he.
"All wayfarers are welcome here," said she, "for the sake of one."
"Good dame, prithee, who may that one be?"
"Sir," quoth the good wife, "that shall I you say. Robert Bruce is he, who is rightful lord of all this land. His foes are now pressing him hard, but the day is coming, and not far off, when he shall be lord and king of all the land."
"Dame, do you love him so well?"
"Yes sir," said she, "so God me see."
"Dame, lo! it is he by you here," said the king, "for I am he."
"Ha! "said the dame, as she curtsied before him, "where are your men gone, and why are you thus alone?" for even while she rejoiced at his presence, she was angered that he should be there alone and unprotected in her cabin.
"At this moment, dame, I have no men."
"That may not be," she said, "for I have two sons, strong and hardy. They shall become your men." While he was eating the homely fare which the good dame set before him, her two sons came in, and they knelt gladly before him and served him from that time forth.
This is the second picture which the old writers give us of Robert Bruce, showing the love his people bore him. Legend has yet a third tale that is even more well known than these two, so that every one, whether he knows anything else about him or not, knows the story of Robert Bruce and the spider.
This tells us that even to this brave king there came moments of discouragement. During the winter of his misfortune, word reached him that three of his four brothers had been killed by the English, that his wife was imprisoned, and that many more were suffering for his sake. He wondered if it was all worth while. Would it not be better if he went away to Palestine on the crusades and ceased to trouble Scotland by his presence? These thoughts came to him one day as he was lying in hiding in a tiny, forsaken hut in the mountains. As he pondered on this wise, he lay idly watching a spider that was working over his head. Six times it tried to throw its thread across to a beam, and six times it failed. Then the thought came to Bruce: "Six times I have fought with the English, and six times I have been defeated. Now we shall see what will happen the seventh time. If the spider succeeds, it shall be a sign to me that I shall succeed. If not—"
But he never had time to decide what he would do "if not," for the seventh time the thread went safely across, and King Robert rose with new courage and went forth to fight the battle of liberty for the Scotch; and legend says that from this time on King Robert never lost a battle.
After this winter of exile Bruce's fortunes changed. He fought many successful battles, and won over all Scotland to his side, save only the castle of Stirling. That he gained at last by the famous battle of Bannockburn. You will read about that, and about the peace with England, in your English histories. Before many years he was acknowledged by all Scotland to be king, and his Parliament sent communications to other powers, urging them to recognize the independence of Scotland. This is the way they ended one of these proclamations, "As long as one hundred of us remain alive, we will never consent to subject ourselves to the English. For it is not glory, it is not riches, neither is it honor, but it is liberty alone that we contend for, which no honest man will lose but with his life,"—which shows that the spirit of Robert Bruce had entered into the whole Scottish nation.
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Front Matter Albion and Brutus The Coming of the Romans The Romans Come Again Caligula Conquers Britain The Story of Boadicea The Last of the Romans The Story of St. Alban Vortigern and King Constans Hengist and Horsa Hengist's Treachery The Giant's Dance The Coming of Arthur Founding of the Round Table Gregory and the Children King Alfred Learns to Read Alfred and the Cowherd More About Alfred the Great Ethelred the Unready Edmund Ironside Canute and the Waves Edward the Confessor Harold Godwin The Battle of Stamford Bridge The Battle of Hastings Hereward the Wake Death of the King The Story of William the Red The Story of the "White Ship" The Story of King Stephen Henry II—Gilbert and Rohesia Thomas a Becket The Conquest of Ireland Richard Coeur de Lion How Blondel Found the King The Story of Prince Arthur The Great Charter Henry III and Hubert de Burgh Simon de Montfort The Poisoned Dagger The War of Chalons The Lawgiver The Hammer of the Scots King Robert the Bruce The Battle of Bannockburn The Battle of Sluys The Battle of Crecy The Siege of Calais The Battle of Poitiers Wat Tyler's Rebellion How Richard Lost His Throne The Battle of Shrewsbury Prince Hal Sent to Prison The Battle of Agincourt The Maid of Orleans Red Rose and White Margaret and the Robbers The Story of the Kingmaker A King Who Wasn't Crowned Two Princes in the Tower The Make-Believe Prince Another Make-Believe Prince The Field of the Cloth of Gold Defender of the Faith The Six Wives of Henry VIII The Story of a Boy King The Story of Lady Jane Grey Elizabeth a Prisoner A Candle Lit in England Elizabeth Becomes Queen A Most Unhappy Queen Saved from the Spaniards Sir Walter Raleigh The Queen's Favourite The Story of Guy Fawkes The Story of the Mayflower A Blow for Freedom King and Parliament Quarrel The King Brought to Death The Adventures of a Prince The Lord Protector How Death Plagued London How London was Burned The Fiery Cross The Story of King Monmouth The Story of the Seven Bishops William the Deliverer William III and Mary II A Sad Day in a Highland Glen How the Union Jack was Made Earl of Mar's Hunting Party Bonnie Prince Charlie Flora MacDonald The Black Hole of Calcutta How Canada Was Won How America Was Lost A Story of a Spinning Wheel Every Man Will Do His Duty The Battle of Waterloo The First Gentleman in Europe Two Peaceful Victories The Girl Queen When Bread was Dear Victorian Age: Peace Victorian Age: War The Land of Snow The Siege of Delhi The Pipes at Lucknow Under the Southern Cross From Cannibal to Christian Boer and Briton List of Kings
Our Island Story - H. E. Marshall
EDWARD III. OF WINDSOR—THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF SLUYS
When Edward III. was made king in 1327 A.D., he was only fourteen. He was too young to rule, and the power was really in the hands of his mother, Queen Isabella, and of a man called Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. Both the Queen and the Earl were wicked, so it was a sad time for England. There was fighting with Scotland, fighting with France, sorrow and misery at home.
When Edward was eighteen he resolved that he would no longer be king in name only. He took the Earl of March prisoner, tried him for the wicked thing he had done, and condemned him to death.
Queen Isabella he shut up in a castle, and would not allow her to rule the kingdom any more. But he gave her money to spend, and he went once every year.
King Edward then really began to reign. He made peace with France, and, I am sorry to say, war again with Scotland. But after fighting there for some time he left Scotland, and began to fight again with France.
The war which now began is called the 'Hundred Years' War,' because it lasted, with times of peace between, for a hundred years. It began because Edward said that he had a right to be King of France as well as King of England. He said this was so because his mother, Queen Isabella, was the sister of King Charles IV. of France, who had died, leaving no son to succeed him. But the French had a law by which women were not allowed to wear the crown, so Edward had really no right to it. He could not receive from his mother what had never been hers. King Philip VI., who now had the crown, would, of course, not give it up, so a fierce and bitter war began.
The first great fight was at sea. Edward sailed from England with a fleet of about three hundred ships. As he came near to Sluys, a town in Flanders, he saw such a number of masts that it seemed as if a forest had come sailing out to sea.
'What ships are these?' said King Edward to the captain of his vessel.
'They are the ships of the King of France,' replied the captain. 'They have oftentime plundered your coasts. They lately burned the town of Southampton and took your good ship the Christopher.'
'Ah, I have long wished to meet them,' replied the King. 'Now, please God and St. George, we will fight them; for in truth they have done me so much mischief, I will be revenged upon them if possible.'
Edward's wife, Queen Philippa, was at Ghent, and Edward had many ladies on board who were going to join her there. So he arranged his vessels with great care, for he knew that the French had far more men and ships than he had. He put the ladies in the safest place, and guarded them carefully with a large body of archers and soldiers.
As the sun and wind were both against Edward, he lowered his sails and moved round so that the sun should be behind him. The French seeing this thought that he was afraid, and that he was running away. They had been waiting for the English in strong battle array. All their ships were fastened together with heavy chains so as to make it impossible for the English ships to break through their lines. Seeing the English flee, as they thought, the French unfastened the chains and made ready to pursue.
As the royal standard floated from the masthead the French knew that the King of England was with his fleet, and they hoped to take him prisoner. They filled the Christopher, the ship which they had taken from the English, with trumpeters and drummers and, to the sound of music and shouting, sent it to attack the English.
But the English won their own ship back again, and amid great cheering manned it with Englishmen once more.
The battle was fierce and terrible. The English were often in great danger, for the French were much the stronger, but when the battle was over there were very few Frenchmen left, and most of their ships were sunk or destroyed.
It was such a dreadful defeat that no one dared tell the King of France about it.
At last his court fool told him.
In those days great people always had some one near to amuse them by making jokes, and by laughing at everything. He was called a fool, although sometimes he was very wise and witty. But because he was called a fool he was allowed to say what he liked, and no one was angry with him.
'The English are great cowards,' said the French king's fool to him one day.
'Why so?' asked the King.
'Because they have not the courage to jump into the sea and be drowned, like the French at Sluys,' replied the fool.
In this way King Philip was told of the loss of all his ships, and his anger was so terrible that even his fool fled from him in fear.
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#52filmsbywomen 24 – Baden Baden and the Ana Trilogy
No. 24 – For You I Will Fight, White Turnips Make It Hard To Sleep, Baden Baden (Rachel Lang, 2010, 2011, 2016)
The coming of age story is a familiar genre in cinema, but is largely focused on young men growing up in suburban United States. For the past six years, Rachel Lang has been revisiting Ana, the main character of her first short For You I Will Fight, using the same actress Salome Richard, to create a highly realistic exploration of a young woman in Strasbourg. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood might be the obvious comparison, particularly in terms of the director’s longtime dedication to its subject, but typically of the European art house, there is little clear narrative, instead capturing moments in Ana’s life and leaving the audience to draw their own conclusions. Culminating in Baden Baden, Lang’s heroine has no clear trajectory, which is the point somewhat. Just as each film seems to give clues at to how her life might turn out, the next film suggests that she has turned back on herself, or made a different choice. In that sense, it is one of the most authentic depictions of young adult inertia on screen.
We first meet Ana in For You I Will Fight as she goes through training for the army reserves with three other women. She is recovering from a romance gone wrong, and is initially out of place. When asked her reasons for signing up, she speaks haltingly, eventually giving a limp answer about wanting to travel. In contrast, one of her fellow recruits, a young mother, speaks decisively about her motivations. Eventually Ana settles in, and the women form a tight bond – one sequence sees them practise harmonies of marching songs, laughing and winding each other up like any other group of young women, except they are in army fatigues. The short closes just as it seems Ana is finding her feet.
For the sequel, White Turnips Make It Hard To Sleep, Lang doesn’t indulge us with an update on Ana’s army career. It is alluded to once, when Ana defends another girl from some flirtatious soldiers on a train, offhandedly pointing out how their bootlaces aren’t regulation, but does not otherwise silence them by boasting of her own military background. In a sense, it’s a shame, given that For You I Will Fight is such a striking piece and seems very much the beginning of an important period in Ana’s life. But it seems totally true to the character of Ana, whose identity is in transition throughout the series. She often seems to take on the characteristics of those around her rather than define herself by her experiences alone. At first glance, Army Ana stopped existing when she left, but somewhere, deeper, it lingers.
White Turnips… really embodies the themes of the whole series, which will then come to fruition in Baden Baden. Ana, now living at home, travels to Brussels to visit her boyfriend Boris, a relationship she hides from her mother. Their happy reunion crumbles after a fight at a party, and Ana decides she is tired of being long distance. The plot seems deceptively slight. Alarm bells ring at the idea of defining Ana according to her love life, but there is more at work here. Here we see Ana the free-spirit, still fairly passive but gradually finding her voice and ultimately fighting back against Boris’ domineering qualities. By Baden Baden, she will finally come to trust her own will, although it is a bumpy journey.
As with White Turnips, Baden Baden sees an indefinite leap in time with no obvious link to her previous experiences. Now Ana works as a driver on a film set, albeit one with a reputation for being unreliable. Deciding to cut her losses, she extends an airport run by making off with the production car and heading home to see her grandmother. She ambitiously decides to redo her grandmother’s bathroom, despite no DIY experience, while her grandmother goes into hospital and she finds herself juggling her parents, her friends and Boris as she ambles along in her now-familiar haphazard way. Again, the plot is lean and again, gradually, layers reveal themselves, and in particular, in combination with the previous two shorts, connections and correlations appear. The effect is a subtle but devastating depiction of early-twenties ennui, and Ana as a cinematic creation of unusual authenticity.
Her decision to redo the bathroom is as impulsive and ill-considered as her trip to Brussels in White Turnips… and perhaps even her army days. It leads to some of the funniest scenes in the film, particularly involving the hapless Gregoire, a warehouse worker who she somehow ropes into helping her. Her mother is doubtful, telling Ana, “you have to know what you’re doing,” and that “you should at least ask for advice.” (Gregoire agrees.) Ana ignores her childhood friend Simon when he advises her against getting involved with Boris again, listing off compelling reasons – he won’t wear condoms, his art is no good, he doesn’t love her but the idea of her (something Ana previously told Boris in White Turnips… – for all her flaws, at least she’s self-aware). But Ana ignoring sound advice is a recurring theme. The only person who she does accept advice from is Amar, an immigrant builder, who is initially reluctant to get involved in her project due to his own focus and ambitions, but is eventually worn down by Ana’s unusual determination. The bathroom is, however unlikely, a success. Ana reports that her grandmother wants her to do the kitchen next.
The two prior films depict Ana in new situations, whereas Baden Baden challenges her and our expectations by placing her in her hometown of Strasbourg among her friends and family, and yet Ana is equally unmoored in her surroundings. Ana’s meandering is part of her nature, not simply a reaction to a new environment. She is not a certain person. Invited on a bus trip, Simon’s friends perform acapella, recalling the marching songs from the training camp, only Ana now observes rather than joining. She borrows a fancy dress from the wardrobe department for the wrap party, but is clearly ill at ease with the glamour, and it does nothing to create a new version of herself, as the AD still treats her dismissively and lists off her next duties. There are frequent shots of Ana’s POV as she stares over her grandmother’s balcony, the world upside down and unfamiliar, children on scooters playing as though there’s no gravity. Everything about Ana’s world is confusing, and she fights to find some sort of foothold.
Yet we do see a more playful side to Ana in Baden Baden, even in moments of stress. She interrupts her heart to heart with Gregoire to pretend the showerhead is the phone, and poses for photos with the film set’s car that the police force her to return. When Simon loses his temper at her, she teasingly tries to push him into the fridge. It is only with Boris that she is intimidated into silence. She encounters him while taking her friend’s son Pol on a boat trip, and struggles to play along with Boris’ joke that Pol is their son. His reappearance is perhaps the greatest source of tension in the film. Now a smug video artist, he is equal parts charming and cruel towards her, telling her she looks ugly with her new haircut. A later scene finds her hiding upstairs at his parents’ house, ostensibly taking a break but clearly suffocated by him, her nostalgic memories shattered by the real life reminder of his personality.
One of the threads running through the whole series is Ana’s disastrous sexuality – not so much the act itself, but the consequences. The opening scene of For You I Will Fight sees Ana getting an STD test, her judgemental nurse mocking her for imagining her teen romance with her unfaithful boyfriend would last forever. White Turnips… similarly sees her have an argument with a chemist over a faulty pregnancy test. Baden Baden follows a somewhat logical progression where she has an abortion, after a stern and frankly cruel lecture from her doctor. This topic, normally treated with extreme solemnity and, indeed, quite straight-faced here when taken in isolation, becomes almost humorous when we know Ana’s history and repeated humiliations from unsympathetic health workers. But it’s also liberating – would the Ana of For You I Will Fight be able to face the doctor in Baden Baden trying to talk her out of the abortion with the same calm determination? And in the end, Ana finally receives some understanding, as she confides in her friend, Mariam, mother of Pol, who we expect to disapprove as a mother, but instead offers support, kindness and jokes about suppositories.
One of the most impressive things about Lang’s series is not just the world she built, and the connections she draws, but how little fanfare these intriguing links receive. Lang is not interested in showing off her writing dexterity. Instead she handily foreshadows and echoes for the sake of making Ana’s life more vivid. Gregoire appears briefly in White Turnips…, a workmate of Ana’s friend, who mentions he is no good at DIY. They do not recognise each other, just as in real life, people’s paths cross with little impact. But is it coincidence, deliberate, or just a bit of fun for Lang to cast the same actor whose character made such a claim specifically to assist Ana’s construction project? Lang confidently suggests that Ana’s life extends far beyond the edges of the frame.
But if you look too far, guessing ambiguous characters relationships and wondering if references are essential or just examples of local colour, you might miss Lang’s tangled depictions of what’s in front of our eyes. This is displayed most obviously in a striking sequence of a helicopter landing, which pulls out gradually to reveal Ana is in fact watching some of Boris’ mundane video art. Gregoire knows nothing about DIY, despite where he works – he explains he is there to translate for French customers. Ana doesn’t correct her friend’s assumption that she is a drug dealer, to explain why she drives the glamorous Porsche. There is another layer to this as part of an English-speaking audience, where we are at the mercy of the subtitles. The clearest ambiguous translation this unilinguist could pick up is Ana’s cheerful “bye” on the phone to Amar is actually, if translated directly, “bisoux, bye” – adding kisses to her farewell, changing the meaning of their interaction.
Lang weaves a more intriguing thread that runs through the whole series, never openly discussed but compelling nonetheless. Ana’s quest towards adulthood is not necessarily a quest towards womanhood, but perhaps an acceptance of her own gender ambiguity. Visually, Salome Richard is gangly and mercurial; frequently dressed in shorts and vests, and with shorn hair and no make-up, she appears as coltish and unselfconscious as a teenage boy. One scene in White Turnips… sees Ana take off her top in a drunken, post-argument funk and return to the party, but not as a prelude to a flamboyant love scene or traumatic rape scene. Instead she is simply at ease in her own skin, if unaware of her impact on those around her (a naïveté which infects her dynamic with Gregoire and Simon) – but this is not to undermine the hints of her sexual fluidity that flicker throughout the films. The doctor lectures her on when she should be ready for motherhood, but Ana can’t connect. However, this isn’t an angsty exploration of gender issues. Ana is largely untroubled by her indefinite sexual identity. When driving (or speeding) in the Porsche, she sings along loudly and passionately to a punk song on the radio, displaying more joy than we’ve seen in the whole series: “I want to be unisex!” Lang speaks in interviews of how she wanted to depict a genderless character to emphasise the universality of Ana’s experiences, and what a relief it is not to have an everyman, for a change.
The Ana at the end of Baden Baden is at once much changed from For You I Will Fight, and yet still totally herself. Haven’t displayed unusual tenacity in coercing the reluctant immigrant Amar into fixing the final issues with the bathroom, she finally gets him to unpeel some of his own layers to her. Unlike her meandering, artistic friends, Amar is focussed and determined. He works hard on the building site, each day closer to his ambition of joining the Foreign Legion, another link with Ana’s military past. In the final shots of the film, they take a day out together, philosophising over artistic shots of unusual architecture in the countryside. Perhaps his drive intrigues her, or his lack of self-involvement or navel gazing. But Amar is a respite in Ana’s stormy life, and their day out is almost refreshing to watch. It seems cheap to call it a hopeful ending, but it shows Ana’s resilience and mellow attitude. Perhaps she has changed, perhaps the world has. Either way, Baden Baden is a fitting end to Lang’s Ana trilogy, yet Ana is such an memorable character, and so beautifully performed by Salome Richard, that it would be a real shame if this was the last we saw of her. Lang’s next film takes place in the French Foreign Legion. Don’t be surprised if Driss Ramdi’s Amar makes an appearance. For Rachel Lang, the world isn’t quite so big as it seems.
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#52filmsbywomen 23 – The Babadook
Posted by: Bronagh on: December 29, 2016
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No. 23 – The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
I was tempted not to do The Babadook, largely because everything that could possibly have been written about it must have been by now. It’s one of the rare films – particularly horror films – to attain instant classic status. (Whether it stands the test of time remains to be seen – remember how loop-the-loop everyone was over Let The Right One In, as though it didn’t have that CGI cat scene?) But then it was Halloween and it had good reviews and I accidentally bought it on DVD a while back. And, well. Fuck it.
Amelia’s son Samuel is a handful. He was pretty bad before, full of youthful vigour bordering on irritating, but now, after the appearance of a mysterious pop-up book, she suspects he has been possessed by the spirit of its main character, the sinister Mr Babadook. Amelia is haunted by her own spirits, however, as she tries to tamp down her grief about her husband’s death as he drove her to the hospital to give birth. Sam’s very existence torments Amelia, and the summoning of Mr Babadook is just another misery motherhood has wrought.
As Prevenge suggested last week, motherhood is a common feature in horror films – see Rosemary’s Baby, Psycho, The Exorcist etc. But The Babadook explores a more taboo concept, turning mother against child. Even before Mr Babadook gets involved, Amelia is at her wit’s ends with her spirited child, and from the start of the film the audience is poised for the exhausted and harried Amelia to snap. Kent is not afraid to present Sam as an annoying little fucker at times, constantly demanding his mother’s attention and tearing the house up with unintentional carelessness. As unsettling as it is to see a mother driven to extreme levels of resentment and distrust of her own child, we can certainly believe how someone as fragile as Amelia could be driven to violence against Sam’s fervour. Amelia gets no breaks from motherhood – he bursts into her bedroom constantly, she has to peel him off her at his cousin’s birthday party. Once he is removed from school, she has no respite, causing her to fracture further. Meanwhile Sam tells her repeatedly that he will always be there to protect her – an honourable sentiment, but just another example of his suffocating love for her. (Full marks to whoever spots the Oedipal subtext – and note that Robbie, Amelia’s flirtatious co-worker who briefly acts as a father figure to Sam, doesn’t make a reappearance for a happy ending – it remains mother and son only…) But gradually, Kent winds back our assessment of Sam. As Amelia’s behaviour gets more erratic, we begin to view Sam as what he is – a vulnerable child, both terrified of and for his mother.
Amelia is at breaking point from the off, dressed in childlike pink dresses, watery-eyed and drawn. She is isolated and under attack from all sides – Sam’s school, her dismissive employers, fellow parents. The TV is constantly on, bombarding her with violent images, and as the film progresses, she compulsively flicks channels with seizure-like speeds. Her support system consists of her sister Claire, who is tired of Amelia’s inability to pull herself together. Amelia is surrounded by yummy mummys, all flashcards, organic food and silent judgement at Amelia’s failure to conform or achieve their façade of parental perfection. The scene where Amelia and Sam are expelled from Claire’s party is as horrifying as any of the jump scares. They raise pretty little girls. Amelia begs her doctor to give Sam tranquilisers. Mr Babadook is only one of many horrors of Amelia’s situation.
There is some question as to whether Mr Babadook is real. With his screaming fits and nightmares, is Sam as disturbed as the authorities seem to think? Or is Mr Babadook evidence of Amelia’s own breakdown? After all, she was a children’s book author before her husband’s death, and there is the potential for self-fulfilling prophecy when Amelia reads about the forthcoming horrors (not to be detailed, but let’s just say the dog doesn’t make it). Or perhaps in the world of the film, as the final scenes suggest, there really is a spooky-ooky kid’s book that unleashes a demon on its readers. But, overwhelmingly, the film explores the apparition as a metaphor for grief. Kent’s film isn’t particularly subtle with this subtext (if someone as dense as I can pick up on symbolism on the first watch, you know it’s not especially delicate) but it is an interesting perspective for the film to ignore. It’s unpredictable when the film appears to about one thing (motherhood – eek!) and is actually about another (bereavement – eek!), and if there’s a characteristic that should be rewarded in the horror genre, it’s unpredictability. So I didn’t mind being beaten in the face with meaning as it was interesting.
Amelia’s life appears externally manageable, but there are cracks within. She peels the wallpaper, finds a huge hole in the structure. Cockroaches pour out. Her life is full of wounds that no one else can see. “You can’t get rid of the Babadook,” the rhyme goes, and indeed Amelia and Sam don’t, instead keeping him in the basement and cautiously nurturing him. As with grief, if I even need to extrapolate. You don’t get over it, as so many people think (including Claire) – you just learn to live with it. The only real support Amelia receives is from their elderly neighbour, Gracie, who tells Sam about her Parkinson’s and seems relatively serene about the hard realities of life. Gracie is the only person who offers Amelia the space to grieve, acknowledging how hard Sam’s birthday, also the anniversary of the accident, is for her. Amelia sees the Babadook invade Gracie’s home, and yet, Gracie seems unharmed – perhaps because she has embraced death as another part of life.
I can see why The Babadook has been such a success. It has a lot more psychological realness compared to so many horror films – as much of the terror comes from real life situations (Sam’s seizure, multiple scenes where it seems like Amelia will hurt him). And this wouldn’t have the same impact without the script and performances, which ensure we find Amelia and Sam’s circumstances compelling. The design elements too are gorgeous – German Expressionism is verging on a cliché for inspiration, but damn does it look good, particularly coupled with the handmade aesthetic of Mister Babadook’s familiars. In truth, the film is more sad than frightening, which makes it all the more effective – it lingers long after the film ends. Not unlike Mister Babadook himself.
#52filmsbywomen 22 – Prevenge
No. 22 –Prevenge (Alice Lowe, 2016)
I saw Prevenge as part of the London Film Festival with a Q&A with Alice Lowe because I lead a hideously exciting life. Horror films often benefit from the shared experience of the cinema crowd, and this occasion, in a crowded Odeon full of Lowe-aficionados, was no different. Alice Lowe occupies a strange position in British culture – you may recognise her from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, her frequent appearances on The Mighty Boosh, or her most high profile role, as star and co-writer of the dark, strange, humorous Sightseers. Though more likely, you don’t know her at all.
Lowe is at the foreground of the 1970s-influenced cult comedy revival, all English eccentricity, slightly out of step and out of time, defiantly mundane and unglamorous with occasional flashes of gore and folklore – as though their youth was spent flicking between The Wicker Man and Alan Partridge (think League Of Gentlemen, Ben Wheatley, Julia Davis, Matt Berry). Alice Lowe is a favoured collaborator with much of this scene, frequently popping up as grotesques and naifs, performing with a deceptive intelligence and lack of vanity. But rather than being stuck as “the token woman” in these groups, or turning her sensibilities to the mainstream in the mould of Sally Phillips or Jessica Stevenson, Lowe is forging her own path.
Horror and comedy are frequent bedfellows, which is unfortunate because they usually make a terrible mix. The successes (Shaun Of The Dead, The Evil Dead, What We Do In The Shadows) are far outweighed by the failures (Scary Movies, Lesbian Vampire Killers, any Nightmare On Elm Street sequel). Either the attempts at humour castrate the horror, or the horror makes the jokes fall flat, or, more usually, both. But Lowe has been operating in this arena with a deft touch for many years, and her work doesn’t need to hold the hands of the small but passionate following. It’s not necessarily a matter of “getting the joke”, but having faith in the material, which often features hints of the surreal, the uncanny and the ambiguous. Prevenge, Lowe’s directorial debut, is another confident example of her very specific sense of humour and sense of story, darkly funny, surprisingly brutal, and at times psychological and philosophical. Plus it has a catchy elevator pitch: pregnant serial killer.
Of course, that undermines the complexities of Lowe’s film. Lowe plays Ruth, a deadpan, sullen woman who is hearing the voice of her unborn child commanding her to kill. With Lowe’s comedy background, you might suspect a sketch drawn painfully into feature length, but Lowe has made something more unsettling and tragic, both emotionally and physically visceral, but not lacking in dark, laugh out loud moments. The narrative unwinds in unexpected ways, filled with flashbacks and visions, culminating in something between a sensitive mediation on grief and the Alien franchise. It takes its time to reveals answers to its mysteries – why Ruth is killing, what happened her baby’s father, what happens when the baby is born. The film has faith in the audience’s ability to join the dots without spelling things out or a Psycho-esque exposition at the end.
Pregnancy is a familiar feature in the horror genre – either symbolically as a body horror (the Alien chestburster being the most famous example), or as an expression of vulnerability (see Rosemary’s Baby, Inside, Village of the Damned). Usually, our pregnant heroine is being terrorised – in Prevenge, Lowe’s character is the aggressor. Even by cinema’s standards, horror is a male-dominated genre, and the titles listed above are all directed by men. Prevenge demonstrates that a female perspective on pregnancy in horror has been sorely missed. Lowe, herself seven months pregnant during the 11 day shoot, drew upon her own experiences – the unspoken fears and external pressures she experienced, the loss of her own identity, and the shame she was made to feel for expressing that she had other concerns than the supposedly all-consuming business of being a mother.
Even post-partum, motherhood can have a strange performative quality, as parents compete about how much their child is sleeping, the milestones they achieve earlier than average, how quickly they’ve taken to motherhood. In reality this is often a mask to disguise how they are struggling in private. Prevenge subverts this – Ruth tenderly kisses her victims on the forehead after their deaths, and at one point gently guides one victim’s neglected, ailing mother back to bed before doing some light housework that the victim had been ignoring, a perverse display of kindness (which reads as very funny in context). She keeps a “Baby’s first” scrapbook, but it is filled with details of her prey. Similarly, Ruth is playing the grieving widow, but characters allude to her tumultuous relationship. We all perform a role, one way or another.
Ruth’s victims are often wonderfully horrible – populated with British comedy’s favourite grotesques, like Dan Skinner’s slimy pet shop owner and Tom Davis’ odious pub DJ, puking into his afro wig before sticking his tongue down Ruth’s throat. Kayvan Novak plays it fairly straight as a suspicious climbing instructor who repeatedly escapes Ruth’s attacks. It’s easy to stay on Ruth’s side while she cuts down a role call of arseholes. But her other victims seem largely harmless, not least the friendly flatmate of another target who Ruth reluctantly kills to protect her identity. Ruth herself is not someone we celebrate for acting out her revenge fantasies. She is at times barely likeable, but Lowe allows glimpses of humanity and conflict to peer through, rendering her a compelling figure, insofar as we actually get to know Ruth.
She appears in a number of disguises throughout the film – middle class mum, ambitious business woman and aggressive charity worker – but clearly struggles with the role of “mother”. The Pregnancy Industrial Complex insists that motherhood subsumes every woman’s identity, instead becoming a serene, watery-eyed earth mother. Witness Ruth’s primal scream at the yoga class, a scene which comes unexpectedly amidst the killings, and embodies the conflict within Ruth. Pregnancy is hell, and not enough people are willing to admit that. Ruth is more at ease playing her murderous characters, even practising scary expressions in her hotel room, mimicking an old black and white movie.
Ruth as herself interacts most regularly with her NHS midwife, played with incredible sycophancy by Jo Hartley. She is at once patronisingly reassuring, telling Ruth that baby knows best, and coldly threatening, warning Ruth that she will need to contact social services if Ruth keeps having dark thoughts. Everyone treats pregnant women like they’ve lost their mind, slaves to hormones and mood swings, and while we have become marginally more sympathetic towards postnatal depression, there remain embarrassingly low diagnosis rates of prenatal depression, an equally serious condition usually dismissed as the “pregnancy blues” (whatever they are). Ruth is going through a legitimate crisis, but no one believes her. “You have no control over your mind or body any more,” her midwife tells her. And that’s the crux of the film. Lowe has made a funny, dark and surprisingly moving horror, demonstrating precisely the value of new and underrepresented perspectives in filmmaking. Prevenge could very easily have been a hacky gorefest, but Lowe’s intelligent filmmaking has made something much more durable and compelling. Happily, after bouncing around the festival circuit for much of the past year, Prevenge will go on general release in February 2017, though perhaps it would have been better to wait until Mother’s Day.
#52filmsbywomen 21 – Viva
No. 21 –Viva (Anna Biller, 2007)
So far in this project, I’ve watched some good films, some interesting films, some disappointing films and some legit travesties. Viva is the first film that I really loved. And I really loved it. Like, run out and buy the dvd loved it. Like, drag my boyfriend in from another room and force him to watch clips on youtube loved it. Like, stress about the terrible ineffective ineloquent blog post I’m about to write about it loved it. I’m not sure what I could write that would live up to the beauty and fabulousness of this film. So let’s see how this turns out…
Viva is an extraordinarily dedicated recreation of the 1970s sexploitation movies with a feminist twist. Written, directed and starring Anna Biller, she demonstrates an eye for mise-en-scene that makes Wes Anderson look like an underachieving house painter. Biller plays Barbi, a bored wife recently fired as a secretary for refusing to give it up to her sleazy boss, who undertakes a journey of sexual awakening. Her psychedelic adventures, full of wife swapping, nudist camps and orgies are kitschy more than kinky, and cheeky rather than hardcore, but underneath there’s a chill. Biller’s mission statement is to engage the sexploitation format from a woman’s perspective, with all the dangers that entails. After all, the sexual revolution was far more successful for men than women, who are still fighting the same slut/prude labels to this day.
Barbi is a passive personality, eager to escape mundane suburbia by playing whatever role a more commanding influence suggests. We see her first lounging with her neighbours, blushing as her more daring neighbour Sheila flicks through a copy of Playboy, then talked into a modelling shoot by Mark, Sheila’s lascivious husband. Barbi’s husband Rick is loving but aloof, and often away on business, leaving Barbi to the mercy of her curiosity and attempts to engage wither own desires. Egged on by Sheila, who wants a rich older man who will buy her things, Barbi gradually explores her sensual power, firstly as a model, then recruited as a prostitute, rechristening herself as the cool, confident, liberated Viva.
All of which sounds quite sordid and heavy, but the film is hugely enjoyable. Aside from the look of the film, which is filled with rich colours and extraordinary sets, the film’s dialogue and characters are a frothy delight. Think men in moustaches and speed suits, camp leering at nudist colonies and swinging orgies, Swedish musclemen popping over to borrow sugar and bizarre music interludes dedicated to fine whiskey. Jared Sanford in particular is a joy as the sleazy Rick, all wide eyes and wider lapels. The language is stagey and the acting mannered to the point of wooden, evidence of the film’s dedication to authentically recreating the amateurish sexploitation performances rather than a reflection of the talents of Biller’s cast. There’s little wonder that some people view Biller’s film as a satire on 1970s kitsch.
But there is a more subversive edge to Viva. Dazzled as we are by the look of the film, and the snickering enjoyment of scenes with nudist colonies and camp hairdressers, and the musical number where Sheila frolics with a white horse while shilling whiskey, there are moments – accurate to the sexploitation genre – that turn the stomach of the modern viewer. One encounter sees Barbi drugged and waking up beside another man. Later in the film she is explicitly raped by a partner she has repeatedly refused to sleep with until she is ready, leading to one of the most striking sequences in the film, as the camera’s focus switches back and forth between Barbi’s face and black-red apples in time with her breath, followed by a nightmarish, psychedelic animation of apples and kaleidoscopic imagery, then back to Viva’s face as blood runs down the camera. She wakes up surrounded by naked bodies and leaves, appalled – not what at she did, but that she wasn’t able to do it on her terms. And then the film moves on, and the audience is expected to move on too (as the 1970s viewers would have), but something lingers, not only in us, but in Barbi. None of the men she encounters are any better than her boss at the start of the film. No matter how liberated she is, Barbi is still vulnerable to the whims of men, and their prioritising their own desire over her well-being. Even her husband rejects her after the attack.
Barbi is an unusual character for a protagonist. At first she seems like an innocent, but there’s more to it than that. She has a deliberate blankness (recalling Catherine Deneuve’s character in Belle Du Jour), peacefully existing as a wife and secretary until her husband and boss let her down in different ways. Her attempts at exploring freedom and experiencing pleasure beyond the social norm are similarly disappointing due to the greed of her sexual partners, and so she returns to Rick and their suburban life but now she is cynical and silent, observing her companions with a raised eyebrow and a contemptuous look. Finally we see Barbi preparing for a musical performance, and it’s a celebration that she is at last able to tell her own story in her own terms, but as ever, there’s an undercurrent, as Barbi is fussed over by her male producers. A woman’s sexuality is only acceptable if it can be commodified for the benefit or titillation of men.
All of which makes Viva sound as harrowing a watch as Irréversible. This is entirely untrue. Viva is fizzy and decadent and witty, Biller cleverly playing with irony and meta-humour and just plain silliness. Mark happily exclaims at one point, “there’s never been a better time to be a man,” adding, practically to camera, “enjoy it – it will never happen again.” Rick and Barbi’s biggest fight ends with him flamboyantly, awkwardly exiting with altogether too much skiing gear. And the frequent references to White Horse Whiskey, who is Biller’s 1970s world is clearly funding the film.
Biller objects to the idea that Viva is a sexploitation spoof. We watch with an ironic eye, but Biller in sincere in her love for this era of cinema, its aesthetic and technical styles (the film was made on sound stages with era-appropriate sound recording), and further, Biller is sincere in her concern for Barbi’s journey and her suspicion of the “freedom” of the sexual revolution. Pleasingly, Biller has released her follow-up this year, The Love Witch, an equally lush production with hints of the occult. Hopefully it won’t be so long before Biller makes another film, because we need filmmakers like her. Anna Biller is something special.
#52filmsbywomen 20 – The Invitation
Posted by: Bronagh on: October 16, 2016
No. 20 – The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2015)
I find it very difficult to write about things I love. My passion is very ineloquent. I want to be expressive and enthusiastic, but instead it becomes a dull stream of “that was good, that was good too, it was really good.” On that note, please anticipate next week’s film, which I love love LOVED. Now, onto this. Writing about things you didn’t like is far easier.
Karyn Kusama is a very good filmmaker. Girlfight got excellent notices and Jennifer’s Body is hugely underrated. I wish I had watched Girlfight for the first time, or Jennifer’s Body again. But I didn’t. I watched The Invitation. The Invitation is not a very good film. And I really wanted to like it. It had a lot of potential, and it also had Emayatzy Corinealdi, so luminous in Middle Of Nowhere. And I love films about cults, which I understood this to be from the synopsis, though the film seemed to forget it from time to time. We are very forgiving to low budget films starring non-professional actors with people working together, trying their best with limited resources and still making a pile of shit. When a bunch of experienced LA-based movie professionals do the same and fumble so badly, it’s frustrating. So I’m not feeling particularly charitable.
Logan Marshall-Green as Will, looking like Tom Hardy in Khal Drogo cosplay, drives his new girlfriend, Emayatzy Corineald as Kira, who will have no lines until the last 15 minutes, to dinner with his ex-wife Eden and other friends. On their way, they hit a coyote which Will must then euthanize (with a tyre hammer). (Incidentally, this blog post is dedicated to all the wild animals who are hit by cars in films to make a strained metaphor about the driver being like a lamb to the slaughter.) Eden and Will separated after the death of their young son, and Eden has turned to a vague, new-agey movement called The Invitation to help her through her grief, guided by her new partner David. Will is suspicious of the group and their unsubtle attempts to recruit the rest of the guests, and while initially his friends are embarrassed by his hostility, his suspicions about their nefarious purpose is proven correct.
Will has an almost preternatural sense for danger – insisting on walking one departing guest to her car to ensure her escape, arguing about Eden and David locking them in for safety, intuiting their drinks have been poisoned. The film initially does a reasonable job of making his caution seem like paranoia, but the film is too dry for it to be effective. There are too many characters that we struggle to differentiate so it’s hard to understand who’s on Will’s side, who’s angry, who’s a stranger. Lines seem randomly allocated with no thought to vérité or character – one character says he knows a lot of people who’ve done The Invitation, then a few minutes later asks for more information like he’s never heard of it. Tommy and Miguel transpire to be partners, though this isn’t obvious until close to the end of the film. Most of the characters are basically incidental, which is good because none of them stand out in any way, apart from Michelle Krusaic’s Gina who makes a valiant effort to inject some personality into her character. (There’s an examination to be made of Hollywood’s Asian female actresses, who will at some point all play characters called Gina, Amy and May, because creativity is dead.) Gina’s boyfriend, Choi, begins essentially as Poochie from The Simpsons – whenever Choi isn’t on screen, the other characters are constantly asking “where’s Choi?”, building up masses of intrigue about this character who, when he arrives, is…just another guy.
It’s strange looking back at the film. When considering the plot and various elements, it sounds so promising. There are elements that sound so strong as concepts but in practise fall flat – Will and Eden’s bereavement is more meandering melancholy than relevant to the story, intriguing as the idea of the death of a child driving a mother to a manipulative cult may be. The appearance of a mysterious group at the door suggests an interesting sideplot that ties into the (weak) end twist, but the film ends up retaining focus on our dull bourgeois dinner party. There’s huge potential for a horror film based around the cult of wellness and mindfulness, and Karyn Kusama could well be the director to make it. But the script, so first draft-y and, well, basic, gives the film such weak foundations that the rest of the production struggles to overcome it. Just when things look like they might get interesting, the whole things deflates again. It confuses long stretches of repeating ideas and people making small talk for building tension. The last thirty minutes, where action starts happening, displays Kusama’s skill as a director, but the effect is diminished because of what has gone before. One of the significant players is a character we know nothing about and I had forgotten existed, and the villains are so irritating that by the time they start being threatening, they’ve lost their sense of danger. It’s not that the film is bad, per se. Lots of films are bad, and continue to be extremely entertaining. The Invitation is boring, which is unforgivable. Top tip: watch Jennifer’s Body instead.
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#52filmsbywomen 19 – Foxfire
Posted by: Bronagh on: October 9, 2016
No. 19 –Foxfire (Annette Haywood-Carter, 1996)
There’s something very appealing about a group of girls. Not in real life, of course. They’re terrifying in real life. But in the media, a pack of feral girls getting up to mischief, stretching the limits of their burgeoning adulthood, scandalising their way out of social expectations of what it means to be a young woman. It makes good TV. I’m talking the Pink Ladies, Spice Girls, the Craft. The car full of maniacs in Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill. Female friendship is a potent force, and teenage girls hold a beguiling power that is often confused with sexuality. It’s not, really. Or if it is, it’s inward-looking, not for the benefit or titillation of anyone outside the group. It’s like they’ve just realised the world is theirs for the taking. And naturally, other people don’t like that.
Foxfire has existed in a couple of formats over the years. Obviously, the book was written by Joyce Carol Oates, an author so prolific that you can be forgiven for never hearing of this particular novel, and in 2012, a more faithful adaption by Laurent Cantet was released, which was very enjoyable. In 1996, Annette Haywood-Carter’s adaptation brought the story out of its 1950s setting (the heyday of girl gangs) and into the grungy, raging against the machine-era 1990s, to apathy and near-silence. In the past few years, the film has experienced a touch of cultish nostalgia, largely based around the early role for Angelina Jolie and, let’s face it, Angelina Jolie’s exposed breasts, though the topless scene in question is not particularly titillating (not that that would prevent the screengrabs of the Messrs Skin of this world). The updated setting works surprisingly well. The post-Riot girl and 90s neo-feminism suits the story, and the violent aspects seem more at home in the contemporary Midwest. There’s still something subversive about a group of 1950s schoolgirls engaging in car theft, kidnap, and gun threats. In the 1990s, it simply seems like an appropriate response to rise up against oppression.
Arty Maddie Wirtz’s life is disrupted by a beguiling drifter named Legs, who poses as a new student and interrupts their creepy science teacher’s class, and his torment of awkward Rita, by freeing the frogs from dissection, a scene which appeared in roughly two thirds of teen movies between 1987-1997 as shorthand for a character’s radical righteousness. The film does occasionally lapse into cliché, and occasionally nonsense (Rita as played by a young Jenny Lewis is supposedly the fat girl, despite…not being any bigger than any other character) but it is sincere. There is something refreshing about a teen move devoid of irony – sincerity is something of a lost artform when it comes to films aimed at a teen audience. (Although I’m not about the watch The Fault In Our Stars to disprove that.) Maddie and Rita encounter Legs in the bathroom, and alongside fellow outsiders Goldie the delinquent and Violet the whore, are convinced to exact revenge on the science teacher for his sexual harassment of Rita, with a plan as complex as beating the shit out of him. After that success, and then suspension, they establish a clubhouse in an abandoned building and share tattoos, booze and frustration at the world.
Their strange friendship provokes anger among the rest of the community, as they are menaced by a group of emasculated jocks and punished by their furious parents. Goldie in particular suffers at the hands of her abusive father, and sinks back into drug addiction. One attempt to escape the jocks’ threats leads to a car crash and Legs being sent to jail, and the whole Foxfire gang drifting apart. When Legs finally returns, she tries to reunite them to help Goldie, and they concoct another plan to kidnap Goldie’s father and hold him for ransom to get her help.
Foxfire is almost good, but weakened by its reluctance to explore its ideas, instead painting in broad strokes. Characters are defined by their types, and never grow beyond that. Their version of fighting the system reads mostly as teen angst, despite the serious topics at hand (including threats of rape, parental abuse, and the school ignoring claims of their teacher’s molestation). The film’s attempts at profundity aren’t really supported by the narrative. It acts as though the girls are fighting for a new world order when really they don’t manage to do much more than stick and poke tattoos and some civil disobedience (and accidentally setting the school on fire). Even the most interesting aspect of the story – that these girls are not friends per se, but outsiders forced together out of mutual desperation, and the tension this creates – is expressed like a brick to the head, with them arguing in one scene and sharing an unspoken link the next. The 2012 film does a much stronger job of demonstrating the gang’s gradual but solid bond, and how the town came to be so threatened by them. The 1996 film is a bit unbalanced, spending more time celebrating Legs’ exotic mystery and her impact on Maddie than building the group’s connection. While Maddie and Legs’ relationship is a vital part of the story (an implicitly romantic dynamic here, though explicit in other versions), at the core is the Foxfire girls, their different backgrounds and different moral codes, choosing to support each other, and the disintegration of that group. In this version, Legs recognises she can not fit in with the gang and drifts back into oblivion, having changed Maddie forever in that symbolic way that the character doing the voiceover is always changed by the mysterious stranger. It’s not particularly new or exciting, but nor is it unsatisfying. After all, it’s always fun to watch a gang of girls tear it up.
#52filmsbywomen 18 – Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Posted by: Bronagh on: September 25, 2016
No. 18 – Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (Lisa Immordino Vreeland, 2015)
Why have so many of the films I’ve watched for this project been documentaries? The first answer is that I watch documentaries the way some people eat Pringles, slack-jawed and without intention. Another more relevant option is that it is (somewhat) easier to make a documentary than a narrative film. In theory, all you need is a camera and an idea, rather than scene breakdowns, auditions, props, locations etc, etc, ad infinitum. Documentaries don’t have quite the same fight for funding and studio support, since studios tend not to commission documentaries, as much as purchase for distribution after completion, so a production company may take a chance on an “unproven” female director when there isn’t a multi-million dollar budget at risk. (Of course, how can a female director “prove” her financial viability without someone giving her that chance in the first place? When a studio does feel like nurturing an up-and-comer, those chances go to male rookies, like Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings Of Summer to Kong: Skull Island) or Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed to Jurassic World). And also Josh Trank, but no one’s using him to prove a point after Fantastic Four.) And even without industry support, what’s to stop a director taking up camera and starting alone, and searching for funding for completion and distribution deals after? So documentaries, with their degree of autonomy, control and relative freedom from the usual budgetary dogfights, are proving a vibrant breeding ground for interesting and diverse female directors.
Of course, another reason could be that the female directors in question actually want to make a documentary. Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s lovingly crafted, vigorously researched Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a great example, bolstered by the fascinating and headstrong figure of Guggenheim, herself no stranger to doing things just because she wants to. Peggy Guggenheim can be best described as a “bad bitch and no mistake”. Why she does not receive the same appreciation as other #QWEENs is beyond me. I hope it is not that she was no great beauty. Indeed, much is made of Guggenheim’s looks, in the documentary and in her life. She had a nose job gone wrong and has a reputation for catching many dicks that were supposedly out of her league. But if anyone thinks beauty is a requirement to be dynamic, alluring and worthy of iconic status, Peggy Guggenheim proves them wrong. She didn’t need to be gorgeous to become one of the most important figures in the art world. She didn’t even need to be an artist.
Guggenheim was poor in comparison to her billionaire relatives, her father having died on the Titanic, leaving her a relative pittance of some millions. She was considered the black sheep of the family, shaving off her eyebrows at school before moving to Paris at 21 where she became immersed in the European avant-garde and eventually, something like its saviour. Post WW1, Dadaism emerged as a reaction against the grotesque propaganda of the age, and she further turned her back on her breeding to delve into Bohemia, associating with icons like with Man Ray, Kiki de Montparnasse, Ezra Pound and James Joyce. The documentary offers a chronological view of Guggenheim’s life, the personal and the professional, through a trove of recorded interviews and admiring context from contemporary figures from the art world. The first part of the film focuses on Guggenheim as a person – the family tragedies (her beloved sister Bonita dying in childbirth, the mysterious death of her other sister’s children during a nasty divorce) and brutal heartbreaks (she casually dismisses her first husband Lawrence Veil’s abuse as him merely walking on her stomach four times and holding her underwater in the bath, the sudden death of the love of her life, John Holms, for whom she gave up her son to Veil). The second part of the film focuses on her professional significance, completing her evolution from dilettante to figurehead.
The film highlights the difficulties she faced in all aspects of her life, and the battles she fought to get the respect she deserved. In interview clips, she speaks frequently of her insecurities about her intelligence, and we see how she was a sponge to the artistic movements developing around her – cubism, surrealism, Dadaism. Deciding a publishing house was too expensive, she used her inheritance to open Guggenheim Jeune, a gallery dedicated to the work of her contemporaries, providing the venue for the first shows of many of the 20th century’s greatest artists. She exhibited Tanguy, Cocteau, Breton, Dali, Magritte – art that was then outrageous. “Strange art, mirroring herself” as the documentary states. Peggy had no formal training but she was a visionary in the realm of modern art, even in the face of the establishment’s cynicism. Her nemesis Baroness Rebay, the founding director of Guggenheim NY, told Peggy she was collecting trash, and refused to allow Peggy’s uncle to support Peggy’s struggling gallery by purchasing a Wandinsky. One clip shows an interviewer warning her that, when collecting modern art, she might end up with a lot of rubbish. Peggy reacts gracefully, stating it is only a danger if you have no taste. Peggy Guggenheim had taste.
The art world was not the only place that hated the new direction. By the late 1930s, the Nazis were targeting so-called “degenerate art”, starting with a weirdly self-defeating exhibition of confiscated art in 1937. Peggy, having closed Guggenheim Jeune for financial reasons, was planning a museum of modern art in London until war broke out. Instead, her collaborator Herbert Reade sent her to Paris to purchase art as the war was ramping up, when Jewish dealers were leaving Europe and artists were desperate to sell. She struggled to transport her new collection out of Paris, with the Louvre initially agreeing to help but then deciding the controversial modern art wasn’t worth the resources compared to the classics. But Peggy managed. As a Jewish woman, it was dangerous for her to be in Europe at all, but she not only persevered and saved the artwork, she also assisted her artist friends and associates escape the encroaching Nazi regime, helping them come to the US, even marrying Max Ernst.
The film views Peggy as the bridge between European and US modernism, surrealism meeting abstract expressionism, by not only bringing the expat artists to New York, but opening The Art Of This Century gallery – one of the first truly international galleries. Her approach to her space to unique in comparison to the stodgy old world institutes. The gallery itself was like an artwork, designed by architect Frederick Kiesler. The lights flashed on and off, the sound of an express train played intermittently. Critics called it a Coney Island ghost train, which wasn’t meant as a compliment but I would have taken it as one. The art was mounted so it could be touched and moved by the viewer, inciting an intimate relationship with the work, rather than being a distant, removed observer going hmmm. The film uses Peggy’s favourite art to tell her story, the drama of acquiring Brancusi’s Bird In Space, her flirtatious goading Alexander Calder to make her an ornate silver headboard for her bed. Art was not simply a business for her – as Donald Kuspit suggests, art gave a meaning to her life.
For all the criticism Peggy faced, and all her own insecurities about her academic ignorance, Peggy had an eye for the art that would define the post-war period. Her show 31 Women was the first exhibition of exclusively women, including Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning (who Max Ernst met then left Peggy for). For all her intense relations with artistic men, Peggy had a strong sense of sisterhood, giving an allowance to the struggling Djuna Barnes, and letting Maya Deren film in her gallery. Peggy was responsible for giving many significant artists their first show, including Jackson Pollock. She had previously commissioned a huge mural when he was still working as a carpenter, and claimed to have given him a regular income and a loan for a house, but felt he refused to give her any credit for his success. Her impact is arguable, but his is not – Pollock was the first modern artist to be accepted by the artistic establishment, even being named the greatest living artist by Life magazine. Either way, she certainly had foresight as to the direction art was taking.
For all Peggy’s inroads as a woman in an unforgiving industry, her wartime works, and her modern attitude, her bohemian sensuality and sexual openness, she was constantly fighting for credit, against her contemporaries, her critics and herself. She wrote a memoir detailing not only her journey through the war-era art world, but also her liaisons with related figures, leaving critics aghast at her brazen sexuality. She frequently mocks her own appearance (as do the commentators and interview subjects), though the documentary points out that she was considered attractive enough for a Man Ray portrait. Why her face is relevant at all is unclear, aside from the fact that it has become part of the Peggy narrative – rich, ugly but somehow promiscuous. Her contemporaries, and the film itself, find it impossible to consider her according to her achievements alone. One moving scene sees Peggy recall reluctantly aborting John Holms’ child, fearing judgement as she was still married to Veil. When the marriage finally ended, she left her son with Veil, knowing that she wouldn’t be allowed to keep him if she continued a relationship with Holms. For all her strength of character and rebellious ways, she was still cowed by the rigid social constructs as a woman in the 20th century.
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict is a very strong documentary. It does dip in interest when recounting Peggy’s move to Venice, unable to recreate the excitement of her wartime escapades, clashes with the art world as modern art gradually became accepted and esteemed, or even her tempestuous love life. But cinema has always struggled to show interest in a woman over the age of 40. But Peggy herself, such a vivid character anyway, and literally brought to life by a library of film footage and audio interviews, ensures the audience’s attention remains. It is satisfying to see her evolve from an enthusiastic outsider to a respected member of the art establishment herself, by trusting her instincts above the criticism of others. As Robert Motherwell says, you don’t have to paint a figure to express human feelings, and no one lived that adage like Peggy Guggenheim.
This will be my last documentary, unless I find one I have something particularly interesting to talk about. But it’s a solid example to finish on.
#52filmsbywomen 15 – The Punk Singer
Posted by: Bronagh on: August 3, 2016
No. 15 – The Punk Singer (Sini Anderson, 2013)
Women are rarely allowed to just be; they have to explain and justify why they are who they are, in a way that men rarely face. Amber Rose has to justify why she deserves called a whore even though she has built a career off the contours of her body. Hillary Clinton faces taunts about claiming to be a strong woman when she accepted her husband’s infidelity. Rape victims have to explain how drinking to a stupor or going home with a stranger does not permit assault. Kathleen Hanna, face of the Riot Grrrl movement, an opinionated and outspoken woman, in an era and industry who loathed those qualities from feminine lips, faced more than most. It becomes clear throughout Sini Anderson’s documentary, The Punk Singer, that she is no longer willing to play that game. Hanna is no longer interested in explaining.
Not that Hanna is hiding anything, per se. The documentary finds plenty of archival footage and willing talking heads to fill in the blanks in Hanna’s story, and Hanna herself expresses no reluctance to repeat, discuss or reveal when she feels like it. But there is a sense that for a woman of such depth and significance, the film barely scratches the surface. But perhaps after a lifetime of being cajoled by aggressive music journos to justify herself, Hanna no longer wishes to reveal any more of herself than she wants to.
Anderson makes little effort to dig into Hanna’s psyche, happy to let her subject dictate how much is discussed. Not to paint Hanna as a tyrant or Anderson as a patsy, but there is a notable difference between biographical material where the subject is a participant only, and where the subject is actively involved. This may been connected to Anderson’s efforts to complete the film, which included a Kickstarter, a benefit concert headlined by Hanna collaborator Kim Gordon, and eventually Tamra Davis, wife of Hanna’s husband’s bandmate (Beastie-in-law?), signing on as co-producer – clearly there was motivation to please Hanna’s fanbase. And while Hanna herself isn’t credited in the production, she did have unexpected input, requesting that the chosen interview subjects were largely female – which is obviously a relevant decision given Hanna’s background, but it is highly unusual for a documentary subject to dictate who is and who isn’t interviewed. There are moments where Hanna severs discussions and the film moves on, without any attempt at follow up with the other subjects to complete whatever conversation Hanna has left hanging. There is a sense that Anderson may have been overawed by her subject and the pretence at objectivity (so vital in documentary filmmaking) is lost in return for access to Hanna, which is a shame as Hanna is more than worthy of a more transparent exploration.
Of course, that criticism opens up further discussions about why we expect documentary subjects to give up their right to privacy for the pleasure of the viewer. While Hanna’s veiled references to her difficult childhood (she insists she was never raped, but refuses to discuss any further) raise and then frustrate the viewer’s curiosity, why should we be entitled to all the details? It’s Hanna’s story to tell or not tell, even if she did agree to the documentary, and it’s churlish to criticise Anderson for putting respect before traditions of the documentary form. But it is a fine line to tread between respectful film making and propaganda piece, but given Hanna’s years of dealing with the media, and their interpretations, misinterpretations and reinterpretations of her music, her politics and her words, you can’t really blame her for her decision to exert control over her image in a way the media rarely allows a woman or really any public figure to do.
And none of this is to suggest that Hanna is particularly evasive. Indeed, the film’s biggest publicity point was Hanna’s painful honesty regarding her disappearance from the music scene, as she spoke for the first time about the diagnosis of late stage Lyme disease that essentially ended Le Tigre and forced Hanna into retirement. The revelation comes late in the film, and it is shocking, not only to see footage to Hanna, up to this point so charismatic and compelling, looking so physically vulnerable during treatment, but also brought so emotionally low by not only the ordeal of her health problems, but the impact of leaving music behind and isolating herself from her bandmates to hide her illness. The film is deft in tying Hanna’s feminist beliefs to her health problems. Chronic Lyme disease is a contentious issue, with some people suggesting it is a psychosomatic illness, and Hanna likens people’s reluctance to believe her diagnosis with society’s reluctance to engage with feminist issues. As Hanna states so eloquently, “when a man tells the truth, it’s the truth. And when, as a woman, I go to tell the truth, I feel like I have to negotiate the way I’ll be perceived.”
I’m concerned that the harsh tone is disguising my own biases, which is to say I’m a big fan of Kathleen Hanna and her various music projects, and spending time in her company throughout the film is a pleasure. Over the years she has been mocked for her supposed Valley girl accent, which is endemic of the media’s reluctance to actually listen to what she has to say. Even an objective, almost critical documentary would not be able to dim the light of Hanna’s intelligence and principles, which should be inspirational to anyone who believes in gender equality, or, simply anyone moved by the power of music. Anderson’s film features admirers from all eras of contemporary feminism, from Joan Jett to Tavi Gevinson, alongside Hanna’s contemporaries and collaborator, few of whom have had such a consistently combative relationship with the media. But Hanna is an old hand at other people’s attacks, maintaining a calm but bemused tone when recounting the various scorn, assaults and death threats she and the Riot Grrrl movement have faced over the years, buoyed by the strength of her convictions. The only time she seems to waver is when recounting the time Courtney Love punched her, shaken by this unexpected woman on woman violence, perpetrated on a woman who has more for female voices in the music industry than anyone else. But then, as Hanna works on her new band, The Julie Ruin, it’ll take a lot more than the singer from Hole and a touch of Lyme disease to keep Kathleen Hanna down.
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‘Better Things’ Is The Best Show On TV
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With Season 4, Pamela Adlon’s Better Things Proves It’s Consistently The Best TV Show
A year ago, we wrote, “Life is Better with Better Things” following the premiere of Season 3 on FX. We said, Pamela Adlon’s Better Things, shows us “how remarkably beautiful our messy lives are.” Better Things has proven to have staying power. Better Things is endlessly re-watchable. Each episode gets better the more you watch it, which in this new “golden age” of binge-able TV is rare. It is also unique to create a series where each episode is real, intimate, empathetic, and hilarious.
Like season 3, season 4 is created, directed by, and starring, the wildly talented Pamela Adlon. What Adlon has always had going for her is her ability to be human. She refuses to be formulaic or dumb down her voice. She talks with audiences as humans who can understand and relate to her life. Sounds easy but it is notably lacking in TV today. There truly is no one like Pamela Adlon’s Sam Fox or Better Things on television. There is a reason why. Putting yourself out there like Adlon does week after week, being truthful, real, finding the sadness, beauty, and humor in our day-to-day is intimidating, if not scary. Furthermore, Pamela Adlon and her team of writers are churning out some of the most brilliant, digestible, and thought-provoking writing that separates itself from every other show on TV.
We were skeptical that season 4 could live up to Season 3 because season 3 was perfect. Season 3 separated itself from season 1 and 2, and so far season 4 feels like the same Better Things and also a very different show. We are part of Sam’s midlife crisis. Her midlife crisis, however, is super stylish, including a muscle car and a snake.
Adlon illustrates the adjustment form season three as making sure it’s raining in Los Angeles during the first episode — a symbolic nod to washing away of the past and entering new territory. However, we’re still on the journey with the same characters, Sam’s daughters’ Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood), and Duke (Olivia Edward), and her mother, Phyl (Celia Imrie). All of whom are lovable while also being irritating (except Edward’s Duke, who is just always loveable), which is how real life is. Each character is more relatable than the next. Each character is developing, which again is a feat in today’s mediocre television landscape.
Better Things is a woman-dominated show (even down to the new pet snake), and that’s a good thing. It’s a great thing. It is a marvelous thing and why Better Things is impeccable.
All episodes from season 1-3 and the start of Season 4 are now streaming on Hulu. New episodes are on FX. Drop everything you have planned this weekend and binge them all. Trust us!
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Hivve: Thriving off-grid
The installation of an off-grid Hivve classroom at Bracken Ridge State High School, a growing secondary school located in the north east of Brisbane, is an exciting development for Australian schools. The Bracken Ridge SHS off-grid Hivve paves the way for the development of energy self-sufficient schools, avoiding expensive power upgrades and escalating operating costs.
The Hivve modular classroom, embedded with Hivve iQ technology, is 100% powered by solar energy combined with a Tesla battery storage system. The result? The Hivve has been happily operating entirely off-grid since commissioning in June 2018.
The increasing use of energy intensive technology and air conditioning is pushing many schools across Australia beyond the limits of their existing power supply capacities. Consequently, at times of peak energy demand on the hottest days, schools can experience “brown-outs” and the need to ration the use of air conditioning. Even relatively small projects require power supply upgrades, and in many cases the cost of a power supply upgrade can exceed the project cost.
For example, at Bracken Ridge State High School the cost of upgrading the power supply to provide electricity to a new classroom was going to be prohibitively expensive. This cost was enough of a road block to prevent the project from going ahead.
“Hivve was able to provide a totally off-grid solution,” said David Wrench, Executive Director at Hivve Sustainable Schools. “The cost of the Hivve’s off-grid power supply was significantly lower than the cost of connecting the classroom to the School’s power supply network. Better still, there are no ongoing operating costs because the classroom uses its own zero carbon emission solar energy.”
Hivve Technology’s real time data has shown that the Hivve at Bracken Ridge State High School has enjoyed continuous operation of all powered systems, including technology, lighting and air conditioning.
“The power generated and stored by the Hivve is also sufficient to ensure comfortable and healthy indoor temperatures and air quality year round,” said Richard Doyle, Director of Hivve Technology. “Brisbane sweltered through its hottest summer on record in 2017. We’re happy to have provided the Bracken Ridge State High School with a Hivve that will not only save on energy costs, it’ll monitor thermal comfort and air quality, keeping students comfortably learning even on the hottest days of the year.”
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A position of strength?
With the regular season less than 3 weeks away, the Patriots will attempt to win their 7th Super Bowl since 2001.
For the Patriots receiving corps, the past few days have been very good.
Last season, the wide receiver position seemed like a position of weakness, especially as Julian Edelman missed the first 4 games of 2018 due to a suspension.
Of course, it did not matter, as the Patriots adapted and found ways to work with the pieces they had, outscheme their opponents, and… win.
This offseason, the team lost Chris Hogan and kick returner/offensive swiss army knife Cordarrelle Patterson. The team also lost TE Rob Gronkowski, which made whatever lack of depth they had at the wide receiver position even more glaring, as the future Hall of Fame tight end would no longer be around to make Tom Brady’s life easier.
Oh, and there was Josh Gordon.
With Gordon back in the fold, the ceiling of the Patriots offense has shot up, but can he be relied on to help them reach it? (Credit: Fansided)
As we know, Josh Gordon has faced plenty of demons due to substance addiction, and it has led to him being suspended several times over his career.
His 2018 season with the Patriots ended this way, and it was unknown what his status would be in 2019.
This left the team with Edelman, the question mark of Josh Gordon, Phillip Dorsett, and Braxton Berrios at wideout.
With plenty of questions, the team went to free agency looking for bodies.
Quickly they signed Maurice Harris and Bruce Ellington (released in May), two larger receivers then the team typically employs. A month later, they brought in veteran WR Demaryius Thomas, who is 6’3″ himself.
This trend continued into the draft, as the team drafted a wideout in the first round for the first time in the Bill Belichick Era, bringing in ASU WR N’Keal Harry (6’4″, 225 lbs).
Maybe it was due to no longer having the 6’6″ monster that was Gronk, but nevertheless, it was a new strategy.
However, it wasn’t all peachy just yet.
Thomas was coming off of a torn Achilles, and Gordon’s status was still up in the air.
The team brought in another big WR in May – Dontrelle Inman – possibly just hoping something would stick.
As training camp started a few weeks ago, a few surprises unfolded.
First, an injury to Super Bowl LIII Julian Edelman, which let some new faces get some reps.
Those new faces were able to shine.
Braxton Berrios with the slow motion toe-tap touchdown catch 😍 #Patriots pic.twitter.com/SoxVpVwtVW
— Casey Baker – New Account (@_CaseyBaker) August 15, 2019
We’ve heard and seen some good things from Braxton Berrios (only 5’10”), who has had some nice plays on offense as well as special teams as a punt returner.
Another big surprise has been Jakobi Meyers, an undrafted free agent from NC State who has made that label look like a joke.
Then, the good news.
Last Friday it was revealed Josh Gordon would be reinstated, and able to play once the 2019 season begins.
Julian Edelman returned to practice on Monday.
Then yesterday, Demaryius Thomas, who had been on the physically unable to perform list, was able to practice.
Inman was released this past Sunday, probably a favor, allowing him to sign elsewhere before the end of the preseason (he reportedly signed back with the Chargers yesterday).
But now, the team that looked weak at WR, has gotten certainty from it’s veterans, and has seen some promising signs from it’s rookies.
Can the position be considered a strength now?
Cautious optimism should be expressed.
When healthy, Julian Edelman has been one of the most reliable and productive receivers in the NFL. He faced injury issues in 2015 and missed all of 2017 with a torn ACL, but when he’s on, a performance like the one he had in Super Bowl LIII is normal.
Josh Gordon is special. Anyone that has seen him knows that. Last season he had 40 catches for 720 yards and 3 TDs in 11 games with New England, the first time he played more than 5 games since 2013.
His situation is tough.
He’s tried his hardest to work on himself, and I hope he’s able to find peace, but in terms of reliability on the field, it’s an unknown if he’ll be able to be counted on all of 2019. That’s just the reality of the situation. I’m rooting for him to find some balance both on and off the field.
Demaryius Thomas (number 88) was able to practice for the first time yesterday (Credit: Mark Daniels/Providence Journal)
Demaryius Thomas is coming off of a tough injury, and is 31 years old. He’s had a solid career, and hopefully has some miles left, but plenty of good veteran receivers have come into New England and seen it be their last stop (Torry Holt, Chad Johnson, Reggie Wayne, Eric Decker, etc.).
I wouldn’t be surprised if he was a non-factor, but that’s to be determined.
I’m a fan of Phillip Dorsett. Through the first 5 weeks of last season he had 19 catches for 190 yards, but only had 13 catches the rest of the regular season. He had 5 catches in the playoffs, and none in the Super Bowl. I think there’s something there, but it hasn’t been consistent. He’s likely fighting to make the team with Maurice Harris.
Harris received praise during the beginning of training camp, but that has wavered. He had 28 catches last season, and seems to have glimpses of something, but he’s another one that hasn’t been consistent.
Then there’s the young options.
If a receiver can't separate, then these types of plays have to be routine. N'Keal Harry made that happen at ASU and had two catches in tight coverage in the #Patriots preseason opener. pic.twitter.com/pIQbeI2XGh
— Hayden Winks (@HaydenWinks) August 12, 2019
N’Keal Harry had some bumps in training camp, but has seemed to rebound (I saw this first hand a few weeks ago). He then made some good catches against Detroit during the first game of the preseason, but suffered a hamstring injury, forcing him to leave the game. He’s talented, and apparently doesn’t miss time from injuries like this. It’s tough to gauge rookies, especially in the Belichick Era, with the last one to truly succeed being Deion Branch in 2002, but the team liked Harry enough to draft him in the first round, and I’d expect him to develop into a weapon down the line.
.@Patriots WR Jakobi Meyers through 2 preseason games:
14 targets
12 receptions
2 TD#WBZ #Patriots .@PackFootball @wbz pic.twitter.com/OyJaDhNfyN
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) August 20, 2019
I love what I’m hearing from Jakobi Meyers. He’s been working with former Patriot Troy Brown, and I’ve seen comparisons to him and Julian Edelman. He’s been called the best contested ball catcher from the 2019 draft class. The Patriots may have found a diamond in the rough here, I truly believe that.
Braxton Berrios has heard the Edelman/Welker/Amendola comparisons since Day 1, that’s the territory when you’re a short white receiver that goes to the Patriots. He hasn’t been perfect, but has had some nice moments, but not sure if there’s a spot for him, especially with Gordon back in the fold.
There’s some other players floating around such as Cameron Meredith, Gunner Olszewski, Ryan Davis, and Damoun Patterson, but I doubt they’ll end up on the 53 man roster, and certainly won’t be in the picture at WR if they do.
There’s a lot of guys in the room this year that, on paper, Patriots fans should have some hope about. If Edelman, Gordon, and Thomas can stay on the field and be what they have been during their careers, then that’s a great spot for New England to be in. Then, if one or two of N’Keal Harry, Maurice Harris, Phillip Dorsett, and Jakobi Meyers can give you something, you have a group as deep as they’ve had in years.
The ceiling is high, and the talent is there.
With the tight end position being so weak, the wideouts will be asked to produce more than years’ past. The team has added to an already strong RB group, but that cannot be a complete substitute in the passing game.
I think a lot has to go right for this group to reach it’s potential and be truly special, but they’re in a much better spot than last season.
Besides, the team is so strong at so many other spots (especially on defense), that there might be less pressure on the offense to be as prolific as may have been necessary in the past.
I expect another solid season for the Patriots, but if this WR group does show out… then we’re talking something special.
Cautious optimism.
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Kathy Frisch
Kathy Frisch is passionate about regenerating our lands, fostering health and well-being for those who manage them, and revitalizing entire communities through the practice of Holistic Management. As Program Director with HMI, she works with Certified Educators across the world to deliver training and support for the implementation of Holistic Management. She has been involved in Holistic Management since the late 1990s when her enthusiasm for nutrient-dense, traditional foods motivated her to begin a small-scale 20-acre homestead farm in North Texas, and then develop infrastructure and enterprises for a 250-acre ranch. Her personal practice of Holistic Management includes cow and goat dairying, pastured poultry, grass-fed beef and lamb, honeybees, fruit trees, vegetable gardens and native pecans. As an HMI Professional Certified Educator, she has provided consultation and education across the US ranging from small family farms to large ranches. Read Kathy’s blogs.
Wayne Knight
With 27 years of ranching experience using Holistic Management, Wayne has had an identity crisis. When he joined the 11 000-acre family ranching business he called himself a cattle rancher. He changed to calling himself a grass farmer. Later still, he called himself a soil-microbe farmer, though he has always marketed beef. Privileged to work with his father, Tom Knight, who was an early adopter of Holistic Management under Allan Savory – Stan Parsons consulting, Wayne enthusiastically increased and intensified the practices HMI teaches. He became a Certified Educator in 2006 and was actively involved with the Southern African CE community organization, Community Dynamics. He has spoken at numerous conferences in Southern Africa, trained and mentored farmers, hosted open days on his property, and has written about his positive results using Holistic Management. Before joining the team at HMI Wayne served as a board member of the organization for 8 years. Through his enthusiasm for Holistic Management Wayne has traveled widely visiting farmers who practice high-density, long recovery grazing practices in Southern Africa, Australia, and the US. As a young graduate with a Science degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Natal, South Africa, he traveled across the US west working on ranches in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, California, and New Mexico. When not involved in Holistic Management you will find him fishing, birding, hiking, or exploring wild spaces and places with his family. An enthusiastic traveler, hunter, and photographer, he loves discovering new places and making new friends.
Carrie Stearns
Director of Communications & Outreach
Carrie Stearns has been with HMI since 2009 and serves as our Director of Communications & Outreach. She loves working creatively in a field that supports a healthy food system for all, regenerates land and water sources, empowers agricultural producers, and teaches responsible animal husbandry. She specializes in graphic art, web design, and video production and created the Take the Next Step in Regenerative Agriculture with HMI video. She also created the websites for NM CEWL and CO CEWL, helped build HMI’s own website, and facilitates the CO CEWL Communications Working Group. Read Carrie’s blogs.
Ann Adams
Ann has worked in the nonprofit world for almost 25 years, creating and directing national programs, collaborating with over 100 non-profit and government entities to create positive impact among producers and land stewards seeking to build & maintain sustainable farms, ranches and healthy land. Her fund development work has included raising over $1 million for national whole farm planning training for beginning farmer programming. Ann served as HMI’s Executive Director from 2015-2020. Ann has been a Holistic Management Certified Educator since 1998 and has practiced and taught Holistic Management® in multiple capacities for 25 years. She also has facilitated classes (onsite and distance learning), taught workshops and presented at conferences. She has written countless articles, helped develop agriculture-based software for financial and grazing planning and written a training handbook, At Home with Holistic Management: Creating a Life of Meaning. Ann also taught courses at Indiana University, Wittenberg University, and Antioch College. She earned her BSED from Ohio University and her PhD from Indiana University. When she isn’t serving as HMI’s Education Director, Ann is Chief Goatherd on her small farm in the Manzano Mountains and Captain of her Earthship (a house made out of tires with photovoltaics, composting toilet and rainwater harvesting) southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read Ann’s blogs.
Allen Williams is a 6th generation family farmer and founding partner of Grass Fed Insights, Standard Soil, Soil Health Consultants and Soil Health Academy. He is also a partner in Joyce Farms, Inc. He has consulted with more than 4200 farmers and ranchers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South America on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres. Allen pioneered many of the early adaptive grazing protocols and forage finishing techniques and has spent the last 15 years refining those. He is a “recovering academic”, having served 15 years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University and Mississippi State University. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Animal Science from Clemson University and a Ph.D. in Livestock Genetics from Louisiana State University. He has authored more than 400 scientific and popular press articles, and is an invited speaker at regional, national, and international conferences and symposia. Major areas of research and business focus include soil health, cover crop/livestock integration, adaptive forage & grazing management, high attribute pasture-based meat production, and alternative marketing systems. Allen and his colleagues specialize in whole farm and ranch planning based on the concept of regenerative agriculture. Their approach creates significant “value add” and prepares the landowner for multiple enterprise/revenue stream opportunities that stack enterprises and acres. This approach allows for enhanced profitability and/or investment value. They routinely conduct workshops and seminars across North America. He is featured in several of the Carbon Nation film series, “Soil Carbon Cowboys” (www.soilcarboncowboys.com) and has a recently released book co-authored with Teddy Gentry, “Before You Have A Cow”. Allen is a regular contributor to GRAZE and The Stockman Grass Farmer and has written articles for the “Organic Broadcaster” and many other publications. Several of his presentations and webinars can be found on the Pasture Project website at www.pastureproject.org. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Grass Fed Exchange and the Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network, is a Core Team Member of the Pasture Project, and Co-Investigator for Team SoilCarbon. He also serves as an officer in the Starkville Civitan Club and is active in his local church.
Carter Randolph
Carter F. Randolph, Ph.D. has been engaged in agriculture for most of his life. At age 13 he began his agricultural career as a farmhand for Louis and Louise Nippert on the Greenacres Farm. He then attended the University of Cincinnati and received his MBA in 1979 and his PHD in Finance in 1986. In 1988, he assisted Louis and Louise Nippert in establishing the Greenacres Foundation and became the first employee. Today, he is a Founder, Trustee and President of Greenacres. Greenacres farm activities include multi-species grazing (In Practice Article in January/February 2009, #123) and vegetable production. In addition, Greenacres provides customized experiential learning opportunities for area school children and in 2015 hosted over 28,000 visitors. Each program at Greenacres is designed to meet the needs of the classroom teacher and utilizes sustainable agriculture, environment, water quality, equine, cultural arts and culinary arts to design the hands-on experiences. Greenacres is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and serves children from the inner city and suburbs.
Jim Parker is a rancher/investor, who first served on HMI’s Board of Directors in the late 1980s. Originally from Parkersburg, West Virginia, he and his wife, Carol, have made their home in Colorado since the late 1970s. “Sixteen years ago,” says Jim, “two important events occurred. My second child was born and I attended my first Holistic Management class. Life on our Colorado ranch was never again the same and that was a good thing. Holistic Management also began to change the way I interacted within other diverse business interests and my participation on several non-profit boards.” He served two terms on the Colorado Agriculture Commission, bringing a perspective shaped by Holistic Management, served as president of the Colorado River Watershed, and has been active and held leadership positions in various livestock and conservation organizations. “In my years of studying, social, economic, and agricultural issues, I have become ever more convinced that the Holistic Management decision making process has an absolutely crucial role to play in addressing the crisis of resources we now face,” says Jim. “I can think of no more hopeful or critical cause to be involved with than Holistic Management.”
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Greg Judy and his wife, Jan, run a grazing operation on 1620 acres of leased and owned land in Missouri. They use Holistic High Density Planned Grazing to graze cows, cow/calf pairs, bred heifers, horses, sheep, pigs, and stockers. They direct market grass-fed beef, lamb and pork. Greg wrote NO RISK RANCHING, Custom Grazing On Leased Land” in 2001. In 2008 Greg wrote a second book COMEBACK FARMS, Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures and Profits with Livestock Grazing Management. Greg has given numerous talks and schools all over the United States on the benefits of Holistic High Density Planned Grazing, leasing land, multi-species grazing, custom grazing and wildlife management. The Judys hold Holistic High Density Grazing Schools at their farms teaching the principles of HHDG. Greg quit his off farm job in 2009 and is now a full-time rancher and consultant.
Clint Josey
Clint Josey was raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Naval Academy, University of Texas at Austin, and Southern Methodist University and earned a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics. Clint has worked as an independent in oil and gas exploration from 1954 to present. Beginning in 1974, Clint bought ranches in Cooke County, Texas and has always been interested in good land stewardship. He became interested in Holistic Management in 1983 through Allan Savory. Clint began serving on the Board of Directors of the Center for Holistic Resource Management in 1984. In 2007, Clint became Vice-President and Chairman of the Board of The Dixon Water Foundation.
Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866. Born and raised at White Oak Pastures, Will left home to attend the University of Georgia’s School of Agriculture, where he was trained in the industrial farming methods that had taken hold after World War II. Will graduated in 1976 and returned to Bluffton where he and his father continued to raise cattle using pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics. They also fed their herd a high-carbohydrate diet of corn and soy.
These tools did a fantastic job of taking the cost out of the system, but in the mid-1990s Will became disenchanted with the excesses of these industrialized methods. They had created a monoculture for their cattle, and, as Will says, “nature abhors a monoculture.” In 1995, Will made the audacious decision to return to the farming methods his great-grandfather had used 130 years before.
Since Will has successfully implemented these changes, he has been recognized all over the world as a leader in humane animal husbandry and environmental sustainability. Will is the immediate past President of the Board of Directors of Georgia Organics. He is the Beef Director of the American Grassfed Association and was selected 2011 Business Person of the year for Georgia by the Small Business Administration.
Will lives in his family home on the property with his wife Yvonne. He is the proud father of three daughters, Jessi, Jenni, and Jodi. His favorite place in the world to be is out in pastures, where he likes to have a big coffee at sunrise and a 750ml glass of wine at sunset.
Alisa Gravitz
For nearly 35 years, Alisa Gravitz has led Green America, the national green economy organization. Green America develops marketplace solutions to social and environmental problems with a key focus on climate, sustainable agriculture, fair trade and responsible finance. Green America operates the nation’s largest green business and consumer networks. Ms. Gravitz is a leading expert on how families and businesses can “go green,” saving money and resources. She is also a nationally recognized leader in the social investment industry. She authored Green America’s acclaimed Guide to Social Investing, with over a million copies in print and the popular Guide to Community Investing. As part of Green America’s Center for Sustainability Solutions, which focuses on transforming supply chains, she also co-chairs innovation networks on carbon farming, sustainable agriculture and clean electronics. Ms. Gravitz’s board service includes Ceres, Positive Future Network, Network for Good, Non-GMO Project and Underdog Foundation. She earned her MBA from Harvard University and her BA in economics and environmental sciences from Brandeis University. Green America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Deborah Clark
Deborah Clark and her husband Emry Birdwell run a stocker operation of 5,000–7,000 head on the 14,000-acre Birdwell & Clark Ranch in Clay County, Texas. The enterprise mix consists of 2,000 stocker cattle on leased wheat acres and one herd of approximately 5,000 head at the ranch using a high density grazing management plan. The primary goals of the grazing practice are to consistently improve range conditions, soil health, and cattle productivity. A secondary interest is assessing and monitoring the impact of high density grazing on wildlife and habitat with a focus on bobwhite quail. Emry has been a practitioner of Holistic Management since the early 1980s and Deborah has been involved in Holistic Management since 2009. As a Certified Educator Deborah works to help others learn to manage their resources in a way that keeps the business, land, family, and community healthy.
Ron Chapman
Ron Chapman, founder and principal of Magnetic North LLC, www.MagneticNorthLLC.com, is an inspirational and motivational speaker and consultant specializing in organization development and personal and professional growth. The core of Holistic Management is getting to root causes, he says, and that likewise forms the core of Ron’s consulting work. The phrase he uses over and over again with clients is: “An incomplete understanding of any problem or situation will always lead to an incomplete solution or action. But when complete understanding occurs, appropriate actions become readily apparent.” Ron is an award-winning speaker and workshop leader as well as a long-time public radio commentator, winner of the 2004 and 2001 National Federation of Press Women Award for Personal Commentary and the 2002, 2003 and 2004 Best Radio Feature Awards from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association for his radio programs exploring social and cultural concerns, including Holistic Management. He is also the author of four books, and three audio sets which focus on creating new perceptions and thereby transforming our lives and the organizations of which we are a part. Ron holds a Masters Degree in Social Welfare from the University at Albany (New York), a Bachelors Degree in Business from Valparaiso University, and Toastmasters International’s highest recognition of International Accredited Speaker. His clientele includes non-governmental organizations like the World Health Organization, non-profits including Habitat for Humanity, government units such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and private sector organizations including HealthSouth Corporation. From 2004 to 2014, Ron served as a member of the Board of Directors of HMI, which includes three years as Chair. In recent years he has launched a new initiative, www.SeeingTrue.com, which is a platform for transformational perspectives and a budding forgiveness practice.
Sallie Calhoun
Sallie Calhoun attended Rice University and graduated with a BSEE in 1977. She moved to the Bay Area immediately after graduation and worked in the high tech industry for 25 years. Since 2000, Sallie has been involved in a variety of activities in the fields of local, sustainable agriculture and philanthropy, serving on numerous for profit and non-profit boards. Sallie is an avid tennis player and hiker and enjoys traveling. Sallie and her husband Matt have two children and live in Paicines, California.
William Burnidge
William Burnidge is an integral leader in both The Nature Conservancy’s Colorado state program and North America Agriculture program. As the Sustainable Grazing Lands Program Director for Colorado, his work involves building and testing tools to improve conservation, business and quality of life conditions on commercial cattle ranches. William also strives to define and improve incentives that advance sustainable practices. Integral to his job, William collaborates with NGO, agency and beef value chain partners to share and support proven tools and approaches that advance sustainable grazing goals. Among his many career accomplishments, William’s successful 10-year management of the Conservancy’s 14,000-acre Fox Ranch as both a nature preserve and a commercial ranching operation has positioned him as a well-respected and sought-after expert on the integrated management of grazing lands. In 2017, William – in addition to his Colorado program work – began working as a Sustainable Grazing Lands Coda Fellow for the North American Agriculture Program. He is providing much-need insight and technical guidance to promote the use of conservation planning among key players in the beef supply chain to achieve significant environmental, social and economic benefits. Since joining the Conservancy in 2005, William’s list of accomplishments include advancing the sustainable use of the Ogallala Aquifer in Colorado, protecting vital lands in northeast Colorado with conservation easements, and helping shape renewable energy strategies for the Colorado state program and the North America region. He also managed the Conservancy’s relationship with the Colorado State Land Board, providing technical guidance for its energy development programs, support for management of its large ranch assets, and input to its stewardship programs and policies. Prior to joining the Conservancy in Colorado in 2005, William worked in consulting and with the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development to advance large corporate sustainable development projects. He earned his MBA and MS in Environmental Policy at the University of Michigan and his BS in Wildlife Management and Biology at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. Outside of work, William enjoys life in Colorado with his lovely wife and two delightful daughters.
Brian Wehlburg
Brian lives on Kindee Valley Farm in New South Wales, Australia and is a full-time Holistic Management Educator through Inside Outside Management. He works with his partner Kerry and has three children. Brian was born in Zimbabwe and attended a week-long workshop run by Allan while trying to find answers for their wildlife, cattle, and cropping business. Brian then attended HMI’s educator training at the Africa Center for Holistic Management in the late 1990s. He then immigrated to Australia in 2000 started his training business with fellow educator Helen Lewis. He has delivered Holistic Management training across Australia and in New Zealand, including the nationally accredited Diploma in Holistic Management, and now the Regenerative Ag degree runs through Southern Cross University. Brian is excited to be on the HMI board and to be part of a like-minded team as HMI works on the cutting edge of new programs.
Kelly Sidoryk
Kelly and her husband, Mike, live near Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada where they operate a family ranch running owned and custom yearling cattle with a small cow herd. They also have another ranch near Debden, Saskatchewan. Kelly has been involved with Holistic Management for close to 25 years. She became a HMI Certified Educator in the late 1980’s and has taught a number of courses and work with many family producers and management groups. Kelly writes the Cow Trails and Pony Tales blog and has recently started a unique event business, doing local food events, cowgirl retreats, a women’s conference and more. Kelly’s father, Dennis Wobeser was an HMI Board member and upon his end of term, Kelly took his place as HMI’s Canadian representative.
Jim Shelton
Jim and his wife, Sara, live in Vinita Oklahoma where they operate a cow/calf and stocker cattle ranch.. Jim spent 35 years in the banking industry, retiring in 2010, but continues to use his professional experience as HMI’s Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. Jim became interested in Holistic Management in the late 1980s after reading about how Holistic Management was being used in the Southwest. Shortly after, he took a Holistic Management course and has since been integrating the HM principles into his own operation. Jim firmly believes that as HMI moves forward with its educational offerings that we will be able to provide a positive impact on landscapes and the people and families that are on the land.
Brad Schmidt
Brad Schmidt lives in Volga, South Dakota where he is a Regional Agronomist for Ducks Unlimited. He graduated from South Dakota State University in 2017 with a Bachelor’s in Agriculture Science and has been involved with Regenerative Agriculture for about seven years. He was able to convert the family farm in southwest Minnesota to 100% no-till, with diverse cropping rotations, diverse livestock enterprises, cover crops, and rotational grazing. He is also a co-owner in the farm’s direct marketing business for their meat products. The farm goal is to be 100% pasture and grass-fed in the near future. When Brad was in college he came across a video of Gabe Brown on YouTube, thus starting his obsession. During college, he was fortunate to work for Dr. Dwayne Beck of Dakota Lakes Research Farm who became his mentor. After college, he was employed by Cronin Farms of Gettysburg, South Dakota working alongside Dan Forgey. He was then hired on with Ducks Unlimited to head up their Soil Health Program. He has traveled around the United States and Canada, working with producers to help change and adapt their practices. He also works with large companies on their “sustainability” goals and how they can better work with the farmers and ranchers that produce their products. Brad’s first introduction to Holistic Management was a conversation he had with Ray Archuleta during college who advised him to read Allan Savory’s book. After reading Holistic Management, he attended a number of Savory’s talks and watched his YouTube videos. Brad’s first introduction to HMI was through HMI’s Board Chair, Walter Lynn. Brad is looking forward to sharing his experiences and failures as a young producer interested in regenerative agriculture and Holistic Management. He wanted to serve on HMI’s board because it’s important to future generations of this world to understand the system processes. “No matter what walks of life we come from whether it’s urban or rural, we are all connected,” says Brad. Like Dr. Beck always says, we need to be forward-thinking 600 years into the future. In my short tenure of that 600 years, I hope I can help make a difference any way I can.” HMI would also like to thank Robert Potts of the Dixon Water Foundation for his years of board service. He steps off from the board after completing his board term.
Breanna Owens
Breanna Owens lives in Los Molinos, California with her son Will. She runs a small cattle and sheep operation based in Tehama County, California utilizing mostly leased private and public lands. She recently started working with the California State University—Chico Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems, along with working the last few years with a ranching-conservation collaborative called Working Circle Proactive Stewardship that developed as a result of wolves expanding their range to Northern California. For the past six years she worked with Point Blue Conservation Science as a Senior Range Ecologist and Program Coordinator for the Rangeland Watershed Initiative, a partnership program with NRCS. She is a mentor through Quivira’s New Agrarian Program. She is also the current chair of the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition and a California Certified Rangeland Manager. Breanna grew up in Northern California on a cow-calf ranch, attended Chico State and Colorado State University—Fort Collins. She is motivated by a love for the agriculture industry…for the people, land and livestock that are a part of it. She is inspired by the current conversations and opportunities in highlighting the linkages between the agriculture and conservation communities. Breanna was first introduced to Holistic Management when working for her family in high school and college on a cattle and sheep ranch on the big island of Hawaii. She was also introduced again during courses through the Western Center for Integrated Resource Management at Fort Collins, and more recently through a series of Holistic Management workshops with the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management (a Savory Institute hub) as part of the Ecological Outcome Verification program. Breanna believes that the Holistic Management framework has critical value in supporting people, communities, and industries in decision-making and management at all scales and within all contexts. She would like to learn from others how they have used Holistic Management, how they’ve put the principles into practice, and engage in conversation and programs to effectively support others in thinking about systems-based decision making and management.
Danny Nuckols
Danny holds the John T. Jones Chair of Economics at Austin College in Sherman, Texas where he is the Director of the Freshmen Seminar Program, Director of the Will Mann Richardson Lectureship Series and Austin College’s Director of the Jno T. Owens Conference. Danny began attending HMI workshops in preparation for teaching a course in Environmental Economics and these helped enforce his understanding of sustainable land management. Danny is a founding member of the Council for Healthy Food systems and in coming onto the HMI Board; Danny is particularly focused on how HMI can better connect with higher education. He hopes to erect effective and formal programs that help aid younger generations in better understanding sustainable and holistic resource use. Danny is currently serving as HMI’s Board Chairman.
Colin Nott
Colin Nott lives in Namibia and is married to Anna Davis and has two daughters Zoe (13) and Tuli (10). He has a Masters of Science in Rangeland Science from the University of KwaZulu Natal and became a HMI Certified Educator in 2003. He and his wife have worked in community development since 1991 in Namibia in the establishment of communal conservancies and worked to facilitate that organized rural communities receive equitable benefits from the wildlife and tourism assets they manage. Since 2005, he has worked within conservancies to support improved management of the degrading communal rangelands in Namibia. This has involved a series of projects under NGOs and development contracts and they have established that communities are willing to organize themselves to apply Planned Grazing and Combined Herding in all communal areas of Namibia. He was later involved in the drafting of Namibia’s National Rangeland Management Policy (2012), which moves away from fixed stocking rates and fixed rotations and focuses rather on the principles of sound rangeland management. Colin is currently rounding up a project working with the Ministry of Agriculture and the three Namibian Farmers Unions. They are publishing a Best Practice document that investigates the current state of Namibia’s rangelands, highlights the main drivers of livestock profitability and looks to incentivize the application of sound rangeland management principles – through the development of Namibian Regenerative Standards and later low interest bank loans and hopefully tax incentives in the future. He is also looking into mechanisms to upscale learning and support to farmers in the 60 million hectares that are in need of regenerative practices. The document highlights practical best practices that include more than 12 regenerative best practices, five of which are based on Holistic Management. They estimate that applying these principles throughout Namibia can add USD $200 million to Namibia’s annual GDP and produce livestock that are profitable for the farmer, healthy for the consumer, good for the environment and good for the planet, while adding value and resilience to the entire market chain. Colin is eager to join HMI’s board and learn from the successes outside of Namibia and learn from what others are doing as well as share his experiences.
Walter Lynn
Hailing from Springfield, Illinois, Walter is a CPA with an “agriculture niche.” He believes our soils are a piece of the biological capital farmers and ranchers manage in order to have the profitable impact to promote thriving rural communities. Walter became acquainted to Holistic Management after winning a Holistic Management class in a drawing. He has a passion for healthy soil and sees Holistic Management as a way all land stewards can regenerate degraded land. Walter has been a HMI Board member since 2014.
Ariel Greenwood
California & New Mexico
Ariel Greenwood lives in New Mexico in the winter and Montana in the summer. She studied psychology and agroecology in college, and started farming as a teenager in North Carolina and began working with livestock in California. For the past five years she has worked with pigs, goats, and sheep, but primarily has managed and raised beef cattle in operations ranging from small herds with locally marketed grassfed beef to managing multi-thousand head of yearling stocker cattle. She and her partner, Sam Ryerson, have a management LLC, Grass Nomads. They sometimes consult other operators and landowners as well as practice holistic planned grazing. Their work is generally on large, rougher country where they utilize dogs, horses, and aim for relatively short grazing periods. Ariel writes for such websites as Civil Eats, Humans and Nature, and Fibershed, as well as her own blog, and regularly speaks to media about the issues and complexity surrounding grazing. She also serves as a founding board member/treasurer for Contra Viento Journal, an arts & literature periodical about rangelands. Her first exposure to Holistic Management was in 2012/2013 when she took grazing planning, financial planning, and biological monitoring courses through Spencer Smith of the Savory Institute’s Jefferson Hub. She feels fortunate to have entered livestock agriculture largely motivated by the principles inherent to Holistic Management and with a lot of support from other practitioners and teachers. She finds the grazing planning principles and context/goal development framework to be absolutely indispensable. Ariel feels honored to be asked to join HMI’s board as she sees HMI’s focus on high-quality, on-the-ground instruction and influence to be sorely needed. She sees herself helping connect with younger/aspirational producers and practitioners. She is also passionate about helping to bring distant, marginal land into focus for urban or non-practitioners—showing the real change happening on the landscape with the broader public who are intrigued and skeptical of “regenerative grazing.” She sees the psychological savvy inherent to Holistic Management as most needed in farming, ranching, and land management.
Jonathan Cobb
Jonathan is a fourth-generation farmer in the Blackland Prairie near Rogers, TX. He went off to “a better future away from the farm” as the prevailing culture had taught him, where he earned a degree in business. The best part of college to Jonathan was meeting his wife, Kaylyn, with whom he moved to Fort Worth to begin their respective careers in business. However, several years later, the instinct to farm was stronger in his blood than he realized. The two decided in 2007 to move back to the family farm where Jonathan would work with his father until a future transition of ownership could occur.
The family farm had taken the shape of most in the industrial era. It had become an efficient machine, void of diversity, and at-risk to many forces beyond the reach of the family. In addition to growing unrest and disconnect between their farming methods and their belief that God created the earth for them to steward well, the combination of increasing input costs, low product prices, and increasingly extreme weather-related crop failures had taken the shine off the dreams to continue the family farm. Despite the difficultly of the realization that the family farm would end with his father, Jonathan made the decision to leave the farm in mid-2011.
It was a last-minute decision to attend a meeting about soil health that changed the trajectory of Jonathan’s life and would lead to an introduction to many of the leading practitioners of regenerative farming. The common thread among the leaders Jonathan met was Holistic Management.
The decision to stay on the farm and learn to manage it holistically was made in late 2011. Since then, Jonathan and his family have been on an amazing journey of learning and discovery. The farm is now home to Jonathan’s parents, his sister’s family, Kaylyn’s parents along with Kaylyn and Jonathan. The family manages multiple enterprises of grass-finished beef, a cow/calf herd, grass-finished lamb, breeding ewes, pastured pork, and pastured eggs.
Jonathan also works as a soil health consultant and works with Green Cover Seed as a cover crop consultant for Texas and the southeastern U.S. He currently serves on the board of directors for The Grassfed Exchange.
“HMI played a very important role in the direction of my life personally and also our family farm. Because of the gratitude I have for the organization’s role in our lives and the global impact HMI has and has the potential to have in the future, I felt a deep sense of honor and duty to accept the invitation to serve HMI as a member of the Board of Directors,” says Jonathan.
Kevin Boyer
Kevin hails from the San Francisco Bay area where he spent many years working for the 11th Hour Project, making and managing many grants in the Ecological Agriculture program. It was through this work he was introduced to the practice of Holistic Management, which Kevin sees as a tool to promote better environmental stewardship of rangelands. Kevin recently launched his own foundation, The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation, which will allow him even more opportunities to fund and support efforts in responsible and sustainable agriculture. Kevin joined the HMI Board in 2014 and currently serves as the Development Committee Chair.
Gerardo Bezanilla
Gerardo joined the HMI Board in November 2015. He serves as a professor in the Animal Science and Ecology department at the University of Chihuahua, is currently a doctoral candidate, and has managed his family ranch. Gerardo is passionate about the health of the rangelands of the world and the quality of life in rural communities. He believes Holistic Management is a means to bring these about and sees serving as an HMI Board member as the perfect environment to accomplish it.
Delane Atcitty
Taos Pueblo, New Mexico
Delane lives at the Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico. He is the Executive Director of the Indian Nations Conservation Alliance. He earned an M.S. in Ranch Management and Agribusiness from the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and a B.A.Sc. in Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. He also serves on the board of directors for Navajo Agricultural Products Industry and is the former chair of the Native American Rangeland Advisory Committee for the Society for Range Management. Delane has been drawn to Holistic Management for a number of years but took his first formal Holistic Management training through HMI’s Whole Farm/Ranch Land Management Training course in 2016 with Kirk Gadzia. Delane is excited about being on HMI’s board and brings his expertise with tribal lands to share with the organization.
Avery C. Anderson Sponholtz
Avery is the Director of Community Impact Initiatives and Vice President of Soil Health for the Globetrotter Foundation, based in Paicines, California. She has a BA from Hamilton College (2003) and a Master’s degree from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2008). Prior to joining Globetrotter’s team, she was the president of Impairative LLC, a consulting company dedicated to activating authentic relationships between the people, land, and animals in our emergent food system by strategically pairing philanthropy with regenerative opportunities. Prior to that, Avery worked for the Quivira Coalition, a non-profit in New Mexico dedicated to building resilience on Western working landscapes, as a program director from 2008 to 2012, and then as the executive director from 2012 to 2015. She has a successful history of building partnerships between diverse constituencies comprised of other non-profit leaders, businesses, philanthropists, ranchers/farmers, scientists, federal and state land management agencies, youth, and tribes. In addition, Avery has experience in fundraising, human resource management, financial planning, risk management, strategic decision-making, and facilitation. She is a Wyss Conservation Scholar, an Audubon TogetherGreen Fellow, and a recipient of the 2011 New Mexico Business Weekly’s “40 Under 40” Award. She was a founding board member of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition and currently serves on the boards of Holistic Management International and the New Mexico Farmers’ Marketing Association, as well as the Advisory Council of the Western Landowners Alliance.
Avery is deeply honored to join the Board of HMI. With a decade of experience in working with several of HMI’s “sister” organizations, joining the Board feels like “coming home.” HMI is the undisputed leader in regenerative problem-solving and Avery feels fortunate for the opportunity to work in service to this remarkable team.
Oris Salazar
Programs Assistant
Before making his way to HMI, Oris spent time employed for the only shelter that serves homeless women and children in Albuquerque. There he learned about the stigma associated with homelessness and learned about the unique challenges facing homeless women and children. He is an animal rescuer, bicycle rider, avid gardener, and sun worshiper. Being born and raised in the Land of Enchantment, Oris feels a deep connection with the holistic traditional customs of New Mexico.
Stephanie von Ancken
Programs Manager
Stephanie von Ancken is our Programs Manager, advanced ceramic apprentice, and anti-oppression activist. She is passionate about environmental justice and regenerative farming as a solution to transforming our food system and addressing climate change. She grew up in Corrales, New Mexico, where her family raised chickens and has spent significant time living in Finland, France, and Nicaragua. She has participated in numerous international non-profit efforts and has worked closely with the Communitas Foundation, a non-profit providing educational and extracurricular support for at-risk youth in Central America. In 2017 she joined the board as co-director and treasurer of the foundation. Stephanie was a Rotary International Exchange student to Naantali, Finland her junior year of high school and continues to work with Rotary’s Youth Exchange Program facilitating talks on culture shock and intercultural communication. She is fluent in Spanish and Finnish, conversational in French, and works as a Spanish interpreter with indigenous artist communities from Central and South America. As Program Manager at Holistic Management International, Stephanie has spent the last three years developing learning opportunities, both locally and internationally, that aim to educate farmers, ranchers and food advocates in agricultural practices that increase organic matter in the soil, grow nutrient-dense foods, and sequester carbon while empowering them to strengthen their businesses and improve their quality of life. Stephanie has a bachelor’s degree in International Business Management and Sustainability Studies from the University of New Mexico/College of Charleston/IPAG School of Business – Nice, France. She is an Aldo Leopold Land Ethic Leader and is glad she “will not be young in a future without wilderness.”
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Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford
Mention the words “Joan Crawford” and “book” in the same sentence and the first thing so many people will think of is, “No more wire hangers!” But on the other hand, it’s been my experience that many of those who don’t buy into the Mommie Dearest hype often believe that Joan Crawford could do no wrong. Personally, I’ve never thought it was fair to put Joan squarely in one box or the other. I’ve always believed that she was a very complex woman and that the true Joan Crawford could likely be found somewhere in between the two extreme views.
Donald Spoto has taken a similar position in his new biography, Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford. In Possessed, he paints Joan Crawford as neither a saint or a monster. Instead, he presents her exactly as I always believed her to be: a very complicated lady. He does an excellent job of presenting why Joan Crawford deserves to be admired and respected. She had a miserable childhood: abandoned by her father, her mother favored her brother, she lived in poverty, and she had, at best, a fifth grade education. Yet she managed to rise above her miserable past and become one of the biggest movie stars in the world, working her way up from the very bottom. She came to Hollywood with no knowledge of acting or the movie making process, but she came in more than willing to learn and, in the end, became one of the most knowledgeable people in the industry. Spoto suggests that Joan knew so much about how to make movies that she would have made an excellent director. I had never thought of that before, but it’s an interesting idea.
But when it comes to the less flattering aspects of Joan’s life, he’s not afraid to call a spade a spade. When he talks about her children being adopted, he doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that Joan used a baby broker because the laws at the time were so against single women adopting children. There’s no nice way to say that she bought her children. He also doesn’t beat around the bush regarding Joan’s problems with alcohol. The book even prints her rider from a Pepsi promotional tour that mentioned how many cases of hundred proof Smirnoff vodka had to be shipped overseas because the only vodka available in England was eighty proof. And yes, Joan did become increasingly difficult to work with over the years. Another fact that does not go unnoticed by Spoto.
Spoto also presents the whole Mommie Dearest issue in a fair manner. He points out flaws in Christina’s story, ranging from factual errors to the fact that she has started telling her stories with a more sympathetic spin toward Joan over the years. There are numerous quotes from people who were close to Joan who all say that while Joan was indeed a disciplinarian, she did love her children very much. But Spoto does not make Joan out to be Mother of the Year, not by a long shot. In fact, he uses Joan’s own words to make that point. She says that even though she loved all her children dearly, considering her undying devotion to her career, she probably never should have adopted at all. Near the end of her life, she admitted herself that she was an actress first, a wife second, and a mother third and that her focus on her career was selfish and several of her personal relationships suffered because of it.
I immensely enjoyed reading Possessed. Before this, I had read Spoto’s biography on Marlene Dietrich, which I found to be quite interesting and well-researched. I was excited to hear he was doing a biography on Joan Crawford and I went into it hoping it would be just as interesting and well-researched. I was not disappointed. As I said, I think he did a good job of presenting a balanced look at her life. He did an excellent job at sorting out details where records were spotty at best and dispelling some misconceptions about her career such as the legendary feud with Bette Davis. My only complaint is that because the book comes in at just under three hundred pages, excluding things such as acknowledgments and references, it’s not as in-depth as it could be. But it is an easy to read book and it does give you a very good look at the life of Joan Crawford.
Disclosure: I did receive a free review copy of the book from Harper Collins. However, I assure you that I’m not just being nice because I got a free copy. I honestly did enjoy it 🙂
Posted in Books/Magazines, NaBloPoMo 2010 and tagged Joan Crawford on November 15, 2010 by Angela. 2 Comments
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Jnpickens says:
I agree with you. I will say I don’t buy into the whole “no wire hangers Joan Crawford was a nut case” mentality, because I think its mighty suspicious that her daughter wrote the book after Joan had died.
But I do think that Joan wasn’t any Sally Sweetheart either. I think she, like all people, was liked by some and hated by others. I do think she had some diva tendencies, but I think alot of actresses did even Jean Arthur.
We all have our nice and rude moments and different actors saw different snippets of both.
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Captured! (1933)
Captain Fred Allison (Leslie Howard) has been stuck in a German P.O.W. camp for two years. Not only is he stuck in terrible conditions, he misses his wife Monica (Margaret Lindsay) dearly and although it’s been a long time since he last got a letter from her, the hope of hearing from her is the big thing that keeps him going every day. He also tries to make life better for himself and his fellow prisoners and even makes a deal with the new commandant Carl Ehrlich (Paul Lukas) to personally be responsible for the behavior of the other prisoners if they are granted more privileges.
One day, Jack Digby (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), Fred’s best friend, is brought to the camp with a group of new prisoners. Fred is thrilled to see his old friend, plus he knows Jack had seen Monica just a few months ago and he’s eager to know how she is. But when Fred talks to him, Jack seems unusually distant and uncomfortable, and eager to escape, even though Fred tries to talk him out of it. What Fred doesn’t realize is that Jack has fallen in love with Monica and feels terribly guilty for it. He doesn’t find out the truth until Jack makes an escape attempt and he sees a letter to Jack in Monica’s handwriting.
The same night Jack tries to escape, another soldier rapes and murders a woman and the German officers think Jack is the guilty party, so they set out to bring him back and execute him. After he’s brought back to the camp, Jack accuses Fred of doing this to him to out of anger about his affair with Monica. Just as Jack is about to face the firing squad, Fred finds a letter of confession from the real murderer and has to decide whether or not to tell the truth.
Captured! is a pretty good little movie that deserves to be a little more widely known. I don’t think I would have heard of it if it hadn’t been on today’s Summer Under the Stars lineup. Like many other pre-codes, it’s only a little over an hour long, but manages to fit a lot in during that time thanks to good pacing and generally effective storytelling. It’s got a great cast with very good performances from Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Leslie Howard, and Paul Lukas. If you’re a fan of either one of them, Captured! is definitely worth your time. Perhaps a little forced and overly dramatic near the end, but still, a pretty enjoyable movie and I’m glad I decided to take a chance on it today.
Posted in 1930s, Blogging Under the Stars, Dramas, Pre-Codes and tagged Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Leslie Howard, Paul Lukas on August 16, 2015 by Angela.
What’s on TCM: January 2013
Happy new year, everyone! With winter officially underway, it’s very tempting to spend every night at home watching movies with a cup of hot chocolate, and TCM has plenty of reasons to do just that.
Loretta Young is January’s Star of the Month, in honor of her 100th birthday, and will be spotlighted every Wednesday night this month. If you’re a fan of pre-codes, you’re bound to adore the first two Loretta Young nights. I tend to enjoy heist films, so I’m really looking forward to every Tuesday night this month being dedicated to movies about big robberies.
Another star who would be celebrating their 100th birthday this month is Danny Kaye. If you only know him from White Christmas, be sure to tune in on January 20th because TCM will be playing his movies for a full 24 hours, including an episode of The Danny Kaye Show and an interview he did on The Dick Cavett Show.
Posted in TCM and tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Danny Kaye, Dick Van Dyke, Elvis Presley, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Arnold, James Stewart, Jimmy Van Heusen, Laurel & Hardy, Lee Marvin, Loretta Young, Marion Davies, Paul Lukas, Shirley Temple on December 28, 2012 by Angela. 6 Comments
Downstairs (1932)
If you work for Baron Nicky von Burgen (Reginald Owen) and Baroness Eloise von Burgen (Olga Baclanova) long enough, you will be treated like family. So when their longtime butler Albert (Paul Lukas) marries Anna (Virginia Bruce), their maid, the Baron throws them a lavish wedding. During the reception, the family’s new chauffeur Karl (John Gilbert) shows up and we know right away he’s up to no good when he runs into Countess De Marmac (Hedda Hopper), his former employer with whom he had an affair. Little do we know just how evil he really is. That night, Albert is called into work on his wedding night after another butler gets drunk on the job. When Anna is alone, Karl makes his first move on her by telling her a made-up story about how she reminds him of his dead mother. But Anna isn’t the only woman in the house he tries to start something with. He also sleeps with Sophie, the cook, and the Baroness. He’s not terribly interested in Sophie, though, he only uses her for money. He makes friends with Albert, but continues to pursue Anna. One day, Karl gives Anna a piece of the Baroness’s jewelery. When the Baroness confronts her about wearing her jewelery, Karl steps in and says he gave it to her as a gift and subtly reminds her that he’s got dirt on her. The Baroness drops the subject and Karl endeared himself closer to Anna with that move.
The Baroness is now keen to get rid of Karl. So when she knows Albert is listening, she mentions to the Baron that she thinks Anna and Karl are having an affair. Later, just before the Baron and Baroness are set to leave on a boating trip, she tells Albert to go ahead and get rid of some of the staff while they’re gone. But before they leave, the Baron changes his mind and decides he wants Albert to come on the trip with him, leaving Anna and Karl alone for the duration of the trip. Karl takes Anna out for dinner, gets her drunk, and finally gets her to give into his advances. When Albert comes home, he fires Karl and Anna admits to what happened. But before he leaves, Karl goes to the Baroness and threatens to reveal their affair unless she keeps him on board and she relents. Humiliated, Albert goes to the Baroness to resign, but she tells him what Karl has done and begs him to stay. Karl plans to leave the next day, but not before he gets more of Sophie’s money. He tries to convince Anna to leave with him, but she refuses. Karl and Albert end up getting into a huge fight and when the Baron is in the room, Anna forces Karl to give Sophie her money back. Karl finally leaves, but he only moves onto another victim.
Wow! I have to say, there are a lot of extremely unlikable characters in pre-code movies, but John Gilbert as Karl is one of the most impressively deplorable characters I’ve ever seen. He is just so incredibly shameless and ruthless! And John Gilbert plays him extraordinarily well! And he should, considering he wrote the story himself. If you only really know John Gilbert as a silent film actor, then you should definitely check out Downstairs. His performance here dispels the widely spread story that John Gilbert had a terrible voice and acting style for talkies. Clearly his lack of success in talkies had more to do with him daring to cross Louis B. Mayer because, as can be seen here, there is nothing wrong with his voice or his acting. Considering he had to resort to writing a story and selling it to MGM for $1 just to get a good talkie role speaks volumes of just how much Mayer had it out for him.
Virginia Bruce was also great, gotta love the very pre-code scene where she confesses to cheating on her husband and blames him for it. I also liked seeing Olga Baclanova playing a fairly honest and likable character since the only other movie I’ve seen her in is Freaks, where she was anything but honest and likable. All in all, a darn good movie. Not only one of John Gilbert’s best talkies, but a real highlight in his whole career.
Posted in 1930s, Dramas, NaBloPoMo 2010, Pre-Codes and tagged Hedda Hopper, John Gilbert, Olga Baclanova, Paul Lukas, Reginald Owen, Virginia Bruce on November 11, 2010 by Angela. 2 Comments
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Ekskluzivno: TEKST TUŽBE KOJU JE U IME PREDSJEDNIŠTVA RBIH PODNIO SVJETSKOM SUDU PRAVDE PROF. DR. FRANCIS A. BOYLE PROTIV BRITANIJE ZA GENOCID KOJU JE A. IZETBEGOVIĆ OSTAVIO NA LEDU ZBOG UCJENA ENGLEZA
STATEMENT OF INTENTION BY THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TO INSTITUTE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE UNITED KINGDOM BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
15 November, 1993.
Today, the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina hereby states our solemn intention to institute legal proceedings against the United Kingdom before the International Court of Justice for violating the terms of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; and of the other sources of general international law set forth in Article 38 of the World Court's Statute. We have already issued formal instructions to that effect to our Attorneys-of-Record before the World Court. They are currently drafting an Application and a Request for Provisional Measures against the United Kingdom. We have instructed our lawyers to file these papers with the World Court as soon as physically possible. In the meantime, we hereby reserve all of our international legal rights against the United Kingdom
Both the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Kingdom are contracting parties to the 1948 Genocide Convention. Article IX of the Genocide Convention provides as follows:
“Disputes between the Contracting Parties
relating to the interpretation, application or fulfillment of the present Convention, including those relating to the responsibility of State for genocide or for any of the other acts enumerated in article III, shall be submitted to the International Court of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute.”
We will sue the United Kingdom for violating the following provisions of the Genocide Convention, inter alia:
First, in our Application and Request to the World Court, we will charge that the United Kingdom has failed in their affirmative obligation and refused “to prevent” genocide against the People and State of Bosnia and Herzegovina in violation of Article I of the Genocide Convention, which provides as follows:
“The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in the time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.”
Second, in our Application and Request to the World Court, we will charge that the United Kingdom has illegally imposed and maintained an arms embargo upon the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in violation of U.N. Charter Article 51 while acting in its capacity as a Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council. The United Kingdom has also aided and abetted the ongoing genocide against the People and State of Bosnia and Herzegovina by actively opposing all of the efforts by other States to “lift” this illegal arms embargo. For these reasons, we will charge that the United Kingdom has violated Article III, paragraph
(e) of the Genocide Convention that expressly prohibits “complicity in genocide.” The legal basis for this charge has been developed at length by Judge ad hoc Elihu Lauterpacht in his Separate Opinion attached to the World Court's Order of 13 September 1993 in the Case Concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)), which is currently pending.
Finally, in our Application and Request to the World Court, we will charge that the United Kingdom is both jointly and severally liable for all of the harm that has been inflicted upon the People and State of Bosnia and Herzegovina because the United Kingdom is an aider and abettor to genocide under the Genocide Convention and international criminal law.
In drafting these legal pleadings for the World Court, and during the course of the subsequent proceedings, our lawyers will also name and implicate other Member States of the U.N. Security Council that have supported this illegal arms embargo in violation of U.N. Charter Article 51, as aiders and abettors to genocide against the People and State of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We will not sue these other States at this time.
We also serve notice upon all of the more than 100 Contracting Parties to the Genocide Convention that each and every one of them has a solemn legal and moral obligation “to prevent” the commission of genocide in and against the People and State of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina as required by Article I.
Both the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Kingdom are also contracting parties to the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Article 22 thereof provides as follows:
Any dispute between two or more States Parties over the interpretation or application of this Convention, which is not settled by negotiation or by the procedures expressly provided for in this Convention, shall at the request of any of the parties to the dispute be referred to the International Court of Justice for decision, unless the disputants agree to another mode of settlement.
The United Kingdom has promoted options, ostensibly as solutions to the aggression against the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, that are inconsistent with the terms of this treaty.
This Statement will be circulated to all Members of the United Nations Organization, and will also be filed with the International Court of Justice.
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Francis A. Boyle
Na pitanje urednika ovog Bloga, da li se ta Tužba može aktvirati sada, prof. Boyle je odgovorio:
“Yes, this papers could be filed with the World Court against the UK. Fab.”
“Da,ti papiri (misli na Tužbu i odgovarajuće dokumente, op. I.H) bi i sad mogli biti podneseni Svjetskom sudu pravde protiv Velike Britanije. Fab.
Prethodni članakPrethodna KRV ZAKLANOG NEDŽADA DIZDAREVIĆA, UBIJENOG DAVIDA DRAGIČEVIĆA ISTE SU BOJE KAO I KRV PROLIVENA NA BANJALUČKOM TRGU, SARAJEVU, PRIJEDORU, ALI NISU ISTO VREDNOVANE
Sljedeći članakSljedeća Jedan od brojnih dokumenata iz knjige prof. dr. Francisa A. Boyla koja treba biti objavljena u Bosni: POČIVAJ U MIRU DRAGI ABRAME CHAYES!
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Asha Bhosle Wiki, Age, Family, Husband, Biography & More
Asha Bhosle is an Indian playback singer and a vocalist. She has been a playback singer in films for nearly six decades, an accomplishment that marked her entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for recording the highest number of songs in the music history. Asha has recorded over 12000 songs in 20 different languages. Let’s put a spotlight on her personal and professional life journey.
Biography/Wiki
Asha was born on 8 September 1933 (age 85 years; as in 2018) in Sangli, Maharashtra, British India. She was trained in classical music along with her sister, Lata Mangeshkar, by their father Deenanath Mangeshkar. She was very close to her sister, Lata Mangeshkar, in childhood. Lata took her along wherever she would go; she even carried Asha to her school. Asha was just nine-year-old when her father passed away. It was a tough time for the family. She took up acting and singing along with her sister, Lata Mangeshkar, to support her family. They moved from Pune to Mumbai on the insistence of a family friend, Master Vinayak.
Asha Bhosle’s childhood picture
In 1943, when Asha was just 10-year-old, she got a chance to sing “Chala Chala Nav Bala” for the Marathi film, ‘Manjha Bal.’ At the age of 16, she eloped with 31-year-old Ganpat Rao Bhosle and married him.
Asha is around 5’ 2” tall and weighs around 64 kg. She has black eyes and black hair.
Family, Caste & Husband
Asha was born into a Gomantak Marathi Brahmin Family. Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a stage actor and a classical singer. Her mother, Shevanti Mangeshkar, was the second wife of her father.
Asha Bhosle’s father, Deenanath Mangeshkar
Asha Bhosle with her mother, Shevanti
Her brother, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, is a music director. Asha has an elder sister, Lata Mangeshkar, who is a playback singer. Her younger sister, Usha Mangeshkar, is also a playback artist and her sister, Meena Khadikar, is a music director.
Asha Bhosle with her siblings
At the age of 16, Asha eloped with Ganpatrao Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar’s personal secretary. She married him against the wishes of her family. Their marriage failed miserably, and eventually, they separated. The couple had three children.
Her son, Hemant Bhosle, was a pilot and also worked briefly as a music director. He died of cancer in Scotland in 2015.
Asha Bhosle with her son, Hemant Bhosle and her grandchild
Asha’s daughter, Varsha Bhosle, worked as a columnist for “The Sunday Observer” and “Rediff.” Varsha committed suicide on 8 October 2012; she was 56 years old and was battling depression.
Asha Bhosle with her daughter, Varsha Bhosle
Her youngest son, Anand Bhosle, has studied film direction and business; he manages Asha’s career.
Asha Bhosle with her son, Anand Bhosle
Asha was rumoured to be emotionally involved with O.P. Nayyar.
Asha Bhosle with O.P. Nayyar
In 1980, Asha married R.D. Burman, who was 6 years younger to her. She used to call him “Bubs.“ Their marriage was a happy one and lasted till Burman’s death in 1994.
Asha Bhosle with R.D. Burman
Her grandson, Chaitanya (Hemant’s son), is a member of India’s first & only boy band, “A Band of Boys.”
Her granddaughter, Zanai (Anand’s daughter), is an entrepreneur. Zanai has also shared the stage with her grandmother, Asha, at a music award show. Asha is mentoring her to become a singer.
Asha with her grand-daughter Zanai
Asha made her Hindi film debut, in 1948, with the song ‘Saawan Aaya’ from the film, “Chunariya.” In 1949, she bagged her first Hindi solo song for the film, “Raat Ki Raani.”
In the 1960s, the playback singing industry was led by Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum, and Lata Mangeshkar. Asha only got those assignments that were rejected by them. In 1954, Raj Kapoor signed her to sing “Nanhe Munne Bachche” alongside Mohammed Rafi in the film, “Boot Polish.” The song earned her immense popularity.
In 1956, Bhosle received a big break with the movie C.I.D. It was the first time that she lent her voice for a film’s leading actress. Under the patronage of O.P. Nayyar, Asha gave hits like ‘Aaiye Meherban,’ ‘Isharon Isharon Mein,’ ‘Deewana Hua Badal,’ and ‘Ude Jab Jab Zulfein Teri’ to name a few. In 1974, Asha recorded her last song with Nayyar and parted ways with him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VePyuLWBXhw
In 1966, she collaborated with R. D. Burman and created many hit soundtracks for movies like Kaala Pani, Kaala Bazaar, Lajwanti, Sujata, and Teen Deviyaan. Her songs in the movie, Teesri Manzil, shot her to fame and earned her popular acclaim. She has also lent her voice to westernised songs like ‘O Haseena Zulfonwali,’ ‘Aaja Aaja,’ and ‘O Mere Sona Re.’ All the three were duets with Mohammed Rafi and became successful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sITOjxJVY2c
Asha also tried her hand in ghazals like ‘Dil Cheez Kya Hai,’ ‘Yeh Kya Jagah Hai Doston,’ ‘In Aankhon Ki Masti Ke,’ and ‘Justaju Jiski Thi.’ The ghazal, Dil Cheez Kya Hai, won her a National Film Award.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X86S-LUpQxs
Asha collaborated with her sister, Lata Mangeshkar, and sang various songs including ‘Ai Kash Kisi Deewane Ko,’ ‘Main Haseena Nazneena Koi Mujhsa Nahi,’ ‘Mai Chali Mai Chali,’ ‘Jabse Laagi Toose Najariya.’ Their first duet was for the film, Daman.
In 2013, she debuted in the film, “Mai” as an actor. Her performance was praised in the movie.
A statement made by the singer, Himesh Reshammiya, enraged Asha Bhosle. It was during an event in Surat that Himesh Reshammiya accused R.D Burman of singing nasally; Asha responded, “If anyone says Burman sa’ab sang through his nose, he should be slapped.”
Asha has received the Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards for “Garibon ki Suno” (1968), “Parde Mein Rehne Do” (1969), “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja” (1972), “Dum Maro Dum” (1973), “Chain Se Humko Kabhi” (1975), and “Yeh Mera Dil” (1979).
Asha Bhosle with Filmfare award
She won the National Film Awards for “Dil Kya Cheez Hai from Umrao Jaan” (1981) and “Mera Kuch Samaan from Ijaazat” (1986).
In 1996, she received a Special Award for “Rangeela.”
In 2001, Asha was felicitated with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2002, she won the IIFA Award for “Radha Kaise Na Jale” from the film, Lagaan.
Asha was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001, and Padma Vibhushan in 2008 by the Government of India.
Asha Bhosle receiving Padma Vibhushan
Asha has a net worth of around $10 million (as in 2016).
Favourite Things
Her hobby is cooking.
Asha Bhosle cooking
She follows a Non-Vegetarian diet and prefers eating Fish and Chips.
Madhubala tops her list of favourite actresses.
Asha’s favourite singers are Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Shirley Bassey, and Frank Sinatra.
Asha Bhosle with Kishore Kumar
She owns Audi A8 and Audi Q7.
She is fondly called The Queen of Indipop.
Asha told in an interview that if not a singer, she would have been a cook. She also added that she has made money by cooking in four houses.
Bhosle first met R.D. Burman, when she was a mother of two, and Burman dropped his 10th grade to make a career in music.
Asha owns restaurants in Kuwait, Dubai, and Manchester.
Asha cooking at her restaurant in Dubai
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Venues, pitches & team sizes
Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Rajiv Dec 9, 2010 12:14:05 GMT 8
Post by Rajiv on Dec 9, 2010 12:14:05 GMT 8
I checked with the Premier Pitch. Their current lease expires in August. Whether they are able to renew depends on what plans the Singapore Land Authority has for Turf City.
Last Edit: Dec 12, 2010 12:03:23 GMT 8 by Rajiv
Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Fred Dec 9, 2010 15:54:05 GMT 8
Post by Fred on Dec 9, 2010 15:54:05 GMT 8
I see. Thanks for checking Rajiv
Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Rajiv Jan 30, 2011 12:08:33 GMT 8
Post by Rajiv on Jan 30, 2011 12:08:33 GMT 8
David H SMSed me this morning to say:
"Yesterday's game was brilliant. Can you try and cap to 14 players? It's so much better and everyone agreed. Just a thought."
Currently, the schedule thread for Saturday games states:
"The maximum number is 14. However, if there are several new players, we can consider going up to 16. The game will go ahead even with 12."
The reason for allowing up to 16 if there are new or newer players is set out here.
Also, if we have 16, we can go ahead with a 7-a-side on the big pitch even if there are a couple of withdrawals on the day itself. For yesterday's game, we had two players as reserve during the week even after we reached 16, but withdrawals on the day itself brought numbers down from 16 (after a couple of earlier withdrawals) to 13, before we got one more to make 14.
If we had limited numbers to 14 to begin with, and if, as a result, some of those who came in later in the week had made other plans rather than waiting in reserve, we might have been stuck with 12 players.
Whether to go ahead on a big pitch or switch to a small pitch with 12 remains open for discussion and voting.
Limiting numbers strictly to 14 for the Saturday game on the big pitch may be more feasible after prepayment is introduced for the Premier Pitch games, thus reducing the incidence of late withdrawals.
Another way of being sure that the Saturday game you play in is strictly 7-a-side on the big pitch is to put together a team for the proposed mini-league.
Last Edit: Feb 19, 2011 10:05:04 GMT 8 by Rajiv
Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Rajiv Feb 18, 2011 14:38:41 GMT 8
Post by Rajiv on Feb 18, 2011 14:38:41 GMT 8
Feb 18, 2011 12:48:50 GMT 8 Neil S said:
Just my opinion but I think 14 is a good number on the big pitch - 16 is overcrowded
Feb 18, 2011 14:06:05 GMT 8 Fred said:
I second that.
When most of the players are saturday regulars 16 on the pitch becomes quite frustrating.
Let's cap the number at 14.
Feb 18, 2011 14:16:01 GMT 8 Raj Singh said:
Agree and Gives Fred more chance to Score Goals
As stated above, my own preference is to cap numbers for the big pitch at the Premier Pitch at 14. However, there are also other considerations discussed above.
Those who have been playing the Saturday game from the beginning might remember that it took a long time to get it going, as many rushed for the Sunday 5 to 6 pm game. By being flexible, we allowed a pool of players to build up for the Saturday game, and it now appears to be as sustainable as the Sunday 5 to 6 pm game.
For those who voted earlier, I think it is still possible to change your vote. [red]I propose closing the poll at the end of this month.[/red]
I am aiming to standardize the Saturday and Sunday games within the next couple of months, including:
* Introduction of prepayment.
* Fixing the maximum number of players.
As set out above, it is easier to fix the maximum number at 14 after the introduction of prepayment, as late withdrawals should be less of an issue.
Those who want to stick with the old style Sunday game at the Premier Pitch (8-a-side, no prepayment) may have to settle for the extra game on Sundays (available from 6 to 7 pm over the next few months).
We play at several venues, with different pitch sizes and numbers of players. Some games feel more crowded than others.
I did a spatial analysis about 2 years ago, based on the information available at the time.
I've updated the table below, taking into account that we now play on big pitches at both Sports Planet and the Premier Pitch. I've also included a standard 11-a-side game.
Area per player
Length (m) Breadth (m) Area (m2) 4 v 4 5 v 5 6 v 6 7 v 7 8 v 8 11 v 11
The Cage 25 15 375 46.88 37.50
Sports Planet (small pitch) 27 16 432 43.20 36.00
Premier Pitch @ Turf City & @ Khalsa(small pitch) 27 18 486 48.60 40.50
FICO 29 19 551 55.10 45.92 39.36
Sports Planet (big pitch) 36 18 648 54.00 46.29 40.50
Premier Pitch @ Khalsa (big pitch) 36 24 864 72.00 61.71 54.00
Premier Pitch @ Turf City (big pitch) 36 27 972 81.00 69.43 60.75
IFAB Standard 105 68 7140 324.55
Some views about 8-a-side on the big pitch at the Premier Pitch:
Feb 18, 2011 14:38:41 GMT 8 Rajiv said:
Jul 25, 2010 1:42:15 GMT 8 Poh Keng said:
There is plenty of space for 8-a-side. I think if both teams can organised their teams and move to open space a bit more, it will be better... Let's not forget we play 6-a-side on the small pitch on monday night and we got space to move around. ....
Even though there has been some support for it, 6-a-side on the big pitch at the Premier Pitch doesn't look feasible.
On the other hand, 6-a-side on the big pitch at Sports Planet certainly looks feasible.
Two clear trends:
* The more players, the more space per player required.
* As we play more regularly and our fitness improves, we tend to prefer more space per player. It is hard to believe we used to play 6-a-side at Sports Planet, and even at The Cage! There was some discussion of this as early as September 2008.
(Note: Previously entitled "Ratio of pitch size to number of players")
Last Edit: Feb 8, 2014 7:49:45 GMT 8 by Rajiv
A comparison of pitch size to player ratio here.
Further on the big pitch at Sports Planet:
The game last night started 6-a-side. 6-a-side is ok.
We do try to get 14 for 7-a-side, but if we get stuck at 12, we shouldn't worry about it.
Last Edit: Mar 21, 2011 16:32:59 GMT 8 by Rajiv
Despite the poll, I think it is clear that 6-a-side on the big pitch is not currently feasible.
I've locked the poll and will move this thread to the Archive sub-board.
The ratio of pitch size to the number of players is a useful consideration.
When the big pitch is available at the Premier Pitch, but we only have enough for 6-a-side, whether to go ahead on the big pitch, or switch to the small pitch, is still open for discussion.
Unusually, we're stuck at 12. Unless we get at least 2 more, the game will go on 6-a-side on the small pitch.
It will be the first time the Sunday game has not been on the big pitch since August/September 2009!
It was a good game.
I think views were quite even on whether to play on the big pitch or the small pitch. I think either way, whether you have a good game depends on the players.
.... However, I think what is decisive is the cost - $7 per person for the small pitch compared with $14 per person for the big pitch.
After Tom took the Monday night game at the Premier Pitch offline in December 2009, I haven't really been following what's been happening with that game, although I do hear about it from time to time, ...
I am told it is usually a very good game. It is played 6-a-side on a small pitch.
And it is not too crowded:
... we play 6-a-side on the small pitch on monday night and we got space to move around. ....
.... [red]I propose closing the poll at the end of this month.[/red]
Still only 11 votes in total. I'll extend it until a week after the next Update (due on or about 8 March 2011), which will take us to the middle of the month.
Last Edit: May 5, 2011 10:34:05 GMT 8 by Rajiv
Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Rajiv Mar 10, 2011 15:06:01 GMT 8
Post by Rajiv on Mar 10, 2011 15:06:01 GMT 8
As the 7-a-side pitch at the Premier Pitch @ Khalsa is the same size as the big pitch at Turf City, so the same considerations apply for the games we play there. We are starting there next Wednesday night.
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Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Boris Mar 11, 2011 10:45:11 GMT 8
Post by Boris on Mar 11, 2011 10:45:11 GMT 8
definitely 7 aside better if you want flowing football.. just nice.. 6 aside is fun too but a bit too tiring.. 8 aside would be a little too packed..
.... I'll extend it until a week after the next Update (due on or about 8 March 2011), which will take us to the middle of the month.
The Update was sent out today, so I'll close the poll next Friday (18 March 2011).
The voting currently is 8:4 in favour of capping numbers at 14. Instead, of closing the poll, I will leave the poll open indefinitely, and apply the prevailing majority view for each game, unless there is a good reason to make an exception to go to 8-a-side when the majority view is for 7-a-side.
Mar 19, 2011 15:31:45 GMT 8 Rajiv said:
..., several players coming back after lay-offs may be a good reason to go up to 8-a-side.
Other exceptions discussed above include:
* Along the same lines as above, several new or newer players playing in the game.
* The preference or agreement of those playing in the particular game.
On the other hand, one or two more forcing their way onto a 7-a-side game to make an 8-a-side game is not an acceptable exception.
Venues, pitches & team sizes Posted by Rajiv Mar 21, 2011 9:58:35 GMT 8
Post by Rajiv on Mar 21, 2011 9:58:35 GMT 8
As discussed earlier, those who play regularly on Saturday prefer 7-a-side while those who play regularly on Sunday are open to 8-a-side. I will stick with that for now, subject to the above exceptions.
Bearing in mind the risk of falling short of the maximum number, or late withdrawals, also discussed above:
* If the game is designated as 7-a-side on the big pitch, it will still go ahead on the big pitch even if there are only enough players for 6-a-side, but will switch to the small pitch if there are only enough for 5-a-side.
* If the game is designated as 8-a-side on the big pitch, it will still go ahead on the big pitch even if there are only enough players for a 7-a-side, but will switch to the small pitch if there are only enough for 6 or 5-a-side.
For now:
Mar 21, 2011 9:58:35 GMT 8 Rajiv said:
* If the game is designated as 8-a-side on the big pitch, it will still go ahead on the big pitch even if there are only enough players for 7-a-side, but will switch to the small pitch if there are only enough for 6 or 5-a-side.
As it is our first-ever game at Khalsa, and we have a lot of players who have not played together before, we can go up to 16.
I would also like as many players as possible to get familiar with the Khalsa pitch as soon as possible, so that we quickly move to the games filling up on the message board, rather than by my SMSing.
Boris SMSed to ask if 8-a-side would be too crowded. It may be hard to believe but all our games at the Premier Pitch used to be 8-a-side, and we only started having 7-a-side games because we sometimes couldn't get enough players, especially for the Saturday game.
Established regular games on the big pitch at either Premier Pitch venue will move towards 7-a-side, unless those playing in the game prefer to keep to 8-a-side.
An examination of the ratio of pitch-size to number of players is useful.
We have re-started regular games at The Cage, the only game that is still scheduled as a 5-a-side.
The scheduling thread states:
We aim to have 10 players. .... However, the game will go ahead with 8.
There was a lot of discussion on the blog about playing 4-a-side at The Cage, but we'e only had one in the past year.
They have great pitches at the Premier Pitch @ Khalsa. It's the newer astroturf without the black grains that get into your shoes.
However, I was mistaken in thinking that the 7-a-side pitch is the same size as at Turf City. It's 36m x 24m at Khalsa compared to 36m x 27m at Turf City. A bit too small for 8-a-side. However, there isn't the collapsible neting at the side (used at Turf City to divide the 7-a-side pitch into two 5-a-side pitches), so we managed to play off the side netting. Even playing off the side netting, 7-a-side would have been preferable.
We can manage 6-a-side within the lines.
I've updated the table in the first post above to reflect the difference.
I've updated the ratio of pitch-size to number of players to reflect the difference.
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Feminist Subjects and Feminist Action: A Pragmatic Post-structuralist Account of Oppression and Resistance
Tarver, Erin C.
This dissertation is a philosophical feminist account of the relationship between subjectivity and oppressive discourse. Feminists have rightly pointed out that philosophical accounts of the universal or neutral subject are untenable, and often hold that sexist, racist, heterosexist and classist speech and practices have negative consequences at the level of subjectivity for women and the other populations who are their objects. Yet, efforts to account for these consequences have been philosophically inadequate in virtue of their problematic ontologies of selfhood, agency and language, as well as their frequently question-begging approaches to proposing political change. Drawing on the philosophical work of Michel Foucault, Judith Butler and John Dewey, I argue that a better feminist account of situated subjectivity would conceive oppressive discourse as particularly entrenched patterns of interaction, which give rise to relationally-constituted meanings whose effects may be variously described as subjective, discursive, material or political. Using examples of contemporary popular political discourse about women political figures in the United States, I argue that the interactional and relational character of the patterns of meaning that are typically understood as simply oppressive of a particular group are in fact constitutive of a constellation of more and less privileged and oppressed subjects, and moreover, that these meanings and subjects are concomitantly shaped by their particular geo-political situations. Given this pragmatic and post-structuralist account of subjectivity and political discourse, I argue that feminist efforts to resist oppression by changing everyday interactions and meanings are legitimate and have the potential to effect widespread political change, though this is by no means guaranteed. However, because efforts to change meanings (sometimes called “resignifications”) may also be counterproductive, feminists must be able to adjudicate between such efforts, and may do so most effectively by using a pragmatic method.
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Screw the Title, See the Movie
Posted on September 4, 2018 by Ira
Sarah Kernochan’s “All I Wanna Do” (as it is currently known) is a movie that I’m incredibly proud of, for all the reasons that attracted me to the project to begin with. It was a very personal story, from an accomplished, Oscar-winning filmmaker, who had yet to be given the opportunity to direct a fiction feature. The script was funny and entertaining, geared toward an underserved audience (young women) and dealt with a moment in history (the birth of feminism) that would be enlightening to the target audience.
The trials and tribulations of getting this film released have been well documented in Peter Biskind’s book Down and Dirty Pictures, but suffice it to say that it had something to do with the myth that young women were not a sufficiently large audience to support a substantial theatrical release–this, in spite of having an amazing cast of well-known stars that included Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Rachael Leigh Cook, Heather Matarazzo, Merritt Weaver, Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser and Matthew Lawrence, and for the grownups, Lynn Redgrave. Ironically, the film was a hit in Canada, where it was released broadly, and the film is considered somewhat of a cult classic by Canadian women who were 12-15 years old when it was released.
The original title was “The Hairy Bird,” a sly, slightly racy, slang reference to male genitalia. This was deemed by the folks at Miramax to be too obscure. They changed the title to “Strike,” which “tested better,” but only served to make the film seem like some kind of social issue drama. When I finally got permission to release the film myself, we reached a compromise that both our filmmaking team and Miramax could accept, which was “All I Wanna Do”–which is the title by which the film is available in the U.S.
All these many years later, I’m pleased that Columbia University is including the film in a day of films directed by women that they’ve entitled “Visionary Women.” The 35mm print that is being shown is from the Canadian release, which includes a couple of scenes we were forced to cut from the original U.S. release. So, even if you’ve seen the film on some other platform, you owe it to yourself to see it in its original form.
Here is the schedule of events, with direct links to buy tickets:
Visionary Women
Presented by Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
12 PM: Tanya Wexler’s “Ball in the House”
2:45 PM: Sarah Kernochan’s “All I Wanna Do”
5:45 PM: Joan Micklin Silver’s “Chilly Scenes of Winter”
9 PM: Gillian Armstrong’s “Starstruck”
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Europe and US Both Face Criticism for Limited Focus in their Iran Policies
Mostafa Aslani
While the article did not dispute the findings of the International Atomic Energy Agency that have determined Iran to be in compliance with the terms of the erstwhile seven-party agreement, it pointed instead to Tehran’s more longstanding and arguably more important commitments with regard to international human rights conventions and universal standards of behavior in international relations.
The editorial focused primarily upon the hostage-taking of Western nationals by Iranian security forces, and it noted that the wife of one such hostage, Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang, has sent six letters to Iran’s mission to the UN since 2016, only to have all inquiries ignored.
The article’s author, Eli Lake, suggests that this is indicative of an Iranian policy that was also on prominent display during Rouhani’s address to the UN General Assembly, in which he spoke at length about the nuclear deal but declined to engage with the world community over issues of hostage taking, human rights abuses, or interference into the affairs of surrounding nations.
But the Bloomberg piece did not limit its criticisms to Rouhani or to the Iranian regime more generally. Instead, it noted that while Rouhani’s penchant for distraction was unsurprising, it was “slightly more surprising… that the Europeans would rather talk about the nuclear deal, too.”
Presently, more than half a dozen Western nationals are known to be in Iranian custody on the basis of unsubstantiated charges of espionage. And to Lake and other critics of European policy, the ongoing emphasis on the nuclear deal is seen as potentially being very detrimental to their cases.
According to Reuters, British Prime Minister Theresa May held a private meeting with Rouhani on Tuesday against the backdrop of the UN General Assembly and later reported to the press that she had used the opportunity to lobby for the release of the Iranian-British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arrested just before returning home from a family visit with her then-two-year-old daughter more than two years ago.
But it is unclear whether May’s entreaties to Rouhani would rise to the level of anything more than what the Lake editorial disregarded as “boilerplate condemnations” subordinated to dialogue over the nuclear deal.
Regardless of the answer to this question, the British government’s activity on behalf of its own detained citizen is certainly not representative of broader European policies regarding unlawful detentions and other Iranian human rights issues, especially considering that the United Kingdom is in the process of extricating itself from the European Union.
Meanwhile, for its part, the EU has taken the unusual step of announcing its intention to establish a payment system that would facilitate transactions with the Islamic Republic while circumventing the US dollar and thus, in theory, evading US sanctions.
Lake describes such measures as giving “tacit permission” to the Iranian regime for hostage-taking as well as other malign behaviors, as long as it doesn’t resume full-scale enrichment of uranium.
But for the US, such limited restraints on the regime’s behavior are uniquely unsatisfactory.
Accordingly, US President Donald Trump justified his withdrawal from the nuclear agreement largely on the basis of its failure to promote moderation in the Iranian government or to enforce limits on the regime’s ballistic missile development, regional interference, and so on.
This position was underscored on Tuesday when White House National Security Advisor John Bolton spoke at the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit.
His remarks included a blanket warning to Iran’s “murderous regime” regarding the various behaviors that have been targeted for change by way of a pressure-based US policy. It is a policy for which the Trump administration has sought broader international support this week in the context of the UN General Assembly and a US-chaired meeting of the UN Security Council, which was formally focused on the Middle East and informally targeted the Iranian regime in particular.
UPI quoted Bolton as addressing Iran via the UANI Summit and saying, “Let my message today be clear: We are watching, and we will come after you.”
He did not elaborate upon the action that the US would take in the event of further Iranian misbehavior, but the Trump administration has repeatedly insisted that it is not pursuing regime change but is instead relying upon sanctions and other forms of pressure to force comprehensive changes in conduct.
However, White House officials including the president have also expressed support for ongoing Iranian protests that some observers believe could transform into a new revolution, and Bolton himself is close to the leading advocates of this outcome and a major contributor to the current protest movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran.
Crucially, the UPI report specified that Bolton’s list of warnings for the Iranian government included warning against harm to Western nationals, the very issue that the Bloomberg article considers European countries to be neglecting.
But this is not to say that the Trump administration has remained above reproach in the minds of all critics of the Iranian regime and traditional Western policies toward it.
In fact, The Hill published an article on Tuesday that criticized both the US and Europe for a mutual failure to focus on broader Iranian human rights issues.
The article described those issues as the clerical regime’s “Achilles’ heel”, insofar as they have gone a long way toward fueling the anti-government demonstrations that effectively began with a nationwide mass uprising in December and January.
A lack of focus on Iran’s domestic human rights may be a particularly apt focus for criticism of US policy specifically in light of the Trump administration’s apparent support for those protests and for the underlying Resistance movement.
Nevertheless, in his article for The Hill, Alan Goldsmith expressed agreement that European countries have fallen shorter than the US when it comes to exerting pressure on appropriate areas of Iranian policy and conduct.
He pointed out for instance, that unlike the US, the EU has not passed a single new sanction against Iranian individuals or entities since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal in 2015, and has all but ignored the widespread Iranian protests over the past several months.
But the article cited these features of European policy to underscore that greater emphasis on human rights issues by the White House could be a powerful tool for leadership and consensus building in the area of multilateral Iran policy.
“Though our European allies disagree vehemently with us on the nuclear deal,” Goldsmith wrote, “they cannot defend their relative inaction in tackling Iran’s oppression of its own people.”
Of course, few critics of the Islamic Republic would advise that the US focus on such issues to the exclusion of those that it has already made a centerpiece of its pressure-based Iran strategy.
But the White House and the US Congress have both taken significant actions in those other areas, with relatively little backing from their traditional allies.
Another article in The Hill pointed to two new congressional actions that stand to make more of Iran’s regional proxy forces subject to sanctions, thereby addressing threats to Western security as well as avenues for Iran-backed human rights abuses against other peoples of the region.
The article recommends that US policy in the region “go hard against” these militias. That advice is presumably extended to the nations of Europe as well, but in line with Goldsmith’s arguments, such advice may ultimately be better received if it is put in the context of a shared commitment to the defense of universal human rights principles, without particular regard for other political considerations.
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Norman Dubie
N.Dubie@asu.edu
Ross-Blakley Hall 218 PO Box 871401 TEMPE
Regents Professor Emeritus
Norman Dubie (b.1945) is the author of more than 20 books. He has received numerous national grants and prizes, including the Bess Hokin Award of the Modern Poetry Association. He has authored many individual publications and his work has appeared in virtually every major journal of poetry over the last four decades, from The American Poetry Review to The New Yorker. Professor Dubie is included in the "Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry," which represents the best poetry published in England and America from Walt Whitman's time to the present. He is the recipient of many fellowships from various organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Ingram-Merrill Foundation. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages. His collected poems, "The Mercy Seat," won the PEN USA Prize for Best Book of Poetry, and his collection, "The Quotations of Bone," won the 2016 International Griffin Poetry Prize. Professor Dubie was born in Barre, Vermont, and joined the faculty at Arizona State University in 1975. He is a Regents' Professor in the Department of English.
M.F.A. University of Iowa
Michael P. Berman, Norman Dubie, Katherine Ware. 480 Plates: Photographs by Michael P. Berman. (2010).
Norman Dubie. The Volcano. (2010).
Norman Dubie. The Chemist of the Zero Dolmen. 42opus (2010).
Dubie, Norman E. Alehouse Sonnets. (2009).
Norman Dubie. "2012," "The Salt Cedar Fires of ’08," and "Volcano.". 42opus (2009).
Norman Dubie. "Grazing Higgs Bison," "Puke," and "Sasquatch.". Burnside Review (2009).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "Monologue for Two Moons, Nude with Crests, 1938,: "Poem," and "Radio Sky". The Mind's Eye: A Guide to Writing Poetry (2008).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "The Apocrypha of Jacques Derrida," "At Sunset," "After Sky X," "Of Politics, & Art," "Blue" and "Two Stanzas for Timothy Deshais". American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of the New Poem (2008).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. Insomniac Liar of Topo. (2007).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "A Gritty Motion Picture Valentine, Denver, 1929," "Brahma," "The Calamitous Dress Harlequin," "The Sentimentalists," "Winter Rains off Pointe du Hoc.". The American Poetry Review (2007).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "A Practical Song of Two". Poetry Northwest (2007).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "Elegy for Robert Creeley". 42opus (2007).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "Goya," "A Far Horse". Lake Effect (2006).
Dubie Jr, Norman E. "The Tantric Master, Lord Marpa, Twice Dreamt of the Prophet, William Blake". Romantic Circles Praxis (2006).
Norman Dubie. "A Nativity Canvas for My Daughter," "An Early morning for Tito," "History," "In a World of Cows," and "The Black Canal at Bruges.". Interim (0).
Norman Dubie. "Again the Twentieth Century Realism" and "The Magnesia Caesar.". Crazyhorse (0).
Norman Dubie. "British Petroleum" and "Deuteronomy.". Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review (0).
Norman Dubie. "Bureau Case Number LXXXVIII," "Jubilee of Surprising Agreement," "Plaquemines Parish," "Stringy Goats of God Nuclei Evaporate Before My Eyes," and "The Hour.". Fiddlehead (0).
Norman Dubie. "Desert Carousel: Missiles and Instructions," "Landmine-- Field of Copper Wings," "Sunset Over Decatur, Illinois," and "The Sabotage of Arks.". Hayden's Ferry Review (0).
Norman Dubie. "Desiccated Deer Akimbo in Barbed Wire.". Lanaan (0).
Norman Dubie. "In Iceland," "The Arbor," and "Tibet.". Laurel Review (0).
Norman Dubie. "In These Streets with the Binary Trees," "Pastoral," "Song of the Strangelet," "Stockbridge Reservation," "The Boxcars of Mars," "The Canvas Boat," "The Ceremony," "The Fourth Generation of Summer," and "The Siege of Horizons.". American Poetry Review (0).
Norman Dubie. "LAURENCE OLIVIER AS HENRY THE VTH, CIRCA 1945 ," "Predigt (Fifty-two).". Smartish Pace (0).
Norman Dubie. "Le Monde" and "Spirit Pond.". Gulf Coast (0).
Norman Dubie. "Lines for Little Mila" and "The Jerusalem Moniker.". Conte (0).
Norman Dubie. "Not Noon, 1904.". 42opus (0).
Norman Dubie. "On the Ordination of a Zen Monk," and "Tulku.". Marooned (0).
Norman Dubie. "Untitled Najaf" and "Curfew.". American Poets Against the War (0).
Norman Dubie. On a Plain of Jars, Untitled for Christopher Burawa. Harpur Palate (0).
ENG 498 Pro-Seminar
ENG 594 Conference and Workshop
ENG 580 Practicum
ENG 287 Beginning Workshop Poetry
ENG 593 Applied Project
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Politico (USA): how the air affects the quality of the food
July 10, 2020 IMMScience
Irakli Loladze a mathematician by education, but it is in the biological laboratory he was confronted with a mystery that changed his life. It happened in 1998, when lalaji received his doctorate from Arizona state University. Standing at the glass containers, glowing bright green algae, one biologist said Loladze and half a dozen other graduate students that scientists have found something mysterious in zooplankton.
Zooplankton are microscopic animals floating in the world’s oceans and lakes. They feed on algae, which, in fact, are tiny plants. Scientists have discovered that by increasing the amount of light can accelerate the growth of algae, thereby increasing the supply of food resources for zooplankton and exerting a positive influence on its development. But the hopes of the scientists did not materialize. When researchers began to illuminate the algae, their growth really accelerated. The tiny animals were a lot of food, but, paradoxically, at some point they were on the brink of survival. Increase the amount of food should lead to improving the quality of life of zooplankton, and eventually turned into a problem. How could this happen?
Despite the fact that, formally, Loladze studied at the mathematical faculty, he still liked biology and could not stop thinking about the results of the study. Biologists have some idea what happened. More light made the algae grow faster, but ultimately decreased the content of nutrients required for reproduction of zooplankton. Accelerating the growth of algae, researchers have essentially turned them into fast food. Zooplankton had more food, but it has become less nutritious, and so the animals began to starve.
Loladze used his mathematical background to help measure and explain the dynamics, showing the dependence of zooplankton from algae. Together with colleagues he developed a model that showed the relationship between the food source and the animal, it is independent. They published the first scientific report on this topic in 2000-m to year. But beyond that, the attention of Loladze was confined to the more important question of the experiment: how far does this problem go?
“What struck me was how broad the application have received the results,” recalled Loladze in an interview. Can the same problem to affect the grass and cows? But rice and humans? “The moment I began to think about the power of the people has become a turning point for me,” said the scientist.
In the world outside of the ocean, the problem is not that the plants suddenly start to receive more light: for many years, they consume more carbon dioxide. Both plants need for growth. And if more light leads to a fast-growing, but less nutritious “fast vodnym” algae with a poorly balanced ratio of sugar and nutrients, then it would be logical to assume that the increased concentration of carbon dioxide can have the same effect. And it can affect plants all over the planet. What might this mean in relation to those plants which we eat?
Science just didn’t found Loladze. Yes, the fact of increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were already well known, but the scientist was amazed at how little research on the impact of this phenomenon on edible plants. For the next 17 years, while continuing his mathematical career, he carefully studied the scientific literature and data that we could find. And the results seemed to be pointing in one direction: the effect of fast food, which he learned in Arizona was manifested in the fields and forests around the world. “As the level of CO₂ continues to rise, every leaf and every blade of grass on Earth produce more and more sugars, — explained Loladze. — We witnessed the biggest in the history of stuffing of carbohydrates in the biosphere — stuffing, diluting other nutrients in our food resources”.
The scientist has published data collected just a few years ago, and they quickly attracted the attention of small, but concerned group of researchers that raise troubling questions about the future of our food. Would carbon dioxide have on human health have not studied the influence? It seems that the answer is positive, and looking for evidence of Loladze and other scientists had to ask the most pressing scientific questions, including this: “How difficult is it to conduct research in the field that does not yet exist?”
In the field of agricultural research the news that many important foods become less nutritious, did not make the news. Measurement of fruits and vegetables indicate that their content of minerals, vitamins and protein decreased significantly over the past 50-70 years. Researchers believe that the main reason is quite simple: when we breed and select crops, the main priority for this is higher yield and not nutritional value, while varieties producing higher yields (be it broccoli, tomatoes or wheat) and is less nutritious.
In 2004, the result of a thorough study of fruits and vegetables revealed that all from protein and calcium to iron and vitamin C decreased significantly in most horticultural crops since 1950. The authors came to the conclusion that this is mainly due to the selection of varieties for further breeding.
Loladze in the company of several other scientists suspect that it goes beyond that, and that maybe the atmosphere is changing our food. Carbon dioxide is necessary for plants as well as people — oxygen. The level of CO₂ in the atmosphere continues to grow — in an environment of increasingly polarized discussions about climate science, no one comes to mind to dispute this fact. Before the industrial revolution the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere was about 280 ppm (Engl. parts per million, ppm is a unit of measurement of any relative values, equal to 1·10-6 from baseline approx. ed.). Last year this value reached the level of 400 ppm. Scientists project that in the coming century we are likely to reach 550 ppm, which is two times more than it was in the air when the Americans just started to use tractors in agriculture.
Those who are interested in breeding plants, such dynamics may seem positive. Moreover, it was covered by the policy, justifying its indifference to the consequences of climate change. Republican Lamar Smith, Chairman of the Committee of the U.S. house of representatives on science, recently claimed that people should not worry about increasing carbon dioxide levels. According to him, it’s good for plants and what is good for plants, good for us.
“The higher the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere will contribute to photosynthesis, which in turn will lead to increased growth of plants;- wrote a Republican from Texas. — Food will be produced in large volume, and their quality will be better.”
But, as shown by the experiment with the zooplankton, larger volume and better quality do not always go hand in hand. On the contrary, between them can be established inverse relationship. Here’s the explanation for this phenomenon is given to the best scientists: the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide accelerates the process of photosynthesis — the process that helps plants to process sunlight into food. As a result, their growth is accelerating, but along with this they also begin to absorb more carbohydrates (e.g., glucose) to the detriment of others we need nutrients such as protein, iron and zinc.
In 2002, continuing her studies at Princeton University after defending doctoral thesis, Loladze published in the leading journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution is a thorough research paper in which it was argued that increasing levels of carbon dioxide and human nutrition is inextricably linked to the global changes the quality of the plants. In the article, Loladze complained about the lack of data among thousands of publications on the plants and raising the level of carbon dioxide, he was able to find only one in which special attention was paid to the influence of gas on the nutrient balance in rice culture, for the harvest which rely on billions of people. (Article published in 1997, dedicated to the fall of the level of iron and zinc in rice).
In his article, Loladze first showed the effect of carbon dioxide on plant quality and nutrition. However, the scientist had raised more questions than found answers, rightly arguing that the study still many gaps. If changes in nutritional value occur at all levels of the food chain, they need to learn and measure.
As it turned out, part of the problem was in the research world. For answers of Loladze required knowledge in the field of agronomy, nutrition and physiology of plants, thoroughly spiced with math. With the last part can handle, but at that time he was just beginning his scientific career, and the math Department wasn’t interested in solving the problems of agriculture and human health. Loladze struggled trying to get funding for new studies and at the same time continued to maniacally collect all possible data already published by researchers from around the world. He went to the Central part of the country, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was offered the post of assistant Professor. The University is actively engaged in research in the field of agriculture, which gave good prospects, but lalaji was the only teacher of mathematics. As he explained, he can continue his research if he will Finance them. But he continued to fight. In the allocation of grants at the Department of biology he was denied due to the fact that in his application too much focus on the mathematics, and the Department of mathematics is due to biology.
“Year after year I received one refusal after another, recalls Loladze. — I was desperate. I think people did not understand the importance of research.”
This question was left not only in mathematics and biology. To say that the decrease in the nutritional value of main crops due to the increase in concentration of carbon dioxide is poorly studied — to say nothing. This phenomenon is not discussed neither in agriculture nor in the field of health and nutrition. Exactly.
When our correspondents contacted the experts on nutrition to discuss the research topic, almost all of them were very surprised and asked where you can see the data. One leading scientist from Johns Hopkins University answered that question quite interesting, but admitted that he knows nothing about him. He referred me to another specialist, who also first heard about it. The Academy of nutrition and dietetics, the Association that unites a huge number of experts on nutrition, helped me to contact the nutritionist Robin Foroutan, which also was not familiar with the study.
“This is really interesting, and you’re right, few people know,” wrote Forutan by reading some works on this topic. She also added that she would like to further explore the issue. In particular, she is interested in how even a minor increase in the number of carbohydrates in plants can affect human health.
“We don’t know what in the end may cause a small variation of carbohydrate content in food, — said Foroutan, noting the fact that the universal tendency to consume more starch and carbohydrates seems to have some relevance to the increased incidence of diseases related to nutrition such as obesity and diabetes. — How changes in the food chain can impact this? While we can’t exactly say.”
We were asked to comment on this phenomenon one of the most famous specialists in this region — Marion Wore, a Professor at new York University. Wore deals with issues of food culture and health. At first it’s all quite skeptical, but promised to examine in detail the available information on climate change, and then took another position. “You have convinced me, — she wrote, also expressing concerns. — It is not clear whether the reduction of nutritional products due to increased concentration of carbon dioxide can significantly affect human health. We need a lot more data.”
Kristi EBI, a researcher from the University of Washington, examines the connection between climate change and human health. She is one of the few scientists in the U.S. who are interested in the possible serious consequences of changing the amount of carbon dioxide, and mentions it in every speech.
“Too many unknowns, — Mrs. eby. For example, how do you know that the bread is no more nourishing minerals that were in it 20 years ago?”
According to eby, the relationship between carbon dioxide and meals immediately became apparent to the scientific community precisely because it took them quite some time to begin to seriously consider the interaction of climate and human health in General. “That’s the way it usually looks, says abi, the threshold of change.”
In the early work of Loladze was raised a serious questions that are difficult, but quite possible to find answers. How does increasing the concentration of CO₂ in the atmosphere affects the growth of plants? What percentage of influence of carbon dioxide on the falling nutritional value of products relative to the share of other factors such as growing conditions?
To conduct an experiment at the scale of a farm to find out how carbon dioxide affects plants is also difficult, but doable task. Researchers use a method that transforms the field into a real laboratory. Today is the perfect example of this is the experiment “the Enrichment of carbon dioxide in the open air” (free-air carbon dioxide enrichment, abbreviated to — FACE). During this experience, scientists outdoors create large-scale devices that spray carbon dioxide on plants in a certain area. Small sensors monitor the level of CO₂. When too much carbon dioxide out of bounds, a special device sprays a new portion to the level remained constant. Then the scientists can directly compare these plants with those grown under normal conditions.
These experiments showed that plants growing in conditions of high content of carbon dioxide, undergo significant changes. So, the group of C3-plants, which includes nearly 95% of the plants of the Earth, including those that we eat (wheat, rice, barley and potatoes), there was a decrease in the number of important minerals — calcium, sodium, zinc and iron. According to the predictions of plant responses to changes in the concentration of carbon dioxide already in the near future the quantity of these minerals will decrease on average by 8%. The same data indicate a decline, sometimes quite significant, protein content in C3-crops — from wheat and rice by 6% and 8% respectively.
This summer, a group of scientists published the first work in which attempts were made to assess the impact of these changes on the Earth’s population. Plants are an important source of protein for people in the developing world. According to researchers, by 2050, 150 million people are at risk to experience a shortage of protein, especially in countries such as India and Bangladesh. The researchers also found that 138 million will be at risk because of lower quantities of zinc, vital for the health of the mother and child. According to their calculations, more than 1 billion mothers and 354 million children live in countries which are projected to decrease the amount of iron in the diet that may exacerbate the serious risk of widespread anaemia.
Such forecasts ignore the U.S., where the diet of most of the population is diverse and contains enough protein. However, the researchers noted an increase in the quantity of sugar in plants and fear that if these rates continue, obesity and problems with the cardiovascular system will become even greater.
The Ministry of agriculture also makes a significant contribution to the study of the relationship of carbon dioxide with the nutritional value of plants. Lewis Ziska, plant physiologist from the agricultural research Service in Beltsville, Maryland, wrote a number of works on nutrition, which examined in detail some of the issues raised by Loladze 15 years ago.
Ziska developed a more simple experiment for which it was not required to grow plants. He decided to study the nutrition of bees.
Goldenrod is a wild flower that many consider a weed, but it is extremely important for bees. It blooms in late summer, and its pollen is an important protein source for these insects during the harsh winter. People never grow goldenrod and did not create new varieties, so over time, it has not changed much, unlike corn or wheat. In the vast archives of the Smithsonian institution holds hundreds of samples of goldenrod, the earliest Dating back to 1842. This allowed Ziska and his colleagues to see how the plant has changed since that time.
The researchers found that since the industrial revolution, the protein content in the pollen of goldenrod fell by one-third, and this decline is closely related to the increased concentration of carbon dioxide. Scientists have long tried to ascertain the reasons for the decline of populations of bees around the world — it may be bad for the crops for pollination they need. In their work Zizka suggested that the reduced protein in the pollen before winter may be another reason why bees difficult to survive in the winter.
The scientist is worried that the impact of carbon dioxide on plants studied from a lack of speed, given the fact that changing methods of farming may take a long time. “We do not have to intervene and begin to use traditional methods to correct the situation, — said Siska. — You will need 15-20 years to the results of laboratory studies can be applied in practice”
Found Loladze and his colleagues, a new comprehensive interdisciplinary issues can be quite complex. The world is full of plant physiologists studying crops, but they are mostly concentrated on the study of factors such as yield and insect pests. It has nothing to nutrition. The experience of Loladze, departments of mathematics are not particularly interesting food products as objects of study. And the study of living plants is a long and expensive: in the course of the experiment FACE to obtain enough data, it will take several years and serious funding.
Despite the difficulties, scientists are becoming increasingly interested in these issues, and in the next few years they might be able to find the answers. Siska and Loladze, who teaches mathematics at the College of health Sciences Bryan in Lincoln, Nebraska, together with a group of scientists from China, Japan, Australia and the USA are working on a major study of the influence of carbon dioxide on the nutritional properties of rice, one of the most important agricultural crops. In addition, they study the change of amount of vitamins, important nutrients, which up to the present time almost done.
Recently, researchers from the Ministry of agriculture of the USA conducted another experiment. To find out how a higher level of CO₂ affects crops, they took samples of rice, wheat and soybeans 50-60 years and drop them off on land, where many years ago, other scientists were growing the same varieties.
On the research field of the U.S. Department of agriculture in Maryland, scientists conducting experiments on bell peppers. They want to determine how the amount of vitamin C with increased concentration of carbon dioxide. They also study the coffee to understand whether there is any amount of caffeine. “Questions are many — shared Siska showing research complex in Beltsville. Is only the beginning.”
Lewis Ziska party a small group of scientists who try to evaluate the changes and determine how they will affect the person. Another key character of this story — Samuel Myers, a climatologist at Harvard University. Myers is the head of the world health Alliance (Planetary Health Alliance). The organization aims to re-unite the climatology and health. Myers is convinced that the scientific community has paid insufficient attention to the relationship of carbon dioxide and nutrition, which is only part of a much larger picture of how these changes can affect the ecosystem. “This is just the tip of the iceberg — says Myers. We had problems getting people to understand how much they should have no issues.”
In 2014, Myers together with a group of scientists published a major study in the journal Nature, which addressed the key crops grown at several sites in Japan, Australia and the USA. In their composition there was observed a decrease of protein, iron and zinc due to increased concentration of carbon dioxide. First publication attracted the real attention of the media.
“It is difficult to predict how global climate change will affect human health, but we are ready for the unexpected. One of them is the relationship of increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and reduce the nutritional value of C3 crops. Now we know about it and can predict further development of events,” the researchers write.
In the same year, actually on the same day, Loladze, at that time taught mathematics at the Catholic University of Daegu in South Korea, has published its own article — with data that he collected for over 15 years. This is the largest study of increasing concentration of CO₂ and its effects on the nutritional value of plants. Loladze usually describes the science of plants as “noisy” — as in scientific jargon, the scientists called the area that is full of complex disparate data that seem to be “noise”, and through this “noise” is impossible to hear the signal, you need. It’s a new layer of data was finally large enough to detect the desired signal through the noise and discover the “hidden shift”, as he called him a scientist.
Loladze found that his theory 2002, or rather a strong suspicion that he had expressed, was true. The study involved nearly 130 varieties of plants and more than 15 000 samples, obtained in experiments over the past 30 years. The total concentration of such mineral substances as calcium, magnesium, sodium, zinc and iron, fell on average by 8%. The amount of carbohydrates relative to the amount of minerals increased. Plants, like algae, have become fast food.
Remains to be seen how this discovery will affect man, the main diet of which is plants. Scientists who are immersed in the subject, will be forced to overcome various obstacles: the slow pace and invisibility research, the world of politics, where the word “climate” is enough to stop any conversation about funding. You will need to build a brand new “bridges” in the world of science — about Loladze said with a grin in his work. When the article finally published in 2014, in application of Loladze have included a list of all failures in financing.
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Jamaican-Canadian, Mitzie Hunter, Included in Premier Wynne’s Expanded Cabinet
Canada’s Premier Kathleen Wynne has shuffled and expanded her cabinet from 27 members to 30 members, which has an impact on several local members of Parliament. In a surprise move, Jamaican-Canadian Mitzie Hunter, Scarborough-Guildwood MPP, was promoted to Minister of Education from her former position as associate minister of pensions. She will replace Liz Sandals, who will become the president of the Treasury Board. According to Premier Wynne, her new cabinet comprises 40 percent women, and the new ministries she has created are necessary to implement important elements of the Liberal agenda. The plan is now in place, Wynne said, and the focus is on implementation of that plan in order to fulfill the promise to create more jobs and foster more growth. Wynne made her cabinet changes just two years before the next scheduled election, which is slated for June 2018. Critics of the expanded cabinet have called it a “superficial reboot.” Ministers in the cabinet receive $165, 851 in pay, compared to $116, 550 paid to backbench MPPs.
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Thoughts on the travel ban and Trump v. Hawaii
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld in Trump v. Hawaii President Trump’s travel ban – many, drawing on the president’s own words, contend it is a Muslim ban. To the president’s supporters, this is an affirmation of sound national security and immigration policy. To his detractors, and to many who simply favor humanity, our heritage as an immigrant nation, and human decency in general, the SCOTUS decision represents another aberration in the Court’s checkered history on civil liberties.
Banning travel from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen – all predominantly Muslim nations – along with North Korea and Venezuela, would be an ineffective Muslim ban, as the government argued before the court, if the intent were to in one fell swoop enact the president’s campaign threat of a total Muslim ban. But, ignoring the president’s own stated promise of achieving such a ban and his repeated hostile and bigoted comments toward Muslims in general – as the majority justices did Tuesday – would be tantamount to willful ignorance.
The Court’s complicity in the president’s racist and xenophobic policies should not be a surprise. This is the price of the last election, and the loss of President Obama’s due nomination of Merrick Garland. The court’s decision will enable not only continuation of the current ban, but embolden the president on continued cuts to the asylum caps, extending the travel ban and limiting immigration in general – again, an intent he has explicitly voiced.
Americans and legal visa holders with families in the affected nations will face unnecessary separation from their loved ones. Roughly 1 million American citizens of Iranian descent now have little hope of bringing family members here, either for simple visits or more extended visa applications. Students, athletes, professors and researchers from those nations will be cut off from work and study here – long an effective tool for exporting American ideals back to and building détente with such nations. Citizens of those nations in need of emergent medical care no longer are able to seek that care in the United States.
All of those consequences are significant, and should not be overlooked. But, to find the true motivation behind and tragic consequence of this policy, I’d argue we need look no further than Syria. The president’s recent and repeated racist (and patently false) claims about immigrants in Europe allude primarily to refugees and asylum seekers fleeing the war in Syria. When the president tweeted “Big mistake made all over Europe in allowing millions of people in who have so strongly and violently changed their culture!” he was referring primarily to the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe – a crisis in which the United States has been at least partially complicit in causing, and almost entirely negligent in relieving.
Since the war in Syria has fallen out of American news coverage of late, pushed out by our president’s almost daily offenses against decency, decorum and the rule of law, let’s review a bit (pulled from my first post on the proposed travel ban last January).
In the first three years of the war – 2011 to 2013 – we admitted a cumulative total of fewer than 100 refugees from Syria. In 2014 we admitted 105, then 1,293 in 2015 at the height of the refugee crisis. Thus, in the first five years of the Syrian civil war (conflict is a bullshit term) – a war prolonged by our foreign policy, mind you – the previous administration admitted a total of less than 1,500 Syrian refugees. Meanwhile more than 1.3 million refugees were filing for asylum in Europe. Do some quick math, and you see we took in roughly one-tenth of one percent of the documented tired, poor, huddled masses clamoring across borders in Europe.
President Obama increased our admission of Syrian refugees to more than 10,000 in 2016: a significant increase over the previous years, but still an insignificant remedy to an international emergency we were complicit in perpetuating. For those who feel 10,000 refugees is a large number to take in one year, I offer the following (reported in the New York Times and elsewhere) for perspective: in 1979 we accepted 111,000 Vietnamese refugees, then 207,000 more the following year; during the Mariel boatlift from Cuba we accepted more than 120,000 refugees, including more than 80,000 in one month alone. So, arguments that infrastructure, social services, etc. simply cannot handle more than we’ve been accepting clearly are not instructed by our history.
Of course, we don’t accept refugees only from Syria (that is, when we do accept them). So, let’s look at the total refugee admissions cap: the total number of refugees from all nations we permit to enter the country in a fiscal year.
The cap stayed fairly constant at 70,000 to 80,000 in the decade FY06-FY16, spanning presidents Bush and Obama. The cap was reduced from 80,000 in 2011 to 70,000 in 2013 to 2015. That means as the Syrian conflict was worsening, and demand for places to resettle Syrian refugees was becoming critical, the Obama administration actually reduced the cap on total refugee admissions. It was bumped back up to 85,000 for FY16, then increased again to 110,000 for FY17 – though, since Obama would be president for only one quarter of FY17, it is questionable how much that increase was policy intent and how much political posturing in a campaign season.
For 2018, Trump lowered the cap to 45,000: the lowest number in more than three decades, and speculation is he will gut the number further with the knife handed him by the Supreme Court.
Again, compare our numbers to our European allies. Germany alone has taken about 500,000 of the estimated 1 million Syrian refugees now in Europe. And, according to Pew Research Center, nearly all of the Syrian asylum-seekers who arrived in Europe in 2015 and 16 either were approved or allowed to stay while awaiting adjudication.
Canada has taken in about 52,000 Syrians, and in the wake of the Tuesday SCOTUS decision has promised to accept more Syrians and asylum-seekers from all the nations we now systematically exclude. Meanwhile, in the first three months of 2018, we took in exactly 11 Syrian refugees. In a humanitarian crisis measured in millions of lives, you could have transported our nation’s response in the first quarter in a church van, and had seats to spare.
And what exactly are the Syrians escaping? Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, the war-worn former Marine general who embraces the moniker “Mad Dog,” had this to say to Congress in April about those who have escaped: “I’ve seen refugees from Asia to Europe, Kosovo to Africa – I’ve never seen refugees as traumatized as coming out of Syria. It’s got to end.”
Our willful negligence in responding to that crisis means something only if you care about whether or not we, as a nation, remain a refuge for those seeking a better life. It’s evident the previous administration offered only a token response to the refugee crisis. But, we’ve now choked that response down to nothing, when humanity and our station in the world demanded we do more, and have done it all under the guise of security – a cheap cover for the bigotry and nationalism so readily espoused by our president, used as a political weapon to stoke the fears of his base.
To be fair, there certainly are security concerns involving the countries listed on the travel ban. But, a blanket exclusion from those countries is unnecessary and inhumane. Even at the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower decided against blocking Soviet travel to the U.S., which could entail serious security risks, because a total exclusion would have been inconsistent with the liberal ideals we espouse to the world. President Carter did enact a travel ban on Iran during the Hostage Crisis, but that restriction was narrowly tailored to one country, for the span of one specific crisis, with a very specific mitigating act that would end the exclusion (the release of the hostages).
In the case of refugees seeking asylum, we’re talking about people who have been carefully collected in UN refugee sites for vetting prior to entry. That vetting lasts roughly 18-24 months before a refugee is considered for placement in the U. S. Thus, a terrorist would likely not choose this course as the expeditious or easy path to entry.
And what of the violent crime? Oh, the violent crime. Whether demonizing Hispanic immigrants or Muslim immigrants, the president loves to rile up the fear-mongers with the notion that all these immigrants are going to drive up crime and steal your culture. As to the first part, well that’s just a lie. Germany – the country that took in 500,000 Syrian refugees – is enjoying its lowest crime rate since 1992. The “increased crime rates” by immigrants equate to a greater number of petty crimes being committed commensurate with population growth.
Elizabeth Schumacher put it well in a June 25 column in the Boston Globe:
“Crime in Germany is at its lowest rate since 1992, and if refugee crime is (slightly) up, well, that’s because there are a lot more refugees. Even then, as Germany’s crime statistics bureau was at pains to make clear a few months ago, this mostly amounts to minor infractions like not paying for a tram ticket.”
In the United States, we’ve seen a similar correlation between immigration and crime. That is, there is a direct relationship between the two, but it’s most usually an inverse relationship – as immigration has increased, crime has gone down.
The Marshall Project expanded an earlier project last year to study crime rates and immigration over several decades, up to 2016, and found that crime decreased more often than it increased as cities saw growth in their immigrant populations. In 136 cities, about 70 percent of those studied, crime rates stayed stable or decreased while immigrant populations increased between 1980 and 2016.
So, again, the notion that we need to restrict immigration and travel to control crime is not supported by facts readily available to the president and his henchmen. That leaves us with only one possible conclusion: they are willfully lying to the world to vilify people of color and people of other faiths in order to get the blood up among the only people who actually believe these lies – the president’s base.
As for the “cultural concerns,” I won’t waste much time on that. If you believe immigration diminishes American culture, you haven’t the first idea of what it means to be an American or where the hell all of us (except Native Americans) came from in the first place. These “cultural concerns” are weak cover for racism and xenophobia reminiscent of the opening decades of the 20th century.
In the end, then, the president’s executive order is likely only to bar entry to those least likely to wish us harm and most likely to seek a meaningful life in our nation of immigrants. In short, we’re slamming the door in the face of moderate Muslims who desire to become American. We are cutting ourselves off from the very demographic we should be courting if we want to marginalize and eliminate extremism.
So, if national security isn’t of real concern, given the stringent nature of our vetting processes; and if immigration doesn’t drive up crime; and if cultural concerns are just a shell for ignorant, racist, xenophobic ass-hattery: Why have we gone to such great lengths to enact and uphold a travel ban?
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor summed it up well in her dissent to Tuesday’s decision, drawing a comparison between the president’s ill-advised and unnecessary travel ban and the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II:
“As here, the government invoked an ill-defined national security threat to justify an exclusionary policy of sweeping proportion,” she said. “As here, the exclusion was rooted in dangerous stereotypes about, inter alia, a particular group’s supposed inability to assimilate and desire to harm the United States.”
Sotomayor called to task her SCOTUS colleagues for not seeing through the president’s sham reasoning for the travel ban, and for turning a blind eye to his overt bigotry in the crafting of it.
“By blindly accepting the government’s misguided invitation to sanction a discriminatory policy motivated by animosity toward a disfavored group, all in the name of a superficial claim of national security,” she said, “the court redeploys the same dangerous logic underlying Korematsu and merely replaces one ‘gravely wrong’ decision with another.”
Sotomayor is referencing Korematsu v. United States, the case in which SCOTUS upheld the constitutionality of Japanese internment. She brought this up not only because of the parallel between these two injustices, but as proof that the Supreme Court of the United States has too frequently in its past twisted the words of our founding documents to sanction grave injustice and inhumanity.
In essence, to all those who point to the Supreme Court decision as justification for the travel ban, Sotomayor reminds us this same court has used sound legal reasoning to uphold: slavery (Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857), eugenics (Buck v. Bell, 1927), Japanese internment (Korematsu v. US, 1944), segregation (Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896), racial discrimination in business practices (The Civil Rights Cases, 1883), the criminalization of gay and lesbian couples (Bowers v. Hardwick, 1986), and the lovely practice of shoving children into forced factory labor (Hammer v. Dagenhart, 1918).
Sure, the Supreme Court is essential to our form of government and is an essential check on the Legislative and Executive branches – sometimes the only check. But, sometimes SCOTUS is leading the way in getting it wrong. As Casey Sullivan, Esq. pointed out in his 2015 blog post “13 Worst Supreme Court Decisions of All Time,” from which I sourced the above examples: “For every Brown v. Board of Ed., there’s a Buck v. Bell.” Trump v. Hawaii falls squarely in line with the latter.
But, this is not the end of the matter. Just as the Judiciary checks the Legislative and Executive, so too can – and must – the Legislative check the Judiciary and the Executive. This will become more crucial as the president prepares to nominate another justice with the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
If you’re a devoted follower of the president, all of this is likely good news. But, if you believe America should relieve, rather than exacerbate human suffering in our foreign and immigration policy; if you believe racism and xenophobia should be left in our regrettable past; if you believe lies and bigotry are not befitting the highest executive office in our Republic; if you believe these things, then there is work ahead. November is coming. Only the Legislature can fix this now. And you will decide who does the fixing.
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